What lines suggest that Hamlet suspects Polonius's presence in Shakespeare's Hamlet?

I will assume you are referring to Polonius (and Claudius)
who are hiding behind the arras during Ophelia and Hamlet's conversation in Act
3. 

Hamlet has been acting crazy lately, and in an effort
to try to prove the cause of Hamlet's lunacy is the rejected love of Ophelia, Polonius
and Claudius use Ophelia as a "set-up" for Hamlet.  Hamlet, in an effort to maintain the
pretense of madness, is brash and rude to Ophelia.  He tells her to get herself to a
nunnery in order to stay away from men; he tells he never loved her; he says that all
men are "arrant knaves" and not to be trusted.  The next line is the key to your
question.  He rather abruptly stops his ranting and asks Ophelia, "Where's your
father?"  Her response is"At home, my Lord."  Hamlet's next line suggests that he
doesn't believe her, for he seems to almost talking to Polonius himself when he
declares, "Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool nowhere but in's
own house."  In other words, he is insulting Polonius, calling him a fool and then
saying that the only place he can play those games is in his OWN house, because here in
Hamlet's house (Elsinore castle) he isn't going to get away that kind of thing.  Hamlet
is onto him and won't reveal anything to the spies behind the
curtains. 

Describe how and why King Creon might be considered the tragic character.

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Tragic heroes are so much the highest points in
their human landscape that they seem the inevitable conductors of the power about them,
great trees more likely to be struck by lightning than a clump of grass. Conductors may
of course be instruments as well as victims of the divine lightning.  (Northrop
Frye)

According to this
definition, Creon, as king, is the "highest point" of the human landscape and the
greatest "conductor" of divine lightning.  All the tragic suffering is conducted by him
toward others.  He suffers first and makes others suffer by extension.  Haemon and
Eurydice are the lower points of the human landscape, the "clumps of grass," who are
also struck down by the strike.

Death is also a deciding
factor.  Although he doesn't die like Antigone, Creon suffers like Oedipus at the end of
Oedipus the King.  His wife, son, and would-be daughter-in-law die.
 It's a tragic cause and effect: hubris leads to bad law; hubris leads to stubborn
rebellion of bad law; hubris leads to stubborn punishment of rebellion; hubris leads to
hasty suicide.  Creon is left to clean up the pieces: his family's deaths, his subjects'
rebellion, his cursed, lonely rule.

Really, the play
involves two lightning strikes, two tragic heroes who present two extreme cases of
hubris in the exercise of and reaction to law and power.  Sophocles, as much as he wants
to be objective, sides with Antigone, I think.  He gives her the moral high ground, as
she upholds gods' law above man's.

Discuss at least two characteristics of Romanticism in John Keat's poem "Ode toa Nightingale".

The poet in Ode To A Nightingale  is an escapist .He
escapes through imagination .On his way the bower of the bliss wher the nightingale is
singing in full-throated -ease , , and returning from the same , he employs Medieval
ism and Hellenism .The references of Ruth , emperors and clowns  and magic casement
opening in the foam , speak of Keats' love for the middle ages . Again Keats had
fascination to Greek arts and culture .The installations like , Flora and country green
festivals , Bacchus and his parade , light winged Dray ad of trees , etc vivify the
poet's love for the ancient Greek -life .

Medieval ism and
Hellenism are the two major branches of Romanticism .

In what ways did Americans respond to the new industrial order?

Americans reacted in a variety of ways to the new
industrial order of the late 1800s and early 1900s.  Some Americans reveled in the new
order and justified it while others tried to fight against
it.

Many of the people who benefitted from the new order
sought to justify it.  They argued, for example, for the idea of Social Darwinism.  They
argued that their wealth came about because they were superior people.  They also argued
that the new order would allow the cream to rise to the top and would, eventually,
improve the nation as a whole.

On the other hand, those who
were harmed by the new order tried to oppose it.  A major part of this opposition was
the labor unions.  These groups formed to try to fight against the domination of the
owners.  They wanted more of the wealth created in the new industrial order to filter
down to those who worked in the factories.

There were other
responses to the new industrial order, but these are perhaps the two most prominent and
important of them.

Why are the Sakanes being threatened in Journey to Topaz?Who is threatening the Sakanes and why are they being threatened?

The Sakanes are being threatened because of the atmosphere
of fear and anger in the aftermath of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The author of the
book, Yoshiko Uchida, sums up the causes of the mass relocation of 120,000 West Coast
Japanese Americans by pointing to "race prejudice, war hysteria and a failure of
leadership." Although the government claimed that the removal of all Japanese Americans
from the Pacific Coast area was necessary to ensure the security of the nation, history
proved that the move was completely unfounded. The Japanese Americans were victims of
racial profiling taken to its extreme; in essence, they
were

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"imprisoned by (their) own country during World
War II, not because of anything (they) had done, but simply because (they) looked like
the enemy."

Interestingly, in
the narrative, the people who enforce the mass evacuations and relocation do not, for
the most part, appear to harbor hostility towards the Japanese Americans. The FBI agents
who come to arrest Yuki's father as an "enemy alien" are polite, if not almost
apologetic in carrying out the job they have been assigned to do, and Yuki's teacher at
school stresses to the children that "the Japanese born in America...must never be
confused with the Japanese militarists who attacked Pearl Harbor." The many Caucasian
friends and acquaintances the Sakanes have made in Berkeley are sympathetic to the
family's plight, but are powerless to do anything about it. Mrs. Jamieson in particular
is appalled at what is happening, and has written letters directly to President
Roosevelt to protest the injustice of the evacuations, but to no
avail.

The support offered by so many of the Caucasians
with whom the Sakanes deal raises the disturbing question of whether the evacuation had
more to do with racism than with fear. Yuki's classmate Garvis Dickerson,
expresses racial hatred, calling Yuki "a dirty Jap," and Ken points out
that

"there
are a lot of people in California who'd be very happy to be rid of the Japanese
competition in business and on the farms. They'd be glad to see us leave. It's people
like that who spread those false rumors about sabotage in Hawaii when there wasn't any
at all."

Mrs. Sakane,
however, is less condemning of the motives of society. She
says,

"People
can get hysterical when they are afraid...fear sometimes makes people do terrible
things."

What is Mother's reaction when she sees Gretel's room decorated with Nazi posters?

Mother's reaction clearly demonstrates fear. As an adult
and with her husband the commandant of a camp, she knows what Hitler and the Nazi party
really stand for and these are not values she wants her twelve year old daughter to
embody. It's also a realisation of just how powerful the Nazi party have become, that
they have been able to influence children through the Hitler Youth and through
education. On some level, Mother is also angry. Isolated from most of the world, Gretel
and Bruno only have limited influences and Mother observes that the indoctrination of
the Nazi agenda and ideas comes from the children's tutor.

What is the second derivative value for the function g(x)=sin (9x)?

