In the story "Hunters in the Snow" who is the most sympathetic character?

The story is deliberately written so that none of the
characters come across as sympathetic. Each is selfish and self-absorbed, looking to the
others for validation and yet doing nothing to deserve that validation. Even the old
farmer is unsympathetic, not seeming to care that Kenny has been shot. Tub should be the
sympathetic character, since he is the protagonist and picked-on by the others, but
instead he proves to relish in his faults and actually wants to be insulted. Frank is
going to destroy his own loving marriage because of an affair with a young girl, and
Kenny simply abuses Tub for fun, not caring about the consequences. In the end, the only
sympathetic figure is not a human at all:

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...a large black hound with a grizzled snout ran
out and barked at them. Every time he barked he slid backwards a bit, like a cannon
recoiling. Kenny got down on all fours and snarled and barked back at him, and the dog
slunk away into the
barn...

The dog is the only
innocent figure in the story. It has no malice and no motive to hurt anyone, and it is
killed out of pity (the farmer) and to create a new, cruel joke on Tub (Kenny). However,
that joke has terrible consequences.

In Act III of Hamlet, Hamlet says, "My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites." What does he mean?

To understand the quotation, it must be considered in
context. Hamlet is sickened by his mother's marriage to Claudius, viewing their
relationship as incestuous. His rage has grown, and he plans to confront her about her
betrayal of her love for Old Hamlet and her sinful behavior with Claudius. Before
entering her chamber, Hamlet anticipates what will occur--and must not
occur:

O
heart, lose not thy nature; let not ever

The soul of Nero
enter this firm bosom.

Let me be cruel, not
unnatural;

I will speak daggers to her, but use
none.

My tongue and soul in this will be
hypocrites.

Hamlet intends to
speak with cruelty to his mother, but he loves her. He must not lose control and harm
her. To do so would violate the natural love between them. He will "speak daggers," but
he will use no weapon against her. His words and actions (his "tongue and soul") will be
hypocritical, therefore, since they will not reflect his deep love for his mother; he
will not mean everything he is about to say.

(Second Industrial Period) - What is stock and why do corporations sell stock?This was the time during the Second Industrial Period.

Stocks, also called shares, represent the right of
ownership in a joint stock company.  The joint stock companies are a form of business
organization in which the ownership of the company is separated from the function of
managing and conducting the business. The company is owned by people who buy shares or
stocks issued by the company representing part ownership in the company. In this way the
ownership of the company is divided in large number of shares. The number of shares
issued by a big company may can run into millions for big companies. For smaller
companies these may be as low as a few thousand shares.

The
people buying the shares of a company become part owners of the company in proportion of
the stocks held by them, and have a right to share the profits of the company in the
same proportion. The stockholders do not directly manage the company. They appoint
directors to manage the company. The they also take some major decision about management
of the company. The right of shareholders in deciding in these matters is also
proportional to their shareholding. These decisions are taken by the shareholders based
on majority. These decisions are taken in periodic meeting of the shareholders of a
company. In normal circumstances such meetings are held once a
year.

The shares held by a person or a company can be
traded on stock markets at ruling market price. In this way the ownership of the company
represented by the stocks also gets transferred with sale and purchase of stocks. The
price of the stocks is determined by the current and expected performance of the company
as well as by the interplay of demand and supply of their stocks in the
market.

Companies or corporation issue or sell stocks to
obtain finances for running a business. In this way the investors and shareholders can
invest money in a business without need to be involved in the day to day management of
the business. Also their liability for loss is limited to the money invested by them in
form of shares. Facility of selling and buying shares on the stock market gives the
shareholders greater liquidity of their funds invested. Because of all these advantages
the corporations can attract a large number of investors to invest in the company,
enabling them to obtain large sums of money for major business
ventures.

What are three characteristics of Arthur Dent from The Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy?

Arthur Dent is a strange mixture of action and passivity.
While content to go along with his Earthly routine in a passive and accommodating
manner, he is nonetheless capable of energetic and earnest activity on behalf of his
home and way of life. This is proven when he takes on the battle against the bulldozers
poised to strike just outside the garden gate of his quite village home in England. Yet
when his friend, Ford Prefect, tells him that the dolphins have spoken and that he needs
a bath towel and must travel with him, he falls into his characteristic passivity and
oddly enough is so awed and befuddled that he allows himself to be carried along. Added
to this, is his willingness to accept people at face value, so when he is given an
explanation for something, no matter how odd it seems, he always finally goes
along.

In Chapter 19, how well does Mr. Gilmer prove Tom's guilt in the eyes of the reader and the just, and can you suggest why these might be different?

(I believe you are discussing Horace Gilmer's
cross-examination of Tom Robinson in Chapter 19.)

I believe
Gilmer makes no impact upon the reader's decision about Tom's guilt during his
cross-examination. Atticus' prior questioning of Tom firmly establishes Tom's innocence
in the mind of most readers, and Gilmer does little to change that view. Gilmer's racist
remarks only make it clearer that Tom is a second-class citizen in the eyes of the court
(remember, Judge Taylor did nothing to stop Gilmer's use of the word "boy"). I believe
there is no differentiation between the reader's viewpoint and "the just" nature of the
testimony. Nearly all readers recognize that the Ewells are untruthful and that Tom is
telling the real version of events. Obviously, Tom's treatment and final verdict are
unjust.

How does Eliot use form and structure in his presentation of love in "The Wasteland"?My premise is that he presents love negatively in the poem. ...

In T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" love is not a benign
force. The poet alludes to its effect in ancient love stories rewritten by
renowned dramatists - to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, to
Shakespeare's Cleopatra, and to the myth of Tereus and and Philomela - suggesting that
it is often, but not always,destructive. That these allusions respectively in the
first section of the poem, “The Burial of the Dead,” and in the second section, “A Game
of Chess,” suggest that in his landmark 1922 poem Eliot wanted to present this view of
love in a mythopoeic framework. The question is
'why'?

Eliot's poetry, especially "The Waste Land" is
marked by frequent recourse to allusion and quotation. A few critics have seen in this
extreme pedantry. But Eliot himself believed that the increasing complexity of modern
life necessarily demanded difficult poetry. More importantly, like the Matthaean master
of the house, Eliot brings from his treasure "things both old and new." The 'new and
old thing' the poet presents in "The Waste Land" is the sterility and necrotic state of
modern life. In the second stanza of "The Burial of the Dead", quoting the prophet
Ezekiel, the poet searches in vain among the dry stones, the dead trees and the "broken
images" for some sign of life. Then, suddenly, Eliot turns to Wagner's Tristan
und Isolde, where an operatic watchman tells the dying Tristan that the ship
of his love, Isolde, is nowhere to be seen on the horizon. In the second section the
reader encounters a woman sitting on a chair with the appearance of a "burnished
throne," an allusion to Shakespeare's Cleopatra. Nevertheless, even in the royal chamber
the lethalness of love, imaged in the painting that depicts Ovid's mythopoeic tale of
the rape of Philomela by King Tereus intrudes. This is followed immediately by verses
describing the grubby details of modern life - aimless, neurotic, and
childless.

Eliot's poetic calling, here presenting the
destruction and hopelessness endemic to love, was to plumb the depth of our modern
affiction in the works of bygone ages.

In "The Rules of the Game," when did Waverly start playing chess?

We are told that Waverly's family receives the chess set
when they went to the annual Christmas party held at the First Chinese Baptist Church.
There was a Santa there with a sack of presents, and it is when Waverly goes to Santa to
receive her present that we find out how old she was. Note how the narration gives yet
one more example of the complex, hybrid world that Waverly inhabits, for she is not sure
how to answer the question:

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When my turn came up, the Santa man asked me how
old I was. I thought it was a trick question; I was seven according to the American
formula and eight by the Chinese calendar. I said I was born on March 17, 1951. That
seemed to satisfy him.

This
clearly shows how confusing the position of someone like Waverly is when you belong to
two different worlds but aren't sure of how to position
yourself.

However, even though it is Waverly's older
brother Vincent who gets the chess set, it is when Waverly was seven (according to the
American formula) that she started to learn how to play chess.

When Polybus dies, in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, who offers Oedipus a new crown?

In Sophocles' tale of Oedipus Rex,
Oedipus is abandoned as a baby because his parents, Jocasta and Laius, have been told by
an oracle (fortuneteller) that their son will kill is father and marry his mother. To
avoid this fate, the parents order a shepherd they employ to leave the baby exposed on
the side of a mountain, where he will die.

The shepherd
takes pity on the baby and delivers him to another shepherd, and eventually Oedipus ends
up in the court of Polybus, the King of Corinth. The King has no children, and so he and
his wife adopt Oedipus as their own. He has no knowledge that Polybus is not his real
father.

After Oedipus has unknowingly killed his father, he
solves the riddle of the Sphinx (a terrible creature that prevents people from passing
in and out of Thebes) and becomes a hero. Since their king is dead (Laius), the people
offer the throne to Oedipus, and Jocasta, to be his wife. (In this way the oracle's
prediction comes true.)

When Polybus dies, a Corinthian
messenger arrives in Thebes who delivers the news of Oedipus' adopted father's death,
asks if Oedipus with rule the throne of Corinth, and explains that Polybus was his
adopted father, not his natural father.

Evaluate and write in standard form: (4 - 2i)(-3 + 3i).

The standard form of the equation
is:

z = a + bi

We'll remove
the brackets using FOIL method:

(4 - 2i)(-3 + 3i) = -12 +
12i + 6i - 6i^2, but i^2 =-1

We'll group the real parts and
imaginary parts:

(4 - 2i)(-3 + 3i) = -12 + 18i +
6

(4 - 2i)(-3 + 3i) = -6 +
18i

The standard form of the equation is: (4
- 2i)(-3 + 3i) = -6 + 18i.

Verify the identity 1=(1+tan^2 x)*cos^2 x

We notice that inside brackets we have a consequence of
Pythagorean identity:

1 + (tan x)^2 = 1/(cos
x)^2

We'll show how it
works:

Pythagorean identity states
that:

(sin x)^2 + (cos x)^2 =
1

We'll divide by (cos x)^2:

1
+ (sin x)^2/ (cos x)^2 = 1/(cos x)^2

But (sin x)^2/ (cos
x)^2 = (tan x)^2

1 + (tan x)^2= 1/(cos
x)^2

Now, we'll substitute what's inside brackets by the
equivalent above:

(cos x)^2*[1 + (tan x)^2] =
(cos x)^2*(1/(cos x)^2) = 1

Discuss Jim's behavior toward Laura in Scene 7 of The Glass Menagerie.

On one level, Jim's behavior toward Laura is reflective of
how far he has come.  When he signs the program and when he tells Laura about how all
she needs is confidence, the initial supposition is that Laura is struggling and Jim
represents a sense of strength.  His treatment of her might reflect this.  Yet, I think
that Williams might want to probe a bit deeper with this. Jim has struggled with his own
reality matching the expectations placed on him from high school, when he was projected
to be a great success.  Accordingly, Jim reflects a sense of ambivalence when he glosses
over Laura's own predicament, reflecting a lack of courage in addressing her own life. 
His lack of grasp over consciousness is also present when he kisses Laura, but then
confesses his engagement.  Between Laura and Jim, both characters seem to be challenged,
seeking to be less "freakish," like the unicorn whose horn is broken off.  Jim's
acceptance of Laura's gift reflects that he might not be as solid and secure as one
would believe.  This underscores Williams' belief of human frailty that lies at the
foundation of the psyche.

Explain Gertrude's weakness vs. her power in being Queen in Hamlet.

Gertrude's weakness would be that she uses poor judgement.
She so desires to keep her position as queen until she marries Claudius to maintain her
position. She did not give herself time to mourn the death of her husband King Hamlet.
She did not consider her son's feelings in the matter.

Less
than two months after her husband's death, Gertrude marries Claudius. Hamlet, her son,
is ouraged. He comments that his mother has quickly rushed into an incestuous
relationship (I.ii 156-157).

O, most
wicked speed, to post
With such dexterity to incestuous
sheets!

Truly, Gertrude does have a
character flaw in that she does not analyze the consequences of her marriage to
Claudius. She does not consider her son's sensitivity at the time. Hamlet believed she
should be mourning his father's death instead of marrying his brother. She uses poor
judgment by rushing into the marriage.

In Act I of Arthur Miller's Death of Salesman, what is the significance of Willy's exchange with The Woman?

In Arthur Miller's play, Death of a
Salesman, the exchange with the Woman is significant because it shows that
Willy has had an affair with a secretary in Boston. This scene does not indicate if the
affair is still going on, but the audience learns that Willy brings her gifts and she
find him funny. His ego is further bolstered by her pronouncement that
she chose him of all the other salesman in and
out of her office. Willy definitely appreciates the feeling, as he has just finished
telling his wife how lonely it gets on the road when business isn't
good.

It is significant that whereas Linda is truly
dedicated to her husband, and in her eyes he is a successful father, husband and
salesman, Willy lies to Linda by committing adultery, and lies also when he says he is
lonely. It seems he then must also be lying when he
says,

On the
road—on the road I want to grab you sometimes and just kiss the life outa
you.

This may be how he is
feeling when he says it at home, but on the road, he obviously would not be concerned
about Linda when he's busy with someone else. This also shows us that the relationship
between Willy and Linda has not always been good. It would also appear that the Woman
represents another example of appearance vs reality. While all appears well between
Linda and Willy, as Linda's voice overlaps with the Woman's voice, we find that Willy
has not been faithful. And while Linda and Happy may not know of Willy's indiscretion,
we will learn that Biff does, which simply complicates the family
dynamics as the play progresses.

Find the equation of the ellipse which has eccentricity = 1/2, distance between foci = 2 and a > b.

We need to find the equation of an ellipse of the form
x^2/a^2 + y^2/b^2 = 1 with eccentricity 1/2 and the distance between the foci equal to
2.

c = a*e = distance from center to either of the foci. c
= 1, e = (1/2)

=> 1 =
a*(1/2)

=> a = 2

b =
sqrt (a^2 - c^2)

=> sqrt ( 2^2 -
1^2)

=> sqrt
3

The equation of the ellipse is x^2/4 +
y^2/3 = 1

Why is it important that we pity Hamlet at the end of the play ? -Structure

Concerning Shakespeare's Hamlet, the
play, and our feeling pity for Hamlet, the character, the answer to your question
depends on whether you are referring to the writer or the reader.  In other words,
"important" to the writer or the reader? 

Pity and fear are
to be aroused in the audience while reading/watching a tragedy.  The tragedy, in order
to be effective, should arouse pity and fear.  In this case, the reader should fear the
manipulative powers of Claudius, and perhaps the gullibility of Gertrude, Ophelia,
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, etc.  Though the play deals with royals and castle life,
manipulation and gullibility can be present anywhere at anytime.  The situation in
Denmark throughout the play is only limited to Denmark on the
surface.

The reader may also fear Hamlet's capabilities, as
well.  When acting spontaneously, he is capable of quick, decisive violence and
cruelty. 

Yet, the reader must also feel pity.  Whatever
Hamlet's faults, he is a man trapped in a world seemingly out of his control, at least
in part.  He suffers in intellectual isolation and, accurate or not, sees himself as
betrayed by almost everyone around him.  He acts heroically at times, and does
decisively rid Denmark of its evil in the play's final scene, though at the cost of his
own life. 

That final scene, of course, cleanses Denmark,
creating the catharsis that purges the fear and arouses pity.  The conclusion should
relieve the audience, make the audience feel that it, too, has been cleansed. 
Everything will be all right, now.  The audience doesn't feel this if it doesn't pity
Hamlet--at least not as intensely.

Thus, the writer must
get you to pity Hamlet in order for the tragedy to be successful.  And the reader must
pity Hamlet in order for the play to be meaningful, and to feel the
catharsis.    

What was the goal of the WCTU?

WCTU is the acronym for the Women's Christian Temperance
Union.  As their name suggests, this was a group of women whose goal was to promote
temperance.  Temperance, in this context, means not drinking alcohol.  So this was a
group of women who were trying to get people to drink less
alcohol.

The WCTU was founded in 1874.  At this time,
reformers like those who started the WCTU felt that drinking was a major problem that
ended up hurting women and children.  They felt that men would take their wages and buy
alcohol instead of providing for their families.  They felt that men would come home
drunk and abuse their wives and children.  For these reasons, they believed that it was
important to get people to drink less and to try to get the government to (if possible)
ban liquor.  This was the goal of the WCTU.

In The Color Purple, what do the photos Celie finds show about Shug's character?

The photo of Shug that Celie sees early in the novel
demonstrate some of Shug's superficial traits, most of which are reflections of her
deeper character. Celie's response to the photo is significant as
well. 

In the image, Shug seems to be confident and strong
but also seems to have been through quite a bit in her life. She dresses flamboyantly
and clearly does not attempt to conform to social conventions. This is Celie's
interpretation. 

Her emotional response is one of immediate
admiration and even adoration. The romantic feelings between the two women develop
later, but even at this early stage Celie is taken by Shug's
image. 

