In The Necklace, which sentence from the excerpt shows that Madame Loisel was materialistic?

Question 3 options:

a) "Mathilde suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries."

b) "She bore her part, however, with sudden heroism."

c) "That dreadful debt must be paid."

d) "She came to know what heavy housework meant and the odious cares of the kitchen."

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Jason Compton

2 December, 18:19

In The Necklace, which sentence from the excerpt shows that Madame Loisel was materialistic?

Question 3 options:

a) "Mathilde suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries."

b) "She bore her part, however, with sudden heroism."

c) "That dreadful debt must be paid."

d) "She came to know what heavy housework meant and the odious cares of the kitchen."

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Easton Dyer · Answer 1

I believe the sentence that shows how Madame Loisel was materialist is A) "Mathilde suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries."

Explanation:

Madame Loisel is the main character in the story "The Necklace", by Guy de Maupassant. The narrator makes it clear at the beginning of the story that Madame Loisel is a materialistic woman. She was born with great taste, but was utterly discontented with the fact that she did not have enough money to buy all the beautiful things she so desired. Even though she and her husband are not poor, she still wishes for more - fine clothes, a bigger house, fancier decoration, and so on. The sentence that best represents her materialism among the options is A) "Mathilde suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries."