I need help writing a thesis statement for a research essay I have to do. This is the question:What ideas of love, friendship, and marriage are...

The answer to the question will be your thesis statement. 
Embedded in your question are sub-questions:  how are love, friendship, and
marriage defined in the poems?  what characteristics do they have?  how can they be
preserved? what relationship do they have with time?  Look carefully at each of the
sonnets you mentioned.  You may find common threads and be able to synthesize your ideas
into a thesis like this:   

By showing that friendship
can end sorrow, that love can and should be immortalized, and that marriage beween true
minds is steadfast and unchanging, Shakespeare's Sonnets 55, 30, and 116, respectively,
depict the value of human relationships.  

How much salt is precipitated when 25 g of a saturated solution of lead nitrate is cooled from 54 deg C to 27 deg C?

The solubility for a salt for all values of temperature is
difficult to obtain, most values are given for discrete temperatures values. I will take
the solubility of lead nitrate at 60 degree C. and 30 degree C instead of 54 degree C
and 27 degree C to work out the given problem.

At 60 degree
C the solubility of lead nitrate is 91.6 g/100 g of water. 25 g of concentrated solution
has 91.6/4 = 22.9 g of lead nitrate. At 30 degree C the solubility decreases to 63.4 g
per 100 g of water. So the amount of salt that can be dissolved at this temperature in
25 g of water is 15.85 g.

The amount of lead nitrate that
precipitates when the temperature cools from 60 degree C to 30 degree C is 22.9 - 15.85
= 7.05 g.

How does William Shakespeare use disguise and deception to create action in Much Ado about Nothing?

Much Ado About Nothing is full of
duality, foils, doubles, and two-face
deceivers.

• In Act II, scene i there is a
  masquerade ball.  Don Pedro pretends to be Claudio and woo Hero for him.
  


• Beatrice pretends to be another woman when she talks to
  Benedick in order to find out his true feelings for
  her.


• Don John pretends to be a legitimate brother and
  soldier.  In reality, he is a villain and a bastard, a dispossessed
  son.


• Don John and Borachio talk to Claudio, knowing he
  will pretend to be Benedick in order to hear their
  secrets.


• Dogberry and the Watch pretend to be more ("more
  learned") than they really are.  Really, they are a bunch of
  clowns.


• Borachio woos Margaret but says Hero's name to
  deceive Claudio and Don Pedro.


• Ursula and Margaret bait
  Beatrice, saying that Benedick loves her.


• Don Pedro,
  Claudio, and Leonato bait Benedick, saying the Beatrice loves
  him.


• Leonato pretends that his daughter Hero is dead in
  order to investigate her slander.


• Hero pretends to be her
  sister in order to test Claudio at the
  wedding.

What is the Monroe Doctrine and its significance?

The Monroe Doctrine was used as a way of allowing the
United States to be aggressive in terms of colonialization or the manipulation of
American countries while suggesting that European nations ought to really butt out.  In
fact, if they didn't butt out, their actions would be seen as acts of aggression towards
the United States to be answered by whatever means the U.S. felt
appropriate.

In practice, the British were actually
somewhat in favor of it as it really went along with their economic interests in the
region so their very powerful navy helped to enforce the doctrine by containing the
Spanish and some other European efforts in the area.  But the doctrine really became an
excuse for the U.S. to do what it wanted rather than a document helping to outline and
encourage action by the Americas as a whole.

What did Della want to buy for her husband for Christmas and how much money did she have to start with?

In the story "The Gift of the Magi"  Della wanted to
purchase a watch bob for her husband Jim.  Della thought that Jim looked very nice and
prominent with his watch and wanted him to have a nice platinum fob chain.  Della only
has a dollar and eighty-seven cents.

Della has a possession
hat she loves very much.  It is her lovely hair.  To get money she knows that she will
have to sell her pride and joy, hair.  Della wants to give her husband the gift more
than her own vanity so she goes to a woman and sells her
hair.

Della the takes her money and goes to the jewelers. 
The man does not think that she has the money for the fob at first, but she is able to
buy it for her husband and can hardly ait to surprise him.

In Brave New World analyze the character of Lenina. Discuss how she started a simple lab tech and how she developed into a dynamic character.

At the beginning of the novel, we see her as a classic
Beta, one who is programmed and genetically modified to do her job well, to have a lot
of shallow relationships with people, and to be fixated on activity and pleasure. 
However, it is through Bernard and John that her character is given depth.  First of
all, she goes out with the antisocial Bernard; this indicates possibly a level of
maturity not found in her group of women.  Then, when John comes onto the scene, we see
her become completely turned upside down over him.  She experiences, for the first time,
real love and desire to be with someone, deeper than the shallow relationships she's had
in the past.  We see her struggle with those feelings and that change, and try to fit it
into her realm of thinking.

John is the real force for her
dynamic status; otherwise, she would have remained a flat, stereotypical character that
is highly predictable because of her social class.  John in fact does a lot of
interesting things to the main characters of the novels; once he comes on the scene, he
is a force that changes all of their lives.  I hope that helped a bit; good
luck!

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, what does Claudius' immediate reaction to the news of Polonius' death reveal about his character?

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Claudius:      Now, Hamlet, where's
Polonius?

Hamlet:        At
supper.

Claudius:      At supper?
Where?

                                     Act 4, Scene
3

Hamlet is brought before
Claudius out of breath and wearing the expression of an innocent child in the midst of
an exciting game called "Hide fox, and all after." He looks as if he expects to find the
“fox,” and when he sees the King he pretends to take him for that fox. Claudius pretends
to be playing the game along with him. He gives his stepson a friendly, indulgent,
confidential, paternal smile (he is always smiling) and asks, “Now Hamlet, where’s
Polonius?”

It is very significant that he says “Where’s”
rather than “Where is,” because it makes it seem as if the two are going to share a
secret. It is also very significant that the King says “Where’s Polonius?” rather than
“Where’s the body?” It is even significant that he says “Now, Hamlet,” because it is as
if he is saying, “Now it’s time to stop playing. You have to tell me where Polonius is
hiding.”

Hamlet replies “At supper.” No one but Shakespeare
could have thought of such an unexpected but such a marvelous reply. It conveys a vivid
visual impression—a picture the viewer can see as well as Claudius: an old man sitting
peacefully at a table in a quiet room eating something out of a bowl. This would not
have been the case if Hamlet had said something such as, “I don’t know” or “He’s
hiding.”

The King loses his mask, the mask of the
benevolent monarch and loving father. If Polonius is alive, then a coup must be underway
and Polonius is in on it. So are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who are Hamlet's friends,
not his. So is his own wife Gertrude, who told him Polonius had been killed. Claudius
looks terrified. His jaw drops. His eyes widen. He stands up, using the arms of his
chair or throne to get to his feet. He looks to the left, looks to the right, looks back
at his stepson who is now wearing the smile which seems to have been transferred from
one man’s face to the other’s, just as the crown may be transferred from one’s head to
the other’s if Claudius’ fears prove true.

The King is not
looking for Polonius when in a hollow voice he asks, “Where?” He is asking himself where
the attack will be coming from. He is wondering how he should handle this situation.
Should he call for help? Or would that precipitate the murderous attack he fears? Crazy
people are unpredictable. Hamlet’s happy and friendly manner could change to murderous
rage. Crying for help is not always the best course. The King doesn’t know it, but
Polonius would not have died if he had not called for
help.

After Hamlet lets Claudius suffer for a few long
moments, he launches into his speech about the convocation of politic worms. We can
imagine the King lowering himself heavily back down and breathing a deep sigh of relief.
His stepson is mad but harmless—at least for now!

It would
seem that there is a method in Hamlet’s apparent madness. If he cannot bring himself to
murder his uncle, he can at least make him worry and wonder. Perhaps it has occurred to
Hamlet that his procrastination has had an unforeseen effect. The supernatural knowledge
imparted by his father’s ghost has enabled the Prince to inflict the mental punishment
Claudius richly deserves before putting him out of his misery at a time and place of his
own choosing. 

Is there a specific way or MLA format to quote plays when writing an essay?

There are several things you will need to do in order to
correctly cite a quotation. You will want to include the act and scene in the sentence
with your quote, so make sure you have that information. At the end of the sentence
containing the quote, you should place the authors last name, act number, and scene
number in parenthesis. For a short essay, you will likely be using a shorter quote;
including that quote within a sentence is essential. For a longer essay, you may be
using quotes that are more than one sentence. For these quotes, you should place the
quote on a separate line indented 10 spaces, but still include the information in
parenthesis at the end of the quote. For example, a quote from Romeo and Juliet might be
used like this: Romeo predicts his own future misfortune when he says, "my mind misgives
some consequence yet hanging in the stars" (Shakespeare 1.4). Notice the author, act
number, and scene number at the end of the sentence. If you use a line-numbered text,
you can also add the line number of the quote.

