The Necklace is a difficult story to read. If you think about it, it's about nonstop suffering, caused by the cruelty of life and chance. At the opening, we meet Mathilde, the classic dissatisfied housewife, who spends her days weeping about how boring and shabby her life is. Mathilde finds one moment of real joy when she goes to a ball, but the chance is cruel. Her happiest night becomes her worst nightmare when she loses the diamond necklace she borrowed.
In the short story “The Necklace” Madame Loisel was a rich women who thought she was poor. She valued having a nice appearance and looking elegant. Madame Loisel borrowed a necklace that she thought was gorgeous, she then lost the necklace but didn’t want to tell the lady she lost it so she went to look for
The main character of Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace”, Madame Loisel coveted a life she thought was superior to her own, demanding all the attributes of a luxurious life hers to have. Seeing her shabby walls, her worn furniture, and ugly upholstery created an internal struggle for her, it made her angry that a woman of her looks was living such an inferior life. Loisel’s husband presents her an invitation to a fancy ball, and a dress for the same. Instead of being excited for the opportunity to experience such an event, greed is evident to her character as she complains how she doesn’t have any jewelry, and how she hates “Not having a single jewel, not one stone, to wear. I shall look so dowdy.
The Necklace Trevor Moss In the story, “The Necklace” readers can find multiple topics. One topic being greed, greed is when someone has a desire for something , even if they already have more than they need. Another topic being pride, pride is a deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements. One theme that can be pulled from “The Necklace,” is the feeling of greed.
“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
Story The Necklace wrote by Guy de Maupassant is about a woman who is an unsatisfied middle-class woman who wants wealth longing for expensive belongings, but in the end, it all seems to become disastrous. Others may say that the main character Mathilde Loisel deserves sympathy and life is to blame for her demise since she is a gorgeous woman, but only married to a middle-class man and does not have the fancy items she wants plus what she goes through
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.
Madame Loisel and her Husband spent the last ten years to pay for the lost borrowed necklace, only to be told that the necklace cost “five hundred francs.” To add to the irony to the situation Madame Loisel lost her prized possession, her beauty, “She came to know what heavy housework meant... She washed the dishes, using her dainty fingers... she carried the slops down to the street every morning and carried up the water, stopping for breath at every landing. And dressed like a woman of the people...
In the short story “The Necklace”, a young, middle-class woman by the name of Mme Louise has the chance to go to an exclusive upper-class party. Since she knows that she is not usually invited to such things, Mme Louise wants to impress the other attendees. Therefore, she buys an elaborate and expensive dress, but still feels as though something is missing. She then borrows a friend’s diamond necklace to go to the party. When she arrives home after the party, the necklace is no longer
She thinks there is nothing more “humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women.” Her husband offers a suggestion to visit her “rich friend.” There, she finds a “superb diamond necklace.” When she tried on the necklace, she was in “ecstasy at sight of herself.” Wearing the necklace, Madame Loisel’s desires turned into reality and she forgot about the poor girl she is.
Narcis Celic Bauer English I 15 December 2016 Compare/Contrast English I Essay Mathilde in “The Necklace” is simply unhappy because she doesn't have money but has a rich husband. Della in “Gift of the Magi” is unhappy because she doesn't have money to buy her husband a gift for Christmas so she makes a decision. Let's start with similarities with both of the main characters in “The Necklace” and “Gift of the Magi”. Della and Mathilde are both women who struggle against money. The two women have been blessed with physical beauty,
The protagonist of ‘The Necklace’, Madame Loisel, live a rather steady, ordinary middle-class life in the beginning of the story. However, she views that she is intended for a luxurious life, and, therefore, does not cherish what she has. She takes a step forward to her desires, as she was invited to a ball where all the upper-class women would be, yet she was
Throughout a normal human life one is bound to make a selfish decision or two. In the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, Madame Loisel borrows a expensive necklace from her friend only to lose it and spend years of her life repaying the debt. In “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, Doodle and his brother spend many months trying to help Doodle walk and be more like the normal kids, but end up making a major mistake. Both “The Necklace” and “The Scarlet Ibis” show that being selfish can lead to unforeseen and negative consequences. “The Necklace” begins with Madame Loisel depressed with her low class in life.
She was never happy and satisfied with what she had and always daydreamed of large ballrooms… decorated with oriental tapestries and lighted by high bronze floor lamps. She wanted to be the envy of all other women. When her husband gets an invite to the ball she wishes to appear wealthy to the other women at the ball. She borrows a diamond necklace from a wealthy friend, Mme Forestier. At the ball, she becomes pretty, elegant, gracious and smiling than all the other ladies, and she finds herself enjoying the party.
The protagonist of ‘The Necklace’, Madame Loisel, live a rather steady, ordinary middle-class life in the beginning of the story. However, she views that she is intended for a luxurious life, and, therefore, does not cherish what she has. She takes a step forward to her desires, as she was invited to a ball where all the upper-class woman would be, yet she was unhappy with the fact that she does not even have a stone to put on.
