The Necklace

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Mrs. Mathilde Loisel
In “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant the protagonist character is Mathilde Loisel. Mathilde is an attractive young woman that has an ambitious imagination of fanciful dining and expensive material things. Her husband, Mr. Loisel, is more of a passive, easily controlled, generous man. Despite his job as a clerk he gives whatever he has to please his dear wife. The couple is invited to a formal dinner with the Chancellor of Education, who is obviously one of the wealthy people in society. Instead of being delighted that they were invited Mathilde complains and cries because she does not own anything suitable enough for wear. Mr. Loisel gives up his summer savings in order to afford a new dress for Mathilde but when the night comes she is not completely pleased so Mathilde borrows a beautiful diamond necklace from a wealthy friend, Jeanne. After a wonderful night of beauty and admiration the necklace is lost. Without even thinking about telling the truth of the necklac!
e the Loisel’s put themselves into debt for a ten-year period in order to afford a replacement. It was the hard work of paying off the debt that changed Mrs. Loisel. She did all the cleaning from washing clothes to moping the floor that frayed her used to be soft hands and long manicured nails. Mrs. Loisel might have learned her lesson but she still held resentment towards the so-called wealthy friend, Jeanne. When Mrs. Loisel finally was able to talk to Jeanne she found out the necklace she had lost was only costume jewelry. The symbol of wealth to Mrs. Loisel was just a fake one but it was one that taught her the real meaning of money and desire....