The document provides objectives and instructions for reading a dramatic script of "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. It explains that the goal is to compare and contrast plays and short stories, understand how to read a dramatic script, and identify characterization through dialogue. It provides directions for a readers' theater format, noting that the script includes character names to indicate who is speaking and italicized text for stage directions not read aloud. It encourages readers to use their voices to portray characters while imagining carrying out the italicized actions.