Read the excerpt from act i, scene iii of  romeo and juliet. nurse: faith, i can tell her age unto an hour.      lady capulet: she’s not fourteen.      nurse: i’ll lay fourteen of my teeth—  and yet to my teen be it spoken i have but four—  she is not fourteen. how long is it now  20to lammas-tide?       lady capulet: a fortnight and odd days.      nurse: even or odd, of all days in the year,  come lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen.  the nurse can be viewed as a comic figure in the excerpt because of hercareless housekeeping. willingness to serve. roundabout answer. firm religious beliefs.

Roundabout answer.

Explanation:

William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" revolves around the love of Romeo and Juliet who had to die to hold on to their love. The death of the lovers also led to their feuding families to mend their enmity and resolve any hatred.

One of the prominent characters of this play would be the Nurse who had been Juliet's 'mother', taking care of her since she's been born. She seems more motherly than her real mother, Lady Capulet. This exchange between Lady Capulet and the Nurse in Act I scene iii shows the humorous side, the comic figure of the nurse. Her roundabout way of replying to whatever's asked can be viewed as a comic scene. Like for example, in this scene, they were talking about the age of Juliet. But instead of just simply stating the age, she kept on dragging the issue, sometimes referring to the Lammas-tide, her teeth and even even-odd days. This unnecessary detail just add to the comedic nature of the issue/ scene.

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)