In Wordsworth's poem, "The World is Too Much With Us," it is probable that Triton's horn is "wreathed" with: a) apple b) trout c) seaweed

In William Wordworth's poem, "The World is Too Much With
Us," the reader is bombarded with images of nature. This is not a surprise as Wordsworth
was one of the two first-generation Romantics, alongside Samuel Taylor
Coleridge.

The Romantic poets are known to have had a great
deal of influence on other writers, including American authors Emerson and Thoreau. One
of the main focuses of all Romantic writing was on a reverence for, and a return to,
nature. Wordsworth's references to nature are seen with words like: Nature, sea, moon,
winds, and sleeping flowers. He also uses nature as a metaphor for life, in that as the
seasons quickly pass from spring to fall to winter, so do our lives, leaving youth
behind quickly to face old age, and eventually,
death.

Wordsworth references Triton, coming out of the sea
(more nature imagery) who is:

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[a] sea god, often depicted as trumpeting on a
shell.

With this in mind,
Triton's horn would be " href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wreathe">wreathed" or covered
as with a wreath or vines, etc., with seaweed. It, also, is a plant, like that which
makes up a wreath, or like vines or moss, and it comes from the
sea.

I need help on some notes of John Milton, a brief bio, genre of his work, and Classical examples that employ that genre of his work.

John Milton (1608-1674) is best remembered for his epic
poem, Paradise Lost, and is considered one of England's greatest
writers. A scholar fluent in at least three languages, he served as an official under
Oliver Cromwell, the non-royal leader and Lord Protector of England. Milton wrote in
praise of the Commonwealth of England (the short era of common rule following the
execution of King Charles I), but he lost his political powers following the restoration
of the monarchy. He went into hiding but was eventually awarded a pardon. Nevertheless,
it was from this time after 1660--though suffering from glaucoma and, later,
blindness--that Milton wrote his greatest works. Paradise
Lost (1667), considered one of the greatest works of blank verse poetry in
the English language, in part laments the end of common rule.

Please analyze "Out in the Dark" by Edward Thomas.

"Out in the Dark" is a poem written by Edward Thomas.
Though he wrote less than 150 poems in his lifetime (having written essays, etc., before
he turned to verse), he stands out as an unconventional Victorian poet, known also for
his war poetry. This poem is said to have been written while on leave with his family,
from the first world war, which would eventually claim his life. He was a lover of
nature and had a close friendship and working relationship with Robert Frost, another
poet with a love of nature. The images of nature abound in this
poem.

The poem is made up of four five-line stanzas. In
each stanza, the end rhyme of each set of five lines has the same sound. In other words,
in the first stanza, all the end rhymes of the other lines in that stanza rhyme with
"snow."

The author introduces the setting of the poem: it
is dark and there is snow on the ground. Thomas provides the beautiful image of a doe
and fawns: the word " href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallow">fallow" here means
"of a light yellowish-brown color." The sense the author gives us in the first stanza is
that out in the dark of a cold winter night, the fallow fawns and doe (of the same
color—are they related?) are invisible in the night, as the wind blows fiercely—the wind
is moving as fast as the stars
move slowly.

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Out in the dark over
the snow

The fallow fawns invisible
go

With the fallow
doe...

In the second stanza,
the author describes that the darkness moves in a stealthy and haunting way, which may
account for his fear when the lamp suddenly goes out. It seems that he is saying that
the darkness moves more swiftly that the fastest dog, when the light is extinquished…he
personifies the darkness, saying that it "arrives" and all else is covered by it, or
"drowned."

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Stealthily the dark haunts
round

And, when a lamp goes, without
sound

At a swifter bound

Than
the swiftest
hound,

Arrives...

All
sharing the dark now—the star, the speaker, the wind and the deer—they are bound by the
darkness: this they all have in common.

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And star and I and wind and
deer

Are in the dark
together...

And while some of
them may be near—either literally by location or because they are all sharing the
experience of complete darkness— certain things separate them. The star is actually very
far away and, in fear, the animals may have picked up the speaker's scent on the wind.
The dark they may have in common, but they are all very different, and in the darkness,
the speaker admits to fear that "drums on my ear," even though he is in the "sage" or
wise company of a celestial body, beautiful animals of nature and the wind—the company
is "drear" perhaps because of the darkness or the winter cold, or
both.

The last stanza presents a challenge. It
seems that within the universe of things that can be seen, light
may seem sometimes weak and little—perhaps this refers to how the world can sometimes
seem like a dark place—maybe when worries or problems overwhelm us. Love and delight may
not be able to stand up against things of might, and perhaps this refers to war,
or power, that often takes little note of the sweeter aspects of
life. At the same time, the first and last line of the final stanza may be tied
together, as the lines in between are all separated by commas—like a list. Perhaps it
makes more sense to read:

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How weak and little is the
light…

If you love it not, of
night.

This may mean that if
you do not love the night and the darkness, the light may seem weak and little,
especially if you are afraid.

How does the narrator change in the story "Liberty" by Julia Alverez?

The change in the narrator is shown by her act of driving
away Liberty, her dog, that she loves so much and has previously described as "a double
of herself." Notice how at the end of the story, to save Liberty from the "men in
sunglasses," she is forced to convince Liberty that he is no longer
wanted:

I kick
him, softly at first, but then, when he ckeeps tagging behind me, I kick him
hard.

Of course, it is
important to realise how Liberty the dog functions as a symbol of the liberty that the
narrator and her family are hoping to gain by fleeing to the United States. Liberty
requires sacrifices, and in order to find sanctuary elsewhere, the narrator and her
family must sacrifice their home and possessions. The change in the narrator is that she
has learned the necessity of this and does what she needs to do in spite of the love she
has for her dog--and symbolically of her home and possessions. Note how she shows
awareness of this at the end of the story:

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He will beat me to the United States is what I am
thinking as I head back to the house. I will find Liberty there, like Tia Mimi says. But
I already sense it is a different kind of liberty my aunt means. All I can do is hope
that when we come back--as Mami has promised we will--my Liberty will be waiting for me
here.

Thus this excellent
short story presents us with a young girl who is forced to mature because of the loss
she must undergo in order to paradoxically gain liberty by losing her own
Liberty.

What is ‘Behavioral theory’?

Behavioral Theory, as applied to business, explores the
psychological bases of management, leadership and decision-making.  It is applied to all
aspects of a business, from studies of the psychology of dealing with employees, through
specific areas of research such as behavioral
finances.

Behavioral Theory applies psychology to the study
of human judgment and biases in decision-making under conditions of risk and
uncertainty.  It seeks to determine “How we know and why we
act.”

The underlying assumption of business behavioral
theory is that there is a psychology of running a business, and a measurable model of
psychological motivational leadership.

One of the earlier
discoveries in the field of behavioral theory that is still applied today in the field
of motivational leadership is the Hawthorne Effect.  The effect is a measurable
improvement in output when the employer shows concern for employees.  There is a value
and benefit for the employer to acknowledge and provide for the psychological needs of
the workers.

An important aspect of behavioral theory is
the recognition that definable and learnable management behaviors exist.  To determine
effective behaviors one does not seek to define character or traits of good leaders. 
Instead one observes and applies what these leaders actually do.  Such determinations
represent the most fundamental application of behavioral theory to business
practice.

What are the three themes in Everday Use?

In the short story "Everyday Use," one theme is that of
claiming one's heritage. Dee leaves behind a humdrum Southern life in search for a more
fulfilling one. She attends school in Agusta and then comes back home as a sophisticated
woman.

Dee seems to have more of an appreciation for the
every day items she used while growing up. She desires the churn for her home's
decoration. She desires the quilts that her mother has been saving for Maggie. The theme
of claiming one's heritage is evident.

Dee in accompanied
by an intellectual man who seems to be caught up in his African origin. He has an
African name. Likewise, Dee has changed her name to an African name. The theme of origin
is evident in the way they are dressed and in their speaking. Originality is modeled in
the way the two are speaking and interacting.

Homecoming is
a theme. While the man who accompanies Dee states that particular foods are not healthy,
Dee sits down at the table and gulps down all the Southern foods she took for granted as
a child. She seems to have an appreciation for her mother's Southern cooking when she
visits. The theme of the art of cooking Southern food is a relevant
theme.

Overall, taking things for granted is an evident
theme. All the things that Dee used as a child were just every day items. Now, Dee
returns home and cherishes the ordinary items. She has grown up to appreciate the every
day items and realizes they are more than something that should be used for every day
use.

Describe the differences between Asagai and George Murchinson in A Raisin in the Sun.

