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The Necklace Rhetorical Analysis

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Theme is a universal teaching that could be used in many other texts. In the article, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, the authors portray theme throughout the article by the use of literary devices such as irony and personification. Initially, Guy de Maupassant in the text, “The Necklace,” he develops the theme by using irony. For example, Madame Forestier “ Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most five hundred francs!...” This shows situational irony because all that time her necklace was fake. Irony portrays the theme by telling a moral or lesson. Also, Maupassant developes theme by using personification throughout the text, “The Necklace.” One example is, it says “…those ancient night caos which,

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