What aspect of the myth of the weeping woman, or la llorona, does not appear in ana castillo’s modern retelling?
a. the weeping woman is seen as an evil character whose punishment is justified.
b. some of the characters in the story gain familiarity with the spirit world.
c. the weeping woman is doomed to wander the world looking for her children.
d. there are characters whose names mean "hope," "faith," "charity," and "the madwoman."

A. The Weeping Woman is seen as an evil character whose punishment is justified.

Explanation:

In Ana Castillo's reinterpretation of La Llorona, the spirit is not seen as an evil character whose punishment is justified. We learn that La Llorona is traditionally believed to have been either an abandoned woman, or a cheating one, and that she drowned her children due to this situation, out of pain or in order to get away from her family. However, in the modern story, her motives are not as negative, and she is instead compared to the Aztec goddesses of maternal instincts.

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)