The Necklace –2
September 9, 2008
Paragraph 2: What are the different ironies that are present in this story?
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1. GHoover | September 24th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
There were two different ironies that I remember. The first irony is that she want to be a rich girl but she ended up being the wife to a clerk. The second irony is that she wanted to look pretty to go to the dance at the Ministry, so she went to her friend and got a diamond necklace. After the dance she lost the necklace and bought her friend a new necklace only to find out that her friends necklace was fake.
2. Alexis W | September 25th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
There are a couple of ironies in this story. One way the author used irony in this story is how she has to borrow money for the necklace but then looses it! The next irony ties in to this because Mathilde and her husband worked hard to make way more money than they need for the necklace. So in the end the got the benefit of the doubt.These are examples of irony.
3. Priya Maithel | September 25th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
I think one irony in the story is that the diamond necklace that Mrs. Loisel borrowed was a fake, and that she lost the fake necklace. I also think Mrs. Loisel is sort of like the fake necklace in a way. Even though she wasn’t rich, she went to the party and everyone thought she was the most beautiful one. Almost how the necklace was fake, and when she wore it everyone thought it was real. It’s also ironic how they spent 10 years paying off a necklace when the one they lost wasn’t even real or worth that much.
4. Christian W | September 25th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
The several ironies that are presented in this story are the consequence of going to the party, the price of Mme. Forestier’s necklace, and how the necklace changed the Loisel’s life. It is ironic that by going to the party, which Mme. Loisel thought would make her happy, resulted in more distress and sadness because she misplaced the necklace. It is also ironic that the price of Mme. Forestier’s necklace was only 500 francs and that how losing of the necklace changed the Loisel’s life by making them work very hard with distress and sadness. In the story, Mme. Loisel thinks about the lifestyle she wants and gets to experience it, but this is ironic because all she wanted was happiness and was what would be predicted to happen but ends with more despair. In conclusion, these ironies all are in common because they lead to a more sadness and more privations in the Loisel’s lives.
5. Christina | September 25th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
One ironic part of the story is that the lady wants to look fancy and pretty very badly. The action she took to make herself fancy actually ages her faster. The second display of irony is how the lady looked so beautiful on the outside, but on the inside she was ungrateful and selfish. The final piece of irony in this story is the necklace. The lady worked her tail off for ten years to pay for the necklace, and in the end she finds out that the necklace was hardly worth anything at all.
6. Jgrant | September 25th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
In “The Necklace” there are many different ironies evident. For example, Mathilde is longing for beautiful evening gowns, and people’s attention. What is ironic about it is she has an adoring husband who sticks by her, and thinks she looks lovely without expensive evening wear. Another ironic happening is the coveted necklace that Mathilde barrows from her friend for her upscale affair, but she ends up losing it. Mathilde and her husband retrace her steps, but finding nothing, they buy a new exorbitant real diamond necklace. This results in turmoil because the barrowed necklace was a fake diamond necklace “she would sit near the window and think of that long-ago evening when, at the dance, she had been so beautifully admired” (168).
7. Lisa E. | September 25th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
In the story one type of irony is situational, which is shown by Mme. Loisel finding out that after ten years of labor, the lost necklace was a fake. She was also very disapointed that she didn’t have what the wealthy women had and wasn’t able to go to fancy balls. After years of sulking, she finally gets invited to one, but then has nothing to wear. Another example is dramatic irony because Loisel’s friend didn’t know until the end that the necklace was lost.
8. E. Carter | September 25th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
“But mine was fake. Why, at most it was worth only five hundred francs!” (168). This ironic thought must have exasperated Madam Loisel, as she add her husband had just spent 10 years paying off the monumental debt accumulated from the purchase of the fakes replacement. It’s so ironic that she the meager clerk’s wife had replaced her rich friends fake with an expensive diamond necklace worth 34 thousand francs. Madam Loisel ends up even more impoverished then when she started. This entire debacle happened became she wanted to look good among the rich and important at a party.
9. Olivia Alfredson | September 26th, 2009 at 5:45 am
Some ironies present in the story are that the lady dreams of bieng higher in society and having lavish asccessories and decor. However she knows that those dreams would never come true so day after day she mopes around thinking of everything she doesn’t have instead of what she does. Another is her hopes of going to a ball. She constantly thinks of the honor associated wtih getting an invitation to a high society affair. When she finnaly gets and invite she is thrown into a fit of despair because she has nothing to wear. When she accumulates the money to go out and buy herself a modestly priced dress, she again is complaining that she has no jewlery. This final complaint is what gets her into a mess of trouble 10 years down the road.
