Sunday 7 September 2008

What point of view is "The Necklace" told in?


utilizes third person limited narration in his short story " ." Using the third person
limited point of view, the reader knows the thoughts and feelings of one character, primarily
the main character in the story, and all the characters are described using the pronouns 'he,'
'she,' or 'they.' Unlike the third person omniscient point of view, where the reader knows the
thoughts and feelings of every character, the third person limited narrator allows Guy de
Maupassant to create a surprise ending. In the story, Mathilde Loisel's thoughts and feelings
are vividly described and the reader senses that she is a completely superficial, shallow woman,
who values appearances and desperately wishes to experience a life of luxury. Her husband's
thoughts and feelings are rather insignificant and Madame Forestier's thoughts are never
revealed. For example, when Mathilde Loisel returns the genuine necklace, she is nervous about
what Madame Forestier will think if she...

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