During the end of short stories sometimes the ending can have the reader in either disbelief or complete satisfaction. Us as readers, end up saying “That’s just right” or “That was the perfect ending”. For others, readers are left in utter shock wishing for a better conclusion. Moving along, two short stories known as “The Necklace” and “The False Gems” by Guy de Maupassant both similar in ways, unleashed two different ending satisfaction levels. While I found “The Necklace” conclusion to be quite indulging, “The False Gems” ending was more imperfect. To start off, as readers, preference plays a major role into how one feels about a specific story line. The theme in The False Gems by Guy de Maupassant reveals that virtuous living is not …show more content…
In “The Necklace” Maupassant serves an ending in which is not only shocking but well deserved. With a similar theme as “The False Gems”, beauty is within, the author gives readers the non-expected also while expected. Coupled with this, Mme. Loisel throughout the entire story is an ungrateful, envious, spoiled person. She is highly uncontented with her current level of caste and constantly wants more. After her husband gives her 400 francs she wishes for more to support her materialistic beauty. When Mme. Loisel borrows the necklace from her friend she later loses it and lies about it to her acquaintance. With this, a deeper problem is issued. In the end the money Loisel paid to buy a new necklace was much more than its original worth, a difference of 22000 francs! Towards the ending this was very satisfying because appreciation is important. Within the 10 years Mme. Loisel lost her beauty, youth, and confidence. Together with this, some things are priceless and once it’s gone it will not come back. Maupassant symbolized the jewls, and with this readers can understand that youth is a gift and confidence is within. Therefore Madame Loisel’s ending was what she deserved for her actions and I found it to be
5. (CP) Madame Loisel borrows seemingly expensive necklace to satisfy her arrogance and attend a party that was way above her social class, only to lose it. She has been blessed with physical beauty, but not with the lifestyle she desires. She may not be the ideal protagonist, but she went through a tough time after she lost the necklace and had to make money to replace it.
In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant the character Madame Loisel was always longing for expensive possessions, larger
Other details in the story also have a similar bearing on Mathilde’s character. For example, the story presents little detail about the party scene beyond the statement that Mathilde is a great “success” (7)—a judgment that shows her ability to shine if given the chance. After she and Loisel accept the fact that the necklace cannot be found, Maupassant includes details about the Parisian streets, about the visits to loan sharks, and about the jewelry shop in order to bring out Mathilde’s sense of honesty and pride as she “heroically” prepares to live her new life of poverty. Thus, in “The Necklace,” Maupassant uses setting to highlight Mathilde’s maladjustment, her needless misfortune, her loss of youth and beauty, and finally her growth as a responsible human being.
It is said that “everything that shines isn't gold.” A difficult situation can result a vast illusion that is not what one thought it would be, which leads to disappointment and despair. Just like Guy De Maupassant stories, “The Necklace” and “The Jewel.” In the first story, the protagonist, Mathilde Loisel’s need for materialistic fulfillment causes her hard labor which ends her natural beauty. In the second story, the husband Monsieur Latin ends up living a dreadful life due to the passing of his wife and her admiration for jewels. “The Necklace” and “The Jewel” both share many similarities such as the unconditional love each husband haves toward their wife, the necessity each wife haves towards materialistic greed, the beautiful allurement
Happy endings are everyone’s favorite. They are so perfect, yet so dull. The reader can sometimes find itself more intrigued by the difficulties that a character faces than by the happiness the character achieves. The audience wants to feel the characters, not just see them. With her unique structure and style, Margaret Atwood undermines character complexity and their actions to favor the fact that all stories end the same way and what matters is how and why they get to that point. This is the theme Margaret Atwood conveys throughout her short story “Happy Endings”.
I read two different short stories, both of which that had very valuable lessons and unique story lines. One short story did not interest me much, but the other one did. Both of these short stories had themes, they both had the theme of tradition and appearance. Even though both of these short stories are somewhat true, I found a great interest and value in The Necklace. The other short story was The Lottery which was the one that did not interest me much or give me any sense of value or a life lesson.
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.
Around the world, values are expressed differently. Some people think that life is about the little things that make them happy. Others feel the opposite way and that expenses are the way to live. In Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace”, he develops a character, Madame Loisel, who illustrates her different style of assessments. Madame Loisel, a beautiful woman, lives in a wonderful home with all the necessary supplies needed to live. However, she is very unhappy with her life. She feels she deserves a much more expensive and materialistic life than what she has. After pitying herself for not being the richest of her friends, she goes out and borrows a beautiful necklace from an ally. But as she misplaces the closest thing she has to the life she dreams of and not telling her friend about the mishap, she could have set herself aside from ten years of work. Through many literary devices, de Maupassant sends a message to value less substance articles so life can be spent wisely.
