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icang [17]
2 years ago
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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Yes, now you know. Now you know! That's what it was to be alive. To move about i

n a cloud of ignorance; to go up and down trampling on the feelings of those...of those about you. To spend and waste time as though you had a million years. To be always at the mercy of one self-centered passion, or another. Now you know. That's the happy existence you wanted to go back to. Ignorance and blindness. This excerpt from Our Town conveys _____. Select all that apply.
the pain of death
the insignificance of life
the selfishness of humanity
the harmony of life after death
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2 answers:
AysviL [449]2 years ago
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The selfishness of humanity for sure, and I believe the harmony of life after death, I'm not 100 percent sure about that one.
Anvisha [2.4K]2 years ago
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Answer: 2. the insignificance of life and 3. the selfishness of humanity.

Explanation: In the given excerpt we can see the description of a person's point of view about life, and existence, it represents the insignificance of life because it says life is wondering in cloud of ignorance, and it emphasizes how short is life by saying "To spend and waste time as though you had a million years," it also conveys the selfishness of humanity by saying "To be always at the mercy of one self-centered passion, or another."

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