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AISHA KOUKAB
LECTURER IN
ENGLISH
HAPPY PRINCE
BY
OSCAR WILDE
OSCAR WILDE (1854 -
1900)
No Great Artist Ever Sees
Things As They Really Are.
If He Did He Would Cease
To Be An Artist.
(Oscar Wilde)
OSCAR WILDE (1854 -
1900)
FAIRY TALE
The Happy Prince is purely
a fairytale. It has all the
characteristics of a fairy tale:
Imaginary characters
Far from reality
Happy Ending
CHARACTER SKETCH
Minor Characters
The
Seamstress
The Little
Boy
The
Playwright
The Little
Match-girl
The Beautiful
Angel
Major Characters
The Happy Prince The Swallow
MAJOR CHARACTERS
• Former ruler who lived happily in palace of Sans-Souci.
The palace was surrounded by lofty walls so that sorrows
could not enter. The happy Prince did not bothered how
people in Sans-Souci were living their lives. After his death,
his statue was set up so high that he could see all the
ugliness and misery of the city.
The Happy
Prince
• Swallow was the bird who worked as a messenger for the
statue of Happy Prince. When the statue donated both of
his eyes, swallow stayed with him forever, he started loving
the statue of the Happy Prince.
The
Swallow
OTHER CHARACTERS
• The first poor in the story is the seamstress. She is
portrayed as a thin and worn face woman with coarse and
red hand. She has a baby and he is lying ill on the bed.
He has a fever, and asking for oranges. His mother has
nothing to give him but river water, so he is crying.
The
Seamstress
• The second poor is a young man whose hair is brown and
crisp. His lips are red as a pomegranate and he has large
and dreamy eyes. He is trying to finish a play for the
Director of the Theater, but he is too cold to write
anymore. There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made
him faint.
The
Playwright
OTHER CHARACTERS
• The little match-girl is the third poor. She has to give her
father money or she will beat her if she goes home
penniless. She has let her matches fall in gutter, and they are
all spoiled. Her father will beat her if she doesn’t bring
home some money, and she is crying. She has no shoes or
stockings, and her little head is bare.
The Little
Match-Girl
• An angel was signed with the task by the God, to bring two
most precious things in the city. When he brought the
leaden heart and the dead swallow, “You have rightly
chosen,” said God. The good deeds of “whomever” and
“whatsoever” (Happy Prince and Swallow) must be paid
fairly by God.
The
Beautiful
Angel
PLOT
 There is a statue of the Happy Prince in the middle of a really
unhappy town.
 A swallow comes to sit on the statue’s plinth. The swallow sees
the happy prince crying and asks him why.
 The prince says there is too much sadness in the town and that
the swallow should take all the jewels off the statue and give them to
those who need them.
PLOT
 But then the swallow never flew away for the winter and dies.
 Also the greedy mayor of the town doesn't think the statue is
beautiful anymore without the jewels and orders for the prince to be
melted down.
 But they find that the prince's lead heart won't melt so they throw
it out.
PLOT
 Through out the story, an angel who has been ordered by God to
find the two most precious things he can find in city and bring them
back to him.
 The angel brings back the dead swallow and the lead heart and
God is happy and says that the swallow will now sing in paradise
garden forevermore and the happy prince shall praise me forever in
the city of gold.
THEME
Outward beauty is nothing. It
is just a show. The real
beauties are love and sacrifices.
Love and sacrifice are two
saving forces.
THEME
There is great gap between the
rich and the poor, the rulers
and the masses.
God loves those who love
their fellow human beings.
IMPLICATION
The writer wants to tell that the outward beauty does not
meant a lot the real beauty is in person’s heart which have the deep
feelings and the ability to feel the sorrows and hardships of others
just like the happy prince that he led a happy life but after his death
when he saw people worries he felt them and helped them as he could
do so.
IMPLICATION
The lesson we got from the story is that every person is not
the same as the happy prince is very rich and live happily but when he
saw people’s hardships even after his death he was worried and
anxious to help them at every possible way and make it possible by
the swallow which was his great deed.
QUESTIONS????

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happyprince-150610071959-lva1-app6891.pptx

