The Necklace

• What POV is the story in?

  3rd person
• What city is the setting for the story?

  Paris
• What is the cause of Madame Loisel's constant unhappiness?

  Her desire to be wealthy
• Where does Madame Loisel lose Madame Forestier's necklace?

  At the ball
• Which literary element is prominent in the story's ending?

  Irony
• Why is Mathilde so eager to leave the ball quickly?

  To keep people from noticing her coat
• Why is the necklace so important to Mathilde?

  She will look like she belongs at the party
• What is her husband's solution to his wife's fashion emergency?


  He gives her the money he saved for himself
• How does Loisel react to the ball invitation?

  She is upset because she does not have anything appropriate to wear
• What does the husband want to be?

  Rich
• Why does the husband work hard?

  To please his wife
• Who is the author of The Necklace?

  Guy de Maupassant