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Riley G. In a way, I think it was all three. She wanted the student to be happy. She said herself that true love was a rare thing, she wanted true love to blos…moreIn a way, I think it was all three. She wanted the student to be happy. She said herself that true love was a rare thing, she wanted true love to blossom and flourish. She understood that true love required sacrifice, and she was willing to be the sacrifice.

As for the imagery going from beautiful to dull, I think Wilde did that to show the mood portrayed in the student. At first, he's enraptured with the beauty of the girl, and the desire for a rose, the hope of a relationship blossoming. At the end, he feels hopeless, he has seen the ugly snobbiness of the girl, and he now views the world without hope, that everything is a let down, and the only place to find order is in the laws of science. I think we're also seeing most of the story from the innocent perspective of the nightingale, who sees hope and love in everything.(less)

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How is romantic love defeated by materialistic love in this story?

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