The fight for suffrage drives a wedge between a spirited young woman and her mother. . . .

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Characters

NARRATOR

REBECCA, 17 years old

MAMA, her mother

BEFORE RISE: NARRATOR enters, addresses audience.

NARRATOR: Did you know that women in the United States weren’t allowed to vote until 1920? That’s when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, extending voting rights to all women. If you do your math, you’ll find that women couldn’t vote for nearly 150 years after our nation was created out of the Revolutionary War. . .talk about injustice!

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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.

(4 points)

Answer 1

Based on the passage, it can be concluded that the playwright did not include Rebecca's father and Sojourner Truth in the play's action because they are not directly involved in the conflict between Rebecca and her mother regarding suffrage. The focus of the play seems to be on the personal relationship between Rebecca and her mother, and how their differing views on suffrage create tension between them. Including characters like Rebecca's father and Sojourner Truth, who may have different perspectives on suffrage, could have potentially diverted attention from the main conflict and disrupted the narrative flow.