Mathilde complains about her level of wealth and says she needs better clothes for the ball. Mathilde’s husband seems to accept their lot in life, and their economic status. Mathilde wants more. She feels as if she was born into the wrong life, and she should never have been of such low status as to marry a clerk. She was meant for wealth and happiness. When Monsieur Loisel brings his wife tickets to a fancy ball, he expects her to be...
↧