CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The following quote shows which type of characterization? “Her husband worked evenings, making up a tradesman’s accounts, and late at night he often copied manuscript for five sous a page.”
A
Speech
B
Actions
C
Thoughts
D
Effect on others
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -While Monsieur Loisel, a clerk at the Ministry of Education, having no wealth or status, is a selfless man that wants nothing more than his wife to be happy, it’s clear his desire for a content life does not match his wife’s vision.

Detailed explanation-2: -Monsieur Loisel 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: -“How strange and changeful is life! How small a thing is needed to make or ruin us!” “She removed the wraps, which covered her shoulders, before the glass, so as once more to see herself in all her glory.

Detailed explanation-4: -The opinion we get from Mathilde’s husband is that he is loving, caring, supporting and hardworking. We see how he gives Mathilde the four hundred francs which he had saved up for his gun so that Mathilde may have her dress.

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