Glaspell and de Maupassant: Characterization
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The female characters in GlaspellÆs A Jury of Her Peers and de MaupassantÆs The Necklace are influenced by status, diction, and character. In The Necklace, Mathilde Loisel is a woman who cannot tolerate her lower-class status, believing ôherself born for every delicacy and luxuryö (de Maupassant 1). MathildeÆs vain and materially oriented character eventually makes her an unhappy and bitter woman. In A Jury of Her Peers, the Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale have an agreeable social status in their community. However, the come to the aid of Minnie Foster, who lives in isolation with an abusive husband. The treatment of women by the men in the story makes the
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