محبوبه میرفندرسکی

Following successive revolutions in the 19th century that were concurrent with economic and political welfare of the Bourgeoisie Class at the time, France was undergoing many social transformations. Despite the prevailing apparent calm in the country after the 1848 revolution, there were some social conflicts; and Maupassant as a prominent figure among the writers of the second half of the 19th century – as it also goes for today - was trying to depict an approximately realistic image of the society of his time. Undoubtedly, from a structural perspective, this is the concern to be close to reality that gives polyphonic quality to the works of Maupassant, which sometimes makes them very impressive. Some critics claim that Maupassant’s prose does not exceed the writing rules in such a way that this "realistic" article, in principal, is only a part of a subjective and one-sided aspect of history. In this regard, the present study is an attempt to investigate the conditions and relationships between Maupassant's characters in the story.