How do srimati’s past actions influence the plot of this story? (from the poison tree: a tale of hindu life in bengal) a. srimati teaches her son to respect and admire women; this leads to tara's writings and his work for women’s rights. b. in abandoning her son, srimati shames her family, making it impossible for tara to find a respectable wife. this leads to surja arranging a marriage to the young girl her husband has found. c. srimati’s beauty inspires envy and jealousy within the community; this leads to the seclusion of her son and his lonely, bachelor life. d. in her search for romance, srimati forsakes her son, leaving him poor and without family. this makes it almost impossible for tara to make a living or build a family of his own, despite his high ranking.

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human