Activity 12

Activities for August: The Nightingale and the Rose

Activity I: Write a brief summary of "The Nightingale and the Rose". Include the following words (7p)

- And                  - Or
- So                    - Then
-After that           - Finally

A nightingale hears the student talking with the professor's daughter. She is saying that if he gives her a red rose, she will dance with him, so the student start to looking but he can't find one. The nightingale feels his sadness, and visits all the rose-trees in the garden, but no one is red. When she finally found one red rose tree, the rose tree tells her that is one condition to have a red rose in this time; the nightingale had to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night with her heart pressing into a thorn, sacrificing her life.

The nightingale had to think, if she do that, she will die, but the student will be happy... Is her heart or studenty's heart. After that, she flies to the student window and seeing the student in tears, and valuing his human life above her bird life, the nightingale decides to start the ritual.

She impales herself on the rose-tree's thorn so that her heart's blood can stain the rose. Then, the student founds the red rose and takes it to the professor's daughter, but she again rejects him because another man has sent her some real jewels and "everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flowers." The student angrily throws the rose into the gutter, returns to his study of metaphysics, and decides not to believe in true love anymore.

Activity II: Explain what is happening in these scenes. (6p)

The nightingale was telling him her last words to the sad student, but the student didn't understand because he only know what was written in his books, and he just need a red rose, not nice words.

The Nightingale sings her last song while the thorn of Rose is in her heart to turn it red.




The Student is giving the red rose to the Professor's daughter so she agrees go to the ball with him.

Activity III: Describe the following characters physically and psychologically. Include pictures.(6p)
a) The Student:

• Physically: Handsome, tall, blonde hair and blue eyes.

• Psychologically: Ingenuous, dramatic, amorous and ungrateful

b) The daughter of the Professor:

• Physically: Beautiful, thin and small
• Psychologically: Impolite, rude, liar and cheater.

c) The Nightingale:

• Physically: Green, skiny feets and big wings.
• Psychologically: Selfless, kind, sweet and understanding

 

Activity IV: Match the sentence halves. (4p)
a) The Professor´s daughter says                    a    that the rose is not nice with her dress.
b) The Nightingale thinks                                  d    that it needs blood to make a red rose. 
c) The Students decides                                   c    that love is silly.
d) The Rose tree beneath the window says     b    that love is a wonderful thing.

Activity V: Underline the correct verbs to describe what the characters do.(6p)
a) The Student understands / doesn´t understand the secret of love.
b) The Nightingale wants / doesn´t want to help him.
c) The other creatures in the garden know /don´t know why he is crying.
d) The Rose tree beside the sundial gives / doesn´t give the Nightingale a rose.
e) The girl accepts / doesn´t accept the rose from the Student.
f) The Student goes / doesn´t go to the Prince ´s Ball.