How is Victor Frankenstein intelligent, and what are some of his character traits?

In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein
is a scientific genius.  He masters the natural science of biology, anatomy, galvanism,
alchemy, electromagnetism, and natural philosophy.  He does what his professors only
dreamed of.

But, like many geniuses, he is a rogue; he has
no community.  His genius is the kind that is dangerous, rebellious, reckless, without
standards, or scientific ethics.  Victor suffers from hubris, extreme self-pride.  He
isolates himself from loved ones: friends, family, women, and
colleagues.

He is a kind of satanic
hero:

•“The Will become Satanic pride and
rebellious self-idolatry” •“to find in itself alone one absolute motive of action…”
•“outward Restlessness and whirling Activity; Violence with guile; Temerity and Cunning…
Interminableness of Object with perfect Indifference of Means.” •“COMMANDING GENIUS!” •
like Napoleon – “palliative admiration” •“Evil, be thou my
good!”

He is a kind of Byronic
hero:

•unusually handsome, or inextricably
attractive, often to both sexes •wounded or physically, disabled in some way •moody,
mysterious, and/or gloomy •passionate (both in terms of sexuality and deep emotions
generally) •remorse laden (for some unnamed sin, a hidden curse, or crime) •unrepentant
(despite remorse) •persecuted by fate •self-reliant (often rejecting people on both
physical and emotional levels) •is an admirable rebel (against convention, society,
religious doctrine) •has a distaste for society and social institutions •is isolated
(both physically and emotionally) from society (a wanderer, an exile) •is not impressed
by rank and privilege (though he may possess it) •is larger-than-life in his
ability--and his pride •suffers gloriously from titanic passions •tends to be
self-destructive

What phrase does Gatsby repeatedly use to address Nick and others?

Two or three effects arise from Gatsby's use of the words,
"old sport," in The Great Gatsby." 

In addition to Gatsby possibly attempting to
appear British or high class, Gatsby also appears to use the phrase to endear himself to
others.  It is a phrase that Gatsby uses to show acceptance of others.  It shows he
accepts others.

At the same time, however, the words, "old
sport," probably reflect Gatsby's inneptness at social contact.  The words can be a bit
annoying.  He uses it for people that consider themselves his friends, but he also uses
it for people who do not consider themselves his friend--most notably, Tom, who throws
it back in his face.  It seems to be something Gatsby says that is awkward and overused,
and he uses it with mixed success.

Finally, the words
suggest a lack of sincerity on Gatsby's part.  And this perception of the words is
accurate.  When it comes to anyone accept Daisy, and possibly Nick, Gatsby is insincere
in his friendship.  He is obsessed and consumed by his illusion of Daisy and of their
relationship.  And he cares little for anything else.

According to contemporary psychology, what is actually learned druing classical conditioning?

Ivan Pavlov defined Classical Conditioning in 1927. Pavlov
used dogs as subjects and exposed them to a neutral stimulus (in this case a ringing
bell) followed by an unconditional stimulus (meat powder).  The result was the
“conditioning” of the dog to salivate when the bell
rang.

Thus, in classical conditioning, the subject learns
that the neutral stimulus is connected to the unconditional stimulus.  As a result, the
subject reacts to the neutral stimulus the same way he normally would with the
unconditional stimulus, a so-called "conditioned response".  Prior to the conditioning,
the subject would not have learned the association between the bell and the meat
powder.  He would not have learned to salivate when the bell
rang.

So the answer to your question is that conditioning
causes the subject to learn an association between a neutral stimulus and something
else, when before such conditioning he would have been unaware of the
connection.

Explain the title Thank You, M'am.

Roger, the young boy who tries to steal a purse from the
wrong woman in this Langston Hughes short story, feels shame and regret after he is
forced to return to her home. While there, the large woman, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington
Jones, treats the boy with respect and gives him a hot meal. She does not question him
about the purse again, but only asks if he wanted the money because he was hungry. No,
the boy tells her; he only wants to buy some blue suede shoes. She tells him that she,
too, has done things for which she is ashamed. Mrs. Jones gives him $10 to buy the
shoes, and shows him the way to the door. As he leaves, he wishes that he could think of
something else to say, but he only tells her "Thank you, m'am." Because the woman, who
obviously has little money herself and has to cook a simple meal on a hot plate, is so
kind to the boy, and treats him with dignity, she earns his trust and his respect--quite
a change from how the two first met. It seems an appropriate
title.

How and when do children go to school in The Giver?

In Jonas's community, children go to school from a young
age and continue until they reach adulthood, but the training changes.  Early training
focuses on teaching children to be obedient and use language properly.  This begins
at the toddler age.  Babies are raised by Nurturers until they reach about a year old
(although "one year" varies, depending on when they were born in the year, and some
children are older than others when they join the group of ones).  Toddlers are raised
by their families except when their parents are at work, when they are in Childcare
groups.

When school begins, the lessons focus more and more
on proper use of language and obeying social norms.  The goal is to make the children as
much the same as possible.  Each year, they have a ceremony where all of the children
born in a year are given different objects that symbolize growth to adulthood.  These
include tunics that button in the front and  bicycles.  At some ceremonies they give up
items, such as hair ribbons and the comfort objects they attain when they are
babies.

As children get older, they begin to volunteer with
adults in careers.  They choose the service, and are supposed to vary it when they first
begin.  As they get older, they gravitate toward areas of interest.  At the same time,
they are observed constantly by the Committee.  When they turn 12, they are assigned to
their adult careers.

After 12, school continues and
training begins after school.  As the children get older, they attend school less and
less and training more and more, until they are fully trained and begin their adult
career.

In Act 1, what imagery does Iago use to describe Othello and Desdemona's elopement, and what conflict does that imagery develop?

In Othello, Iago very cleverly uses
much emotional imagery to evoke an emotional response from Desdemona's father Brabantio
regarding her elopement.   The images are as
follow:

• Thief and Crime
  Imagery:

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Awake! what, ho,
Brabantio! thieves! thieves!
thieves!
Look to your
house, your
daughter and your
bags!
Thieves!
thieves!

AND

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'Zounds, sir,
you're
robb'd

• Sexual,
  Religious, Animal, and Racial
  Imagery(combined):

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for
shame, put
on
your
gown;
Your heart is
burst, you have lost
half your soul;
Even now, now, very now,
an old black
ram
Is
topping your white ewe. Arise,
arise;
Awake the snorting citizens with the
bell,
Or else the
devil will make a
grandsire of
you:
Arise, I
say.

AND

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'Zounds, sir,
you are one of those that will
not
serve
God, if the devil bid you. Because we come
to
do you service and you think we are ruffians,
you'll
have your daughter
covered with a Barbary horse;
you'll have
your nephews neigh to you; you'll
have
coursers
for cousins and gennets for
germans.

This
last line translated is, "you'd have your daughter covered with a African horse; you'd
have your nephews neigh to you; you'd have chargers for cousins and small Spanish horses
for Germans."

In short, Iago synthesizes all the imagery
together (sexual, religious, animal, racial, criminal) to bombard Brabantio and inflame
his rage.  Iago wants Brabantio to start a fight with the Moor, to annul the marriage,
to prosecute and court- marshall him.  Iago knows that Brabantio is paranoid and racist
about his daughter seeing Othello, who is much older, black, and a former-Muslim.  Iago
plays upon the fears of the European male of the time: that a black man is a sexual
predator out to seduce and steal his white woman and that a black man is superior to a
white man in bed.

What are the differences between a dhow, a caravel, and a junk?

A dhow is a traditional sailing vessel used by Arab
countries.  It typically had one or more lateen sails.  "Lateen sails are triangular
sails set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft
direction."  These sailing vessels are still used today to carry cargo around coastal
areas.

A caravel is a sailing vessel utilized by the
Portuguese to carry cargo.  It typically had two or three lateen sails (which are
mentioned above).  They were agile and easy to navigate.  They were used for oceanic
exploration.

A junk is a traditional Chinese sailing
vessel.  It was utilized to sail the oceans and for distance. It's sails have rigid
members that span the width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the
mast.

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, I need five character traits about Romeo, with quotes that support the traits.Can you provide Shakespearean...

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,
Romeo is first portrayed as a love-struck adolescent. In a
conversation with Benvolio, Romeo complains that time is passing too
slowly.

Ay me,
sad hours seem so
long.

Benvolio asks why
Romeo's day moves so slowly...is it sadness? Romeo
responds:

Not
having that which, having, makes them
short.

Intuitively, Benvolio
asks if it has something to do with love; Romeo says:

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Out of her favor where I am in
love... (paraphrase and quotes of lines
157-164)

This conversation
relates to his infatuation with Rosalind who does not return his love, wanting to join a
convent instead. All Romeo is capable of at this point in the story is to sigh over
Rosalind's rejection.

