Fate In The Necklace

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Fate is the concept of a pre-determined life by a greater power. Fate is a life without consequences. Fate is our destiny; it is uncontrollable. At some point in everyone’s life, we experience a perfect, magical moment that feels like the stars aligned for that one occasion, but it does not come free. In Guy de Maupassant’s story The Necklace, fate grants the perfect wish for the ultimate price. Mathilde is a peasant in France, yet she dreams of riches and desires sparkly, rare gems like any normal girl. She spends her days captivated by her own fantasies. Mathilde believed that “fate had blundered over her, into a family of artisans” (Maupassant). Her destiny was to be a part of a normal family and not an aristocratic family. Mathilde would never have the chance to escape her bondage and fulfill her fantasies. / …show more content…

Mathilde only had average clothing, furniture, and possessions. When Mathilde’s husband received an invitation to attend a ball, Mathilde did not want to attend because she would not be the center of attention. Mathilde manipulated her husband to get the precious items she desired. Just as fate had planned, Mathilde borrowed a lavish, diamond necklace from her noble friend.
Maupassant describes Mathilde at the party as, “the prettiest of them all, elegant, gracious, smiling, and mad with joy. She danced with delight, with passion, intoxicated with pleasure, thinking of nothing, in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her success, in a sort of cloud of happiness made up of all these tributes.” Fate granted Mathilde a glimpse of the lifestyle she hopelessly desired. Fate entices mortals to grasp the most unreachable illusion; it provides a false hope for

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