Need help ASAP !! Look at the prompt for this unit: Was Brutus a betrayer or a patriot? and write a one-sentence statement of your claim. Then write two or three examples of
counterclaims to your argument. Provide specific examples from the play to support your claim. Use proper spelling and grammar.

Brutus was a patriot. And he plotted against Caesar, who was declared by the public to be crowned king, and stabbed his friend in the back, Brutus was more concerned for the success and well-being of the people of Rome. As Brutus stated in Julius Caesar, "Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?With this I depart: that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death." Of course killing someone whom you were fond of is an act of betrayal, but think about it this way: Brutus chose to betray one man to stay loyal to the rest of the people of Rome, and would proceed to kill himself if it meant he would help his country.

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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)