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Austin Meisner, Nathan Elizer, Faith Zajicek, and Will O'Cain

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Austin Meisner, Nathan Elizer, Faith Zajicek, and Will O'Cain

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There are several examples of symbolism in this text. The definition of symbolism is as follows: the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities, as something someone would cherish. One example of symbolism in The Diamond Necklace is the diamond necklace itself; this represents glamour and greed which is the whole idea of the story. A second example of symbolism would be the type of currency used in the story (francs), which represents Madame Loisel’s greed for possessions and the need to appear wealthy. Finally, another example of symbolism would be the ball, which may represent the world around Madame Loisel, and her facade to the public eye. When she loses the Diamond Necklace she mourns the loss of it and realizes that her relationship with Madame Forestier is damaged.

Those examples that were listed point us to our theme because they show different situations in the story that take place that describe how Mathilda wanted to be perfect, but one mistake haunted her forever. By losing the diamond necklace, she had to accept the fact that she needed to buy a new diamond necklace, though she was afraid to tell Madame Forestier that she had lost it. She was worried about being fashionable and perfect, but was not being reasonable. Her need for fashion and perfection in the eyes of others ruined her life and the life of her family forever. All of this evidence proves the theme, “Greed for material possessions robs us of what is truly important.”

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Symbolism is anything that stands for or represents something.The Literary devices they used In “The Necklace” included; hyperbole,imagery,and symbolism.   In “The Necklace”the symbol was  the diamond necklace. Another possible symbol includes the franc also known as the french money that was worth 36,000 dollars in 1875 but, today would be worth 165,000 . The diamond caused Pierre and Matilda (2 main characters) a life changing mistake that they had to live with over a decade. If Matilda was to think about the outcome of her mistake her life would have been changed in a more positive way. The franc in the story represents how glamour and money can make your life turn upside down.

In "The Necklace" the theme is “Greed for material possessions robs us of what's truly important."  He uses the literary devices to create a theme throughout the story.In this case the author’s theme is valid because Matilda wanting the necklace which made her act selfish she ended up losing  everything that she loved including her husband. She was happy and she wanted to look the best which made her  suffer the consequences.

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Amiya Tucker, Drake Lesher and Caitlyn Murray's 

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Amiya Tucker, Drake Lesher and Caitlyn Murray's 

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Symbolism is often used to convey the theme better in stories, it is used when the Author wants to make an object have a deeper meaning. Many stories have symbolism in them, but the one we will be focusing on today is the Necklace by Guy De Maupassant. Throughout the story many symbols show up, the obvious one being the “ Necklace “ (Maupassant, 12.) Another one being the dress that Matilda has to have. She was so upset at not having a luxurious dress that,  “ Two large tears ran down Matilda’s cheeks “ (Maupassant, 12.) After receiving the dress she decides she needs “ jewels. “ (Maupassant, 13.) So she calls upon her friend “ Madame Jeanne Forestier “ (Maupassant, 13)  and begs her for jewels. She says she is “ ashamed “  (Maupassant, 13) that she has no jewels and borrows the Necklace which she then loses. Towards the end of the story Matilda is seen wearing rags in the street trying to get food for dinner that night. (Maupassant, 15)

Symbolism can help reveal the theme. First off, Matilda borrowing this necklace shows how she let her greed blind her. When she loses the necklace she is robbed of her friendship, happiness and even love with herself. I know this, because Matilda is elated all night by her luxuries that greed bought her, but when she loses these her happiness falls down the drain, because she let herself be consumed by greed she loses more important. Such as happiness, self respect and love for herself. Another symbolic item is, Matilda buying this expensive dress symbolizes once again her greed taking over her, she lets herself be blinded by “ luxuries “ (Maupassant, 12.) The dress represents how greedy she was to be better than others and she wanted to show others how beautiful she would look with new accessories. When she walked into the ball with this beautiful dress everyone thought she was stunning, but her beauty blinded her from what was really important. Her husband loved her and spent his savings just for her to buy new things for one ball. She didn’t pay attention to him at the ball, and she danced with other men. Another symbol in the necklace, is when Matilda was wearing rags near the end of the story. Matilda wearing rags represents how Matilda was after she paid off her debt. She used to be conceited until she learned what hard work really was and what it took to maintain a normal  life, instead of being wealthy and having nice things. This shows how if she had just let go of her greed and pride then she would have had a better life. This reveals, all of these items reveal the theme, greed for material possessions robs us of what’s truly important.

