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Based on how the stage directions are used in this excerpt from act 1 scene 1 of richard iii what was likely the main purpose of providing stage directions in drama

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.

What does the interaction between the nurse and erkan in paragraph 1 reveal about erkan? erkan is upset because no one believes he has been robbed. erkan is quite angry but he is mostly harmless. erkan is incoherent and won't listen to reason. erkan is a violent man and poses a threat to those around him.