Excerpt from richard ii
william shakespeare

what must the king do now? must he submit? 143
the king shall do it: must he be deposed?
the king shall be contented: must he lose
the name of king? o' god's name, let it go:

the words submit, deposed, and lose all support the idea that
a) the king is essentially weak.
b) the king will give up his crown.
c) the king is angry with his subjects.
d) the king has not been an effective ruler.

The best answer to the question: The words submit, deposed, and lose, all support the idea that:___, would be: B: The king will give up his crown.

Explanation:

"Richard II" is a historical play that was written by William Shakespeare and first published, it is believed, around 1595. Based on the life and history of King Richard II, in England, who ruled between 1377 and 1399, the play becomes a mirror through which a reader can see what took place during the last few years of Richard II as king, and then as the deposed leader of a nation, right before his death.

In this particular part of the play, what we see is basically the reflections of the speaker on the King´s current situation, and almost an explanation of how Richard II will act given his circumstances. Thus, to portray this, after each of these words: submit, deposed and lose, all of which are part of a question, comes the answer to that very same question. All of these answers: "the king shall do it", "the king shall be contented" and finally, the longest one: "o´ God´s name, let it go:", the reader understands that what the speaker is doing is giving us a glimpse into how the King will act. Everything points towards one conclusion; the King, given the circumstances, will give up his crown. This is why the best answer is B.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)