The Romantics of "Ligeia" and the Realists of "The Necklace"
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- Romanticism originated in the Early Nineteenth Century, where literature began to shift towards mystical Enlightenment , where authors strayed away from the Enlightenment practice of rationality.
- Right. And as a reaction to Romanticism, the literary technique of Realism introduces the faithful representations of reality , with a focus on the lives of the middle-class.
- Exactly. Like Guy de Maupassant's The Necklace, Realist literary works highlights and represents the realities of the working-middle class.
- Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia, for example, transcends from language that emphasized the ideals of the Scientific Method. Instead, Poe uses language that mystified and strayed away from previous Tradition thought.
- Both Poe's Ligeia and Maupassant's The Necklace spoke in darker imagery and tone.
- Yes, definitely. The narration in Ligeia conveyed the instability of the narrator's mental awareness, as you can probably conclude with the revitalization of his previous wives.
- Exactly. Maupassant's The Necklace appropriately displayed the cruel realities of those in the middle-class. Highlighting that although Mathilde may have been the original downfall, there were many societal factors that led to her ultimate demise.
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