Life lessons – 4 to 6: French Literature – what can we learn?
Welcome to the second article in the series on life lessons from French Literature. In 2017, in the era of the constant barrage and chatter about ‘mindfulness’ and ‘self-development’ I decided to dig deep and see what we could learn from our elders in classic French Literature.
As a lover of the classics of French literature I found myself wondering:
What can we learn and apply to life today from the characters we love and feel that we know so well.
If these characters were sitting by my side today, what wisdom could I take away from those conversations? Here are three more life lessons in this series. Let’s see what more we can learn… [You can find Life lessons 1 to 3 here in case you missed them.]
4. Life lessons: Mme de Rênal – Live life to the fullest
Mme de Rênal is Stendhal’s heroine from ‘Le Rouge et le Noir’.
She is seen as a provincial woman with no experience of life. A convent educated lady, this character views literature as sin and deprives herself of imagination as well as discovering passions. Mme de Rênal is not only trapped in a passionless marriage but her lack of worldly knowledge, causing her to feel oppressed.
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