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Examples Of Matilde In The Necklace

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Has there ever been such an envious person as matilde? The necklace by: is a story about a selfish and envious woman. Who pays dearly for her mistakes. The girl, or matilde was very selfish and envious throughout the story, she may even be stated as the most envious or selfish person ever. Throughout the story matilde was very selfish, and this shows very clearly. The first instance of this is when she spends her husband’s hunting money to buy an expensive dress for her to wear to a ball. This is selfish because she believes that she has nothing to wear, and that she needed a fancy dress just to go to a ball. She also knew that that money was for a hunting rifle for her husband yet she was willing to take the money just so she could buy a dress to go to the ball. The second instance of her selfishness is when even after her husband had made the sacrifice for her to buy the dress so she could go to the ball she still says that she does not wat to go because she had no …show more content…

The first instance of this is when she spends her husband’s hunting money to buy an expensive dress for her to wear to a ball. This is selfish because she believes that she has nothing to wear, and that she needed a fancy dress just to go to a ball. She also knew that that money was for a hunting rifle for her husband yet she was willing to take the money just so she could buy a dress to go to the ball. The second instance of her selfishness is when even after her husband had made the sacrifice for her to buy the dress so she could go to the ball, she still says that she does not want to go because she had no jewelry. This is very selfish because even after her husband makes sacrifices for her, she still believes that it is not enough for her to go to the ball. She even slugs around the house and moans being depressed that the dress is not enough. Both of these actions just further the belief that Matilde is very

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We see her selfishness when her kids are hungry and notice food has been missing. The only person who knew who stole it was the person who took it. The girls later find out that their mother had been hiding food to eat for herself. We also notice her selfishness when she doesn’t feel like working. She doesn’t like teaching.

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After Mathilde buys a dress with the money that Mr.Loisel gives to her, she still is not satisfied with what she is given, she wants more. Mathilde’s greediness is shown when she demands expensive jewelry to wear to the party even though Mr.Loisel invests his saving for Mathilde’s dress. She does not appreciate Mr. Loisel actions and instead complains about not having an aristocratic showcase. Mathilde does not acknowledge the sacrifice her husband has made for, she deceitfully expects more. This relates to Gatsby when he expects more from Daisy than mere love.

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In the text Sheila says, “I have to be careful with my complexion. ”(Wethrell 4). This shows that she is selfish because she is to caught up in her own life and talking about herself to care what the boy is doing because she is so caught up in her own life. The second reason that Sheila can be considered as selfish is

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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).

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In the end, Matryona willingly gave herself, part of her house, to the greed of others to be

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This is all shown very well and nicely put in the story “The Necklace”. In “The Necklace” Mathilde, the main character thought that she deserved the best, she should have been a rich women. Mathilde never got that, she married a man who could still provide her with a nice life, with a home, and food, but that was not good enough for her, she needed the perfect life. It was never going to happen, her husband did not have a good enough job to make that kind of money.

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She complained to her husband that if she was to go to a ball, she would need more expensive

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For example, her husband got her an invitation to a fancy ball, were those who she had fantasize about would be, instead of being happy she became more miserable than she had been before. “Instead of being thrilled, as her husband had hoped, she scornfully tossed the invitation on to the table”(Maupassant 173). She worried about what she would wear and decided that she will not attend. “All right I’ll give you the four hundred francs”(Maupassant 174). Being upset by the reaction his wife had given and the loving man of her, he sacrificed four hundred francs to his weeping wife, the money he so hardly saved for a rifle he had wanted, for a fancy new dress she can wear to the ball.

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Selfishness is the lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure including egocentric, egotistical and self-absorbed. In the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and Everyday Use by Alice Walker both demonstrate that children make mostly selfish decisions throughout their life through actions that benefit themselves only without thinking the effects on others. Waverly Jong from Joy Luck Club and Dee from everyday use are both characters who demonstrate that children make mostly selfish decisions by making spiteful, self- benefiting decisions over very small details in their life. In Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Waverly Jong is a professional chess player but after criticism from her mother she decides to skip a tournament as she would “refuse to play in it”(Tan 171) since she believed her mother didn't deserve to critique her performance. Also, in Everyday use by

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Human nature causes people to desire more than what one already has. However, after desiring material items, people realize the foolishness in their greed. In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, Mathilde Loisel, who lives in France during the 1880s, attempts to transform her ordinary life into one of luxury. She attends a reception with her friend Madame Forestier's diamond necklace, but after losing it, she works to buy a new necklace, only to later discover the necklace she lost is fake. Through this experience, Mathilde learns to be content with what she has, and as a result, she realizes the flaws in her character.

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While eating with her husband, she starts dreaming of “dainty dinners, of shining silverware [and] of tapestries”(1). Daydreaming instead of interacting with people around her affirms that Madame Mathilde is extremely oblivious and unconcerned about her surroundings. In addition, when having a discussion with her husband about the ball they were invited to, her husband says that going to the ball would be a great opportunity since she “never [goes] out”(1). Mathilde’s choice to never go out and to stay indoors should come as no surprise from an oblivious daydreamer who is unconcerned about what is happening around her. As a result, she would rather avoid any interaction with her environment.

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For Her Own Good” where the nice girl is being pushed around and doesn’t get what she wants because of her timidity plus the fact that she lets others go first. After thinking about this article, a time in my life when I saw selfishness pay off, and when King John in medieval times enforced many taxes which made him rich, I believe that selfishness should be taught to children for their own good.

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Obviously, her job is not providing her good earning enough to spend. Similarly, Mathilde does not have much money either. The author does not describe about her job as another story, but the reader can know from "she had no clothes, no jewels, nothing", and refuses to visit a rich friend because "she suffered so keenly when she returned home" and "she would weep whole days, with grief, regret, despair, and misery" (Maupassant). The suffering from her house and poorness causes her unhappy. They seem to both be poor and that makes them suffer.

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While Mathilde loses her rich friend 's necklace and has to deal with the consequences, the princess is trapped in a situation in which she will lose her loved one. Finally, Mathilde and the princess are egocentric. In both stories, these characters only think about what will be best for theirselves. In "The Lady or the Tiger", the princess makes the decision of which door her lover should choose based on her wishes, and in "The Necklace", Mathilde wants to enjoy luxury and does not consider others desires.

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At some point a friend of Madame Loisel lets her borrow a diamond necklace, with the following text in paragraph 48 being her reaction: “... her heart started beating with overwhelming desire. Her hands trembled as she picked it up.” Madame Loisel goes to even call this piece of jewelry, a “treasure”, and ends up putting so much value into this item based on solely appearance that she later struggles to pay off debts when she loses it. Mathilde just assumed that it was an expensive item and because of this, ended up putting a great price on it. Although she made a big deal about receiving such a thing from a friend, it only gave her temporary happiness at the ball.

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