Shere Khan

This incarnation of Shere Khan is far more ruthless, manipulative, cold, and monstrous than his original counterpart. He is much less affable and polite than his original counterpart and is actually shown killing both a man and animal whereas his original counterpart never killed anyone (at least not on screen). Like all of his past counterparts, Shere Khan possesses an immense and irrepressible hatred for humanity. Shere Khan at first sight pretends to rescind the law of the jungle by demanding that Mowgli leave the jungle. However, his methods are not honorable as he's willing to use this same law for all the animals, including the pack, to turn against Mowgli when Mowgli wanted to use a burning pelt against the tiger. He also criticizes Akela and the wolves for protecting Mowgli under their care as it goes against the law and sought out to drag Mowgli back into the jungle so that he may kill him himself, despite the man-cub having already left the jungle. Ultimately, this shows that Shere Khan is a spiteful hypocrite that's willing to twist his rule when he sees fit. This is further made clear when Raksha calls him out for hunting for pleasure and killing for power, as he simply puts his grim smile instead of trying to defend himself and his point of view. Even further proof of this is how he's (indirectly) responsible for Mowgli haphazardly setting the jungle on fire, showing that this point, he no longer cares about upholding the jungle's laws, much less protecting the jungle itself or its inhabitants, just proving that he is undeniably right about humankind.A despicable and ruthless individual, this tiger is known to hunt only for pleasure, to inspire fear, killing for power and to make anyone who dares to stand up to him suffer. This can be seen when he kills Akela for not doing what he says or trying to turn the cubs against Raksha with a mix of history and manipulation. The terrible reputation of Shere Khan is enough that all the animals present during the truce shrink back in fear with each step of the tiger. He is utterly violent, bloodthirsty, and savage, so he mostly enjoys antagonizing and harassing Mowgli by not only gloating about him being a human but also gloating about his father's death as well as Akela's demise. He is attempting to make Mowgli afraid of him, and he briefly succeeds, but it does prove that the fear of him is what gives him the stage and the power to control the animals in the jungle. As Mowgli confronted him and said that he is no longer afraid of Shere Khan, he roared on him, most likely because this claim made him angrier as Mowgli is taunting him and his power. A similar thing happened earlier, when Raksha stood up to him and called him "burnt beast", Shere Khan furiously growled at her.

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