On the characters of The Red and the Black

The Red and the Black stands at the crossroads of eighteenth and nineteenth-century French literature. Sweeping and grand, Stendhal painted a picture of 19th century France, from its social classes, professions, politics, and manners in The Red and the Black. But the reason that makes this novel billed as one of the greatest of the 19th century and one of the greatest psychological novels of all time must be its setting of characters. Which strike the readers as real and complicated.

Introduction……………………………………………………….2
1. Introduction to the characters in the novel………………....2
1.1 Brief introduction to Julien Sorel…………………………2
1.2 Brief introduction to Mmm. de Rênal…………………….3
1.3 Brief introduction to Mathilde de la Mole………………...3
2. Analyze why these characters make the novel succeed …3
2.1 A brief conclusion of the characters’ features………..….3
2.2 Examples that showing the characters’ features………..4
Conclusion…………………………………………………………4
References…………………………………………………………5

《红与黑》 / (法)斯丹达尔(Stendhal,Henri Beyle)原著 外语教学与研究出版社 1992.8
《永久记忆版世界文学名著文库--红与黑》 中国致公出版社 2003.4
Stendhal Revisited (Twayne's World Authors, No 839) by Emile J. Talbot
Stendhal by Jonathan Keates