What is the meaning of this text ? CREON: My lords: for what concerns the state, the gods Who tossed it on the angry surge of strife Have righted it again . . . . A man who rules a state And will not ever steer the wisest course, But is afraid, and says not what he thinks, That man is worthless . . . For be sure of this: It is the city that protects us all: She bears us through the storm; only when she Rides safe and sound can we make loyal friends.

Explanation:

Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, the late king of Thebes, in defiance of

Creon who rules in his stead, resolves to bury her brother Polyneices,

slain in his attack on Thebes. She is caught in the act by Creon's

watchmen and brought before the king. She justifies her action, asserting

that she was bound to obey the eternal laws of right and wrong in spite of

any human ordinance. Creon, unrelenting, condemns her to be immured in a

rock-hewn chamber. His son Haemon, to whom Antigone is betrothed, pleads

in vain for her life and threatens to die with her. Warned by the seer

Teiresias Creon repents him and hurries to release Antigone from her rocky

prison. But he is too late: he finds lying side by side Antigone who had

hanged herself and Haemon who also has perished by his own hand. Returning

to the palace he sees within the dead body of his queen who on learning of

her son's death has stabbed herself to the heart.

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)

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