![]() ![]() It is a display of the conflict with different classes. Julien's two love stories are connected with the related situation closely. Stendhal is a literary master at display major social problems via romance and love. Even though the story focuses on the love stories of Julien, after all, it is still a "political fiction". It displayed the successive governments, the nobilities, the darkness of the church, and despicable upstarts. The novel focuses on the protagonist Julien Sorel's personal struggle and ultimate failure, especially the description toward his love and romance life. "The Red and the Black" is one of the founders of European realism work. Those are the two ways for the ambitious French young men to walk on. During the Napoleonic Empire era, the red and the black mean the "military" and the "church" respectively. ![]() ![]() Story of the novel "The Red and the Black" originated from an article related to a death penalty case from a newspaper at Feb 29, 1828. ![]()
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