Mme. Loisel and her husband were a couple struggling financially, and one day he comes home with an invitation to the palace of the ministry for a celebration, in which she doesn’t think she can attend. She borrows a necklace from Mme. Forestier, which she loses while out that night. The rest of M. and Mme. Loisel lives they spend making money for the new necklace that they had to by Mme. Forestier in the place of the lost one, which they find out wasn’t worth anything.
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The theme, characters, and tone of this story are representative of the life that Guy De Maupassant lived. In the start of this story the theme is clear, that the rich have nice things and are beautiful and the poor do not. But as the story goes on it becomes more apparent that that isn’t necessarily true. Madame Forestier is deceived as a wealthy and classy person whom shows her riches through her jewelry. This is the belief throughout the story and causes the struggles of the Loisel family. In the end of the story Mme. Losiel is faced with the fact that the necklace she lost of Mme. Forestier was actually costume jewelry and wasn’t worth anything. Not only does this surprised Mme. Loisel it is also shown in her appearance. She worked so hard to look rich that her beauty was taken away, which is found by Mme. Forestier at the end of the story.
The characters found in this story are those of who are found in Guy De Maupassant’s life. He lived in a troubled home, in which there wasn’t much financial or emotional support. This is comparable to the life that M. and Mme. Loisel were living in, “The Necklace”. They didn’t have the money to buy new things of go out. This is just like Guy’s mother she never worked when she was married to Guy’s father and then they got divorced. This cause a big economic change in his life, which is the life that M. and Mme. Loisel lived in the story, “The Necklace”.
The tone of this story is dark and depressing, because Mme. Loisel never has enough money to do anything. She feels as though she will never be beautiful because she doesn’t have jewels or a pretty gown. Guy De Maupassant has these same feelings towards his childhood as well. His parents got divorced when Guy was younger. This impacted the financial standing for his mother because his father was the one who worked and had all the riches.
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