10. Kim B. | September 26th, 2009 at 7:40 am
One of the ironies in the story is when she does not want the indentation to the party at the mansion. Another one is when she gets the dress she decides she can’t go because she does not have any jewelry. One of the ironies is that she lost the necklace on her why home. The last irony is that the necklace was fake not real diamonds. These are some of the ironies from this story.
11. Chris Bankston | September 26th, 2009 at 8:50 am
One of the ironies in this story is near the beginning when the poor Loisel family is invited to the rich Ramponneau family’s evening reception. Another is at the end when after ten years of working off the loans that the Loisel’s built up when they replaced Mme. Forestier’s Diamond necklace but then after Mme. Loisel told Mme. Forestier, Mme. Forestier told Mme. Loisel that her necklace was fake and that the Loisels spent 35,500 francs more than was needed. Those were the two main ironies in the story. The bigger of the two was definetly the second with the necklace which caused them 36,000 francs. Those were the two different ironies
12. Eric Hamilton | September 26th, 2009 at 10:50 am
One of the ironies in the story is when she lost Mme. Forestier’s diamond necklace when she let her barrow it for the dance at the mansion. So they went all over town asking poeple for money to try and buy a new necklace. They ended up buying her a new diamond necklace to replace it but they found out that it was fake diamonds on the necklace. Some dramatic irony is when the actual party happened and Mme. Loisel was dancing drunk and wild you kinda knew that she would probly lose the necklace.
13. Gabriella W | September 26th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
There is situational irony in this story. Mathildel Loisel is not a poor woman, but she is far from wealthy. Her whole life she wished for a life of luxury untill her a chance at attending a party comes. However she has nothing to where that is fit for a party “Only I have no evening dress and therefore cannot go to the affair” (162). The example of irony is her husband had recently saved up the exact amount she needed for a dress, so he could go hunting, but instead he gives it her. Another, example of irony, is after she lost her friend’s necklace she and her husband are forced to work unbelievably hard to replace it “Mme. Loisel experienced the horrible part of needy life” (167). Only to discover the necklace was fake.
14. Cal Thorne | September 26th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
There are two different ironies in the story. The first one is that M. and Mme. Loisel get invited to a very exclusive party that not a lot of people of their wealth get to go to. The second one starts when Mme. Loisel borrows her friend’s necklace and wears it to the party. After the party she loses it on the streets or in the cab. Then M. and Mme. Loisel lie to Mme. Forestier and buy her a new one for forty-thousand francs. It later turns out that the necklace that they lost was a fake and cost five hundred francs.
15. Frank H. | September 26th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
In this story, Mme. Loisel grieved constantly because she felt that she should have the luxuries of living. She didn’t have any jewels,or evening clothes, which she wanted. Later in the story she borrows a diamond necklace from her close friend Mme. Forestier, for a party. During the evening of the party she was everything that she thought she should be. That night with the necklace around her neck she was the center of attention. ” All the men turned to look at her, asked who she was, begged to be introduced. All the Cabinet officials wanted to waltz with her. The Minister took notice of her”(164). On the way home from the party Mme. Loisel loses the necklace. Her husband retraces their steps. He looked everywhere. Since they didn’t find the necklace, they replaced it with an identical looking one. It cost forty thousand francs. It took them ten years of extremely hard work to pay off the debt. Many years later when Mme. Loisel saw her friend, Mme. Forestier, she told her the whole story about losing her necklace. The ironies of the story are that, here she had spent the last ten years in true financial distress, she had dismissed her maid, she did heavy house work and her husband worked long hours. All this, only to find out that the necklace that gave her one evening of complete happiness and pleasure turned out to be a fake.
16. Ryan S. | September 26th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
One of the ironies in this story is that when Mathilde Loisel lost her friends necklace. After she lost the necklace Mathilde and her husband went out and bought her a replacement. After the interest and the full price of the necklace was paid for she told her friend about it and it turned out that the necklace that got lost was a fake. Another ironic part is when Mathilde turns up at the party in an expensive evening dress and pearl necklace. This is ironic because she was a very poor women and she entered the party with a high rate, expensive, evening dress that probably cost most of her husband’s salary.
17. Ashley A. | September 26th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
The different ironie that is present in this story is situational. The situational irony is that Mme. Loisel and her husband spend 10 years paying off the debt of a new diamond necklace because they lost Mme. Forestier’s diamond neckalce. After repaying every last cent, Mme. Loisel finds out Mme. Forestier’s necklace was fake. This was quite a blow from Mme. Loisel and her husband.
