Sacrifice In Mr. Maupassant's The Necklace

In “The Necklace” Mr. Maupassant tells a story of a woman, Mrs. Loisel, who undergoes many circumstances over the loss of a necklace that later reveals to be fake. As she proceeds through these situations Mr. Maupassant gives examples of literal elements that prove the type of woman she turns out to be which helps give the theme and moral of the story. As said, Mrs. Loisel is conflicted with many problems just to reveal the type of person she has become that leads her to resent herself for what she has taken advantage in her own life. Although, it is too late for her actions she then blames her friend for letting her borrow the necklace instead of taking full responsibility for her own greed and selfish ways.

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According to “The Necklace” it discusses how appearance can be deceiving due to the reality of what the necklace cost even if it looked extravagant by its expensive jewels (SparkNotes). After having a remarkable night it soon took a toll on her life without her knowing by losing the jeweled necklace. Not only does it ruin her but Maupassant proves to the reader “How little a thing it takes to destroy you or to save you” (Maupassant 12). Mrs. Loisel focused so much on what she couldn’t have that when she had lost the necklace she asked herself what would life be like before she lost it. Therefore, she realized how much she had it made and because of this what others considered to be wealth is not always the same definition of what it meant to

Loisel ran into Jeanne she explains to her how she paid off her debt and lived a poorer life to the point she blamed her for what she had endured since she returned the necklace. As said in the article “It took her ten years to pay off the debt just to find out the necklace was costume jewelry” meaning Maupassant used irony to prove to the reader that wealth was not always monetary (Johnson). Maupassant informs the reader that it was ironic how Mrs. Loisel complained about how low class she felt but as soon as she borrowed fine jewelry from her friend she never expected to borrow a fake necklace. This made Loisel turn out to be the low-class woman she was meant to be at the beginning of the story. Mrs. Loisel was caught up on being selfish over wanting materialistic things that she took advantage of the lifestyle her own husband tried to provide her which was a different type of