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“…an attempt to mirror life in a form remote from reality” (Wilde).
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"...an attempt to mirror life in a form remote from reality" (Wilde). How far can this be said to be true of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales? Oscar Wilde uses conventional elements in his fairy tales to show different things such as love between the swallow and the reed and the student and the professors daughter from "The Happy Prince" Wilde also uses conventional elements in his happy endings such as in "The Happy Prince" the talking bird and the statue both get their rewards in a different way as they get their rewards after they have died in heaven for doing all their good deeds. Wilde shows poverty and inequality in "The Happy Prince" in several ways. Here are a few: Director of theatre: "There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made him faint." Match Girl: "Her father will beat her if she does not bring...
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