https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb For our end-of-the-year project en-us 2019-05-08 18:13:42 UTC 2025-11-26 17:09:16 UTC hello@padlet.com dean_wright1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359614925 Motif- A recurrent image, idea, or symbol that develops or explains a theme
The main motif in this short story would quite obviously be the necklace. The necklace proves to be a very crucial element in the story. The necklace was obviously a huge part of the story because the payment period was so long and they had to change their life in order to pay it off. 

Quote: “And this life lasted ten years.“

]]> 2019-05-13 18:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359614925 dean_wright1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615010 the theme is to be grateful and responsible, and to not put self-value on material items. 

Quote: “Mme. Loisel now knew the horrible existence of the needy.”]]> 2019-05-13 18:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615010 dean_wright1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615056 In the short story The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, the story focuses on Mathilde, a charming girl who was married to a clerk and suffered from poverty. They were invited to an event by the company of the husband's work. After receiving the invitation, Mathilde was frustrated, since she had nothing fancy to wear. To fix this, they bought a new dress and Mathilde borrowed a necklace from her friend Mme. Forestier. After the event, Mathilde loses the necklace she borrowed, and decides she needs to pay it back before Forestier finds out. The next few years, they work endlessly in order to pay off a new necklace. After Mme. Forestier finds out about the situation, she delivers some startling news: the necklace Mathilde had borrowed was a fake and they spent all of their money on a real necklace.]]> 2019-05-13 18:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615056 dean_wright1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615214 3rd Person Omniscient 

Quote: “She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was as unhappy as though she had really fallen from her proper station;”]]> 2019-05-13 18:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615214 dean_wright1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615329 1. Oxymoron: “a suitable dress, which you could use on other occasions, something very simple?”
The oxymoron is between the words “suitable” and “simple.” Suitable in this case means pretty fancy, and simple is quite the opposite. 

2. Metaphor: “-cloud of happiness,” 
This metaphor compares Mathilde to a cloud. 

3. Alliteration: “still young, still beautiful, still charming.“
The repetition of the consonant “s” in the word “still”  is repeated in this phrase.  

4. Personification: " She thought of the silent antechamber..." Giving an antechamber a human like quality of being silent, represents the personification in the quote]]> 2019-05-13 18:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615329 dean_wright1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615450 Mood- The atmosphere of the story
The atmosphere of the story changes many times, but for example, after the necklace was lost, the mood reflected chaos and anxiety.
Quote: “She turned madly toward him. ‘I have—I have—I've lost Mme. Forestier's necklace.’ He stood up, distracted. ‘What!—how?—Impossible!’”

Tone: How the author feels
The author’s feelings can only really be shown through the character’s actions due to the fact that this story is told in 3rd person. 
Quote: “Instead of being delighted, as her husband hoped, she threw the invitation on the table with disdain, murmuring:”
(example of a character’s feelings toward a subject)

]]> 2019-05-13 18:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615450 dean_wright1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615527 Internal: Mathilde has to come up with the money to pay for the necklace, not knowing it was fake, causing her to stress over what to do. 

External: Mathilde and her husband have to live a horrible life with no money because they had to pay off the necklace.

Quote: “‘Yes, I have had days hard enough, since I have seen you, days wretched enough,’”]]> 2019-05-13 18:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359615527 dean_wright1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359616001 Forestier is a very well-off woman. She has many expensive pieces of jewelry. She was very giving when she allowed Mathilde to borrow some of it. However for the first time in the story, when Mathilde returned the necklace, she was very short and maybe even a little mean when she replied with “‘You should have returned it sooner, I might have needed it.‘“ At the end, Forestier was very worried for her friend who seemed very upset. And after being given the news about to necklace, she was very sympathetic and felt pity for her friend. ]]> 2019-05-13 18:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359616001 dean_wright1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359616018 Mathilde is a very strange character who goes through many changes throughout the story. Despite being born into and even married to less fortunate people, she still has quite spoiled thoughts. She wishes to be clothed in the best cloths and decorated with the finest jewels. She is also very giddy when given anything, and then becomes very irresponsible as stated in the story (“She danced with intoxication, with passion, made drunk by pleasure, forgetting all, in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her success,”).]]> 2019-05-13 18:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/359616018 emma_rodgers1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/361507063 2019-05-19 16:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/361507063 emma_rodgers1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/361515484 1. “She suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries.” 
This quote describes how Mathilde feels at the very beginning of the story.

2. “She fastened it around her throat, outside her high-necked dress, and remained lost in ecstasy at the sight of herself.”
This quote describes how the necklace changed Mathilde’s view of herself.

3. “What would have happened if she had not lost that necklace? Who knows? who knows? How life is strange and changeful! How little a thing is needed for us to be lost or to be saved!”
This quote is Mathilde’s inner thoughts that show how much she thinks life could have been better without the loss of the necklace. ]]> 2019-05-19 17:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/361515484 emma_rodgers1 https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/361516583 Emma Rodgers, Alexander Nino, Dean Wright, Brandon Wilkes]]> 2019-05-19 17:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_rodgers1/3zmwcentbwmb/wish/361516583