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TLDRThe video narrates the motivational story "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde. It tells of a statue of a once joyous prince, now saddened by witnessing the suffering and injustice around him. A compassionate swallow becomes his companion, helping him distribute gold and jewels to the needy, despite the prince's inability to see after sacrificing his eyes' sapphires. The swallow stays with the prince, growing weak and eventually dying due to the cold. The town discards the now-undecorated statue, but its unbroken heart and the dead swallow are deemed precious by God and taken to paradise, symbolizing the enduring reward of kindness and sacrifice. The tale emphasizes themes of love, sacrifice, and compassion, suggesting that these virtues can overcome societal sorrow and disparity.

心得

  • ✨ Compassion can transform lives.
  • 🕊️ The swallow's loyalty illustrates true friendship.
  • 💔 Love sometimes involves sacrifice.
  • 🌟 True beauty lies in actions, not appearance.
  • 👀 Awareness of others' suffering is crucial.
  • 🤲 Even small acts of kindness matter.
  • 👑 The prince's wealth was used selflessly.
  • ❄️ Loyalty can endure through hardship.
  • 🔮 Invisible rewards often follow good deeds.
  • 🙏 The story inspires altruism and generosity.

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    The video introduces the motivational story "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde, highlighting Wilde as an influential Victorian playwright and author. The story revolves around a statue covered in gold and jewels, overlooking a city, and a swallow that seeks shelter there. Discovering the statue is actually sorrowful, the swallow helps the prince distribute the jewels to aid the suffering people in the city, symbolizing themes of social injustice, love, and loss of innocence. The story conveys the prince's transformation from a joyful, ignorant figure to a compassionate, aware statue posthumously.

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常见问题

  • What is the story 'The Happy Prince' about?

    It's about a statue of a prince who was once happy but grows sad upon seeing the suffering around him. A swallow helps him distribute his jewels to the needy.

  • Who wrote 'The Happy Prince'?

    The story was written by Oscar Wilde.

  • What themes does the story explore?

    The story explores themes of social injustice, love, sacrifice, and the loss of innocence.

  • Why does the Happy Prince become sad?

    The Happy Prince becomes sad because he witnesses the sorrow and suffering of the common people from his high position.

  • How does the swallow assist the Happy Prince?

    The swallow assists by plucking out the jewels from the prince's statue and giving them to the poor and needy.

  • What happens to the statue of the Happy Prince?

    The statue is pulled down and melted after the jewels are given away and the swallow dies, but the lead heart does not melt.

  • What is the moral of the story?

    The moral is that love and sacrifice can overcome societal disparity and sorrow.

  • How does the story end?

    The story ends with an angel taking the lead heart and dead swallow to God, who welcomes them as precious creations.

  • What type of story is 'The Happy Prince'?

    It's a motivational story highlighting the importance of compassion and help towards those in need.

