Summary and Question Answers - The Tiger King Video Lecture - Class 12

hi students my name is Ruchika CBSE
class 12th book vistas the Tiger king by
Kalki I tell you about the author
summary of the lesson difficult words
important questions
Ramaswamy a year Krishnamurti who wrote
under the pen name
Kalki he was a Thamud writer journalist
poet critic and Indian independence
activist
he wrote 120 short stories and novels
five novels three historical romances
editorials and political writings and
hundreds of film and music reviews
summary of the tiger King it is a story
of a king Jung Jung Bahadur of Pratibha
in the Purim who was a brave warrior
whose death had been predicted when he
was born
the chief astrologer in his court had
predicted as the royal child was born in
the are of the bull the tiger being its
enemy death would come to the child by a
tiger the brave Prince asked all the
Tigers in his kingdom to be aware of him
and he came to be known as the tiger
King this story was considered to be a
rumor in the kingdom but after looking
at the events that happened subsequently
it can be concluded to be true the
Prince became king at the age of 20 and
considering killing a cow in
self-defense also to be lawful he went
on a tiger killing spree he was warned
by the astrologer that he had danger
from the hundredth Tiger that he
encountered as all the Tigers in
his kingdom had been killed still he had
to kill more of them so he married into
a state which had a high population of
tigers as he killed 99 Tigers he was
desperate seeking the next hunt fearing
the Kings harshness his minister planted
an old tiger in the forest for the king
to kill here you can see the author has
used satire in the words wandered into
the Maharajah's presence and stood as if
in humble supplication these words are
used for the old tiger that indicate
that the tiger had understood the Kings
vow and gave into it he begged the King
to kill it and fulfill his vow it shows
the pride of the king the King fired at
the tiger but it escaped the bullet
miraculously the Royal hunters feared
the king and so they did not inform him
rather they killed the tiger themselves
the king being satisfied that he had
evaded death and fulfilled his vow
celebrated his son's third birthday as a
gift he got a wooden tiger for his son
although the toy Tiger was poorly done
the shopkeeper sold it to the King at a
high price because he feared punishment
under the rules of emergency as both the
king and his son were playing with the
tiger one of the thin pieces of wood
that were erupting out of the toy like
feathers pierced the Kings right hand
the wound became infectious it was full
of pus and it spread through his arm and
as he was being operated upon for it he
died so here we can see that ironically
the hundred Tiger killed the king indeed
and eventually took its revenge a tiger
which was a wooden toy and not made of
blood and flesh but finally it was a
tiger who killed the king and so the
prediction of the astrologer has been
proved to be true difficult words in the
chapter Stuka which has been used here
it is a German dye bomba and ground
attack aircraft we can also call it a
fighter plane indomitable means someone
who is unbeatable
sore is a wound the lines in the lesson
the Tiger king has reached that final
abode of all living creatures implies
that the tiger King has died transfixed
is to become motionless in astonishment
stupefaction is the feeling of
senselessness rife is something which is
widespread quake means shaken hindsight
means understanding an event after it
has happened
separating means to swell up and full of
pus tuft is a bunch of hair which is
kept by the men at the back of their
head incoherent means confused
Proclamation is a formal announcement
made by the king Fling means to throw
confiscate is to take away with
authority the RAI is Tamil word for
chief or leader the Liberation's
means stalks the rice Ani here in the
text is used to indicate the wife of the
British officer harakiri is a ritual
suicide practiced by the samurai in
Japan brandishing means waving as a
threat or in excitement
shuddering means trembling
means to murmur continuously anxiety is
uneasiness or strong desire fever pitch
is something which reaches extremity
London Lee means baselessly flout is
disregard or diss obey obstinacy means
being stubborn alarmingly is rapidly
discontented means unhappy catastrophic
is extremely disastrous satyagraha means
Mahatma Gandhi's way of political
resistance humble means to feel modest
supplication is the act of appeal for
something elation means to be overjoyed
bafflement is confusion slivers are thin
pieces quills are feathers important
questions from the chapter the story is
a satire on the conceit of those in
power how does the author employ the
literary device of dramatic irony in the
story the answer to this question is the
king was full of pride he thought he
could achieve anything even overpower
death he tried to prove the predictions
of the Royal astrologer false he
predicted that for the king by a tiger
as the King killed one
the astrologer cautioned him as the
hundredth Tiger that he came across
ironically the King killed the hundred
tiger also and overpowered death but as
it was destined to be the tiger escaped
the bullet miraculously he had killed
ferocious Tigers of flesh and blood but
his satirical death came by a wooden toy
tiger which he had got as a birthday
gift for his son a tiny piece of wood
from the toy wounded the
Kings hand and finally killed him this
was an unexpected end of the mighty
Maharajah
the tiger king the next question is what
is the author's indirect comment on
subjecting innocent animals to the
willfulness of human beings the answer
is the author is indicating that the
king being mighty killed so many
innocent animals merely to prove the
astrologer wrong or to overcome his fear
without realizing the severity of his
actions he did not accept destiny which
has its own ways as death finally struck
upon him by a lifeless wooden tiger the
next question how would you describe the
behavior of the Maharajah's minions
towards him
do you find them truly sincere towards
him or are they driven by fear when they
obey Him do we find a similarity in
today's political order the answer is
they feared him and so were not sincere
towards him the instances from the
chapter first
the astrologer was initially reluctant
to predict the Kings future it was when
the king asked him to speak without fear
that he spoke the next one the minister
did not advise the King not to kill so
many innocent animals rather he searched
for a kingdom with a high population of
tigers for the King to kill the next
instance is the Royal hunters did not
inform the king about the hundred tiger
being alive as they feared losing their
job another instance the shopkeeper sold
the toy tiger to the king at a high
price because he feared punishment thank
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