The Necklace | Topics for Discussion
1. What does Matilda covet? How does her desire affect her life?
2. What is ambition? Why is it a good servant but a poor master?
3. What was the slogan of the French Revolution? Which aspects are being explored in this story?
4. What are the goals and ambitions of Loisel as the story begins? What has he accomplished by the story's end?
5. What sort of school must Matilda Loisel and Jeanne Forestier have attended? How important is it culturally that the one girl grew up to marry a man of means, and the other married a clerk?
6. What can you...
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