The Nightingale and the Rose
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The Nightingale and the Rose
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Oscar Wilde
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Love and Sacrifice
Art and Idealism
Materialism, Intellectualism, and Emotion
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The Nightingale
The Student
The Rose-tree
The girl
The Lizard
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The Red Rose
Silk
The Dusty Book
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Allusions
Anthropomorphism
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Genre
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Mood
Setting
Situational Irony
Style
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