Character Analysis Of The Necklace And The Bet

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Have you ever met anyone that has been ungrateful or any friend that always wants to be right about everything? Well there are 2 short stories called “The Necklace”and “The Bet”. Dialog in “The Necklace” and in ”The Bet” functions to reveal aspects of character by showing their behavior or their thoughts and their character traits.
To start off, in “The Necklace” written by Guy de Maupassant (1884) Mathilde Loisel dialogue to show her character traits. Mathilde behavior was unpleasant because she wanted to buy a dress for the dance in the ballroom. Mathilde wanted to be unique she wanted to buy a dress that wouldn’t be the same as the other woman in the ballroom. Her husband was nice enough to obtain her that invitation, yet she was ungrateful for the invitation that her husband …show more content…

This can describe as her being spoiled because although her husband got her the letter she wanted more and her husband gave her more. In other words, Madame Forestier is another character in “The Necklace” whose dialogue is shown. Madame Forestier let her friend Mathilde Loisel borrow a necklace that was gorgeous and unique she was going to attract attention towards her. “Suddenly she discovered, in a black satin case, a superb diamond necklace; her heart began to beat covetously. Her hands trembled as she lifted it. She fastened it round her neck, upon her high dress, and remained in ecstasy at sight of her. Then, with hesitation, she asked in anguish: "Could you lend me this, just this alone?" "Yes, of course." (Guy De Maupassant 1884). This showed that Madame Forestier was nice enough to let Mathilde borrow the necklace.
Furthermore, “The Bet” written by Anton Chekhov (1889) used the banker to reveal their behavior and character trait that was showed in the story. The banker showed that he was willing to kill the lawyer to so that the banker wouldn’t receive his money that he had bet. “It’s not true! I’ll bet you two million

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