(16 p. Your responses should include the following to receive the points in parentheses • Respond in a well organized essay. Your answer should be written in complete sentences. Respond to ONE of the following questions, (a) Define the term conflict in literature and explain the difference between internal and external conflict. Then choose ONE short story or poem you read for this course and explain how the author introduces, develops, and resolves a major conflict in the story. (b) Choose ONE short story you read for this course, Summarize the story and then analyze the theme or message, supporting your analysis with relevant details from the story. If possible, discuss literary devices and/or techniques the author used (such as figurative language or metaphor), and evaluate their effectiveness in conveying the theme, (c) Many of the selections in this unit explored difficult or challenging experiences faced by people from cultures from outside the United States. Choose a selection t

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.