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The Necklace

• By Guy de Maupassant

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Setting

• Time late 1800s 10 years
• Place Paris, France
• P.D.
• Poverty of their home vs. grandeur of her dreams.
• The Party

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Plot

• Madame Loisel is unhappy about her station in
  life
• In order to appease her, Monsieur Loisel gets her
  invited to a party
• She is the belle of the ball and enjoys being so
• Her sorrows return when she loses the necklace
  she has borrowed
• She and her husband buy a replacement and work 10
  years to pay back the debt
• Madame Loisel has aged before her time. She
  encounters Madame Forestier who tells her the
  necklace she borrowed was a fake.

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Characterization

• Mathilde Loisel
• Attractive, no chance at reaching a high social
  status
• Anguished for the good life
• Longed for jewels, beautiful clothes felt
  sorrow, regret and despair over what she didnt
  have
• After the necklace is lost, she comes to know the
  awful life of the poverty stricken lower class
• Ages hard in 10 years
• Monsieur Loisel
• Mathildes husband enjoys life comfortable
  with his status
• Sacrifices his pleasure for that of his wifes
• Doesnt enjoy the party as his wife does
• Loss of the necklace ages him five years, he says
  they must replace it
• Borrows and comprimises his career working two
  jobs in a 10 year period
• Madame Forestier
• Lends necklace to Mathilde
• The necklace is lost and replaced
• She tells mathilde that the necklace was a fake

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Conflict and Resolution

• Man vs. AF
• The Loisels vs. Fate
• Mathilde never becomes high class but it
  subjected to poverty to pay a debt. Monsieur
  Loisel tries to make his wife happy, but finds
  himself paying an unnecessary debt due to the
  choices he makes

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Theme

• Always tell the truth
• Appreciate all you have
• How strange and fickle life is. How little it
  takes to break you!
• Things are not always what they seem

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Literary Elements Techniques

• Point of View 3rd person omnicient
• Irony
• The borrowed necklace is fake
• The invitation makes Mdm. Loisel upset
• The new dress costs 400 francs and so would M.s
  new gun