In the short story "The Necklace," Guy de Maupassant uses Mathilde Loisel's feelings to foreshadow future doom.Mathilde's most significant feelings are in reaction to the invitation her husband acquired to the gala affair hosted by the Minister of Education and her belief that she doesn't have anything appropriate to wear. Even after her husband sacrifices his savings of four hundred francs to allow her to buy a new dress, she returns to her...
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