长篇童话故事

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长篇童话故事

　　The Stories for Half-Children

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　　------Thoughts given by Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde

　　Generally speaking, fairy tales are composed only for children while Wilde’s stories aren’t suitable for them, since their world is supposed to be pure and wonderful, filled with stories about the happy life of the princes and the princesses. On the contrary,many half-children are touched by it, having seen through the vicissitudes of life in the process of growing, whose innocence gradually vanished.

　　This book brings together all the stories found in Wilde’s two collections,The Happy Prince and Other Tales and A House of Pomegranates, respectively concluding The Happy Prince,The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket and The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and His Soul,The Star-Child.Among these philosophical and meaningful stories,I was shocked and inspired by the former two.

　　The Happy Prince lives a worry-free and carefree life before hedeparts from this life. Ultimately, he is made into a statue towering over the city. Hisbody is covered with a thin layer of gold film, his eyes are made of bright sapphires, and the hilt is also covered with a shiny glowing huge ruby. However, when he sees all the ugly and poor in his city, he pleasesa little swallow to help poor people in the city.Firstly, he givesa poor embroidery workerthe ruby on his swordhandle. Then he again gives a poor writer one of his sapphire eyes. And then he gives another one to a little girl selling matches on the square. Finally he gives the poorthe whole gold leaves which cover the statue. As aresult, the happy Prince becomes unsightly ugly and the little swallowthat helps him achieve his dreamsfreezes to death at his feetbecause there is no time for him to the south.

　　“Happy indeed I was, if pleasure be happiness. So I lived, and so I died. And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see all the ugliness and all the misery of my city, and though my heart is made of lead yet I cannot choose but weep.” This speaking of the happy Prince deserves thinking.What is happiness and what is pleasure?The happy Prince and the swallow give their most precious things, in order to send those poor people health, happiness and well-being, showing a quite high spiritual realm.Bathed insensation, I understand the truth: giving produces happiness all the time! The real meaning of happiness is to give and help. There is no doubt that The happy Prince feel happy and blessed even if he becomes a shabby statue that isa little better than a beggar, ruby having fallen out of his sword ,his eyes gone, and golden leaves covering body no longer.

　　However, I feel not only moving things but also sadness in the fairy tale. The little swallow which helpsthe happy Prince relief to the poor freezes to death, and the happy Prince’s heart made of lead breaks. This is where the sorrow of the fairy tale lies.What should be noticed is that to help the people by relying on a person's strength is impossible, and the collective strength is crucial. Maybe this is exact implication expressed in Oscar Wilde fairy tales.

　　Another famous story is The Nightingale and the Rose.A nightingale overhears a student complaining that his professor's daughter will not dance with him,as he is unable to give her a red rose.The nightingale visits all the rose-trees in the garden,and one of the roses tells her there is a way to produce a red rose,but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night with her heart pressing into a thorn,sacrificing her life.Seeing the student in tears,and valuing his human life above her bird life,the nightingale carries out the ritual.She impales herself on the rose-tree's thorn so that her heart's blood can stain the rose.The student takes the rose to the professor's daughter,but she again rejects him because another man has

　　sent her some real jewels,and "everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flowers." The student angrily throws the rose into the gutter,returns to his study of metaphysics,and decides not to believe in true love anymore.

　　Some say that the nightingale stains roses with her heart's bloodfor the student, so as to let roses bloom beautiful petals, while the studentis disheartened anddiscards roses after being refused by the girl, which makes them feel unworthy, and think the nightingale istragic. However, in my opinion, the nightingale is not sad. If you stand on the point of Nightingale, to pay the maximum price she can pay for the person she loves is a blessing. Coupled with the nightingale is not seeking anything in return, what is the regret? As long as she is willing, even if the other one does not know, it is not a sad thing. Such a great consciousness, personally, can fully compare with the daughter of the seaby Andersen.

　　Another people think that the girl is too snobbish. But from another perspective, the girl is not at fault. This is the materialistic world. Bread is easier to attract people to chase than daffodils. Shiny gem overshadowed roses. Although people can understand the girl's behavior, but more feel helpless.

　　“What a silly thing love is. It is not half as useful as Logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact,it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything”The poor student ultimately realizes "In the real world, the most important is practical." The young lover has been injured by the love before having a wonderful love experience, only to return to his "philosophical and metaphysical books".His spirituality was imprisoned in a tall ivory tower, and he never touches things outside. It certainly will not hurt him, but he can no longer taste vicissitudes and understand the complexity and diversity of humanity. Thus, the student is the saddest character in the story

　　According to thosepoignant and moving stories, self-sacrifice for love and art, humanity and hope are the themes of his fairy tales all the time.

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