Question

Read the article “The Man Without a Country”
by Hackett, Walter (adaptation)

These are the opening lines of the play "The Man Without a Country."
Why did the playwright choose to include this exposition in a monologue addressed to the audience rather than in dialogue between characters?
Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
A. The playwright wanted to share an opinion about Andrew Burr that the characters in the play were unlikely to share.
B. Including this context in a monologue from the narrator allows the characters to have more natural dialogue when they talk to each other
C. The other characters do not know who Andrew Burris, so they would not be able to provide this information to the audience
D. The playwright aid not want the characters to know who Andrew
Burr was so the narrator oniy reveals that information to the aud ence
E. A monologue is more direct than dialogue because it allows the nametokho nalk directy to the audience

Answer 1

The two correct answers are:

A. The playwright wanted to share an opinion about Andrew Burr that the characters in the play were unlikely to share.

C. The other characters do not know who Andrew Burris, so they would not be able to provide this information to the audience.