Consequences And Change In The Necklace By Guy De Maupassant

It is not possible to know exactly what the consequences of some actions will be. People tend to predict what the future will hold, but they cannot really know. Everyone has regretted something in their lives or has imagined what would have happened if they had done things differently at least once. It is normal for people to wonder what could have changed their present, as in M. and Mme. Loisel’s case. Their lives changed drastically because of a simple mistake. Losing a necklace does not sound as a big deal, but if it was a precious borrowed diamond necklace, it is a big deal. In fact, it was an incident that changed their lives. Mme. Loisel was never happy or pleased with anything. All she longed for was “to please, to be envied, to be …show more content…
She wanted to be the prettiest, at all costs. In the short story, "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, M. and Mme. Loisel could have changed the outcome of the story if Mme. Loisel had used the flowers as accessories instead of the necklace, by spending the money M. Loisel gave her to buy all her outfit, not only a dress,or by telling the truth to Mme. Forester. M. and Mme. Loisel could have changed the outcome of the story if Mme. Loisel had used the flowers as accessories instead of the necklace. Throughout the whole story, it is noticeable how conceited Mme. Loisel seems to be. She is not satisfied with anything that she has, instead, she desires to have what it takes to be envied. Although “she had no dresses, no jewelry, nothing,” she “loved nothing else; she felt herself made for that only” (Maupassant). Her husband, M. Loisel, tried to please her in all he could, regardless of her attitude. M. Loisel realized how sad …show more content…
and Mme. Loisel could have changed the outcome of the story if Mme. Loisel had spent the money M. Loisel gave her to buy all her outfit, not only a dress. It seems as if Mme. Loisel’s appearance was the only important thing to her. As it has been said, M. Loisel worked hard to get the invitation, but instead of appreciating his effort, Mme. Loisel’s only concerned was herself and her needs. When she rejected the invitation, M. Loisel said “but, my dear, I thought you would be pleased. You never go out, and here’s a chance, a fine one. I had the hardest work to get it” (Maupassant), which shows how tolerant he was towards her, since instead of feeling angry at her response, he tried to understand her. Mme. Loisel’s problem was that she did not have a dress to go to the party, and she did not want to use any of the dresses that she already had. M. Loisel wanted to make her happy, so he asks her how much would it cost to buy a dress for this occasion, to which she responded “I don’t know exactly, but it seems to me that with four hundred francs I might do it” (Maupassant). Although M. Loisel was saving that money to go shoot larks with his friends, he decided to give her the money so she could buy a pretty dress. She bought herself a dress, which was probably a very nice dress, since she spent all the four hundred francs on it. Mme. Loisel could have used the money to buy her whole outfit; the dress, shoes, and jewelry, and if she would have done that instead, she would not