The Necklace
"She had longed so eagerly to charm, to be desired, to be wildly attractive and sought after." In the short story, The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, this quotation illustrates the main characters mind set of being the fairest in the land. Although her pressure is external it comes from society and trying to be rich and beautiful. The author of the story shows society' pressure, when the husband placed the wrap over her body but she rejects because its cheap and plain, she feels embarrassed because shes wearing a nice dress with a diamond necklace but a hideous wrap. It is better to be yourself than to try to be what society wants you to be.
In the Necklace the main character Mme. Loisel feels that she should have the finenesses of being rich and perfect as society wants. One instance, was when the main character in the beginning of the story admits she feels that she deserve is to be rich and beautiful. (pg. 235) Another example is Mme. Loisel was embarrassed to wear her everyday wrap in front of the other women after the elegant ball. She didn't want the other women to know how she really dressed, and she insisted on wearing jewels to impress those at the ball. This is what caused her all the problems in the end.These two examples show that Mme. Loisel was pressured by society, which would result in her trying to look better and richer than she was. If she wasn't so worried about what society thought of her, she wouldn't have experience the calamity of losing the jewels and living her life for the ten years in privation. The time it took to pay off the diamond necklace.
In my research I have found a person that is dictated by what she thinks society has put on her. Linsey Lohan is similar to Mme. Loisel because, Linsey Lohan is a actress who made a lot of money in her career. She has had problems in her life and is no longer making the money she used to make. She has been caught stealing items that she could not afford. Society's pressure of her feeling rich, deserving and beautiful have made her steal the things she thinks she's entitled to. Therefore people put upon themselves what they think society expects from them, making them unhappy and miserable.