Little did she know that soon she would be deprived of this as well, due to her thankless nature and want for materialistic possessions. Mathilde wanted numerous servants working around the house, “the sight of the little Breton girl, who made this humble home, awoke in her sad regrets and desperate dreams” (Maupassant, 1885, pp.08). Due to this, she did not feel happy with the fact that she had a maid servant who came to do her housework. Mathilde's materialistic nature can be seen in the very beginning of the story, “feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury”, “She thought of quiet antechambers with their Oriental hangings… She thought of large drawing rooms hung in old silks, of graceful pieces of furniture carrying a bric-a-brac of inestimable value” (Maupassant, 1885, pp. She is discontent with the life she leads as the wife of a humble clerk who cannot afford the luxuries she wants. Mathilde Loisel, a character who dreams of riches, but at the expense of losing everything else. It is wrong to be materialistic to the extent that you disregard what you already have and lose everything.
The main point in the story is that materialism can distort your view of happiness and fulfillment.
The writer has beautifully developed the story into a mystery which reveals itself at the end. The short story, The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, is a creative and intriguing tale which reveals a person's dreams of a luxurious lifestyle with countless materialistic possessions. It does not store any personal data.“Materialism can distort your view of happiness and fulfillment” The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
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