Question

what was the death blow given by the farmer to his wife in the lesson the farmer's wife

Answer 1

Write an editorial letter to a famous local news paper about the dowry system

Answer 2

The sudden suicide of the farmer has taken the wife aback as she has never thought this would happen. The farmer has given the death blow to his wife by taking poison and forgetting his position as a husband. He also forgot about his responsibility to his children.

Now the wife is all alone and mourning. She has go through the wreckage the farmer left behind. It is the pain and betrayal that is the death blow.