Essay The Jewelry by Guy de Maupassant

When she is given the opportunity to dress in extravagant clothing and act like she is wealthy, she found a “sense of triumph that is so sweet to a woman’s heart” (3). Mathilda Loisel’s change from the exposition of the short story to the rising action is dramatic. The reader’s first impression of the character is that she is unhappy and resentful but at the party she comes off just the opposite. She was joyful and “danced wildly, with passion, drunk on pleasure, forgetting everything in the triumph of her beauty” (3). Mathilda Loisel’s true character starts to reveal itself when the reader sees how much value she puts in possessions.

Around the world, values are expressed differently. Some people think that life is about the little things that make them happy. Others feel the opposite way and that expenses are the way to live. In Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace”, he develops a character, Madame Loisel, who illustrates her different style of assessments. Madame Loisel, a beautiful woman, lives in a wonderful home with all the necessary supplies needed to live. However, she is very unhappy with her life. She feels she deserves a much more expensive and materialistic life than what she has. After pitying herself for not being the richest of her friends, she goes out and borrows a beautiful necklace from an ally. But as she

My God, am I such a jewelry fanatic! I knew as soon as I saw jewelry I had to write about it. Jewelry is something women and men but mostly women tend to adorn themselves with to either show stature, beauty or just to feel special about themselves. The Jewelry gives a lot of details on where it was made and the interesting designs on the necklace and earrings. Also, because it’s made of real gold and silver any women would be honored to wear such an amazing work of art.

In the first paragraph, Madame Lantin is characterized as quiet and gentle young girl, belonging to a poor and respectable family. The line “The young girl seemed to be the very ideal of that pure good woman to whom every young man dreams of entrusting his future” (Maupassant 67) establishes the personality and traits of Madame Lantin for the readers. Until the death of Madame Lantin in the story, her character is portrayed in a positive light, as the narrator describes her caring and naïve nature. Towards the end of the story, When Mr. Lantin finds out that the Jewelries are much more valuable than his expectations, the image of Madame Lantin takes a dramatic turn, and the reference of reality is made when the narrator says “A horrible suspicion swept across his mind . . . She? . . . But then all those other pieces of jewelry must have been presents also! . . . Then it seemed to him that the ground was heaving under his feet; that a tree, right in front of him, was falling toward him” (Maupassant 70). This shows that Mr. Lantin have conclusively realized the truth about Madame Lantin, whom he was deeply in love with, and admired for all this time. He realizes that just like Jewelry, He failed to apprehend the truth about her, hence realizing that Things are not always what they seem to be. Another theme presented in the story is Situational Irony, as the outcome that the readers expected was distinct from the outcome. As Mr. Lantin finds

‘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

When the two woman first entered the town, they were automatically recognized and adorn by the people. When the Queen herself entered, everyone came and stared at her beauty and recognized that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. “The judges who saw her marveled at the sight; no one who looked at her was not warmed with joy,” helps depict the beauty of the Queen (Norton Anthology 1044). The judges saw the beauty and realized someone as beautiful as herself couldn’t defend Lanval. Once the Queen defended Lanval and spoke the truth the barons made their decision to claim Lanval innocent and free of charge. “Whatever the barons judged by law the king promised would prevail. To the last man they agreed that Lanval had successfully answered

Consider the word “see” in line 606, as Lanval’s love enters the room she is immediately noticed. This prompt response to her entrance straightaway reveals the implications of her beauty and the importance it has on Lanval’s trial along with the male relation the females in this time period. Women are objectified to a certain extent yet also essential to the inner workings of society. This can also be observed in the context of this passage due to the fact that the queen made the accusations against Lanval and though they were lies the extensive reach of her authority is notable. Also consider the line 607 “The king who was well bred rose and went to meet her” (166). This line directly relates aspects of the chivalric code to a woman’s beauty due to the fact that the king was “well bred” he did not make her walk all the way to him and instead rose to meet

