The Necklace: Madame Loisel
Guy De Maupassant ended The Necklace rather abruptly. This leaves the reader in an awkward position because they have no idea how Madame Loisel spends the rest of her life. Therefore it becomes quite difficult to argue if she learned any valuable lessons from her experience or not. I believe that Madame Loisel learned at least one lesson: be thankful for what you have. She may have also learned other lessons such as: “all that glitters isn’t gold” and “honesty is the best policy.”
To see what effect the experience had on her, we must look at her life before she lost the necklace and her life after she lost it. The story begins by telling us that Madame Loisel was an extremely ...
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angry.” Even the sight of her servant would cause her to daydream of “two great footmen in knee breeches who sleep in the big armchairs, made drowsy by the heavy warmth of the hot-air stove.” “She thought of the long salons fitted up with ancient silk, of the delicate furniture carrying priceless curiosities, and of the coquettish perfumed boudoirs made for talks at five o’clock with intimate friends, with men famous and sought after, whom all women envy and whose attention they all desire.” She dreamed of “dainty dinners, of shining silverware, of tapestry which peopled the walls with ancient personages and with strange birds flying in the midst of a fairy forest; and she thought of delicious dishes served on marvelous plates and whispered gallantries which you listen to with a sphinxlike smile, while you are eating the pink flesh of a trout or the wings of a quail.”
I believe these quotes from the book tell us a lot about Madame Loisel’s personality. She didn’t simply wish ...
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landing. “And, dressed like a woman of the people, she went to the fruiterer, the grocer, the butcher, her basket on her arm, bargaining, insulted, defending her miserable money.” Madame Loisel looked old now. She had become “the woman of impoverished households – strong and hard and rough.” “With frowsy hair, skirts askew, and red hands, she talked loud while washing the floor with great swishes of water.” She looked so radically different that Madame Forestier didn’t even recognize her.
It is difficult to say what lessons Madame Loisel may have learned without speculating. I think she must have learned that “all that glitters, isn’t gold.” Madame Loisel’s dream was to be rich, ...
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