The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
The story definitely is the satire on the conceit of those in power. From the very beginning the king known to be an extremely conceited person. When he was 10 days old he suddenly spoke “let the tiger beware” and challenged the prediction of the astrologer. When he grew up he killed all the tigers in his village and later he married a princess of another village which had most number of tigers so that he could kill 100 tigers. He gave 50 rings to foreigner to show his power of money and richness. He killed 99 tigers in actual because 100th tiger was killed by the sound of the fire of bullet but he thought he killed 100th tiger and started celebrating. However, the astrologer’s prediction stood vindicated as the king was killed by a wooden tiger as a small sliver of wooden tiger pricked in his hand.
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