CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
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Elegant
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Sad
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Embarrassed
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mathilde Loisel feels ashamed of her appearance and dissatisfied with what she does have: a comfortable (but not wealthy) home and loving husband. Instead, she focuses on what she lacks: “She had no dresses, no jewels, nothing. And she loved nothing but that; she felt made for that.
Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : The course of the Loisel’s life changed due to the necklace. After replacing the lost necklace with a new one, they had to replay all the money that they had borrowed to buy the new necklace. They sent away the maid and changed their lodgings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Beauty, in this case, does not guarantee upward mobility, but rather leads the Loisels into poverty. Not only does beauty lack the power to propel Mathilde into a higher class, but Maupassant shows that beauty also can destroy a person’s character.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wealth and womanhood are intimately bound up in Mathilde’s mind. She wants to look wealthy so she can compete with the rich women. Mathilde wants to be desired by men. To some extent, even her desire for wealth is just derivative of that.