All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven stages.

Based on this excerpt, what is the main idea of this poem?

The main idea of the poem is that the life is similar to a drama where every individual is playing a specific role.

Explanation:

In the sonnet "All the World's a Stage", Shakespeare presents a comparison between the functioning of the world and the lives of the human beings. He demonstrates the world to be a stage, where every individual plays a specific role. Every individual is born and has a specific time for death. This is compared with the entry and exit of the actors on the stage. The roles that the actor play in the drama is similar to the roles that an individual plays in his life.

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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)