It would seem that by Act One, scene
five, Romeo is changeable. When first he sees Juliet, thoughts of
Rosalind are gone:

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Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn
bright...For I ne'er say true beauty till this night. (lines 42 and
51)

Romeo can also be said to
fall in love quickly. When Romeo climbs the orchard walls to seek
out Juliet, she is speaking alone—to the night, about him. When he reveals himself and
makes himself known to her, she asks how he arrived: the walls are high, and he would be
killed if caught, since he is a Montague on Capulet land. His explanation, however,
speaks of "love;" though they have only just met that night, Romeo
speaks to Juliet of love:

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With love's light wings did I o'erperch these
walls. (II.ii.65)

Romeo could
be said to be impetuous: within hours of meeting her, he has
proposed to Juliet, and very soon he and Juliet will marry, with the help of Friar
Lawrence. Romeo meets Friar Lawrence to ask the holy friar to marry
them:

Then
plainly know my heart's dear love is set
On the fair daughter of rich
Capulet;
As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine,
And all
combin'd, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage. When, and where, and
how
We met, we woo'd, and made exchange of vow,
I'll tell thee as
we pass; but this I pray,
That thou consent to marry us to-day.
(II.iii.59-66)

Romeo and
Juliet have both pledged themselves in love and wish to marry that same day. Romeo tells
the friar he will explain how this all has happened as they walk and talk, but he wants
to marry immediately.

Finally, Romeo is an
honorable man, true to his love of Juliet, though it costs him
dearly. Once he is married, he refuses to fight with Tybalt because (unknown to the
fiery-tempered Tybalt) Romeo is now a part of the family—being married to Juliet. He
can't explain why, but Romeo only wants peace between them (though he has never really
been involved in the feud as far as the audience can tell), but Tybalt is in deadly
earnest of killing Montagues. Romeo addresses Tybalt:

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I do protest I never injur'd thee,

But love thee better than thou canst devise
Till thou shalt know
the reason of my love;
And so good Capulet, which name I tender
As
dearly as mine own, be satisfied.
(III.i.64-68)

(Of course,
this is when Tybalt reaches beyond Romeo, killing Mercutio, who is also related to
Prince Escalus. Romeo avenges the killing, and is banished from Verona, wherein the
tragedy moves along quickly, and the young lovers both end up
dead.)

children watch to much television ? in essay form or points

Too much television can certainly be harmful to a child's
intellectual development.

Before a child enters school it
recommended that they watch no more than 1-2 hours of television a day. Watching too
much television takes away from parental interaction, exploring, playing, and learning
how to socialize.

When children reach school age too much
television interferes with homework, reading, and spending time with the family. They
are also getting less physical activity which can lead to
obesity.

There are positive aspects about television such
as nature and wildlife programs and current events.

One of
the biggest problems with television is violence. If children watch too much television
it can teach aggressive behavior in addition to things such as smoking, drinking,
etc.

The important thing to remember is that television
needs to be monitored both for time spent watching it and
content.

What are the events of the wedding night?

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,
Victor approaches his wedding night with the memory of the creature's threat in his
mind. Because Victor would not create a mate for the monster, the monster promises to
visit Victor on his wedding night to Elizabeth.

Victor and
Elizabeth marry and travel on a ship to where they will live. They stand on the deck
while Victor worries about confronting the demonic creature that haunts him: for he is
sure that the creature will appear as promised. Finally, he sends Elizabeth to their
cabin, while he searches the ship for traces of his
pursuer.

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Suddenly I heard a shrill and dreadful scream.
It came from the room into which Elizabeth had retired. As I heard it, the whole truth
rushed into my mind, my arms dropped...

Great God! Why did
I not then expire! Why am I here to relate the detruction of the best hope, and the
purest creature of earth? She was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the
bed...Could I behold this and live?...

While I still hung
over her in the agony of despair, I happened to look up...I saw at the open window a
figure the most hideous and abhorred. A grin was on the face of the monster; he seemed
to jeer, as with his fiendish finger he pointed towards the corpse of my
wife.

All that the creature
promised Victor has come true: he does visit Victor on his wedding night, and as
inferred, he robs Elizabeth of her life and Victor of his reason for living. It will be
from this event that Victor will inevitably decide to pursue the creature, even if it
kills him.

What are 3-5 accomplishments of the Chinese Five Dynasties in the North and the Ten Kingdoms in the South?It's Chinese history and it's urgent...

This is admittedly a tough one, but I'll give it a shot.
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms refer to the period 905-960 CE. It is sandwiched
between the Tang dynasty, which was culturally a high point in classical Chinese
civilization, and the Song dynasty which was another high point which developed a number
of advances. Perhaps the most notable thing we can say about this period in between was
it was marked by considrable political strife and disunity (as the name of the era would
suggest!).

That being said, it was around this period that
at lead two important innovations occurred. Wood block printing had been developed
centuires earlier, but around this time we have the first transition to a movable type
for printing, used for the Buddhist scripture, the Diamond
Sutra. 

More notable is the first uses of
gunpowder in battle. While it was likely invented earlier, it is first mentioned in
texts in the 10th century, and is first used in battle with mixed
results.

The Song dynasty that followed was a period of
innovation and growth in classical China. The decades after the Five Dynasties and Ten
Kingdoms were more prominent for invention and expansion of
trade.

If on the other hand, you mean the Northern and
Southern Dynasties period (420-589 CE) we have more accomplishments of note. I'll
mention the main ones below:

1. Buddhism gained currency in
China in this period. It was widely followed by the mid-6th
century.

2. This was also a period when music, calligraphy,
poetry, and painting developed in ancient China.

3.
Architecturally, the pagoda was designed in this period.

4.
It was also a period of development in medicine, astronomy and mathematics (for example,
the value of pi was calculated to 9 decimal places).

Hope
this helps!

How does Miners during the California Gold Rush suggest about the changes occuring during this time period for many ethnic groups?The expanding...

The changes that occurred in California during the gold
rush point to some of the lessening of certain prejudices along with the reinforcement
of others.  Native Americans were still treated terribly and often forcefully removed
from any land that was considered valuable.  Many immigrants from Asia were funnelled
into low wage and often dangerous jobs and not allowed the same freedom that immigrants
from South America enjoyed.

And after the initial
excitement and basic lawlessness of the early stages of the rush, many white
forty-niners sought laws to be established that would keep foreigners out of the mines
and maintain the opportunity and privilege for them and their own ethnic group and not
allow things to open up to foreigners.

What might be a good thesis statement for Krik? Krak! "Caroline's Wedding"?What was Danticat's purpose in presenting Hatians and Haiti as she did?

Critics explain Danticat's explorations in "Caroline's
Wedding" as a look into the integration of ancient Haitian ways with modern ways of
American society. She does this by contrasting Caroline's courtship and upcoming
marriage to Ma's memories of her Haitian courtship and, later, her reluctant confessions
about her marriage. With Grace acting the role of mediator of the two points of
view--Haitian and Western-American--Danticat blends the two cultural realities,
highlighting the strong and weak of each until Ma and Caroline develop a genuine
comprehension of each other's sense of perception.

A
possible thesis addressing Danticat's purpose in presenting the culture of Haiti in the
way she does might focus on Danticat's personal perception that individual perception
isn't adequate or sufficient enough to serve as a lens through which to understand the
truth about major events and milestones of life. In other words, varying perceptions
need to be blended to build a multifaceted perception of life's moments of
importance.

How does setting contribute to the story?

Place and story are closely integrated in "Araby." The
alleyway, the busy commercial street, the open door of Mangan’s house, the room in back
where the priest died, the way to school—all are parts of the locations that shape the
life and consciousness of the narrator. Before the narrator goes to Araby, it is his
thoughts about this exotic, mysterious location that crystallize for him his adoration
of Mangan’s sister, who is somehow locked into an "Eastern enchantment" (paragraph 12)
of devotion and unfulfilled love. At the story’s end the lights are out, the place is
closing down, and the narrator recognizes Araby as a symbol of his own lack of reality
and unreachable hopes. Seemingly, all his aims are dashed by his adolescent lack of
power and by the drunken and passive-aggressive uncle.

In William Golding's Lord of the Flies: Why are the following considered symbols: conch, Piggy, Jack, the island? Explain.

William Golding's novel, Lord of the
Flies, has been approached critically in differing ways.  One such way is the
psychoanalytical approach, particularly that of Sigmund Freud. According to Freud, gods
and devils are basically human processes projected onto the human world.  Thus,
according to critic Claire Rosenfield, Ralph represents a projection of man's good
impulses, from which people derive authority figures, and Jack, on the contrary,
represents the evil, instinctual forces of the
unconscious.

Working with this dichotomy, Piggy, who is
associated with Ralph represents the rational side of man, the mature man of society who
has an acceptance of rules and order.  As such, he looks older with his thinning hair,
myopic eyes that need glasses, and heavy body.  It is Piggy who suggests using the conch
to call the boys to order when they need to meet and discuss important
issues: 

How
can you expect to be rescued if you don't put first things first and act
proper? 

