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        <title><![CDATA[I agree that there is little sympathy created for Madame Loisel. She...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/group/discuss/sympathy-for-madame-loisel-15219#3</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I agree that there is little sympathy created for Madame Loisel. She yearns for a life which she cannot have and shows no appreciation or contentment with what she does have. She is foolish, childish and ignorant. Her flaw of judging by appearances rather than depth brings about her downfall as she is blinded by what she believes to be diamonds but does not study them or percieve them to be fake. She is content for the evening with a necklace...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:01:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You could write about the way the status of Madame Loisel only appears...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You could write about the way the status of Madame Loisel only appears to change through the wearing of the necklace and about how her confidence is false or only fleeting, a bit like Cinderella's - it is all due to change very shortly.
She has four things in her favor at the Ball - two attributes are real and hers alone (her beauty,her lively bright personality) but two are false (a ball gown they couldn't afford and a necklace which doesn't...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:46:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[At the beginning of the story, Madame Loisel is a haughty, proud woman...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the story, Madame Loisel is a haughty, proud woman whose pride leads her to be discontened and grumpy about her life.  She is absolutely positive that she is destined for more.  Her supreme confidence in her slighted position in life leads her to complain, be unhappy, and not appreciate what she does have.  By the end of the story, however, her confidence and pride has been humbled.  She approaches her old friend with...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:47:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I need help in finding a topic to write about from the short story "The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I need help in finding a topic to write about from the short story "The Necklace" that relates to how the necklace changes Madame Loisel's confidence.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:38:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[she had found that she lost the borrowed diamond necklace
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        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/q-and-a/short-story-necklace-by-guy-de-mapassaunt-why-mme-118183</link>
        <description><![CDATA[she had found that she lost the borrowed diamond necklace
 ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:47:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[she worked hard.Her husbend and worked over time to earn money to buy...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/q-and-a/how-did-m-loisel-contribute-cost-new-necklace-106855</link>
        <description><![CDATA[she worked hard.Her husbend and worked over time to earn money to buy necklace.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:40:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[    Madame Mildred Loisel finally gets her chance to mix with high...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    Madame Mildred Loisel finally gets her chance to mix with high society at the Ministry of Education ball in Guy de Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace." She "was a great success... prettier than any other woman present." She finally leaves the ball at 4 a.m., after awaking her husband, who is napping in the deserted anteroom. Although it is the most memorable night of her life, she now wishes to leave quickly after her husband...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:59:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the short story, "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant, why is Madame...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the short story, "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant, why is Madame Loisel anxious to hurry away from the ball?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:45:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA["The Necklace" short story by Guy De Maupassant is also concerned with...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/q-and-a/what-man-vs-nature-conflict-short-story-necklace-117871</link>
        <description><![CDATA["The Necklace" short story by Guy De Maupassant is also concerned with humanity and spirituality and nature on a deeper level.
The necklace was thought to have value, but turned out to be fake and valueless, possibly like the ambitions of shallow social climbers who value the materialistic things of this life over spiritual aesthetic ones.
Man, and humanity,is flawed - as the necklace turned out to be.
Nature can be stunningly beautiful and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:21:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the short story, “The Necklace,” by Guy de Maupassant, one man...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the short story, “The Necklace,” by Guy de Maupassant, one man vs. nature conflict is with regard to the cool night weather. Had the weather been warmer, perhaps the Loisels would have walked home from the party. We know it was cold, however, as Mr. Loisel attempted to put his wife’s coat around her shoulders. This coldness led them to taking a cheap and shabby carriage in a dimly lit area rather than walking. Had the weather been...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:35:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the man vs. nature conflict of the short story "The Necklace"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the man vs. nature conflict of the short story "The Necklace"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:51:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[    The simile in "The Necklace" was answered recently. You can find...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/q-and-a/can-anyone-help-me-find-metaphors-simile-necklace-117601</link>
        <description><![CDATA[    The simile in "The Necklace" was answered recently. You can find it at the link below.
http://www.enotes.com/scarlet-ibis/q-and-a/what-simile-book-short-story-necklace-117099]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:53:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The two most obvious ones are the following:
1) Use of the third person...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/q-and-a/necklace-what-some-possible-writing-techniques-116013</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The two most obvious ones are the following:
1) Use of the third person limited (for Monsieur Loisel) versus the third person omniscient point of view(for Madame Loisel). The reader only gather information about the husband by what he says and does whereas for his wife, the reader "crawls inside her brain and heart" to know what she is thinking and feeling but not necessarily revealing to the other characters in the story. For example, Madame...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:10:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In The Necklace (the short story by Guy De Maupassant) the necklace...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In The Necklace (the short story by Guy De Maupassant) the necklace itself could be taken as a metaphor for the illusion that goodness and integrity,respect and status in society rely upon wealth and material possessions.
A couple risk all that they have, which may not be much but at least means respect, reputation and earning their own living mostly free from debt. This story could say a lot about the credit situation many of us are in now -...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:02:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can anyone help me find the metaphors and simile in "The Necklace"? I...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can anyone help me find the metaphors and simile in "The Necklace"? I will be very grateful. It is very important to me.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:40:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Guy de Maupassant's writings, there is close psychological...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Guy de Maupassant's writings, there is close psychological examination of the inner desires of people.  Clearly, from the beginning of his short story, "The Necklace," Madame Loisel is preoccupied with the desire to be of a higher class than that into which she has been born: 

She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury.  She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its mean [lowly] walls, worn...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:37:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the thoughts of Madame Loisel in "The Necklace"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the thoughts of Madame Loisel in "The Necklace"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:24:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I like the coments of the previous poster, but those answers sound as...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/q-and-a/what-theme-necklace-116983</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I like the coments of the previous poster, but those answers sound as much like morals as they do themes. As I understand the terms, a moral is a lesson that you're supposed to learn from reading a story (e.g. the fable about the tortoise and the hare might be told to teach a young reader that "slow and steady wins the race," i.e. that hard work and persistence will bring you success in the end). Themes, on the other hand, are more generally...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:02:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In a nutshell, 'Satisfaction comes from within, not without.' Another...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a nutshell, 'Satisfaction comes from within, not without.' Another might be 'Be content with what you've got; more will never be quite enough.'
The restlessness and yearning of Mrs Loisel is in direct contrast with her husband's good-natured acceptance of his station in life and the little pleasures it brings.  While Mr Loisel appreciates a good stew, his wife bemoans her lack of luxury and the social recognition she cannot attain. Even...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:20:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the theme of Maupassant's short story "The Necklace"?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/necklace/q-and-a/what-theme-necklace-116983</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the theme of Maupassant's short story "The Necklace"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:54:59 PST</pubDate>
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