The Necklace Class 10 PPT

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Guy de Maupassant 5 August 1850 – 6 July 
1893) was a 19th-century 
French author, remembered 
as a master of the short 
story form, and as a 
representative of the 
Naturalist school, who 
depicted human lives and 
destinies and social forces 
in disillusioned and often 
pessimistic terms. AUTHOR
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Guy de Maupassant 5 August 1850 – 6 July 
1893) was a 19th-century 
French author, remembered 
as a master of the short 
story form, and as a 
representative of the 
Naturalist school, who 
depicted human lives and 
destinies and social forces 
in disillusioned and often 
pessimistic terms. AUTHOR CHARACTERS
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Guy de Maupassant 5 August 1850 – 6 July 
1893) was a 19th-century 
French author, remembered 
as a master of the short 
story form, and as a 
representative of the 
Naturalist school, who 
depicted human lives and 
destinies and social forces 
in disillusioned and often 
pessimistic terms. AUTHOR CHARACTERS Mathilde Loisel The protagonist of the story. Mathilde has been blessed 
with physical beauty but not with the affluent lifestyle 
she yearns for, and she feels deeply discontented with 
her lot in life. When she prepares to attend a fancy party, 
she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend 
Madame Forestier, then loses the necklace and must 
work for ten years to pay off a replacement. Her one 
night of radiance cost her and Monsieur Loisel any 
chance for future happiness.
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Guy de Maupassant 5 August 1850 – 6 July 
1893) was a 19th-century 
French author, remembered 
as a master of the short 
story form, and as a 
representative of the 
Naturalist school, who 
depicted human lives and 
destinies and social forces 
in disillusioned and often 
pessimistic terms. AUTHOR CHARACTERS Mathilde Loisel The protagonist of the story. Mathilde has been blessed 
with physical beauty but not with the affluent lifestyle 
she yearns for, and she feels deeply discontented with 
her lot in life. When she prepares to attend a fancy party, 
she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend 
Madame Forestier, then loses the necklace and must 
work for ten years to pay off a replacement. Her one 
night of radiance cost her and Monsieur Loisel any 
chance for future happiness. Monsieur Loisel Mathilde’s husband. Monsieur Loisel is content 
with the small pleasures of his life but does his 
best to appease Mathilde’s demands and assuage 
her complaints. He loves Mathilde immensely but 
does not truly understand her, and he seems to 
underestimate the depth of her unhappiness. 
When Mathilde loses the necklace, Monsieur 
Loisel sacrifices his own future to help her repay 
the debt. He pays dearly for something he had 
never wanted in the first place.
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Guy de Maupassant 5 August 1850 – 6 July 
1893) was a 19th-century 
French author, remembered 
as a master of the short 
story form, and as a 
representative of the 
Naturalist school, who 
depicted human lives and 
destinies and social forces 
in disillusioned and often 
pessimistic terms. AUTHOR CHARACTERS Mathilde Loisel The protagonist of the story. Mathilde has been blessed 
with physical beauty but not with the affluent lifestyle 
she yearns for, and she feels deeply discontented with 
her lot in life. When she prepares to attend a fancy party, 
she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend 
Madame Forestier, then loses the necklace and must 
work for ten years to pay off a replacement. Her one 
night of radiance cost her and Monsieur Loisel any 
chance for future happiness. Monsieur Loisel Mathilde’s husband. Monsieur Loisel is content 
with the small pleasures of his life but does his 
best to appease Mathilde’s demands and assuage 
her complaints. He loves Mathilde immensely but 
does not truly understand her, and he seems to 
underestimate the depth of her unhappiness. 
When Mathilde loses the necklace, Monsieur 
Loisel sacrifices his own future to help her repay 
the debt. He pays dearly for something he had 
never wanted in the first place. Madame Forestier Mathilde’s wealthy friend. Madame Forestier 
treats Mathilde kindly, but Mathilde is 
bitterly jealous of Madame Forestier’s 
wealth, and the kindness pains her. Madame 
Forestier lends Mathilde the necklace for the 
party and does not inspect it when Mathilde 
returns it. She is horrified to realize that 
Mathilde has wasted her life trying to pay for 
a replacement necklace, when the original 
necklace had actually been worth nothing.