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History 242
Friday 11:15-12:05
2/9/06
Stendhal's Red and Black

The narrator is first character introduced and the first to arrive in the small provincial town of Verrieres. He is described as a well traveled man and it is not clear in the beginning if he is the narrator the story or not. He describes the small town as thriving due largely to a successful nail factory. The owner of the factory, also mayor of the town, Mr. M. de Renal is the second character introduced in the story. His presence is immediately recognized by the narrator upon entering the town. The narrator's first description of the town is the "roaring machine, frightful in its appearance." he describes," ponderous hammers falling with a crash which makes the street shudder…" This unpleasant imagery is used to describe the mayor's nail factory. The narrator then proceeds to describe in great detail the grandeur of the mayor's home, land, and factory.
The narrator believes small towns and provinces like......

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