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The peddler saw that the lady was not inclined to discuss her husband, so he kept silent. And she too was silent. After a little while the peddler spoke again. “May the Lord grant that they find the murderers of your husband to exact vengeance from them.”. “They won't find them,” she said, “they won't find them.
Q. No. 1) The writer tones down the philosophical load inherent in ‘The Rattrap’ with the inclusion of. a. ironical situations. b. satirical dialogues. c. classical references. d. humor and wit. Ans. Option (d) Q. No. 2) Imagine that the peddler from ‘The Rattrap’ turned his life around, and decided to write of his experience.
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- The Rattrap
christmas. he left a package that contained a rat trap, the crofter's thirty kronor, and a note to edla Willmansson saying that he could not keep the money. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like author, contrast the life of the ironmaster with that of the peddler, describe edla willmansson. which one of her qualities ...
Dec 7, 2019 · Answer: The peddler declined the ironmaster’s invitation because he had the stolen thirty kronors on him. He feared that he would be caught there for stealing the crofter’s money. For the peddler going to the manor house of the ironmaster would be like throwing himself voluntarily into the lion’s den. Question 12.
- Edla Willmansson had been rather nice to the peddler and had treated him with the honour that was due to a Captain. The peddler, through this mista...
- The peddler considered the whole world as a big rattrap, its sole purpose being to set baits for people. The joys and riches of this world are noth...
- The peddler was always shunned away wherever he went. No one treated him with kindness and so he had lost all hope of being shown any kind of warmt...
- At the crofter’s cottage the peddler was welcomed warmly and received generous hospitality. The crofter was an old and lonely man and the prospect...
Edla Wilmansson. The daughter of the ironmaster, Edla is described as “not at all pretty, but […] modest and quite shy.”. She is exceptionally kind, convincing the peddler to come to her house and then convincing her father to let the peddler stay for Christmas Eve, even when he is revealed to not actually be Captain von Stahle.
Edla Wilmansson. The protagonist and central character of the story is an unnamed man who lives as a tramp wandering the countryside and selling rattraps, which he makes out of wire in his spare time. Because he does not make enough money from this to survive, the rattrap peddler also engages in petty thievery and begging—though even with ...
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Explanation of the above Passage: The peddler tried to seek permission from the blacksmith so that he could stay in the forge for a night. He allowed the peddler with an arrogant consent by just nodding and didn’t say a single word to him. Passage: The tramp did not say anything, either. He had not come there to talk but only to warm himself ...
