Read the following passage: antony: he was my friend, faithful and just to me: but brutus says he was ambitious; and brutus is an honourable man. he hath brought many captives home to rome, whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: did this in caesar seem ambitious? when that the poor have cried, caesar hath wept: ambition should be made of sterner stuff: yet brutus says he was ambitious; and brutus is an honourable man. you all did see that on the lupercal i thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? yet brutus says he was ambitious; and, sure, he is an honourable man. william shakespeare, the tragedy of juliuscaesar what phrase from this passage of julius caesar the audience understand that brutus is not trustworthy? a. "and brutus is an honourable man." b. "when that the poor have cried, caesar hath wept: " c. "he was my friend, faithful and just to me: " d. "whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: "

A. "And Brutus is an honourable man."

Explanation:

In this passage from "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, the phrase that helps the audience understand that Brutus is not trustworthy is "And Brutus is an honourable man." In Act III, Scene II, at Caesar's funeral Brutus has delivered a speech to the crow saying that they had to kill Caesar for the general good because he was ambitious. Then Antony delivers his speech. He first states some of the virtues of Caesar, and then he repeats after each virtue "But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man", implying just the opposite of what he is saying. In this way, he turns the crowd against the conspirators.

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)