In reference to Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, I have to write a creative piece regarding how another pilgrim feels about the Wife of Bath.I have...

In Chaucer's Prologue to
The Canterbury Tales, the author introduces several of the members
of a group on a holy pilgrimage to the Canterbury
Cathedral.

The Wife of Bath is one of the most memorable,
not only for the tale she tells, but also for the manner in which Chaucer describes her.
In terms of the opinion of the other travelers, Chaucer presents
himself as one of the group.

The Wife
seems well-accepted by everyone. Chaucer describes her as "worthy." This is the clue
that provides the positive way in which he perceives the woman: it is based not on her
appearance but on her character. She is not terribly attractive (she has a gap-toothed
smile  and is rather wide); but she does not believe that beauty is the most important
asset a woman can have. She is a larger-than-life character who speaks her mind. She is
also a successful business woman.

She has been married five
times...

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"...all at the church door, Apart from other
company in youth..." (lines
458-459)

...(we assume she
has buried five husbands), and she is looking for a sixth. She is a realistic woman who
enjoys being married; it is often asserted by experts on The Canterbury
Tales that the Wife is "lusty wench." She knows all about love: she knows how
to play the game, but is also a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/proponent">proponent of
matrimony, offering herself as an example. And for this purpose, the moral of her tale
asks which is more important: a beautiful wife or a passionate
wife?

The Wife is a holy and devout woman, and has been so
all her life. She is first in line at mass, has visited the Holy Lands three times, and
has joined this holy pilgrimage to pay homage to Thomas Becket, martyred by his king at
the Canterbury Cathedral.

Of all the pilgrims, the Wife of
Bath is one of the most memorable, and according to Chaucer, a fellow-pilgrim, she is a
worthy and pious woman.

If you have to choose a specific
character to describe the Wife, I would select the Knight. He is also a good man and
honest man; he has proven himself repeatedly on the battlefield, but he is humble.
Having just arrived home, his first priority is to go on a pilgrimage to give thanks to
God.

Just home
from service, he had joined our ranks / To do his pilgrimage and render thanks. (lines
73-74)

The Wife of Bath's
value as a good person would best be seen through the eyes of a good
man.

Do you think the 'Anger' of the protagonist in "Look Back in Anger" is justified?Please help to analyse the title "Look Back in Anger"

Jimmy Porter is his author's mouthpiece in the play, a
young university graduate whose anger is a characteristic response to his world around.
Jimmy suffers from a deep sense of alienation from his society where he finds no more
causes to live with, no maningful role to play. His university degree has just landed
him up with the sweet-stall that he runs with his friend, Cliff. Real power and all
opportunities are reserved for the upper classes or the Establishment. His wife Alison,
the daughter of a retired Colonel and the sister of a Sandhurst alumnus-turned- Member
of Parliament, is cool and unenthusiastic, aloof and engaged in cleaning, ironing,
making tea. Jimmy is angry with her for he fails to break through her unwillingness to
feel deeply even during sexual intercourse with her husband. Alison keeps "sitting on
the fence'' unwilling to make a full commitment to her real
emotions.

Jimmy is  angry towards those he loves, for
example,Alison and his parntner-cum-friend Cliff, because they refuse to have strong
feelings, and with those who smugly assume their places in the  power structure without
caring for others. He lashes out in anger because of  his helplessness, his hopelessness
that "nothing has changed". When he was a  ten year old boy he saw his father dying from
wounds received while fighting for democracy in the Spanish Civil War. We hear Jimmy
say, "You see, I learnt at an early age what it was to be angry—angry and helpless. And
I can never forget it.''

Jimmy pours out his
strong invectives and abuses against Alison's mother who most crudely opposed her
daughter's marriage to Jimmy. He abusively refers to Alison's brother Nigel. Jimmy also
attacks institutions like the Church and the Press; shows class hatred to Alison's
actress friend Helena. His anger is profuse and multi-directional, born of a serious
identity crisis, a pathological/sexual  anguish, a sense of being betrayed and subdued
by the society.

John and Mary run. Jon and Mary is complete subject or simple subject?It's a grammer question. Thx!

"John" and "Mary" are each simple subjects -- subjects
without any words describing them. In order for it to be a complete subject, there would
have to be modifiers. If the sentence said "Big, hairy John and sweet, pretty Mary run,"
that would be a complete subject. In fact, it would be two complete
subjects!

Here, though, you have no modifiers. Don't be
fooled by the fact that the subject includes more than one word. You can have a simple
sentence with two subjects, like this one.

Think about it
like this: this sentence is like two sentences squished into one. "John runs." "Mary
runs." In those sentences, there's no doubt that the subjects are simple. Those subjects
haven't changed in your sentence, so they are still simple
subjects.

Discuss "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" based on Animal Farm.

I think that the basic idea of how power can be a
corrupting influence would have to be seen with Napoleon in the early stages of the
farm's control.  Orwell describes how both Napoleon and Snowball are able to assert
control, but that there was something inherent in the former's character that made him
almost predisposed to coveting power.  It is in this element that the notion of absolute
power corrupts absolutely is highly evident.  Napoleon views power as a way to reflect
his own identity, or his own "cult of personality." Similar to Stalin, Napoleon views
power as an extension of himself and his own identity.  Accordingly, as his faith in
himself increases, so does his power.  It is here where the notion of corruption is
evident.  Napoleon views control as essential to ensuring that his power is
unquestioned, and his ability to consolidate it is reflective of his desire to maximize
total influence over the direction and affairs of the farm.  Accordingly, his use of
forced confessions, forced loyalty amongst the animals, and the basic premises of not
being questioned in any way is what makes him embody the idea that power corrupts in an
absolute manner.

What makes the death of Okonkwo meaning (courage or coward) in Things Fall Apart?