18. Paige Peterson | September 26th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
The different ironies are situational irony and verbal. Situational irony ocurs when there is a contrast between what we think would be appropriate and what really happens. Verbal irony is is when the writer says one thing but really means something else
19. Christyana | September 26th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
The different ironies in the story are situational and verbal. the situational irony occurs when there is a contrast between what seems appropriate and what really happens.Verbal irony occurs when a speaker says one thing but really means another.
20. Rebekah Parsons | September 26th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
After all this time wishing to be rich or wear a beautiful gown, Mme. Loisel get’s an invitation to go to an upperclass social event with very famous people. Yet she doesn’t want to go to the party. Later we find out it’s because she doesn’t have a good dress or nice jewelry. She does end up going in a beautiful dress and gorgeous jewelry. She still leaves feeling poorly dressed.
21. Leanne Krick | September 26th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
One irony is when she was going to the party and before she went she said she wanted people to look at her and to envy her, so thats why she had to get a new dress and the jewlrey. When she got to the party she was dancing and having so much fun she didn’t think about what other people were thinking of her.The biggest irony is at the end of the story when she found out that her rich friend said the necklace, she lent her, was fake, not real. It was also ironic that she didn’t tell her friend that she lost the necklace. If she had told her the truth right from the beginning she might not have had to work so hard for so many years or be in debt.
22. Morgan Bates | September 26th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
There are multiple ironies that are present in “The Necklace”. Such as, instead of just telling the truth to Mme. Forestier about losing her necklace Mathidle, she had to competly look for another one and ended up paying and exobitant price for it. Later, Mathidle discovers that the necklace she borrowed was fake and she could has just told Mme. Forestier that her necklace was lost and seved herself thousands of dollars. She also could have saved her husband and herself less labor.
23. Maggie V | September 26th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
There was one main irony in The Necklace. Mathilde borrowed a necklace from one of her friends to go to a fancy party. When she returned home from the party she realized that the necklace must have fallen off in the cab. She thought that the necklace was real diamonds so she went to a store and bought a necklace just like the one she borrowed. She borrowed money from her friends to pay for this very expensive necklace. When she bought it she spent the next ten years working off her debt. She learned at the end of the story that the necklace that she borrowed was fake. The irony in this is that her rich friend had a necklace had a fake. Mathilde thought her rich friend had an expensive necklace so she spent 10 years of her life paying off her debt.
24. Callum A | September 26th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
There are several ironies presented in the story. One of the ironies is that although she longs to be rich, she came into despair whenever she visited her rich friend. “She had a well to do friend …whom she would no longer go to see simply because she would feel so distressed on returning home” (161-162). Another irony is that when her husband brought home a ticket to the dance, the very thing she longed for, she said she couldn’t go. This was because she had no fine clothes or jewelry. However, the main irony in the story is that the necklace that Mme Loisel and her husband toiled for ten years to pay off was a fake. All their work was for nothing. “‘Oh, my poor Mathilde. But mine was a fake.’” (168)
25. Shannon J. | September 26th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Most of the ironies in the strory are situational. One of them was when Mathllde asks of her husband 400 francs which is the exact amount he saved to go hunting. “Im not sure exactly but i think with four hundred francs I could manage it” (162). She needed that money for a dress. Another one is when her and her husband worked so hard to pay off the neckace but the diamonds were fake.”and we’ve been paying for it for ten years now” (168). They were paying for something fake that long and it gave them many misfortunes.
26. Autumn J | September 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
There are two main ironies that i noticed in the story The Neckalace . The first irony i noticed was that in the beginning Mme.Loisel “was one of those pretty and charming girls, born, as if by fate,into a family of clerks”. To me this illustrates that the pretty and charming girls were usually born to the wealthy. The second irony that i noticed was that Mme.Loisel and her husband spent all their time and money trying to pay for the new neckalace which was thirty-six thousand francs. When the old neckalace only cost about five hundred francs.
27. Mariana S. | September 26th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
There are many different ironies of this story. When Madame Loisel loses Madame Forestier’s “diamond necklace” it changes Madame Loisel whole life for ten years. She replaces it because she thinks it is real so she has to borrow money and spend 10 years of her life to pay it back only to find out that it was fake. Also another example of irony in this story is when Madame Loisel said she had nothing to where to the reception. These are some of the many different ironies of this story.
