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A character is a person or an
animal that takes part in the
action of a literary work.
Example: Madame Mathilde
Loisel
The Antagonist is a character or
force in conflict with main
character.
Example: Patriarchal society. Its
the mans world that forces her
to live in the middle class
womans life that bores her to
death.

The Protagonist is the
main character in a
literary work.
Example: Madame
Mathilde Loisel

Words or phrases that appeal to one
or more of the five senses. Writers
use imagery to describe how their
subjects look, sound, feel, taste, and
smell.
Example: The necklace is a symbol of
wealth flashy, but false. It is the
object of Mathildes mad desire.
Plot is what
happens and how it
happens in a
narrative.

Madame Loisel was
dissatisfied with her life and
home.
She was unhappy because she
only married a clerk.
She wanted to be rich.
Rising Action

Her husband was a simple man.
He received an invitation to a
grand party given by the Minister
of Public Instruction.
Instead of being happy, she cried
because she had no suitable
gown and jewellery to wear.


She borrowed her former
schoolmates necklace.
At the grand party,
Madame Loisel was
prettier than any other
women.

However, when she
reached home, she
discovered that the
necklace was missing.


They searched in every
jewellery shop for a
similar necklace.
After that, they were
forced to live in poverty.

Due to the debt, she looks very old
and no longer dreams a life of luxury.
After 10 years, she meets her former
school friend and informs her of her
poverty due to the loss of the
necklace.
Madame Loisel is then told that the
necklace was an imitation.
It is a struggle between
opposing forces.
Example: Mathilde always
wanted more than what she
had. Nothing ever superior
enough for her.

The use of hints or clues to suggest
what will happen later in the story.
Example: The dissatisfaction of
Madame Loisel with her life as the
wife of a clerk in the Ministry of
Education sets the tone for what the
remainder of her life will become .
It is the contrast between what is
expected or what appears to be
and what actually is.
Example: When Mathilde is told
that the necklace she worked so
hard to replace was made out of
paste.
The way the author allows you to
see and hear whats going
on.
Example: Third person point of
view: The characters thoughts
and feelings are revealed by the
narrator.

Time and place where the action occurs.
Example: Time: 19
th
century
Place: Ru des Martyrs, Paris
A small shabby flat in which the
Mathilde live before losing the necklace.
A central message, concern, or insight into life
expressed through a literary work.
Example: Material possessions equals
happiness. Mathilde is an unhappy woman
who wants so much to be rich and admired.
She believes that wealth will make her happy.
But in the end, it only brought her poverty,
hardship and sadness.
The authors attitude, stated or
implied, toward a subject.
Example: Sympathetic. The
narrator recognizes Mathildes
courage in giving up her way of
life to live in poverty in order to
repay the loans.
Symbolism
A person, place or object which has a
meaning in itself but suggests other
meanings as well. Anything that
suggests a meaning beyond the
obvious.
Example: The necklace- beautiful but
worthless, represents the power of
perception and reality.
It involves an implied comparison
between two relatively unlike things.
The comparison is not announced by
like or as.
Example: The illusion that goodness
and integrity, respect and status in
society rely upon wealth and
material possessions.
It gives the qualities of a person
to an animal, an object, or an
idea.
Example: The flowers wave in the
breeze. This is personification
cause the flowers are waving.
It involves a direct comparison
between two unlike things,
usually with the words like or as.
Example: Her necklace looked
LIKE a river of diamonds in the
candlelight.
Moral Values
Happiness does not depend
only on wealth and position.
Hardships can help to make us
strong.
Honesty has it own reward.