The Full Text of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince

In a city, the statue of the Happy Prince stands on it. A swallow stayed and had to stay in this city. The prince's tears and kindness touched him, and he chose to stay for the first time. The swallow is also full of love. After sending the ruby, she used her wings to ease the pain of the sick boy.

The next day, the swallow is ready to start again. Under the pleading of the prince, he had to give his eyes to the young man in tears and chose to stay for the second time. The increasingly cold weather and the call of his partner made him say goodbye to the prince again, but the prince took off his only eye and gave it to the little match girl.

Choose to stay for the third time. For the last time, because he decided to stay with the prince forever. Every choice between going and staying makes the swallow die step by step. The first two choices are hesitant. The call of distant partners and the warm weather in Egypt urged the swallow to move forward, but the prince's kindness and pleading deeply touched his heart.

Facing the blind prince for the third time. Zheng Xiaoyan resolutely chose to stay at the cost of his life. When the happy prince saw the swallow die at his feet, his lead heart split in two. The happy prince who lost any decoration was regarded as ugly by the citizens, and then the workers melted the happy prince in the stove and threw lead on the garbage.

When spring comes, angels come to this city and take away two of the most beautiful things-the lead heart and the body of a swallow. God resurrected them and lived in heaven forever.

The Creative Background of The Happy Prince

19 In the 1980s, the economic crisis in the capitalist world seriously affected the development of British economy, and then dealt a heavy blow to the financial strength of the government. In order to cope with the economic crisis at that time, the British government pursued a laissez-faire economic development model, and social Darwinism was a social trend of thought born in response to the British government's economic crisis resolution route at that time.

However, this mode of crisis resolution has promoted economic development, but deprived the government of its sympathy for the poor, aggravated social contradictions and seriously delayed social development. The indifference of the upper class to the lower class in fairy tales reflects the influence of "social Darwinism" prevailing in Britain at that time.