The characterization of Madame Loisel tells us that she is a woman with no expectations. According to the text, she "allowed herself to be married" to a clerk as she, herself, was born to no wealth or name. Because of her social inferiority, she is unable to establish powerful social relations. This also means that she would come into a marriage penniless and entirely dependent. All of this is summarized when it says: She had no dowry, no...
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