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    Sideways Cross Necklace palace Who are we? Sideways cross necklace palace is the promise land of all kind of necklaces in town. It is one of the oldest and well furnished necklace places in all of Manhattan. We receive our products from renowned world necklace suppliers; including‚ the House of Necklaces from South Africa‚ The Dynasty of Diamonds and Gold from old England and Necklaces for Women from Diamond Ores of Australia. Where are we? Located in the necklace plaza just as your turn to

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    The Neckklace Character Sketch Not once in the whole story does Mathilda ever thank her husband. She is concerned only with herself. Mathilda’s selfish greediness is also shown in her attitudes toward other people. She has one acquaintance mentioned‚ Madame Forrester. Matilda is such a type person in our society. A woman not thankful for what she has. One might perceive that Matilda and her husband are just really poor. Well from what I gathered‚ I think that she is just middle class. They may

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    Veronica Guerin-The one who stood up Veronica Guerin (5 July 1958 – 26 June 1996) was an Irish journalist who was murdered on the 26th June 1996‚ on the Naas Road‚ Dublin‚ as a result of her work as a crime journalist specialising in the drug world of Dublin. Guerin was born and brought up in Artane where she lived with her four siblings and her parents‚ Christopher and Bernadette. She acquired the nickname "Ronnie" during her childhood and she received her education in the Catholic schools of Dublin’s

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    Be Happy For What You Have “The necklace” by Guy De Maupassant is a short story about being thankful for what you have. In the story a woman named Mme. Loisel feels very disconsolate because she does not have the luxuries or stature of high society. When Mme. Loisel gets the chance to go to a grand ball she buys a nice dress and borrows a diamond necklace. When Mme. Loisel loses the necklace they spend ten years paying it off. By the end of the story‚ Mme. Loisel learns to be happy for what she

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    She longs so eagerly to charm‚ to be desired‚ to be wildly attractive and sought after (82). In the “The Necklace” Madame Loisel pride takes center stage. The author‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ a French citizen‚ wrote his short story in the 1800s. At this time in France‚ citizens were born into specific classes. Mathilde Loisel‚ the main character ends up marrying below her social worth‚ longs for prestige. Although fate plays a small part in Madame Loisel’s life‚ her selfish character is responsible for

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    The plot of most short stories is condensed in length and of a more simplistic nature relative to novels. Guy de Maupassant’s‚ “The Necklace” is no exception. Starting with the exposition‚ the story has only three main characters‚ Madame and Monsieur Loisel––both very simple‚ “economical” characters that are among the lower-rank of society’s hierarchal ladder‚ and Madame Forestier‚ Mathilde Loisel’s affluent friend. A combination of 19th century language and lifestyle‚ as well as the life span of

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    cannot help but shout that she looks different. Mathilde says that the change was on her account and explains to her the long long‚ detailed story of losing the necklace‚ replacing it‚ and working for ten years to pay back the money owed . At the end of her story‚ Madame Forestier holds together her hands and tells Mathilde the original necklace was just costume jewelry and not worth

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    Veronica is a young but unique character who is carefully crafted in this story by Adewale - Maja Pearce who evokes emotions of sympathy towards her in a distinctive way; Veronica is not a woman who fits in with 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

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    In the story The Necklace by “Guy de Maupassant”‚ Mathilda‚ the main character throughout the story‚ remains static from start to finish. Her materialistic desire combined with her love for attention is still evident after years of hardship and struggle. She [suffers] immensely due to the fact that she cannot have everything she [desires]. The poverty she faces contradicts her expectation that she deserves “all the refinements and luxuries of life” (1). These thoughts consume her and the objects

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    “The Necklace” is an 1884 short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is known for its twist ending‚ a hallmark of de Maupassant’s style. In “Coarseness and Predatory Humor‚” John Cowper Powys goes off the beaten path. Instead of discussing Maupassant’s detailed writing style with twist endings‚ he writes about the underlying twisted humor in “The Necklace” and human’s odd infatuation with it. “The raw bleeding pieces—each‚ as one almost feels‚ with its own peculiar cry—of the living body

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