What was Henry David Thoreau's purpose is writing "Resistance to Civil Government"?

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In this text, Thoreau wanted to explain why he believed that civil disobedience was sometimes an appropriate response to government actions. Thoreau deeply disagreed with the government in the topic of slavery. He also disagreed with the actions that the government had conducted during the Mexican-American War. In this text, he wanted to explain how his own principles commanded him to do what is right, and he cannot do this and also follow the laws of government. Therefore, he choses to follow his own conscience and practice civil disobedience.

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Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience)

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The purpose of analyzing a play is (B) to offer a specific interpretation of the play .

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Whenever someone analyses a play, it means he is trying to understand the message of the author better. The person is trying to understand the characters deeply and the style of the writing of the play is also analysed. So, option B is correct.

Option A is incorrect as one doesn’t summarize a play’s plot or story while analysing it. Neither the person tries to understand the geographical setting of the play, as per option C. Option D is incorrect as well as analysing is not providing description of the scenes of the play.