Mathilde's strenuous ten years was a result of her own pride and egocentric habits. She longed for extravagance and elegance. She yearned to be wanted. She craved to be the one that everybody respected, admired, and regarded. These selfish desires would eventually lead to years of hard labor and destitution.
Mathilde's arrogance is the main characteristic that led her to impoverishment. She was the most beautiful woman attending the Minister's ball. She was "drunk with pleasure... in the triumph of her beauty [and] in the pride of her success" (83). Mathilde, her attention centered on how exquisite she looked, lost track of her borrowed necklace. Resulting from the loss, she had to pay off the replacement necklace by working around the house.
Mathilde's conceitednesss is another trait that induced her misfortune. She desperately wanted to be the most alluring and the most coveted. Mathilde "long[ed]... to charm, to be desired, to be wildly attractive and sought after" (82). Her selfish preoccupation led her to borrow the necklace. If her pride didn't govern her mind and actions, she wouldn't have ended up in the predicament that she did.
Mathilde wanted lavish things, but in trying, lost what she had. She wanted to be elite, but ended up quite the opposite. As a result of her pride and self-centeredness, Mathilde and her husband suffered the consequences.
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