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read the excerpt from hamlet.

claudius: why to a public count i might not go, is the great love the general gender bear him; who, dipping all his faults in their affection, would, like the spring that turneth wood to stone, convert his gyves to graces; so that my arrows, too slightly timber’d for so loud a wind, would have reverted to my bow again, and not where i had aim’d them. which conclusion about claudius does the excerpt support?

he is not a popular king.
he is not a good hunter.
he is really on hamlet’s side.
he fears for hamlet’s safety.

the answer is A.  He is not a popular king on orange groove street

The conclusion about Claudius that the excerpt supports is that "he is not a popular king".

This excerpt shows that Hamlet is more loved by the citizens than the king and; therefore, also more popular. Since these people cannot see Hamlet's faults and they are convinced he is a virtuous man, Claudius understands he cannot prosecute him as this would make him lose even more support as king. Claudius is the antagonist of Shakespeare's play. He is the one that murders King Hamlet to obtain the throne and gain more power.

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)