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    Mathilde Loisel is unhappy with her station in life in late 1800s Paris. When her husband procures an invitation to a lavish party, she borrows an expensive necklace to wear, believing it is real. That night, she enjoys the attention she receives at the ball. However, upon returning home she discovers the necklace is lost. Fearing repercussions, she and her husband work for 10 years to replace it, only to learn from the original owner that the necklace was fake. Mathilde ages prematurely from the hardship, learning to appreciate what she has.

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    Mathilde Loisel is unhappy with her station in life in late 1800s Paris. When her husband procures an invitation to a lavish party, she borrows an expensive necklace to wear, believing it is real. That night, she enjoys the attention she receives at the ball. However, upon returning home she discovers the necklace is lost. Fearing repercussions, she and her husband work for 10 years to replace it, only to learn from the original owner that the necklace was fake. Mathilde ages prematurely from the hardship, learning to appreciate what she has.

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    The Necklace

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    Mathilde Loisel is unhappy with her station in life in late 1800s Paris. When her husband procures an invitation to a lavish party, she borrows an expensive necklace to wear, believing it is real. That night, she enjoys the attention she receives at the ball. However, upon returning home she discovers the necklace is lost. Fearing repercussions, she and her husband work for 10 years to replace it, only to learn from the original owner that the necklace was fake. Mathilde ages prematurely from the hardship, learning to appreciate what she has.

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    “The Necklace”

    By Guy de Maupassant
    Setting:
     Time: late 1800’s; 10 years
     Place: Paris, France
     P.D.:
     Poverty of their home vs. grandeur of her
    dreams.
     The Party
    Plot:
     Madame Loisel is unhappy about her station in life
     In order to appease her, Monsieur Loisel gets her invited
    to a party
     She is the belle of the ball and enjoys being so
     Her sorrows return when she loses the necklace she has
    borrowed
     She and her husband buy a replacement and work 10
    years to pay back the debt
     Madame Loisel has aged before her time. She
    encounters Madame Forestier who tells her the necklace
    she borrowed was a fake.
    Characterization:
     Mathilde Loisel
     Attractive, no chance at reaching a high social status
     Anguished for the good life
     Longed for jewels, beautiful clothes; felt sorrow, regret and despair over what she
    didn’t have
     After the necklace is lost, she comes to know the awful life of the poverty stricken
    = lower class
     Ages hard in 10 years
     Monsieur Loisel
     Mathilde’s husband – enjoys life; comfortable with his status
     Sacrifices his pleasure for that of his wife’s
     Doesn’t enjoy the party as his wife does
     Loss of the necklace ages him five years, he says they must replace it
     Borrows and comprimises his career working two jobs in a 10 year period
     Madame Forestier
     Lends necklace to Mathilde
     The necklace is lost and replaced
     She tells mathilde that the necklace was a fake
    Conflict and Resolution:
     Man vs. AF
     The Loisels vs. Fate
     Mathilde never becomes high class but it
    subjected to poverty to pay a debt. Monsieur
    Loisel tries to make his wife happy, but finds
    himself paying an unnecessary debt due to the
    choices he makes
    Theme:
     Always tell the truth
     Appreciate all you have
     “How strange and fickle life is. How little it
    takes to break you!”
     Things are not always what they seem
    Literary Elements & Techniques
     Point of View – 3rd person omnicient
     Irony
     The borrowed necklace is fake
     The invitation makes Mdm. Loisel upset

     The new dress costs 400 francs and so would


    M.’s new gun

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