What is the mood of 'The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant?

Answer 1

The mood of "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant is generally melancholic and ironic. It conveys themes of ambition, regret, and the consequences of vanity, leading to a sense of irony and poignancy in the story.

Answer 2

The mood could be pity because of the sympathy one should feel towards the plight of the Loisels. Also, knowing that ten years of their life were spent doing hard manual labor was a waste.

Answer 3

At first the tone is superficial; the girl was spoiled rotten by her husband. She wanted nothing more than to be more beautiful than anyone else and thought that she will never have enough of everything. In the middle of the story it is ironic; when she loses the necklace her friend gave her she has to make up the money to buy a new one and gets to see how a peasant girl feels, working so hard and longing to be rich and wealthy again. In the end the tone is also ironic; her friend told her that the necklace she had lost was not even real crystal. So the girl practically worked her fingers to the bone for nothing.

Answer 4

The tone is Ironic. Madame Loisel THINKS she is wearing a valuable necklace - and pays for it accordingly - but in reality it is made of paste. worth no more than 500 francs!

Answer 5

the mood is irony, because she wanted to be rich, but ends up poor in the process.

Answer 6

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