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Comparing Tragedy In The Most Dangerous Game And The Necklace

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Gilbert Chesterton once said, “And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.” A tragedy is like the rain before a rainbow. It is something that causes great suffering, destruction, and distress. How could something good like a rainbow ever come from that? Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game, 1942, Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace, 1884, and Wendi Kaufman’s Helen on 86th Street, 2014, are three examples of short stories that show how something good can blossom from tragedy. The Most Dangerous Game tells a story about a cold hearted killer and his murderous game. The Necklace describes a woman’s dream to live a privileged life, and how it gets to her head. Helen on 86th Street depicts …show more content…

Madame Loisel worked most of her life to pay for an expensive stolen necklace that she borrowed, only to find out the necklace was fake to begin with. “Madame Forestier, deeply moved, took her two hands. "Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most five hundred francs! . . . " (168). Even though Madame Loisel spent 10 years of her life working off a fake debt that she owed, she learned a lesson. Before all of this happened, Madame Loisel was needy (161). She only thought of herself. This situation taught her a life lesson that she needed.Madame Loisel spent most of her life not able to afford fancy things, but now she had a chance to go to a fancy dinner. In the beginning of the story, we are introduced to Madame Loisel and her life of poverty. All she ever wanted was to live a luxurious life (161). When her husband came home with a letter for a special occasion, she knew she didn’t have a dress to wear (162). That would soon change, for Madame Loisel had waited for this moment for a long time. Even though Madame Loisel grew up watching other ladies live a privileged life, and have the most expensive things, now it was her time to shine. Madame Loisel had waited so long, and out of all the tears and yearning finally came an opportunity: the special

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