Structure: The Necklace

The Necklace
Guy de Maupassant

About the Story

1. Identify the inciting moment, crisis and denouement in this story.

Inciting moment: Give's her the necklace for the invitation.
Crisis: They lose it.
Denouement:Trying to find the necklace.

2. How is the plot pyramid for this story different from the pyramid for the first story in this unit?

The first story is more mixed up. This one is in order.

3. How does that difference affect the story for the reader?

It leaves you imagining the story.

4. What mistakes do Mathilde and her husband make?

Not telling the truth.

5. What should they have done when they realized the necklace was not to be found?

They should have told the truth.

6. Who is more at fault for what happened, Mathilde or her husband?

Mathilde 

7. What term from the unit introduction does the ending of this story illustrate? Explain briefly.

A suspize ending/ a plot twist. and no one expected that it was so cheap.

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