How relevant are issues of authorship and authorial intention when analyzing or discussing works of popular fiction?

As soon as hitler took over, he began persecuting jews. what does persecuting mean in this context

Read the excerpt from act i, scene v of romeo and juliet which best describes paris's reaction when he believes that juliet has died? paris: have i thought long to see this morning's face, and doth it give me such a sight as this? o he's angry that the friar gave her poison. o he's relieved that the wedding is canceled. o he's sympathetic toward her parents. o he's devastated that he cannot marry her.

Read the following sentence from excerpt of the narrative of the live of frederick douglass and define the bolded word: "why master was so careful of her, may be safely let to conjecture." question 10 options: a) prayer or hope b) guesswork or speculation c) relief or ease d) disapproval or disappointment