How did the writer bring out exploitation in the story ‘ The Happy Prince’?

How did the writer bring out exploitation in the story ‘ The Happy Prince’?Category: Prose QuestionHow did the writer bring out exploitation in the story ‘ The Happy Prince’?
Seerat asked 3 years ago
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Mir Afzal Staff answered 3 years ago

The writer has brought out exploitation very beautifully. The people at court, the Jews, and the rich are exploiting the poor. The Mayor and the Town Councilors represent the exploitation of the power. The son of the seamstress is suffering from fever, but she cannot attend to him. She is embroidering  flowers for the Queen’s made-of-honour to wear at the next court-ball. The poor are working hard, but they cannot buy even oranges. This is the worst kind of exploitation.

On one side, some people are so poor that they are starving and on the other hand the rich are making merry and the Jews are weighing out money on copper scales. The writers of that time are also being exploited. They are cold and cold with hunger. The Mayor and the Town Councilors are exploiting their powers. Each one of them himself wants to have built statue. The Mayor even issues a proclamation that birds are not to be allowed to die there. This is purely an exploitation of power.