CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following statements best summarizes the overall plot/message of “The Necklace”?
A
A woman who wants to make a good impression goes to a dance.
B
An expensive necklace is lost and needs to be replaced.
C
A woman buys an expensive dress and borrows a diamond necklace.
D
In pursuit of recognition, a woman is driven to financial ruin.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the beginning of the story, the narrator tells us how she longed to be recognized (the beginning of D), and at the end she was in financial ruin (end of answer D) because of the necklace she borrowed, lost, and replaced (which she did because she wanted to be recognized). So I would say D is your correct answer.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Furthermore, the fact that Madame Forestier-in Mathilde’s view, the epitome of class and wealth-has a necklace made of fake jewels suggests that even the wealthiest members of society pretend to have more wealth than they actually have.

Detailed explanation-4: -which word best describes madame loisel’s feeling at the end of the story? astonishment. from her thoughts, speeches, and behavior, we can conclude that madame loisel admiers a society that values about all.

Detailed explanation-5: -Point of View and Narrator in “The Necklace" In Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace the author utilizes a third person narrator who possesses a limited omniscience (1010). This narrator is exposed through the fact that there is never an “I” in the story.

There is 1 question to complete.