After reading the story, "The Jewelry," I feel it could be categorized as realistic fiction. I believe that to some degree this stroy could be true in the fact that people do have affairs. I do not think that there re many stories as these that occur in the lives of other people.
In the story, 'The Jewelry', the author undercuts the story from the very beginning. He begins the story with, "Having met the girl one evening, at the house of teh office-superintendent, M. Lantin became enveloped in love as in a net." Upon reading that line, I as the reader, was led to believe that this story was going to involve how in love he was with her. However, upon reading further we learn to believe that M. Lantin really didn't have much control over his wife. We also learn that he had two major faults with his wife. They were her love of the theater and her passion for false jewelry. .
After his wife passes away, M. Lantin begins to wonder how his wife planned and sufficed for all the household needs. He doesn't seem to be able to live the lifestyle they had lived when she was alive. Then, in desperation for money, he decides to consider selling her false jewelry. In the end, M. Lantin learns that the false jewelry was not false but real jewelry. This brings about a whole new aspect towards his wife. She possibley wasn't the pure good, quiet innocent woman the author had led us to believe. The author suggests that his wife had been having an affair because when he goes to the jewler to see how much the necklace is worth, he discovers that the necklace had been sent to his wife. Well, he obviously didn't have the necklace sent to his wife so we as the audience conclude that she wasn't faithful in the marriage. Also, M. Lantin didn't enjoy attending the theater, so the author also leads us to believe that the person who bought her this expensive jewelry, was the person with whom she was romantically ivolved.
Guy De Maupassant, the author, waits until the middle of the story to add anything in about jewelry. ... The author makes to references to jewelry in any way. ... Jewelry is finally mentioned but as fake. ... He decides to take the rest of the jewelry and sell it. ... Guy De Maupassant illustrates this point throughout the story but doesn't make the points too obvious. ...
De Maupassant shows her qualities in the introduction, the incident, and the poverty she endures. ... Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace" is situational irony written in 1884. ... It is through Matilde that Maupassant develops the story's irony. ... This, however, is not enough for Matilde; she needs jewelry. She explains that, without jewelry, she will appear "shabby in the company of rich women" (6). ...
The Necklace Summary In Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace", a couple's life was spent paying off a debt for a necklace they had borrowed and lost. ... Evaluation In "The Necklace" Guy de Maupassant seems to using a sympathetic tone; meanwhile at the same time a not so sympathetic tone. De Maupassant lets the reader fell sorry for Mme. ... All those things, of which another woman of her rank would never even have been conscious, tortured her and made her angry. (60) The descriptions that Guy de Maupassant gave about Mme. ... On the other hand, if de Maupassant did decide to us...
Guy De Maupassant in the short story "The Jewelry" writes about a man whose wife had apparently committed adultery on him. ... Lantin took the jewelry to a jewelry-store, and found out that the jewelry was in fact real M. Lantin didn't want to believe it, so he took the jewelry to another jewelry-store and there the jeweler confirmed the jewelry was real and was bought there. ... "Now this passion for the theater at last evoked in her the desire of dress" (Maupassant 9). ... In the story Maupassant writes, "Her husband, who felt shocked by this love of tinsel and show, would often say - ...
A Lesson in Life The short story "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant, is about a woman named Mathilde who daydreams of luxuries and expensive living. ... Guy de Maupassant has several accounts of irony in the short story "The Necklace." ... On page 11, in Writing About Literature, Guy de Maupassant describes the new living style for Mathilde, "She learned to do the heavy housework, dirty kitchen jobs. ... But mine was only costume jewelry. ... I think overall Maupassant was trying to teach us all a lesson in life. ...
The character of Mathilde in Guy De Maupassant's short story "The Necklace? ... Even after she has obtained the dress, she still remains unhappy because she has no nice jewelry to wear with the dress, she tells Loisel that she"ll "look like a beggar?... He suggests that she borrow jewelry from her wealthy friend Mrs. ... In Guy De Maupassant's short story "The Necklace? ...
In Guy De Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" Mathilde is unhappy, selfish, and inconsiderate. ... She is acting selfish by complaining about a dress and jewelry. ... He buys her a dress and then she complains that she doesn't have any nice jewelry to wear. ... He proposes a solution, to borrow jewelry from Mrs. ... In Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace" Mathilde is unhappy, selfish, and inconsiderate. ...
In "The Necklace," Maupassant introduces Mathilde as a charming young lady who yearns for the richness and social status of a high-class lady. ... Maupassant states "she was married by a man rich and distinguished; and she let them make a match for her " (par. 1). ... Mathilde didn't need a new dress nor did she need a fine piece of jewelry, she wanted all of those things. ...
The Necklace "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant, shows the importance of being an honest person. ... Another way that Maupassant portrays her as being dishonest is with her husband. ... Mathilde later on in the story tells her husband that she would not go to this dinner because she has no jewelry. ... The final way that Maupassant portrays Mathilde as being dishonest is with her friend. ... That is why Maupassant shows how important it is to be honest. ...
