Read this excerpt from king arthur's socks: a comedy in one act.

vivien: i never wanted anything badly enough to cry for it before. but i could cry my heart out for him. i've absolutely no pride left. well—i'm going to have him, that's all. (she throws her cigarette into the grate, and starts to go.)

what do the stage directions reveal about vivien?

a. they suggest vivien’s frustration with her friend.
b. they demonstrate vivien’s carelessness.
c. they illustrate vivien’s flaunting of convention.
d. they emphasize vivien’s adamant decision.

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced