and of the hard times she has endured on Jeanne's account, blaming her for the misery of the past decade. A horrified Jeanne reveals that the necklace she had lent to Mathilde was made of paste and worth no more than 500 francs ($3,164.26 USD). Themes One of the themes in The Necklace is the dichotomy between reality and appearance. Madame Loisel is beautiful on the outside but inside she is discontented with her less-than-wealthy lifestyle. Mathilde is gripped by a greed that contrasts with her husband's kind generosity. She believes that material wealth will bring her joy, and her pride prevents her from admitting to Madame Forestier that she is not rich and that she has lost the necklace she borrowed. Because of her pride and obsession with wealth, Mathilde loses ten years of her life and spends all of her savings on replacing the necklace only to find out that the original necklace was a fake. While it is true the Madame Loisel is at fault, however we also find that Mathilde's sin of vanity scarecely surpasses the trouble she had to go through to pay for the 'false' necklace. The story demonstrates the value of honesty; had Mathilde told Madame Forestier the truth, she would likely have been able to replace the necklace easily. This story represents a world in which people search for happiness in material wealth. Literary Tradition The Necklace manifests the literary tradition of Realism where a story is told with all its realistic elements and without over dramatization. Maupassant does not explore the inner conflicts of the characters, but rather describes their desires in simple words and narrates the sequence of events in simple language. Adaptations and other influence The following are direct adaptations of "The Necklace": The Diamond Necklace (1921), a British silent film directed by Denison Clift and starring Milton Rosmer, Jessie Winter, and Warwik Ward A String of Pearls (1926 film) (《一串珍珠》) (1926), a Chinese film directed by Li Zeyuan "The Necklace" (1949), the first episode of the NBC-TV series Your Show Time (producer Stanley Rubin won the first-ever Emmy Award for this episode) "The Diamond Necklace" (1975), episode #276 of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater radio show series adapted by George Lowther. Mathilde (2008), a stage musical by the Irish composer Conor Mitchell "දියමන්ති මාලය" (Diyamanthi Maalaya), a translation by K. G. Karunathilake ″The Necklace″is included in Indian and