Unpretty In The Necklace

In the necklace the girl wanted to go to a dance but she had know dress or jewelry to addentend the dance. “She had no proper wardrobe, no jewels,nothing. And those were the only things that she loved-she felt she was made for them.” She felt like she was nothing without the jewels even no that is not something she needed but wanted. She felt as if she would have gotten made fun of for being poor or lower class. As shown in the quote… “No… there is nothing more humiliating than to look poverty-stricken among a lot of rich women.”

When she is given the opportunity to dress in extravagant clothing and act like she is wealthy, she found a “sense of triumph that is so sweet to a woman’s heart” (3). Mathilda Loisel’s change from the exposition of the short story to the rising action is dramatic. The reader’s first impression of the character is that she is unhappy and resentful but at the party she comes off just the opposite. She was joyful and “danced wildly, with passion, drunk on pleasure, forgetting everything in the triumph of her beauty” (3). Mathilda Loisel’s true character starts to reveal itself when the reader sees how much value she puts in possessions.

She thinks that because her friend is rich and beautiful, that her material items would extend with that wealth. Instead, it shows Madame that even the richest of people do not always have to have genuine items. Madame realizes that she does have fun at the party even if she is not wearing all authentic things, the opposite of what she thinks she is wearing. A third ironic happening, is when she has been working to pay off the money for the necklace for a decade. Madame clearly admits to her friend on page 196 how she loses the necklace, and has been paying it back for ten years. As someone is reading the story, they will find it silly how Mme. is working for something when she is usually having people, mostly her husband, do things for her. Instead, she is working to pay off the money that she has spent on a replacement necklace. The turnout of the story changes Madame’s views on how silly, textile items, are not always needed for someone to be happy.

In the story "The Necklace", we learn about an envious middle class woman named Mme. Loisel who is "ashamed of her social standing" and constantly dreams about a life full of riches that she would never have despite how charming and beautiful she was. She also shows her

Deleterious effects on the world are why we have so many problems in my life. Many people do these acts and never think twice about what they are contending to the world. Numerous acts of deleterious were found in the short story “The Necklace” such as lies, fear, and assumptions. Details from the short story contribute to the real world in so many ways. From the lies Mme. Forestier told to Mathilde, the fear in Mathilde and her husbands hearts, and the assumptions of the male astrals at the reception.

Irony is a tool an author uses to keep his story entertaining. The story the necklace is a perfect example of how to use situational irony to keep the reader engaged. This use of irony has a profound effect on the readers experience allowing them to better connect with the characters Situational irony is when you expect one thing to happen and something else happens instead. I found a case of this irony in The Necklace. All Mrs. Loisel wanted to be was rich, but when she lost the necklace, she borrowed money and bought a real one.

She is intensely involved in the materialistic value of everything she owns, or wears. For example, “I'm utterly miserable at not having any jewels, not a single stone, to wear," she replied. "I shall look absolutely no one. I would almost rather not go to the party"’ (2). She feels that if she isn’t to be the star of the party then she is to be no one.

"No . . . there's nothing so humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women." Sounds like this person wants to look fancy. This is a story about a woman and a necklace and a ball. When a high maintenance women, named Matilda, gets invited to the Ambassador's ball she rushes to look fancy and rich.

In the story, "The Necklace," Matilde is a middle class woman who can't come to terms with her position as she dreams of having a graceful and rich life. The irony here is her fate. She would love other women to envy her. When her husband comes home with an invitation to a fancy dinner, her first thought is of her appearance. Although her husband offers to buy her a new dress, she still feels that she will appear shabby without jewelry for the rich people to see. He suggests that she borrow something from her friend. She borrows a beautiful necklace. She's a hit at the party and enjoys herself very much. Unfortunately, somewhere between the party and the ride home, she lost the necklace. The most ironic part of the story without

“ ‘It's embarrassing not to have a jewel or gem… I’ll look like a pauper: I'd almost rather not go to that party,” she was too concerned about her looks. She had to have a jewel in order to go, so she borrowed a necklace from a wealthy friend. If she didn't care about her looks as much less would have happened. “The necklace was gone…that frightful debt had to be paid. She would pay it.”

The theme for “The Necklace,” a short story by Guy de Maupassant, is “Always be grateful for what you have because you never know what you have until you lose it.” This theme fits “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, because it shows how the main character did not appreciate what she had, instead she wished for more and constantly compared herself to the rich lifestyle that she obsessed over and wished was her own. The first quote “I’ll look like a pauper: I’d almost rather not go to that party” (Maupassant 171). This quote explains and shows how nothing is good enough for her

Mr. Loisel was obviously excited the day that The Chancellor of Education had invited them to an exquisite dinner. Surely he thought that this was finally a way that he could provide an outlet for Mathilde's deepest desires. Unfortunately, instead of being thrilled as he had predicted, Mathilde acted like a spoiled child, throwing the invitation on the table. "She had no decent dresses, no jewels, nothing. And she loved nothing but these; she believed herself born only for these" (5). She couldn't have been more manipulative than when she began to cry about not having anything to wear. Of course Mr. Loisel suddenly fell into her trap and suddenly decided to give her all of the money in his savings account to buy her a new dress. Most would assume that she'd be satisfied at this point; her husband has just made a huge financial sacrifice for her. However, as time drew near to the night of the party, she became insecure and restless because she thought she would look poor if she didn't have any fancy jewels to wear; she thought she'd look like a beggar. `I'd almost rather not go to the party (30)", she said.

This excerpt shows how more emphasis is put on women’s appearance and its keep up, and also shows the negative connotation of this prettiness; it is associated with shallowness. Not only is there an assumption that women spend much of their time on their appearance, but also there is the connected fact that others pay more attention to their appearance than their other character traits. This is still a reality of today as can be seen on the red carpet. Female celebrities have a whole industry devoted to making them look fashionable and pretty for events. The focus of these events becomes what they’re wearing rather than their work as actresses and singers.

“The Necklace”, by Guy de Maupassant, is an interesting tale of a beautiful but spoiled woman called Madame Loisel, who borrows a diamond necklace from a friend for a ball. However, Madame Loisel loses the necklace and, consequently, buys her friend a new one as a replacement. This purchase sends her into debt for ten years, which causes her to become hard-working and less beautiful. At the end of the story, it turns out that the original necklace was a fake, worth a fraction of the one she bought. In “The Necklace”, the author uses friendship and marriage to support the idea that, in any relationship, the flaws and strengths of each individual shape the flaws and strengths of the other.

To begin, in both “The Necklace” and “Cinderella” clothes represent social class. Madame Loisel is a middle class woman who is extremely unhappy with her life and dreams of being in a more luxurious class. With no dowry and having been born into the middle class, Mathilde has no way of changing her social class. However, clothes help to mask her identity. After finding the piece of jewelry that would perfect Madame Loisel’s look, she began, “Clasping it [the necklace] around her throat, outside her high necked dress …” (Maupassant 212). Even though Madame Loisel was not in the upper class, by wearing the gorgeous necklace and the beautiful dress, it helps to hide her true identity. The clothing she wears helps to distract the richer people from what class she truly was in and changes her social class for the amount of time that she was at the party. Clothing helps to change someone’s appearance and allows someone to become another person for that day. Similarly, social class is also represented by clothes in “Cinderella”. Cinderella is an upper class woman who is treated horribly by her whole family, which causes her to feel she is in a lower class. Being born by rich parents, Cinderella is in the upper class, no matter what or how her family will treat her. However,