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In three pages this literary analysis the famous short story “The Necklace” includes an examination of its setting, third-person narrator, characterization (protagonist and antagonist), tone, theme, symbolism, and irony. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.
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realism in his short stories. De Maupassant was also fascinated by the psychology of the human mind, and the impact of society upon the actions of the individual.
This is particularly evident in what has become de Maupassants most famous short story, "The Necklace" ("La Parure"), which was first published in 1884. He realistically explored the profound
influence French "haute societe" (high society) exerted upon people of all classes. This was an elitist club, to which everybody, regardless of socioeconomic status sought membership. Madame Mathilde
Loisel was no exception. She was so focused upon achieving the social position she devoted her life to cultivating that she failed to appreciate the marital happiness she might
have enjoyed had she valued individuals more than objects. Her crass materialistic sense of values and narrow-mindedness are evident in the opening paragraph, in which de Maupassant writes, "She
had no dowry, no expectations, no means of getting known, understood, loved, and wedded by a man of wealth and distinction; and she let herself be married off to a
little clerk in the Ministry of Education" (582). The short storys setting is Paris, France during the late nineteenth century (the same time
the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, wealth was inherited and therefore ones status had already been determined by the time of
birth and could not be acquired. Mathilde Loisel regarded herself as a victim of her setting because, "She suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born for all the delicacies and the
luxuries. She suffered from the poverty of her dwelling" (de Maupassant 583). Mathilde was destined to be bourgeois from the day she was born, but she refused to
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