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Deeper Study. Literary Context: Realism. Guy de Maupassant and “The Necklace” Background. Character List. Next. Mathilde Loisel. The protagonist of the story. Mathilde has been blessed with physical beauty but not with the affluent lifestyle she yearns for, and she feels deeply discontented with her lot in life.
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Analysis. In ‘The Necklace’, Guy de Maupassant explores the relationship between appearance and reality. The necklace, of course, is the most explicit example of this: it looks like a genuine diamond necklace but is actually an imitation or fake. And this final twist in the tale leads us to think more carefully about the other details of the story.
Overview. “The Necklace” is a short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant, first published in 1884. It tells the story of Mathilde Loisel, a young woman who borrows a necklace from a wealthy friend to wear to a high-society event, only to lose it and spend the next ten years of her life in poverty trying to replace it.
The main characters in "The Necklace" are Mathilde Loisel, Monsieur Loisel, and Madame Forestier. Mathilde Loisel dreams of being rich and is self-conscious about her middle-class status.