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प्रश्न
What kind of a person is her husband?
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उत्तर
Her husband was a clerk in the office of the Board of Education. Unlike Mme Loisel, he was content with his life. While Mme Loisel used to suffer thinking about luxuries and delicacies, he could derive great sense of satisfaction even from a humble ‘potpie’. He was also a loving husband, as is seen from his behavior towards his wife. He readily parted with the four hundred francs that he had saved to buy a gun, so that Mme Loisel would be able to wear a nice dress to the Minister’s ball. This shows that his wife’s happiness was more important to him.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Why was Matilda in a hurry to go to her house after the ball?
How do they replace the necklace?
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde borrowed a diamond necklace from her friend and wore it to the party.
Read the following :
- The necklace
- an error
- all these things
- another woman
- one evening
- her husband.
In all these phrases we see some words used before the nouns. They specify or make it clear what noun we are talking about. These words that are used at the beginning of a noun phrase are known as determiners.
Determiners include articles (a, an, the), possessive pronouns (my, our, your, her, etc.), demonstratives (words like this, that), quantifiers (much, many, etc.), numerals, etc.
Write your phrases using each type of determiner.
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?
What makes a person happy and confident during special functions and parties?
Why was Mathilde married to a ‘minor official’?
Was the husband a considerate person? How do we now that?
Which sentences tell us that Mathilde greatly desired the necklace?
Why did Mathilde not notice the loss of her necklace?
Who is Madame Loisel?
Why does Madame Forestier speak coldly to Mathilde?
Have you ever lost anything valuable?
