<span>By making it easier for the audience to follow what is happening in the play</span>
Answer:
Character vs. Self
Explanation:
He is arguing with himself whether he should tell or keep his lips sealed.
A pen name is a name an author publishes a book under. It isn't their real name, it's only the name they go by when writing books.
Many female authors used male names to publish their books in time periods such as 1700s or 1800s, when women weren't thought of as smart and they didn't have rights. The male names were their pen names, used so that people would respect them.
<em>Examples in modern day (pen name --> real name):</em>
J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter) --> Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Lemony Snicket (Series of Unfortunate Events) --> Daniel Handler
There was nothing in the house to demand care, to claim attention, to cumber my consciousness with it's insistent, unchanging companionship.
<u>Explanation:</u>
This line in the passage shows that the things in the house are a burden. There was nothing in the house that could give care or attention to the people and were all materialistic things.
All this tells us that the things were not to be with the people and were all materialistic. They could not give companionship, love and care to the people and were only considered as a burden.
The reason a writer has to write something