In Chapter 8 of Pride and Prejudice, why is Caroline Bingley's passage about Elizabeth Bennet so dramatically ironic?Chapter 8 : '''Elizabeth...

This hilarious speech comes after Lizzie's debate with
Miss Caroline Bingley about what makes an "accomplished woman." Let us just remember the
definition of dramatic irony. It is a form of irony when a character or characters
remain ignorant about something that is perfectly evident to other characters and the
audience. Here, what is so amusing about Caroline's speech, is that she, by falsely
attempting to show how Lizzie Bennet tries to make herself look good to Mr. Darcy by
criticizing other women, actually shows how this criticism is far more relevant to her
own character than it ever would be to Lizzie Bennet's character. By condemning such
behaviour as "a paltry device, a very mean art," she is ironically condemning her own
attempt to prejudice Elizabeth Bennet in front of Mr.
Darcy.

What adds humour to this dramatic irony is Mr.
Darcy's response, which shows he is not blind to the dramatic irony of Caroline
Bingley's attempt to damage the reputation of Elizabeth
Bennet:

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"Undoubtedly," replied Darcy, to whom this
remark was chiefly addressed, "there is meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes
condescend to employ for captivation. Whatever bears affinity to cunning is
despicable."

Clearly, this
response shows that Mr. Darcy is very aware of what Caroline Bingley is trying to do,
and is not impressed, although Caroline Bingley remains blind to the dramatic irony of
this situation.

Any suggestions about how to make a wonderful collage about a poem?"A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim" by Whitman

The beauty of collage as a form of art, is that it can be
created out of virtually anything.  There are so many ways you could approach this
assignment that I hope you find one that best reflects your own feelings, personal
touch, and reflection.

If it was up to me, the first thing
I would do is re-read the poem and circle any concrete images that
really stuck out.  Some examples that come to mind
are:

camp;
daybreak; cool fresh air; hospital tent; brown woolen blanket; elderly man so gaunt and
grim.

To me, this is a
picture of war and death.  But then, I would read the poem again, and try to imagine
what tone is actually set.  Is this poem about the grim reality of
death?  To me it is not.  Instead, I think it attempts to paint a picture of beauty in
the face of death.  So then, I would cling to such images
as:

my dear
comrade; my child and darling; cheeks yet blooming; the face of Christ himself; dead and
divine.

With these two lists
in mind, I'd go to a stack of old magazines and cut any pictures that reflected any of
the above images or the emotions associated with them.  If I could not find enough from
magazines, I might add some of my own with paint.

In such
an open-ended creative assignment, the most important thing is going to be your effort
and purpose in what ever you create.  If you can explain your intentions, I imagine you
will find success in whatever you end up doing.  Good luck.

To what extent is darkness symbolic throughout "Sonny's Blues"?"Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin

In the concluding section of James Baldwin's "Sonny's
Blues"in which the brother accompanies Sonny to the nightclub where Sonny is going to
play, employment of light/dark imagery is significant and plays an integral part in the
denouement.

As the brothers go the nightclub, it is on a
"short, dark street, downtown.  Inside the lights are very dim, and an enormorous man
"erupted out of all that amospheric lighting and put an arm around Sonny's shoulder."
Most significantly, the brother is seated by himself "at a table in a dark corner" and
sees other "heads in the darkness."  As he watches Sonny from his dark corner, the
brother notices that Creole and Sonny are careful not to step into the
small

circle
of light too suddenly:  that if they moved into the light too suddenly, without
thinking, they would perish in
flame.

As the musicians
begin, the brother notices that the atmosphere begins to "change and tighten."  Out of
the darkness, there is an evocation of something of "another order."  As Sonny finally
becomes part of the "family" of musicians and they relate in the song "Am I Blue" how
they have suffered and how they have been delighted, the brother from his dark corner
becomes aware that this communication is "the only light we've got in all this
darkness."

For the brother, there is a birth of truth from
the darkness of misunderstanding into the light of communion with others.  When Sonny
makes the blues his--"Now these are Sonny's blues"--the brothers
says,

Freedom
lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us to be free if we would
listen, that he would never be free until we did.....And he was giving it back, as
everything must be given back, so that passing through death, it can live
forever.

Man cannot carry his
burden alone; he must find an outlet. He must come out of the darkness of
misunderstanding and be in communion with those he loves in order to give meaning to his
life. This is Sonny's catharsis as he finds an outlet for his suffering by coming out of
the darkness into "the circle of light."

What is the danger in Thomas' writing down the instruction for thread dying in Gathering Blue?

The answer to this question can be found in Chapter Nine.
Having met Annabella for the first time, Kira feels completely bewildered by all that
she has to remember and very overwhelmed by what is expected of her. When she confesses
her feelings to Thomas, he comes up with a suggestion. He proposes that he writes the
information down for her so that she can have a record that he can read to her to help
her remember. Writing and reading are presented as important skills that only a few boys
are taught. Thomas, being one of these select few, is able to thus help
Kira.

Note the way that knowledge is presented as being
carefully controlled by the Council. It is "not permitted" for girls to learn how to
read and write, and thus it is potentially very dangerous for Thomas to record this
information and help Kira as Kira might learn how to read herself. Note Kira's response
to seeing Thomas write the words down:

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When he read the word hollyhock
aloud with his finger on the word, she saw that it was long, with many lines
like tall stems. She turned her eyes away quickly so that she would not learn it, would
not be guilty of something clearly forbidden to her. But it made her smile, to see it,
to see how the pen formed the shapes and the shapes told a story of a
name.

Thus the danger lies in
the way that women are not allowed to learn how to read or write or have anything to do
with it. Discovery of what Thomas and Kira are doing could jeapordise Kira's
position.

Explain this quote from Chapter 1 of 1984 by George Orwell:"People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the...

This quote describes the untimate punishment for going
against the Party in the dystopian society described in George Orwell's 1984.
Everything about the society is tightly controlled by the government,
otherwise known as "Big Brother." So complete is Big Brother's reach that a citizen can
be arrested for merely harboring thoughts against the government. As Winston reflects,
such "thoughtcrime" is impossible to conceal forever; "sooner or later they [are] bound
to get you."

Arrest for thoughtcrime always occurs at
night; "people simply [disappear]." No one knows what happens after this, because the
government is so powerful that it wipes out all indications that the perpetrator has
ever existed. The names of those arrested are completely erased from all records, and no
evidence that they have ever existed remains. In a society where the very nature of
reality is distorted, people soon forget; for all intents and purposes, those who have
been arrested simply disappear, or, as it is commonly described, they are "vaporized,"
their existence eradicated.

Verify if (sin A + cos A)^2 + (sin A - cos A)^2 = 2?

We'll have to expand the squares, using the
formulas:

(a+b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab +
b^2

(a-b)^2 = a^2 - 2ab +
b^2

According to these formulas, we'll
get:

(sin A + cos A)^2 = (sin A)^2 + 2sinA*cosA + (cos A)^2
(1)

(sin A - cos A)^2 = (sin A)^2 - 2sinA*cosA + (cos A)^2
(2)

We'll use the Pythagorean
identity:

 (sin A)^2 + (cos A)^2 =
1

We'll add the developments (1) and
(2);

1 + 2sinA*cosA + 1
- 2sinA*cosA

We'll eliminate like
terms:

(sin A + cos A)^2 + (sin A - cos A)^2
= 1 + 1 = 2

How does this quote from Macbeth (3.2.13-15) relate to power?"We have scotched the snake, not killed it: She'll close and be herself, whilst our...

After Duncan's murder, Macbeth has been crowned king. 
However, instead of bringing Macbeth contentment, this new position has made him fearful
and anxious.  Not only is Macbeth consumed with guilt, but he is also fearful that this
position can be taken away from him as easily as he took it from Duncan.  Neither Lady
Macbeth nor Macbeth has been happy since the death of Duncan.  Their murderous deed did
not have the outcome they expected.  As Lady Macbeth
declares

Tis
safer to be that which we destroy

Than by destruction dwell
in doubtful joy. 

Macbeth
seems to echo this sentiment with the quotation that you have chosen.  He believes that
in killing the guards and placing the blame on Duncan's two sons that he has only
wounded ("scotched") the threats ("the snake") to his future as king. amd that
these threats will in time grow even more dangerous to his reign by potentially exposing
the crime ("our poor malice") he and Lady Macbeth
committed. 

