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Describe the changes that occur in the speaker'* attitude towards the old woman in the poem, "An Old Woman".

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The speaker had no sympathy for the old woman — later shows sympathy — looking at her physical appearance — moved by her condition — when she says she would show him horseshoe shrine for fifty paise coin — admires her self respect.

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Initially, the speaker had no sympathy for the old woman. But later when he observed her keenly, looked at her physical appearance, he was moved by her condition. And later, when she offered to become a tourist guide to show him the horse shoe shrine for fifty paise coin, he wondered at her and admired her self respect. When she kept pestering him that she would take him to the Horseshoe shrine, he became and turned around to face her and tell her to end the force. He was also **** by her questions, her determination and the will to survive even though she was old and poor, the speaker felt himself very humbled and insignificant.

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