Which topics would be most important for a student to include in an essay about philosophy in english literature
a)food, drink, and clothing
b)culture, history, and music
c)trade, transportation, and art
d)writers, ideas, and symbolism

The correct answer is D. Writers, ideas, and symbolism

Explanation:

Philosophy deals with problems such as reason, existence, mind or knowledge, this problems have been widely explored by philosophers from the 6th century in Ancient Greece to nowadays, due to this, philosophy encompasses multiple sub-fields, each one linked to specific time in history, representant philosophers (writers) and ideas, that include perspective on the way problems such are reason and existence are understood through symbolism, that is the use of symbols to express and understand ideas. In this way, if a student wants to include philosophy in an essay it is key to consider writers or philosophers, the ideas and the symbols they use to express them as these are essential elements of philosophy.

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.