Moonlight
Gay de Maupassant
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Critical analysis
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Theme
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Suggestion (Interpretation)
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Type of story
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Elements: plot, character, setting and narration
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Use of language: symbols, images, metaphor and
Gay De Maupassant
'Moonlight' is a beautiful story having the study of human psychology. The
story causes on the theme that human mind is never static but it is highly flexible
and dynamic because there are so many changes in the ideas that we have in our
mind. We are guided by some ideas in the beginning and while experiencing life,
we acquit more and more new ideas so that the old and the false ideas are
replaced by new and fresh ideas. This is the reality of human nature and this
reality of human nature is clearly reflected in the story. The priest Abbemarigan
used to think that he knew everything is complete without woman. This ideology
of the priest was false values so in the later part of the story he realizes
that he was false in the beginning. He replaced the old false values by the new
value that neither man nor woman can be complete in the absence of one another.
He concludes in the ending of the story that man and woman are two different
bodies but only by the reunion of their soul they can be complete. This story
is a good story since it has the movement of progress from negative ideology to
positive one. In other words this story has the movement from ignorance to
enlightenment which makes is a good story. The thinking of the priest that he
knew all and his beginning attitude toward woman reflect his ignorance. In the
ending of the story he realize that he does not know all and both genders are
equally important which are his enlightenments? Such positive progress in the
ideology of the priest suggests the story as a good story.
Gay De
Maupassant in a 19th century French realistic writer and he like in
his other stories, he has used realism in this story. The portrayal of the
priest as an all knowing man, his faith on god as well as his negative attitude
to female reflects the realistic nature of all priest in general. The portrayal
of his naughty niece who is irritated by his preaching his realism related to
the nature of the young people. The desire of niece to keep the beautiful as a
pet and to give love is another realism reflecting that all females want to be mother
and they want love to the children, the priest avoiding his embracing niece is
also related to another realism with the suggestion that all males wants to be
father and give love to the children but it lacked in the priest which unconsciously
handed him. The writer has also used realism in the other action and as well as
setting in the story.
'Moonlight'
is the story with the tradition type of plot because action in this plot are
developed in the order and sequence without any break and flashback characterization
in this story is related to the middle class people. The priest as well as his
niece is the typical character because the priest presents the common thinking
of the priest is general and even the niece represent the typical nature of the
young teenage girls. There is also the realism in this characterization. The
setting in this story is also realistic because there is the description of
countryside road, beautiful moonlight night and the river side. Narrated by the
3rd person narrator the story gives us omniscient point of view.
Maupassant language in this story is
extraordinarily beautiful because of the descriptive quality, images, symbols,
metaphors, illusion and humors are used in this story. The beautiful night with
silvery moon seam The subjects decorated by moonlight musical sounds by the
insects, lovely river beds with poplars are some of the image of in the story Moonlight
as the tile of the story symbolizes the source of knowledge Comparison of the
woman with the trap and comparison of the river side of as a temple are the
example of metaphorical comparison. There is also the allusion of /bible
related to Eve and Edam garden. The priest cutting there times his nose and
ear, while shaving him, it is a humor un the language of this story.
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