Question

Choose a statement that accurately describes Madame Loisef's point of view as it is expressed in this passage.

The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

When she sat down to dinner at her round table with its three-day-old cloth, and watched her husband opposite her lift the lid of the soup tureen and exclaim, delighted: "Ah, a good homemade beef stew! There's nothing better..." she would visualize elegant dinners with gleaming silver amid tapestried walls peopled by knights and ladies and exotic birds in a fairy forest; she would think of exquisite dishes served on gorgeous china worth thousands of francs, and of gallantries whispered and received with sphinx-like smiles while eating the pink flesh of trout or wings of grouse. She had no proper wardrobe, no jewels, nothing. And those were the only things that she loved-she felt she was made for them. She would have so loved to charm, to be envied, to be admired and sought after.
She had a rich friend, an old school friend whom she refused to visit, because she suffered so keenly when she returned home.
She would weep whole days, with grief, regret, despair, and misery.

A: Madame Loisel is not a fan of fancy items.
B:Madame Loisel is often jealous of others who are more wealthy than she is.
C: Madame Loisel prefers farm life.
D: Madame Loisel dreams of becoming a writer.

Answer 1

B:Madame Loisel is often jealous of others who are more wealthy than she is.

Step-by-step explanation:

Simply put, Madame Loisel is unsatisfied with her station in life. She dreams of a life well beyond her means. She wishes to rub shoulders with influential people of the ton but her circumstances could not afford her the kind of lifestyle she desires.

Therefore, she dreams all day long of what could be and is envious of people who are in possession of what she could never have.