(on the emigration to america and peopling the western country)

freneau’s poem guides the reader through a journey. where does the journey begin? where does the journey take the reader? provide evidence from the text to support your response.

The readers are taken on the journey with the speaker in, "On the emigration to America and peopling the Western Country" to the "untamed and virgin soil" of America from the land of Europe "Where kings and priests enchain the mind."

Explanation:

"On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country" is a poem written by Philip Freneau, first published in 1785.

The poem is of narrative form. The speaker is talking about his "emigration to America". In his poem, Freneau, takes his reader to a journey beginning from,

"From Europe's proud, despotic shores

Hither the stranger takes his way,"  

The speaker talks about the beauty of nature of the United States and says that he will move from Europe's land, where slaves are insulted by the "crown"

"Where no proud despot holds him down,

No slaves insult him with a crown."

to the land of America where nature reigns, meaning that there is no interference of the "crown" in the "new found world" but the only rule is of the nature in this land.

"And in our new found world explores

A happier soil, a milder sway,"

The poem tells us of the cruelty in Europe by the crown and the freedom that's in America.

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)

which lines in this excerpt from act i of shakespeare's romeo and juliet suggest that lord capulet respects free will?