Women can be portrayed in many different ways in literature depending on the authors view of women. In "The Necklace" and "A Worn Path" women are portrayed differently by placing them in different situations and circumstances. The women's characteristics differ in the motive behind their actions, their feelings about how they, as people, have become what they are, and their outlook on life after all of their experiences. These things are all very important in the character's development as the storyline progresses.

In "The Necklace" the lead character, Matilda, is a woman who is struggling with her sense of identity and believes that she deserves a higher social status then what she has. She is unhappy with her husband and essentially, her life. She constantly dreams about being the woman that every man wants and every woman would like to be. Her husband would like nothing more then to please her and she sees nothing good in what he has done for her. Even when she is presented......

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Title: Women
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