Also, at this point, the person Celie sees in the
picture represents a stark contrast to Celie's view of herself. Shug is assertive and
bold. Celie is meek and submissive.

One reason John F. Kennedy's assassination deeply affected people was becauseAnswer Choices: A) he had represented hope for a better future. B) no...

Three of these options are completely false.  The only
possible answer is A.  The main reason that people mourned JFK as that his
administration was the time of "Camelot."  JFK was an attractive, young man with a nice
family.  He seemed to be the symbol of a country on the rise, moving towards better
times.

JFK was not the first president assassinated.  Even
if you don't remember that McKinley or Garfield was assassinated, you should remember
that Lincoln was.   After JFK was killed, Pres. Johnson launched the War on Poverty, so
poverty obviously hadn't been stamped out.  The communists had already taken Cuba before
JFK ever became president.  That is why he was involved in things like the Bay of Pigs
invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

A is the only
possible answer.

Can you give me information on "The age of automobiles-Henry Ford?"In the 1920's.

It would be helpful if you could ask a little bit more
specific of a question since there really is a great deal to be said about the 1920s and
the automobile and Henry Ford.

Henry Ford is connected to
the 1920s because it was his pioneering use of the assembly line in the 1910s that made
the car so common in the 1920s and so important to the culture of that decade.  The
assembly line made it much easier, quicker, and cheaper to produce cars.  This meant
that the price of the cars could drop and many more people could afford
them.

Affordable cars became a major contributor to the
culture of the '20s.  They allowed people to do many more things for fun and they
allowed people to have more freedom and mobility than they had previously enjoyed.  This
helped lead to the more open and fun-oriented culture of the "Roaring
'20s."

The main connection, then, between Ford, cars, and
the '20s is that Ford's use of the assembly line made cars cheaper and more easily
available.  This, in turn, helped lead to major changes in the culture of the
'20s.

What is a good thesis statement for a drama research paper about the play Picnic by William Inge?It must be about one aspect or element of the...

Since the play's setting, a small Kansas town in the
1950s, is essential in the development of the characters and conflicts, consider it as a
possible subject for study. Does the setting affect the characters' behavior and/or
determine their lives? If so, how? Since a strong argument can be made that it does, one
thesis might be to state the idea: The setting of the drama acts as a
deterministic force upon the lives of the
characters.

This thesis would lead you into a
discussion of the social structure and social mores of the 1950s in the Midwest,
especially in relation to the role of women. Since the major female characters represent
three distinct age groups, they show the influence of the setting upon women at
different stages of their lives.

Another interesting
element to research in the play is the theme of loneliness. An easily supported thesis
would be that Inge's major characters in the play are studies in loneliness and
isolation, leading lives without fulfillment while they long for something
more.

In terms of secondary sources, finding them to
support either of these thesis ideas should not be a problem. Picnic
was a popular and celebrated drama when it appeared on Broadway, and it
generated a great deal of literary criticism, analysis, and discussion. Good luck with
your paper!

In Chapter 29, what things foreshadow Mr. Ewell's attack?To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

One very strong hint of Bob Ewell's vindictive act is in
his insulting actions and words in front of the post office:  "Mr. Ewell approached him,
cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him "if it took the rest of his life." 
The reports of this incident occur at the end of Chapter 22 and the beginning of Chapter
23 of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Also,in
Chapter 17 Scout narrates that Robert E. Ewell, "a little bantam cock of a man"--which
indicates his attitude--takes the stand and regards Atticus with "haughty suspicion." 
And, while Bob Ewell in on the stand during the trial of Tom Robinson, he is asked to
write upon an envelope.  Unknowingly, he complies, but when he looks up, he discovers
the judge staring at him as though he were "some fragrant gardenia in full bloom on the
witness stand," and the jury watching him.  Sensing that Atticus Finch has somehow
acquired an advantage over him. Ewell becomes angry and declares that Atticus Finch is
taking advantage of him.  This anger of Ewell's and embarrassment in front of the
courtroom crowd is not to be forgotten by Ewell. He tells the judge that "tricking
lawyers like Atticus Finch took advantage of him all the time with their tricking
ways." Even Atticus later mentions that Bob Ewell will not forgive him for exposing his
ignorance.

On the night of the attack upon the children by
Bob Ewell, there are foreshadowing of the danger.  For instance, Scout notes
that

a
solitary mocker poured out his repertoire in blissful unawareness of whose tree he sat
in...[the whippoorwill sang] Poor will, Poor
Will.

Like the mockingbird,
Scout is unaware of what will soon happen; she trips on a root growing in the road as
her costume impedes her movements.  then, when she and Jem turn off the road and enter
the schoolyard is "pitch black."  Scout tells Jem, "You should have brought the
flashlight."  And, Cecil jumps out at them, and asks them if they are not "scared of Boo
Radley?"  During the performance, little Scout falls ill. As she and Jem leave the
auditorium, "it was still black dark," but they walk toward home even though Scout has
trouble in her cumbersome costume.  When Scout feels pressure on her neck, she thinks it
is Cecil teasing again as they hear a sound like leaves blowing in the wind "only there
wasn't any wind, and there weren't any trees beside the big oak behind them.  At this
point,they are attacked.

Later, in Chapter 29, Scout
remarks,

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Somehow, I could think of nothing but Mr. Bob
Ewell saying he'd get Atticus if it took him the rest of his life.  Mr. Ewell almost got
him, and it was the last thing he
did.

Those remarks of Bob
Ewell's coupled with the dark, sinister night and the haunting sounds of the mockingbird
and the whippoorwill, certainly suggest that ill is going to befall the
Finches.

Please interpret Adrienne Rich's poem "Amnesia."

The first thing needed for understanding "Amnesia" is a
thorough understanding of the literary allusion to the Orson Wells film
Citizen Kane. A literary allusion is a reference to literature,
mythology, film, legend, historical moments or periods, famous individuals, etc., as a
means of developing a complex idea in one brief reference.

For
instance, if I say to you that my friend is a real Adam Sandler, you immediately conjure
up an understanding of what Sandler is like and apply that image to my friend. This
gives you a deeper understanding of what my friend is like than if I merely said, "Oh,
he's a funny guy, all right." Allusions develop a deeper understanding of a person,
event, place, or situation more clearly and more quickly than an ordinary remark can
do.

Citizen Kane is about a man whose life
changed when sent to live with another family in his childhood. He left important parts
of his early life behind. He ultimately became successful but psychologically tormented.
The end of the movie reveals that his inner torment stemmed from having left his snow
sled called Rosebud behind on that cold, snow-covered, snow-spilling winter day when he
was separated from his life and family--and Rosebud.

Applying this
summary of Citizen Kane to
"Amnesia,"

I
almost trust myself to know
when we're getting to that scene [in the
movie]—
call it the snow-scene in Citizen
Kane:

gives you an
understanding of the premise of and the implied metaphor for the poem: there was a great
moment of loss and separation in the life of the poetic speaker. [According to the norms
of poetry, the poetic speaker may or may not be the poet Rich.]

The
allusion is carried beyond this, though, and into the meaning of the title: "Amnesia."
The allusion draws on a visual scene from the film and speaks of the curtain of snow
that was falling over the boy who was being handed over to strangers while outdoors
playing in the snowfall with Rosebud:

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Becoming a man means leaving
someone,
or something—
still, why
must the snow-scene blot itself
out
the flakes come down so fast
so heavy, so
unrevealing
over the something that gets left
behind?

When the import of
the allusion is applied to the poem, you can understand that, in the poetic speaker's
memory, there is a falling shroud of veil covering the thing that was left behind. In
other words, the Rosebud of the speaker's life is veiled over, is blotted out, by
forgetfullness (amnesia) in the same way that the film scene is veiled over by falling
snow,

where
every flake of snow
is ... / its own burden, adding-
up, always
adding-up to the
cold blur of the
past

The interpretation of
"Amnesia," then, has two central parts. The first is that growing up involves a "simple
and pitiless ... / ... putting away of a childish thing"--a childish thing
metaphorically represented by the sled called Rosebud of the film
allusion.

The second part is that memory sends metaphorical
snow-flakes falling over the memory of "someone, or something" left behind. The question
is, "still, why / must the snow-scene blot" out "so unrevealingly" the memory of "the
something that gets left behind?". The metaphors of Citizen Kane
and Rosebud imply that the "someone, or something" left behind may be oneself or part of
oneself because oneself is what one loves most.

How do the tragic qualities of the play Macbeth contribute to the story's larger message?