  • 2. OSCAR WILDE (1854 - 1900) No Great Artist Ever Sees Things As They Really Are. If He Did He Would Cease To Be An Artist. (Oscar Wilde)
  • 4. FAIRY TALE The Happy Prince is purely a fairytale. It has all the characteristics of a fairy tale: Imaginary characters Far from reality Happy Ending
  • 5. CHARACTER SKETCH Minor Characters The Seamstress The Little Boy The Playwright The Little Match-girl The Beautiful Angel Major Characters The Happy Prince The Swallow
  • 6. MAJOR CHARACTERS • Former ruler who lived happily in palace of Sans-Souci. The palace was surrounded by lofty walls so that sorrows could not enter. The happy Prince did not bothered how people in Sans-Souci were living their lives. After his death, his statue was set up so high that he could see all the ugliness and misery of the city. The Happy Prince • Swallow was the bird who worked as a messenger for the statue of Happy Prince. When the statue donated both of his eyes, swallow stayed with him forever, he started loving the statue of the Happy Prince. The Swallow
  • 7. OTHER CHARACTERS • The first poor in the story is the seamstress. She is portrayed as a thin and worn face woman with coarse and red hand. She has a baby and he is lying ill on the bed. He has a fever, and asking for oranges. His mother has nothing to give him but river water, so he is crying. The Seamstress • The second poor is a young man whose hair is brown and crisp. His lips are red as a pomegranate and he has large and dreamy eyes. He is trying to finish a play for the Director of the Theater, but he is too cold to write anymore. There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made him faint. The Playwright
  • 8. OTHER CHARACTERS • The little match-girl is the third poor. She has to give her father money or she will beat her if she goes home penniless. She has let her matches fall in gutter, and they are all spoiled. Her father will beat her if she doesn’t bring home some money, and she is crying. She has no shoes or stockings, and her little head is bare. The Little Match-Girl • An angel was signed with the task by the God, to bring two most precious things in the city. When he brought the leaden heart and the dead swallow, “You have rightly chosen,” said God. The good deeds of “whomever” and “whatsoever” (Happy Prince and Swallow) must be paid fairly by God. The Beautiful Angel
  • 9. PLOT  There is a statue of the Happy Prince in the middle of a really unhappy town.  A swallow comes to sit on the statue’s plinth. The swallow sees the happy prince crying and asks him why.  The prince says there is too much sadness in the town and that the swallow should take all the jewels off the statue and give them to those who need them.
  • 10. PLOT  But then the swallow never flew away for the winter and dies.  Also the greedy mayor of the town doesn't think the statue is beautiful anymore without the jewels and orders for the prince to be melted down.  But they find that the prince's lead heart won't melt so they throw it out.
  • 11. PLOT  Through out the story, an angel who has been ordered by God to find the two most precious things he can find in city and bring them back to him.  The angel brings back the dead swallow and the lead heart and God is happy and says that the swallow will now sing in paradise garden forevermore and the happy prince shall praise me forever in the city of gold.
  • 12. THEME Outward beauty is nothing. It is just a show. The real beauties are love and sacrifices. Love and sacrifice are two saving forces.
  • 13. THEME There is great gap between the rich and the poor, the rulers and the masses. God loves those who love their fellow human beings.
  • 14. IMPLICATION The writer wants to tell that the outward beauty does not meant a lot the real beauty is in person’s heart which have the deep feelings and the ability to feel the sorrows and hardships of others just like the happy prince that he led a happy life but after his death when he saw people worries he felt them and helped them as he could do so.
  • 15. IMPLICATION The lesson we got from the story is that every person is not the same as the happy prince is very rich and live happily but when he saw people’s hardships even after his death he was worried and anxious to help them at every possible way and make it possible by the swallow which was his great deed.

Editor's Notes

  1. The Happy Prince: Former ruler who lived happily in palace of Sans-Souci. The palace was surrounded by lofty walls so that sorrows could not enter. The happy Prince did not bothered how people in Sans-Souci were living their lives. After his death, his statue was set up so high that he could see all the ugliness and misery of the city. The Swallow: Swallow was the bird who worked as a messenger for the statue of Happy Prince. When the statue donated both of his eyes, swallow stayed with him forever, he started loving the statue of Happy Prince. Seamstress: The first poor story is the seamstress. She is portrayed as a thin and worn face woman with coarse and red hand. She has a baby and he is lying ill in the bed. He has a fever, and asking for oranges. His mother has nothing to give him but river water, so he is crying. The playwright: The second poor is a young man whose hair is brown and crisp. His lips are red as a pomegranate and he has large and dreamy eyes. He is trying to finish a play for the Director of the Theater, but he is too cold to write anymore. There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made him faint. The little match-girl : The little match-girl is the third poor. She has to give her father money or she will beat her if she goes home penniless. She has let her matches fall in gutter, and they are all spoiled. Her father will beat her if she doesn’t bring home some money, and she is crying. She has no shoes or stockings, and her little head is bare. The Palace Beauty and Palace Lover: While carrying the jewels, Swallow also be able to see the city sketch of rude life of the poor. When he passes over the palace, the Prince and Princess within the Palace is busy to attend a dance party. The Beautiful Angel: An angel was signed with the task by the God, to bring two most precious things in the city. When he brought the leaden heart and the dead swallow, “You have rightly chosen,” said God. The good deeds of “whomever” and “whatsoever” you are (Happy Prince and Swallow) must be paid fairly by God. No matter how shabby or disgusting the physic, the pure heart will be rewarded with noble.