(1) The novel tells readers that human destiny is arranged by unexpected "nature".
(2) Mathilde's tragic image points out that in a capitalist society centered on money, the only way out for women is decorations.
(3) The novel is regarded as an ode to sincere love.
(4) It is believed that the novel tells readers through the image of Mathilde that in a society where money is paramount, the pursuit of personal dignity comes at a price.
Although these statements try to explain the theme from the novel text and the interpretation of the protagonist image, they fail to grasp the main connotation of the protagonist image, so they are still not in place. So what are the connotations of the image of the heroine Mathilde?
One is to love beauty.
The novel depicts the image of the heroine from the perspective of "women naturally love beauty". The first six paragraphs prove this point. The beginning is divided into three layers. The first layer is one or two natural segments. It says that she was born in a small clerk's family and married a small clerk, so she won't pay attention to dressing up. "She feels very unfortunate." Why? "Because in women, beauty, charm and charm are their origins; Natural intelligence, graceful posture and gentle temperament are their only qualifications. " The cloud in On Women shows that the novel shapes the image of the heroine from the perspective of female nature. So the third paragraph (paragraphs 3 to 5) on the second floor begins: "She feels that she was born to live an elegant and luxurious life". Isn't the so-called "life" just "nature" and "nature" Obviously, "elegant and luxurious life" can only be interpreted as "beautiful life" in the context. The novel then uses three, four and five natural paragraphs to describe her crazy dream of a better life of food, clothing, housing and transportation and express her strong desire for beauty. Finally, the sixth paragraph is the third floor. Write about her pain after coming back from her rich girlfriend's house to compare the meaning. At the beginning, a key is preset for readers to interpret the heroine, that is, the heroine portrayed in the necklace has the nature that women love beauty.
After the novel enters the plot, it fully shows that Mathilde is a woman who loves beauty. Making new clothes and borrowing necklaces is not a concrete manifestation of her love for beauty. Mathilde's choice of jewelry vividly describes her love for beauty. Facing the dazzling beautiful world, she has a hesitant attitude of "first look", "second look" and "second look". What makes her happy is the heartbeat when she sees the diamond necklace. She puts on the necklace and looks at herself in the mirror, and jumps, hugs, kisses and runs after borrowing the necklace. The excitement and intoxication of dancing at the party pushed her love of beauty to a climax. After returning home, before removing makeup, she "took a look at herself while this dazzling dress was still on her body", and she loved beauty to the point of being reluctant to part. Even though she was in trouble because of her lust for beauty, she "recalled the dance that year." How beautiful and charming she was that night! " Mathilde loves beauty without regret!
The second is simplicity.
Mathilde became a simple woman again. She changed from a shop assistant's woman to another shop assistant's wife, living in a shop assistant's family. Therefore, she is narrow-minded, inexperienced, poorly educated and unfamiliar with the complex external world. The love of beauty is innate and does not need training: how to love beauty, such as how to distinguish between true and false jewelry, needs education. Mathilde obviously lacks this lesson, and the living environment of the small staff is unlikely to give her this lesson. Besides, Mathilde has never experienced complicated ups and downs in the world. Although she has become Madame Loire, she is still as simple as a girl. To make a new dress, you can only ask your husband's permission with tears; Without jewelry and wanting it, she showed helpless distress. After her husband came up with the idea of borrowing money, "she gave a cry of surprise." Really! I didn't think of that! Didn't the words "unexpectedly" clarify the simplicity of her thinking? After borrowing the necklace, she jumped, hugged, kissed and ran, and vividly wrote a simple woman image, just like an innocent girl. When she bought a real necklace and returned it to her girlfriend, she was worried that her girlfriend would treat her as a thief, and the heroine's innocence almost reached the point of pedantry. Ten years later, she told her girlfriend the truth about the loss of the necklace, and the novel wrote: "She smiled with an innocent and complacent expression." Isn't the innocent smile engraved with the word "simplicity"?
Because of simplicity, she doesn't know that the outside world is complicated and mixed, so there is no concept of "fake" in her mind, let alone distinguish between true and false jewelry. Otherwise, she can't afford real jewelry. Why can't she think of buying cheap and good imitation jewelry? Why didn't she think she would get used to jewelry when she chose jewelry for her girlfriend? When the jeweler boss hinted, why didn't she think that the lost necklace might be a fake? In fact, as long as the following are enough to show that she is a simple woman: when she lost her necklace, her husband took out "18 thousand francs left by her father." This is a lot of property in a small staff family, but Mathilde, as a housewife, knows nothing about it. Isn't this pure and excellent evidence? Mathilde is like a mountain stream before paying off debts, clear but not easy to understand; Like flowers in a greenhouse, beautiful and delicate.
The third is courage.
After losing the necklace, Mathilde's living environment has changed greatly, and a new feature has appeared in her character-courage and fortitude. In order to pay off her debts, she is not discouraged, pessimistic, devious, and does not sell her beautiful and moving appearance (beautiful appearance is priceless property in a commodity society). She relied entirely on her own will, spirit and strength, and relied on her own hands to "save her hard-earned money one by one." She "made up her mind" and "repaid this terrible debt" with unwavering confidence. She really succeeded. No wonder even the writer behind the calm and potential novel paper stood up and publicly praised: "She showed her heroism at once." Ten years of debt repayment tempered the heroine, made her mature and strong, and made her a brave woman.
Love of beauty, simplicity and courage constitute the three levels of Mathilde's image. Love of beauty is her nature as a woman; Simplicity is the personality formed by her birth, upbringing, experience and personal temperament; Courage is the deep quality of loving beauty and simply developing towards goodness.
Finally, the advantages of saying that the necklace is fake:
The final necklace is not fake, or it is materially fake, but it is always true under the heroine's cognition. Mo Bosang is not a writer willing to satirize the poor. In his worldview, even if the heroine is vain, ten years' punishment is enough. The author satirizes not her, but the petty bourgeoisie in the story and the aristocrats who read novels. Mo Bosang's artistic attainments are not simply about satirizing and setting off.
The benefits of the ending:
At the end of Mrs. Fleischer's words, the content of the article came to an abrupt end, leaving readers with infinite reverie, and perhaps realizing the inferiority of petty bourgeoisie in pursuing vanity, fantasy and obtaining benefits. Maybe it feels ridiculous, fate is really confused, and life is so strange and unpredictable! A necklace can make Mathilde successful in official career and ruin her life.