From my point of view, I think we are meant to see
Okonkwo's suicide as an act of cowardice. Although you could argue that his death is
also an act of rebellion against the injustice of the British, the act runs completely
contrary to the beliefs and mores of the Ibo people. For this reason, it is an act of
cowardice.

His suicide is also the final act of
Okonkwo's tragic flaw as a character that we see throughout Things Fall
Apart: his near obsession with not appearing weak in the eyes of
others.

What would scholars say who argue that the First Nations were influential in creating a founding constitution for the United States?A. Benjamin...

If you have a textbook or class reading that is guiding
your answering of the question, I would refer to that as the first authority.  Your
instructor might be expecting the answer that is there over anything else.  I would say
that all of the answers feature a bit of limitation.  With this in mind, I think that
the answer for B is probably the one I could most support.  Both A and B are very
similar in terms of how the Native American political writings impacted Franklin and
other founding fathers.  Yet, based on the contours of the answer prompts, I like B the
most because of chronology.  We know that the French and Indian War took place between
1756 and 1763.  The colonists actively supported the British in this contest.  For his
part, Franklin argued that support of the British and unity amongst all colonists would
be critical.  It is for this that his "Join or Die" cartoon was written.  He aligned
himself with the English and therefore would not have been supportive of the Native
American cause at the time.  There is little to indicate that Franklin and the other
framers were writing against the British rule during the French and Indian War as
dissatisfaction with England began to percolate after it.  This rules out letter A, in
my mind.  Along those lines would be the argument suggesting that Franklin already
possessed an understanding of the Iroquois ways as early as 1744, when at the Treaty of
Lancaster signing, Franklin was conscious of Native American political
ideals:

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Historians including Donald Grinde... have
claimed that the democratic ideals of the Gayanashagowa provided a significant
inspiration to Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and other framers of the United States
Constitution. Franklin circulated copies of the proceedings of the 1744 Treaty of
Lancaster among his fellow colonists; at the close of this document, the Iroquois
leaders offer to impart instruction in their democratic methods of government to the
English.

For this,
I think that B is the best answer.

Please summarize Keats' "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer."

John Keats(1795-1821) the English Romantic poet was the
son of an ostler-a person who looked after the horses in a stable. He had a rudimentary
school education and never went to university. Nevertheless, he was fascinated by
ancient Greek classical poetry. The only way he could read Homer's epics was in an
English translation.

George Chapaman (1559-1634) the
Elizabethan poet and dramatist had translated Homer's epics into English. In October
1816 Keats read this translation throughout the night and then wrote the sonnet "On
First Looking Into Chapman's Homer." The Petrarchan sonnet expresses Keats' intense joy
and amazement on reading the great epics of Homer in English for the first
time.

"deep-browed" refers to the intellect of Homer.
Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" are the seminal works of western literature which continue
to influence writers even today.

"demesne" is a medieval
word meaning 'domain.' The word reveals Keats' love for all things medieval and colours
the poem with an archaic tinge.

In the octave Keats,the
reader and lover of poetry, compares himself to an explorer who has travelled far and
wide and that in the course of his voyages he has heard of Homer's famous 'domain' but
that he couldn't visit it and experience its beauties till he had read the English
translation of Chapman.

In the sestet he gives us two
analogies to describe his joy on reading Chapman's "Homer." Firstly, he remarks that he
was as thrilled as an astronomer who discovers a new planet and secondly, he was as
delighted as when the explorer Cortez discovered the Pacific
Ocean:

Then
felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his
ken;
Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
He star'd at the
Pacific — and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise
—
Silent, upon a peak in
Darien.

In "Soldier's Home," what is there about the routine at home that alienates Krebs?

Clearly one of the central struggles that Krebs faces as
he returns to his "home" is the pressure that he is placed under to conform and to get a
job, marry and settle down and then his own desire to avoid any form of responsibility
and commitment. It is this above all that makes Krebs feel alienated and isolated, as he
finds it incredibly difficult to truly care and to become attached to others after his
experience of war. Note what the narrator tells us about
him:

He did
not want any consequences. He did not want any consequences ever again. He wanted to
live along without
consequences.

Note how this
description of Krebs emphasises, through repetition, how tired and exhausted he is
emotionally, and how desperate he is to avoid any form of commitment. The pressure that
he is placed under to get a job and make something of his life, and how he is compared
unfavourably to others, such as Charley Simmons, by his mother, likewise adds to this
pressure. They are expecting him to conform and to "settle down" to a life that Krebs
cannot relate to.

Find the area between the curve 3x^2-4x and the lines x=1 and x=2.

The area between the curve 3x^2 - 4x and the lines x=2 and
x=1 is the definite integral for the curve between 1 and
2.

Let us determine the
integral.

==> F = Int (3x^2 - 4x) dx = Int (3x^2 dx
- Int 4x dx

==> F = 3x^3/3 - 4x^2/2 +
C

==> F = x^3 - 2x^2 +
C

Now we will determine F(1) and
F(2).

==> F(1) = 1-2 +c = -1 +
C

==> F(2) = 8 - 8 + c =
c

==> Then the area is given by
:

A = F(2) - F(1) = c -(-1+c) =
1

Then the area between the curve and the
lines is 1 square units.

Determine using calculus dy/dx if y =arcsin x/(1-x^2)?

Since the given function is a fraction, we'll apply the
quotient rule to determine the first derivative.

(u/v)' =
(u'*v - u*v')/v^2

We'll put u =
arcsinx

du/dx = d(arcsinx)/dx =
sqrt(1-x^2)

We'll put v =
(1-x^2)

dv/dx =
d(1-x^2)/dx

dv/dx = -2x

Now,
we'll differentiate the function:

dy/dx =
[(1-x^2)sqrt(1-x^2) +
2x(arcsinx)]/(1-x^2)^2

The first derivative
of the given function is: dy/dx = [(1-x^2)sqrt(1-x^2) +
2x(arcsinx)]/(1-x^2)^2.

