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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the Swallow never rejoins its flock, and the Prince's gifts go unnoticed by the rest of the village. Both are disposed of once they see the Prince's now-shabby state, but [[DeusExMachina God sends His angels to retrieve their remains]] and welcome them into the kingdom of Heaven.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the Swallow never rejoins its flock, flock and dies from the cold, and the Prince's gifts go unnoticed by the rest of the village. Both are disposed of once they see the Prince's now-shabby state, but [[DeusExMachina God sends His angels to retrieve their remains]] and welcome them into the kingdom of Heaven.]]
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* DiedHappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:"for in my garden of Paradise this little bird shall sing for evermore, and in my city of gold the Happy Prince shall praise me."]]
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* DiedHappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:"for [[spoiler:"For in my garden of Paradise this little bird shall sing for evermore, and in my city of gold the Happy Prince shall praise me."]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Happy Prince sacrifices all the gold leaves he is covered with. The Swallow helps him delivering them until he dies, as he can't stand the cold weather. And nobody finds them of any value afterward.]]
* HumansAreFlawed: Given Wilde's sarcastic tone seen in the descriptions of the human characters. The people the Prince and Swallow help are at least grateful for their MysteriousBenefactor giving them means to survive with, but there are also many townsfolk who aren't so kind. Also provoked in the end where the humans do not acknowledge Happy Prince's sacrifices and see him as an old, ugly statue decorated with a dead swallow, [[DramaticIrony all while the readers know what's really going on.]]
* HumansAreFlawed: Given Wilde's sarcastic tone seen in the descriptions of the human characters. The people the Prince and Swallow help are at least grateful for their MysteriousBenefactor giving them means to survive with, but there are also many townsfolk who aren't so kind. Also provoked in the end where the humans do not acknowledge Happy Prince's sacrifices and see him as an old, ugly statue decorated with a dead swallow, [[DramaticIrony all while the readers know what's really going on.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: [[spoiler:The Happy Prince sacrifices his sapphire eyes and all the gold leaves he is covered with. The Swallow helps him delivering them until he dies, as he can't stand the cold weather. And nobody finds them of any value afterward.]]
* HumansAreFlawed: Given Wilde's sarcastic tone seen in the descriptions of the human characters. The people the Prince and Swallow help are at least grateful for their MysteriousBenefactor giving them means to survive with, but there are also many townsfolk who aren't so kind. Also provoked in the end where the humans do not acknowledge the Happy Prince's sacrifices and see him as an old, ugly statue decorated with a dead swallow, [[DramaticIrony all while the readers know what's really going on.]]
* HumansAreFlawed: Given Wilde's sarcastic tone seen in the descriptions of the human characters. The people the Prince and Swallow help are at least grateful for their MysteriousBenefactor giving them means to survive with, but there are also many townsfolk who aren't so kind. Also provoked in the end where the humans do not acknowledge the Happy Prince's sacrifices and see him as an old, ugly statue decorated with a dead swallow, [[DramaticIrony all while the readers know what's really going on.]]
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* StealthPun: The description of the reed, which is full of double entendres about plants
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* StealthPun: The description of the reed, which is full of double entendres about plantsplants.
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* SpoiledSweet: A rare male example. The Happy Prince's back story is that he was an absolutely happy person who knew no sadness and hardship. Meanwhile, he was also a genuinely kind person and and retained his kindness even after death.
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* SpoiledSweet: A rare male example. The Happy Prince's back story is that he was an absolutely happy person who knew no sadness and hardship. Meanwhile, he was also a genuinely kind person and and retained his kindness even after death.
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* SpoiledSweet: Happy Prince's back story is depicted as an absolute happy person who knows no sadness and hardship, and retains his kindness even after death.
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* SpoiledSweet: A rare male example. The Happy Prince's back story is depicted as that he was an absolute absolutely happy person who knows knew no sadness and hardship, hardship. Meanwhile, he was also a genuinely kind person and retains and retained his kindness even after death.
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* AnimatedAdaptation: Sad enough to scar your childhood, featuring Glynnis Johns and Christopher Plummer. Available [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3RZh1yaqxM here.]]
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* ButNowIMustGo: Subverted. The Swallow repeatedly warns the Happy Prince that it needs to leave for Egypt and return to its flock, but the Prince doesn't let the Swallow go despite the latter's repeated pleas. He ''does'' eventually allow the bird to leave after his last eye had been gifted away, but the Swallow offers to stay because it felt guilty about the Prince being unable to see anymore.
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* ButNowIMustGo: Subverted. The Swallow repeatedly warns the Happy Prince that it needs to leave for Egypt and return to its flock, but the Prince doesn't let the Swallow go despite the latter's repeated pleas. He ''does'' eventually allow the bird to leave after his last eye had been gifted away, but the Swallow offers to stay because it felt guilty about the Prince being unable to see anymore.
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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the Swallow never rejoins its flock, and the Prince's gifts go unnoticed by the rest of the village. Both are disposed of once they see the Prince's now-shabby state, but [[DeusExMachina God sends His angels to retrieve their remains]] and welcome them into the kingdom of Heaven.]]
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* BitterSweetEnding: BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the Swallow never rejoins its flock, and the Prince's gifts go unnoticed by the rest of the village. Both are disposed of once they see the Prince's now-shabby state, but [[DeusExMachina God sends His angels to retrieve their remains]] and welcome them into the kingdom of Heaven.]]
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* ButNowIMustGo: Subverted. Happy Prince doesn't let the Swallow go despite the latter's repeated pleas.
* ButNowIMustGo: Subverted. Happy Prince doesn't let the Swallow go despite the latter's repeated pleas.
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* ButNowIMustGo: Subverted. The Swallow repeatedly warns the Happy Prince that it needs to leave for Egypt and return to its flock, but the Prince doesn't let the Swallow go despite the latter's repeated