George Murchinson is a rich man. He and his family are
quite snobbish because of their wealthy status. He is a college
prep.

Beneatha states that the only thing worse than rich,
white people is rich colored folk. Although Beneatha is dating George, she prefers
Asagai. She only dates George to pass the time away. He does take her to the theater,
and she enjoys that. When she comes out of her room dressed in African clothes, he makes
fun. He says that they are going to the theater, not going to be in it. Beneatha resents
his comments. That is why she prefers to be with
Asagai.

Asagai is from Nigeria. He still has his Yoruba
accent. He respects his homeland so much until he refuses to assimilate. He gives
Beneatha clothes from Africa. He realizes that Beneatha is truly interested in her
African roots. Asagai truly cares about Beneatha and he asks her to go with him to
Africa.

Beneatha prefers to be with Asagai becasue he is
down-to-earth. He does not keep up a facade. He is a real man who has sincere, genuine
feelings for Beneatha and he is teaching her about his homeland.

How does Lee use language to convey the children’s opinion of the Radleys from pages 9-14?Discuss Harper Lee’s description of the Radley family...

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
describes the Radley house as a place to be feared and a source of
punishment, and, together with the Dubose place, it is much like a hell
where naughty children go:

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The Radley Place was inhabited by an
unknown entity the mere description of whom was enough to
make us behave for days on end; Mrs. Dubose was plain
hell.

The
place is characterized as a haunted house, where a ghost is thought to enact cruel deeds
at night:

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Inside the house lived a
malevolent phantom. People said he existed, but Jem and I
had never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped
in windows. When people's azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed
on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb
were his work. Once the town was terrorized by a series of morbid
nocturnal events: people's chickens and household pets were found
mutilated;

The
house is also anti-family and anti-community.  The Radleys
keep to themselves and do not go to church.  They sound like some kind of cult.  Mr.
Radley carries strange, secretive things, all of which ironically
foreshadows what will happen later in the
novel:

The
misery of that house began many years before Jem and I were
born. The Radleys, welcome anywhere in town, kept to
themselves, a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb. They did not go to
church, Maycomb's principal recreation, but worshiped at
home; Mrs. Radley seldom if ever crossed the street for a mid-morning
coffee break with her neighbors, and certainly never joined a missionary circle. Mr.
Radley walked to town at eleven- thirty every morning and came back promptly at twelve,
is sometimes carrying a brown paper bag that the neighborhood assumed contained the
family groceries. I never knew how old Mr. Radley made his living-Jem said he "bought
cotton," a polite term for doing nothing-but Mr. Radley and his wife had lived there
with their two sons as long as anybody could
remember.

Verify if the equation 5/(x+5) - 5=0 has an unique root?

Since an one to one function has an unique solution, we'll
have to prove that the function is one to one function.

For
this reason, we'll have to prove that the function is
monotonous.

The monotony of a function could be
demonstrated using the 1st derivative.

We'll calculate the
first derivative using quotient rule for the term
5/(x+5):

f'(x) = -5/(x+5)^2<0 for any x over R
set

Since the derivative is negative, the function f(x)
is decreasing then it is an one to one
function.

If the function is one to one, any
parallel line to x axis will intercept the graph of the function once, so the equation
will have an unique root.

In what ways is the monster inhuman? Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

In Shelley's Frankenstein, Victor's
creature possesses elements that are not common to human beings, the most apparent of
which is the fact that he has been manufactured from parts of other human beings.  His
size, of course, is not normal, either.  In addition to his size, the creature is able
to move on terrain that would be prohibitive for the average man; and, he is able to
withstand severe weather conditions, moving with alacrity across frozen and moutainous
areas.

The creature's rage is is suprahuman, as well.  When
he observes Victor's tearing of the female creature which he begins to create, the
creature utters hideous howling sounds.  Victor describes him as a creture of
"unparalleled barbarity":

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The wretch saw me destroy the creture on whose
future existence he depended for happiness, and, with a howl of devilish despair and
revenge....

Near the end of
the narrative, when the creature comes aboard Walton's ship, he mourns the death of
Victor and speaks of himself,

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Once I falsely hoped to meet with beings who,
pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable
of unfolding.  I was nourished with high thoughts of honour and devotion. 
But now crime has degraded me beneath the meanest animal. 
No guilt, no mischief, no malignity, no misery, can be found comparable to mine.  When I
run over the frightful catalogue of my sins, I cannot believe that I am the same
creature whose thoughts were once filled with sublime and transcendent visions of the
beauty and the majesty of goodness.  But it is even so; the fallen angel becomes a
malignant devil.  Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his
desolation; I am
alone.

The
experiences of the creature, his crimes, and his terrible isolation have made him less
than human while his strength and stamina are more than human.  He declares himself the
wretch that Victor has called him, and he springs from the cabin-windown upon an
ice-raft and is "borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance," a creature
unlike any other.

What are some allusions used by Ayn Rand in Anthem?

One of the allusions used by Ayn Rand in the Anthem is
"Saint of the pyre." It is used with reference to those who had understood the concept
of a self identity and attempted to enlighten others by telling
them about it. This was a grave transgression and was always punished by the Councils
setting the offenders on fire in view of all.

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There was no pain in their eyes and no knowledge
of the agony of their body. There was only joy in them, and pride, a pride holier than
it is fit for human pride to be...

What—even if we have to
burn for it like the Saint of the pyre—what is the Unspeakable
Word?

Another instance that I
find where a very important point has been made with an allusion is when Equality is
speaking with the Golden One about the importance of being able to differentiate oneself
from others and refers to Prometheus stealing fire from the Gods and giving it to
humans.

He
took the light of the gods and brought it to men, and he taught men to be gods. And he
suffered for his deed as all bearers of light must
suffer.

How this
taught men to be gods leaves no doubt about how powerful the
concept of an ego is, and how a self-identity gives people an immense power which is in
ways equivalent to that of the Gods.

How is the Shakespearean sonnet different from the Petrarchan sonnet?Other than the structure, what are the differences?

Originating in Europe, the word
sonnet derives from the Occitan word "sonet" and the
Italian "sonetto," both of which means "little song or sound." Here are the main
differences between the Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet
forms.

The Shakespearean style
of sonnet usually contains 14 lines following a specific rhyme scheme and structure.
Shakespeare's' sonnets all contain ten syllables per line and are written in
iambic pentameter, 

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in which a pattern of an unemphasized syllable
followed by an emphasized syllable is repeated five times. The rhyme scheme in a
Shakespearean sonnet is a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g; the last
two lines are a rhyming
couplet.

Not all poets follow
the specific metrical structure, since some sonnets contain 12 syllables per
line.

Petrarchan sonnets,
usually first credited to Giacomo da Lentini, were popularized by the Italian Petrarca
(or Petrarch). They usually consist of two parts forming
a 

compact
form of "argument". First, the octave (two quatrains), forms the "proposition" which
describes a "problem", followed by a sestet (two tercets), which proposes a resolution.
Typically, the ninth line creates what is called the "turn" or "volta" which acts to
signal the move from proposition to resolution. Even in sonnets that don't strictly
follow the problem/resolution structure, the ninth line still often marks a "turn" by
signaling a change in the tone, mood, or stance of the poem. In the sonnets of Giacomo
da Lentini, the octave rhymed a-b-a-b, a-b-a-b; later, the
a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a pattern became the standard for Italian sonnets.
For the sestet there were two different possibilities, c-d-e-c-d-e
and c-d-c-c-d-c. In time, other variants on this rhyming scheme
were introduced such as
c-d-c-d-c-d.

Who is the main villain in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?

The main villain would be the character who creates the
greatest conflict in the play. There are two characters who create conflict, Egeus and
Puck. However, out of these two characters, Egeus is the only one who remains stuck in
his ways without wanting to present a solution while Puck resolves issues in the end.
Therefore, I would argue that Egeus is the greatest villain of the
play.

Egeus creates one of the play's most central conflicts by
insisting his daughter marry Demetrius instead of Lysander. Egeus is even threatening
her with death, in accordance with the "ancient privilege of Athens" (I.i.42). As a
result of his threats and his petition to Duke Theseus to enforce the law that will see
to Hermia being punished, Hermia decides to runaway with Lysander out of Athens. Hence,
Egeus serves as the main catalyst that drives all four Athenian lovers into the woods
that night, which of course leads to further conflicts in the plot. Not only is Egeus a
main source for all of the play's troubles, when the couples are finally paired off as
they should be, Egeus still begs for, not only Hermia's punishment, but Lysander's as
well, as we see in his lines:

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I beg the law, the law upon his
head.
They would have stolen away, they would, Demetrius,
Thereby to
have defeated you and me:
You of your wife, and me of my consent.
(IV.i.156-159)

The play's
resolution is only fully brought about by Duke Theseus, who, in his wisdom, overrides
Egeus and commands the two couples to be married as they are.

