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Detailed explanation-1: -In “The Necklace, ” Guy de Maupassant demonstrates that appearances-especially the appearance of wealth-are often at odds with reality. Attempting to appear richer than she truly is, Mathilde Loisel borrows a diamond necklace from her friend Jeanne Forestier and then loses it at a ball.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mathilde Loisel, the main character in Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace, ” is the embodiment of insecurity and greed. Her desire to appear wealthy cause her and her husband ten years of misery and ruin any chance she might have had to climb the social ladder.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lesson of the story is ‘Honesty is the best policy. If Matilda honestly told her friend the truth about the necklace, she would have learned that the necklace wasn’t made of real diamonds and that would have saved her from living a miserable life for ten years.

Detailed explanation-4: -But in this case, Mathilde was able to change, and we can see this by some facts in the text; she was arrogant and materialistic, then became a motivated and comprehensive, and also she was lazy, but in the final she became a very hard worker woman.