Question

Compare Matilda’s life before and after the fateful dinner party.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Before the fateful night

of the fancy party,

Mathilde Loisel's life is actually pretty good, though she doesn't know it

and is not exactly grateful for what she has. She is "pretty and charming,"

and

married to a good man with a good job, but she is not satisfied. She

"suffer[s]

ceaselessly" because she feels that she was "born for all the

delicacies and all the

luxuries" that she cannot afford. Another woman, the

narrator tells us, would not even have

been conscious of the deficiencies

Mathilde sees in her home, her possessions, and so on. She

actually has a

"little Breton peasant who did her humble housework," though the sight

of the

girl also makes Mathilde feel badly because she cannot afford better. Her husband

is

happy with her, happy with their food and their lives, but "she loved

nothing" but

dresses and jewels which she could not buy.

After the fateful party,

Mathilde learns what hardship really is.

In order to pay for the lost necklace, the couple had

to dismiss their

servant and even change lodgings. Mathilde "came to know what heavy

housework

meant and the odious cares of the kitchen." She grows old quickly, and she

and

her husband work themselves to the bone, day and night. She has changed

so much in ten years

that not even her friend who had loaned her the necklace

recognizes her anymore. "She had

become the woman of impoverished households

strong and hard and rough." Mathilde learns

that her suffering was little

before, back before the party, and it is much greater now. We can

only  

imagine her response when her friend informed her that the necklace had not even been  made  of real diamonds!

Answer 2

Answer:

Before the dinner party, Matilda led a frugal lifestyles as they did now no longer have an excessive amount of money and hence, had no luxuries. However, they did have a maid and other fundamental facilities. She dreamt of all extravagances of life and she was sad as she did now no longer lead a highly-priced life. But they may nevertheless manipulate to stay a easy peaceful life full of affection and care.

After the dinner party, Matilda lost the necklace and her husband needed to borrow huge quantities of cash to pay off the loans that they'd taken to replace the lost necklace with a new one Matilda needed to catch up on the loss via way of means of letting move of the maid, doing all chores herself and having no financial savings to fall again on. She, led a difficult and vicious life that made her appearance much wiped out and shabby.

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