THE NECKLACE

BY: GUY de MAUPASSANT

MARYAM TAHIR
NUR AZLINDA AZMAN
GIAM CHUI YI
LAVENIA A/P RAMESH
 THEMES
• THOUGH POOR LOISELS ARE
HONEST PEOPLE.
HONESTY
• THEY WORK HARD TO REPLACE THE
NECKLACE.

• LOISEL TRIED TO MAKE MATHILDE

A GOOD HAPPY.
HUSBAND • ALWAYS THERE FOR MATHILDE.

VANITY IS
FOOLISH AND • DESIRE TOO MUCH OF WEALTH
DANGEROUS
 SETTING

PARIS ( 19TH
CENTURY)

MINISTRY OF
CHAMPS PUBLIC
ELYSEES INSTRUCTION’S
PLACE

MDM
SEINE FOESTIER’S
HOUSE
 CHARACTERIZATION

Characters in this story:

Madame
Monsieur Madame
Mathilde
Liosel Forestier
Liosel
 The Main Character:Madame Mathilde
Liosel

Before the loss of the necklace:

Unhappy and dissatisfied Irritated and

with her life ungrateful

Self-centered Too much

Materialistic
and vain pride
After the loss of the necklace

Hardworking
and humble
Responsible
Supporting Character: Monsieur Liosel
(Mathilde’s husband)

Simple

Kind and
willing to Patient
sacrifice

Practical Resourceful
Supporting Character: Madame Frostier

Rich

Sympathe
Generous
tic
 PLOT
Mathilde was dissatisfied with her
life as the wife of a clerk.
One day, the Loisels were invited
to a ball.Mathilde was unhappy
because she had no gown or
jewellery.Loisel let her buy a new
gown and she borrowed a
diamond necklace from Madame
Forestier
On the grand party, Mathilde was
the most pretty. She enjoyed the
ball.After the ball, she found that
the necklace was missing.
Loisels hunted everywhere but
could not find it. The Loisels
borrowed money to buy another
neklace that looked like the lost
necklace and gave it to Madame
Forestier.
After that the Loisels lived in
poverty and worked hard to pay off
their debt. It took ten years. The
hard life changed Mathilde’s looks
and character.
One day, Mathilde met Madame
Forestier and told her friend the
truth about the necklace.Mathilde
learnt that the necklace she had
borrowed was actually a fake.
 MORAL VALUES

Money
We have to We should
cannot buy
be honest pay our debts
happiness
We should
A friend helps measure others
at all times by their social
status
 OPINION
It is interesting throughout It warns us against the
the whole story. folly of materialism.

I like this story

because…

It shows how people can It shows that what ever

change for the better we are having is already
when faced with trouble. more than enough.