In the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, the dreams of Madame Loisel to be a member of wealthy society turn out to be just like the borrowed necklace: they are both misrepresentations of reality. Madame Loisel is married to a clerk, who makes an average amount of money, and can never fulfill her dreams of fitting in with high society. She decides to borrow the necklace from her friend in order to appear wealthier than she is at...
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