MP Board Class 12th English A Voyage Solutions Chapter 2 The Diamond Necklace (G.D. Maupassant)

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The Diamond Necklace Textbook Exercises

Word Power

A. Mathilde has been described as a pretty girl. The zoords-pretty, beautiful and gorgeous convey almost the same idea ‘good-looking’ but the intensity of the idea is different. Rearrange the words in each group from the least to the highest intensity;
1. distinguished, well-known, famous.
2. exhausted, tired, sluggish.
3. exquisite, dainty, graceful.
4. torturous, oppressive, troubling.
5. magnificent, beautiful, stunning.
6. priceless, costly, precious.
7. ecstasy, gladness, happiness.
8. bewildered, puzzled, disoriented.
9. shocked, thunderstruck, amazed.
10. proud, self-satisfied, egoistical.

Answer:

1. well-known, famous, distinguished.
2. tired, sluggish, exhausted:
3. graceful, exquisite, dainty.
4. troubling, oppressive, torturous.
5. beautiful, magnificent, stunning.
6. costly, precious, priceless.
7. happiness, gladness, ecstasy.
8. puzzled, disoriented, bewildered.
9. shocked, amazed, thunderstruck.
10. self-satisfied, proud, egotistical.

B. In each set of words given below, one word is the exact opposite of the first word. The rest are nearer to each other in meaning. Identify them and put them in the proper columns in the table given below:
(i) strange, weird, familiar, odd.
(ii) ancient, primeval, modern, ageless.
(iii) envy, prejudice, jealousy, goodwill.
(iv) delicious, tasteless, sumptuous, delectable.
(u) irritated, exasperated, unperturbed, vexed.
(vi) convinced, uncertain, sure, certain.
(vii) queer, peculiar, bizarre, commonplace.
(viii) homage, reverence, disrespect, tribute.
(ix) charming, appealing, delightful, unattractive.
(x) impertinence, brazenness, insolence, respect.

Answer:

Word	Antonym	Words nearer to each other in meaning
strange ancient envy delicious irritated convinced queer homage charming impertinence	familiar modem goodwill tasteless unperturbed uncertain commonplace disrespect unattractive respect	weird primeval prejudice delectable vexed sure peculiar tribute delightful brazenness	odd ageless jealousy sumptuous exasperated certain bizarre reverence appealing insolence

C. The words given below have more than one meaning. Use each of them in two separate sentences of your own to bring out different meanings:
dress, rank, sight, heat, bore, company, shoot, pale, shop, paste.

• Dress : (i) His dress is wonderful.
  (ii) She dressed herself in a modest way.
• Rank : (i) Jack holds a high rank in army.
  (ii) I was ranked second in the race.
• Sight : (i) This awful sight depressed me.
  (ii) An unidentified flying object was sighted last month
• Heat : (i) The heat of the water is unbearable.
  (ii) Heat the water for tea.
• Bore : (i) Ramesh is a great bore to everyone.
  (ii) I was extremely bored with that movie.
• Company: (i) My father is CEO in a software company.
  (ii) Avoid bad company to make your future bright.
• Shoot : (i) I was invited to host a photo shoot expo.
  (ii) Shoot the tiger.
• Pale : (i) He became pale due to the disease.
  (ii) His face was paled at this news.
• Shop : (i) There is no good book shop in my 1ocality
  (ii) My friends like to shop in the weekend.
• Paste : (i) Mustard paste is good for skin.
  (ii) Don’t paste the ticket here.

A. Answer the following questions in one sentence each:

Question 1.
Who was Mathilde married to?
Answer:
Mathilde was married to Mr. Loisel, a clerk.

Question 2.
Where was Mathilde’s husband employed?
Answer:
Mathilde’s husband was employed in the Ministry of Public Instruction.

Question 3.
Why did Mathilde wear plain dresses?
Answer:
Mathilde wore plain dresses because she couldn’t afford costly ones.

Question 4.
What was there in the envelope Mathilde’s husband gave her?
Answer:
There was an invitation card to a party in the envelope.

Question 5.
How much money did Mathilde ask for from her husband to buy a gown?
Answer:
Mathilde asked for four hundred francs from her husband to buy a gown.

Question 6.
When did the couple go to the ministerial ball?
Answer:
The couple went to the ministerial ball at night.

Question 7.
How much did the necklace at Palaise Royale cost?
Answer:
The necklace at Palaise Royale costed forty thousand francs.

