Read the following excerpt from The Necklace. This episode occurs as the Loisels get ready to leave the party.He brought her wraps so that they could leave and put them around her shoulders-the plain wraps from her everyday life whose shabbiness jarred with the elegance of her evening dress. She felt this and wanted to escape quickly so that the other women, who were enveloping themselves in their rich firs, wouldnt see her.Loisel held her back.Wait a minute. Youll catch cold out there. Im going to call a cab.But she wouldnt listen to him and went hastily downstairs.What underlying meaning does her everyday-c oat most likely represent in this story?

THE NECKLACE

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Read the following excerpt from “The Necklace". This episode occurs as the Loisel’s get ready to leave the party.He brought her wraps so that they could leave and put them around her shoulders-the plain wraps from her everyday life whose shabbiness jarred with the elegance of her evening dress. She felt this and wanted to escape quickly so that the other women, who were enveloping themselves in their rich firs, wouldn’t see her.Loisel held her back."Wait a minute. You’ll catch cold out there. I’m going to call a cab."But she wouldn’t listen to him and went hastily downstairs.What underlying meaning does her everyday-c oat most likely represent in this story?

A	Madame Loisel’s embarrassment over her situation in life.
B	Madame Loisel’s failure to appreciate the good things in life.
C	Madame Loisel’s ecstatic enjoyment of the good things in life.
D	Madame Loisel’s indifference to her own health and well-being.

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Part B Which excerpt from “The Necklace” is an example of irony that has the effect identified in Part A? a. “You must write to your friend, ” he said, “and tell her that you’ve broken the clasp of the necklace and that you’re getting it mended. That’ll give us time to decide what to do."

Detailed explanation-2: -Perhaps the most bitter irony of “The Necklace” is that the arduous life that Mathilde must assume after losing the necklace makes her old life-the one she resented so fully-seem luxurious.

Detailed explanation-3: -i) What excuse did Loisels put up to explain the delay in returning the necklace? Answer: Loisels had lost the necklace and needed time to find an identical one. Thus, Loisels wrote a letter to Mme Forestier with an excuse that the clasp of the necklace was broken and they needed time to get it repaired.

Detailed explanation-4: -The necklace symbolizes the life that Madame Mathilde Loisel yearns for but cannot have, especially now that she has to repay the loans for losing the original necklace. Her greed for that life becomes the eventual demise of her life.

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CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE