Reet Goyal Mr. Belellano Honors English 1 November 5, 2013 Be Yourself A prominent theme in the short fiction narrative “The Necklace,” by the French author Guy de Maupassant is that many individuals do not appreciate what is given to them and they always want more in order to meet society’s expectations. Madame Mathilde Loisel’s husband worked extremely hard to get himself and his wife an invitation to an extravagant party that he knew she’d enjoy because she desired glamour. Monsieur Loisel extremely proud of what he had done, but when he brought the envelope home his wife immediately threw it to the side and said, “’I haven’t a thing to wear. How could I go?’” (de Maupassant 334) Madame Loisel should have been over the moon with excitement that she had gotten the opportunity to go to such a fancy ball, but all she cared about was how she was expected to look gorgeous if she were to attend. Her first thought, when she received the invitation, was of appearance instead of gratitude.
Explain briefly why your admiration increases and – in more detail – discuss how the writer achieves this. In your answer you must refer closely to the text and at least two of: characterisation, these, key incidents, structure or any other appropriate feature. In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is a character whom the reader grows to admire as he plot unfolds. The writer draws our attention to the elements of Atticus’s personality which are admirable us with use of characterisation, and key incidents. By analysing these techniques used in the novel, we can increase our appreciation of Atticus and the novel as a whole.
Guy de Maupassant the author of the “The Necklace” and “The Jewelry” tells both short stories through third person limited point of view focusing on the protagonist inner thoughts and feelings. Situational irony plays a major part in both stories by discovering the true value of something that was later perceived to be false overall. While both short stories explore the themes of perception, lust, and wealth, ”The Necklace” false gems are believed to be real, while in “The Jewelry” the wife’s passion for false jewelry is believed to be false. Maupassant focuses both short stories on the protagonist, but the narrator does not speak from their point of view. Instead, Maupassant talks about the main characters from the outside looking in.
This realization helps the story by increasing the intensity and suspense and by causing the reader to be curious of the future events that may occur. Literary Device : Foreshadowing Analysis: In addition, the usage of foreshadowing in the “Then There Was Two” becomes an important literary device that adds to the effectiveness of the story. With the usage of foreshadowing, the author is able to create suspense, intrigue, and a sense of momentum in the story. Through this quote, “Priapus felt really nervous but was grateful that Maria hadn’t noticed how agitated he was,” the readers understand that Priapus had lied to his wife about the phone call. Not knowing why he was so nervous, the
In this story, the reader can recognize the main character right away and emotionally connect with their journey therefore creating a good suspenseful short story. Conflict is what the author uses to create suspense and therefore making it enjoyable for the reader. It is essential to the plot. In the short story “Yellow Wallpaper”, we see a conflict between the narrator and her husband, John. John does not think she is sick: “John does not know how much I really
Her friend doesn’t appear to be proud of boastful in the story and doesn’t seem to care that Madame Loisel is poorer than her. Madame Loisel is just embarrassed of the life she lives that she doesn’t want anyone around her to see who she is and how she lives. Within the story, the reader gets the sense that she is so envious of the life that others have she doesn’t realize what she has and that she is so concerned with wanting materialistic objects that she is making herself miserable and unhappy. Her husband who notices how unhappy she is brings home an invitation to a ball hoping to make her happy. Instead, Madame Loisel becomes even more distraught because she doesn’t think she has anything that is acceptable to wear to such a formal occasion.
She was, at first happy to hear that her husband had finally gotten a place for his own. When they got there she was disappointed to see that the place was such a mess. She scowled at Phillip and told him that she is on Holiday with her boss Roger and she plans to go. Phillip tries to explain to her but she doesn’t seem to understand the importance of the place. Then after the conversation, she says her good byes to the children and leaves.
Mathilde is jealous of her and she will do anything in her power to reverse the mistake of destiny that made her poor. One night, her husband arrived at their house with an invitation to a formal party. Mathilde was so angry and cried heavily. She told her husband to just give the invitation to another woman who can afford to buy expensive clothes. With this act, Mathilde clearly emphasized disappointment of having that kind of social status.
In this prose from Slyvia Plath’s autobiography Plath feels she has no control over her life. Plath outlines many reasons as to why she is so unhappy. She feels as though her lilfe is out of her control. On the surface, Plath lives an extremly glamorous lifestyle, she has fancy dresses, she works for a fashion magazine and she attends the top parties. Yet underneath all the glamour, Plath lives a very superficial and fake lifestyle, and she feels there is more to life than writing for a fashion magazine, or attending the elitest parties.
He appears to be suspicious that she may be going to meet another man and this rapid change of mood indicates an element of unease and tension in their relationship. We are quickly made aware of Eddie’s apparently contradictory feelings for his niece; he is proud of the way she looks, "like one of them girls that went to college", but becomes upset that her skirt is too short and accuses her of "walkin’ wavy". As her guardian, he clearly takes pride in seeing her develop into a young lady, but at the same time is alarmed by the fact that other men are starting to notice her. There is a fine line developing between his feelings of protectiveness towards her and possessiveness. Eddie apparently finds it difficult to accept the fact that Catherine is growing up - referring to