Essays on The Necklace

An Analysisi of Guy de Maupassants “the Necklace”Guy de Maupassant’s ;The Necklace;During the course of Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace,” the main character, Matilda Loisel, makes a number of ironic discoveries. In addition, there are other discoveries that the reader makes but Matilda does not. The discovery that forms the story’s climax concerns…

In the story “The Necklace” the author’s theme is to show us that greed and envy can lead to destruction. In this story Mathilde is a very envious woman whom always dreamed of a life that she could not have. She was very charming and beautiful woman who thought that she must have been born…

Mathlide Loisel is a character who has much pride in her. It is her motivation to act throughout the story, and it is the key to her downfall. Mathlide downfall comes into place when she does not tell Mrs. Forrestier that she lost her necklace. Mathlide does not gush out confessions and prostrating herself while…

The theme of Guy de Maupassant story “The Necklace” seems tosuggested by the line, “What would happened if Mathilde had not lost thenecklace?” During the Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace”, themain character, Mathilde Loisel, makes a number of ironic discoveries. Theironic elements were the results of her expectations and desires werecontrast to her…

In this essay, I will show how the author, Guy De Maupassant, characterizes Mathilde Loisel as a selfish, greedy, and manipulative person who thought only of herself. I will also show how her selfishness affected other characters in the story. My first example of Mathilde Loisels selfishness is She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing….

The necklace: Luxury a want or a needLuxury in life is treated more as a necessity that a want. When in life luxuries should be wants. People think that having exotic and expensive things makes them a better person. People also like to say that they need that thing when they really dont. This is…

Many people born into the middle to lower class of society come to accept their lot in life and make the best of it, Mathilde, the main character in Guy de Maupassants short story, The Necklace, is not one of these people. Mathilde felt that she was attractive and that fate must have made a…

There are four settings in this story. The first setting is Madam Loisels Apartment where every day after she lost the “diamond” necklace she labored herself. The second setting was Madam Forestier’s where Madam Loisel got the “diamond”necklace. The next scene s the large ball room where they had the banquet and had the best…

The Necklace I believe that Mathilde is materialistic and selfish. She took away happiness both from herself and her husband because “she burned with the desire to please, to be envied, to be attractive and sought after. ” This desire led to her downfall and her husband’s misery. I am in no way able to…

The Necklace: The Downfall of Mathilde Loisel EssayChad PughEnglish 2025Dr. BoveyJealousy and envy are among the greatest of sins and have been the downfall of many. Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is the story of a woman who isovercome with jealousy and envy. Mathilde Loisel feels she has been cheated bylife from all of the wonderful things…