"The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant, shows the importance of being an honest person. Even though the story was about a necklace, it showed the character of Mathilde. The story reflects on how dishonest she was not only to herself but to her friend and husband as well.
From the beginning Mathilde was not straightforward with herself. She polluted her mind with lies of being rich. The author says, "She daydreamed of large, silent anterooms, decorated with oriental tapestries and lighted by high bronze floor lamps"(Maupassant 5). She was her own depressant. The author mentioned, "she suffered because of her grim apartment with its drab walls, threadbare furniture, ugly curtains" which most women probably wouldn't have noticed. It was not the apartment that made her unhappy but her own dreams of being rich. Little things that anyone would have disregarded tortured her because she wanted to be more than what she was. I think that she taunted herself with dreams of being something she really wasn't. She was born into a family of clerks and copyists, which the author implies as lower middle class. She obviously never was rich and it would have been impossible for her to get rich unless she married a rich man. Mathilde would dream of wealth and thought that other women would envy her if she had all these material possessions. "She dreamed of the perfume of dainty private rooms, which were designed only for intimate tete-a-tetes with the closest friends, who because of their achievements and fame would make her the envy of all other women"(Maupassant 5). Instead of being honest with herself and keeping her thoughts with things she did have, she would have been better off. In her mind being wealthy meant having all material things and associating with rich people. These are some of the characters that made her dishonest with herself.
Another way that Maupassant portrays her as being dishonest is with her husband.
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...
