Once Upon A Time Vs. Maupassant's The Necklace

In the story there are many dynamic characters. One example of a dynamic character is Sara Chickering. “I watched my father swallow his food whole and rush away, leaving my mother with us children to be readied for school, lunch prepared for noon, washing to be done, and the fitting out of a big evening meal”(30). Her father would then “come home late, tired out, falling asleep in the best chair after supper, while mother puts the house to rights, got me, my brother, and my sister and, finally, my father off to bed”(30). In the beginning of the story Sara does not want to be controlled by a man, and therefore chooses to live alone. As the story progresses her opinion on men changes. “it’s not hard putting up with mr. hirsh. he isn’t like my father.”(45). “best man i ever saw.”(45). After living with mr. Hirsh who helps around the house, is respectful, and is responsible for his daughter, Sara realizes that not all men are the

Unlike the book, the movie skims over most of the character’s personal relationships. For example, the audience does not get to truly understand the feelings amongst the Curtis brothers until the end of the movie. Therefore, the theme of family love was not as prevalent in the movie as it was in the book. Nevertheless, both the book and the movie shared the major themes. Class conflict was evident as the force behind the events. It showed how socioeconomics could divide communities and cause animosity. It also showed how money could predetermine one’s future and cause injustices amongst people. Honor and sacrifice was another major theme. Throughout the book and movie, sacrifices were made, time after time. Whether it was because of obligation or selflessness, the characters showed that sacrifices are necessary in life. The themes, in both versions, are central to understanding the character’s

During this time period, women’s role in society was that of a submissive, powerless position. They often relied solely on their husband for direction, allowing the husband to make decisions and take lead no matter what. In the story of The Necklace, Maupassant illustrates these

Therefore, this allows for more time inside one character’s mind and to get a sense of what the character is experiencing. On the other hand, Gordimer’s writing in “A Chip of Glass Ruby” is straight forward with its words. This story is more engaged with the characters and their actions. There is more dialog in this narrative which is crucial to the flow of the story.

But who her friend also loved. The Necklace's author is De maupassant. Focuses on the theme of deceptiveness of appearances. This is shown through the main character Mathilde who is deceived by herself by thinking that just because she is beautiful she deserves to have higher social status and she lives in a illusionary world in which she is Miss perfect and the world must revolve around her.

telling the owner of its loss. "In a shop in the Palias-Royal, they found a

The reason the first person narrative’s effect on the content of the novel is important is because it shows a broad view of how the narrative shapes the protagonist identity.

The first element that assist the plot development is the narrative style. The type of narration is third person limited omniscient. The narrator is not actually part of the story, which allows the reader to see the events of the story unfold. This also lets the reader see the thoughts and attitudes of all of the characters through a less bias lenses. If the narration would have been in first person, the readers would only see

‘The Necklace’ is a morality tale written by Guy de Maupassant where he portrays the life of a beautiful but dissatisfied girl named Mathilde who desires to live a luxurious life despite being born into a clerk’s family and marrying a clerk too. Mathilde’s discontentment in life instigates her to pretend someone rich that she is not. Moreover, it leads her to severe trouble that caused ten years of hardship to Mathilde and her husband. So, this suffering is a punishment for Mathilde which taught her a lesson and changed her dramatically over the course of the story by making her a person of completely different personality for whom appearances

In The Necklace, Guy De Maupassant creates a suffering tone. He uses diction to further describe words and give better meaning to his statements, irony to tie the story together and give dramatic surprises, and imagery to show you what Mathilde (the wife) is dreaming of our talking about. He uses all of these literary devices to support the tone that is created throughout the story.

The authors told the story from the point of view of each character throughout the story, even if that character was only in the book for a chapter or

in the story. It is good choice when dealing with a setting that has so many place and

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.

First, let’s review the characters in the main story, of which there are few in the literary story

The reader was being “led on” by thinking everything is okay and then a plot twist happens. Throughout her story there are a lot of “hidden” literary devices like symbolism, repetition and even irony. The message Gordimer is trying to make is not very clear but towards the end the message becomes very clear. Gordimer uses her story to spread the theme of humans creating their own self destruction whether they do it intentionally or not. The purpose of this essay is to critically analyse the story “Once upon a time”. The essay will focus on the different literary techniques and the language approach not forgetting the style and different tones