In
contrast to Egeus, Puck creates his fair share of mischief, thereby creating conflicts
of his own, but Puck also resolves them. According to Oberon's commands, Puck is
responsible for finally pairing the couples appropriately. In addition, in his final
speech, he asks the audience for forgiveness, as we see in his lines, "Give me your
hands, if we be friends, / And Robin shall restore amends"
(V.i.432-433).

Hence, since Egeus only continuously creates and adds
to the play's conflict while Puck contributes to the resolution, we can say that Egeus
is the true villain of the story.

In "Book Three: The Judges" of The Poisonwood Bible, why are Orleanna and Nathan fighting?

About 80 pages into the section, in a chapter narrated by
Ruth May, Orleanna and Nathan fight over the fact that some of the tribal elders are
saying that Rachel needs to be circumcised so that she won't be promiscuous later on in
her life,  "so she wouldn't want to run around with people's husbands."  This highly
controversial and brutal act of circumsizing females is often practiced in Africa, as a
way to stem the spread of AIDS, children out of wedlock, and promote male dominance. 
Nathan and Orleanna agree that it shouldn't be done, but Nathan ties it back to his
missionary work, and how he needs to teach the African people other ways so that they
don't lead "these female children like lambs to the slaughter."  Orleanna, at this
point, gets upset and accuses him of caring more for the African daughters than his own;
Mathan at this point is playing along with the tribal chief's request to have Rachel for
his wife.  Orleanna also doesn't like Axelroot hanging around Rachel and implores Nathan
to make him leave, but he concludes that Axelroot is better than the natives, and much
more safe.  Orleanna is so upset that she tears a sheet in
two.

That is the most specific instance of fighting that I
can find.  Throughout the entire book is the thread of Orleanna hating it there, being
worried about Ruth May's illness, and declaring outright that she wants to leave. She
stops supporting Nathan in his insane perspectives, and becomes a bit more independent,
which causes strife in the marriage.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good
luck!

Can you please give 4 characteristics of Koly from Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan?If you can, please list quotes or page numbers (preffered)....

Being able to deliver pages numbers is going to be
difficult because different versions of the book's printing exist.  Yet, I think that
there are some overall characteristics where textual support is abundant.  I would say
that Koly is devoted to her family.  She understands that while the marriage is not
something that she embraces joy nor about which there is excitement, it is something
that she has to do for her family.  Accordingly, I think that loyalty is a critical
element that Koly possesses.  She is loyal to her mother in law and the responsibilities
that being a daughter carries even though she is mistreated.  I would say that courage
is another trait, for when in Vrindavan, she makes the conscious choice to break free of
her former life and try a new state of being in the world.  Finally, I think that there
is a belief of redemption that is present in Koly's character makeup, as she is
convinced that her new life is something that will work, can work, and something worthy
of working out for her best.

The coefficient of static friction between a 1 kg box placed on a 30 degree ramp and the ramp is 0.65If the mass of the box can be increased in...

The box in the problem is placed on a ramp that makes an
angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction of the ramp
is 0.65.

Let the mass of the box be M. A force due to the
gravitational attraction of the Earth acts in a direction vertically downwards. This can
be broken into two components: one component is acting along the ramp in the downward
direction and is given by M*g*sin 30 and the other is normal to the surface of the ramp
given by M*g*cos 30.

The force of resistance due to
friction is Fr = 0.65*M*g*cos 30

If the box has to slide
down, the component of force along the ramp of M*g*sin 30 should be greater than Fr. We
see that both the resistive force due to friction as well as the component of force
along the ramp have the term M, which gets
canceled.

This implies that changing the mass
of the box by adding more blocks of 1 kg into it cannot make it slide down the
ramp.

Also, sin 30  = 0.5 and 0.65*cos 30 =
0.5629

As 0.5 < 0.5629, the box does not slide down
the slope.

Does the nurse think there is ever a time where it's right to decieve the parents in Romeo and Juliet?I'm writing a character journal.

Since we are only allowed to answer one question at a
time, I had to edit your question so that there was only one.  The nurse is complicit in
Romeo and Juliet's elopement.  Without the Capulets' permission and at Juliet's bidding,
the nurse meets with Romeo to make arrangements for the wedding. She reports back to
Juliet:

Then
hie you hence to Friar Laurence' cell;

There stays a
husband to make you a
wife.

The nurse does not lie
to the parents, but she is definitely acting behind their backs.  After Romeo kills
Tybalt, the nurse goes to find Romeo to bid him to come to Juliet's room, another act of
loyalty to Juliet but of betrayal to her parents.

So, the
answer to your question is yes the nurse believes that deceiving parents is sometimes
right.  She seems to value Juliet's happiness more than she does her loyalty to the
parents.  The nurse does not hesitate to arrange a wedding and wedding night between
Juliet and the Capulets' most despised enemy: Romeo Montague.

What is the theme of Anthem by Ayn Rand?

Ayn Rand's Anthem is a dystopian
novella, which means it addresses the dehumanization of mankind usually by some kind of
totalitarian government. That is true for this work as can be seen by the following
evidences:

• every character is nameless and is
  known only by a number (the protagonist is Equality 7-2521, for
  example)


• no one is allowed to be distinguished from
  anyone else (all men are brothers without any distinctions or
  divisions)


• all decisions are made for the common man by
  Scholars and Councils (including each person's
  profession)


• thinking, dreaming, and creating are strictly
  forbidden (and punishable crimes if they are
  discovered)


• being alone is the greatest crime/sin (as
  that wrongly distinguishes one man from his
  brothers) 


• work is the greatest good (so anything that
  eases men's labor is a crime)


• independent thinking is not
  allowed (the only good is the collective
  good)

The theme of this work is relatively
simple and has two parts. When the individual ("I") is absorbed into the collective
("we"), men degenerate into mindless, uncreative, and uninspired automatons who do
nothing but live to work and die young and exhausted. However, the spirit of freedom and
individuality lives on even in such a world, and a rare man will survive the oppression
of the collective to create, think, dream, and love.

"No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive / Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death, / And with his former title greet Macbeth." What...

The quote represents King Duncan's words when the king
realizes that the Thane of Cawdor has worked in collusion with the Norwegians in order
to help them defeat Duncan. The king strips the thane of his position at once, and, as a
result, Macbeth is promoted for his valiance and loyalty to the
king:

 What he
hath lost noble Macbeth hath
won.

The quote demonstrates
that the king has a very high opinion of Macbeth and values qualities such as valor,
loyalty, and true friendship. He wants to honor those who exhibit such qualities, and we
see him placing his hopes into Macbeth, believing Macbeth is one of his biggest
supporters.

The tragic tone starts to permeate the play
once we realize that Macbeth is ready to abuse the trust which king Duncan has put in
him for the sake of fulling his own evil ambitions. Although he has every reason to
protect the king, Macbeth dares to create disorder by plotting to kill him so that he
can become the king himself. He murders Duncan, but that very action will ultimately
result in Macbeth's own downfall.

What are some specific government activities that are justified by different market failures?I am exploring this question using the 8th edition of...

Let me give you two specific government activities that
come about because of market failures:

First, there is the
provision of police protection.  Police protection is, in general, a public good.  It
would be very hard to have a private police force that would only protect those who pay
for the service (how would they do traffic patrols, for example).  Therefore, the market
will not provide this service and the government
must.

Second, there are laws against firms polluting the
environment.  This is because pollution is an externality.  If the government simply
allowed pollution to happen, it would have impacts on people who did not even buy
products from the firm that did the polluting.  This is an example of a negative
externality.  To prevent this, government regulates the degree to which industries can
pollute.

In Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, discuss Crusoe's belief that his fortune is connected with Providence.What can be said about Crusoe's relationship...

When Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
begins, Crusoe records that one of his great difficulties was his inability—or
refusal—to see Providence (or God) in the things that happened to him from the time he
left his home, against the wishes of his father. It is only over time, in adverse
conditions as he looks within, that Crusoe is changed—realizing what a "brute" he was,
and how God has had his hand in all of Crusoe's experiences since leaving
England.

In
the relating what is already past of my story, this will be the more easily believed
when I shall add, that through all the variety of miseries that had to this day befallen
me, I never had so much as one thought of it being the hand of God, or that it was a
just punishment for my sin...or so much as a punishment for the general course of my
wicked life….But I was merely thoughtless of a God or a Providence, acted like a mere
brute...

