Question

How does Saki create a humour in the story Mrs Packletide

Answer 1

Answer:

The writer has laced the instances in the text with intense satire and succeeding humor. The character sketches of Mrs. Packeltide, Miss Mebbin, and Loona Bimberton absolute materialistic. selfish, inhumane fools who have nothing to do except searching for means to get to the limelight with the easiest means and resources. The instance of tiger hunting is extremely funny where the woman is unable to shoot a lean and weak tiger and ends up killing a goat. Another crude instance is the case of Miss Mebbin who tries to extract the cottage from Mrs. Packeltide in return for keeping mum about the true incident.

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