Read the excerpt from the play trifles, by susan glaspell. hale. harry and i had started to town with a load of potatoes. we came along the road from my place; and as i got here, i said, “i’m going to see if i can’t get john wright to go in with me on a party telephone.” i spoke to wright about it once before, and he put me off, saying folks talked too much anyway, and all he asked was peace and quiet—i guess you know about how much he talked himself; but i thought maybe if i went to the house and talked about it before his wife, though i said to harry that i didn’t know as what his wife wanted made much difference to john— which feminist theme is most supported by the excerpt? women feel pressured to conform to roles set by society. women artists face difficult paths when pursuing careers. women need to feel they are determining their own fate. women frequently go unheard in male-dominated societies.

when i skim a text i look for anything i'm trying to find, like keys or clues or i just want to see if it is interesting to me.

explanation:

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)