Crusoe admits to his
failure to see Providence when it was there…until he loses everything. When Crusoe lands
on the island, he says he should have been thankful to God for
rescuing him, the only survivor, but he does not. He is thrilled to be alive, but any
credit to the Almighty is lost for him. In fact, he runs around, wringing his hands
until he collapses.

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It is true, when I got on shore first here, and
found...myself spared, I was surprised with a kind of ecstasy…which...might have come up
to true thankfulness; but it ended where it began...being glad I was alive, without the
least reflection upon the distinguished goodness of the hand which had preserved
me...

Crusoe recalls that he
never appreciated what he had—such as his "station of life," didn't listen to his
parents' pleas or warnings, and had no need for God in his life. He has come to see that
he was wrong:

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I rejected the voice of Providence, which had
mercifully put me in a posture or station of life wherein I might have been happy and
easy; but I would neither see it myself nor learn to know the blessing of it from my
parents.

When Crusoe starts
to take a close look at his life, Providence takes hold of him, helping him to see
miracles—to begin with, just in his survival—even though he is
alone. It is hard to be by himself, but he is happier than before, and he has been
compensated for the absence of "society." He is blessed with God's
presence:

I
gave humble and hearty thanks that God had been pleased to discover to me that it was
possible I might be more happy in this solitary condition than I should have been in the
liberty of society...that He could fully make up to me the deficiencies of my solitary
state, and the want of human society, by His
presence...

Crusoe begins to
take his shipwrecked state in stride: while he cannot admit he's glad to be in his
situation, he is happy he has been able to learn how empty his former life
was.

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...though I could not say I thanked God for
being there, yet I sincerely gave thanks to God for opening my eyes, by whatever
afflicting providences, to see the former condition of my life, and to mourn for my
wickedness, and repent.

In
even the simplest things, Crusoe's conversion brings him to appreciate all that he has;
he has become a better man, and allows that all he has comes from the hand of
Providence.

I
frequently sat down to meat with thankfulness, and admired the hand of God’s providence,
which had thus spread my table in the
wilderness.

What was the worst danger Odysseus faced in the Odyssey, and how did he overcome that challenge?

Although all of Odysseus' encounters were dangerous, his
meeting with the Cyclops was the most horrifying. The Cyclops is having Odysseus' men
for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Odysseus knows that it is
matter of time before he will become the Cyclops's favored meal. This encounter proved
to be the most dangerous in terms of losing his men.

Of
course, some may argue that Odysseus faced the most danger when he sailed away
from Calypso on his raft because it broke apart due to a storm sent by Poseidon. In this
instance, Odysseus was all alone.

He had none of his men
left to support him. He was floating on one piece of board and then, only then, did he
cry out to the gods for help. When he admitted that he needed the gods help, he was
rescued. However, this was a dangerous point in Odysseus' journey home. Had Athena not
come to his rescue, he would have drowned and that would have been the end of
Odysseus.

Although each encounter had a dangerous
situation, there is nothing as horrible as being all alone on the ocean, not knowing if
you are going to live or die. There is strength in numbers, and there is something
comforting knowing you are not alone. Odysseus did not have his men for consolation. He
had to go it alone.

Explain how the Marshall Plan contributed to the overall strategy of containment.

The strategy of containment was, of course, based on the
idea of hemming communism in where it already existed.  Communism was not to be allowed
to spread out of Eastern Europe.  The Marshall Plan was a major early part of this
strategy.

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to rebuild
Western Europe, making it prosperous once again.  The idea was that a region that was no
longer impoverished would not be inclined to become communist.  The countries of the
region would also, hopefully, be tied more closely to the US through the US's
help.

In this way, the Marshall Plan was part of
containment.  It was meant to make it less likely that the people of Western Europe
would want to embrace communism.

Where and why does the tone shift in Hamlet's soliloquy in Act Two, scene two, of Shakespeare's Hamlet?

In Hamlet's soliloquy in Act Two, scene two, of
Shakespeare's Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark berates himself for not
having taken action against Claudius, for Old Hamlet's murder, long before
now.

O, what
a rogue and peasant slave am I!
Is it not monstrous that this player here,

But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,(545)
Could force his soul
so to his own conceit
That from her working all his visage wann'd,

Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect,
A broken voice, and
his whole function suiting
With forms to his conceit? And all for
nothing!

Hamlet calls himself
a rogue and a slave: unable to act even though it is in his heart to do so. Only in an
environment of illusion, a play, can he see an expression of emotion that he wants
himself to make. His reference to Hecuba is to the wife of Priam, in the story of the
Trojan War, where her husband Priam is killed by Pyrrhus, a reference Hamlet will soon
make when speaking to one of the visiting players (actors) at the castle. Hecuba stood
by and did nothing when her husband was killed.

In the
play, the actors play their parts, but they are only parts: they mean nothing. And
Hamlet looks to himself also as one who is playing a part: he know of his father's
murder, yet he does not know how to move forward and act on it. (His tragic flaw is
indecision.) However, he also wants to make sure that he is justified in killing a king,
which would have been a grave concern to his Elizabethan
audience.

Again, Hamlet faults
himself:

Yet
I,
A dull and muddy-spirited rascal, shrink,
Like a dreamy fellow,
not full of my cause,
And can’t say anything, no, not for a king
On
whose kingdom and most dear life
Were all brought to nothing. Am I a
coward?

He lacks the impetus,
he says: unable to act even for a dear king (his father) whose life and kingdom were
stolen him. He wonders if he is a coward.

However, Hamlet
renews his purpose to avenge his father's death as he promised the
Ghost:

Fie
upon't! Foh!
About, my brain! Hum, I have heard
That guilty
creatures, sitting at a play,
Have by the very cunning of the scene(585)

Been struck so to the soul that presently
They have proclaim'd
their malefactions;
For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak

With most miraculous
organ...

Hamlet decides he
will delay no longer. He will search for proof. He has heard that when people see in a
play something that is akin to a guilty action they have committed, they give themselves
away with an expression of their guilt. It is in this way that Hamlet changes
the course of his actions—noted in the change of his tone in the speech—to
find proof of Claudius' guilt and proceed to punish him, thereby avenging his father's
murder.

The
play's the thing
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the
King.

Hamlet will use the
play to move the King's conscience.

What are some examples of satire from Huck Finn directly relating to nobility?5 examples

As the first answer suggests, most of Twain's satire
regarding nobility relates to the Duke and King.  Here are a few specific
examples.

1. The King and the Duke are con artists by
profession, illustrating Twain's belief that "nobles" are simply normal people who are
able to convince others to respect them (usually through false pretenses) and to offer
them money or other goods.

2.  The King and the Duke prey
upon the ignorant just as nobility often tries to keep the lower class illiterate and
uninformed.  While the Wilkes girls are certainly not illiterate, they and their fellow
townspeople are naive and ignorant when it comes to other cultures and customs.  Because
of their ignorance, the "nobility" is able to once again take advantage of
them.

3. The Grangerfords and Shepherdsons represent the
closest thing to royalty or nobility that the American South possessed during the
pre-Civil War time period; and yet, they are some of the most uncivilized characters in
the book.  Twain uses them to show that "breeding" and social class do not equal
morality.  Both families act barbarically, resulting in an almost complete annihilation
of a family.

4.  The Grangerfords also serve as a satirical
attack upon nobility in that they own slaves, forcing Jim to hide from them as Huck
enjoys his time with Buck Grangerford. Instead of representing what is noble and good in
society, the Grangerfords continue to participate in the barbaric practice of
slavery.

5. In the end, when the Duke and the King get
their comeuppance, it is almost entirely because of a small child (Huck).  Twain seems
to be implying that nobility is not as infallible or untouchable as it thinks, and that
their abuse of power does not have to continue.

How does the following event from Ethan Frome demonstrate the positive and negative aspects of the lack of communication?Ethan Frome comments that...

There is definitely a certain imprecision with words as a
form of communication. We say one thing but unfortunately the other person that we say
those words to are able to take what meaning they want from those words. In a sense,
such examples as the one you have given above show that words are neutral: it is our
perception of them that gives them their meaning.

Note how
with this example, when Ethan says to Mattie, "It's natural enough you should be leaving
us," Ethan is actually saying this out of jealousy at, as he assumes, Mattie's imminent
marriage and his losing her. However, note how Mattie interprets this phrase. Shortly
after hearing it, she responds with:

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"You mean that Zeena--ain't suited with me any
more?" she faltered.

