The Necklace

consider what you learn about Madame loisel's situation in lines 11-20 why do you think she feels the way she does?

consider what you learn about Madame loisel's situation in lines 11-20 why do you think she feels the way she does? in the book (holt mcdougal) literature

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She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its mean walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains. All these things, of which other women of her class would not even have been aware, tormented and insulted her. The sight of the little Breton girl who came to do the work in her little house aroused heart-broken regrets and hopeless dreams in her mind. She imagined silent antechambers, heavy with Oriental tapestries, lit by torches in lofty bronze sockets, with two tall footmen in knee-breeches sleeping in large arm-chairs, overcome by the heavy warmth of the stove. She imagined vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of furniture supporting priceless ornaments, and small, charming, perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of intimate friends, men who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused every other woman's envious longings.

From this section, we can infer that Madame Loisel is spoiled, disillusioned, ungrateful for what she has.