1. In the story “The Necklace”, Mrs. Loisel we learn, is a very gorgeous lady, but lives poorly. She is married to a clerk in the Ministry of Education. She thinks highly of herself, as if she was made to be born into the luxurious lifestyle. She has a friend, Madame Forestier, who is very wealthy, and lends a diamond necklace to Mrs. Loisel. The central conflict of this story is the loss of the diamond necklace. She loses it just after the big ball, and spends the next 10 years of her life paying for a new one. The action started to rise as she planned how she would look for the ball. The narrator told us about how she wanted an expensive dress, and jewels, to look how she has always wanted to. The climax was just when the ball had ended,
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One theme from the story is the feeling of an “unfulfilled lifestyle”. From the beginning of this story, we get the feeling that Mrs. Loisel has a feeling of “she deserves more”. Later in the story, when she is talking about a dress, her husband mentions the idea of wearing her simple dress she would wear to the movies. Mrs. Loisel acts almost offended, and states that she would never go to a higher event in a dress like that, and demands a better dress. Later on, she inquires about jewels. Her husband once again, recommends she wear a flower. She does not see this as good enough, and keeps her mind stuck on getting jewels. At the ball it seems she ignores her husband, and dances carelessly, because he was not what she wanted in life.
6. In this story, there is a strong sense of irony and symbolism. The ironic side of this tale is the lost jewels. After she loses them, she drops her wanting lifestyle to paying off gems, and in the end, finds out that the gems weren’t even real. As well, the diamond necklace represents the mistakes some make in life, and what can happen if you don’t follow up and face them and solve them. Mrs. Loisel assumed she could fix the problem by buying an all new diamond necklace, but afterward learned that if she had just told Madame Forestier, she could have saved 10 years of her
One theme from the story is the feeling of an “unfulfilled lifestyle”. From the beginning of this story, we get the feeling that Mrs. Loisel has a feeling of “she deserves more”. Later in the story, when she is talking about a dress, her husband mentions the idea of wearing her simple dress she would wear to the movies. Mrs. Loisel acts almost offended, and states that she would never go to a higher event in a dress like that, and demands a better dress. Later on, she inquires about jewels. Her husband once again, recommends she wear a flower. She does not see this as good enough, and keeps her mind stuck on getting jewels. At the ball it seems she ignores her husband, and dances carelessly, because he was not what she wanted in life.
6. In this story, there is a strong sense of irony and symbolism. The ironic side of this tale is the lost jewels. After she loses them, she drops her wanting lifestyle to paying off gems, and in the end, finds out that the gems weren’t even real. As well, the diamond necklace represents the mistakes some make in life, and what can happen if you don’t follow up and face them and solve them. Mrs. Loisel assumed she could fix the problem by buying an all new diamond necklace, but afterward learned that if she had just told Madame Forestier, she could have saved 10 years of her