At first, the mood of the story was self pity, as Mathilde thought that she deserves a better lifestyle that what she had, but couldn’t really do much to change the truth. Then the mood changed to happy, as she borrowed a necklace from her wealthy friend and wore it to the ball, where she got praised. In the end, the mood becomes sad, as Mathilde losses the necklace and after 10 long years, finds out that all her hard work to pay for it was useless, as the necklace was fake