![]() ![]() The necklace appears to be nice and full of diamonds but it’s just as fake as the daydreams Mathilde has of being a high-class citizen. Mathilde is invited to attend the Minster of Education’s party, which will be filled with many fancy and rich people, and in order to fit in she uses up her husband’s savings to find a dress and borrows a necklace from her rich friend. She describes how the furniture is “threadbare” and how “ugly” her curtains are just some of what she complains about. She spends most of her days complaining about how “drab” her apartment is. This is where Mathilde day dreams about what life could be. The setting of “The Necklace” starts off the Loisel’s small apartment on Martyrs Street. She is a young and beautiful woman at the onset of the story, but her youth and charm quickly escape her as she focuses on material possessions. This culture framed the setting of “The Necklace”, in which Mathilde feels immense jealousy of the wealthy and yearns for a life filled with extravagance, jewels, dresses, and material and financial excess. The nation was greatly enriched by the Industrial Revolution, which also exacerbated existing class divisions and inequality. ![]() This period fell between 1871 and the beginning of the First World War (1914), a period of peace and economic prosperity in Europe in which Paris became the cultural, technological, and economic capital of the region. ![]() “The Necklace” takes place in Paris during the late 19th century, a period of time known as La Belle Époque (the “beautiful era”). ![]()
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