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प्रश्न
Did Mrs. Packletide achieve her heart’s desire? Give reasons for your answer.
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उत्तर
Yes, for the most part. Mrs. Packletide got the trophy and attention she wanted, but it cost her a lot of money and was not honest.
She ended up with a dead tiger and the press photos she had hoped for. The villagers, eager for the thousand-rupee payment, gladly believed the lie that she had killed the tiger; in reality, the tiger died of a heart attack after the rifle report. She planned the lunch on Curzon Street around a tiger skin as the centrepiece and even made Loona a tiger-claw brooch to give her. Both the rug/photos and the brooch were meant to be a response to Loona’s recent successes. The fact that Loona refused to look at illustrated papers for weeks and sent a cool, repressed thank-you letter for the brooch shows that Mrs. Packletide’s plan did have the social effect she wanted. In a social sense, she got what she wanted because she beat Loona in public, but the victory was tainted (achieved through a cover-up), costly, and not particularly satisfying.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in your own words :
How was the tiger shooting arranged? What kind of a tiger was chosen for the
purpose?
Answer the following question in your own words :
In what way did the villagers help Mrs. Packletide shoot the tiger?
Who was Miss Mebbin? Was she really devoted to Mrs. Packletide? How did she behave during the tiger shooting?
Mrs. Packletide was a good shot. Discuss.
Answer the following question in your own words:
How did the villagers react to the tiger’s death?
Do you think the writer is trying to make fun of the main characters in the story i.e. Mrs. Packletide, Miss Mebbin and Loona Bimberton? Pick out instances from the story that point to this fact.
Sometimes writers highlight certain negative aspects in society or human beings by making fun of them. This is called a Satire. In your groups, discuss whether you would classify this story as a satire. Give reasons to support your answer
How does the writer create humour in this story?
Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
Mrs. Packletide had already arranged in her mind the lunch she would give at her
house on Curzon Street, ostensibly in Loona Bimberton's honour, with a tiger-skin
rug occupying most of the foreground and all of the conversation.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in
general, irrespective of nationality or denomination.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
Evidently the wrong animal had been hit, and the beast of prey had succumbed to
heart-failure, caused by the sudden report of the rifle, accelerated by senile decay.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at an illustrated paper for weeks, and
her letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a model of repressed
emotions.
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Years later Mrs. Packletide writes her autobiography. As Mrs. Packletide, write
about the tiger episode with the help of the clues given below.
| jealous of the applause Loona was getting-thought of tiger hunt--all arranged-- Louisa Mebbin accompanied; turned out to be a blackmailer-huge price to pay to outdo a rival |
The Maasai use three parts of the lion. They are
The tail is given to
Answer the following question:
Why does the author say that Louisa Mebbin had a "protective elder sister" attitude towards money?
