Camille Dialectical Journal
Chapter 1 & 2 1. By this statement the writer means to say that as she studies the temperaments instead of the character, study will be in more detail. 2. 3. Therese | Camille | YoungSeriousIron constitutionInside: * Passion * Joy * Anger * To run * Wild animalOutside: * Silent * Indifferent * Lost in thought * Impressions of calmness * Motionless | FeverSufferingSicknessStruggleIgnorantEmptyEgotisticSpindlyS
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Chapter 3, 4 & 5 4. Madame Raquin is very protective of her son, Camille because she has saved him from several illnesses. She tries to keep the family together, for example when Camille wants to go to Paris; Mme. Raquin takes care of everything in order to stay a ‘happy family’. She feels she has Camille’s future in her hands because she has arranged Camille and Therese’s marriage. Even though she feels this way, her son still gets his way by moving to Paris which shows that she does not have much power in their family. She was also the person who brought Camille and Therese together. At the first instant, Mme. Raquin seems invisible and neutral but we realize that she has more power in the ‘family’ than Therese. …show more content…
Knowing that women are not the same as they were at the time this book was written, I think Zola tries to see what women think and what their role is in the society but that he does not succeed 100 percent. They are portrayed as weaker characters, because Therese has an affair with Laurent, Therese gives in to orders and the women hang themselves due to love. These generalizations do not define a woman and therefore I think Zola does not look at the strengths enough. Zola portrays Therese as being weak when she does not have the guts and power to face Mme. Raquin while Laurent goes to work and faces reality everyday. Zola emphasizes on the women’s weaknesses and not how Therese helped Mme. Raquin face the fact that Camille was dead and that she only had Therese to rely
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Chapter 3, 4 & 5 4. Madame Raquin is very protective of her son, Camille because she has saved him from several illnesses. She tries to keep the family together, for example when Camille wants to go to Paris; Mme. Raquin takes care of everything in order to stay a ‘happy family’. She feels she has Camille’s future in her hands because she has arranged Camille and Therese’s marriage. Even though she feels this way, her son still gets his way by moving to Paris which shows that she does not have much power in their family. She was also the person who brought Camille and Therese together. At the first instant, Mme. Raquin seems invisible and neutral but we realize that she has more power in the ‘family’ than Therese. …show more content…
Knowing that women are not the same as they were at the time this book was written, I think Zola tries to see what women think and what their role is in the society but that he does not succeed 100 percent. They are portrayed as weaker characters, because Therese has an affair with Laurent, Therese gives in to orders and the women hang themselves due to love. These generalizations do not define a woman and therefore I think Zola does not look at the strengths enough. Zola portrays Therese as being weak when she does not have the guts and power to face Mme. Raquin while Laurent goes to work and faces reality everyday. Zola emphasizes on the women’s weaknesses and not how Therese helped Mme. Raquin face the fact that Camille was dead and that she only had Therese to rely