Read the following passage:

and before we judge them too harshly we must remember
what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has
wrought, not only upon animals such as the vanquished
bison and the dodo, but upon its own inferior races.

-h. g. wells, the war of the worlds

this passage is from a science fiction story about an alien invasion of earth
that was written in 1898. why might this passage have been effective with
readers in its time?
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a. it reminded them of the colonialist experience.
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b. it reminded them of the importance of being kind to animals.
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c. it reminded them of how new democracy is.
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d. it reminded them that they should judge others.

How does the poem "the lady of shalott" by alfred, lord tennyson convey the position of victorian women? a curse is on her if she stay to look down to camelot. she knows not what the curse may be, and so she weaveth steadily, and little other care hath she, the lady of shalott. and moving thro' a mirror clear that hangs before her all the year, shadows of the world appear. there she sees the highway near winding down to camelot: there the river eddy whirls, and there the surly village churls, and the red cloaks of market girls, pass onward from shalott. a. most victorian women were restricted to their homes. b. victorian women were confined to domestic duties. c. most victorian women worked hard but were often bored. d. victorian women employed themselves by weaving.