For the musical, Les Misérables, what elements of the music, such as the tempo, influence the historical characteristics of the play?

Though written and directed more than a decade later, the
musical, Les Misérables, written and produced
in 1985, is very reminiscent of the rock music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber for Jesus
Christ Superstar in 1971. The composer for Les
Misérables, Claude-Michel Schonberg, used similar
chords, tempo, and electronic instrumentation that Andrew Lloyd Webber used to make
Jesus Christ Superstar so famous.

Though the play
is set during the July French Revolution of 1830 and the student-led uprising of 1832,
the Webber-like rock music and tempo gives the play a modern flare that has made it one
of the best loved musicals of today, as well as the third longest running Broadway
production.

The tempo runs from slow and dark to moderate and dark and
serves to emphasize the story line and the dark historical period. The prologue can be
characterized as slow and dark, while songs like "At the End of the Day" can be
characterized as moderate and dark.

Other elements in the music also
serve to set the historical time period. For instance, in the beginning of the prologue,
one can hear the chime of bells, reminiscent of historical church bells. The sounds of
the orchestra, particularly the brass section, also lend a classic tone that shapes the
allusion to the historical period. However, in the prologue, and in much of the music,
you can also hear an electric keyboard that adds a modern flare and is reminiscent of
the rock music Andrew Lloyd Webber used in Jesus Christ Superstar
that made the play so famous.

Respond to the following statement about Stalinization and WWII. "Stalinization, if tragic, represented a successful policy of modernization that...

I would have to agree with this statement.  Stalinization
was undeniably tragic for the Soviet Union.  At the same time, however, the ability of
the Soviets to withstand the German invasion of 1941 was due largely to the changes made
under Stalin.

When Stalin came to power, the Soviet Union
was economically and technologically backward.  Under Stalin, modernization drove
forward at a relentless and even brutal pace.  Stalin did not care if people died in the
process; all he cared about was becoming more industrialized and
modernized.

By the time the Germans attacked, the Soviets
had managed to industrialize to a great extent.  They had enough industry to turn out a
great deal of war materiel, including a tank superior to the Germans' tanks.  This would
not have been possible (and the Soviets would not have been able to resist the invasion
as well as they did) had it not been for Stalin's brutal pushing of
modernization.

In Alas, Babylon, Randy’s discussion with Malachi reveals Randy’s attitudes towards black people. What are they?

In Alas, Babylon, Randy Bragg has a
very close working relationship with his neighbors, the Henry family.  They live on the
old, renovated slave quarters at the edge of his property.  Missou comes in regularly to
do Randy's housework before the Day, and post-Day, Randy includes the Henry family in
the big steak cook-out, his news and plans, and helps them with supplies when needed. 
By all accounts, Randy has shown himself to be an open-minded man in his fair and
inclusive treatment of his black neighbors. 

However, in
chapter eleven when the men plan the ambush to catch the highwaymen, Malachai interrupts
Randy's cleverly devised plan to use the grocery truck and suggests himself as the
driver. 

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"Randy was furious, but he held his voice down. 
'Let's not get everything screwed up now. Get in, Malachai"
(266). 

Randy's automatic
dismissal of Malachai's idea reveals a remnant of racist thinking in Randy's character: 
he does not value Malachai as being able to contribute to the plan and discredits his
idea as wasting time.  Malachai stands his ground, however, and explains
himself:

"It's
your face. It's white.  they're more likely to tackle a black face than a white face. 
They see my face they say, 'Huh, here's something soft and probably with no gun'"
(266).

Even then, Randy
struggle with whether to trust Malachai to this important task; he doubts his ability to
be quick-thinking enough to convince the highwaymen.  Only after the Admiral encourages
Randy to go along with Malachai's plan, does Randy relent.  In the aftermath and
following Malachi's death, Randy reevaluates his old prejudiced reasoning and honors
Malachi's sacrifice.

What is the climax of M. Butterfly?

The climax of the play M. Butterfly
occurs in Act 3 Scene 2 when Gallimard confronts Song after Song has stripped
in court and revealed that he is in fact a man.  In the previous scene, Song has told
the court how he was able to fool Gallimard for so long into believing that he was a
man; Song also reveals all the secret information that he was able to get from
Gallimard.  In Scene 2, Gallimard confronts Song--he is angry because he says that he
truly loved his Butterfly and he was betrayed.  Song tries to coax Gallimard, but now
that he is just a man, Song no longer has any power of Gallimard.  Gallimard banishes
Song from his life and comes to the realization that he is no longer like Pinkerton from
the Madama Butterfly opera; he now relates to Cio-cio san who gave
her life to love her partner.

How and Why is Nick different (more specifically not selfish) from all the other characters in The Great Gatsby? What keeps him from being like...

Nick is different for two reasons:  his upbringing (i.e.
his Midwestern roots) and the fact he had nothing "preying" on him as Gatsby and so many
other rich people of Long Island did.

Nick has not been
corrupted by growing up around old money (or even new money) in the Northeast.  Instead,
he begins the novel by reporting the advice he was given from his
father:

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Whenever you feel like criticizing any one ...
just remember that all the people haven't had the advantages that you've
had.

(Compare that with what
is going on when we first meet Gatsby:  a wild and reckless Roaring Twenties type of
party.)  This quote at least semi-confirms his good upbringing.  True, James Gatz
attempted a similar upbringing for Gatsby, but did not succeed.  Obviously Nick's father
made a true impression on his son.  In fact, the only reason why he approached the East
at all is that after returning from the war,

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Instead of being the warm center of the world,
the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe--so I decided to go East
and learn the bond
business.

