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    Bickford English 1102 6 February 2006 Analysis of "The Necklace" Many women dream of living a rich life‚ full of luxury‚ riches and servants. In the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant‚ a middle-class woman named Madame Loisel desires that life style very much. In "The Necklace" Madame Loisel’s vain desires cause many conflicts and her ultimate downfall. One small conflict in the story is Madame Loisel vs. her husband. He is always trying to make his wife satisfied and she never

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    face of the Earth ? In the short story ‚ “The Necklace” written by Guy De Maupassant‚ Madame Loisel can definitely be considered a materialistic character. When I was reading “The Necklace” ‚ I noticed lots of different qualities in Madame Loisel. Some qualities I noticed in her was that she was manipulative‚ greedy and insecure. I’m not sure how you would go about this situation ‚ but I definitely wouldn’t want to be friends with her. Madame Loisel was quite a manipulative woman . I feel as if

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    the body back to a state of equilibrium. It slows heart rate and decreases the release of hormones into the blood stream. The activity of the parasympathetic system causes more localized reactions than does the sympathetic system as much of its output is to specific organs. The sympathetic system prepares the body for fight or flight reactions. Action of this system results in accelerated heart rate‚ increased blood pressure and blood flow away from the digestive system toward the brain‚ heart and

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    Textual Analysis of “The Necklace” In “The Necklace”‚ Guy de Maupassant uses a woman’s life‚ and very important event in it‚ to depict the Marxism of his or her lifetime‚ especially amongst women. He uses comparisons and downfalls of her life to depict society’s shortcomings and beliefs of class. Marxism looks at the economic and social structures of a society and the draws attention to the struggles between the classes. A Marxist might believe that people are born as creations of economical or social

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    The Necklace Does "The Necklace" have a moral? What is it‚ if it does? The Necklace has many hidden morals‚ one of which is to not be greedy and search for things that you are not capable of getting. Mathilde kept searching for wealth even when she knew that her husband was not capable of doing so. She borrowed the necklace knowing that it makes her seem wealthier that she is‚ because that’s how she wanted people to perceive her. So the story also tells us not to live by how people think of us

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    In the movie “City Lights” and the short story “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant‚ they both share one common theme. The theme of both works are that‚ being yourself is more important than being something you’re not to impress other‚ since it will cause some problems. In “City Lights”‚ The Tramp; the main character in the story‚ wanted to impress and wanted to make her blind significant other feel happy. The Tramp gave the Blind Girl over $1000‚ for rent and her well-being. That money used was given

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    relates to The Neckless in a few ways. The Necklace is about a young lady named Mathilde who’s also poor but she’s ashamed to be poor. She dreams about being rich‚ she fantasies so much she becomes depressed. One day she gets an invite to a ball and she doesn’t want to go because she does not have anything nice to wear. Her husband gave her

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    The Necklace Alternative Ending The next morning‚ Mathilde awoke to see the Necklace lying on her bedside table. Immediately‚ all the wonderful memories of the previous evening came flooding back to her. What a marvelous experience it was‚ she thought‚ smiling with excitement. “Now the whole city of Paris will know who I am and love me‚” she grinned. And all over her fantastic success was all because of the small diamond Necklaces. But what she was forgetting was that the necklace was not hers‚ and

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    The bind of Monsieur and Madame Loisel in “The Necklace” was forced‚ unfair‚ and unrequited. It was not based off of affection or attraction‚ it was a forced marriage: “ Forced marriages were a tradition in 19th century France; which is when the book was written”. Since it was an arranged marriage; the Loisels did not love each other too much‚ they would commence to truly love each other after years. Mathilde clearly did not love each him: “Mathilde probably married at 14-16 years” by virtue of it

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    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

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