Mathildes Inability to Accept Destiny in Guy de Maupassants The Neckl

Mathildes Inability to Accept Destiny in Guy de Maupassants The Necklacemany people born into the middle to lower class of society come to accept their lot in life and make the best of it, Mathilde, the main feature in Guy de Maupassants short story, The Necklace, is not one of these people. Mathilde felt that she was attractive and that fate must have made a mistake in bear her into a family that could not provide a suitable dowry for a proper marriage. This situation left her with no choice but to marry Mr. Loisel, a minor clerk. Although many would think that Mathilde would have come to accept her lot in life, she never did as time passed she dreamed more(prenominal) roughly the things she lacked, became more discontent with the things that she did have, and she even became manipulative and inconsiderate towards her husband.As a child Mathilde lived a wide-eyed life with her family of clerks and copyists, and as a wife she lived a simple life with her husband, thus Mathilde?s excuse for her insatiable craving for expensive and luxurious things was destiny. ?She was one of those pretty and charming women, born, as if by error of destiny, into a family of clerks and copyists? (paragraph 1). Mathilde dreamed about ?large, silent anterooms, decorated with oriental tapestries and lighted by high bronze floor lamps, elegant valets in short culottes dozing in armchairs below forced-air heaters. She dreamed about large drawing rooms draped in expensive silks, with fine end tables on which where placed knickknacks of inestimable value, and she dreamed of prim private rooms designed for tte--ttes? (paragraph 3). A glamorous dramaturgy was not all that Mathilde dreamed about, ?she dreamed of expensive banquets with shining place settings, and argue hangings portraying ancient heroes and exotic birds in an enchanted forest. She imagined a gourmet prepared main course carried on the most beautiful dishes, and whispered gallantries which she would gather up with a smile as she dined on the pink meat of a trout or the wing of a quail? (paragraph 4). When Mathilde was not busy daydreaming about the things that were lacking in her life, she was busy complaining about the things that she did possess. Mathilde never once considered that she was fortunate because she owned furniture, she considered herself unfortunate because the furnishings that she did own wer... ...obligations, did business with finance companies and the whole nation of loan sharks. He compromised himself for the reminder of his days, risked his signature without knowing if he?d be able to honor it? (paragraph 94). Thanks to Mathilde and her desire to save face and not seem irresponsible to her friend, Mrs. Forrestier she and Mr. Loisel were forced into a true life of poverty.After going through such hardship and trial, such as heavy house work, dirty kitchen jobs, hand-washing the laundry, taking the garbage out, carrying water up the stairs, haggling and defending each pe nny (paragraph 99) Mathilde still did not learn her lesson. She did not learn to be satisfied with what she had and be grateful proof of this is evident when she says that ?sometimes when her husband is at work. She sits down near the window, and dream of that evening so long ago, of that party, where she had been so beautiful and admired? (paragraph 103). One has to wonder what it would take for Mathilde to realize that maybe her destiny was not to be rich, envied and sought after as she so oft dreamed, maybe her destiny has been fulfilled, and she?d exactly where she?s supposed to be in life.