The Jewelry
M. Lantin is a seventeenth century character in Guy De Maupassant's story, The Jewelry, which Maupassant wrote in th late eighteen hundreds. Lantin is a chief accountant whom falls in love with a girl after hearing others speak of her perfection. He demands the hand of this daughter of a widow, and they are wed. He was happy with all she did for him as his wife. Yet he was not quite fond of two of her idiosyncrasies, her love of the theater and her gaudy false jewelry. Though she had satisfied his request to allow him to stay in from the nights at the theater she would still tease him with her jewelry. One night after she came home from one of her night's at the theater Lantin's wife became ill and died eight days later. Latin was then grief stricken. His hair became white, he would sob uncontrollably, and he fell into poverty. He was in need of money one day and sold his wife's fake jewelry. Upon consulting a jeweler he found that his wife's tawdry adornments where not made of false material at all but were actually real and worth a fortune. Lantin was no longer a grieving man. He quit his job the very day he came upon his wife's shrouded fortune, and that night he used his wealth to indulge himself in gluttono
Her husband frequently remonstrated with her, saying: "My dear, as you cannot afford to buy real diamonds, you ought to appear adorned with your beauty and modesty alone, which are the rarest ornaments of your sex." Lantin does not wonder of his wife's situation because he can only see his own. He's too worried about his image to a damn about hers. But she would smile sweetly, and say: "What can I do? I am so fond of jewelry. It is my only weakness. We cannot change our natures." us celebration. Lantin soon found another woman and wed her. Yet he found himself to be discontent with her. Despite all this Lantins first wife dose everything for her husband. She does her marital duties, she pleasures her husband, she keeps up his estate, she even sells her self into prostitution to make extra cash in order that she and him live an upscale life style (wondersmith.com). He however does not see a woman that does every thing for him he does not even see that he is married to a prostitute, he only sees the surface: she cooks, she cleans, she gives good head, and I'm living better with her than without her. The man is too superficial. If the answer doesn't kick him in the face he wont ask the question. His wife gets free tickets to the theater. Lantin begs that he be left home from the theater. He does not ask why the theater is special to his wife infact he seemingly does not care. He do
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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