And all the people of the 19 th century France participates in the race of the false class achievements as they were groomed in such a way to achieve wealth, material prosperity, political power and individual's qualities was subordinated. But Maupassant highlights that Mrs.Loisel was very talented woman and if she was given a chance to prove her personal qualities she would be a successful woman.īut on the contrary in 19 th Century France the hegemonic ideology of the society was their consciousness of class and the material achievements. The heroine of the short- story The Necklace is shown as simple girls with high ambition and we can compare the character of Matilda to that of every girl indiscrimination of time and place to which she belongs. The characters which he depicts in his novels and short stories are very interesting as his characters are natural rather than romantic and he depicts the inner-psyche of the characters and how it works. Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant is the French writer of the naturalistic school.
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