The playwright might have chosen to use satire to reach an audience by showing what a value that is uncharitable by nature looks like from the outside. In this passage, the character Nan's haughty dismissal of the child's need for help points to the absurdity of her uncharitable viewpoint, highlighting a critique of societal attitudes toward responsibility and compassion.
NAN: You should have been there, George. The little child was lying on the street with his knees all scraped up. Not even out of diapers yet, he wasn't’. And get his, he didn’t have a clue where his own mother was, the little fool!
GEORGE: So, you saw him back to her and gave her a piece of your mind, I take it?
NAN (haughtily): Saw him back t her?! And let him think he can just go falling about and count on good-hearted people to lift him back up? No, George. I told the child to sort himself out and went on my way.
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Why might this playwright have chosen to use satire?
to reach an audience by showing what a value that is uncharitable by nature looks like form the outside.
to help an audience understand that children are too young to take care of themselves without help.
to help an audience understand that people unfairly expect women to be caring and compassionate.
to reach an audience by make a situation that commonly occurs more appealing by adding humor.
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