ATTEMPT A CHARACTER SKETCH OF HUGHIE ERSKINE IN THE STORY"THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE" (10 MARKS)
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The Model Millionaire''
Like the last lines of the story, the Oscar Wilde piece ''The Model Millionaire'' introduces readers to a model who is also a millionaire, a millionaire whose model behavior walks the line between being blessed with wealth and paying it forward.
The cast of characters is small, ranging from a handsome but poor young man, to a wise-beyond-his-years artist, to a wealthy baron from Europe who repays a man's favor with one of his own. Let's explore the key players in this tale.
Alan Trevor is just your basic cerebral artist, who paints on the side. He's described as a ''strange rough fellow, with a freckled face and a red ragged beard,'' whose art is well received by critics and patrons alike. He prefers to surround himself with beautiful and intellectual people, though we discover that Alan's definition of beauty might even include someone wearing rags. Alan is a hard worker in comparison with Hughie's more relaxed nature. He's amused by Hughie's misunderstanding of the beggar-man, but complimentary of his philanthropic nature. He later serves as Hughie's best man at his wedding.
Hughie Erskine is a handsome and charming, yet unlucky in money, kind of lad. He's generous, though, and kindhearted toward people he perceives as having less than he does. Alan Trevor is a cerebral artist who sees the beauty even in rags.