What is the purpose of stage directions?
to provide comic relief after various pivotal and tense moments in a play and lighten the mood of the audience
to set up the backdrop of a play by providing background information on the characters
to break a play down into multiple scenes according to changes in locations
to describe details about where a scene takes place and how an actor must deliver his or her lines

This passage from chapter 4 of story of my life is an example of which story of plot

Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "you might make a joke on that,” said the little voice close to her ear: "something about ‘you would if you could,’ you know.” "don't tease so,” said alice, looking about in vain to see where the voice came from; "if you're so anxious to have a joke made, why don't you make one yourself? ” the little voice sighed deeply: it was very unhappy, evidently, and alice would have said something pitying to comfort it, "if it would only sigh like other people! ” she thought. but this was such a wonderfully small sigh, that she wouldn't have heard it at all, if it hadn't come quite close to her ear. the consequence of this was that it tickled her ear very much, and quite took off her thoughts from the unhappiness of the poor little creature. what question should a reader ask to clarify what is happening in the story? who or what is the voice speaking to alice? when will alice attempt to share a joke? what secret will alice share with the new character? why do whispers tickle the listener?

What two parts of this passage contain a biblical allusion beowulf