darker characters and more realistic situations. However‚ what do they all have in common? They live in short stories. Two short stories that are interesting are "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. Both center around two woman who are both wanting things very badly. Mathilde in "The Necklace" wants to be wanted in her life and she wants to be rich and have luxurious things‚ but she married a poor clerk. Della from "The Gift of the Magi" is poor but she wishes
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"The Necklace" Most people know the age-old proverb that says‚ "Money does not buy happiness." It has been said and displayed in thousands of different ways over the course of time‚ but for some odd reason‚ mankind still cannot grasp onto those words of truth. Many people are overtaken by the combination of obsession with wealth and the fear of mediocrity in life‚ which‚ inevitably‚ leads to a realization that true happiness in life consists of more than what money could ever buy. These realizations
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The ironic tales of Inchcape Rock and The Necklace are very good stories. Inchcape Rock‚ by Robert Southey‚ is a tale of a spiteful pirate that by sinfully taking down a warning bell‚ spells his own demise. The Necklace‚ by Guy de Maupassant‚ is a tale of a lady who just didn’t know when to quit spending and who didn’t know when to tell the truth. Both of the stories‚ Inchcape Rock and The Necklace‚ are quite ironic. In the Inchcape Rock‚ an evil pirate who was full of hatred took the warning bell
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Mathilde and her husband struggle. In The Necklace a women named Mathilde is lended a diamond necklace for a ball by a women named Madame Forestier. When she and her husband get home from the ball‚ they realize the diamond necklace is missing. Instead of telling Madame Forestier she lost her necklace‚ Mathilde and her husband decide to buy her a new one. When they finally tell Madame Forestier they lost her necklace‚ she told them it was fake. The Necklace conforms to the conventions of a short story
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In the analyses of comparing and contrasting “The Necklace” 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
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Are you’re actions based on what you believe or what your see and desire? In the text The Bet by Anton Chekhov and the text The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant both authors deal with the main idea that money and materialistic goods control peoples action in a larger scale than we realize. While both The Bet and The Necklace explore the idea of irony and symbolism‚ The Necklace goes on to use characterization while The Bet uses person vs. society conflict. Irony had a huge impact in The Bet and
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The story "The Necklace" has more situational irony in my opinion then the story "Lamb to the Slaughter" which has less situational irony. Both of the stories have situational irony‚ but "The Necklace" tells more of a good story then "Lamb to the Slaughter." They all both good stories. The stories "Lamb to the Slaughter" and "The Necklace" both had good meanings. "The Necklace" tells a better story because the story explained how the main character which was Mathilde and she was very spoiled
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Literary Analysis of “The Necklace” A person’s social status along with the luxury goods/items that come along with the higher class rank are an important part of today’s society. We judge people and items/goods based on their exterior‚ which can cause us to be deceived. In the story “The Necklace”‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ a French writer‚ demonstrates how people get deceived by a person’s or an items appearance. Maupassant uses allegory/symbolism and characterization to show that appearance causes us
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money the gov. gave him as a reward. In a similar situation in the story “Avarice” the narrator spoke of this girl that wanted to collect her engagement rings and porcelain buttons for various reasons. The story “The necklace” Matilda has a rich friend that possessed a “Expensive Necklace” and she wanted one just like it and also her same lifestyle. “Civil Peace” is a story about an African man named Jonathan. In the story Jonathan finds some money and turns the money in. In return for the money
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In "The Diamond Necklace‚" Maupassant creates a society in which the division of two social classes‚ bourgeoisie and proletariat‚ are firmly established and maintained. Madame Loisel’s husband is a proletariat class worker‚ though on the higher end of that scale‚ and Madame Loisel’s friend‚ Mrs. Forestier‚ is wealthy and assumed to be a member of the bourgeoisie. By clearly defining the two social classes and having Madame Loisel desire to be a part of a class differing from her own‚ a class conflict
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