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  • Madame Forestier
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    "The Necklace " There are four settings in this story. The first setting is Madam Loisel Apartment where every day after she lost the "diamond" necklace she labored herself. The second setting was Madam Forestier's where Madam Loisel got the "diamond " necklace. The next scene's the large ball room where they had the banquet and had the best time of her life. The last scene is the Champs Elysees where Madam Loisel meets Madam Forestier for the first time in ten years and Forestier tells her that...
  • Hester And Mathilde
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    The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant and The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence have two women in these stories that show no care or concern for anyone but themselves. Hester and Mathilde both had families that they truly did not love. And they were only involved with them for social reasons and to have their selfish needs provided. They finally righted the way they lived but only because they lost something or someone of importance to them. Mathilde always thought that she should be someone of ...
  • Mathilde's Manipulative Behavior
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    Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace " Mathilde's Inability to Accept Destiny Many people born into the middle to lower class of society come to accept their lot in life and make the best of it, Mathilde, the main character in Guy de Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace", is not one of these people. Mathilde felt that she was attractive and that fate must have made a mistake in birthing her into a family that could not provide a suitable dowry for a proper marriage. This situation left her with ...
  • Mme Loisel And Her Husband
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    The Necklace: The Downfall of Mathilde LoiselChad Pugh English 2025 Dr. Bovey Jealousy and envy are among the greatest of sins and have been the downfall of many. Maupassant's 'The Necklace' is the story of a woman who is overcome with jealousy and envy. Mathilde Loisel feels she has been cheated by life from all of the wonderful things it has to offer. The reader learns how these qualities in Mme. Loisel come back to haunt her for many years as the story unfolds with an ironic ending. Mathilde ...
  • Situational Irony In The Necklace
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    "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant tells of Mathilde Loisel who "by error of destiny" was born poor and winds up marrying a clerk. Mr. Loisel surprises Mathilde with an opportunity to taste the luxurious life for an evening and she unexpectedly bursts into tears because she has nothing to wear. Mr. Loisel agrees to buy her a gown and suggests that she borrow jewelry from her wealthy friend. The evening turns out to be a dream come true until the Loisels arrive home to find that the borrowed nec...
  • Necklace By Guy De Maupassant
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    Flynn 1 "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant, and "A&P" by John Updike were written in two different centuries by two authors of very different backgrounds. However, each story expresses very similar views about women. The women in these stories are self-centered creatures who control men with their sexuality, and end up damaging the men's life. The main character in "The Necklace" is a lady named Mathilde who is extremely pretty. She is not a very wealthy person, and is married to a clerk. Mathi...
  • Mathildes Pride By The Way
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    Guy De Maussapants story "The Necklace" focuses on Mathilde Lois el, a character consumed by pride. Guy De Maussapant has successful describing Mathilde as a young, poor, and proud woman that live in France during seventeenth century. In this story "The Necklace", Mathildes character is revealed by what she hopes, what she says, and what she does. Mathildes character is revealed by what she hopes for in her life. In this story "The Necklace", Mathilde is being describes as a young and beautiful ...
  • Next Ten Year Mathilde
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    I believe that Mathilde is materialistic and selfish. She took away happiness both from herself and her husband because "she burned with the desire to please, to be envied, to be attractive and sought after". This desire led to her downfall and her husband;'s misery. I am in no way able to show compassion for this lady. The story starts out leading us to believe that Mathilde is a simple person without a lot of luxuries in her life. At this point I felt some pity for Mathilde. I thought that she...
  • Mathilde's Husband
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    In Guy De Maupassant's Story "The Necklace", Mathilde let herself be married to Mr. Loisel, a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction. She was forced to dress plainly because she had no money to dress well, and was unhappy. She suffered ceaselessly, feeling that she was born to enjoy all the luxuries that Paris life had to offer. She hated where she lived and felt poor and thought she was better than it all. One evening her husband brought home a large envelope in his hand. Handing th...
  • Lead To The Change In Mathilde's Character
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    'The Necklace" The character of Mathilde in Guy De Maupassant's short story "The Necklace", can be defined as a dynamic character; one that undergoes a change or develops as a result of the action of the plot. Mathilde starts out in the story as a self-indulgent woman obsessed with her dreams of material possessions. She seems to undergo a change in character, however, while working off the debts she and her husband obtained when they replaced Mrs. Forrestier's necklace. At the end of the story,...
  • Diamond Necklace From Her Friend
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    To begin with does anyone really like to write essays on literary elements? When reading a story, recognizing the literary elements can be very interesting. There are seven main literary elements, including; plot, setting, characters, symbolism, setting, point of view, irony, and theme. In "The Necklace" Irony, Theme, and Symbolism are the key literary elements. First the most important literary element in, "The Necklace", is irony. Irony is the most important literary element because in the sto...

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