The desire for power often leads to corruption. Depending
on the situation, that corruption will manifest in different ways. Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth conspire to make him king. The only way to do this is to kill Duncan. Just like
one lie leads to another, Macbeth concludes he must keep on killing to protect his place
in power. He is afraid of someone discovering his crimes and this fear is accompanied by
his guilt which begins almost immediately after he has killed Duncan. The tragedies are
the murders; plain and simple. You could also say that Macbeth’s transition from loyal
subject to murdering tyrant was also a tragedy in itself and because it led to his and
Lady Macbeth’s deaths.

The witches’ visions of the future
could be prophetic or they might be suggestions. In either case, Macbeth is quick to
believe in them, so he’s easily convinced to do the wrong thing. Notice that he’s also
easily manipulated by Lady Macbeth. The tragic qualities, as in the tragic choices he
and Lady Macbeth make, show how greed leads to corruption, corruption leads to crime,
crime leads to fear and guilt and this leads to further crimes. Tragedy, corruption,
fears and guilt all feed upon themselves. The cycle cannot be broken by more
tragedy. 

What are the revelant historical aspects of Robert Fulton?

Robert Fulton is famous for the invention of the steam
boat. He and Robert Livingston built the Clermont which steamed up
the Hudson River in New York. Its historical significance is that it allowed river
traffic to travel upstream, which had previously not been possible. The major port for
western agricultural production had been New Orleans. Goods were floated downstream by
barge to that city where the barge was usually sold for firewood. With the advent of the
steamboat, goods could be shipped upstream (northward) where they could connect with the
canal systems and Great Lakes system. The end result was a shift in the economic capital
of the U.S. from New Orleans to the ports of the Northeast. This, together with the
advent of the railroads and canals meant that the South and New Orleans were only
important in terms of agricultural development.

What should be written in a formal outline?

Here is my "outline" of a formal
outline:

Thesis:

I. Topic
Category 1
A.  Topic Sentence 1
1. 
fact/support/example
2.  fact/support/example
B.  Topic Sentence
2
1.  fact/support/example
2. 
fact/support/example

II. Topic Category 2
A. 
Topic Sentence 3
1.  fact/support/example
2. 
fact/support/example
B.  Topic Sentence 4
1. 
fact/support/example
2. 
fact/support/example

III. Topic Category 3
A. 
Topic Sentence 5
1.  fact/support/example
2. 
fact/support/example
B.  Topic Sentence 6
1. 
fact/support/example
2. 
fact/support/example

Understand that in the above, A,B,C
etc., are complete sentences introducing the body paragraphs which support your thesis.
 Use as many as is necessary.  Also, 1, 2, 3, etc., is the concrete detail that proves
the topic sentence. When you translate the outline into your paper, you need to
synthesize the concrete detail with commentary or explanation of the relevance to the
thesis.

What's Maurya's attitude towards the sea in J.M Synge's Riders to the Sea?

In this excellent play it appears that the sea is almost
presented as a character in its own right, rather than just being an inanimate object.
It is responsible for the deaths of all of Maurya's son, and as such, she clearly has a
very strong reaction towards it. Living on such a secluded, small and isolated island,
the sea is how her son's earn their living but also it represents constant danger from
the strong storms that wreck ships and drown sailors. Thus it is that at the end of the
play Maurya makes this following statement:

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They're all gone now, and there isn't anything
more the sea can do to me... I'll have no call now to be up crying and praying when the
wind breaks from the south, and you can hear the surf is in the east, and the surf is in
the west, making a great stir with the two noises, and they hitting one on the
other.

From the statement
"there isn't anything more the sea can do to me," we can infer that the sea is viewed as
an enemy or assailant who has taken everything from Maurya. She can know ironically rest
easy when others are praying for their husbands and sons, because the sea is unable to
do her any more damage. This is a pitiful and moving speech as we are left with an
impression of a womam who has been utterly broken by the sea, so much so that she is
beyond being wounded by it any more.

What are the factors, strengths and weaknesses of the health belief model?

The health belief model uses psychological indicators to
predict health behaviors and conditions. The model assumes that a person's beliefs and
attitudes about health behaviors influences their actions just as much as (and sometimes
more than) thier knowledge of the consequences of these behaviors. The health belief
models can help explain why people sometimes engage in high-risk health behaviors
even though cognitively they understand the potential negative impact of those
behaviors. An example is smoking. The health belief model takes from psychology the idea
of exceptionalism. Exceptionalism is a psychological trap that many fall into: the idea
that what happens to most people will not happen to you. A person suffering
from cognitive illusion will continue to smoke, despite knowledge of statistics relating
smoking to lung cancer, shorter lifespan and other quality of life
issues. Subconsciously, the person may believe himself to be an exception to this rule.
Thus, he may say things like: "I've been smoking for this long and it hasn't killed me
yet," or: "My grandfather smoked and lived to be over 100."
 

The benefit of this model is that it helps us remember
that people's health choices are based not only on rational thought but also on
emotions, habits, social conditioning and personal preference. Thus, it opens our eyes
to what might be more effective social teaching methods around healthy
habits.

This model is limited to health-risk behaviors and
as such can't help us understand the environmental, social and personal factors that
influence health conditions. For example, belief may influence a person's decision to
smoke, but it does not influence whether that person does develop lung cancer. The
health belief model helps health care practitioners develop educational and social
awareness programs that can change behavior, but does nothing to advance knowledge of
how to treat various diseases or conditions once a person develops them.

In The Road, please describe at least two contrasting ways in which the survivors of the catastrophe deal with the chaos.

Well, it seems that in this terrible dystopian world that
the author paints for us in this wonderful novel, there are two options for you to adopt
in order to survive. You become one of the "bad guys" and start collecting and killing
other surviving humans to eat them or you go on the run and try and avoid the "bad guys"
as best as you can. One of the reasons why this book is so powerful is the way in which
it contains a number of disturbing descriptions of the way that humanity has descended
into chaos as it literally feeds on itself. Take the following example of a group of the
"bad guys" that the father and his son see:

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An army in tennis shoes, tramping. Carrying
three-foot lengths of pipe with leather wrappings. Lanyards at the wrist. Some of the
pipes were threaded through with lengths of chain fitted at thir ends with every manner
of bludgeon. They clanked past, marching with a swaying gait like wind-up toys. Bearded,
their breath smoking through their
masks.

The description goes
on to describe how after these soldiers come the women, lots of them pregnant, and then
a number of young boys kept as catamites for sexual purposes, all chained and being
dragged behind them. This is just one example of how humans have tried to survive. For
another you might want to remember how the people in the house kept humans in their
dungeon to feed upon.

Of course the other alternative is
modelled by the father and the son, and the family that the son meets at the end of the
novel, who try to survive by scavenging and finding food without resorting to
cannibalism.

Did the movie address the issue of trauma as effectively as the book?

I think that the movie did a good job of addressing the
issue of Dave's trauma throughout his life.  Eastwood's use of flashback, shadows, as
well as different lighting techniques brought out the struggle that Dave endures with
his past.  In the end, Dave's inability to fully confront his past and find a way to
make peace with it is what causes him to kill that night.  While he did not kill
Celeste, the fact that he was shut off from so many others and could not relate to
anyone else because of what happened to him is what causes him to be seen as
suspicious.  This misunderstanding might have been inevitable, but the fact that Dave
cannot articulate it to others fully or even to himself is something that was brought
out in the film.  At the same time, I think that the film did a wonderful job of
bringing out Jimmy's trauma at dealing with the loss of his daughter.  In the end, both
Jimmy and Dave demonstrate an inability to fully address their own pain and suffering in
psychologically productive manners.  They both succumb to violence as a way of dealing
with their own pain.  The film brings this out nicely and offers a further note of
disquietude.  In the book, Celeste approaches Sean about the murder of Dave at Jimmy's
hands.  Sean promises to bring Jimmy to justice.  Yet, in the film, the pain of trauma
is evident as Celeste wanders in the crowd aimlessly.  Whereas some level of moral order
might be evident in the book's ending, the true nature of trauma as difficult to define,
yet whose presence is everywhere is brought out in the ending of the film, where Jimmy
and Sean's eyes meet with a smile across Jimmy's face, pointing at Sean.  While there
might be structure and order in their worlds, Celeste's is fragmented and without
recourse.  The film's ending seems to suggest that trauma never ends to a great extent. 
What plagued Dave now hovers over Celeste.  This might be one of the points of
divergence between book and film.

What are the four main sources of water pollution?

