Discuss the following question in detail and write the answers in your notebooks:
A person who is vain is full of self-importance and can only think of himself/herself and can go to great lengths to prove his/her superiority. Do you think Mrs. Packletide is vain? Give reasons in support of your answer.
Humans are innately greedy for power, superiority, limelight and the gaze of others. Mrs. Packeltide offered thousand rupees to the villagers to help her get an easy prey and to keep mum even after knowing her failure in shooting the tiger. She even settles for a paid witness to her tiger shooting. However, the plan goes wrong and she had to bribe Miss Mebbin, the opportunist witness to not let out the news to the public. Miss Mebbin, finding the situation suitable goes to the extent of blackmailing Mrs. Packeltide in procuring a cottage from her.
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