The Necklace Quotes: Now Analyze The Following Quotes by Interpreting The Purpose and Implication

The Necklace Quotes
Now analyze the following quotes by interpreting the purpose and implication.
c. “Nothing. Only I haven’t a dress, and so I can’t go to this ball. Give your invitation to
some friend of yours whose wife will be equipped better than I.” (Lines 59-60)
Group 1
Purpose: Madame Loisel meant she wanted to express her sad feeling to Mr Loisel and
wanted him to buy her a new dress in order to go to the ball. She compared herself to
other wives. If Mr. Loisel didn’t give her money, she wouldn’t go to the ball.
Soviphea: Very nice!
Implication: People were highly respected and well-regarded according to their beauty,
property, and family status in that society. Husbands were the ones who worked outside
to support the family. All women wanted to be beautiful and attractive; and they would
easily get embarrassed if they didn’t dress well.
Soviphea: Good job!
d. She thought for several seconds, reckoning up prices and also wondering for how large
a sum she could ask without bringing upon herself an immediate refusal and an
exclamation of harrow from the careful-minded clerk. (Lines 64-65)
Group 2
Purpose: The author meant Madame Loisel was thinking carefully about how to ask her
husband about the price to buy a beautiful dress without rejecting it from him. If she had
suggested a high price, her husband wouldn't have been able to afford it. Yet, if she had
asked for a low price, she would not have got a beautiful dress. She was very smart.
Soviphea: Wonderful!
Implication: Husbands were the breadwinners at that time because they were the ones
who managed the money. For ladies, they had to ask their husbands permission before
doing something. During that time, the poor were very careful with their expenses.
Money was extremely important to the people, especially the poor.
Soviphea: Well done!
e. “No…there’s nothing more humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich
women” (Lines 82-83)
Group 3:
Purpose: Madam. Loisel refused her husband’s suggestion about wearing roses to
the ball, and she felt really embarrassed than anything else to attend the ball either
as she would not be looking great or classy among the rich women. If she had no
beauty dress or jewels, she could not show off people in the ball to behave like the
high class woman, and she was also afraid of people's judgement; however, she
would not attend the ball as well.
Soviphea: Great!
Implication: In Madam. Loisel’s perspective is that being materialistic is worth it.

The poor looking people had no value for the rich one. The society was full of
discrimination. The definition of beauty for society was wearing luxury items. The
materialistic society applied the quote “judge a book by its cover”.
Complaint
Soviphea: Good job!
f. All the men stared at her, inquired her name, and asked to be introduced to her. All
the Under-Secretaries of State were eager to waltz with her. The Minister noticed
her. (Lines 106-108)
Group 4
Purpose:The author meant all the rich and powerful men( also minister) were
interested in Madam. Loisel, and wanted to get to know her , interact with her and
dance with her because of her beauty.
Soviphea: Short and meaningful! Great!

Implication: The society at that time valued beauty and wealth more than
knowledge. All the attention would go to you if you looked beautiful and rich.
Everyone tried to look their best in order to be liked by people even if it meant to
pretend to be more than you had in real life.
Soviphea: Good job!
g. She danced madly, ecstatically drunk with pleasure, with no thought for anything, in
the triumph of her beauty, in the pride of her success, in a cloud of happiness made
up of th is universal homage and admiration, of the desires she had aroused, of the
completeness of a variety so dear to her feminine heart. (Lines 109-116)
Group 5
Purpose: The author meant Mathilde was very enjoyable at the ball with her beauty, jewelry
and dress. She danced confidently without thinking about the past ( sadness, poor) because
of her attractiveness, such a powerful queen in the ball that she got a lot of attention and
respect from the people in the ball. It was a suitable achievement to her desirability.
Implication: In this society, people kept focusing on appearance, jewelry and beauty rather
than knowledge. Like Mathilde, not only the natural beauty of her could get love, admiration or
attraction, but she also needed fancy stuff like jewellery to accompany her dream although it
was a short period of happiness. Moreover, people drank with wealth and their dream without
knowing about present life.
Soviphea: Good job!
h. He threw over her shoulders the garments he had brought for them to go home in,
modest every clothes, whose poverty clashed with the beauty of the ball-dress. She
was conscious of this and was anxious to hurry away, so that she should not be
noticed by the other women putting on their costly furs. (Lines 115-118)
Group 6
Purpose: speaker: author

Mr.loisel took care of his wife and was really worried about her that she would
catch a cold, so he decided to put his ordinary garment on her fancy dress. She
noticed this and felt so embarrassed; thus, she ran away quickly before other rich
women saw that because they might think she was actually poor and pretended to
be rich.
Implication: Mr.Loisel was a warm-hearted husband however Madam. Loisel was

disappointed with his action because it ruined her gorgeous appearance in others
eyes. In order to disguise as a rich woman, you have to wear a fancy expensive
dress. Furthermore Social judgement was more important than love. The society at
that time was more valued on appearance and reputation than relationship.
Soviphea: Good job!

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Soviphea: Good job!

Implication: In Madam. Loisel’s perspective is that being materialistic is worth it.

Soviphea: Short and meaningful! Great!

Purpose: speaker: author

Implication: Mr.Loisel was a warm-hearted husband however Madam. Loisel was

Soviphea: Good job!

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