How did matilda bring misery upon …

Mathilde herself was responsible for her own sorrows because of her obsession with the luxuries of high class society. She had always longed to wear elegant, stylish and dainty clothes and jewllwery. Unfortunately, she had been married to a clerk who could not afford all these things. Her obsession and love for trinkets brought her sorrow which she could have avoided.  

The fate or Providence taught her a lesson for her flaw.  Her husband received invitation to the ball; she became abnormally excited about it. She went beyond her means to make arrangements for herself for the ball. She spent excessively on her dress. And for the jewellery, she thought of borrowing Madame Forestier’s necklace.  

Unfortunately, the borrowed necklace was lost at the party. She and her husband had to face ten years’ grueling headships to pay for the replacement of the lost necklace. After ten years she came to know from Madame Forestier that it was just an artificial necklace.  

If Mrs. Loisel (Mathilde) had not gone beyond her means to attend the ball, she would not have faced all those hardships. If she had not been so much obsessed about trinkets and gimmicks of life, she would have been far more contented.