Read the following scene from the chaste adventures of joseph: a comedy.
the lady. such a lovely house, madam potiphar! —but what is this quiet room? your husband's study?
madam potiphar. (coming in) oh, this is nothing—merely the room of one of the slaves. come, dear cousin asenath, and i will show you the garden. the pomegranates are just beginning to blossom.
asenath. the room of a slave? indeed! he seems to be an educated person!

how would a stage interpretation differ from an audio production of this scene?
a. viewers would have to imagine the different sound effects associated with this scene.
b. viewers would not have to infer the emotions or motivations of the characters associated with this scene.
c. viewers would have to interpret the various stage directions associated with this scene.
d. viewers would not have to visualize the setting or the background associated with this scene.

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich shows the human tendency to contemplate one’s past life? "but if that is so," he said to himself, "and i am leaving this life with the consciousness that i have lost all that was given me and it is impossible to rectify it—what then? " he lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a new way. in the morning when he saw first his footman, then his wife, then his daughter, and then the doctor, their every word and movement confirmed to him the awful truth that had been revealed to him during the night. in them he saw himself—all that for which he had lived—and saw clearly that it was not real at all, but a terrible and huge deception which had hidden both life and death. this consciousness intensified his physical suffering tenfold. he groaned and tossed about, and pulled at his clothing which choked and stifled him. and he hated them on that account. he was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious, but at noon his sufferings began again. he drove everybody away and tossed from side to side. his wife came to him and said: "jean, my dear, do this for me. it can't do any harm and often . healthy people often do it." he opened his eyes wide. "what? take communion? why? it's unnecessary! " she began to cry. "yes, do, my dear. i'll send for our priest. he is such a nice man." "all right. very well," he muttered. when the priest came and heard his confession, ivan ilyich was softened and seemed to feel a relief from his doubts and consequently from his sufferings, and for a moment there came a ray of hope. he again began to think of the vermiform appendix and the possibility of correcting it. he received the sacrament with tears in his eyes.

How does the first section of the memoir conclude?

The proof spreading culture traits from society to another