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Dr. B. N. Waghmare Department of English Yeshwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya , Tuljapur .

Dr. B. N. Waghmare Department of English Yeshwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya , Tuljapur. Prose Section ‘The Happy Prince’ (Story adapted from ‘ Happy Prince and other Tales’ by Oscar Wilde.). The Happy Prince: Oscar Wilde.

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Dr. B. N. Waghmare Department of English Yeshwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya , Tuljapur .

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  1. Dr. B. N. WaghmareDepartment of EnglishYeshwantraoChavanMahavidyalaya, Tuljapur. Prose Section ‘The Happy Prince’ (Story adapted from ‘ Happy Prince and other Tales’ by Oscar Wilde.)

  2. The Happy Prince: Oscar Wilde

  3. 2. The Happy Prince: Oscar WildeText: Language Through Context : An Anthology of Prose and Poetry Aim and Objectives of the Lesson This prose aims to explore the following objectives. • Oscar Wilde: An apostle of aestheticism. • Introduction and theme analysis. • Contemporary life as reflected in the story. • Separation from social life- Cause of sorrow. • Contribution of the prince towards humanity. • Sacrifice of the swallow. • Need of Communal relations and communal harmony. • Conclusion.

  4. Ocar Wilde:-1854-1900 • Oscar Wild- Born in Dublin • A Scholar of Oxford University. • Influenced by Walter Pater and his doctrine of ‘arts for arts sake’. • Attracted by the ideas of John Ruskin. • Relation of art and life- • Apostle of aestheticism. • A serious and hard working. • Published Happy Prince and Other Stories in 1888

  5. Place of the main square in the city. • Description of the statue. • Remark of the town councilor. • Practical utility of the statue. • Statue in the eye of the small children. • Not happy but unhappy prince. • Prince decides to help the poor, but how? • Entry of the swallow in the life of the prince.

  6. Points to discuss: • Life of the swallow and his love with the reed. • Swallow’s migration to Egypt. • The prince request to postpone his move. • Swallow decides to live with the statue. • It helps the prince to help the needy. • Winter comes but it was too late. • Swallow sacrificed its life. • God gave them place in the heaven.

  7. The prince and his sacrifice • The happy and beautiful statue of the prince now became dull and gray. • All of the gold and jewelry was donated to the poor. • Charity is the supreme virtue. • Spread happiness in life. • Do something for the welfare for human kind. • Universal values and significance of sacrifice.

  8. Conclusion • Worship to man is the Worship to God. • Find out the deprived & help them as if as you can. • Try to spread the Universal Values. • Develop kindness to others. • Bird and animals are also friends of man. • Show sympathy to others and live happily.

  9. Home Work • Describe the appearance of the statue in your own words. • How does the happy prince help the needy people? • Describe the sacrifice of the life of the swallow? • Significance of the event that happened after the statue was pulled down?

  10. Thank You !

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