The Main Character Problems Occurred on Short Story the Diamond Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

Abstract

This study aims to discuss and find the problems experienced by the main character, Mathilde, in the short story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant. This study uses Marxism theory, which focuses on the main character's problems in dealing with how someone is treated differently by the implementation of social classes in society. The researcher uses the short story source The Necklace, reads it carefully, understands, and then concludes the problems and takes data that can be taken through the short story file. The researcher found several problems in this short story, such as differences in treatment according to the social caste of society, the main character's endless desire to feel upper class, and the consequences of the greed experienced by the main character in achieving her desires. Thus, the researcher can discuss these problems using Marxism theory, where differences in social castes often become problems related to envy and jealousy that arise when there is a different treatment between one social caste and another.