Aw I'm sorry I can't be very specific since I didn't read the source, but I can help a bit for the first question.
Elements, such as stage directions are strategies that the author uses to create certain aspects.
For example, you can say whether the setting makes the character confident or affects what they can do. If the script is set in the olden-days, the character may not be able to do certain things. For instance, women's rights may be limited.
Dialogue may influence the character's relationships and depict their point of view and position on certain topics.
Also, mood can affect how the characters act. For example, if the mood is gloomy, the characters may reflect on this, causing them to feel gloomy too. This will surely impact their actions, dialogue, and thought, as well as their character traits for that time.
Again, these are some brief examples that you may be able to accumulate from the text, sorry for not being able to give page numbers and such.
Hope this helps a bit at least :)
You did not provide the possible answers, however, one of the major differences was that the first civilizations in the classical era had a much more elaborate and a developed political system that was often democratic and had parliaments, senates, voters, and similar, while first civilizations, often called river valley civilizations, often had absolutist monarchs.
It would b. Because the lotus makes them forget going home with the pleasure that they give to the men.
Only if you said its bad to keep up appearances and you did it yourself it would be hypocritical.
