In Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace,” the most obvious use of irony comes at the end of the short story. Mathilde, a working class woman, borrows a necklace to attend a dance at the home of the Secretary of Education, a social event that she coveted. She dresses for the occasion, and wears her friend’s exquisite necklace that sets off her beauty. At the end of the night, the necklace is lost. Mathilde is afraid to tell her friend the...
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