10 questions
What do you think of Madame Loisel ?
Madame Loisel is so hopeless. She is happy with her life now. She never willing to reach what she can't afford to have.
Madame Loisel is really arrogant because of her beauty and she also would not be grateful for what she has now.
In the beginning of the play, Madame Loisel was very sad and unsatisfied. Why was she sad and unsatisfied ? What did she want ? Support your answer with examples from the play.
Example from the story is in first paragraph at sentence : She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its bare walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains.
She is sad and unsatisfied because she hopes to have rich handsome husband, but she get the ugly and little clerk. Example from the story is in first paragraph at sentence : Her tastes were simple because she had never been able to afford any other, but she was as unhappy as though she had married beneath her status; for women have no caste or class, their beauty, grace, and charm serving them for birth or family.
Do you know anyone who who has the same personality as Madame Loisel ? How are they alike ? Please describe.
Why do you think Madame Loisel borrowed the necklace from her friend ?
Because she said : "Of Course ! I can borrow something suitable from Jeane" and "I have lost Madame Forestier necklace"
Because her husband said " Your old classmate! Madame Jeanne Forestier! She is really well off. I'm sure she would be willing to lend you some of her jewelry! "
Do you think she has a good time at the ball ? Support your answer with reasons.
Do you think Madame Loisel's longing for higher-class ruined her ? Support your answer with reasons
Yes, she lost the necklace and then become a maid to pay off the missing necklace
No, She is happy because she is the most beautiful woman on the occasion
What event brought about the beginning of new life for Monsieur and Madame Loiser ? Did this event change their life for better or worse ? Give reason to support your answer.
this event makes her and her husband more suffer because they have to pay debt for ten years
The event change their life to better, because they have working harder and they start to be grateful for their new life.
Did the ending of the play suprise you ? What kind of ending did you expect explain ?
No, I expect she and her husband feel bad and regret their action to pretend becoming rich and pretty
Yes, the ending is very suprising. I expect the diamond is real, not an imitation.
What is the moral from the story ? Discuss what you learned from the story.
If you had a chance to rewrite the story, how would the story end ? Write the new ending fot the story.