The Gift Of The Magi And The Necklace

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The Differeces Between Della And Mathilida
In “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, and “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant, there are two characters that are very different. First, there is Della who is a generous, optimistic doer, and Mathilida who is a selfish, pessimistic dreamer.
Their biggest difference is the fact that Della is generous and Mathilida is selfish and self-centered. The author illustrates Della’s generosity when she is low on money and all she can think about is her husbands present, and then she goes out and asks a hairdresser “Will you buy my hair?” The author shows Mathilida’s selfishness when she gets home from the ball and realizes she lost the necklace. Her husband says “I’ll retrace our steps on foot.” And she doesn’t offer to help him.
The next biggest difference is the fact that Della is an optimist and Mathilida is a pessimist. The author shows this about Della when she gets her haircut and she decides she can make it work by curling it. The author similarly shows Mathilida, as a pessimist when she gets an invitation to the ball and all she can think about is how she doesn’t have a dress. When she gets the money for a dress she can only think of how she has no jewels.
The final difference is how Dells is a doer and Mathilida is a dreamer. For example when Della knew she was going to get a Christmas present for Jim she fought prices at the butcher and went to get her hair sold. But Mathilida, the dreamer, just flopped down on the couch and thought about what things could be like if she wasn’t poor.
In conclusion the two stories “The gift of the magi” and “The necklace” have two characters who are completely different and as I’ve show Della is generous and Mathildia is selfish, Della is an optmist and Mathilda is a Pessimist, and Della is a doer and Mathilida is a dreamer. The theme of these stories is, even if your efforts are noble in nature, you will no...