Pl someone the following question is based on your reading of “a portrait of the artist as a young man” by james joyce. the story of daedalus and icarus is a metaphor for stephen’s life because: a. stephen is an artist like daedalus. c. stephen’s dreams for his life are as imaginary and fragile as the wings daedalus creates. b. stephen needs to escape ireland, the church and his family to be an artist; daedalus needs to escape from prison to continue pursuing hiss profession as an artist. d. a and b

The correct answer is option letter D (A and B). Taken from the novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” by James Joyce (1916), the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus has been used as a metaphor for Stephen’s life for two reasons. One reason is presented in option letter A and it has to do with the fact that both Stephen Dedalus and mythological character Daedalus are artists. Stephen studied and excelled as a writer and as an actor in schools and Daedalus was a skillful craftsman and artist. Another reason is presented in option letter B and it makes reference to the idea of freedom that both Stephen Dedalus and Daedalus dreamed of. Stephen Dedalus wanted to liberate himself from the expectations of friends and family and to become an artist; he was born and raised in Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century and as he grew up, he did not want to follow the rules that his religion and his family has imposed upon him. Daedalus was shut up in a tower in order to prevent the knowledge of his Labyrinth from spreading to the public. In order to escape and continue with his profession as an artist, he decided to fabricate wings for himself and his young son Icarus. Both, Stephen Dedalus and Daedalus, felt the lack of freedom in their lives, so they built wings (metaphorically or not) on which they could fly above all obstacles and become artists.

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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)