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She was one of those pretty and charming girls who are sometimes, as if by a mistake of destiny, born in a family of clerks.

This tells us she is a nice looking girl that could have been apart of the upper-class society but was destined to be with a clerk.

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She smiled with a joy which was proud and naive at once.

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With frowsy hair, skirts askew, and red hands, she talked loud while washing the floor with great swishes of water.

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She thought of delicious dishes served on marvellous plates, and of the whispered gallantries which you listen to with a sphinx-like smile, while you are eating the pink flesh of a trout or the wings of a quail.

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They go to try and see if they can buy a new necklace but it cost way more than they have. They now work hard trying to work for money to get the necklace. Later find out when they buy it and return it to Forestier's when she doesn't realize its replaced she tells them it wasn't worth much.

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She had no dresses, jewels, nothing but loved just those things, she felt like she deserved those things. she would so much enjoy being pleased, having people be jealous of her like she is to others, likable, and generally desired. Mathilde has a rich friend but gets bummed after hanging out because she isn't privileged like Forestier.

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She suffered from the poverty of her dwelling, from the worn walls, the abraded chairs, the ugliness of the stuffs.

This tells us she is not the wealthiest and isn't privileged like some other people are.

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For Mathilde, the necklace symbolizes wealth, beauty, and, ultimately, shame, as she loses the necklace and goes into debt to replace it.

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The wrap that her husband gives her at the end of the party symbolizes their current life, which Mathilde hates, and the mediocre social status she wants to escape from.

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Throughout the story, Mathilde Loisel is unsatisfied with her life.

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"She washed the dishes, using her rosy nails on the greasy pots and pans. She washed the dirty linen, the shirts, and the dish-cloths, which she dried upon a line."

This shows the hard work Mathilde does to buy the necklace back. Without this imagery we wouldn't be able to tell if she is a good friend and would try to do something to get it back.

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"All of a sudden she discovered, in a black satin box, a superb necklace of diamonds; and her heart began to beat with an immoderate desire. Her hands trembled as she took it. She fastened it around her throat, outside her high-necked dress, and remained lost in ecstasy at the sight of herself."

This contributes to the story because you can tell that she is in awe of the necklace and is shocked with how she looks in it. Without this imagery you would not be able to tell how much she liked it, which in the case that she didn't want to borrow that specific necklace it would have never gone missing.

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"she threw the invitation on the table with disdain, murmuring: "what do you want me to do with that""

This lets the reader Mathilde's actual feelings through speech and actions. You can obviously tell by this imagery that she is upset.

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Mathilde has been blessed with physical beauty but not with the affluent lifestyle she yearns for, and she feels deeply discontented with her lot in life. She wants so badly to become a member of upper-class society. She feels she deserves all the privileges and material things that the wealthy have and enjoy.

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It is at the center of the conflict that is created for the Loisel's. It is after the necklace is lost that all the trouble begins and causes misery.

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One of those pretty and charming girls, born, as if by an accident of fate, into a family of clerk.  With no dowry, no prospects, no way of any kind of being met, understood, loved, and married by a man both prosperous and famous, she was finally married to a minor clerk in the Ministry of Education. For she could easily have been a lady had her parents been wealthy. she know is unhappy with her life decision.

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with regard to the cool night weather. Had the weather been warmer, perhaps the Loisels would have walked home from the party. We now know that the necklace could still be in the cab which could be possibly picking up other people, therefore they could find the necklace and not know who to return it to.

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Mathilde has a problem with herself for losing the necklace. She is mad at the fact that it is not hers and has to be returned at some point. Overwhelmed, without a thought she cant sleep being anxious to hear if her husband found it .

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Antagonist- The necklace
Protagonist- Mathilde Loisel's

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In "The Necklace" the narrator is expressing his side of the story ,explaining  how a  husband went through trouble to get a invitation for his wife to go to some ministry. Her husband hoped she would be excited but instead she was not in a very good mood. The wife thought of having nothing to wear so her husband was willing to give her four hundred francs (dollars) to try and get a nice dress. She still keeps complaining about not having any jewelry so she might as well not go. The husband just wants her to enjoy herself for once so he brings up the idea of borrowing some from a friend. She heads to the ball and is enjoying herself until she realizes the necklace she borrowed from her friend is gone. Loisel goes to retrace the route they took to get home to see if it had fallen, he went to police headquarters to offer an award  but there was no luck on finding the necklace. Who knows what happen to it, so they go to see if they could possibly get it replaced. One necklace was the same but it cost 40,000 francs which they don't have so they ask if they could get it for a lower price. The jeweler offers it at 36,000 francs at the lowest price. They still don't have that kind of money so they work for it until they can afford it. The necklace is now there's so when they return it Forestier did not quite notice and felt bad because her original one wasn't worth much.

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The necklace symbolizes the wealth and status that Mathilde longs for but cannot attain.