Who was the poor peddler?
Answer. The peddler was a very poor man who earned his living by selling rattraps he made himself from the materials he got by begging. His mind, thus, was always preoccupied with rattraps. One day, he suddenly thought of the whole world was a big rattrap.Who is the peddler in the rattrap?
The peddler was a beggar who led a nomadic way of life. He was quite imaginative. He wore rags, had sunken cheeks, and his eyes gleamed from hunger. He roamed around the town selling wire rattraps that he made himself.Who was the peddler in the play?
The rattrap peddler was a tall man who had his own, imagination and meditation. Instead of flowing some goodness in him, he had the human weakness of petty thievery and begging to keep his body and soul together. He wore rags and hunger gleamed in his eyes. He went round selling self-made small rattrape of wire.Who was the peddler what did he sell and how did he make them?
Answer: "The peddler sold small rattraps made of wire. He made them himself. He got the material by begging in the stores or at the big farms."Who is the stranger in the rattrap?
The protagonist and central character of the story is an unnamed man who lives as a tramp wandering the countryside and selling rattraps, which he makes out of wire in his spare time.The Poor Peddler
Who did he mistake the stranger as?
The ironmaster saw the stranger in the uncertain light of the furnace and mistook him for his old regimental comrade. He said that it was a mistake on his part to have resigned from the regiment. If he had been in service at that time, it would never have happened. He asked the stranger to go home with him.How did the peddler look?
He was a man with a long beard, dirty, ragged, and with a bunch of rattraps dangling on his chest. His clothes were in rags, his cheeks were sunken, and hunger gleamed in his eyes. No, he looked like the way people of his type usually did. Was this answer helpful?How did the peddler earn a living?
Answer: The peddler earned his livelihood by selling small rattraps of wire, which he used to make himself from the material got by begging in the stores or at big farms. But this was not so profitable, so he had to beg or even steal.How did the peddler survive?
He made rattraps of wire and went around selling them. He got material for making them by begging in the big stores or at big farms. Since his business was not quite profitable, he would beg or steal in order to survive. Was this answer helpful?Why did the peddler steal money?
Answer: The peddler stole the money from the old crofter because basically he was a thief. He believed that one should steal from others because others were indifferent to his needs. The old crofter had shown him the money and this gave enough temptation to steal the money and be off with it.What was the name of the peddler?
Peddlers have been known since antiquity. They were known by a variety of names throughout the ages, including Arabber, hawker, costermonger (English), chapman (medieval English), huckster, itinerant vendor or street vendor.What was the bait for the peddler?
It offered riches and joys, shelter and food, heat and clothing in the same manner as the rattrap offered cheese and pork. As soon as someone let himself be tempted to touch the bait, it closed in on him, and then everything came to an end. Answer: MONEY worked as a bait for the peddler.What did the peddler steal?
The rattrap peddler was tempted by the thirty kronors he had seen in the leather pouch of the old crofter. He returned half an hour later smashed a window pane stuck in his hand and got hold of the pouch. He took out the money and thrust it into his own pocket. Thus he robbed the old crofter.Was the peddler really a captain?
The peddler signed himself as Captain von Stable because Edla had treated him like a captain. He also mentioned that had he not declared himself as a captain, he would have been part of the rattrap.How did peddler change himself?
He had no friend to steer him on the right path. Though the crofter was hospitable to him and even the ironmaster had almost offered him help, they failed to leave any impact on him. It was Edla who, through her genuine care and understanding, was finally able to change the peddler for the better.Why was the peddler afraid?
Rat trap peddler afraid to walk on the highway because of the money- in his pocket. He had afraid to steal the money on the public highway. So, it was not safe to walk on the public highway.How did the peddler get trapped?
The peddler was trapped in the trap of his poverty, loneliness and desperation. After stealing the money, he got hopelessly lost in the forest and felt that the forest was closing in on him like a trap does around a rat! The money had been a bait that had fooled him onto falling into a trap.Why did the peddler leave a Christmas gift for EDLA?
Edla's hospitality and kindness transformed the peddler completely. He decided to mend his wrong ways and return the thirty kronors that he had stolen. So he wrapped the notes and a rattrap in a package and left them with a note addressed to Edla. Was this answer helpful?What type of life did the peddler lead?
The peddler was a man who went around selling his self-made small rattraps of wire. He was leading a hard, monotonous, dull and lonely life of a vagabond.What was the peddler mistaken as?
The poor peddler got invited to the ironmaster's house in the first place because he was mistaken as a Captain. Even though his true identity was eventually revealed, he was still treated with the same respect as a Captain by the ironmaster and his daughter.Why did the peddler sing?
Complete answer:As Captain von Stable, the peddler signed himself because Edla had regarded him as though he was a captain. He continued that he was a rat that would have been trapped in the rattrap of this planet if he had not been elevated to captain, so he had the ability to clear himself in that manner.