In “The Tiger King,” the author uses irony as a central literary device to build humor and critique human arrogance. The Maharaja’s relentless efforts to kill 100 tigers to defy a prophecy are ironic, as he believes he can control ...
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The story “The Tiger King” is primarily a satire on the absurdity of absolute power, arrogance, and the futility of human attempts to control fate. Through the Maharaja’s obsessive pursuit of killing 100 tigers to defy a prophecy, the story ...
After realizing that the 100th tiger was still alive, the hunters quickly took action to make sure the Maharaja’s mission was fulfilled. They decided to kill the tiger themselves in order to present it as the 100th kill. However, to ...
After the Maharaja left, the hunters made a surprising discovery about the 100th tiger. They found that the tiger was not dead, but had been lying motionless due to old age and weakness. The tiger had neither the strength nor ...
The Maharaja insisted on personally killing the 100th tiger because he was determined to defy the prophecy that foretold his death at the hands of a tiger. Having already killed 99 tigers, he believed that only by personally hunting the ...