The Necklace

"pretty" (1 point)

1. It shows what the character values about themself, in this case their appearance

"no dowry, no expectations, no means of meeting .." (2 points)

1. triplet

2. The 3 statements reinforces a feeling of hopelessness.

"their beauty, grace and charm..." (2 points)

1. triplet

2. 3 statements all focusing on surface level appearances showing what the character values most about people.

"very minor civil servants" (1 point)

1. verb draws attention to lower social class.

"she felt she was intended for a life of refinement,,," (1 point)

1. Shows her selfish sense of entitlement and makes the reader automatically disliking of her.

"run down" "peeling". "battered". "ugly" (1 point)

1. The choice of language causes the reader to suspect poverty, makes the reader conflicted

"two tall". "heavy heat". (2 points)

1. Alliteration

2. draws attention to the important statements

'torture". "angry" (1 point)

1. further shows her sense of entitlement and sours her to the reader.

"Ah! Stew! Splendid!" (2 points)

1. exclamative

2. Shows that the husband is opposite to the wife, makes the husband immediately likeable.

"dreamed of". "enchanted". "Mythical" (1 point)

1. repetition of fanciful words shows that she wants to live a fantasy life.

"She had no fine jewellery, no fine dressing, nothing." (2 points)

1. triplet

2. emphasises the melodramatic sense of the statement

"she felt god had made her for such things" (1 point)

1. This shows that she deludedly believes that her destiny

"sorrow, regret, despair. and anguish" (2 points)

1. list

2. is used to emphasise the melodramatic nature of the statement.

"tossed". "peevishly". "muttered" (1 point)

1. These verbs depict her a spoilt and brattish. This is to emphasise her change later in the passage.

"looking highly pleased with himself" (2 points)

1. The husband is depicted as kind, loving, and caring in direct contrast to his wife's lying and self centred attitude.

2. This makes the husband likeable and the wife dislikable.

"irritably" and "shortly" (1 point)

1. presents the wife as dislikable, spoilt and brattish

"He was totally disconcerted and dismayed" (1 point)

1. Contrast with wife, makes her dislikable and makes him likeable.

"Two large tears rolled slowly..." (1 point)

1. the melodramatic statement makes the wife seem dislikable.

"Nothing. Just that I haven't got anything to wear..." (4 points)

1. dialogue

2. directly shows the lengths she is willing to go to make her self appear wealthy.

3. Even manipulating her husband is acceptable.

4. She believes that superficial appearance are all that is important.

"He was devastated" (2 points)

1. short sentence

2. emphasises the deflation felt by the husband.

"how much she could decently ask for..." (1 point)

1. it shows that she is smart and calculating when necessary to get her way.

"sad, worried, anxious" (3 points)

1. asyndetic listing

2. causes a sense of endless unhappiness

3. as a result, causes the wife to seem unlikable

"I'll look like a church mouse" (1 point)

1. Simile and melodramatic

"There's nothing so humiliating as to look poor" (1 point)

1. It shows that the wife is preoccupied with appearances and cares not for personality

"pearls". "gold". "diamonds" (1 point)

1. Shows that she only cares about her friend for what she can offer her in this case the jewellery.

"Do you have anything else?" (1 point)

1. The question reveres the insatiable desire to have wealth felt by her

"there her arms around her friend and kissed her extravagantly" (2 points)

1. reveals how fickle she truly is

2. sours her to the reader.

"prettiest woman there". "wonderfully happy". (2 points)

1. Shows how she views beauty as happiness

2. Sours her to the reader.

"extatically, wildly, indoctrinated with pleasure" (2 points)

1. short sentence

2. emphasises the importance of the intoxication.

"floating on a cloud of happiness" (2 points)

1. metaphor

2. language implies a euphoric moment

"modest, everyday". "commonplace" (3 points)

1. adjectives

2. contrasts strongly with the description of the party.

3. Shows how mundane she views every day life.

"she refused to listen" (1 point)

1. The dismissive nature of this statement causes her to seem rude.

"shivering with cold" (3 points)

1. pathetic fallacy

2. causes the reader to be unsympathetic to her.

3. The cold is her own fault

"...no longer around her throat!" (2 points)

1. exclamative

2. reflects and emphasises the complete shock she feels.

"I...I..." (3 points)

1. Ellipsis

2. reflects the complete shock and disbelief she feels.

3. this also rapidly builds tension

"they" (2 points)

1. pronouns

2. indicate the unity of the couple.

"borrowed" "exorbitant rates of interest" "moneylenders". (1 point)

1. Shows the length, and hardship, that they were willing to go through to replace the item.

"grim poverty which stood ready to pounce" (2 points)

1. personification

2. causes the prospect of poverty to seem a more prevalent threat.

"grindingly horrible" (1 points)

1. emphasises and intensifies the poor living conditions

"heroically" (1 point)

1. This shows the character development she is going through.

"She was determined to pay. They dismissed the maid" (2 points)

1. Short sentence

2. shows that she is resolute and determined to pay back the debt

"battling hard, uncouth". "untidy". "askew". "red". "gruff voice" (1 point)

1. The description constructer her previous description of glamor.

"...she had not lost the necklace? Who could tell? Who could possibly tell?" (2 points)

1. rhetorical questions

2. shows that she is regretful of what happened and presumably her prior behaviour.

"she stammered" (2 points)

1. ellipsis

2. shows her fear of the poor, she is clearly uncomfortable.

"immitation necklace" (2 points)

1. plot twist

2. stresses the importance of honesty and shows that, had she been honest, her life may have been better.