Read the excerpt from part one of trifles. county attorney (with the gallantry of a young politician). and yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies? what is the primary purpose of these stage directions? to further establish the time period to indicate a character’s tone of voice to direct actions that take place onstage to describe a character’s thoughts

to indicate a character’s tone of voice

The stage directions are found inside of the parentheses "(with the gallantry of a young politician)". The use of the preposition "with" tells us that the following lines should be said as if the character has "the gallantry of a young politician". This means that there should be some arrogance and courage behind his question. In a way he's saving the women, but also acknowledging their troublesome traits..

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.

the answer is irony!