The Necklace Essay

As an intro in The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, Mme. Loisel is described as an elegant and beautiful girl who may have been “mistaken by destiny” as she is born in a family of clerks. She is quite self-conscious about the poverty that she is dealing with and because of that she got married, also, to a clerk without any dowries. Feeling like she had fallen from her “proper station”. As the reader, we can assume that Mme. Loisel is an arrogant character who is full of herself and believes that she deserves only the best. She is not happy with her current life and constantly complaining about the luxury and richness that, at least what she believes, is meant for her. But one day, her husband M. Loisel brought back an invitation to a ministerial ball, hoping that it could make her happy. But to his disdain, she’s not even happy but she complained about not having anything to wear instead. Pressured by his wife’s tears, M. Loisel gave up his 400 francs that he had saved for his gun, so that she could have a decent dress for the ball. But …show more content…
Loisel was the most outstanding person in the room with her elegant ball gown and the diamond necklace that she had borrowed from her friend. Men continuously asking her name and people are admiring her all night long, a situation that she had dreamed about. Filled with ecstasy she spent the night dancing and socializing with people from a higher status, which she believes is where she belongs while her poor husband was already sleeping in a small room near the dance hall. They got back at four in the morning, which pulls her back to reality and of course she was not happy about it. When her husband asks her to wait for him to get a taxi she do not want to. As she was too afraid to be seen in her modest wrap compare to the other woman who was wearing fur coats. Hastily she descendent the stairs to avoid anyone else, not knowing that it maybe her biggest mistake she had made in her