In the short story Regret by Chopin the protagonist is the main character Mamzelle Aurelie The author uses both showing and telling to give the reader information about Mamzelle Aurelie Within the first paragraph of the story the reader can quickly see that Mamzelle has never been married shes tough and that she dresses like a man Mamzelle Aurelie is portrayed as a woman with masculine traits Her good strong figure she wore a mans hat about the farm and an old blue army overcoat when it was col