Question

From the poem provide evidence for the following:

Stages	Evidence (lines from the poem)
evil versus good.

Answer 1

Stages

Evidence (lines from the poem)

evil versus good.

“I remember the night my mother Was stung by a scorpion.” “flash of diabolic tail in the dark room” “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 the 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” “I watched the holy man perform his rites to tame the poison with an incantation”