The Necklace

Throughout the story, Mathilde is shown to be a very sad character. Her character is written in a way that compares her happiness to materialistic objects. “She had no decent dresses, no jewels, nothing. And she loved nothing but these; she believed herself born only for these. She burned with the desire to please, to be envied, to be attractive and sought after.” (Page 6, Paragraph 5) It is as if she gave up before she was born. The object, that in her mind would cause her happiness, would be to be attractive and to be envied by all. It was the little things in her surroundings that tormented her each day. She was ashamed of who she was, which made her very unhappy with her life in general. “She suffered because of her grim apartment with its drab walls, threadbare furniture, ugly curtains. All such things, which most other women in her situation would not

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Only if he chose the hunting trip it appears to me that she would have been outraged. Give your invitation to someone else at the office whose wife will have nicer clothes than mine. “I don’t know exactly, but it seems to me that I could get by on four hundred francs. “Nothing, except I have nothing to wear and therefore can’t go to the party. She felt so bad about her self that she would befriend the only true friend that she had. (Page 5, Intro Paragraph) These words show that things in her surroundings, that others may take for granted, make her very unhappy. She then looks through her friends’ jewelry and still was unsatisfied. ” This portrays that Mathilde is selfish, and having difficulty dealing with a friend that has all the things in life that she deems she herself wants. He shows how Mathilde can be very unhappy, manipulative and very selfish in her actions. ” The price just so happened to be the exact amount set a side for a summer hunting trip he had planned to go on without her. Then as her husband presents her with an invitation, she states that she has nothing to wear and that she has no jewelry. Then when she received the gem that she wanted, she scampered away selfishly. Her husband thought that she would be happy to have the opportunity to go out to an event. ” (Page 8, Paragraph 50) This shows that even after not seeing her friend for a long time she selfishly acts the same way she always has and only thinks about the jewelry for the party.

Common topics in this essay:
Intro Paragraph, De Maupassants, Maupassant Mathilde, hunting trip, seeing friend, throughout story, page 8 paragraph, story necklace, unhappy manipulative selfish, unhappy manipulative, manipulative selfish, 8 paragraph, jewelry party, page 8,

Approximate Word count = 785
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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