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1、The necklace-Guy de Maupassant Introduction The Necklace or The Diamond Necklace (French: La Parure) is a short story by Guy de Maupassant, first published in 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois. The story has become one of Maupassant popular works and is well known for its ending. Author :Guy d

2、e Maupassant Original title :La Parure Country :France Language :French Genre(s) :Short Story Publication date: 1884 Guy de Maupassant 1850.8.5 1893.7.6 He was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the forms finest exponents. Plot su

3、mmaryThe Necklace tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loisel and her husband. Mathilde always imagined herself in a high social position with wonderful jewels. However she has nothing and marries a low paid clerk who tries his best to make her happy.Through lots of begging at work, he is able to get

4、two invitations to the Ministry of the Public Instruction party. Mathilde then refuses to go, for she has nothing to wear. Her husband is upset to see her displeasure and, using money that he was saving to buy a rifle, he lets Mathilde buy a dress that suits her. But Mathilde is still not happy, she

5、 wants jewels to wear with it. Since they have no money left, her husband suggests that she borrow something from her friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. Mathilde picks out the fanciest jewel necklace that she can find. After attending the Ministry of Public Instruction party, Mathilde discovers that s

6、he has lost the necklace. Plot summary Mathilde and her husband look everywhere but the necklace is not to be found. They take out loans from generous friends and loan sharks to buy a diamond necklace that looks just like the one that was lost. It takes them ten years of hard labor to come up with t

7、he 36,000 francs necessary to pay them back. Toward the end, Mathilde takes a walk, remembering her past and the night when the necklace was lost. Suddenly she sees Madame Jeanne Forestier and goes to meet her. Mathilde confesses about that night and how she worked so hard to return her necklace. Mm

8、e. Forestier, deeply moved, tells Mathilde that the one she had borrowed was not made of real diamonds and that it was worth at most 500 francs.Main characters Madame Mathilde Loisel ：she has a desire to be part of the upper class which sets the storys events in motion. She beliefs that she is meant

9、 for a life of upper class level. Madame Jeanne Forestier ：she is the school friend of Mathilde Loisel, who lends her the necklace that Madame Loisel wears to the ball. Monsieur Loisel ：he is Madame Mathilde Loisels husband who tries to please her by buying expensive jewelry and clothes just to sati

10、sfy her content.Analysis of The Necklace Many women dream of living a rich life, full of luxury, riches and servants. In the short story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, a middle-class woman named Madame Loisel desires that life style very much. In The Necklace Madame Loisels vain desires cause ma

11、ny conflicts and her ultimate downfall. Analysis of The NecklaceOne small conflict in the story is Madame Loisel vs. her husband. He is always trying to make his wife satisfied and she never appreciates him or their way of life. De Maupassant makes this clear in the beginning by telling the reader t

12、hat “she let herself be married to a little clerk”. The word let indicates her unhappiness with her marriage to him. He works hard to get an invitation to the Ministers ball and his wife only gets upset because she has nothing fancy to wear. He uses his money he had saved for a vacation with friends

13、 to buy her a fancy dress. After his wife loses an expensive looking necklace, Monsieur Loisel risks everything to take out loans that in order to buy a real diamond necklace to replace the lost one. He works two and sometimes three jobs for ten years and lives in poverty to pay back the loans for t

14、he necklace his wife lost. He ends up suffering because of her vanity and foolish desires Analysis of The Necklace The main conflict in the story, Madame Loisel vs. herself, is caused by Madame Loisels desire for fine things and for fitting in with high society. She wants high society to recognize h

15、er beauty and charm. In the beginning of the story the author tells us that She would so have liked to please, to be envied, to be charming, to be sought after. Her obsession with wanting to be pleasing, envied, and charming eats away at her and makes her become her own antagonists because she cause

16、s her own downfall. The irony in The Necklace the irony is Mathilde desperately wants to be of a higher class so she sacrifices one night of excitement and being noticed by the rich that she ends up spending her whole life even more unhappy and poor than she started out because she borrowed what she

17、 thought was a diamond necklace and ended up losing it. The ultimate irony is that the necklace that Madame Loisele borrowed to prove that she was a member of high society proved to be as fake as her belief that she was a member of that high society. also she thought that the ball was going to make

