CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mathilde envies the social class and wealth of others because
A
she was born wealthy but wants to be even wealthier
B
she feels that she deserves a more beautiful life
C
her husband is very demanding
D
her friends encourage her to be a social climber
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mathilde’s envy for the wealth has become the greatest of them all. She envies her friend Forestier and anyone else who has more than what she had. She felt like she deserves to have everything in her grasp to fulfill the emptiness of her desire.

Detailed explanation-2: -It doesn’t sound like she just wants it because she’s money-obsessed. No, for Mathilde, the rich life is attractive because it’s glamorous, beautiful, exciting, fine, and unlike the dingy apartment in which she lives. The glamorous life has a certain kind of magical allure to it.

Detailed explanation-3: -In The Necklace, Mathilde Loisel and her husband used to be in the lower middle class until the event where Mathilde loses the diamond necklace that she borrowed from a friend which they lied about it being in repair instead of telling the truth.

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