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Examples Of Jealousy In The Necklace By Guy De Maupassant

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C10 Jealousy A person that has a trait of jealousy struggles with finding happiness in life. People that envy other humane traits and objects, never become grateful for what they have. The main character in Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace”, is an example of the outcome from being jealous. In Guy de Maupassant’s short story, he described Mathilde’s unhappiness, “She suffered constantly, feeling that all the attributes of a gracious life, every luxury, should rightly have been hers” (536). Mathilde envied people with happy lives and their possessions like the attributes of Madame Forestier. When Mathilde ran into Madame, she said, “Yes, I’ve been through some pretty hard times since I last saw you and I’ve had plenty of trouble
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