women‚ Della‚ from New York City and Madame Loisel‚ she is from Paris‚ France are both very similar characters‚ yet they are from two different 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
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The Necklace and A Doll’s House‚ can compare and contrast. But I am going to go through the basic problems and resolutions they face. In these plays‚ they both found happiness in money. In the Necklace‚ Mathilde “had no dresses‚ no jewels‚ nothing. And she loved nothing but appearance of its possession‚ led Mathilde to borrow an expensive necklace from a wealthy friend to show it off at the ball she was invited to by the Minister of Public Instruction. She ended up losing the necklace and worked
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“The necklace” and “The Bet” talk about two characters that think they can win or have everything that they want or think. On “The necklace‚” a girl named Madame Mathilde Loisel thought she needed everything because she was a pretty girl‚ but she was very poor. On “The Bet‚” the banker makes a bet that he thought that he would win a bet. “The Necklace” and “The Bet” functions to reveal aspects of character by showing their thinking and their character traits. In the first place‚ “The Necklace” written
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married couple who would do anything for each other. Then in “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant is a middle class married couple‚ they learn what it truly means to be poor lower classmen. In both of these stories there are both similarities and differences in their plots and between the characters. They both also have ironic endings. The plots of these two stories differ from each other‚ but are still both ironic. In “The Necklace” Mathildes husband got her an invitation to a high class party‚
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The Story of an Hour & The Necklace LIT 125 Introduction to Literature The Story of an Hour & The Necklace Marriage takes great selfness from a couple to succeed creating a happy fulfilling life together. Unfortunately‚ some couples do not succeed on molding a happy union. In this essay we will compare and contrast two great stories The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin. “The Necklace" tells of a sad and lengthy
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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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treasure in heaven. Then come‚ follow me.’ But when the young man heard this‚ he went away sad‚ for he had many possessions." Just as the parables that Jesus taught throughout the Gospels had valuable life lessons‚ as does Guy de Maupassant’s‚ "The Necklace." The theme of selfish vanity vs. profitable hard work is revealed by Maupassant through Madame Loisel’s internal conflict developed from comparison beginning at a young age. Guy de Maupassant demonstrates that one cannot truly discern how to stand
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The most important literary term that is used most often out of all of the stories is situational irony. Situational irony is when the opposite of what one expects to happen occurs. The situational irony was all about Madame Forestier’s necklace that Madame Loisel lost. At the end of the story‚ Madame Loisel‚ who despised hard work and everything in the world that is not glamorous‚ finds out that she had given up her life to replace her friends necklace that she eventually discovers is only a fake
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The Neckklace Character Sketch Not once in the whole story does Mathilda ever thank her husband. She is concerned only with herself. Mathilda’s selfish greediness is also shown in her attitudes toward other people. She has one acquaintance mentioned‚ Madame Forrester. Matilda is such a type person in our society. A woman not thankful for what she has. One might perceive that Matilda and her husband are just really poor. Well from what I gathered‚ I think that she is just middle class. They may
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