In order to maintain his power as king, Macbeth
feels the need to remove all threats.  He targets Banquo as the most dangerous threat to
his power.  Banquo is wise and brave.  Banquo heard the witches' prophecies and may
suspect Macbeth of murdering Duncan, and Macbeth believes that Banquo is courageous
enough to act on his suspicions.  Further, the witches' predicted that Banqo's sons will
be kings.  Macbeth wants to ensure that he and his descendants remain in power, not
Banquo's.  Thus, Macbeth decides to make arrangements to have Banquo
murdered. 

What are some of the major differences between Mustapha Mond and John the Savage ?Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World,
Mustapha Mond, whose first name is an epithet for Mohammed, meaning "the chosen one,"
and whose last name is like the French word for "world," is one of the ten World
Controllers.  John the Savage is from another place called the Reservation. 
Clearly,they are products of two different
worlds.

• John has been born of woman and has
  lived a life in old world values, albeit rather primitive as he has engaged in Indian
  rituals.  Mustapha Mond is a product of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning
  Center and has been genetically engineered.


• John is not
  willing to sacrifice life's struggles to soma.  Mond has; he says
  that in the New World there are no losses to compensate for and youthful desires never
  fail.


• John wants real ethics; Mond settles for situation
  ethics, contending that without any obstacles to overcome, there is no need for nobility
  and heroism.


• John wants tragedies; Mond says tragedies
  cause social instability.


• John want truth and beauty;
  Mond says, "Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning; truth and beauty
  can't"


• John is a romantic; Mond is a cold
  realist.


• John is not cruel; Mond is.  He refuses to let
  John go to an island like Helmholtz and Bernard because he wants to continue the
  experiment with John.


• John the Savage is truly human;
  Mustapha Mond understands what humanity is and loves to read the Bible and Shakespeare,
  but he is willing to sacrifice his humanity for social
  stability.


• John is trapped; Mond chooses his own
  world.

What is the process to legally have a body exhumed and undergo an autopsy that has already been buried?This is for the state of New York. The...

Contact the police in the jurisdiction and relay your
concerns in regards to the suspicious manner of death. Law enforcement will then
investigate the case and determine if they think a postmortem exam is appropriate. If
the police agency finds this is necessary, they will petition the court to order an
exhumation and autopsy. In other words, the exhumation and autopsy must be court
ordered. You mentioned that the husband does not want this to occur. He has absolutely
no say in the matter and his wishes are not relevant in a criminal
investigation.

Show that function f(x)=2x^3+6x-5 has not any extremes!

For a function to allow a local extreme , it's derivative
has to have real roots.

We'll determine the derivative of
the function:

f'(x) = 6x^2 +
6

6x^2 + 6 > 0, for any real
x

It is obvious that the equation is not cancelling for any
real value of x, so the 1st derivative has no real
roots.

Since the derivative of the function
is strictly positive, the function does not allow local
extremes.

Biff says about Willy that "he had the wrong dreams. All, all wrong." ("Requiem") Was Biff's assessment right?

Biff was correct in his assumption that Willy's dreams
were "all wrong". Shortly before Willy's death, Biff began to experience an epiphany in
which he realized the extent of Willy's fantasies and the effect they had on him. He
noted that Willy lived a life of self-deception and false ideals, always chasing after a
victory that Willy himself could not fully describe. Furthermore, Biff knew that his
father's talent would have been better invested in chasing after the things that he
really loved, which were nature, the outdoors, and building
things.

In addition to this, Willy did not become a
salesman because he wanted to become one. Instead, he did it because he once heard that
a man named Dave Singleman had become successful as a salesman. Therefore, Willy was
trying to repeat the success of another person, and did not try to go after his
own.

This is also why Biff's assumption that Willy's dreams
were all wrong is correct. Not only was Willy not going after what he loved, but he was
also going after the dreams and successes of someone else.

How is the more formal nature of a draft different from the informal nature of pre-writing?Steps in the writing process.

Pre-writing, in my opinion the most
important step in the writing process, is the step in which the writer
considers his/her purpose and method of writing by utilizing the following
steps:

1. Creating/asking questions to be
   answered.


2. Brainstorming
   ideas.


3. Narrowing down ideas and brainstorming further by
   adding examples.


4. Organizing ideas into categories or
   lists, and ultimately, an outline.

Each of the
above steps in the pre-writing process can be done using notes and shorthand without
thought to spelling, grammar, and/or technically correct writing conventions.  The most
important part of pre-writing is not the final product, it is creating a
detailed and organized plan for writing the
draft.

A draft, on the other hand, formally utilizes
complete sentences and complete paragraphs.  I always tell my students that if they
spend enough time pre-writing and creating a very detailed outline,
the rough draft almost writes itself.  The rough draft fills in the details and bulk of
the skeleton outline.  While a rough draft does not necessarily need to be free of all
errors (consider revision as another step in the writing process), it is written with a
formal structure.  The rough draft should have a working thesis statement and the
subtopics which support that thesis.  Each subtopic (as its own paragraph or section of
the paper) should be supported with examples and explanation.

In what ways are the condemned man's perceptions of time and motion distorted as he is waiting to be hanged?

Farquhar's perceptions of time and motion begin to become
distorted while he is waiting to be hanged. He is looking down at Owl Creek, which is
described as "racing madly," but to him it seems "sluggish." He sees a piece of
driftwood which should be moving swiftly in the "swirling water," yet to him it is
drifting slowly.

       How slowly it appeared to move! What a
sluggish stream!

Then when he falls between the ties with the noose
around his neck, he has only a few seconds to live, and yet in his imagination he
experiences a whole series of events which could take hours. When he finally imaginies
that he has reached his home, which we are told is about thirty miles from the Owl Creek
bridge,

          All is as he left it, and all bright and beautiful
in

          the morning sunshine. He must have traveled
the

          entire
night.

His perception of time has been so
altered that his imagined escape and journey back to his home all take place within a
few seconds. It has often been said that a man's whole life can flash before his eyes in
a few moments when he is dying, and Ambrose Bierce's story makes this seem
credible.

In John Updike's novel Rabbit, Run, the following sentence appears at the end of the first paragraph "The kids keep coming, they keep crowding you...

In the opening paragraph of John Updike’s novel
Rabbit, Run, the main character, Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, comes
upon a group of boys playing basketball. Rabbit himself played basketball when he was a
boy, but now he is a grown man with a wife, a small child, a job, and various other
adult responsibilities. As he looks at the boys enjoying their ballgame, he thinks to
himself,

the
kids keep coming, they keep crowding you
up.

Rabbit realizes that he
is no longer young. He realizes that he becomes older each minute of his life and that
his youth is receding. He misses his youth, but he realizes that there are always new
“kids” who “keep coming.” In other words, new generations of young people are always
appearing, making the preceding generations feel older and older. Updike here presents
Rabbit engaging in a moment of sober reflection about his past, his present, and his
likely future – a future in which he will inevitably grow older, less young, than he
already is.

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, in what way does Victor prepare for his journey and how is the journey?

When Victor finally decides to pursue the creature in Mary
Shelley's Frankenstein, he knows that the journey will be
difficult.

The information as to how to proceed after
Victor's father dies comes to him while visiting the graves of William, Elizabeth and
Alphonse. As Victor mourns those lost to him, he hears a loud and fiendish laugh.
Hovering nearby, the creature speaks:

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'I am satisfied: miserable wretch! you have
determined to live, and I am
satisfied.'

At that moment
and since that time, Victor chases the monster in order to exact his revenge and destroy
the miserable aberrant being.

Initially, when Victor leaves
Geneva, he takes a sum of money and some of his mother's jewels. He describes how
difficult the journey has been:

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How I have lived I hardly know; many times have
I stretched my failing limbs upon the sandy plain, and prayed for death. But revenge
kept me alive; I dared not die, and leave my adversary in being
[alive]...

...To you first entering on life, to whom care
is new, and agony unknown, how can you understand what I have felt?...I was cursed by
some devil, and carried about with me my eternal hell; yet still a spirit of good
followed and directed my steps; and when I most murmured, would suddenly extricate me
from seemingly insurmountable difficulties. Sometimes, when nature, overcome by hunger,
sunk under the exhaustion, a repast was prepared for me in the desert that restored and
inspirited me...I will not doubt that it was set there by the spirits that I had invoked
to aid me. Often, when all was dry, the heavens cloudless, and I was parched by thirst,
a slight cloud would bedim the sky, shed the few drops that revived me, and
vanish.

Victor's journey is
seemingly endless. He travels on and sometimes is only able to catch a glimpse of the
creature, see his footprints in snow, or hear from terrorized villagers that the
creature had passed his way. The journey is long, hazardous and frustrating. When death
seems just around the corner, some strength of the spirit of goodness Victor believes
has followed him, revives him and makes it possible for him to continue, either by
providing food or drink, or a clue as to where to direct his path next. Victor knows
that when all else fails, his need to avenge the deaths of his loved ones spurs him
on.

