Symbols In The Necklace Essay

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Register to read the introduction… Loisel crosses paths with her long time friend Mme. Forestier this is when we learn that the necklace was made only of paste. It was a fake, just like Mme. Loisel. She felt in order to be accepted she had to put up a false front. She had to keep up with the Jones in sense. This is a major character flaw that ends up costing her ten years of her life. “She had become the woman of impoverished households-strong and hard and rough” (Maupassant 182). She had become a totally different woman on the outside; aged and worn out. She was no longer the beauty who was worthy of riches and the finery of the

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