The purpose of miracle, mystery, and morality plays was primarily to
entertain on holidays
provide instruction to the illiterate
undermine roman authority

The answer is: provide instruction for the illiterate.

Miracle or mystery plays can be said to be the antecedents of morality plays (the former being of biblical and religious topics and the latter being more secular but still speaking of morality). Both, with centuries separating them (miracle plays being earlier than morality plays), are forms of medieval plays which aimed at instructing the audience (and most people at that time were illiterate) on the ways of morality and the good life.

self-monitoring is in other words holding back your emotions for the better good. usually, people who can't hold their excitement, temper, or any other emotions, need to self-monitor themselves.   lol

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)