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    Mathilde Loisel

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    Mathilde Loisel was a woman who didn’t appreciate much, but she changes throughout the story and becomes humble and is a very dynamic character. But before all that happened there was only one thing that she appreciated a lot which were luxuries. Mathilde was one of those people that did not care for, love, happiness, or health, but more so cared for clothes, jewels, and riches. When the story started she only cared about one thing and as the author states "She suffered endlessly, feeling herself

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    Mathilde Loisel Thesis

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    I feel sorry for Mathilde Loisel, from my understanding of her background “She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known, understood, loved, wedded by any rich and distinguished man,” she was destined to live a life she so despised - a lowly peasant. Given the time setting where for women “there is neither caste nor rank: and beauty, grace, and charm act instead of family and birth,” Mathilde Loisel was rock bottom, condemning in my eyes her envy and suffering. Yes, she sounds infatuated

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    Mathilde Loisel Greed

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    In Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace” Mathilde Loisel is a middle-class woman who is miserable with her lifestyle and her husband. She looks at her apartment and her husband unhappily. Fantasizing about what her life would be like if she were wealthy. She is a greedy woman who never appreciates what her husband does for her and could not be more miserable with her life. She is selfish and cares more about the objects around her than the people. Her husband got her an invitation to a dinner party

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    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

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    clear examples of this type of people are Mathilde Loisel, Mrs. Mallard and the Narrator of the Black Cat. In the first place, Mathilde Loisel from “The Necklace”, a woman who undoubtedly was a victim of her envy and ambition. Mrs. Loisel was a woman who lived in a poor place who never settled with what she had. As a result, her envy led her to lose the little things that she owns. Mrs. Loisel, lost her life in things she thought were more important. Mr. Loisel was confused to believe that luxury and

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    The story begins with the main character Madame Mathilde Loisel. She is the charming and tall lady, did not belong to the wealthy family. She always dreamed to be rich and live the life like wealthy people. She dressed simple, as she cannot afford expensive dresses. She marries to a clerk and works with the Minister of Education. He was not wealthy, but in good condition that he can keep her happy. He is simply honest and hardworking person. In the story the author states "She suffered from the poverty

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    feel like they can’t live without wants. In a life time, everyone will say that they need a want. Just like the 3 examples, people feel like they just can’t live without wants, but really I can mess you up. There was a woman by the name of Mathilde Loisel who felt like she needed jewelry to live. She was invited to a party, but she didn’t want to go because she felt that she NEEDED to look good. She asked a friend of hers if she could borrow a necklace that was diamond. When she went to the party

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    Mathilde Loisel was a women who didn’t appreciate much, but there was one thing that she appreciated a lot which were luxuries. Mathilde was one of those people that did not care for love, happiness, or health but more so cared for clothes, jewels, and riches. One night Mathilde wore her friend's diamond neckless, and as she was very poor she felt like a queen wearing it. However, later that night she checked her neck and that diamond neckless had disappeared! She tried to find the neckless for over

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    shifting of attitude can occur. Mathilde Loisel encounters a few phases on her path to maturity. Loisel evolves much like the ape-man of Darwin’s evolutionary chart; she starts as an immature, ungracious being that crawls along through life, then transitions through a stage in which she begins to experience joy as she begins to stand, and finally she reaches a concluding step in which she becomes a painstaking woman who can fully operate on her own. Mathilde Loisel is a very unappreciative woman

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    The Complex Character of Mathilde Loisel in The Necklace    The development of a character on paper is key to being able to create that character on stage. The development of character on paper is also key to understanding it in our imaginations. I read and understand stories and novels much the same way that I read a play script…through character analysis. I believe that understanding characters in a short story, or any form of fiction for that matter, is essential to many reader’s abilities

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