thenecklace.ppt

The Diamond Necklace
By Guy de Maupassant
About the author
A well-known French novelist and short-story writer
He had a fine use of irony
The necklace was his best short story
Main Works: The necklace(项链), Ball of fat(羊脂球), Bel Ami(漂亮朋友),etc
Characters
Mathilde Loisel——a very materialistic person who is never content with anything in her life.
Pierre Loisel ——a lowly clerk, who is not a rich man, but he brings home enough to get by. He enjoys the simpler things in life
Jeanne——Mathilde’s good friend who lends her the necklace that Madame Loisel wears to the ball.
Plot
Get an invitation
Spend 400 francs to buy a new dress
Borrow the diamond necklace from her friend
Admired by all at the ball
Lost the necklace
Borrow enough money to replace the lost one
Pay all the loans back during ten yea