15)Oedipus calls himself an “abomination" for killing his father and marrying his mother. If he was aware of neither, why does he call himself evil? Is he
responsible for the evil of his actions if he was truly unaware that they are
evil?

The terror of killing his father and bedding and marrying his mother is too great to overcome, and Oedipus will never be able to justify his actions to himself even though his unknowingness in his infractions and his efforts to combat his fate were noble and he deserves forgiveness rather than the title of evil. Everyone should always be accountable for his or her actions, but when a man is truly unaware of the evil for those actions he should be partially pardoned. Ignorance is therefore a moderate excuse for Oedipus’ actions, he didn’t know the man he killed was his father but he stilled slayed multiple men just because they wouldn’t let him pass which in itself is a horrible crime regardless of familial ties.

Explanation:

From my point of view, Oedipus is both an abominable person and a worthy person. First of all, he is a good emperor， even killing his father is forced to be helpless, because his father wants to hurt his life, so his killing of his father is a means of self-defense. After that, he killed The SPHINX, which endangered the city, and succeeded in being elected king by popular recommendation. In fact, from this point of view alone, he can be regarded as a great king and a good man.

 However, at the same time, he was an abominable man, because he killed his father and married his own mother. He violated the secular treaties that the world hated.  In short, he challenged the moral bottom line known to the world, so he was an abomination.

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)