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 Necklace‚ Guy 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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Through bellicose diction in “Prayer for the Man Who Mugged My Father‚ 72”‚ Charles Webb conveys a spiteful tone. The stanza: “May you meet him there‚ the same age as you. May the meeting take place in a small‚ locked room” suggests that an altercation will take place. It implies the son wants his father to have retribution for the crime inflicted upon him. The phrase “the same age as you” indicates that the son wants the fight to be a fair fight. “Small‚ locked room” states that the son wants to
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The Necklace and The song Royals The short story “The Necklace‚” by Guy de Maupassant‚ and the song “Royals‚” by Lorde‚ symbolizes class‚ and how it can ruin someone’s life. In the short story The Necklace‚ by Guy de Maupassant reveals the relationship between a husband‚ and a wife‚ and how a single necklace ruins their life because of Mathilde’s class. The story 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
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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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In his story of the Rip Van Winkle‚ Irving used his unique style of diction‚ which also developed a contrast between before and after the climax of the story. The major change of scene in the story takes place after Rip takes his nap in the mountains and there is a noteworthy change of Irving’s diction from this point onwards. In his description of the surrounding nature and the weather‚ a distinct contrast exists between the duration of twenty years. The Kaatskill Mountain is the first feature
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The Author to Her Book: Anne Bradstreet’s Significant Uses of Diction After reading Anne Bradstreet’s‚ The Author to Her Book‚ I initially understood the poem to explain a complex feeling of the speakers’ disdain and love‚ but mostly disdain towards her child. I knew there was something more to this poem; I was drawn in so much further than the first understanding I got from it. I originally didn’t notice the title‚ and with the title came a whole other dimension‚ or layer. I then interpreted the
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Wordsworth and Coleridge came together early in life. It was in 1796‚ that they were frequently together‚ and out of their mutual discussion arose the various theories which Wordsworth embodied in his Preface to the Lyrical Ballads‚ and which he tried to put into practice in the poems. Coleridge claimed credit for these theories and said they were‚ “half the child of his brain.” But later on‚ his views underwent a change‚ he no longer agreed with Wordsworth’s theories‚ and so criticised them in Chapter
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Tuğçe Dağtekin Catherine Macmillan Literary Research Methods 10 January‚ 2011 The Jewelry and the Necklace; The character analysis and the similarities between Mrs. Lantin and Matilda Loisel The stories of The Necklace and the Jewelry were written by Guy De Maupassant. This stories were created between 1881 and 1886. Both of the story was woman oriented. Both of the story show the womans’ features that is common. The thought of being beautiful and looking wealthy is one of the most attractive
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“For You O Democracy” Walt Whitman Imagery‚ Diction‚ and Tone In “For You O Democracy‚” Walt Whitman uses imagery of paradise and words of emotion to evoke a strong message: to struggle for what one believes in therefore create an ideal world‚ a paradise. Whitman on a personal level uses literary devices like imagery and diction to illustrate his struggle‚ motivated by his love for democracy. Throughout the poem‚ Whitman creates an idea of unity‚ a feeling of peace‚ as well as dreams of an ideal
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with female genders‚ for the boys "tower and bristle‚" suggesting something naturally intimidating is inherent to the male gender. This is followed by the description of the girl‚ who is "smooth and sleek‚" an alliteration that denotes the use of diction‚ for the contrasted descriptions also have a set syllable pattern: the description of the boys uses two syllables per word in order to create a harsh‚ rough connotation‚ and the girl’s description flows smoothly in each of the single syllable words
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