✨ The Rattrap – Story of Temptation and Redemption | NCERT Class 12 English Chapter 4 (Part 1)

In NCERT Class 12 English Chapter 4 – The Rattrap (Part 1), written by Selma Lagerlöf, the story unfolds with a poor peddler who sells rattraps made of wire. He lives a life full of poverty and loneliness, believing that the entire world is like a rattrap — full of temptations like wealth and pleasure that trap human beings. Step by step, this part beautifully explains how the peddler wanders through forests, faces rejection, and finally finds shelter with an old crofter. The crofter’s kindness and the money he shows become the test of the peddler’s moral character. Temptation leads him to steal the money, but soon guilt and fear make him realize that he has fallen into the very “rattrap” he often spoke of. This part of the chapter highlights themes of greed, kindness, and redemption, showing how a man trapped in his own wrongdoings begins to change through self-realization. By Shaheen PCME #TheRattrap #Class12English #FlamingoChapter4 #NcertEnglish #ShaheenPCME #EnglishLiterature