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Rikki-tikki-tavi. By: Rudyard Kipling. Characters. Rikki-tikki is a mongoose He is quick witted. Nag and Nagaina are Cobras They are cunning and wicked. Characters. Darzee and His Wife. Tailor Birds. Chuchundra.
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Rikki-tikki-tavi By: Rudyard Kipling
Characters • Rikki-tikki is a mongoose • He is quick witted
Nag and Nagaina are Cobras They are cunning and wicked Characters
Darzee and His Wife • Tailor Birds
Chuchundra • Muskrat who is so afraid he won’t go to the center of the room. He warns Rikki about the Cobras’ plan.
Karait- Snake • Small Snake paralyzed by Rikki’s bite and beaten by the Big Man with a stick.
Setting • This story takes place at a big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment in India. Late 1800’s • There is a large garden next to the house where Rikki-tikki battles Nag and Nagaina.
Conflict • Nag and Nagaina are trying to kill the family members. Rikki-tikki’s job is to protect the family. When the snakes attack Rikki-tikki tries to kill them.
Foreshadowing • This story foreshadows an event when Teddy’s mother says that she shudders to think of snakes being in the house and trying to kill Teddy.
Climax • The Climax of the story is when Rikki Tikki confronts Nagaina on the veranda before she bites Teddy.