Loisel and many others in today’s society posses pertaining to luxury and social status, the dynamic characteristics of Mme. Loisel can be observed throughout the story. During the opening of the novella Mme. Loisel is characterized as discouraged, self-conscious and frustrated. Maupassant characterizes her by saying “she was as unhappy as though she had really fallen from her proper station” and later describing how “she suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries.” (33) This is notable because midway through the novella Mme. Loisel’s characteristics seem to completely change once she gets her hands on a necklace to wear out that she perceives as valuable. Mme. Loisel goes from claiming, “there’s nothing more humiliating than to look poor among other women who are rich.” to suddenly remaining “lost in ecstasy at the sight of herself” once she adds her friends expensive looking diamond necklace to her outfit. (35) Maupassant also details how (Mme Loisel) “sprang upon the neck of her friend, kissed her passionately, then fled with her treasure.” (35) This type of affection being shown by Mme Loisel is in great contrast with the disdain and contempt she looked upon her husband with in the earlier pages of the novella. When Mme Loisel is at the ball, Maupassant describes her “forgetting all, in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her success, in a sort of cloud of happiness” (36)
The Necklace also displays distinctive realism in the use of socioeconomic influences which are essential to the plot. The major conflict in the story would be absent and the theme would not be obtainable without Mathilde Loisel’s insecurity about her own socioeconomic reputation. An example of Loisel’s self-deprivation nature is presented when she realizes she does not have a necklace, she says “I shall look absolutely no one. I would almost rather not go to the party” (Maupassant, sec. 3). Another example of the self-conflict caused by social pressure is Loisel’s immediate attempt to replace the necklace and her reluctance to speak to her friend Madame Forestier about the necklace for ten whole years. If she were not conflicted by societal pressures she might have avoided the whole situation altogether. The Necklace establishes a realistic difference in value between the necklaces and proposed clothing. Her husband proposes flowers which were valued 10 franks so in any case if she had chosen the flowers there would have been an insignificant economic loss. Her decision not to tell her friend about the necklace ends up costing her seven times the worth of the original. The roses symbolize the simpler things in life to the theme of the story. Mathilde Loisel’s withered appearance at the end
They always have some hero or good guy to make the right decisions. These stories also seem to have a kind moral to the story that usually can be helpful to the everyday person. Common morals of these could be anything from “Dream Big” to “Face Your Fears”. However, “The False Gems” doesn’t follow the typical guidelines that some stories might have. It shows a moral that happiness sometimes can be found by concealing the truth. This is something that is not shown in most children books. If anything, a common message would be to always tell the truth. It seems that Maupassant wanted to go against normal morality and almost wanted to show the readers a splash of reality. Showing that he was tired of typical meanings and ending to stories and decided to have the story end with tragedy and non-typical
In the short story “The Necklace”, the main character, Loisel, is a woman who dreams of greater things in her life. She is married to a poor clerk who tries his best to make her happy no matter what. In an attempt to try to bring happiness to his wife, he manages to get two invitations to a very classy ball, but even in light of this Loisel is still unhappy. Even when she gets a new dress she is still unhappy. This lasts until her husband suggests she borrows some jewelry from a friend, and upon doing so she is finally happy. Once the ball is over, and they reach home, Loisel has the horrible realization that she has lost the necklace, and after ten years of hard labor and suffering, they pay off debts incurred to get a replacement. The central idea of this story is how something small can have a life changing effect on our and others life’s. This idea is presented through internal and external conflicts, third person omniscient point of view, and the round-dynamic character of Loisel. The third person limited omniscient point-of-view is prevalent throughout this short story in the way that the author lets the reader only see into the main character’s thoughts. Loisel is revealed to the reader as being unhappy with her life and wishing for fancier things. “She suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries.” (de Maupassant 887) When her husband tries to fancy things up, “she thought of dainty dinners, of shining silverware, of tapestry which peopled the walls…” (de Maupassant 887) As the story goes on her point of view changes, as she “now knew the horrible existence of the needy. She took her part, moreover all of a sudden, with heroism.” (de Maupassant 891) Having the accountability to know that the “dreadful debt must be paid.” (de Maupassant 891 ) This point-of-view is used to help the reader gain more insight to how Loisel’s whole mindset is changed throughout her struggle to pay off their debts. Maupassant only reveals the thoughts and feelings of these this main character leaving all the others as flat characters. Loisel is a round-dynamic character in that Maupassant shows how she thought she was born in the wrong “station”. “She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was as unhappy as though she had really fallen from her proper station.
Light and shade, rendered through oil paint, make possible the tactility of the material world which then results in the viewer to have “the impulse to read the images realistically [and thus arise their] desire to read them as moralizing texts warning [them] against lust, greed, and various other canonical sins”. In many biblical paintings, the amount of light exposure may be symbolic of the presence of a holy being in the room. In comparison to the Woman Holding a Balance, there is direct sunlight hitting the woman’s frontal portion of her body, almost reminiscent of an Annunciation scene. The light from the window line up at the same axis facing towards her, directing the viewer’s attention directly at the woman. Similar to Woman holding
Emily Wright Mrs. Jacovino English I H 12 October 2017 Madame Loisel’s Downfall It is said, “She was one of those pretty, charming young women who are born, as if by an error of Fate, into a petty official’s family”(de Maupassant 333). Because of this error of Fate, the comely Madame Loisel goes through a dynamic change throughout the story, “The Necklace,” which takes place in Paris, France, in the late 1800’s. The story, by Guy de Maupassant, centers on Madame Loisel, a young French woman, who is poor in her station in life, but rich in pride.
In the short story “The Necklace” the author Guy de Maupassant Puts MMe. Loisel in a lot of problems and she has to figure out way to get out of them. MMe. Loisel goes through a lot of problems but I’m only going to tell you three of them and how MMe. Loisel Finds ways to fix them. The first one is that she was very unhappy with her life so her husband get an invitation to a dance. The second one is that she didn't have a dress to wear to the dance. So MMe. Loisel husband gives her four hundred francs to buy a new one. The third one was even though she got the new dress she was still sad because she didn't have a gem or jewels to wear with it. So MMe. Loisel goes and asks a close friend to lend her some.