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How do I relate a topic back to a story in a way that is engaging to the...

How do I relate a topic back to a story in a way that is engaging to the reader?

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How does Madame Loisel in "The Necklace" change emotionally, physically...

How does Madame Loisel in "The Necklace" change emotionally, physically and mentally?

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Madame Loisel changes emotionally, physically, and mentally in the story...

Madame Loisel changes emotionally, physically, and mentally in the story “The Necklace.” Emotionally, she is selfish and shallow. Though she is married to a man who loves and provides for her, she sees...

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Madame Loisel is beautiful but unhappy. Born in the family of a clerk,...

Madame Loisel is beautiful but unhappy. Born in the family of a clerk, she had wished to get married to a “rich and distinguished” man. This doesn’t happen, however, and she becomes wife of a simple...

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Symbolism is the use of an item or description to represent ideas or...

Symbolism is the use of an item or description to represent ideas or qualities i.e. a flying bird represents the concept of freedom. Irony is using words or actions in one way when they actually mean...

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Is it wise enough to borrow expensive things from others? What does "The...

Is it wise enough to borrow expensive things from others? What does "The Necklace" have to say about this?

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How is Mathilde described at the beginning of the story "The Necklace"...

How is Mathilde described at the beginning of the story "The Necklace" and what can I use as textual evidence?

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Why does Madame Loisel visit Madame Forestier?

Why does Madame Loisel visit Madame Forestier?

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How do I relate a topic back to a story in a way that is engaging to the...

How do I relate a topic back to a story in a way that is engaging to the reader?

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How does Madame Loisel in "The Necklace" change emotionally, physically...

How does Madame Loisel in "The Necklace" change emotionally, physically and mentally?

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In what way are the borrowed necklace and Madame Loisel's dreams of life...

In what way are the borrowed necklace and Madame Loisel's dreams of life in high society the same in "The Necklace"?

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In the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, the dreams of...

In the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, the dreams of Madame Loisel to be a member of wealthy society turn out to be just like the borrowed necklace: they are both misrepresentations of...

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Were her dreams of wanting to live a rich & upper class lifestyle...

Were her dreams of wanting to live a rich & upper class lifestyle understandable or exaggerated?

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Mathilde's dreams are both understandable and exaggerated. From an...

Mathilde's dreams are both understandable and exaggerated. From an objective standpoint she is not really a sensational beauty. Maupassant makes it clear in the opening sentence that she belongs to a...

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What are the personality traits of the character Mathilde Loisel in the...

What are the personality traits of the character Mathilde Loisel in the story "The Necklace"?

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The character traits that describe Mathilde Loisel are in no way...

The character traits that describe Mathilde Loisel are in no way redeeming. From the very start of the story we realize that not even Maupassant has the intention of making a likable character out of...

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The only conflicts that get resolved in the short story "The Necklace"...

The only conflicts that get resolved in the short story "The Necklace" are the external ones. The external conflicts of the story are based on the necklace itself, namely: 1. How to secure the...

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According to de Maupassant in the story "The Necklace", Madame Loisel...

According to de Maupassant in the story "The Necklace", Madame Loisel ...had a friend, a former schoolmate at the convent, who was rich, and whom she did not like to go to see any more because she felt...

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Interestingly enough, Guy de Maupassant attempts to use a non-judgmental...

Interestingly enough, Guy de Maupassant attempts to use a non-judgmental narrative style that bases the indirect characterization of his characters entirely on their actions. However, he cannot resist...

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Personification entails awarding behaviors often done by humans to...

Personification entails awarding behaviors often done by humans to inanimate objects (or animals). Since these do not act like "persons", authors use creative license to make these inanimate things act...

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