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  1. Jul 2, 2024 · The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant explores themes of vanity, pride, and the deceptiveness of appearances. Set in 19th-century Paris, the story highlights the stark contrast between the protagonist ...

  2. Jul 2, 2024 · The setting of Guy de Maupassant 's short story "The Necklace" is the city of Paris in the mid-1880s to the mid-1890s. This time was part of the Belle Époque, the time period in which de ...

  3. Sep 30, 2011 · The Necklace Guy De Maupassant. The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. By Guy de Maupassant. She was one of those pretty and charming girls who are sometimes, as if by a mistake of destiny, born in a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known, understood, loved, wedded, by any rich and distinguished man; and she let herself be married to a little clerk at the Ministry of Public ...

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  6. Maupassant crafted this story in a time and place he was intimately familiar with: Paris in 1880. ... "The Necklace - Setting." ... Premium PDF. Download the entire The Necklace study guide as a ...

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  8. In addition, “The Necklace” takes place in late-nineteenth century Paris, a highly unequal and class-based society. The upper classes were populated by wealthy and powerful capitalists, leaving very little room for the rest of the population. “The Necklace” faithfully depicts this extreme inequality as Mathilde Loisel moves between the ...

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