Similarities Between The Necklace And The Cask Of Amontillado

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe narrates the story of the main characters who experience hardship in order to teach them a lesson about pride. In the “Necklace”, Maupassant portrays his main character, Mme Loisel, as a beautiful woman who is married to a clerk with a comfortable cosy home and a loving husband, displays a high prideful personality as though she’s entitled to more than she already have. Her selfishness composes as showing off her beauty with lavishing dresses and shiny jewels just like the wealthy people. The moral of pride also applies for Fortunado in the “Cask”. While Mme Loisel wishes to be rich, Fortunato is already a rich man that already has a strong pride with a strong

When Mme Loisel visited one of her rich friend, Mme Forestier, the lady instantly offered all the jewelry that she has to Mme Loisel. One particular necklace caught her eye and blinded her judgement, making her desperate. Mme Forestier easily said yes to her borrowing “a superb necklace of diamonds [in a black satin box] (Maupassant)”, a suspicious gesture to anyone if they thought about it since something so expensive would make the owner think twice about lending it to someone else. Another huge foreshadowing that Maupassant incorporated in his story is when the husband found a jeweler for the box but he replies,”it was not I, madame, who sold that necklace; I must simply have furnished the case (Maupassant)”, proving that the one that Mme Forestier own could possibly be a replica. If Mme Loisel wasn’t so blinded, she would’ve think about all the little details since the beginning and realized that she could’ve avoid all the years that she wasted on piling debts because the necklace was a false. A part in the “Cast” that Poe build the big anticipation was every single time Fortunato has a chance to walk away from death, he chose to continue because of his pride in knowing his connoisseurship. Montresor plays along saying, “Come,” I said, with decision, “we will go back; your health

When Mme Loisel lost the necklace, she was devastated to the core. After years of selling all they have and doing everything herself without servants, time took a toll on her body, aging her drastically. She’s no longer young and beautiful, but she continues to dream of a life drowned in wealth in obliviousness with thoughts like,”...when her husband was at the office, she sat down near the window, and she thought of that gay evening of long ago, of that ball where she had been so beautiful and so fêted (Maupassant).” She didn’t learn from the necklace incident until she encountered Mme Forestier and learned that the necklace was fake all along. As for Poe’s story, Montresor successfully brought Fortunato to his fatality by manipulating his pride and twist it so that Fortunato rest perfectly in his palm. Fortunato’s weakness lies in his confidence in his connoisseurship. By prodding around that weakness, the “Overview: “The Cask of Amontillado” mention, “Always Fortunato is pulled forward by the promise of the Amontillado”, a key that Montresor was able to be successful in his devastating plan. Everyone has flaws but for Fortunato and Mme Loisel, their fatal flaw is