short story review: the necklace by Guy de Maupassant – Flashcards
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how does madame losels desire to fit in influence her actions?
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it made her waste ten years of her life which wasn't worth it.
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what was so IRONIC about the end of the story
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she wasted 10years of her life by working to pay off the necklace that she lost when she didn't need to because it was fake.
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characters
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madame loisel- wants to fit in, beautiful, stubborn madame forestier- middle class, sold necklace to ML ML husband- spoils his wife, pushover
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setting
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paris, france, late 1800s
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inciting incident
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gets invited to the ball
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rising actions
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-she never has nice clothes or jewelry to wear -gets inited to the ball -borrows necklace from her friend - feels and looks upper class
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climax
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looses the necklace
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falling action
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-in debt from loosing the necklace -lost money from that -buys a new one and doesn't tell MF
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resolution
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finds out the necklace isn't real after 10 years wasted 10 years of her life
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denouement
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still have to work for their living and live with that awful regret
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conflict type
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man vs society
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theme
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dont waste your time and life worrying about what people think and owning materialist objects
