Calixta In The Story 'At The Cadian Ball'

Desiree’s Baby Questions:

Armand as a character isn’t a great man. He was born in the United States, but his mother lived in France and absolutely adored the country. Armand is also a very strict man who despises the black race. He owns slaves, and works them extremely hard. His only redeeming qualities to me would be that he loves and cares for his wife dearly, but other than that I find him to be a very mean and ignorant person. At the end of the story, Armand receives a letter telling him that he is actually of the black race, leaving him with no choice.

The central conflict of the story is the fact that two white adults had a baby that was black. This contributes to other conflicts of the story due to the fact that Armand, the husband, is a “white man” who completely despises the black race. Armand is a harsh slave owner that treats his men and women as if they are dirt on the bottom of his shoes. That

Calixta in the story “At the Cadian Ball”, is a woman who is of low social ranking in the 19th century. Alcee is a man of high social ranking who owns a plantation in Louisiana also during the 19th century. The history between the two is that they were actually in love, but the love could never be fulfilled. Due to Calixta being of low social ranking and Alcee being of the complete opposite, marrying during the 19th century would have been a complete wrongdoing.

4. Clarisse plays an odd role in “At the Cadian Ball”, one that many people would look at as very wrong in today’s society. Clarisse was Alcee’s cousin, and they lived on the plantation together, both of the higher social ranking. What makes Clarisse’s role in the story odd is that after Alcee has fallen in and out of love with Calixta due to her low social ranking, Clarisse seems to fall in love with Alcee afterwards. Falling in love with your own cousin and eventually marrying him would be looked down upon in today’s society, but in the 19th century it was perfectly