The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar Wilde by
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 white roses tell her that there's a way to produce a red rose, but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night, and sacrifice her life to do so. Seeing the student in tears, the nightingale carries out the ritual, and 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.
Life’s worth is tied with scarification and passion
When the nightingale sang her last song, the more passionate she was, the louder her songs were. Her life was drained because of her passion, and it was worth it in her behalf. She fulfilled her value to love by sacrificing her own life. This shows that there’re still people who are willing to sacrifice for their believes and values. And that’s a beautiful scarification.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by
Celebrated novel traces the moral degeneration of a handsome young Londoner from an innocent fop into a cruel and reckless pursuer of pleasure and, ultimately, a murderer. As Dorian Gray sinks into depravity, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait reflects the ravages of crime and sensuality.
Art has the power to shape’s a person’s life
Lord Henry view life as a form of art, therefore, he taught Dorian various ways to live as living in arts. Lord Henry admire Dorian’s beauty, and therefore encourage him to use his beauty as a weapon. In Lord Henry’s life, the boundary between life and art got blurred out. This shows that as a person devoted himself in arts, he normally couldn’t distinguish what is art and what is not.
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde by
The Canterville Ghost By Oscar Wilde."The Canterville Ghost" is a short story by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887.The story is about a family who moves to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead nobleman, who killed his wife and was starved to death by his wife's brothers.
Death is sometimes the destination for forever peace
The ghost yearns for peace, and his peace can only be reach by him dying. Sometimes people value life more than they suppose to, in this short story, Wilde discussed that there’s other things more important than life.