The conch is much
like the gavel that is used by judges who call the court to order.  Near the end of
Golding's narrative, the conch crashes against the rock, "that token of preposterous
time," symbolizing the end of an societal order on the island.  Also, according to
Rosenfield, Piggy, a father figure, is also a symbol of the degeneration of boys from
adults to animalistic savages when he, too, is dashed against the large, sharp rocks and
the conch

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exploded into a thousand white fragments and
ceased to exist....Piggy fell forty feet....Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow
sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back
again, the body of Piggy was
gone.

Because Golding based
his narrative upon the Victorian novel, Coral Island, in which boys
were stranded on an island, but were able to fight the natives there and be victorious
over savagery, the island is used in Lord of the Flies without any
natives to represent a type of Garden of Eden so that Golding can demonstrate that man,
on his own, releases his savage impulses when the controls of society are not present;
and, these savage impulses symbolized in the character of Jack, and his sadistic
counterpart, Roger, "who carried death in his hands."

What are some effects Jamie had on Landon in "A Walk To Remember"?In the book Landon is completely transformed through his relationship with...

To put it simply, Landon was a huge punk before he met
Jamie.  He was concerned mainly with cheap and easy thrills and being popular, things
that came easily to him because he was talented and smart and good
looking.

Through his relationship with Jamie, he learned to
appreciate much bigger things and much smaller ones.  Things like really caring for
people and thinking about how one's actions affect other people and in many ways how to
be a good person.  Jamie has completely changed Landon's outlook on life and on what is
important, as evidenced by the fact that he would marry her knowing she hasn't very long
to live.

Make a chart to record your thoughts about what the boy finds out about himself and the world in "Araby."To identify the theme of a story, it is...

This question is one that requires the initiative of the
student.  But, to assist you in your endeavor, here are a few things to consider.  You
may wish to draw a a pyramid of plot as created by Gustav Freytag, a German dramatist
and novelist.  As you probably know, the base of this pyramid is the
exposition, in which the setting and character are
introduced.  Then, the rising action is the line upward to
the apex of the pyramid.  At the apex is the climax, the
point of emotional intensity--for Joyce's character it is the epiphany. On the line from
the apex back to the base is the falling action and then the point of connection of the
base line and the side of the pyramid is the denouement, or
resolution of the
plot. 

Setting up this diagram, you can peruse the story
and plug in the actions that are appropriate to each point.  For instance, in the
exposition and the rising action, as well, the boy is completely infatuated with
Mangan's sister.  Every morning he lies on the floor of his parlour watching her door,
and "her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood."  Her image joins him, he
narrates.  

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...my body was like a harp [symbol of Ireland, by
the way], and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the
wires. 

There is even some
foreshadowing in the boy's mention of his "innumerable follies [that] laid waste my
waking and sleeping thoughts."   Later, as he carries groceries through the crowd for
his mother, the boy idealizes Mangan's sister as the fair maiden for whom, he, the
knight, seeks the holy grail (Rising action). With the boy as the narrator, his
thoughts, speech, and actions are what reveal his character to you, the reader. By
charting the plot, you can place these actions or thoughts into the appropriate place so
that your discussion of his realizations will be in order.  Good
luck!

(sinx-xcosx)/(xsinx+cosx)

(sinx-xcosx)/(xsinx+cosx)
.

No specific question as to what is to be done with the
above ratio.

To find the value of the expression as a
ratio, we need to put x=some angle and evaluate the
ratio.

The expression is already in a form and does not
require any simplification.

The limit of the expression at
pi/2 is 2/pi

The limit of the expression when x=0, is zero
clearly.

You can ask for any further help related with
this.

Compare the advantages and disadvantages to China and the related countries as China expands, and what is the future of international...

China has been able to utilize its ability to be a
low-cost producer to grow into an industrial superpower of sorts. It is the largest
exporter of products to countries around the world and has a huge trade
surplus.

But its present area of expertise has many
limitations and it is not possible to sustain growth for too long with just this. The
Chinese need to use their resources in a more optimum manner and change their
international trade strategy.

They have started on this
path by buying foreign companies and acquiring a controlling stake in many global
brands. This is advantageous for the Chinese as it lets them sell products that they can
manufacture at a low cost under brands that belong to them. It improves their margins
and allows industrial expansion. Global acquisition helps them diversify and manage
their financial situation in a better manner. It would help them deal with the problems
that they are likely to face when the Chinese currency is no longer
devalued.

A global expansion by China will provide capital
for many companies that are presently facing financial crises. As China expands, it
would also have to allow imports from other nations and in due course this will result
in a free trade policy. The growing economy of China makes it an attractive market for
other nations. The present challenges that stop them from exporting to China will
gradually reduce as the Chinese expand with their policy of global expansion that has
been started.

What means "Separation" and refers to the division of India in 1947 into 2 countries, India and east and west Pakistan?

Partition is the experience being described.  I would say
that one of the best works to actually read on this topic would be Salman Rushdie's
"Midnight's Children," which recounts the challenges in Partition.  Essentially, when
the British began to realize that their hold on India was slipping, it was involved in a
problem.  After occupying the nation for so long, it had done a good job in repressing
the individual identities and cultural heterogeneity that had defined the people of the
Indian subcontinent.  They realized that the could not simply "leave" and expect "India"
to the be the same nation that they had governed for so long.  At the same time, Indian
politicians began to recognize that as the British left, a void of leadership was
created into which they could easily enter.  The politics of declaring and fighting for
independence for India became vastly different in ruling and controlling it.  In the
end, typical political horse trading ended up creating a Muslim majority in Pakistan and
Bangladesh with the predominant Hindu majority in the new India.  Certainly, as this
solution might have been presented in a simple manner, it was far from simple as the
exact social reality of Partition took a great toll on the new nations being
formed.

Isolation can be frightening because it can distort one's sense of reality and potentially lead to devastation. How does this theme apply to the...

Beyond Harrison's personal isolation, the ordinary members
of society were isolated (via governmental techniques of physical, mental, and aesthetic
equalizers) from any sense of humanity.  By creating a nation in which all people were
equal--and, thus, "ordinary"--the government eradicated any sense of individualism.  The
government did this because they believed that differences between people would cause
society to become disjointed and unmanageable.  Out of this fear, the government
attempted to rid itself of such isolation (as mentioned above, through equalizing all
citizens).  This method backfired, however, as it created a civilization that was
completely stagnant.  Without individualism, the society lacked the ability to progress
and evolve; it became a mere illusion of utopia (hence, the distorted sense of reality)
at a stand still.  Devastation inevitably arrived with the revolt led by Harrison and
his consequent murder by Diana Moon Glampers.

How to find the intersection of the line y=x+3 with the ellipse (x^2/9) + (y^2/4)=1?

We know that the intersection of the graphs consists of
the common points of the graphs, these common points being found by solving the
equations of the graphs, simultaneously.

In our case, we'll
substitute in the equation of the ellipse, the unknown y, by the expression from the
equation of the line.

(x^2/9) +
[(x+3)^2/4]=1

The common denominator of the 2 ratios is 36,
so we'll multiply the first ratio by 4 and the second, by
9.

4x^2 + 9(x+3)^2=36

4x^2 +
9x^2 + 54x + 81 - 36 = 0

13x^2 + 54x + 45 =
0

Now we'll use the formula of the quadratic equations for
finding the solutions.

x1 = [-54+sqrt(54^2 -
4*13*45)]/2*13

x1 = (-54 + sqrt(2916 -
2340))/26

x1 = (-54 +
sqrt(576))/26

x1 =
(-54+24)/26

x1 = -30/26

x1 =
-15/13, so y1 = x1+3 = -15/13 + 3 = 24/13

x2 =
(-54-24)/26

x2 = -78/26

x2 =
-3, so y2 = -3+3=0

So, the intersection points
are:

(-15/13, 24/13) and  (-3,0)

Why could it be argued that Progressivism was a conservative movement?

I rather doubt that it can be considered progressive. The
entire program of the Progressive movement was reform. The mantra of the movement was
that the cure for the ills of democracy are more democracy. Although two Presidents,
Roosevelt and Taft, might be considered progressive, they were not typically
conservative. Roosevelt went after big business with a vengeance in his "trust busting"
campaign. His activities upset J.P. Morgan so much that when Roosevelt went big game
hunting in Africa, Morgan commented, "let every lion do his
duty."

Big business was often the target of the movement,
not its darling. At a time when a high tariff would have supported big business,
President Taft worked for a lower tariff. The progressive movement also supported the
nomination of candidates for political office by primary. The old system, nomination by
convention, allowed party insiders to control matters. Additionally, the 17th Amendment
was passed which provided for direct election of
Senators.

I'm not sure where the idea came from that the
Progressive movement was conservative; but anyone who argues that position, in my humble
opinion, is fighting a losing battle.

In "Of Mice and Men," out of anger, what does Lennie do to the puppy?

Lennie, from John Stienbeck's Of Mice and Men, never
actually does anything to the puppies out of anger.  In reality, Lennie is simply
wanting to play with the puppies.  He, unfortunately, does not his own strength, or how
to handle puppies, and kills the one given to him.  After killing the puppy, Lennie
does, in fact, get angry at the puppy for dying.  The death of the puppy, for Lennie
symbolizes the death of his dream to tend to the rabbits at the ranch he and George wish
to have.  George had told Lennie that if he got into any more trouble that he would not
be able to tend to the rabbits on the ranch and Lennie sees the death of the puppy as
the end to his own dream.

ONLY CHAPTER 5,Explain how Curley's wife could be considered a dreamer and loner?

Curley’s wife is a loner as she is the only woman on the
ranch. She does not have any one to confide in and has been misled in her past. She is
convinced that her mother stole her letter from the film producer, and is cruelly
deluded by the man at the dance hall with regard to her future in film. Whether she
truly believes she ‘could’a been in pitchers’, she is certainly aware that her life
could have been much better than it is, and reveals her true dislike for her husband.

Like Crooks, Curley’s wife finds Lennie fascinating as she
can reveal her innermost thoughts in his presence without being judged or
derided.

 Curley’s wife dreams as much about her past as
her future – she reflects nostalgically on the meeting with the ‘film producer’ and the
life that she could have had.

How do Mendel's ideas about the inheritance of traits relate to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection?

Biology was dogged for nearly thirty years by this
problem. There was a rift between 'evolutionists' and 'geneticists', because the former
claimed that mendelian variation (like yellow/green peas, blood types, etc.) was
irrelevant for natural selection, and the latter argued that one would have to adapt
evolutionary reasoning to mendel's laws (in the best case, but usually the 'geneticists'
were by then fixists, that is, they denied
evolution).

Ronald Fisher, Sewall Wright and John Haldane
developed between 1918 and 1932 the mathematical basis for understanding evolution based
on the mendelian laws of inheritance. Population genetics became the basis for what was
called the Modern Synthesis and settled the above described
dispute.

Any of their work is a bit hard to read, but
instead of diverting to "popular" simplifications that do more harm than good, I would
suggest reading the introductory chapters of the classical books they (and Motoo Kimura,
another great developer of evolutionary theory) have written.

Give a name of an inhibitor and the name of an enzyme it inhibits and why/how its use is beneficial to society.

The antibiotic Penicillin is an enzyme inhibitor which
interferes in an enzyme activity that occurs in bacteria but not in humans. This makes
it useful as an antibiotic but at the same time it is safe for human consumption as it
does not cause damage to our body.

The biologically active
part of penicillin binds with an enzyme called DD- transpeptidase which helps link the
cells in the cell-wall of bacteria. Due to this, the bacterial cell wall is weakened and
it breaks up. As bacteria grow, the cell wall is constantly broken and reformed, the
enzyme inhibiting action of penicillin interferes in this process and as a result the
bacteria can no longer survive.

This action of penicillin
has made it very useful in curing illnesses caused due to
bacteria.

Please explain why Faust became a Romantic Hero in Faust by Goethe.

Romanticism was a reaction against an emotionless
rationality and structured literature that defined the Age of Enlightenment and Reason.
Faust personifies this dichotomy on his way to becoming the Romantic hero. Faust starts
out as a respected and admired representative of rationality and structure as a
quiet-living academic who is an expert in every field of study from Mathematics to
Divinity. Faust has spent his life in the pursuit of knowledge, which precluded (i.e.,
made impossible) involvement in life's pursuits of happineess, pleasure, and
feelings.

Now, having found that the knowledge available to
him is in the end analysis meaningless ("And see, that nothing can be known! / That
knowledge cuts me to the bone."), he is searching for the knowledge of the cosmos "That
[he] may detect the inmost force / Which binds the world, and guides its course." He
wants to transcend the limits of earth's hold on mortal flesh and with the
Moon

on
mountains grand,
Amid thy blessed light ... stand, ... [and]
Float
[as molecules] in thy twilight the meadows
over,

After his encounter
with Mephistopheles (Mephisto), Faust is persuaded to wager that Mephisto cannot lure
him from his quest by vain pleasure and passion. His wager with Mephisto, which grows
bit by bit from the initial,

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Canst thou with lying flattery rule
me,
Until, self-pleased, myself I see,—
Canst thou with rich
enjoyment fool me,
Let that day be the last for
me!

ends with a complicated
challenge to Mephisto to tempt Faust and distract him through life's
feelings:

Let
us the sensual deeps explore,
To quench the fervors of glowing passion!
....
Then may delight and distress,
And worry and
success,
Alternately follow, as best they can:
....

This is where Faust
symbolically leaves behind the rational approach of the Age of Enlightenment and Reason
and becomes the Romantic hero. In his new persona--as the Romantic, feeling, passionate
hero--Faust engages in lust and murder and horror and despair when he seduces Gretchen
(thanks to the motivation given by Mephisto's magical potion), then murders Gretchen's
brother Valentine (while under Mephisto's control), then suddenly learns with rage about
Gretchen's murders and imprisonment, then fails in earnest and heart-wrenching attempts
to rescue her from execution. In Faust Part II, Faust becomes a
Classical hero and is no longer a Romantic hero because Goethe renounced Romanticism in
1777 and pursued Classicalism thereafter.

Imagine you have two glasses. One contains a solution of carbonic acid the other contains a solution of sulfuric acid.Without any other...

Carbonic acid is a weak acid that is essentially carbon
dioxide. The sulfuric acid is much stronger and is a strong acid. The sulfuric acid is
much more corrosive as it has a stronger pH. The carbonic acid is found in soda pop and
other carbonated beverages. The pH is variable depending on its ability to join with
water. Sulfuric acid is not found naturally within the environment, therefore, it would
have to have a carrier molecule such as water. The only way to determine the real pH of
sulfuric acid would be by dissociation, involving complex chemistry and mathematical log
rhythms.

In Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, Willy feels that Ben was "a man worth talking to." Why does Willy idolize Ben; should he have?

Willy, in Arthur Miller's play, Death of a
Salesman, idolized his brother Ben.

It is ironic
that Ben was "a man worth talking to" because in Willy's state of mind, which continues
to deteriorate through the play, he has quite a few discussions with Ben, even though
Ben is not there. Some discussions are imagined; some are
remembered. Perhaps Willy feels that his brother tells him what he
wants to hear, or what he wishes he had listened
to before.

Willy sees his brother as the
quintessential success story: he lived a life of adventure, went to Africa and
discovered diamonds and became rich. In Willie's "conversations" with Ben, his older
brother...

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...owns timberlands in Alaska and diamond mines
in Africa...

Ben's life, in
Willy's eyes, was so much better than Willy's life, which has been a disappointment to
him, especially in that his boss doesn't appreciate his work anymore, and even worse,
fires Willy, though he is still willing and just barely able to work. Willy remembers
Ben asking his younger brother to go with him:

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BEN:

Now
look here, William. I've bought timberland in Alaska and I need a man to look after
things for
me.

WILLY:

God,
 timberland! Me and the boys in those grand
outdoors.

BEN:

You've
a new continent at your doorstep, William. Get out of these cities, they're full of talk
and time payments and courts of law. Screw on your fists and you can fight for a fortune
up there.

Ben is not
there, but in Willy's mind, his discussions are
very real as he tries to make sense not only of his world, but of
what his sons are working for (or not), and what Willy should do next. He thinks back on
his past with his brother, sorry he never took his advice. But the two men are also very
different. Willy seems to be a man comfortable in the day-to-day, though it brings him
little happiness. It seems unrealistic that the frontier life would have appealed to
him. Willy has chosen to lead a safer
life.

His brother's life was different than Willy's. We get
the sense that Ben never married and had nothing to tie him down: no responsibilities.
Willy laments that he did not go with Ben, but he had hoped to be a success in sales
instead, and has taken care of his family many years in this way. He sees Ben's life as
idyllic, but Ben was alone. It is not impossible to imagine that at some point, Ben
might have missed not having a family or a home base to return home
to.

So it seems foolish for Willy to idolize Ben. There is
no such thing as a perfect man, and Ben is certainly not perfect. It may be that
life seemed to be better when Willy thinks back. And Ben is dead
now; Willy is still plugging along. Idolizing Ben seems a thing a teenage boy might do
with his older brother, but not a grown man, not at this point of his
life.

What is the Main Conflict in Little Women?

In the book Little Women Mrs. Marsh's
husband is away at war and the family must depend on help and live very poorly.  The
girl's are very helpful and get along pretty well.  They put on plays and engage in fun
activities with one another.

The main conflict that I see
is that the girls are having difficulty socializing when they are poor.  Some others may
identify the conflict as being, the family having to move in and be under
the support of an aunt due to the husband's being sent off to
war.

The book has a lot of little conflicts
and resolutions through out which makes it interesting.

