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Essay Archive - Love in "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace": Is it Worth the Sacrifice?
Love in "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace": Is it Worth the
Sacrifice?
Hey! Over here! I read a few short stories and I would like to
tell you a little bit about how they compare and contrast. The stories
are: “The Gift of the Magi,” by O. Henry, and “The Necklace,” by Guy de
Maupassant. “The Gift of the Magi” centers around a couple who are
unselfish and very much in love. They sacrificed their most prized
possessions for each other. In “The Necklace,” the story also involves a
couple, but greed and selfishness controls the plot.
Jim and Della were a ....
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