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Which of these sentences best expresses the theme to which the symbol of the doll’s house points in “The Doll’s House”?



Responses

A Maturity means putting away childish things and behaving as the adults around you behave.Maturity means putting away childish things and behaving as the adults around you behave.

B Gifts that seem beautiful or wonderful when first received sometimes turn out to be quite unpleasant.Gifts that seem beautiful or wonderful when first received sometimes turn out to be quite unpleasant.

C Those who enjoy the privileges of upperclass life should share their joys with those who are less fortunate.Those who enjoy the privileges of upperclass life should share their joys with those who are less fortunate.

D No doll’s house, painting, short story, or other work of human creation can ever capture the world realistically.No doll’s house, painting, short story, or other work of human creation can ever capture the world realistically.
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C

The doll’s house symbolizes the Burnells’ social privilege and the exclusion of the Kelveys. Mansfield uses the toy to criticize class snobbery — Kezia’s impulse to share contrasts with the adults’ insistence on keeping the Kelveys away, suggesting the privileged ought to include the less fortunate.