Mathilde Loisel’s reaction when her husband procures an invitation to the Minister of Education’s event in “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is a bit unexpected. Mathilde longs for the finery, objects, and lifestyle of Paris society but her lot is sealed when she marries a common clerk who cannot provide such a lifestyle. He goes out of his way to obtain an invitation to the event and is surprised by his wife’s reaction. At first she becomes furious and throws the invitation back at him, telling him to give it to someone else. He is taken aback by her reactions. She goes to tears as she asks him what she is supposed to wear to such an event. She feels that she does not have the proper attire. Her husband is heartbroken by her reaction and suggests that she wear the same dress that she would wear to the theater which does not set well with her. Finally, he assuages her grief by saying that he will give her the money to buy a new dress and suggests that she wear flowers but she borrows "the necklace” from her friend that changes their lives in a disastrous way.
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