3. ANALYSIS
Based on Marx’s concepts in Marxist criticisms written in the theoretical framework above, the Marxism of the necklace will be analyzed.
3.1 Economic Power in “The Necklace” “The Necklace” short story gives us clear image about society in which the distribution of goods are unfair. Mathilde described as a woman who has no skill or even commodity to sell for. She has only beautiful face and appearance that she uses to attract her husband who has similar status to her. She has no access to join a community where she can find a rich and charm man to marry with, she has to stay in her powerless condition even she is very ambitious to has elegant lifestyle. The material circumstances that exist in the society around her make her to …show more content…
She believes that riches will bring her a better life, and therefore desperately wants these riches. She also wants to be charming and sought after, which she believes could be obtained by being of the upper class.
Mathilde’s life is dramatically different before and after she lost the necklace. Before the lost, Mathilde spent most of her life unhappy and daydreaming of great wealth and many admirers. She wants to be rich so much that, after visiting a rich friend's house, she weeps for days. As one wouldn't expect, she is not poor, just middle class. She has servants, 18,000 Francs and her husband had saved up 400 Francs to go hunting with his friends just for fun. Although she is not struggling, has made her life miserable through her strong sense of …show more content…
Marx says that ideology refers to belief system produced by the relations between the different classes in society. In this story, the relations from both of the classes emerge the ideology that dictated by the bourgeoisie as the dominant class. The ideology built by the bourgeoisie is made to control their power over the proletariat who considered as the powerless classes. M. Loisel as a minor clerk and Mathilde are unnoticeable by those who employ them. The more the couple fall from their economic status, the more they unrecognizable by the bourgeoisie. This kind of society is uncaring and unfair. It emerges assumptions that allow the powerful to keep their comfortable positions only if the powerless remain oppressed and convinced that it is right that they are
Based on Marx’s concepts in Marxist criticisms written in the theoretical framework above, the Marxism of the necklace will be analyzed.
3.1 Economic Power in “The Necklace” “The Necklace” short story gives us clear image about society in which the distribution of goods are unfair. Mathilde described as a woman who has no skill or even commodity to sell for. She has only beautiful face and appearance that she uses to attract her husband who has similar status to her. She has no access to join a community where she can find a rich and charm man to marry with, she has to stay in her powerless condition even she is very ambitious to has elegant lifestyle. The material circumstances that exist in the society around her make her to …show more content…
She believes that riches will bring her a better life, and therefore desperately wants these riches. She also wants to be charming and sought after, which she believes could be obtained by being of the upper class.
Mathilde’s life is dramatically different before and after she lost the necklace. Before the lost, Mathilde spent most of her life unhappy and daydreaming of great wealth and many admirers. She wants to be rich so much that, after visiting a rich friend's house, she weeps for days. As one wouldn't expect, she is not poor, just middle class. She has servants, 18,000 Francs and her husband had saved up 400 Francs to go hunting with his friends just for fun. Although she is not struggling, has made her life miserable through her strong sense of …show more content…
Marx says that ideology refers to belief system produced by the relations between the different classes in society. In this story, the relations from both of the classes emerge the ideology that dictated by the bourgeoisie as the dominant class. The ideology built by the bourgeoisie is made to control their power over the proletariat who considered as the powerless classes. M. Loisel as a minor clerk and Mathilde are unnoticeable by those who employ them. The more the couple fall from their economic status, the more they unrecognizable by the bourgeoisie. This kind of society is uncaring and unfair. It emerges assumptions that allow the powerful to keep their comfortable positions only if the powerless remain oppressed and convinced that it is right that they are