CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Madame Loisel and the likes of her could equal the rich on any of the following
A
by being smart
B
by marrying an elegant man
C
by befriending a rich one
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Direct Characterization of Madame Loisel In “The Necklace", Madame Loisel is a “very pretty", charming, young woman. In the first paragraph of the story, she was directly described as: The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks.

Detailed explanation-2: -All the aristocrats were supposed to attend the ball. So, Matilda arranged a beautiful dress and borrowed a marvelous diamond necklace from her friend, Mme Forestier to look beautiful and rich in the ball. She lost it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mathilde Loisel wants to be a glamour girl. She’s obsessed with glamour – with fancy, beautiful, expensive things, and the life that accompanies them. Unfortunately for her, she wasn’t born into a family with the money to make her dream possible.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mathilde’s primary character traits are her beauty, her vanity, and her social ambition, all of which play their part in leading her to her ruin.

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