Read the excerpt from act ii, scene iii of romeo and juliet.

benvolio: here comes romeo, here comes romeo.

20
mercutio: without his roe, like a dried herring. o flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! now is he for the numbers that petrarch flowed in: laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her; dido a dowdy; cleopatra a gipsy; helen and hero hildings and harlots; thisbe, a grey eye or so, but not to the purpose. signior romeo, bon jour! there’s a french salutation to your french slop. you gave us the counterfeit fairly last night.

romeo: good morrow to you both. what counterfeit did i give you?

mercutio: the slip, sir, the slip; can you not conceive?

how does mercutio offer comic relief in this excerpt?

by explaining romantic figures from history
by speaking in different languages
by refusing to treat romeo’s romance seriously
by complaining about his own love interest

by refusing to treat Romeos romance seriously

he refuses to treat romeo's love seriously

Explanation: the figures that mercutio mentions in the extract are all historical women who were known to be promiscuous and have affairs. he almost seems to be doing this to mock rosaline and shows he is witty and has crude humour.

c.to compare several aspects of the tragedy to other worldwide tragedies

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)