Question

Which word from the following example of characterization best describes the main character in "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant.

Mathilde suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries. She was distressed at the poverty of her dwelling, at the bareness of the walls, at the shabby chairs, the ugliness of the curtains. All those things, of which another woman of her rank would never even have been conscious, tortured her and made her angry.
Select one:
a. Observing
b. Resentful
c. Ill
d. Abused

Answer 1

It sounds like resentful.

Answer 2

I think it would most likely be resentful or observing.

Answer 3

But I would go with Naxve