Which saying best paraphrases what the Green Knight says to Sir Gawain at the end of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? a.
Live by the sword and die by the sword.
c.
A leopard never changes his spots.
b.
Admit your mistakes and move on.
d.
The best is yet to come.

b.  Admit your mistakes and move on.

Explanation:

The story of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is an Arthurian tale that revolves around the story of a brave knight of King Arthur's court and the chivalry and bravery that he embodies. The tale concerns the successful defending of the king's reputation by his trusted knight Sir Gawain against the menacing Green Knight.

After the Green Knight challenges the men in King Arthur's court, and he had been dealt three strikes by Sir Gawain, it was time for him to reciprocate the strike. Sir Gawain kept his promise and returned to fulfil his promise, letting the knight strike him thrice too. But the first two blows didn't hit him, and the third merely cut his skin. When the promise was fulfilled and Sir Gawain challenged him for an open duel, the Green Knight revealed his true intention- to see for himself how the men in King Arthur's court are. At the end, he did found true that Sir Gawain is indeed a true and brave man, and kept his promises. Though Sir Gawain failed to reveal about the green girdle that the Green Knight's wife had given to him, the Green Knight forgave him, telling him that it was his idea to test him. He told Sir Gawain to admit his mistakes and then move on,

"I hold it happily made whole, the harm that I had;  You are confessed so clean, cleared of your faults,  and have done penance plain at the point of my blade,  I hold you absolved of that sin, as pure and as clean,  as though you were never at fault since first you were born."

Thus, the correct answer is option b.

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)

answer

the answer is a