The following question is based on your reading of a midsummer night’s dream by william shakespeare. why are the mechanicals putting on a play? a. they are unemployed. c. in celebration of theseus and hippolyta’s wedding. b. in celebration of hermia and lysander’s wedding. d. to invade the fairy world.

c. In celebration of Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding.

Explanation:

In A Midsummer Night's Dream we encounter the mechanicals, a group of craftsmen. These men have been tasked with a very special job, which is that of planning a play in honour of the forthcoming wedding of Theseus, Duke of Athens and Hippolyta, the Amazon Queen. They decide to enact Pyramus and Thisbe, even though this is a tragedy, thinking that it is a romantic comedy.

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)

“asleep in his bed” is personified.