In the story The Necklace‚ the main character Mathilde is a middle class woman who believes that money‚ material things and beauty will bring happiness to ones life. But one necklace and a night to remember leaves Mathilde to live the life of a very unhappy woman. Mathilde shows to be a woman who is very naïve because of her out looks on the way she believed life should be for a woman of her decent. Mathidle felt as if she should have been born into all the finer things in life and because she
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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 matter and being
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Does money buy happiness? Money doesn’t buy happiness because money can buy things that you want but it can’t give you certain things that make you happy. In the two short stories that were read the characters will do anything to make the people they love happy. By doing this the reaction from the person they love gives them happiness. Money doesn’t buy happiness because the characters in the two short stories gave up what makes them happy to make their partners happy. This proves that money doesn’t
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detachment and intimate understanding. He sees into the emotions of Mathilde‚ his main character‚ clearly‚ and can make us as readers feel "inside" her world. But the narrator doesn’t share her emotions‚ and we don’t either. That doesn’t mean Maupassant seems cold or indifferent to the characters‚ though. In the few telling moments when he moves beyond detachment‚ it is to express what looks like sympathy‚ or even admiration: Mme. Loisel learned the horrible life of the needy. She made the best of it
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Lautner Mrs. Cecchini English 9 Things Might Not be what you Expect How far would you go to be some one your not? In “The Necklace” author Guy De Maupassant describes the story of a young woman who no matter how much she has‚ she wants more. Mathilde is a beautiful woman but is only middle class. She wants nothing more than to be rich and have a big home. She borrows a necklace from a friend to go to a ball and she looses the necklace. She works for ten years to pay off the necklace and when
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“The Gift of the Magi”/ “The Necklace” At a young age I was taught the value of the dollar. When it comes to money I am a saver. I have always tried to save every penny‚ and when I had a little extra I would treat myself to something I had been wanting. I always tell myself‚ “Save your money‚ you never know when something you really need or would really like to have could come along.” When it comes to having a lot of money and a lot of possessions‚ I don’t really need all of it. Yes‚ every now
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THE WRITER: GUY de MAUPASSANT · He was born on August 5‚ 1850‚ Château de Miromesnil‚ near Dieppe‚ France. He died of Syphilis on July 6‚ 1893 in Paris. It is possible that his disease was congenital. · He was a French naturalist writer of short stories and novels. He is by generally considered the greatest Frenchshort-story writer. · Guy received his first education from the church. At age 13‚ he was sent to a small seminary at Yvetot that took both lay
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Tolbert Lisa Hamilton December 7‚ 2012 Dual Enrollment Literature The Necklace Analysis Have you ever wanted to be rich but at the time you couldn’t be and would do anything to look like you were? Guy de Maupassant writes about who a woman named Mathilde which wanted to live the life which she was out of her means. In the short story‚ “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant‚ he uses the symbol of a necklace‚ characterization‚ and foreshadowing to describe a woman who wanted to live the high life even
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the true upper class of society‚ those that can truly afford to possess such an object. Madame Forestier feels comfortable allowing Madame Loisel to borrow the necklace. She is not afraid to let go of it. This suggests that her life savings are not tied up in it. She does not guard it so carefully that she is unwilling to let it out of her sight. She is comfortable taking a small risk with it. "However‚ Madame Forestier is less than amicable when the necklace is returned a week late. This indicates
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written by a famous writer named Guy De Maupassant. Throughout the story‚ it talked about a woman named Mathilde. She was very charming and beautiful woman who thought that she must have been born into the wrong life‚ since she had no way of getting known and married by a rich man. Instead she married a clerk in the ministry of education and lived a middle class life. Her husband Loisel noticed that his wife was not happy‚ and with love and good intent he brought home an invitation to a party
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