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The Rattrap

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The man selling rattraps is referred to by many terms such as ‘peddler stranger’, etc. Pick out all such references to him. What does each of these labels indicate of the context or the attitude of the people around him.

Solution

The man selling the rattraps is referred to by many terms in the story text. They are given below along with the context of the attitude of the people around him :

No.	Terms	:	ContexllAttitude
1.	a man	:	story about a man
2.	a vagabond	:	a worthless fellow-wanderer.
3.	Stranger	:	He was a stranger for the roadside cottage owner.
4.	Guest	:	The owner of the cottage treated and amused him as a guest.
5.	The other man	:	The roadside cottage owner had no wife or a child. So that night there was also ‘the other man’ in the cottage.
6.	Rattrap peddler	:	For people he was a travelling hawker selling his rattraps–so a ‘peddler’.
7.	The tramp	:	a vagrant like such others often stay at the mill.
8.	Tall raggmuffin	:	He was a tall ragged mean fellow the ironmaster carefully noted.
9.	Old acquaintance	:	The ironmaster thought the tall ragmuffin at the forge was his ‘old acquaintance.’
10.	Old regimental comrade	:	an old companion from the army unit of the ironmaster.
11.	Nils Olof (or Captain von Stahle)	:	The ironmaster thought he was his old army regiment companion with this name and rank.

Some More Questions From The Rattrap Chapter

Why was he amused by the idea?

Did the peddler expect the kind of hospitality that he received from the crofter?

Why was the crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler?

Why did he show the thirty kronor to the peddler?

Did the peddler respect the confidence reposed in him by the crofter?

Or

How did the peddler betray the confidence reposed in him by the Crofter in the rattrap?

What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into a rattrap?

Why did the ironmaster speak kindly to the peddler and invite him home?

Why did the peddler decline the invitation?

What made the peddler accept Edla Willmansson’s invitation?
Or

Having rejected the ironmaster’s invitation. Why did the peddler accept the one extended by his daughter?

What doubts did Edla have about the peddler?

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