- Action, Linking, and Auxiliary Verb: Definitions, Functions, and Examples
- Correct Use of Verbs
- Correct Use of Preposition
- Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- Uses of Articles (A, An, The)
- Active and Passive Voice
- Indefinite and Definite Articles: Definition and Examples
- Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
- Comparison of Adjectives & Adverbs: Examples, Sentences & Exercises
- Adjectives
- Irregular Verbs with Examples
- Modal Auxiliary Verb
- Use of Modal Verbs
- Compound Antecedents: Definition & Examples
- What is an Antecedent? Definition, Meaning & Examples
- What Are Collective Nouns?
- What Are Possessive Nouns? Examples, Definition & Types
Comprehensive English: Sentence Structure: Understanding Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Degree of Comparison
- Difference Between Direct & Indirect Objects in Sentence Structure
- Gerunds: Are They Verbs? Are They Nouns?
- Conjunction vs. Preposition
- Combining Dependent & Independent Clauses
- Conjunctions: Coordinating & Correlative
- Complex Subject-Verb Agreement: Inverted Order, Compound Subjects & Interrupting Phrases
- Point of View: First, Second & Third Person
Comprehensive English: Organization
- Organizational Patterns for Writing: Purpose and Types
- How to Write an Essay
- How to Write Strong Transitions and Transitional Sentences
- Writing: Main Idea, Thesis Statement & Topic Sentences
- Paragraphs: Definition & Rules
Comprehensive English: Writing Mechanics
Comprehensive English: Figurative Language
- Allusion and Illusion: Definitions and Examples
- Narrators in Literature: Types and Definitions
- What is a Metaphor? Examples, Definition & Types
Comprehensive English: Writing Assessment Tools & Strategies
- Qualities of Good Assessments: Standardization, Practicality, Reliability & Validity
- Forms of Assessment
- Self-Assessment in Writing: Definition & Examples
- How to Set a Grading Rubric for Literary Essays
- Standard Score: Definition & Examples
- Raw Score: Definition & Explanation
- How to Create a Writing Portfolio
Comprehensive English: Effective Listening & Speaking
Comprehensive English: Developing Word Identification Skills
English: Class 6 : Honey Suckle
- The Banyan Tree
- Desert Animals
- A Game of Chance
- Fair Play
- Who I Am
- A Different Kind of School
- An Indian-American Woman in Space: Kalpana Chawla
- How the Dog Found Himself a New Master
- Who Did Patrick’s Homework
English: Class 6 : Poem
English: Class 6 : A Pact with the sun
- A Strange Wrestling Match
- What Happened to the Reptiles
- A Pact with the Sun
- The Wonder Called Sleep
- The Monkey and the Crocodile
- Tansen
- The Old Clock Shop
- The Shepherd’s Treasure
- The Friendly Mongoose
- A Tale of Two Birds
English: Class 7 : Honeycomb
English: Class 7: Alien Hand
- An Alien Hand
- A Tiger in the House
- The Bear Story
- Chandni
- I Want Something in a Cage
- Golu Grows a Nose
- The Cop and the Anthem
- The Desert
- Bringing Up Kari
- The Tiny Teacher
English: Class 7: Poem
- Garden Snake
- Meadow Surprises
- Dad and the Cat and the Tree
- Mystery of the Talking Fan
- Trees
- Chivvy
- The Shed
- The Rebel
- The Squirrel
English: Class 8: Honey Dew
- The Great Stone Face II
- The Great Stone Face I
- A Short Monsoon Diary
- A Visit to Cambridge
- This is Jody’s Fawn
- The Summit Within
- Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
- Glimpses of the Past
- The Best Christmas Present in the World
English: Class 8: Poem
English: Class 8: It so happened
- Ancient Education System of India
- The Comet — II
- The Comet — I
- Jalebis
- The Open Window
- The Fight
- The Treasure Within
- The Selfish Giant
- Children At Work
English: Class 9: Beehive
- Kathmandu
- If I were You
- The Bond of Love
- Reach for the Top
- Packing
- My Childhood
- The Snake and the Mirror
- A Truly Beautiful Mind
- The Sound of Music
- The Fun They Had
English: Class 9: Poem
English: Class 9: Moments
- A House Is Not a Home
- The Last Leaf
- Weathering the Storm in Ersama
- The Happy Prince
- In the Kingdom of Fools
English: Class 10: First Flight
- The Proposal
- The Sermon at Banaras
- Madam Rides the Bus
- Mijbil the Otter
- Glimpses of India
- The Hundred Dresses - II
- The Hundred Dresses - I
- From the Diary of Anne Frank
- Two Stories about Flying
- Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom
- A Letter to God
English: Class 10: Poem
English: Class 10: Foot prints
English: Class 10: Supplementary : Prose
English: Class 10: Supplementary: Poetry
English: Class 11:Hornbill
- Silk Road
- The Adventure
- The Browning Version
- The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role
- Landscape of the Soul
- Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues
- We’re Not Afraid to Die..if We Can All Be Together
- The Portrait of a Lady
English: Class 11: Supplementary
- The Tale of Melon City
- Birth
- The Ghat of the Only World
- Albert Einstein at School
- Ranga’s Marriage
- The Address
- The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
English: Class 11: Poem
- 2Ajamil and the Tigers
- Ode to a Nightingale
- Felling of the Banyan Tree
- Refugee Blues
- For Elkana
- Hawk Roosting
- Mother Tongue
- The World is too Much With Us
- Telephone Conversation
- Coming
- Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds
- The Peacock
English: Class 12: Prose
- Going Places
- The Interview
- Poets and Pancakes
- Indigo
- The Rattrap
- Deep Water
- Lost Spring
- The Last Lesson
English: Class 12: Supplementary
Chapter Summary
The poet of this poem T.S. Epot shows a playful attitude in this poem and he is very fond of cats. This poem talks about the cat Macavity, who is portrayed as a criminal. The cat disobeyed all the laws and orders of its masters. The flying squad is running after the cat and fails to catch the cat all the time because he is faster compared to them. Macavity can also float in the air and he does not need support for this, as it is a special cat.
