How does maupassant develop characters in “the wedding night”? select all that apply. 1. direct characterization 2. indirect characterization 3. revealing dialogue 4. vivid imagery

Characterization is the tool the author uses to reveal the personality of a character, it can be direct or indirect, or through a revealing dialogue. Vivid imagery is when the author uses the senses to describe something or someone.  

In the  short story “A Wedding Gift” written by Guy de Maupassant, the protagonist, Jacques gets married to Berthe, but on their wedding night he had to go to the hospital to see his former girlfriend give birth to his child and he brought this baby home to Berthe.  

Question: How does Maupassant develop characters in “A Wedding Gift”?

2. indirect characterization + 3. revealing dialogue

i would have to say "a" or "d".

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.