Is the passage below a key passage that exemplifies Balzac's intention...
Is the passage below a key passage that exemplifies Balzac's intention in writing "Old Goriot" ("Pere Goriot") as a short story?
View ArticleJust wondering if there is an opinion on why Balzac's Pere Goriot is...
Just wondering if there is an opinion on why Balzac's Pere Goriot is called Pere Goriot when the protagonist is actually Rastignac?
View ArticleTo answer your question briefly, Pere Goriot is called Pere Goriot when...
To answer your question briefly, Pere Goriot is called Pere Goriot when he is actually Rastignac, that is because Pere insists to remain his family name.
View ArticleWhat does Balzac try to convey in his novel Père Goriot?
What does Balzac try to convey in his novel Père Goriot?
View ArticlePere Goriot is an examination of a mise-en-scene—the totality of a...
Pere Goriot is an examination of a mise-en-scene—the totality of a living moment; Balzac is interested in the physical description of 19th century Paris, but also in the social layers that comprise the...
View ArticleBalzac means to convey two central ideas in Père Goriot, which means...
Balzac means to convey two central ideas in Père Goriot, which means Father Goriot. First, he examines over-indulgent parenthood through relationships between Goriot and his daughters, which is rather...
View ArticleThis question can be resolved fairly easily when you have a clear grasp...
This question can be resolved fairly easily when you have a clear grasp of the themes as they relate to the message Balzac's story conveys. Two very important themes are (1) the harm done by...
View ArticleStately Paris ignores the existence of these faces bleached by moral or...
Stately Paris ignores the existence of these faces bleached by moral or physical suffering [reality]; but, then, Paris is in truth an ocean [society] that no line can plumb. You may survey its surface...
View ArticleHighlighting the commonalities as well as the differences between...
Highlighting the commonalities as well as the differences between Realism and Naturalism, compare and contrast Pere Goriot with Therese Raquin.
View ArticleConnect the following quote to Pere Goriot being seen as an expression...
Connect the following quote to Pere Goriot being seen as an expression of Realism: "All is true, so true that everyone can recognize the elements of the tragedy in his own household, in his own heart...
View ArticleI think that Balzac's work can be seen as an attempt to bring out the...
I think that Balzac's work can be seen as an attempt to bring out the tragic conditions that submerge the individual in reality. There is an obvious parallel between Shakespeare's King Lear and Pere...
View ArticleI think that both works are fairly brutal in terms of their view of the...
I think that both works are fairly brutal in terms of their view of the human predicament. In my mind, it is a subtle parsing between both works to see the presence of Realism and Naturalism....
View ArticleIs the passage below a key passage that exemplifies Balzac's intention...
Is the passage below a key passage that exemplifies Balzac's intention in writing "Old Goriot" ("Pere Goriot") as a short story?I think Balzac's intentions with the work is in regard to the...
View ArticleJust wondering if there is an opinion on why Balzac's Pere Goriot is...
Just wondering if there is an opinion on why Balzac's Pere Goriot is called Pere Goriot when the protagonist is actually Rastignac?
View ArticleTo answer your question briefly, Pere Goriot is called Pere Goriot when...
To answer your question briefly, Pere Goriot is called Pere Goriot when he is actually Rastignac, that is because Pere insists to remain his family name.
View ArticleWhat does Balzac try to convey in his novel Père Goriot?
What does Balzac try to convey in his novel Père Goriot?
View ArticlePere Goriot is an examination of a mise-en-scene—the totality of a...
Pere Goriot is an examination of a mise-en-scene—the totality of a living moment; Balzac is interested in the physical description of 19th century Paris, but also in the social layers that comprise the...
View ArticleBalzac means to convey two central ideas in Père Goriot, which means...
Balzac means to convey two central ideas in Père Goriot, which means Father Goriot. First, he examines over-indulgent parenthood through relationships between Goriot and his daughters, which is rather...
View ArticleThis question can be resolved fairly easily when you have a clear grasp...
This question can be resolved fairly easily when you have a clear grasp of the themes as they relate to the message Balzac's story conveys. Two very important themes are (1) the harm done by...
View ArticleStately Paris ignores the existence of these faces bleached by moral or...
Stately Paris ignores the existence of these faces bleached by moral or physical suffering [reality]; but, then, Paris is in truth an ocean [society] that no line can plumb. You may survey its surface...
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