An Analysis Of Mathilde Loisel In 'The Necklace'

Have you ever felt like your life is not as it should be? In “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant, Madame Loisel feels exactly like that. However, her disappointment may lead to some future trouble. Throughout the story, the author builds her character based on her actions, feelings and thoughts. Consequently, Madame Loisel is portrayed as an ungrateful, selfish and pessimistic woman.

The necklace serves as a symbol for greed. When Mathilda Loisel loses the necklace that she believed was worth forty thousand francs, she desperately retraces her steps and gets her husband to help her find it as well. It ends up taking ten years to pay off the debt. The ten years were hard on Mathilda Loisel and her husband, and Maupassant told the reader that she “looked old now… with hair half combed, with skirts award, and reddened hands” (6). However, even after the long ten years of manual labor all because she lost the necklace, she “sat down near the window and though of that evening at the ball so long ago, when she has been so beautiful and so admired” (6). The necklace symbolizes that when greed controls emotions and decisions, it never leads to good results.

This essay will discuss the themes in Poe’s writing that mirror his personal life and, in addition, the fear and supernatural motivators for his characters. First, I will discuss Poe’s background and explore how he became best known as a poet for his tales of mystery and macabre.

After reading this story, I didn’t feel very happy. Mrs. Mallard ‘s death was really a tragedy. From the story, we can find that Mrs. Mallard felt very constrained and depressed in her marriage. And she was desired to have freedom, was desired to be independent, was desired to have her own rights. In my opinion, this story was talking about the freedom of women.

Each event in one's life whether important, meaningless, joyful or sickening has an impact on that person's character. Harrowing & tragic events occur often as it was for Edgar Allen Poe which left a vast impact on his character. This author's stories focus on his wretched life and obstacles placed in the forms of stories. His unfortunate events turned into eerie, emblematic tales such as “The Raven”, “The Black Cat”, “The cask of amontillado” & more which all have twisted plot lines such as horror, sadness, revenge etc.

She goes through changes of an excepted life, into a life she would eventually accept, while unknowingly facing her own mortality. During the time period that Mrs. Mallard lived, women were expected to live a certain way. Women were denied their freedom to develop their own identity. Mrs. Mallard, along with the other women of her time, came to accept this type of life, only being known as her husband’s wife. “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard

Mrs. Mallard felt sad about her husband’s death as he was loving and always being nice to her. She felt depleted but after a while she realized that now she is alone and she can live for herself and he more independent. She can do whatever she wants with no one to stop her that thought made her very happy and

Mallard’s love for her husband to be genuine. “What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being” (202) serves as evidence that Mrs. Mallard did not cherish her memories with her husband, but yearned for and valued her independence. Considering, this story was published during a time frame when women's rights were oppressed. Women were treated as property of their male counterparts in the patriarchal society because they were destined from birth to serve men. They had to adhere to men’s rules which were implemented by society because women were worthless if they did not attain the role of a housewife or mother. Women had to depend on men to provide for them even if they did not love them because they knew they could not deviate from the social norm. Also, there were arranged marriages to ensure that women were married young, so they would not be among the minority of women who were not married with children. With that being said, Mrs. Mallard married her husband so she would not deviate from the patriarchal society’s rules. Therefore, she died when her husband walked through the door because she could not bear to continue a life of misery to a man whom she did not love unconditionally but to only satisfy society. She thought it was pointless to live her life knowing she would never have independence until the

Loisel had a brilliant idea, his idea was to replace the necklace with another one, they went to several stores and in one of them they found the exact copy, it costed 36,000 francs. Obviously they couldn’t pay it so Loisel and Mathilde were borrowing money from everybody, Loisel signed notes everywhere, he did business with shark loaners, and he even compromised his life. They worked for 10 years trying to pay for the necklace, Mathilde was now experiencing the life of a needy person. She learned how to do the housework, Mathilde looked like a peasant because she was carrying a basket and because of the way she was dressed “And, clad like a peasant woman, basket in arm…”(p. 231). Mathilde became old, heavy, rough, and harsh like one of the poor people. One day Mme. Loisel was walking and she saw her friend, the one that let Mme. Loisel use the necklace, Mathilde smiled with joy then told her friend how she had lost the necklace and how she replaced it, but Mathilde’s friend told her that the necklace she was wearing at the party was

Mrs. Mallard is the main character throughout this short story. Although she has a bad heart, she survived the news of her husband’s death. She tends to cry a lot and wants to be in a room by herself a lot While alone, she does a lot of thinking and decides that she is glad her husband dies; however, she is scared about being independent again. When she has made her decision, she leaves the room to find her husband alive and is so shocked she dies. Mr. Brently Mallard is Mrs. Mallard’s husband who is appears at the end of the story.

The internal conflicts established in “The Necklace” were a result of Madame Loisels perception of happiness. Because of her ungrateful and dejected views on life, she didn’t realize nor recognize true merriment. In the text, Guy De Maupassant shows how Madame “..was one of those pretty and charming girls born as though fate had blundered over her, into a family of

In “The Necklace” by Maupassant, Mathilde Loisel is a girl “born, as if by slip of fate…” (Maupassant, 1) like a beautiful rose blooming in a patch of dandelions. Mathilde is a “...pretty and charming…” (Maupassant, 1) young girl who is born into a shabby apartment, and because of this, problems arise. In the beginning of the story, Mathilde is spoiled because of her husband who buys everything for her.

In today society married couple is unable to maintain their relationship due to many circumstances. Including the story of Mrs. Mallard, she feels trapped in this overwhelming situations where she's reaching for freedom. Perhaps to achieve her freedom; either she or her husband must die!

In the passage “ The Necklace”, De Maupassant(1884) used the dialogue to show how Mathilde felt and how her husband felt when she was ungrateful for the things that he did for her. De Maupassant (1884) used the dialogue to show how Mr.Loisel felt when Mathilde was ungrateful for the things he did for her and how Mathilde loses the necklace. Mathilde behavior was very rude to her husband. When Mathilde’s husband brought the invitation home for her, he thought she would be happy, however, she guilt tripped him into giving her all of his money (De Maupassant 1884). This proves that her behavior toward her husband was rude and she was ungrateful toward him when he tried to give her something that he spend his whole life working on. Her character trait was conceited because she thought that everyone should give her the most attention at the ball and she was the most

Money and wealth isn't everything. Madame Loisel from The Necklace by Guy Maupassant has to learn that the hard way. Madame Loisel is a woman who feels entitled to a lavish lifestyle. She is a character who is dissatisfied with her current lifestyle even though she has a caring husband who provides her with everything he can. Madame Loisel is invited to an elaborate party in which she feels she needs a beautiful gown and a diamond necklace. In order for Madame Loisel to attend the party her husband gives her 500 Francs and she borrows a very expensive diamond necklace. After the Loisels attend the party they realize that they have lost the necklace and now their lifestyle must change dramatically so that they can pay to replace the necklace. The Loisels both work very hard for the next ten years to pay back the money they borrowed to replace the necklace. Madame Loisel realizes what a comfortable life she had and how her greed got the best of her. Leading her to a life of misery and hard labor to replace the diamond necklace. Madame Loisel is a complex character because she is both round and dynamic.