Big mistake, dear. 
Ha!  You'll notice, of course, that by the end of the novel that Nick flees back to the
Northwest to escape all of the despicable corruption he
observed.

There is a quote from Nick in the very first few
pages of the novel that highlights my second reason:

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It is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust
floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the
abortive sorrows and shortwinded elations of
men.

Gatsby's obsession with
Daisy preyed upon him.  Gatsby was, therefore, corrupted as the rest of the society
was.  Daisy's shallow upbringing preyed upon her and created a shallow person searching
desperately for security.  Tom's upbringing in the midst of wealth only served to
elevate his pride and arrogance in the midst of old
money.

Even though Nick has a fleeting moment of
infatuation with Jordan, Nick has been far too rooted in the sound, just values of the
Midwest to have much "prey" upon him at all.  Although many consider him to be an
unreliable narrator, I simply think of him as a just man trying to make sense of it all
and fleeing back to uncorrupted safety.  If you note how the other "selfish" characters
are "preyed upon" in the paragraph above, you will see just how different Nick handles
the same situations.

Congrats, sweet little Nick, for
avoiding corruption!

How is conflict dramatically represented in King Lear?

One way in which conflict is presented in this excellent
tragedy is through the storm that rages throughout Act III as Lear wanders around on the
heath. This storm could symbolically represent a number of different aspects of
conflict. Of course, primarily it could be argued to represent the conflict and inner
turmoil that Lear himself is experiencing. Note how at the beginning of Act III scene 2,
Lear appeals to the storm to become stronger and destroy all in its
path:

Blow,
winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!

You cataracts and
hurricanes, spout

Till you have drenched our steeples,
drowned the cocks!

.... Strike flat the thick rotundity o'
the world!

Crack nature's moulds, all germens spill at
once

That makes ingrateful
man!

This clearly represents
the inner conflict within Lear as he tries to reconcile the way that he has been treated
with his increasing loss of control as madness sets in and his own guilt at the way that
he exiled his one true daughter.

However, note too how it
could be said to reflect the conflict that is tearing Lear's kingdom apart. The storm
reflects the "division" that is evident in the kindom that Kent alludes to when he talks
to the Gentleman in Act III scene 1.

How can I make my teaching style more student-directed and what is the best way to motivate the kids, particularly, seniors? I teach physics in...

I have 29 years in the NYC Dept. of Education and am a
science educator. As for motivating students, you have to try to do experiments in
science so that the learning is meaningful. Hands on activities are always the most
memorable. Even in a city, I have taken my kids outside to go bird-watching, look at
ecological succession, weathering and erosion. Give the students workshop projects to
collaborate on,  in a team. If you have a school library and computers, give the
students clear guidelines and a rubric on how you are going to grade them, and let them
research, write up and present their topics to their classmates. Stress that the
environment is friendly during presentations, and that this is excellent practice for
college or a career. Have students practice their public speaking skills. It is a
confidence booster. Try to learn what resources are available in your city, whether it
be a successful person in the field who wants to give back by presenting to your class,
museums, science facilities and local colleges, all are available to be taken advantage
of by your students. Let students use technology to learn by creating their own
powerpoints, brochures, digital photography, etc. There is no limit to what you can do.
Try to relate physics to their everyday life. Students are interested in race cars and
sports and these things can be related to physics easily. These are just a few
suggestions. Good luck.

In stoichiometry, why is it neccessary to convert quantities to moles rather than compare grams?

In stoichiometry, we look at chemical reactions from the
point of view of the quantitative relation between the reactants and the products. In
any chemical reaction the number of atoms of elements that make up the compounds that
are reacting is the same as the number of atoms of the elements that make up the
products.

In analyzing chemical reactions it is the number
of atoms of the compounds that is of relevance, not the mass of the chemicals
themselves. This follows from the fact that different compounds have different masses
and the same mass of two compounds is not likely to contain the same number of molecules
or atoms.

This makes it essential to convert quantities
from grams to moles. The number of molecules or atoms in a mole is the same for all
compounds. Once we have arrived at the number of moles of different compounds that are
undergoing a reaction, we can easily determine how much of any compound would be left
unreacted, what is the exact reaction taking place, etc.

2 * tan(x)^2 - 1 = 0, solve for x between 0->2pi2 * tan(x)^2 - 1 = 0 2 * tan(x)^2 = 1 tan(x)^2 = 1/2 tan(x) = +/- *sqrt(2) / 2 Lost from here!

2tan^2 x -1 = 0

==>
2tan^2 x = 1

==> tan^2 x =
1/2

Now we know that tanx =
sinx/cosx

==> tan^2 x = sin^2 x/ cos^2
x

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

Now we know that cos^2 x = 1- sin^2
x

=> sin^2 x / (1-sin^2 x) =
1/2

==> 2sin^2 x = 1- sin^2
x

==> 3sin^2 x =
1

==> sin^2 x =
1/3

==> sinx = +-sqrt(1/3)
=

==> sinx =+-
0.5774

==> x1 = +-35.26
degrees.

Describe the 'Employment Acts in the UK (1963, 88, 89) in general?Please, describe the 'Employment Acts' in general, and not a seperate...

The Employment Act of 1963 was an act passed in the UK
Parliament which is the American equivalent of modern labor laws requiring the "2-weeks
notice". This act aimed for two goals: To give an employee enough notice prior to firing
them so that the employee can find another job or transition easier, and also it is the
first act which established that all the details about one's expected duties are
supposed to be written down and specified under
contract.

The EA of 1988 was also an act passed in the
Parliament but this one was directed to Trade Unions. In this Act, union members are
explained what are their rights, what the funding will be used for (in case dues are
collected) and how they will represent the employee. This will ensure that all
transactions and negotiations done within the organization are done within parameters
and under control.