In the previous answers the four causes are pathogens.
organic and inorganic contaminants, macroscopic and thermal pollutants. Pathogens are
microorganisms that can cause and spread diseases. An example for this would be
eutrophication. When we use fertilizers and other substances on farmlands some of the
chemicals contaminate nearby water sources through run-off.  This causes the
phytoplankton in the water to grow rapidly and this leads to algal bloom. Algal bloom is
not good as it uses up all of the oxygen that is needed by the flora and fauna of the
water. It blocks the sunlight that might be needed for some photosynthetic plants and
organisms. The algae might even produce toxins that are very harmful and can affect any
animal that feeds on them. So that is one way the water can be polluted and dangerous
for consumption.

Organic compounds that pollute the water
include detergents, pesticides, fuels, and some types of industrial wastes
(organic).

Inorganic compunds would include industrial
inorganic wastes like sulphur dioxide which is emitted from industries. By-products of
industrial procedures fall in this category too.

Macro
means large. So macroscopic would be large types of debris. Oil spills are on large
scales. Shipwrecks are also in this category. Sometimes trash we dump on the street can
end up in the oceans and that would be a form of macroscopic pollution. Basically
pollution we can see.

Thermal pollution is caused mainly by
industries. Usually the temperature is increased due to the reaction of some chemicals
with the water. Chemicals like acid can release large amounts of heat when reacted with
water.

Examine whether function f(x,y)=x^2*y^2+1-4(x^2+y^2) has any stationary points?

A function has stationary points if and only if the
following equations are fulfiled:

df/dx = 0 and df/dy =
0

We'll calculate the partial derivative, with respect to
x, assuming that y is a constant;

df/dx = 2y^2*x -
8x

df/dx = 2x(y^2 - 4)

We'll
put df/dx = 0 => 2x(y^2 - 4) = 0

We'll set each
factor as zero:

2x = 0

x =
0

y^2 - 4 = 0

y^2 = 4
=> y1 = 2 and y2 = -2

We'll calculate the partial
derivative df/dy, with respect to y, assuming that x is a
constant:

df/dy = 2x^2*y -
8y

df/dy = 0

2y(x^2 - 4) =
0

2y = 0 => y3 = 0

x^2
- 4 = 0

x^2 = 4

x2 = 2 and x3
= -2

We'll get 5 stationary points:(0,0) ;
(2,2) ; (2,-2) ; (-2,-2) ; (-2,2).

What is considered as the frequently used tool in research?

Surveys are a commonly used market-research tool used to
collect information, ideas and opinions from consumers. They can be distributed in
person, by mail or online. When completed in person, respondents generally do not
include their names on surveys to preserve anonymity. Surveys questions have a variety
of formats, from short answer and multiple choice to true or false. Oftentimes,
companies offer incentives like coupons, free products or gift certificates to
respondents.

One-on-one
interviews can be held over the phone or through web video conferencing software. A
company representative speaks with a customer to get honest feedback about everything
from product pricing to product design.Companies use focus groups to help determine the
most effective marketing messages to send to potential customers, select flavors for
products, develop pricing, select packaging and even to assist with naming products and
services. Focus groups are also formed after a product is released to get feedback from
a group of individuals who represent the target market. Focus groups are similar to
one-on-one interviews, except that they typically include a group of 6 to 10 people.
Participants are asked a series of questions by a facilitator who moderates the
discussion.

Blogs
and social networks give consumers an opportunity to express their opinions without a
survey or interview. Customers are more willing to share their true feelings about
brands, products and ideas through these networks, so it's important that businesses use
these sites as a tool for market research. Company blogs provide consumers with a way to
provide businesses with immediate feedback on the information they post by leaving
comments or replying to polls.Social networks like Twitter offer search features that
also allow companies to browse for customers or potential customers that mention their
products.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, when Mr. Ewell is asked if he is the father of Mayella, why does he respond in this manner, and what does it imply?Mr....

I think that, for the most part, Bob is trying to bring a
bit of unsophisticated and disrespectful levity to the very serious matter of a rape
trial. Bob's answer is meant to be funny although it is certainly no time for joking
around with Tom's life on the line. Perhaps more importantly, his humor is an insult to
his late wife; the statement seems to be questioning whether--joking or not--Bob is
actually the father of Mayella. The implication is that Bob's wife may have been
cheating on him, and that Mayella is not his biological daughter. Bob seems to be saying
that if Mayella's mother was still alive, he could deal in some matter--probably
physically--with the situation of her possible infidelity. His statement leaves this
possibility open, though I tend to think it was just a crude joke on Bob's
part.

What are some similarities in the movie The Shaggy Dog and The Metamorphosis?Similarities in behavior, actions, thoughts ... I know some, but I...

What an interesting task!  One of the most striking
similarities, to me, is that even though the human turned into an animal/bug, he
retained his human thoughts, memories, and sensibilities.  The Shaggy Dog still loves
his family, and wants to everything to work out for all of them, just as Gregor does in
the story.  In both cases, this sense of humanity is helped by the first person
narration in The Metamorphosis and the fact that the movie/story is
told from the dog's point of view.  If I recall correctly, the man/dog is at times
telling the story.

Another similarity is how quickly the
men adapt to their new physical forms and the special abilities that come with that new
form.  Gregor quickly learns how to walk properly and how to use his jaws to grasp
things.  The dog enjoys the speed of his movement while running, and how "easy" the dog
has it.  Both Gregor and the Shaggy Dog get used to their new
diet.

One significant difference between the two stories is
how calmly accepting Gregor is of his changed state of being.  He never questions why
this happened or seeks help in returning to his former form.  The Shaggy Dog, on the
other hand, is shocked by the change and while coping in the day-to-day as best he can,
is ultimately looking for an understanding of what happened to him and a resolution to
the problem. 

You could explore the information at the
links below to help you brainstorm other topics the two works may have in
common.

How does Borachio change during the course of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing ?

One change we witness in Borachio is that he becomes
repentant and remorseful for his deeds by the end of the play.

When we
first meet Borachio, we see that he is as depraved a character as Don John. We see him
act as a spy for Don John, reporting that Claudio intends to marry Hero and that he
overheard Claudio and the prince agree that the prince will court Hero on Claudio's
behalf and give her to Claudio. Borachio tells Don John this with the hopes that they
can use it to double-cross both Claudio and the prince, as we see in Don John's lines
concerning Claudio, "That young start-up hath all the glory of my overthrow. If I can
cross him any way, I bless myself every way" (I.iii.55-57).

First
Borachio and Don John try to trick Claudio into believing that Don Pedro has broken his
word and is actually courting Hero for himself. But, when the results of that ruse do
not last long, Borachio comes up with the plan to seduce Margaret into appearing in
Hero's bedroom window with Borachio while he calls her by Hero's name, leading Claudio
to publicly shame the real Hero. However, when Borachio learns that Hero has died from
the shock of her accusations, Borachio feels extremely remorseful, believing that he
deserves to die for his wrongdoing, as we see in his
lines:

My
villainy they have upon record, which I had rather seal with my death than repeat over
to my shame. The lady is dead upon mine and my master's false accusation; and briefly, I
desire nothing but the reward of a villain.
(V.i.228-232)

Hence, we see
that while Borachio started out to be as depraved a character as Don John, wanting only
to serve Don John's own selfish gains, Borachio later becomes remorseful. He repents his
actions, blames himself and Don John for Hero's death, and wishes to be punished by
death for his villainy.

How does the final paragraph of the essay "A Modest Proposal" contribute to Swift's rhetorical purpose?

The final paragraph of Swift's "A Modest Proposal," first,
serves the usual purpose of a final paragraph in an essay by providing the conclusion. 
He summarizes the benefits of his proposal, for
instance:

• it's for the public
  good


• will advance
  trade


• will provide for
  infants


• will relieve the poor of their
  poverty


• will give some pleasure to the
  rich

Beyond that, the final paragraph
establishes that the speaker is not making this proposal so that he can profit
financially from it.  He has no children that are not already too old, and his wife is
past child-bearing age. 

In general, in addition to these
specifics, the paragraph contributes to the irony of the piece, as well as the humor. 
The speaker presents his proof that he is not trying to get rich off of his proposal as
if it is a serious proposal, continuing the irony used throughout the
piece.     

Identify a few factors that increase the solubility of solids in a solvent and why do they affect the dissolving rate?

There are many factors that affect the solubility of
solids in a solvent. Some of them
are:

• Temperature:

Solubility
varies with the inter-molecular forces between the particles of the solute and the
solvent. A change in temperature changes these forces. This makes solubility of solids
in a liquid dependent on the temperature. It is usually found that increasing
temperatures increase solubility and vice
versa.

