'The Nightingale and the Rose' by Oscar Wilde 'Nineteenth Century Short Stories' is a collection of tales from the nineteen hundreds. This essay will concentrate on just one of these stories. It will include a thorough analysis of the story including my views and opinions towards the language, imagery and setting that the author uses. The story I have chosen to analyse is 'The Nightingale and the Rose', by Oscar Wilde. This is one of …showed first 75 words of 2577 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2577 total…in order for him to get that red rose; so he could not appreciate the act of love in this story. Love proved that it existed, and being such a strong and powerful emotion, it needed to prove no more. We should take a look around every once in a while to absorb what Mother Nature has bestowed upon us, and we should learn not to take advantage of it, but to be thankful instead.