Short Stories Critical Notes for B.A. English Bilcans SHORT STORIES & ONE ACT PLAYS Critical Notes For Bachelor of Arts (According to Punjab University English Syllabus) Prepared at: Bab-ul-Ilm Institute of Languages‚ Computer & Natural Sciences (BILCANS) SOHAWA‚ MANDI BAHAUDDIN Now at Bab-ul-Ilm Public School Campus (An Educational Wing of Bab-ul-Ilm Research Foundation®) Contact us: Cell: 0322-778-7338‚ 0321-774-6647 Email: Birf.Pakistan@hotmail.com To Download B
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Guy De Maupassant’s story "The Diamond Necklace" tells us a story about a poor girl who has wrong values in her life. She loves money‚ jewels‚ but not people. Throughout the story the main heroine Matilda Loisel makes a number of ironic discoveries. One night she goes to the ball and‚ pretending that she is someone she is not‚ she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend. She loses it at the end of the night and borrows money to buy a new one. It costs her 10 years of hard work‚ life in poverty
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Discuss what happens to Mathilde in “The Diamond Necklace”. Why did it happen? How could it have been different? What would you have done in this situation? C. Explicate (explain) “Harlem” (a.k.a. “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes. What is the main idea (theme) of the poem
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In the article‚ "The Necklace"‚ the author‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ shows the theme‚ be happy with who you are and what you have‚ throughout the story by showing how Mathilde starts out‚ and then how she feels about what happens to her. He shows more of the theme each time when a conflict happens between her and the other people. To start the author shows the theme‚ be happy with who you are and what you have‚ in the beginning when she was rich and had a good life. She had married a man of a lower class
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Even though we all live in a wealthy society these days‚ people still chase after wealth and social facts today. In the short story “The Necklace” Mathilde is a woman that is married to a clerk. Ever since she was young she has been seeking for wealth. She dreamed of having expensive clothes‚ silverware‚ etc. Comparing this short story to the world today‚ there are many similarities and differences. One similarity between the short story and the world today would be not everyone lives in healthy
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revealed as Hermina refused her daughter‚ Rosaura‚ to attend a rich party in order to prevent her daughter to experience economic discrimination. Evidently‚ Hermina states‚ “I don’t like you going ... it’s a rich‚ people’s party” (Heker‚ 1). Moreover‚ Mathilde reveals the importance
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“The Necklace” & “The Gift of the Magi” Share Common Theme Wanting more and better is one of the quality that we all have. In the stories “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi”‚ both writers illustrate the consequences of greed. One would wonder if people do fine much happiness through their search for material? Perhaps greed does make one’s happy at times‚ but because of greed people bury themselves in the bottomless pit of pain and suffering. A dust material such
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In “New Directions”‚ “The Necklace”‚ and “Fragile Self- Worth” it is shown how dissatisfaction can be unhealthy when you make materialism a major part of your lifestyle. In the necklace the main character‚ Mathilde a young lady living in a french society envies the higher class. Being that she is a beautiful woman‚ she feels that she is deserving of more luxury and desires to be pampered. With there being a fancy event occurring‚ she felt the need of wearing something that would help her be admired
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and “Ambush‚” they are very different‚ but also similar. The setting in each story could not be any more polar than they already are. The similarity of the two stories is that the plots both contain lies. In “The Necklace‚” a female character‚ Mathilde‚ is living in Paris during the 19th century. She is poor‚ yet undyingly wishes she was wealthy. One day the woman is invited to a prestigious ball within her city. She immediately she contacts a rich friend and borrows a fabulous necklace. Once the
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During the Middle Ages by Agnes Mathilde. In this article‚ Agnes apprises us about slavery in Germanic society during the middle ages. In this article‚ Agnes treats the subject of slavery under three aspects. The three aspects are “first‚ reduction‚ the downward course‚ the slave becoming more and more a thing; secondly‚ restitution‚ the amelioration of slavery; and thirdly‚ liberation.” (Jerome Dowd‚ Slavery in Germanic Society During the Middle Ages‚ Agnes Mathilde) The article proclaims that the
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