• Structure of the
  solute:

Compounds with the same chemical
composition can have different phases. These determine the shape of crystals of the
compound and the intermolecular attraction. The solubility for two allotropes with the
same chemical composition can vary to a large extent. Solubility is also dependent on
the size of the particles being dissolved and the amount of disorder in the particles.
An increased disorder increases
solubility

• Presence of other compounds in the
  the solvent:

The presence of other chemical
compounds affects the solubility of solids. This can be due the fact that the
intermolecular space between the solvent molecules is occupied by the other compound and
also due to chemical interactions between the impurities and the solid that is being
dissolved.

Provide an example in which Twain uses weather as a motive and a contributor to the mood in this novel.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by...

In Mark Twain's American classic, The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn, weather is certainly employed to
portend the danger in which Jim and Huck find themselves in the company of the King and
the Duke.  And, nefarious as they are, the King and the Duke use the weather as an
excuse for their own selfish motives, investigating the
raft:

Towards
night it begun to darken up and look like rain; the heat lightning was squirting around,
low down in the sky, and the leaves ws beginning to shiver--it was going to be pretty
ugly, it was easy to see that.  So the duke and the king went to overhauling our wigwam,
to see what the beds was
like.

The two men, who
represent life on the road (and sometimes a raft) in which innocents are taken advantage
of and just about anything can happen, also exploit Jim and Huck by sleeping in their
beds and telling them that they must keep watch on the raft. As they do so, Huck and Jim
are nearly killed by the storm by being struck by lightning or by being swept off the
raft.  Huck narrates,

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The waves most washed me off the raft,
sometimes....the lightning was glaring and flittering around so
constant....

How does literary anti-style and first person narration help convey meaning in The Catcher in the Rye?Please use examples and quotes

I think that the style of first person narration, and its
presence of anti- style, helps to bring out the major themes of the novel and in
Holden's character.  The fact that he opens with the critique of "David
Copperfield" style of narration reflects this first person narration style. 
It is personal, and allows the reader ti enter into the mind of the protagonist, able to
know everything that is processed in his mind and how he perceives reality.  At the same
time, this anti- style helps the reader to understand that one of Holden's major traits
is one that embraces anti- establishmentarian ideas.  It is through the style of
narration that the reader understands Holden to be an anti- hero.  This is not the type
of character who sees his story as one where social redemption becomes the driving force
or who seeks to embrace a traditionally transcendent view of being in the world.  This
is something that can be fully grasped through the style of narration and the content
within it.  In the literary anti- style via first person narration being offered, I
think that Salinger is able to bring out both thematic elements through the manner of
display.

In The Kite Runner, Amir recognizes the Talib as Assef. How and why do you think that Assef's experience in jail caused him to join the Taliban?

Assef was a brutal bully with sociopathic tendencies even
as a young teen in the opening chapters of The Kite Runner. He
worshipped Adolf Hitler and hated the Hazara, and when the Russians took over
Afghanistan and jailed many of the upper class, he grew to hate them as well. When Assef
was terrorized in prison, he only learned to hate the Russians even more. The rise of
the Taliban became the perfect outlet for him. The Taliban despised Russians, Americans
and the Hazara--a trifecta that fit Assef perfectly. He wanted payback for his treatment
by the Russians while in jail, and he never forgot his threat of revenge against
Amir--now living in America. Unchecked murder and ethnic cleansing fit Assef's nature,
and his intelligence and leadership ability probably helped his rise in the Taliban
ranks.

Which is greater 15% of 380 or 25% of 210?

Let us calculate the values of each percent then compare
the results.

First we will calculate the values os 15% of
380.

==> 15% of 380 = 15*380 / 100 =
57.

Now we will calculate the values of 25% of
210.

==> 25% of 210 = 25*210/100 =
52.50

Now we will compare both
numbers.

We notice that 57 is greater than
52.5

Then, we conclude that 15% of 380 is
greater than 25% of 210.

Why is Nick Carraway made the narrator in The Great Gatsby?

Through Nick Carraway as the novel's narrator, Fitzgerald
achieves numerous literary purposes. Here are a few of the most important
ones:

1. In structuring the novel in Nick's retrospective
point of view, mystery and suspense are created. Whatever happened in the summer of 1922
continues to haunt Nick and was responsible for his returning from the East, even though
he had intended to stay and pursue a new career. Also, the mysteries of Gatsby's
character are solved slowly throughout the novel; readers learn the truth about Gatsby
as Nick uncovers it, one piece at a time.

2. Nick functions
in the novel as an "outsider," a Midwesterner who finds himself living among the wealthy
in a culture very foreign to him. He soon becomes drawn into the personal lives of
Gatsby, Jordan, and the Buchanans. He is both observer and participant, but Nick does
not lose his own identity, which is grounded in Midwestern values; instead he becomes a
moral contrast to the others and the voice of morality in the
novel.

3. The novel's major theme is developed through
Nick. His ultimate contempt for Tom and Daisy and his going home to the Midwest express
the novel's condemnation of the corruption of the American Dream as represented by the
moral corruption of the Eastern establishment upper
class.

4. Nick serves as a functional character in the
plot, also. He serves as the means to bring Daisy and Gatsby together. He has a history
with Daisy, he lives next door to Gatsby, and he falls into a relationship with Jordan
Baker, Daisy's friend who was present during Daisy's love affair with Gatsby in
Louisville. Fitzgerald positions Nick in these ways to arrange the reunion between
Gatsby and Daisy and to become a party to their secret summer affair so that he can
relate and interpret Gatsby's feelings for readers.

Nick
Carraway tells the story but also plays a very significant role in it. He is a major
character in developing the plot, structure, conflicts, contrasts, and themes in the
novel.

Why does Miss Havisham invite Pip to Satis House?

The correct answer why Miss Havisham wants Pip to visit
her at 'Satis House' is found in
Ch.7.

Mrs.Joe
Gargery, Pip's sister tells her husband Joe,

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`She [Miss Havisham]
wants this boy [Pip] to go and play there [Satis House]. And of course he's going. And
he had better play there.'

When
Joe asks her how Miss Havisham came to know of Pip, she replies that Pumblechook who was
a tenant of Miss Havisham recommended Pip's name to Miss Havisham when she asked him if
he knew of some boy who could amuse her by coming to Satis House and play
there:

Isn't
it just barely possible that Uncle Pumblechook may be a tenant of hers, and that he may
sometimes -- we won't say quarterly or half-yearly, for that would be requiring too much
of you -- but sometimes -- go there to pay his rent? And
couldn't she then ask Uncle Pumblechook if he knew of a boy to go and play there?
And couldn't Uncle Pumblechook, being always considerate and
thoughtful for us -- though you may not think it, Joseph,' in a tone of the deepest
reproach, as if he were the most callous of nephews, `then mention this boy, standing
Prancing here' -- which I solemnly declare I was not doing -- `that I have for ever been
a willing slave to?'

In "Same Song" by Pat Mora what images help you see what the son is doing?

When we think of imagery, we are talking about visual
images that are created by appealing to the five senses. An image helps us to imagine
what is being described in our own minds. Note how Mora does this in her excellent poem.
We can picture the son by such details as his "jog" in the "cold dark" and as he strains
"lifing" weights and seeks to "expand" his muscles. There is a strong visual element in
this excellent poem that also partly appeals to our sense of touch as we can feel the
"cold" weather that he nevertheless jogs through and exercises in. The imagery allows us
to picture her son engaging in these activities, and likewise "frowning" into the
mirror, thus reinforcing the impact of her poem as we lament a society that creates
youths who are unhappy with themselves.

What california law passed in 1943? How did it affect papa and other isseis?in farewell to manzanar

The law that was passed in California in 1943 (the one
that is relevant to this book) said that isseis (the Japanese who were actually born in
Japan and then came to America) could not hold commercial fishing
licenses.

This was hugely important because Papa and many
other isseis had owned fishing boats.  If they could not have a commercial fishing
license, they could obviously not be fishermen any more.  This led to Papa staying in
camp as long as he could since he no longer had anything to do once he got
out.

In "To Build a Fire," what point does London make by contrasting the dog and the man?

Well done for noticing the way that, throughout the tale,
the man and the dog are contrasted to each other. Of course, the central contrast seems
to be the way that the man is ruled by judgement and the dog by its instinct, which is a
form of intuition that the man has lost log ago. Note what the text tells us about the
dog and how he reacts to the cold, compared to the rational approach to the cold that
the man adopts:

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The dog did not know anything about
thermometeres. Possibly in its brain there was no sharp consciousness of a condition of
very cold such as was in the man's brain. But the brute had its instinct. It experienced
a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man's
heels, and that made it question eagerly every unwonted movement of the man, as if
expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire. The dog had
learned fire, and it wanted fire, or else to burrow under the snow and cuddle its warmth
away from the air.

