Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
Guy De Maupassants The Necklac - Essay

Guy De Maupassants The Necklac

I believe that Mathilde is materialistic and selfish. She took away happiness both from herself and her husband because "she burned with the desire to please, to be envied, to be attractive and sought after." This desire led to her downfall and her husband;s misery. I am in no way able to show compassion for this lady.
The story starts out leading us to believe that Mathilde is a simple person without a lot of luxuries in her life. At this point I felt some pity for Mathilde. I thought that she was vasically a poor lady in an unhappy state of mind. But at the same time it was hard to feel sorry for her because she couldn't accept happiness in her life due to the fact that she was always ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

a husband that loved her and was willing to do anything to please her. Even if it meant giving up something he had been saving up for, a shotgun, just so she could feel like Cinderella for one night and get a dress that suited her needs. She was unable to stop at a dress though: she needed to have jewelry. It could't be just any jewelry either, it had to be a diamond necklace.
Mathilde was a success at the party, she was noticed and sought by all. She found happiness in vanity until she arrived at home and discovered the necklace was gone. Unable to find it when they retraced their steps, they were forced to replace the jewels instead of telling their friend the truth. For the next ten years Mathilde discovered the "horrible life of the needy." She was forced to get rid of her maid, rent an atiic apartment, dress in cheap dresses, and fend for herself. Only then did she realize how good her life really had been.
So ten years later she sees her friend, whom she borrowed the ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.

Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE:

APA
MLA
Chicago
Turabian

Guy De Maupassants The Necklac. (2007, December 14). Retrieved January 11, 2026, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Guy-De-Maupassants-The-Necklac/75822

"Guy De Maupassants The Necklac." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 14 Dec. 2007. Web. 11 Jan. 2026. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Guy-De-Maupassants-The-Necklac/75822>

"Guy De Maupassants The Necklac." Essayworld.com. December 14, 2007. Accessed January 11, 2026. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Guy-De-Maupassants-The-Necklac/75822.

JOIN NOW

Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays

PAPER DETAILS

Added: 12/14/2007 09:02:53 PM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 514
Pages: 2

Save |