Mathlide Loisel, who was born on the opposite side of the economic spectrum that she believes she should have been. Madame Loisel was never comfortable with who she was. “The Diamond Necklace” is a short story written in 1884 by a French writer Guy de Maupassant. The short but interesting story is about a “pretty and charming” young lady, Mathlide might have been gorgeous but she was still full of greed and stubbornness. Mathlide was never comfortable with who she really was. She always dreamed of living a lavish life style such as shining silverware, priceless curiosities, and delicious dishes served on marvelous plates. Although she had none of the fancy gowns and jewels. Her husband, a minor clerk, whose only aspiration in life is to
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Also the temperature outside was utterly cold for a woman to walk home in a gown, so Loisel decided to get a cab for both them. Just after arriving home Mathlide screamed after noticing that the elegant diamond necklace she wore all night was not there anymore. Mathlide and Loisel looked everywhere for it but they came out empty handed. Loisel implied looked in the cab they took that night. He went to every cab service available but they did not have any luck.
Loisel suggested that they should just replace the necklace, but they needed time Mathlide said to Madame Forestier that she broken a clasp on the necklace so she sent it to get fixed. Mathlide and her husband went to Palais Royal a jeweler who by chance had a necklace almost identical to the one she lost. The astonishing necklace was thirty-four thousand francs and they did not have all the money. So they urge the jeweler to not sell the necklace for a few days until they came up with the money to afford it. Luckily Loisel father left him eighteen thousand francs. The rest they borrowed from friends and …show more content…
She happen to come across Madame Forestier, still full of heath, and gorgeous as always. Mathlide went up to Madame Forestier to say “Good-day, Jeanne”. Obviously Madame Forestier did not recognize Mathlide at all. She was in shock in how much Madame Loisel appearance has changed since the last time they seen each other. So Mathlide explained the Forestier why she looked different. She elucidate on how she lost the diamond necklace Madame Forestier let her borrow ten years ago and how they looked everywhere for it but they could not find it. So they decided to just replace the expensive necklace instead of just telling her the truth. That it was Madame Forestier fault she looked so impoverished because it took them ten years to repay that dazzling necklace. Madame Forestier deeply said “Oh, my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste! It was worth at most only five hundred
Also the temperature outside was utterly cold for a woman to walk home in a gown, so Loisel decided to get a cab for both them. Just after arriving home Mathlide screamed after noticing that the elegant diamond necklace she wore all night was not there anymore. Mathlide and Loisel looked everywhere for it but they came out empty handed. Loisel implied looked in the cab they took that night. He went to every cab service available but they did not have any luck.
Loisel suggested that they should just replace the necklace, but they needed time Mathlide said to Madame Forestier that she broken a clasp on the necklace so she sent it to get fixed. Mathlide and her husband went to Palais Royal a jeweler who by chance had a necklace almost identical to the one she lost. The astonishing necklace was thirty-four thousand francs and they did not have all the money. So they urge the jeweler to not sell the necklace for a few days until they came up with the money to afford it. Luckily Loisel father left him eighteen thousand francs. The rest they borrowed from friends and …show more content…
She happen to come across Madame Forestier, still full of heath, and gorgeous as always. Mathlide went up to Madame Forestier to say “Good-day, Jeanne”. Obviously Madame Forestier did not recognize Mathlide at all. She was in shock in how much Madame Loisel appearance has changed since the last time they seen each other. So Mathlide explained the Forestier why she looked different. She elucidate on how she lost the diamond necklace Madame Forestier let her borrow ten years ago and how they looked everywhere for it but they could not find it. So they decided to just replace the expensive necklace instead of just telling her the truth. That it was Madame Forestier fault she looked so impoverished because it took them ten years to repay that dazzling necklace. Madame Forestier deeply said “Oh, my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste! It was worth at most only five hundred