Week11 Assignment Post(necklace woman)

1. Did you like this story? Why/why not?
Yes. Because this story calls for deep thought. Tt tells us what vanity means and how a person is affected by vanity by means of a woman's real experience.In fact,the story tells us vanity is harmful and should be avoided.
2. What can we learn about vanity?
Vanity is a desire definitely not worth being advocated, the result brought by vanity is miserable and abominating. A person who admires vanity will eventually suffer from vanity.
3. How would you compare this couple to Michael and Frances?
Compared with Michaels and Frances, the misfortune of this couple results from the wife instead of the husband. It is the wife’s (Mathilde ) vanity that causes the family to undergo a 10-year hard time. The pain lying in the wife’s interior heart is incurred by herself rather then the husband. However, the emotional estrangement between this couple is not as severe as Michael and Frances, the conflict between the couple mainly focuses on money, and does not upgrade to a degree of destroying harmony between them. Therefore ,the problem is relatively easy to solve. For Michael and Frances, emotional depart is more prominent , not focusing or concentrating on the partner is against marriage commitment. Due to the contradictory of pure emotion ,it is more difficult to be solved.