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5.2.7 The Necklace

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Question 3

The Necklace — Guy de Maupassant

Read the prescribed text in the official Pearson anthology (printed pages 32–37).

Explore how Maupassant presents the consequences of Mathilde’s longing for wealth and admiration, and how the ending changes the reader’s understanding of those consequences.

In your answer, you should consider:

  • how Mathilde’s dissatisfaction shapes her choices
  • the effects of losing and replacing the necklace
  • how the writer’s use of language and structure develops the consequences and reframes them at the end

Support your answer with close reference to the text, including brief quotations.

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5.2.7 The Necklace Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /English Language
  3. /5.2.7 The Necklace

13 exam-style questions on Edexcel A IGCSE English Language 5.2.7 The Necklace. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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