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'In Stendhal's novels there is no difference between the voice of the characters and the voice of the narrator, since both are equally unreliable and prone to error.' Discuss in reference to Le Rouge et le Noir.
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'In Stendhal's novels there is no difference between the voice of the characters and the voice of the narrator, since both are equally unreliable and prone to error.' Discuss in reference to Le Rouge et le Noir. The voice of the narrator threatens efforts to construct a coherent interpretation of the novel. This is demonstrated before Julie Sorel's end, where we are informed by the narrator that "Jamais cette tête n'avait été aussi poétique qu'au moment où elle aller tomber." The narrator fails to continue the description of this scene, as in the next sentence it is all over, and the narrator has switched to commenting on the way in which Julien's head had fallen off. It is the missing link between each of these sentences, that the climatic moment of decapitation is absent. The narrator fails to describe the bloody moment, and there is a feeling of anti-climax that is...
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