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Assignment in progress for ELA 98 Blue: 3001-14
The Necklace
by Guy de Maupassant 1884
Due November 13, 2023
11 She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as
though fate had blundered over her, into a family of
artisans. She had no marriage portion, no expectations,
no means of getting known, understood, loved, and
wedded by a man of wealth and distinction; and she let
herself be married off to a little clerk in the Ministry of
Education. Her tastes were simple because she had
never been able to afford any other, but she was as
unhappy as though she had married beneath her; for
women have no caste or class, their beauty, grace,
and charm serving them for birth or family, their
natural delicacy, their instinctive elegance, their
nimbleness of wit, are their only mark of rank, and put
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Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a French writer known for his skillful craft of the short story
Maupassant's stories often reveal the truth about human nature through the events of everyday life.
As you read, take notes about how the author characterizes Madame Loisel, and what motivates
her behavior.
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Assessment Questions
1910
8. Using examples from the text, explain the irony at the end of
the story.
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