OL How does Maupassant develop the theme that dissatisfaction and pride can lead to ruin? He shows how Madame Forestier's reaction to Mathilde's request to borrow the necklace makes Mathilde feel insecure. He shows that Mathilde's unwillingness to act according to her class causes her to lose her most valuable possessions. He reveals that Mathilde's husband's eagerness to please his wife leads to the family's demise. He reveals that Mathilde and her husband only sink into poverty because Mathilde will not admit to Madame Forestier that she lost the necklace.

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He shows how Madame Forestier's reaction to Mathilde's request to borrow the necklace makes Mathilde feel insecure.

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glamis thou art, and cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promis'd; yet do i fear thy nature; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; art not without ambition; but without the illness should attend it. what thou wouldst highly, that wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, and yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great glamis, that which cries, "thus thou must do, if thou have it: and that which rather thou dost fear to do than wishest should be undone." hie thee hither, that i may pour my spirits in thine ear; and chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round, which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crown'd withal.  

he lacks ambition.  

he is hesitant.  

he lacks courage.  

he has moral scruples.