We'll differentiate the given functin with respect to x,
using the chain rule.

g'(x) = [sin
(9x)]'

g'(x) = [cos
(9x)]*(9x)'

g'(x) = 9*cos
(9x)

Now, we'll differentiate the expression of g'(x), with
respect to x:

g"(x) = [9*cos
(9x)]'

g"(x) = 9*(-sin
(9x))*(9x)'

g"(x) = -81sin
(9x)

The value of the second derivative of
the given function is g"(x) = -81sin (9x).

What were the cultural beliefs and events during the middle ages that would have impacted Chaucer's writing?

The primary cultural belief was in the supremacy and power
of the Church. The common belief in Chaucer's time was that life was merely a state
preceding when one went to an eternal reward or punishment. It was also widely believed
that the Church held the keys to heaven and hell and could ordain that one go to either
place at its will. The very essence of the Canterbury Tales
indicates this: The travellers were on a pilgrimage to Canterbury to pray at the tomb of
Thomas Becket, a Saint of the Church. It was widely believed that pilgrimages were a
form of penance that would atone for sin. The fact that several of the travellers were
in church related orders is also indicative. Although Chaucer indicates that some were
less than holy, in fact, some such as the Pardoner are absolute crooks. This may not
have been true in fact, but there was the widespread belief that churchmen were by and
large as sinful as the next person.

What are some of the revelant aspects of Thomas Ruffin's life?

The most relevant aspect of Ruffin's life was his time as
a Justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court and the opinions which he issued from that
position which have been cited in many instances as precedent setting, even in other
jurisdictions. Roscoe Pound, dean of Harvard Law School, called Ruffin "one of the ten
greatest jurists in American history."

He is perhaps best
known for his opinion in the case of North Carolina vs. Mann, involving the shooting of
a slave by the person to whom she had been rented out. Ruffin held in his opinion that
in order for the submission of a slave to be perfect, then the authority of the master
must be absolute, including the power of life and death. There is some argument that
Ruffin had personal qualms about the decision; however he believed that this was the
proper interpretation of the law, and so held.

Explain how the Bay of Pigs invasion could have been more successful.

There are several ways to approach this question.  One
obvious way would be to simply not have been involved in covert activity in Cuba. Given
the disaster of the Bay of Pigs, perhaps more success could have been present had the
initiative not taken place.  As Che Guevara himself noted, "[Before Bay of Pigs] the
revolution was weak."  After the failed invasion, Guevara remarked that,"Now its [the
revolution] is stronger than ever."  I think that the failed invasion did more to
benefit Cuba than the United States.  Yet, having said this, I think that the covert
nature of the invasion was probably one of the reasons it was unsuccessful.  Attempting
to operate in the shadows contributed to the lack of communication and overall
transparency in goals, purpose, and execution.  Perhaps the endeavor could have been
more efficient had it just been out in the open.  The United States diplomatic wing
would have had to take the position that it sought to remove Castro and would do so by
any means necessary.  Perhaps, multinational action could have helped in this endeavor,
as we are seeing now in Libya with the attempts at removal for Colonel Ghadafi.  In the
same light, simply being more declarative and less covert about the operation might have
helped its success.

Why the name "Brill" is chosen in "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield?

You are right in indicating that the name "Brill" seems to
suggest the adjective "brilliant." My own thoughts on this matter is that the name that
Mansfield gives to her protagonist reinforces the essential divide that exists between
Miss Brill's own perception of her life and the reality of it. There is therefore
immense irony in giving Miss Brill a name that suggests the adjective brilliant, as it
is obvious to the reader that her life is anything
but.

Note how Miss Brill views her own existence as
something extraordinary and dramatic. She spends lots of time indulging in her fantasies
that imbue her with an importance that it is all to evidenct she lacks in real life.
Consider the following quote:

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Even she had a part and came every Sunday. No
doubt somebody would have noticed if she hand't been there; she was part of the
performance, after all.

In
her lack of perception, her life is "brilliant," but as we continue to read the text we
see the reality that Miss Brill is either not aware of or chooses not to see. The
central irony of the text is that Miss Brill observes others and thinks that they had
"just come from dark little" cupboards when she herself is shown to retreat to "her room
like a cupboard" at the end of the story when she has her illusion punctured by the rude
comments of the couple. Thus the name of "Brill" heightens the disparity between reality
and perception and reinforces the theme of lack of
self-perception.

How would you write a reflective essay?

Select a thesis that you would enjoy exploring more.
Remember, essays are an opportunity for you to discover 
yourself.

The best topics for reflective essays are things
that have changed you as a person. For example, The most meaningful thing that has
happened to me is: (I was one way before this event/thing, and now I am a different
way).

Once you have decided your thesis and created a
prewrite outline of points that you would like to include in your essay, move on to the
rough draft.

1st paragraph: Grab your reader's attention
with an interesting opening sentence. Then outline what the rest of your essay will be
about. State your thesis.

2nd-4th paragraphs: These are your body
paragraphs. Start each on off with a different supporting detail for your thesis.
Describe each supporting detail in that paragraph.

5th paragraph:
Concluding paragraph. Restate you thesis in a different way. Leave the reader with a
good feeling.

Can Macbeth's state of mind in Macbeth be compared to Brutus in Julius Caesar? Is Lady Macbeth really a woman with all masculine characteristics?

Macbeth and Brutus, though both are guilty of regicide,
have more differences than similarities. Macbeth is motivated by the prophecies of the
witches and his own personal ambition. He essentially goes a on killing spree, becoming
a cold tyrant willing to sacrifice anyone for his own pursuit of power. Brutus is
motivated by doing what is best Rome, and tries his best to avoid looking like
cold-hearted murders by not killing Antony (though this decision proves to be foolish
and leads to his death).

Both tragic heroes are somewhat
manipulated into their respective situations though, Brutus by Cassius and Macbeth by
Lady Macbeth. Both also show signs of a guilty conscious by seeing ghosts of people they
have murdered (Julius Caesar and Banquo), so they are similar in those
ways.

As for Lady Macbeth, she prays to the gods to make
her have the harshness of a man, and to take away her womanly emotions, in order to do
what she believes her husband cannot do. In the beginning of the play, she is cold and
harsh, and is described as more manly than feminine. However, as Macbeth gets more and
more driven by power, Lady Macbeth succumbs more and more to her womanly emotions,
eventually breaking under the guilt and emotional burden and taking her own
life.

Why does Dee change her name in Walker's "Everyday Use?

After going away to college, Dee creates a new life for
herself and tries to create a new personal identity. She changes her name in an attempt
to identify with her African heritage and to leave behind the life into which she had
been born. She rejects her own heritage as a black American and her mother's
daughter.

Dee's behavior reflects the social movement of
the 1960s and 1970s in which the ideas of  "black pride" or Black Nationalism, developed
from the struggle for civil rights, were adopted by some Americans of African descent.
Malcom X, one influential leader in the African-American community, encouraged his
followers to abandon their "slave names," in favor of African names that reflected pride
in their heritage. This theme is also found in A Raisin in the Sun
through the character of Beneatha.

Why does the author leave the narrative at Devon at this point and discuss the war as Gene later experienced it?

Remember that your are only allowed to ask ONE question -
five seems to be taking it somewhat to an extreme, so I will focus on your first
question, which refers to the last page of the novel where the action shifts from the
younger Gene to the older Gene looking back at himself and reflecting on what he learned
from the experience. 

To answer this question you need to
focus on the specific narrative style that is used in the story. It is called first
person retrospective narration, which means it is an older narrator looking back at his
or her younger self. This is a very specialised form of narration used in other novels
such as Great Expectations and Jane Eyre. What
is interesting about it is that we as readers need to remember that alongside the
youthful narrator explaining what is happening to him or her, we have the older, maturer
narrator who also comments on the action, sometimes with
disapproval.

What is fitting about this narrative departure
at the end of this novel is that it reflects what Gene has learned from his experience
and re-states the theme of the novel. Note how the older Gene does not share in the
other boys' disillusionment, because he is able to reflect more deeply on what has
happened. The older Gene reflects that the war is something far deeper and intrinsically
a part of the human condition. The older Gene suggests that war emerges from a kind of
ignorance deep within the human heart. It is this condition of ignorance that causes
people to seek out an enemy and envision the world as a dangerous, hostile environment.
The novel ends with the older Gene questioning the logic and worth of such an
approach:

All
of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot
Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never
attacked that way - if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the
enemy.

Thus the end of the
novel marks a narrative departure to give us this maturer ruminations - which would be
unrealistic for the younger Gene to present.

What accounts for the success of the prohibition movement in the US during the era of progressive reform?(basically what was going on in the 9...

Of course, there is no way to know for sure why anything
like Prohibition happens.  We can only make informed
guesses.

I would argue that the movement for Prohibition
succeeded because of the rising power of the middle class and the increasing worries
that people had about immigrants.

The main push behind
Prohibition came from the middle class.  This class was booming during this time and was
behind many of the reforms of the Progressive Era.  The middle class was notably worried
about the behavior of immigrants.  They identified alcohol with immigrants, crime,
domestic abuse, and other bad things like that.  Because there were so many immigrants
coming to the US during the late 1800s and early 1900s, the middle class was quite
worried about them and their influence.  This became even more true after WWI since
alcohol was tied strongly to the German community (most brewers were German, for
example).

Thus, the rising power of the middle class and
the rising concern about immigrants made it possible for Prohibition to
succeed.

In Act II, Mercutio and the Nurse play important roles. How are they character foils to Romeo and Juliet?

In Romeo and Juliet, William
Shakespeare frequently used characters as foils, which simply means that those
characters were used to contrast other characters.  In Act II of the play, Mercutio acts
as a foil to Romeo, while the Nurse is a foil to Juliet.

In
Scene V of Act II, Nurse arrives back at the Capulet home after having met with Romeo. 
Juliet, who is desperate for whatever news Nurse has for her, is impatient and
demanding; she cares about nothing more than her marriage and has no interest in, or
patience for, other topics.  Nurse, however, is worn out from her excursion and
complains that her bones ache, she is out of breath, and her head and back hurt. 
Although Nurse does have the news Juliet wants so badly, Nurse prefers to ramble and
"beat around the bush" before she delivers Romeo's
message.

Mercutio acts as Romeo's foil in Scene IV. 
Mercutio tries to impress on Romeo the belief that it is much more fun to enjoy life
that be depressed about love all of the time.  Mercutio does not realize that Romeo is
no longer heartbroken over Rosaline.

In your opinion, how can one predict the result of the relationship with a roommate? What are some potential challenges a person might face while...

In my experience, the roommates who get along the best are
not the ones who are best friends.  Ironically, roommates who have similar living
expectations in common but don't have a lot of social similarities seem to have the most
mutual respect for each other, the space, and each other's time and
privacy.

One situation that happens a lot with roommates
living with each other for the first time is crossing the boundary with sharing personal
information outside of the house.  If you live with roommates long enough, they almost
become like family.  But because they are NOT family, often disagreements and fights
take place because in sharing a small space you get to know very personal information
about each other, but because you haven't grown up together, often sensitive stuff is
not taken seriously - and people's feelings get hurt.

I was
a resident assistant in a women's dorm for two years in college.  Ironically, the
roommates who got along the best were the ones who saw each other the least.  Another
thing that helped many girls was making a "chore chart" - or at least having a plan of
who would do what and when when it came to housekeeping tasks (ie: cleaning, bills,
food, etc).

Last chapters: for the items listed, show how they are all linked to bring the plot to a solid resolution. (Citing text/technique optional.)In...

As Harper Lee brings her classic novel, To Kill
a Mockingbird, to its conclusion, she addresses resolves several elements
important to the story's plot.

The image of Jem's broken
arm introduced on the first page, and explained by the occurrences as brother and sister
return from the school pageant, first and foremost answers a question: how did Jem's arm
get broken. The second question is why is this so important that it needs to be
mentioned at the beginning and end? Once Jem realizes he can still play football, he is
all right with the injury. This may also symbolically tell us that Jem has matured over
the course of the novel, but even more importantly, Jem was able to put the attack into
perspective. Even Scout says he wasn't afraid. Maybe he never had the
time.

The connection of Tom Robinson and Boo Radley is that
they are both, symbolically, mockingbirds. They never do any harm. It would be a sin to
harm either because of this. But Tom Robinson is dead because of a lie told by Bob Ewell
and his daughter Mayella, in a prejudiced southern community when the Civil War is still
fresh in the minds of many people in Maycomb.

Boo has been
a mockingbird first at the hands of his father and then abused further by his brother.
His childhood was lost and most of his adulthood, as well, because he made a foolish
mistake when he was a teenager. The difference between the two men is that Tom Robinson
is killed in the prison yard trying to escape, but Boo has "adopted" the Finch children,
watching through his window as they live their lives, through laughter and tears. When
they need him, he saves their lives. In doing so, he becomes an unlikely
hero.

"Atticus is right"—when he had told the children
earlier that the best way to know someone was to climb into their skin and walk around a
while to get a feel for what it was like to be that person. Standing on Boo's front
porch (Scout says as she walks him home) was enough for her—seeing the world from
his front porch allowed her to better understand Arthur "Boo"
Radley, and see him not as a ghost or a phantom, but as a
person.

The final scene, when Atticus
and Scout visit with Jem as he sleeps, becomes another poignant moment for Scout to
learn an important lesson, and see that this, too, applies to Boo. When Atticus reads
The Grey Ghost aloud, Scout starts to drift off, but comes around
to recite the major events of the story to Atticus while she is half asleep. She
says,

'And
they chased him 'n' never could catch him 'cause they didn't know what he looked like,
an' Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those
things...Atticus, he was real nice.'

His hands were under
my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me.

'Most
people are, Scout, when you finally see
them.'

The children had spent
several summers chasing Boo down, never able to catch him. They didn't know what he
looked like. When Scout finally sees Boo, she realizes the rumors
about him were untrue. She realizes that Boo is really nice. And Atticus tells her that
most people are when you see them.

Bob
Ewell could never see Tom Robinson. Aunt Alexandra had a hard time
seeing Calpurnia. Jem struggled to really see
Mrs. Dubose (who made it hard...). And neither of the children could ever
see Boo as anything but a ghost or phantom, at least not until
Scout really sees not just the physical man,
but what he is made of: the kind of person is truly
is.

How does the pig tear the boys apart in Lord of the Flies?

The pig, or the beast that the pig embodies, tears Ralph
and Jack apart because their approach to fighting it is different, Jack's being direct
and violent and Ralph's being logical and reasoned.  At the beginning, it appeared that
they might find common ground but that quickly vanishes under pressure of the beast, or
the fear of the beast.

The fear of the beast also forces
boys to choose one or the other side to be on because the thought of facing it alone is
too terrifying.

And when Simon figures out what the beast
really is and rushes out of the woods to tell the other boys, it is the fear of the
beast that causes them to kill him.

Describe the politics of Latin America from 1830-1920.

A proper answer to this would be book length as there are
many different countries in Latin America and not all countries followed the same
historical trajectory during this time.  To look at what many countries had in common, I
will briefly discuss Mexican and Argentine history during this
time.

The basic trajectory of these countries' history was
that they went through long periods of internal conflict that were finally resolved. 
They then went on to form somewhat autocratic but modernizing governments.  Finally, in
the 20th century, they did move somewhat more towards
democracy.

In both cases, the internal unrest was based
largely on conflicts between federalists and centralists.  One side wanted power to be
split up among the different areas of the country while the other wanted a strong
central government.  In both cases, what came after was a fairly autocratic system in
which the government provided relative stability and then brought in foreign help to try
to develop a modernized economy.  Finally, these countries moved towards more of
democracy, as seen, for example, in Mexico's revolution in the
1910s.

This is a major generalization, though, and does not
clearly apply to all Latin American countries.

How does the King of Norway respond to his Nephew's plot against Denmark? What is young Fortinbras new plan of action?

You can find the answer to this in Act II, Scene 2.  It is
found in the passages where Voltemand is reporting to King Claudius the results of his
visit to Norway.

He says that the King of Norway was upset
to hear of Fortinbras's plans.  When he confirmed that Fortinbras was trying this, he
arrested him and made him swear that he would never attack
Denmark.

Instead of attacking Denmark, Fortinbras agrees to
take the soldiers he has gathered and use them to go attack Poland.  The King of Norway
asks Claudius to let Fortinbras and his troops pass through Denmark on their way to
Poland.

I need quotes and ideas from Part III in Fahrenheit 451 that focus on the themes below:Themes: the rights and responsibilites of being a citizen...

I think one place to start when considering these theme
ideas, is to look at the way characters turn on each other at the end of the
book.

Mildred turns on her husband in the name of the law,
but does so out of fear and ignorance.  Beatty turns on his co-worker and friend in the
name of justice, but he is neather fearful nor ignorant.  Montag turns on (and kills) a
once mentor and guide in the name of protection and enlightenment.  The prohibition of
free thinking in this dystopic society create an immediate
comparison to our world of democracy, knowledge, and
growth.

Mildred embodies the effects of mass media
(especially in large doses) by losing her own identity first, and giving up what
our society considers a very important relationship.  Ironically,
Beatty embodies the responsibilities of being a citizen in his own society (as he works
tirelessly at a job he believes is moral), presenting a clear contrast to the rights and
responsibilites our society often takes for granted by abuse or
neglect.  Finally, Montag, the character who seeks most to break out of his societal
mold, is also the most lonely and alienated.  Ironically, he feels this way both before
and after his own conversion to the enlightened side of
humanity.

Keeping these ideas in mind, I think you will
have an easy time finding proof in the form of quotes by looking for  characterization
of Montag, Beatty, and Mildred.

What does this quote mean? "Who in this town did one thing to help Tom Robinson, just who"What doe Jem mean by this and how is he reffering it to...

Jem was angry when Tom was killed trying to escape from
prison. He knew that Tom was convicted not on the evidencebut on the color of his skin.
No one in the town of Maycomb offered to help Tom besides Atticus Finch. When Tom was in
prison and not able to work, no one in the white community took food to his family or
tried to help them in any way. Atticus was the only man who stood guard to keep him from
being lynched. The newspaper editor who watched over Atticus at that did it for
Atticus's sake and those of his children, not out of concern for Tom. The missionary
society, of which Aunt Alexandra was a member, cared more about a far away African tribe
than the well-being of a member of their community. Only Atticus and his family paid
their respects to Tom's family after he died.

In A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, how does Francie change because of the death of Johnny; the working world; and meeting and breaking up with Lee? ...

As far as the working world is concerned, Francie learns
about seniority, fairness, and the importance of reputation.  Francie becomes
disillusioned with the world of work after she has to cross the Brooklyn Bridge to get
to work.  She previously thought that the trip would be exciting, but quickly learns
that the commute is draining.  Once at work, Francie is happy that she is getting paid
so much because she has never before earned such a high salary.  However, after talking
to the other girls, she realizes that she is the lowest paid reader and that she has not
been treated fairly.  She becomes especially bitter when she realizes that she is a much
faster worker than many of the highest paid workers.  Francie, even though she feels
used, has no voice in the company and must continue reading for her low salary.  She
often looks at the top reader, who has a relationship with the boss, and wishes that she
could have her position.  So the working world introduces Francie to the hardships of
the "dog-eat-dog" work mentality.

In Chapter 11, why is Helmholtz Watson sad when he listens to Bernard's boastings?(I had six girls last week) pp 156~157 Brave New World by...

In his satirizing of Bernard Marx, Huxley shows how
quickly people throw away their attempts to be authentic as soon as people start
treating them as of "outstanding importance."  When Bernard talks with Helmholtz of his
female conquests and growing popularity now that so many are after John, Helmholtz
listens to his boasting "in a silence so gloomily disapproving that Bernard was
offended":

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"You're envious," he
said.

Helmholtz shook his head.  "I'm rather sad, that's
all," he answered.

Bernard went off in a huff. never, he
told himself, never would he speak to Helmholtz
again.

The man who was
insulted by the Director's lewd talk of Lenina now has many female partners now,
himself.  The man who wished to look at nature and enjoy the stars, now exploits the
natural man, John.  The man who wished to talk and have a meaningful conversation now
engages in sex with multiple, meaningless partners.  Helmholtz finds this behavior of
Bernard unauthentic and hypocritical since Bernard does
genuinely believe that there are things to
criticize.

However, Bernard is no Helmholtz.  He is weak;
he secretly has always desired to be accepted and respected, instead of having people
whisper behind his back about the alcohol that was accidentally put into his incubating
tube.  Bernard is also deluded:

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Intoxicated, he was behaving as though, at the
very least, he were a visiting World Controller. Lighter than
air.

In his delusion, he
writes to Mustpha Mond, lecturing about the "Savage."  The idea of Bernard's lecturing
to him, gives Mond an idea about which he laughs.  Here, indeed, is foreshadowing of the
demise of Bernard.

Why did some Americans think the United States should take control of Hawaii?

There were at least three major reasons for wanting to
take control of the Hawaiian Islands in the late
1800s.

First, there was the desire for military power. 
This was the age of Alfred Thayer Mahan and the idea that naval bases were the way to
project power over long distances.  Many Americans felt that a base in the Hawaiian
Islands would help give the US control of the central
Pacific.

Second, there was the desire for economic power. 
There were many Americans who wanted the resources of the Hawaiian Islands.  At this
time, sugar was the major product of the islands and Americans wanted control of that
resource.

Finally, there was competition with other
powers.  There was concern, for example, that the British would take the islands if the
US did not.  This would give the British the sugar as well as a base for their navy. 
This would enlarge the power of the British Empire instead of helping the US gain
power.

In the play A Doll's House, what is the difference between Torvald's and Nora's definition of a "human being"?

Torvald does treat Nora as a doll.  Ibsen's A Doll's House
has often been used as a rallying cry for the feminist movement, especially during the
second wave when Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique was a pivotal point in that part of
the movement.  While Ibsen has considered himself more of a humanist instead of a
feminist, there's no denying that he wanted Nora to be an equal to her
husband.

In the final act she says, "But our home's been
nothing but a playpen. I've been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Papa's
doll-child. And in turn the children have been my dolls. I thought it fun when you
played with me, just as they thought it fun when I played with them. That's been our
marriage, Torvald. [. . .]If I'm ever to reach any understanding of myself and the
things around me, I must learn to stand alone. That's why I can't stay here with you any
longer."

Torvald does not consider his wife his equal, he
considers her more like a doll or a child.  Something to play with, feed macaroons, have
dance for him, and call his "little squirrel" and other diminutive names.  Most likely,
the only others that Torvald considers equal to him are other men of his status as a
businessman (or greater) in society.

Nora, as you can
probably tell, defines being human as someone who understands herself and someone who is
free.  It's not about status or gender to her.

Who was the greatest king in the world and who killed him and why?...

This answer is highly subjective, of course, but I would
have to suggest Alexander the Great, king of the Macedonian
empire. Alexander III of Macedon (356 BC-323 BC) established one of the greatest empires
in ancient history. He was also considered one of the foremost battlefield commanders of
all time, never being defeated in battle. He was tutored by the philosopher Aristotle,
and ascended to the throne at the age of 20 following the assassination of his father,
King Phillip II, in 336 BC. In 13 short years, Alexander's empire became the mightiest
in the world. Already ruling the Greek city-states, Alexander eventually conquered the
Persian empire. His conquest of India and Arabia was never realized, and he died at the
age of 33 in Babylon. The cause of death is unknown, but it seems to have stemmed from
an intestinal
ailment. 

 

Is heat still being added to a liquid at the boiling point?

Yes. Heat is being added at the boiling point of a
liquid.

There is though, an important difference between
the effect of adding heat at a lower temperature and the effect of the addition of heat
at the boiling point.

This difference is that at a lower
temperature the addition of heat results in an increase in the temperature of the
liquid. This increase continues till the boiling point is
reached.

At the boiling point when heat is added, it does
not cause an increase in the temperature of the liquid. Instead, the heat is used by the
liquid to change state to gas. The heat required for a change in state from liquid to
gas is called the heat of vaporization of the relevant
substance.

Describe the mother in "Everyday Use"?

Mrs. Johnson, the narrator, describes herself as a large
and strong woman. She lives in the Georgia countryside, in a house that could be
described as little more than a hovel. However, she is proud of her surroundings, and
takes great care of the place both inside and out. She has not had an easy life, having
been burned out of a previous house, and having also watched her younger daughter,
Maggie, suffer severe burns in the fire. She is proud of her family history, knowing the
past so well that she can even identify a patch of blue (Union?) cloth from the uniform
"Great Grandpa Ezra" wore during the Civil War. She is also an acute observer, with
great sensitivity for the wishes and feelings of her two daughters and with a parent’s
wish to treat them both equally; hence she balks at giving Dee the quilts even though
she has no qualms about the butterchurn parts.

If the roots of the equation x^3-9x^2+23x-15=0,are in AP,then one of its roots will be (1)3,(2)9,(3)15(4)0

The roots of x^3 - 9x^2 + 23x - 15 = 0 are in
AP.

x^3 - 9x^2 + 23x - 15 =
0

=> x^3 - 3x^2 - 6x^2 + 18x + 5x - 15 =
0

=> x^2(x -3 ) - 6x ( x - 3) + 5(x - 3)
=0

=> (x^2 - 6x + 5)(x - 3) =
0

=> (x^2 - 5x - x + 5)(x - 3) =
0

=> (x(x - 5) - 1(x - 5))(x - 3) =
0

=> (x - 5)(x - 3)(x - 1) =
0

The roots are x = 1, x = 3 and x = 5. They are in
AP.

The option (1) has a valid value of one
of the roots, 3.

Refer to lines 42-68 in Act 1, Scene 1: "O, sir, content you...I am not what I am." Discuss what these lines reveal about Iago.

In Act I of Othello, Iago says to
Roderigo:

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I am not what I am.
(I.i.57–65)

The
line is verbal irony (understatement)
because, even after Iago admits this secret, Rogerigo continues to trust him and pay him
money, knowing full well that he is a liar, cheat, and traitor!  This is why Iago calls
Roderigo his "fool."

This reveals Iago's
status as a Janus figure.  Janus was usually depicted with two heads facing in opposite
directions. Janus was two-faced, a perfect analogy to describe Iago.
 Iago seems to be honest and loyal to Othello, but in reality, he is a vice character
and a satanic villain.  This line reveals one of the main themes and motifs in the play:
appearance vs. reality.

The line is a spoof
of one of the great verses of the Old Testament.  Yahweh (God) says, "I am that I
am." He means He is what he says he is, and He will do what he says He
will do.  Here, Iago reveals just the opposite: he is not who he says he is, and he will
not do what he says He will do.  Iago and others say he's "honest."  He says to Othello,
"I am your own."  And he says he will kill Cassio.  He is none of these.  He will not do
any of these.  Iago is a two-faced liar.

What is the story A Rose for Emily about?Please help me out

I don't understand your question.  Have you read
Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and you don't understand it?  Or have you not read it and
you want someone to tell you what happens so you don't have to read
it?

I'll tell you what's at the center of the story in case
you don't understand it, but I won't give you plot details so you don't have to read
it.

Faulkner often writes about the South in the period
following the Civil War.  The South was devastated by the war:  its economy was
destroyed, and most of the battles and raids and destruction took place in the South. 
This story is about the recovery, or lack of it.  It is a bit of an allegory about
refusing to let go of a glorious past. 

Emily, once a
member of the aristocracy, has been "reduced" to a "commoner," so to speak.  And she
refuses to accept the reduced status. 

The story is
allegorically about the lengths a person will go to in order to hold on to a glorious
past. 

What is indefinite integral of f(x)=(x^5+2)/(x^2-1)?

We notice that the degree of the numerator is higher than
the degree of the denominator, so we'll perform the long
division.

x^5+2 = (x^2 - 1)(x^3 + x) + x +
2

We'll divide by x^2 -
1:

(x^5+2)/(x^2 - 1) = x^3 + x + ( x + 2)/(x^2 -
1)

We'll integrate both
sides:

Int (x^5+2)dx/(x^2 - 1) = Int x^3dx + Int xdx +
Int( x + 2)dx/(x^2 - 1)

We'll calculate Int( x + 2)dx/(x^2
- 1).

We'll decompose the fraction ( x + 2)/(x^2 - 1)  into
elementary fractions:

 ( x + 2)/(x^2 - 1) =  ( x + 2)/( x-
1)(x+1)

( x + 2)/( x- 1)(x+1) = A/(x-1) +
B/(x+1)

x + 2 = Ax + A + Bx -
B

x + 2 = x(A + B) + A - B

A+B
= 1 (1)

A-B=2 (2)

We'll add
(1) and (2):

2A =3

A =
3/2

B = -1/2

Int( x +
2)dx/(x^2 - 1) = (3/2)Int dx/(x-1) - (1/2)Int
dx/(x+1)

Int( x + 2)dx/(x^2 - 1) = (3/2)ln|x-1| -
(1/2)ln|x+1|

Int (x^5+2)dx/(x^2 - 1) = x^4/4
+ x^2/2 +  (3/2)ln|x-1| - (1/2)ln|x+1| + C

Please explain the following from Miller's Death of a Salesman:"You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away. A man is not a piece of fruit."...

I'll take a couple:

"you
can't eat the orange and throw the peel away. A man is not a piece of
fruit.-WILLY"

This is one of the most telling quotes in the
play.  Willy lives in the past, where relationships meant something in the workplace. 
In the modern "people eat people" (I never understood why dogs get blammed for our
behaviors) world, you can take the best from someone (the fruit), and throw away what
remains when it is no longer of any use to you.  Willy wants another world, in fact he
"lives" in that other world.

"after all the highways, and
the trains,and the years, you end upworth more dead than
alive."-WILLY

Willy wants to leave something for his sons;
he thinks they'll be able to get ahead if they have some "seed" money, so he comes to
think that if they can collect on his insurance policy after he kills himself, he will
be "worth" more to them than he is alive.  This is a sad commentary for two reasons.  No
one is worth more dead than alive, and they probably won't be able to collect on the
insurance policy anyway since insurance policies usually don't cover suicides (thus the
reason for the comments on some of Willie's earlier
"accidents.")

"he had the wrong dreams. All, all
wrong."-BIFF

This could be.  Willy was never a great
salesman; he just managed to scratch out a living.  We know that Willy was great with
his hands and that he enjoyed building things and growing things.  Might he have been
happier working in these fields?  Who knows.  If we knew at the end of our lives what we
know earlier, all decisions would be easier.

Good luck with the rest of your
questions.

Please use a short poem to give examples of poetic language.

To illustrate poetic devices I will choose one of my
favorite short poems, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost, because Frost uses many
types of devices.

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Nature's first green is gold,
Her
hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an
hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to
grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can
stay.

There are several
devices that poets use.  The first one is figurative language.  Figurative language is
the use devices where meaning is not literal, such as simile, metaphor,
personification.  For example, when Frost says that "nothing gold can stay" he is
metaphorically describing gold as a pure and innocent, and also using nature as a
metaphor for life.  People are born innocent, and Frost is suggesting that it is
impossible for us to stay that way.  Another interpretation is symbolic, that nothing
good can last.  Other simple metaphors include comparing new leaves to flowers, because
both are beautiful.

Another device used in this poem is
allusion.  Allusion is when a poet refers to another work.  Biblical allusions are
common in literature.  In this case, the line "the leaf subsides to leaf/So Eden sank to
grief" is  Biblical allusion to the tempting and spoiling of Eden, and therefore the sin
of all mankind.

Sound devices are also common in poetry. 
This poem uses rhyme, in this case couplets.  This means that the poem is made up of
pairs of rhyming lines such as gold/hold and flower/hour.  This gives the poem a
song-like, musical quality.

Briefly describe the experimental procedure in the following article.Cognitive costs of exposure to racial prejudice" by Salvatore and Shelton...

The basic procedure in the experiment described in this
article was to expose people to decisions that were either racist or not racist and then
to see how their cognitive abilities were affected.

The
subjects of the study were told that they were going to be watching hiring decisions
being made by a company.  They got to see all the information about each candidate and
it was made quite clear which candidate was most qualified.  The race of the candidates
was identified.  Sometimes the most qualified candidate was selected and sometimes he or
she was passed over and it was made clear that race was behind the
decision.

After watching these decisions being made, the
subjects were tested for cognitive ability.  The point was to determine whether watching
racially prejudiced decisions impaired the subjects' cognitive
abilities.

In Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities, why is the Marquis annoyed with the mender of roads?

In Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two
Cities, the Marquis is annoyed with the mender of roads because the man saw
someone hanging from a chain beneath the Marquis' carriagebut couldn't give enough
information:

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...the mender of roads with his blue cap pointing
out the chain under the
carriage...

The mender of the
roads is not able to provide much of a description other than the "stowaway" had a face
that was white and he was as tall as a spectre
(ghost).

...to
whom the mender of roads, with the aid of the blue cap without which he was nothing,
still enlarged upon his man like a spectre, as long as they could bear
it.

The Marquis, knowing
little more than he had before the mender of roads made his report is disgusted with
really knowing nothing more and having no way to understand the significance to
himself of this mysterious
man.

(However, as the story continues, it seems that the
father of the little child the Marquis had hit and killed with his carriage is out of
his mind with despair. The next morning, the Marquis is found
dead.)

Later as a man has been captured for the murder of
the Marquis, the mender of the roads provides, once again, a
detailed account of what he saw:

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“I saw him then, messieurs,” began the mender of
roads, “a year ago this running summer, underneath the carriage of the Marquis, hanging
by the chain. Behold the manner of it. I leaving my work on the road, the sun going to
bed, the carriage of the Marquis slowly ascending the hill, he hanging by the chain—like
this.”

It would seem the
mystery of the man beneath the carriage has been answered—but not that it would be of
any help to the Marquis.

As a confirmed member of the Catholic Church, how does one's role in the Church change?

In Catholicism, the sacrament of Confirmation in the early
days of the Church the rite of initiation into adulthood.  There are three effects from
the reception of this sacrament:

1. An increase of
   grace which helps to make the recipient a better
   Christian


2. A special sacramental grace which includes the
   seven gifts (something of a supernatural nature that is above the powers of nature) of
   the Holy Spirit, especially the strength and courage to confirm boldly the name of
   Christ.


3. An indelible character by reason of which the
   sacrament can only be received once by the
   person.

Thus, as an adult, the confirmed person
possesses wisdom, understanding, fortitude, counsel, fortitude, piety, fear of the
Lord.

1. Wisdom allows the confirmed to recognize
   that the things of the world are not as important as the truths of Christian
   belief.


2. Understanding allows the confirmed to grasp the
   meanings of what he recognizes with wisdom.


3. Counsel
   affords the confirmed the ability to judge how best to
   act.


4. Fortitude gives the confirmed the ability to follow
   through on the actions suggested by counsel.  Fortitude goes beyond courage; it is what
   the martyrs possessed--the virtue to suffer death rather than to renounce
   Christ.


5. Knowledge allows the confirmed to see his/her
   actions the way that God sees them.


6. Pietry is the
   willingness of the confirmed to go beyond a sense of
   duty.


7. Fear of the Lord confirms the theological virtue of
   hope.  The confirmed does not wish to offend the Lord; at the same time, he hopes to do
   better out of love of God.

Clearly, the
receiving of the Sacrament of Confirmation--if one is Roman Catholic--bestows much grace
upon the recipient, and the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit strengthen the confimants
in their endeavors as they are now soldiers of the Lord.

What would have been Amir's motive to connect with Baba in this way in The Kite Runner?

You don't specifically say in your question which way you
mean, but one way that Amir tried to connect with Baba was throught the kite-flying
tournament. Amir knew that his love of writing would never impress Baba, who
considered strength and physical attributes more important. Since kite-flying was an
athletic endeavor, and the tournament was the most important in Kabul (and probably all
of Afghanistan), Amir hoped that a strong finish would impress Baba. Incredibly, with
Hassan's assistance, Amir defeated all of the other participants, winning the event. The
victory was not lost on Baba.

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Then I saw Baba on our roof. He was standing on
the edge, pumping both of his fists. Hollering and clapping. And that right there was
the single greatest moment of my twelve years of life, seeing Baba on that roof, proud
of me at last.

Sadly, and
unbeknownst to Baba, Amir would ruin this day of pride and triumph by betraying his
kite-running friend shortly afterward. 

What does the quote "I pray she stays" from Things Fall Apart mean and what does it reveal about the Igbo people?

This quote comes in Chapter Six, and is uttered by Ekwefi,
the wife of Okonkwo, concerning her daughter, Ezinma, to Chielo. This is later explored
in Chapter Nine, which narrates the trouble Ekwefi has had in bearing children that
survive. A medicine man tells her that she bears ogbanje children, who are wicked
children that die and enter their mother's womb again. The medicine man mutilates the
body of her next child that dies, with the express purpose that this evil spirit will
not return again:

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Then he took it away to bury in the Evil Forest,
holding it by the ankle and dragging it on the ground behind him. After such a treatment
it would think twice before coming again, unless it was one of the stubborn ones who
returned...

Thus the quote
you refer to is talking about the spirit of Ezinma and whether she will live or not. It
thus shows how superstitious and driven by witchcraft the lives of the Igbo people are,
and what power such spirits have in their thinking.

Compare and contrast the relationship Troy and Rose have with Lyons in Fences.

Lyons represents much of the ruptured hopes and dreams,
dreams deferred, of Troy's endeavors.  In much of the same way, Lyons is a reminder to
Troy of his shortcomings.  In the opening scene, when Lyons asks Troy for money, and the
dynamic between both of them is shown to be one of blighted love, it is apparent that
the relationship between both of them is frayed.  Troy's only connection to his son is
monetary, and the money given is tainted with guilt.  Lyons has little or no value for
his father's words because of the abandonment he suffered.  While this relationship
features so much of pain and regret, it is Rose who is the force of redemption, seeking
to bring unity and coherence to fragmentation and disarray.  She gives the money in the
first scene and continues to bring the hope of harmony to the relationship between
father and son.  The fences that exist between both of them are alleviated through
Rose's hopeful stance.

What did Father Gilligan find on waking up?

Father Gilligan finds that he has slept through the night
and failed in his duty to one of his flock that had sent for him the night before. 
Here's paragraphs six and seven from "The Ballad of Father Gilligan," by
Yeats:

Upon the time of sparrow-chirp
When the
moths came once more.
The old priest Peter Gilligan
Stood upright on
the floor.

‘Mavrone, mavrone! the man has died
While I slept
on the chair’;
He roused his horse out of its sleep,
And rode with
little care.

The moths in Ireland come again in the
morning, and the sparrows chirp.  Father Gilligan wakes up, startled that he has slept
through the night, and jumps up.  He yells that he has missed the man's death, prepares
his horse, and rides as fast as he can to the home of the man that sent for him the
previous night, before he fell asleep while praying. 

Of
course, the Father arrives at the house, and discovers that God, in his mercy, has sent
an angel in his place to administer the Last Rites to the dying
man. 

Why did John Proctor disclose his affair with Abigail?

I assume that you are talking about the time that John
Proctor admits his affair in public (in Act III) and not whenever he admitted it to his
wife (not actually seen in the play).

If that is what you
are asking about, he is going to disclose it mainly to get his wife and others out of
being accused of being witches.  He wants the court to know why Abigail has been doing
the things that she has done.

John's attempt to be honest
backfires when his wife does not back him up -- she's trying to save his reputation but
ends up hurting him instead.

Using integral calculus integrate the function dy/y^2+8y+20

In other words, we'll have to calculate the indefinite
integral of the given
function:

Int dy/(y^2+8y+20)

We
can re-write the denominator by completing the
square:

(y^2+8y+16) - 16 + 20 = (y+4)^2 + 4 = (y+4)^2 +
2^2

Int dy/(y^2+8y+20) = Int dy/[(y+4)^2 +
2^2]

We'll note y + 4 = t => dy =
dt

Int dy/[(y+4)^2 + 2^2] = Int dt/(t^2 +
2^2)

Int dt/(t^2 + 2^2) = (1/2)*arctan (t/2) +
c

The final result is: Int dy/(y^2+8y+20) =
(1/2)*arctan [(y+4)/2]+ c

William Golding warns people against the practice of evil doing. Discuss.

I have to agree with the previous poster, particularly if
you look at the way Simon, arguably the most insightful member of the group of boys,
eventually figures out that the "beast" is actually the evil that is within the boys
rather than some external creature or parachutist or whatever else.  The fact that
Golding gives Simon this realization and then Simon is killed immediately thereafter
serves only to emphasize this discovery.

As such, Golding
is really pointing out the danger of that evil within us and the fact that without some
constraints, it can lead us to do things that are rather
terrifying.

As seen in Frankenstein, is Robert Walton's ambition similar to Frankenstein's, as Frankenstein believes?

Ambition is most certainly an issue for some of the
characters depicted in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. In the
opening of the novel, in Letters I-IV, readers are introduced to Robert Walton--a man
bent on finding the "seat of magnetism." Walton readily admits to his sister, in the
letters, that he fears his expedition may not end well (with his return). Through this,
readers can assume that Walton recognizes that his journey may be his
last.

Like Walton, Victor's obsession is linked to his
ambition. He is willing to cross the ice fields in order to see that the life of his
"son" is extinguished. Nothing but the creature's end (at this point) is important.
Given that Victor has lost everything in order to bring his "son" to life, Victor's
ambition has a far more negative outcome than the positive one Victor had hoped for: "A
new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures
would owe their being to me."

This said, Victor, after
spending some time with Walton aboard Walton's ship, has come to recognize the deadly
ambition he recognizes in Walton's eyes. Upon Victor's deathbed, he warns Walton about
the problems associated with ambition, and Victor tells Walton to give up his ambitious
nature before it is too late for him (like it is for Victor).

"Farewell,
Walton! Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition, even if it be only the
apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. Yet why
do I say this? I have myself been blasted in these hopes, yet another may
succeed.”

Essentially, Walton
and Victor's ambitious nature is the same. Both men are willing to do whatever it tales
to insure their own personal success (without thought of the consequences or those
around them). Their ambition has forced both men to be alone in a world surrounded by
others--best noted by Walton in Letter III. Although he has hired a crew, Walton is
alone. All he desires is a friend.

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I have no friend...I desire the company of a man
who could sympathise with me; whose eyes would reply to
mine.

What is the significance of the Battle of the Bulge?

This was the last battle in which the Germans had any
chance to change the outcome of the war.  If they had won this battle, they might have
been able to negotiate a truce instead of having to surrender
unconditionally.

What the Germans were trying to do in this
battle was to push their way up to the North Sea at such Belgian ports as Antwerp.  Once
they got there, they figured that the Allied forces would be cut in half and would be
unable to really coordinate to defeat Germany.  At that point, Hitler thought that he
would be able to negotiate some sort of peace
settlement.

Once the Germans lost this battle, their last
hope was gone and they were sure to have to surrender
unconditionally.

Why can Mond especially understand people who are exiled?Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

As the Resident Controller for Western Europe, Mustapha
Mond is one of the ten controllers in the New World.  He is the possessor of works of
Shakespeare, the Bible, and other confiscated novels.  Thus, he is able to read and
study the great works.  And, as Controller, he is able to use freely and with
impunity such words as mother and father. The
maker of the rules, as he says, can break them too. And, so, Mond enjoys the freedom
that the exiled have sought; but, his freedom is exhibited in a singular way, not in
rebellion.  For, Mustapha Mond knows that independent thinking leads to discontent, and
discontent leads to rebellion.

Mustapha Mond chooses to
live as he does in order to maintain order.  For, it is only through unthinking
consumerism that the society is stable. So, he deprives others of free thought,
while he is able to retain unique views on the themes of freedom, happiness,
civilization, and heroism.  Incidentally, his dry delivery of his views contributes much
to the satiric tone of the novel.  And, ironically, in his intellect and wit, Mond is
the character who must resembles Huxley himself. He has simply sacrificed his natural
urges to learn in order to subjugate the people of the Brave New
World.

In the movie "A Time to Kill," what role does religion play in the pursuit of justice?

This is a difficult question. In the film, A
Time to Kill, written by John Grisham, I believe that religion can be seen in
different places, with different effects.

First of all,
Carl Lee Hailey, the father of the young black girl who was raped, beaten and left for
dead, is a God-fearing man. It is certain that taking the lives of two men is not
something that he would have considered under any other circumstances, but for his
daughter's near-death, and the good possibility that in the racist community of which
they are a part the men will go free, Carl Lee is ready to sacrifice himself to avenge
his daughter's attack.

Some people may not be aware that
the KKK (Klu Klux Klan) was made up of predominantly Protestant [white] men. The
KKK...

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...made frequent reference to America's
"Anglo-Saxon" and "Celtic" blood, harking back to 19th century nativism and
racialism priding themselves on being descended from the original
18th century British colonial revolutionaries...

In
reaction to social changes, the Klan
adopted anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic, anti-Communist
and anti-immigrant slants....

When the organizer was done
with an area, he organized a huge rally, often with burning crosses and perhaps
presented a Bible to a local Protestant
minister

This is
an aspect of religion within the story that would have been behind the scenes, looking
directly to the members of the Klan who wanted Carl executed. They used all kinds of
intimidation for anyone who supported Hailey including burning down Jake's house,
threatening, Ellen Roark physically, and even Jake's secretary, Ethel, and her husband,
who later dies from the assault.

In another portion of the
film, the NAACP wants to represent Carl, and they try to use the influence of Carl's
pastor to get Carl to change his mind. Carl realizes that this will be of no benefit to
him or his family, which is what his pastor
should be thinking about. The NAACP and his pastor are more
interested in making headlines. Carl decides to take his chances with Jake, even though
Jake has no inkling, as a southern white male what it means to be black in the
South.

This last example or religion's place is probably
the most relevant to the plot. The support a church-going man might hope to expect from
his congregation is not there. (As seen with the church's support of Tom Robinson in
To Kill a Mockingbird.) His family is not being provided for, and
Carl's family is everything to him, not the agenda his pastor and the NAACP. Religion
does not, in this instance, do anything to help Carl's case.

Verify if polynomial (x^2+x-1)^(4m+1) -x may be divided by x^2-1?

First, we notice that the difference of 2 squares x^2 - 1
could be written as a product of 2 factors.

x^2 - 1 =
(x-1)(x+1)

If the given polynomial is divisible by x^2 - 1,
then x = 1 and x = -1 are the roots of the
polynomial.

We'll apply reminder
theorem:

P(-1) = 0 (the reminder is 0 if x = -1 is a
root)

P(1) = 0

We'll verify if
P(-1) is cancelling if we'll substitute x by -1 in the expresison of
polynomial:

P(-1) = [(-1)^2 - 1 - 1]^(4m+1) -
(-1)

P(-1) = (1 - 2)^(4m+1) +
1

P(-1) = (- 1)^(4m+1) +
1

(-1) raised to an odd power yields
-1.

P(-1) = -1 + 1 =
0

Therefore, x = -1 is a root of
P(x).

We'll verify if P(1) is cancelling if we'll
substitute x by 1 in the expresison of polynomial:

P(1) =
[(1)^2 + 1 - 1]^(4m+1) - (1)

P(1) = (1)^(4m+1) -
(1)

P(1) = 1 - 1

P(1) =
0

Since P(1) = 0, then x = 1 is also the root of
P(x).

Since x = 1 and x = -1 are the roots of
P(x), the polynomial (x^2+x-1)^(4m+1) - x is divisible by x^2 -
1.

Who emerged as leader of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin's death?

The Soviet leader who came to power after the death of
Joseph Stalin was a man named Nikita Khrushchev.  Stalin died in 1953 and Khrushchev
took power right after that.  He remained in power until he was thrown out of power in
1964.

Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union through
some of the most important events of the Cold War.  For example, he was the leader
during the building of the Berlin Wall.  Perhaps more importantly, he was the Soviet
leader who decided to put nuclear missiles in Cuba, leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis
in 1962.  It was partly as a result of this that he lost power.