2. Characters:
Major - the main character
*Madame Loisel
-The reader follows Madame Loisel
throughout the story.
-First person to get introduced to
the reader
-She has her own dedicated page
that is of a portrait of her
semblance (pg.209)
3. -Minor (Subordinate)- not part of the
story for long and/or helps the reader
learn about the main character through
conflicts and interactions
*Husband- Monsieur Loisel
-shows the ugliness in Mme. Loisel’s
character (pg.211,212)
-helps Madame Loisel pay back debts of
necklace
-provides insight for the reader as to
who Mme. Loisel is as a character
“ ‘Oh, nothing. Only I don’t have an
evening dress and therefore I can’t
go to that affair. Give the card to
some friend at the office whose wife
can dress better than I can. He was
stunned”(211).
4. Madame Forestier
*Madame Forestier
-gives Mme. Loisel the necklace
-she gives Mme. Loisel a way to
have problems
“ ‘Could I borrow that, just that
and nothing else?’ ‘Why, of
course.’ She threw her arms
around her friend, kissed
warmly, and fled with her
treasure” (212).
5. Conflict: Man Vs. Society
-the protagonist is the main character,
or central character who we follow
throughout the entire story.
*Madame Loisel
-the antagonist is the character or force
acting against the main character that
they want to overcome.
*society
-Madame Loisel wants to be in the upper
class, but she’s stuck in the middle class.
7. Static Characters
Static- doesn’t change throughout the story.
Overall the same person/ mindset as the beginning.
* Madame Loisel, Monsieur Loisel, Madame Forestier
“But, sometimes, while her husband
was at work, she would sit near the
window and think of that long-ago
evening when, at the dance, she
had been so beautiful and admired”
(217).
8. Sum Up
This powerpoint showed how the characters in
the story “The Necklace” are created and how
they stayed the same throughout the story.
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