Chekhov and Mauassant

The passage from Chekhov’s “The Darling” starting on page 298 and finishing on page 299 from “Now she was absolutely alone.” (298) To “And she would shake the kitten off her skirt and say…” (299). This passage, written in the third person,

Mme. Loisel, aged from the ten hard years of repaying debts, reflects on what would have happened if they hadn’t been invited to the ball, or if she hadn’t borrowed the necklace from Mme. Forestier. Still she knows that even though she was in a horrible situation where she had to repay loans and work hard and had to do without, she became a better person because of it.

Both of these characters, Olga and Mathilde Loisel were at turning points in their lives. Olga had lost everything but was about to gain a new light in her life with the returning of the veterinary surgeon and more importantly to her his son, and Mme. Loisel had changed because she now knew the “existence of the needy” (980). Olga on one hand felt that her “best years were b

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