Question

*(1) Why was Mathilde married to a minor
official'?
IR chapter no 1.5
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Answer 1

Answer:

Mathilde is very pretty, but she was born into a family of clerks. She has no dowry, which is money a richer girl would be provided with by her family to help her future husband offset the expense of having a wife to support. A dowry made a young woman a more attractive marriage prospect. Mathilde also has no expectations of inheriting money. She has no friends or relatives either who could introduce her to wealthy men.

Mathilde has to marry who she meets, so she settles for a man with a minor post in the ministry of education. In other words, she is a lower middle class young woman who is respectable but not much more. She has to accept who she can get and therefore marries a man from her own.

Answer 2

Explanation:

In 'The Necklace,' Mathilde is married to a minor official because she came from ''a family of artisans,'' which did not allow her to interact.

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