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Why can’t Hughie marry Laura? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer

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Answered by puneetgoyal12
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Answer:

If Baron had not given Hughie money, Hughie will not have the money to marry Laura. Since Hughie is poor and unemployed, he would have never been able to marry Laura or have romance without the help of Baron's generosity and money.

Answered by sadiaanam
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Answer:

The full explanation has been provided, but in essence, Harry was too impoverished to wed Laura, but later on in the narrative, they did wed.

Explanation:

Oscar Wilde penned "The Model Millionaire," a short fiction (1854-1900). He was a well-known Irish author. In this tale, Oscar Wilde talks about Hughie Erskine, a young man with a respectable reputation. Due to his lack of employment, he had an extremely poor financial situation. To make money, he tried his hand at several other professions, but he was unsuccessful. He was described by the author as "a charming, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no vocation" as a result.

Hughie Erskine was a handsome young man with crisp brown hair and grey eyes who lived in poverty. He was well-liked not just by men but also by women. Despite constantly changing things, he never managed to establish a profession. He spent six months trading on the Stock Exchange, a bit longer as a tea trader, and then tried to sell dry sherry. The daughter of a former colonel, Laura Merton, was the woman he was in love with. The Colonel disapproved of their engagement and would only permit their nuptials if Hughie possessed a personal wealth of £10,000.

Hughie once went to see painter Alan Trevor, a friend of his. When Hughie entered, he discovered Trevor painting the final details on a fantastic life-size portrait of a beggar man. On a platform in a studio corner, the beggar was standing. He was an elderly man who looked pitiful and had a face that resembled wrinkled parchment. Hughie then went to the Palette Club that evening at eleven o'clock and discovered Alan in the smocking room. They discussed Alan Trevor's painting of the model of a beggar-man. Alan revealed throughout the chat that the model for his photograph was a wealthy, not a pauper.Hughie was taken aback and found what Alan had told him hard to accept. The millionaire's name was Baron Hausberg. While Alan laughed heartily, Hughie returned home unhappy. Hughie offered the Baron a sovereign after mistaking him for a beggar. He felt terrible for behaving in such a way such a wealthy man and worried that the Baron would view his actions negatively.

The following morning, Hughie received a letter from Baron Hausberg delivered by a messenger. Hugh Erskine and Laura Merton received the $10,000 check in the mail as a wedding gift from Baron Hausberg. On the wedding day, Alan Trevor served as the best man, and the Baron spoke during the wedding breakfast. Millionaire models are already uncommon, but millionaire models are much less common, according to Alan.

Therefore, it may be inferred from the narrative that Harry was too impoverished to wed Laura, but later on in the narrative, they did wed.

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