CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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needs a job to give her self-worth
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does not know how to spend her vast wealth
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was born into the wrong social class
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does not really love her husband
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mathilde Loisel, the main character in Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace, ” is the embodiment of insecurity and greed. Her desire to appear wealthy cause her and her husband ten years of misery and ruin any chance she might have had to climb the social ladder.
Detailed explanation-2: -The protagonist of this well-known short story is a young woman named Mathilde, who goes to great lengths to show herself publicly as a high society lady. The problem that drives the story forward is that Mathilde is the daughter of poor working class parents, married to a civil service clerk.
Detailed explanation-3: -To sum up, Maupassant’s The Necklace is a social critique of the 19th-century French society that was divided into two categories: the upper-class living and reveling in luxury, and the working-class that could only dwell on unattainable dreams.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mathilde Loisel dreams of being rich and is self-conscious about her middle-class status. She borrows Madame Forestier’s necklace to wear to a ball but loses it, then spends the next decade working to pay off the replacement, sacrificing her beauty and youth.