It’s not that she loses the title of maid completely, when she assumes the Bride/Wife role she is now both things simultaneously. As a Bride it is tradition to serve your husband, maids serve the home. In this nature, the titles of a woman never leave, they just collect more. They become more taxed with increasing responsibility and even more so when they become the default parent of their children. What is also worrisome here, is that she is afraid of what awaits her at the top of the stairs. She’s seen how other women have experienced this same trajectory and desperately wants an out. She might not trust who is waiting for her or trust in herself to not do something rash when she does reach the top. To her, death is easier than existing in a loveless and economic focused marriage. Before she climbs the stairs, there seems to be an air of choice, but upon climbing them, she accepts the dreaded life promised to her.