Read the historical fact. in medieval england, there was great tension between the saxons and the normans. when reading ivanhoe, it is to know this fact because it explains why many of the knights show indifference. why lady rowena is the queen of the day. why there is tension between the two sides in the tournament. why the people of the tournament defer to prince john.

The answer for this question would be option 3 ¨Why there is tension between the two sides in the tournament¨.

When reading "Ivanhoe", by Walter Scott, it is helpful to know that in medieval England there was great tension between the Saxons and the Normans because it explains why there is tension between the two sides in the tournament. King Richard I has been imprisoned in his way back from the Crusades. Prince John is in the throne, but the Norman nobles are the ones who really govern. The Normans are dispossessing the Saxons from their lands. The tension between the Normans and the Saxons at a peak.

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)

gregor could have been bullying her