![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is, therefore, the critics add him in the list of the most anti-romantic writers but it is not true at all. In the whole story, just before the conclusion, the writer glorifies the power of love but soon he clears everything to his readers and declares that philosophy is more important than love in life. Like other stories of Oscar Wilde, this story has also a moral meaning it seems that the writer prefers love and it is not the nightingale that talks about it but the writer himself in her guise. ![]() It is strongly recommended to read the summary and analysis of the “The Nightingale and the Rose” first. It is very obvious from the writings of Oscar Wilde that either he was interested in writing comic fictions or stories with the philosophy of love however, he was against romanticism as evident from this short story. The young student, who is in love with a girl, does the impossible (though it is not he who does this but the nightingale) to get the attention of the girl but she at the end ditches him while saying that the impossible (rose) is inferior to pearls and jewels. Oscar Wilde writes “The Nightingale and the Rose” to portray the themes of art, love, sacrifice as well as the superiority of materialism to love and relationships in the life of a human being. Themes of “The Nightingale and the Rose”.Critical Appreciation of Ode to Nightingale | Ode by John Keats ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |