Read this excerpt from “my last duchess” by robert browning: —and if she let herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse, —e'en then would be some stooping: and i choose never to stoop. oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt, whene'er i passed her; but who passed without much the same smile? this grew; i gave commands; then all smiles stopped together. what conclusion can you draw about the speaker's character? a. he seems passive. b. he is extremely arrogant. c. he has a stooping gait. d. he is very somber.

The conclusion that can be drawn about the speaker's character is that he is extremely arrogant.

Robert Browning's poem “My Last Duchess” is about the story of the last wife of the Duke. The Duke himself is the narrator of the story. While entertaining an emissary who came to negotiate the Duke's marriage with the daughter of a powerful family, the Duke tells about his last wife. He shows the portrait of the Last Duchess and begins to tell about her. When the Duke narrated the story it becomes clear to the readers that the reason for the early demise of his wife was the Duke himself. He didn't appreciate his wife's smiling gratitude towards other men which turned him arrogant towards her.

you're answer would be that he is extremely arrogant.

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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