...learning skills. Short stories are always very enjoyable to read. They are very concise but mostly have such a deep message resonating throughout the text that the reader is left pondering over an extension of the story to imagine the possible ending if they were novels instead. The works under consideration are meant to be compared because of their unique theme which reflects how two authors can write similar yet distinctive stories in different times. In anything you write or read there are some similarities and differences with another piece of literature. I would like to share the difference and similarity on the theme GenderRoles/Marriage. The corresponding works that I have selected are “The Story of an Hour (Chopin)” and “The Necklace (de Mauppassant).” I chose to analyze these particular because this subject hits home. I love to read love and romance novels, short stories, and poems. The story of an Hour was my favorite piece of literature from the listed. I think everyone that reads this will have a private perspective. When Mrs. Louise hears from her sister Josephine and friend Richard, of her husband’s death, she reacts with obvious grief, and although, her reaction is perhaps more violent than other women, it is still appropriate. Louis begins to realize that she is now an independent woman and this realization enlivens and excites her. She had a secret. Her private thoughts were her secrets. She tried to squench the joy she feels but such resistance forbidden...
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...The Necklace vs. The Story of an Hour Pamela Richard ENG 125 Lesa Hadley May 11, 2012 The Necklace vs. The Story of an Hour A short story, “The Necklace” (“La parure”) written by Guy de Maupassant in 1884 and a poem, ‘The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin in 1894 are literary works that are very comparable yet are different. The two women, Madame Mathilde Loisel and Louise Mallard, portrayed in these literary works are protagonists who have trouble because of conflicting expectations imposed on them by society. Both Mathilde Loisel and Louise Mallard want something more than what their lifestyle offers them. During the time when the authors wrote these pieces, the social behaviors showed gender suppression/oppression. This essay will compare and contrast elements of content, form, and style between two different literary works. Both authors chose the theme of gender roles in marriage. During the time when the authors wrote theses pieces, the social behaviors showed gender suppression/oppression. The nineteenth century was impacted by the industrial revolution which caused a gap in gender roles, especially in the upper and middle classes (Radek, 2001). Men and women were thought to have completely different natures. Men were considered to be powerful, brave, rational and independent. Women were considered weak, timid, emotional, and dependent. Those differences separated their functions in society. "Men were thought to have natures suited to the public...
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...How does guy de Maupassant present the character Mathilde in ‘the necklace’? Guy de Maupassant was a French writer in the 19th century, he is considered as one of the fathers of the short story. The necklace is a short story about a woman called Madame Matilde loisel and her husband Charles. Mathilde appears to be an unpleasant middle class woman who believes she was made for a rich life. Madame Matilde Loisel is lucky enough to obtain invitations to the Ministry of the Public Instruction party; because she is middle class and cannot afford jewellery to wear she borrows a necklace from her good friend Madame Jeanne Forestier. But whilst coming home from the party she loses the necklace. This leads her to start a new life of poverty. Through the use of indirect discourse, Maupassant shows the reader Mathilde’s innermost thoughts, “she was one of those pretty, delightful girls who, apparently be some error of fate, get themselves born the daughters of very minor civil servants.” By doing this he draws her attention to her vanity and her self-centred nature, “if she had noticed the substitution, what would she have thought? What would she have said would she have not concluded she was a thief?” the effect of the free indirect discourse is highlighted by Maupassant use of hyperbole, “she was unhappy all the time…the rundown apartment they lived in… was torture to her. ”Maupassant uses tricolons and other forms of repetition to exaggerate Mathilde’s emotions, making her seem incredibly...
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...Theme and Narrative of “The Necklace” Renee’ Alsup ENG 125 Colin Garretson October 27, 2012 Theme and Narrative of “The Necklace” I have chosen Guy de Maupassant “The Necklace” to analyze in this week’s paper. This story is based on a couple who is in love, but not necessarily happy. Madame Loisel made do with what she had throughout life, but wanted better and wanted people to look up to her. “The Necklace” revolves around an outstanding piece of diamond jewelry. Madame Loisel is obsessed with this necklace and wants to be adorned by the other women at the party. Madame Loisel’s husband worked in the Department of Education. They were not well of people but made it through life. Madame Loisel always longed for more than what she had. As stated, she suffered intensely, feeling herself born for every delicacy and every luxury. She suffered from the poverty of her dwelling, from the worn walls, the abraded chairs, the ugliness of the stuffs.” (Clugston, 2010). Monsieur Loisel handed her, an invitation to a party for “The Minister of Education” requesting their attendance, she was not elated as he was in hopes she would be. The reason being is that she did not have a dress exquisite enough to wear. After offering to buy her a dress for the party, she still was not satisfied. “All right. I will give you four hundred francs. But take care to have a pretty dress.” (Clugston, 2010). She needed Jewelry. He offered flowers but she needed to be adorned by the other...
