The Diamond Necklace Brief Story : A young woman named Mathilde Loisel is married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction. They live a poor life, which Mathilde hates. One day, they are invited to a grand ball where the rich people will be. Mathilde buys a new gown from her husband’s savings intended to buy him a gun for shooting larks, for his hobby. To go with that very elegant gown, she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend Madame Forestier. At the ball, Mathilde is prettier than any woman there. When they arrive home after that ball, she discovers that the borrowed necklace is gone. She and her husband try to find it, but are not able to, so they buy another one exactly the same, for thirty-four thousand francs, from its original price of forty francs; such a very big amount of money for the couple. They use up Mathilde’s husband's inheritance, borrowed from usurers, and they work odd jobs for ten years just to make up for that amount. After a decade, Mathilde sees Madame Forestier by chance, and after those years, finally confesses that the necklace she returned was a replacement. Madame Forestier is shocked, and tells her that the necklace she lent her was fake, worth at most five hundred francs.

1. By Guy De Maupassant
The
Diamond
Necklace
Short Story Analysis

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Chintia Wardhani (180705026)
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Name of
Group’s
Members
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Ruth Angeli (180705114)
Diah Aninda (180705024)
Dinda Erza (180705082)
Fitria Wahyuni (180705112)
Rusydah Girsang (180705120)

3. Name : Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant
Born: 5 August 1850, Tourville-Sur-Arques,
France
Died : 6 Juy 1893
Pen Name : Guy de Valmont, Joseph
Prunier
Guy De Maupassant
Background

4. A young woman named Mathilde Loisel is married to a
little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction. They live
a poor life, which Mathilde hates. One day, they are
invited to a grand ball where the rich people will be.
Mathilde buys a new gown from her husband’s savings
intended to buy him a gun for shooting larks, for his
hobby. To go with that very elegant gown, she borrows a
diamond necklace from her friend Madame Forestier. At
the ball, Mathilde is prettier than any woman there.
When they arrive home after that ball, she discovers that
the borrowed necklace is gone. She and her husband try
to find it, but are not able to, so they buy another one
exactly the same, for thirty-four thousand francs, from
its original price of forty francs; such a very big amount
of money for the couple. They use up Mathilde’s
husband's inheritance, borrowed from usurers, and they
work odd jobs for ten years just to make up for that
amount. After a decade, Mathilde sees Madame Forestier
by chance, and after those years, finally confesses that
the necklace she returned was a replacement. Madame
Forestier is shocked, and tells her that the necklace she
lent her was fake, worth at most five hundred francs.

5. Intrinsic Elements
Theme
Characters
PlotSettings
Point of
View

6. The theme is ungrateful because the main character wants look like
high-class social status eventhough she lives in the difficult situation
Theme

7. Characters
Madame Forestier Monsieur Loisel
Narcisstict,
charming, ambitious
Mathilda Loisel Generosity
and sacrifice
Generous and
wealthy

8. Plot
Initial
Situation
Complication
Conflict Climax Denouement
Suspense

9. Setting of time :
1. At evening
2. On Monday evening, January 18
3. 10 years
Setting of place:
1. Loisel’s apartment
2. Martyr Street
3. Champs-Elysees
Settings
Settings
Place
Time

10. Point of View
Third person

11. Social-economic
Extrinsic
Element
An element that build a story
from outside.
Moral Value

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