Throughout the exposition of the story, Mathilde Loisel is described first as a "pretty and charming" girl, who appears as though she is from a prominent family, but has, unfortunately, been born into a family who work as government clerks because she lacks a dowry and, therefore, cannot marry into an upper class family. Then, the fact that she must settle for being married to a minor clerk in the Ministry of Education is the cause of...
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