Read the excerpt from act iii, scene i of romeo and juliet.

mercutio: thou! why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast. thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes. what eye, but such an eye, would spy out such a quarrel? thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrelling. thou hast quarrelled with a man for coughing in the street, because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun. didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new doublet before easter? with another, for tying his new shoes with old riband? and yet thou wilt tutor me from quarrelling!

benvolio: an i were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any man should buy the fee-simple of my life for an hour and a quarter.

mercutio: the fee-simple! o simple!

benvolio: by my head, here come the capulets.

why does shakespeare include this comic speech by mercutio?

a)to explain benvolio’s strange behavior
b)to question the established laws of verona
c)to mock the reasons for quarrels and feuds
d)to illustrate the close friendship between the men

C) to mock the reasons for quarrels and feuds

Explanation: In this excerpt from Act III, Scene I of "Romeo and Juliet", Shakespeare includes this comic speech by Mercutio to mock the reason for quarrels and the feuds. Mercutio is mocking Benvolio. Benvolio seems to find a reason for fighting the Capulets. Mercutio states that neither feud need to find a good reason to fight someone of the other feud, anything makes them quarrel.

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)

that's a lot of reading foo

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