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Madame Letore visits her sister Madame Roubere after returning from a trip to Switzerland. Madame Roubere notices that Madame Letore, who is only 24, now has two white streaks in her black hair. When questioned, Madame Letore admits to having an affair with a young man while on her trip. She explains that while her husband treats her well, he is not passionate or emotionally connected. Madame Roubere concludes that Madame Letore's lover was not truly the man but "love itself," represented by the moonlight that night.
Madame Letore visits her sister Madame Roubere after returning from a trip to Switzerland. Madame Roubere notices that Madame Letore, who is only 24, now has two white streaks in her black hair. When questioned, Madame Letore admits to having an affair with a young man while on her trip. She explains that while her husband treats her well, he is not passionate or emotionally connected. Madame Roubere concludes that Madame Letore's lover was not truly the man but "love itself," represented by the moonlight that night.
Madame Letore visits her sister Madame Roubere after returning from a trip to Switzerland. Madame Roubere notices that Madame Letore, who is only 24, now has two white streaks in her black hair. When questioned, Madame Letore admits to having an affair with a young man while on her trip. She explains that while her husband treats her well, he is not passionate or emotionally connected. Madame Roubere concludes that Madame Letore's lover was not truly the man but "love itself," represented by the moonlight that night.
by Guy de Maupassant Reporter: Clarise L. Marciano About the Flag
• The French flag was officially adopted on
February 15, 1794.
• The flag - the tricolor - consists of three vertical
bands of equal width, displaying the country's national colors: blue, white and red. The blue band is positioned nearest the flag-staff, the white in the middle, and the red on the outside. About the flag • Red, white and blue have come to represent liberty, equality and fraternity - the ideals of the French Revolution. Blue and red are also the time-honored colors of Paris, while white is the color of the Royal House of Bourbon. LOCATION
AREA: 643,801 km²
POPULATION- 67,201,000 CAPITAL CITY- PARIS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE- FRENCH RELIGION- 51.1% Christian 39.6% Irreligious 5.6% Muslim 0.8% Judaism 2.5% other faiths Climate- Oceanic, continental, and Mediterranean Government- exercises executive power in France. It is composed of a prime minister, who is the head of government, and both junior and senior ministers. Guy de Maupassant • Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant ( August 5, 1850 – July 6, 1893) was a French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the naturalist school of writers, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. Guy de Maupassant • Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements (outcomes). Many are set during the Franco- Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. Guy de Maupassant • He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, "Boule de Suif" ("Ball of Fat", 1880), is often considered his masterpiece. • Notable Works: Bel-Ami, Boule de Suif, The Horla, La Maison Tellier, Pierre et Jean and A Woman’s Life. Summary of “Moonlight” • Moonlight" is about two sisters who are reunited after one of the sisters has been out of the country for five weeks. • Madame Julie Roubere is hosting her older sister Madame Henriette Letore. Madame Roubere is the younger sister. Madame Latore has been on a trip to Switzerland for the past five weeks. At first, the sisters are very excited to see each other. They hug, chatter excitedly, and generally enjoy each other's company. The story's tone changes when Madame Roubere notices that her twenty-four-year-old sister has two white streaks in her jet-black hair at each temple. Summary of “Moonlight” • Madame Roubere is horrified because her sister is so young and because there was no white in her hair before she left for Switzerland. She demands to know what is wrong with her sister. Madame Letore admits to having a lover. She admonishes her sister to be very careful because women are weak and it takes very little for them to stray into immorality. She describes her husband as steady, calm, and boring. She describes a time when they were traveling together and entered into a valley. Madame Latore was overcome with the beauty of the natural scene and asked her husband to kiss her. Summary of “Moonlight” • He quashed her request. "I clasped my hands with delight, and said to him: 'How beautiful it is, dear! Give me a kiss! Kiss me now!' He only answered, with a smile of chilling kindliness: 'There is no reason why we should kiss each other because you like the landscape.' And his words froze me to the heart. It seems to me that when people love each other, they ought to feel more moved by love than ever, in the presence of beautiful scenes." Summary of “Moonlight” • A few days later, Madame Latore went out in the evening for a walk. Her husband was in bed with a headache. The moon was full and the scene was idyllic. Madame Latore was once again overcome with the beauty of it and says she was "seized with an insatiable need of love." She begins sobbing, and a young man appears, comforting her and saying all the words she longs to hear. She implies that they were overcome and gave in to their physical desires. Summary of “Moonlight” • Letore is adamant on telling her sister that she loves her husband and never thought she would cheat on him. He is a good man, treats her well, provides for her and is nice, but at the same time he is very stifling and not very emotionally connected to her. Roubere replies that it is all too often that women don't necessarily fall in love with the man they "love" but more-so with the idea of love and love itself. She says "And your real lover that night was the moonlight." meaning that she didn't cheat with a man, but with an idea. Characterization Techniques Characterization impacts the story by revealing the personality of the characters
Dynamic Character: Madame Letore- her
feelings and thoughts about her life change throughout the story.
