“The Necklace”

Characterization

By: Kailee Mannak & Maricar Ordonez

Characters:Major - the main character*Madame Loisel-The reader follows Madame Loisel throughout the story. -First person to get introduced to the reader-She has her own dedicated page that is of a portrait of her semblance (pg.209)

-Minor (Subordinate)- not part of the story for long and/or helps the reader learn about the main character through conflicts and interactions

*Husband- Monsieur Loisel-shows the ugliness in Mme. Loisel’s character (pg.211,212)-helps Madame Loisel pay back debts of necklace-provides insight for the reader as to who Mme. Loisel is as a character

“ ‘Oh, nothing. Only I don’t have an evening dress and therefore I can’t go to that affair. Give the card to some friend at the office whose wife can dress better than I can. He was stunned”(211).

Madame Forestier*Madame Forestier-gives Mme. Loisel the necklace-she gives Mme. Loisel a way to have problems

“ ‘Could I borrow that, just that and nothing else?’ ‘Why, of course.’ She threw her arms around her friend, kissed warmly, and fled with her treasure” (212).

Conflict: Man Vs. Society -the protagonist is the main character, or central character who we follow throughout the entire story.

*Madame Loisel

-the antagonist is the character or force acting against the main character that they want to overcome.

*society

-Madame Loisel wants to be in the upper class, but she’s stuck in the middle class.

Dynamic- changes as a character through many ways throughout the story

*no one changes

Dynamic Characters

Static CharactersStatic- doesn’t change throughout the story. Overall the same person/ mindset as the beginning. * Madame Loisel, Monsieur Loisel, Madame Forestier

“But, sometimes, while her husband was at work, she would sit near the window and think of that long-ago evening when, at the dance, she had been so beautiful and admired” (217).

Sum Up

This powerpoint showed how the characters in the story “The Necklace” are created and how

they stayed the same throughout the story.

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