By the end of act 1 of the tragedy of julius caesar, what do we know about the soothsayer’s omen, “beware the ides of march”?

We know that Caesar is endangered in March, especially in the light of Cassius' conspiracy against him. This means that Caesar's life is in danger that day

Explanation:

The expression above, "Beware of the Gone March" is a foreboding. It was what Julius Caesar heard from a seer, returning victorious from the war, at the height of his power. He heard again when he went to the Senate, and disdained the warning, as Suetonius and Plutarch narrated, sources for Shakespeare's dramatization of the episode.

The passage has become a classic overconfidence that prevents an insecure leader, hero or charlatan, at the top of his glory, from distinguishing caution from weakness. And it means that Caesar's life was in danger on the day that this prophecy was spoken.

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)