With this act, Mathilde clearly emphasized disappointment of having that kind of social status. She believes that objects have the power to change her life. Mathilde did show up to the party with an expensive dress and a borrowed diamond necklace. She was so happy then, but her moment of happiness swift away with just a snap of the fingers. She lost the diamond necklace and must spend the next ten years paying for the pleasure of that night.
2) How does Romeo describe the woman he loves in Scene 1? Refer to things like word choice. Connotation, tone figures of speech, and so on. Romeo describes the woman he loves by saying: ‘’She hath Dian’s wit.”- Here Romeo is comparing her to the Roman goddess Diana because she is chaste and does not want to marry. “O she is rich in beauty, only poor that when she dies, with beauty dies her store.” – Romeo is saying that she is beautiful, but it is a shame that she will not pass her beauty down to anyone because she does not want to have children.
The Necklace is Symbolic The short story “The Necklace”, written by Guy de Maupassant, is set in France during the 1800’s. It’s about a selfish, unhappy woman named Mme. Loisel who is unsatisfied with the social position she holds in life. Her husband, as an attempt to make her happy, gets her invited to a ball, but she does not have the clothes to attend so she goes to her husband for the money for a new gown. To finish the ensemble, she borrows an expensive necklace from a friend, Mme.
Looks can be deceiving and I believe this statement plays a great role in this story. The main character, Mathilde, encounters a situation where she feels as though she belongs in a higher class based off her beautiful looks. She is neither wealthy nor comes from a family of wealth but feels as though she deserves as much because of her appearance. Unsatisfied with her lifestyle, Mathilde noticeably expresses her dilemma by complaining to her husband, Monsieur Loisel that she doesn’t want to attend the special event because she has nothing of higher class to wear. Mathilde then borrowed her rich friend Madame Forestier’s necklace, and at that moment, I could already foreshadow something bad to happen.
Epikaste was called "that prize"(195) her own son unwittingly married. Some women are known for the deeds of their sons or husbands, but never for a heroic deed of their own, their personalities, and what they do themselves. It seems the only accomplishment women could achieve was being beautiful. Theseus "had no joy of"(195) the princess Ariadne because she died before this was possible. Homer makes it sound as if Ariadne's life was useless because she did not give Theseus pleasure.
The story starts off right away describing Madame Loisel beauty and charm but unfortunately she was born into the wrong class. She isn’t happy with the life that she has. She dreams of a life with parties and elegant dresses and jewels. Madame Loisel is so envious of a rich, old school friend who lives a different life that she actually refuses to go and visit because she feels worse about her life when she returns home. 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.
“The Necklace”: Conflict In the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, Mathilde belongs to the middle class and her inner conflict is that she wants to be accepted into the upper class. She is therefore always consumed with the way she looks and her dreams to be just like the ladies of upper society; “She had no marriage portion, no expectations, no means of getting known, understood, loved, and wedded by a man of wealth and distinction”,(609). Mathilde spends her husband's savings on a robe and borrows what she believes to be a diamond-jeweled necklace of “great” worth. She is wanted and loved and she experiences a fabulous evening; “She danced with delight, with passion, intoxicated with pleasure, thinking of nothing, in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her success, in a sort of cloud of happiness made up of all these tributes, of all the admirations, of all these awakened desires, of this victory so complete and so sweet to a woman’s heart”(611). Then, in her haste to leave the ball she looses the diamond necklace.
The Necklace Multiple Contrasts Between wife and husband Desire and reality Poor and rich(what rich means) Needs and wants Her potential(her qualities) and her social status Reality and thoughts, reality and appearance Between discontent and reconciliation with who you are. The Necklace(*what it represents)*: Desired glamour Symbolically registers her vanity Lack of honesty Fakeness Trigger of her honesty Ironic discrepancy between who she appears to be and who she is Ironically brings out the best in her *Desire vs. lack of it. Our life is a perpetual lack(Lacan) She is greedy! Her friend is rich She is intoxicated with herself at the ball She felt the everyday wrap but also felt the poorness of it The buggy that only comes out at night: ashamed or unpresentable. She complained before but now she realizes that she was really living a middle class life and still had certain luxuries but now she is really living the poor life.
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.
Scarlett is a manipulative young lady that was born into wealth. Although all the guys in town want to marry her, she despise her peers and long for only Ashley, another wealthy southern gentleman. When news of Ashley and Melanie marriage spreads, Scarlett experiences troubles and feared that the love of her life would slip off her fingers. Scarlett being selfish and ruthless only wanted Ashley because she didn’t want anybody else to have him. She identifies herself as a goddess and all mighty.