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प्रश्न
What is meant by the horrible life of the very poor?
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उत्तर
The poor's terrible life is defined by weakness, discomfort, and pain. Poor people are people who live challenging lives with little or no money. They don't have enough money to meet their daily demands. To make ends meet, they must work long hours every day. Mathilde lived a miserable life of poverty to pay off her debt.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What kind of a person is Mme Loisel − why is she always unhappy?
What fresh problem now disturbs Mme Loisel?
What do M. and Mme Loisel do next?
How do they replace the necklace?
What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?
Answer the following question in 30-40 words:
Why was Matilda unhappy in her early married life?
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words :
Why was Mathilda always unhappy after her marriage?
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde was beautiful, and so she wanted to marry an aristocrat.
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde felt that her house was shabby and poorly furnished.
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde wanted a new dress for herself.
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde lost the necklace.
Read: ‘The Gift of the Magi’ by O. Henry.
As a reader do you sympathise with Matilda? Give reasons from the text to support your answer.
Imagine that M. Loisel, from The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, writes a diary entry, exploring the theme of class and social status, and the nature of social mobility, in the context of his own experience.
Write this diary entry, as M. Loisel, in about 120 words.
Do you like jewellery and ornaments?
Do you like to dress up for special occasions? How do you do that?
What makes a person happy and confident during special functions and parties?
What did Madame Forestier’s large box contain?
Which sentences tell us that Mathilde greatly desired the necklace?
Why did Mathilde not notice the loss of her necklace?
Why does Madame Forestier speak coldly to Mathilde?
Who do you think was responsible for Mathilde’s misery? Was it her friend, she herself, her husband or the circumstances?
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
At the end of one week, they have lose all hope.
Name a book/movie that made you think. What was it about? What was the best part about the book/movie?
Read the conversations in the story (The Necklace) aloud using proper intonation.
