Mathilde de La Mole / 马蒂尔德·德·拉莫尔
Mathilde de La Mole is the aristocratic young woman in [[Stendhal|Stendhal]]’s [[RedAndBlackNovel|《红与黑》]], discussed in 21.红与黑：他死于真诚 as proud, intelligent, theatrical, and dissatisfied with the safe men around her. The episode presents her attraction to [[JulienSorel|Julien Sorel]] as partly a recognition that he is not willing to live entirely on his knees.
Her relationship with Julien is read as a contest of pride and role-playing. Unlike [[MadameDeRenal|Madame de Renal]]’s plain sincerity, Mathilde is drawn to drama, family legend, aristocratic romance, and the feeling that love should be historically grand or dangerous.
The episode refuses to make Mathilde a thin “bad woman” or a mere obstacle. Her pregnancy, persistence, and attempts to rescue Julien after the shooting show agency under aristocratic constraint, making her part of the source’s Female Subjectivity In Classic Reading / 经典阅读中的女性主体性 branch.
Connections
- [[RedAndBlackNovel|《红与黑》]] - novel in which she appears.
- Julien Sorel / 于连·索雷尔 - lover and pride rival.
- Madame de Renal / 雷奈尔夫人 - contrasting female figure in the episode’s reading.
- Class Mobility Performance / 阶级上升表演 - Mathilde’s aristocratic world is the setting Julien tries to enter.
- Passion Against Self-Control / 激情与自我控制 - their relationship stages alternating strategy, jealousy, and theatrical feeling.
- Female Subjectivity In Classic Reading / 经典阅读中的女性主体性 and Female Self-Possession - concepts extended by the source.