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    hello everyone welcome to my YouTube
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    channel mukes English in this video I'm
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    going to talk about a very important
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    motivational story The Happy Prince by
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    Oscar
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    wild Oscar wild was an Anglo Irish
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    playright novelist poet and critic he's
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    regarded as one of the greatest
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    playwrights of the Victorian era in his
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    lifetime he wrote nine plays one novel
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    and numerous poems short stories it is
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    about the story of a statue of the happy
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    prince covered with gold and many fine
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    Jewels it sits overlooking the city one
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    day a swallow a little bird seeks
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    shelter under the statue and discovers
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    the prince not happy but sad the bird
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    becomes friendly with the prince and
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    tries to make him happy by assisting him
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    in his desires to ease the sufferings of
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    others it plugs out the Ruby the
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    sapphire and other fine jewels from the
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    statue and delivers them to those who
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    are poor and
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    needy this story talks about social
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    injustice power of love and loss of
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    innocence in this story we come across a
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    statue who at one time a real Prince
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    When the prince was alive he was a happy
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    person he lived in the palace and and
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    did not know about human suffering his
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    life was full of Joys upon his death his
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    statue was built at the top of a tall
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    column in the city the statue was
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    covered all over with thin leaves of
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    fine gold for eyes he had two bright
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    Sapphires and a large red ruby gloat on
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    his sword hilt that is
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    handle the statue of the happy prince
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    looked beautiful and everyone in the
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    city love to see the prince since he was
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    placed high above the city on a tall
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    column the prince was able to witness
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    all the sorrows and sufferings which the
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    Common People faced in the daily life
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    but the prince remained ignorant of them
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    during his lifetime this made the prince
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    once happy very sad his eyes got watered
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    and large drops of Tears began to run
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    down his golden cheeks a little swallow
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    the little swallow bird who had alighted
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    between the feet of the happy prince to
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    spend the night there became curious to
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    know where did the drops of water fall
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    from he looked up and saw the eyes of
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    the happy prince full of
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    tears the bird took pity on the prince
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    and became ready to assist him in his
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    desire to ease the sufferings of the
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    common people he became the messenger of
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    the prince and agreed to remove the fine
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    gold and jewels from his statue to
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    distribute them among the poor and the
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    the bird started with plucking the Ruby
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    from the prince Ward and giving it to
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    the seamstress who had no money to feed
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    her ailing child then he plucked a
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    sapphire from one of the eyes of the
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    statue and give and gave it to the
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    playright who was too poor to make fire
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    in the winter to continue his writing he
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    was also very hungry and feeling
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    weak one day the prince saw a match girl
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    who was being beaten by her father for
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    letting her matches fall in the gutter
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    the prince heart filled with pity for
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    the girl he immediately commanded the
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    swallow to pluck out the other eye and
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    help the girl but the swallow bird was
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    not was not ready to do so because this
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    would make the prince completely blind
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    on being insisted he plucked out the
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    prince other eye soed past the match
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    girl and slipped the jewel into the palm
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    of her hand the little bird decided not
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    to leave the company of the happy prince
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    who had gone blind
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    now now the prince has no eyes to see
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    the sufferings or the Sorrows of his
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    people so he instructed the bird to take
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    off the fine gold he was covered with
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    and give it to the
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    people the bird followed his words
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    picked off Leaf after Leaf of the gold
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    till the happy prince looked quite dull
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    and gray then the snow came and the poor
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    little swallow Grew Older and colder but
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    it did not leave the prince eventually
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    he grew weak and died from
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    exposure just at that moment a curious
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    crack sounded inside the Statue as if
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    something had broken it was in fact the
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    Len heart that had snapped right into
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    two at the loss of the sweet and kind
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    swallow bir word the statue was no more
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    beautiful and useful it stood deserted
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    so the town counselors and the mayor
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    pulled it down then they melted the
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    statue into a in a
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    furnace but the broken heart did not
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    melt so they threw it on a dust Heap
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    where the dead swallow was
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    lying when God asked one of his angels
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    to bring the two most precious things in
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    the city
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    the angel brought him the leaden heart
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    Len heart and the dead bird God welcomed
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    the two in his garden of paradise and
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    deemed them as a beautiful
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    Creations the story happy prince is a
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    story of prince and a little swallow
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    birt it highlights that love and
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    sacrifice are important aspects in human
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    life hence disparity and sorrow in
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    society can be overcome by compassion
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    generosity and sharing the generous
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    Prince and the gentle swallow bird
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    sacrificed themselves to bring happiness
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    to the poor and needy people the moral
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    of the story is that humans should do
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    good and help those in need the prince
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    and the swallow help others who are
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    suffering and they die in this process
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    however they are rewarded in the
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    afterlife dear friends thank you so much
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    for watching this this motivational
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    story so like or comment so please do
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    like and comment thank you once again
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  • motivation
  • Oscar Wilde
  • Happy Prince
  • compassion
  • sacrifice
  • social injustice
  • kindness
  • swallow
  • Victorian literature
  • altruism