World literature essay nathalia bak
Balzac does not content creating its characters and giving them definitions, he places them in a social environment and in an era of which it must relate to the characteristics in his work. In "Eugénie Grandet" Balzac placed the characters in the era, between the Revolution and the end of the Monarchy, that distinguished itself by the industrial development, the entrance of the middle class and consequently "the control of the money". This is for that that one finds "the theme of money" mainly with eugenie and her father among the themes dominating in this novel. Meanwhile In the play ' A Doll's House'' written by Henrik Ibsen The nineteenth century saw huge social and economic changes. Society shifted from a largely rural agricultural community of landed gentry' and land workers, to urban communities based on manufacturing. More than ever before, what defined one's place in society was one's ability to make and control money.......
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