Where is the theme man vs. nature illustrated in Lord of the Flies?quotes please !

Here at last
was the imagined but never fully realized place leaping into
life.

What Ralph in Chapter
One originally perceives to be an island paradise free from the confines of adults and
rules becomes a force against which the boys are in constant conflict.  For, from the
beginning, they must clamber through the creepers whenever they wish to explore the
island, negotiating the pink granite rock--"that token of preposterous time"--they
suffer from the relentless sun, plagued by the consumption of too many berries and no
meat; and they struggle to build and maintain
shelters. 

Certainly,the wild pigs become an element of
conflict as the boys initially try to kill them for food. But, later, the pigs become
the catalyst for Jack and the hunters' descent into savagery with the head of one pig
becoming the symbolic representation of Beelzebub and the evil that is inherent in the
heart of man.

In fact, as the narrative moves to its
conclusion, Nature becomes the dangerous foe of Ralph, Piggy and Simon.  For instance,
Simon is mistaken as a pig and bludgeoned to death in the hunters' frenetic ritual; the
sadistic Roger launches a pink granite rock upon Piggy, splitting his head and hurling
him into the omniverous sea.  And,of course, the fire, that formidable force of nature
that symbolizes power, becomes the penultimate foe when it is stolen by Jack and the
hunters who use it for their evil intent of flushing out Ralph by setting
fires:

Acres
of black and yellow rolled steadily toward the sea...The flames, as though they were a
kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of
birch....Beneath the capering oys a quarter of a mile square of forest was savage with
smoke and flame.

Only the
deus ex machina of the naval officer rescues the boys from the
devastation that the fire of nature threatens.  And, while the adversary of nature is
stalled with the rescue of an adult, the intrinisic adversary, the evil in man, yet
looms as "the trim cruiser in the distance" symbolizes the war in which adults are
engaged.

What was different about the fire Montag saw after leaving the river?

I'll answer the first part of your question and let
another editor answer the second.

In Fahrenheit
451, after escaping the city and the mechanical hound brought in to hunt him,
Montag follows railroad tracks after getting out of the river.  The fire he sees is a
campfire, and he notes that it is different from fire as he had experienced it, it was a
"different thing."

This fire was warming, not destroying. 
He sees hands near the fire, being warmed.  He never realized that fire could give back,
not just take.  He notes that even the smell of the fire is different from what he was
use to. 

What is the partial derivative fx of the function f(x,y)=x^2*2^(x*y)?

We'll calculate the partial derivative fx, differentiating
the expression of f(x,y), with respect to x, assuming that y is a
constant.

fx = df/dx = d
(x^2*2^(x*y))/dx

Since it is a product, we'll apply the
product rule:

d (x^2*2^(x*y))/dx = (x^2)'*2^(xy) +
x^2*(2^(xy))'

d (x^2*2^(x*y))/dx= 2x*2^(xy) + x^2*2^(xy)*ln
2*(xy)'

We'll factorize by
2^(xy):

d (x^2*2^(x*y))/dx= 2x*2^(xy) + x^2*2^(xy)*ln
2*(y)

d (x^2*2^(x*y))/dx= 2^(xy)*(2x +
y*x^2*ln2)

The partial derivative is: fx =
2^(xy)*(2x + y*x^2*ln2)

Who is the antagonist in "The Awakening"?

Kate Chopin's characterization of the potential male
antagonists -- Leonce Pontellier and Robert Lebrun -- seems to indicate that the
antagonist is not a person but is, instead, the larger society in which Edna lives, its
expectations, and its norms. Chopin seems to critique not individuals but institutions
like marriage that limit women's freedom. If there is one individual that we might say
could serve as an antagonist, the closest would likely be Edna herself, as much of what
is dramatized in the novella is Edna's internal
conflict. 

While Edna does have verbal altercations and
what we would term "conflicts" with both her husband, Leonce, and her potential lover,
Robert, Chopin makes it clear that neither Leonce nor Robert is a villain, but both are
merely products of their time and place. They are both upper class Southern gentlemen.
They expect their wives to behave in particular ways. They perform what society has
deemed as their duties toward their families. Leonce is considered a model husband by
the other women in the Pontellier's social circle; however, we see very little
interaction between Leonce and Edna. Early in the novel, when the family is vacationing
on Grand Isle, Leonce goes to the club for dinner only to return much later to chastize
Edna for not attending to one of their "sick" children. He has not spend the evening
with the family and accepts no responsibility for the children's care. He wakes Edna to
scold her and to insist that she do something. This could be considered antagonistic
behavior, but Edna herself thinks that it is unusual for her to cry or have any
emotional reaction at all, as scenes such as these "were not uncommon in her married
life." She recognizes that "They seemed never before to have weighed much against the
abundance of her husband's kindness and a uniform devotion which had come to be tacit
and self-understood." While over the course of the novel, Edna and Leonce do argue as
Leonce attempts to tighten his hold over his wife, who begins to act out and behave
erratically (such as when she leaves the house in New Orleans when she is supposed to be
waiting on callers), it is clear that Chopin does not want to paint Leonce as a
particularly villainous individual or even as a bad husband; he's simply the typical
husband of the time. The problem is with the institution of marriage and the social
mores that govern women's behavior, not with this one man who seeks to uphold the gender
norms of the society in which he was reared. While Robert is younger and seemingly more
carefree, when it comes time for Edna and Robert to confess their feelings for one
another, Edna is shocked to hear that he wants to make her his wife. Over the course of
her awakening, Edna has come to realize that she feels oppressed  by marriage -- as an
institution --(note how she reacts to her sister's wedding) -- and even though she loves
Robert, she does not want to "belong" to any other
person.

That said, if there is an antagonist in the form of
a person, it may be Edna herself. She struggles throughout the novel to understand and
to articulate the feelings she has toward her position "in the universe," as the
narrator notes early on. She is torn between the side of her that has been brought up to
believe in strict gender roles and propriety and the newly-awakened side of her that
wants to simply act and be as she sees fit (this is Emersonian -- she does not feel the
need to be consistent and acts on whims and impulses and does not apologize for it).
Edna realizes that she has always understood that she, and by extension, other women,
live different lives on the surface than what is true to their selves under those
socially-appropriate surfaces. However, it is only during the course of the novella that
her rebellious side begins to act out and to defy the conventions of her time and her
society. Eventually, Edna's decision to drown herself could be seen as her inability to
resolve these two conflicting internal voices or forces. 

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, what quote clearly shows that Abigail Williams is in love/heartbroken?

In Act I, Scene 2, the entire exchange between John
Proctor and Abigail speaks volumes about their affair. It becomes clear that John’s
wife, Elizabeth, found out about the affair and dismissed Abigail from working at their
house. Abigail claims that Elizabeth is spreading lies about her. In this scene, Abigail
also tells John the truth. They were merely dancing in the woods and there was no
witchcraft. Betty “took a fright” because Abigail’s uncle caught them dancing in the
woods at night. While this is not deemed as evil as witchcraft, it is clear that it is
severely frowned upon. There is a lot of “tongue in cheek” dialogue here. All that means
is that John and Abigail are subtly referring to their affair. By the end of their
exchange, it is also clear that John wants to move past it but Abigail wants to pursue
the relationship: in spite of the sin of it or the scorn of the
community.

One quote that addresses this directly also
indicates that Abigail has learned of the hypocrisy (pretense) of the town from John.
Abigail reasons that if many of the community are hypocritical, then their sin of
adultery is as justifiable since it is in the name of love. Abigail
says:

I look
for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew
what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these
Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my
eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love
me yet!

Find the equation of a curve that passes through the point (1;4) and dy/dx=4x^3+4x

To determine the equation of the curve, we'll have to
determine the antiderivative of the given expression.

Int
dy = Int (4x^3+4x)dx

We'll use the property of integrals to
be additive:

Int (4x^3+4x)dx = Int 4x^3 dx + Int
4xdx

Int (4x^3+4x)dx = 4 Int x^3dx + 4Int
xdx

Int (4x^3+4x)dx = 4*x^4/4 + 4*x^2/2 +
C

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

Int (4x^3+4x)dx = x^4 + 2x^2 +
C

The expression represents a family of curves that depends
on the values of the constant C.

We know, from enunciation
that the point  (1 , 4) is located on the curve. Therefore it's coordinates will verify
the equation of the curve.

4 = (1)^4 +2*(1)^2 +
C

4 = 1 + 2 + C

4 = 3 +
C

C = 4 - 3

C =
1

The equation of the curve, whose derivative
is dy/dx=4x^3+4x , is the complete square: y = x^4 + 2x^2 + 1 = (x^2 +
1)^2.

In Faust," the "Prologue in Heaven" presents a vision of heaven. What is Goethe's heaven like?