In
addition, she begins to suspect that his utterance indicates that Ethan wants her to go
too, when, obviously the complete opposite is true. Thus this example shows the
imprecise nature of communication and how what we say can be interpreted in many
ways.

What is this diagram: Cyclohexane Lewis Diagram?I think I need to understand Lewis Diagram.....

Lewis structures are a way of showing bonding between
elements using dots or lines to indicate valence electrons.  A dot represents one
electron and a single line two electrons.  Two electrons form a single bond.  You can
also have a double bond between two atoms which is indicated by four dots or two lines.
In some cases elements will also form a triple bond which requires 6 valence electrons
(6 dots) or 3 lines.

In your question, the molecule is
cyclohexane.  The name tells you everything you need to know. Hexane indicates there are
6 carbon atoms in the molecule.  The -ane ending indiates that all the bond between the
carbon atoms are single bonds. And the cyclo tells you that the 6 carbon atoms are
located in a ring structure. So if you draw a hexagon and put a carbon at each point
that is the basic structure.  Look at the drawing and you will see that each carbon atom
is bonded to two other carbon atoms. But carbon has 4 valence electrons. That means that
each carbon atom also has two hydrogen atoms attached to it. So add two hydrogen atoms
to each carbon in your drawing - using either two dots between the carbon and hydrogen
or one line between the carbon and each hydrogen - and you have the finished lewis
structure.

What are the positives and negatives of laissez faire capitalism?

The major positive of laissez faire capitalism is that
consumers get the lowest possible prices and, typically, the highest possible quality of
product.  This happens because companies do not have to spend a lot of money complying
with things like minimum wage laws or labeling their products with all sorts of warnings
or anything like that.  Laissez faire also allows companies to compete with one another
(as when airlines got deregulated) and that at owers prices.  (Airline prices and phone
service prices are both much lower than they were back in the early 80s when the
industry was more heavily regulated.)

The main negative is
that laissez faire allows firms to do bad things to their workers and (if they can get
away with it) to the their customers.  In a true laissez faire system, workers might not
be protected from unsafe workplaces.  Firms might sell products that were not
sufficiently safe.  Firms would be allowed to pollute more than they can now.  When
government does not impose any rules, it becomes more possible for bad results like this
to hapen.

state the transformations: f(x)= -3(x-3)^2+4

We are asked to state the transformations in the following
quadratic equation: f(x) = -3(x-3)^2 + 4.

This is an
equation for a parabola.

The parent graph of this equation
is f(x) = x^ 2, where the vertex of a parabola is at (0,0) and the parabola opens
upward.

The equation in this problem is in the form of f(x)
= a(x-h)^2 + k.

The transformed vertex is given by (h,k) in
the equation.

The vertex of the parabola in
the given problem is at
(3,4).

The parabola opens
downward because the "a" value in the transformed equation is negative.

Since the a value is a whole
number the parabola will "shrink," meaning that its graph will be narrower than the
parent graph.

Use this statement below for an extended response that shows an in depth understanding of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas."Reading broadens our...

In terms of "broadening" one's understanding of the world
with Boyne's work, I think that the statement is validated through the appreciation of
friendship and the universal quality of friendship that exists.  The narrative that is
presented displays how important friendship between two people is and how it can
overcome most, if not all, social conditions.  Bruno and Shmuel are immersed in one of
the darkest times in human history.  However, I think that the work increases the
awareness that even in the times of greatest despair, transcendent qualities like
friendship still exist.  The reading increases the individual awareness that universal
qualities do not have to be sacrificed because of contextual situations.  Bruno and
Shmuel end up walking hand in hand to the gas chamber, unaware of the circumstances of
hatred and disrespect that have put them there. Yet, the know that their friendship is
the only constant in a world of deadly inconsistency.  I think that it is in this light
where reading helps to broaden the understanding of the world.  In situations like
Boyne's work, it helps to widen individual understanding because it addresses who we, as
human beings, are and what we, as human beings, should do.

Solve the simultaneous equations y^2=x^2-9 and y= x-1 .

We'll subtract y^2 both sides, in the 1st
equation:

x^2 -y^2 - 9 =
0

We'll add 9 both sides:

x^2
- y^2 = 9

We'll write the first equation as a difference of
squares:

x^2 - y^2 = 9

(x -
y)(x + y) = 9

We'll re-write the second
equation:

x - y = 1

We'll
substitute the second equation into the
first:

1*(x+y)=9

x + y =
9

We'll change the second equation and we'll write y with
respect to x.

y = x - 1

But x
+ y = 9

x + x - 1 = 9

We'll
combine like terms:

2x - 1 =
9

2x = 10

x =
5

y = 5 - 1

y =
4

The solution of the system is represented
by the pair: {5 ; 4}.

In Scene 7 of The Glass Menagerie, the illusions of the play are finally shattered. Explain how this statement is true.

There is much truth in this statement.  The ending of the
play reveals most everything to be false.  The idea of "shattering" these myths is a
powerful element in the conclusion of the play.  Jim is revealed to be an individual who
is less than secure in who he is and his place in the world.  At the same time, Laura's
own inflated vision that she had about him was also shattered with his ambivalence about
both his feelings towards his life and his feelings.  Amanda feels that there is no way
to salvage the relationship with Tom, thinking that the entire evening was a cruel
joke.  Tom's distance with the family, able to be repressed throughout the play, could
no longer be contained as he leaves, presumably without returning.  In the end, when
Laura blows out the candles into darkness, she does so in reflecting the uncertain and
unclear nature of the future for the family members.  The ending of the play gives the
reader the understanding that there are no more illusions left in which to believe. The
clinging to appearances that the family possessed at the start of the play no longer
exist at the end of it.

In Chapters 10 and 16 of Great Expectations, what 2 items from Pip's past mysteriously reappear?

In Ch.10 it is the file and in
Ch.16 it is the leg-iron.

In
Ch.10 Pip and Joe go to the pub "the Jolly Bargemen." There they meet a stranger talking
to Mr.Wopsle who

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was a secret-looking man whom [Pip] had never
seen before. His head was all on one side, and one of his eyes was half shut up, as if
he were taking aim at something with an invisible
gun.

The stranger ordered
three glasses of rum for himself and Joe and Wopsle. When the drinks arrived the
stranger in a pointed manner stirred his glass of rum and water not with a spoon but
with a file  to communicate to Pip that he was an acquaintance of Magwitch to whom he
had given the same file:

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he stirred it and he tasted it: not with a spoon
that was brought to him, but with a
file.

He did this so that nobody
but I saw the file; and when he had done it he wiped the file and put it in a
breast-pocket. I knew it to be Joe's file, and I knew that he knew my convict, the
moment I saw the instrument. I sat gazing at him,
spell-bound.

The stranger
departs after having rewarded Pip with a shilling and two one pound
notes.

In Ch.16 Mrs.Joe Gargery has been found knocked
unconscious and the police have arrived at the crime scene to investigate . Joe and Pip
have just returned from the pub. Every one is clueless as to the identity of the
assailant. However, the instrument of the crime is lying close to Mrs.
Joe:

But,
there was one remarkable piece of evidence on the spot. She had been struck with
something blunt and heavy, on the head and spine; after the blows were dealt, something
heavy had been thrown down at her with considerable violence, as she lay on her face.
And on the ground beside her, when Joe picked her up, was a
convict's leg-iron which had been filed
asunder.

Pip
recognizes immediately that it is the same leg-iron of Magwitch's. He is bewildered but
is certain that Magwitch would not have attacked his sister. He is convinced that it is
either Orlick or Compeyson the other convict:

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I believed the iron to be my convict's iron --
the iron I had seen and heard him filing at, on the marshes -- but my mind did not
accuse him of having put it to its latest use. For, I believed one of two other persons
to have become possessed of it, and to have turned it to this cruel account. Either
Orlick, or the strange man who had shown me the
file.

In Othello's soliloquy in Act 3, Scene iii, how does he suspect that his age, lack of sophisication, and skin color have affected his situation.

After Iago plants seeds of doubt in Othello concerning his
beloved Desdemona's faithfulness, Othello begins to reason out why she would or could
possibly be unfaithful. He mentions that he is black. He also states that he does not
have a softness in his conversations as gentlemen have. He feels he is getting older.
All of these distinctions become reasons in his mind as to why Desdemona would be
unfaithful.

