In both of the stories “The gift of the Magi” and “The Diamond Necklace” the characters are similar‚ but also have differences. Della and Mathilde Loisel were vain. They are different because Della is honest‚ while Mathilde is dishonest. In the stories I learned‚ as a reader‚ to be honest with people. The characters‚ Della and Mathilde‚ are similar because‚ they are both vain or care more about their looks and feeling over others. You can tell Della is vain‚ because in the story is states‚ “Suddenly
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contrast: Probably no two characters deserve to be compared more than Mathilde from “The Necklace” and Della from “Gift of the Magi”. The similarities of these two women make the reader expect similar behaviors‚ but their differences provide for their authors the necessary ingredients to make each story and theme unique. Assignment: Compare and contrast the character of Della in “Gift of the Magi” with the character of Mathilde in “The Necklace. PARAGRAPH I: Introduction Authors of different short
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superb diamond necklace‚ and her heart started beating with overwhelming desire. Her hands trembled as she picked it up. She fastened it around her neck over her high-necked dress and stood there gazing at herself ecstatically” (de Maupassant 376). Mathilde got the necklace‚ but unfortunately she lost it and this led to a debt that took a decade to pay off. She was a woman that faced severe consequences because of her unrealistic desires. It all started with her wanting a new dress for the ball‚ after
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Owen and De Maupassant both write with ambiguous authorial voice to portray different aspects of the central characters. ‘The Soldier’ is a man who has gone through a dramatic‚ life changing subversion whilst ‘Madam Loisel’ One might be inclined to think that both the authors of the two short stories write to make the reader feel unsympathetic and therefore negative towards the main character of each story. Or on the other hand‚ they might both write sympathetically about each character in order
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The Ambitious Life Of Mathilde Loisel Guy De Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” portrays a character named Mathilde Loisel‚ a desirous‚ materialistic women who is known as “pretty and charming‚” but let’s her lust for a luxurious life get’s in the way of seeing what she already has(page 152). Mathilde’s dreams of wealth and desires make her unhappy and greedy. She will be fronted by a obstacle that will change her life. Therefore‚ leads to the shift of her character and the setting of the story
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Both‚ Madame Loisel and the daughter from two kinds‚ find themselves in similar situations. The situations seem different but in reality they aren’t‚ as both of them are expected to do certain things‚ the only different is that the daughter from to kinds in forced to do thing and Madame Loisel just feel like she had to do or to have a certain thing. The difference in the expectations between the two characters‚ is made by making one character want a certain thing‚ and the other to be forces to do
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Mathilde Vs. Dee In “The Necklace”‚ Mathilde is seen as a poor woman who had low self-esteem and was married to a clerk. In this story‚ she was invited to a ball and borrowed a friend’s necklace. After the ball‚ Mathilde discovers that the necklace was lost. As a result‚ she had to search for a similar necklace and had to take out loans to make a purchase. She was forced to work for ten years to pay off the debt until one day when she saw her friend. Little did Mathilde know that the necklace
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Consider the ways in which the author presents Mathilde as a selfish‚ self-absorbed woman. ‘The necklace begins with a short paragraph describing Madame Mathilde Loisel‚ and her character. Though she was‚ ‘Pretty and charming’‚ Mathilde and her husband‚ a junior clerk‚ are not very well off financially‚ and therefore the couple live a modest lifestyle. Mathilde’s selfish desires of a life of ‘refinement and luxury’‚ with servants and extravagant living conditions are somewhat alien to her simple
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Madame Defarge was a symbol of destruction: her archetype was destruction. Although she could have been an avenger‚ her methods and sympathy for others proves her to be a destroyer‚ as she destroys the innocent‚ her own humanity‚ and she does destroy herself. She does what she can to destroy the ancestors of her own cause. As the Evrémonde family destroyed her mentally‚ she tries to annihilate them physically. Many have given her sympathy‚ including the wife of the cheating aristocrat‚ stating
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Cydnie Hardy Mrs. Bushnell English 1 Honors 3 December 2011 Della vs. Madam Loisel Have you ever wondered about the reasoning’s people have for doing what they do‚ or acting how they act? Well‚ Della and Madam Loisel both have reasons for their actions‚ but their reasons are dramatically different from each other’s. While Della is very unselfish‚ grateful‚ and open minded‚ Madam Loisel on the other hand is selfish‚ ungrateful‚ and closed minded Della is a very unselfish and loving
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