Which of the following ideas can you infer from the closing image of shelley’s “ozymandias”? explain why you chose your answer. a. kings from ancient times were less intelligent than men and women of today. b. the spiritual world carries more importance than the physical world. c. exotic lands are more important to the imagination than familiar settings. d. all forms of wealth and power are ultimately impermanent and meaningless.

d. All forms of wealth and power are ultimately impermanent and meaningless.

Explanation:

The last few lines of the poem state the following:

"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

The lines imply that all the riches that King Ozymandias was proud of in his time have disappeared. It does not matter how powerful you are, ultimately time will erase all your legacy. What the lines state is that all forms of wealth and power are ultimately impermanent and meaningless.

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)

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