What effect does Mathilde’s losing the necklace have on the plot in “The Necklace”
A. It creates doubt in the minds of Madame Forestier as to Mathilde’s honesty.
B. It alienated Mathilde and her husband from their peers at the ministry.
C. It leads Mathilde and her husband into a life of debt, hard work, and poverty.
D. It helps extinguish Mathilde’s longing for a life of luxury and wealth.
C.
