what is the superstition of the villagers in 'the night of the scorpions'?
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The poem shows the peoples' superstitious reactions: the peasants try to ―paralyse the Evil One‖ (the devil, ie the scorpion) the peasants believe that when the scorpion moves the poison in the mother's blood will move they hope that the pain is cleaning the mother from a sin in the past (―your previous birth‖) or a ...
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Night of the Scorpion explores the benign love of mother. Images are the interpretation of good and bad, rationalisn and superstition, intelligence and ignorance. Humane is seen through the words of mother the very image of love.
Developement in the mind of child is seen with the development of society. Father's helplessness is the helpness of the people in the society. Indian philosophy of birth and death is presentd here. Reference of ten hours and twenty hours again depecit the culture of indians who rely on time for all the acts and deed on life. The poem starts with dialobic act of the scorpion which is the christian faith of the author where the necessary for redemption of Jesus starts with
the committed sin of Adam and Eve who ate the forbitten fruit. Villagers chants which had no effect on the authors mother are like the words of prophets and messiah which has not effect on the human being the sinners of the earth. Suffering this world are like the wax applied on the authors mother that burns her along with the pain of the sting in her body.
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