Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger.pptVIP

Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger ——Saki I. The Author Saki Italian Football Coach Author of the Text Saki (萨基), pseudonym (笔名) of Hector Hugh Munro (克托·休·芒罗 ), British author and journalist, wrote witty, satirical stories about pre-World War I British society. Major works: The Short stories of Saki《萨基短篇小说选》、 The Open Window《敞开的窗户》、 Dusk 《黄昏》 II. Organization of the Text 1. Setting of the story (Paragraphs 1- 2) 2. Big-game shooting (Paragraphs 3 – 13) 3. Aftermath of the shooting (Paragraphs 14 – 25) III. Analysis of the Text Main Characters: Mrs. Packletide、Loona Bimberton、 Miss Mebbin 、villages Main ideas: Loona Bimberton has recently traveled in a new-fangled airplane, piloted by an Algerian aviator, she has become the toast of British-occupied India. Mrs. Packletide, her greatest rival, cannot stand this. So she decides to shoot a tiger. Fortunately, she has enough money to accomplish almost anything she wishes, and she offers a reward of a thousand rupees(卢比) to anyone, who can assist her in reaching her goal. As it happens, a very elderly tiger, who is no longer able to chase down antelopes(羚羊) for supper, has taken to preying on the villages domesticated animals, and the villagers would like to get rid of him as much as Mrs. Packletide would like to bag him. Armed with a rifle, Mrs. Packletide, accompanied by her paid companion Miss Mebbin , waits through the night for the tiger to appear. At last the tiger is temped to come by the hanging goat on the tree. So Mrs. Packletide fires, and the tiger falls. When the smoke clears, however, it is apparent that it was the goat that Mrs. Packletide shot; the tiger has died of a heart attack. The villagers will not give away Mrs. Packletides secret, for they are a thousand rupees richer. Mrs. Packletide assumes she can trust Louisa for the same reason. But Louisa, who seems to felt herself underpaid and underappreciated for some time, informs Mrs. Packletide that