HELP MAX POINTS! Read the excerpt from The Diary of Anne Frank. It is early morning, July 1942. The rooms are bare, as before, but they are now clean and orderly.
Which best explains the purpose of this stage direction, which opens scene 2?
to remind the reader that cleanliness was not very important to the Franks during the war.
to demonstrate to the audience that Miep was unable to keep the attic orderly during the war
to remind the reader that this scene takes place three years before the war ended
to demonstrate to the audience that this scene takes place years after the war ended