As the main title suggests, the nightingale is the main
character of the short story The Nightingale and the Rose, by Oscar
Wilde.
When we describe the role of the main character we
often refer to the character who has undergone the most changes, and who has served as
the target of the plot. It is often a round, or dynamic, character. It is also a
character that helps move the plot forward.
One could
confuse the Oxonian student as the main character because he is the one who proposes the
problem of the story. However, his character is rather flat which means that it does not
transition, grow, or change as a result of the different situations in that occur
throughout the narrative.
Contrastingly, the nightingale
offers his life as an ultimate sacrifice in the name of love, thinking that this would
have made a difference in the life of the student. We know that his sacrifice is in
vain, however, the gist of the story is this: It is always a worthy cause to us, and not
necessarily to those around us, to sacrifice ourselves in the name of something that we
hold deeply as a universal truth.
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