What is great theme of the …

   Previous QuestionNext Question Question : What is the theme of the story ‘The Rattrap’ ? How has this theme been developed? Answer : The theme of the story is that most human beings are prone to fall into the trap of material benefit. However every human being has an essential goodness that can be awakened through understanding and love. A human being has the tendency to redeem himself from dishonest ways. The theme is developed with the help of the metaphor of the rattrap. The peddler of rattraps calls the world a big rattrap. The material benefits like riches and joys shelter and food heat and clothing are temptations that that allure a person to fall into the rattrap of the world exactly as the bait of cheese and pork attract a rat to fall into the rattrap. Once someone takes the bait the world closes in on him and then everything is lost.The peddler is tempted by the thirty kronors of the old crofter. He steals the money. Now he is afraid of being caught and moves through the woods. It is the kind sympathetic loving and generous treatment given by Edla Willmansson that helps him get himself free from the rattrap of the world.

The essential goodness in a man can be awakened through understanding and love . Further which can help him to escape from rattrap ( the world ).