Read the passage from hamlet, act i, scene iii.

hamlet: my fate cries out,
and makes each petty artery in this body
as hardy as the nemean lion’s nerve. [ghost beckons.]
still am i call’d. unhand me, gentlemen, [breaking from them.]
by heaven! i’ll make a ghost of him that lets me:
i say, away! go on, i’ll follow thee. [exeunt ghost and hamlet.]

which phrase from the passage most create a tone of desperation?

a) each petty artery
b) still am i call’d
c) unhand me, gentlemen
d) make a ghost

The phrase from the above passage which most helps create a tone of desperation is:

c) Unhand me, gentlemen

In Act 1 Scene V of the play “Hamlet”, the ghost of King Hamlet and the young Hamlet conversed with each other. The ghost told Hamlet as how he was murdered in the most unnatural way by his own brother who has successfully taken his position and crown. The ghost tells about his inability of taking revenge and shows his desperation. He asks Hamlet to take the revenge from his uncle of murdering his father and marrying his mother.

c) Unhand me, gentlemen.

Explanation:

William Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet" is about the revenge taken by the young prince Hamlet for the unlawful murder of his father and the right king Hamlet. From the ghost of his father, Hamlet came to know about the acts of his uncle and now step-father and king Claudia, the brother of the dead King Hamlet.

In Act I scene iv, we see Hamlet waiting for the ghost of his father to appear again. And when the ghost did appear, his friends Horatio and Marcellus tried to hold him back,preventing him from meeting the ghost. This was what the excerpt in the question is about. But the desperation in Hamlet, to know about what the ghost will reveal to him, made him order his men to release him from their hold. The phrase "Unhand me, gentlemen" shows his desperation to be let go, even threatening to "make a ghost of him" whoever holds him back from following the ghost.

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)