The Necklace A Short Story by Guy de Maupassant

Directions: Read the statements below and place a check mark in the space marked Agree if you agree with the statement or Disagree if you disagree with the statement.
Agree Disagree ______ ______ 1. Husbands should always try to please their wives. ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ 2. If you borrow something from a friend and lose it, you should replace it, if you know your friend wont be able to tell the difference. 3. You should always tell your friends the truth, even if you know theyll be mad at you. 4. Money doesnt guarantee happiness. 5. You should always worry about yourself first, and then you can worry about others. 6. Some people deserve to be at the bottom of society. 7. Women have the same opportunity today as they did in the past. 8. If two people are in love, money is not that important.

Vocabulary: Please choose five of these words put in your Cornell Notes. Make certain that your definitions are from the context of the short story. adorn, caste, finesse, suppleness, aristocracy, incessantly, antechamber, apparatus, inestimable, coquettish, intimate, tureen, exquisite, chagrin, stupefied, vexation, colleague, chic, immoderate, intoxicated, vestibule, harrowed, dictated, take measures, chaplet, ruinous, frigid, odious, chemises, refuse, haggling, awry, Analysis: Write the name of the author/speaker: Write the name of the protagonist (main character):

Prove that the protagonist is a dynamic character by filling out the following charts: Protagonists Appearance How did the protagonist look before losing the necklace? Support your answer with direct evidence from the text. How did the protagonist look after losing the necklace? Support your answer with direct evidence from the text.

Protagonists Status in Society What was the protagonists status in society before losing the necklace? Support your answer with direct evidence from the text. What was the protagonists status in society after losing the necklace? Support your answer with direct evidence from the text.

Protagonists Methods for Dealing with Conflict How did the protagonist deal with her problem of being dissatisfied with her life in the beginning of the story? Support your answer with direct evidence from the text. How did the protagonist deal with the problem of losing her friends necklace? Support your answer with direct evidence from the text.

Write down the antagonists (people or forces that oppose protagonist):

Write the names of the characters in the story that were not the protagonist or the antagonist:

Write down the setting of the story:

Point-of-view: Look through the story. If you see the pronouns (I, me, my, we), the point-ofview is first-person. If you see the pronouns (he, she, they), and the names of characters, the point-of-view is third-person. Write whether the point-of-view is first-person or third-person:

Plot: Below are the events of The Necklace, but not in order. Put them in order by placing a number next to each event that represents the order in which it happened in the story. The first one has been done for you. ____ After buying a dress, Mathilde is still upset because she has no expensive jewelry to wear to the party. She borrows a diamond necklace from her wealthy friend. ____ Mathilde gets home from the party and discovers the necklace is missing. __1_ Pretty and charming Mathilde Loisel cries incessantly because was born middle-class and feels she was meant for a life that the wealthy live. ____ Monsier Loisel gives Mathilde the money to buy herself a dress for the ball. ____ Ten years later, Mathilde meets Mme. Forestier while taking a walk. Mme. Forestier tells Mathilde the original necklace was made out of paste. ____ Mathildes husband searches for the missing necklace, but never finds it, so they borrow the money needed to buy a necklace exactly like the one that was lost. ____ Mathilde and her husband live like paupers and work hard for ten years to repay the debt they created after buying a new necklace to give back to Mme. Forestier. ____ Mathildes husband brings home an invitation to a fancy party hoping to cheer his wife up, but the invitation makes her more upset because she has nothing to wear. ____ Mathilde returns the necklace to Mme. Forestier. Now that the events are in order, complete your plot structure diagram. Place the letters of the conflicts below in the correct boxes. Some conflicts may go in more than one box. a. Mathilde cries incessantly, feeling she was meant to be rich and not middle-class. b. Mathilde envies her wealthy friend, Mme. Forestier. c. Mathilde loses the necklace borrowed from her friend, Mme. Forestier. d. Mathildes prospects for improving her status in French society are small. internal person vs. self external person vs. person person vs. nature person vs. society

Theme is revealed through the lessons about life that the characters learn. Think of two lessons the protagonist learned as a result of what happened to her in the story. The lessons you write down will be possible themes of the story:

Situational Irony: It is the contrast between what happens and what was expected (or what would seem appropriate). Because it emerges from the events and circumstances of a story, it is often more subtle and effective than verbal or dramatic irony.

Foreshadowing: This is a writers technique in which the author provides clues or hints as to what is going to happen later in the story. It is like the music in a scary movie when we know that something bad is about to happen. Write down three clues in the story that indicated the necklace might not have been real. These are clues that happened before Mathilde found out it was not real.