How Does Madame Loisel Belong In The Upper Class

In Guy De Maupassant's “the Necklace,” Mr. Loisel supports his wife, Matilda, and her materialistic longing. Throughout the story, readers will find him spending countless amounts of time and money to fulfill her high class living ambition. Despite his wife's greed and pride, his love towards her never fades. De Maupassant reveals the character of Mr. Loisel through Mr. Loisel's commitment, hard work and love towards his wife Matilda.

In the beginning of the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant the character Mathilde Loisel is a woman that has serious insecurity issues and a woman who feels entitled and deserving of luxury. As the story progresses Madame Loisel learns a life lesson and is forced to change her perspective on life and is now more content with life and bold. It is easy to say that Madame Loisel is unappreciative and greedy she is equally an insecure woman. “She longed to be desired to be wildly attractive and sought after.”

The short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is about a young beautiful woman named, Mathilde who was born into a family of clerks but despite her station believed she deserved to live a life of wealth and luxury. She always dreamed of living a glamorous lifestyle; attending glamorous parties, engaging in charming conversations, and being admired by many. This story is set in France during the late 1900s. In this time women could not work for their status. A woman’s status was solely determined on who she married. To Mathilde’s disappointment, she married into the middle class. Every day she is tortured by the reality of her life. Her husband, Monsieur Loisel, is content with his status and belongings, unlike his wife, and works exceedingly hard to make Mathilde happy even if it means sacrificing his own. A necklace is a small item that turns out to be Madame and Monsieur’s ultimate status downfall. Guy de Maupassant uses imagery, symbolism, and irony to show how greed and materialism can drastically effect one’s life and character through the protagonist, Mathilde.

She is a typical lady fixated on progressing to high society. For one night, she sneaks a look at the life she's lost when she buys a 400-franc dress and gets what she accepts to be a jewel accessory from her companion. She takes fulfillment not in the utility of these things but rather in their appearances. They make men see her at the gathering and ladies begrudge her. At last, Madame Loisel's fixation on belonging is her undoing.

In the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, the protagonist identified as Mathilde Loisel is a dynamic character who evolves from someone who is unaccepting of her socio-economic class to someone who is accepting of her socio-economic class. In the beginning, Mathilde looks around her house before having dinner with her husband and she does not enjoy what she sees. After noticing the dirty walls, worn-out chairs and ugly curtains and all the other hideous features and furniture of her house, she “suffer[s] from the poverty of her house”(1) and she despises “all those things which tortured her and made her indignant”(1). In fact, Mathilde is exceedingly displeasant and unaccepting of her house and socio-economic class that she feels

“He who is not contented with what he has. Would not be contented with what he would like to have.” (Socrates) This quote is about the conflicting difference between contentment and desire. The basic premise is if a person is uncontrollably desiring for more wealth, what makes someone think that they will ever find the satisfaction? Especially when greed and envy can lead to self-destruction. The Necklace, written by Guy De Maupassant depicts selfishness and greed conveniently portrayed as instinctive human characteristics; this story reveals an individual’s relation to society, humanity, and moral responsibility. Mathilde Loisel is a middle-aged woman whose greed and ambition had taken over, due to the fact that she is committed to the belief that she will find contentment in a higher economic and social status. Mme. Loisel possessed an easily distinguishable string of character flaws which contributed to the loss of the

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

Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace shows the importance of being content with one’s life through the characters Madam Loisel, Monsieur Loisel, Madam Forestier. Madam Loisel struggles to find happiness in her life due to her desire to always have more. When Monsieur Loisel excitedly gave Madam Loisel an invitation to a fancy party, she “flung the invitation across the table” (Maupassant 1); She questioned her husband what exactly she was supposed to do with it because she did not have a fancy enough dress. The day of the party, Madam Loisel is sad because she doesn’t have any jewelry to wear, “not a single stone” (2).

The short story“The Necklace” by Gui de Maupassant follows Madame Loisel and her husband who are living in the middle-class during the rise of the middle class in Paris, France.There are many different examples of irony throughout the short story, demonstrating Maupassant's talent at commenting on the society in which he was immersed in. The theme of “The Necklace” is revealed through the character Madame Loisel, irony, and symbolism.

Now consider the role of Mathilde Loisel in “The Necklace”. She constantly grieves about her simple life and fantasizes about extravagant life style with rich people and food surrounding her. Her husband is a simple man and is satisfied with his life. He appreciates her for the food which is cooked and never complains. Being in the Ministry of Education their lifestyle is modest. Mathilde is not satisfied on the other hand even when her husband proudly announces that they have been invited at a formal party held by the Ministry of Education. The irony in the story is more or less the same with regard to the female characters. Mathilde cries and gets her prize in the form of a dress but she is never satisfied. She wants jewelry as well. The necklace that she borrows from Madame Forestier teaches her a lesson of life. Since she is not familiar with the real jewelry she picks the cheapest one from her collection and wears it to the party why she loses it. Upon not finding the jewelry her husband takes the pain of selling everything out just to purchase an identical necklace worth 40,000 francs which leaves them poverty stricken for the next ten years during which her husband does three jobs and

In the short story, “The Necklace,” Guy de Maupassant tells the story of a woman who was born in a family of clerks, Mathilde Loisel. She was a charming, pretty, married lady, whom I don’t feel sorry for. Mme. Loisel was living an adequate life with her husband, M. Loisel. She has a roof over her head, clothes to cover her body, and a peasant to do her “humble housework.”

Social classes exists since the years. Some people born rich and their generation stays rich all the time, while other born poor and all their stays poor all the times. However, there are other people who move from one class to another. Sometimes this mutation depends on the individual effort. In the Diamond Necklace, Guy de Maupassant describe the life of Mathilde who born poor and was not happy with her situation. Since she was unable to switch her social class, she tried for all occasion to appear as rich women. In this short story, Maupassant shows in different ways why Mathilde should recognize and accept her social class and live in the level of her class. Maupassant thinks Mathilde should accept her social class because her honor does not depend to her social class. Also, she should accept her class because happiness does not depend on the materials things. Finally Mathilde should accept her social class to avoid the deterioration of her life.

The protagonist Mme. Loisel from the “The Necklace” tries to solve her problem of wanting to be a member of the upper class by going to a fancy party looking rich and ultimately learns that luxury and wealth do not buy happiness. In Maupassant’s short story, he tries to explain to the readers Mme.

Minuscule wealth, Big dreams: Women in “The Necklace” “I would always rather be happy than dignified.” This thought/idea from Charlotte Brontë is an acceptable position to bring forth portrayal of women in Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace”. Madam Loisel, the protagonist in this story, does not have a major status in public, but wishes to have more. In addition to this, even though her husband suggested her to use a simple accessory like flowers, she refuses and on top of that, shops for jewelry.

Living a life filled with greed and conceit may lead a person into living a miserable and devastating life style. In the end there will always be a consequence for avaricious actions. In the story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, Madame Mathilde Loisel was greedy in the beginning but became dependent and hardworking at the end. Throughout the beginning of the story “The Necklace” Madame Loisel was greedy and conceited.