2. Although the poem is openly autobiographical, Plath uses certain symbols to represent herself (Lady Lazarus, a jew murdered in a concentration camp, a cat with nine lives and so on.)
What do these symbols tell us about Plath's attitude pward herself and the world around her?

The symbols that plath uses tells us that she is resilient, and also, that she feels her life is tragic or sad.

Explanation:

Lady Lazarus is a reference to Lazarus, a man who Jesus brought back to life. This tells us that Sylvia Plath is resilient, because she has felt, at some point in her life, that she literary came back from death.

This is also related to the symbol of "a cat with nine lives", again, Plath feels that she has come back from life several times.

Finally, the symbol "a jew murdered in a concentration camp", probably tells us that Plath thinks her life has been tragic, or has had many tragedies.

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)

i believe it may be the hope this sorry if i'm wrong.