short stories. Della is from “The Gift of the Magi” by O’Henry and Madame Loisel or Mathilde from “The Necklace”. Both of these short stories share very similar plots‚ but they are also very different. Starting with “The Gift of the Magi”‚ the story takes place in New York City. The main characters are Della and her husband Jim. They live happily in an apartment under poor conditions. Della sells her hair to buy Jim a gift and in the end Jim also gets Della a gift‚ it is called The Combs. They are
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in mind. This famous quote has grasped the attention of many readers. Different readers always find various angles to explain the meaning of this quote. There are numerous stories or texts that approve and disapprove of our phrase. "The Gift of the Magi‚" written by O Henry‚ gives confident approval that our equation applies in multiple ways to the text. It can give definitions and reasons for our quote to better explain different interpretations. Some particular interpretations of
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be the root of all evil‚ when in reality money is no more evil than any other object. Money is just an object that can be abused; however‚ the true evil is selfish greed and lust for power. “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence and “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry exemplify two different types of greed through gambling and sacrifice. It is safe to say that people would consider vehicles to be helpful‚ but would they assume cars evil because people die in car accidents? Likely not; likewise
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unknown to one another decided to sacrifice their precious possessions to afford to get gifts for each other. Della‚ Jim’s wife‚ decides to cut off her long hair to sell so that she can buy a platinum pocket watch chain for her husband watch and the husband sells his watch to buy his wife a hair comb for her hair. They both showed their great love to one another‚ but the surprising is that they both had the gift they did not need any longer despite their sacrifices. Question two: Explain how the ironic
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Connor Breaux Mrs.Malbrough 3rd hour November 15‚ 2012 “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” Compare/Contrast Have you ever read a short story and learned a life lesson from it? Well in one story “The Necklace” Madame Loisel looses a diamond necklace and replaces it with a real one‚ but the one she lost wasn’t real. The other story the “Gift of the Magi”‚ Della and her husband both don’t make a lot of money‚ but want to get each other something for Christmas. Both have to get rid of
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The definition of love is " a deep‚ tender‚ ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person." In "The Gift of the Magi‚" the two main characters possess a love for each other that is so strong that they are willing to sacrifice their greatest treasures for each other‚ with no regrets. Also‚ they do not obsess over superficial things like appearances. Therefore‚ the moral of the story is that it is not the material things that matter‚ it is the love you have for another person‚ and the
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In the story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry the two main characters are a husband and wife who give up their most precious possessions to be able to afford gifts for each other on Christmas Eve. The story follows the wife Della throughout the day as she tries to find a way to get money so she can buy her husband Jim a Christmas gift. Throughout the story there are a lot of themes that are shown through Della and Jim’s actions. The three most important themes found in this story are sacrifice
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In O’Henry’s “Gift of the Magi‚” Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues‚” and in Bontemps’s “A Summer Tragedy” one discusses the love they have is a healthy relationship. In O’Henry’s “Gift of the Magi” James and Della sold their prized possessions for each other‚ and they are poor. In Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” Sonny and his brother builds a bond. In Bontemps’s “A Summer Tragedy” Jeff and Jennie dies together out of love and being brave. Have you ever loved someone so much? Even though James and Della do not
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What one must know is that though people can change on the outside‚ their inner personality always ends up showing. In The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe‚ Montresor vows revenge against a foe of his. His method is murder. While in The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry‚ Della is a beautiful woman who wants to please her husband and stops at nothing to accomplish it. These two very different characters do have something in common. Both Montresor and Della develop their personality into motives that
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The Necklace and Story of An Hour; A Comparison Megan Ford ENG125 Instructor Reljic August 19‚ 2012 At first glance‚ Chopin’s Story of an Hour (1894) and de Maupassant’s The Necklace (1884)‚ appear to have very little in common. Chopin’s story‚ as displayed in its title is quite short; while in comparison‚ de Maupassant tells a much more detailed account of the beleaguered Loisel’s‚ who must learn from the self-centred Madam Loisel. With de Maupassant’s
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