CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -in a way that shows impatient irritation, especially over some minor annoyance:When the vote didn’t go his way at the meeting, he knocked over his chair, petulantly kicked it out of his path, and stormed out of the room.

Detailed explanation-2: -Petulantly means aggressively or childishly, in paragraph 10-12, it describes the word by Madame Loisel saying, “What do you want me to do with this?” continuing with the minister responding, “why, darling, I thought you’d be pleased".

Detailed explanation-3: -What does the word “petulantly” mean, as it is used in paragraph 10? Showing sudden disappointment.

Detailed explanation-4: -She had borrowed the necklace to be seen as more beautiful and winds up losing her looks completely. Perhaps the most bitter irony of “The Necklace” is that the arduous life that Mathilde must assume after losing the necklace makes her old life-the one she resented so fully-seem luxurious.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.