Read the excerpt from narrative of the captivity and restoration of mrs. mary rowlandson and answer the question. i asked them to let me go out and pick up some sticks, that i might get alone, and pour out my heart unto the lord. then also i took my bible to read, but i found no comfort here neither, which many times i was wont to find. so easy a thing it is with god to dry up the streams of scripture comfort from us. yet i can say, that in all my sorrows and afflictions, god did not leave me to have my impatience work towards himself, as if his ways were unrighteous. but i knew that he laid upon me less than i deserved. what common theme does this excerpt share with the excerpt from "sinners in the hands of an angry god"? click here to read an excerpt from the sermon. the significance of praying to god the serendipity of god's actions the importance of reading the scripture the impatience of ordinary people

Read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll’s house. mrs. linde: you seemed to me to imply that with me you might have been quite another man. krogstad: i am certain of it. mrs. linde: is it too late now? krogstad: christine, are you saying this deliberately? yes, i am sure you are. i see it in your face. have you really the courage, then—? mrs. linde: i want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother. we two need each other. nils, i have faith in your real character—i can dare anything together with you. krogstad [grasps her hands]. , , christine! now i shall find a way to clear myself in the eyes of the world. ah, but i forgot— how does the conflict in this passage develop a theme? mrs. linde creates a conflict by promising something she cannot give to krogstad, which develops the theme that empty promises can destroy relationships. krogstad continues the conflict by choosing clearing his name over having a life with mrs. linde, which develops the theme that you must often choose yourself over others. krogstad creates a conflict by deceiving mrs. linde about his intentions, which develops the theme that, in love, actions speak louder than words. mrs. linde resolves the conflict by committing to a new life with krogstad, which develops the theme that new beginnings are always possible.