The Similarities And Differences Of Mathilde And Della

Do you know a materialistic person, who only cares about money? Do you like this person? Usually, people like this are not so friendly, just like Mathilde was. But in this case, Mathilde was able to change, and we can see this by some facts in the text; she was arrogant and materialistic, then became a motivated and comprehensive, and also she was lazy, but in the final she became a very hard worker woman. Mathilde actions and attitudes changes are very complex, but with these two things as support, it is possible to make this change very clear to understand.

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

‘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 second story, The Necklace, writers reveals the how the reality of a woman situation is that she is neither wealthy nor part of the social class of which she feels she is a deserving member, but Mathilde does everything in her power to make her life appear different from how it is. She lives in an illusory world where her actual life does not match the ideal life she has in her head—she believes that her beauty and charm make her worthy of greater things. The party is a triumph because for the first time, her appearance matches the reality of her life. She is prettier than the other women, sought

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

Mathilde finds herself dissatisfied with her life. She craves for riches and glamour. Instead of appreciating what she has, Mathilde craves for jewels and high class commodities. One day, her husband receives an invitation to a formal party, which would give Mathilde a chance to experience the luxuries of high society. However, she seems upset because she does not own a formal dress to wear to the ball. Mathilde’s husband feels compassion for her and gives her his savings to buy a new and elegant dress. The night before the ball, we noticed Mathilde’s greed when she complains that she has no ornament to put on. She arrogantly tells her husband, “It's so mortifying to look poverty-stricken among women who are rich” (Maupassant). For this reason, he then advises her to borrow some jewelry from her friend, Madam Forestier. Blinded by greed, Mathilde follows her husband’s advice and borrows what looks like a diamond necklace. At the ball, she has a great time. However, when she and her husband get home, she realizes she has lost the diamond necklace. Worried by the consequences of losing a diamond necklace, Mathilde’s husband decides to buy a new necklace by using his inheritance, getting loans, and borrowing money from acquaintances. They return the necklace to Madam Forestier and focus on paying their debt. After 10 years of hard labor and misery, they eventually pay all their debts. At the end of the short story, Mathilde finds out that the diamond necklace she borrowed was fake. Ultimately, we see how greed drove Mathilde to misery and

As Mathilde worked hard to recover the money she owed to the Madame, she finally sees and reflects on the mistakes she made in her previous life. In the process, she internally becomes wiser and truly understands what went on during her former life. After her self-centered and thoughtless behavior vanished over time, she became the woman she always had dreamed of

Besides all those type of rejections his husband been endured, for examples been opposed to all kind of proposition, refuted the Minister of Public Instruction and Mme.Georges Ramponeau’s invitation, that didn’t bother him for being a humble husband and spending to make her satisfy. Mr. Loisel spent all he had to make her life easy and happy, but all kind those sacrifices were in vain because Mathilde was too exaggerated for herself until she ended up losing her friend necklace. Then, she came to know her husband value and the meaning of a heavy housework as a women.

Comparing this story to “Everyday Use”, one can see that there are many similarities in how both Mathilde from “The Necklace”, and Dee from “Everyday Use” want more than they can have. Analyzing these elements in both stories allows for greater understanding. Mentioned before, both the characters of Mathilde, and Dee are complex in their characteristic qualities, mostly because the authors incorporate the use of characterization into their stories. Both the character of Mathilde, and Dee are similar in how they are both greedy in what they want, showing their selfishness. Such description

In the short story “The Necklace” Mathilde is blinded by her desire for a higher-class lifestyle. She wanted all the nice and extravagant clothing and jewelry that her rich friend had. Mathilde felt like she deserved this kind of lifestyle and forgot to be happy with what she had. She lost sight of her loving husband, who stayed and helped get them out of the debt that she had caused without complaint.

The author characterizes the lady as a self-centered one. Frequently, Mathilde complains that she does not have the things she wants, for she was “feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury…” as if she was in the high class. She plunges herself too far into the depths of comparison to the upper class to the point greed is able to blind her away from

Even still, Mathilde is not satisfied and is unwilling to settle for anything but the best. Because of her vain desire she chooses the expensive jewelry, which is a grave mistake that leads to her paying for a necklace she cannot afford. Due to Mathilde’s prideful character, Monsieur and Madame Loisel will spend ten years of their lives paying back this debt. Moreover, Mathilde’s thoughts reveal that her actions are the cause of the Loisel’s many years of weariness and stress. Alone at her home, Mathilde thinks about “what would have happened” (84) if she had been satisfied with flowers rather than borrowing the necklace.

The main characters Mathilde in “The Necklace” and the grandmother in “A good man is hard to find” are very resembling the reasons why is because the both show a character of selfishness. They are refused to admit their mistake. Both of them had the same kind of motivation to their previous mistake, and also they had the same excuse as to why they keep quiet about their mistake. Even though Mathilde and the grandmother punishments were not the same, but we still can compare them, because no matter way the situation was dead or alive both of them were doing something that was unacceptable.

After Della sells her hair she obtains twenty dollars to purchase Jim's Present, she is ecstatic and fulfilled because now she can buy a Christmas present for Jim. But, when Monsieur Loisel tells Mathilde that they are invited to a high class party, she demonstrates no gratitude; instead, she whines that she doesn't have anything to wear. Monsieur Loisel selflessly gives the money he had kept aside for his rifle to his wife to spend on the dress. Mathilde communicates no thankfulness; rather, she later grumbles that she has no jewelry to wear with the dress. It is clear in "The Necklace" that Mathilde places material belonging above kinship and the adoration and dependability of her husband. Never in the story is there any sign that she demonstrates

Monsieur makes tremendous efforts to get the items to go to the ball and to get the tickets itself. On the issue of the dress, Mathilde states “ … I could manage it with four hundred francs. ”(2) ; In response, “He had grown a little pale, because he was laying aside just that amount to buy a gun…” (2). Monsieur Loisel lovingly gives up the money he was coveting to buy a gun for his wife’s needs.