Read the excerpt from "how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale." between 1812 and 1857, seven editions of their tales appeared, each one different from the last, until the final, best-known version barely resembled the first. given that the first edition has recently been honored in bicentenary celebrations throughout the world, it is perhaps a good time to reexamine what we think we know about the original tales of the brothers grimm. what is the author's purpose in writing this paragraph? a) to persuade the reader that the grimm brothers were influential b) to entertain the reader with excerpts from the grimms' tales c) to inform the reader that the text will take a second look at the grimms’ original tales d) to show the reader that the grimms have received many honors

C is the correct answer! hope i helped!

The answer is:

C) to inform the reader that the text will take a second look at the Grimms’ original tales.

The author is doing a prelude to what he is going to talk about in the document, it also states why he is going to talk about it, the importance of reexamine the original text versus the later editions of the same tale.

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)

caliban is prospero's slave in the shakespear's play "the tempest"