Greedy Quotes

Sly and Greedy In Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Diamond Necklace”, Madame Loisel acts in a sly way to get what she wants. Sly means that she is being very smart in a mischievous way, and she is doing that to get money. In the story Madame Loisel needs to go and buy a dress for a fancy outing, she says, ““I don't know exactly, but I think I could do it on four hundred francs.” He grew slightly pale, for this was exactly the amount he had been saving for a gun…” (Maupassant). This quote shows that she is sly because she knows that it is the exact amount that he was saving up. She is asking no less and no more, and she knows that he has that money to give to her. Madame Loisel gets her dress, but she doesn’t have enough money for jewelry. She complains to Mr. Loisel, ““I'm utterly miserable at not having any jewels, not a single stone, to wear,” she replied. “I shall look absolutely no one. I would almost rather not go to

Madame Loisel thinks only of herself, “She had a rich friend, an old school friend whom she refused to visit, because she suffered so keenly when she returned home.” (Maupassant). This sentence displays her greediness because she refuses to see her friend because her friend is more wealthy than her. She cannot be around her friend, whom makes Madame Loisel seem small, and makes her wanting more. Madame Loisel searches for jewelry at her friend’s house, “She tried the effect of the jewels before the mirror, hesitating, unable to make up her mind to leave them, to give them up. She kept on asking, “Haven't you anything else?”” (Maupassant). The quote supports the idea that Madame Loisel is greedy because she is searching for a jewel that is above all, and is very expensive. She keeps asking if she has more, because she is eager for something that will make her look rich and famous. In summary, Madame Loisel’s character in the short story is sly and