He put characters of different behaviors and values together and described how they acted together. ... That is why the characters in Zola's work did not think morally; they followed their instincts. ... Some of these works include: Paradise Lost, Plutarch's Lives, and Sorrows of Werther. ... As a result, it was not necessary for her to give physical descriptions of each of the characters. The only part of the story that mattered was what happened to these characters, not what they looked...

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