Comments on: The Necklace –1

By: Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:18:45 +0000

they are important to the story because. they give you a visual aid of what is happening. the paintings create the delicate but envious atmosphere. and example is the first picture which to me gives a soft and gentle atmosphere with a little sarrow.

By: Eion

Eion — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:21:29 +0000

The reason they are appropriate is that this take place at least over one hundred years ago. The people had to work very hard and most of the time they couldn’t pay to look very good or buy expensive cloths. The atmosphere is one of great tragedy because of the lost necklace. Also it is a rich atmosphere in the middle of the story. The beginning is one of happiness and great joy.

By: Josh Macks

Josh Macks — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:54:50 +0000

The paintings are very helpful for creating the mood of the story. They show how the people of the time dressed, wore their hair, looked, and what was important to them. They show the culture of the story. The atmosphere they create is gloomy, but hopeful. They set the tone for the setting.

By: Justin P.

Justin P. — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:54:37 +0000

The illustrations that accompany the story are appropriate for this story for several reasons. One reason is that all the pictures show all the hard work that was put into finding the object. It also creates an atmosphere of pain and sadness. The pictures are just very sad and they don’t really show any happiness, but alot of sorrow. One more thing is how the pictures show not only the hard work that was put into finding inadament object but the pain that was felt when she felt all the work she put in was pointless after she found it. This story does not express alot of happiness, if any at all.

By: Mhockenbrocht

Mhockenbrocht — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:51:49 +0000

The paintings are appropriate because they show what was happening in the story through a painting. They give me a visual for what was going on at a specific point in the story. The atmosphere that the story creates is anxiety because they have been searching for an important necklace. Also, stress and frustration are other images because the couple has been paying off the price of the necklace for ten years. This story gives many excellent visual images and these images explain the story very well.

By: Meagan Collins

Meagan Collins — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:46:01 +0000

Adding art to stories often gives readers a better understanding of details in the story, and it often sets a mood to the story. At the beginning of the short story, “The Necklace”, the painting “Interrupted Reading” by Jean-Baptiste-Camille-Corot is shown. The painting is of a woman with a book in her hand, but she has a day dreaming look on her face. She looks unsatisfied with her life. This painting reminds me of Mme. Loisel because the both seem sad and look like their life is a drag. It creates a sorrowful atmosphere for the reader. Also, the story features the painting, “The New Necklace” by Willian McGregor Paxton. It shows a woman handing another woman a piece of jewelery. This sort of shows the reader the beauty of Mme. Forestier letting Mme. Loisel borrow her necklace. It is elegant and on the face of one woman in the painting, who I assume to be Mme. Loisel, she looks happy. “Hush! (The Concert)” by James Tissot is also a painting shown in the story. It is of a room full of elegant and wealthy-looking people, with one beautiful woman being the focus. The focal point of the painting reminds me of Mme. Loisel, and the elegance and proud expression matches the description in the story. Illustrations often set an atmosphere to stories.

By: katie

katie — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:05:08 +0000

They are appropriate choices for this story because they are all showing important value. The atmosphere that the story creates is very much based on “society” and the way people lived.

By: Marissa King

Marissa King — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:01:24 +0000

The paintings are appropriate choices for this story because they describe what kind of lady the women was. She was pretty and charming, understood, loving, graceful and charming. She was pretty like the paintings because she stood out in a crowd and she was noticed alot. The atmosphere that the story creates was that of a very intellengent woman not having full confidence in herself. She felt un-impowered when it came to all the other rich women that surrounded her in her community. The story talked about when she had a rich friend from the convent and she didn’t go to visit her anymore because she always felt sad and un-accomplished when she left.

By: ArabiaL

ArabiaL — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:53:47 +0000

The paintings show women in necklaces. These necklaces stand for The necklace in the story that the lady has.This story creates a feel of what its like to lose somethings thats a friend. Its also shows what extent someone will go to find or replace what they lost. Thats what matters.

By: Imani Thomas

Imani Thomas — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:43:04 +0000

The paintings used in this story are appropriate because they represent what is going on during that certain part of the story. The also give the story that real life feel to it. By this I mean a person could relate to the story more with these pictures than just simply reading the story. This story gave me the atmospehere of regret and guilt. Regret because Mme. Loisel lost the necklace and had to buy a new one. Guilt because she bought a new necklace and did not just tell her friend that the necklace was stolen and forget about it.