Comments on: The Necklace –2

By: Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:23:36 +0000

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.

By: Eion

Eion — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:29:58 +0000

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.

By: Josh Macks

Josh Macks — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:06:06 +0000

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.

By: Justin P.

Justin P. — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:43:23 +0000

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.

By: Mhockenbrocht

Mhockenbrocht — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:52:52 +0000

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.

By: Meagan Collins

Meagan Collins — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:00:19 +0000

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”.

By: katie

katie — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:11:25 +0000

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)

By: Marissa King

Marissa King — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:25:54 +0000

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.

By: ArabiaL

ArabiaL — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:14 +0000

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

By: Imani Thomas

Imani Thomas — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:53:30 +0000

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.