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    <title>The Necklace Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Necklace Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[i dont know.. the summary of the truce in the forest&gt;&gt;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[i dont know.. the summary of the truce in the forest&gt;&gt;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:32:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[    An antagonist is generally a character in a story that opposes...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    An antagonist is generally a character in a story that opposes the protagonist (usually the main character), although it can also be a force that contradicts the general actions or beliefs of the principal character.    In the Guy de Maupassant short story, "The Necklace," the antagonist would probably have to be Madame Forestier, who loans Mathilde Loisel (the protagonist) the necklace and then rudely comments about her tardiness...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:16:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In all three novels, society in some shape or form is the antagonist.
In...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In all three novels, society in some shape or form is the antagonist.
In "The Necklace", Mathilde's antagonist is her class and social consciousness, stemming from how she viewed herself as a member of society- which is as a very unfortunate person wanting to move forward, but not being able to.
In "A Rose for Emily" social change is Emily's antagonist. The Old South's changes are unbearable to her, and she has determined to not face it and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:54:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who or what are the antagonists for the three short stories, "The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Who or what are the antagonists for the three short stories, "The Necklace," "A Rose for Emily," and "A Worn Path"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:56:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hello!
First, let's analyze the accepted notion of what is class...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hello!
First, let's analyze the accepted notion of what is class consciousness. According to the likes of Marx, and George Lukasc, this feeling is created by each socioeconomic class as a group, and then by each member of the class individually. The view of the class itself as a group is created by the opportunities and benefits that they are able to acquire in society. When the class acquires much, it aims for more. When the class struggles,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:55:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Explain the effect of class-consciousness has on Mathilde Loisel]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Explain the effect of class-consciousness has on Mathilde Loisel]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:00:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but the novel The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but the novel The Innocent Man by John Grisham shares a common theme with the short story, "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. In the story, Mathilde wanted something more from her life. She wanted glamor, wealth, and etc. She vigorously pursued these goals which is what led her to borrowing the necklace from M. Loisel. After losing the necklace, she spent the next ten years trying to make...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:20:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A nonfiction story that has the same theme.]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/q-and-a/nonfiction-story-that-have-same-theme-111223</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A nonfiction story that has the same theme.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:16:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The entire story is told through Mathilde's point of view to make the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The entire story is told through Mathilde's point of view to make the reader connect more closely to the character. First we feel for the young woman who so badly wants to be socially popular. Throughout the recounting of the story we feel for Mathilde and the disasters she experiences.
The pov is changed to M. Loisel's to fully drive home the irony that has been Mathilde's life for all those long years. Mathilde could have told us what she...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:40:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The narrator briefly departs from Mathilde's limited point of view into...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The narrator briefly departs from Mathilde's limited point of view into M. Loisel's feelings. What purpose do you think this departure serves?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:06:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[As the story of The Necklace begins, the reader is introduced to one of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/q-and-a/why-doesnt-madame-loisel-enjoy-her-life-begging-110593</link>
        <description><![CDATA[As the story of The Necklace begins, the reader is introduced to one of the main characters, Madame Loisel. She appears to live a modest existence, but longs for a way of life that she is unable to obtain. She nags her husband and expresses her unhappiness over and over again. He tries desperately to please her, only to find that what he brings is never enough to satisfy her insatiable appetite for worldly things and high society life. Her...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:14:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Madame Loisel is the picture of discontent at the opening of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Madame Loisel is the picture of discontent at the opening of the story.  She has a modest life married to a man who makes a modest income, but she spends her time wishing away the life she has for something more.  She wishes to be rich, to be envied, and to be desired.  She is jealous of those friends who have surpassed her on the social ladder, and she even refuses to visit them because she is ashamed of her station.  She feels...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:36:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why doesn't Madame Loisel enjoy her life at the beginning of the story?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/q-and-a/why-doesnt-madame-loisel-enjoy-her-life-begging-110593</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why doesn't Madame Loisel enjoy her life at the beginning of the story?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:02:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Madame Forestier is a good friend of Mathilde's who has risen above...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Madame Forestier is a good friend of Mathilde's who has risen above Mathilde in social status.  Despite this discrepancy in their wealth, Madame Forestier does not hesitate to help Mathilde when Mathilde wants jewels to wear to the ball.  Madame Forestier shows her generosity by lending Mathilde the jewelry without hesitation.  The reader senses, however, that the jewels do in fact mean something to Madame Forestier by her reaction when...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:57:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sketch a character analysis of Madame Forestier in "The Necklace".]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sketch a character analysis of Madame Forestier in "The Necklace".]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:37:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In light of this theme, Mr Loisel is the anthithesis of his wife. In...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In light of this theme, Mr Loisel is the anthithesis of his wife. In literature, he would be called a character foil, in that his qualities, being the opposite, highlight his wife's by sheer contrast. Mr Loisel seems to be the good-natured hubby type at the beck and call of his demanding and frustrated wife. The reader can hardly keep from "picking sides" and sympathising with Mr Loisel from the very start. In the same respect, one is less...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:30:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Because Guy de Maupassant focuses his moral truth around Mathilde...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Because Guy de Maupassant focuses his moral truth around Mathilde Loisel, her character and her interaction with other characters is of paramount importance to the development of theme.  So, in order for her character to seem utterly selfish and materialistic, the other characters act as foils to Madame Loisel. 
For instance, when she complains that she has no gown to wear to the ball for which her husband has so proudly handed her, he...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:32:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[With theme of "The Necklace" being that one should be content with...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With theme of "The Necklace" being that one should be content with one's self and one's existence, how do characters contribute to this theme?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:57:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[in the story of "THE NECKLACE " their arer many irony's
when his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[in the story of "THE NECKLACE " their arer many irony's
when his husband brings the invitiation card for the ball of his minister. She through the card and tell what she can do with this card(she wants all good to happen in her life.).
she likes her friend forester so much ,but when she went to her friends house from then she was jealous,shy and feels poor. 
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:19:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mathilde Loisel is the beautiful but disillusioned protagonist of Guy de...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mathilde Loisel is the beautiful but disillusioned protagonist of Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace." She lives in a middle class world with her husband, a clerk with the Department of Education, who provides her with the necessities of Parisian life, but Mathilde dreams of bigger things. She believes that she was destined for a life among the wealthy upper class, and this overwhelming desire has virtually consumed her. 

She...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:55:07 PST</pubDate>
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