There Are Many Downfalls That May Happen When One Has The Desire To Be Wealthy.

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Term Paper Title	There Are Many Downfalls That May Happen When One Has The Desire To Be Wealthy.
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There are many downfalls that may happen when one has the desire to be wealthy.  This concept is shown in Guy de Maupassant's "The Jewels."  Maupassant shows the consequences of  this desire by developing characters with lives affected by wealth, by using symbolism and conflicts that represent these consequences, and by introducing an ironic theme that teaches the moral values of poverty.  The two main characters in this book come into their downfall through each other.
The development of the characters in "The Jewels" demonstrates different peoples' need for wealth, and why it is created.  Though M. Lantin is the protagonist, he soon gives in to the antagonist - the desire to be rich.  The characters in "The Jewels" are destroyed in some way because they are able to fulfill their desire to be wealthy.  This downfall revolves around this problem, causing it to be the antagonist.  Lantin's wife is an indirectly described round character. The reader is never told how she feels about wealth, but is shown through her words and actions.  "'What can I do? It is my vice.  I know you are right, but I can't change my character.  I just adore jewels.'"(8)  We know that she gives in to her vice and has what can be inferred to be as an affair.  She deceives her husband in order to satisfy her desires.  The wife is also dynamic because she always gives in to her love of wealth; she never changes.
The wife's death is implied to be caused by her desire to obtain wealth.  "When she had been to the opera one evening in the winter, she returned home shivering with cold.  The next day she began to cough.  Eight days later she died from an inflammation of the lungs."(9)  The connection of her death with her attendance to the theatre is a symbol that her going there and wearing the jewels is what caused her death.  The climax in "The Jewels" occurs when Lantin discovers the truth of his wife's wealth.  This is the point where  Lantin gives...

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