The Nightingale and the Rose夜莺与玫瑰.ppt

The Nightingale and the RoseThe Nightingale and the RoseOscar WildeOscar WildeOscar Wilde• an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet, London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s • the author of The Nightingale and the RoseThe main storyThe main storyIt was mainly about a young student fell in love with a girl and tried to please her.In order to express his love for the girl, he needed to give her a red rose. However, it was a cold winter, and it was not possible for him to find a red rose. So he was very sad and sat on the ground crying.A Nightingale was moved by this young man and helped him get a red rose by sacrificing her life.But in the end, the girl refused this rose and the poor student.The rose became meaningless. The Nightingale had already died.Text AnalysisText Analysis•Part 1 (Paras. 1-12): Nightingale struck by “the mystery of love”•Part 2 (Paras. 13-34): Nigtingale looking for a red rose to facilitate the love•Part 3 (Paras. 35-45): Nightingale scarificing her life for a red rose•Part4 (Paras. 46-54): Student discarding the red rosestructureImages in this tale •Nightingale--- a truthful, devoted pursuer of love, who dares to sacrifice her own precious lifeStudent--- not a true lover, ignorant of love, not persistent in pursuing loveImages •The Butterfly represents one kind of people who like flattering. They don't judge things themselves but depend on others. •The Daisy represents some coward people who have concern towards others but dare not show this concern directly.Discussion---- writing featuresFairy talesCharacteristics:a) personification of birds, insects, animals and treesb) vivid, simple narration --- typical of the oral tradition of fairy talesc) repetitive pattenWhat is the genre of this story? And its What is the genre of this story? And its characteristics?characteristics?Figures of speechFigures of speechuPersonificationuSimileuMetaphoruClimaxuAnti-climaxPersonification“she has form, that cannot be define but has she got feeling? I am afraid not. In fact, she is like most artists; she is all style without any sincerity. She would not sacrifice herself for others.” he said to himself, as he walked away through the grove.(Para. 34)give human forms or feelings to animals, or life and personal attributes to inanimate objects, or to dieas and abstractions.Simile• ...her voice was like water bubbling from a silver jar. • ...as white as the foam of the sea...Metaphor• ...and the cold crystal moonClimax• So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thron touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her. Bitter, bitter was the pain, and wilder and wilder grew her song, for she sung of the Love that is perfected by Death, of the Love that dies not in the tomb.--derived from the Greek word “ladder,” implies the progression of thought at a uniform or almost uniform rate of significance or intensityAnti-climax• ---And the marvelous rose became crimson. Crimson was the girdle of pedals, and crimson as ruby was the heart. But the Nightingale's voice grew fainter and a film came over her eyes. Fainter and fainter grew her song, and she felt choking in her throat.stating one's thoughts in a descending order of significance or intensity, often used to ridicule or satire.。