The playwright wants to illustrate fear to the audience because they fear the anger of Dryas and so he was put into prison for that reason, but maybe sadness as well because of the reason he was send to jail.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Gates' purpose in telling the story about watching Nelson Mandela walk out of prison was to illustrate that there's hope for humanity.
Nelson Mandela was an activist. He fought for apartheid and discrimination against blacks in South Africa. He fought for the freedom of black people.  This eventually led to his imprisonment. 
Later he was eventually set free from prison. This represented hope to the people. It illustrated that we are all equal. This illustrated that there's hope for humanity.
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B. Sad it would be this because if the woman started to weep, then it is sad. Cause usually sad things tend to make people cry