Irony In The Necklace And The Gift Of The Magi

"The Necklace," "A Monkey's Paw," and "The Gift of Magi" all have a distinctive technique that leads to a deeper meaning of the story. The technique of "The Necklace" is represented by symbolism of the necklace. In "A Monkey's Paw," the technique that is seen is foreshadowing. In "The Gift of Magi," irony is the technique that is noticed throughout the story. All three short stories deal with the irony of consequence. Each story involved a major decision and in each case the result of the decision was incredibly unexpected. Through symbolism, foreshadowing, and irony the authors conclude that what's inside the heart is far more important than material wealth.

The short story“The Necklace” by Gui de Maupassant follows Madame Loisel and her husband who are living in the middle-class during the rise of the middle class in Paris, France.There are many different examples of irony throughout the short story, demonstrating Maupassant's talent at commenting on the society in which he was immersed in. The theme of “The Necklace” is revealed through the character Madame Loisel, irony, and symbolism.

I have recently read two short stories, “The Necklace” By Maupassant, and “The Gift of the Magi” By O. Henry. They both include giving away something or possibly losing something with foremost value. In “The Necklace” the main character is Madame Loisel, who is a poor woman born in a family of artisans. Madame Loisel wants to be “like the other girls in her class.”

After reading both The Gift of the Magi and Saboteur, I found they both have awful types of irony. The irony in The Gift of the Magi contained a dramatic irony, a situational irony, and a verbal irony. The irony in Saboteur only contained a situational irony and a verbal irony. No matter what purpose you choose, you should use this purpose to accomplish something.

Both Guy de Maupassant and O.Henry are two very recognized short story writers and they wrote respectively The Necklace and The Gift Of The Magi which are going to be compared in this text. In the Necklace, Mathilde, the protagonist, is a jealous, poor, unhappy person and she does not give values to thing that she has. She is married with a young guy that is poor two but is not jealous. Her biggest fear was becoming poor and it turns reality at the final of the story when she realizes that the necklace was fake. The Gift Of The Magi is a story centered on a young couple living in a small apartment located in New York. They are poor so they have to sell something to buy each other a christmas gift. At the end of the story, the couple realize that they do not need gifts. Both stories deal with young and poor couples who face in a objective and are surprised with a unexpected, ironic turn. The objective of this report is to establish clear differences between the short stories and to provide

Without doubt, Edgar Allan Poe’s story is one of the author’s masterpiece. The story is an exhibit of artistic genius with various literary features well incorporated. Among them, irony, defined as, “A figure of speech which is a contradiction or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs”, is the most evident. Allan Poe demonstrates the use of various types of irony throughout the play, which he uses to pass the intended message to the audience.

Timothy Studebaker Mrs. Nazzal Adv. English 1 14 December 2017 The Same Message but Different Stories

"The Necklace" shows a better job of strong situational irony. Why I choose "The Necklace" because Mathilde was being very selfish towards what she wanted. Mathilde didn't even want to go to the ball until her husband said otherwise. Also "The Necklace" puts Mathilde and her husband in a tough situation. It teaches Mathilde not to be selfish and not wanting everything she see to herself.

Imagine there is an agent who works for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and he is one of their best agents. One weekend, the gets pulled over for speeding, and the police officer notices prescription drugs that are his in his car. The officer then conducts a search on his car and finds a plastic bag full of cocaine. This is an example of irony. Literary irony can be used to get the readers attention, to cause the reader to stop and think, and to emphasize the author’s main point or idea. Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour” has many instances of irony. These instances of irony are used as ensure the reader’s attention, to provoke thought, and the most important use is to emphasize the idea of how oppressive some marriages can be and how that oppressiveness can be a secret to other loved ones.

The effect of irony in O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” is to reveal character traits and to provoke the reader into analyzing them. Situational irony is used to show how loving both Jim and Della are. For example, Della states, “… I had my hair cut off and sold it because I couldn’t have live… without giving you a present,” and Jim later voices, “I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs.” After buying what they thought would be the perfect gift for each other, they found out that, for the time being, the gifts were useless because the combs were for Della’s now cut off hair, and the fob chain was for the the watch that Jim sold for her. This reveals how they loved each other so much that they gave up their most prized possession

A really good example of irony is when Matilde tells her husband that she does not want the invitation he gave her when she really did want to go to the party. Another example of of irony in this story is when Matilde says that the necklace is broken when she really ended up losing it. The final example of good irony is when the two meet up again at the end of the story and the lady tells Matilde that the necklace is really fake and not real.

O. Henry is known for writing and including irony in his writing. In the story, “The Gift of the Magi” He used irony when Della sold her hair to buy her husband, James a watch chain for his watch to replace his leather watch chain for Christmas, but her husband James sold his watch to give Della some beautiful combs for her hair, but both the hair and the watch were gone. They were both very poor and so they had to earn money quickly so they sold their most prized belongings for gifts for each other. The Irony in the story was that they had both bought new and improved accesories for their most prized possessions but for them to afford them, they sold their own prized possession and so when it was time to receive their gifts, They had already lost what they needed for the gift. Della lost her hair for the gold watch chain and james lost the watch for the turtle shell combs.

In the story, The Gift of the Magi, the author, O. Henry, does a great job using irony throughout the story. In the story, irony is used multiple times, and in many different ways. There are examples of irony in the beginning, middle, and end of The Gift of the Magi. The two different types of irony used in the story are dramatic and situational irony. In the beginning of the story, irony is used right away.

In the story “The Necklace”, Guy de Maupassant shows three types of irony. Situational irony is shown when an outcome is the opposite of the expected outcome. Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the characters does not know. Verbal irony is when irony is spoken like a sarcastic remark. All these types of irony are shown in the story.

Did you know that there approximately seven people in the world that are similar to you, however extremely different? Madame Loisel from The Necklace, and Della from The Gift of the Magi is an example of this. Madame Loisel is similar to Della because she is impoverished while different because Della has a strong marriage. Madame Loisel from the Necklace and Della from The Gift of The Magi are alike because they are both living paycheck-to-paycheck. On the first page of The Necklace, it states that Madame Loisel “let herself be married to a little clear at the ministry of public instruction” this meant that her husband has a minor, low paying job that couldn’t afford anything beyond necessities which Madame Loisel desperately craves.