46. To-day he is at Cayenne, condemned for life, as an incorrigible.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS FOR STUDY
1. Write a paragraph showing how character is affected (a) unfavorably and (b) favorably by the two tests, as shown by these two stories.
2. In your opinion, was each character changed or merely revealed by the crisis which occurred in each instance?
3. Which of these stories seems the more real to you?
4. Have you ever heard of a similar instance in real life? If so, cite it.
5. Write a paragraph contrasting the trivial and the important crisis in each story, though both led to important results.
6. Set down all the traits of character exhibited by the two leading actors in each story.
7. Select a character-study from some book or magazine and write a brief discussion of it.
8. Do the same for another character-study by (a) Maupassant, and (b) Coppée.