5/26/2023 0 Comments The necklace by guy de maupassantHowever, by the end my opinion of her had changed, to the point that I actually felt sorry for her as well.Īn entertaining, thought-provoking cautionary tale, that I highly recommend to fans of short fiction. At the beginning, I found that I did not like Matilda Loisel and felt really sorry for her husband. The Necklace is an interesting moral tale, with an even more interesting main character. Who could have guessed where such a well-intentioned act could lead? And, he explains, invitations are hard to come by. One day her husband returns home from work, excited, with a surprise for his wife: an invitation to an evening reception hosted by the Ministry. So she spends her time lamenting the things she doesn’t have and what she believes she is missing out on. Furthermore, even though she doesn’t live in poverty, she cannot see the merit in what she and her husband have. Although she has never been accustomed to living in luxury and having the finer things in life, she longs for them. Matilda Loisel is a pretty young woman who marries a clerk from the Ministry of Public Instruction.
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