Nag In The Snake Analysis

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Nag is a snake in “Rikki-tikki-tavi” and the author is “Rudyard Kipling”. Nag is a big black hooded cobra. He has a circle symbol on his hood. Nag is the enemy of Rikki-tikki. Nag also has a wife “Nagana”. Nag in the story is big, creepy, and greedy.

Nag is a very big black cobra. In the story it said “Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail” (8). So in the story it said that he was five feet long. That is a big size for a snake. Plus Nagaina who is most likely to be the same size. Which means there are two giant snakes in the story.

Nag is also really creepy. In the story it said “One of our babies fell out of the nest yesterday and Nag

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