The EA of 1989 is an amendment of the
Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 and its aim is to create jobs that are available for both
sexes, and with job descriptions that are applicable for anyone to apply. This act also
protects the rights of pregnant employees, limits the work hours of people under 18, and
allows for employees to be trained for work
purposes.

Concisely, the EA acts of 1963, 1988 and 1989 in
general were acts passed by the UK Parliament to ensure the rights of workers, and trade
unions. The Acts enforced the use of specific detailing in contracts, delineated the
duties of worker unions, and assured equality in job descriptions so that everyone is
equally considered for jobs. The importance of the Acts is that they protect the worker
and the unions from unfair and illegal labor practices. IT workers should know these
indicators to ensure that they do not discriminate against sex, creed, ethnicity or
religious preferences when it comes to selecting who will work as part of an IT team. IT
personnel is often stereotyped just because their ability to use technology, however,
many IT students may have their own theories as to who they feel would be fit to do the
same tasks. These acts ask us to not stereotype, and to allow the very complex IT jobs
to be tried by everyone, equally. You never know what a person can do unless they try it
first.

Is Nature a dominant theme in Romantic Poetry?answer in detail

While, broadly speaking, nature is a dominant theme in
Romantic poetry, it is more important to examine what these poets are saying about
nature and how they use it.  Romantic philosophy was a response to the Enlightenment and
Rationalism and the scientific and technological advances it brought.  Romantics
believed that logic and reason could no longer solve life's problems and, in fact, were
creating more.  As such, Romantics sought to restore man's relationship with nature. 
They saw nature as something pure and uncorrupted and, therefore, almost spiritual. 
Most Romantics believed that humans were born pure and good and that society corrupted. 
Nature, therefore, became a symbol of life without society, a truly good life.  Nature
becomes a place where one can go to reflect and comtemplate the many questions of life,
a place where one can find solace and happiness in its purity.  While most Romantic
poets do write about nature, some also write about life in the city.  However, these
poems tend to be much more dark and emphasize the idea that society corrupts. 
 

For an illustration of these ideas consider Wordsworth's
"The World Is Too Much With Us in It."  Throughout this poem he seems to be chastising
mankind for losing their connection with nature and becoming much more caught-up in
things like consumerism.  He ultimately rejects such a society in favor of a much more
simple past culture (Ancient Greece), where nature is appreciated and celebrated.  Also
consider Keats's "When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be."  Throughout this poem Keats
lists the various worldy fears he has, using references and comparisons to nature,
ultimately to state that when he experiences such anxiety all he must do is go out into
nature and think until all of these fears "to nothingness do
sink."

Examples like these are abundant in Romantic
writing, and I would encourage you to examine the poems you are studying to find
examples that connect to these ideas.

Consider the following scenario:After overhearing from a public telephone what appeared to be arrangements for a drug transaction, a police...

The answer is unclear.  It may be yes or no, depending
upon several factors.

First, the search of a closed
container within the passenger compartment of a car is NOT the same as the search of the
car itself.  The suspect here consented to a search of his car.  Arguably that consent
does not extend to the search of closed containers in the car.  Consent will be an
issue, and it is likely to go in the suspect’s
favor.

Second, the search could be justified as a search
incident to lawful ARREST.  Except there’s a problem with that justification.  The
suspect isn't UNDER ARREST in the fact pattern.  Your professor will take a very dim
view of your adding facts to his/her fact pattern, to say nothing of the fact that
without the drugs, the officer may not have adequate evidence to actually arrest the
suspect.  (I think we can all agree that the traffic stop itself was pretextual, lawful,
but probably does not give the officer the power to arrest the
suspect.)

Third, and probably most important, the officer
could try to justify the search because he had probable cause to believe that the
suspect was transporting narcotics.  He would base this probable cause on the
conversation that he overheard.  Overhearing a conversation while in a place that is
open to the public, that a member of the public could have overheard, IS NOT an illicit
search in itself.  This evidence could be the basis for probable cause and probable
cause would give the officer a basis to search the container in the car.  So the officer
would then have the suspect’s consent to search the car and his own probable cause to
search the container within, making both searches lawful.  The ultimate question will
be:  Was the overheard conversation adequate to give the officer probable cause to
conduct a search of the suspect’s vehicle AND ANY CONTAINERS
THEREIN? 

If the probable cause is lacking, the consent
likely does not extend to the container and the search will not pass Constitutional
muster.  Hence, any evidence recovered will be inadmissable due to the exclusionary
rule.

describethe mental and physical conditions of speaker at the beginning in the poem. what is he trying to forget?the raven

It seems as if he is grieving, trying to forget a loss of
a person. His mental state seems to be in that place between sleep and wakefulness as he
lets us know it is late at night, he is nodding, and nearly napping and it seems he's
into a book (one of the best ways many of us fall asleep). He is in front of a fire,
likely very warm, and his body quite comfortable in an easy chair although his mind is
not at all at ease.

You mention the beginning of the poem.
The whole poem is certainly about trying to forget someone who has passed, but the
beginning does use the word "forgotten" in reference to lore. Lore means ancient
literature or books. He may have been reading something that many have forgotten. His
intention in reading was to help him forget his sorrow, sorrow for the loss of someone
named Lenore.

How does the narrator of the short story "Everyday Use" change throughout the story and what brings these changes about?

The narrator of Alice Walker's short story, "Everyday
Use," is the mother of two daughters, Maggie and Dee (a.k.a. Wangero Leewanika
Kemanjo).  In the beginning of the story, Mama seems to primarily feel sadness for her
Maggie, who is the youngest and is badly scarred from a house fire ten or twelve years
ago.  By the end of the story, Mama's tone suggests that she feels pride, rather than
sorrow, for her youngest child.

