The Drawbacks of Craving Wealth in The Necklace, by Guy de...

â€Å"The Necklace,† by Guy de Maupassant, is set in old-age France, at that time wealth is very important, and social class was even more. France that time was a city ruled by classicism, where one had to be introduced into society no matter, their beauty, income, or grace. The story is about a young and beautiful middle class woman who wanted to be a part of the upper-class society through her husband and her rich friend but ends up destroying her life in vain. One day she received an invitation to a ball, she buys a new dress and borrows a necklace from her friend, and after the ball she found out that she had lost the necklace. She is not able to admit the error to the friend who lent it, so she borrowed monies from friends, family and loan sharks to buy a matching replacement. While spending 10 years in poverty, toiling to repay the debt of replacing the necklace, she bumped into an old friend and found out that the necklace was costume jewelry. The main character in the story, Mathilde Loisel, was very unsure of herself. She did not accept her existence, she believes that the she has is a â€Å"mistake of destiny† that leads her to live her life in a constant rebellion against her circumstances. She felt cursed to have such beauty and grace with no class to go with it. She has been finicky. She is so unsatisfied that she is virtually oblivious of everything but the wealth she does not have. She did not realize the fact that she has a comfortable life and a loving husband. She is