Question

What steps should have been taken to lessen the suffering of the
speaker's mother? Were the steps taken? What does this suggest?

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

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. This suggests that the peasants and the people there were illiterate and superstitious which were prove d by their reactions and ways of curing the poets mother.