The answers are: proud and overly-imaginative, and unable to accept reality.
In the short story "The Necklace," Madame Loisel dislikes her middle class life and spends hours fantasizing about being wealthy, which she considers she should be. Even though she is pretty and does not live in poverty, she feels dissatisfied with life and dreams with a more extravagant existance. Actually, she does not often visit her rich friend Madame Forestier because she is jealous of her, and cries when her husband receives an invitation to a formal party since she has nothing to wear.
