Matilda wanted a life above her status.How did this desire of hers lead to her sufferings?
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Matilda always wanted a life above her status. This desire of her's had led her to sufferings as for the party she had borrowed her friend's diamond necklace. After the party when she lost it she decided to bend the truth. She lied that the necklaces' clasp was broken and it was away for mending. She instead bought a very similar looking diamond necklace. Due to that she and her husband were under the debt of many people. They had to shift into a new and a smaller apartment, She had to leave the maid and do everything by herself, She had to bargain for every penny, Her voice had become cracked and she seemed old and weary.
When she told her friend about the four painful years she was shocked and told Matilda that her necklace was an imitation one and it did not cost over five hundred frances.
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In this story, Matilda always ran behind her unlimited desires and wants. As a result, she had completely ruined her life. She always thought beyond her limits.
For the minister's party, she could have gone in simple clothes, but she insisted on buying new dress for 400 francs which her husband gave her. Then she longed for jewellery, which she borrowed from her friend. She borrowed a diamond necklace and lost it. For repaying the diamond necklace to her friend, she had to sacrifice many years of her life, as well as her husband's whole income. S
he could have known that a person's goodness and character makes one beautiful and not the beautiful dress and attire.
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