Tiffany Morris English 1102 September 10‚ 2009 “The Necklace” Plot Summary “The Necklace” starts with a description of Madame Loisel. Madame Loisel and her husband whom is just a clerk are far from being well off financially‚ this doesn’t stop Madame Loisel from wanting to live a lavish life above her means. She dreams of status‚ to rub noses with the elite‚ gourmet meals and decadent dresses. Madame Loisels’ husband goes through trouble of getting a invite to the ball to make a his
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After the party‚ Madame Loisel loses the necklace‚ resulting in tireless work‚ loans‚ and night jobs for her and her husband in order to pay back the equivalent of the price. The couple finally succeeds when all the money is paid ten years later‚ only for Mathilde to discover that the necklace was ironically a fake‚ and worth a very small percentage of what the couple paid. The theme of this story is that
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Narrator: A women named Mathilde Loisel suffered eternally‚ feeling her born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries. She was distressed at the poverty of her dwelling‚ at the bareness of the walls‚ at the shabby chairs‚ the ugliness of the curtains. All those things‚ of which another woman of her rank would never even have been conscious‚ tortured her and made her angry and made her married a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction Monsieur Loisel. Mathilde: (while the narrator narrates:
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characterization of "The Necklace" "The Necklace"‚ by Gue de Maupassant‚ is a story about a woman named Ms. Loisel. she was petty and charming. She married a common little clark. Her life was in poverty and depression. One day‚ She and her husband received an invitation to attend a ball. To conceal her impoverished family situations and show off her charm and beauty‚ she borrowed a necklace from her friend. Then‚ at the ball she did have a wonderful time. However‚ she lost the necklace after the ball. The
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The Selfishness in “The Necklace” In the story “The Necklace”‚ by Guy de Maupassant‚ all the characters are the same‚ they present the same behavior by showing that they think only of themselves rather than of others. When we take a close look to the story‚ especially to the main character‚ Ms. Loisel‚ we reveal that she does not only suffer because of her cheap belongings‚ and wanting expensive things‚ but she dreams of wealth and how her friends would envy her if she could display finery
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to go through a hardship and one even changes in the process. The protagonist in Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is Mathilde Loisel. In the beginning of the story she is a flat character because she does not have any personality it her. She wants to be wealthy and have the best life possible. Mrs. Loisel seems selfish and is not grateful at all of what she does have and what Mr. Loisel can provide for her. Mathilde is unsatisfied with her home and wants to have luxuries like one of her friends
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took Madame Loisel’s middle class stature and turned it into a life lesson. In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant‚ Mathilde Loisel gets so lost in the thought of becoming rich that her fear of being poor becomes reality‚ showing that
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ASSIGNMENT: “The Necklace” Madame Loisel’s perspective and attitude changed over the ten years she spent repaying her debt. Before the dilemma‚ Madame Loisel was self-conscious‚ bothered by her own simplicity‚ and was envious of other women’s “beauty”. Madame Loisel was particularly bothered by the fact that these women had “no caste and no descent‚ their beauty‚ their grace‚ and their charm serving them instead of birth and fortune.” (Guy de Maupassant 1) She was more
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Thesis for “The Necklace” The meaning of Moupassant’s “The Necklace” is that one should not fall into the trap of wishing for better things and not recognizing what one has to be thankful for. Moupassant uses the main character‚ Mme. Loisel‚ to illustrate this point as she struggles with her self-image and her desire to always be better in the eyes of others‚ especially the upper class and the rich. At once it is easy to notice the authorial distance in the story. The very first sentence is
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Dear Madame Loisel‚ I received your letter about the issue concerning your friend’s lost necklace. According to your worried note‚ you had gone to a ball and wore your friend Madame Forestier’s expensive diamond necklace and lost it. The clasp had broken and you didn’t realize it had fallen off until you returned home. My advice to you is to contact the people who hosted the ball and have them look around or ask if anyone found a necklace. If you have no luck‚ be completely honest
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