Read the excerpt from Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest. Gwendolen. [Quite politely, rising.] My darling Cecily, I think there must be some slight error. Mr. Ernest Worthing is engaged to me. The announcement will appear in the Morning Post on Saturday at the latest. How does the use of the understatement in the excerpt affect this part of the scene? It creates a more serious tone by mentioning that the engagement will appear in the newspaper. It makes it clear that Gwendolen is not extremely concerned with the current situation. It heightens how ridiculous it is that two women think they are engaged to the same man. It heightens Cecily's outrage at Gwendolen for thinking she is engaged to Ernest Worthing.

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anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.