Genre
Fiction
Setting and Context
Set during the French Revolution
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The mood is narcissistic, and the mood is whimsical.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Évariste Gamelin.
Major Conflict
There is a catastrophic dilemma between Évariste and his love, which he does not want to harm by exploiting his ideas.
Climax
The climax is when Elodie and Évariste fall in love, and she confesses about her first love. Évariste promises to revenge against Elodie’s first love.
Foreshadowing
Évariste bold decision to vote for the suspect's innocence is foreshadowed by his childhood urge to do what is right and ensure justice for all people.
Understatement
Elodie understates Évariste’s love for her.
Allusions
The story alludes to the significance of fighting for justice and eliminating corruption from the institutions tasked with dispensing justice.
Imagery
The images of the old church destroyed by the Republicans depict sight imagery. The church is now used as a trial chamber for the citizens.
Paradox
Évariste started well in his job as a magistrate, but he started becoming bloodthirsty to throw people to jail and punish them to death.
Parallelism
There is parallelism between Évariste’s love for Eloide and his job as a magistrate.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
