the subject by flirting with him--and this is clearly her intention when she asks him to help button her dress, and when she takes a drag on his cigarette--Stanley interrogates her about the loss of Belle Reve. His anger is founded on his interpretation of the Napoleonic Code, "according to which whatever belongs to my wife is also mine" (41). The implication is clear; although Stanley has never seen Belle Reve it belongs to him,
             ...