In the myth of Cronus, a powerful titan hears a prophecy that he will be overthrown by his own children, so he devours them. His wife Rhea
gives birth to another son, Zeus, but hides him away. After Zeus grows
up, he forces Cronus to vomit up the children, who then overthrow their
father in anger
In Ola Rotimi's African play The Gods are not to Blame, Odewale, not
knowing he was raised by foster parents, runs away when it is
prophesized that he will kill his father. On his journey, he accidentally
kills an old man in a fight and agrees to help a village being attacked
after the death of their king. After the battle, Odewale becomes the
new king, not realizing until later that the dead king was both his real
father and the old man he had killed.
What motif is present in both the myth and the modern story?
O A. The triumph of good over evil
O B. Angering the gods
O C. Physical transformations
D. Useless attempts to change fate

D-Useless attempts to change fate

Explanation:

>In the myth, the powerful titan eats his children who will later overthrow him, as he heard in a prophecy. Though his attempts are futile, as the children are thrown up and then overthrow the powerful titan anyways.

>In the modern story, Odewale tries to run away after he hears from a prophet that he will kill his father, once again, any attempt to change fate is futile, as Odewale finds out he killed his father by mistake.

once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered, weak and weary,

explanation:

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)