Stendhal (red and the black army)

Running Head : RED AND BLACK ARMY

Stendhal (red and black army

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Stendhal (red and black army

Summary

M . de Rknal hires Julien Sorel as a tutor to his children . In his time men attain powers from the Church over the army . Julien 's desire to be an aristocrat decided him to make an affair with Mme . de Rknal . The affair didn 't last since M . Valenod uncovers their affairs and sent Julien (by M . Chylan ) in Besanzon seminary

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Besanzon seminary , M . Pirard , recognizes the ability and intellectual capacity of Julien and encourages him to built a career in the church . Julien does very well in the seminary but only to fulfill his will to be an aristocrat (cited in Beyle , 1830

M . Pirard resigns in the church when he becomes aware of the corruption occurring in the church . Marquis de la Mole requested M . Pirard to be his personal secretary but later decided to choose Julien as a replacement to M . Pirard . In his (Julien ) experienced in Parisian society , he insists to mingled to the upper society but he was treated unequal . The society does not permit interaction between classes

Mathilde (Marquis daughter ) fell in-love to Julien . Again , Julien found another way to be part of upper society . Soon after the Julien-Mathilde affair was discovered , Julien shoot Mme . de Rknal

1 . Describe how it shows the working of society , the interaction between classes , sexes , friends , ways of talking and acting

Stendhal always gives emphasis to the importance of history of French in the novel . The author reflects to the rise of power of Napoleon , its restoration and revolution (1830 . In his novel , he stressed how history affects the future and affects the lives of our men . This is shown from the obsession of Julien and Mathilde with the past . Julien idolized Napoleon while Mathilde adores Queen Margot (cited in Beyle , 1830 . The characters in the novel reflect a typical historical political and social environment during the end of restoration period . Stendhal creates M . Valenod and Marquis represents being liberal and a fading upper class , respectively . The structure of the novel thus describes the rise and fall of French history seen in the characters of the novel . In the 19th century French literature , Stendhal denounces the traditional love scenarios . He introduced the triangular desire /love through an intermediary character . The intermediary character makes the other lover jealous , in which making the situation more complicated . The author wanted to introduce psychology into the story . Stendhal gives importance to unconstructive aspects of love . These include exploitation , distrust and emotional manipulation . Unlike in traditional love conflicts , the author wanted to emphasize that the real love scenarios are those scenarios that the endings are unpredicted

In the novel , Stendhal illustrates an archetype of the French in 19th century showing its social rankings , politics , education and behaviors The characters represent every level of intellect and responsiveness The characters behaviors were characterize by enthusiasm , conspiracy and satires . The...