The document provides details about the short story "The Rattrap" by Swedish author Selma Lagerlof. It summarizes the plot of the story, which is about a peddler who makes rattraps and gets caught in the "world's rattrap" of materialism after stealing money. Lost in the forest, he finds shelter at an iron mill. The mill's owner mistakes him for an old friend and brings him to his home, where the peddler is treated kindly. He returns the money he stole, realizing that kindness reformed him from his thieving ways. The story promotes the message that human goodness can be awakened through love and understanding.

1. THE RATTRAP
BY SELMA LAGERLOF

2. SELMA LAGERLOF
 Swedish author and teacher
 Born: 20 November
1858,Märbacka
 Sweden Language: Swedish
 Died: 16 March 1940,
Märbacka
 Published her first novel
“Gosta Berling's Saga”at the
age of 33
 First woman to win the Nobel
Prize in Literature in 1909

3. THEME
The story upholds the belief that the
essential goodness of human being can
be awakened through love and
understanding.
TITLE
It brings into focus the idea that the
world is rattrap. Riches, joys, shelter
and food are all lucrative baits to trap
mankind.

4. CHARACTERS
1. A peddlar with rattraps
2. An Oldman: A crofter
3. Master Smith in the Ramsjo Iron Mill in Sweden
4. Helpers in the Mill: blacksmiths
5. Iron mill owner
6. Edla Willmansson - daughter of the IronMill owner
EDLA WILLMANSSON IRON MILL OWNER PEDDLAR

5. THE RATTRAP DETAILED SUMMARY
 Once there’s a rattrap seller who
wanders, collecting junk from here
and there to put together and turn
into functional rat traps.
 He showed his guest the thirty
kronor he had earned the previous
month that he hung in a pouch by
the window of his cottage.
 One day, a stranger whose
cottage door he knocks on
allows him to stay the night.
The man served the rat trap
seller porridge with a pipe of
tobacco, and they played
games. his only source of
income was his cow

6.  when his host leaves in the morning to tend
to his cow, the rat trap seller returns to steal
the money in the pouch by breaking the
window a little while later.
 After this, he goes into the forest, to
avoiding detection, but soon find himself
lost. He realizes that he has been caught
into the world’s rat trap of materialistic
things like money .The peddler than hears
the sound of the iron mill nearby and
followed it.

7.  When he arrived, people were sitting
by the warmth of the furnace. No one
bothered to object to his being there,
so he sat with them.
 he owner of the mill came by in the
meantime to do his evening rounds,
and upon seeing the tramp, he
mistook him for an old comrade, Nils
Olof.
 The tramp had a beard and scraggly
hair, so it was easy to mistake him for
other people. The tramp did not deny
this, thinking he would get some more
money if he went with it.

8.  However, when the owner invited him to the
manor, he declined. Soon after, the owner’s
daughter came to attempt to bring the tramp
to the house in the name of Christmas Eve, and
he had to oblige.
 the ironmaster immediately realized that the
tramp was not Nils Olof! He was furious and
asked the man to leave immediately lest he
calls the sheriff.
At the manor, the rat trap seller was given a
bath, a haircut, a shave and fresh clothes in
the hope that his embarrassment coming
from his condition would also wash off with
his filth.

9.  The tramp explained his theory
about the world being a rat trap,
so he was excused. Edla stop him
and says that she want the
peddler to stay.
 At the Christmas mass, while the
tramp still slept, the family found
out about the stolen money. On
returning to the manor, the rat
trap seller had already gone on his
way.
 However, he did leave behind a
Christmas present for the
daughter - the thirty kronor to
return to the man in the cottage
by the roadside, as written by him
in a letter with it; Because he was
treated with respect, he returned
the respect.

10. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Question 1: Where has the story been set up?
a) Jewellery shops
b) Forests of Sweden
c) Roads of Sweden
d) Mines of Sweden
Answer: D
Question 2:The peddler's rattraps were made of
(a) wood
(b) aluminium
(c) wire
(d) plastic
Answer: C

11. Question 3:The peddler entered the gate of the iron mill with the
intention of
(a) asking for food
(b) meeting the master smith
(c) shelter from rain and cold
(d) chatting with his friends
Answer: C
Question 4: Why did Elda bring the
Peddler to her house for Christmas
cheer?
a) because she knew him
b) he was very funny
c) he was good looking
d) because of his resemblance to her
father's old friend
Answer: D

12. Question 5:Why did the Peddler not reveal his true identity?
(a) Because of fear
(b) He didn't want to hurt them
(c) In the greed of getting money
(d) None of these
Answer: C
Question 6: What is the message of the
story?
a) Love and kindness are powerful
reformers.
b) Kindness is powerless
c) kindness encourages thieves
d) thieves need reprimand
Answer : A

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