In Madame de Lafayette 's novella The Princesse de Cleves , Elisabeth of Valois ' marriage to Philip II is the occasion for the wedding games at which her father Henri II dies ; her role is brief .
Occasion substantially affects the novella 's narrative arc .
In Madame de Lafayette 's novella The Princesse de Cleves , Elisabeth of Valois ' marriage to Philip II is the occasion for the wedding games at which her father Henri II dies ; her role is brief but it substantially affects the novella 's narrative arc .