The images show how she was once a very beautiful woman who grew worn out with hard work. The text tries to teach us that being greedy can often give you what you fear most. Mathilde feared being poor and wanted to be rich, so she took the necklace that symbolized wealth and lost it. She eventually had to spend all her family's money to replace the missing jewels and thus had to be poor. The whole story is ironic because she wanted to be rich and in the end she was