What does this excerpt from book 21 of homer's odyssey reveal about ulysses's wife, penelope? to whom the queen: "if fame engage your views, forbear those acts which infamy pursues; wrong and oppression no renown can raise; know, friend! that virtue is the path to praise. the stature of our guest, his port, his face, speak him descended from no vulgar race. to him the bow, as he desires, convey; and to his hand if phoebus give the day, hence, to reward his merit, be shall bear a two-edged falchion and a shining spear, embroider'd sandals, a rich cloak and vest, a safe conveyance to his port of rest." a. she knows that the beggar in disguise is ulysses, so she defends him. b. she is fair, impartial, and not affected by a person's social status. c. she is clever and wants to make a good impression on her suitors. d. she thinks the beggar will be a distraction to keep her son safe from the suitors.

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)

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.