Read this excerpt from Scene 7 of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. I can't take down your number and say I'll phone. I can't call up next week and—ask for a date.

I thought I had better explain the situation in case you misunderstand it and—hurt your feelings…

[Pause. Slowly, very slowly, LAURA's look changes, her eyes returning slowly from his to the ornament in her palm.

AMANDA utters another gay laugh in the kitchen.]

LAURA [faintly] You—won't—call again?

JIM: No, Laura, I can't.

[He rises from the sofa.]

As I was just explaining, I've—got strings on me. Laura, I've—been going steady!

I go out all of the time with a girl named Betty. She's a home-girl like you, and Catholic, and Irish, and in a great many ways we—get along fine.

I met her last summer on a moonlight boat trip up the river to Alton, on the Majestic.

Well—right away from the start it was—love!

[LEGEND: 'LOVE!'

LAURA sways slightly forward and grips the arm of the sofa. He fails to notice, now enrapt in his own comfortable being.]

How does Williams's choice to have Jim tell Laura about Betty contribute to the meaning of the play?

It reveals that Laura's hope of seeing Jim again is dashed, ending the scene on a disappointing note.

It hints that Jim made Betty up, so he won't have to see Laura again, ending the scene on a sly note.

It indicates that Jim is unaware that Laura is interested in him, ending the scene on an uncaring note.

It suggests that Jim would be interested in Laura if he weren't already involved with Betty, ending the scene on a sad note.

i love romeo and xo

it is a!

not b because i don't see how this would make them look dangerous..

not c because that just doesn't make sense..

and not d because this too doesn't make sense, it does not really put the audience on edge in my opinion.

a makes the most sense, romeo's statement that in staying to speak to juliet he is risking his life, leads the audience to worry about his safety. obviously if he says that if he stays, he will be at risk, so of course this makes the audience worry for his safety!

answer is a) romeo's statement that in staying to speak to juliet he is risking his life, leads the audience to worry about his safety.

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)

your answer is b. "with strong wording encouraging readers to take action."

awnser: william shakespeare was an english poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the english language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.