CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The narrator is basically
A
biased against social climbers
B
cruel toward the Loisels
C
very sympathetic toward Mathilde
D
neutral
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Neutral narration is best evident in scenic representations, in which the reader is presented only with the statements and actions of the characters, but is not given any insight into their thoughts and motivations.

Detailed explanation-2: -No story is neutral. All stories are told by someone. The personality, perspective and ideas of that someone will always colour the voice and the execution of the story. The someone who tells the story is the Narrator.

Detailed explanation-3: -Third-person objective point of view has a neutral narrator that is not privy to characters’ thoughts or feelings. The narrator presents the story with an observational tone.

Detailed explanation-4: -narrator, one who tells a story. In a work of fiction the narrator determines the story’s point of view. If the narrator is a full participant in the story’s action, the narrative is said to be in the first person. A story told by a narrator who is not a character in the story is a third-person narrative.

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