CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Loisels had to buy a diamond necklace for thirty-six thousand francs to replace the one that was lost. Matilda had to cut down on the household expenses and save money while Mr Loisel worked overtime and did copying work at nights. In this way, they could repay the money in ten years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ans. After a period of ten years, Madame Loisel changed into a humble, industrious woman, who no longer dreamt about being rich. She began to work hard for everything she earned. After losing the necklace, Madame Loisel sacrificed her comfortable lifestyle and discards her desire to be entitled.

Detailed explanation-3: -Loisel and Mathilde spend the next ten years in poverty, working long and toilsome hours, slowly repaying the debts incurred for the extravagant necklace they bought to replace the one Mathilde lost. Shortly after all their debts are paid, Mathilde runs into her old friend Jeanne at the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mathilde Loisel When she prepares to attend a fancy party, she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend Madame Forestier, then loses the necklace and must work for ten years to pay off a replacement. Her one night of radiance cost her and Monsieur Loisel any chance for future happiness.