In The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, Mrs. Loisel endures ten years of hard inducing work, only to discover that she did all of it for nothing, wasting a decade of her life, but is the blame primarily her fault? The discovery of the necklace fraud might lead the reader to believe that this whole situation is all on Mrs. Loisel. Now it might be easy to say she made the primary mistake on that dreadful night, however there are a lot of factors to consider that might sway one’s opinion on the subject. This can include the society at the time putting not only pressure onto her, but many other women as well, and the instincts in her brain subconsciously leading her to do what she did. Mrs. Loisel does not take full responsibility in this situation
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and Mrs. Loisel do is come up with a plan to lie to Madame Forestier in order to obtain more time. Now, if they had told the truth, not only would they not have discovered the necklace only cost at most five hundred francs, they would have saved themselves ten years of hard enduring work. Even if this is true, it is not their fault’s that the first thought was to fib their way out of it. Based on one of Freud’s theories, which states that the unconscious mind is more prevalent in our decision making then we think (Saul McLeod, 2013), Mr. and Mrs. Loisel only lied instinctually because their unconscious mind made them believe that what they’re were doing would solve the main issue of the lost necklace. This was whether or not their conscious and normal behavioral attitude thought it was morally wrong. In addition to this, when Mrs. Loisel initially found out that the necklace, which she presumed was very expensive, was missing she was struck with panic, and most likely her heart was beating fast. With adrenaline, the hormone produced by the adrenal glands in the brain, running through her body, her fight or flight response was engaged. In this particular situation she chose flight, ultimately choosing to lie to Madame Forestier (Gary Tedman, 2009). So as a whole it wasn’t primarily Mrs. Loisel’s fault because she wasn’t, and most particularly couldn’t, control her actions since the thing leading them were
and Mrs. Loisel do is come up with a plan to lie to Madame Forestier in order to obtain more time. Now, if they had told the truth, not only would they not have discovered the necklace only cost at most five hundred francs, they would have saved themselves ten years of hard enduring work. Even if this is true, it is not their fault’s that the first thought was to fib their way out of it. Based on one of Freud’s theories, which states that the unconscious mind is more prevalent in our decision making then we think (Saul McLeod, 2013), Mr. and Mrs. Loisel only lied instinctually because their unconscious mind made them believe that what they’re were doing would solve the main issue of the lost necklace. This was whether or not their conscious and normal behavioral attitude thought it was morally wrong. In addition to this, when Mrs. Loisel initially found out that the necklace, which she presumed was very expensive, was missing she was struck with panic, and most likely her heart was beating fast. With adrenaline, the hormone produced by the adrenal glands in the brain, running through her body, her fight or flight response was engaged. In this particular situation she chose flight, ultimately choosing to lie to Madame Forestier (Gary Tedman, 2009). So as a whole it wasn’t primarily Mrs. Loisel’s fault because she wasn’t, and most particularly couldn’t, control her actions since the thing leading them were