The author employs dramatic irony in The Tiger King by juxtaposing the Maharaja’s confidence in his ability to defy fate with the underlying truth that he is ultimately powerless against it. While the Maharaja believes he can control his destiny ...
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After the Maharaja kills the hundredth tiger, he sends for the astrologer to confirm that the prophecy has been disproved. However, the astrologer meets an ironic fate when he is later crushed by a falling wooden beam, which suggests that ...
The Maharaja prepares himself for the hundredth tiger, which is believed to decide his fate, with meticulous care and an air of superstition. He outfits himself with the best weaponry, ensures that his men are well-prepared, and even consults various ...
To find the required number of tigers to kill, the Maharaja resorts to unethical and reckless measures, including depleting the local tiger population by sending out his men to hunt them down. When the local tigers become scarce, he even ...
The royal infant, who later becomes the Tiger King, grows up to be a determined and impulsive ruler. Obsessed with proving his bravery, he takes up hunting tigers to assert his dominance and to counter a prophecy that predicts he ...