What is the dramatic importance of Act III, scene 1, with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

The short passages in Act 3.1 of Shakespeare's
Hamlet that concern Ros. and Guil. deal with their reporting to
Polonius and Gertrude what they were able to find out from Hamlet about why he is acting
"mad."  They were able to find out nothing.

The scene
repeats the theme of acting and spying and
pretending--that's what the two friends have been doing during their interactions with
Hamlet.  Pretending to be only his friends, they are acting on the king's behalf, trying
to get information out of Hamlet.  Together with Polonius and Ophelia, these two try to
manipulate Hamlet and gleen information from him, while pretending to be other than what
they are.

The scene also establishes Ros. and Guil. as
instruments of futility (characterization).  They may or
may not be fools, but they are unsuccessful in their spying, and later they will
certainly be treated like fools by Hamlet--payback for their trying to play
him. 

Hamlet's love for art is established, possibly, in
his feeling "a kind of joy" at the news of the players' arrival.  But, more importantly,
we see in his eagerness for the king and queen to see the coming performance, that he is
already thinking of his plot to catch Claudius's reaction to the play, and thereby prove
Claudius's innocence or guilt.  Thus, this scene furthers the
plot.

Ironically, if the scene
creates atmosphere, it is an atmosphere of futility and
irony.  Not only are Ros. and Guil. ineffectual, but so is Claudius.  Though he is
powerful and capable, he has met his match in Hamlet.  Not only is Hamlet's plan to
pretend to be mad working--the king is wasting an awfully lot of time trying to figure
Hamlet's madness out--but Hamlet is setting Claudius up with the "play within the
play."  Claudius thinks he is playing a cat-and-mouse game with Hamlet, and he is:  the
only problem for Claudius is that Hamlet is the cat.    

If f(x) = x^sqrt(x^2+3)+10 , find the value of f'(1).

You can only ask one question at a time. I am providing
the value of f'(1).

We have to find the derivative of f(x)
= x^sqrt(x^2+3)+10

Let g(x) =
x^sqrt(x^2+3)

ln (g(x)) = sqrt( x^2 + 3) ln
x

1/(g(x)) * g'(x) = [sqrt( x^2 + 3)]'*ln x + sqrt( x^2 +
3)*[ln x]'

1/(g(x))*g'(x) = (1/2)*2x*(1/sqrt( x^2 + 3))*ln
x + sqrt(x^2 + 3)*(1/x)

g'(x) = [(1/2)*2x*(1/sqrt( x^2 +
3))*ln x + sqrt(x^2 + 3)*(1/x)](x^sqrt(x^2+3))

=>
g'(x) = [x^2*ln x +(x^2 + 3)](x^sqrt(x^2+3))/x*(sqrt( x^2 +
3))

=> g'(x) = [(x^sqrt(x^2+3))*x^2*ln x
+(x^sqrt(x^2+3))(x^2 + 3)](x^sqrt(x^2+3))/x*(sqrt( x^2 +
3))

=> g'(x) = [(x^sqrt(x^2+3)+2)*ln x
+(x^sqrt(x^2+3))(x^2 + 3)]/x*(sqrt( x^2 + 3))

We see that
f'(x) = g'(x)  as 10 is a constant.

f'(x) =
[(x^sqrt(x^2+3)+2)*ln x +(x^sqrt(x^2+3))(x^2 + 3)]/x*(sqrt( x^2 +
3))

f'(1) = 1*4/2

=>
f'(1) = 2

The required value of f'(1) =
2.

In The Kite Runner, why is Amir able to succeed in America, while Baba struggles in adjusting to this new life?

The differences between Baba and Amir in adjusting to
their new life in California are primarily those of age; Amir is beginning a new life of
opportunity with his future ahead of him, while Baba is facing the end of his life,
after having lived always in wealth, privilege, and security. The adjustment for Baba,
therefore, is far more difficult. Once a powerful and respected man, Baba's life becomes
one of poverty and the dirty, manual labor he must perform to support himself and his
son. He has far more memories of his good life in Afghanistan than does Amir. Being
older, the culture shock is greater for him, as well.

In
contrast, Amir is relieved to leave memories of Kabul behind, especially those related
to his betrayal of Hassan. He finds love, pursues an education, and fulfills his dreams
of being a writer. Being young, he is still developing his personal identity and can
more easily adapt to his new culture. He does not experience the loss of a well defined
former identity as his father must endure.

I need a few quotes describing why Boo Radley gave the children the three gifts.

No one knows why Boo Radley left the gifts in the knothole
for Jem and Scout, but perhaps Scout explained it best in Chapter 31. It was because Boo
was "our neighbor."

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    Neighbors bring food with death and flowers
with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap
dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But
neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had
given him nothing, and it made me
sad.

Scout's great wish
finally comes true when she sees Boo for the first time. He had "sickly white hands that
had never seen the sun... His face was as white as his hands... His cheeks were thin to
hollowness... his grey eyes were so colorless I thought he was blind. His hair was dead
and thin..." (Chapter
29)

In clear terms, what is the "mirror stage" as defined by Jaques Lacan's theory of identity?

Jaques Lacan's theory of identity development includes the
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stage (also mirror phase) between six months of age and eighteen months of age
at which time, according to Lacan's theory, an infant first recognizes its image in a
mirror or its own image as represented by mother and people. According to the theory,
the infant recognizes the mirror image and people as representing a distinct "other"
that the infant's previous self-image, that of various parts having no continuity, falls
far short of and is therefore inferior to: the mirror image becomes an "imago" to which
the individual aspires, usually with no success, all through
life.

Lacan holds the theory that the mirror image, the
imago, or "ideal ego," originates within the infant feelings of narcissism and love and
a desire to emulate the imago. At the same time, according to theory, the imago also
inspires envy and dislike that result in confusion and tension--the beginning, according
to Lacan, of neuroses. As Leader and Groves explain it (Introducing
Lacan, 2000), the infant's conflicting reaction to the imago cements a trauma
based on her/is perceived imperfection that results in self-loathing and leads to the
desire to become the imago, the ideal ego, which becomes a life long quest. Lacan
theorizes that this desire for a connected whole--instead of disparate parts of a
self-perceived physical form--and for individual perfection undergirds the tension
resulting from the identity (ideal-ego) versus non-identity (self-perception)
dichotomy.

Lacan's theory holds that as the infant moves
through the "imaginary order" (based on perceptions of a mirror image) of this mirror
stage, sh/he builds self-image by oscillating between the imago of these "alien" images
and the equally misrepresented self-perception of fragmented body parts. The theorized
ultimate result of the mirror stage is that adults have inferior self-images of
themselves as integrated and whole individuals. Since the real "me" never can match the
imago, the ideal ego of the mirror image, adults may theoretically have either
narcissistic fascination or discomfort with their self-image, with their identity,
because "I never match my mirror image."

ENERGY CONSUMPTION AROUND THE HOUSE!!!urjent!!!!suggest ways in which heat that flows in or out of the house can be minimized. To answer this...

Estimating Appliance and Home Electronic
Energy Use

If you're trying to decide
whether to invest in a more energy-efficient appliance or you'd like to determine your
electricity loads, you may want to estimate appliance energy
consumption.

Formula for Estimating Energy
Consumption

You can use this formula to
estimate an appliance's energy use:

(Wattage × Hours Used
Per Day ÷ 1000 = Daily Kilowatt-hour (kWh) consumption

(1
kilowatt (kW) = 1,000 Watts)

Multiply this by the number of
days you use the appliance during the year for the annual consumption. You can then
calculate the annual cost to run an appliance by multiplying the kWh per year by your
local utility's rate per kWh
consumed.

Wattage

You
can usually find the wattage of most appliances stamped on the bottom or back of the
appliance, or on its nameplate. The wattage listed is the maximum power drawn by the
appliance. Since many appliances have a range of settings (for example, the volume on a
radio), the actual amount of power consumed depends on the setting used at any one
time.

If the wattage is not listed on the appliance, you
can still estimate it by finding the current draw (in amperes) and multiplying that by
the voltage used by the appliance. Most appliances in the United States use 120 volts.
Larger appliances, such as clothes dryers and electric cooktops, use 240 volts. The
amperes might be stamped on the unit in place of the wattage. If not, find a clamp-on
ammeter—an electrician's tool that clamps around one of the two wires on the
appliance—to measure the current flowing through it. You can obtain this type of ammeter
in stores that sell electrical and electronic equipment. Take a reading while the device
is running.

