Tell a love story that you can fine very touching and explain why.

Describe the different attitudes toward love of the Student, the Nightingale and the daughter of the Professor.

Do you think this fairy tale is meant for children or adults? Give your reasons.

•On the symbolic meanings of the nightingale and the red rose:

ØThe red rose symbolizes true love, esp. tangible love, or an embodiment of true love, while the nightingale is the true lover.

ØThe rose and the nightingale is two in one, as the nightingale pours her heart and soul into the rose.

•On Nightingale’s Sacrifice:

ØIt is worthwhile, because:

–Love in her heart deserves what it costs.

–She died for her own belief. 

–It’s Nightingale’s love for “LOVE” itself that impulses her to make such great sacrifice. “Love for Love’s Sake”

Ø It is not worthwhile, because:

–She found true love but couldn’t protect and promote it.

–Her sacrifice went unknown and wasted.

•On love:

Ø It is because of this sacrifice that love is worth to be preserved and cherished.

Ø Real love could only be interacted with people who understood it.

Ø True love doesn’t need to be answered back.

Ø The fact that I love you has nothing to do with you.

•On Whether this is a Tragedy:

ØYes, it is a tragedy, because:

–It is a tragedy from all perspectives, both the nightingale and the boy.

–Tearing up the purist and the loveliest stuff just in front of the readers endows the story with the power of tragedy.

–A strong contrast between the pure love and the cruel reality.