The "Prologue in Heaven," part of Goethe's
Faust, presents a place where God reigns over all, even
Mephistopheles. The heavenly host are gathered, with angels Raphael, Gabriel and Michael
praising God's creation—the earth: each praises some aspect of God's
work.

Raphael praises the
sun:

The Sun,
in ancient guise, competing
With brother spheres in rival song,
With
thunder-march, his orb completing,
Moves his predestin'd course
along;
His aspect to the powers supernal
Gives strength, though
fathom him none may;
Transcending thought, the works eternal
Are
fair as on the primal
day.

The Sun, as he was in
ancient days, continues his journey around the earth—always the same—giving strength,
though no one can completely understand him. (Referring to the Sun as "him," title="personification"
href="http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_P.html">personifies this fiery
heavenly body with human characteristics.)

Gabriel praises
the “earth’s splendour:”

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With speed, thought
baffling, unabating,
Earth's splendour whirls in circling
flight;
Its Eden-brightness alternating
With solemn, awe-inspiring
night;
Ocean's broad waves in wild commotion,
Against the rocks'
deep base are hurled;
And with the spheres, both rock and
ocean
Eternally are swiftly
whirled.

Gabriel describes
its "Eden-brightness" as having never faded since the beginning of time; and night,
which still inspires awe to all who contemplate it; he praises, too, the Ocean's "broad
waves in wild commotion," which hurls itself powerfully against the rocks and moves
endlessly.

Finally, Michael praises nature's movement of
lightning and thunder across the face of the world.

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And tempests roar in emulation
From
sea to land, from land to sea,
And raging form, without cessation,
A
chain of wondrous agency,
Full in the thunder's path
careering,

Flaring the swift destructions
play;
But, Lord, Thy servants are revering
The mild procession of
thy day.

Michael praises the
"tempests" (storms) that move across the land and the sea, without end— a "wondrous
agency" (a wonder to behold): both thunder and "flaring"
(lightning).

Michael summarizes this by saying that all of
his servants revere (honor and adore) his work.

All three
angels say:

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Thine aspect to the powers
supernal
Gives strength, though fathom thee none may;
And all thy
works, sublime, eternal,
Are fair as on the primal
day.

In other words, they
praise God's creation, as splendrous and everlasting as it was when it was created on
the "primal day."

Goethe sees heaven as a place where God
gathers with his host, and all praise him for the many glorious aspects of his formation
of the world.

This is followed by discussion with
Mephistopheles, so Goethe may imagine that "heavenly business" is also addressed there.
Perhaps alluding to the fall of Adam and Eve, Mephistopheles (Mephisto) maintains that
knowledge had brought mankind nothing but misery, thus questioning or challenging God's
creation. Had mankind not had its glimpse of heaven at that first
moment,

Better
he might have fared, poor wight,
Hadst thou not given him a gleam of heavenly
light;

would humans now be so
vicious and stupid?

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Men, in their evil 'clays, move my
compassion;
Such sorry things to plague is nothing
worth.

This is where God and
Mephistopheles wager over the strength of Faust's faith. God permits (as happened in the
book of Job in the Old Testament) Mephisto to do all he can to lure Faust from his
faith; God is certain that Faust will, in time, prove his
dedication to his Creator instead of to Mephistopheles, while perhaps learning lessons
along the way.

How does The Trail of Tears suggest about the changes occuring during this time period for many ethnic groups?The expanding Republic brought new...

The Trail of Tears is a particular episode in the general
movement towards native peoples in the United States.  Andrew Jackson and others were
intent on opening up the lands under Indian control for settlement and imposed laws and
restrictions on the Native Americans to the point that they were willing to sign
agreements that forced them to move west.  But they were seen as an obstacle to progress
and treated as poorly as or even worse than the slave population in the United States at
the time.

One could suggest that this was an indication
that the people of the United States that considered themselves citizens had quickly
forgotten the idea of people being free to determine their own destiny (something that
purportedly drove them to rebel against the British) and began to practice similar
habits as the British did during their colonialization efforts.

What are some similarities between George and Lennie? I need a quote from the book Of Mice and Men as support.

In Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie
are peas in a pod, two sides of the same coin, too sides of a man's brain.  They are
foils of each other: one big, one small; one naive, the other experienced; one a child,
the other a parent.  To use Freud's terms, George is the Superego (the social, moral
side), Lennie is the Id (the hidden desire side).  As such, they are
inseparable.

Both have a strong work ethic, are good
workers (though Lennie is better), and are believers in the American dream.  George
defines them in the first person plural: "we" and "us."  They are team; their dreams are
shared:

"Guys
like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in
the world.  They got no family. They don't belong no place....With
us it ain't like that. We got
a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn
about us." Chapter 1, pp.
13-14

How is Belonging explored through people, places or culture in To Kill a Mockingbird?My thesis statement is: There are many elements that...

This theme is pertinent to several of the characters in
To Kill a Mockingbird. Dill particularly suffers from a lack of
belonging. His mother has little time for him, preferring to spend time for the various
men in her life. Dill is sent to Maycomb to stay with his Aunt Rachel each summer, and
his friendship with Jem and Scout becomes more important than any of his other
relationships. Boo Radley is also an unwanted burden on his family. When his father
dies, Boo's brother moves from Florida to take care of him. But nothing changes for Boo;
he remains locked away in the house, and his brother picks up where his father left off,
depriving Boo of his relationship with the Finch children by deliberately cementing the
secret knothole. Dolphus Raymond is another example. When Raymond's fiance commits
suicide after finding out about his black mistress, he retreats from white society and
moves to the "other" side of town. He is scorned by Maycomb's white citizens, most of
whom believe he is mentally unbalanced because of his choice of friends. Mayella Ewell
is yet another character who desperately searches for a place in Maycomb's world. She is
left to bring up Bob Ewell's brood of children by herself while he drinks up the
family's welfare check. She is so lonely that she tries to tempt Tom Robinson--a married
black man--for a simple kiss, something that she has never experienced
before.

What is the main point of Bellamy's book, Looking Backward: 2000-1887?

The main point of this book is that capitalism, and the
inequality that it brings, is unjust and that a just society would do away with it. 
When Julian West wakes up in they year 2000, he discovers that a just society has arisen
in the time that he slept.  This society has done away with the evils of capitalism,
greed, and inequality.

In the book, Bellamy is arguing that
big businesses have to be reined in.  He argues that they do not exist to help society. 
Therefore, he foresees a future in which the companies have all been nationalized and
are owned by the government.  He does not use the words "socialism" or "communism" but
this is clearly what he is talking about.  He believes that businesses owned by the
government will operate for the common good and not simply to enrich their
owners.

Therefore, the major point of the book is that
capitalism is based on greed and creates inequality.  This leads to an unjust
society.

Explore hubris, hamarita, and how these apply to Hamlet's death and the fall of Denmark.

Hamartia is a fatal fault in hero's  character which leads
to his tragic end. In case of Hamlet ,his tragic death is the result of a fatal fault in
his own character. In the play we see that Hamlet gets many chances to kill Claudius but
he thinks a lot about whether to kill him or not.And everytime his noble and philosophic
nature stops him from killing Claudius and because of which finallyhe had to fight but
then everything is planned by Claudius which results in Hamlet's death and death of all
other major characters.These fatal faults in Hamlet's character are : he thinks too much
(his over thinking tendency ),His honesty ,and goodness.All these results in Hamlet's
death and finally the fall of Denmark.Hubris is the presence of excessive pride and
arrogance in the character.One of the major reason   his death is his arrogance and his
pride in his father.Hamlet's indecisiveness is the result of hubris.Throughout the play
he is not able to overcome the death of his father which brings him into the state of
deprression.His great pride in his father prevents him from attending and accepting the
re-marriage of his mother.He pride in his parents leads him to mental conflictsand
depression when he sees his mother marrying his uncle.His pride is hurt when he finds
thatsoon after the death of his father,his mother marrying his uncle.He feels that blood
of such woman is there in his veins and this makes him feel very low.Because of this he
develops a kind of hatred towards women and thus never proposes Ophelia (who truly loves
him ) for marriage.His arrogant treatment of Ophelia makes her feel betrayed and she
commits sucide.Thus losses innocent Ophelia and his love as a result of his
arrogance.His arrogance also prevents from getting people in his favor though he is a
Prince. When Hamlet kills Polonius by mistake,there is no guilt in him for this act.It
is because of his arrogance that Laertes turns out as his opponent.All these things
finally leads to his death ,leaving no Prince for Denmark and thus results in the
downfall of Denmark.

