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1、The Nightingale and the Rose读后感The True Love The Nightingale and the Rose, by Oscar Wilde, tells us a story about the sacrifice of a boys true love. However, the ending is sarcastic. Oscar Wilde was an Irish author famous for his sophisticated and witty plays. He wrote many poems, fairy tales and st

2、ories, but his creative genius was best displayed through his plays, of which the most famous is The Importance of Being Earnest. The plot of the story is very simple. A young student thought he was madly in love with the professors daughter. He felt miserable because he could not find a single red

3、rose to give to his love, and he knew that without the rose, she would not agree to dance with him in the ball to be given by the prince the next day. The Nightingale overhead this and was deeply touched by what she believed was expression of the young mans true love. So she decide to help the young

4、 man, but she was told that the only way to get a real rose in this cold winter was for her to build it out of her music and her hearts blood. The nightingale of course also valued her life, but she was ready to lay down her own life for the happiness of the young couple. She therefore did what she

5、was told found dead under the rose-tree. Not knowing what it had cost to produce the rose, he plucked it and ran to the professors daughter. However, she turned him down because she had already agreed to dance with the Chamberlains nephew who had given her precious stores. The student was very angry

6、, so he threw the rose away and returned to his reading. There are some symbolic meanings in this story: Red Rose means true love, which needs constant nourishment of passions of the lovers. Nightingale means a truthful, devoted pursuer of love, who dares to sacrifice his own precious life. Student

7、means not a true lover, ignorant of love, not persistent in pursuing love. The Nightingale is the true lover, if there is one. She, at least, is Romance, and the student and the girl, like most of us, unworthy of Romance. So at least, it seems to me, but I like to fancy that there may be many meanings in the tale. I recommend this story to you, I think you can get something useful and can be moved by it like me.