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Mathilde yearned to be glamorous and feel beautiful. She aspired to live a life as a higher class women. “She would have liked so much to please, to be envied, to be charming, to be sought after.” (Maupassant 1). Perfectly shown through the character Mathilde, gender roles can lead to unhappy individuals. In society’s eyes, women had to dress in high quality and elegant clothes. Unconsciously knowing this, she tried her best to prepare for the ball. Her number one priority became her appearance as she tried to piece together the perfect look. She viewed the necklace as something so vital. It is quite tragic to see how highly the importance of appearances, especially for women, has been throughout history. A woman “has” to dress a certain way in order for them to feel beautiful due to society being so quick to judge. Mathilde had no reason to dissemble had society not ridiculed the lower class