A.
Character :
- Mathilde Loisel
- Monsieur Loisel
- Madame Forestier
a. Major Character
- Mathilde
Loisel
Characterization :
Pretty, charming girl, and from
family artisans. she had never been able to afford any
other, but she was as unhappy with her marriage. She was very suffered and she
feels deeply discontented with her lot in life. She is materialistic. After she
lost the necklace she is hardworking, humble, adn responsible.
- Monsieur Loisel (simple,
kind, willing to sacrifice, and patient)
Characterization :
Mathilde’s
husband. He is to a little clerk in the Ministry of Education. Monsieur Loisel
is content with the small pleasures of his life but does his best to appease
Mathilde’s demands and assuage her complaints. He loves Mathilde immensely but
does not truly understand her, and he seems to underestimate the depth of her
unhappiness.
b. Minor Character
- Madame Forestier (Rich, Generous, Symphatetic)
Characterization :
Characterization :
Mathilde’s wealthy friend. Madame
Forestier treats Mathilde kindly, but Mathilde is jealous with Madame
Forestier’s wealth, and the kindness pains her. Madame Forestier lend Mathilde
the necklace for the party and does not inspect it when Mathilde return it. She
is surprised to realize that Mathilde has wasted her life trying to pay for a
replacement necklace, when the original necklace had actually been worth
nothing.
B. The Type of Character
The type of the character in this
story is static (flat). In this story all of the characters characterization’s
is not change (static in their own way).
C. Method
of Characterization
The author mixing the method of
characterization, it is telling (directly) and showing (inderectly). The author
telling directly the appearance, the characteristics, and the author’s comment.
Also the author presents name of the characters in action and allow the reader
analyze what kind of person is from their dialogue.
Feminism Theory
Feminist
literary theory view of literature as a reflection of social reality. The
purpose of application of this theory is to dismantle the image of women in
literature. Feminist literary studies approach efforts to dismantle the
assumptions contained in the way of imaging woman through literary texts.
From
this story tell about a woman who suffer in her life. There is relation between
the theory and the story. When the reader read the story, they are as if as the
woman who suffer in lead her life.
