The purpose of this soliloquy is to the audience understand romeo’s

a. feelings for juliet
b. feelings for rosaline.
c. description of the evening.
d. description of juliet’s illness.

The correct answer is A. The purpuse of this soliloquy is to help the audience understand Romeo's feelings for Juliet. At the beginning of the play Romeo is supposedly in love with Rosaline, which he expresses by means of a sonnet in the Petrarchan mode. However, after meeting Juliet he completely forgets about Rosaline, and changes both his feelings and his language. He becomes much more direct and forceful in his expression. This soliloquy is meant not only to show the audience his new feelings for Juliet, but to mark a contrast with his former, less intense, feelings for Rosaline. He has not changed one infatuation for another, but rather moved from false, melancholic love to true, vigorous love.

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)