the rattrap is the story of human predicament of temptation . discuss
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Set amidst the mines of Sweden, Rattrap is the story written by Selma Lagerlof. Selling around small rattraps, a rattrap peddler was a poor fellow who begged for the materials from big farm and stores. He led a lonely life and resorted to begging sometimes. He had no home and shelter and that world has never been kind to him. He thought of the world as a rattrap wherein when anyone touched the rattrap it trapped their hand and amuses himself by thinking of such people.
The various good of life such as shelter, food, joy, riches, clothing, and heat are enticed by the word to the human being these goods resemble the baits in the rat trap. The world closes on a person just like a rat trap when the person is tempted by those baits. As in the story, the peddler is tempted by the thirty kronor of the crofter. While he is trapped due to the bait he walks through the woods to hide himself and fears to go the manor's house. However, he attains peace only when he returns the crofters money in a rat trap.