The Necklace
In my literary analysis of the Neckless the Author presents a women who was born into a life of mediocracy but longed for an existence of privilege and prestige. Mme. Loisel is described as even though pretty and charming had nothing of monetary means that made her look effluent in the eyes of upper class. In paragraphs one through four she describes her failure to measure up to what her expectations are of the rich and famous. She wishes to be adored by distinguished gentlemen but because of the fact that she has nothing to offer materialistically she herself is somehow of lesser value and was forced to settle for her husband a menial clerk for the Department of Education. The author goes into great detail of the constant …show more content…
Now satisfied that she looks the part, she attends the party forgetting for just a moment that she truly thought she did not belong. After the party she realizes that she has lost her friends diamond necklace and searches for it to no avail. Mme. Loisel lies to her friend by saying the clasp was being repaired giving her some time to gather up the funds to replace the necklace. Her and her husband took out loans, cut corners and let their house keeper go all in an effort to replace the “expensive” piece. They accomplished buying another extravagantly priced necklace resembling the one that was lost but in doing so Mme Loisel began to learn what true suffering was like. She had to work for the next ten years slaving away to pay back the money from the loans, sacrificing all the comforts she before took for granite. Her hard life took a tool on her beauty and youthfulness. She now looked so hangered even her rich friend she borrowed the necklace from didn’t even recognize her on the street. Mme. Loisel decided to tell her rich friend what had happened and with a sickening twist of fate in lies the moral of the story, things are not always as they seem. Her friend explains that the necklace was not even real jewels and by Mme. Loisel assuming that just because her friend had money everything she had was of the greatest of
In my literary analysis of the Neckless the Author presents a women who was born into a life of mediocracy but longed for an existence of privilege and prestige. Mme. Loisel is described as even though pretty and charming had nothing of monetary means that made her look effluent in the eyes of upper class. In paragraphs one through four she describes her failure to measure up to what her expectations are of the rich and famous. She wishes to be adored by distinguished gentlemen but because of the fact that she has nothing to offer materialistically she herself is somehow of lesser value and was forced to settle for her husband a menial clerk for the Department of Education. The author goes into great detail of the constant …show more content…
Now satisfied that she looks the part, she attends the party forgetting for just a moment that she truly thought she did not belong. After the party she realizes that she has lost her friends diamond necklace and searches for it to no avail. Mme. Loisel lies to her friend by saying the clasp was being repaired giving her some time to gather up the funds to replace the necklace. Her and her husband took out loans, cut corners and let their house keeper go all in an effort to replace the “expensive” piece. They accomplished buying another extravagantly priced necklace resembling the one that was lost but in doing so Mme Loisel began to learn what true suffering was like. She had to work for the next ten years slaving away to pay back the money from the loans, sacrificing all the comforts she before took for granite. Her hard life took a tool on her beauty and youthfulness. She now looked so hangered even her rich friend she borrowed the necklace from didn’t even recognize her on the street. Mme. Loisel decided to tell her rich friend what had happened and with a sickening twist of fate in lies the moral of the story, things are not always as they seem. Her friend explains that the necklace was not even real jewels and by Mme. Loisel assuming that just because her friend had money everything she had was of the greatest of