“No…there’s nothing more humiliating than to look poverty-stricken among a lot of rich women” (296). Madame Loisel was a very greedy woman. She always wanted the best in the world. Her husband gives up francs to make his wife happy, but then she borrows jewelry from a friend. She had the best night of her life until she loses it. Guy de Maupassant creates tension in the story “The Necklace” with his narrative structure that includes critical information in the exposition and vivid characterization as well as manipulation of time. Guy de Maupassant creates tension starting with the exposition. Madame Loisel was a very greedy woman she did not like anything she had. “She suffered, constantly, feeling that all the attributes of a gracious life,
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Ten years had passed between when Madame Loisel lost the necklace and when she sees her friend again. “She spent the whole day waiting, in a state of utter hopelessness before such an appalling catastrophe” (299). Tension is created using Madame’s worriedness about the necklace. She does not like the feeling of lying about the replacement necklace for so many years. She doubted herself for so long that she got old looking. “How would things have turned out if she hadn’t lost that necklace? Who could tell? How strange and fickle life is! How little it takes to make or break you” (301)! This shows that over the years that no one had noticed that the necklace was now a real necklace. Time manipulation really plays a role in the outcome of this story.
Madame Loisel did not like looking poor in front her rich friends. Especially a whole bunch of them. Madame was a very greedy woman and wanted the best that anybody could have. She was having the best night of her life until she lost the fake necklace. That lead to ten years of real poverty compared to what she thought she had. “No…there’s nothing more humiliating than to look poverty-stricken among a lot of rich women”
Ten years had passed between when Madame Loisel lost the necklace and when she sees her friend again. “She spent the whole day waiting, in a state of utter hopelessness before such an appalling catastrophe” (299). Tension is created using Madame’s worriedness about the necklace. She does not like the feeling of lying about the replacement necklace for so many years. She doubted herself for so long that she got old looking. “How would things have turned out if she hadn’t lost that necklace? Who could tell? How strange and fickle life is! How little it takes to make or break you” (301)! This shows that over the years that no one had noticed that the necklace was now a real necklace. Time manipulation really plays a role in the outcome of this story.
Madame Loisel did not like looking poor in front her rich friends. Especially a whole bunch of them. Madame was a very greedy woman and wanted the best that anybody could have. She was having the best night of her life until she lost the fake necklace. That lead to ten years of real poverty compared to what she thought she had. “No…there’s nothing more humiliating than to look poverty-stricken among a lot of rich women”