Compare And Contrast The Bet And The Necklace

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Would you waste your whole life replacing a necklace or winning a bet? In both passages “The Necklace’ and “The Bet” I think that the dialogue used by the banker and Madame Loisel reveals aspects of the characters.
“The Necklace” written by Guy de Maupassant (1884) used Madame Mathilde Loisel and Monsieur Loisel dialogue to reveal that she was conceited and her husband was thoughtful. For example, De Maupassant (1884) used Madame Mathilde Loisel her internal thoughts to show she wanted everybody to look and stare at her as she entered the party. Another reason that she was so conceited occurs her husband offered her reasonable pricing, she wanted the most expensive (de Maupassant (1884). Her husband giving her more low cost resources important

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