The Necklace And Greed

Have you ever wondered about the obsession of greed and or materialism in society? Also thinking about the Bibles perspective and say about these problems? What about the historical context of a very popular short story, “The Necklace” and the morals (which would be greed and materialism) that this story teaches? So maybe society has more to talk about than what kind of makeup was worn during the event of the Oscars. The Historical context, The twist from The Necklace, and the obsession over items and greed is growing and becoming more common. What are the issues of greed and materialism anyway? Why do they relate? Why are they explained in the same category? All good questions, which can be brought back into the society in around the decade
The story still holds up today, just not as much as it did back in its time of release. Would you say that the importance and evolution of greed and materialism has increased over time, That would be correct. But it looks to be that this issue will keep growing and growing until maybe society changed in some sort of way. Now take a look at what greed and materialism is as represented and told by the story “The Necklace”. Know that the moral of the actual story of “The Necklace” is not getting obsessed with greed and materialism, because it has consequences that are not worth it. In the story, Mathilde is invited to a party, but is upset because she will not look very “high class” because she and her husband are not rich. She then goes to her rich friend, Madame Forestier, and requests some “bling bling” from her. She gives Mathilde a necklace, and when Mathilde goes to the party, she is the most beautiful woman there. When she then looks in the mirror, she is shocked because the necklace is gone. Afraid because she will need to return the necklace to her friend, she and her husband work long and hard to buy another one. when she finally gets the money to pay Madame Forestier back with the necklace, she is shocked because