Question 8.
How did Madame Forestier react when Mathilde returned the necklace?
Answer:
When Mathilde returned the necklace Madame Forestier reacted that she (Mathilde) should have returned it sooner. She (Forestier) might have needed it.

Question 9.
How long did it take Mathilde and Loisel to repay the cost of the necklace?
Answer:
It took ten years for Mathilde and Loisel to repay the cost of the necklace.

Question 10.
What was the actual cost of the necklace?
Answer:
The actual cost of the necklace was only five hundred francs.

B. Answer the following questions in about 60 words each:

Question 1.
Was Mathilde dissatisfied with her life? What makes you think so?
Answer:
Yes, Mathilde was dissatisfied with her life as she was an extraordinarily pretty and charming girl. As she had been born into a family of unfavorable economic status had no dowry to pay, so she was destined to marry an ordinary clerk. She had lost all her hopes and aspirations. She had no means to fulfill her desires. She had no beautiful dresses to flaunt. There was no one to praise her beauty. She longed for luxuries and led an ordinary life.

Question 2.
What things did Mathilde resent in her life? (M.P. Board 2009)
Answer:
There were many things that Mathilde resented all her life. But the most important of it was her being born and married in an ordinary family devoid of all the luxuries. She had no good and costly dresses, She had poor dwellings. But unluckily, she was destined to live in a wretched house with barren walls. She had shabby chairs and ugly curtains. She had no rank and profile in society. Seeing her rich and well-off married friends tortured her and made her angry.

Question 3.
On receiving the invitation to the ball, Mathilde wept. Why? (M.P. Board 2010)
Answer:
When Mathilde’s husband, Mr. Loisel brought the invitation to the ball, she wept instead of being delighted because she had no jewels, no gowns, and nothing of the sort that can match the grand party. She resents being married to such an ordinary man as she was a lady with high ambitions.

Question 4.
Describe Mathilde’s feelings while she was sifting through her friend’s jewelry.
Answer:
Mathilde on the advice of her husband went to borrow some ornaments for the ball from her friend Madame Forestier. Since Mathilde was not rich enough to buy the jewelry for herself she get really happy to see a large collection of ornaments that her friend had. She tried each and every ornament and was lost in them. She enjoyed while sifting through her friend’s jewelry. She was feeling hesitant and did not wish to part from the jewelry or give them back. Her interest was at its peak and can be understood by her statement “Haven’t you anymore?” Which not only shows how much she enjoyed trying the jewelry but also her hidden desire to possess one.

Question 5.
How did Mathilde fare at the ball? (M.P. Board 2011)
Answer:
At the party, Madame Loisel was a great success. She was prettier than any other woman
present. She was elegant, graceful, smiling, and filled with joy. Everyone was attracted to her and wished to be familiar with her. The attaches of the cabinet wished to dance with her. Even the minister himself was attracted to her. She fared well more than she had thought for.

Question 6.
Why did Mathilde not take a cab at the minister’s house but take one on the quay?
Answer:
Mathilde did not take a cab at the minister’s home but took one on the way since she was ashamed of her low status and felt embarrassed before other ladies. Her modest wraps reminded her of their poor earnings and ordinary life. She wanted to hide her poverty which was continuously reminded to her through her wrap. She wanted to avoid the remarks of other women who enveloped themselves in fine fur. She wanted to escape from that place as soon as possible and did not care about the cold and went to the quay to get one cab.

Question 7.
What efforts did Loisel make to find the necklace?
Answer:
It was really very shocking for them to lose the necklace. They were nervous. They looked among the folds of Mathilde’s skirt, of her cloak, in her pockets and everywhere but all in vain. The necklace was found nowhere. Loisel made all his efforts. He followed the cab. He went around the minister’s house. He went to the police headquarter, to the newspaper offices to offer the reward. He did everything but could not find the necklace.

Question 8.
How did Loisel arrange the money for the necklace?
Answer:
The couple had to face great trouble after the diamond necklace was lost. They found a similar one in a jewelry shop. Its cost was forty thousand francs which was really a huge amount for them. They bargained it for thirty-six thousand francs. Loisel had eighteen thousand francs his father had left for him. He had to borrow a thousand francs of one, five hundred of another, five Louis here, three Louis there. He gave notes, took up the ruinous obligation, dealt with users and all the race of lenders. In this way, he could manage the cost of the necklace.

