Borrowing a fancy necklace is important to Matilda because It will help her blend into the crowd.
Explanation:
Matilda Loisel craves so badly for attention and luxury, she wants to be part of high society and she wants to be part of the group with all those beautiful and elegant people, therefore wearing the jewelry will help her accomplish her goal and blend in, as she arrived at the party she got the attention of every man in the room, as she supposed it would be if she wore the necklace.
In the story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, Mme. Mathilde Loisel borrows a diamond necklace from her friend when she is invited to a fancy party.
Mathilde has always wanted to belong to the upper class, and she gives a lot of importance to money and appearances. However, she does not have the money to sustain that kind of life. Therefore, she feels embarrased and does not want to attend the party as she says she has nothing that would suit the elegant setting. Her husband suggests borrowing the necklace from her friend. Doing so is very important for Mathilde because it is the only way for her to appear elegant and wealthy at the party, and to not feel dismissed or belittled by her low position in society.
Jocasta has gone to Lycean Apollo to ask for help to find “some way of cleansing what corrupts [Thebes].” She has gone to ask the gods for help in the problem of the plague and Oedipus's potential guilt.