Typical Wattages of Various
Appliances

Here are some examples of the
range of nameplate wattages for various household
appliances:

·     Aquarium = 50–1210
Watts

·     Clock radio =
10

·     Coffee maker =
900–1200

·     Clothes washer =
350–500

·     Clothes dryer =
1800–5000

·     Dishwasher = 1200–2400 (using the drying
feature greatly increases energy consumption)

·    
Dehumidifier = 785

·     Electric blanket-
Single/Double = 60 / 100

·     Fans

o  Ceiling = 65–175

o  Window
= 55–250

o  Furnace = 750

o 
Whole house = 240–750

·     Hair dryer =
1200–1875

·     Heater (portable) =
750–1500

·     Clothes iron =
1000–1800

·     Microwave oven =
750–1100

·     Personal computer

o  CPU - awake / asleep = 120 / 30 or
less

o  Monitor - awake / asleep = 150 / 30 or
less

o  Laptop = 50

·    
Radio (stereo) = 70–400

·    
Refrigerator (frost-free, 16 cubic feet) =
725

·     Televisions (color)

o  19" = 65–110

o  27" =
113

o  36" = 133

o  53"-61"
Projection = 170

o  Flat screen =
120

·     Toaster =
800–1400

·     Toaster oven =
1225

·     VCR/DVD = 17–21 /
20–25

·     Vacuum cleaner =
1000–1440

·     Water heater (40
gallon) = 4500–5500

·     Water pump
(deep well) = 250–1100

·     Water
bed (with heater, no cover) = 120–380

Can you compare Like Water for Chocolate with Romeo and Juliet?

One of the comparative points between Like Water
for Chocolate and Romeo and Juliet is that the
unfulfilled passion of pure love causes immediate death, in the former, it is the
immediate deaths of others, while in the latter it is the immediate deaths of the lovers
themselves. Another point of comparison is that both Tita and Juliet are dominated by
the traditions of the society and household: Tita must care for the aging mother until
she dies, while Juliet must marry a man that will advance the family's position and
wealth.

A comparative contrast (compare: examine to note
similarities and differences) is that in Like Water for Chocolate,
the lovers only die after Pedro has married someone else (in a Biblical allusion to the
narrative of Jacob and Rachel). Another contrast is that while Romeo and
Juliet is written in a realistic style, the other is written in the Latin
American magical realism style.

A common theme is to not judge a book by its cover. Analyze with examples how Sonnet 130 illustrates this theme.

The theme statement in your post is exactly the point that
Shakespeare is making in this sonnet.  He is describing his beloved in some not so
flattering terms.  Frankly, the poem is kind of insulting on the surface.  He says that
his beloved's eyes are not bright, that her lips are not red, that her skin isn't light,
that her hair is wiry, that her cheeks are pale, that her breath is bad, that her voice
isn't melodious, and that she doesn't walk with much grace.  With all that said though,
the point of the poem is comes in the concluding couplet.  Here is says that his love
(beloved) is more rare and special than other women.  Shakespeare is actually kind of
making fun of all the rather cliched comparisons that men use when describing a woman's
beauty.  They aren't really true, but exaggerations, and this speaker would rather just
tell the truth and still state that he is love is special and rare without all the false
comparisons that really mean nothing.

What are two symbols found in the short story "Cathedral"?Explain each and support your answer with specific references from the text.

This excellent story by Carver contains many symbols, but
I will just pick two of the most obvious ones to my mind. Firstly, and perhaps most
blatant, is the symbol of the cathedral that the narrator draws with the blind man who
is his guest holding on to his hands. In his attempts to describe what a cathedral is to
Robert, the narrator literally finds that words fail him. However, as they talk about
cathedrals, it is clear that they are linked with some kind of belief in something
bigger, greater and beyond ourselves. Note how the narrator responds to Robert's
question about if he is religious:

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I said, "The truth is, cathedrals don't mean
anything special to me. Nothing. Cathedrals. They're something to look at on late-night
TV. That's all they are."

Of
course, by the end of the short story, we see that the narrator, through trying to draw
a cathedral with his eyes closed, has perhaps rediscovered some sort of belief in
something beyond himself.

Secondly, the blind man, Robert,
introduces us to the second symbol of this short story, which is of course blindness.
What is particularly interesting is how at the end of the story, after being invited to
close his eyes and draw by Robert, the narrator chooses to keep his eyes closed. Note
his response to this:

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My eyes were still closed. I was in my house. I
knew that. But I didn't feel like I was inside
anything.

Being "blind" is
actually shown as a way of "seeing" more truly and insightfully than mere sight allows.
Robert, through encouraging the narrator to draw with his eyes shut, makes him see the
truth of this statement, until at the end, the narrator voluntarily chooses to keep his
eyes shut. He discovers how sight can be gained paradoxically through blindness, and as
a result, he experiences a great feeling of liberation and
freedom.

In "A Rose for Emily," how can Emily's actions be condoned?

I don't know that there is a way to condone a premeditated
murder of a man, but I think there is textual evidence to suggest her motives and from
there, the reader can decide what level of sympathy Miss Emily
deserves.

Early in the story the narrator reveals that Miss
Emily's father held the family name and reputation in pretty high esteem, and therefore,
he felt that any of the suitors Miss Emily might of have were not good enough for a
Grierson, so he drove them all away (if they ever existed in the first place).  After
her father's death, Miss Emily is utterly alone in the world and out of touch with the
people of Jefferson. When Homer is courting her, she can imagine a real life for
herself, but once the rumors about Homer start, and she suspects that they will
never marry and that he may leave she has to stop him.  She can't allow Homer to get
away, so she takes the matter into her own hands and kills him so that she can keep him
under her control.  She arranges his dead body in an upstairs bedroom and goes on to
sleep with his corpse for at least a few years after his death (as evidenced by the
length and color of the hair found on the pillow next to the corpse).  The ending of the
story is absolutely gruesome and her actions are perverse, but the total portrayal of
Miss Emily by the narrator actually draws the picture of a sad, pathetic woman who the
audience, like the townspeople, begin to understand better as the whole story of her
life is revealed.

Analyze Pearl's personality based on how she lives and responds to conflicts in her life. Is she a strong person in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter?

The character Pearl of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The
Scarlet Letter acts as a symbol and is not rendered human until the final
chapter of the novel as she kisses the lips of her father and "a spell was broken." It
is only then that Pearl attains the ability to "grow up amid human joy and sorrow" and
not "forever do battle with the world."

Prior to the
concluding chapter, Pearl is the incarnation of the sins of passion that Hester Prynne
and Arthur Dimmesdale commit. As such, she is a baffling mixture of strong moods:
imaginative, inquisitive, intuitive, and obstinate at times. She demonstrates a fiery
nature that battles with the other children and at other times is given to
uncontrollable laughter. Because of the capriciousness of her nature, Pearl is referred
to as an "elf-child," and "imp," or an "airy sprite" while some of the Puritans contend
that she is a "demon offspring" perhaps because Pearl in Chapter
IV:

writhed in
convulsions of pain, and was a forcible type in its little frame, of the moral agony
which Hester Prynne had borne throughout the
day.

As evinced in Chapter
IV. Pearl's responses to conflicts reflect the responses of her mother rather than any
strength or weakness in Pearl herself. Because Hester Prynne demonstrates much strength
as a person, Pearl, then mirrors this strength. For instance, in Chapter XIX, Pearl will
not recognize or come to her mother until she replaces the scarlet letter that she has
cast off into the brook. This strength of recognition that Hester must continue to bear
her sin mirrors the words of Hester to Roger Chillingworth when he suggests that she may
be worthy of having her scarlet letter removed by the
magistrates,

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Were I not worthy to be quit of it, it would
fall away of its own nature, or be transformed into something that should speak a
different purport.

That
Pearl is primarily a symbol of the kind of passion which accompanies Hester's sin is
well developed in Chapter VI; therefore, any strength that Pearl demonstrates--or any
other emotion, for that matter--is a reflection of the nature of her mother, Hester
Pyrnne, of whose passionate soul she is symbolic:

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Pearl's aspect was imbued with a spell of
infinite variety; in this one child there were many
children....

Hester could only account for the child's
character—and even then most vaguely and imperfectly—by recalling what she herself had
been, during that momentous period while Pearl was imbibing her soul from the spiritual
world, and her bodily frame from its material of earth. The mother's impassioned state
had been the medium through which were transmitted to the unborn infant the rays of its
moral life; and, however white and clear originally, they had taken the deep stains of
crimson and gold, the fiery lustre, the black shadow, and the untempered light, of the
intervening substance. Above all, the warfare of Hester's spirit, at that epoch, was
perpetuated in Pearl.

What does Hamlet mean when he says "Give me that man that is not passion's slave" in Shakespeare's Hamlet?

One significant theme of this play is the tension between
passion and intellect.  People with a lot of passion (not necessarily romantic passion)
act rashly; they do what they have to do without a lot of concern for the possible
negative consequences.  People who are the opposite of that, the intellectuals, think
more than they act; they weigh the potential consequences of their actions, and in many
cases this thinking holds them back from action.  Finding the right balance between
thinking and action is what Hamlet struggles with through the entire play.  Hamlet's
quote from above is actually part of a longer sentence that really needs to be
considered in its entirety to be understood.  Hamlet's complete thought is
this:

Blest
are those whose blood [passion] and judgement [intellect] are so well commingled / That
they are not a pipe for Fortune's finger to sound what stop she please.  Give me that
man that is not passion's slave, and I will wear him / In my heart's
core.

