Class 10 English - HARYANA
Supplementary: The Necklace
Supplementary: The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant is a powerful short story about Matilda Loisel, a woman consumed by vanity and the desire for a luxurious lifestyle she cannot afford. When she loses a borrowed diamond necklace, she and her husband spend ten grueling years paying off the crushing debt, only to discover too late that the original necklace was a cheap imitation. For Haryana (BSEH) Class 10 students, this chapter is crucial for board exams as it tests reading comprehension, character analysis, and the understanding of moral lessons like honesty and the dangers of materialism.
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Greed and Dissatisfaction
Matilda constantly suffers because she is never content with her modest lifestyle and yearns for wealth and high social status.
Pride and Deception
Instead of admitting to her wealthy friend Madame Forestier that she lost the necklace, Matilda proudly and foolishly replaces it with a real diamond one.
Irony
The story's climax relies on situational irony: wasting ten years of hard labor to pay for a replacement necklace that was actually worthless.
Moral Lesson
The chapter highlights the dangers of superficiality and teaches that honesty is always better than hiding the truth out of false pride.
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Board Exam Info
In the Haryana (BSEH) Class 10 English exams, this supplementary chapter typically carries around 3 to 5 marks. Questions are commonly asked as short answer type questions (2 marks) focusing on character traits or plot events, and sometimes as long essay-type questions (5 marks) evaluating the central theme and moral lesson of the story.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why was Matilda always unhappy?
Matilda was born into a poor family but believed she deserved a life of luxury, wealth, and elegance, which made her resent her actual modest lifestyle.
What was the big twist at the end of the story?
The twist is that the borrowed diamond necklace was a fake worth only 500 francs, whereas Matilda and her husband spent 36,000 francs and ten years of hardship to replace it.
What character traits does Monsieur Loisel display?
Monsieur Loisel is loving, patient, hardworking, and content with his simple life, showing deep care for his wife by trying to make her happy.
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