Static Character: Madame Roubere- stays
the same throughout the story because it’s about what happened with her sister. Setting
The broadest setting location for this
story is Paris, France. The entire story takes place in the home of Madame Julie Roubere. More specifically, the two main characters spend the story talking with each other in the parlor room. Point of View The narrative point of view is third person omniscient.
• In third person omniscient, the narrator knows
all the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story. When writing in third person omniscient, the author will move from character to character, allowing the events to be interpreted by several different voices, but always maintaining an omniscient - or godlike - distance. Exposition
• During the exposition, the author tells the
reader that Madame Roubere is waiting at her home for her sister, Madame Letore, who has just returned from a trip to Switzerland. Madame Letore has come to Paris to visit alone, her husband having returned to their estate early to take care of some business. Rising Action When Madame Letore arrives, the action begins its rise. The sisters embrace, and Madame Roubere is astonished to see that Madame Letore has "two large locks of white hair". When Madame Roubere presses her sister to tell her what is the matter, Madame Letore reveals tearfully that she has a lover. Madame Letore explains that she is fond of her husband, "but he is mature and sensible, and cannot even comprehend the tender vibrations of a woman's heart". Rising Action Madame Letore herself is a woman of deep feelings and emotions, and she has for quite awhile longed for more passion in their lives. Madame Letore had never meant to deceive her husband, but the final straw came during the time they had just had, traveling together. Climax In the climax of the story, Madame Letore describes how she had been walking with her husband one morning, and had been overcome by the beauty of the landscape around them. She had exclaimed about the scene, and asked her husband to kiss her, but he had responded with "chilling kindness" that the fact that she liked their environs was no reason for a kiss. Conflict The central conflict is an internal conflict. Madame Henriette Letore has had an affair while she was on vacation. Her husband had returned early and that gave her the opportunity for the affair. It goes without saying that Letore must be conflicted about her marriage in order to consider having the affair in the first place. She confesses that she loves her husband, but she wishes that he was more physically intimate with her more often. Falling Action A few nights later, Madame Letore was walking alone by the lake, as the falling action begins. A full moon was showing, and the scene again was sublime, evoking strong emotion in the passionate woman. She sat by the lake and was sobbing "like a crazy woman", and a man appeared, a "young barrister" with whom she and her husband were distantly acquainted. Falling Action They talked for awhile, and he commented on the sights they had seen on the trip and recited some verses of poetry. Seized with "indescribable emotion" that the young man should so clearly understand what she was feeling, she made love with him. Resolution Madame Roubere consoles her sister as the older woman shrieks in anguish at the turn her life has taken. Gently, she tells her that it is not the man she loves, "but love itself", her "real lover that night" having been the the idea of love as represented by the moonlight. Theme As for a theme, there is definitely a theme of love. I think the love theme is shown in three distinct ways in this story. The first is that love is (or should be) an all-consuming combination of emotional and physical attraction. It's what Letore seems to want most out of a relationship. Theme She admits that her husband is a wonderful caregiver; however, that doesn't seem to be solid enough evidence of his love for her. That care and devotion for somebody is the second thematic display of love in this story. Theme The husband believes that he is showing his love through his care and his goodness. She longs for physical love and he gives her devoted love. Both are wonderful expressions of love. Roubere points out a third view of love in this story. She points out to Letore that in many cases love is nothing more than an abstract concept. People love the idea of being in love. "You see, sister, very often it is not a man that we love, but love itself." Important Questions
1. Do you think Madame
Henriette has lost affection with her husband Robert? Why? Why not? Important Questions
2. What are your impressions
of Robert? Important Questions
3. Why do you think the story
is entitled “The Moonlight”? Symbol As we love, we must never forget to love ourselves first. The thought that love is giving and sharing, we must also learn how to express these affections. From the story, the moonlight was involved because only the moonlight was Madame Henriette’s witness when she was expressing all of her sorrows and despairs. Symbol From my perception, we chose the reflection of the moonlight in the ocean as our symbol. As for me, in front of her husband, Madame Henriette is a composed woman who is strong and does not even bother to tell her husband of what she feels inside. Similar to the moonlight, it is calm and beautiful to look at, especially when it shines so bright in the dark night. Symbol But when the moonlight reflects in the water, it is wavy or its original form is distracted by the disturbances under the water, alike Madame Henriette, she may look calm outside but she always wanted to burst and shout inside. She only does not have someone to talk to. Symbol That moonlight’s reflection on the water and Madame Henriette’s true feelings are the same, ready to burst out and is troubled from the inside. While the moonlight is the mirror of Madame Henriette’s outer personality. Symbol In reality, we must learn to never keep ourselves from expressing our real feeling because if we will not do that, it will make us insane. Sometimes, the deeper the emotions we keep, the bigger the impact it may cause when we let it all out. Thank You for Listening!
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