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Analysis of Selma Lagerlof's "The Rattrap"

The document contains questions and prompts related to Selma Lagerlof's story 'The Rattrap.' It asks for explanations of character motivations and themes, such as kindness, compassion, and human loneliness. The responses are expected to reflect on the narrative's moral lessons and character dynamics.

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Analysis of Selma Lagerlof's "The Rattrap"

The document contains questions and prompts related to Selma Lagerlof's story 'The Rattrap.' It asks for explanations of character motivations and themes, such as kindness, compassion, and human loneliness. The responses are expected to reflect on the narrative's moral lessons and character dynamics.

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The Rattrap

Selma Lagerlof
Answer the question in about 30 – 40 words each:
1. Why did the peddler sign himself as Captain von Stahle?
2. Why was Edla happy to see the gift left by the peddler?
3. How was the peddler treated at the crofter’s cottage?
4. Why did the peddler keep to the woods after leaving the crofter’s cottage? How did he
feel?
5. Why did the peddler decline the invitation of the ironmaster?
6. Why didn’t the stranger tell the ironmaster that he was not Nils Olof?
7. Why did the peddler derive pleasure from his idea of the world as a rattrap?
8. Why did Edla plead with her father not to send the vagabond away?
9. Why did the crofter show the thirty kroner to the peddler?
10. Justify the title “The Rattrap”.

Answer the following in about 120 – 150 words each:

1. There is a saying, ”Kindness pays, rudeness never”. In the story, “The Rat trap”, Edla’s attitude
towards men and matters is different from her father’s attitude. How are the values of concern
and compassion brought out in the story, “The Rat trap”?
2. The story also focuses on human loneliness and the need to bond with others. Describe .

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