state instence of humour in mrs packletide's tiger
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Heya
Saki's 'Mrs. Packletide's Tiger' is full of humorous instances. The very idea of Mrs. Packletide planning to shoot a tiger to surpass her archival, Loona Bimberton is in itself quite amusing. The writer makes a witty statement when he right at the beginning compares Mrs. Packletide to the mighty hunter, Nimrod, in whose tracks the story's protagonist could not follow as she was not a professional hunter. Yet, Saki makes this subtle reference to the Biblical character to create a witty situation and to make it clear to the readers that thee was nothing serious about the tiger hunting, leave alone the risk. Saki makes a clear mention that the real motive of Mrs. Packletide's choosing to kill a tiger was simply because all her movements were governed by her dislike of Loona Bimberton.
The very description of the tiger is also very humorous. Saki takes pain to use oxymoron in his description of the tiger whom he calls a 'venerable herd - robber'. The tiger by itself was so old and had the infirmities of age that it could not have survived till the date of the tiger hunt. But the writer increases the humor when he refers to the 'elaborate carelessness' with which the tiger is been taken care of, so that it remains alive till the day of shoot.
It is amusing to find that the children are posted day and night on the outskirts of the village to stop the tiger from moving on to the fresh pastures and also that the cheaper variety of goats were left around for the tiger to fulfill both it's desire of the hunt as well as of it's hunger. The mothers in the village seemed to be more concerned of the tiger's proper rest than that of their own children. Also, during the tiger hunt, it is hilarious to note that the tiger on seeing the tethered goat, first felt the need to take a little rest before 'commencing the grand attack'.
The humor is at it's peak when the readers get to know that despite such elaborate arrangements for the hunt, it was the goat that died of the bullet wound while the tiger died because of the resonance of the fully loaded rifle.
The character of Miss Mebbin is specifically carved to arouse laughter. The idea of being 'a paid companion' is another witty remark on the part of the author to bring to light Miss Mebbin's undue love towards money. The miserliness of Miss Mebbin is introduced to the reader by the visual imagery of every cent or dime singing to her. In this manner, Saki makes the story not only humorous but also creates a passion for writing in the minds of the reader.
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Saki's 'Mrs. Packletide's Tiger' is full of humorous instances. The very idea of Mrs. Packletide planning to shoot a tiger to surpass her archival, Loona Bimberton is in itself quite amusing. The writer makes a witty statement when he right at the beginning compares Mrs. Packletide to the mighty hunter, Nimrod, in whose tracks the story's protagonist could not follow as she was not a professional hunter. Yet, Saki makes this subtle reference to the Biblical character to create a witty situation and to make it clear to the readers that thee was nothing serious about the tiger hunting, leave alone the risk. Saki makes a clear mention that the real motive of Mrs. Packletide's choosing to kill a tiger was simply because all her movements were governed by her dislike of Loona Bimberton.
The very description of the tiger is also very humorous. Saki takes pain to use oxymoron in his description of the tiger whom he calls a 'venerable herd - robber'. The tiger by itself was so old and had the infirmities of age that it could not have survived till the date of the tiger hunt. But the writer increases the humor when he refers to the 'elaborate carelessness' with which the tiger is been taken care of, so that it remains alive till the day of shoot.
It is amusing to find that the children are posted day and night on the outskirts of the village to stop the tiger from moving on to the fresh pastures and also that the cheaper variety of goats were left around for the tiger to fulfill both it's desire of the hunt as well as of it's hunger. The mothers in the village seemed to be more concerned of the tiger's proper rest than that of their own children. Also, during the tiger hunt, it is hilarious to note that the tiger on seeing the tethered goat, first felt the need to take a little rest before 'commencing the grand attack'.
The humor is at it's peak when the readers get to know that despite such elaborate arrangements for the hunt, it was the goat that died of the bullet wound while the tiger died because of the resonance of the fully loaded rifle.
The character of Miss Mebbin is specifically carved to arouse laughter. The idea of being 'a paid companion' is another witty remark on the part of the author to bring to light Miss Mebbin's undue love towards money. The miserliness of Miss Mebbin is introduced to the reader by the visual imagery of every cent or dime singing to her. In this manner, Saki makes the story not only humorous but also creates a passion for writing in the minds of the reader.
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