This passage suggests that Inglis, despite her goals for change, is afraid, and realizes the challenge of her situation.
She wants to not only change Apartheid, but change the heart and perspective of the guard at her sister's jail, though she knows fully-well that this is going to be a difficult task. She also fears what will happen if she is unable to soften him.
B. the deeper message of a literary work
Synonyms of dis-simulation or dissimulate are to disguise, cover up, hide, conceal, or being hypocritical
Answer:
"the prime duke, being so reputed in dignity"
Explanation:
I believe it is like 72-73 as from what I can see from the four lines, uses the word reputed which can mean someone is being regarded as having done something or as having a particular characteristic, which is the closest to describing Prospero.
It can be because satire often presents things that the audience realizes but is unable to formulate using linguistic means or are afraid of saying them due to censorship or similar things. That's why satire can be a vessel for shaping public opinion since it expresses what everyone is thinking without people having to say it. It also helps people understand the problem even more deeply.
