In chapters 14 through 19, George undergoes a huge change in her life. George was forced to grow and be responsible once her child was born, Solange. However, George didn't get into her mother role instantly. After couple months that she delivered baby Solange, she instantly traveled to Paris to progress another book she's began to write. These chapters reveal George's true identity as well as her loss of identity. Everyone viewed George as shy and innocent, however a man that she met on her trip to Paris, Merimee, she claimed to be in love with him and had an affair. To make things worse she later has another affair with Musset, whom she also met in Paris. George creates a woman called Leila, in these chapters she describes Leila as passionate, fearless, feisty, and everything she is not. She describes her as "the Woman who can love." George begins to have different relationships with different men while her husband is back at home taking care of their child. As she enjoyed her moments, and begins to have regrets about marrying Casimir, her reputation comes out by her friend, Marie who told Dumas, who told everyone else. She became the most detestable woman in Paris because she became known as "Merimee's mistress," who clearly stated "I had him in my arms last night, but it wasn't much." But, George kept her head high the comments did not at all affect her in any way. She kept going out, doing her writing and now seeing with her new lover, Musset. She describes Musset as her one true love, as if destiny sent her to Paris to meet, and so did Musset. Musset believed that "since their first encounter, they knew that they had dreamed of each other, that they might well fall in love, separate and even betray each other, but that they would never be indifferent one to the other" (Barry 164).
*Quote!
"The Muse of comedy kissed her on the lips, and on the heart, the Muse of Tragedy. If we do not clearly perceive how and why the intelligentsia then born reflects or refracts historical and social reality, we shall understand nothing about Romanticism. Particularly Musset with his multiple contrsdictions, venal inextricable-sought absolute love, his concern for purity and oerverse taste for smut, his sentimental exaltation of women coupled with his execration of them" (Barry 160).
*Reaction!
This quote describes Musset's and George's relationship. I don't specifically agree 100% with the second part of the quote, about learning about historical and social reality to be able to understand romanticism. I think that history has nothing to do with being romantic, it comes from within, and it’s a feeling or sometimes a talent that a male or female has. The whole background of romance, history, and social reality doesn't make sound as romance; it makes it sound more like a historical fact and a school work. however, in the first part of the quote when it state that the Muse kissed her on the lips and on the heart, in my opinion, Muse is Musset; and he captured George, he was able to kiss her physically on the lips, and emotionally on her heart. He is now the owner of her heart.
However, i don't fully understand why the kissing becomes the Muse Tragedy. But my inference is that since George is married to casimir and has a daughter, this relationship will become a tragedy because it will destroy a family along with a young child's life because she won't have a regular life with her mother and father. If George is truly in love with Musset and so is Musset with George that the next approach would be to divorce Casimir (if it's possible at her time) and marry or just settle with Musset.
*Extra
Alfred de Musset!
<-- George's lover from the years 1833-1835.
Find Out More About Him!!
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/demusset.htm
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