18、her life better because of all the rich people attempting it, but it ends up making her life worse because she loses the necklace关于马蒂尔德这一人物形象的其他观点 女主人公是一个典型的丰满的具有代表性的人物，女主人公是一个典型的丰满的具有代表性的人物，作者在批评之外还对她给予了她极大的同情，从作者在批评之外还对她给予了她极大的同情，从以下情节上足以证明：以下情节上足以证明： 丢项链：马蒂尔德在舞会结束后无意间丢丢项链：马蒂尔德在舞会结束后无意间丢 失了借来的项链，那

19、可是一挂标价四万法郎的项失了借来的项链，那可是一挂标价四万法郎的项链，这对一个贫困的家庭，无疑是灭顶之灾。链，这对一个贫困的家庭，无疑是灭顶之灾。 赔项链：马蒂尔德丢失了借来的项链，已赔项链：马蒂尔德丢失了借来的项链，已 经成为现实，但她并不想赖账。而是决心赔偿。经成为现实，但她并不想赖账。而是决心赔偿。关于马蒂尔德这一人物形象的其他观点当马德尔德在公园与佛来思节夫人相遇时，一位是当马德尔德在公园与佛来思节夫人相遇时，一位是“依旧年轻，依旧依旧年轻，依旧美丽动人美丽动人”的贵妇人，一个却是连昔日好朋友都认不出来的的贵妇人，一个却是连昔日好朋友都认不出来的“平民妇平民妇人人”，但马蒂尔德却表现得

20、那么坦然，并主动向佛来思节夫人打招呼，但马蒂尔德却表现得那么坦然，并主动向佛来思节夫人打招呼，告知她事情的真相。这时的马蒂尔德不仅没有丝毫的虚荣，也没有丝告知她事情的真相。这时的马蒂尔德不仅没有丝毫的虚荣，也没有丝毫的自卑，而是一位经过十年辛劳荡涤，心灵得到净化的朴实的妇人，毫的自卑，而是一位经过十年辛劳荡涤，心灵得到净化的朴实的妇人，作者莫泊桑所持的态度显而易见：没有丝毫的嘲笑，只有深深的同情，作者莫泊桑所持的态度显而易见：没有丝毫的嘲笑，只有深深的同情，甚至是赞美。至此，一个吃苦耐劳，敢于面对现实的女主人公赫然立甚至是赞美。至此，一个吃苦耐劳，敢于面对现实的女主人公赫然立于读者的面前，我们

21、还能一味地去批评吗？如果我们只武断地去批评，于读者的面前，我们还能一味地去批评吗？如果我们只武断地去批评，这不仅不是莫泊桑的初衷，也得不到我们学生的认可，因为我们扼杀这不仅不是莫泊桑的初衷，也得不到我们学生的认可，因为我们扼杀了人性，一个人，不可能十全十美，也不可能一无是处，了人性，一个人，不可能十全十美，也不可能一无是处，“金无足赤，金无足赤，人无完人人无完人”，而莫泊桑正是用了发展的眼光，全面看问题的思想，忠，而莫泊桑正是用了发展的眼光，全面看问题的思想，忠于于“创作要反映社会创作要反映社会”的本源塑造了这一丰满的人物形象。一个高明的本源塑造了这一丰满的人物形象。一个高明的作家塑造的人物形

22、象，应该是典型的，丰满的，具有代表性的，符的作家塑造的人物形象，应该是典型的，丰满的，具有代表性的，符合一个合一个“人人”的特征，是一个有血有肉的性格多面体，莫泊桑做到了，的特征，是一个有血有肉的性格多面体，莫泊桑做到了，女主人公马蒂尔德这一丰满的人物形象永远女主人公马蒂尔德这一丰满的人物形象永远“活活”在了世界的文学画在了世界的文学画廊之中。我们在教学中要忠于作者的写作初衷，在分析人物形象时，廊之中。我们在教学中要忠于作者的写作初衷，在分析人物形象时，要结合时代背景，作者的人生观、创作观，去客观全面地分析人物形要结合时代背景，作者的人生观、创作观，去客观全面地分析人物形象，而不能因某一点就简单地过度赞美或过分的批评，多一些民主，象，而不能因某一点就简单地过度赞美或过分的批评，