Week 11

Tales all around the world all share a similarity in someway, but are also yet unique in their own ways. For example, what make the tales of Oskar Wilde unique is they tend relate to the Jewish religion.
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I crew up in a very religious household were Christianity is often practice frequently. With that being said the Jewish religion and the religion of Christianity kind of build upon one another so a lot of the signs of religion that occurred within the tales were easy for me to read through and interpret the true meaning.

Image result for red rose treeA tale that represents Oskar Wilde's uniqueness is the tale of the nightingale and the red rose. The tale revolves around the central idea of a nightingale bird sacrificing itself for two individuals to connect to one another. The couple then takes the birds sacrifice for granted after only thinking about themselves and what they could gain. It relates to Jewish and Christian culture because it shows how people took the sacrifice of Jesus christ for granted and for when God is constantly helping everyone, people still tend to be very ungrateful. Often times people do not turn to God or Jesus unless it is in a time of desperate need of a personal gain; the tale of the nightingale bird perfectly represents how one's sacrifice can be taken for granted.

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