Note the
way that they are contrasted here. The dog senses the danger of the situation and
desires to follow its all important instinct to look for warmth, whereas the man refuses
to recognise the danger inherent in the extreme cold, though he is able to use a
thermometer and give a precise reading of the temperature. London is clearly showing the
way that, in this situation at least, animal instincts are superior to human judgement
and that we ignore such instincts as nature gave us at our
peril.

what is the character sketch of touchstone in As you like it?

Touchstone is a fictional
character in  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare">Shakespeare's
play  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_You_Like_It">As You Like
It. Touchstone is a natural fool in the court of Duke Frederick.
Throughout the play he comments on the other characters and thus, contributes to a
better understanding of the play. Touchstone falls in love with a dull-witted goat girl
named Audrey. William, an oafish country boy, makes clumsy attempts to woo her as well,
but is driven off by Touchstone, who threatens to kill him "a hundred and fifty ways."
Eventually Touchstone marries Audrey, but a prediction is made that the relationship
will not last.

Touchstone is often anachronistically
thought to be a witty or clever fool. However, it is referenced often in the text that
he is a "natural" fool ("Fortune makes Nature's natural the cutter-off of Nature's wit",
"hath sent this natural for our
whetstone").

In Shakespeare's
Clown,  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Wiles&action=edit&redlink=1">David
Wiles suggests that  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Armin">Robert Armin played the
part of Touchstone in the first productions of  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_You_Like_It">As You Like
It (145). The addition of Armin to the  title="Chamberlain's Men"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamberlain%27s_Men">Chamberlain's
Men in 1599 and the character of Touchstone marked the beginning of a series
of court fool characters; these characters differed greatly from earlier  title="Shakespearean fool"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespearean_fool">Shakespearean
fools because their humour is mainly derived from the fool's wit and
intellect. The earlier fools of this period were often nothing but
stooges.

In what ways does the monster leave Victor messages on his journey in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein?

As Victor continues his pursuit of the creature in Mary
Shelley's Frankenstein, sometimes he only survives the day of
journeying, he reports, by looking forward to his sleep and
dreams:

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During the day I was sustained and inspirited by
the hope of night: for in sleep I saw my friends, my wife, and my beloved country; again
I saw the benevolent countenance of my father, heard the silver tones of my Elizabeth's
voice, and beheld Clerval enjoying health and
youth.

As Victor continues on
his arduous path, he does not speak again to the monster, so he doesn't know what the
creature is thinking as he forges his way ahead, but the fiend begins to leave taunting
messages behind for Victor:

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Sometimes...he left marks in writing on the
barks of the trees, or cut in stone... 'My reign is not yet over' ...; 'you live, and my
power is complete. Follow me; I seek the everlasting ices of the north, where you will
feel the misery of cold and frost to which I am impassive [impervious]. You will find
near this place, if you follow not too tardily, a dead hare; eat and be refreshed. Come
on, my enemy; we have yet to wrestle for our lives but many hard and miserable hours
must you endure until that period shall
arrive.'

The message,
probably as the creature intends, fuels Victor's hate and drives him on. Ironically, on
one hand the creature leaves food for Victor, but on the other, he seems bent upon
destroying Victor's soul. At another point in Victor's
journey:

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“Prepare! your toils only begin: wrap yourself in
furs and provide food; for we shall soon enter upon a journey where your sufferings will
satisfy my everlasting
hatred.”

The creature
provides Victor with advice so that he will survive the climate ahead. Victor's survival
also guarantees the creature's satisfaction at seeing Victor struggle and suffer. It
appears that the creature want nothing more than to taunt his
creator.

These messages renew Victor's purpose to find and
destroy the hated being that he foolishly created. While he is haunted by memories of
the past in his dreams, he remains focused on the task at hand. He travels through all
kinds of terrain until he finally reaches the northern climes. It is
here that his path will finally intersect with Walton's, the ship's
captain; it is with Walton that Victor has been telling this
tale.

How does Margaret Atwood’s “Death by Landscape” build secrets, silences, and mysteries into the narrative?

This impressive short story by Margaret Atwood contains
one central mystery that is explored and resolved through the flashback of Lois to the
loss of her childhood friend, Lucy, in the Canadian wilderness. The strange and
mysterious disappearance of Lucy in the wilderness, with no signs of her remains ever
being found, is something that impacts Lois profoundly in the rest of her life. Note
what we are told towards the end of the story as we return to the adult
Lois:

She was
tired a lot, as if she was living not one life but two: her own, and another, shadowy
life that hovered around her and would not let itself be realised--the life of what
would have happened if Lucy had not stepped sideways, and disappeared from
time.

This experience has
affected her so much that after Lucy's disappearance she never wanted to go "to any
place with wild lakes and wild trees and the calls of loons." However, in spite of this
deliberate avoidance of the wilderness, within herself she is always listening for some
kind of "echo," presumably referring to the voice of Lucy. It is only at the end of the
story that she reconciles her loss of Lucy and the wilderness that is within her by
finding Lucy in each of the paintings that hang on her
wall:

Everyone
has to be somewhere, and this is where Lucy is. Sheis in Lois's apartment, in the holes
that open inwards on the wall, not like windows but like doors. She is here. She is
entirely alive.

Thus the
mystery of the text is resolved, as by finding Lucy in each of her paintings Lois
acknowledges the importance of the wilderness in her own life and is able to reconcile
herself to both the loss of Lucy and the wilderness element that exists within
her.

A 2.0L helium tank at a pressure of 15.0 kPa in a room kept at 22 degrees Celsius is used to blow up balloons....A 2.0L helium tank at a pressure...

There is a helium tank which can withstand a pressure of
15 kPa and has a volume of 2 L. It is kept at a temperature of 22 degree Celsius. The
balloons have a capacity of 2 L and can withstand 0.15 kPa without exploding. We need to
determine the maximum number of balloons that can be blown using the gas in the
tank.

We can apply the Ideal Gas Law to solve this problem.
The law gives the relation : P*V = n*R*T , where P is the pressure, V is the volume, n
is the amount of substance, R is the gas constant and T is the
temperature.

I assume the temperature of the gas does not
change when it is filled into the balloons.

The maximum
pressure that the balloon can withstand is 0.15 kPa and it has the same volume as that
of the tank. The reduction in pressure increases the volume of the gas. When the
pressure becomes 1/100, the volume becomes 100
times.

Therefore the gas can be used to fill 100 balloons.
The correct option is A.

What is the importance of the family in the state.

One role of the state (by which I mean the government) is
to try to ensure that society will remain stable and prosperous.  It is in this way that
the family is important to the state.  The family is one of the basic building blocks of
social stability and prosperity.

Families are the major
source of socialization for children.  It is the family that teaches children what
society expects of them.  If the family did not raise children to be basically law
abiding and productive, there would be more social problems and less stability than
there are now.

Being in families also tends to help
adults.  Adults in families are more content with their lives.  Because of this, they
are much less likely to go out and commit crimes or otherwise make trouble.  They are
also more likely to be mentally stable enough to hold jobs and do well at those
jobs.

In these ways, the strength of the family supports
the society as a whole.  This means that families are important to the
state.

What would be a good thesis statement for an argumentative essay on the customs (or traditions) in "The Lottery"?

Much of this is going to be dependent on what has been
taken away from the short story as the most meaningful elements.  On one hand, I think
that an interesting take on customs or traditions can be how they can operate as
pretenses for abuse.  The village tradition or ritual is a veil for abuse and cruelty. 
Jackson's short story resonates when contrasted with other traditions that are not
questioned nor repudiated after analysis and reflection.  Consider the reaction of Old
Man Warner when confronted with the idea of removing the
lottery:

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During the time it takes to complete the
drawing, Mr. Adams notes that some towns have started to talk about doing away with the
lottery. Old Man Warner, participating in his seventy-seventh lottery, snorts at the
idea and says that would only cause
trouble.

I think an
interesting exploration would be of how tradition sometimes becomes accepted without
question or thought.  In this process, tradition can become a pretense for abuse
perpetrated at the hands of one person or a group of people over a silenced
voice.

Describe the setting of "Night Sounds", a poem by Carolyn Kizer, and how the setting supports the feelings of the speaker.

Carolyn Kizer's poem, "Night Sounds" takes place at night
when the subject of the poem is trying to sleep. This is the
setting.

There is darkness and moonlight (prevalent
imagery), which bring about her recollections of time she spent with her husband or
lover. The poem speaks to what was and what is. The relationship is over, and though the
setting—her bedroom—is the same, and the darkness and moonlight are still there, what
has changed—besides noises she now hears that she did not before—is
his presence. Awake in her bed, the speaker is able to look more honestly at her time
with her departed lover. She recalls that even when they were together, there was a
distance that separated them emotionally—a wall he had built. Now that he is gone, the
distance is not only emotional, but also physical, supported (again) by the isolation of
the night.

