The character of Mathilde in Guy De Maupassant's short story "The Necklace? can be defined as a dynamic character; one that undergoes a change or develops as a result of the action of the plot. Mathilde starts out in the story as a self-indulgent woman obsessed with her dreams of material possessions. She seems to undergo a change in character, however, while working off the debts she and her husband obtained when they replaced Mrs. Forrestier's necklace. At the end of the story, it seems as though Mathilde's character has changed for the better. She comes off as being more mature and reasonable, and it is easier for the reader to find her likable. .
In the beginning of the story, Mathilde can be seen by the reader as the unhappy victim of vanity and desire. She is described in the beginning as "a simple person, without the money to dress well?5). She appears to be unhappy with her possessions because she considers them to be cheap, and she often dreams of nicer things; ""She dreamed of the perfume of dainty private rooms? "She dreamed of expensive banquets""(5). Even though most women in Mathilde's social class would never be bothered by the lack of fine material possessions, it seems as though she is obsessed with them. It's as though she refuses to be happy with or even to accept the standard of living she and her husband maintain. When Mathilde's husband, Loisel, brings home an invitation to the Ministry of Education dinner, it only upsets her when in reality it should have made her happy. All she can think about is how she has nothing to wear, and how the other women may look down on her. She tells Loisel to give the invitation to "someone else at the office whose wife will have nicer clothes?6) than her own. Mathilde's vanity becomes very apparent by her willingness to spend her husband's summer vacation money on a dress that she may wear only one time. Even after she has obtained the dress, she still remains unhappy because she has no nice jewelry to wear with the dress, she tells Loisel that she"ll "look like a beggar?7).
Forrestier that she lost her necklace. ... Forrestier's necklace. ... Forrestier that she lost her necklace, so she goes and replaces the necklace. ... Contributing to the irony is the borrowed necklace. ... They secure the thirty-six thousand for the necklace from Mr. ...
To Mme Loisel, this necklace represented the life that she didn't have and so desperately wanted. After she discovered the necklace had been lost, her whole life was changed. ... Even though Mme Loisel didn't find out until the end of the story, the necklace was a fake. It wasn't the necklace that made her feel that she truly fit in; it was her frame of mind. The necklace, even though merely worth anything, had allowed Mme. ...
"The Necklace" The theme of Guy de Maupassant story "The Necklace" seems to be suggested by the line, "What would have happened if Mathilde had not lost the necklace?". ... Under all the other pieces of jewelry lied a diamond necklace. ... The entire way home she dazzled the necklace. ... Weeks went by and no trace of the necklace showed up. ... Mithilde put the new necklace in a box and gave it to her friend. ...
Still wanting, she asks to borrow a necklace from a rich friend, Mrs. ... When they finally leave and return home, she takes off her shawl and realizes that the necklace is gone: " The necklace was no longer around her neck" (paragraph 61). ... Forrestier that the necklace is broken so that he can have time to replace it. ... Mathilde tells her the truth and finds out that the necklace was nothing more than costume jewelry. Mathilde then begins to wonder what life would have been like without the necklace: "What would life have been like if she had not lost the necklace" (paragraph 105)? ...
She went the next day and took the most expensive looking necklace that was there. ... She realised that she had lost the necklace. ... They finally got thirty six thousand francs and bought the necklace. ... Ten years later they went back to their friend and confessed to losing the necklace. ... The fact that her friend gave her and trusted her with the necklace gives her a right to know about the lost necklace before she got the replacement. ...
In "The Necklace", Mathlid Loisel wants to look and be successful anyway she can. Mathlid Loisel borrows a necklace for one night and loses it; she is forced to pay for it for the next ten years. ... Mathlide Loisel realizes that she had been relativity successful after losing the necklace. The theme of the necklace is that sometimes you are more successful than you may think. ... Therefore, in "The Necklace and Kindly unhitch the Star, Buddy, we see many examples of success. ...
She took a necklace of diamonds and was very happy. ... When they reached their house, she discovered that she had lost the necklace. ... He told her that they must think how to replace that necklace. Next day they went to many jewelers searching for a similar necklace and they found a necklace, which looked exactly like the one they looked for. ... Mathilde went to her because she wanted to tell the truth about the necklace. ...
Once home Madame realized the necklace was not around her neck. ... Loisel borrowed the money to replace the necklace. ... "The Necklace." ... Once home Madame realized the necklace was not around her neck. ... Loisel borrowed the money to replace the necklace. ...
The Necklace At the beginning of the story the "The Necklace" the author De Maupassant illustrates that the main character Mathilde is poor and discontent with her life. ... Forrestier's necklace plays an active role in Mathilde's pride. ... Forrestier that she had lost her necklace, so she would rather replace it than anything else. Her pride will not let her stoop so low into apologizing and instead her pride tells her that she is capable of replacing the necklace, so she goes and replaces the missing necklace. ... Throughout the story "The Necklace," Mathilde Loisel's...
