pride goes before a fall answer in context with mrs packletide chapter
Answers
Answered by
2
HOPE THIS HELPS YOU !!!!!
Mrs. Packletide was a jealous and materialistic lady. She has been portrayed as envious and vein. The statement 'fake pride ends up in misery' fits on her character. She belongs to upper class society where people try to show off and consequently, become subjects of mockery. In this story Mrs. Packletide wanted to overshadow Loona Bimberton who talked of nothing but her recent travel in an aeroplane by an Algerian aviator. She decided to kill a tiger just to satisfy her vanity. She offered thousand to the villagers to arrange the shooting of a tiger where less risk or exertion is arranged. The villagers readily agreed to help her. The night arrived when the killing was to be done.
A goat was tethered to a tree to act as a bait. They waited for sometime and then they saw the tiger approaching the goat. Mrs. Packletide aimed at him and fired. Both, the goat and the tiger fell down. Miss Mebbin noticed that the mortal wound was on the goat and the tiger had died because of heart failure. She told Mrs. Packletide that Loona Bimberton would be too happy to know about the fact. Mrs Packletide got the point. She realised that she had to do something so that Miss Mebbin didn't give her away. She made herself Miss Mebbin's guardian in buying her the weekend cottage at Darking. She had to face financial losses and in the end gave up hunting as ' incidental expenses ' were so heavy. It was only her pride to show others that her superiority that led to financial losses. Thus, the statement 'pride goes before a fall' is justified.
Mrs. Packletide was a jealous and materialistic lady. She has been portrayed as envious and vein. The statement 'fake pride ends up in misery' fits on her character. She belongs to upper class society where people try to show off and consequently, become subjects of mockery. In this story Mrs. Packletide wanted to overshadow Loona Bimberton who talked of nothing but her recent travel in an aeroplane by an Algerian aviator. She decided to kill a tiger just to satisfy her vanity. She offered thousand to the villagers to arrange the shooting of a tiger where less risk or exertion is arranged. The villagers readily agreed to help her. The night arrived when the killing was to be done.
A goat was tethered to a tree to act as a bait. They waited for sometime and then they saw the tiger approaching the goat. Mrs. Packletide aimed at him and fired. Both, the goat and the tiger fell down. Miss Mebbin noticed that the mortal wound was on the goat and the tiger had died because of heart failure. She told Mrs. Packletide that Loona Bimberton would be too happy to know about the fact. Mrs Packletide got the point. She realised that she had to do something so that Miss Mebbin didn't give her away. She made herself Miss Mebbin's guardian in buying her the weekend cottage at Darking. She had to face financial losses and in the end gave up hunting as ' incidental expenses ' were so heavy. It was only her pride to show others that her superiority that led to financial losses. Thus, the statement 'pride goes before a fall' is justified.
Similar questions