State that identity is true: 3+(4+x)^3=x^3+12x^2+115

We'll manage the left side and we'll expand the
cube:

(4+x)^3 = 4^3 + x^3 +
3*4*x(4+x)

(4+x)^3 = 64 + x^3 +
12*x(4+x)

We'll remove the brackets from the
right:

(4+x)^3 = 64 + x^3 + 12*x^2 +
48x

We'll add 3 both
sides:

(4+x)^3 + 3 = 64 + x^3 + 12*x^2 + 48x +
3

We'll combine like
terms:

(4+x)^3 + 3 = x^3 + 12*x^2 + 48x +
67

We notice that the right side of the identity to be
demonstrated does not have the term in x, so, the both sides expressions are  not
equivalent.

The given expression does not
represent an identity.

How does the inspector in The Chrysalids use power/authority to make others suffer injustly and why?

It is the Inspector's job in this district to ensure that
any deviations are discovered and mercilessly destroyed according to the regulations
laid out in the law. This may mean sacrificing animals or burning crops, or, more
disturbingly in the case of humans, sterilising and exiling them into the Fringes and
away from acceptable society. Of course, the "justice" that he administers is entirely
based on a wrong understanding of the Bible and God's laws, that have somehow been
twisted to argue that deviations such as Sophie are dangerous and not actually human. Of
course, the biggest victim that we are introduced to in the first few chapters, that
foreshadows the kind of treatment that David and others in the group will experience, is
Sophie, whose extra toe warrants all the "justice" that the Inspector can bring to bear.
Note how he justifies his position to David:

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"The Devil sends Deviations among us to weaken
us and tempt us away from Purity. Sometimes he is clever enough to make a nearly-perfect
imitation, so we have always to be on the look-out for the mistake he has made, however
small, and when we see one it must be reported at
once."

From the Inspector's
point of view, therefore, he is merely upholding the purity of the human species as
prescribed in law, but we as readers share David's scepticism of whether this is
"justice" or not.

What does the tree Melinda spends the year on creating symbolize? does any one know what the tree symbolizes

In Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, the
tree symbolizes Melinda. In the end of the book, when Melinda finds her voice to speak
once again and confront her past and her attacker, she is finally able to create a tree
in leaf, a springtime image of rebirth after a long winter, just as Melinda herself is
being reborn after her almost year-long ordeal. In the many false starts and variations
of the tree Melinda creates, we see the range of emotions and reactions she has to her
situation. From the leafless tree, to the "ugly" tree, etc. all of the thoughts and
emotions Melinda shares with us about her creation are also descriptions of herself. The
tree is a reflection of her.

In The Apology why did Socrates want the death penalty?

First of all, please realize that it is Socrates, not
Plato, who is arguing that Socrates should be executed.  I have changed your question to
reflect that.

Basically, Socrates insisted on being
executed because he thought that was the only choice he had if he did not want to betray
his principles.  He could have, for example, opted to be acquitted if he would give up
his teaching, but he felt that his mission in life was to do just exactly that -- to go
around teaching.  Therefore, it would be better for him to die than to give up the
mission that he had been given by the gods.

Socrates
believed that what he was doing was important.  He believed that it was important for
him to go around goading people into doing right.  He felt that this mission of his was
so important that he was willing to die rather than to give it up.  This is why he
argued that he should be executed.

How do the different times and contexts of Frankenstein and Bladerunner reflect the perceptions of what it means to be human?

What an excellent question! I am just about to start
teaching this novel to my seniors and hadn't thought of comparing it to this wonderful
film. You are right in indicating that both of these texts explore, albeit in different
ways, what it means to be human and how we define
humanity.

Let me start by talking about
Bladerunner. We are presented with a dystopian world that is
over-polluted and where anyone who is healthy enough has left for the colonies. The
strange collection of misfits that are left include bladerunners, who are special police
officers charged with making sure that no replicants (androids who resemble humans in
every sense) make it to earth. If they do find any replicants, they are to "retire" or
kill them. However, the film explores what constitutes a human by presenting us with
replicants, like Rachel, who have been given human memories. How does that make her
differ from a human? The film asks some very hard questions about what distinguishes us
as humans from other species and whether we are actually as unique as we think we
are.

Likewise, in Frankenstein,
similar questions are raised. Victor Frankenstein "makes" his "creature," that is almost
always referred to a "monster." Yet this is a label that the "monster" himself does his
best to reject and to shrug off. In some ways, he shows an understanding of humanity and
life that supercedes those around him. Shelley seems to contrast the bloodthirsty nature
of the crowd at Justine's trial to the monster to problematise the whole concept of
humanity. The monster starts off humane--it is only the inhumanity of man that makes him
inhumane.

What is the largest muscle in the human body?

According to most online sources, the gluteus maximus or
buttock muscle is the biggest of the 639 named muscles in the human
body.

The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius. This
narrow muscle of the thigh passes obliquely across the front of the thigh and helps
rotate the leg to the position assumed in sitting
cross-legged.

The strongest muscle depends on how
you measure strength. A good case could be made for the
heart!

Information from
ehow.com:

In terms of absolute force, the strongest muscle
in the body is the masseter, the prime mover of the jaw for chewing. It can create force
of 55 lbs. on the incisors or 200 lbs. on the molars.

The
hardest-working muscle in the body is the heart. It pumps 2 oz. blood at every
heartbeat, at least 2,500 gallons daily.

The muscle that
can pull with the greatest force is the soleus, underneath the calf muscle. It is this
muscle that keeps us from falling backward while standing up, and it is essential to
running, walking and dancing.

The largest muscle in the
body is also one of the strongest--the gluteus maximus. This large muscle in the
buttocks keeps us standing upright and fights against gravity when we walk up
stairs.

The most flexible muscle is the tongue, which can
take many shapes and also is always moving, even in
sleep.

The most active of muscles is the eye muscles.
Muscles of the eye are constantly moving. In an hour's worth of reading, they can move
10,000 times. Unlike the heart, however, eye muscles can get fatigued
easily.

In An Inspector Calls, why is the ending important in the play?

The ending is important because it creates an unexpected
climax which poses more problems than it solves. Throughout the play, the characters had
been confronted by their moral frailty. They were forced to acknowledge their roles in
Eva Smith's unfortunate and horrifying demise. Mr and Mrs Birling stubbornly refuse to
accept their guilt, whilst Sheila, Eric and Gerald Croft acknowledge their role in the
unfortunate girl's suicide.

When inspector Goole leaves,
the characters and the audience are taken on a roller coaster of discovery and surprise.
The audience is especially drawn into the final events since a number of intriguing
events occur. First there is Gerald's statement that he had discovered that the wily
inspector was not a detective at all. One of the local policemen had told him that they
had no inspector Goole at their office. This fact is confirmed by a phone call Mr
Birling makes to the the station.

The older Birlings and
Gerald express relief and are convinced that the whole thing was a hoax. Sheila and
Eric, however, have a different perspective and insist that the fact that it was a hoax
does not undo the bad that they had done and that they should accept responsibility for
their actions. She recalls that the inpector mentioned that they had all killed
Eva.

At this point, Gerald makes another astounding
assertion: What if the girl mentioned was not the same in all cases? There is a great
deal of discussion around the fact that none of the participants had seen the photograph
of the girl together and at the same time. Geralsd suggests that they could all have
been different girls. Sheila, however, is adamant that that still does not change
anything. They were all responsible in determining the girl's fate, whether she was the
same one or many different girls. Their guilt is the same and they have to show some
remorse and be accountable.

Once this little discourse is
out of the way, another conundrum pops up. Eric states that the girl he knew is dead and
Gerald counters by asking what if no one had died that day? What if it was all made up
as part of inspector Goole's elaborate hoax? The issue is quickly resolved when Gerald
phones the infirmary to establish whether any victim featuring Eva's circumstances and
description had been brought in that day. When the reply is negative, Mr Birling
expresses relief and says the whole incident had been just a lot of moonshine. It was
bunkum.

Sheila and Eric, however, seem to be the only
rational ones in the room. They both agree that even that does not mean anything.
Nothing has changed since all of them still did the wrongs that they had done. Nothing
can change that. She, especially, is quite disgusted by her parents' and Gerald's
reactions. They seem to believe that since there is no body, they are in the clear - not
guilty.

In an amazing and climactic twist in the tale the
group discover, through a phone call from the local police station, that a girl has just
died on the way to the infirmary after swallowing disinfectant. A police inspector is on
his way to to ask them a few questions. Both the audience and the characters in the play
are left dumbfounded as the curtain falls.

The ending
dramatically illustrates our folly once we are in denial. The fact is that nothing can
change the wrongs that we did. Circumstances and conditions may change, but the deed/s
remain. The best that we can do is to seek redemption and, for that to happen, we
certainly have to accept blame. Our pasts may catch up with us and we will then be
forced to reconsider our attitudes.

