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The Necklace: Guy de Maupassant Presenter: Vanessawiona & Annathasia
The Necklace: Guy de Maupassant Presenter: Vanessawiona & Annathasia
Guy de Maupassant
Presenter: Vanessawiona &
Annathasia
Outline
• About the author: Guy de Maupassant
a) Theme
b) Symbol
c) Characters
d) Setting
About the author
• 1850, August 5th: Born at the Château de
Miromesniel, Dieppe
war
mental disorder.
Synopsis of the story
• “The Necklace” is mainly about
Mathilde Loisel who had to work hard
for ten years to pay the debts after she
had lost the diamond necklace of Mrs
Forestier which she never knew it was
a fake one. Marxist theory was used to
analyse this story through its theme,
character, symbol and the setting.
Definition of Marxist theory