The Necklace Greed Essay
Mme Lo(i)Se(l) It: Money Portrayed in “The Necklace”
“Money is like a sixth sense, and you can’t make use of the other five without it” (Maugham). Mme Loisel thinks she is on the low end of the class because her husband is a ministry clerk. Throughout the story Mme Loisel continuously looks at what she has and thinks it’s not good enough. The short story “The Necklace”, by Guy De Maupassant is about greed, perception and how Mme Loisel doesn’t feel accepted unless she is to be depicted in a high class society.
To begin, Mme Loisel should be grateful for a lovely husband she has and not focus so much on money and class rankings by society. Her husband is a minister clerk but that does not seem to be good enough to fulfill her fascinating wants.
“Money is like a sixth sense, and you can’t make use of the other five without it” (Maugham). Mme Loisel thinks she is on the low end of the class because her husband is a ministry clerk. Throughout the story Mme Loisel continuously looks at what she has and thinks it’s not good enough. The short story “The Necklace”, by Guy De Maupassant is about greed, perception and how Mme Loisel doesn’t feel accepted unless she is to be depicted in a high class society.
To begin, Mme Loisel should be grateful for a lovely husband she has and not focus so much on money and class rankings by society. Her husband is a minister clerk but that does not seem to be good enough to fulfill her fascinating wants.