[nora: ] tell me, is it really true that you did not love your husband? why did you marry him? mrs. linde: my mother was alive then, and was bedridden and , and i had to provide for my two younger brothers; so i did not think i was justified in refusing his offer. nora: no, perhaps you were quite right. he was rich at that time, then? mrs. linde: i believe he was quite well off. but his business was a precarious one; and, when he died, it all went to pieces and there was nothing left. –a doll’s house, henrik ibsen which statement best explains how mrs. linde’s character archetype of the caregiver develops the theme that women make sacrifices in society? mrs. linde had no freedom of choice when her husband proposed to her. mrs. linde happily accepted her husband’s proposal. mrs. linde has chosen to live a life of freedom with male influence. mrs. linde, as a single woman, demonstrates that society thrives through equality.

[1] nothing that comes from the desert expresses its extremes better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas. tormented, thin forests of it stalk drearily in the high mesas, particularly in that triangular slip that fans out eastward from the meeting of the sierras and coastwise hills. the yucca bristles with bayonet-pointed leaves, dull green, growing shaggy with age like an old [5] man's tangled gray beard, tipped with panicles of foul, greenish blooms. after its death, which is slow, the ghostly hollow network of its woody skeleton, with hardly power to rot, makes even the moonlight fearful. but it isn't always this way. before the yucca has come to flower, while yet its bloom is a luxurious, creamy, cone-shaped bud of the size of a small cabbage, full of sugary sap. the indians twist it deftly out of its fence of daggers and roast the prize for their [10] own delectation why does the author use the words "bayonet-pointed" (line 4) and "fence of daggers" (line 9) to describe the leaves of the yucca tree? . to create an image of the sharp edges of the plant to emphasize how beautiful the plant's leaves are to explain when and where the plant grows to show how afraid the author is of the plant

If you’re looking for a place to visit, i recommend yosemite national park. visiting yosemite has been a high point of my life. can you imagine waking up, inhaling the pine-scented air, and watching the pink-tinted mountains reflect the sunrise? later, as you hike, you’ll encounter meadows strewn with rainbows of wildflowers and lakes in astonishing shades of blue. the tone of the passage is effective because it defines yosemite for the reader. the author entertain the reader. instructs the reader on how to enjoy yosemite. supports the author’s attempt to persuade.

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