Unit 4

The Nightingale and the Rose

Background Information

Fairy tales

What is it? Hans Andersen & Grimm Brothers Features

Oscar OWilde Arts for arts sake

Fairy Tales

What is your favourite fairy tale?

What is it?????

Witches and Queens giants and elves () princes and princesses talking animals

What is it?????

Marvelous and magical things happen:

a boy may become a bird a princess may sleep for a hundred years

What is it?????

Always same ending and similar theme:

truth prevails over deception generosity is ultimately rewarded hard work overcomes obstacles love, mercy and kindness are the greatest powers of all

Hans Christian Andersen

The King of Tales

The Little Mermaid The Emperors New Clothes The Ugly Duckling The Princess and The Pea

Grimm Brothers

Cinderella Sleeping Beauty The Frog King The Fisherman & His Wife Snow White Little Red-Cap

Features of fairy tales

frequent use of personification symbolic meaning given to words vivid, simple narration repetitive pattern used

Oscar OWilde

(1854-1900)

Oscar OWilde

Irish-born novelist, playwright, poet, and critic Known for witty, often paradoxical, sayings that lampoon the social modes and behavior of the English upper classes of his time Championing the aesthetic movement, which is based on the idea of art for arts sake

Oscar OWilde

As a youngster he was exposed to the brilliant literary talk of the day at his mothers Dublin salon. As an aesthete, the eccentric young Wilde wore long hair and velvet knee breeches . His rooms were filled with various objects such as sunflowers, peacock feathers, and blue china; Wilde claimed to aspire to the perfection of the china.

Oscar OWilde

Only novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) Four most distinctive and engaging comedies:

Lady Windermeres Fan (1892) A Woman of No Importance (1893) An Ideal Husband (1895) The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

Quotes from Wilde

Men become old, but they never become good. Lady Windermere's Fan. A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably plain. Lady Windermere's Fan. Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others. In Conversation. Men are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not. A Woman of No Importance.

Quotes from Wilde

A bad man is the sort of man who admires innocence, and a bad woman is the sort of woman a man never gets tired of. A Woman of No Importance. Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. The Sphinx Without a Secret. The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature. The Decay of Lying.

Quotes from Wilde

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell. The Duchess of Padua. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance. Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young. Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and cannot. The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Art for Arts Sake

Art for Arts Sake

should not paint or write for financial, political or religious reasons. Ah, I have read all that the wise men have written my life is made wretched. (para.3) She has form. That cannot be denied. But has she got feeling? Im afraid not. In fact, like most artists, she is all style without any sincerity. (para.34)

Art for Arts Sake

Art for arts sake, said Somerset Maugham , makes no more sense than gin for gins sake. The artists works, being part of his human activities, must be guided by his sense of moral responsibility, by what he conceives to be true, good and beautiful.

Word Study

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

wretched for want of ball fling flutter something of soar plot

9. bloom/blossom 10. chill/chilly 11. stain 12. film 13. linger 14. go with 15. dance to the sound of 16. delicate

1. wretched adj. 1)very unhappy or ill The wretched man has lost all his money. a wretched cripple feel wretched after illness 2) (only before noun) making you feel annoyed or angry a wretched headache What wretched weather!

2. for want of: for the lack of For want of a better word, lets call it Mefirstism. (As I cant think of a better word, lets call it me-firstism.) For want of something better to do she decided to try gardening. (As she could not find anything more interesting to do, she decided to try gardening.)

3. ball n. a large formal occasion at which people dance give a ball/attend a ball/danced all night at the ball have a ball: (informal) to have a very good time We had a ball at the party last night. Have a ball on your trip. These are films to have a ball with.

4. fling 1) to throw something quickly with a lot of force: fling sth. at/into/on She flung her shoe at the cat. He flung his book on the table. 2) fling oneself into: to begin to do something using a lot of effort. The little boy flung himself into his mothers arms. She flung herself down on the sofa.

After the divorce he flung himself into his work and tried to forget her.

3) fling a door/window etc. open: to quickly and suddenly open a door, window etc. We flung open all the windows.