No doubt, Iago has done major damage in
Othello's mind and heart. Othello cannot or does not want to believe his Desdemona could
have been unfaithful. There must be a good reason, thus he lists them in his soliloquy:

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OTHELLO 

This fellow's of
exceeding honesty, 
And knows all qualities, with a learned
spirit, 
Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard, 
Though that
her jesses were my dear heartstrings,
I'ld whistle her off and let her down
the wind, 
To pray at fortune. Haply, for I am black 
And have not
those soft parts of conversation 
That chamberers have, or for I am declined

Into the vale of years,--yet that's not much-- 
She's gone. I am
abused; and my relief 
Must be to loathe her. O curse of
marriage, 
That we can call these delicate creatures ours, 
And not
their appetites! I had rather be a toad, 
And live upon the vapour of a
dungeon, 
Than keep a corner in the thing I love 
For others' uses.
Yet, 'tis the plague of great ones;
Prerogatived are they less than the
base; 
'Tis destiny unshunnable, like death:
Even then this forked
plague is fated to us 
When we do quicken. Desdemona
comes:

Whatever the reason,
Othello is beginning to believe his Desdemona could have been unfaithful to him. In the
above soliloquy, he determines that she could have been unfaithful for a number of
reasons.

What motivates Montag, Clarisse, Mildred, Beatty, and Faber in the novel Fahrenheit 451?Please give me a quotation from the story that illustrates...

Fahrenheit 451 is a wonderful book,
and anything I can do to help you better understand it would be my
pleasure.

Your question deals with motivation, which in
essences asks "why do the people in the book do what they do."  I take it that you are
asking from a general standpoint, and not in relation to any particular part of the
book.  As such, let's take a
look.

1. Montag --
   What motivates this guy?  That's a difficult question to answer because Montag is the
   character who undergoes the most changes in the book.  What motivates him at the
   beginning, middle, and end changes.  Generally, if I had to put my opinion in, I would
   say that Montag is motivated by "truth."  His character has an inquiring mind, even if
   it is slow to get moving, and his actions in the story seem to be based around "getting
   to the bottom" of why books are banned and whether the life they are living is a proper
   one.  I like this as a quote about Montag: "You're not
   like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at
   me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon,
   last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me
   talking. Or threaten me. No one has time any more for anyone
   else. You're one of the few who put up with me. That's why I think
   it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you,
   somehow."


2. Clarisse
   -- Clarisse would appear to be motivated by beauty, creativity, and an inquisitive
   nature.  She desires freedom of thought and expression and her lifestyle revolves around
   that.  As a quote about her, this is a good one: "She didn't want to know how
   a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing. You ask
   Why to a lot of things and you wind up very
   unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off
   dead."


3. Mildred --
   The character of Mildred is motivated to maintain the "status quo."  She
   likes the life she has (at least that is what she says...her subconscious may be saying
   otherwise) and doesn't like her husband rocking the boat.  At least on the dominant
   level, she wants things to keep going the way they are.  Here is a good quote for
   her...it isn't about her, but it is something she says that sums up
   her character pretty well: "She's nothing to me; she shouldn't have had books.
   It was her responsibility, she should have thought of that. I hate her. She's got you
   going and next thing you know we'll be out, no house, no job,
   nothing."


4. Beatty --
   Beatty is probably the most complex character in the book.  Like Faber,
   he is "ideologically motivated."  He does what he does in the book because he believes
   it serves a greater cause (in Beatty's case, he feels it is for the good of society.)
    Here is a quote from him that shows you what he is like: "She didn't want to
   know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing. You ask Why to a lot of
   things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better
   off dead." Incidentally, this quote also tells you more about Clarisse as
   well.


5. Faber --
   Faber, like Beatty, is motivated by ideology.  In his case, though, it is the idea of
   preserving knowledge contrary to the cultural norm. He is motivated by the love of
   knowledge and a feeling that the current social situation is wrong.  Unfortunately, he
   is also afraid: "So few want to be rebels anymore. And out of those few, most,
   like myself, scare
   easily."
   

Like all good
characters, this is just a quick sum-up of their
motivations.

How can the idea of microcosm and macrocosm be applied to Hamlet and Macbeth?

A "microcosm" is an individual or community considered as
a seperate universe; "macrocosm" is the entire great world as a
whole.

In both of Shakespeare's plays the element of
subplot is introduced (microcosm) as part of the whole
(macrocosm).

Some examples in Macbeth
are each individual existence of the noble families--the House of Fife, the
House of Glamis, the House of Cawdor.  These are microcosms within the play since each
of these families along with their families live in seclusion from the rest of Scotland
in their own, self-sufficient lands.  Scotland, itself, is a microcosm in the play when
you consider that Macduff and others have to seek aide outside of those borders to save
her from Macbeth.  England, then, would be a greater part of the universe, and
representative of macrocosm.

You could also consider the
world of the witches, Hecate and all, as a microcosm. Existing entirely isolated from
the world of the humans until they wish to interfere and stir up
trouble.

In Hamlet, you also have a microcosm of the
paranormal--King Hamlet's ghost as well as Banquo's ghost who exist in a world divided
from the whole of humanity.  There is the the microcosm of Denmark and the back story of
the war which is wholly divided from the picture of events ocurring in Hamlet's castle
and world.  In this play, there is also the world of the actors and the world they
create which can be considered a microcosm.  Hamlet also sets himself apart from the
rest of the macrocosm within psychological self during his decision-making
process.

These are just some jumping-off places.  Maybe you
will be able to come up with other examples!  Good Luck!

How do you explain the three wishes in the short story Tthe Monkey's Paw"?

W.W.Jacob's "The Monkey's Paw" is a nail - biting story
where an uncanny suspense looms right till the end. It is a first-hand evidence to
illustrate the fact that "fate ruled people's lives, and those who interfered with it,
did so to their sorrow".

After attaining the malicious paw,
the Whites decide to put it to test. Herbert asks his father to wish for 200 pounds to
clear their home loan. His father does so. The next day, they receive the sum as a
compensation for Herbert's death. Coincidence?? Not at
all.

The next wish is enforced by his wife who wants her
son back from the grave. It was a desperate desire from a mother, but it challenges the
eternal law of life.

The final wish is not shown
explicitly, but it is Mr. White, who reverses their previous wish. With a hard heart,
the father wished his son to return to his grave.

Indeed,
an excellent story !

What are the obstacles in Death of a Salesman?

Miller's own words might be a helpful guide in answering
this question.  Consider his own thoughts in an interview given about an audience's
reaction to his play:

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[Audience members] were weeping because the
central matrix of this play is ... what most people are up against in their lives....
they were seeing themselves, not because Willy is a salesman, but the situation in which
he stood and to which he was reacting, and which was reacting against him, was probably
the central situation of contemporary civilization. It is that we are struggling with
forces that are far greater than we can handle, with no equipment to make anything mean
anything.

From the above
idea, Miller seems to be asserting that there is a fatal combination of obstacles from
social context and personal desire to assimilate to such a context.  The materialization
of the American Dream is a vision in which there are many more casualties than success
stories.  Willy's primary set of obstacles resides in trying to achieve this vision in a
narrow and ultimatum- like context.  The real genius of the drama is that Miller does
not make it out to be simply the social setting's fault, nor does he unfairly condemn
his own protagonist.  Rather, Miller is able to draw out the idea that this "struggling"
is challenging when social obstacles and personal obstacles collude to prevent
individuals from being able to embrace a vision of happiness or contentment within
consciousness.  This lack of emotional grounding helps to create the material and social
obstacles that end up denying Willy any hope of happiness.

How is irony used to increase the impact of the poem "War is Kind"?

"War is Kind," by Stephen Crane, is an ironic poem about
the horrors of war.

The poem contains a number of gruesome
images of war. Some of them are:

a) "your lover threw wild
hands toward the sky

And the affrighted steed ran on
alone"

b) "A field where a thousand corpses
lie";

c) "your father tumbled in the
yellow

trenches,

Raged at his
breast, gulped and died."

The poem also includes some
disparaging comments about soldiers: the poet refers to the soldiers as "men who were
born to drill and die," and as "little souls who thirst for
fight."

Interspersed amongst these realistic and gruesome
images and comments is an ironic refrain: "Do not weep, War is kind."  This is a classic
and forceful use of irony, which is when an author says one thing and means the exact
opposite.

What did President Eisenhower mean when he compared Vietnam to a domino?The Cold War

America was paranoid about the communist take over in
South East Asia. President Eisenhower came up with the domino theory which
was

you have a
row of dominos set up, you knock over the first one and what will happen to the last one
is a certainty, that it will go over very
quickly.

Which meant that if
one country fell into the communist sphere of influence the rest would follow like a row
of dominos (falling)

What Eisenhower was trying to say that
if they allowed communist takeover in Vietnam it would lead to the takeover of Laos,
Comodia, Thailand, Burma and maybe India. 

