The Character of Mademoiselle Loisel in Maupassants The Necklace Essa

The Character of Mademoiselle Loisel in Maupassants The Necklace Opportunity presents itself in various ways. Sometimes, it accompanies adversity sometimes, it occurs amid lifes brightest moments. Although working through adversity may be difficult, doing so may provide an individual with chances to grow, to gain responsibility, and to improve self-esteem. Guy de Maupassants The Necklace remarkably demonstrates how misfortune can lead to the improvement of a human being. beforehand her misadventure, the protagonist Mme. Loisel is a discontented homemaker with little self-confidence through her adverse experiences, however, she learns to accept her circumstances, thereby improving her character. Until the time of her mishap, Mme. Loisel expresses ardent dissatisfaction with many (if not most) areas of her life discontent defines her character. Her lofty expectations cause her to believe that, because she is beautiful, she deserves the best that life has to offer, but the reality of her situation greatly troubles her. She should take on a prestigious husband, up to now she let herself be married to a little clerk (de Maupassant 46). Mme. Loisel thinks that she deserves to reside in an elegant home, but instead she suffers from the poverty of her dwelling(46). She longs for delicate furniture and experiences torture from the look of her worn-out chairs (46, 47). Mme. Loisel is even dissatisfied with her cuisine while her husband dutifully compliments her cooking, she dreams of dainty dinners and delicious dishes served on marvelous plates (47). Truly, this charr finds little in her life which brings joy or even contentment. Such discontentment negativel... ..., socially-dictated woman. Mme. Loisels adversity provides her with an opportunity to better herself. Had she not lost the necklace, Mme. Loisel may have never relinquished the lofty (but unrealistic and shallow) expectations she had of herself and her husband. Most likely, she would have spent the rest of her life as an unhappy, discontented woman. Instead, Mme. Loisel receives a chance to begin again with a clean slate and a more positive attitude. Finally, Mme. Loisel realizes that her adversity has helped her by forcing her to grow up-to appreciate what she has rather than what she does not and to realize that little in this life comes without hard work. Works CitedMaupassant, Guy de. The Necklace. Washington Renton, 1995-97. B&L Associates. 29 March 2003 .