Short Stories Provides Valuable Moral Lessons to Readers Through the actions demonstrated by fictional characters‚ short stories provide readers with vital lessons. It is demonstrated in The Stolen Party‚ The Necklace and The Gift of Magi‚ and it examines the significance of obedience‚ appreciation and the affection of selfless actions. First in foremost‚ from Rosaura’s consequence of disobedience‚ it presents the message of obeying your parents. For instance‚ it is revealed as Hermina refused her
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Owen and De Maupassant both write with ambiguous authorial voice to portray different aspects of the central characters. ‘The Soldier’ is a man who has gone through a dramatic‚ life changing subversion whilst ‘Madam Loisel’ One might be inclined to think that both the authors of the two short stories write to make the reader feel unsympathetic and therefore negative towards the main character of each story. Or on the other hand‚ they might both write sympathetically about each character in order
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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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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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like "The Necklace"‚ "Barn Burning"‚ and "Paul’s Case" exemplify a Nietzschean rebellion against the constraints of social standards. Nietzsche wrote that "we [are] like shop windows in which we are continually arranging‚ concealing or illuminating the supposed qualities other ascribe to us - in order to deceive ourselves" (Curry). By this is meant that people in society portray a variety of false facades in order to fit in and feel a part of popular culture. In Maupassant’s‚ "The Necklace" readers
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Sometimes things seem to be so different from each other that in the end‚ they are much more similar that they pretend to be. Mathilde from The Necklace and Della from The Gift of the Magi seem to have many differences‚ although they more similar that they really look like. For both women‚ happiness is something unknown and unreachable; and their lives are nothing more than hopeless. However‚ happiness is different than being rich‚ and while Mathilde does not care about her husband happiness‚ Della
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’The Gift of the Magi’ by O. Henry and ’The Necklace’ by Guy de Maupassant are two short stories that share some similarities. Namely‚ they are both ironic. The two main characters in both also happen to be husband and wife and make sacrifices for their spouse. The husband in ’The Necklace’ is a ’thrifty clerk’ who doesn’t like to spend too much money. After implored by his wife‚ he gives her the money that he saved up for a rifle so she could buy a nice dress instead. The husband in ’The Gift of
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Fashion Buying & Merchandising .Precious Jewellery Necklaces. By: Submitted to: Dhwani Shah Dr. G.H.S. Prasad Sara Mahdi Introduction Necklaces have existed since our ancestors began to walk upright on the earth. Our desire to adorn ourselves has been evident since ancient times with Paleolithic and Neolithic necklaces made from shells‚ bones‚ teeth and claws found at sites of archaeological
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“The Necklace” & “The Gift of the Magi” Share Common Theme Wanting more and better is one of the quality that we all have. In the stories “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi”‚ both writers illustrate the consequences of greed. One would wonder if people do fine much happiness through their search for material? Perhaps greed does make one’s happy at times‚ but because of greed people bury themselves in the bottomless pit of pain and suffering. A dust material such
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Mathilde‚ the main character in Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace”‚ begins as an ungrateful‚ greedy young woman‚ then she becomes a diligent working class woman‚ and finally transforms into an older‚ more mature woman‚ who doesn’t like to take responsibility for some of actions‚ due to a change in setting. In the beginning‚ Mathilde demonstrates being ungrateful by complaining about her house being shabby‚ even though she has a maid and does nothing all day. She lets her husband do all
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