However, her lifestyle was decidedly more modest. She had always dreamed of a life of leisure, with attentive servants, and a large home. Although she was gorgeous and charming, she and her husband, a clerk in the Ministry of Education, were not well off financially. This short story begins with a description of Madame Mathilde Loisel. Some of these instances could include: being greedy and never having enough, falling into debt and spending the next ten years trying to recover their financial status, and finally telling the truth to Madame Forestier. Have you ever made such a big mistake that you would do anything to cover it up? In Guy de Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace," he uses many instances of irony to demonstrate how excessive vanity can twist and distort the lives of those who focus too much on surface appearances.
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