Madame Loisel is the main character in Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Diamond Necklace". At the beginning of the story, Madame Loisel is a pretty woman who happens to be utterly discontented with her life. She has great taste for fine and rich things, but she is not wealthy. Even though she does live a comfortable life and does not have to work, she wishes things were different.

One night, after a party, she loses a diamond necklace she had borrowed from a wealthy friend. Believing the necklace to be a real one, she buys another to replace it with her husband's help. They end up having to work extremely hard for ten years to pay for it. Madame Loisel goes from being a dreamer to being a hardworking woman. She is no longer concerned with her appearance. Survival is more important now:

"[...] heavy, rough, harsh, like one of the poor. Her hair untended, her skirts askew, her hands red, her voice shrill...."

In the end, the necklace she lost is revealed to have been a fake one.

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How do specific word choices in Hamlet’s first soliloquy impact the development of the Queen’s character?

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Hamlet uses the word woman instead of Queen or Gertrude, his mother's name. This word choice demonstrates Hamlet's upset or disappointed tone; he is so upset with her that he cannot even say her name. The exclamation point shows that Hamlet is angry and agitated. Hamlet's use of frailty adds to an angry tone.

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