Revise these passages so that their sentences begin with appropri- ate topics and end with appropriate emphasis. The story of King Lear and his daughters was a popular one during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. At least a dozen available books offered the story to anyone wishing to read it, by the time Elizabeth died. The characters were undeveloped in most of these stories, however, making the story a simple narrative that stated an obvious moral. When he began work on Lear, perhaps his greatest tragedy, Shakespeare must have had several versions of this story available to him. He turned the characters into credible human beings with complex motives, however, even though they were based on the stock figures of legend.

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the story of King Lear and his sons was very popular and relevant to most Englishmen who knew the course of this story well.

The popularity of this story inspired several authors, creating at least a dozen books available to anyone curious, which remained even after Queen Elizabeth's death.

However, the characters in these books had little personality and were underdeveloped, making the story obvious and not arousing readers' excitement.

Shakespeare had access to these books and probably used them to write his greatest tragedy, King Lear.

Providing a completely new construction and outfit to the characters, Shakespeare show them as credible, complex characters, full of layers and motivations that excited the audience.

Explanation:

The above excerpts were written according to what was asked in the question above, adding an appropriate topic and an appropriate final emphasis.

The excerpts reveal Shakespeare's relevance in the new guise and presentation of King Lear and his daughters, taking a story that was very demotivating and boring in something complex, stimulating, non-linear and totally different from what has been seen so far, consecrating Rei Lear as one of Shakespeare's greatest works and reaffirming the talent in creating characters and narratives, which he possessed.

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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)