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Complete the following table. Background/setting of the poem Type Evidence (Quote lines from the poem Rural/Urban ______________________ - English

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Complete the following table.

Background/setting of the poem
Type

Evidence

(Quote lines from the poem
Rural/Urban ______________________
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Solution

Background/setting of the poem.

type

Evidence (quote lines from the extract)

Rural/Urban

1) "The peasants came like swarms of flies'
(2) 'and buzzed the name of God a hundred times'.
(3) To paralyse the evil one'.
(4) With candles and with lanterns'
(5) on the mud-baked walls'
(6) His poison moved in Mother's blood, they said.
(7) "They sat around on the floor with my mother in the center.
(8) 'More candles, more lanterns'.
(9) groaning on a mat
(10) trying every curse and blessing powder. the mixture, herb, and hybrid.
(11) I watched the holy man perform his rites
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Night of the Scorpion
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Q 2. (a)
Chapter 3.1: Night of the Scorpion - English Workshop [Page 103]

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Chapter 3.1 Night of the Scorpion
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After reading the poem, complete the following. What happens? There are three main parts of the poem. Do you know what they are about? The first one is done for you.

Lines What is happening?
1-7 The scorpion comes into the home to escape the rain and stings the poet’s mother.
8-33  
34-48  

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From the poem provide evidence for the following:

Stages Evidence (lines from the poem)
(a) the attempts by the peasants to help alleviate the mother’s pain.  
(b) the action of these same peasants to kill the scorpion  
(c) the reaction of the rational father.  
(d) the various superstitions versus the ‘scientific’  
(e) evil versus good.  

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____________
___________		 (1) buzzed the name of God (1) fear
(2) ___________
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___________		 (2) Father pouring paraffin on the toe 2) ___________
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___________		 2) ___________

Read the following extract and complete the given activities:

A1. From the following extract of the poem provide evidence that it set in a rural background:

Evidence: 

  1. ______
  2. ______

With candles and with lanterns
throwing giant scorpion shadows
on the mud-baked walls
they searched for him; he was not found.
they clicked their tongues.
With every movement that the scorpion made his poison
moved in Mother’s blood, they said.

May he sit still, they said
May the sins of your previous birth
be burned away tonight, they said.
May your suffering decrease
the misfortunes of your next birth, they said.
May the sum of all evil
balanced in this unreal world
against the sum of good
become diminished by your pain.

A2. How did the peasants console the poet’s mother? (02)

A3. Pick out an example of Antithesis from the extract: (01)


Read the following extract and do the given activities.

A1. Match the following:

(1) Misfortunes mud-baked
(2) Ambition bad luck
(3) World goal
(4) Wall unreal

 

With candles and with lanterns
throwing giant scorpion shadows
on the mud-baked walls
they searched for him : he was not found.
They clicked their tongues.
With every movement that the scorpion made his poison
moved in Mother's blood, they said.
May he sit still, they said
May the sins of your previous birth
be burned away tonight, they said.
May your suffering decrease
the misfortunes of your next birth, they said.
May the sum of all evil
balanced in this unreal world
against the sum of good
become diminished by your pain.
May the poison purify your flesh
of desire, and your spirit of ambition
they said, and they sat around
on the floor with my mother in the centre,
the peace of understanding on each face.

-Nissim Ezekiel

A2. Write two words ending in "on".

A3. Give an example of "metaphor" from the extract.


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