Question

Answer the following question in 40-50 words:

How does Matilda face ‘the horrible life of necessity’? (The Necklace)

Answer 1

Matilda accepts it stoically and works relentlessly: they dismiss the maid, move to an attic, and she learns odious kitchen tasks washing, hauling water, mending, shopping and haggling while her husband takes extra work; together they endure ten years of hard labour to repay the debt.