Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” features Madame Forester’s necklace as an important symbol to the story. This specific necklace is what transition from a beauty of elegancy for a party to a burden against wealth for a rich couple. With this story, Maupassant describes a universal theme or lesson in order to teach people how to live life. For this story, he writes a story about a necklace that took a wealthy couple’s riches, turning the riches into ashes. In “the Necklace”, the story describe three imperative themes that give life lessons to the readers.
One of themes is how humans value jewelry. Madame Loisel wanted to find a precious jewelry to look fashionable for a party. However, she could hardly find anything to wear until her husband gave advice to visit her friend, finding a diamond necklace that is perfect for her (Maupassant, lines 32-52). With a diamond necklace, Madame Loisel seems to have selfish desires when …show more content…
Based on these themes, the author creates this story in order to show that humanity has fallen, including the rich. When Madame Loisel became rich, she felt unsatisfied with what she had. However, her greed to have a necklace became her downfall; she lost all her riches to pay a debt that never should have appeared. As a result, she spent her life lying to her friend, cleaning up the mess she made, along with her husband. What stands out is that humans expect to cherish their riches, only expecting more. Madame Loisel could have gone to the party without the need of the necklace; she could have looked in the mirror, stating that she look beautiful without it. Despite the mess she experiences, her miserable, unsatisfied life can teach readers these three themes in order to practice the morals of gratitude and
One of themes is how humans value jewelry. Madame Loisel wanted to find a precious jewelry to look fashionable for a party. However, she could hardly find anything to wear until her husband gave advice to visit her friend, finding a diamond necklace that is perfect for her (Maupassant, lines 32-52). With a diamond necklace, Madame Loisel seems to have selfish desires when …show more content…
Based on these themes, the author creates this story in order to show that humanity has fallen, including the rich. When Madame Loisel became rich, she felt unsatisfied with what she had. However, her greed to have a necklace became her downfall; she lost all her riches to pay a debt that never should have appeared. As a result, she spent her life lying to her friend, cleaning up the mess she made, along with her husband. What stands out is that humans expect to cherish their riches, only expecting more. Madame Loisel could have gone to the party without the need of the necklace; she could have looked in the mirror, stating that she look beautiful without it. Despite the mess she experiences, her miserable, unsatisfied life can teach readers these three themes in order to practice the morals of gratitude and