Answer:
a. A very young child; an infant.
b. An unborn child; a fetus.
c. The youngest member of a family or group.
d. A very young animal.
2. An adult or young person who behaves in an infantile way.
3. Informal
a. A lover or sweetheart.
b. Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
4. Slang An object of personal concern or interest: Keeping the boat in good repair is your baby.
adj. bab·i·er, bab·i·est
1. Of or having to do with a baby.
2. Infantile or childish.
3. Small in comparison with others of the same kind: baby vegetables.
tr.v. ba·bied, ba·by·ing, ba·bies
<u>Answer:</u>
<em>Proctor was hanged in the crucible because he refused to confess to the lies on the appearance of Rebecca. </em>
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<u>Explanation:</u>
This is because his conscience is affected and he refuses to agree that he saw Rebecca and the others doing conspiracy with Devil. The character known as Dan forth also tried to pressurise Proctor for signing the written testimony of his guilt. However, proctor refuses to do so and thus he was hanged in the crucible.
The purpose of the author to include the sentence is "to condemn the insincerity of his critics’ advice."
<h3 /><h3>What is a purpose?</h3>
A purpose can be defined as the intention of the writer behind something. It may be for a sentence, a word, or a phrase.
The sentence "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will" explains that a little understanding from the good will persons is more frustrating than being misunderstood from the ill will ones.
He included this sentence to critisize or condemn the insincerity of his critics’ advice. He feels that the critics pay less attention to the whole text and then give shallow advices.
Therefore the correct option is A.
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