Madame Claës

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Madame Claës is a central figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Recherche de l’absolu," embodying the emotional and moral counterpoint to her husband’s obsessive scientific quest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Balzac character
female character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn La Recherche de l’absolu NERFINISHED
La Recherche de l’absolu (novel) NERFINISHED
appearsInLiteraryCycle Scènes de la vie privée NERFINISHED
appearsInSectionOf Études philosophiques NERFINISHED
belongsToWorkCycle La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED
countryOfFictionalResidence Belgium NERFINISHED
createdBy Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED
genreOfWork realist novel
hasCharacteristic devoted wife
dutiful mother
emotionally sensitive
long‑suffering
morally steadfast
pious
self‑sacrificing
hasFamilyName Claës NERFINISHED
hasRole central figure in La Recherche de l’absolu
emotional counterpoint to Balthazar Claës
moral counterpoint to Balthazar Claës
hasSpouse Balthazar Claës NERFINISHED
hasThemeRelation conflict between family duty and scientific obsession
domestic tragedy
marital loyalty
sacrifice
isContrastedWith Balthazar Claës’s obsessive scientific ambition
languageOfWork French
narrativeFunction to embody traditional family and religious values
to highlight the human cost of Balthazar Claës’s quest for the absolute
setIn Flemish bourgeois milieu

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