In Guy de Mauppassant’s “The Necklace” he describes Madame Loisel as “one of those pretty and charming girls born, as though fate had blundered over her, into a family of artisans.” He does this to let the reader know she was a woman who had the potential to live a different life than the one she was destined for. A charming woman is thought to be attractive and pleasant. Her married life does not lend to her being charming due to lack of the resources to live the life she yearns for. This often leaves her sullen. The author foreshadows her success at the ball where she is in her element and dances the night away with men of a different class than she is accustomed to. Unfortunately, her life takes a significant change for the worse when she discovers that she lost the borrowed necklace.
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