A. Answer these questions.
1. What made the scorpion hide behind the sack of rice?
2. Why according to the peasants was it imperative to find the scorpion
3. What steps should have been taken to lessen the suffering of the
speaker's mother? Were the steps taken? What does this suggest?
4. What kind of purification would the poison ensure, according to
the peasants?
5. How does the speaker describe the atmosphere in the room?
6. How does the speaker's father try to be helpful?
7. What quality of parenthood is conveyed in the last line of the poem?
8. Point out the images of light and darkness used by the poet. Is darkness
used as a metaphor here? Give reasons for your answer.
9. Quote a few words from the poem that suggest that it is set against a
village backdrop.
Answers
Ans 1) The heavy rain and storm outside the house have made the scorpion to hide behind sack of rice.
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Ans 2) According to the peasants it was imperative to find the scorpion to kill it because the more the scorpion moved the more the poison spread in mother's blood making it more painful for her. This shows the superstitious aspect of the peasants. Peasants had believed the poison of his mother's blood.
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Ans 3) The speaker's mother should have been taken to hospital. She should have been tied above her bitten toe so that the poison would not have moved to other parts of her body that caused a lot of pain and suffering. No, the steps were not taken.
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Ans 4) The villagers hoped that the poison would purify the mother's body of her desire and spirit of ambition. understanding that it was doing some good to both her body and her spirit brought peace on their faces.
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Ans 5) The speaker describes the atmosphere which makes the clouds unsteady and with its moist east wind blow,s upon the Heath making a sound.
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Ans 6) The speaker's father tried to save his wife by using powder mixture herbs and hybrid and even by pouring a little paraffin upon the bitten toe and put a match to it. This reflects to one of the village peasant saying May the sins of your previous birth be burned away tonight.
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Ans 7) A message has something to share, even if others don't care. If the poet does care, then he ought to prove that, in such a way that it gets noticed and regarded as being sincere. That doesn't mean using profane language, or about 20 exclamation marks for each poem. A message is not a mental massage.
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Ans 8) The imagery associated with this line exemplifies the magnitude of the seriousness of the injury. The tail is described as being "diabolic" (belonging to, or associated with, the Devil). The Devil brings pain, darkness, and typically exudes fear. The metaphoric language used here shows Ezekiel's deepest fears- that the Devil has come to injure his mother.
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Ans 9) The peasants, finally accepting the fate of the mother, try to put a positive spin on the situation by saying that even if the mother died, her next life (An Indian belief) would be less painful, as she atoning for her future sins by enduring this pain. After twenty hours, the poison loses its sting. A sign of her prevailing love and affection for her children is shown when she thanks God that she was stung and not her children.
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Hope this helps you❤️
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Answer:
Nurturing greenery in spaces used by people every day, for a more fulfilling life in harmony with nature.