“Detective Olson! Thank goodness you’re here. My necklace is missing! You have to find the person who took it!” Detective Monica Olson had just reached the door when Anita Ray burst it open in terror. Monica followed Mrs. Ray into a beautifully decorated room where two professionally dressed men stood. On the table next to them was an empty jewelry box. Through a large‚ opened window behind the table‚ Olson could see someone out back cutting the grass and a small child playing with her dolls.
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theme of gender and how gender roles play a part in the ultimate plot of a play or story. We know gender as the definition of sex‚ male or female. But what we often forget is that gender has a major influence in our roles in society. Both The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams have similar themes in gender. Besides gender both pieces of literature are based on characters that are unhappy with their lives. These characters will do anything to make their
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Deadly Sins. There is greed‚ there is gluttony‚ there is lust‚ there is pride‚ there is sloth‚ there is wrath‚ and there is envy. These so called sins are common attributes within a man that can cause a man’s downfall. In the short story‚ “The Diamond Necklace” written by Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant‚ some of these Seven Sins are examined a little more closely. Guy de Maupassant became a writer after the Franco-Prussian War which he was a part of as a soldier. From his experiences as a part of the
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Emmy the chambermaid stole the necklace because she was jealous. First of all‚ the glass from the broken window in the door is scattered outside the room. This shows that the job was clearly done from someone on the inside. It’s important to notice this because it rules out the neighbor as the criminal. For if it was Honore’ Schmidt--coming into the hotel room from the balcony--the glass would have to be inside the room from him punching the glass in. That leaves only Emmy and Mrs. Van Bliven herself
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The Price of Love “Country lovers” and “The Necklace” are two very different short stories but share many similarities. They share a common theme of love‚ weather marriage or just a common relationship. “Country Lover” and “The Necklace” revolve around the issues of a poor family and a rich family. With these two very different lifestyles one another very rarely interacted in the earlier years in which the two stories take place. “Country lover” was written in the period of apartheid in a village
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wonder if that can be happen in the real world‚ I may not but the writer Guy de Maupassant did. That is why he wrote The Necklace. The story makes an illusion to the reader that they are reading another version of Cinderella. Every unrealistic magical thing is displaced by harsh reality and we will see what if there can be any real life fairy tale in this world. In “The Necklace”‚ Guy de Maupassant used the image of reality to replace all unrealistic feature of a fairy tale. Mathilde Loisel is the
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Literary Comparison: The Gift of the Magi and the Necklace (Your name) ENG 125 (Instructor’s name) (Date) The two literary readings I have chosen to compare is “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Necklace”. The gift of the Magi captured my interest because of the profound themes of love and sacrifice. A heartfelt story was brought to us through the story “The Gift of the Magi’ he wrote such a touching short story about a couple’s love. This couple‚ Jim and Della‚ are not rich with worldly
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Many people would say family is the most valuable asset in life‚ but others find higher value in more materialistic items. The Egyptians stored their valuables‚ even after death‚ ranging from crowns to organs. An individual has the choice of whether a bauble is worth more than the quality of how they live their life. Some people around the world may not want to live a materialistic life‚ but a family-focused life. What people treasure most can be based on social pressure to stand out or the individual
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responsibility is seen both in “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “Carry Your Own Skis” by Lian Dolan. All though these two stories demonstrate different ways of learning personal responsibility they both reflect the importance and personal growth from this quality. Despite the differences in the plot both stories “The Necklace” and “Carry Your Own Skis” show how important it is to be responsible. In the first story”The Necklace” Matilde lost a necklace she had borrowed from a friend. When
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was lied to will find out the truth. This statement is clearly explained in “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe. In “The Necklace” Madame Loisel lost a necklace of her friends and bought another that looked just like it and gave to her friend that she borrowed it from Madame Forestier. Because Madame Loisel lied she was afraid that Madame Forestier would see that the necklace was not the same. It took her ten years to pay off the debt that she created and
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