Question 9.
How did Mathilde and Loisel repay the cost of the necklace? (M.P. Board 2012)
Answer:
Mathilde and Loisel had to pay a very heavy price to meet the cost of the new necklace. The arrangement of the money for the necklace proved to be a ruin for the rest of their life. They had to compromise for the whole life thereafter. They dismissed their servants, changed their lodgings, and rented a garage under the roof. Mathilde did all the household work herself. She washed the dishes, soiled linen, the shirts, and the dishcloths and carried water. She dressed like a common woman, went to fruiter, the grocer, the butcher, and everywhere and bargained for every sou. Loisel himself worked in the evenings making up tradesman’s account and late at night often copied manuscript for five sous a page. It took ten years for them to compensate for the loss.

Question 10.
What change did the ordeal of repaying bring about in Mathilde?
Answer:
The loss of the necklace took a heavy toll on the life of the Loisels. Mathilde and Loisel over strained themselves. As a result, they grew old prematurely. Especially, Mathilde, had 1 become the woman of impoverished households. She looked strong and rough with frowsy hair, skirts, askew and red hands. She talked loud washing on the floor with great swishes of water. She lost all her beauty and charm in due course.

C. Answer the following questions in about 75 words each:

Question 1.
How would you rate Mathilde as an ambitious woman or as an honest woman? Justify
your answer.
Answer:
Mathilde was a pretty and extraordinarily charming lady with high hopes. She was over-ambitious. But by ill luck, she had to compromise with her poverty Once when she got a chance she wished to quench her thirst for ambitions. In the story, The Necklace, Mathilde borrowed a necklace from her rich friend Madame Forestier to show off herself at the party. Unfortunately, she lost it. She had to spend thirty-six thousand francs to replace it. She was forced to undergo various difficulties to pay the debt of eighteen thousand francs. She had to shift to a cheaper one-room house and remove her servant.

Mathilde and her husband had to lower their standard of living for full ten years. She looked older than her age. But in the end, she found from her friend that the cost of the necklace was only five hundred francs because its diamonds were not original. In this way, her over-ambitious nature and her love for ornaments were responsible for her difficult life. At least for ten years, they took to repay the debt.

Question 2.
What kind of husband was Loisel?
Answer:
Loisel is a caring and loving husband. He is a simple man. He is not over-ambitious like Mathilde. He would very happily relish the potpie, while she would think of rich life. When Mathilde refuses to go to the party, he tries his best to make her agree. He gives her four hundred francs to buy a pretty gown. This amount he had been saving to purchase a gun for himself. On the day of the ball, Mathilde again grumbles that she has no ornaments to wear for this occasion.

Then he suggests that she can borrow it from her rich friend Madame Forestier. At the party, whereas Mathilde danced up till four o’clock in the morning, Loisel was half asleep in a small room since midnight. When he comes to know about the lost necklace, he does not rebuke his wife. Rather, to pay off the debt of eighteen thousand francs, he overworked for ten years and suffered other inconveniences like shifting to a smaller house. Therefore, we can say that Loisel was a simple man, who loved his wife tremendously.

Question 3.
Do you think it was unfortunate for Mathilde to have married Loisel? Why?
Answer:
Mathilde was an extraordinary girl with all the charms and beauty. But her fate made her compromise with the reality of life. She had to marry a middle-class poor clerk working with the Ministry of Public Instruction. Loisel was a devoted and loving husband who made sure that his wife never compromises. He was understanding of her sentiments and compromised with his desires to fulfill his wishes.

He willingly gave his savings of four hundred francs to her for her lavish ball gown when she lost the necklace, he didn’t lose his colors and put all his efforts to search the necklace. He worked hard for ten years to pay off the diamond necklace she had to buy as she lost the original necklace. She was very fortunate in her marriage as she had an honest man whose life revolved around his wife. It was her own high ambitions and misdesires which lead to so much sorrow, pain and struggle in her life.

Question 4.
In what way was Madame Forestier different from Madame Loisel?
Answer:
Madame Forestier and Madame Loisel both are contrary to each other. Madame Forestier is a rich and high-profile lady. She is completely materialisitc and formal. When Madame Loisel goes to ask her for jewelry, she shows her affluence putting a large jewel box before her, and says, “Choose my dear,”. She is very much formal with Mathilde. Mathilde takes a diamond necklace from her for the party, which unluckily she loses. Mathilde replaces the necklace with great trouble.

