Give two reasons why you dislike a character in the short story,"The Nightingale And The Rose" .

In the short story, “The Nightingale and the Rose”, the most unlikable character is the young girl.  She first teases the young student by telling him that she will dance with him if he brings her a red rose.  He is sad and crying because he cannot find a red rose.  She obviously doesn’t care for the young student because she has set him up for failure. Then, when he does find a red rose,...

In the short story, “The Nightingale and the Rose”, the most unlikable character is the young girl.  She first teases the young student by telling him that she will dance with him if he brings her a red rose.  He is sad and crying because he cannot find a red rose.  She obviously doesn’t care for the young student because she has set him up for failure. Then, when he does find a red rose, thanks to the ultimate sacrifice of the nightingale, she rejects it because,

                “It will not go with my dress.” (pg 8)

She tells the young student that the Chamberlain’s nephew sent her jewels, and jewels cost far more than flowers.  They cost more?  She is obviously very materialistic.  Finally she reinforces her insult by telling him that his shoes do not have silver buckles like the Chamberlain’s son.  By the end of the story, she has caused the death of the nightingale, who believed so fervently in the true love the young student had for this girl, and she sent the young student back to his books in the belief that love was unpractical.