Mme Loisel Traits

She was nine when she went to camp for the first time so she had a very shy personality who is insecure about her and how others saw her. “She didn’t like having to undress in a roomful of other girls, although nobody pain any attention.” (46) Like this, Lois often cared about how others viewed her even

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.

In “The Necklace”, Mathilde Loisel is a woman who cannot tolerate her lower-class status, believing “herself born for every delicacy and luxury”(82). Mathilde’s vain materialistic goals, make her bitter and unhappy. The main point of irony in the story is the fact that Mathilde borrows the necklace and looses it. The necklace was very expensive, or so she thought, so she ended up in poverty

Have you ever want too many things even though your life was already fulfilled and lost yourself? Have you ever ask too much and regret for what you did? Every desire, ambition, selfishness and a bit of extravagant of a human being was carefully portrayed in this story, “The Necklace”. The story is about a young woman named Mathilde Loisel. Born in a family of artisans, she wasn’t rich, but beautiful and glamor. But she never feel satisfied of what she had and never stop dreaming to have more, to live a luxury life with expensive homes and glittering dresses, and eventually paid hard for her nonsense dreams. In “The Necklace”, Guy de Maupassant uses third person limited narration to show how Mathilde Loisel changes in how she

The Necklace, a short story written by Guy de Maupassant, is about a greedy woman in poverty, who learns that being selfish can hurt her and others around her. Her greedy behavior indicates that she has been struggling during her years in poverty. When she scrambled to find out her purpose in life, she portrayed anger and malevolence towards others.

“She so much longed to please, be envied, be fascinating and sought after” (de Maupassant 67). The main character desires to be at the center of attention, she wants to be coveted by others. In his fictional short story titled, “The Necklace,” Guy de Maupassant writes about how the lusting for more may cause people to be blinded and unable to see/value the treasures they already have. The story begins with an introduction of a lady who daydreams about the happiness that materialistic yearnings can bring her, forgetting her situation and social class. After taking her husband’s recommendation to borrow jewelry, specifically a diamond necklace, from her close friend Madame Forestier to wear alongside her dress at the evening reception, the main character later discovers that she had lost the necklace. Following their failure to find the necklace, Madame and Monsieur Loisel devise a plan to borrow money to replace the necklace with another and in doing so, fall into years of debt. Moreover, Maupassant uses direct characterization, imagery and situational irony to further depict why you should be grateful for what you already have before it’s too late.

Have you ever been greedy, and wanted something that you would have done anything to get? Although it is fine to want something, sometimes it can rule your thoughts and actions and you do things that are not right and may hurt other people. In “The Necklace”, the story is mainly about a woman who longs to have been born into a better life. She consistently complains and goes to extreme lengths to look wealthy, and because of her selfishness, it results in her and her husband having to give up all they have and spend their life working. In The Necklace, author Guy de Maupassant uses dramatic irony, irony, and imagery, to communicate the theme of greed and what that leads to.

I feel sorry for Mathilde Loisel, from my understanding of her background “She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known, understood, loved, wedded by any rich and distinguished man,” she was destined to live a life she so despised - a lowly peasant. Given the time setting where for women “there is neither caste nor rank: and beauty, grace, and charm act instead of family and birth,” Mathilde Loisel was rock bottom, condemning in my eyes her envy and suffering. Yes, she sounds infatuated on entitlement “she felt made for that. She would so have liked to please, to be envied, to be charming, to be sought after,” In a world depicted like this, women have no real power over their lives, to be either rich or happy it all comes down

The short story The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, is a story about Mrs. Loisel and how she shows the horrible trait of greediness. Mrs. Loisel is a beautiful woman but she is very financially distraught and she is not used to luxury or anything nice, which is strange because she is greedy to a point of disbelief . So one day she receives an invitation in the mail,“Instead of being delighted as her husband hoped, she threw the invitation down and said ‘What do you want me to do with that?”. Mrs. Loisel is so greedy that her own husband thought that she would be happy instead she exceeded her husband's expectations on her high level of greediness and threw down the invitation.

The story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant shows greed can take away your view of happiness and enjoyment from your life. The writer developed the story in which the lesson is learned at the end. It shows the life and hopes of a ordinary girl Madame Loisel who dreams of being dressed with diamonds and extravagant dresses. Her dignity causes her constant discomfort in life. “She had a friend, a former school-mate at the convent, who was rich, and whom she did not like to go and see anymore she suffered so much when she came back.” (pg 1) Showing the letdowns in Madame Loisel’s life, there is a image created of her want for wealth. The story uses irony in order to describe her situation in life, her empty feelings, and the consequences greed can lead to.

She also learns that she can still be respected by others, even if she doesn’t have the wealth or jewels. Madame Loisel had been working hard for 10 years to pay off the diamond necklace as she did heavy housework and “carried the slops down to the street every morning, and carried up the water, stopping for every breath at every landing.” The protagonist learned the hard way, but it helped her to be satisfied and content with herself. Mathilda is proud of her true appearance and it reveals the truth of how Mathilda’s hard work pays off. Mathilda symbolizes many of the women today whose desires take over their mind until they experience poverty, which consequently allows people to become grateful.

In the short story, “The Necklace” by Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant, the character Madame Mathilde Loisel was consumed with envy. She felt as if she was born to be wealthy and important. She led a comfortable life and even had a servant. But, she did not own fancy things and was not considered high class. She was not satisfied with her “plain” life.

Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is a short story about a french woman’s longing for a luxurious and grand life. The story depicts a woman, named Madame Loisel, who is extremely unhappy because she felt as if she was made to live a rich life. She finally gets the opportunity to attend a high-class party, but loses a diamond necklace that she borrowed from her friend, Madame Forestier. She realizes what it feels like to be impoverished, as she has to do the housework for ten years in order to pay for a replica of the diamond necklace. The theme of the story is to be happy with what you have and to never be discontent with your life.

Mr. Loisel was an average guy with an average job at the Ministry of Education as a copyist. He doesn't seem to be bothered by their basic yet comfortable lifestyle; however, Mathilde is obviously anguished over the lack of his riches.

Madame Loisel is a very stuck up character in the beginning of the story. She sees no value to money. She believes she was meant to live a wealthy life, and has high hopes for an elegant and luxurious life. This is shown in story when it says that “She suffered constantly, feeling that all her attributes of a gracious life, even luxury, should have rightfully been hers.”