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The necklace

The necklace. By: Guy de Maupassant. Main Characters. Mathilde is a poor, charming women who is discontent with her life. M. Louisel is a clerk and is married to Mathilde . Mme. Forestier is a friend of Mathilde . Setting. The setting for the story is Paris, France.

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The necklace

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  1. The necklace By: Guy de Maupassant

  2. Main Characters • Mathilde is a poor, charming women who is discontent with her life. • M. Louisel is a clerk and is married to Mathilde. • Mme. Forestier is a friend of Mathilde.

  3. Setting • The setting for the story is Paris, France. • The time is the second half of the 19th century. • Seine River, at the ball, in their house

  4. The Plot • Mathilde gets a necklace from Mme.Forestier for a ball she was going to attend. • Mathilde loses the necklace. • Mathilde works for ten years to buy a replacement. • Mme.Forestier tells her that it was a fake necklace, and it only cost 500 francs, not 40,000.

  5. Conflict • Man vs. Man: • The Loisels work 10 years to make money to pay their debts. • Man vs. Self: • Mathilde wishes she had more money. • Man vs. Nature: Nature makes Mathilde look older than she is.

  6. Theme • The theme is “One shouldn’t keep their problems to themselves.” • Examples are: • “Two large tears slowly rolled from the corners of her eyes…” –page 29 • “We’ll have to write your friend…” –page 32 • “Mme. Forestier stopped short…” –page 34

  7. Point of View • The story is written in third person point of view of the author. Guy de Maupassant

  8. Mood • Mithilde is nervous when she loses the necklace. • Mithilde is happy when she gets the necklace. • Mathilde is sad when she did not have a dress to wear.

  9. Figurative Language/Plot Devices • Simile- “Clad like a peasant woman.” pg. 33 • Irony- “Oh my poor Mathilde. But mine was only paste.” pg.34 • Exposition- First eight paragraphs of the story.

  10. Photos The Necklace Mathilde Horse-drawn carriage Loan Sharks

  11. Our Opinion • The author is cruel to his characters • A somewhat depressing story • The story had good principles • The plot was dull

  12. Brought To You By: Nathan Evans Ryan Rogers Dylan Crowley Zachary Unkle

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