Essays on Guy de Maupassant

In any written, it is undeniably important to have characters and develop them all through the story. Character development is defined as the transformation that a person goes through in the progression of a narrative as a consequence of the encounter that the person comes across. It offers the reader awareness to the most significant denotations or teachings of the story. This paper looks at Guy De Maupassant’s work “The Necklace". It highlights the clear development of the chief character Mathilde and the changes in her attitude concerning life throughout the piece. Characters evolve throughout a story. The ...

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What does the necklace in Guy de Maupassant’s story “The Necklace” symbolize? The necklace symbolizes the superficiality of wealth and class. The necklace that Mathilde borrowed from Madame Forestier represented a life of wealth and social recognition that she desired for most of her life. However, when it was discovered that the necklace was made from paste was not worth more than “five hundred francs” (de Maupassant 6). This suggests that the life of wealth and status is empty, superficial, and meaningless.

What is one of the major themes of the Guy de Maupassant’s story “The Necklace”? Discuss each of these.

One of the major themes of the story is pride and the ...

Foremost, to understand the relevance of the identified themes of politics and economics, there is a need to consider the traditions that the authors represent in their works and the how their characters realize the problem with assuming the norms are acceptable. In other words, the following segments of this paper present the turning points of the identified narratives as they highlight the socio-economic divisions through the experiences of the characters. In “The Lesson” racial groups play a significant role in determining the opportunities that the people access. While in “The Necklace,” the social class to which one is ...

There are various characters that people portray, whether in a formal or even informal organization. The two stories, “The Jewelry” by Guy de Maupassant and the Cathedral by Raymond Carver show a lot of similarities in various ways. Although the two stories were written at different times, with different characters and even environment, they possess a lot of similar themes and ideas, which are shown through the characters. Two major characters are presented by both stories. In the Cathedral, the anonymous narrator and Robert are shown as people with two different personalities, while in the Jewelry, we have Latain, ...

“The Necklace”, written by a French writer Guy de Maupassant, is a short story depicting the life and hardships of a young lady, dreaming about wealthy and luxurious life. It is an astounding story that illustrates the dramatic and psychologically deep effect on the main character, as her dreams and hopes are broken by unhappy occurrence. The most striking literary elements that Guy de Maupassant uses to brighten and imbed his short story in the readers’ memory are the original and intriguing plot, intricate and emotionally colored characters and tender, all-understanding and mildly sympathetic tone of the author. A ...

Moore, Olin H. "The Romanticism of Guy de Maupassant." Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (1918): 96-134.

In Moore's article, Guy de Maupassant in particular is examined as an example of a prominent naturalistic author, whose reactions to Romanticism included a disdain for fantastic plots, making of their works "merely a series of scenes" (p. 96). Moore calls de Maupassant "the purest representative" of this naturalism. The author is shown to depict opposites and have thematic repetition in his stories; the falseness of the necklace in the story in question is contrasted with another story, les Bijoux, in which the jewels at the center of the story turn out to be genuine.

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A particular feature of the literature is that it can send the author’s message in various ways and reach a target reader out of the crowd of ignorant ones. This can be often achieved through the hidden meaning inside a literary work or through irony, satire and caricature of the reality described. The aim of the present work is to compare and contrast Anton Chekhov’s play “The Proposal” and Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace”. In this context, the comparison will be conducted in the framework of the depicting of the same theme of gender ...

Kate Chopin was born in Missouri and she has represented the rebellious spirit of her era. She led an unconventional lifestyle, which was depicted in all her writings and was the kind of woman who dared to stand up for her true beliefs and ideas. According to her biographers and literary critics, ‘Kate Chopin’s writing style was a result of her passionate love for the writing style of Guy de Maupassant.’(1996, Le Marquand). Chopin was influenced by Guy de Maupassant who wrote about people’s everyday lives, but she went a step forward. She created her own unique way ...

Richness is a word defining the state of being rich. However, there have always been lots of speculations and thinking on what being rich really means or what it should stand for. Richness entails the meaning of material wealth but at the same time it is a concept which entails the meaning of personal wealth and happiness. People have always separated these two concepts believing that material wealth does not necessarily go hand in hand with emotional, psychological happiness. Nevertheless, there has always been the knowledge of how miserable can poverty turn people to be. The everlasting question has always been ...

Introduction

Guy de Maupassant is one of the most popular French writer and is always considered the father of the modern literature. He was born in the year 1850 in Dieppe , France and died in the year 1893 in Paris France because he was infected by syphilis. He studied at Lycee university in Paris. From his short story we can easily tell how the views of the society by this writer during his time.His stories also explain what this writer thinks about the human nature. From the analysis of his different stories we can be able to tell his views ...

Literature

In The Necklace written by Guy De Maupassant, the character of Mathilde Loisel decided not to tell Madame Forestier that she lost the necklace of pearls that she borrowed from her for the ball at the Ministry. The result of her choice of hiding the truth caused her and her husband to work for 10 years to replace the necklace she borrowed from Madame Forestier, which she unfortunately lost. After 10 years of hard work and paying all her debt, the day came when she chanced upon Madame Forestier and finally revealed to her that she replaced the necklace ...

Guy de Maupassant

Having live a short life (1850-1893), Guy de Maupassant’s has been unsurprisingly remembered for its economy of his writing. It is clear that he is praised for the structure and form in his stories as opposed to his shortened career. Moore in his articles examines him as an example of naturalistic author, whose reactions to Romanticism included a disdain for fantastic plots, making of their works “merely a series of scenes” (Moore 96). In Shire's work, she also discusses de Maupassant's relationship to naturalism, particularly in the characters' relationships to animals (p 48). The most remarkable thing in his writing is their ...

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

Versus “The Necklace” James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” are two significant stories that portray alternate gender roles and the means to cope with those roles. James Thurber’s piece describe a man in the not so common feminine role, while Guy de Maupassant’s piece describes a woman in the usual feminine role. The stories were created in different historical periods, in various states of the relationships and in completely different settings. While the characters of these pieces experience different fates and the stories’ plots have dissimilar endings, some ...

"The Necklace" narrates the story of Mrs. Madame Loisel, a charming and pretty lady and her husband Charles. Loisel had always imagined herself with wonderful jewels and in a high social position. However she was married to a poor clerk with a low salary. She had nothing to show off to her friends but her husband tried his level best to make her happy. As a quest of making her happy her husband begged at the work place to be given invitations to the party that was held by the ministry of public instruction. However, Loisel refused to attend the party by claiming she ...

Thesis: The character, Mathilde Loisel, changes noticeably in numerous ways.

Introduction The short story is about a young woman who is not contented with the kind of life she is living. She wanted a lavish lifestyle which her husband cannot afford because he works as a clerk in the Ministry of Education.

Development of the Body

Mathilde’s life changes from one from poor ground to overnight treasures when she attends a party which she was invited to by her husband. Mathilde as the main character was able to convince his husband to buy her a dress, which she will wear in the party and her husband gave her the money to purchase it. She requests a beautiful, ...

Literary Comparison of The Story of an Hour and The Necklace

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant are both short stories associated with the trials and tribulations of marriage, as well as love. Both stories also deal with the emotional and physical changes that are attributed to personal life changing events. In The Story of an Hour, the plot revolves around a woman, Louise Mallard, and her reaction to her husband’s death. In The Necklace, the plot is based upon a married couple M. Loisel and his wife Mathilde, and the turmoil a necklace has caused them. Although there are similarities in the ...