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    Literary Essay Have you ever been dressed up for a night? In a story called‚ “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant explains how a woman’s beautiful night turned into tragedy. In “The Necklace” a woman‚ Mathilde‚ uses her husband and her friend to get things for the ball. Then‚ later realizes that the necklace was missing. Mathilde spent ten years of her life paying for the replacement necklace. She later finds out that the necklace was an imitation. Guy de Maupassant shows the themes of looks do not

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    see her husband slowly become furious. Madame Loisel finished what she needed to say. Monsieur Loisel calmly stood up and told Madame Loisel to get back the necklace. Madame Loisel was confused with her husband’s reaction but went to go see Madame Forestier. Madame Loisel got to Madame Forestier house and asked “May I please have the necklace back. I will buy you the exact one that I’ve misplaced.” “Of course not‚ you’ve given it to me so now it’s mine!” Madame Forestier fought back. They continued

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    Materialistic people ‚ don’t you want to just wipe them off the 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

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    In the story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant‚ the society affects towards the characters that brought out different traits and actions. The character Mathilde Loisel experiences a change‚ effect towards the being of society. She fantasizes‚ experienced‚ and underwent as she was given a chance at something better. As she makes one mistake‚ effects of society take a toll on her as she experienced hardships‚ and a decreasing of her life style. Different points will be discussed such as how this

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    In this passage of Amy Tan’s story‚ Rules of the Game‚ the author uses many literary features to develop the climax of Waverly’s career as a young chess champion. As Waverly faces her first opponent of the chess tournament‚ she continusouly reminds herself of the art of invisble strength. She reptitively gets advised by the "wind"‚ as she carefully makes her moves towards victory‚ where her talent is recognized once again. However‚ a friction between Waverly and her mother arises as more trophies

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    An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge: Evaluation of Literary Elements Swinging from a noose off a railroad trellis‚ many thoughts race through a condemned man’s mind. In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚” Ambrose Bierce effectively uses literary elements to allow the reader to look through the keyhole of the mind of a dying man in his last moments of life. Elements such as realism‚ flashback‚ metaphor/simile‚ setting‚ point of view‚ and character allow the reader to become

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    Literary Elements & Style Instead of using commas to separate “doctors and generals and coaches…” Gladwell uses the word “and” to connect each occupation to the next‚ which tricks the reader into thinking that there are more occupations listed than there actually are. The same tactic is evidenced in “to shape and manage and educate…” By stressing the prevalence and importance unconscious reactions have‚ the reader will more likely believe that unconscious reactions are influential. Literary Elements

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    In the story “The Necklace”‚ written by Guy De Maupassant. The main character Mathilde Loisel‚ was more of a round character rather than a flat one. Mathilde is also the protagonist‚ she is the leading character in the story that faces a real event. In the story Mrs. Mathilde is described as a beautiful young woman who is miserable with her life. She constantly dreamed of a glamorous lifestyle and was never happy with the life she had. She believed that beauty and charm allowed her to better things

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    Preventive Measures (A Discussion of Lessons for Main Characters in‚ “The Necklace”) We each have our one weak points. Some people have bigger or smaller weaknesses that might be harder to cope with. In the story‚ “The Necklace” Loisel feels insecure about her financial status‚ appearance‚ and honesty. There are several solutions to fix these problems‚ but might not necessarily be easy to perform. Madame Loisel should learn to communicate honestly‚ not obsess over her appearance‚ as well as be

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    "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant is an excellent example of realism in literature. This story represents mundane aspects of everyday middle-class life in the late nineteenth century. However‚ the story breaks away from mundane when Mr. Loisel receives an invitation to a swanky upper-class dinner party. The premise of "The Necklace" centers around the main character‚ Mathilde Loisel‚ borrowing a necklace from her wealthy friend Madame Jeanne Forrestier‚ losing the necklace‚ replacing it and paying

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