Every person has a life that they would love, and every person would have a life that they would hate. The short story "The Necklace", by Guy de Maupassant shows how the main character Mathilde wants to live the rich life. However, by the end of the story Mathilde is stuck with a life that she hated. By writing this story the narrator proves his point that everyone become what they hate the most if you don't appreciate what you have.
The story begins with a description of what Mme. Loisel's (Mathilde) wants the most. She feels that she is made for a lifestyle of being rich, envied, charming, and sought after. However, fate has given her none of this. In the story Mathilde's life is like someone of a middle class person in today's world. Mathilde didn't have to work because her husband made enough money for them to live decently. He even made enough money for Mathilde to have a peasant do all the housework.This still wasn't enough for Mathilde. Guy de Maupassant in "The Necklace" writes: She suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born for all the delicaciesand all the luxeries. She suffered from the poverty of her dwelling, from the wretched look of the walls, from the worn-out chairs, from the ugliness of teh curtains. All those things, of which another woman of her rank would never even have been conscious, tortured her and made her angry(178). Mathilde's husband M. Loisel doesn't realize that she feels this way and gets her an invitation to one of the most prestigious balls in in which, the whole official world will be in attendance. This angers Mathile on the basis that she feels that she will look poor in all the dresses that she owns.She says to give the ticket away because she won't go. Her husband comes to the rescue and gives her money to buy a new dress. The gesture wasn't enough to make Mathilde smile because she still wanted jewlery to go with the dress. M. Loisel points out to Mme.
Forrestier that she lost her necklace. ... Forrestier's necklace. ... Forrestier that she lost her necklace, so she goes and replaces the necklace. ... Contributing to the irony is the borrowed necklace. ... They secure the thirty-six thousand for the necklace from Mr. ...
To Mme Loisel, this necklace represented the life that she didn't have and so desperately wanted. After she discovered the necklace had been lost, her whole life was changed. ... Even though Mme Loisel didn't find out until the end of the story, the necklace was a fake. It wasn't the necklace that made her feel that she truly fit in; it was her frame of mind. The necklace, even though merely worth anything, had allowed Mme. ...
"The Necklace" The theme of Guy de Maupassant story "The Necklace" seems to be suggested by the line, "What would have happened if Mathilde had not lost the necklace?". ... Under all the other pieces of jewelry lied a diamond necklace. ... The entire way home she dazzled the necklace. ... Weeks went by and no trace of the necklace showed up. ... Mithilde put the new necklace in a box and gave it to her friend. ...
Still wanting, she asks to borrow a necklace from a rich friend, Mrs. ... When they finally leave and return home, she takes off her shawl and realizes that the necklace is gone: " The necklace was no longer around her neck" (paragraph 61). ... Forrestier that the necklace is broken so that he can have time to replace it. ... Mathilde tells her the truth and finds out that the necklace was nothing more than costume jewelry. Mathilde then begins to wonder what life would have been like without the necklace: "What would life have been like if she had not lost the necklace" (paragraph 105)? ...
She went the next day and took the most expensive looking necklace that was there. ... She realised that she had lost the necklace. ... They finally got thirty six thousand francs and bought the necklace. ... Ten years later they went back to their friend and confessed to losing the necklace. ... The fact that her friend gave her and trusted her with the necklace gives her a right to know about the lost necklace before she got the replacement. ...
In "The Necklace", Mathlid Loisel wants to look and be successful anyway she can. Mathlid Loisel borrows a necklace for one night and loses it; she is forced to pay for it for the next ten years. ... Mathlide Loisel realizes that she had been relativity successful after losing the necklace. The theme of the necklace is that sometimes you are more successful than you may think. ... Therefore, in "The Necklace and Kindly unhitch the Star, Buddy, we see many examples of success. ...
She took a necklace of diamonds and was very happy. ... When they reached their house, she discovered that she had lost the necklace. ... He told her that they must think how to replace that necklace. Next day they went to many jewelers searching for a similar necklace and they found a necklace, which looked exactly like the one they looked for. ... Mathilde went to her because she wanted to tell the truth about the necklace. ...
Once home Madame realized the necklace was not around her neck. ... Loisel borrowed the money to replace the necklace. ... "The Necklace." ... Once home Madame realized the necklace was not around her neck. ... Loisel borrowed the money to replace the necklace. ...
The Necklace At the beginning of the story the "The Necklace" the author De Maupassant illustrates that the main character Mathilde is poor and discontent with her life. ... Forrestier's necklace plays an active role in Mathilde's pride. ... Forrestier that she had lost her necklace, so she would rather replace it than anything else. Her pride will not let her stoop so low into apologizing and instead her pride tells her that she is capable of replacing the necklace, so she goes and replaces the missing necklace. ... Throughout the story "The Necklace," Mathilde Loisel's...