5. flutter 1) if a bird or insect flutters its wings or if its wings flutter, its wings move quickly and lightly up and down. Little sparrows fluttered among the branches. Butterflies fluttered from flower to flower. 2) To wave or move gently in the air: Dead leaves fluttered slowly to the ground. The telegram fluttered from his finger to the floor.

3) If your heart or your stomach flutters, you feel very excited or nervous. His heart fluttered with fear. The dying mans pulse fluttered feebly.

6. something of: in some sense to be, but not fully deserving the name He is something of an economist among us because his grandfather used to own a little store.

She is something of a dentist in our village although the method she uses os quite crude.

7. cynic: someone who is not willing to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something, who believes that everybody is motivated by selfishness Even the most hardened cynic must agree that charity does some good.

cynical: adj. [+about] unwilling to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something
He was getting harder and more cynical about life. The enormous difficulties make him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.

8 soar: 1) to fly, especially very high up in the sky an eagle soaring into the sky soar over the ocean The second missile soared into space. 2) (amounts, prices etc.) to increase quickly to a high level The birthrate continues to soar. The figures for unemployment have soared above the 1 million mark. 100

soaring: adj. a soaring skyscraper soaring prices

9 plot: 1) a small piece of land a vegetable plot/a cemetery plot/a plot of barley

2) the set of connected events that a story, film etc is based on: The plot of Twin Peaks was so complicated that I couldnt follow it.

3) a secret plan, involving several people, to do something harmful or illegal: [+to] a plot against the government/ a plot to assassinate the President hatch a plot: start making a plan

9 bloom 1)n. a flower or flowers the bloom of a cherry tree/green leaves with red blooms in (full) bloom: with the flowers fully open The roses are in blooms. the bloom of youth: (literary) the best or happiest time when you are young in the bloom of youth

2) v. That bush will bloom soon. The friendship between them bloomed when they found out how many interests they shared. cf. blossom: usually refer to the flower on fruit trees or bush a blossoming apple tree This tree had an excellent blossom this year.

10. chill v. if you chill something such as food or drink or if it chills, it becomes very cold but does not freeze Chill the champagne in a bucket of ice. Serve the melon chilled. Nothing could chill his love for her. Enthusiasm chilled with the news.

n. a feeling of coldness; a feeling of fear caused by something that is very unpleasant or cruel Theres a real chill in the air. The bad news put a chill into us all. adj. unpleasantly cold a chill wind chilling: a chilling wind/ a chilling tale / a chilling reply

chilly: 1) cold enough to make you feel uncomfortable The winds a bit chilly. 2) unfriendly the speech met with a chilly reception.

11. stain v. 1) to accidentally make a mark on something, especially one that cannot be removed, or to be marked in this way: [+with] His shirt was stained with blood. Cigarettes stained the fingers. 2) to change the color of something, especially something made of wood, by using a special chemical or dye The wooden chair has been stained brown.

3)stain sbs name/honour/reputation etc: (literary) to damage the good opinion that people have about someone His name was stained with acts of cruelty.
n. blood/ink/wine stain a stain on sbs character/reputation etc.

12 film: a very thin layer of something that appears on the surface of something else a film of oil on the surface of the water 13. linger 1)to stay somewhere a little longer, especially because you do not want to leave:[+over/on etc] They lingered over coffee and missed the last bus. The children lingered at the zoo until closing time.

2) (also linger on) to be slow to disappear Winter lingered. The tradition lingered. The pain lingered on for weeks. 3) (also linger on) to be dying slowly so that you stay alive for a long time although you are extremely weak The old man lingered several months after his stroke.

14 go with: to match, to be harmonious with This furniture does not go with the color of these walls. 15. dance to the sound of: dance according to the sound of The snake would then dance to the music. The soldiers marched through the square to the drumbeat.

16. delicate: 1)(taste, smell, color) pleasant and not strong: a delicate flavour/a delicate fragrance Paint the walls a delicate blue. 2) made skillfully and with attention to the smallest details. delicate lace/a delicate piece of carving