“The Necklace” The author of “The Necklace”, Guy de Maupassant, relates the setting to Mathilde throughout the story. The central character in “The Necklace” is Mathilde. She dreams many dreams of rich living and high society. Her dwellings throughout “The Necklace” show her mood towards the way she is forced to live.Mathilde marries Mr. Loisel, a minor clerk in the Ministry of Education. She becomes unhappy with the way she has to live. “She suffered because of her grim apartment with its drab walls, threadbare furniture, ugly curtains.” (paragraph 3). She owns cheap belongings and still dreams of being rich and having gourmet food while her husband likes plain things and seems rather happy for where he is in life. She dreams these wonderful and expensive things and it frustrates her. A dream come true happens but instead of being happy she is upset and even more frustrated.Mr. Loisel comes home with a large envelope and gives it to Mathilde. She opens the envelope to find an invitation to dinner at the Ministry of Education. She says she has nothing to wear. Mr. Loisel gives up his saved vacation money so she can buy her dress. She still is not happy and complains that she does not have any jewelry to wear. Mr. Loisel proposes for Mathilde to borrow jewelry from Mrs. Forrestier. She borrows a diamond necklace. Mr. And Mrs. Loisel go to the party and she is the hit of the party and dances with everyone but her husband who slept through some of the party. When they get to their drab apartment, Mathilde looks into a mirror and the necklace is missing from around her neck. Mr. Loisel searches every where for the necklace and has no luck in finding it. They delay taking the necklace back by saying the clasp broke. They find a replacement and it will cost 36,000 francs. Mr. Loisel had saved eighteen thousand francs but he would have to borrow the rest. They m...
