In act 2 of romeo & juliet , what is the prologue’s function? to summarize the action from the previous act and give an overview of what is to come. to summarize the action from the previous act. to give an overview of what is to come. to introduce the friar.

To summarize the action from the previous act and give an overview of what is to come.

Explanation:

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's tragicomedy (has element of tragedy as well as comedy).

Prologue of Act II serves two purposes. It first makes fun of Romeo for forgetting Rosalind so quickly and falling in passionate love with Juliet (summarizes the action of act i).

"Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie,

And young affection gapes to be his heir;

That fair for which love groan'd for and would die,

With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair."

Next it foreshadows problems and obstacles which Romeo and Juliet would have to face in next Acts.

"And she as much in love, her means much less

To meet her new-beloved any where:

But passion lends them power, time means, to meet

Tempering extremities with extreme sweet."

Second and third options are not correct because prologues of Act II serves two functions (summarizes and foreshadows).

Fourth option is not correct because the prologue has no mention of Friar.

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)