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    In “the story of an hour” and “The Necklace” both writers use conflict to explain the author’s purpose of informing. In “the story of an hour” ‚kate chopin uses conflict to inform readers about what it was like for the woman married to that man. In this story the woman mrs.mallard shares her conflict. “She said it over and over under her breathe: “free‚ free‚ free!”. (1.) In this part of the story it is a perfect explanation of how this character was very dynamic because of her changing from sad

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    Guy De Maupassant’s story "The Diamond Necklace" tells us a story about a poor girl who has wrong values in her life. She loves money‚ jewels‚ but not people. Throughout the story the main heroine Matilda Loisel makes a number of ironic discoveries. One night she goes to the ball and‚ pretending that she is someone she is not‚ she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend. She loses it at the end of the night and borrows money to buy a new one. It costs her 10 years of hard work‚ life in poverty

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    and‚ more specifically‚ in the short story. Choose one short story from the course text about which you have not yet written‚ and analyze it in terms of point of view. 

When writing your post‚ consider the following questions * How would you categorize the point of view [e.g.‚ first-person‚ second-person (i.e.‚ “you”)‚ third-person limited‚ third-person omniscient]? Choice the short story called “ the necklace” by Guy de Maupassant (1884). The story is in Third Person limited because

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    The Necklace and Story of An Hour; A Comparison Megan Ford ENG125 Instructor Reljic August 19‚ 2012 At first glance‚ Chopin’s Story of an Hour (1894) and de Maupassant’s The Necklace (1884)‚ appear to have very little in common. Chopin’s story‚ as displayed in its title is quite short; while in comparison‚ de Maupassant tells a much more detailed account of the beleaguered Loisel’s‚ who must learn from the self-centred Madam Loisel. With de Maupassant’s

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    Title: The Diamond Necklace Author: Guy De Maupassant Source: English Express Ways IV Plot Summary: Mathilde Loisel was a middle-class girl who desperately wishes she were wealthy. She’s got looks and charm‚ but had the bad luck to be born into a family of clerks‚ who marry her to another clerk in the Department of Education. One day M. Loisel got an invitation to a fancy ball thrown by his boss. M. Loisel has gone to a lot of trouble to get the invitation‚ but Mathilde’s first reaction is

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    The Necklace theme and narrative elements in a short story Robert Rois English 125 July 9‚ 2012 Katherine Ness Santana The Necklace theme and narrative elements in a short story The story of The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant was written during the realism period. The reason why the story was done during the realism period because people wanted reality to be accurate. Realist literature often focused on the middle class lives that stir up the tragic lives of Mathilde and her husband with

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    Theme: The Necklace Danielle Ochoa ENG125: Introduction to Literature (ABI1113A) Julie Pal-Agrawal April 4‚ 2011 Theme: The Necklace I am a strong believer in being grateful for everything you have been blessed with because no matter how you might see it‚ life could always be worse. In the short story‚ The Necklace‚ the writer uses character‚ symbolism‚ and tone to display the theme that we should play the cards we are handed rather then lusting for something that is unreal because we could

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    with the truth then to try to remember their lie. They also need to be grateful and happy with the things they have and the lifestyle they live because it could always be worse. Guy de Maupassant makes honesty the most important lesson of "The Necklace". By pointing out that the characters could have avoided their unhappiness by being honest‚ he reminds readers that they too may suffer consequences from dishonesty. Maupassant started the dishonesty almost immediately. Mistress Loisel was not

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    The Necklace By Guy De Maupassant Critical Analysis In The Necklace‚ by Guy De Maupassant uses materialism‚ conflict and character to show how some people are never satisfied with what they have and always wanting more no matter at what cost. The story focuses on two main characters‚ Mathilde a very materialistic person and her husband‚ a clerk who is not wealthy by any means but makes enough money to get by. Mathilde is a very selfish person in the story and abuses the love that her husband

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    Connor Breaux Mrs.Malbrough 3rd hour November 15‚ 2012 “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” Compare/Contrast Have you ever read a short story and learned a life lesson from it? Well in one story “The Necklace” Madame Loisel looses a diamond necklace and replaces it with a real one‚ but the one she lost wasn’t real. The other story the “Gift of the Magi”‚ Della and her husband both don’t make a lot of money‚ but want to get each other something for Christmas. Both have to get rid of

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