CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Hyperbole in “The Necklace" "I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse” is a common hyperbole that exaggerates how hungry someone is feeling and the amount of food they feel they could eat at once. Hyperboles in the “The Necklace” largely emphasize how important wealth and vanity are to Madame Loisel.

Detailed explanation-2: -They continue to look for the necklace. After a week, Monsieur Loisel says they have to see about replacing it. They visit many jewelers, searching for a similar necklace, and finally find one. It costs 40, 000 francs, although the jeweler says he will give it to them for 36, 000.

Detailed explanation-3: -The primary metaphor used in “The Necklace” is the necklace. It represents value as it makes Madame Loisel feels as though she has value and so she is happy to attend the ball. However, when the necklace is lost, she feels that she too loses value and it faced with uncertainty.

Detailed explanation-4: -They replaced the necklace by paying eighteen thousand francs, which his father had left him and borrowing the rest of the amount from usurers and money lenders. Then they changed their lodgings and rented an attic, got rid of the maid and Mme. Loisel did the housework herself.