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The document discusses Selma Lagerlöf's story 'The Rattrap,' focusing on the transformation of the rattrap seller from a vagabond into a better person due to the kindness and understanding of Edla Willmansson. It highlights the themes of poverty, human connection, and the awakening of goodness within individuals. The narrative emphasizes how compassion can change lives and the importance of treating others with respect and generosity.
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- 1. The Rattrap Selma Lagerlöf Essentialgoodness in a human being can be awakened through understanding and love Akila’s English Class
- 2. A presentation On The Rattrap By Mrs.S. Akilandeswari PGT English DAV Public School Sreshtha Vihar, Delhi Akila’s English Class
- 3. Rattrap Seller ➢Poverty strickenlife • clothes in rags • sunken cheeks • hunger gleamed in his eyes ➢ Begging ➢ Petty thievery ➢ Making & selling rattraps ➢ Rattrap seller ➢Tramp ➢Vagabond ➢Stranger ➢Peddler Akila’s English Class
- 4. Entertaining thought ➢ thewhole world is a big rattrap with ❖ lands & seas ❖ cities & villages ➢ baits – ❖ riches ❖Joys ❖Shelter ❖Food ❖Heat ❖clothing Unwonted joy of Rattrap seller Akila’s English Class
- 5. ▪Lonely ▪Without wife orchildren ▪Welcomed rattrap seller ▪Shared supper of porridge ▪Shared tobacco ▪Played ‘mjölis’ ▪Generous with confidences too ➢Supported by his cow ➢Last month he got 30 kronor from creamery ➢Showed his guest where he kept the money Akila’s English Class
- 6. ➢ lost inbig & confusing forest ➢Strangely paths twisted & forth ➢Had been walking around the same part ➢The whole forest like impenetrable prison ➢Fooled & caught by the bait ➢Increased gloom & despair Akila’s English Class
- 7. ➢ a largeplant with ❖Smelter, ❖rolling mill ❖forge R A M S J Ö I R O N W O R K s Akila’s English Class
- 8. ❖Rolling is aprocess in which metal is passed through one or more pairs of rolls to reduce the thickness and to make the thickness uniform. The concept is similar to the rolling of dough. ❖Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore in order to extract a base metal. ❖Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal. The blows are delivered with hammer (often a power hammer). R A M S J Ö I R O N W O R K s Akila’s English Class
- 9. R A M S J Ö I R O N W O R K s Shovelling charcoal into themaw of the furnace Big bellows Akila’s English Class
- 10. Ironmaster arrives atthe mill Mistakes the tramp to be his regimental comrade Nils Olof Invited him to his manor house Vagabond refused, thinking that it would be like voluntarily throwing himself into the lion’s den, worried about the thirty Kronor Akila’s English Class
- 11. Edla Willmansson arrives ina carriage Akila’s English Class
- 12. He is afraid.He has stolen something or he has escaped from jail Akila’s English Class
- 13. I am sorry,Captain that you are having a hard time. Please stay with us over Christmas Eve. You will be allowed to leave us just freely as you came. Her friendly manner, gave confidence to rattrap peddler Akila’s English Class
- 14. The stranger wasnow truly clean and well dressed. The valet had bathed him, cut his hair and shaved him. He was dressed in good looking clothes of the ironmaster. I might have made a mistake Akila’s English Class
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- 16. He walks alonethe whole year, always afraid of being arrested He Is not welcome anywhere. I would like him to enjoy a day – just one day the whole year. I only hope you won’t have to regret this. Akila’s English Class
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- 20. Character Trait Supportfrom text Name of the character Physical appearance Adjectives Adjectives Akila’s English Class
- 21. Edla Willmansson ▪not atall pretty, but modest and quite shy ▪exceptionally kind ▪wise and perceptive ▪Observant, great judge of human character ▪She displays maturity and grace ▪She is kind, gentle and hospitable ▪Despite her knowledge about the peddler's intention, she treats him with respect and feeds him well ▪she feels it was unethical to send a guest away as he had been promised Christmas cheer ▪He was able to rise to the level of 'Captain' leaving his temptations aside just because he did not want to let her as well as himself down. ▪She is able to awaken goodness in the peddler's heart by showing understanding and love ▪Her kindness and caring nature transformed the unscrupulous vagabond into a good human being ▪She is the most positive figure in the story, and her compassion and generosity are the reason for the peddler’s transformation. Akila’s English Class
- 22. Ironmaster ▪Rich ▪Owner of alarge iron factory named Ramsjö Ironwork ▪Greatest ambition was to ship out good iron to the market ▪kind hearted and friendly, was in the military in his younger days ▪Not very observant ▪Not a good judge of character ▪when he mistakes the rattrap seller as his old friend, he tried to help him ▪ He did not insult him because of his worn out condition, ▪He took him to his own house and cared for him ▪ When he realized his mistake he was angry with the poor man ▪wanted to throw him out of his house ▪Nevertheless, on his daughter’s request, he behaved nicely with him. Akila’s English Class
- 23. ▪poor vagabond ▪wearing shabbyragged clothes ▪sold rattraps to earn a very meager livelihood ▪At times he resorted to petty thievery ▪He considered the entire world as a big rattrap & all men and women as rats - vulnerable to be trapped by various types of baits ▪Philosophises people’s existence in the rattrap ▪He himself got trapped in this rattrap when he stole thirty kronors of the old crofter ▪There was some goodness left in him that was brought to surface by kind Edla ▪ At the end he transformed himself and returned the stolen money to the crofter through Edla ▪Gives back what he gets Rattrap Peddler Akila’s English Class
- 24. Old Crofter ▪The Crofteris an old man who lets the peddler spend the night at his house ▪lonely and glad to have company ▪provides the peddler with food, tobacco, and conversation ▪ He used to be a crofter (someone who rents and works a small farm) at Ramsjö Ironworks ▪now survives by selling the milk from his “extraordinary” cow. ▪The old Crofter is kind and generous ▪ The peddler repays his generosity by stealing thirty kronors from him after the crofter shows him where he keeps the money. Akila’s English Class
- 25. Comparison between Ironmasterand his daughter Edla Willmansson Ironmaster Edla Willmansson Akila’s English Class
- 26. Thus the essentialgoodness in a human being (rattrap peddler) was awakened through understanding and love of Edla Willmansson. He was able to redeem himself. Akila’s English Class