It's D.
Many alchemists wanted to create the sorcerers stone (creates gold according to a legend).
They studied ores to find out more about the world.
Plus, they also wanted to cure diseases with their practice. (To this day you see stone therapy, which is said to be beneficial for your health)
So, what happened was that those operas had a lot of commercials during the shows (for soup and detergent) directed at housewives that were thought to do the laundry during the show. The best answer is then this one:
<span> because they were targeted at housewives who did household chores</span>
I might not be right but it was that the colonies should break from Britain and form a new government elected by the common people, basically Britain should break connections with the King
