1. Why is the Prince called happy? Was he really happy? Why?
2. Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress?
3. For whom does the Prince give away his eyes and why?
4. Why did the Swallow not leave the Prince and go to Egypt?
5. Why does God consider the leaden heart and the dead bird a
the two most precious things in the city?
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Answer:
Explanation:
1)The courtiers called the prince 'the Happy Prince' because he was always happy. He did not know what tears were as he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter. ... After death when he was made into a statue, tears flowed down his eyes on seeing the ugliness and the miseries of his city
2)he Happy Prince sent a ruby for the seamstress because she was very poor and could not feed her child who was suffering from fever. ... The Happy Prince saw the poor lady and her son. He felt pity for them. So, he asked the swallow to pick out the ruby from the sword and give it to the seamstress
3)The prince sent the sapphires for the playwright so that he could finish a play for the director of the theatre in time. The princes sent his second sapphire to a poor match girl. Her matches had fallen into the gutter. She was afraid that her father would beat her for this loss.
4)The little swallow did not leave the happy Prince and went to Egypt because it seemed to be touched by Prince's kindness. The happy Prince sacrificed his eyes to help the poor and became blind. It thought of helping the poor with the help of the Prince.
5)he precious things mentioned in the story are the leaden heart of the happy prince and the dead bird. They are both precious because they were kind and selfless. The prince was very sad to see the ugliness and miseries of his city. He gave away all his precious stones and gold to make his people happy.