CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Beautiful Mathilde Loisel was born into a family of clerks, and her utter conviction that her station in life is a mistake of destiny leads her to live her life in a constant rebellion against her circumstances.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: Mathilde comes from a bourgeouis family. She is born, “as if by an accident of fate into a family of clerks.” This family of clerks can afford no dowry and no social contacts, so the petty way of life is perpetuated as Mathilde Loisel herself marry a civil servant.

Detailed explanation-3: -Matilda was a pretty young lady but belonged to a poor family. She was married to a petty clerk. Her poverty and lack of recognition made her angry and unhappy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation of the above passage – Matilda Loisel was a pretty young lady who was born into a middle class family who worked as clerks. Her family did not have any means to arrange dowry for her marriage. She did not have any other means by which she could befriend a rich man to be loved or married to him.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mrs Loisel had lost the necklace that she had borrowed from her friend and instead of confessing it to the owner, she got into more debt and poverty to repay the amount. The story tells us about the negative effects of pride and vanity and emphasizes the importance of being content with what one has.