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    The Necklace Change

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    Mme. Loisel made a bad choice when she chose to not tell Mme. Forester that she had lost her necklace. This choice abruptly changed her lifestyle for the worse. Had Mme. Loisel went to Mme. Forester and told her the truth‚ she would have known that the necklace she lost was in fact a replica. Instead she and her husband began working to pay back the new real replacement they bought. Sadly‚ “...this life lasted ten years” (Maupassant 6). Essentially‚ Mme. Loisel and her husband‚ M. Loisel‚ wiped

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    the setting to convey the theme. Mathilde Loisel‚ the main character in “The Necklace” is an ungrateful‚ self-centered young woman. Her selfless behavior is first observed on page 609 when her husband brings home an extraordinary invitation to an aristocratic privileged ball. Soon after her husband gave her the invitation‚ the Guy De Maupassant writes‚ “She tossed the invitation on the table and muttered‚ annoyed:” What do you expect me to do with that?”” Mathilde could not appreciate the invitation

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    Madame Mathilde Loisel is charming‚ but married to a clerk and not well off financially. She feels unsatisfied with her husband and her life. They are an average middle class couple. She is ashamed of her social status‚ and because of this does not talk to one of her friends who became wealthy. Matilda wants to be above this‚ and dreams of the life of luxury and is miserable with the life she has. Mr. Loisel gets two invitations to the Ministry of Education’s party. Mathilde is upset because she

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    It is in this work of literature that Maupassant clinched my admiration‚ how he brings to life a situation in France‚ during his time to connect with us at present. A lot of people are likened to Mr. And Mrs. Loisel whose lives became miserable because of their own doings. Mathilde Loisel portrays a woman whose innate outward beauty was unnoticed because she was born to a family of clerks. It was no way at that time that one will be recognized if you are not born to an affluent family. Such discontentment

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    starts off by a young woman named Mathilde Loisel getting an invitation to a fancy party‚ but she had nothing to wear‚ so she cries to her husband telling him to give the invitation to someone who is prettier and actually has something nice‚ and fancy to wear. Mathilde‚ and Monsieur her husband were a poor family they couldn’t afford anything expensive. So then Monsieur stood there‚ and asked her how much did she need for a beautiful‚ but not an expensive dress. Mathilde stops‚ and thinks for a while

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    succeeded in their search. Nature plays a major role in both of these women’s lives. Both struggle to find their independence and the endings of their stories are both triumphant‚ tragic and ironic. Both Matilda Loisel and Mrs. Mallard feel like they have been cheated by life. Mathilde suffers from her lifestyle of being middle-class. She has been cheated by life from all of the wonderful things it has to offer. "She had no dresses‚ no jewels‚ nothing. And she loved nothing but that; she felt made

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    The Necklace Greediness

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    with themes of wealth‚ and status‚ all issues Maupassant would have dealt with. The main character‚ Mathilde deals with these issues as well. When Mathilde deals with these themes her character is revealed‚ some good‚ but mostly bad. In “The Necklace” Maupassant represents Mathilde’s character by revealing her greediness‚ her lies‚ and her love. Maupassant shows greediness in a variety of ways. Mathilde thinks very highly of herself and has a vain complex. She thinks so much of herself that she feels

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    Miserable Mathilde At the beginning of the story‚ essentially nothing happens. The narrator’s interested in telling us about Mathilde (even though we don’t yet know her name). We learn about her back-story‚ her character‚ and her unhappiness with her mediocre life. This represents a classic initial situation. Conflict It’s a party and I’ll cry if I want to… The action proper begins when M. Loisel (Mathilde’s husband) comes home with the invitation to the fabulous ball and Mathilde reacts by having

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    The Necklace Essay

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    Necklace” follows the life of Mathilde Loisel‚ a woman who desired to embody the presence and life of the upper class. An invitation meant for a night of fun and fantasy at a ball‚ ended up leading her to years of hard-work and stress. Searching for a piece jewelry to complete her look for the exciting night‚ Mathilde approached her friend Madame Forestier for the finishing touch. What filled up her eager heart was a diamond necklace. Eagerness turned into fear as Mathilde lost the necklace and was now

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    The Necklace

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    by developing her character‚ this form of setting is shown. Due to her lower-middle-class lifestyle‚ Loisel experiences chagrin and depression nearly every day of her life‚ as she constantly fantasizes about living a life of wealth. However‚ her husband has an entirely contrasting nature‚ as he is quite content with the way he

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