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The definition of symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. In the short story poe tells us that the necklace represents the greed between her marriage and her wealth, as the story continues she makes it seem as she would give up her marriage or sacrifice anything just to get that necklace back. Also, the necklace could have represented Matilda herself. When she lost the necklace, she also lost her personality. She had to move to a smaller house and get a job. She also stopped having feelings for her husband, so they split up. In the story, it said, ¨From that moment on we lived in abject poverty. I must say, though that Matilda acted heroically.¨ She made things look like they were all right even though she was going threw things she made her life look easy even though she wasn't getting no sleep at night. Another symbolism example that was in the story could have been Matilda’s dress that she was wearing at the end of the show. It was old and dirty. I think it could have symbolized her feelings. For example, she always wanted a new dress and jewelry but on the inside, I think she felt like she didn’t deserve it. Although, she was greedy and selfish and was only thinking about herself.

The theme that we came up with during class time was “Greed for material possession robs us of what’s truly important.” Although the necklace was way less than what they had to refund, she was being greedy for the way she didn’t wanna go to the ball without a piece of jewelry. Her passion to be rich and look like everyone else overcame the true meaning of the ball, which was to come as you are and have a good time. She overlooked and overdid the way it should’ve been handled with that being said she had to do something that wasn’t meant to be done if she wasn’t greedy and had so much passion to be like others she forgot what was truly important.

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In the story, The Necklace, symbolism is a main figurative language. Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. The most obvious is of course, is the necklace. The necklace seems so beautiful and expensive to Matilda. But that was just the outside, but at the end of the story, the necklace is found out to be cheap and a fake. That necklace is a perfect example of Matilda. She was charming and beautiful on the outside, but on the inside she was greedy and prideful. She was so worried about her reputation, that she lost sight of what was important. In the story, the dress is an example of symbolism. It represents uselessness and fakeness. During the book, Matilda wanted a new dress so that she can go to the ball. Even though her husband was in debt already, she still refused to go if she did not get what she wanted. Also she needed a nice necklace or she wasn’t going so she went to her friends house to borrow her necklace and she found one she liked that had lots of diamonds. She later loses it after the ball is over and they buy a new one for 36,000 francs for it instead of telling her she lost it. By buying the new necklace it put her in debt. They later see the lady again and they tell her the truth about the new necklace they returned but, the lady tells Matilda the necklace she borrowed was only worth 500 francs because it was a fake. This shows us that lying about something doesn’t help you, it puts you in a deeper hole.

In the story “The Necklace”, the author uses symbolism to reveal the theme of “Greed for material possessions robs us of what’s truly important.” For example, when Matilda would not go to the ball until she had something “suitable” to wear. This greed and ambition for possessions and pride caused her to lose the sight of what was really important at the time. That is just one example of how symbolism is used to reveal the theme. Really, when you read something that is symbolising something, that spark goes off in your head, and you understand what the story means.

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The Necklace: Shontasia Brown, Kaitlyn Dibble, Sydney Woodrow

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The Necklace: Shontasia Brown, Kaitlyn Dibble, Sydney Woodrow

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The definition of symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. In the short story Poe tells us that the necklace represents the greed between her marriage and her wealth, as the story continues she makes it seem as she would give up her marriage or sacrifice anything just to get that necklace back. Also, the necklace could have represented Matilda herself. When she lost the necklace, she also lost her personality. She had to move to a smaller house and get a job. She also stopped having feelings for her husband, so they split up. In the story, it said, ¨From that moment on we lived in abject poverty. I must say, though that Matilda acted heroically.¨ She made things look like they were all right even though she was going threw things she made her life look easy even though she wasn't getting no sleep at night. Another symbolism example that was in the story could have been Matilda’s dress that she was wearing at the end of the show. It was old and dirty. I think it could have symbolized her feelings. For example, she always wanted a new dress and jewelry but on the inside, I think she felt like she didn’t deserve it. Although, she was greedy and selfish and was only thinking about herself.

