Mathilde doesn't have luxurious clothes or sparkling jewels, but she is keen on attending high-class parties and eager to experience the daily life of aristocratic women, so she does not hesitate to invest heavily. As a result, I accidentally lost my necklace and started my ten-year debt repayment career.

The rosy fingernails were worn off, and she became a combative woman from a poor family, so strong and rude that she was not recognized when she greeted Mrs. Foretstier. The most ironic plot is in the last sentence of the novel, "Ouch! My poor Mathilde! My rope is fake. Up to 500 francs! "

Mathilde tried to pay her debts for ten years, but was told to borrow a fake necklace. It must be hard for her to accept this fact, but it did happen to her. Mo Bosang took this opportunity to satirize those vain women, and at the same time gave them the consequences of vanity.

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French novelist Mo Bosang wrote a famous short story "The Necklace", which mainly tells the tragic life of the heroine Mathilde. The reason why such a tragedy happened is actually because of a necklace or a fake. All this ultimately comes down to the "money first" society in which she lives. In that social atmosphere, Mathilde had to compromise with all the beautiful ornaments.

The beginning of the text directly describes Mathilde's inner monologue. It reads: "She feels that she was born for all the beautiful and luxurious things, so she can't stop feeling painful."

Then there is the reason, that is, "she is very sad because of the coldness of her house, the roughness of the walls, the obsolescence of the furniture and the vulgarity of the materials." To put it simply, Mathilde dreamed of living in luxury.

In Mathilde's view, the symbol of this luxurious life is those valuable ornaments, such as luxurious dresses and exquisite necklaces. The novel also revolves around the necklace. The story tells that Mathilde chose to borrow a very luxurious necklace from a friend in order to get praise from others at the party, and actually to satisfy her little vanity.

But it happened that this necklace was lost on the night of the banquet, which was like a bolt from the blue for Mathilde. From then on, Mathilde worked all day to pay back the money she bought the necklace. Although she and her husband finally paid off their debts, their lives were extremely tight and they rarely had the opportunity to enjoy life.

By portraying the image of Mathilde, Mo Bosang intended to reveal the poison of money to people, and he criticized the prevailing social atmosphere of money supremacy and pursuit of pleasure at that time.

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