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Thus, through careful examination of the use of cloth in these novels, one can see how the treatment of the latter relays cultural information in each culture, respectively. .
When analyzing the Tolstoy's brilliant use of clothing in Anna Karenina, one immediately sees the significance of Anna's dress selection. Tolstoy explains that Anna has numerous dresses of different colors and each serves its own purpose. Furthermore, Anna's weariness in selecting a dress expresses to the reader the importance cloth plays in Russian Society. The type of dress Anna wears will decide how her guests receive her and how other people will receive her as well. In addition, Tolstoy gives Anna a sleek, black dress. The image that unfolds before the reader is one of elegance in Russian society; however, the color black represents how tainted upper-society is with sin and immorality. Thus, the elegance is a front for all of the sin and adultery that occurs within high-society. Another example Tolstoy conveys to the reader is in Part V Chapter 2 when Kitty is selecting a dress for herself. This is evident when Tolstoy writes, "She was sitting on a chest and making some arrangements with her maid, sorting over heaps of dresses of different colors, spread on the backs of chairs and on the floor." Again this shows the importance of clothing in Russian society. If Kitty does not pick the right dress for the dinner she is about to attend, she will be virtually castigated from all conversation. Russian society is about people looking their best in front of other people at any cost.
In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Marquez uses Santiago Nasar's white suit to represent a plethora of different cultural values. In the Spanish culture, the color white is used to represent pure, sinless, honest, etcetera. Furthermore, white is also a ceremonial .
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color that many religious events require. The cultural identification of white is very important when worn by a bride or a groom.