Throughout the course of
the story, Dee returns to her family home and attempts to take possession of all of the
family heirlooms she can find, even though she does not appreciate the true beauty of
them.  Dee does not see the value of the labor and love that went into each piece;
instead, she feels that she deserves to own them because she believes herself to be
superior to her mother and little sister.

When Dee becomes
angry at her mother for refusing to give her quilts that are promised to Maggie, Mama
recognizes the ability of Maggie to produce something just as beautiful from her own
handiwork.  Maggie does not intend to view the pieces as art, but as what they were
intended, which is a mindset that pays true tribute to the integrity of the quilts and
the history of their origins.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout said, "He ain't company, Cal, he is just a Cunningham." What did she mean by that, and what was Cal's answer?

In a novel that is largely about the falseness of
prejudice, so to speak, Scout's views of Walter Cunningham (and, by extension, his
family) are highly significant. 

Saying the Walter does not
qualify as "company," Scout is implying that the popular view of the Cunningham's as
nothing more than poor may be expanded to also suggest that the family should not be
counted and do not belong in the category of "real
people."

Scout's statement is an example of "classism" or
class discrimination. Calpurnia's response is that Scout should not put herself (or her
humanity) above that of others. 

This opposed pair of view
points resonates with many other episodes of prejudice being challenged in the novel.
Boo Radley is pre-judged by many in the community, but turns out to be quite a different
person from the prevalent, gossip-driven view of his
character.

Thus the novel's examination of race prejudice
stands alongside its treatment of class prejudice, age prejudice and gossip-based local
prejudice.

The notion of empathy and subjectivity of
perspective is repeated throughout the novel and addressed directly on several
occasions.

The lesson Atticus gives to Scout can be said to
stand as a unifying thread that connects the various episodes of the novel and which
functions also as the moral of the book. 

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“First of all,” he said, “if you can learn a
simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never
really understand a person until you consider things from his point of
view—“

“Sir?”

“—until you
climb into his skin and walk around in
it.”

How does Fitzgerald use the characters of Tom and Wilson to criticise American Society in the 1920's?

In The Great Gatsby, Wilson is at the
bottom of the social and economic system and Tom is at the
top. 

One specific story line accurately demonstrates
this.  Wilson needs to buy Tom's car so he can resell it and earn money.  That's one
thing Wilson does to earn a living:  buy and sell cars.  Yet, when,
as well as if, this business transaction occurs is completely in the power of the
haves (Tom), rather than the have nots
(Wilson).  The man with the car possesses the power.  Apparently, the
discussion or negotiation concerning the car has been going on for some time.  Wilson
needs the deal to happen quickly, but Tom is taking his time.  When Wilson asks about
the car, Tom gets upset and says that maybe we should just forget the deal, then.  Tom
has all the leverage.  Wilson is at his mercy. 

Wilson is
the one who works even when he's sick so that he won't miss a sale, but Tom is the one
with all the power.       

Other aspects  of humankind are
ridiculed in addition to the social and economic, however.  One aspect of humanity that
serves as an equalizer in the novel is the foolishness of both Wilson and Tom.  In other
words, both Wilson and Tom are fools. 

Wilson is jerked
around by Tom, cuckholded by Tom, fooled by his wife, and, at least in part, suckered
into killing Gatsby by Tom.

Tom is as ignorant of Daisy's
affair as Wilson is of Myrtle's, he latches on to cliche, tired, irrational arguments
concerning race, etc., he rashly judges people and situations based on his own needs and
point of view, and he thinks he is always right.

Thus, both
public and private aspects of the Jazz Age are ridiculed in the
novel.

One shouldn't, of course, however, make the mistake
of assuming the novel only applies to the Jazz Age.  The novels criticism applies to us
and our age as well. 

How do I write a marketing plan for a supermarket business?

Supermarkets are actually very difficult businesses.  They
have small profit margins, but very high product turnover.  Supermarkets basically
survive by selling a lot of product and making a small profit on each item.  Competition
is fierce and the price differential slim.  A marketing plan should focus on getting
customers into the store, and hoping that they will buy more than one
item.

Since your question is a little vague, I would
suggest choosing a product for which the profit margin is a bit higher.  It might be a
product acquired at a larger discount than normal.  Then, you will be able to lower the
price and advertise a lowered price.  Since most people buy more than one item at a
supermarket, you can make a higher profit on other items the person buys but you have
given them the incentive to get into the story.

You can
create a display for the product, and include other items that are similar and have
higher profit margins near it.  Customers who came to buy that one product may also buy
the other.

Otherwise, general supermarket marketing is
fairly typical.  Generate colorful displays of products you want to sell fast.  Discount
items with high profit margins, and place impulse items, such as bakery items, fruit and
junk food, in aisles and next to the checkouts.

What racial and nationalistic ideas did the Nazis promote?

The Nazi Party was strikingly consistent in its
viewpoints.  It never really changed.  In a world where so much was changing, it was
disarming to see that Nazi consistency was the only bulwark.  After German defeat in
World War I and humiliation in the Treaty of Versailles, the Nazi Party constructed a
platform of ideas that put Germany first at the cost of others, or outsiders who were
deemed as "enemies" to a successful German state.  From its inception, the Nazi Party
believed in ideas that fostered this "insider" and "outsider"
mentality:

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...anti- Semitic, anti-monarchist and
anti-Marxist views, as well as believing in the superiority of Germans whom nationalists
claimed to be part of the Aryan "master race" (Herrenvolk).... [and] accused
international capitalism of being a Jewish-dominated movement and denounced capitalists
for war profiteering in World War
I.

This helped to
establish the basic ideology of the party.  Soon, this definition of "enemies" extended
to virtually anyone deemed to be an enemy or anyone who voiced opposition to Hitler and
the Nazi party.  This platform was advanced as the Nazis gained greater domestic power
in Germany and as Nazi expansion ended up nearly unifying all of Europe, threatening all
articulations of personal freedom in the process.

In Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, what is the difference between the Catherine that loves Heathcliff and the one that marries Edgar?

In Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights,
Heathcliff is "adopted" when Mr. Earnshaw (Catherine and Hindley's father) finds the boy
starving on the streets of Liverpool. Earnshaw and Heathcliff get along well, and
Catherine is very fond of him, too. The two youngsters spend a great deal of time
together growing up: while some people are frightened of the moors, Catherine and
Heathcliff find comfort there, each enjoying the company of the
other.

Hindley, though, is extremely jealous of Heathcliff
and the attention he receives, and he is nasty. Hindley beats Heathcliff as a youngster
and then Heathcliff holds it over Hindley's head, threatening to tell his father. It is
an unhealthy relationship. Hindley goes away to school, and when Mr. Earnshaw dies,
Hindley returns with a wife, and ownership of the Heights. From that moment on he makes
Heathcliff's life miserable.

Early on, until Catherine is
about twelve, she and Heathcliff have been devoted to each other. But Hindley's hand
in—and control of— Heathcliff's life takes its
toll.

Hindley's wife, at first thrilled with the Heights
and Catherine, soon becomes peevish. She develops a strong dislike
for Heathcliff. This is all it takes for Hindley to resume his torment Heathcliff. He
makes Heathcliff work with the laborers, bans him from associating as one of the family,
and he is no longer taught by the curate. When the Catherine and Heathcliff sneak off
together, upon their return she is punished with extra lessons, while Heathcliff is
whipped by Hindley. Every time they are caught, Heathcliff is
beaten.

One afternoon, Catherine and Heathcliff go to spy
through the windows at the neighboring home, Thrushcross Grange. While spying, the
Earnshaw "children" think the Linton children are foolish and ridiculous in their
behavior. Catherine is bitten by their dog. Though the Lintons are concerned for
Catherine, they are very rude to Heathcliff. He leaves, but Catherine must stay while
she recovers—for five weeks—and she grows to be friends with Edgar and Isabella. When
finally able to come home, she is a very different young woman: she has manners, has
been dressed in beautiful clothes, and been complimented excessively. She is more like
the Lintons and much less like Heathcliff.

This is when the
first Catherine disappears and the second one, who eventually marries Edgar Linton,
appears. She has no time for Heathcliff. His rough manners and behavior embarrass her.
While Hindley continues to abuse Heathcliff, he now has no support from
Catherine—he begins to change as
well.

Time passes and it seems that Catherine will marry
Edgar. While she speaks to Nellie, the housekeeper about this, she states that Hindley
has made it impossible for her to marry Heathcliff because of who he has become. Hearing
only this part of the conversation, Heathcliff sneaks quietly away and leaves the
Heights. What he does not hear is Catherine's confession, again,
that she loves Heathcliff very much.

With Heathcliff gone,
Catherine and Edgar marry—not that she is deeply in love with him. When Heathcliff
returns, he is educated, and a man of means (money). His childhood friend has changed
into a respectable young wife and their relationship is altered
forever.

Heathcliff is visiting with Catherine one day when
she is pregnant with her first child. She loses consciousness, gives birth and dies.
Heathcliff is devastated, and damaged beyond repair as a person. What he
might have been, he now will never
be.

In the book Brave New World, analyze John's character in all perspective (actions,behavior ...).

Brave New World is a novel of ideas
and themes, so it isn't too concerned with plot or character.  In some ways, John is the
central character of the novel, but really he isn't.  After
all, he isn't introduced until half-way through the
novel.

Here are some aspects to his role and
character:

Foil: John is a
primary foil for Bernard, the one who finds John and exploits him.  Both are idealistic
and naive in their attempts to change others and the status quo.
 Both are introduced by new worlds and change
accordingly.

Savage: John is a
"noble savage," as he is raised on the Savage Reservation.  His name comes from the
verse drama The Conquest of Granada by John Dryden.  Huxley bases
him on a combination of Caliban and Alonso from Shakespeare's The
Tempest.  He is part slave/savage like Caliban and part civilized Utopian
like Alonso.  After all, the title is taken from a The Tempest, Act
V:

O wonder!
 How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world!
That has such people
in't!

Christ-like
martyr: John is a son who is split between two worlds, the natural and
the supernatural.  He has two fathers, an earthly one and a mysterious other.  In the
end, he dies for the sins of others: for us, the readers, and for his father, the
Director.  He is meant to show us and the Director the extreme effects of both the
utopia and the dystopia.  In the lighthouse, his body is in the shape similar to that of
Christ on the cross.

Byronic / Tragic
Hero: John takes on aspects of both, but it's hard to classify him as a
classic tragic hero.  As a Byronic hero, he is "mad, bad, and dangerous to know."  He is
wounded by love, exiled for his beliefs, and rebellious against authority.  As a tragic
hero, he makes mistakes that lead to his death, namely participating in casual sex and
taking soma.

What is the tone of My Antonia by Willa Carther?

The tone of a work of literature is of course the attitude
of the author towards a subject, character or theme. The overwhelming focus of this
great pioneer work of American Literature is the frontier and the kind of hope that it
inspired in those who eagerly filled it with their dreams of a new life marked by
success and provision for their families. One of the distinguishing features of this
moving work is the many descriptions of the beauty of the frontier countryside. Note the
following example from Chapter Four:

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I used to love to drift along the pale yellow
cornfields, looking for the damp spots one sometimes found at their edges, where the
smartweed soon turned a rich copper colour and the narrow brown leaves hung curled like
cocoons about the swollen joints of the
stem.

There is evident in
such descriptions a tone of child-like wonder and innocence at the beauty of nature, and
thus we can describe this novel's tone as one of nostalgia, with the looking back that
is represented throughout this text being idyllic and nostalgic.

