What did winston churchill mean by this?
"but if we fail, then the whole world, including the united states, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new dark age"

It means that if the Armed Forces and the British people (at great sacrifice) of Great Britain fail, then the whole world will change for the worse and a new age full of unknown horrors will be thrown into a deep dark inescapable  pit. Even the United States, with all its, power, will not escape this fate.

The Dark Ages were a particularly black period in Western Civilization's history. Education was frowned upon and those working in agriculture (most people) growing the food we need, were no better than slaves to the Church and to the Nobility.

the penalty for defying creon's decree is death, as can be seen in the tragedy. if you do obey him however, all is forgiven

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)