CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

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CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

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This word refers to the hereditary classes that define a society, such as those in India.She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was as unhappy as though she had really fallen from her proper station; since with women there is neither ____ nor rank; and beauty, grace, and charm act instead of family and birth.
A
caste
B
delicacies
C
ecstasy
D
modest
E
paste
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Through ‘The Necklace’, Maupassant aims to depict the conflicts between the upper-class and the lower class, how their inner desires vary.

Detailed explanation-2: -caste. social status conferred by a system based on class. All these things, which another woman of her caste would not even have noticed, tortured her and made her indignant. native.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, the class a person is born into is everything. The class you hold controls your life, your actions, and even your career. In this story, a beautiful woman named Mathilde Loisel is born into a class lower than she desired.

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