There is a strong focus on the character in within the story who give us insight to the overall central theme
Theme-the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
(if this helps well its like the meaning about the story or the thing you know)
I think the meaning of the phrase would be that she sees that food and education doesnt give her the gratification trendy apparel does. im not sure about what the context clues are but this should give you an idea. sorry i couldnt fully answer this.
It tells the audience what is going to happen to the play, and it shows the central conflict between families
Whittier used "We" and "Thou" as forms of repetition in his song of slaves in the desert.
We: He used we as to show that basically slaves WERE NOT alone in this at all. In a way at that time, every single slave was connected with each other no matter what.
Thou: From what i have seen, Whittier is using "Thou" to refer to God. For example: "We are fools, but Thou art wise"
For the devices, he's using Anaphora for "Thou" and maybe Conduplicatio for "We".
