The Deceit
“The Jewelry” is a short story written by Guy De Maupassant; and is told in third person omniscient from Monsieur Lanterns perspective. While analyzing this short story, it is clear the main conflict of this short story is deceit. In the beginning of the short story Lantin is very outspoken. His newly wed wife was seen to be virtuous and modest but evolved into a woman of deceit.
Madame Lantin came from a family of poverty. She was respectable an ideal women. “Her modest beauty had a charm of angelic shyness; and the slight smile that always dwelt about her lips seemed a reflection of her heart” (Maupassant 90). The conflict first begins to develop when she developed a passion for theater and false jewelry. Her passion for theater further developed her passion for the fake jewelry. Her husband truly believed she was a gypsy. …show more content…
His grief led him to to get rid of his deceased wife’s fake jewelry. After taking a necklace to a jewelry store owner he discovers then thought to be fake jewelry was real. Lantin was overcome by the deceit of his wife. He knew there was not anyway she could have been able to afford a piece of jewelry that expensive. Lantin also knew she came from a less fortunate family, so there was only one way she could have came across the necklace; she must have had another lover. As the story progressed he came to believe she had multiple lovers. This would have been the only way she could've come into possession of the
“The Jewelry” is a short story written by Guy De Maupassant; and is told in third person omniscient from Monsieur Lanterns perspective. While analyzing this short story, it is clear the main conflict of this short story is deceit. In the beginning of the short story Lantin is very outspoken. His newly wed wife was seen to be virtuous and modest but evolved into a woman of deceit.
Madame Lantin came from a family of poverty. She was respectable an ideal women. “Her modest beauty had a charm of angelic shyness; and the slight smile that always dwelt about her lips seemed a reflection of her heart” (Maupassant 90). The conflict first begins to develop when she developed a passion for theater and false jewelry. Her passion for theater further developed her passion for the fake jewelry. Her husband truly believed she was a gypsy. …show more content…
His grief led him to to get rid of his deceased wife’s fake jewelry. After taking a necklace to a jewelry store owner he discovers then thought to be fake jewelry was real. Lantin was overcome by the deceit of his wife. He knew there was not anyway she could have been able to afford a piece of jewelry that expensive. Lantin also knew she came from a less fortunate family, so there was only one way she could have came across the necklace; she must have had another lover. As the story progressed he came to believe she had multiple lovers. This would have been the only way she could've come into possession of the