Question

Themes of the story "The Necklace" ?

Answer 1

The theme of the short story, "The Necklace" is to be happy with who you are and what you have. Madame Loisel lived in the middle class society but longed to be a member of high society. She wanted to live above her means and would do whatever it took to get there. Her husband provided the stepping stone to enter the world of the upper class by getting an invitation to a prominent reception. From there she talked her husband into giving her the money to have a wonderful dress to fit in with them and then the final highlight was to borrow a wonderful diamond necklace from Madame Forestier to wear to the reception. The ironic situation is the source of her joy, the necklace, becomes her downfall when she loses it and has to work the next ten years of her life to replace it. She not only loses her middle income status but falls into poverty and spends the rest of her life suffering for her dreams. The symbolism of the necklace is social acceptance into a world where she longs to be, but doesn't belong.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The main message of the story exists that we should be what we are. False pride is the reason of our suffering. The failure of a false necklace by Mrs. Loisel was not a big failure. Things could have been settled right if she had acknowledged the loss of the necklace to the owner, Madame Forestier.

Explanation:

The major themes in "The Necklace" are greed, deceptive appearances, and beauty and vanity.

• Greed: Mathilde Loisel's overwhelming passion to live a life of luxury blinds her to the conveniences she already maintains and eventually leads to her losing what wealth and position she originally has.
• Deceptive appearances: Mathilde exists preoccupied with the appearance of wealth and expends years working to substitute a necklace that is eventually revealed to have been a fake.
• Beauty and vanity: While Mathilde's attractiveness permits her a fleeting moment of social success at the ball, she has lost both beauty and vanity by the ending of the story.

Hence, The main theme of the story "The Necklace" are

Greed Deceptive appearances and Beauty and vanity.

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