The Necklace

 

Guy De Maupassant

About the lesson

This is the story of a woman who is not satisfied with what she has got. She [ Matilda] is pretty but not very rich. she borrowers and necklace from his friend to wear for a party. she loses it. to replace it, if her husband buys a new diamond necklace. they have to borrow money to buy it. they have to live a lower class life for 10 years to repay the debt. Then once Matilda comes across that friend of her. she tells her the whole story about the necklace. Her friend is touched and tells her that her necklace was not of real diamonds.

हिंदी सारांश

यह एक ऐसी स्त्री की कहानी है जो उससे संतुष्ट नहीं है, जो कि उसके पास है| वह सुंदर है किंतु अधिक धनी नहीं है| वह एक पार्टी में पहनने के लिए अपने मित्र से एक हार उधार लेती है। वह इसे खो देती है| उसे लौटाने के लिए उसका पति एक नया हीरो का हार खरीदता है| उसे खरीदने के लिए उन्हें पैसे उधार लेने पड़ते हैं| उस कर्ज को चुकाने के लिए उन्हें 10 वर्ष तक निम्न वर्गीय जीवन जीना पड़ता है| फिर एक बार मटिल्डा की भेंट अचानक अपनी उसी मित्र से हो जाती है वह उसे हार की सारी कहानी सुनाती है| उसके मित्र का दिल पिघल जाता है और वह बताती है कि उसका हार असली हीरो का नहीं था|

👉The Necklace NCERT Textbook PDF

Word Meaning

Destiny - fortune भाग्य | Distinguished - mark out विशिष्ट | Petty - small तुच्छ, छोटा | Incessantly - continuous निरंतर | Tureen - a dish कटोरा | Executed - marvelous अद्भुत | Disappear - hopelessness, disappointment निराशा | Elated - puffed up गर्व महसूस होना | Spitefully - with envy ईर्ष्या से | Impatiently - restlessly अधीरता से | Stammered - shuttered हकलाया | Stupefied - made stupid घबराई हुई स्थिति में | Dismay - grief दुख | Consequently - the result परिणाम स्वरूप | Economical - careful in spending किफायती | Pale - yellowish पीला | Nevertheless - however फिर भी | Anxious - worried चिंतित | Vexed - distressed परेशान होना | Chick - fashionable फैशन वाले सुंदर | Humiliating - downgrading अपमानित करने वाले | Elegant - graceful शान वाला | Enthusiast - high spirit जोश | Salons - large and well-fitted room सजा हुआ बड़ा कमरा | Detained - prevented from going रोकना | Healing - calling पुकारना | Shivering - trembling कांपना | Cloak - loose upper garment लबादा | Utterly - totally पूर्ण रूप से | Cast down - Ashamed शर्मिंदा | Bewilderment - perplexity घबराहट, परेशानी | Clasp - link जोड़ | Ruinous - false झूठे | Usurers - money lenders on interest सूदखोर | Frigid - cold ठंडी | Perceive - notice, view देखना | Lodgings - please of residenceनिवास स्थान | Haggling - quarreling over prices मोलभाव करना | Attic - loaf, a room in the roof अटारी | Odious - hateful घृणित | Crude - rude रूखी | Awry - twisted झुर्रियां सिलवट | Pails - buckets बाल्टी | Flattered - given false praise चापलूसी की जाना | Affected - moved in feelings प्रभावित हुई | Astonished - Amaze चकित होना | Perceive - to see minutely ध्यान से देखना |


Read and find out

Q1. What kind of person is Mam Loisel - why is she always unhappy?

Ans. Mam Loisel is a pretty woman. but she is not so well to do. she is born in a family of clerks. Her husband is also a Clark. she is always unhappy as she feels herself born for all delicacies and luxurious.


Q2. What kind of a person is her husband?

Ans. Her husband is a Clark. he is economical in his expenses. he is a very down to earth man. he loves his wife very much. for her whim, he spends all his savings.


Read and find out

Q1. What fresh problem now disturbs Mam Loisel?

Ans. Mme Loisel has an invitation to a grand party. she somehow arranges for a new Beautiful dress. now a new problem disturbs her. the problem is that she has no jewelry.


Q2. Why Mam Loisel Borrow a necklace from her friend?

ans. Mam Loisel has the problem that she has no jewelry to wear for the party. she has no money to buy any. her husband suggests that she would borrow some jewelry from her friend. she goes to Mam Forestier. Mam Forestier lends her a beautiful necklace. Thus the problem is solved.


Read and find out

Q1. What do Mr and Mam Loisel do the next?

Ans. The necklace having been lost, Mr and Mam Loisel look for it. or not finding it, thereby a necklace looking exactly like the last one. for it, they have to borrow money. finally, they replace the necklace.


Q2. How do they replace the necklace?

Ans. they decide to buy a new necklace to replace the Lost one. the new necklace cost 30000 Francs. Matilda's husband has 18 thousand Francs. they borrowed the rest and buy the new necklace.


Think about it

Q1. The course of Loisels’ life change due to the necklace. Comment.

Ans. Mr. Loisel and his wife Matilda lived middle-class life. then one day maa Tilda borrowed a necklace from her friend. she lost it. to replace it, they about another necklace. they spend all the Savings and borrowed a handsome amount to buy it. to pay their Dept, they had to live a lower-class life. both of them work hard day and night. they begin to look much older than their age. it took them a period of 10 years to repay their debt. these 10 years kept them deprived of all good and attractive things. thus a necklace changes the course of their life.


Q2. What causes Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?

Ans. Matilda was born in a middle-class family. but you always wanted to have a luxurious life. one day, she borrowed a necklace from her friend. she wore it for a party. martyred and her husband out another diamond necklace to replace it. this took them in heavy debt. Thus they were ruined. It if she had been satisfied with what she had. then, she should have confessed the loss of the necklace to her friend. she would know that the jewels in the necklace were not real. this would save her life from being ruined.


Q3. What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friends that she had lost her necklace?

Ans. The Lost necklace was made of fake diamonds. but Matilda took it to be of real diamonds. to replace it, with a real diamond necklace. this took her in debt. if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace, she would not have to face ruin. Her friend would tell her that the Lost necklace did not cost much. Mathilde would pay its cost and save herself from a heavy Debt. besides, she would feel light at heart. she would be saved from the feeling Guild that she had lost her friend’s necklace. in that case, she would not have to lead a miserable life.


Q4. If you were caught in a situation like this how would you have dealt with it?

Ans. If I had lost something of a friend of mine. I would have confessed it to him or her. I would ask for its cost and pay it to my friend.


Q5. How did Matilda bring out her own ruin?

Ans. Matilda borrowed her friend’s necklace and lost it. to repay the debt taken to return it, she and her husband had to live a lower-class life. she brought about her own ruin.