CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
Question
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delicacies
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ecstasy
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -“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-3: -They continue to look for the necklace. After a week, Monsieur Loisel says they have to see about replacing it. They visit many jewelers, searching for a similar necklace, and finally find one. It costs 40, 000 francs, although the jeweler says he will give it to them for 36, 000.
Detailed explanation-4: -Greed: This short story has the theme of not being greedy in life as Mathilde has been. Mathilde’s greed for a better life leads her husband to get a ticket for an even where Mathilde purchases a dress they cannot afford and borrows a necklace she believes to be worth thousands.