How Mathilde progresses as a person in the Neclklace?

Question

Using this link, please tell me how Mathilde changes as a person. You will understand after reading the story.

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Neck.shtml

Answer 1

She works hard and slowly changes from a dainty lady...initially she is very fussy and always complaining. Later she evolves into someone who is not averse to hadrwork and simplicity.


She came to know what heavy housework meant and the odious cares of the kitchen. She washed the dishes, using her dainty fingers and rosy nails on greasy pots and pans. She washed the soiled linen, the shirts and the dishcloths, which she dried upon a line; she carried the slops down to the street every morning and carried up the water, stopping for breath at every landing. And dressed like a woman of the people, she went to the fruiterer, the grocer, the butcher, a basket on her arm, bargaining, meeting with impertinence, defending her miserable money, sou by sou.

She had become the woman of impoverished households--strong and hard and rough. With frowsy hair, skirts askew and red hands, she talked loud while washing the floor with great swishes of water.