Friday 19 September 2014

What is an example of foreshadowing in "The Necklace"?

An example
ofin "" has to do with the necklace itself. One day, Mathilde's husband brings home an
invitation to "an evening reception at the Ministerial Mansion." Once Mathilde buys a
new dress for the event, she decides to take her husband's suggestion and borrow a necklace. Her
friend, Mme. Forestier, immediately agrees to loan a "superb diamond necklace" in a
"black satin box" to Mathilde.

After a glorious evening, Mathilde
and her husband return home and notice that she no longer has the necklace. After much
searching, they take the black box to the jeweler whose name was inside the box in the hopes of
finding a similar necklace. The jeweler looks at his records and says, "I didn't sell that
necklace madame. I only supplied the box." Mathilde and her husband have to borrow a large
sum of money to replace the necklace. After ten years, Mathilde sees Mme. Forestier and decides
to tell her the truth about the necklace. When Mme. Forestier hears that her necklace was
replaced with another, she informs Mathilde that her necklace was a fake, and only worth about
five hundred francs.

The foreshadowing occurs when we see that Mme. Forestier
easily agrees to loan the necklace, and the jeweler states that he only supplied the box. These
are clues that the necklace was not as valuable as Mathilde and her husband
believed.

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