CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -He was also a loving husband, as is seen from his behavior towards his wife. He readily parted with the four hundred francs that he had saved to buy a gun, so that Mme Loisel would be able to wear a nice dress to the Minister’s ball. This shows that his wife’s happiness was more important to him.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mathilde’s husband. Monsieur Loisel is content with the small pleasures of his life but does his best to appease Mathilde’s demands and assuage her complaints. He loves Mathilde immensely but does not truly understand her, and he seems to underestimate the depth of her unhappiness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: In The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant both Madame Loisel and Madame Forestier can be considered as antagonists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: If Matilda had been truthful and confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace it would have prevented them from taking the huge loan to replace the necklace that ruined their ten years of their lives.