When she goes to return it Madame Forestier very rudely says, that she should have returned it sooner and that she might have needed it. it. Towards the end when Mathilde tells her misery to her she simply says that her necklace was a paste. On the other hand, Madame Loisel is an honest lady. She is informal. She hesitates to go to Forestier after losing the necklace and manages to replace it with the Same one which costs her thirty-six thousand francs. It ruined her life. She feels stunned when she comes to know that the necklace was artificial. She is simple and hardworking too.

Question 5.
What do you think would have happened if Mathilde had not lost the necklace that night?
Answer:
Mathilde had borrowed the necklace from her rich friend Madame Forestier to wear at the party. Unluckily the necklace was lost by her. To get a new necklace they had to. borrow eighteen thousand francs on a higher rate of interest to repay the debt they had to lead miserable life for ten long years.

Had Mathilde not lost the necklace, her husband would not have borrowed money and their life would have been better. Though they would not have led a luxurious life, yet they would, at least, have been free from the hard difficulties of life. They would not have had to shift to a cheap one-room house and put in so much hard labor.

They still would have had a servant in the house and Mathilde would not have to do all the household work by herself. Her husband would not have had to work in the evening and late in the night. She would not have had to toil hard and become rough and old. Mathilde would have remained charming and equally ambitious and would never have understood the pains of miserable life.

Grammar

A. When Loisel meant to say that Mathilde had not dropped the necklace in the street, he said, “If you had lost it in the street, we should have heard it fall,”
English can express three important ideas with ‘If.

Type 1: Open condition: Conditionals of this type tell us that something will happen if a certain condition is fulfilled ‘If you study hard, you will get a first-class.’

Type 2: Improbable or Imaginary Condition: We use conditionals of this type when we talk about something which we don’t expect to happen or which is purely imaginary ‘If you studied hard, you would get a first-class.’

Type 3: Unfulfilled Condition: We use these conditionals when we mean to say that something did not happen because a certain condition was not fulfilled—’If you had studied hard,, you would have got a first class’.

But you didn’t! Why? Because you didn’t work hard.
Now convert the following sentences given in Type 1 conditional form into the other two forms. The first one is done for you.

(i) He will come if you ask.
He would come if you asked.
He would have come if you had asked.
(ii) If you ring the bell, the servant will come.
(iii) You’ll catch the train if you hire a taxi.
(iv) I shall come and see you if I have time.
(v) If my father allows me, I will come to the party.
(in) If you go to town, will you buy something for me?
(vii) If you step on the dog’s tail, it will bite you.
(viii) We shall be pleased if our school wins.
(ix) The soldiers will fight bravely if they understand the orders. .
(x) If he buys a motorcycle for Rs.10,000 and sells it for Rs.12,000, he’ll make a good profit.

Answer:
(ii) If you rang the bell, the servant would come.
If you had rung the bell, the servant would have come.
(iii) You would catch the train if you hired a taxi.
You would have caught the train, if you had hired a taxi.
(iv) I should come and see you if I had time.
I should have come and see you if I had had time.
(v) If my father allowed me, I would come to the party.
If my father had allowed me, I would have come to the party.
(vi) If you went to town, would you buy something for me?
If you had gone to town, would you have bought something for me?
(vii) If you stepped on the dog’s tail, it would bite you.
If you had stepped on the dog’s tail, it would have, bitten you.
(viii) We should be pleased if our school won. .
We should have been pleased if our school had won.
(ix) The soldiers would fight bravely if they understood the orders.
The soldiers would have fought bravely if they had understood the orders.
(x) If he bought a motorcycle for Rs. 10,000 and sold it for Rs. 12,000, he would make a good profit. If he had bought a motorcycle for Rs. 10,000 and had sold it for Rs.12,000, he would have made a good profit.

