The Necklace

How does the setting affect the story?

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The story's setting, the late 1800s, affects the story because it portrays classism at it existed during the late 19th century. Guy de Maupassant uses the setting to provide a social commentary on status, and the inability to escape a social station that one finds distasteful.

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