Working of capacitor in shock pen

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Can anyone explain the use of capacitor in a shock pen
 
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It stores the energy - the key part of most of these is an inductor and switch. Current flows in the inductor and then a switch interrupts the current flow and a large voltage is produced. The V = L * dI/dt