B. Try to read the following excerpt:
I have I have I’ve lost madame Forestiers necklace she cried he stood up bewildered what how impossible
This excerpt is unpunctuated. It is difficult to understand the meaning of this excerpt clearly. Let us now read it in the punctuated form:
“I have-I have-I’ve lost Madame Forestier’s necklace,” she cried. He stood up, bewildered. “What!-how? Impossible!”
Now we can easily understand the excerpt. So punctuation makes our expression clearer and easier to follow. We use stops or marks of punctuation to separate one sentence from another, or one part of a sentence from another part. You have studied them in detail in previous classes. However, given below are the main marks of punctuation to refresh your memory.
The main marks of punctuation are:

• Fullstop (.)
• Comma (,)
• Semicolon (;)
• Colon (:)
• Mark of interrogation (?)
• Mark of Exclamation (!)
• Quotation marks or inverted commas (” “)
• Dash (—)
• Hyphen (-)
• Parenthesis and the Apostrophe (‘)

 

Now punctuate the following:

1. the teacher said Mary have you done the sums many said no madam i did not understand them
2. why is a river so rich asked tarunrita said a river is rich because it has two banks
3. a father had two sons the elder was wise clever and diligent the younger was foolish lazy and careless one day the father called the younger son and said why do you waste your time doing nothing
4. the man was angry with his servant and said why have you again disturbed me in my sleep i am very sorry sir excuse me this time said the servant
5. the laws of most countries today are split into two kinds criminal law and civil law
Answer:

1. The teacher said, “Mary! Have you done the sums?” Mary said, “No madam! I did not understand them.”
2. “Why is a river so rich?” asked Tarun. Rita said, “A river is rich because it has two banks.”
3. A father had two sons. The elder was wise, clever and diligent. The younger was foolish, lazy and careless. One day, the father called the younger son and said, “Why do you waste your time doing nothing?”
4. The man was angry with his servant and said, “Why have you again disturbed me in my sleep?” “I am very sorry sir, excuse me this time”, said the servant.
5. The laws of most countries today are split into two kinds—criminal law and civil law.

Speaking Activity

A. Work in groups of four or five. List the points for and against the topic ‘Ambition leads a man to success’. Half the number of groups should work for’ and the other half ‘against’ the motion. Present your views in the class in the form of a debate.

Answer:
A. Do at class level. Some points are given below:
For:

• Ambition gives determination.
• Ambition makes one plan systematically.
• One finds ways to fulfill the ambition.
• Ambition makes one courageous, enthusiastic and meticulous.
• One labours hard to reach the zenith.
• Without ambition one can never succeed.

Against:

• Ambition may lead to corruption.
• It may create evil ways for one to reach the top.
• One may be blind to one’s ambition.

B. Present before the class a short speech on your ambition(s) and how you intend to achieve it (them).
Answer:
I am a student of class XII. Right from the very beginning, I nourish an ambition to climb Mount Everest. I am determined for it. I have gone under various training for it. I am trying to build my body well enough to climb the height of the Everest. I am also trying to cultivate perseverance in myself. Next year, I shall go for a mountaineering expedition. It will show me the way. My parents and friends are all giving me support and courage for it. I hope to be the youngest to achieve this success.

Writing Activity

A. You are Mathilde. You have just returned from the ball and found that the necklace you borrowed from your affluent friend is missing. Write down your feelings in the form of a diary entry.

Answer:
25th June, Sunday 4 a.m.
I have just come back from the party of the Minister of Education. Oh! what a wonderful experience I had! For the first time in my life, I felt what I am. Since I got married to Mr. Loisel, I had never thought, I am so pretty. For the party, I had borrowed a diamond necklace from my friend Madame Forestier. I was so charming that everyone including the Minister himself came closer to me. After all, it was an unforgettable moment. But as I came back home, I found the necklace missing. I was shocked. All my happiness disappeared. My husband tried to search for it everywhere but all in vain. I don’t understand what would we do to return the necklace. Now I feel my husband was right when he told me to wear flowers. However, the mistake has been committed, and now, I can do nothing except accepting the tough trolling ahead. I am very upset. I am also afraid, how will I confront Madame Forestier.

B. Write a notice for display at prominent places as Mathilde would have put up when the necklace was lost.
Answer:
Notice
Lost! – Lost!! – Lost!!!
A beautiful diamond necklace has been lost somewhere on the Circular Road between the house of the Minister of Education and the Church Gate on Sunday night. If anyone finds it, please inform or meet at the address given below. The person will be rewarded.
Mathilde
Contact:
C1/M225,
Circular Road
Near Church Gate, Bhopal
Phone No: 9414311921

Think it over

A.What is the moral of the story, The Diamond Necklace? Should all good stories teach a lesson?
Answer:
The Diamond Necklace is a story that tells the tragic effect of one’s over-ambition. Mathilde and her husband Mr. Loisel are the protagonists. Mathilde is a pretty and charming lady with not so good fate. As she had no dowry, she was destined to marry a poor middle-class man. Her husband is a clerk in the Ministry of Instruction. She has suppressed her expectation but once she gets a chance to attend a party arranged by the Minister of Instruction himself.

