Guy de Maupassant creates the atmosphere or tone of ironic pessimism in his short story “The Necklace.” Through the third person omniscient narrator, the reader is introduced to the proud, young woman, Mathilde, who feels she deserves better than her past circumstances. She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as though fate had blundered over her, into a family of artisans. Although she came from humble beginnings, she longs...
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