Characters
This is the protagonist of the story
Who is Madame Loisel?
Madame Loisel live in France in a time where status is very important. She desperately wants to be upper class when she is lower to lower-middle class.
What part of the plot is this?
What is the setting of the story?
What is Paris, France in the late 1800s?
This is the antagonist of the story
What is herself, the necklace, or society?
When Loisel borrows the necklace. What part of the plot is this?
What is rising action?
What is the conflict of the story?
What is Madame Loisel and her husband lose a valuable necklace.
This is the main character's first name
What is Mathilde?
When Loisel loses the necklace. What part of plot is this?
What is climax?
What is the theme of the story?
A desire to be someone else can ruin you.
The love of money can destroy someone.
Always tell the truth.
Don't be greedy.
Always be grateful.
Is Madame Loisel a dynamic character or flat character?
What is dynamic? She changes throughout the story.
Loisel develops into an extremely hard worker in order to pay off the debt the lost necklace put her in.
What part of plot is this?
What is falling action?
What type of conflict is this?
Mathilde wishes oh so bad to be rich and not middle- class.
What is internal conflict?
Who is neither the protagonist nor the antagonist?
Who is her husband?
Loisel pays her debts and discovers that the borrowed necklace was fake all along.
What part of plot is this?
What is the resolution?
What type of conflict is this?
Mathilde loses the necklace she borrowed from her friend.
What is external conflict?