Hamlet recognizes that
the best people are those that find a perfect balance between thinking and action so
that they do what they need to do, but don't act rashly and then cause unnecessary
trouble.  He claims that people who act with too much passion are the plaything of
Fortune.  In other words, they give too much of themselves over to fate and have a "what
will be will be attitude" which can be dangerous if taken to an extreme.  That is why he
doesn't like or respect people who are slaves to their passions.  People like that can
create a lot of havoc in the world.  From his own experience he is clearly referencing
King Claudius who seems to be a slave to his passions and personal
desires. 

The resolution of the play comes, in part, from
Hamlet being able to give himself over more to his passion and less to his intellect. 
Once he stops over-thinking, he can actually act to take his revenge against
Claudius. 

Prove that for every two events A and B, the probability that exactly one of the events will occur is given by: P(A) + P(B) - 2P(A ∩ B)

When we are determining the probability that only of two
events A and B occurs, we do not want to include the case when both the events occur.
The value of the probability of A occurring P(A), includes the probability of A and B
occurring too. Similarly the probability of the event B occurring P(B), includes the
probability of the events B and A occurring too.

We see
that when we add P(A) and P(B) we are adding the probability that both A
and B occur twice. It is therefore required to
eliminate this part from the final result that we obtain. This is the reason behind
subtracting 2*P(A and B) from P(A) + P(B).

As
the probability that exactly one of two events A and B occur should not include the
probability of both the events occurring, the required probability is P(A) + P(B) -
2*P(A and B)

Use l'Hopital theorem to find limit of (x^2-2x-8)/(x^3+8) x--> -2

We know that l'Hospital theorem could be applied if the
limit gives an indetermination.

We'll verify if the limit
exists, for x = -2.

We'll substitute x by -2 in the
expression of the function.

lim y =
lim  (x^2-2x-8)/(x^3+8)

lim  (x^2-2x-8)/(x^3+8) = 
(4+4-8)/(-8+8) = 0/0

We've get an indetermination
case.

We'll apply L'Hospital
rule:

lim f(x)/g(x) = lim
f'(x)/g'(x)

f(x) = x^2-2x-8 => f'(x) =
2x-2

g(x) = x^3+8 => g'(x) =
3x^2

lim (x^2-2x-8)/(x^3+8) = lim
(2x-2)/3x^2

We'll substitute x by
-2:

lim (2x-2)/3x^2 =
(-4-2)/12

lim (2x-2)/3x^2 =
-6/12

lim (2x-2)/3x^2 =
-1/2

The limit of the function, for
x->-2, is: lim (x^2-2x-8)/(x^3+8) = -1/2.

What lie does Jack tell the others at the assembly in Lord of the Flies?

In Chapter Seven of William Golding's Lord of
the Flies, Jack and Ralph continue up the mountain with Roger lagging
behind.  Crawling along, they see the beast, "A creature that bulged."  It was "sitting
asleep with its head between it knees."  But, when the wind blows, the creature seems to
lift its head, "holding toward them the ruin of a face." The three boys flee in
terror.

When they return to where Piggy and the others are,
Ralph assures Piggy that they have seen the beast with "teeth...and big black eyes."  He
continues saying that they will not fight it as the creature is too big.  But, it is
near where the fire was as though preventing them from being rescued.  Again Jack and
Ralph vie for the leadership as Ralph takes the conch from Jack and Jack interrupts
him:

I've
called an assembly...because of a lot of things.  First, you know now, we've seen the
beast.  We crawled up.  We were only a few feet away.  The beast sat up and looked at
us.  I don't know what it does. We don't even know what it
is.

Then, after some of the
boys say things like "The beast comes out of the sea--" and "Out of the dar," Jack lies
by declaring, "The beast is a hunter," when he has just said that he does not know what
the beast does. 

Did Shakespeare create the names of the characters found in Romeo and Juliet, or did they come from Arthur Brooke or someone else?

Well, it depends on what you mean when you say original
writer. He may not have come up with the story himself, or indeed the characters, but I
doubt anyone but him could have written it like that. He also probably modified the
story and characters to appeal to his audience as well. Or, on the other hand, he could
have heard of the plot of the story, ie, two people falling in love whose families' hate
each other, and made up all the characters and settings.

Help me write a paragraph.In a paragraph, describe a scene in which a friend and I are participating in sports and at which family members are...

Writing paragraphs and essays remain within the perimeters
of the student; however, we editors will gladly assist in generating ideas for
you.

Regarding the assignment to write a paragraph that is
descriptive of a scene in which you and a friend participate with family and friends as
spectators, you will want to follow the guidelines for composing a descriptive
paragraph:

• Use exact and precise words and
  phrases that will help the reader "see" what you describe.  For instance, instead of
  writing the word said, use screeched, screamed,
  shouted,called etc.


• Appeal to the senses of
  the reader with imagery, describing the sounds and sights that the spectators
  witness.


• Include some dialogue to make the scene more
  "real."


• Creat an impression that the reader will take
  away from reading your paragraph.

Of course,
you will want to revise your paragraph after it is written since this is the most
important part of the writing process.  When you do so, check that you have written a
topic sentence that is relevant to the rest of the paragraph, remove any irrelevant
sentences, check for transitions, sentence variety, and all the grammatical errors.  Be
sure that you have a reworded topic sentence as your closing to the paragraph with a
"clincher"--some relevant idea that extends from your
scene.

For further assistance see the link below on how to
write a perfect paragraph.  Be creative and have fun with this
assignment!

Trade unions have deviated from their principles.why it is a curse for the modern workers?

I certainly agree with your statement.  I grew up in an
automobile industry city.  At one time, one of the big three American automakers
employed over 30,000 people just in my hometown.  As times became more difficult, plants
closed and people lost their jobs, but most from my hometown agree that the unemployment
is not solely the result of tough times.  While there was certainly a need for trade
unions in the 1940s/50s, the unions (especially the UAW in this case) eventually forced
companies to pay unskilled workers such high wages and offer unbelievably good benefits
that the companies cannot sustain those costs while still makinga profit.  In the 90s
when I was in high school, many of my classmates' fathers worked in the car factories
as assembly line workers and made an annual salary of $70,000--that's an incredible
amount of money for someone with only a high school diploma!  We witnessed last
year that GM is virtually powerless to make the necessary changes that they desperately
need to make in order to turn a profit.  Instead of looking out for their average union
members, the UAW bargained and fought against changes that would truly keep more jobs
open and put the company back on track. 

In addition to the
specific example above, trade unions have also hurt the modern worker
by:

--strongarming them to vote for specific candidates or
parties (ones who agree with union doctrine)

--forcing
workers to lose pay and work time over issues that the workers might not have
individually chosen to strike over.

--causing companies to
move their plants/branches to other states or even other countries where unions do not
have control.

What is the ending inventory in the following case?A company that has operated with a 30% average gross profit ratio for a number of years had...

The company operates at 30% gross profit. It had sales of
$100,000 in the first quarter of the year. The inventory at the beginning of the year is
$18000 and during the quarter inventory worth $72000 was
purchased.

The total value of the initial inventory and
that purchased during the quarter is 18000 + 72000 = $90000. The sales is $100000. As
the gross profit is 30%, the cost of the sales is
$70000.

$90000 is the sum of the cost of inventory that was
already with the company and what it bought. Of this $70000 worth of inventory is
sold.

The value of the inventory that
remained with the company is $20,000 or the right answer is option C.

What is someting in the Greasy Lake story that many people miss the meaning of?

I completely concur with the answer above. The religious
overtones and allusions throughout this story are easily missed but are essential to
understanding the central idea of three "good" kids who turn "bad" only to realize the
error of their ways and choose to become "good" again.

The
putrid waters of the lake and the encounter with death (the corpse) are all warnings of
the consequences of these "bad" actions and represent the "depths" to which the narrator
descends. However, the baptismal power to cleanse him of his guilt is also there and
offers him the opportunity to re-enter the world with a second
change.

The lost car key, then, represents a kind of Holy
Grail of salvation as well as it provides the means to finally escape and leave the
lake. The key remains hidden throughout the night and then reappears to the narrator
when it shines like a "jewel" in the first light of morning.

Describe the battle in Act 1 Scene 1 of Macbeth and the reasons why this battle gives Macbeth the title Thane of Cawdor.

It is assumed that the battle occurred during Act I, Scene
1. We don’t get the full story of what happens in the battle until Act 1, Scene 2, 3 and
4. The reason Duncan proclaims Macbeth the new Thane of Cawdor is because the former
Thane of Cawdor performed some act of treachery or treason during the battle. Duncan
promptly orders the Thane of Cawdor’s execution. Duncan
says:

No more
that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive

Our bosom interest: go
pronounce his death,

And with this former title greet
Macbeth (1.1.63-65).

Despite
the Thane of Cawdor’s treason, Macbeth led the Scottish forces to victory over
Macdonwald and the Norwegians.

