Critical Thinking

Question

In Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace,” what opinion of Mme. Loisel emerges from the narrator’s descriptions of her thoughts and actions?
(1 point)
Responses

Mme. Loisel is ungrateful and self-important.
Mme. Loisel is ungrateful and self-important.

Mme. Loisel unjustly suffers for a small mistake.
Mme. Loisel unjustly suffers for a small mistake.

Mme. Loisel is an unlucky woman who deserves better.
Mme. Loisel is an unlucky woman who deserves better.

Mme. Loisel is a refined woman who is forced to lead a simple life.

Answer 1

Mme. Loisel is ungrateful and self-important. The narrator's descriptions portray her as someone who is constantly dissatisfied with her life and always yearning for more, leading to her downfall in the end.