Answer:
To show superiority and authority over Nora.
Explanation:
Nora, Torvald, and Krogstad are characters in the play "A Doll's House", by Henrik Ibsen. Torvald and Nora are husband and wife, and they a very sexist and abusive relationship. Torvald regards Nora as inferior, dependent, incapable. He sees himself as her lord and savior. To his mind, Nora must do everything to please him since, without him, she would be nothing. <u>When Nora begs him not to fire Krogstad - who is blackmailing her -, Torvald gets upset. He will not let a woman tell him what to do, even if she is asking, like Nora is, in a submissive manner, promising to entertain him. </u><u>He makes such a decisive show of mailing the letter firing Krogstad because he wants to make sure Nora knows her place. He wants to show his superiority and authority over his wife.</u>
I think the topic sentence is sentence 10.
Answer:
The answer is A.) Parents, however, often voice the concern that time spent on sports can adversely affect a child's academic performance.
Explanation:
.
According to this excerpt, the reason why women were denied the right to vote in the early 1800 is because “society believed they were not competent enough to understand certain issues”. Evidence can be found in the excerpt that supports this answer “Women were considered ill-suited to decide upon matters of politics”.
The text does not make reference to the number of women that would vote. Besides, the text does not indicate that women were not qualified to run a public office. And finally, the text does not show that women would not follow their domestic responsibilities if they voted.
Therefore, the correct answer is B).
