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    Guy De Maupassant Irony

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    2/6/14 Fiction Paper Jewelry at a Cost The short story “The Jewelry” by Guy de Maupassant displays a theme of irony throughout the story through an objective narrator. The story begins by leading the readers to think that the relationship between M. Lantin and his wife is stable and pleasantly upright. Irony strikes after the sudden death of Lantin’s wife. The irony emphasizes hints that are given earlier in the story through symbolism of material and non-materialistic things. Irony is a clear

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    Mathilde borrows a diamond necklace from her. She goes to the party with feeling special. When she gets home from the party‚ however‚ she finds that the necklace is no longer on her neck. She and her husband search desperately for it‚ but cannot find it. She becomes terrified‚ and quickly writes Madame Forestier that the necklace has broken‚ buying her more time to find or replace the necklace. She and her husband search through many jewelers‚ looking for a similar necklace‚ and finally they find

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    “The Horla” By Guy de Maupassant Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Horla” is a great example of the notion that art sometimes imitates life. In 1887‚ while battling the end stages of syphilis and institutionalized for insanity‚ de Maupassant’s last story “The Horla” was published. In the pages his fictional character‚ the narrator‚ chronicles his journey into madness while fighting an unseen beast. The protagonist can be compared to de Maupassant and his own struggle with syphilis and psychosis

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    Have you ever lost something valuable ? This happened in The Necklace. The story The Necklace is about a girl called Mathilde that has a friend and then‚ she lends her a really fashionable necklace‚ for a really important event. But then‚ she lost it. In The NecklaceGuy de Maupassant shows his abilities for writing excellent drama stories using metaphors‚ imagery and setting . Guy de Maupassant is a very good drama and suspense writer. He is a good writer because he uses metaphors mostly perfect

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    “The Terror” by Guy de Maupassant is a story about a man who is getting married because he’s afraid to be alone. First‚ the story begins with a man who talking about is upcoming nuptials to a woman he barely knows. The guy (nameless) has only met his future wife four times‚ and thinks she is what any man could want in a spouse; he talks about how she’s not really rich‚ but was raised for the sole purpose of marriage. He says the only reason he’s getting marriage is because he doesn’t want to be alone:

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    “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant “The Necklace” is the story of a middle class couple‚ the Loisels‚ who acquire an invitation to a ball. Concerned only with her appearance‚ Mathilde buys a new dress‚ borrows jewelry from a friend and has her ideal night at the ball. When the diamond necklace is lost on the way home‚ a much too expensive yet identical replacement is found for 36‚000 francs. The loss is concealed from the friend‚ and their comfortable middle class life is traded for a poorer one

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    Throughout the course Guy de Maupassant’s lifetime he had a lot of experiences that affected his life. Though his life was not easy he still became an excellent short story writer and novelist. Throughout his lifetime he published over 400 stories‚ two short stories he wrote were The Necklace and The False gems. Maupassant’s Naturalist view in writing is due to his childhood and previous life experiences. Childhood and early life Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born in Tourville-sur-Arques

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    Guy De Maupassant Jewelry

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    Imagine being married to someone your whole life and not knowing they had a deep‚ dark secret all along. In the short story “The Jewelry” by Guy De Maupassant this is the life of the character Mr. Lantin. M.m.e Lantin was known to be a woman who was admired by many and had a fascination for jewelry and the theater. Her husband‚ Mr. Lantin was always under the impression that the jewelry she owned was fake. Mr Lantin’s dislike for the theater led to M.m.e Lantin often going unattended with friends

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    ones‚ and repay greater ones with ingratitude." Like Mr. Franklin said a favor returned without ingratitude is not worth the time. Ingratitude can run the the whole purpose of doing or achieving something. For example‚ in the story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant Madame Loisel is portrayed as an ungrateful woman because of how greedy and inconsiderate she is. To begin with‚ Madame Loisel was a very greedy woman. She feels unsatisfied with what she has and wants more. The narrator’s thoughts "She

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    is not only extremely ironic but it also has so much depth and symbolism involved. “The Necklace” begins by focusing on a woman that has no ability to accept her situation. She is overly materialistic to a point that is almost annoying. “She suffered constantly‚ feeling herself destined for all delicacies and luxuries”. At first she even seems like a spoiled women who is downright unrealistic. Guy DeMaupassant is very clear in expressing how dissatisfied she is with her existing life‚ and how she

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