The Jewelry (Guy De Maupassant)
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In Guy De MaupassantÆs ôThe Jewelry,ö the author provides us with the tale of a seemingly happily married couple who live within their means. The only complaint of M. Latin, the husband, is that his wife, loves the theater and has too much passion for ôfalse jewelry,ö (De Maupassant, p. 2). When his wife dies, M. Latin discovers her large collection of what he thought were fake jewels are actually real ones, worth 400,000 francs to him. He immediately quits his job, goes to the theater ôwithout being bored by the performanceö for the first time, and remarries within six months, (De Maupassant, p. 6). Though he believed his wifeÆs jewelry was false, it was actually her fidelity that lacked any realness. His second marriage is to ôthe most upright of spouses,ö but she ômade his life miserable,ö (De Maupassant, p. 6). De MaupassantÆs main point seems to be that appearances, whether
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