The Necklace: The Downfall Of Mathilde Loisel
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Jealousy and envy are among the greatest of sins and have been the down
fall of many. Maupassant's "The Necklace" is the story of a woman who is
overcome with jealousy and envy. Mathilde Loisel feels she has been cheated by
life from all of the wonderful things it has to offer. The reader lea ....
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.... life, as well as her husband's, takes a dramatic turn and
the author describes the physical and emotional changes in great detail.
The story's title does not signify the theme however, the theme of the
story is reiterated throughout the story. "She had no dresses, no jewels,
nothing. And she loved nothing but that; she felt made for that. She would so
have liked to please, to be envied, to be charming, to be sought after"(900).
Mme. Loisel was envious of her friend and anyone els ....
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