The Happy Prince Analysis
By Rida,9A The happy prince is a classic allegory written by Oscar Wilde in the 19 th century. It is a widely known short story of Wilde’s that explores social injustice, love, poverty, and beauty in both senses. The Happy Prince is sad tale heavily influenced by the folktales of Hans Christian Anderson. The happy prince is a tale of the golden statue of a happy prince placed high above the city. Every day he watched over the city and noticed all its injustices and misery that he had failed to notice while alive. One day a swallow had come to nest under the golden statue following which the prince requested him to save the poor with the expensive ornaments of the prince. And so, the swallow and the prince became an inseparable pair till the day they died. The story focuses on the two characters the swallow and the happy prince who help many people stuck in poverty like the seamstress and her son, the playwriter, and the little matchgirl. It also includes a chef, a rich woman ...

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