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PPT Night of the Scorpion

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Mamatha Dheer

- The poem describes a childhood experience where the poet's mother was stung by a scorpion that had taken shelter beneath a sack of rice due to heavy rain. - The villagers came to the house to sympathize and believed that the mother's suffering from the scorpion's sting would burn away her sins from the past and lessen future misfortunes, showing their superstitious beliefs. - The poem depicts the superstitious environment and beliefs of rural India at the time, portraying it as a place of superstitions where insects are seen as monsters. It can be seen as satirizing some of the issues in Indian society through this portrayal.

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Born in Bombay to Jewish parents in 1924. He won the Akademi Award for a volume called Latter Day palms . He is credited with beginning the modernist movement in india. His first book, THE BAD DAY, appeared in1952. Some of his poems are in india , Enterprise,Goodbye party for Miss Pushpa T.S., The railway clerk, Case Study ,The Doctor
The poem opens with the poets reminiscence of a childhood experience. One night his mother was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours of steady rain had driven the scorpion to hide beneath a sack of rice. After inflicting unbearable pain upon the mother with a flash of its diabolic tail, the scorpion risked the rain again. The peasant folk of the village came like swarms of flies and express their sympathy. They believed that with every movement the scorpion made, the poison would move in mothers blood. So, with lighted candles and lanterns, they searched for him, but in vain. The villagers further opened the bundle of superstitions. They expressed that the mothers suffering and pain will burn away the sins of her past and decrease the misfortunes of future.
Characteristics of the Devil, which is disgracefully bad or unpleasant
A large or dense group of flying insects
SUPERSTITION MEANING Smashing a mirror Bring seven years of bad luck
SUPERSTITION MEANING Smashing a mirror Bring seven years of bad luck Cat crossing your path Considers as a bad omen Bathing in river Ganges Leads one to heaven
How is the scorpion portrayed in the poem by the villagers? The scorpion does not seem to be portrayed as any type of villain at first. It probably just stung the mother instinctively when it tried to hide beneath a sack of rice inorder to save itself from ten hours of steady rain. According to the villagers, the sting of the scorpion would burn away the sins of her past and decrease the misfortunes of future. Identify the theme of the poem and summarize your views on the environment created by the poet. The theme of the poem is an experience of a scorpion bite that was inflicted on the poets mother. The poem depicts the superstitions and beliefs and thereby a superstition ridden India where an insect is given monstrous image. It also carries Ezekiels satires against the many maladies affecting the Indian society.
Revise the entire poem at your home and compare the way in which the poet presents the different characters in Night of he Scorpion.

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PPT Night of the Scorpion

  • 2. Born in Bombay to Jewish parents in 1924. He won the Akademi Award for a volume called Latter Day palms . He is credited with beginning the modernist movement in india. His first book, THE BAD DAY, appeared in1952. Some of his poems are in india , Enterprise,Goodbye party for Miss Pushpa T.S., The railway clerk, Case Study ,The Doctor
  • 3. The poem opens with the poets reminiscence of a childhood experience. One night his mother was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours of steady rain had driven the scorpion to hide beneath a sack of rice. After inflicting unbearable pain upon the mother with a flash of its diabolic tail, the scorpion risked the rain again. The peasant folk of the village came like swarms of flies and express their sympathy. They believed that with every movement the scorpion made, the poison would move in mothers blood. So, with lighted candles and lanterns, they searched for him, but in vain. The villagers further opened the bundle of superstitions. They expressed that the mothers suffering and pain will burn away the sins of her past and decrease the misfortunes of future.
  • 4. Characteristics of the Devil, which is disgracefully bad or unpleasant
  • 5. A large or dense group of flying insects
  • 6. SUPERSTITION MEANING Smashing a mirror Bring seven years of bad luck
  • 7. SUPERSTITION MEANING Smashing a mirror Bring seven years of bad luck Cat crossing your path Considers as a bad omen Bathing in river Ganges Leads one to heaven
  • 8. How is the scorpion portrayed in the poem by the villagers? The scorpion does not seem to be portrayed as any type of villain at first. It probably just stung the mother instinctively when it tried to hide beneath a sack of rice inorder to save itself from ten hours of steady rain. According to the villagers, the sting of the scorpion would burn away the sins of her past and decrease the misfortunes of future. Identify the theme of the poem and summarize your views on the environment created by the poet. The theme of the poem is an experience of a scorpion bite that was inflicted on the poets mother. The poem depicts the superstitions and beliefs and thereby a superstition ridden India where an insect is given monstrous image. It also carries Ezekiels satires against the many maladies affecting the Indian society.
  • 9. Revise the entire poem at your home and compare the way in which the poet presents the different characters in Night of he Scorpion.