Write a value based question from the chapter Mrs. Packletide's Tiger.
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It is said that the jealousy is not only troublesome to others , but a torment to the one who harbours it. Substantiate this statement with reference to Mrs.Packletide and Loona Bimberton using examples from the lesson ‘Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger.
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Wise men have rightly said, 'Pride hath a fall.' Similarly jealousy, like pride is bound to meet frustration and dejection. Unfortunately a major portion of human beings suffer from the ill of being vain. They waste their time, money, energies and other resources almost all their life later on to realize the futility of it. The best example that shows the misery of jealous people is the character of Mrs Packletide in the story Mrs Packletide's tiger by Saki. We see how her jealousy to outshine Loona Bimberton ends up in her shame, embarrassment, and financial loss. She is left with nothing but regret and remorse. The author has masterfully brought home the point that jealous people like her don't get anything useful in their lives; their jealousy bears no sweet fruit. On the contrary they have to bear loss on all fronts. Miss Mebbin's act of extorting a huge sum of money at the end of the story must have given Mrs Packletide a lot of pain. It must have deprived of all the joy and peace she must be feeling after the tiger hunt. What an irony of circumstances! On the other hand, Loona Bimberton had a similar, but less restless state of mind. She lost her peace and joy in sheer jealousy when Mrs Packletide's picture along with an article on her tiger hunt appeared in the press.