In act i, scene iii, of macbeth, the witches address macbeth as thane of glamis. when they foretell that macbeth will become thane of cawdor and king, he is bewildered. soon after, a soldier informs him that macbeth is now the thane of cawdor. macbeth wonders to himself whether all the prophecies will come true. which lines in the excerpt show that macbeth is on the verge of giving in to temptation, knowing very well that he is considering committing a terrible crime? macbeth: (aside.) two truths are told, as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme. i you, gentlemen. (aside.) this supernatural soliciting cannot be ill; cannot be good: —if ill, why hath it given me earnest of success, commencing in a truth? i am thane of cawdor: if good, why do i yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, and make my seated heart knock at my ribs, against the use of nature? present fears are less than horrible imaginings: my thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, shakes so my single state of man, that function is smother'd in surmise; and nothing is but what is not.

If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair,

And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature? Present fears

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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)