Character flaws of Mme. Loisel In The Necklace
             At the beginning of "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant, Mme. Loisel is a beautiful and charming woman; who is married to a poor clerk. She is very proud of her beauty and always thinks of herself as one who should be showered with luxurious and materialistic things. She always daydreams of fancy dresses and jewels, and imagines herself being envied by others. Her pride makes her oblivious to what she does have; a husband who is truly devoted to her. Later in the story she loses her beauty and is not recognized by her friend, Mme Forestier because she has been working hard all these years to pay for the necklace. Maupassant uses Mme. Loisel as the protagonist in this story to create a theme of pride, class, and ingratitude.
             Mme. Loisel's pride in herself is seen throughout the story. She is proud in the beginning of the story because of her beauty. She thinks that she deserves more than what she has, and feels "herself born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries" (Maupassant 195). When Mme. Loisel loses the diamond necklace she has borrowed from her friend, she does not confess her blunder, and instead out of her own pride she lies to salvage her reputation. Ten years later after working so hard to pay for the necklace, Mme. Loisel encounters her friend who doesn't even recognize her because Mme. Loisel appears older than her age. Mme. Loisel finally decides to tell her friend about what happened with the necklace, simply out of pride of what she had accomplished.
             Class is shown as an important part in this story as well. Mme. Loisel dreams of having luxuries, respect, and attention that the people of the upper class possess. She refuses the invitation by her husband to go to the ball because she doesn't think that she will fit in. She doesn't have a fancy dress or any jewels to wear. Her husband offers to buy her a dress and tells her...