The correct answer would be to someone reading the play. The description in brakets serves to set the scene and give more information about the story. This additional information is vital for stage designers, sound designers, director, producer an other involved in the production of the play.
Its not about the gender if you are a victim of violence. A male or female can be the one abusing someone physically, emotionally, or sexually. Two specific reasons is if you are a person of color and if you are gay, lesbian, or transgender.
The statement “The reader must
understand the author s position in order to use the source correctly” is true.
It would be disheartening to know that when you have presented a great work and
found out that you are not citing the authors’ work or did not mentioned him at
all.
I would say the correct answer is <span>c. greatly distressed. These lines describe desperate attempts to live a normal life, to reinvent its meaning, to try to enjoy it once again and recreate some sense within the terrible predicament. This is not optimism - it's a desperate (and vain) attempt to reach for some optimism. It is not depression either - a depressed person doesn't even try.</span>