CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Loisel’s sacrifices proved to be all in vain as Mme Forestier, when she met her after ten years, told her that the necklace was of fake diamonds worth only 500 francs. Poor Loisels had wasted their 10 years to repay the loss of a fake necklace.

Detailed explanation-2: -The necklace was surely lost and Madame Mathilde Loisel and her husband took out loans and made many deals to borrow the money and replace the necklace before Madame Forestier noticed. It took ten exhausting years for Mathilde and her husband to work to pay back all of their loans. Finally, they were debt-free.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because of her pride and obsession with wealth, Mathilde loses ten years of her life and spends all of her savings on replacing the necklace only to find out that the original necklace was a fake.

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.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.