In Act 1, Scene 4,
Malcolm informs Duncan that the former Thane of Cawdor has been executed. Prior to the
execution, the Thane confessed and asked forgiveness. Duncan regrets having ordered the
execution. But Duncan is comforted that Macbeth, who up to this point has been loyal and
a worthy soldier, is taking over Cawdor.

In The Fountainhead, what is Howard Roark's defense for breaking the law and dynamiting Cortlandt Homes?

Howard Roark never attempts to argue the law, or to argue
that he was legally justified in destroying Cortlandt Homes, the model housing project
meant to provide cheap and durable housing for low-income renters. Instead, his defense
comes from his personal philosophy of rational self-interest, and of the right of a man
to own and distribute his own ideas. In his speech to the jury, he explains how he
stands with egoists of history, creating without concern for the will of the
collective:

"I designed Cortlandt. I gave it to
you. I destroyed it.

"I destroyed it
because I did not choose to let it exist. It was a double monster. In form and in
implication. I had to blast both. The form was mutilated by two second-handers who
assumed the right to improve upon that which they had not made and could not equal. They
were permitted to do it by the general implication that the altruistic purpose of the
building superseded all rights and that I had no claim to stand against
it."
(Rand, The Fountainhead, Google
Books)

In other words, Roark believed his claim to
the design and the purpose of the homes to be superior to the claim on it by the public.
His design was given in contract on the condition that the homes be built exactly as he
designed; when they were altered for no reason, he refused on a moral basis to allow his
design to be perverted by the will of others for any reason. Roark rejects the idea that
his design is subject to alteration, especially when he sees that the alterations are
done for no pragmatic purpose, but for vanity and superficiality. Again, he explicitly
admits to the exact crime charged, with the caveat that it is only a crime according to
the public view that no man is entitled to own his own ideas. Roark's explanation of his
philosophy sways the jury and he is acquitted.

What is the purpose and advantage of using scientific notation?

Scientific notation is used where the number to be
represented is too large to be written as a complete number. Or when the answer we get
requires a lower level of precision. Also, using the scientific notation makes
operations between large numbers easier with a reduced possibility of
error.

For example if you are using the speed of light in
any formula its exact value is 299,792,458 m/s but we usually write it as 3*10^8 m/s.
Similarly a distance of 23456776 m can be written as 2.34*10^7
m.

While using the scientific notation what has to be kept
in mind is the number of relevant significant places. When the speed of light used is
299,792,458, we get an answer which is accurate to the meter. When we denote it by
3*10^8, the level of accuracy decreases. So, if you are calculating the distance
travelled by light in 10 years, and require an answer accurate to the kilometer you
would use 2.99792*10^8. If you want the answer to be less accurate as light travels such
a large distance in 10 years that even an answer in terms of billions of kilometers
would suffice, just using 3*10^8 is enough.

What can one conclude about Puck's physical description in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream ?

Shakespeare usually relies on indirect
characterization rather than direct, meaning
that he does not come right out and tell us what a character is like or looks like.
Instead, he paints the pictures of characterization through dialogue and through other
characters' responses to the characters. Puck is one character that is characterized
indirectly.

One thing we learn through dialogue about Puck's
appearance is that he is very small. We learn about his size when Puck describes one of
his antics as hiding in an old woman's ale mug pretending to be a crabapple. When the
woman takes a drink, he then spills the ale all over her neck, as we see in his
lines:

And
sometime lurk I in a gossip's bowl
In very likeness of a roasted
crab,
And, when she drinks, against her lips I bob,
And on her
withered dewlap pour the ale.
(II.i.48-51)

Since Puck is
imitating a crabapple, which was used to spice drinks, we know that he is very
small.

Another thing we can surmise about Puck's appearance is that he
may actually be very ugly. A Puck is a Hobgoblin, which is not only a devilish sprite,
or fairy, it is also a goblin, which is a particularly "grotesque," or ugly sprite or
elf (Collins English Dictionary).

Finally, we also know that Puck has
very speedy flying capabilities. We know this because, when Oberon commands him to find
the "love-in-idleness flower," Puck replies, "I'll put a girdle round about the earth /
In forty minutes" (178-179). In other words, Puck is saying that he'll circle around the
earth in forty minutes.

Please qualify the "love" that Romeo and Juliet have for each other in Romeo & Juliet.What about Romeo and Juliet, are they experiencing love or...

Since Romeo and Juliet's "violent delights has a
violent ends" in only three days, a conclusive judgment upon the quality of their love
is difficult, if not impossible.  However, there is no question that theirs is an
instant attraction, "a violent delight," and must, therefore, involve the physical
senses.  As such their love must be erotic, and, thus, an
infatuation.

However, there are indications that this
infatuation could mature into true love since Romeo unselfishly puts himself in the way
of Tybalt's sword and explosive temper as he seeks to allay the situation between the
Capulet and his friend, Mercutio.  Romeo tells Tybalt that he loves the man; a statement
that reflects no infatuation, of course, but an unselfish desire to ameliorate the
feelings of antipathy between Tybalt and the Montagues in order to bring peace to the
families of which he is part.

Later, that Romeo is willing
to die rather than live without Juliet, and does not display this self-sacrifice for
love even as he bemoans the loss of Rosalind seems to indicate that his love for Juliet
goes beyond the physical level and mental level of mere delight of being in love with
love, a characteristic of infatuation.  Hopelessly devoted to Juliet as his ideal and as
his reason for living, Romeo possesses the qualities of true love.  The purity of their
love is certainly exemplified in the sonnet that they share in which the metaphor of two
religious pilgrims personifies their feelings.

Juliet, too,
seems equally devoted.  As she mourns Tybalt, whom she has long loved as a family
member, she feels equally troubled for Romeo.  In fact, life has little meaning for her
without Romeo.  Yet, as with Romeo, Juliet's impetuosity leaves doubt in many readers as
to the maturity of the lovers' feelings, as well as the depth of these emotions and
ideas.

How do I prove that sin (x + pi) = -sin x?

To prove that sin(x + pi) = -sin x, use the expansion for
sin(a + b).

sin(a + b) = sin a * cos b + cos a * sin
b

sin(x + pi)

=> sin x
* cos pi + cos x * sin pi

sin pi = 0 and cos pi =
-1

=> sin x * (-1) + cos x *
0

=> - sin
x

This proves that sin ( x + pi) = - sin
x

In Goethe's Faust, when Mephistopheles tries to claim Gretchen's soul, what happens?

Goethe's Faust is a version of the
original story of Doctor Faustus first appearing in 1587 in the Faust
Chapbook. "Romantic sensibilities and eighteenth-century attitudes toward
earthly life and the beyond." Faust is written in two parts.
Part I was first published as a fragment in 1775, then in a more
complete form in 1808. Part II wasn't written until 1832, when it
was then published posthumously.

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Goethe updates the legend by adding a prolonged
love story, making his devil an ironic and mocking figure, and allowing Faust’s soul to
escape damnation.

Included
also is the worthiness of man (and woman), and God's forgiving
nature.

Faust is a man of substantial accomplishment, but
he wants more:

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"He longs for a metaphysical truth, a more
profound meaning to life"...(and "longing and
contentment").

Much like the
temptation of Adam and Eve, based on a promise of knowledge and an ensuing fall from
grace, Faust turns to magic and is challenged by Mephistopheles (Mephisto) whom he
rejects until a wager is struck that Mephisto cannot satisfy Faust's desires with human
pleasures.

Margaret (also known as Gretchen) is pursued and
charmed by Faust (with Mephisto's planning) against her better judgment. Innocent at the
start,

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[Gretchen] is a paragon of idealism, purity, and
innocence that is corrupted by Faust’s
lust.

Faust seduces her
(again with Mephisto's help) and she becomes pregnant with Faust's illegitimate
child. After Gretchen sleeps with Faust, she begins to feel strong pangs of guilt.
Whereas she can resist Mephistopheles, she cannot resist Faust because she loves
him.

During the seduction, Gretchen unknowingly poisons her
mother with a sleeping potion. She drowns her baby and is imprisoned for killing the
child. Faust separates himself from her after the murder of Gretchen's brother and seems
to treat her with disregard; it seems he has abandoned her. Surprisingly, when Faust
tries to free her from prison, she refuses to go:

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"...she has gone insane from guilt and despair,
and she dies."

When Gretchen
dies and Mephistopheles believes that she will be punished for her sins, Goethe presents
a loving, forgiving Lord who judges this lamb, who is lost from the flock, with
compassion.

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Mephisto is convinced she is damned, she is
saved by the Lord, seemingly based on her innocence, her unintentional sins, the wisdom
she gains through her suffering, and her
repentance.

For
Mephistopheles, who is incapable of love, the sense of God's boundless love is something
he cannot comprehend: so when he believes Gretchen's soul is lost to eternal damnation,
God's love for her intercedes on her behalf, and she is saved.