I guess she was trying to balance out her wardrobe and the scars that she had on her face. Because in the story it said her dress was too big for her to wear, in a way it seemed as if she was trying to hide her outer beauty and show more of her inner beauty. The inner beauty in someone is far more important than just appearances. Cinderella is more than just a fairytale story.
At the same time in “The Gift of the Magi”, Jim loves his wife so much that he will do anything to please her. In fact, he would sell his watch to buy her a set of combs for her magnificent hair. On the hand, Della sold her hair to buy a chain to her husband to accompany his gold watch. Both stories turn out to be ironic because first of all, Monsieur Loisel’s sacrifice was not worth it
Della hair is not the most important thing to her her husband is. On the other hand Mathilde charter in “The Necklace” cares more about social class then money. She shows this when she asked for money to buy a dress. “Finally she answered hesitatingly, “I’m not sure exactly but I think with four hundred francs I could manage it… However he said All right I’ll give you four hundred francs” (Guy de Maupassant222).this show that she cares what other people thick about her. Secondly she is self-center with her money.
Also, Marie Antoinette’s Diamond Necklace affair was a sensation that took hold of the nation by storm. The Prince de Rohan, the Cardinal of France, was unhappy that he was excluded from her inner circle, while the jeweler Boehmer could not convince Marie to buy a fabulously expensive diamond necklace which was originally made for Louis XV’s lover Madame du Barry. A woman by the name of Lamotte caught the attention of the men and convinced them she was the queen’s lesbian lover. Lamotte told Rohan
She had a loving husband, youth, beauty, and a comfortable lifestyle. However, in her mind, she had suffered from the moment she had been born into..... False Pride in The Necklace In Mauassant's essay, The Necklace Matilda Loisel borrowed a necklace from a rich friend, Mrs Forestier, so that she would not present a "shabby air in the midst of rich women." She loses the necklace but refuses to
His ‘love’ for Daisy came about by his love for wealth and social recognition. | “Her voice is full of money” Ch7 (pg76) | The voice, her golden hair, her clothes, her style- everything about Daisy Buchanan screams wealth. She is the golden girl from a golden past and she epitomises Gatsby’s corrupt dream to make it to the top. She is nothing more than an object to acquire to him. She is nothing more than her money to Gatsby, because it is for her money that Gatsby is in ‘love’ with her.
Charlotte, as referenced earlier ponders using them to further herself economically. Mrs Guy seems to have an underlying desire to possess the necklace throughout; she describes herself as ‘understanding’ the pearls (p.11) as if Charlotte cannot understand them. Mrs Guy seems to ascribe to the pearls a higher class than Charlotte herself – a class outside of their simple economic value. Thus, the pearl necklace is fetishized as a commodity. Within ‘Paste’ it is a symbol,
The first time we meet Daisy she is dressed in white which is ironic because Daisy is far from “pure”. The fact that Daisy is putting on a fake persona makes the reader wonder if she really is as naive as she acts. White in the novel also symbolises materialistic insubstantial love, this is shown when Daisy chooses her marriage partner based on $350,000 string of white pearls, and this suggests that Daisy is extremely materialistic because she “chose” Tom purely because he bought her an expensive gift. Fitzgerald also uses pastel colours, “coral...and lavender and faint orange, with monograms of Indian blue”. Pastels connotes a fairytale, ephemeral quality, this represents the unreality of the Buchanans’ lifestyle and what they have, relationship wise won’t last for a long time and will eventually wither away.
I know how we always want the next new makeup or hair product that’s going to make s look like the model in the commercial. Women can’t just run to the store in sweat pants because they value their appurtenance too much. Women don’t feel as confident when they don’t look nice, but men don’t really care either way. In the reading, “Do thin Models Warp Girls Body Image?” I agree with Nancy when she says thin models on the runway or on TV can cause very young girls to become anorexic or bulimic. Nancy says, “Girls are being bombarded with the message that they need to be super-skinny to be sexy.” (Hellmich 706) I believe that is very true when she says that but what young girls don’t realize is that you could be beautiful and sexy with any body type that you might have.
I do not think it is fair to make such an assumption. Not everyone is as superficial as that, many people take the matrimonial vows very serious. I know I do. I believe a strong and supportive family is more important than all the silver and gold in the world. Would a mother trade her daughter for a million dollar mansion?