In the poem 'Night of the scorpion' what difference do you find between the attitude of the poets father and the other villagers?answer in 50 words
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There was a lot of difference between the poet’s father’s attitude and the villagers’ attitude towards the condition if the mother.
The father was earnestly trying each and everything to relieve his wife of the pain. He had already tried every possible remedy and antidote against the scorpion bite but to no avail. So he also called the holy-man thinking he might cure the mother in pain. He even poured a little paraffin oil and lit a flame on the sting to kill the effect of the poison.
The villages reacted unscientifically to the scorpion bite. They gave their own superstitious, philosophical and religious interpretations for the incident. They believed the scorpion bite was universe’s plan to cure the mother of her previous birth sins. They believed it will purify her flesh and soul. They did nothing except philosophizing or lecturing. They just sat around the writhing mother and gave their opinions.