To begin with, this story launched with the exposition, where we learned about the two main characters, their lives, and the setting. M. Lantin, a chief clerk in the office of the Minister of the Interior, “became enveloped in love as in a net” (Maupassant 67) after meeting a young woman, Madam Lantin. She was beautiful and every man dreamed of having her. Then, the two married shortly later, and they lived joyously for six years. The only two things that M. Lantin did not absolutely adore about his wife was “her love for theater and her passion for false jewelry” (Maupassant 67). Additionally, the exposition explained how the wife was in charge of the money in the house and how “they really seemed to live in luxury” (Maupassant

Leading up to the selected passage, the main character, Lanval, has experienced several mishaps in his life. Marie de France presents Lanval’s character to the audience as a disliked man. For instance, none of the kingdom men liked Lanval because they were jealous of his positive qualities (Puchner 1032). He was poor and did not know of a place to seek help (Puchner 1033). However, his luck changed for the better one day as he was lying down and relaxing along the riverbank.

The story starts with M. Lantin who falls in love with a women at first sight like a moth drawn to a flame. The author portrays, the women being the rarest of all. As stated early in the story, everyone sang her praises (90). In addition, all who knew the beautiful girl would always say, “The man who gets her will be lucky (90). The girl is also described as being so beautiful and filled with pure goodness that she is every man’s dreams and that she can also be entrusted with a man’s life in her hands (90). She was obviously a women of exceptional beauty who could easily charm a man right of his feet with her charm, smile, and shyness (90). Many people she knew in her life, recognized her as being a perfect women for any man, even her husband

There is indication, that for the purpose of the poem, De France seemed to change stereotypical gender roles. Generally, the woman is the one who is helpless and swept off her feet by the man and given many gifts. But in this case, Lanval was at his lowest and the “fairy” queen was there to provide affection and given that “he would receive as he desired” (137). Yet, faithfulness is strained when promises are broken. Lanval was warned, “lose me for good if this love were known.” (147-48); at the same time, Lanval disclosed the secret which

What would you do if your significant other passed on and left you with over 12 million dollars? That's exactly what Guy De Maupassant tries to answer in the short story, “The Jewelry”. The author answers this question by expressing it through the five main parts of a complete story the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion. Not having a plot in the story it would be the equivalent of reading someones everyday journal. There are many events that happen but they are in a random, that may not make sense. The three of the most important elements of this story are the rising action, climax, and conclusion. This short story allows each of the elements to build on each other creating a greater outcome for the following

At the beginning of the story, Maupassant wrote : “ They had very moderate means, and were honorable, gentle, and quite.” In the third paragraph, he also used some beautiful words to describe how perfect the girl is: “ The young girl was a perfect type of the virtuous woman in whose hands every sensible young man dreams of one day intrusting his happiness. Her simple beauty had the charm of angelic modesty, and the imperceptible smile which constantly hovered about the lips seemed to be the reflection of a pure and lovely soul.” After being “Madame Lantin”, she had shown her ability to make a living with her husband’s small salary, even “seemed to live in luxury”, these parts of descriptions are the direct descriptions of Madame Lantin, in order to told us she was not only a beautiful woman but also a virtuous wife. The sweet marriage between Monsieur Lantin and his wife was not true. She was not as pure as she pretended. She betrayed her husband. The irony is that it seems that Maupassant was praising Madame Lantin at first but in fact, his attitude to her is critical(Zhang Li,2014),that is also a theme of the story: the appearance of beauty is not always true

People get so worried about how people see them that it ends up leading them to live a fantasy life. In the story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant shows two types of people: Mathilde Loisel who is very selfish and oblivious to wealth she cannot have; her husband M. Loisel who accepts his life being unfortunate but will do anything to keep his wife happy. Mathilde never becomes satisfied with the life she has. Mathilde is so obsessed with living the fantasy of being wealthy. In the beginning of the story Mathilde’s husband hands her an invitation to a ball that the wealthy attend but instead of being delighted as he’d hoped, she grieved because she said she had nothing to wear for this event, “I have no dress and therefore I can’t go to

Monsieur Lantin views life at face value, and is easily influenced by the opinions of others. Madam Latin is regarded as the “pure woman to whom every young man dreams of entrusting his future with,” revealing that he does not have a first impression of her, but has the tendency to rely on others opinions for major life choices (Maupassant, 90). Monsieur’s mind is clouded with an idealistic fantasy of a happy marriage based on one encounter and the tales of others, however, he disregards his feelings and finds