Madame Loisel, from the beginning of the story is a shallow individual who does not have a clear perception about the meaning of life. She puts so much emphasis on material wealth and how it can divide people, that she never communicates the loss of the necklace to Madame Forrester.
She assumes that she will be rejected by this woman who has more money and position than her. She fears Madame Forrester's reaction to the loss of the necklace, she feels terrible shame at having lost it.
Instead of confronting the problem of the lost necklace honestly and openly with Madame Forrester, Madame Loisel and her poor husband struggle and suffer to replace the necklace, become enslaved by a loan that is difficult and nearly impossible to pay back.
If she still blames the woman for her ten years of hard work, it is because she was intimated by her social status, believing that rich people are better people than poor people or working people.
Madame Loisel may be jealous of Madame Forrester even at the end of the story, because by then she has also lost her physical beauty and delicate appearance to the harsh reality of years of back breaking labor. In an effort to be honest and upstanding, trying to replace the necklace, Madame Loisel only proves how silly and shallow she really is, sacrificing her life for nothing.
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