She borrows a diamond necklace from one of her rich friends. She loses it and it brings ruin to all her charm. She replaces the necklace by spending thirty-six thousand francs. She and her husband overstrain themselves to repay the borrowed amount. It takes ten years to overcome the nightmare. Had she not borrowed the necklace, she would not have suffered so much. At last, she comes to know that the diamond necklace, that she lost was artificial costing not more than five hundred francs.

So, she lost her life for a fake thing. Hence, the moral of the story is that we must realize our reality. We should never wish too much for things beyond our capacity. Never borrow from others and adjust within your limits and be happy.

Yes, I feel that all the good stories should teach a lesson as in that way we can understand how good or bad we behave in the society. Moral values are degrading day by day in our society. These stories will help in reaffirming the lost morals of our society.

B. Some of your friends may be good at imitating others’ speech, mannerisms, etc. Such children are often popular among peers but seldom among elders. Why?
Answer:
Some of the children imitate others. They can be interesting and funny among their friends. It is for the limited time that they are taken to be geniuses and get appreciation from their friends but the elders never like them. It is because they know that imitation is not a good tendency. It may lead to a corrupt one. It may promote bad habits among children. One should develop one’s own talent and skills. It provides originality that lasts long.

Things to Do

Etymology is the study of the origin and development of a word, a prefix, a suffix etc., Look up for the word coquettish in a good dictionary. It is the adjective of the word coquette, which itself is mid-17th century French feminine of coquet derived from coq meaning ‘a little cock’.

Find out the roots of the following words and write them under the proper heading: radius, democracy, petite, capital, chalet, pneumonia, regal, delta, discotheque, axis, charade, philosophy, lymph, restaurant, anthrax.
Answer:

French	Latin	Greek
petite	radius	democracy
chalet	axis	capital
discotheque	lymph	delta
restaurant	regal	philosophy
charade	—	pneumonia
—	—	anthrax

The Diamond Necklace by G.D. Maupassant Introduction

The story is about the irony of Me in the life of a woman named Mathilda Loisel. He is very ambitious. She borrows a diamond necklace to show him at the ball. Eventually, she loses at the party. She works hard with her husband to buy a similar diamond necklace. In the end, she is shaken to learn that the necklace she had lost was artificial.

The Diamond Necklace Summary in English

Mathilde Loisel was a beautiful, young woman. He was born in a middle-class family. She was very ambitious. He thought he had nothing to be proud of. It was not possible for her to marry a rich man. So she married a clerk. This clerk was working in the Ministry of Public Education. Mathilde, being overly ambitious, was not happy because she could not live a luxurious life. He had to wear simple clothes and live in a mediocre apartment with shabby walls and shabby furniture and curtains. She was jealous of her own classmates who were rich.

She felt small and went to him and cried. One day, her husband brought her an invitation letter. But she was not very happy as she did not have nice and beautiful clothes to wear on the occasion. Therefore, her husband arranged for her to buy a gown for 400 francs. He had saved this money to buy a gun for himself. As the date of the party approached, she looked sad again. This was because he did not have any jewelry to suit the occasion. He thought that she would be considered a poor woman at the party. Her husband advised her to borrow some jewelry from his rich friend, Madame Forestier. Poor Loisel liked this suggestion. The next day she went to her friend’s house and borrowed a diamond necklace.

She attended the ball with her husband and everyone was paying attention to her. She was the prettiest of all the women present there. All the men were fascinated by her charm. They wanted to introduce him. All the officials of the ministry expressed their desire to dance with him. Even the minister took notice of him.

She was intoxicated with joy. She was very excited and happy. She danced with enthusiasm. She forgot everything in the triumph of her beauty and felt happy at her success. She kept on dancing and singing in the hall till about four o’clock in the morning. When she was finished, her husband threw away the modest shawl he had brought for her. On reaching home, she stood in front of the mirror. She wanted to see herself once again in all her glory. However, she was shocked to see that there was no necklace around her neck, and then she cried in despair.