Which sums up
the entire south east Asia. south east Asia was very important to the US for its
military and trade.

hope this
helped.

Explain the origins of the European expansion and the colonization of North America and the motives, mechanism, and patterns of exploration.

Europeans were searching for new routes to the east for
spices, silk and gold.  The previous routes through the Middle East and Asia were
controlled by the Muslims who did not want to trade with the Europeans after the
Crusades.  The first explorer, Columbus, sailed from Spain in 1492 in effort to find the
new trade route and instead found a "new world".  This world had many items which the
Europeans wanted - corn, tobacco, cocoa, sugar and gold.  What developed was
merchantilism - the colonies in the new world served as a consumer of the products
provided by the mother country and the new colony provided the raw materials back to the
mother country.  In order to protect their trade balance the mother country would
maintain high tariff on foreign good so that the colonists could only those from the
mother country.   After the sugar cane plantations were established by the Spanish, one
clergyman  allowed that the Native Americans were falling ill while working the fields
and that slaves from Africa should be brought in given their knowledge of planting. 
This is how the Atlantic Slave trade began which resulted in the triangular trade
network.

Cortes explored in Mexico and established a colony
on behalf of Spain.  Their territory extended into South America when Pizzaro
conquered the Inca in Peru.  John Cabot, representing England, explored much of the New
England area.  Eventually the settlement of Jamestown was established by the British
government.  The Dutch and French later established their own colonies within North
America. 

In "The Shawl" by Cynthia Ozick, describe the horror in the story.

“Then Stella
took the shawl away and made Magda
die.”

The horrors found in
“The Shawl” by Cynthia Ozick culminate in man’s inhumanity to man. During World War II,
the Nazis removed people from their homes and possessions.  Many times, they also took
their lives, particularly if the family were Jewish. Usually, the family was initially
placed in a concentration camp far from their
countries.

The characters in this story include a trio of
females--Rosa, the older girl; her baby, Magda; and Stella, Rosa’s fourteen year old
niece—who have walked a long way from their home in a cold march toward the destination
of a concentration camp. 

Normally, Magda would have
already been killed.  The Nazis immediately killed all small babies; however, Rosa hid
her baby in a large shawl that she wore over her shoulder.  From the shawl, Rosa could
feed Magda and allow the baby to sleep without being
noticed.

Horror abounds in the story. 

The beginning of the
terror

Rosa’s milk dries up, and she teaches
Magda to suck on the corners of the shawl for comfort. No one touches the shawl but
Magda and her mother.

Rosa often saw Stella staring at
Magda as though she would like to kill her and eat her
thighs.

Rosa kept Magda alive for fifteen months in the
barracks. 

Magda learns to walk; Rosa knew then that Magda
did not have long to live.

Stella constantly complained
about hunger.  Stella’s heart was cold as well as her
body. 

Finally, Stella steals Magda’s shawl without Rosa’s
knowledge.

The final
terror

Looking for her shawl, Magda goes outside
into the area where the Nazi soldiers can see her.  Rosa heard Magda for the first time
yell out:

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‘Maaaaaaa---‘ and again
‘Maaaaaa…aaa!’

Rosa hurries
into the  barracks looking for the shawl to lure Magda back inside.  Stella was sleeping
under Magda’s shawl. Rosa jerks it off and runs to the door to show
Magda. 

Rosa comes out into the open air.  The ironic
vision she sees through the electrified fence is flowers, butterflies.  She could hear
the hum of the electricity going through the fence. 

Magda
was slung over a soldier’s shoulder with her arms held out toward her mother.  The
soldier was taking Magda in the other direction.  Rosa could see a glimmer of light
reflecting off of the soldier’s helmet that carried her baby. She could hear Magda’s
cries: Maaamaa.

The black uniformed soldier continues
walking down past twelve barracks. Rosa could barely see Magda now. Without warning, the
soldier flung Magda up into the air.  To Rosa, she looked like a butterfly.  She could
see her feathered blonde hair and ballooned stomach as it sprawled out and crashed into
the fence. 

The sounds of the electric fence went crazy as
the fence burned the flesh of the baby.  When she could see Magda’s  body again, it was
just burned sticks. Rosa wanted to go and pick up her
baby. 

In her heart, she knew that the soldiers would shoot
and kill her.  She stuffed Magda’s shawl in her mouth preventing the screams in her
throat from emerging. Rosa sucked on the shawl tasting Magda and drinking up the juices
of her child.

The mother must now live forever with the
horrific vision of seeing her child electrocuted.   Her niece began the end of Magda. 
How would she ever forgive Stella?

The Nazis exemplified
the motif: man in certain circumstances is capable of treating his fellow man with
extreme cruelty and evil.   With no feeling at all, a mother loses her beloved child
forever.  

Are the women in Hamlet truly respected by the men?

As the two women in the drama, Ophelia and Gertrude are
sometimes loved, sometimes desired, and sometimes used, but they are not respected by
the men in their lives. To respect them would require relating to them as individuals
with personal identities, feelings, needs, and desires. This does not occur in the play.
Gertrude and Ophelia exist only in terms of the roles they play in the men's
lives.

Gertrude is loved by Hamlet, but he does not respect
her. He abhors her marriage to Claudius, condemns her actions, and even tries to save
her soul by demanding that she give up her incestuous marriage. He lectures; he
threatens; he frightens her. He does not ask why she chose to marry Claudius; he has no
interest in her feelings.

Claudius clearly lusted after
Gertrude, killing her husband to claim her, as well as the throne. He does not respect
her, however. Besides murdering her husband, he secretly plans the murder of her son,
all the while pretending to care deeply about Hamlet's
welfare.

Ophelia is loved by her father and her brother,
but she is not respected by them. Polonius and Laertes tell her what to do and what not
to do, giving no thought to what she needs or wants. They dismiss her feelings for
Hamlet and will not entertain the idea that she loves him or that her feelings are even
important. Laertes believes that Hamlet could not possibly love her and is pursuing her
only out of lust.

Hamlet loves Ophelia, but he uses her in
his plot to uncover Claudius' guilt. He lies to Ophelia, pretends to be mad, and pushes
her away from him. He breaks her heart in this way but will not leave her alone. He does
not respect Ophelia enough to trust her with the truth, nor does he consider the painful
and destructive effects of his actions upon her.

In Chapter 4, how does Crooks' attitude change after the encounter with Curley's wife? Why do you think it changes?

Specifically, in chapter four of Of Mice and
Men, Curley's wife threatens Crook with her ability to tell white men that
he, a black man, did something sexually to her.  It isn't directly stated as such, but
it is definitely implied.

Crooks stands up to her and is
immediately put back in his place by her.  She
says:

She
turned on him in scorn.  "Listen, Nigger," she said.  "You know what I can do to you if
you open your trap?"

And
again:

She
closed on him.  "You know what I could
do?"

Crooks
reacts:

Crooks
seemed to grow smaller, and he pressed himself against the wall.  "Yes,
ma'am."

And she finishes him
off:

"Well,
you keep your place then, Nigger.  I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't
even funny."

Her use of the
perjorative that ignorant whites use for blacks, and her reference to lynching, makes
her meaning clear--all she has to do is say Crooks tried something sexual with her, and
he would be hanged.  He is, figuratively speaking, put back into the place society keeps
him in.

Where does Holden plan to go before going home on Wednesday in Chapter 7 of The Catcher in the Rye?

Holden, from The Catcher in the Rye,
decides to go to New York City before going home.  He has recently been kicked out of
Pency.  He knows that he cannot stay at Pency; he must leave by Wednesday.  So, after
his fight with Stradlater, Holden decides that he will leave that very evening and go to
New York City. Holden decides that what he needs is to go to the City, get a cheap hotel
room, and "take it easy" until he goes home on Wednesday.  Holden does not want to go
home before Wednesday in hopes that the letter kicking him out of school might arrive
before he gets home.  He wants his parents to have the news of his removal from the
school "till they got it and thoroughly digested it and all".

I am writing a Research paper about the Swine flu and I have all the information I need but I can not figure out how to write the introduction.I...

In addition to starting broadly and narrowing down to your
thesis, another common way to begin an essay of the sort you describe is to start with
something opposite of what you're writing about, or, to rephrase and explain, to start
with something similar yet different.

In your case, you
could start with the traditional flu.  If you know the history, symptoms, and treatment
of traditional flue, you can start with them, then lead into the swine
flu.

