CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
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By trying to look rich enough to own a diamond necklace, Madame Loisel winds up poorer than she was before, and must sacrifice her best years working to replace the lost necklace.
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Madame Loisel is a great success at the party, even though the event is meant to honor her husband’s boss.
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In order to please his wife, Monsieur Loisel agrees to pay more than the couple can afford for a dress.
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The Loisels are able to find a new necklace that looks exactly like the other one.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What events best illustrates situational irony?-By trying to look rich enough to own a diamond necklace, she winds up poorer than she was before.-She dislikes hard work but must sacrifice her best years working to replace the lost necklace.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Example of “The Necklace” Situational Irony The plot of “The Necklace” has situational irony because after replacing her friend’s expensive-looking necklace, and working for ten years to pay off the debt, Mme. Loisel finds out it was fake!
Detailed explanation-4: -How is the irony of the necklace symbolic of a larger irony in Mathilde’s life? Her aspirations of an aristocratic rather than a middle class life result in a decline rather than an advancement of social class. an event that occurs that contradicts the expectations of the characters, the readers, or the audience.