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The Necklace
The short story "The Necklace," by Guy De Maupassant, and the short story "Everyday Use," by Alice Walker, have many similarities. There are also many differences. In terms of the setting, both...
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In the opening paragraph of Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" it is revealed that Madame Loisel married a "minor civil servant at the Ministry of Education." In other words, Loisel is...
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Madame Matilda Loisel, the main character in Guy De Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace," is a dynamic character whose attitude and perspective about life goes through changes over the ten...
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Hard work affects Mathilde's personality, physical appearance, and character in Guy De Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace." She is a dynamic character in this story that goes through several...
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The question of whether or not Mathilde Loisel deserves the punishment she receives in Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" requires a close look at the choices she makes in the story,...
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Dramatic irony occurs when the audience (or reader) knows something that one or more of the characters do not. In other words, the audience is one or more steps ahead of the characters in the...
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In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, Madame Forestier seems more astonished than angry at Madame Loisel's revelation. Many years after the incident with the necklace, the women meet each...
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The borrowed necklace itself is a good symbol because of the fact that it looks beautiful and expensive but is made of false jewels. Mathilde is susceptible to being deceived and misled by...
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Passages all throughout Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" indicate just how much Mathilde Loisel envies the wealthy class.One of the best passages is found on the first page in a...
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Despite the turn in her fortunes, Mathilde still dreams of a life of ease and wealth. She remembers how admired she was at the ball years ago, and still yearns for the adoration and regard of...
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A feminist critique of "The Necklace" would argue that Madame Loisel is the victim of a patriarchal society. Because she is a woman, her life is controlled by men and she lacks the ability to do...
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In symbolizing the life which Madame Loisel desires, there are several things that represent her regret that she does not possess the luxuries she desires. Because she has no dowry, Mme. Loisel...
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Having been born into the upper class but raised in the middle class, Guy de Maupassant is the perfect author to write about middle class materialism during the Second Empire in France. De...
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"The Necklace" by Guy du Maupassant is the story of a just barely middle-class French couple, Monsieur and Madame Loisel. Madame Loisel is a pretty woman who believes her marriage to a mere clerk...
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The setting of Maupassant's "The Necklace" is crucial to understanding the author's themes and characterization. Written and set in the the latter part of the 19th Century, Maupassant satirizes...
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Guy de Maupassant details the youth and early married life of Loisel in the short story “The Necklace.” These details become significant when it is revealed that the necklace was a fake....
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"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant is an ironic story in the sense that Mathilde Loisel was ultimately brought down by what she wanted most in life — expensive things. Mathilde was a pretty girl...
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De Maupassant's "The Necklace" has at least a few messages a reader can take from it. Madame Loisel is a good example of how not to conduct one's life. She has a sense of entitlement based upon...
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Since Madame Loisel's attendance at the ball held at the Ministerial Mansion dazzles the male guests for reasons that are not substantive, it seems that she only appears extraordinary, as her...
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Madame Loisel is responsible for her own suffering because she wanted more than she had, and she wanted people to believe she had more. If she had not been putting on airs, she would not have gone...
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I would classify the overall conflict as character vs. society, because Mathilde’s issue is that she is not wealthy. She wants to be upper class. She wants to be what she feels she was born to...
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One educated guess about the story's moral is that an obsession with money and material things can be destructive. Mathilde is frustrated with how her life has turned out. She had envisioned...
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A thesis statement has two aims, to state your main idea, which is your thesis, and to list the points you will make to support that idea. These are combined into one sentence that should be...
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Madame Forestier lends Mathilde a necklace that Mathilde thinks is made of real diamonds but turns out to be costume jewelry. Mathilde Loisel is upset when her husband says he has an invitation to...
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Guy de Maupassant creates the atmosphere or tone of ironic pessimism in his short story “The Necklace.” Through the third person omniscient narrator, the reader is introduced to the proud,...
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Madame Loisel has a most successful evening, dancing the night away while her husband dozes in a corner. When it is time to go home, Monsieur Loisel gathers up some of her everyday things to cover...
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The irony in "The Necklace" is based on the fact that Madame Loisel and her husband spend ten years of toil and privation paying for a necklace which turns out to be a cheap imitation. The critical...
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This happens at the very end of the story. Let's take a look: Madame Forestier had halted."You say you bought a diamond necklace to replace mine?""Yes. You hadn't noticed it? They were very much...
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Alliteration is a literary device that can be used to make a text sound more poetic. Unlike rhymes that modern audiences are more familiar with, where the sounds at the ends of the words are the...
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The setting of Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” is the apartment of Monsieur and Madame Loisel at the Rue des Martyrs (which, in English, translates into “the street of...
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Mathilde lives in Paris, where her husband is employed as a clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction. Maupassant offers a description of their humble flat. She was distressed at the poverty of...
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Mathilde lives in Paris, in a relatively modest apartment, where the walls are "bare" and the chairs are "shabby." You might say that, in Mathilde's imagination, she lives in an opulent mansion...
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First, examine Mathilde's initial response when she sees all the jewelry presented by Madame Forestier--"Haven't you anything else?" Even faced with all of these riches, it is not good enough for...
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First off, see the links below for other very good discussions about this same question. I would say there is very little foreshadowing in this story. To use foreshadowing would eliminate the sense...
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In describing Mathilde as a character, we first must extrapolate the traits that make her salient and unique. Then, you can take those traits and make text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world...
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Mathilde complains about her level of wealth and says she needs better clothes for the ball. Mathilde’s husband seems to accept their lot in life, and their economic status. Mathilde wants more....
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Mathilde, the main character of the story "The Necklace," is described in a way that likens her to a fake jewel; something that replaces what is meant to be shiny, and one-of-a-kind, but is...
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Mathilde does not tell Madame Forestier that she lost the necklace because she is embarrassed and proud. Mathilde Loisel believes that she was born below her proper station in life. Because of...
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Literature
Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" is about a young woman, Madame Loisel, who daydreams about wealth, social status and luxury. When she is able to live her preferred life for one night...
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M. Loisel is actually more to blame than his wife for the miseries they suffered during the years it took to pay for the replacement necklace. Many readers have questioned why Mme. Loisel doesn't...
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The main character in Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" is a dynamic character who significantly changes over the course of the story. The author uses specific language to characterize...
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The closing sentences of "The Necklace" are ironic because of the sharp contrast between Mathilde Loisel's beliefs and the reality of which she is totally ignorant until her friend enlightens her....
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Literature
Mathilde Loisel is the main character in Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace." At the beginning of the story she is described as unhappy and bored with her middle class life. She longs...
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Like the necklace, the fancy ball Monsieur and Madame Loisel attend represents wealth, luxury and social status. In the beginning of Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" Madame Loisel...
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Alliteration is a sound device where the initial consonant sounds of a word are repeated. This creates a musical effect and often adds a subtle emphasis in a sentence. Mathilde is a woman who...
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The necklace symbolizes the unattainable life of wealth that Mathilde longs for. Mathilde is a middle class woman who longs to be rich. She feels like she was born into the wrong lifestyle. She...
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The narrative technique in the short story "The Necklace" is a third person omniscient point of view or perspective. This is an appropriate technique since Madame Loisel nor her husband would be...
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Guy de Maupassant's classic short story, "The Necklace," set in 19th century Paris, is about a middle class woman who longs to be rich. When she borrows and then loses the necklace of the title her...
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Madame Loisel's character is superficial and concerned about status. When invited to the Minister of Public Instruction's soiree, a difficult invitation to receive considering her husband's status...
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In Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" Madame Loisel is disconnected from a life which she finds common and mundane. Although she is "pretty and charming" she is restrained by the rigid...