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Literary analysis over guy de maupassant "the necklace
Summary of the necklace by guy de maupassant
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In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter, and “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst they all have an overall lesson. The lesson that I found in these three stories is to not get caught up in the moment. In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant Mme. Loisel got so caught up in the moment of getting so much attention that she did not even notice the necklace was gone until it was too late. “She danced madly, ecstatically, drunk in pleasure with no thought for anything in the triumph of her beauty.” If Mme. Loisel would've been more cautious and not so caught up in the moment then she would not have lost the necklace in the first place. In “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter Andy got so caught up to be in
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“Guy de Maupassant’s, “The Necklace”, is about a young couple who discovers the upper society appears to sparkles like a real diamond necklace, but in reality it is not always true. A decision that seems to protect their integrity turns out to tarnish it – like a fake necklace. However, through ironic insights we witness drama, character revelations and experience surprise” (Clugston, 2010) .The Necklace is told from a 3rd person point of view with limited omniscience. The title suggests that the plot will center on a necklace. So, naturally we, the audience or reader wants to know what the significance of the necklace is. After reading the story I believe that Maupassant used the necklace to symbolize the upper society or wealth. Another symbol that the necklace represents is appearance. In the story Mme. Loisel was a beautiful young woman that had admirers at the reception. She made all the attendees believe she was from...
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As Laurell K Hamilton once said, “death is the last intimate thing we ever do”. It comes in different ways and at different times, but death comes for all of us. In Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening, Edna is faced with enormous heartache and desperation that she feels she has no other choice but to take her own life. This is paralleled in The Tooth and The Lottery, two short stories by Shirley Jackson. Both stories feature a character who is met with their death at unexpected moments in their lives, but in very different situations. The event of death plays a central role in these three works.
Values are spread all around the world, and many people’s values differ. These can lead to people being judged, or indirectly characterized by other people. In “The Necklace” Mme. Loisel is a beautiful woman with a decent life, and a husband that loves her, and only wants to make her happy. She is not rich but she makes it along, she insists of a better, wealthier life. When her husband gets her invited to a ball, she feels the need for a brand new fancy dress and tons of jewelry. When the couple realizes they cannot afford jewelry as well, they search out to borrow her friend, Mme. Forestiers’ necklace. She comes to notice she no longer has the necklace on when she leaves the ball. This later troubles her, as she has to work for a long time to collect enough money to buy a new necklace. This story describes the relationship between a couple, who have different dreams, and how desires can revamp your life. Guy de Maupassant, the author of “The Necklace” uses literary devices to prove people come before materialistic items.
“The Necklace” ends up to be a very ironic story as it explains why valuing the more important things in life can be very effective towards a person’s happiness. One example of the story’s irony is when she is at the party dressed as a beautiful and fancy woman. ‘She danced madly, wildly, drunk with pleasure, giving no thought to anything in the triumph of her beauty, the pride of her success…’ (pg 193). This is a form of dramatic irony because Guy explains earlier that Mme. Loisel is just a middle class woman who dreams of a wealthy life, but she is just alluding herself as a luxurious woman. Another example of irony in the story is when Madame found out that the necklace was paste. On page 196, Mme. Forestier, Ma...
Not all ‘spiritual’ art is in an abstracted form because it may be of ‘sacredness’ to one, a really good example of this is Kathe Kollwitz and her piece ‘Woman with dead child’ (see appendix B).’This piece shows a naked woman enveloping a child’s body, which is Kollwitz and her son Peter who died in the First World War; her expressive eyebrows silently communicate her explosive feelings’ (Bretman,S. 2015); the woman’s body language also communicates her deep sorrow, like the way her crossed over leg is not on the floor it is pulling the child even closer. Looking at this piece at first glance one might not be able to see ‘spiritual’ art or anything that may have to do with the above quote; but once one knows the background of the this piece
The theme of the story, is to show honesty and be yourself and not someone that others expect you to be. Maupassant gives a very clear picture of this in his tale. In “The Necklace”, a poor couple are given a chance of a life time when a message arrives from Ministry of Education. This message asked the Losiel’s to “…. do them the honor of attending an evening reception at the Ministerial Mansion….” (170) Even with this rare occasion invite, Mme Loisel was very ungrateful as she had nothing to wear and throws the invitation to the ground. At this time, her husband decided to allow her to purchase a beautiful gown for this event. This still is not good enough for Mme. Loisel's she has no jewels to wear, and she make a selfish decision to borrow something that she feels is nearly impossible to replace. The author continues to show how material items can take over a person’s self esteem and confidence (which many can relate to)
The story of “The Necklace” is compared to a high school picture called “High School, Red Cloud, Nebr” by Chas. Cotting. The story is about a girl named Mathilde Loisel who marries a clerk. She desperately wants to be rich, “feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury,” and imagines having servants, famous and sought after men “whose homage roused every other woman’s envious longings,” and delicate feasts with gleaming silverware (The Necklace, 1-2). Mathilde is later invited to a party hosted by affluent people and she refuses to attend unless she can purchase an expensive ball gown and borrow expensive jewelry to wear to the party. While there are different, more apparent themes in the story, there are also several significant traits that are seen with young females and the high school culture such as the need for admiration, the emphasis on appearances, and the longing to belong to the affluent group and being sought after by the popular males “whose homage roused every other woman’s
The moral of Guy de Maupassant’s story “The Necklace” seems to be suggested by the line, “What would have happened if Mathilde had not lost the necklace?” If Mathilde had not lost the necklace, or in fact, even asked to borrow the necklace, she and Mr. Loisel would not of been in debt ten long years. Because Mathilde had to borrow the necklace to make herself and others like her better her and Mr. Loisel’s economic situation had become worse than it already was. I think that the moral of the story is that people need to be happy with what they have and not be so greedy.