When i heard the learn'd astronomer; when the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me; when i was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them; when i, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, how soon, unaccountable, i became tired and sick. –“when i heard the learn'd astronomer,” walt whitman reread lines 1–5. what is the speaker’s viewpoint on the astronomy lecture? he feels tired and sick because the focus on the mechanical measurements of stars is not satisfying to him. he feels tired and sick because he is stuck in a large crowd of people in a stuffy lecture room. he applauds the lecturer because of his impressive charts and diagrams. he applauds the lecturer because he appreciates the astronomer’s accounting.

In henrik ibsen's a doll's house, there are numerous references to dolls. nora mentions how she has bought dolls for her daughter, emmy. she also refers to her children as "nice little dolly children." which interpretation of this reference to dolls is the most plausible? a. the dolls symbolize nora’s childhood. they are a reminder of nora’s father and how he made her happy with dolls every time she was sad or upset. b. the dolls symbolize the deceptive ways in which nora pretends to live in a nice world even though she engages in criminal activity. c. the dolls symbolize both nora and her children. just as nora is a toy and plaything for torvald, her children seem to be her toys and playthings. d. the dolls symbolize nora's indifference toward her children. instead of nourishing her children with love, nora uses the dolls to show them her affection.

“there are forms of oppression and domination which become invisible – the new normal.” - michel foucault meaning?

How do the thieves respond when jonathans family begins to yell in the story civil peace by chinua achebe