thought of herself compared to everyone else and her discontent with the way that she is living. When her husband thought that her cooking was spectacular‚ she was ashamed of how boring her cooking was because she was unable to afford anything else. Monsieur Loisel thinks getting into a high-class party would be a wonderful thing; she only sees it as another chance to embarrass herself and show everyone what she doesn’t have. She is only happy with jewels when
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intended. Although this message is presented in different ways throughout all forms of literature. In Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace‚” Madame Loisel loses the necklace that she had previously borrowed from a friend and her husband Monsieur loisel meticulously searches the streets to find the necklace which doesn’t turn up and have to work hard to pay it off not knowing that the necklace is of little value. Contrariwise‚ in O. Henry’s short fiction “The gift of the Magi‚” the characters
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Another reason why he does this is because he feels that he is “bound to a system that is frightful…responsible for it‚ but powerless in it” (94). Following the death of the former Marquis and prolonged absence of Darnay‚ low level officials‚ such as Monsieur Gabelle‚ have “held the impoverished and involved estate on written instructions” (187). Gabelle is imprisoned for having ties
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able to recognize Darnay anywhere cannot tell Darnay apart from a barrister present in court‚ Sydney Carton‚ who looks almost identical to him. In Paris‚ the despised Monsieur the Marquis‚ Charles Darnay’s uncle‚ runs over and kills the son of the peasant Gaspard and throws a coin to Gaspard to compensate him for his loss. Monsieur Defarge comforts Gaspard. As the Marquis’s coach drives off‚ the coin thrown to Gaspard is thrown back into the coach by an unknown hand‚ enraging the Marquis.
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mother who only seeks funds for her son. This woman’s monetary greed foreshadows the tragedies that will strike the Villefort household. She is in fact a mirror image of Villefort‚ who was willing to sacrifice human life for is own gain. Chapter 33 Monsieur and Madame de Villefort live with Noirtier‚ Villefort’s aged paralyzed father. Noirtier’s fortune shall pass to Valentine upon her marriage. Thus‚ in this chapter‚ the Villefort’s proceed to Noirtier’s chamber to tell him of Valentine’s coming marriage
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causes serious concern among the police. The prefect of the Paris police‚ Monsieur G—‚ claims that a man by the name of Minister D— has stolen the letter and replaced it with a duplicate letter of his own. Dupin claims that because the letter is readily available‚ it must be in Minister D—’s apartment‚ but Monsieur G— responds that they have thoroughly checked the Minister’s apartment and there was no letter to be found. When Monsieur G— returns back to Dupin a month later with an increased fifty-thousand
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Love is a flame‚ easily snuffed out but just as easily rekindled. Flames are capable of eternally living‚ similar to love. The power of love is sometimes underestimated. In his novel Les Misérables‚ Victor Hugo demonstrates what love can really do for a person. Love is explored throughout the novel in several different ways. Hugo’s theme is that love should be shown to all‚ even if the receiver does not seem worthy‚ as shown through his character’s lives. Love has the power to redeem anyone. When
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The Count of Monte Cristo By: Alexandre Dumas Type of Literary Work: Historical Novel This book is an example of a historical Novel. It is historically accurate‚ and consists of characters that could have existed in the nineteenth century. Theme:Judgment Day comes to us all inevitably. We all pay for all evil and injustices of our life‚ yet sometimes there will be someone so viciously wronged‚ that he will return like a wrath of nature‚ with and unquenchable thirst for vengeance. Such a vendetta
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BIOGRAPHY during Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)‚ French author of the naturalistic school who is the Franco-Prussian War. Between the years 1872 and 1880 Maupassant was a civil servant‚ first Guy de Maupassant was probably born at the Château de Miromesniel‚ Dieppe on August 5‚ 1850. In 1869 Maupassant started to study law in Paris‚ but soon‚ at the age of 20‚ he volunteered to serve in the army at the ministry of maritime affairs‚ then at the ministry of education As a poet Maupassant made his
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The Stranger The Stranger written by Albert Camus‚ a Nobel Prize winner‚ tells the tale of a young man named Monsieur Meursault. In the beginning‚ Monsieur Meursault’s mother‚ Maman‚ has died. After getting a telegram containing news of Maman’s death‚ Monsieur Meursault heads to Marengo where his mother had been taken care of in a home. He is greeted by the director of the home who leads him to the mortuary to see Maman. Meursault attends her vigil that night and attends the funeral procession the
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