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The Necklace - Coggle Diagram
The Necklace
Vocabulary
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no marriage portion, no means of getting known: not famous, nobody knew her
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petulantly: childish, irratable behaviour
Figures of Speech
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Alliteration: ' caste or class' means Paris is all about show, class is determined by wealth, caste is determined by the family you are born into
Repitition: 'she had no clothes, no jewels, nothing' emphasises that she had no material items
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Character Traits
Mathilde Loisel
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Materialistic: 'she had longed so eagerly to charm, to be desired, to be wildly attractive and sought after.'
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Monsieur Loisel
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simple, modest man: "Why, the dress you go to the theatre in. It looks very nice to me..." "wear flowers"
Impactful sentences
'slum girl on the level with the highest lady of the land' : if you are beautiful in Paris, your social level becomes higher.
'men who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused every other woman's envious longings' : women in Paris only wanted to marry men in wealth
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