As the curtain falls,
the audience is left to ponder about how our characters will respond to the devastating
truth. Will they have learnt from the mistakes they made during inspector Goole's
scrutiny or will they humbly accept and apologise for the wrongs they did? That, truly,
is the question. 

Can it be said that improper pricing has destroyed countless businesses?

Improper pricing can destroy businesses, but I would argue
that more businesses are destroyed by improper strategic decisions such as what to sell,
when to enter a market, and where to locate that are destroyed by improper
pricing.

The prices a firm charges can have a huge impact
on their sales and on their revenues.  A firm that charges too much may lose market
share, for example.  However, I do not believe that the majority of businesses that fail
do so for this reason.  It is relatively easy to change the price points of a firm's
various products.  When the firm sees that it is struggling to sell products, it can
easily change the prices of the products and become healthy
again.

It is, by contrast, much harder to fix other
mistakes.  When a business bets on the wrong product, it often cannot turn to a new line
of products very easily.  If it enters the wrong market (for example, if someone opens a
restaurant in a saturated market) there is little that can be done to fix the problem. 
I would argue that more businesses fail for these hard to fix reasons than for reasons
of price.

What are your thoughts on raising a child with having no soul mate to support you?How would you cope up with the situation and what possible...

This is, of course, a very personal question and your
answer, as a 12th grader, would surely be different than
mine.

If my wife were to die now and leave me with our two
children, it would be very difficult to say the least.  I think that it would be at
least somewhat easier if the children had never known their mother.  As it is, my
children would miss their mother so much and their sadness and mine would surely
interact to make things harder for both me and the
children.

As an older person, I assume that I would have
the maturity to be able to deal with the grief, but I think that I would need to seek
support from family members to help keep me emotionally stable so that I could get
through all the emotions that raising a child can bring to a
parent.

What are the most important themes in The Odyssey?

I think one of the most important themes in The
Odyssey is responsibility. If you take a look at Odysseus, he exhibits it and
tries to demand it of his men.

Another would be loyalty.
Both Penelope and Telamachus had to have borne much discouragement from the suitors and
townspeople for waiting so long for Odysseus. Odysseus himself was working hard to get
home, but his loyalty could be questioned even though he said of the goddesses that in
his heart he never gave consent.

You could say
self-identity is a theme as Odysseus reclaimed his rightful place and held fast to his
role as king, defender and soldier.

Finally, you might
consider choice and consequences. Many characters in this story reap trouble for sowing
trouble and triumph for hard work.

How does the opening chapter of Rebecca set up characterization, settings, character relationships and themes?

This is an interesting question to think about because,
actually, the first chapter of this classic by Daphne du Maurier actually witholds
information more than it supplies us with details such as you are wanting to focus on.
Its purpose is to tantalise and to increase anticipation as we think about what could
have happened to have changed the situation of the narrator so drastically. Clearly, the
major item that is introduced, so much so that you can almost call it a character in its
own right, is Manderley itself, but, as the last lines of the chapter
say:

We would
not talk of Manderley, I would not tell my dream. For Manderley was ours no longer.
Manderley was no more.

The
happy memories of Manderley and the way that it and the happiness associated with it are
completely lost, so much so that the narrator says "There will be no resurrection,"
cause us to wonder what on earth could have happened to this location and to the
relationship of the wife and husband who are now travelling around various countries and
reminding themselves of echoes of their former life.

Thus
the function of the first chapter, by starting off in the future at some unspecified
time, is to increase our interest in the rest of the novel.

In "The Kite Runner," why is Amir afraid to be Hassan's true friend?

I think it would be incorrect to say that Amir was afraid
to be Hassan's true friend. It would be more accurate to say that during their
childhood, Amir was incapable of being his friend, for several reasons. First of all,
Amir and Hassan were separated by social class. No matter how much Amir enjoyed Hassan's
company, he was never unaware of Hassan's lower class; he never related to Hassan as his
equal because he was not; Hassan was a servant in Baba's house, specifically a servant
to Amir. Hassan's social ostracism made Amir feel superior, at least superficially,
since he actually felt very inferior. He often lorded his superiority over Hassan to
make himself feel better.

Amir was not capable of
friendship because of these deep feelings of inferiority, the result of his troubled
relationship with Baba. He was completely self-centered; he felt no empathy for Hassan.
He recognized Hassan's complete devotion, but he did not value it. When he had to choose
between Hassan's safety and his own, he deserted him. When Hassan's presence intensified
his own guilt, he lied, forcing Hassan out of his home. Amir's psychological conflicts
and pain made it impossible for him to be Hassan's
friend.

It is only as an adult, having gained understanding
of himself and his behavior, that Amir can honor Hassan's friendship by returning to
Afghanistan, risking his life to rescue Hassan's son, Sohrab, and then bringing the boy
home to give him a good life. Amir becomes Hassan's true friend after Hassan's
death.

Why does Pearl pull away from Dimmesdale?The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In Chapter XIX of The Scarlet Letter
Hester and Arthur Dimmesdale stand on the other side of the brook as Hester
calls to her daughter Pearl, who adorns herself with flowers in a "kindred wildness"
with the "mother-forest."  When Pearl sees the minister, however, she slows down. 
Despite her being the tie that unites the minister and Hester, Pearl perceives the
minister as having entered the circle of herself with her mother.  Even her mother feels
the Peal has

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...strayed out of the sphere in which she and her
mother dwelt together, and was not vainly seeking to return to
it.

The "sensitive minister"
also feels that the brook is a boundary between two worlds.  As Hester encourages Pearl
to cross, the child fixes her gaze upon them both; Dimmesdale places his hand upon his
chest for some "unaccountable reason."  Then, Pearl points to the scarlet letter
floating in the brook, bursting into "a fit of passion" until Hester reaches down and
replaces the letter upon her bosom.  Reminiscent of actions in Chapter II is this action
of Pearl.  For when Hester is tempted there to cover up her letter with Pearl, she
realizes the "one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another."  Now, in
this scene of Chapter XIX "the other token of shame" is the Reverend Dimmesdale.  After
Hester replaces her letter, Pearl crosses the brook.  But, with Dimmesdale's having
covered his secret letter of sin, Pearl asks her mother if the minister, whom Hester
says waits to welcome her, will go back hand in hand with them to town or cover his
heart with his hand.  To these questions, Hester does not reply.  So, when the minister
bends and kisses the child on the forehead, Pearl pulls away, rushes to the brook, and
washes off the kiss.  Nor does she walk with them; instead, "she remained apart,
silently watching Hester and the clergyman. For, Pearl, the symbol of Hester's sin,
recognizes  in her mother's lack of response to her questions that Dimmesdale will not
be like her mother; he will not, as Hawthorne urges in the final chapter and as Hester
is, "be true" and acknowledge Hester and their child in public.

Explain what Marx meant by the idea that religion is the opium of the masses.

What Karl Marx is saying here is that religion is like a
drug.  Specifically, it is like a drug that keeps people happy so that they do not want
to rebel against the oppressive governments and societies that hold them
down.

Marx believed that all people in the oppressed
classes would inevitably rebel against those who held power in their society.  Peasants
would do this to feudal lords, workers would do this to the bourgeoisie.  But this often
did not happen and workers, for example, often showed no desire to rebel.  Marx had to
explain this.

One way in which Marx explained this was to
say that religion helped to keep the people down.  They would focus on the lives of
their souls instead of material things.  They would disregard their problems on earth
and focus on the idea that they would be rewarded in the next life.  In this way,
religion kept them from wanting to rebel.  It kept them focused on something other than
the way they were being oppressed.

This is why religion
was, for Marx, the opium of the masses.

Which of the following is true of the practice of footbinding?a. was a Yuan form of torture that was copied during the Ming and Qing dynasties. b....

The best of these answers is B.  The practice of binding
the feet is associated with a decline in the status of women in
China.

The only other possible answer is D.  One can argue
that foot binding became more possible because women did not have to work and therefore
could afford to follow fashion and have their feet bound.  However, it is also true that
the fashion for footbinding spread out of the wealthy elites until most Chinese women
eventually had bound feet.

At the time that foot binding
first appeared, there were other indicators that women's status was going down.  For
example, the practice of keeping concubines was increasing at the time.  When taken
along with foot binding (which limited women's mobility and emphasized the idea that
they were sex objects), concubinage shows that women were becoming increasingly
subjugated.

What are the IMPORTANT literary devices in A Tale of Two Cities?Find 21 literary devices for A Tale of Two citiesneeds:three simile three metaphor...

  similes: "dead as mutton"
Book II, chapter 13, p. 187.

                "Tall as a
spectre" Book II, chapter 15, p.
201.

                "plain as the sun" Book II, chapter
XV, p. 208.

