Social Lens In The Necklace By Mathilde Loisel

Through the use of the social lens , it’s clear to see that Mathilde Loisel & Monsieur Loiselis are in the lower class.
Mathilde situation is that she is neither rich nor part of the social class of which she feels she is a deserving member, but Mathilde does everything in her power to make her life appear different from how it is. She lives in a misleading/unreal world where her actual life does not match the ideal life she has in her head. She dreams of an elaborate food-based celebration served on fancy china and eaten in the company of rich friends. She possesses no fancy jewels or clothing, yet these are the only things she lives for. Without them, she feels she is not desirable. “ She had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being
Through her tears, she tells him that she has nothing to wear and he should give the invitation to one of his friends whose wife can afford better clothes. She thinks about it carefully and tells him that 400 francs would be enough. Her husband quietly hesitates at the sum but agrees that she may have the money. He cannot understand why Mathilde will not wear flowers to the party in lieu of expensive jewelry—in his view, that they cannot afford expensive jewelry is simply a fact of their life, not something to be railed against. When Monsieur Loisel tries to appease Mathilde, he does so blindly, wanting only to make her happy. When she declares that she cannot attend the party because she has nothing to wear, he gives her money to purchase a
They dismiss their servant and move into an even smaller apartment. Monsieur Loisel works three jobs, and Mathilde spends all her time doing the heavy housework. This extreme unhappiness/extreme pain lasts ten years, but at the end they have repaid their related to managing money , money owed. Mathilde's amazing/very unusual beauty is now gone: she looks just likes the other women of poor families. They are both tired and permanently damaged from these years of suffering situation. One Sunday, while she is out for a walk, Mathilde spots Madame Forestier. Feeling emotional, she approaches her and offers greetings. Madame Forestier does not recognize her, and when Mathilde identifies herself, Madame Forestier cannot help but shout that she looks different. Mathilde says that the change was on her account and explains to her the long long, detailed story of losing the necklace, replacing it, and working for ten years to pay back the money owed . At the end of her story, Madame Forestier holds together her hands and tells Mathilde the original necklace was just costume jewelry and not worth