Read the following and correct the excerpt in the paragraph box for punctuation.

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poe had a pretty bitter doom. doomed to seethe down his soul in a great continuous convulsion of disintegration, and doomed to register the process. and then doomed to be abused for it, when he had performed some of the bitterest tasks of human experience, that can be asked of a man. necessary tasks, too. for the human soul must suffer its own disintegration, consciously, if ever it is to survive.

but poe is rather a scientist than an artist. he is reducing his own self as a scientist reduces a salt in a crucible. it is an almost chemical analysis of the soul and consciousness. whereas in true art there is always the double rhythm of creating and destroying.

— d. h. lawrence, from studies in classic american literature

correctly punctuate the following excerpt.

it is difficult to determine whose outlook was more bleak. as lawrence states poe had a pretty bitter doom he had performed some of the bitterest tasks of human experience he is reducing his own self as a scientist reduces salt in a crucible. but it is lawrence himself that speculates the human soul must suffer its own disintegration, consciously, if ever it is to survive.

If the author of the gift of the magi had made the reader aware of the gifts that jim had purchased in the beginning of the story this would be an example of

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.

Atheater director has decided that an all-female cast will perform macbeth, which has both male and female characters. which feature of the play would change the most?