The necklace

The necklace is a first person narration. The title the necklace signifies three meanings. It indicates vanity, wealth and elegance. The article the highlights on the importance of the necklace. The story revolves around the necklace. The central idea of the lesson is that learn how to control his temptations and his dreams shouldnt be beyond his limits. He should be happy with what he has. The tone in the beginning of the passage is one of the longing for that she did not have. Through the names of the streets and the writers name we are introduced through the setting, in Paris, France.

The line by some error of fate, get themselves born the daughter of very minor civil servants shows her dissatisfaction for being born in an ordinary family. Mathilde thinks that she deserves more than what she has because of her looks. She was born to the family by wrong decision of fate. no means of meeting someone rich indicates that she had no possibilities of marrying someone rich or aristocratic because of her ordinary family background. Not even a single person belongs to a high class society would like to marry a girl with no class. So she feels that she is a victim of district order of society. She determines her place in hierarchy. She was unhappy all the time indicates that Mathilde lived a life of illusions and fantasy. Her dreams were above her status of a life of refinement and luxury. she dreamed of silent ante chambers hung with oriental tapestries indicates that she wanted a spacious house and enjoy all the comforts of life. She dreamed of elegant dinners, gleaming silverware and exquisite dishes. Here adjectives have been used to create a vivid and concrete imagine in the readers mind as it helps us to visualize and analyse about her dreams.

On the other hand her husbands character is a contrast to his wife. aho shew! Splendid! Theres nothing I like better than a nice stew. This line indicates that Monsieur Loisel was pleased and content with the simple things of life and even ellipses are used to add suspense. The writer has made use of phrase whats up? to show his still, quit, calm and casual nature. According to the situation he tries to lighten it. The line wait, a second. Youll catch cold outside, Ill go and get a cab. Shows that he is very caring and considerate husband and the writer has made use of a word darling show his love towards his wife even though his wife didnt use to pay much attention to him. This shows his true love. She would have given anything to be popular envied,

attractive and in diamond. Triads are used to show her black heart, she only cared about these things. She never thought about her husband. She thought that she was made for only this a friend from her convert day on whom she never called now. The writer has made use of negative word never to show that she felt so helpless. She couldnt call her friend because her friend was rich which made her feel jealous. Triads are used sorrow, regret, despair and anguish to show her sadness.

She tossed the invitation shows her height of ill-mannerism, she didnt even care that her husband brought it for her with so much love. But darling, I thought youd be happy. Shows her husbands care and concern towards her life. Dialogues have been used to break the monotone of the narration. The writer has made use of colloquial language that is dicken, nobs which gives a touch of reality. It makes the story impressionable, understandable and comfortable for the readers. And what am I supposed to wear if I do go? rhetorical question has been used to add suspense and to show her feelings of confusion about her dress. What about the dress you wear for the theatre? shows her husband is very realistic as he tells Mathilde to wear her old dress to the ball. the sight of his wife who begun to cry here the writer tries to explain us that the best weapon the wife uses is to start crying and even Mathilde does the same thing. She uses her tears to win the sympathy of her husband because to buy a new dress. This shows that she is so selfish, inconsiderate and ungrateful. The line I havent got anything to wear; I shant be going to any reception. Shows that the love and care of her husband is meaningless to her in front of expensive gowns and ornaments. I daresay I could get by on four hundred francs. Very well, Ill give you your four hundred francs. These lines show that Mathilde is much manipulated as she succeeds in influencing her husband to give her the money. It shows how model husband and he is, who loves his wife so much that he dint care about his trips which he planned with his friends and gave the money to his wife. He is accommodating and defers to her in everything. Wear a posy, afford to buy anything else but Mathilde was not satisfied. She is an opportunist and takes advantage of her friend (Madame Forestier) to borrow jewellery from her. Choose whatever you like shows that she was a generous, kind and giving person the proverb a friend in need is a friend indeed fully describe her personality and character as she was a helpless person. Have you got anything else? shows that Mathilde was still not content and she is a greedy person. She threw her arms around her friend. This signifies that she became happy after finding jewellery for her which was a diamond necklace.

The tone in the ballroom is of joy or overwhelming action. Triads are used

elegant, graceful, radiant and wonderfully happy to show how pretty she was looking. With the charm of the necklace she tried to attract and gain the attraction of all men which was otherwise impossible for her with beauty only. Adjectives like prettiest women have been used to help us to visualize her beauty. Her husband had been dozing in a small, empty side-room. This line shows that she was too over whelming with joy and busy receiving appreciation for her beauty that she even ignored her husbands presence and tried to get rid of him when he told to wear a coat on her new dress. She worried that if someone sees her with that coat than she wont be able to hide her reality under that gown and borrowed diamond necklace.

After the loss of the necklace the tone was of worry and fear. Im going to go back the way we came to see if I can find it. Shows that Monsieur Loisel was a clever man. Instead of losing the necklace he didnt waste a second and started searching for it. He went to the police state, called at newspaper office where he advertised a reward shows that he didnt lose his hope at all and was busy searching for it. Well have to start think about replacing the necklace. They asked him not to sell it for three days shows that still a hope was there in their heart even after a week so they even bargained the price. He borrowed the money shows how concerned he was for his wife. Just to hide her mistake he is trying his level best to buy a new necklace. He mortgaged the rest of his life is a hyperbolic sentence to show his willingness to keep his wife happy.

There life converted after the loss of the necklace. They became poor as they dismissed the maid. They moved out of their apartment and rented an attic room. This shows the financial crisis they went through. The 200 paragraph is cinematographic. How Mathildes life turned for repaying the necklace. The writer makes a contrast between Mathildes past and future. She washed dishes, wearing down her pink nails on the greasy pots and sauce pans. This shows how poor they became after the loss of the necklace. She had to do all that stuff which she never ever thought about. She resigns herself to poverty. She made herself to do all heavy domestic work, ghotty kitchen chores. She was also haggling frequently which shows that after the loss of the necklace she cared about every penny. Mathilde, who wore a dress of four francs for the ball and now dressed like any working class woman. They had repaid everything. Shows that Monsieur Loisel was determined to settle his debts and he was a man of his words.

She lost her beauty as Madame Loisel looked old now. Battling and uncouth.

The writer has made use of these words to show that she had lost her beauty as well as her manners and etiquettes. She thinks of that evening long ago when she had been so beautiful and admired. Here the writer tries to explain is that she had waves of nostalgia. She still had dreams and remembers the time when she has been the so beautiful. Repetition is used still young, still beautiful and still attractive to show Madame Forestier was a contrast to Mathilde. You bought a diamond necklace to replace mine shows that she never noticed the difference as she never opened the case to check the necklace. it was only an imitation necklace tells us that for paying the debts of the necklace for what they wasted their ten years of life was worthless for her as it was fake or maybe the writer wants us that wealth is just in the world of shows and a persons life can be made miserable if a person makes a small mistake or take one wrong decision.