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    influences writers still "The Necklace" was written in the 19th century Literary Realism period. The story focuses on "everyday events, lives, and the relationships of middle/lower class," and it provides a glimpse of normal people and how they are influenced by "social and economic forces" The meaning of "The Necklace" is developed through the depiction of the characters and the plot of the story. Maupassant stated that

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    masterpiece. “The Necklace” is an ironic, amusing and witty short story which deals with themes such as the

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    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

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    Essay on The Necklace

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    The Necklace “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant tells of Mathilde Loisel who “by error of destiny” was born poor and winds up marrying a clerk. Mr. Loisel surprises Mathilde with an opportunity to taste the luxurious life for an evening and she unexpectedly bursts into tears because she has nothing to wear. Mr. Loisel agrees to buy her a gown and suggests that she borrow jewelry from her wealthy friend. The evening turns out to be a dream come true until the Loisels arrive home to find that

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    The Necklace Essay

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    de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is a short story about a middle-class girl Mathilde, who loses her friend’s costly necklace and spends a decade paying for its replacement. “The Necklace” represents the story of a standard young lady who loves her husband, despite her desires to be an affluent person. However, readers fail to notice that Madame Loisel’s love for Monsieur Loisel vanishes upon their marriage and her materialistic personalities continue to increase. “The Necklace” is influencing other

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    The Necklace

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    English class has been “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. The main conflict in this story is the struggle the main character, Mathilde, faces after she has lost jewelry she had borrowed from her much richer friend. The conflicts Mathilde faces in “The Necklace” are both internal and external conflicts. The internal conflict that Mathilde faces is the struggle she has with herself concerning her social standing and financial status. Mathilde is constantly depressed

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    The Necklace Greed Essay

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    Maupassant’s The Necklace: The Cupidity of Mathilde Loisel Greed is a vice that cannot be satisfied; the intense desire of material objects often leads to hardship and regret. Mathilde Loisel, a middle class woman, desperately wishes that she was a higher class, so she can experience the luxuries of life. In Maupassant’s short story The Necklace, avarice corrupts Mathilde’s expectations of life as well as her state of mind. Despite only being born into a bourgeois family, Mathilde laments over the

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    established that Mathilde Loisel spent ten years of her life paying back debt. This debt, of coarse, being from having to buy a new necklace after losing the one that she borrowed from Mme. Forestier. The ending is ironic because it tells the reader that the original necklace was fake and that Mathilde Loisel had basically just wasted ten years of her life working very hard at bad jobs to pay for something that she only bought because she thought that she lost a real diamond necklace. 3. The third-person-limited

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    the short story “The Necklace.” By looking at syntax, symbolism, and vocabulary used in “The Necklace,” we can see that Maupassant clearly illustrates the theme that a desire for material possessions has great power to destroy an individual, which most people do not recognize. This is important because anyone can get consumed in materialistic value that they forget about what really is

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    The significant aspects of “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant shows how greed and the desire to live an extraordinary life could lead to the destruction of one’s future. Firstly, Madame Loisel shows greed throughout the story because she has a comfortable life, she has a servant and food on the table, but she desires more delicate meals. She is not happy with what she has. Although Madame Loisel doesn’t have a lot of money, she is still evidently greedy. Even though she is a lovely woman, she

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