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    ’Man who drops a watch in a toilet is bound to have a crappy time.” - Chinese proverb. “The Necklace” is an interesting tale that takes place during 19th century France. The cause and effect of this story’s plot is both pretty straightforward and ironic about how greed and jealousy are cruel mistresses. The first cause that starts this shindig is the caste system in 1800’s France. The effect is that when the main character Madame Loisel is born into a caste that she feels to low for her standards(this

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    SCENE 1: House Narrator: A women named Mathilde Loisel suffered eternally‚ feeling her born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries. She was distressed at the poverty of her dwelling‚ at the bareness of the walls‚ at the shabby chairs‚ the ugliness of the curtains. All those things‚ of which another woman of her rank would never even have been conscious‚ tortured her and made her angry and made her married a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction Monsieur Loisel. Mathilde: (while

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    Journey of the Magi ’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘ A Found Poem’ both details a man questioning the role of belief. In ‘Magi’‚ the speaker is one of the three wise men experiencing an arduous journey. In the ‘ Found Poem‚’ the speaker questions his own loss of faith during the mass. Therefore‚ both poems display divinity and hardships. Both T.S Eliot’s ‘The Magi’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘A Found Poem’ both explore the journeys physically and mentally of men who are struggling with faith. ‘The Magi’ recounts the

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    their desires. In The Necklace‚ Matilda pursues praise from others. In order to fulfill that desire‚ Matilda gets expensive jewelry and clothes. The author expresses how Matilda’s desires did not keep her happy. She ended up selling all of her family’s savings to prevent guilt. That act shows how little care she has of others and how selfish she is for losing the necklace and running to her family again for help. Maupassant states “Matilda runs her fingers over a pearl necklace and a golden brooch

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    Mme Lo(i)Se(l) It: Money Portrayed in “The Necklace” “Money is like a sixth sense‚ and you can’t make use of the other five without it” (Maugham). Mme Loisel thinks she is on the low end of the class because her husband is a ministry clerk. Throughout the story Mme Loisel continuously looks at what she has and thinks it’s not good enough. The short story “The Necklace”‚ by Guy De Maupassant is about greed‚ perception and how Mme Loisel doesn’t feel accepted unless she is to be depicted in a high

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    The Three Stages of the Magi It is within the nature of humans to search for something greater than themselves. Man is continually on a journey of some form; whether it is for love‚ for fortune‚ or for a greater truth. Often when a person begins a journey they are forced to take a deep look at themselves‚ and are often permanently changed by what they find. T.S. Eliot’s poem‚ "Journey of the Magi"‚ describes their transition to spiritual enlightenment through three stages; the journey‚ the arrival

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    While those lousy seventh graders are worrying about what North Korea is doing our generation is more worried about our science test. America’s Gift To My Generation. What gifts does America have on your generation? Some gifts American has on my generation are‚ we have the technology‚ protection‚ speech‚ education‚ and traveling. First‚ you have travelled. Most countries like North Korea prohibit traveling. They are stuck in their state until further notice. Almost all of us get to travel almost

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    the dramatic and emotional scene of The Adoration of the Magi‚ Bellotti adds unstable composition and unnatural detail to create an animated environment in A Miracle of Saint Dominic. While Fonttebasso and Bellotti’s artwork depict different events‚ they both share commonalities. The emphasis of religious figures in both art pieces highlight the role faith influenced artists in the 18th century. In Fonttebasso’s

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    In the story “The Necklace‚” Mathilde is a lower class woman who has a fine house‚ kind husband‚ and enough to make one happy. However‚ she is not content with her life and continually wants more: “She had no clothes‚ no jewels‚ nothing. And these were the only things she

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    Guy de Maupassant’s story ‘the necklace’ is an interesting story. The narrative starts with a description of Madame Mathilde Loisel. De Maupassant depicts Mathilde as a ‘pretty and charming’ person. However‚ she desired a life of leisure‚ a lifestyle where she would have many servants and a large house yet her life was modest. The twists and the astounding end enable the reader to better understand the earlier hypothesis of the story. The proposition tries to depict how ‘strange and changeful’ life

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