THE PLOT

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THE NECKLACE

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l f at the ball

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t ryof Public Instr ucti on

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t hil debuysadressandborrows adiomandnecklacef ro
mher f ri end,MadamForest ier

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e ball

CHARACTERS
5

MAIN CHARACTER

MATHILDE
LOISEL
Attractive,
charming, pretty

She is beautiful woman.

Discontented,
Unhappy

She is not happy with her life and her marriage

to a low clerk.

Selfish and
considerate

She want her husband to give her money,

which he has saved to buy a gun, so that she
can buy the dress for the ball.

Determined

When she wants something, she will make sure

she get it.

Ungrateful, greedy

Materialistic

She is not grateful with what she has. She needs

more that she can afford

She dreams of having the riches and luxuries

MONSIEUR LOISEL

Loving, caring, patient

He loves his wife and

is willing to do thing
for her in order to
make her happy

Kind, thoughtful

Unselfish, selfless

He tries to please his

wife

He sacrifices the money

that he saved to buy a
gun, so that his wife
can buy a dress for the
ball

MADAME FORESTIER

RICH

GENERIOUS

SYMPATHETI
C

She has a lot have jewellery and she borrow Mathilde a

necklace.

She willing to help Mathilde and allow Mathilde to borrow

a necklace from her.

-She sympathy with Mathildes condition when she meet

Mathilde after ten years.
-She take care about Mathilde