The necklace symbolizes the unattainable life of wealth that Mathilde longs for. Mathilde is a middle class woman who longs to be rich. She feels like she was born into the wrong lifestyle. She is pretty, but she wants wealth. When her husband gets her an invitation to a party, she is not as happy as he might have thought. She gets very upset, and he asks her what is wrong. "Nothing. Only I have no gown, and, therefore, I can't go to this...
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