A Plea For MME. Loisel

Understanding Mathilde Loisel, the main character in Guy de Maupassants fib The Necklace, is not simple. Madame Loisel lived a humble life as the wife of a clerk however, she desired the life of her rich friend Madame Forestier. One even Matildes save came home with an invitation to an event at the Palace and Matilde responded with a disgusting displeasure to the invitation What do you wish me to do with that.Nevertheless, Matilde and her husband found the funds to acquire a dress and borrow a special diamond necklace from her friend Madame Forestier. At the Ball Matilde was the prettiest, most joyful, desired female of the evening. Upon returning home, Matilde effected she had lost her friends necklace. Matilde and her husband make up a lie and borrow money to replace the lost item. The fate Matilde found in replacing the necklaceten years of hard jade was to harsh.Her VanityWhat is the cause of Matildes self induced punishment? At first it appears to the reader that she is bei ng rebuked for fiction and losing the necklace. But is this the case? The cause of Matildes problem is not lying about the lost necklace, but her vain attitude towards the envy of a dampen life. How does the reader know the cause of her punishment is vanity?First, Matilde will not attend the ball without the proper material possessions of a dress or jewelry. Second, she is consumed by forming a lie to protect the necklace rather then telling the truth and taking responsibility for her fault.Third, Matilda is willing to sacrifice 10 years of hard labor to pay for her mistake. In the end, Matilde over-reacted to the situation and her vanity caused her to cover-up a simple venial sin. Matildes over indulgence in her own self-interest is to tap for the creation of her elaborate lie. The loss of the necklace is the result of her vanity.The PunishmentWhat price did Matilda pay for her attempt to cover up the vanity underneath the loss of the necklace and the lie to cover it up? The re ader knows that Matilde suffered ten years of drudgery in hard physical labor to repay the monetary value of the necklace. Furthermore, Matildes husband worked extensive hours at his job and forfeited his inheritance to pay for the necklace. Consequently, Matilde suffered the loss of her physical beauty while being impoverished as a slave to the households she cleaned. In addition, Matilde and her husband were forced to resign any possibility of climbing the social ladder because the majority of their lives would be spent working to pay back the price of the necklace. Matildes punishment was too harsh for simply being vain.The PleaMadame Loisels pride, which is a product of her vanity, has dealt her the cold hand of an ironic fate. The ironic part in the story is that Madame Forestiers necklace was not real to begin with and Matildes perception of Madame Forestier and the upper class life turned out to be just as phony. Matilde should not have to pay the price she did for something that was not real to begin with. In the end, Madame Loisel suffered an unjustified form of an ironic punishment in relation to the severity that her vanity should have caused.In a different set of circumstances, Matilde should have told the truth about the necklace from the moment she found out it was lost. Had she done this her fate may have had a more positive result. Nonetheless, the simple mistake of having too much self-importance does not deserve a life sentence of chastisement.Fortunately, Matilde ended up erudition a lesson from her mistake and was able to tell the truth. As a result, Matilde returned to her humble self and had the courage to approach Madame Forestier to find out the real truth. The mistake Matilde made was that she borrowed a necklace to feel important for one night in her humble life and experience what rich people took for granted. Matildes faults in her character should not inhibit her until death. Madame Loisel did not deserve the unforgiving penalty o f ten years of hard labor.