Use the passage to answer the question. Both Rebecca’s father and Sojourner Truth are influential in the play,

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Both Rebecca’s father and Sojourner Truth are influential in the play, but neither of them appears. In 3-5 sentences, draw conclusions about why the playwright did not include these characters in the play’s action.

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Leaving Rebecca’s father and Sojourner Truth offstage lets their influence be felt without diverting the audience’s attention from the characters who are present and whose emotions the playwright wants us to follow. Their absences turn them into motivating forces or symbols rather than full characters, so the play can explore how memory, legacy, or ideology shape living people. Omitting a historical figure like Sojourner Truth can also avoid an inauthentic portrayal and preserve her moral authority, while practical staging concerns (time, cast size) favor showing effects of these figures through other characters’ words and actions.

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Both Rebecca’s father and Sojourner Truth are influential in the play, but neither of them appears. In 3-5 sentences, draw conclusions about why the playwright did not include these characters in the play’s action.

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Use the passage to answer the question. Both Rebecca’s father and Sojourner Truth are influential in the play, but neither of them appears. In 3-5 sentences, draw conclusions about why the playwright did not include these characters in the play’s action.

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Use the passage to answer the question.

Both Rebecca’s father and Sojourner Truth are influential in the play, but neither of them appears. In 3-5 sentences, draw conclusions about why the playwright did not include these characters in the play’s action.