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...Theme and Narrative of “The Necklace” I have chosen Guy de Maupassant “The Necklace” to analyze in this week’s paper. This story is based on a couple who is in love, but not necessarily happy. Madame Loisel made do with what she had throughout life, but wanted better and wanted people to look up to her. “The Necklace” revolves around an outstanding piece of diamond jewelry. Madame Loisel is obsessed with this necklace and wants to be adorned by the other women at the party. Madame Loisel’s husband worked in the Department of Education. They were not well of people but made it through life. Madame Loisel always longed for more than what she had. As stated, she suffered intensely, feeling herself born for every delicacy and every luxury. She suffered from the poverty of her dwelling, from the worn walls, the abraded chairs, the ugliness of the stuffs.” (Clugston, 2010). Monsieur Loisel handed her, an invitation to a party for “The Minister of Education” requesting their attendance, she was not elated as he was in hopes she would be. The reason being is that she did not have a dress exquisite enough to wear. After offering to buy her a dress for the party, she still was not satisfied. “All right. I will give you four hundred francs. But take care to have a pretty dress.” (Clugston, 2010). She needed Jewelry. He offered flowers but she needed to be adorned by the other women by wearing jewels and showing that she measured up to them. “You will wear some natural flowers.” (Clugston...
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...This paper aims to make an analysis of the short story entitled, “The Vendetta”, written by Guy de Maupassant. “Vendetta”, which means “revenge” in the English language, is the core of this short story, and the concept from which the main character depends upon in order to survive. The story revolved around the revenge of the Widow Saverini because of the death of her son Antoine Saverini. Antoine was killed by a man named, Nicolas Ravolati, who was the object of revenge of Antoine’s mother. The death of her son, and her plot for revenge made her restless and sleepless at nights, thus, motivating her to avenge the death of Antoine. The development of the story involves the important role played by Semillante, the dog of Antoine, which the Widow used in order to get on with her revenge. The plan of the widow is to starve the dog for two days, and using a scarecrow made of straw, she trained the dog to attack it by using a smoking sausage she tied to the neck of the straw man. She trained the dog for several months, and when she believed that both of them were ready to execute her plans, she went to the town with the dog to look for Nicolas Ravolati. Her plan was a success, as she already avenged the death of Antoine, thus, giving her peace after returning home. This short story was a simple story, with a simple plot and theme, which depicts what really happens in real life. Three important points can be recognized in this particular story, namely...
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..."The Last Leaf" by O. Henry is an interesting short story about a sick girl named Johnsy, who is deeply affected by a bare vine tree. Johnsy has decided she will not get well and has reconciled herself with the fact that she is going to die when the last leaf falls off the ivy bush outside her bedroom window. Johnsy's hopelessness and willingness to accept the worst without a fight is a major statement about the emotional state of the character. In his wonderful short-story “the last leaf”, using sacrificial themes, fear of pneumonia and a twist on the fatalistic tone, O.Henry depicted a really meaningful goal: Life must have hope. In brief, I love this story very much. Its plot and its characters are simply, but it is a very touching story that makes I recognize many things in life. Life is meaningful only for people who have hope and love. The hope helps us live better and heals our body and spirit. Hope is the foundation of our personal futures; each of us would probably suicide without hope. It is the virtue that helps us overcome obstacles. Without hope, we seem to give up easily like Johnsy in the story. Without hope, there is nothing. Another important thing in life is love. O. Henry, through the story, advices us should love ourselves and other people. The love between three persons, Johnsy, Sue and old Behrman makes a moving story. Johnsy had sometimes forgotten loving herself and cause the worry for Sue, but the biggest love is the love of the old Behrman for Johnsy...
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...The last leaf “The Last Leaf” - The Hope That Heal. "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry is an interesting short story about a sick girl named Johnsy, who is deeply affected by a bare vine tree. Johnsy has decided she will not get well and has reconciled herself with the fact that she is going to die when the last leaf falls off the ivy bush outside her bedroom window. Johnsy's hopelessness and willingness to accept the worst without a fight is a major statement about the emotional state of the character. In his wonderful short-story “the last leaf”, using sacrificial themes, fear of pneumonia and a twist on the fatalistic tone, O.Henry depicted a really meaningful goal: Life must have hope. In brief, I love this story very much. Its plot and its characters are simply, but it is a very touching story that makes I recognize many things in life. Life is meaningful only for people who have hope and love. The hope helps us live better and heals our body and spirit. Hope is the foundation of our personal futures; each of us would probably suicide without hope. It is the virtue that helps us overcome obstacles. Without hope, we seem to give up easily like Johnsy in the story. Without hope, there is nothing. Another important thing in life is love. O. Henry, through the story, advices us should love ourselves and other people. The love between three persons, Johnsy, Sue and old Behrman makes a moving story. Johnsy had sometimes forgotten loving herself and cause the worry for Sue, but the...
