A wise man once said, “Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough”. Has one ever did something to be seen? Has one ever had what they needed and still wanted more? Many are guilty of it. A character analysis of Mathilde reveals her greed and lack of satisfaction for her life. Mathilde’s greed ultimately leads to her family’s downfall and she causes them a lifetime of pain and struggle. In the story, The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant uses irony, symbolism, and themes, such as greed and class differences to describe the personalities of the character.
Mathilde was born into a family of clerks, with no dowry, meaning she did not bring any property, money or goods to her husband/marriage. There were no
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Mathilde forced herself to believe she was born for luxury items.
Unfortunately, the luxury lifestyle was not her truth. She made herself long for all the things she did not acquire in life but wanted very badly. Mathilde even wanted top notch meals for dinner.
She imagined delicate meals on expensive platters with glistening silverware. The “three day old Bates 2 cloth” symbolizes the poverty of the family. They did not have the means to eat on nice table cloths everyday. However, Mathilde wanted marvelous table setups with real dishes.
The character differences between Mathilde and her husband are very evident. Her husband excitingly exclaimed “AHA! Scotch broth! What could be better?”(Maupassant 3). Her husband is content with the life he has. When Mathilde’s husband invited her to the event, she tore up the paper. Mathilde was not grateful for an invitation to such a formal event. Instead, she was thinking about the outfit she didn’t have to wear. Mathilde is not appreciative of the thing at hand, but more so worried about the outer appearance of things. Her husband was appreciative to even be invited to such an event. Mathilde states “Give your invitation to some friend of