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1、The necklace-Guy de Maupassant Introduction The Necklace or The Diamond Necklace (French: La Parure) is a short story by Guy de Maupassant, first published in 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois. The story has become one of Maupassant popular works and is well known for its ending. Author :Guy d

2、e Maupassant Original title :La Parure Country :France Language :French Genre(s) :Short Story Publication date: 1884 Guy de Maupassant 1850.8.5 1893.7.6 He was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the forms finest exponents. Plot su

3、mmaryThe Necklace tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loisel and her husband. Mathilde always imagined herself in a high social position with wonderful jewels. However she has nothing and marries a low paid clerk who tries his best to make her happy.Through lots of begging at work, he is able to get

4、two invitations to the Ministry of the Public Instruction party. Mathilde then refuses to go, for she has nothing to wear. Her husband is upset to see her displeasure and, using money that he was saving to buy a rifle, he lets Mathilde buy a dress that suits her. But Mathilde is still not happy, she

5、 wants jewels to wear with it. Since they have no money left, her husband suggests that she borrow something from her friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. Mathilde picks out the fanciest jewel necklace that she can find. After attending the Ministry of Public Instruction party, Mathilde discovers that s

6、he has lost the necklace. Plot summary Mathilde and her husband look everywhere but the necklace is not to be found. They take out loans from generous friends and loan sharks to buy a diamond necklace that looks just like the one that was lost. It takes them ten years of hard labor to come up with t

7、he 36,000 francs necessary to pay them back. Toward the end, Mathilde takes a walk, remembering her past and the night when the necklace was lost. Suddenly she sees Madame Jeanne Forestier and goes to meet her. Mathilde confesses about that night and how she worked so hard to return her necklace. Mm

8、e. Forestier, deeply moved, tells Mathilde that the one she had borrowed was not made of real diamonds and that it was worth at most 500 francs.Main characters Madame Mathilde Loisel ：she has a desire to be part of the upper class which sets the storys events in motion. She beliefs that she is meant

9、 for a life of upper class level. Madame Jeanne Forestier ：she is the school friend of Mathilde Loisel, who lends her the necklace that Madame Loisel wears to the ball. Monsieur Loisel ：he is Madame Mathilde Loisels husband who tries to please her by buying expensive jewelry and clothes just to sati

10、sfy her content.Analysis of The Necklace Many women dream of living a rich life, full of luxury, riches and servants. In the short story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, a middle-class woman named Madame Loisel desires that life style very much. In The Necklace Madame Loisels vain desires cause ma

11、ny conflicts and her ultimate downfall. Analysis of The NecklaceOne small conflict in the story is Madame Loisel vs. her husband. He is always trying to make his wife satisfied and she never appreciates him or their way of life. De Maupassant makes this clear in the beginning by telling the reader t

12、hat “she let herself be married to a little clerk”. The word let indicates her unhappiness with her marriage to him. He works hard to get an invitation to the Ministers ball and his wife only gets upset because she has nothing fancy to wear. He uses his money he had saved for a vacation with friends

13、 to buy her a fancy dress. After his wife loses an expensive looking necklace, Monsieur Loisel risks everything to take out loans that in order to buy a real diamond necklace to replace the lost one. He works two and sometimes three jobs for ten years and lives in poverty to pay back the loans for t

14、he necklace his wife lost. He ends up suffering because of her vanity and foolish desires Analysis of The Necklace The main conflict in the story, Madame Loisel vs. herself, is caused by Madame Loisels desire for fine things and for fitting in with high society. She wants high society to recognize h

15、er beauty and charm. In the beginning of the story the author tells us that She would so have liked to please, to be envied, to be charming, to be sought after. Her obsession with wanting to be pleasing, envied, and charming eats away at her and makes her become her own antagonists because she cause

16、s her own downfall. The irony in The Necklace the irony is Mathilde desperately wants to be of a higher class so she sacrifices one night of excitement and being noticed by the rich that she ends up spending her whole life even more unhappy and poor than she started out because she borrowed what she

17、 thought was a diamond necklace and ended up losing it. The ultimate irony is that the necklace that Madame Loisele borrowed to prove that she was a member of high society proved to be as fake as her belief that she was a member of that high society. also she thought that the ball was going to make

18、her life better because of all the rich people attempting it, but it ends up making her life worse because she loses the necklace關(guān)于馬蒂爾德這一人物形象的其他觀點(diǎn) 女主人公是一個(gè)典型的豐滿的具有代表性的人物，女主人公是一個(gè)典型的豐滿的具有代表性的人物，作者在批評之外還對她給予了她極大的同情，從作者在批評之外還對她給予了她極大的同情，從以下情節(jié)上足以證明：以下情節(jié)上足以證明： 丟項(xiàng)鏈：馬蒂爾德在舞會(huì)結(jié)束后無意間丟丟項(xiàng)鏈：馬蒂爾德在舞會(huì)結(jié)束后無意間丟 失了借來的項(xiàng)鏈，那

