What point do you think Shirley Jackson is making about traditional rituals? One modern-day ritual in the United States is the glorifying of wealthy young people who
self-destruct on national television, aka reality television. Why do people watch reality tv
stars? Do you think the fact that reality tv stars' lives are televised contributes to their
self-destruction? Why do audiences like to see people crash and burn and what does
this say about human nature?
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the servant does not kill the child oedipus as he was ordered to do because "he pitied the child" based on the oedipus rex story. the servant was ordered to kill the child because of the prophecy that predicted king laius' death. the king already had attempted to hurt oedipus by piercing oedipus's ankle. however, the servant did not finish the job and he rather saved the baby oedipus.

explanation:

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.

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