Materialism in the story 'The Nightingale and the Rose' Essay

The rose tree cried to the nightingale, press more deep. When the nightingale pressed close then the thorn penetrate more deep inside the body. When the thorn touches the heart after that the nightingale's voice became low. Then the tree said to nightingale that red rose is grew now but nightingale did not answer because she died.
Next morning, when student saw a red flower he became happy. He picked it up and took this red rose to the girl. But she did not accept his red rose because already someone gave her a very expensive jewels.
She also rejects because the flower did not match with her dress. In the end, the boy threw the flower in the street and said love is very stupid and crazy thing.
4.2.1 The Ignorance of Human's Feeling Due to Materialism
England was enjoying economic growth. However, serious economic depression in 1874 - 1875 shook this great kingdom, and England had experienced this transitional period around 1880. If viewed as a whole, the nineteenth century has been a prosperous century for the British upper and the middle classes. However, at the same time, the lower class was very poor.
4.2.2 Materialism in the story 'The Nightingale and the Rose'
a) The Importance of Social Status and the Unequal Social Treatment
b) The Materialistic Way of Life
a) The Importance of Social Status and Unequal Social Treatment
The Nightingale and the Rose story bring out the issue of social status through the representation of two different classes between the Student and the Chamberlain's Nephew. The Student here is categorized as the middle class member while the Chamberlain's Nephew represents the higher class. The issue of importance of social status and unequal social treatment becomes obvious through the Professor's Daughter's attitude toward the difference.
The Young Student is described as being in love with the Professor's Daughter so much that he cannot sleep thinking about where to find a red rose that he is supposed to give her if he wants her to go and dance with him at the state ball. However, even though he finally has the red rose he still cannot take the Professor's Daughter to the ball because he loses in the aspect of wealth. Moreover, when rejecting the Student's request, she gets her temper rising that she says, "and after all, who are you? Only a student" (p.07). It proves how social status matters for her to get in public. Here, Oscar Wilde points out a criticism toward the middle class of late Victorian who always tried to be the member of high class society. The situation made the condition of the poorer classes worse because the middle class tried to make themselves become even more prosperous so they could be called high class. In addition, the high class did not want to be competing by the middle class hence they also tried to make themselves better. In the story, Oscar Wilde uses the 'jewels' to symbolize the power