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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                    CLASS X ENGLISH

                                               MINDMAP – THE NECKLACE






                                                                                THE CHARACTER -
                                                                                     MATILDA
                                                     ABOUT THE
                                                       AUTHOR
                                                                               HER EXPECTATIONS
                     THE NECKLACE
                                                                                    FROM LIFE



                                                                               THE REALITY - HOW
                                                                               IT STEERS HER LIFE










                    The story revolves around a
                    selfish lady named Matilda



                                                        She is unsatisfied with her life as she wants a
                                                        rich husband but because she belongs to a
                  One day, both the husband and wife    family of clerks and her family is unable to
                           are invited to a party at the   give dowry she is married to a clerk.
                    minister’s house. But Matilda does
                  not have good clothes and jewels to
                    wear at such a party. Her husband
                   suggests her to buy a dress and ask                    She then borrows a
                            an old friend for jewellery                   necklace from her friend
                                                                          and goes to the party.
                                                                          What happens next proves
                                                                          to be a lesson for the
                                                                          unhappy lady.








                                                                           THE MORAL
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