In the short story ‘The Necklace’ by French author Guy de Maupassant, significant uses of figurative language include personification, symbolism, and hyperbole. They help us to understand the perspectives of Mathilde Loisel and her husband, who is simply called Loisel in the story.

Throughout the story, the reader thinks of the necklace as diamond, but then Mme. Loisel’s friend tells her that the necklace was a fake. The narrator uses a great deal of imagery in order to show us the life that Madame Loisel imagines for herself.

Incredible Irony Irony is another major literary device used in this story. In fact, it is irony that drives the surprise ending that gives the story so much impact. It’s ironic that Mathilde and her husband went through so much and went so far into poverty to pay for a necklace that turned out to be fake.

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The moral lesson of the story, “the necklace” is that we shouldn’t live a materialistic life as it can make our life’s filled with sorrow and grief.

As a minor character, Madame Forestier is also a static character because she does not change throughout the story. While we’re never given a clear description of her, Madame Forestier is still an integral part of the story. For example, the most important aspect of her character is that she’s rich.

For example, the necklace in this story is a metaphor for Mathilde’s pride. Mathilde refused to go to the ball unless she had a necklace and dress worthy of her high opinion of herself. This is why she borrowed a necklace from her friend.

What kind of husband was Loisel? Answer: Loisel is a caring and loving husband. He is a simple man.

Monsieur Loisel is a loving, if not subservient, husband. He wants to do what his wife wants, or anything to make her happy. He sacrifices his comfort for hers.

Loisel had lost the necklace that she had borrowed from her friend and instead of confessing it to the owner, she got into more debt and poverty in order to repay the amount. so this loss of necklace spoiled Mr. and Mrs. loisel pleasure .

The French word “oiselle” translates into English as “little bird” or “female bird”; it is from the word “oiseau,” which means “bird.” So the author may want us to think of Madame Loisel as a little bird who preens with pride and flits from dance partner to dance partner at the ball.

French: from Old French oisel ‘bird’, with the definite article l(e), probably a nickname for a small birdlike person, but possibly also a metonymic occupational name for a bird-catcher.

Expert Answers Three character traits that Madame Loisel possesses that are easily apparent when reading the short story “The Necklace” is she is ungrateful, selfish, and greedy. No matter what her poor, loving husband does for her to satisfy her and make her happy, it just is never enough and she always wants more.

She longs for jewels, expensive tapestries, and fine furniture. Madame Loisel does not value her possessions and feels they are unworthy. In addition to her desire for material things, she longs to be the object of others’ desires and to be envied by other women.

Madame Loisel values materialistic possessions, the idea of being admired and loved for being beautiful and having beautiful things.

Loisel looked old now. She had become the strong, hard, and rude woman of poor households. Her hair was unkempt, with uneven skirts and rough re hands, she spoke loudly, washed floors with large buckets of water….

Madame Loisel values a lavish, rich life while her husband values a simple easy life. Madame Loisel is not satisfied with her life while her husband is satisfied with whatever they have.

Madame Loisel is unhappy with her life because she was born poor when she feels as if she should have been rich. Madame Loisel is a middle class woman, who for some reason feels that she should have been a wealthy woman. She was born “as if by a slip of fate” into a family of clerks instead of the upper society.

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