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The Necklace

The Necklace. By: Guy de Maupassant. Characters. Mathilde Loisel Monsieur Loisel Madame Forestier. Mathilde Loisel.

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The Necklace

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  1. The Necklace By: Guy de Maupassant

  2. Characters • Mathilde Loisel • Monsieur Loisel • Madame Forestier

  3. Mathilde Loisel The protagonist of the story. Mathilde has been blessed with physical beauty but not with the affluent lifestyle she yearns for, and she feels deeply discontented with her lot in life.

  4. Monsieur Loisel Mathilde’s husband. Monsieur Loisel is content with the small pleasures of his life but does his best to appease Mathilde’s demands. He loves Mathilde immensely but does not truly understand her, and he seems to underestimate the depth of her unhappiness.

  5. Madame Forestier Mathilde’s wealthy friend. Madame Forestier treats Mathilde kindly, but Mathilde is bitterly jealous of Madame Forestier’s wealth, and the kindness pains her.

  6. Themes & Motifs • The deceptiveness of appearance • The perceived power of objects • Vanity & pride • Irony • Coveting

  7. Symbols

  8. References SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Necklace.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2007. Web. 11 Jul. 2011.

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