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The Necklace By Guy De Maupassant Essay

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Ungrateful Mathild does not appreciate anything she has."The Necklace" Guy de Maupassant. She is about as rich as the average woman. So when she gets invited to a ball she throws a fit and says "What do you except me to do with that?" (537). Her husband is confused and in shock, he does not understand he thought she wound be pleased, but instead she replies "I haven't a thing to wear how could I go?" (537). Him wanting to please his wife he gave her all the money that he had saved to buy a rifle. He did that so she could buy a dress for the ball. Mathlid goes and buys a dress, but then she complains that she has no jewels to wear with her beautiful dress. Her husband then suggests that she goes to her rich friend and asks to borrow a necklace.

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