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The man selling rattraps is referred to by many terms such as “peddler, stranger” etc. Pick out all such references to him. What does each of these labels indicate of the context or the attitude of the people around him.
Form The Lesson: The Rattrap

Answer 1

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Initially, the man who went around selling small rattraps of wire is called a Vagabond’ for he plodded along the road, left to his own meditations. He is referred to as “stranger” by the narrator while describing his meeting with the old crofter. When he leaves the next day he is described as “the man with rattraps.’ When he returns half an hour later to steal money he is called ‘the rattrap peddler.’

For the blacksmiths at the forge he is an intruder. The narrator now refers to him as a ‘tramp’. For the rich ironmaster he is a “ragamuffin’. Since he had never seen the ironmaster or known his name, the man with rattraps is called a ‘stranger’. He is described as ‘stranger* while he stretches himself out on the floor when the ironmaster leaves. The label sticks to him during his stay at the manor house as a guest. These descriptions also suggest the degree of social difference ^between the persons and the peddler of rattraps and their attitude towards him.

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Answer 2

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The man selling rattraps is referred to by many terms such as “peddler, stranger” etc. Pick out all such references to him. What does each of these labels indicate of the context or the attitude of the people around him.

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The man selling rattraps is referred to by many terms in the story. He is called a "vagabond" because he wanders from place to place without a settled home. When he is with the crofter, he is called a "stranger" because the crofter did not know him before.

He is also called "The man with the rattraps" because he sells them. He is also called the"Rattrap peddler" because he is a travelling hawker who sells rattraps.

He is also called a "tramp" because he is a stroller.

When the ironmaster saw him first he thought that he was "the tall ragamuffin" because he was a tall fellow wearing shabby clothes.He is also referred to as the ironmaster is "old regimental comrade" because the ironmaster mistook for a captain he knew. After he tells the ironmaster about the world being a big trap, he laughed and called him "a good fellow".

The ironmaster's daughter, Edla refers to him as "the poor hungry wretch" because he was a poor and hungry. She also refers to him as "vagabond".

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