1.When, at lunchtime, she sat in front of a round table, covered by a three-day tablecloth, in front of her husband, who uncovered the tureen, saying with an air of satisfaction: “Ah! What a good broth! There is nothing as excellent for me as this! ”, I thought about the delicate meals, the resplendent silver services, the tapestries that cover the walls with ancient characters and strange birds in a fantastic forest; I was thinking of the exquisite and select delicacies, offered in wonderful sources; in gallantries murmured and listened to with a sphinx smile, while savoring the rosy meat of a trout or a pheasant wing. Gallantries :courageous behavior, especially in battle. 2.The description of the character implies that she was a woman who does not settle for what she had 3.The main idea of the story is that Mathilde's greed, dishonesty and desire for a better social position in life led her to a much worse life than she originally had.

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)

the characters in string all have major secrets that they strive to avoid revealing throughout the play.