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the stereotypical idea of a woman from the village‚ she does not seem to care that there is no hope for a better life or the future. This is perhaps the main reason why we as readers feel more sympathy towards Veronica as opposed to Mathilde in The Necklace; her almost inhuman ability to simply accept everything that is thrown at her. Mathilde is directly opposite to Veronica in the way that she behaves: Veronica accepts her unlucky situations and Mathilde complains and makes her life worse. Initially
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In this world in which we live in class distinction and status is very important. Many people idolize individuals of the upper class and will do anything to emulate them. In “The Garden Party‚” by Katherine Mansfield and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant both authors emphasize that class determines the way of life for both the protagonist in each short story. In the short story “The Garden Party” written by Katherine Mansfield an omniscient narrator explains the life of the protagonist Laura
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THE PUDDING LIKE A NIGHT ON THE SEA Ann Cameron “I’m going to make something special for your mother”‚ my father said . My mother was out shopping. My father was in the kitchen looking at the pots and the pans and the jars of this and that. “What are you going to make?” I said. “A pudding” he said. My father is a big man with wild black hair. When he laughs‚ the sun laughs in the windowpanes. When he thinks‚ you can almost see his thoughts sitting on all the tables and chairs. When he is hungry
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chained and left to die in a catacomb. In “The Necklace‚” Guy de Maupassant also uses different types of irony to create an unfortunate tale about Madame Mathilde Loisel who has to give up her comfortable life in order to work for a necklace that turned out to be a fake. Throughout each story‚ examples of verbal‚ situational‚ and dramatic irony can be found. Edgar Allan Poe‚ who wrote “The Cask of Amontillado” and Guy de Maupassant‚ who wrote “The Necklace” both use their main character to develop types
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the story "The Necklace‚" Madame Loisel was an exceptionally poor lady. She needed to get new garments‚ adornments‚ and so on constantly. Additionally‚ she generally trusted that every one of the things that she had in her life were insufficient‚ which made her request all the more constantly. Madame Loisel underestimated all that she had. When her better half‚ Monsieur Loisel‚ purchased tickets for a gathering‚ Madam Loisel
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LAST LEAF biography William Sidney Porter‚ best known by his pen name O. Henry‚ was born in Greensboro‚ North Carolina‚ in 1862‚ the second son of Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter and Mary Jane Porter. When his mother died of pneumonia three years after his birth‚ he and his father and brother moved into the home of his grandmother and his aunt Lina‚ who took over his education and started him in his interest in literature. Lit. approach In The Last Leaf‚ as lingering pneumonia takes her will to live
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Both “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” have plots that depend in large measure on the use of situational irony to create a surprise ending. “The Necklace” tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loise‚ a lowly clerk’s wife‚ who‚ in an effort to appear more debonaire than she is‚ borrows expensive jewels from Madame Jeanne Forestier‚ a wealthy friend. After the inevitable loss of the jewels‚ Madame Loisel and her husband secretly replace the jewels. Years later‚ Madame Loise‚ now impoverished
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1 Fiona Love conquers all‚ and greed leaves you hurt Different pieces of literature often have some similarities and differences. The main characters in the stories “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry show many similarities‚ but it’s their differences that make them who they are. The way that they treat their loved ones‚ their situations‚ and the outlooks on life are some of the areas where there are similarities and dissimilarities in the two stories. The women’s
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Does money buy happiness? Money doesn’t buy happiness because money can buy things that you want but it can’t give you certain things that make you happy. In the two short stories that were read the characters will do anything to make the people they love happy. By doing this the reaction from the person they love gives them happiness. Money doesn’t buy happiness because the characters in the two short stories gave up what makes them happy to make their partners happy. This proves that money doesn’t
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