Prescribed Question: How does the text conform‚ or deviate from‚ the conventions of a short story and for what purpose? Guy de Maupassant has a dark humor and likes to see Mathilde and her husband struggle. In The Necklace a women named Mathilde is lended a diamond necklace for a ball by a women named Madame Forestier. When she and her husband get home from the ball‚ they realize the diamond necklace is missing. Instead of telling Madame Forestier she lost her necklace‚ Mathilde and
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ones‚ and repay greater ones with ingratitude." Like Mr. Franklin said a favor returned without ingratitude is not worth the time. Ingratitude can run the the whole purpose of doing or achieving something. For example‚ in the story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant Madame Loisel is portrayed as an ungrateful woman because of how greedy and inconsiderate she is. To begin with‚ Madame Loisel was a very greedy woman. She feels unsatisfied with what she has and wants more. The narrator’s thoughts "She
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The short story‚ “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupossant represents how conflicts can strongly influence the development of a character. Upon dealing with a huge conflict‚ it makes one realize how much they have gone through. It may also allow one to reflect and appreciate what they had and their strengths and weaknesses. Status has been linked with a guilty and undesirable feeling in life and society. In this story Mathilde’s husband is hopeless to giving his own savings in order for her to purchase
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“The Terror” by Guy de Maupassant is a story about a man who is getting married because he’s afraid to be alone. First‚ the story begins with a man who talking about is upcoming nuptials to a woman he barely knows. The guy (nameless) has only met his future wife four times‚ and thinks she is what any man could want in a spouse; he talks about how she’s not really rich‚ but was raised for the sole purpose of marriage. He says the only reason he’s getting marriage is because he doesn’t want to be alone:
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In "The Necklace"‚ Guy de Maupassant creates an irony about the Mme. Loisel‚ who always dreams she would live in a luxury life‚ which later costs her ten years of working to pay off for what she dreams for. Mme. Mathilde Loisel was born in a poor family‚ so she dreamed someday she would have a husband who is "rich and distinguish" (194). Unfortunately‚ she ends up getting married to‚ as the author describes‚ a "little clerks" who can’t satisfy her needs (194). Also‚ because of coming from a poor
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In “The Necklace”‚ written by Guy De Maupassant‚ Madame Losiel‚ a main character‚ is seen by readers as an ungrateful human being. As the author develops her character throughout the story‚ many readers can produce many assumptions about Madame Losiel by the way she acts and by the remarks she makes. It is quite obvious that Madame Losiel is miserable with her life. This causes her to have many negative characteristics that many people do not wish to posses. With her pessimistic attitude‚ many readers
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Guy de Maupassant in the short story‚ “The Necklace”‚ demonstrates that if one is unsatisfied with their life‚ they will ask for more and make sure they are not unsatisfied with what they have. Maupassant supports his message by using characterization of Monsieur Loisel when she was grieving for more in her middle-class life. An example of Monsieur Loisel characterization is “She grieved incessantly‚ feeling that she had been born for all the little niceties and luxuries of living” (28). This story
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In Guy de Maupassant’s short story‚ “The Necklace‚” Madame Loisel‚ a poor woman who has always wished to be like the others‚ is going to a ball. She protests that she needs the perfect dress. While finding the perfect dress‚ her husband searches up and down for the money to afford what his wife wants. Once the perfect dress was found‚ something was missing‚ her jewelry! She wasn’t one to own jewelry although she knew the perfect person. She would ask her friend! Her friend owned a piece for everyone
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to accept her situation. She is overly materialistic to a point that is almost annoying. “She suffered constantly‚ feeling herself destined for all delicacies and luxuries”. At first she even seems like a spoiled women who is downright unrealistic. Guy De’ Maupassant is very clear in expressing how dissatisfied she is with her existing life‚ and how she believes that she is practically royalty yet unfortunately dealt the wrong hand. “She was one of those pretty and charming women‚ born‚ as if by an
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Guy De Maupassant’s "The Necklace" is a story about a woman who suffers morally‚ emotionally‚ and physically because she believes she deserves than what she has. Mathilde was a young woman born in a low-class family. She dreamed and fantasized about having riches. Her lowly husband who was the only clerk finally was able to give her the chance to experience an elegant ball. She worried as she had nothing to wear. Her husband gave her the money he could to buy a dress. She was still unhappy as she
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