Today’s Checklist

Warm-up – review point of view“The Necklace” versus CinderellaLiterary devices in “The Necklace”RAFT

Point of view

I fairly chuckled at the idea, and perhaps he heard

me, for he moved on the bed suddenly as if startled.

All right, then, they would have lamb for supper. She carried it upstairs, held the

thin end with both her hands.

It was then that he wondered if he would ever

kiss Laura again.

If she had noticed the substitution…What would she have said? Would she not have taken her for a

thief?

Third person limited

First person

Third person limited

Third person limited

The Necklace versus Cinderella

Godmother -- a godmother makes it possible for Cinderella to go to the ball

Clothes -- Cinderella rushes out before her beautiful clothes turn to her shabby clothes

Stairs -- Cinderella rushes down a flight of stairs and loses her glass slipper

Carriage -- Cinderella's carriage turns into a pumpkin Gold/glass slipper -- Cinderella loses her slipper Class -- Cinderella comes from money; it is her evil stepmother and

stepsisters that make her live an impoverished life Attitude -- Cinderella is patient with her condition in the beginning

of the story. She hides from the Prince when her stepsisters chop off toes and heels to try to fit in the slipper. And for this patience and modesty, Cinderella is rewarded by being returned to her life of wealth and happiness

The Necklace – a fairy tale?

Match each of the elements of Cinderella to an element of The Necklace

Note: where does The Necklace differ greatly from Cinderella?

Why would the author choose to make this change?

Literary devices in The Necklace

ForeshadowingAn event that gives the reader

an inkling of future events in the story

When Mme Loisel returns the necklace to Mme Forestier, she does not open the box

Later, the reader realizes that this was a clue to her future realization

“She did not open the case,

which her friend had been fearing. If she had noticed the substitution, what

would she have thought? What would she have

said? Might she not have been taken for

a thief?

Literary devices in The Necklace

SymbolWhat could the necklace symbolize?

The power of perception – the split between appearance and reality

Mme Foresiter does not tell Mathilde that the necklace is fake

Why?She wants to give the appearance of being wealthyMathilde expects diamonds, therefore, she perceives themThe necklace is at the centre of deceptionAll those at the ball believe Mathilde to be wealthy because

of the necklace

Literary devices in The Necklace

ThemeThe deceptiveness of appearances

Mathilde is neither wealthy nor part of the social class of which she feels she should be a member

Her actual life does not match the ideal in her mindBeneath her appearance at the ball is the reality

that her appearance took scheming and work

Literary devices in The Necklace

IronyThe irony is situationalThe Loisels spend years

paying for what turns out to be a worthless necklace

Mathilde had borrowed the necklace to be seen as more beautiful and winds up losing her looks completely

The life that Mathilde has after losing the necklace makes her old life seem luxurious

She borrows Madame Forestier’s necklace to give the appearance of having more money than she really does, only to then lose what she does have

Short story plot

1. Introduction/Exposition

2. Rising Action

3. Conflict

4. Climax

5. Falling Action

5. Conclusion

Short story plot - Through music

RAFT – An exercise in point of view

Role Audience Format Topic

The old man The (insane) narrator

Letter Avenging his death

Police officer Judge and jury Police report The crime scene at the Maloneys’ house

Your RAFT

Your task is to take on the point of view of a character from one of the short stories that we have read in class, and write a piece from his/her point of viewThe RAFT will be completed

on Friday in class You will be permitted 1 page

of notes as well as your original copy of the short story

Your options

Role Audience Format Topic

Detective Police chief Official police report Plot and character description

Music director (for a movie version of the story)

Movie director/producer

Proposal Soundtrack for the movie, including at least 3 songs and an explanation for each

Character from short story

Psychologist/therapist

Monologue Describe the main conflict in the story; seeking advice

Antagonist of the story

Protagonist Apology Plot and character description – justification for actions

Television producer General public Television ad Sitcom version of the short story

Children’s author Young children Picture book Plot, theme, character, and moral to the story

Prospective employee

Employer Cover letter Seeking a job (character development)

RAFT Practice

With a partner, brainstorm one of the following RAFT examples

Role Audience Format TopicScreenwriter Film producer Pitch Which actors

should play the narrator and the old man?

Monsieur Loisel

A friend, family member

Letter The incident of the necklace