Who Is Loisel Trying To Be Rich Or Poor?

First, Mme.Loisel is a lower to middle-class women we know this because the author on page 1 it says “She was distressed at the poverty of her dwelling, at the bareness of the walls, at the shabby chairs, the ugliness of the curtains.” This shows that she hates that she is poor and that she wishes to be rich and have nice things. Another piece of evidence from the text that shows she hates being poor is when the author says “she thought of dainty dinners, of shining silverware, of tapestry that peopled the walls with ancient personages and with strange birds flying in the midst of a fairy forest.” on page 2. All of the evidence leads me to think that her flaw was her trying to be rich and not be happy with what she has and her pride.
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I think this caused her downfall because when she loses the necklace she has too much pride to go and say she lost. So, instead, she and her husband have to work and earn money to buy a really expensive necklace. All this work and stress made Mme.Loisel look very old because in the story the author wrote "Oh, my poor Mathilde! How you are changed!" In the end, when they give the necklace back the lady that loaned it to Mme.Loisel the original was just fake so she worked hard just because of how she wanted to keep her pride.