Answer:
Thanks to Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist, people became more and more aware of the terrible conditions of the workhouses and were outraged by the child labor that fueled their society. As early as 1802 and 1819, Factory Acts were passed to limit the working hours of workhouse children in factories and cotton mills to 12 hours a day.
Answer: d) Antigone’s status as one of the last surviving women in the house of Oedipus helps motivate her in the play.
Explanation:
Antigone's brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, fought for the throne of Thebes and both died in the conflict. The new king Creon, honors Eteocles by burying him but leaves Polynices on the field to disgrace him.
Antigone vows to bury her brother Polynices in defiance of the law by Creon and draws her motivation to do so from her status as one of the last surviving women in the House of Oedipus.
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"This is your brain (an egg). This is drugs (a hot frying pan). This is your brain on drugs (one fried egg). Any questions?"
