CONCEPT MAP - The Necklace

Character Development 8 Ways an Author Reveals a Character

Explain her reaction.

Explain what this reaction shows about her character.

"She gave him an irritated glance and burst out impatiently, 'what do you think i have to go in'" (maupassant 170).

MATHILDE DID NOT APPRECIATE THE INVITATION

What does this tell us about her?

"He stopped talking, dazed and distracted to see his wife burst out weeping. Two large tears slowly rooled from the corners of her eyes to the corners of her mouth; he gasped, 'Why, what's the matters? What's the trouble'" (Maupassant 170).

Explain how Monsieur Loisel (the husband) felt at this point.

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What did this thought show about his character?

"He turned a bit pale, for he had set aside just that amount to buy a rifle so that, the following summer, he could join some friends who were getting up a group to shoot larks on the plain near Nanterre" (Maupassant 171)

What does this interaction tell us about what kind of husband he is?

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What does this physical description do for her character?

"Mme. Loisel was a sensation. She was the prettiest one there, fashionable, gracious, smiling, and wild with joy. All the men turned to look at her, ask who she was, begged to be introduced. All the Cabinet officals wanted to waltz with her. The minister took notice to her'" (Maupassant 172).

When things did not go mathilde's way, what did she always do? (pg 171)

How do you feel about her now?

What is revealed by Mathilde's desire for material possiessions (things)?

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In this case, it was more Mathilde's desire for material possessions that revealed her character

"She was one of those pretty and charming girls, born, as if by an accident of fate, into a family of clerks. With no dowry, no prospects, no way of any kind of being met, understood, loved, and married by a man both prosperous and famous, she was finally married to a minor clerk in the Ministry of Education. She ddressed plainly because she could not afford fine clothes, but she was as unhappy as a woman who has come down in the world; for women have no family rank or social class" (Maupassant 169).

What information do you now know about her character?

Does this foreshadow any future event or mischance?

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