Model Outline for “How Setting in ‘The Necklace’ Is Connected to Mathilde’s Character”
1. Introduction
a. Thesis: In “The Necklace” Guy de Maupassant uses setting to reflect the character and
development of the main character, Mathilde Loisel.
2. Body: topic sentences
a. Details about her first apartment explain her dissatisfaction and depression.
b. Her daydreams about mansion rooms are like the apartment because they too make her
unhappy.
c. The attic flat reflects the coarsening of her character.
3. Conclusion: All details in the story, particularly the setting, are focused on the character of
Mathilde.