Stanton complains that men have made married women, “in the eye of the law, civilly dead” (para. 8). What does she mean by “civilly dead”? How is it possible for a person to be biologically alive and...

Stanton complains that men have made married women, “in the eye of the law, civilly dead” (para. 8). What does she mean by “civilly dead”? How is it possible for a person to be biologically alive and yet civilly dead?

Why do you think the citizens of Omelas hold a child captive, and why do you think they refer to the child as “it”?