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...Haftom Wineh Eng. 112 08/04/15 Literary Analysis of “The Necklace” In the short story of “The Necklace,” Guy De Maupassant narrates about a woman who just cannot seem to be happy and dreams about being rich. Maupassant uses imagery and symbolism to convey his theme as well as the value of a false materialism in the story. The narrator uses the necklace as a symbol to show us the biggest deception of appearances. At the story’s heart is a masterful depiction of the protagonist, Loisel Mathilde. She is a young, beautiful, charming, materialistic, discontent and snobbish lady. Mathilde agrees to marry a clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction, who always tries to make her happy. Mathilde cares very much about beautiful things and appearances that, in fact, do not match with her reality. She borrows a necklace and loses it, and then spends ten years of hard life paying back the cost of the lost necklace. Maupassant shows ironic situation by using a necklace as a symbol to illustrate Mathilde’s obsession with wealth and her dishonesty, which cause her downfall in the story. The protagonist, Mathilde, lives in middle-class society but longs to be a member of high-class society. She spends most of her time envying everybody with a sweeter life than her own. Maupassant narrates that Mathilde has a little peasant girl who works in her house and washes the...
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...An Analysis of “The Necklace” Some people will lie and go to great lengths to try and appear to be something they really aren’t without considering that embracing who they truly are is far more important. In Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” placed in France during 1800’s, things were not much different. During this time, France was a city ruled by classicism. At that time, wealth was seen to be essential, and social class was even more so. A person could be very wealthy and have luxurious things, but none of that mattered unless they were considered upper-class in society. In this story, De Maupassant develops a young and beautiful working class woman who desires a more luxurious lifestyle and sees it as something she absolutely needs to truly be happy. She constantly despised her husband’s plainness, and his satisfaction towards the basic life they lived. She felt as if she deserved more than the life she was wrongfully born into. One night she borrowed a friend’s beautiful diamond necklace for a party only to misplace it. She couldn’t bare the idea of telling her friend how she lost her necklace, so she used the money her husband’s father had left him and borrowed from wherever else her and her husband could to buy another diamond necklace. It took her husband and her ten years to pay off this unnecessary debt. When she finally had the courage to tell her friend the truth after the debt was finally paid, she found out the necklace was an imitation. Madame Loisel...
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...In this essay, I would like to compare and contrast gender roles/marriage and primarily show through two literary works found in my textbook the differences and likenesses of each story, as they are being told to the audience. The short stories that I have chosen to discuss for this essay are “The Necklace”, by Guy de Maupassant and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, by James Thurber. I will try to compare and contrast both stories and give the audience a brief summary, explaining the likenesses and differences and engaging the reader, while doing so. In the short summary of the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". This short-story tells the tale of Walter Mitty while on a trip into town with his wife, the bossy and serious Mrs. Mitty. Walter is sadly incompetent of doing many things; he forgets a lot of things, is very absent-minded while driving, and cannot handle the simplest tasks. But, what makes Walter unique throughout this short-story is his imagination. While Walter goes through his tasks, he escapes into a world of many fantasies, each brought on by reality. While driving his car he starts to day dream that he is a commander on a “Navy hydroplane" going through a storm. (Clugston, 2010). While passing a hospital, he believes he is a famous surgeon, known throughout the world for saving lives. He imagines he is being interrogated in court on a case, when he hears a newsboy shouting about a trial. Also, when he is waiting for his wife, he imagines himself...
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...Wanting and needing something are two different things. Usually the things you want are cooler than what you need. For example I would rather have Huey and play Fortunate Son all the time than have a house, but a Huey isn’t as important as a house. But since I have those I take them for granted but that’s because I live in a first world country and don’t have to worry about terrorism, disease, starvation, or anything dangerous. I think you should be happy with what you have and wanting more will bring bad luck or something. I say that cause I don’t know what else to type about and saying that will make this assignment easier. One example of why wanting more than what you have is bad is one of the stories that we read about some lady who wanted more than what she had so she can impress people instead of being happy with what she has. In the story the lady borrows a friend’s diamond necklace and ends up losing it, so in order to replace it she fires her maid and sells her decent house and her and her husband end up working a lot more in order to replace it. Years later, she learns that the necklace was fake and wasted her life and money on it. Her first mistake was borrowing an expensive necklace then losing it. Her second mistake was not telling her friend that she lost and wasted her life trying to replace it. She could’ve just told her friend and her friend would’ve told her it was fake or she could’ve done the cool thing and started robbing banks or stealing expensive...
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...In the short story, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant it describes an ungrateful woman who in the end got what she deserved. Mathilde Loisel is a woman who desired to live the fancy life, but is too poor. Later on, Mathilde’s husband receives an invitation to a fancy ball, but instead of being excited, Mathilde is upset that she doesn’t have a dress or any jewelry. She ends up getting a necklace from a friend. Then, she ends up going to the ball, but afterwards she loses the necklace she borrowed in a cab. She has her husband look for it, but he had no luck. After not being able to find it they decide to buy a replacement and end up spending a lot of time and money to replace it. In the end of the story Mathilde finds out that the original...
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...In the stories “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi”, there are many similarities and differences. Both teach life lessons, teaching of the gift of selflessness, and the problems brought on by selfishness. A similarity between the character Della from “The Gift of the Magi” and Madame Loisel from “The Necklace” is that both have financial trouble. The difference between them is that while Madame Loisel is selfish, Della is selfless. One example of this is in “The Gift of the Magi”, when Della gives up her most prized possession for the man she loves. Della sells her hair for $20, and combined it with the $1.37 she had spent all year saving for this day. Using the money, Della bought a beautiful platinum chain for her husband Jim’s most...
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