The Necklace
Author’s
biography
His full name was Henry-René-Albert-Guy
de Maupassant he was born on August 5th , 1850,
in Château de Miromesnil, near
Dieppe, France—died July 6, 1893 France. At the age of 43 years old.
French naturalist writer of short stories and
novels who is by general agreement the greatest French short-story writer.
French writer Guy de Maupassant is famous for his
short stories, which paint a fascinating picture of French life in the 19th
century. He was prolific, publishing over 300 short stories and six novels, but
died at a young age after ongoing struggles with both physical and mental
health.
Historical
background
It seems was in Paris in 1880s or so, around the time Maupassant wrote it. Granted, we don't get many specific clues, not a lot of detail on clothing, or important people, places, or happenings of the time. We can assume he's writing in his own time.
Clues I found
for example “the oriental tapestries”, and when I Investigate them. Some people uses the most in that time,
"tall lamps of bronze," the "precious bric-a-brac" in
"coquettish little rooms" – all hint at the fashions of the time, as
does the intimate," small-party social life that she idolizes in the reading.
Belle Époque Paris
The story's
set in Paris, that magical, glamorous city of lights where just about every
other work of 19th century French literature is set.
The Belle Époque is called the
time of the last decade of the nineteenth century and the outbreak to the First
World War in 1914.
It began
as a benefit of humanity between science, economic progress, and cultural.
The
machines created generated a world economy, Industrial products that were
transported from a distance, lighting that prolonged their time for the
holidays.
Medical and
professionals, literary gatherings are increased.
Aristocracy had many
parties where they talked about various themes.
They knew that
they participated in a glorious time, because it was the time of fulfillment.
It's over when the First World War begins. Those who survived that time just
remember as the greatest time they had ever lived.
Expectations/Predictions
about the text
At the beginning I thought that it could
be a person dissatisfied with his way of life, Matilde would be a woman who
accepted his reality.
Personally, I have never liked to lend
things, so I was impressed about lending something, it causes me a lot of stress, I think if it was ruined I
would have to pay it.
My predictions about this reading
"The Necklace”, were that Matilde's husband would not strive to get what
she wanted so much. That she should accept her reality, and not be so dreamy.
Analysis or
Connection between literary work and historical background
"she danced with
drunkenness with passion, filled with joy, thinking nothing more about the
triumph of her beauty, the glory of that triumph, a kind of happiness formed by
all the desires awakened, for a victory so complete and so sweet for a woman's
soul "
I think at that time there was a time of
splendor, of rejoicing and of great hope for humanity for the discoveries were being made.
And on the other hand, the tragedy of the
beginning of the first world war, which meant that every dream of economic
boom, would stay like this, in a dream, nothing more.
We can analyze that the main theme of
the work the necklace is:
- "The responsibility
of a couple of husbands struggling to respond for the lost necklace. No matter
what but respond for that."
Finally, although they remain submerged in
poverty, they fulfill very high price, because in fact, they are unsuspecting
because they do not face the consequences speaking soon, but they wait a long
time to realize that many sacrifices were in vain.
Finally, I conclude that the world war not
only brought many losses, not only human, but material things too. For many, at the time of the First World
War, focuses on his writings and stories like those By Guy de Mauppasant.
Literary
movement (that the author belongs or represents and what that movement is)
Realism
Maupassant was a student of the great French author Flaubert, who was a founding
figure of "Realism"
Realism meant more than just
writing about real-seeming situations in a realistic way.
writing about "average" people – not
super-rich, or famous, or holy, or good, or even happy people are aspects that
belongs to the Realism.
Country
Paris, France.
Genre / Type:
Narrative literary,
Parable.
Narrative because make a
description about a story, specifically with a lot of details.
Fiction, this story was
written about imaginary characters and events that may not be based on real
people and facts.
It also seems fair to call
"The Necklace" literary fiction. Maupassant was a big-time innovator
of the short story as a genre of literature.
. Finally, if you think "The
Necklace" has a clear moral message (for example, "Be honest,"
or "Wealth is always false"), you might want to call the story a
parable, which is a simple work meant to illustrate a "moral.".
Did you
confirm your predictions?
Not because I never
imagined that they would work so hard to pay the necklace, as if it had been
real. Not an imitation like this was the case.
Were they correct?
I imagined that the couple
will pay, but not with that kind of sacrifices.
Were they
wrong?
Yes, because I thought
that Matilde would understand that she did not have money to afford all her wishes,
and she could go to the party with what she had, nevertheless she needed to
look like she was wealthy.
How? Why?
When she imagined all
those things she didn´t have in real life. She didn´t accept her reality and
had problems in the end for not accepting it.
The worst thing is the
lack of character of the husband, because she drags him in his low passions of
pretending what She and he are not really.
References
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