Necklace Body Structure

In the story, the necklace had symbolized more than just jewelry or decoration. The necklace was a symbol of the dominant features of Mathidle’s personality such as selfishness, arrogance, superficial, and imitation. Mathidle always considered her happiness above her husband’s happiness. For example she spent the money that her husband had been saving to buy a gun over a dress to attend the party. Mathile’s arrogance and superficiality had ruined her happiness; she classified people based on their income. She always

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.

6. Tie a loop at the loose end of the string and attach the string to the spring

Going counter clockwise, stretch the string a few inches down and loop it around the hoop. Stretch the string a few inches to the right, wrap it around the loop. (Keep the process going until you reach the beginning). The thread should be lose and tightened when you continue the weaving. (When using the hoop with the 3 inches in diameter, the traditional way is to wrap the hoop 8 times).

Cut a length of beading string and thread the beading needle and secure the tail with a knot. My beading string was about 36 inches long. Once it was threaded and knotted it was about 13 inches long. String up a bead on the threaded

Although the fabrics of Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt were quite similar in texture and color, the Egyptians were able to create clothing styles that were much more fashionable and versatile than that of the ancient Greeks. Egyptians strived more for fashion, and Greeks focused more on comfort made the styles very different. Greeks still loved beauty, however the Egyptians styles were more outgoing. Though the styles changed for each civilization as the time went on, the basic ideas were always there. Egyptians put thought and care into their everyday outfits, therefore Egyptian fashion was normally not plain for those who could afford it.

I’m from a wrist full of bracelets, frayed and fading. Most were the typical embroidery floss friendship bracelets. I spent house knotting the thin strings to create the most intricate design possible. I owned an A. C. Moore plastic bag, filled to the brim with a rainbow of strings. The never-ending supply allowed me to create woven jewelry for almost everyone I knew. There were always countless bracelets covering my lower arms. As I grew older, the colors began to fade, and the knots came undone, leaving my wrists

“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.

Nicole, G8B In the world that we live in, a world full of different, unique people, there are many distinctive characteristics a person can have. Some are good, and consequently, some are bad. There are many of these bad characteristics that can overcome people and lead to their downfalls. When someone's bad characteristics outweigh their good characteristics, as is the case in The Necklace, their downfall is practically inevitable, unless they change their ways soon enough.

On August 31, 1997, The beautiful Princess Diana died from a tragic car accident in Paris, France. The loss was devastating to many around the world and millions of flowers were laid before Buckingham Palace. Her life had changed how royalty was viewed and how media and paparazzi worked, especially in the UK, and that change only sped up after the accident. And just like how society went through a change after Princess Diana's death, Mme. Mathilde Loisel of Guy de Maupassant's The Necklace underwent the change after the death of her current lifestyle. Mme. Loisel had lost a borrowed necklace that had been lent to her for a ball. She and her husband were able to replace it without the owner finding out, but it cost them 10 years of poverty and labor to do so. Mme. Loisel had lost everything, and she came to appreciate what she had, because she didn't have it forever.

One form of art that varies from culture to culture can be seen in personal accessories, otherwise known as jewelry. Some accessories are simply ornamental, while others are used to make a statement. For example, necklaces are to be worn around the neck, while crowns are to be worn on

I crocheted teddy bears and knit scarves that summer, making made very few bracelets, but as I packed away my barely-used thread collection I felt like I had missed out on an essential part of summer by not making bracelets for many of my new friends.

Prompt: In “The Necklace” how does the symbol of the necklace change throughout the story? Leonardo da Vinci states, "The greatest deception men suffer from is their own opinions. " In Guy de Maupassant's ” The Necklace”, Mathilde, a middle class woman, and her husband receive an invitation for a ball, however, Mathilde feels that she must not go because she is poor and simple compared to the rest of the invitees. She convinces her husband to buy her a new dress, and she borrows an expensive-looking diamond necklace from her friend, Madame Forestier.

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Sylvie enjoys a technical challenge, and will spend time working to find an “all polymer” solution to the problem. This approach helps her to create stimulating art. “I refer to myself as a sort of “Mac Gyver”, if you see what I mean, because my brain is always trying to change an ordinary object into something useful to my jewelry,” she said. An example of her taking on technical challenges, Sylvie worked on ways to hide clasps in her jewelry without introducing metal.