Kaa is an enormous snake and the secondary antagonist in Disney's 1967 animated feature film, The Jungle Book.
Kaa
is a sly, devious Indian python that speaks with a soft, often
entrancing tone to either lure his victims into a weary, dreamlike state
or manipulate them into bestowing their trust, thus allowing him to
devour them unexpectedly. He furthers this by the use of his iconic
ability to hypnotize his prey with his eyes, rendering them enchanted
and under his command. A powerful and dangerous ability, Kaa is a feared
member of the jungle, as evidenced by his interaction with the often
composed and fearless Bagheera. Such fear, however, does not resonate
with the unofficial ruler of the jungle, Shere Khan the tiger. Kaa holds
a disliking for Khan, believing the act of killing for pleasure—as
opposed to survival—to be dishonorable. The two beasts are often at
odds, though Shere Khan views Kaa as an "eyes and ears" of the jungle,
relying on him to assist his quest in finding Mowgli at one point in the
film.
While not as cruel and bloodthirsty as Shere Khan, Kaa
is still a fairly villainous character. His first attempt to devour
Mowgli was a casual means to eat and survive, but over time, his goal to
eat the man-cub was mainly driven out of spite, evidenced by his lines
"Just you wait 'till I get you in my coils!" Furthermore, he is
perfectly willing to kill those who get in the way of his meals, as seen
when he sadistically hypnotized, and almost caused harm to Bagheera.
Though dangerous and cunning, Kaa is not without his faults, as he can be clumsy and easily sidetracked from his primary objective: to hypnotize and eat Mowgli. This results in his interactions with the man-cub to often end in humiliation to some degree.
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