Comparison Assignment: “The Necklace” and “The Rocking Horse Winner” In both “The Necklace” and “The Rocking Horse Winner,” the authors Guy de Maupassant and D.H. Lawrence discuss human nature by utilizing the design elements, symbolism and setting to demonstrate how one who is consumed by greed is subject to his own demise. Both authors use symbolism to come across the idea of greediness in human nature and how it can corrupt oneself. The necklace itself symbolizes the lifestyle Mathilde strives for. Being so narrow-minded she stresses the fact that in order to be admired she has to have more money and obtain a higher social status. This then begins to spark her obsessive desire, “No, there’s nothing more humiliating than to look poor
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The life she lives does not add up to the ideal life she has in her head. In her mind, her charm and beauty should model greater things. “The sight of the little Breton girl who came to do the work in her little house aroused heart-broken regrets and hopeless dreams in her mind” (De Maupassant). Mathilde and her husband, Monsieur Loisel, cease to be in debt for years because of Mathilde’s foolish decisions. She was very ungrateful for the house she lived in and kept craving more and more money, thus resulted in a loathsome life for her and her family. In “The Rocking Horse Winner,” the setting of Hester’s house is very troublesome. “And so the house came to be haunted by the unspoken phrase: There must be more money! There must be more money! The children could hear it all the time though nobody said it aloud” (Lawrence). Paul’s parents live a lavish lifestyle where it is way out of their budget. The house and everything inside is up to societies standards, but Hester’s, as she constantly wants an endless amount of money which creates the houses feeling of anxiety. Subsequently, it was not the money that ended up killing Paul, it was his mothers fixation on money. He wanted to end something that would never end, and the author showed this by utilizing the anxiety in the house. Both authors seem to be conveying the message that as a society, materialistic things should not be put before the greater good in life. Unfortunately, society has developed a very corrupt sense of values, as well as developing negative and greedy characteristics and as a result, have suffered the
The life she lives does not add up to the ideal life she has in her head. In her mind, her charm and beauty should model greater things. “The sight of the little Breton girl who came to do the work in her little house aroused heart-broken regrets and hopeless dreams in her mind” (De Maupassant). Mathilde and her husband, Monsieur Loisel, cease to be in debt for years because of Mathilde’s foolish decisions. She was very ungrateful for the house she lived in and kept craving more and more money, thus resulted in a loathsome life for her and her family. In “The Rocking Horse Winner,” the setting of Hester’s house is very troublesome. “And so the house came to be haunted by the unspoken phrase: There must be more money! There must be more money! The children could hear it all the time though nobody said it aloud” (Lawrence). Paul’s parents live a lavish lifestyle where it is way out of their budget. The house and everything inside is up to societies standards, but Hester’s, as she constantly wants an endless amount of money which creates the houses feeling of anxiety. Subsequently, it was not the money that ended up killing Paul, it was his mothers fixation on money. He wanted to end something that would never end, and the author showed this by utilizing the anxiety in the house. Both authors seem to be conveying the message that as a society, materialistic things should not be put before the greater good in life. Unfortunately, society has developed a very corrupt sense of values, as well as developing negative and greedy characteristics and as a result, have suffered the