"The Necklace": The Development Of Irony
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Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace" is situational irony written in 1884.
The story was written in a time when there were very distinct social classes
primarily determined by one's birth. It is about a woman who can not come to
terms with her position in the middle class. Although she knows she c ....
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.... silent anterooms, expensive silks and of
achievement and fame that would make her the envy of all other women" (4). What
she fails to realize is that these daydreams only make her more dissatisfied
with her real life. As a result, she becomes more focused on what she does not
have rather than what she does have.
Contributing to the irony is the borrowed necklace. Matilde's husband
brings a coveted dinner invitation home, and her first reaction is concern for
appearances. She tells ....
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