The necklace Flashcards
(17 cards)
author
Guy de Maupassant
Real name
Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant
Birthdate
August 5, 1850
Death date
July 6, 1893
was a popular French author who wrote under the pen name _______
Guy de Maupassant
He is considered one of the fathers of the .__________ as well as one of its finest practitioners
modern short story
His prolific and deeply admired body of work influenced a great number of writers including
Somerset Maugham
O. Henry
Anton Chekhov
Henry James
As a young man he fought in the
Franco-Prussian war
suffered from mental illness in his later years and attempted suicided on ______
January 2nd 1892
He drew heavily on that experience and that war provides for many of stories which often depict the ____________ of innocent civilians caught to his works.
tragedy and suffering
Also it showed realist properties works by Maupassant and even only showed the good side of _________ Therefore he separated from _____
realism
Emile Zola
that was closer to human life to her naturalism
pessimistic form
His works
The necklace
a piece of string
Mademoiselle
Miss Harriet
My uncle Jules
Found on a drowned man
the wreck
The protagonist of the story. Has been blessed with physical beauty but not with the affluent lifestyle she yearns for, and she feels deeply discontented with her lot in life
Mathilde Loisel
Mathilde’s wealthy friend. Treats Mathilde kindly, but Mathilde is bitterly jealous of ________ wealth
Madame Forestier
Because of her________, she loser the best years of her life and never has a chance to live the life of luxing she longed for
pride
necklace represents both_______ and________
greed
artificial nature
