Describe the character of Torvald Helmer in a sentence or two. What is most important thing to him at the start of the play? Does he change during the course of the play? If so, how does he change?

Torvald Helmer is recently promoted as bank manager and he is married to Nora and have three children. His children's presence is unbearable for him.

The most important thing to Torvald is his status and he wants to be treated superior by others.

He changes during the course of the play when Nora tells him that she is leaving him to which first he reacts to her by anger calling her mad and that she is acting like a child but when he realized that she will leave Torvald, he offers her to change and try to find ways to stay with her.

Explanation:

Torvald Helmer is recently promoted as bank manager and he is married to Nora and have three children. His children's presence is unbearable for him.

The most important thing to Torvald is his status and he wants to be treated superior by others.

He changes during the course of the play when Nora tells him that she is leaving him to which first he reacts to her by anger calling her mad and that she is acting like a child but when he realized that she will leave Torvald, he offers her to change and try to find ways to stay with her.

the italian poet francesco petrarch did! (:

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.