The borrowed necklace itself is a good symbol because of the fact that it looks beautiful and expensive but is made of false jewels. Mathilde is susceptible to being deceived and misled by meretricious things. She lives in a fantasy world. Losing the borrowed necklace makes her wake up to reality. Maupassant was a realist, like his uncle and mentor Gustav Flaubert. He was also strongly influenced by the German pessimistic philosopher Arthur...
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