Read this scene from the miracle worker act 3. (now helen begins groping, sensing something, trembling herself; and kate, falling one step in onto her knees, clasps her, kissing her. helen clutches her, tight as she can. kate is inarticulate, choked, repeating helen’s name again and again. she wheels with her in her arms, to stumble away out the doorway. . ) how do these stage directions add meaning to the play? the stage directions explain the characters’ facial expressions. the stage directions illustrate the appearance of the room. the stage directions reveal the historical time period. the stage directions describe the characters’ emotions.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky