Considering that the stories are identical mirror images of each other, what does this say about the way maupassant felt about the characters within each story?

- maupassant probably felt the same way about the characters in each story

-that maupassant had no feelings for his characters and so he ignored them

-that even though the stories mirror each other, maupassant did not feel the same way about the characters

-that maupassant trying to build a motif from one character to the next within the mirrored images of the stories

the two stories that are being compared is the "the diamond necklace" and "the false gems" by guy de maupassant

Julius caesar. [brutus.] with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. cassius. and died so? brutus. even so. cassius. o ye immortal gods! [enter lucius, with wine and taper] brutus. speak no more of her. give me a bowl of wine. in this i bury all unkindness, cassius. cassius. my heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. fill, lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; i cannot drink too much of brutus' love. [exit lucius. enter titinius, with messala] brutus. come in, titinius; welcome, good messala. now sit we close about this taper here, and call in question our necessities. cassius. portia, art thou gone? brutus. no more, i pray you. what moral dilemma does brutus confront in this excerpt? brutus lets go of his anger toward cassius and forgives him. brutus decides that he will not mourn portia and will stay loyal to cassius. brutus decides that he is too angry at cassius to remain friends with him. brutus questions whether cassius's life should be ended.