- The plight of Madame Loisel
(How does she perceive her life to be? Draw upon examples here!)
(What does her life become? Why is this ironic?)
- The relationship between Madame + Monsieur
(Why does he seem so pleased with himself for the Party invitation?)
(He uses all his money not just to help buy her an outfit but also to buy a real diamond necklace)
(Why is he so content in life?)
- Symbolism of the necklace
(How does she respond to this imitation necklace?)
(Why isn’t a ‘poesy’ good enough?)
(How does Madame Forestier respond to the real necklace?)
(What does this add to the ending?)
- Language
The necklace is a text which truly stands out for its poignant and dramatic ending, which is effectively built up to by the incorporation of themes such as greed, vanity, forbidden desire and wealth. When seamed together with the class and relationship dilemmas of text, we …show more content…
Madame Loisel has degraded herself, worked and toiled to replace something that was merely an 'imitation' the adjective choice itself suggesting how artificial, fake and insignificant it is. However it was beautiful - like Mme Loisel, but not expensive. Maupassant shows that beauty is beauty, whatever its worth. And it's not worth ruining your life to lust after expensive luxuries that are no more delightful than the ten franc 'posy' her husband wanted her to buy in the first place. The endings climax and effect is heightened when the name of her former home on the 'Rue des Martyrs' links to the final theme and starts to fall into place. This woman is a martyr: to envy, to living in imagination, not in reality - she is deceived by the 'imitation', and her pride of wanting to keep up appearances in front of her rich friend. This all concludes the story with both a dramatic twist and a good moral for the story making it a strong and dramatic