Read the excerpt from the awakening, by kate chopin. he reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. if it was not a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it? he himself had his hands full with his brokerage business. he could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on the street, and staying at home to see that no harm befell them. he talked in a monotonous, insistent way. how does the excerpt reflect its social and historical context? it illustrates the challenges of maintaining brokerage business in the 1800s. it illustrates the prevailing gender expectations within a marriage in the 1800s. it illustrates the hope that woman might work outside the home in the 1800s. it illustrates the need for domestic assistance for women in the 1800s.

It illustrates the prevailing gender expectations within a marriage in the 1800s.

Explanation:

The male character complained about his wife's behaviour. She had not  been  paying attention to him; and she had been careless with their children. This point was enphasised by a rhetorical question:  "look after children, whose on earth was it? " The male character was just interested in his making money for the family. It was clear he expected his wife to be efficient doing the household chores and he expected himself to make money outside home.

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).

the answer is d. she became an english professor at university of georgia.