The setting of the story
The story takes place in two places:
Valmonde and L'Abri, Louisiana .
Valmonde is the place where Madame
Valmonde lives and where Desiree was found and adopted.
Most of the story takes place in
L'Abri, the place where Desiree and her husband Armand live.
The description of L'Abri is realistic.
It’s dark and gloomy place, where no love and happiness live.
“It was a sad looking place, which for many
years had not known the gentle presence of a mistress… The roof came down steep
and black like a cowl, reaching out beyond the wide galleries that encircled
the yellow stuccoed house. Big, solemn oaks grew close to it, and their
thick-leaved, far-reaching branches shadowed it like a pall.”
It provides a background for actions
and contributes to the understanding of Armand’s way of life before marrying
Desiree.
The man seems to be strict and even
cruel toward his slaves.
There is a hope that their marriage
will change the atmosphere in the place, full of suffering (presented by the
slaves’ life and Armand’s attitude to them) and the owner as well but “a great bonfire in
the centre of the smoothly swept back yard” ruins it, taking away every sign of
Desiree’s presence.
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