The Short Story The Necklace English Literature Essay.
When she prepares to attend a fancy party, she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend Madame Forestier, then loses the necklace and must work for ten years to pay off a replacement. Her one night of radiance cost her and Monsieur Loisel any chance for future happiness. Read an in-depth analysis of Mathilde Loisel.
The symbolism of the necklace is revealed at the end. Mme Loisel has degraded herself, worked and toiled to replace something that was merely an 'imitation'. It was beautiful - like Mme Loisel, but not expensive. Maupassant shows that beauty is beauty, whatever its worth.
In “The Necklace” Madame Loisel is invited to a prestigious ball and borrows a necklace which she thought was very expensive and lost it. Madame Loisel and her husband knew that they had to replace the necklace and saved for 10 years. Madam Loisel bumps into Madame Forrestier and is told that the necklace which she thought was diamonds were.
It was at that moment that she had noticed that the necklace was missing. She and her husband had searched everywhere for it yet, the necklace was nowhere to be found. For the next ten years Monsieur Loisel and Mathilde worked their fingers to the bone to repay Mathilde’s friend for the necklace that Mathilde had carelessly lost.
Even if the necklace were real, I doubt that she would have asked the Loisel's, who were poor, to replace such an expensive item. Instead, as always, Mme Loisel tried to maintain this false pride. The Loisel's had a hard time giving up only 400 francs for dress she had worn at the ball.
I'm guessing the title of your essay goes along the lines. 'How is the character of Madame Mathilde Loisel presented in 'The Necklace'? Have 3-4 points in which you can write 'substantial' paragraphs about. The use of textual evidence and analysis is key for top marks.
Carie Pimenta English-113-02IN Instructor Roger Wooten 8 February 2015 Analysis of Mme. Loisel Mme. Loisel is the main character in a story called “The Necklace” written by Guy De Maupassant.