Mathilde tells her husband that she has lost the necklace. Her husband was shocked. They searched for defeat everywhere but all in vain. Mr. Loisel set out to find him on the way. She was waiting in her ball dress. He had no more strength to sleep. Her husband returned at around seven o’clock but he could not find the necklace anywhere.

On the advice of her husband, Mathilde wrote a letter to her friend, Madame Forestier, saying that the necklace’s strut was broken, so it was sent for repair. So he got time to buy another diamond necklace. After going from one shop to another, in the end, he found a necklace like a lost necklace. The shopkeeper demanded 40,000 francs as its price. The deal was eventually settled for 36,000 francs. Mathilde’s husband had only 18,000 francs. He borrowed the remaining 18,000 francs at a higher interest rate. He bought the necklace and sent it to Madame Forestier. Didn’t care to see him.

Now began a difficult life for Mathilde and her husband. He had to pay a debt of 18,000 francs. For this, he had to shift to a very cheap room. He fired the servant. Now Mathilde used to do household chores herself. She brought water, washed the floor of the house, did the dishes and dirty clothes herself. She did the shopping herself. Her husband worked late in the evening and late at night to pay back 18,000 francs. He had paid the entire amount at the end of the tenth year. But Mathilde had to pay a heavy price for this.

She looks Ed like an ordinary woman. She was looking old now. She was now a tough and tough woman. One Sunday Mathilde went out for a walk. She saw Madame Forestier there and went to her. Madame Forestier was astonished to see him changed so much. Mathilde tells her that she has to live a very difficult life and it is because of her. Madame Forestier was shocked to hear this. Mathilde then explained to her how she had lost her diamond necklace and had to buy another one for 36,000 francs to replace it. It took him ten years to pay the price. Madame Forestier was shaken to hear Mathilde’s sad story. He told Mathilde that her necklace was only worth five hundred francs and that the diamonds were artificial and not real.

The Diamond Necklace Summary in Hindi

मथिल्डे लोयसल एक बहुत ही सुंदर, आकर्षक युवती थी। उनका जन्म एक मध्यमवर्गीय परिवार में हुआ था। वह बहुत महत्वाकांक्षी थी। उसने सोचा कि उसके पास गर्व करने के लिए कुछ भी नहीं है। उनके लिए किसी भी अमीर या प्रसिद्ध व्यक्ति से शादी करना संभव नहीं था। इस प्रकार उसने एक क्लर्क से शादी कर ली जो लोक शिक्षा मंत्रालय में काम करता था। बहुत महत्वाकांक्षी होने के कारण, वह खुश नहीं थी क्योंकि वह एक शानदार जीवन नहीं जी सकती थी। वह साधारण कपड़े पहनती थी और बहुत पुरानी दीवारों वाले एक मध्यम वर्ग के कमरे में रहती थी। वह अपने स्कूल के सहपाठियों से ईर्ष्या करती थी जो अमीर थे। उससे मिलने के बाद वह बहुत रोती थी।

एक दिन उसका पति उसके लिए निमंत्रण पत्र लाया। लेकिन वह खुश नहीं थी क्योंकि उसके पास इस अवसर पर पहनने के लिए अच्छे कपड़े नहीं थे। इसलिए उसके पति ने 400 फ़्रैंक का गाउन ख़रीदने का इंतज़ाम किया। इस पैसे को उसने अपने लिए बंदूक खरीदने के लिए बचाकर रखा था। जैसे-जैसे दावत की तारीख नजदीक आ रही थी, वह फिर से बहुत उदास लग रही थी। ऐसा इसलिए क्योंकि उनके पास इस मौके पर पहनने के लिए ज्वैलरी नहीं थी। उसने सोचा कि वह सबसे गरीब महिला होगी। उसके पति ने उसे सलाह दी कि वह अपने अमीर दोस्त, मैडम फरिस्टियर से कुछ आभूषण उधार ले। गरीब लोइसल को यह विचार पसंद आया। अगले दिन वह अपनी सहेली के घर गई और एक हीरे का हार उधार लिया।

जब वह अपने पति के साथ डांस कर रही थीं तो सबकी निगाहें उन पर ही टिकी थीं. वह वहां मौजूद सभी महिलाओं में सबसे सुंदर थी। उनकी खूबसूरती का हर कोई कायल था। वे सभी उससे परिचित होना चाहते थे। मंत्रालय के तमाम अधिकारियों ने उनके साथ डांस करने की इच्छा जताई. यहां तक ​​कि मंत्री का भी ध्यान गया।

