Jane austen develops two characters for "comic relief" - mr. elton and augusta. in a short essay, explain how austen uses these characters humorously throughout the book. 3 or 4 incidences are sufficient.'

Both characters in Emma are presented by the author with the same sense a break from work is presented in real life.Austen depicts a life too hard for ladies of her time and in introducing humorous characters, she appears to be escaping, just for a while , from what she really wants to highlight.

Mr Elton is used by Jane Austen as a character who is handsome and available for marrying a girl belonging to the society, or so he thinks.He is convinced he can win Emma´s love but he is unable to get what he wants.He´s excellent at rhyming silly verses and has an incredible ability for creating riddles, all of what seems not enough for Emma.Heartbroken by her rejection it seems he will never recover until he finds a new wife ; Augusta.

  Augusta is in a good financial position and  has the luck of having a sister who has found a reputable husband.While still single, she wants to show refinement but in turn she is considered a bit ridiculous.She manages herself with overfamiliarity attitudes which disturb some of the well educated characters in the novel.Austen plays with her a lot and the best part of her game is the moment she marries Mr Elton .Two birds of a kind end up together.

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)

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.