the themes of deception and revenge in "the astrologer's day"
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Deception:The astrologer deceived people by having equipments and gesture that resembled an astrologer. But we come to know that the astrologer cheated people only in the later part of the story. The astrologer allows his clients to speak a lot so that he could get an idea about their sufferings and then he used to tell suggestions. Thus he received people. Finally, in the climax of the story, the astrologer saw the face of his last client in the match light and recognized him as the one whom he pierced with a knife when he was young. But the client was not aware of the astrologer's face. The astrologer took this as an advantage and told the happenings as if he had identified them using his special power. The client innocently believed him. The client told him that he was in search of the man who pierced him with the knife. The astrologer used this situation and told that his enemy was died in an accident and advised him not to travel southward as it was dangerous to his life. Thus the astrologer deceived his client and saved himself.
Revenge:In this story the theme revenge is used when the client was in search of the man who pierced him when he was young.