Read the excerpt from chapter 17 of the awakening. once she stopped, and taking off her wedding ring, flung it on the carpet. when she saw it lying there, she stamped her heel upon it, striving to crush it. but her small boot heel did not make an indenture, not a mark upon the little glittering circlet. the excerpt best demonstrates which emerging theme? marriage involves some degree of conflict, and there will be times when husbands and wives do not agree. it is difficult for women to challenge and overcome female roles that are deeply engrained in a society. it is important for women to have physical outlets for the expression of strong emotions. marriage requires a significant level of compromise and sacrifice on the parts of both husbands and wives.

It is difficult for women to challenge and overcome female roles that are deeply engrained in a society.

Explanation:

This is the theme that is best reflected in this passage. In these lines, we see that Edna feels trapped in her marriage, and sick of this situation, she throws her ring to the carpet and tries to destroy it. However, she realizes it is indestructible. The ring is meant to symbolize Edna's marriage, and her role as a woman and a wife. The fact that she cannot destroy it shows how resilient institutions like this are and how it is difficult for women to challenge and overcome female roles that are deeply engrained in a society.

the first step is to convey the appropriate emotions.

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.