1. Which statement best summarizes the overall plot of the poem? *
1 point
A. The Duke, whose last wife's loyalty was questionable, had too much self-respect to
stoop to petty jealousy over her behavior toward others,
B. The Duke's last wife, immortalized in a painting, offended her husband's sense of
self-importance with her friendliness, eventually resulting in her questionable end.
C. The Duke's last wife vanished under mysterious circumstances, so the family of the
Duke's potential new wife must take extra precautions before approving the marriage
as they are uncertain he is trustworthy.
D. The painting of the Duke's last wife is no more meaningful to the Duke than his
sculpture of Neptune, revealing to the servant of the potential new wife's family that
he is a shallow and cold man.

B. The Duke's last wife, immortalized in a painting, offended her husband's sense of

self-importance with her friendliness, eventually resulting in her questionable end.

Explanation:

This question refers to Robert Browning's famous poem "My Last Duchess".

The story's set in Duke's palace where the Count's emissary has come to arrange the details between Count's daughter and the Duke's marriage.

As the Duke show the emissary his palace, they stand in front of Duke's last wife's portrait and he tells his story of her.

We see that Duke was bothered by the Duchess's "over-friendliness" and that she was more impressed with other men's romantic gestures towards her than with her husband's old and respected family name ( this emohasizes his narcissistic character). This resulted in her mysterious death.

We can not judge her potential lack of loyalty, because the story is told from the perspective of a self-centered, egoistic man, whose depiction of events doesn't have to be true.

All we can infer from the poem is that her friendly nature and free behavior resulted in her death, probably by her jealous husband's hand.

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)

answer: provide the speech

explanation: