The Necklace Dishonest

Throughout “The Necklace” the couples have opposite character traits which plays an important role in the story. The husband, Loisel was completely fine with the lifestyle they had and was very grateful. Meanwhile his wife was never satisfied, blames herself for not being married into a wealthy family. Prior to the ball she wanted jewelry to compliment the gown, her

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

She asks a family-friend named Madame Forestier, if she has any lavish jewels for her to wear. Forestier lets her borrow a diamond necklace, and Loisel wears it to the gala. She ends up losing the necklace, and she tries to repay for the necklace for up to 10 years. If she didn’t care much about her prestige, then maybe she wouldn’t have had to go through the grim and tedious next 10 years of her

Now consider the role of Mathilde Loisel in “The Necklace”. She constantly grieves about her simple life and fantasizes about extravagant life style with rich people and food surrounding her. Her husband is a simple man and is satisfied with his life. He appreciates her for the food which is cooked and never complains. Being in the Ministry of Education their lifestyle is modest. Mathilde is not satisfied on the other hand even when her husband proudly announces that they have been invited at a formal party held by the Ministry of Education. The irony in the story is more or less the same with regard to the female characters. Mathilde cries and gets her prize in the form of a dress but she is never satisfied. She wants jewelry as well. The necklace that she borrows from Madame Forestier teaches her a lesson of life. Since she is not familiar with the real jewelry she picks the cheapest one from her collection and wears it to the party why she loses it. Upon not finding the jewelry her husband takes the pain of selling everything out just to purchase an identical necklace worth 40,000 francs which leaves them poverty stricken for the next ten years during which her husband does three jobs and

In the story The Necklace, by Guy de Maupassant, the main character Mathilde makes a very bad choice when asking her friend to borrow a necklace, and then lying to her. This is because of two poor decisions. First, she lost it, and second, it wasn't even a real diamond necklace. Toward the end of the story, we find out that as she gets home she cannot find the necklace. A quote on page four proves this by saying, “I-I-I have not Mne.

First of all it’s extremely ironic that she never knew that it was a fake necklace until she had bought the real one. In paragraph 89 it states “ Madame Loisel cam to the know the ghastly life of abject poverty. From the very first she played her part heroically. This fearful debt must be paid off. She would pay it. The servant was dismissed.They changed their flat , they took a garret under the roof.

Monsieur Loisel’s willingness to please Mathilde and fulfilling all her desires becomes the reason of his downfall, when she loses the necklace. He goes out in the cold winter to search for the necklace even though he has to go to work within some hours. Moreover, he devises a plan to purchase a new necklace by taking loans and mortgaging his property. On the other hand, Mathilde never cared about her husband’s wants and desires but he never had one. Rather than blaming Mathilde to be accountable for her actions, he protects her so that she doesn’t feel lonely. He did everything that a good husband should do.

Loisel’s pride, greed, and selfishness through her demand for a necklace. Despite getting a large sum of money that was being carefully saved by her husband, she was not satisfied with the dress. Mme. Loisel demanded a piece of jewelry to go along with her new dress and was not satisfied until she received it. If Mme. Loisel had not been prideful in regard for her demand of a better dress and a necklace, the conflict regarding this story would not have happened. The necklace represents Mme. Loisel’s egotistical attitude. Once she started to desire it, her desire only grew. When looking through the jewelry from Mme. Forestier, Mme. Loisel was very demanding in her selection and even asked if there was anything else to choose from. After searching more, “All of a sudden she discovered, in a black satin box, a superb necklace of diamonds, and her heart began to beat with an immoderate desire” (Maupassant 401). After obtaining it, she was extremely proud of her status rank. However, upon losing the necklace, she lost her pride and ego as well. The only thing she was concerned with was returning it as she knew how losing it would damage her family’s life. The necklace symbolized Mathilde’s power and how sometimes things might not be what they appear to

In Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace he addresses the age old saying of pride comes before the fall. Throughout the story Mme. Louis undergoes many changes which center around her ungrateful attitude. Mme.

The internal conflicts established in “The Necklace” were a result of Madame Loisels perception of happiness. Because of her ungrateful and dejected views on life, she didn’t realize nor recognize true merriment. In the text, Guy De Maupassant shows how Madame “..was one of those pretty and charming girls born as though fate had blundered over her, into a family of

Madame Loisel’s pride demands more: “It annoys me not to have a single jewel, not a single stone, nothing to put on. I shall look like distress” (Maupassant 2). Ironically, it is Monsieur Loisel who suggests that his wife borrow jewelry from Madame Forestier, and subsequently has to spend the next ten years borrowing money to replace it. As May puts it, “Her husband exhausts his meager inheritance and then borrows the rest, mortgaging their life away to buy a replacement for the necklace” (May 7). Monsieur Loisel sacrifices everything to salvage his wife’s pride.

Have you ever seen a person who is pretty and charming, but is, as if a mistake of destiny, is born in a poor family? Well, this is a lot like the main character in the story called “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, where Mathilde, a daughter and wife of a clerk, cares about her social status and what people think of her. This is shown in many ways. She cares about her looks, how she is, compared to others of her rank, and lies/pretends about little things so she isn’t seen badly.

Forestier had loaned her, couldn't find it, and didn't tell her. She worked and worked for a very long time in order to replace the necklace, she ended up looking old, rough, and harsh. A lesson she learned was to be happy with what she has and to not be greedy. Mme. Loisel caused her own downfall because she was materialistic, greedy, and embarrassed of herself.

Mme. Loisel from “The Necklace” is indeed a beautiful and elegant lady, at least from the outside. Her role as being selfish and greedy does an excellent job at suggesting what consequences could follow to people who are just like her. She does experience an amazing time but soon after it becomes just a memory and she’ll be back to just dreaming about it. It’s important to remember that life is short and one moment will just become a blurry memory.

Money and wealth isn't everything. Madame Loisel from The Necklace by Guy Maupassant has to learn that the hard way. Madame Loisel is a woman who feels entitled to a lavish lifestyle. She is a character who is dissatisfied with her current lifestyle even though she has a caring husband who provides her with everything he can. Madame Loisel is invited to an elaborate party in which she feels she needs a beautiful gown and a diamond necklace. In order for Madame Loisel to attend the party her husband gives her 500 Francs and she borrows a very expensive diamond necklace. After the Loisels attend the party they realize that they have lost the necklace and now their lifestyle must change dramatically so that they can pay to replace the necklace. The Loisels both work very hard for the next ten years to pay back the money they borrowed to replace the necklace. Madame Loisel realizes what a comfortable life she had and how her greed got the best of her. Leading her to a life of misery and hard labor to replace the diamond necklace. Madame Loisel is a complex character because she is both round and dynamic.