The_Necklace

The Necklace Guy de Maupassant was a French novelist and short-story writer. In his short story “The Necklace”, he focuses on a pretty but poor lady whose name is Mathilde. Her character is introduced as having the belief that she should have been born into a higher class. She was unhappy (“as she had gone through bankruptcy [5]”) because she did not have any connection to enter into high society and become well known, so she could marry a distinguished man. Mathilde finally got married with a clerk in the Ministry of Education and still depressed with her life. Unfortunately society insists that true happiness requires ownership of many expensive possessions. Mathilde is a victim of materialism. She is a middle class woman who wants to be part of the upper class. Her desire to live a life of luxury prevents her from finding satisfaction with other aspect of her life. Her husband goes through a great deal of trouble to get an invitation to a fancy party however, when he tells her the news, she replies coldly: “What do you want me to do with this'” (Maupassant 6). He makes every effort to convince her to go to the party necklace, mathilde, mrs, party, friend, forestier, because, years, through, life, jewelry, husband, go, dress, class, buy, truth, true, time, ten, tells, tell, story, society, one, off, next, maupassant, just, happiness, finally, even, debt, convince, clay