Miller’s purpose to include this excerpt in the opening narrative was B. to compare the Salem Witch Trials with the political atmosphere of his time.
This introduction in the play signals a foreshadowing of what is going to happen as the events are recalled. However, Miller’s purpose throughout the play is to compare those historical events to what was happening at the time he wrote it. Arthur Miller sought to criticize Senator McCarthy’s prosecution of presumed communists US citizens by comparing it with the Salem Trials, in which innocent people were accused of witchcraft and later hanged.
He has mixed feelings as he is probably tired of getting work and is being given more and becoming lazy
He’s happy as if he does well it will benefit him
Answer:
- Trust; persuasiveness.
Explanation:
Contradictory information is also known as 'counterclaims' that serve to propose the rebuttal or denial to the original/central claim of the speech. However, it seems strange as there is a fear that it might go against the validity of the central argument of the work but the chief aim is to build the listeners' 'trust' that the author presents an objective claim(by analyzing both the perspectives). This leads to enhance the credibility of the claim and improve the 'persuasiveness' of the speech that would assist in convincing the audience more effectively. Therefore, 'counterclaims' are deliberately employed by the authors to uplift the reliability of their speech which is negated by sufficient evidence to establish the validity of central argument/claim.
In "<em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em>" Oscar Wild uses irony to transmit a meaning that is opposite of its real meaning, specially situational and dramatic irony.
The play is a "<em>satire</em>", a genre intended to ridicule for the purpose of entertainment and very often to expose flaws in society.
So the use of meaningless dialogues is a common practice in the genre, and the repetition of the word absurd is an example of it, provoking an incoherent situation, to criticize the Victorian society of that time by ridiculing it.
