Necklace

Christina Robles
Composition & Literature
May 15, 2011
Mathidles Character Traits
In The Necklace there argon multiple character traits that help and in any case hurt Mathilde, but around of them hurt her and lead her to demise. In this story Mathidle is a women who lived a normal comfortable liveliness but had a desire to have much more(prenominal) then what she was bless with.   Mathilde in Guy De Maupassant The Necklace is selfish, greedy, and idealist.  These traits when combined are what lead to her down fall.
Mathilde first character trait is real selfish because she is neer satisfied and she does not appreciate what she has.  Mathilde doesnt appreciate the good things that she has and ever so has to have more.  One subject in the story is when she requests that her keep up buy her a new-fashioned outfit for a party they are invited to.   Her action towards her economize was if she doesnt get the dress then she is not outlet at all.  Another thing is she takes stuff from her husband without considering or thanking him. She can also shows no appreciation to her husband because she never takes what he gives she only takes things she wants and what wealthy.
Secondly her greed also plays a part.  The reason of her being greedy is her dreams of having a lot of go through things and she always wants new things.



  Mathilde asks and wants more then what she has she for example her husband asking, How much would a new dress cost (The Necklace pg. 7), and her retort was I dont know exactly but, it seems to me I could get by on four hundred Frances. (The necklace pg7). The list she was asking for was his saving to go on a belittled trip, but he still gave her the money. 
Lastly Mathilde is a dreamer during the story. Reason I choose this character trait was she always thought of her self being wealthy and have the near clothes and living great. For example she imagined a gourmet- prepared main(prenominal) course carried on the most exquisite trays and served on the most beautiful dishes but instead...If you want to get a respectable essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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