The setting of darkness seems to reflect the
speaker's emotional state. There is a coldness in the moonlight; aloneness surrounds
her; her bed is empty, "no heavy, impassive back to nudge with one foot." She can hear a
dog's "hollow cadence" traveling through the night which adds to her sense of emptiness.
In her isolation, she faces a night "tinged by terror or
nostalgia."

The setting of darkness in the night supports
the theme of loneliness experienced by the poem's speaker.

Do presidential campaigns differ from campaigns for other offices that are less visible, powerful, and prestigious?

Presidential campaigns in the US absolutely differ from
campaigns for other offices.  There are many types of differences.  Here are three major
differences.

• Presidential campaigns are much
  longer.  It is now about one year and eight months until the next presidential
  election.  It is almost one year until the primaries start.  Even so, we already have a
  pretty good idea as to who will run for the Republican nomination and people have been
  preparing their bids for at least a year
  now.


• Presidential campaigns cost much more.  Because
  presidential campaigns are longer and must be national, the amount of money that they
  spend is many times more than that spent for even the most expensive of other
  races.


• Presidential campaigns are much more scrutinized
  by the media.  The presidential campaign is big news everywhere.  Presidential
  candidates' every move and every word is raked over by everyone in the news media and
  the blogosphere.  By contrast, a senatorial race may attract some amount of coverage in
  the local papers and a House race may not even get that much
  attention.

These are three of the major
differences between presidential campaigns and others.

What implications does the following statement have on literature: "Philosophers have interpreted the world so far, the point is to change it."This...

The statement helps to bring the Praxis idea of Marxist
philosophy into greater focus.  The idea within Praxis is the bridging of theory and
practice, that theoretical constructs are only validated when there is some actual
understanding of practice to go along with them.  For example, Marxist notions of
alienated labor mean little if individuals cannot apply these theoretical ideas to the
real world and alter those conditions.  For the thinker who believes in a sense of
Praxis, or merging between theory and reality, the quote holds much in way of
implication regarding nature and literature.  A very interesting application of the
quote's ideas can be seen in the American Social Realist movement of the 1930s.  As the
Great Depression took a strong hold in America, artists felt the need to depict what
they saw as racial and economic injustice in their work.  This brings to light the idea
that philosophical inquiry holds importance, but must be linked to the experience of
individuals in order to hold relevance.

What was T.J's relationship with his friends in in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?I know that his relationship with his new friends didn't go well...

T.J. Avery is one of the least likable characters in
Mildred Taylors novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. His behavior
angers the Logans, who are still among his best friends. When he deservedly receives a
failing grade for cheating in Miss Logan's class, he reports her to the white
administrators, lying about the situation. He lures Stacey to the Wallace's store,
getting Stacey in trouble in the process. His lies continue, alienating most of his old
friends. He eventually joins up with the Simms' in the hope of getting rich quick, but
he finds out too late that they are only using him. Disloyal and deceitful, T.J.'s
behavior proves to be the polar opposite of that of the other African-American
characters.

Identify the soliloquy of Macbeth in Act 4, scene 1, in Shakespeare's Macbeth, and analyze it.

I assume that you are referring to the speech Macbeth
makes at the end of Act Four, scene one, in Shakespeare's
play, Macbeth, when Macbeth decides how he will proceed with the
new information he has received, specifically from Lennox regarding
Macduff's flight to England.

By going to England, Macduff,
a good and decent man who loves his country, is branded a traitor—Macbeth knows that
Malcolm is in England enjoying the hospitality and protection of Edward the
Confessor.

Macbeth's speech is delivered as an "aside," so
that no one else on stage can hear him, but the audience knows what he is thinking.
Macbeth first comments (as he personifies time, as "anticipating") that "Time" knows
Macbeth's plans already. He admits that putting off one's actions never brings about the
results someone wants. He promises that from this time on, if he conceives a plan, he
will act on it—carry it out—instantly.

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[Aside.] Time, thou
anticipatest my dread exploits.

The flighty purpose never
is o'ertook

Unless the deed go with it. From this
moment

The very firstlings of my heart shall
be

The firstlings of my hand. And even
now,

To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and
done…  (IV.i.61-65)

Macbeth
intends to start joining his thought and actions right now. Macbeth
plans to surprise and seize Macduff's castle and its occupants, and then kill anyone in
there at that time: Macduff's wife, his children and his servants—anyone that can be
connected to Macduff in any way. We see in this that Macbeth has truly gone mad —killing
not Macduff, but his family—just to punish Macduff's rejection of Macbeth as
his King, as well as the true King of
Scotland.

The
castle of Macduff I will surprise,

Seize upon Fife; give to
the edge o’ the sword

His wife, his babes, and all
unfortunate souls

That trace him in his line.
(168-170)

Macbeth promises
that he will not "boast" foolishly about what he intends to do, but
will carry out this deadly deed before he has a chance to think about it or before his
temper cools down. He wants no more visions, now; he just wants to strike
quickly.

No
boasting like a fool;

This deed I'll do before this purpose
cool.

But no more sights!–Where are these
gentlemen?

Come, bring me where they are.
(170-173)

The witches' second
set of predictions have given Macbeth a sense of invincibility—but it is a "false sense
of security," as Hecate had hoped. Macbeth is just as committed to his purpose as ever
before. He believes no one can touch him.

how many liters of water containing a sodium concentrate of 0.050% sodium by mass must be ingested to consume more than 2.4g of sodium per...

This problem involves percent concentration by
mass. 

You have a solution that is 99.95% water and 0.050%
sodium by mass.  

First, you need to weigh a liter of your
solution.  Let’s say your solution weighs
1000g. 

1000*0.9995=999.50g of water per
liter

1000*0.00050=0.50g of sodium per
liter 

To find the number of liters you need to consume to
ingest at least 2.4g of sodium, simply divide 2.4 by 0.5 to get 4.8 liters of
solution.

When looking to create a solution, use this
formula for percent concentration by mass: mass solute/mass
solutionX100.

Hope this helps!

With what emotion does the speaker first greet the raven in "The Raven"?

The moment when the speaker meets the Raven occurs towards
the middle of the poem, specifically in the following two
stanzas:

Open
here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there
stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance
made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady,
perched above my chamber door -
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my
chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into
smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the
countenance it wore.
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven,
thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering
from the Nightly shore -
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's
Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven,
"Nevermore."

Basically, the
words "beguiling my sad fancy into smiling by the grave and stern decorum of the
countenance it wore" mean that the speaker feels curious at the "attitude" of the raven,
and it makes him laugh (or smirk, smile) how the raven looks so serious, dignified, and
regal considering that he is "just a bird".

Therefore, the
emotions that the speaker first feels when he greets the raven are curiosity, mixed with
a bit of empathy, if not sympathy, for this animal who chose to enter his home only to
look down on him as if he were a bringer of something
supernatural.

In The Iliad, does Achilles know that he has been dipped in the River Styx and that he is invincible except for the spot on his heel?

The various legends concerning Achilles' invulnerability
are wildly contradictory. The most famous relates to his mother, Thetis, dipping him
into the River Styx but failing to fully submerge the heel by which she held him--thus,
the Achilles heel legend. Other tales relate that Thetis bathed her son in ambrosia and
then burned him with fire--also creating an invulnerable state. Other stories, including
Homer's The Iliad, mention that Achilles was wounded more than once
in battle, which would seem to rebuke the invulnerability aspect entirely. In any case,
there seems to be no mention that Thetis told her son of this special condition, and
Achilles' ferocity in battle appears to be due to his boldness--not because of a
knowledge of his own invulnerability.

Why was the Bull Moose Party formed?

The basic reason why the Bull Moose Party was formed is
that Theodore Roosevelt wanted to get elected president in 1912.  He was upset with the
way that the Republican Party had gone after he left office in 1908 and he wanted to run
against President Taft.

Roosevelt was the first of the
progressive presidents.  When he was planning to leave office in 1908, he picked William
Taft as his successor.  He believed that Taft would continue his progressive policies. 
However, Taft's presidency did not go the way TR wanted it to.  Although Taft did many
progressive things, he did not satisfy TR.  Among other things, he fired one of TR's
proteges, Gifford Pinchot, a staunch conservationist.  Most historians argue that Taft
really was no less of a progressive and they say that TR's main motive for opposing Taft
was ego.

So, the Bull Moose Party formed because TR
disliked what Taft had done and he wanted to be president again.