28. Imani Thomas | September 26th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
The different ironies that are present in this story are the fact that a woman who grew up in Breton was very beautiful and charming, and she was poor and thought she deserved to be rich. She wanted to be rich and envied but she did not want to go to the ball because her dress was not good enough. I think that this is odd becasue she had a dress that she wore to the theater but she could not wear it to the ball. Another thing I found ironic was she wanted to look so nice but she became drunk which to me is not a way to present yourself at a ball. The last ironic thing that i caught was the beautiful diamond necklace she borrowed was a fake and she and her husband bought a new one and had to pay it back, which ws not only hard on both of them but it took 10 years.
29. ArabiaL | September 26th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
There are different ironies in this story. One was how the Lady wanted the necklace so bad and then she loses it.Another is how when she took the necklace back she didn’t open it right away. How the had to pay for ten years to pay it off. Mme Loisel didn’t know it wasnt her neclace
30. Marissa King | September 26th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
One of the ironies that are present in the story is when Mathilde always felt like she did not fit in with the other women in her community because she was not rich like them. The irony part was when her and her husband got invited to the Ministers Ball. She never thought that she would look soo well-dressed as she did. She never thought that she would wear such extravagent clothes and jewlery that she did. Another irony is when she wore all the extravagent jewlery but then she lost the necklace. She was soo devastated and hurt becasuse she was still going to be considered as a very poor woman.
31. katie | September 27th, 2009 at 11:11 am
The different ironies are situational, when Loisel looses the necklace and verbal irony “Yes. You never noticed then? They were quite alike’ And she smiled with proud and simple joy. Mme. Forestier, quite overcome, clasped her by the hands. “Oh, my poor Mathilde, But mine was fake. Why, at most it was worth only five hundred francs!’ (pg 168)
32. Meagan Collins | September 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
There are a few ironies shown in the story, “The Necklace”. The most obvious of them is how Mme. Loisel lost the necklace, and wasted 10 years of her life trying to work to payback her husband for buying a new necklace, when after she pays it back she learns the necklace had been fake. It is ironic because if she were to have told Mme. Forestier the truth, she wouldn’t of had to work so long. Another thing that is ironic about the story is how Mme. Loisel borrowed the necklace to look wealthy, but actually it made her more pour than she was before. If she hadn’t tried so hard to make her look like someone she wasn’t, she wouldn’t of had to become more of what she was trying to hide. Those are a few ironies that are in the short story, “The Necklace”.
33. Mhockenbrocht | September 27th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
One of the main ironies in the story is when Mme. Forestier let Mathilde Loisel borrow the jewelry and then years later told her that it was a fake. When Mme. Forestier said that the necklace was a fake, I think Mathilde Loisel was shocked and upset because she had just spent ten years of her life working to pay off the debt. Another irony in this story is when Mathide looks for the necklace in the middle of the night with her brand new evening dress on. One other irony is when Mathilde has to cook and clean for a long time when she has only accepted the wealthy and sophicated society before she and her husband were in debt. Lastly, when Mathilde has wanted to go to a fancy ball, and she finally gets the opportunity to, refuses until she can have a proper dress and jewelry.
34. Justin P. | September 27th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
There are several ironies that are present in this story.One is the fact that the woman worked her entire life to buy a necklace for the woman after it was lost to find out later on that the necklace she had lost and spent all that time trying to replace was fake. Also, the fact that the woman had merely wanted to wear the jewelry to make herself look more pretty.Not only that but she just wanted to look rich for the party.If she hadn’t of asked her friend to let her borrow the jewelry, she would never have ruined her life by trying to make up for what she had done earlier on.
35. Josh Macks | September 27th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
There are several ironies presented in the story. The main character felt that she was entitled to a luxurious life when that was not truly her lot in life. While dreaming of grand things, she missed all of the joys that were hers to grasp. When she had the opportunity to enjoy the luxurious life she dreamed of, she ended up losing a piece of jewelry that she believed was expensive. She sacrificed all of her dreams of grandness and worked very hard for ten years to pay for this. The greatest irony of all is that the necklace was artificial.
36. Eion | September 27th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
One of the biggest ironies is that the necklace that made her feel rich was only a fake. The bad part was that her and her husband work for ten year to pay off the debts they had to people that they borrowed money from. Also when the lady when to the party she looked as if she were the richest person there and everyone noticed her. The reality was that she was just average.
37. Raymond | September 28th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
there are to main ironies that i notice in the story. the first irony i notice is taht in the begging Mme.Loisel “was one of those pretty and charming girls. she born if by fate into a family of clerks.” to me this shows that the pretty and charming girls were usualy born to weathy.