But when Mme Loisel, says hello to her old friend she is not recognized by how run down she looks. This shows that lying does not do any good but makes it worse. Wealth makes some people greedy for going or doing something. Loisel is so worried about not having the proper attire for going to a fancy event with a lot of wealthy people. So she asks for money to go buy a nice evening dress because she does not have one so she offers to give the letter to someone else.
In Meg and her mothers first meeting, Mrs Erlynne is wearing the dress. Meg comments that 'some people might' think the dress is vulgar. The dress is a motif, showing she regards society and other peoples opinions so highly that they affect her behaviours. In the opening scene, Lady Windermere disregards Darlington because she is devoted to her marriage. Lady Windermere initially is a genuine Puritan, acting on what is morally right rather than socially acceptable.
She loves to shop and misses being rich. Wilmer Valderrama as Bruno – the next door neighbor of Aunt Aurelia who falls for Mary. Nicholas D'Agosto as Edward – the brother of Olivia who falls for Nora and becomes her husband. Kuno Becker as Rodrigo Fuentes – the married love interest of Mary. Adriana Barraza as Aureliae Dominguez – the aunt of Nora and Mary.
They consider her a burden, but have found a use for her, marry her off to the Mr Hathaway so they could keep him as a business partner. Alice Kingsleigh, on the other hand comes from a wealthy family. She is nineteen years old and the expectation of the society in which she lives expects her to get married, an unwanted marriage. Emily Grierson is the final heroine. She is much like Alice in the sense that she comes from a wealthy family, but there is one key difference from the other two heroines, her father does not want her to get married.
To begin, readers feel strong emotion towards Mathilde’s husband. When Mathilde’s husband arrives home and shares the good news that they are invited to a party, he expects his wife to be excited, but is surprised by the fact that she is angry. She is mad because does not have an expensive dress to wear. The reader feels sympathy and sorrow for the husband because even when he tries to make his wife happy, he is rewarded with rudeness. Also, Mathilde’s private thoughts and feelings characterize her because they show that she is never satisfied.
At the Netherfield ball Austen shows how Mrs Bennet’s overly direct, loud comments are an embarrassment to her husband and daughters as she loudly tells the guests on her table her mission to marry off her daughters. Although her manners are rather intolerable she herself believes she has good manners and her behaviour is acceptable. The social etiquette of the early nineteenth century was very different from todays as in it was expected for women in the Bennet’s social scale to better their position in life by marrying someone of a higher class and with money, women had no real choice of their marriage partner themselves it was usually their parents had to choose the right suitor as demonstrated by Mrs Bennet. Elizabeth found her mother rather blush making, “Her mother would talk of her views in the same intelligible tone. Elizabeth blushed and blushed again with same vexation”.
Levy’s “naivety” (in her own opinion at least)of what a real marriage is like is totally shattered by what a marriage should be in her own terms. Besides that, Levy really helps the audience receive an image that their relationship (Levy’s and her fiancé) was just like any other one, because they would fight, bicker, and love all at the same time. One particular example of this would be the small scene in which they are picking wedding dresses, and Amy (her fiancé) really sees the wedding as an important piece, therefore she is incredibly picky over Levy’s dress, and generally other elements of the wedding, just like any other couple. Levy stated“ I modeled a low-cut pale-gold dress with spaghetti straps and a gauzy skirt from Mission. ‘Nice!’ said Amy.
Mrs. Loisel is introduced through a daydream. She dreams of marrying a rich man, having oriental décor, rooms filled with expensive silks and furniture that couldn’t be matched with a price. After Mrs. Loisel has finished daydreaming, reality sinks back in and the extent of her unhappiness is emphasized. The life of luxury is what Mrs. Loisel claims “to only be born for.” She may have the looks to seem like she belongs in the higher class, but looks aren’t everything. Mrs. Loisel needs to learn to accept the life she has been giving and not think so low of it.
As you can imagine, the pressure to marry well is high. When Elizabeth is slighted with the opportunity to meet a ravishing young fellow named Mr. Darcy, she is drawn in by his wit and charm. Mr. Darcy is by far the passionate choice in the war between passion and responsibility. Elizabeth didn’t much like Darcy at the beginning of the novel but once he admits what he does for Elizabeth’s younger and older sisters, she realizes that he couldn’t possibly be a bad man. The conflict begins with Elizabeth’s parents.
'She was so unhappy all the time, for she felt that she was intended for a life of refinement and luxury' this shows the reader how she doesn't think her lifestyle was right for her. For Mathilde it's all about the price of things 'which showed off trinkets beyond price' she just wanted things which looked expensive. When her and her husband sat down for dinner, he is very happy and content with the stew whereas she is still dreaming about fancy, expensive dishes and meals; this shows the contrast between their personalities and proprieties, she is always looking at the bad side of everything and comparing it to what she could have. Whereas the husband is happy with what he’s got and doesn’t seem to care about the cost of their life or how others perceive them, therefore Guy de Maupassant has specifically picked the couple to be completely characters to show the audience the audience between them; this makes us immediately feel sympathy and emotion towards the husband and disapprove of Mathilde, but do our feeling stay the same throughout the rest of the story? "She would have given amounting to be popular, envied, attractive, and in demand."