Based on the actions and words of duke theseus in act 1; sc 1, how would you describe his character? question 7 options: shy and lacking confidence. serious and authoritative. friendly and humorous. angry and vengeful.

The right answer is the second one: Serious and authoritative. Hermia herself addresses him as "your grace" and she contrast her "modesty" with his "presence." Furthermore, Hermia's father, Egeus, requests him to let him exercise the right to force her to marry the man he wants or to have her killed. Moreover, Theseus courted Hippolyta violently, forcibly, as he himself recognizes, and he also has the authority to somehow force the young people of Athens to celebrate their union with them, and to do it "with extravagant festivals and public festivities." These words and actions indicate that Theseus is an authoritative and powerful man. In addition, when he argues with Hermia about considering marrying Demetrius rather than Lysander, since that is her father's wish, he sounds serious and categorical: she will die or she will never see a man again if she disobeys him, since that's the law.  

why biographies are better than plays

explanation someone is saying they like biographies better

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)