" pride goes before a fall " justify the statement on basis of the chapter mrs packletides tiger

Packletide was like- "Oh I killed the tiger"
Then Miss Mebbin said Nooooo you killed the goat
Packletide got burnt which was her fall...
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Pride is bound to meet frustration and dejection. Life is a glorious gift meant to be pursued higher pursuits such as self-improvement, self-actualization, and serving the suffering humankind. Where is the time for vain pursuits in such a competitive world? But 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 vain people is the character of Mrs Packletide in the story Mrs Packletide's tiger by Saki. We see how her vain ambition of outshining 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 vain people like her don't get anything useful in their lives; their vain endeavours bear no sweet fruit. On the contrary, they have to bear loss on all fronts. So vanity is to be got rid of our character. In its place, some ethics and moral values should be nurtured.

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Wise men have rightly said, 'Pride goes before a fall.' Similarly vanity, like pride is bound to meet frustration and dejection. Life is a glorious gift meant to be pursued for higher pursuits such as self-improvement, self-actualization, and serving the suffering humankind. Where is the time for vain pursuits in such a competitive world? But 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 vain people is the character of Mrs. Packletide in the story Mrs. Packletide's tiger by saki. We see how her vain ambition of outshining 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 vain people like her don't get anything useful in their lives; their vain endeavours bear no sweet fruit. On the contrary they have to bear loss on all fronts. So vanity is to be got rid of our character. In its place some ethics and moral values should be nurtured.
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Pride goes before a fall. Nobody likes the people who are too proud of their own abilities. But in today's world, everyone seems to be in their own egoistic world. As we also saw in the fiction "Mrs. Packletide's Tiger". Mrs. Packletide planned to hunt a tiger and had to bear severe expenses which came along the plan of hunting. All of this she did just to outshine her rival Loona Bimberton and to show off. THIS SHOWS THAT WHAT KIND OF A PRIDE WOMEN SHE WAS. In the end though, she had a dead tiger in possession but still she couldn't fulfill her desire to hunt the tiger as the tiger died of the loud report of rifle and not the rifle. Hence, it is quite wisely said that, PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL!!!
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Pride goes before a fall. Nobody likes the people who are too proud of their own abilities. But in today's world, everyone seems to be in their own egoistic world. As we also saw in the fiction "Mrs. Packletide's Tiger". Mrs. Packletide planned to hunt a tiger and had to bear severe expenses which came along the plan of hunting. All of this she did just to outshine her rival Loona Bimberton and to show off. THIS SHOWS THAT WHAT KIND OF A PRIDE WOMEN SHE WAS. In the end though, she had a dead tiger in possession but still she couldn't fulfill her desire to hunt the tiger as the tiger died of the loud report of rifle and not the rifle. Hence, it is quite wisely said that, PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL!!
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Mrs. Packletide was a jealous and materialistic lady. She was been portrayed as envious and?vain. The statement 'fake pride ends up in misery' fits on her character. She belong to upper class society where people try to show off and consequently, become subjects of mockery. In this story Mrs. Packletide wanted to overshadow Loona Bimberton who talked of nothing else but her recent travel in an aeroplane by an Algerian Aviator. She decided to kill a tiger just to satisfy her vanity. She offered thousand rupees to the villagers to arrange the shooting of a tiger where less risk or exertion is arranged. The villagers readily agreed to help her. The night arrived when the killing was to be done.? A goat was tethered to a tree to act as a bait. They waited for sometime and then they saw a tiger approaching the goat. Mrs. Packletide aimed at him?and fired. Both, the goat and the tiger fell down. Miss Mebbin noticed that the mortal wound was on the goat and the tiger had died of heart failure. She told Miss Mebbin that Loona Bimberton would be too happy to know, about this fact. Mrs. Packletide got the point. She realised that she had to do something so that Miss Mebbin didn't?give her away. She bought her a weekend cottage at Darking. She had to face financial losses and in the end gave up hunting as 'incidental expenses' were too heavy. It was only her pride to show others her superiority that led to financial loss. Thus, the statement 'pride goes before a fall' is justified.
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