The motif of Wilde's fairy tales is unselfish deed of self-sacrifice. The statue of the Happy Prince asks a Swallow take the sheets of gold from him , scratch eyes out of sapphire and presents the poor. Presenteded with the help of the Swallow his treasures, the Prince-statue made happy many needy residents of the capital. In the fairy tale Happy Prince cried, seeing the disaster of the needy residents of the city. But he did not notice the disaster of his messengers the Swallow. So the Swallow's death was a complete surprise to him. Her death opened the depth of all the suffering, which suffered the Swallow, having agreed to be his messenger. The fact that he, the Prince, was the cause of all the suffering, and the death of the Swallow. Thus, a leaden heart split from the strong feelings of the Prince — statue. He realized that he himself was the cause of the suffering of the swallow. The Prince's desire to make people happy is not affected that after parting with sapphires, he became blind. That after he had presented all his treasures, he began to look «like a beggar.» However, the most significant fact was that, thanks to the strong feelings, caused by the death of the Swallow, the Prince finally understood the meaning of the real life of the human heart. Reduce the overall level of suffering of living beings on the Earth. A disfigured Happy Prince was given to be melted down and the dead Swallow was found at his feet. He sacrificed himself for the sake of the people, and she died from the cold, sacrificing herselа for the sake of the Prince.
