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santhoshharidas
Student
High School - 11th Grade
Describe the setting of the story, "The Nightingale and The Rose," by Oscar Wilde.
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mshurn Teacher
College - FreshmaneNotes Editor
Posted by mshurn on Tuesday August 11, 2009 at 9:57 PMWilde's story has three settings: the student's garden, the doorway of his professor's house, and the student's room. Almost all of the story occurs in the garden, a place of quiet beauty. In the sunny garden are groves of trees, individual trees that play roles in the story, and a sundial. Also present are flowers, butterflies, and a small green lizard. Part of the story takes place at night, and the moon becomes part of the setting.
In the conclusion of the story, the student runs to see the girl he loves at her father's (his professor's) house. He finds her sitting in the doorway, her little dog at her feet. The only physical description of this setting is a reference to a gutter. The story ends in the student's room, which is not described, where he reads from "a great dusty book."
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