You did not provide the options, but Mrs. Mallard is extremely unhappy and even somewhat depressed. She hates her husband, not because he is a bad man since he isn't, but because she feels as if she's been in a cage for so long and because she wants to be free. Divorce was not an option at that time.
The correct answer here would be <u>Beware the pursuit of luxury as it will surely barricade the path that leads to self-awareness.</u>
The author clearly states his claim in the beginning of this excerpt:"<em>Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind</em>."
What he means by this is that we do not need as much we think we do and, in order to make progress as mankind, we should care less about luxury and rely more on reason and judgment.
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previously defined is not an example of context clue
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Explanation:Overfishing occurs "when more fish are caught than the population can replace through natural reproduction," according to the World Wildlife Foundation. Once this occurs, the species is no longer "sustainable." Eighty-seven percent of all the world's fish stocks that we know about are at the "breaking point," according to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
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"We could make masks out of bed sheets or other easily accessible cloth."
