Read the following excerpt from Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: Mrs. Morel was alone, but she was used to it. Her son and
her little girl slept upstairs; so, it seemed, her home was
there behind her, fixed and stable. But she felt wretched
with the coming child. The world seemed a dreary place,
where nothing else would happen for her-at least until
William grew up. But for herself, nothing but this dreary
endurance-till the children grew up. And the children! She
could not afford to have this third. She did not want it...
She despised [her husband], and was tied to him. This
coming child was too much for her. If it were not for
William and Annie, she was sick of it, the struggle with
poverty and ugliness and meanness.
What aspect of this excerpt most clearly marks it as a work of Modernism?

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.