Guy De Maupassant's The Necklace

In Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace”, Mathilde endures some difficult circumstances because of a few personal qualities that caused her life to change drastically. Mathilde has always wanted money but has never been lucky enough to acquire such wealth. This results in her wanting everything to herself. She ends up learning the hard way on why she should be thankful for what her husband provides her and not constantly want more and more stuff to seem higher in society. Mathilde is a very materialistic person, but cannot afford what her heart desires. She is a materialistic type of person, prideful, and self-centered, and these are hard qualities for her to satisfy due to her lack of wealth. Mathilde expresses materialistic qualities through she owned and what she dreams of owning in her lifetime. She wants all pieces of …show more content…
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We try to ignore these type qualities in us and close friends. It’s when we analyze these type characters who make us think about how we act and what we say to other people. Mathilde is continuously dreaming of the riches she desires and this drives her to gain all material items she can to bring her closer to her picture she has formed for her life. Pride is also driven by this because she does not want to appear poor. She wants be her best and sometimes this comes at a cost to others, so she can be selfish while she is striving for dream life. When she craves the things she wants she rarely considered how it might affect her husband but always did what she felt would suit her best. Mathilde attempts to satisfy her desire for wealth with her materialistic, prideful, and self-centered acts and ended up hurting life more than helping herself