Everybody wants to be adored by others or better yet to be envied by others but this evil desire can lead a person’s demise. In the story The Necklace by Guy the author’s theme is to portray how greed and envy can only lead to destruction. The story is about a woman named Mathlide Loisel who is constantly dreaming of a life that she could not have. She desired to be wealthy, longed by all men, and envied by other women. These types of dreams contribute to the decision of her borrowing the diamond necklace to achieve the happiness she seeks. Unfortunately, Mathlide must pay for her vanity and selfish behavior. Mathlide Loisel was one of those pretty and charming women born as if an error of destiny into a family of no wealth. She had no …show more content…
Mathlide was so tremendous. She was prettier than any other woman present. Mathlide was elegant, graceful, and smiling of joy. All the gentlemen stared at her, asked her for her name, and very eager to be introduce and know who she was. In addition, they all longed to waltz with her. Even the minster himself expressed his desire to dance with her as well. Mathlide danced intoxicated with all the admiration, the new desires, and the feeling of utter victory. So, dazed by all the emotions that she was wrapped in. She completely forgot about her husband who had been sleeping since midnight in a little abandon room. After a fun and delightful night of living out her dreams. Mathlide and her husband departs from the ball at four o’clock in the morning. Unfortunately, the luck of the couple disintegrates when Mathlide discovers the beautiful diamond necklace her friend leaned wasn’t around her neck. In panic and despair Mathlide and her Husband go in seek for the necklace. Her husband left to search for the necklace but when he returned at seven o’clock in the morning. He found nothing. He went to the newspaper office to offer a reward. He even went to every cab company. Mathlide waited all day for his return. When he returned home with a pale face he insisted “You must write your friend that you have broken the clasp of her necklace and you are having it fix.” Mathlide too prideful to admit her mistake. She suggested to replace the necklace.
She was wishing for a more luxury lifetime, rather than being appreciative. At the beginning of the story, Madame Loisel emanated a materialistic perspective. The narrator stated, “She suffered constantly, feeling
Selfishness in The Necklace by Maupassant In Guy de Maupassant's, "The Necklace" all the characters in the story exhibit similar behavior by showing that they think of themselves rather than of others. A close look at the behavior of the characters in "The Necklace" reveals more than a story about a spoiled selfish woman, but what we see is a story about a whole society of selfish people. In "The Necklace" a woman named Mathilde lives a depressed life because she does not live the life style that she desires.
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
The quality of one’s emotional life changes over the years. But the basic instincts and desires, greed and hope, seem to remain constant. In short story “The Necklace” written by Guy de Maupassant is about a woman by the name of Mathilde. She’s described to be average in the physical sense and was married to a clerk by the name of Loisel. The couple get invited to a ball and shortly after, Mathlide complains that her wardrobe was too embarrassing to wear to the ball. Loisel buys his wife a gown and suggests she borrows a necklace from her friend to complete the outfit. Mathlide falls in love with a necklace from the collection. “She threw her arms round her friend's neck, kissed her passionately, then fled with her treasure” (Maupassant 44). The night of the ball Mathlide realized she had lost the necklace. The couple decide to replace the necklace ad work ten years to pay off the debt, finally finds out the original necklace was a fake. This short story created a perspective for who to blame for the outcome of the situation, which in this case is Mathlide.
In Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace" is the story of Mathilde Loisel, who resents her "station" in life. Mathilde Loisel is shown to be a vain and ungrateful person who believes that she was born to have a better life. She feels that she has married beneath her, in spite of the fact that her husband is a hard working and dependable man. Mathilde is unable to recognize and appreciate the
The short story The Necklace portrays greed and selfishness through the life of Mathlide Loisel. This story was written in the 1800’s in Paris, which is also believed to be when the story takes place. Life in Paris during this time was all about your rank and where you stood in society. This want for acceptance made many people desire unnecessary things, leading to more greed and envy for others.
‘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 short story, “The Necklace”, by Guy de Maupassant, the author reveals the consequences of envy. In this story, Mathilde is a very desirous woman, who has always dreamed of a fantasy that she could not have. She is discontented and jealous of other women who are wealthy. Then one day, Mathilde fantasy became a reality, Mr. Loisel husband received an invitation to the Palace of Ministry ball. Her husband, Mr. Loisel, thought that this would make his wife very happy since that is what she spends all of her time daydreaming about. However, she reacts in a very negative way and is reluctant to attend the party due to her not having a fancy dress. Mr. Loisel sympathized with his wife and knowing he had money set aside for a new shotgun,
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
In The Necklace, the main character, Mme. Loisel, has a very materialistic view on happiness. She owns all of these nice things, but is not content in her life. When she sees more elegant items that she wants, she becomes more dissatisfied with her life until she can get it. By the end of the story, she becomes poor from having to repay a large amount of debt. In the end, she learns that money does not equal happiness, and that she should have been grateful for the smaller things in her life that made it
Ever met someone so dreadful that they were considered pushy or even rueful? Well, if so stay tuned because this essay will be over just exactly that, but only about a necklace and Mathilde Loisel. In the story The Necklace (Maupassant) Mathilde Loisel is a poverty stricken beautiful women, who gets to go to a ball with her husband. But with being poor her pride gets the best of her. Meaning, she wants a expensive ball gown for husband to buy her but, she can't have a ball gown without a necklace, so she borrows a necklace from her very high end friend. As the night of the ball come to an end Loisel realizes that her friends diamond necklace is missing and now she has to work everyday for the rest of her life just to pay the necklace off. With that being said Loisel has many personality conflict which only interfere with life story. Loisel would be considered pushy because she pushed her husband to buy her a new fancy dress and she also would be considered rueful because of all the regret she had in her life when she lost the diamond necklace.
“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.
The short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is about a pretty girl named Mathilde Loisel who is born into a family of clerks. She is married to a minor clerk in the Ministry of Education. Mathilde Loisel’s husband brings her an invitation to attend an evening reception because she is always gloomy and sad. For the party, she buys a new dress and borrows a beautiful necklace from her friend Madame Forestier. When she comes home from the party, Mathilde realizes that the necklace is not on her.
Describe the relationship between Mathilde and Loisel as shown in their conversations. Does this relationship seem to be intimate, or is it less personal and more formal?
The nineteenth century French writer, Guy De Maupassant, tells an intriguing story in "The Necklace." He depicts the painful life of a beautiful woman, unhappily born into an average family of clerks. She felt that she was destined to marry into wealth but sadly found herself settling as she married an average copyist. Unlike the women of today, women in the nineteenth century were not fortunate enough to have a career of their own; they were either born into a wealthy family or married a man with money. In "The Necklace", Guy De Maupassant creatively reveals Mathilde Loisel's dreams of a decadent lifestyle. As her struggles start to unravel, it becomes obvious that her heartache is solely