Another option is to start with the common cold.  This
would be particularly relevant, since people seem to struggle with the ability, or
inability, to tell the difference.  This is vital because a cold doesn't usually require
a doctor's visit or hospitalization, while the swine flu
might. 

Starting with something similar yet different, can
be a way to naturally introduce your topic and thesis.

Does Austen address the theme of gender injustice in her treatment of love and marriage?

The Jane Austen reader can definitely feel a sarcastic
undertone within the lines of most of her writings when it comes to the themes of gender
injustice, love, marriage, and
relationships.

Pride and Prejudice is
particularly strong in the topic of gender injustice because the novel shows how women
cannot get within society unless they get married. This situation was illustrated with
the case of the Bennet entailment which would have left Mr. Collins, a distant cousin,
as the only heir to the Bennet estate just because he was a man. Hence, the Bennet women
would have had to marry in order to move to their future husbands' households
instead.

A similar situation can be seen in Sense
and Sensibility when the Dashwood women had to vacate their home in favor of
their half brother, who also became sole heir to his father's inheritance just because
the law stated that men were the only ones to
inherit.

Therefore, Austen followed a similar axiom to
present the topic of gender injustice in both Pride and Prejudice
and Sense and Sensibility. Namely, that women were
literally ruled by men in society, that marriage was the only way that they could come
into society as worthy individuals and that, as wives, they were one of the many
possessions of the husband.

This shows that Austen was not
only aware but clearly against these accepted notions and used sarcasm to expose the
ridiculousness of these social rules.

What are some quotes for To Kill a Mockingbird on racism?I need at least five of them if anyone can help(:

RACISM AS A JOKE.  Miss
Stephanie makes an incredibly untasteful joke on the night of the children's visit to
the Radley house which left Jem without his pants.

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"(Mr. Radley) Shot in the air. Scared him pale,
though. Says if anyone sees a white nigger around, that's the one."  (Chapter
6)

FROM
THE MOUTH OF FRANCIS.  Cousin Francis always did his best to irritate
Scout, but he really got to the heart of the matter when he repeated what his
grandmother, Alexandra, had told him.

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"I guess it ain't your fault if Uncle Atticus is
a nigger-lover besides, but I'm here to tell you it certainly does mortify the rest of
the family."  (Chapter
9)

BOB
EWELL.  The most evil man in the novel, Ewell hated the black man because
he knew his own status in Maycomb was little better than the
Negroes.

He
stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson. "--I seen that black nigger yonder
ruttin' on my Mayella!"  (Chapter
17)

THE
PROSECUTOR.  Mr. Gilmer didn't bother to hide his racist view when he
questioned Tom on the witness stand.

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"Were you so scared that she'd hurt you, you ran,
a big buck like you?... Are you being impudent to me, boy?"  (Chapter
19)

THE
TEACHER.  Miss Gates proved to be two-faced, despite her support of the
Jews in Germany. Scout remembered a conversation she had overheard on the courthouse
steps.

"I
heard her say it's time somebody taught 'em a lesson, they were gettin' way above
themselves, an' the next thing they think they can do is marry us."  (Chapter
26)

Use chain rule of differentiation and find derivative of f(x)=(x^3+4)^4?

To use the chain rule, we'll specify first that f(x) is
the result of composition of 2 functions.

u(x) = x^3 + 4
and v(u) = u^4

f(x) = (vou)(x) = v(u(x)) = v(x^3 + 4) =
(x^3 + 4)^4

We'll differentiate f(x) and we'll
get:

f'(x) =
v'(u(x))*u'(x)

First, we'll differentiate v with respect to
u:

v'(u) = 4u^(4-1) =
4u^3

Second, we'll differentiate u with respect to
x:

u'(x) = (x^3 + 4)' =
3x^2

f'(x) = 4u^3*3x^2

We'll
substitute u and we'll get:

The derivative of
f(x) is: f'(x) = 12x^2*( x^3 + 4)^3.

How will the "Great Leap Forward" affect the people in China and Chinese communism in the long term?

Mao  launched the Great Leap Forward, an economic and
social campaign, in 1958, that aimed to industrialise China and transform it from a
backward, agrarian country to a modern nation. A policy of rapid industrialisation and
collectivisation was advocated, large amounts of funds were used to construct huge state
enterprises for steel production, peasants were encouraged to establish small-scale
backyard furnaces to produce iron and steel, and communist organisations, known as the
“People’s Communes”, were set up, where private ownership was abolished. Wooden doors
and windows were burned to fuel the fires in the furnaces and domestic household items
melted to produce metal. This was a huge waste of resources as the steel produced was
often of low-quality and thus could not be used in industrial activities. Residents of
the communes not only had to work together, they also ate together at  canteen. The
communes soon ran out of food and faced with a lack of food reserves, large-scale
famines occurred. Agricultural innovation, as advocated by Mao, also did not drastically
raise grain production. In fact, policies, such as close-cropping, only lowered
production rates. State officials, afraid of being punished, provided the central
authorities with fabricated statistics that painted a rosy picture. As a result, the
government took away more grain from the communes, which were exported to support poorer
communist states, while Chinese starved to death. The campaign was a disaster of
unprecedented proportions, resulting in a great famine that destroyed 30-40% of houses
in China saw more than 30 million people dead at the end of it. Mao’s reputation
declined and he was forced to cede the presidency to Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping, who
rose in power within the Communist Party, which led to a change in policy
direction.

Analyze "The Lady of Shalott" as a representative Tennysonian poem.with reference to the MUSICAL QUALITY, MELODY, SYMBOLISM, WOMAN QUESTION

"The Lady of Shalott" is an early Tennyson poem, and as
such is still very much romantic in nature.  The beautiful natural imagery of the area
around Shalott is idealized, as is Lancelot.  The Lady herself, of course, is
imprisoned in a tower in need of rescuing, also.  Nature and
medieval allusions and symbolism mark this as from Tennyson's early works, and
demonstrate the early influence of Romanticism on the
Victorians.

More importantly, the work concerns the
creative process and the isolation of artists--something Tennyson is often concerned
with.  The Lady doesn't live life, she only interprets it through the mirror images she
sees.  She is separate from experience--dangerous for an
artist.

In the fictional world of this ballad, the Lady
must die before she gets to Camelot.  Why?  Because reality can never live up to
fantasy.  The fantasy is always better.  Thus, artists must be careful of separating
themselves from society.  

The imagery, symbols, and ideas
or themes connect this to other works by Tennyson.

Summarize the poem "Another One Bites the Dust" by Nila Northsun.

Nila Northsun, a Native American poet and artist, works
toward improving the life of the Indian American.  Educated as a social worker, her
philosophy has been "To Make Something Out of Nothing."

Her
poem "Another One Bites the Dust" portrays a rather despicable character.  Northsun
through her social work discovered a segment of the Indian population [although this
kind of man can be found in any culture] that she
deplores.

The point of view of the poem is third person
with the author serving as the narrator.  The poem is written in free verse . Northsun's
style is prose-life as she describes a man who has few redeeming qualities. The lines of
her poem emphasize the antipathy toward her subject.

The
subject of the poem is 24 year old Indian
man. 

His physical
qualities?

• good-looking


• waist-length
  hair


• moves
  confidently


• small boned and not
  tall


• attractive to
  women

His personalities
traits--

• energetic


• mean


• unfair


• irresponsible


• lucky


• addictive


• immature


• aggressive

This
is a man who has lost his way.

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he moves like nobody would
stand

in

his
way

like he's a mean
mother

Lacking goals or
aspirations, he takes life as it comes. His clothing depicts a man caught between
cultures: dresses like a cowboy but sheathes an
Indian knife.

No one gets in his way. He has fathered three
children by three different women. His oldest child is seven, but he knows none of his
children and takes no responsibility for any of them.

The
unnamed man has wrecked four cars and only broken an ankle. Unfortunately, he has not
killed anyone; but his passengers have suffered for his
recklessness. 

His fights are too numerous to recount. 
Losing, winning--it does not matter because he remembers none of it the next day.  His
bloody, scarred body are the only remnants of the night before. He drinks and smokes too
much.

His rowdy friends, both white and Indian, seem to mix
okay.  However, most of them die young in some kind of bar fight or a jealous boyfriend
with a gun or driving drunk. 

This Indian lives life as
though there is no tomorrow.  He path, full of action, leads
nowhere.

he's really like so
many

I've known

they more or
less

fit the
description

Obviously, the
poet has disdain for this kind of man who thinks of no one but himself.  His total lack
of responsibility toward his children and their mothers disgusts her.  He hurts others
and does not care.  Avoid this man at all costs.