воскресенье, 27 апреля 2014 г.

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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