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Why did the peddler consider the world as a rattrap?
Why did the peddler consider the world as a rattrap?
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Explain metaphors or symbolic ideas with clarity and examples from the text.
Updated On: Nov 7, 2025
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The peddler considered the world a rattrap because it offered materialistic temptations, like cheese in a rattrap, to entangle people. He believed that greed and desires trapped humans, just as rats are trapped in a rattrap.
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