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The Peddler in the course of his wandering, suddenly thinks about the whole world as a big rattrap. Just as cheese and meat are baits in the rattrap, similarly the riches, joy, shelter and food that the world offers are baits to entrap and ensnare people.
Being an embittered man, shunned by everybody, these thoughts give тАШunwonted joyтАЩ to the tramp. He thinks of all the people around him who have fallen into the trap.The musings of the tramp do have an iota of truth in them. We are tempted by temptations, desires and needs.
We go all out to satisfy them. In this desire to amass and accumulate more and more, we are entrapped by the world. Just in case we do not get the things we want, we are plunged in despair and gloom. In this way the metaphor of the rattrap highlights the human predicament.