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    The point of the Geometric Character Analysis is to break down the characters into simple shapes‚ showing their personalities on the outside and making them far easier to understand. It also helps to make connections. It’ll show the links that attach two characters to one another‚ or the chains that drag them down. Joey and Erik don’t know each other personally‚ but Erik is slowly pulling Joey down under‚ and soon‚ they will both be fully submerged in the sea of dreams (The Erik Fisher Football Dream)

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    In the two stories — “The Necklace” and “The Story of an Hour”‚ both female protagonists are trapped by strict order of society depriving their freedom and status. Social status and family background are important to women because that is the only way they can gain respect and get their desires. However‚ in “The Necklace”‚ women had neither rank nor class in the late 1800s in France. Their beauty and charm is their only way to be a part of the higher society. Madame Loisel in this story was born with

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    Question ‘The Necklace” is a popular story. Discuss the features that make the necklace a popular story. “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is a well-known short story around the world. It was first published in the Paris newspaper Le Gaulois on February 17‚ 1884. "The Necklace” features a young‚ beautiful woman in a social situation that she finds distasteful. Mathilde Loisel attempts to escape her social situation in life‚ but her scheming actions ultimately doom her. Some of the features

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    just read “The Necklace” by Guy de Maussant and i’m going to be addressing “Taking into account the entire story of ‘The Necklace‚’ especially the last encounter with Madame Forrestier‚ should Mathilde be admired or condemned?” In “The Necklace‚” Guy de Maussant tells a short story where the main character Mathilde’s actions‚ help convey the theme that a small thing can lead to the destruction of happiness. From the very beginning of the story‚ it is obvious that the main character Mathilde‚ is not

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    The short story titled “The Necklace” is about a man and his wife who is very greedy and wants more than what she needs. When she gets invited to a ball‚ she demands a new dress and a new necklace. She borrows a necklace from her friend which looks like it has “diamonds” on it and then loses it. She takes ten years to pay it back‚ only to find out that the diamonds on the necklace weren’t real. The short story “The Fisherman and His Wife” is about a fisherman who finds an enchanted flounder‚ who

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    Research Paper The stories that caught my attention that I chose to use for my research paper were “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “The Storm” by Kate Chopin. This both led to characterization their attitudes and way of being. In both stories they seem to want things in life that they can’t have and suffer consequences towards the end of the story. Both stories feature young beautiful women in a social situation that they find distasteful. The life they dream of will

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    Theme: The Necklace Danielle Ochoa ENG125: Introduction to Literature (ABI1113A) Julie Pal-Agrawal April 4‚ 2011 Theme: The Necklace I am a strong believer in being grateful for everything you have been blessed with because no matter how you might see it‚ life could always be worse. In the short story‚ The Necklace‚ the writer uses character‚ symbolism‚ and tone to display the theme that we should play the cards we are handed rather then lusting for something that is unreal because we could

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    The Necklace By Guy de Maupassant Everything happens for a reason‚ for which there is some good behind it; as one shall say. Mathilde Loisel‚ a fictional character who doesn’t fit into this quote and is an example of a person who does the exact opposite. A poor women living with regret in her life for not having what she wants. She hates everything she has and thinks she deserves much more‚ and not being grateful for what she does have. She doesn’t take the correct actions which brings

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    ---------- Task 1: Mathilde Loisel is a wholly unsympathetic character who brings about her downfall and deserves her fate. How far do you agree with this assessment of her character? Remember to comment on how language‚ view point and tone convey character and meaning in the story. In‘The Necklace’‚ Guy de Maupassant introduces a character full of faults. Indeed Mathilde Loisel comes across as a wholly unsympathetic protagonist for whom the reader feels nothing but contempt. She accepts neither

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    to try to remember their lie. They also need to be grateful and happy with the things they have and the lifestyle they live because it could always be worse. Guy de Maupassant makes honesty the most important lesson of "The Necklace". By pointing out that the characters could have avoided their unhappiness by being honest‚ he reminds readers that they too may suffer consequences from dishonesty. Maupassant started the dishonesty almost immediately. Mistress Loisel was not honest with herself

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