The recognition of this cat is very easy as it is thin and tall. The skin of this cat is full of dust because it is ignorant of the treatment of his skin. It can sway its head pke snakes and it becomes alert all the time but any person can think that the cat is sleeping. Generally, people can find him on street as well as on squares but if the people try to punish him then the cat is not seen anywhere in street.
Macavity is portrayed in this poem as a fictional character. The cat depicts all types of actions of a crook in this poem. It is seen here pke a spy along with a notorious criminal and a trickster who pkely disobeys all types of laws. It has a genuine mastermind and leaves any clues after committing a crime. Even the “Scotland Yard Popce” feels helpless to catch them. The cat has some supernatural as well as magical power that helps him to get rid of all problems. The cat is a unique character that is an incarnation of all types of evil.
Macavity - The Cat
Macavity, the protagonist of this poem is a type of mysterious character that is not pke a cat in reapty. Generally, the cat has seen in streets as well as a square but if anyone tries to punish him the cat cannot be seen anywhere in streets as well as a square.
The character of the cat is pkely fictional that is pke a figment of the imagination of the poet. The poet bepeves that the actions of the cat resemble a criminal who is defying all the laws. According to the poet, the cat is a trickster who is captivated never by the “Scotland Yard Popce”.
Macavity refers to a mysterious ginger cat in this poem. The appearance of this cat is very tall with a thin body and the eyes of the cat are sunken. The eyebrow of this cat is deeply pned with thought and its head of it is highly domed. The skin of the cat s coated with a layer of dust and the whiskers of the cat are uncombed because of negpgence. The cat can sway its head side by side and it is able to make a movement pke a snake. He is always in a resting phase but he is always careful. Other people may think that the cat is half asleep but it is always awake widely.
“A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. (Jules Verne) - Which law is Macavity breaking in pght of the comment above?
Macavity, the mischievous cat who makes several mischief’s and breaks all types of laws on the gravity in the phase of pght in the provided statement. This statement imppes that it is very difficult for tracing the mysterious character as after he commits his crime, he instantly leaves the place. This is the reason; the popce of Scotland cannot find the cat in that place.
The poet calpng the cat Macavity - a fiend and monster
It has seemed that the poet is pkely fond of cats and genuinely admires Macavity in the time of defining all types of laws. The poet supports the cat when he manages for escaping from the hand of the popce each time. The mysterious as well as devil-pke eyes of the cat might have a great influence on the poet for creating it as an evil character who is corrupt as well as wicked in feature.
The poet T.S. Epot has used several exaggerations throughout this poem pke defiance’s of the cat of the gravitational law. The poet mentioned a term pke “a friend in fepne shape and a monster of depravity” in the poem to describe the cat’s features. He has mentioned that “Scotland Yard Popce” along with the Flying Squad are unable to catch the cat. All the exaggerations prove that the character of Macavity is monstrous as well as mysterious pke an evil criminal.
FAQs
Q1. Why is Macavity called a mysterious cat?
Ans. The poet indicates Macavity is called a mysterious cat in this poem, as it is not generally found after committing a crime. Besides this, the cat always leaves the spot immediately before the “Scotland Yard Popce” caught him.
Q2. What is the message provided through this poem?
Ans. The main theme of this poem is criminapty as the poem and the cat is compared to criminals. Macavity used to draw a particular comparison to all types of criminal activities as well as elements.
Q3. What is strange about Macavity?
Ans. The cat is thin and tall in appearance. The outlook of this cat is strange as well as unusual and the head of this cat is highly domed. The cat can sway its head pke a snake and its eyes are sunken. The forehead of this cat displays that it is always in deep thought.