                "Every green leaf, every blade
of grass and blade of grain was as shrivelled and poor as the miserable people", book
II, chapter 23, p. 277.

               "Like the mariner in
the old story" Book II, chapter 24, p.
297.

metaphors: "a crowd was a
monster much dreaded"book II, chapter 13, p. 188.
"

                     "That's a card not to be beaten.
Have you followed my hand, Mr Barsad?" Book III, chapter 8,
p.371.

personifications:
"Bacchanalian flame" book II, chapter XII,
. 

                              Saint Antoine : when Saint
Antoine was to execute this horrible idea..." book II, chapter 21, p.
268.

                              The Guillotine : "Such a
barber" book III chapter 9, p. 385, "Little Sainte Guillotine...the great sharp
female"book II, chapter 5, p.
342.  

symbols: the"spilled
wine". "the fountain". "lamposts"

               "the
golden thread" book II, chapter 21,p. 256 

              
 the knitting:"knitted in her own stitches and her own
symbols"

allusions: The name
Sydney derives from that of Algernon Sydney
(1662-1683). 

                 "tomorrow's victims...
tomorrow's and tomorrow's": Macbeth,
V.5.19. 

                 Jezabel, the wicked queen of King
Hahab (2 Kings 9).

imagery:
Nature imagery: risings of fire and risings of sea... earth shaken... an angry
ocean...tempest. Book II, chap. 24, p.
286.          

                Animal imagery: The Sheep of
the Prisons, dogs ("you are such an insensible dog", book I, chapter 11? p.
166.

               Mythology: the Furies and the Gorgon's
head.

              Light and darkness imagery:"all brought
to into light from dark cellars..." Book III, chapter 5, p.
339.

foreshadowing: "the
shadow of a large high-roofed house, and of many overhanging trees, was upon the Marquis
by that time." Book I, chapter 8, p. 140. "So, the sunrise came and the shadows of the
leaves  of the plane-tree...", Book II, chapter 17, p.
232.

                           "There is a man who would
give a life, to keep a life you love beside you."Book I, Chapter 13, p.
184.

                           "Mr Lorry... and miss
Pross.. like accomplices of a horrible crime" foreshadows the murder of Madame defarges
by Miss Pross.

        The great number of
personifications, notwithstanding other relevant stylistic devices, gives an allegorical
dimension to the novel. It symbolizes the struggle between Vice and Virtue.  The slaying
of the dragon is first the sentincing to death of the Marquis and more generally, the
aristocracy and then, of the Guillotine and the Reign of the Terror.
                

How did economic policies of the 1920s and 1930s help deepen the depression?

This is a question of some controversy because not all
economic historians agree as to what helped to cause and prolong the
Depression.

For example, many conservative economists and
historians believe that the New Deal did not help to alleviate the Depression.  Instead,
they argue, more free market policies would have ended the Depression much sooner
instead of having to wait for WWII to end it.

One thing
that almost everyone agrees on is that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff helped make the
Depression worse.  The tariff was imposed to try to prevent the loss of American jobs to
imports.  But the tariff really backfired.  Many countries around the world imposed
similar tariffs and world trade declined a lot.  When this happened, all sorts of jobs
that depended on trade were lost and the Depression was deepened.  As the salem-history
link below says

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Measured in constant 1982 dollars, the United
States had a surplus of exports of goods and services over imports of goods and services
of $4.7 billion in 1929. By 1933, this had become a deficit of $1.4 billion. The League
of Nations estimated that the volume of world trade declined in real terms by more than
65 percent between 1929 and
1933.

This shows that the
Smoot-Hawley Tariff helped to make the Depression worse.

In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, why does Kit end her relationship with William?

The answer to this question can be found in Chapter Twenty
of this excellent novel. After Kit's near escape during her trial when fortunately she
was proven to not be a witch, thanks to Nat's intervention, Kit has realised some
fundamental things about herself and also about William Ashby and how different they are
as characters. William's decision to not side with Hannah, Prudence and Kit during their
time of need has taken away all respect that Kit has for him, and she realises now that
she would never be truly happy being married to him. Note what she says to
him:

"'Tis no
use, William," she said now. "You and I would always be uneasy, all of our lives. We
would always be hoping for the other one to be different, and always being disappointed
when it didn't happen. No matter how hard I tried, I know I could never care about the
things that seem so important to
you."

Kit has obviously now
learned the lesson that Hannah tried to teach her before. That escape from a situation
that you don't like can often lead to a worse kind of servitude. Whilst marriage to
William would give her the social status that she craves, she would never be happy being
married to William as they think very differently.

Identify the types of journeys developed in The Kite Runner, and explain how the book represents them.

The Kite Runner is indeed a novel
about journeys--external and internal, literal and abstract, physical and spiritual.
Amir's physical journey in returning to Afghanistan to save Hassan's son is dramatic and
perilous as he moves throughout the country, observing the terrible effects of life
under the Taliban. Amir lives in mortal danger every moment he remains in Afghanistan,
and his experiences there contribute much to the novel's development of plot and theme,
as well as the development of Amir's character. A second physical journey Amir makes is
escaping from Afghanistan as a boy and traveling with Baba to settle in the United
States.

Amir makes other journeys, as well, journeys that
are internal, abstract, and deeply spiritual in nature. He moves through a troubled
childhood to find his identity, personally and professionally. As a boy, Amir creates
stories from his imagination; his desire to write and his talent for writing are evident
very early in his life. Although he receives no understanding, encouragement, or
appreciation from Baba, he persists. As a young adult living in California, he goes to
college and finds success as a writer.

He also journeys
from childhood into adulthood in achieving a meaningful and fulfilling relationship with
his father. As a boy, Amir's relationship with Baba had been fraught with pain and
conflict, contributing to Amir's deeply felt insecurities. In making their escape from
Afghanistan and in making a new and difficult life in California, Amir and his father
redefine their relationship. Amir becomes his father's partner and then his protector,
caring for him as he dies of cancer. Amir achieves a loving relationship with
Baba.

Finally, Amir's most profound journey is spiritual,
one in which he faces his past, deals with his guilt, and finds redemption for his sins.
For many years, Amir had lived with the guilt and shame of his betrayal of Hassan during
their childhood. When given a chance "to be good again," he chooses to risk his life in
returning to Afghanistan to save Hassan's son. In facing Assef and fighting for Sohrab,
Amir finds he is capable of great courage and sacrifice. After living with torment and
self-hatred, he finds peace and self-respect.

Demonstrate the equality: 1^2 + 2^2 + ... + (2n-1)^2 = n(4n^2-1)/3

For demonstrating the identity, we'll use the method of
mathematical induction, which consists in 3
steps:

1) verify that the method works for the number
1;

2) assume that the method works for an arbitrary number,
k;

3) prove that if the method works for an arbitrary
number k, then it work for the number k+1, too.

4) after
the 3 steps were completed, then the formula works for any
number.

Now, we'll start the first
step:

1) 1^2=1*(4*1^2-1)/3 => 1=3/3=1
true.

2) 1^2 + 2^2 + ... + (2k-1)^2 = k(4k^2-1)/3 ,
true.

3) If 1^2 + 2^2 + ... + (2k-1)^2 = k(4k^2-1)/3,
then

1^2 + 2^2 + ... +(2k-1)^2 +
(2k+1)^2=(k+1)(4(k+1)^2-1)/3

Let's see if it is
true.

For the beginning, we notice that the sum from the
left contains the assumed true equality,1^2 + 2^2 + ... + (2k-1)^2=k(4k^2-1)/3. So,
we'll re-write the sum by substituting a part of it with
k(4k^2-1)/3.

k(4k^2-1)/3 + (2k+1)^2 =
(k+1)(4(k+1)^2-1)/3

4k^3-k+3(4k^2+4k+1)=(k+1)(4k^2+8k+4-1)

4k^3-k+12k^2+12k+3=4k^3+8k^2+3k+4k^2+8k+3

4k^3+12k^2+11k+3=4k^3+12k^2+11k+3
true.

4) The 3 steps were completed, so the identity is tru
for any value of n.

1^2 + 2^2 + ... + (2n-1)^2 =
n(4n^2-1)/3

what is the theme of this poem?You were my first...

The funny little Romantic lyric is addressed to the moon
but it can be read as making some serious points nevertheless.  It is a love poem,
written in a typical and cliched eulogistic rhetoric with a tone of romantic effusion
and exaggeration.

The poem is a classic example
of visually charged pattern poetry where the placement of the lines create a visual
image in a calligraphic way that harmonizes with the major theme of the poem. The
alignment of the lines here typographically evokes the image of a half-moon in its
perfect slice-shape.

The poem in terms of expressing a love
of moon and ending on the word 'luna' may be read as an expression of lunacy or a kind
of madness, supposed to be caused by the moon.