19、可是一掛標(biāo)價(jià)四萬法郎的項(xiàng)失了借來的項(xiàng)鏈，那可是一掛標(biāo)價(jià)四萬法郎的項(xiàng)鏈，這對一個(gè)貧困的家庭，無疑是滅頂之災(zāi)。鏈，這對一個(gè)貧困的家庭，無疑是滅頂之災(zāi)。 賠項(xiàng)鏈：馬蒂爾德丟失了借來的項(xiàng)鏈，已賠項(xiàng)鏈：馬蒂爾德丟失了借來的項(xiàng)鏈，已 經(jīng)成為現(xiàn)實(shí)，但她并不想賴賬。而是決心賠償。經(jīng)成為現(xiàn)實(shí)，但她并不想賴賬。而是決心賠償。關(guān)于馬蒂爾德這一人物形象的其他觀點(diǎn)當(dāng)馬德爾德在公園與佛來思節(jié)夫人相遇時(shí)，一位是當(dāng)馬德爾德在公園與佛來思節(jié)夫人相遇時(shí)，一位是“依舊年輕，依舊依舊年輕，依舊美麗動(dòng)人美麗動(dòng)人”的貴婦人，一個(gè)卻是連昔日好朋友都認(rèn)不出來的的貴婦人，一個(gè)卻是連昔日好朋友都認(rèn)不出來的“平民婦平民婦人人”，但馬蒂爾德卻表現(xiàn)得

20、那么坦然，并主動(dòng)向佛來思節(jié)夫人打招呼，但馬蒂爾德卻表現(xiàn)得那么坦然，并主動(dòng)向佛來思節(jié)夫人打招呼，告知她事情的真相。這時(shí)的馬蒂爾德不僅沒有絲毫的虛榮，也沒有絲告知她事情的真相。這時(shí)的馬蒂爾德不僅沒有絲毫的虛榮，也沒有絲毫的自卑，而是一位經(jīng)過十年辛勞蕩滌，心靈得到凈化的樸實(shí)的婦人，毫的自卑，而是一位經(jīng)過十年辛勞蕩滌，心靈得到凈化的樸實(shí)的婦人，作者莫泊桑所持的態(tài)度顯而易見：沒有絲毫的嘲笑，只有深深的同情，作者莫泊桑所持的態(tài)度顯而易見：沒有絲毫的嘲笑，只有深深的同情，甚至是贊美。至此，一個(gè)吃苦耐勞，敢于面對現(xiàn)實(shí)的女主人公赫然立甚至是贊美。至此，一個(gè)吃苦耐勞，敢于面對現(xiàn)實(shí)的女主人公赫然立于讀者的面前，我們

21、還能一味地去批評嗎？如果我們只武斷地去批評，于讀者的面前，我們還能一味地去批評嗎？如果我們只武斷地去批評，這不僅不是莫泊桑的初衷，也得不到我們學(xué)生的認(rèn)可，因?yàn)槲覀兌髿⑦@不僅不是莫泊桑的初衷，也得不到我們學(xué)生的認(rèn)可，因?yàn)槲覀兌髿⒘巳诵?，一個(gè)人，不可能十全十美，也不可能一無是處，了人性，一個(gè)人，不可能十全十美，也不可能一無是處，“金無足赤，金無足赤，人無完人人無完人”，而莫泊桑正是用了發(fā)展的眼光，全面看問題的思想，忠，而莫泊桑正是用了發(fā)展的眼光，全面看問題的思想，忠于于“創(chuàng)作要反映社會(huì)創(chuàng)作要反映社會(huì)”的本源塑造了這一豐滿的人物形象。一個(gè)高明的本源塑造了這一豐滿的人物形象。一個(gè)高明的作家塑造的人物形

22、象，應(yīng)該是典型的，豐滿的，具有代表性的，符的作家塑造的人物形象，應(yīng)該是典型的，豐滿的，具有代表性的，符合一個(gè)合一個(gè)“人人”的特征，是一個(gè)有血有肉的性格多面體，莫泊桑做到了，的特征，是一個(gè)有血有肉的性格多面體，莫泊桑做到了，女主人公馬蒂爾德這一豐滿的人物形象永遠(yuǎn)女主人公馬蒂爾德這一豐滿的人物形象永遠(yuǎn)“活活”在了世界的文學(xué)畫在了世界的文學(xué)畫廊之中。我們在教學(xué)中要忠于作者的寫作初衷，在分析人物形象時(shí)，廊之中。我們在教學(xué)中要忠于作者的寫作初衷，在分析人物形象時(shí)，要結(jié)合時(shí)代背景，作者的人生觀、創(chuàng)作觀，去客觀全面地分析人物形要結(jié)合時(shí)代背景，作者的人生觀、創(chuàng)作觀，去客觀全面地分析人物形象，而不能因某一點(diǎn)就簡單地過度贊美或過分的批評，多一些民主，象，而不能因某一點(diǎn)就簡單地過度贊美或過分的批評，