Question

theme of mrs.packletide tiger

Answer 1

Packletide who wants to kill a tiger so that she can tell her tales of bravery and glory. She also plans to display her prized possessions; like tiger skin and items made from various parts of a tiger. She has an experienced assistant who has worked on similar assignments in the past. She also has villagers who are willing to work in the hope of getting paid in cash. The story shows various details of all the preparations which used to go on before the actual hunting. The author tries to make a fun at selection of an old tiger which has lost its vigour to hunt a suitable prey. The story ends with an irony because the bullet hits the goat; instead of hitting the tiger. But the tiger dies in spite of not being hit by the bullet. But Mrs. Packletide plans to come up with suitable stories of her gallantry. 

Answer 2

The main theme of this story is that a person can go to any extreme to outsmart his or her rival . The feeling of vanity get expressed in strange ways. In order to make loona bimberton low in her voice Mrs packletide plans to kill a tiger . Ironically she has to pay a heavy amount to do this.