Evidence #1: there is no narrator in shakespearean plays. evidence #2: the stage directions in shakespearean plays are sparse. which option represents the best inference one could draw based upon the pieces of evidence?

The right answer is "#2: The stage directions in Shakespearean plays are sparse".

At the beginning of Rome and Juliet, we can observe that there is a direct narration, there is a narrator, which is the chorus.  While the Chorus opens several acts in the play, there is little use of direct narration. Instead, Shakespeare made use of a highly descriptive dialogue. It is through dialogue that the characters reveal most of the narrative.

The play also has a lot of indirect narrative where the audience does not know who the narrator is or who he is talking to. "Romeo and Juliet" contains little stage direction, and the narrative voice constantly changes between the characters. In most cases, the characters are talking to each other, but sometimes the characters turn into monologues, giving the audience a sense of the character's thoughts

bevy means a large group or thing of a certain kind.

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)