Describe the statue of the happy Prince was he actually happy? Why ,why not?
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Why was the prince called a happy prince?
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Like Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, the prince in this story was sheltered from all knowledge of suffering. The prince explains to the swallow that was he happy during his lifetime because he lived in a palace surrounded by a high wall that blocked out anything unpleasant. He played with companions in his garden and led dances at night. He never explored what was outside the palace walls. Therefore, because he was untroubled, he was called the Happy Prince. He says he was happy because at that time he equated pleasure with happiness.
Following his death, however, the Prince (like the Buddha after he grew up) can see the suffering and poverty all around him. This has made him very sad, especially because, as a statue, he is immobilized. Nevertheless, when he meets the swallow, who can fly around, he now has a way to help other people. He becomes happy in a new way, through insisting that the costly gold and jewels of his statue be given to help the poor. The swallow distributes the wealth to those most in need. This is a deeper and more profound form of happiness than what the prince experienced in life, and he is rewarded at the end with a place for his heart in heaven.
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The Happy Prince is described as a beautiful statue. The statue was placed on the top of a tall pillar. The statue of the prince was completely covered with gold. There were two sapphires in the place of his eyeballs, instead of eyes. A ruby was present at his sword hilt. He was placed in such a manner that he could see everything that was happening around the city. He was a statue who gave away his precious gems for the people of his city to live happily. When he was alive, he had not seen the miseries of life. But now he could see everything, even the hungry and sorrow of people. So He was happy in his life and sad when he was a statue.
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