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Sympathy For Mathilde In Jane Austen's The Necklace

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The main character, Mathilde, seems very selfish and too overbearing as a person. She constantly wants more and more from her husband while he focuses on the basics of paying bills. For the most part, my sympathy goes towards the husband. He feels so helpless and tries his best to make his wife happy while he is contempt with the simple life he’s living. He even gives his wife money and is considerate enough to get an extra ticket to his wife to go to a get-together to make her feel more contempt with her situation, even if it was only for a night. My sympathy for Mathilde is nonexistent due to me not knowing more into Mathilde’s life growing up. If I knew more of her back story I would be able to evaluate her morals to mine more accurately
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