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Why does Rikki-Tikki not destroy the last Cobra egg?
Rikki-tikki realizes that if Nag and Nagaina’s eggs are allowed to hatch, then cobras will continue their reign of terror in this part of the world. As Rikki-tikki is determined to protect his human family at all costs, he simply cannot allow this to happen.
What does Rikki-Tikki do with Nagaina’s last egg?
Riki knows that he needs to kill Nag and Nagaina. What conflict did Rikki face and what did he decided to do? Rikki-Tikki bites Nagaina and follows her into the hole and kills her and destroy the last egg, but all the other animals think that Rikki will surely die.
How does Rikki-Tikki Tavi decision to destroy Nagaina’s eggs contribute to the story?
Rikki-tikki’s decision to destroy Nagaina’s eggs contributes to the story by driving the action forward towards the main conflict and ensuring that there will be no more cobras in the garden, at least in the immediate future. The destruction of the eggs leads to the final conflict between Rikki-tikki and Nagaina.
What stops Rikki from killing the last egg?
Rikki tells Nagaina that he is not going to spare her egg and he will kill her. The mongoose is the natural enemy of the snake.
Why does Rikki-Tikki decide to smash all but one cobra egg?
At the climax of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” Rikki-Tikki has killed Nag and destroyed most of Nagaina’ eggs. He realizes that “cobra’s eggs meant young cobras later on.” Then he needs to kill Nagaina and crush the one last egg in order for everyone to be safe.
Why did Rikki get mad at Darzee?
I will begin by summarizing the main ideas in lines 1–14. I meet the main character (Rikki-tikki-tavi) and find out how he came to live with Teddy’s family. I read in lines 16–19 that two birds, Darzee and his wife, are upset. They are upset because a snake named Nag ate one of their babies.
Why do you suppose Rikki-tikki does not want Darzee to sing of Nag’s defeat What does this show you about Rikki-tikki’s growth as a mongoose?
Why do you think Rikki-tikki does not want Darzee to sing of Nag’s defeat and how does this show his growth as a mongoose? Nagaina may hear and come to him. This shows how he has more knowledge of when and when not to fight. She goes back to her hole, but along the way Rikki-tikki bites her and holds on.
Why was Nagaina killed by Rikki Tikki Tavi?
Yet despite her irredeemable villainy, she’s still given understandable motives in the form of her eggs: a family of her own which she and Nag wish to raise. That causes Nagaina to attempt a retreat with the egg into her cobra hole in the story’s climax, which seals her fate; Rikki-tikki kills her, thus restoring justice and order to the garden.
Where is the egg in Rikki Tikki Tavi?
The egg sits between Rikki-tikki’s paws as he engages with Nagaina. She strikes again and again, but he ducks aside every time. He forgets about the… (full context)
Which is more dangerous, fighting NAG or Rikki?
If Rikki-tikki had only known, he was doing a much more dangerous thing than fighting Nag, for Karait is so small, and can turn so quickly, that unless Rikki bit him close to the back of the head, he would get the return stroke in his eye or his lip. But Rikki did not know.
Why did Nag bite Nagaina on the back?
He came down almost across her back, and if he had been an old mongoose he would have known that then was the time to break her back with one bite; but he was afraid of the terrible lashing return stroke of the cobra. He bit, indeed, but did not bite long enough, and he jumped clear of the whisking tail, leaving Nagaina torn and angry.