lilfishy+and+the+necklace

In Maupassaunt's //The Necklace// the main symbool is the necklace. At first it is a symbol of wealth and beauty. Lending Madame Loisel some pleasure that she had wanted all her life. When it is lost it symbolizes the soon to be lost life of the Loisels because that one peice of jewelry puts them in debt for 10 years. It is a symbol of lost hope and lies. At the end of the story Madame Loisel finds out after finally telling her friend the truth about necklace that the original was a fake.