The theme that we came up with during class time was “Greed for material possession robs us of what’s truly important.” Although the necklace was way less than what they had to refund, she was being greedy for the way she didn’t wanna go to the ball without a piece of jewelry. Her passion to be rich and look like everyone else overcame the true meaning of the ball, which was to come as you are and have a good time. She overlooked and overdid the way it should’ve been handled with that being said she had to do something that wasn’t meant to be done if she wasn’t greedy and had so much passion to be like others she forgot what was truly important.

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Symbolism can take something and make it mean something that relates back to a common theme. In the short play “ The Necklace” Matilda is wanting to go to the Ambassadors Ball. She has a very nice dress that her wonderful husband has bought her. She complained that she was not even going to go if her neck was bare. She claimed she “needed” this something to prove she belonged. This is symbolism because the necklace is symbolizing a possession that she has that is making her feel a certain way.  This then relates back to the ball because she did not want to dance with her husband. He had nothing that made him look or feel special. She only danced with other men there. This robbed her of what her love was. She was more concerned of what others thought then loving her own man. Greed took over what was truly important in her life.

The author Guy de Maupassant uses symbolism to reveal the theme in many ways. The reason why he does this  is to show the greed, and how material possession  has affected Matilda. If he did not stress this idea enough then the storyline would have not come off as strong as it does when he uses symbolism for example. The diamond necklace is like a teacher. It teaches Matilda that she should always tell the truth no matter the consequences and that glamorous things are not always what it seems. The aftermath of her wrong actions is that her husband has lost interest in her and  I think she should start to realize that it was her fault and all of it is over a material possession she felt she had to have. This concludes that greed for material possessions robs us of what’s truly important.

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Symbolism: an artistic and poetic movement or style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind. A good example of a story with symbolism is “The Necklace” in this story shows symbolism because it was fake and not real and  the one that she lost and when she tried to replace it she bought a one exactly like it but it was the real one and she lost everthing from.

The theme of the necklace is “Greed for material possessions robs us of what’s truly important.” In this story Matilda in the beginning all she cared about was fame and wanting to impress the people around her and fill their greed of they perceive of her but as you read on further into the story she gets more likable and more retable. She uses the necklace to gain back her friends trust by letting go of her worker, Marie- Claire and she and her husband had to borrow money from family and friends to make up for the cost of the necklace, The dress in the story could symbolise how she was greedy and wanted everything that she could not afford.

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According to dictionary.com irony is something unexpected and interesting that happens in the story. An example of irony that happened in “The Necklace” is when Matilda figured out that the necklace she replaced was a fake. Another example of irony is when Matilda gave up 10 years of her life for a necklace that cost 36,000 francs.
Guy de Maupassant analyzes the theme

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Paragraph 1 (Definition of Symbolism, examples in the necklace):

There are many examples of Symbolism in “The Necklace.” Symbolism is anything that stands for or represents something else. In other words, something is a symbol for something else. In “The Necklace,” symbols appear throughout the story. The symbol of “The Necklace” can represent how greed and jealousy can take over your life. The symbol of  the ball can represent how others influence each other.

Paragraph 2: Analyze how the author uses SYMBOLISM to reveal his theme “greed for material possessions rob us of what’s truly important.”

The necklace reveals that the greed inside of us can take over what’s really important. The necklace was very wanted and the greed of having it took over Matilda’s true self. The ball is a way for people to interact. It is showing greed because some people want to look the best at the ball. This can show the theme because looking the best (greed) can take away your fun at the ball.