वह खुशी के नशे में धुत थी। मस्ती में नाचने लगी। वह अपनी सुंदरता की जीत में सब कुछ भूल गई। वह अपनी सफलता से बहुत खुश थी। वह सुबह 4 बजे उस बड़े कमरे (हॉल) से निकली। उसके पति ने उसे एक साधारण शॉल पहनाई। घर पहुंचकर वह आईने के सामने खड़ी हो गई। वह खुद को एक बार फिर गर्व के साथ देखना चाहती थी। लेकिन वह यह देखकर दंग रह गई कि उसके गले में कहीं हार नहीं है। वह निराशा में चिल्लाई।

मथिल्डे अपने पति से कहती है कि उसने हीरे का हार खो दिया है। उसका पति डरा हुआ था। उन्होंने हर जगह हार की खोज की लेकिन सब व्यर्थ। मिस्टर लोइसल रास्ते में हार का पता लगाने के लिए निकल पड़ते हैं। वह एक डांस ड्रेस पहनकर इंतजार कर रही थी। सोने की भी हिम्मत नहीं जुटा पा रही थी। करीब सात बजे उसका पति वापस आया। लेकिन वह हार उसे कहीं नहीं मिला।

अपने पति की सलाह पर मथिल्डे ने अपने दोस्त को एक पत्र लिखा कि हार का हुक टूट गया है, इसलिए उसने हार को मरम्मत के लिए भेजा था। इस प्रकार उसे एक और हीरे का हार खरीदने का समय मिल गया। एक दुकान से दूसरी दुकान की तलाशी लेने पर आखिरकार उन्हें उस खोए हुए हार के समान एक हार मिली। दुकानदार ने हार के लिए 40,000 फ्रैंक मांगे। सौदा अंततः 36,000 फ़्रैंक पर तय किया गया था। मथिल्डे के पति के पास कुल 18,000 फ़्रैंक थे। उसने अधिक ब्याज देकर शेष 18,000 फ़्रैंक ले लिए। उसने हीरे का हार मैडम फरिस्टियर को भेजा। उसने उसे देखने की भी परवाह नहीं की।

अब मथिल्डे और उनके पति के लिए जीना मुश्किल हो गया था। उन्हें 18,000 फ्रैंक का कर्ज चुकाना पड़ा। इसके लिए उन्हें एक सस्ते कमरे में जाना पड़ा। उसने अपने नौकर को भी निकाल दिया था। अब मथिल्डे घर के काम खुद करने लगी। वह पानी लाने लगी, कमरे के फर्श की सफाई करने लगी, बर्तन धोने और गंदे कपड़े खुद ही धोने लगी। खरीदारी भी उसने खुद ही की थी। उसके पति ने 18,000 फ़्रैंक उधार चुकाने के लिए शाम और देर रात को कड़ी मेहनत की। उसने दसवें वर्ष के अंत तक सारे ऋण का भुगतान कर दिया। लेकिन मथिल्डे को इसकी भारी कीमत चुकानी पड़ी। वह एक सामान्य महिला की तरह दिखने लगी थी और वास्तव में बूढ़ी भी लग रही थी। अब वह एक सख्त, कर्कश और जिद्दी महिला बन गई थी।

एक रविवार मथिल्डे टहलने के लिए निकला। उसने वहां मैडम फॉरेस्टियर को देखा और उसके पास गई। मैडम फॉरेस्टियर अपने आप में बड़े बदलाव को देखकर बहुत हैरान हुई। मथिल्डे ने बताया कि वह बेहद मुश्किल जिंदगी जी रही थीं और यह सब उन्हीं की वजह से हुआ। यह सुनकर मैडम फ्रिस्टियर को बहुत आश्चर्य हुआ। तब मथिल्डे ने उसे विस्तार से बताया कि कैसे उसने अपने हीरे का हार खो दिया था। उसने इसके बदले 36,000 फ़्रैंक का एक और हार खरीदा। उस कर्ज को चुकाने में उसे दस साल लगे। मैडम फॉरेस्टियर ने उसकी दुखद कहानी सुनना शुरू किया। उसने मथिल्डे को बताया कि उसका हार केवल पांच सी फ्रैंक का था और उसमें हीरे नकली थे और असली नहीं थे।

The Diamond Necklace Word Meaning

The Diamond Necklace Important Pronunciation

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