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Mathilde felt that she deserved more than what she had, she went to extreme measures to get what she wanted and it ended up backfiring on her. The she finally found out what it was like to live worse than what her conditions were previously.

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"she was one of those pretty charming girls," makes me imagine a tall, snobby, white girl.

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There is Irony in the text because it's ironic that Mathilde hated being a "housewife" when she really didn't do anything, then at the end of the story she ends up being one of those hard core housewives.

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The "Diamond" necklace that Mathilde borrows from her friend symbolizes her greed.

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Through indirect characterization at the beginning of the story, we learn that Mathilde feels entitled and ungrateful.

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Human vs. Society is another conflict because Mathilde feels that she should be higher up in society. And because of this entitlement, it leads up to her asking to borrow and losing a priceless piece of jewelry.

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Human vs. Nature is another conflict i the story because when she loses the necklace, they have to find it in a big world( nature).

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One of the conflict in "The Necklace" is Human vs. self. Mathilde cant help but feel entitled, like she deserves more than what she has. This leads to the main problem of the story when she loses a priceless piece of jewelry.

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Mathilde-   Protagonist

Necklace- Antagonist

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A woman named Mathilde married a clerk, but felt that she deserved more than he could provide for her. One day her husband came home and invited her to a party. She asked to borrow a friends beautiful diamond necklace for the party, only to end up losing it. Her and her husband panic, and make a plan to have her friend not notice. They make deals that take them forever too pay off. Then Mathilde see's her friend 10 years later and tells her about it. Her friend tells her that it wasn't real diamond and that she worked her butt off for ten years for nothing.