Can you analyze "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways?"WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

“She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways” is one of
Wordsworth’s “Lucy poems.” There is a debate about who Lucy was or who “Lucy”
represented. Fittingly (since we don’t really know who she was), the speaker describes
her as “A violet by a mossy stone/Half hidden from the eye!” With the exception of the
speaker (presumably Wordsworth), she lived, and died, unnoticed and loved by
few.

The poem begins with “She dwelt,” so we know right
away that Lucy is dead. She is described as physically isolated from the world and
generally unknown. This physical isolation and mystery could imply that Lucy is not
real. She is just an Ideal person from whom Wordsworth gets inspiration. For example,
the speaker also says she is as fair as one star shining in the sky. One star in the sky
is bound to be noticed by everyone. But I think the speaker is making a comparison that
she was not noticed by most people, but that he noticed her as if she were the only
thing noticeable.

The Lucy poems are written as if the
speaker has admired her from afar. Even if Lucy represented a real person, she also
represented an Ideal for Wordsworth. If she represented this Ideal concept of
inspiration and she died, then the speaker is lamenting the loss of his source of
inspiration. This could be general despair, nostalgia or even just a creative slump. The
consolation is that he has the memory of Lucy: the person or the source of inspiration
(Imagination).

What are the five basic themes of geography?

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but the five
basic THEMES of Geography are:

1. Location - the "where" a
place is with respect to other places, or its surroundings. This can include
measurements of longitude and latitude.

2. Place - what are
its physical attributes? What is its topography, are there rivers, mountains, streams,
etc.  What changes have humans made to the place, such as buildings,
etc.

3. Human-Environment Interaction - What effect have
humans had on the environment? Has that effect been positive or
negative?

4. Movement - How have people, goods, etc. moved
across the landscape? How have methods of communication been
employed?

5. Region - These can be formal, functional, or
vernacular.

A FORMAL region has clearly delineated
boundaries that are well known, such as city limits, etc.

A
FUNCTIONAL region is it connections. Delivery routes, judicial circuits,
etc.

A VERNACULAR region are perceived regions with no
clearly delineated boundaries--the Northeast, etc.

Hope
this helps.

the graphs of y=log[2]x and 2^y=x :a intersect in only one point b intersect in two points c are the same graph d do not...

The functions we have are y = log (2) x and 2^y =
x

2^y = x

take the log the
base 2 of both the sides

log (2)(2^y) = log(2)
x

use the relation log a^n = n*log
a

=> y * log (2) 2  = log(2)
x

log(2) 2 = 1

=> y =
log(2) x

This is the same as the other graph we
have.

The correct option is option c, are the
same graph.

What were some of the greatest achievments of the New Frontier?

John F. Kennedy's New Frontier had great achievements if
you are a liberal.  If you are a conservative, however, the things that Kennedy did with
this program do not seem like achievements.  This is because the major achievement of
the New Frontier was to increase the levels government services and benefits that were
given to Americans.

For example, the New Frontier programs
did such things as expanding the food stamps program and providing more in the way of
Social Security benefits.  The New Frontier increased the minimum wage and expanded it
so that it applied to more workers.  It also expanded unemployment benefits.  Finally
(in something that is a big political issue today) Kennedy gave federal employees the
right to bargain collectively.

To liberals, these are great
accomplishments because they increased the levels of what could be called social justice
in the US.  To conservatives, these were not so great because they simply increased the
degree to which the government interefered with the economy.

Why is Piggy so concerned about the conch?Why do you think Golding describes it here as so "fragile and white"? Lord of the Flies by William Golding

In Chapter Eleven of The Lord of the Flies
after the fire has been stolen, comes the climax in the confrontation of
Piggy and Ralph as representatives of civilization against Jack and his tribe.  Having
had his glasses stolen, Piggy tells Ralph that he is going to Jack and the others with
the conch and ask for his glasses back.  Ralph knows, too, that he must confront Jack
and attempt to restore order.  He holds out the conch to Piggy, who takes it with
pride.

Jack, knowing, too, "that this was a crisis,"
charges Ralph, who deals him a blow.  They face off, "unnerved by each other's
ferocity."  Piggy yells that he has the conch, and against the booing of the boys, he
lifts the "white, magic shell."  Then, Ralph tries to reason with the boys by asking
them,

"Which
is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things
up?"

But, Jack yells and
Ralph can no longer be heard. 

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By him stood Piggy still holding out the
talisman, the fragile, shining beauty of the
shell.

However, the talisman,
the conch, holds power over the boys no more as total anarchy has taken hold.  The
sadistic Roger, "with a sense of delirious abandonment," leans upon a level and sends a
pink granite rock upon Piggy, sending him to his death.  Jack bounds suddenly, screaming
wildly:  "There isn't a tribe for you any more!  The conch is
gone."

The conch, a symbol of civilization and order, has
been destroyed as Piggy, its blind worshipper and the voice of reason, is killed.  The
fragile order that Ralph and Piggy have established has been destroyed.  Symbolic of the
total anarchy, Roger advances upon the others "as one wielding a nameless
authority."

When Oedipus goes to Delphi, he consults the: A. riddle B. oracle C. mountainD. Corinthian messengerE. herd of Laius

The answer is B) Oracle of Delphi.  The other items are
tied to other elements.  For example, A) the riddle does not apply to Delphi, but rather
represents the Sphinx.  Oedipus does not consult a mountain at Delphi, as he is
searching for answers, the Corinthian messenger brings news, and does not possess
answers in his own right.  Oedipus' consultation of the Oracle at Delphi is the best
answer present.  The Oracle at Delphi is where guidance is given and where clarity is
sought.  It is als the vessel of the God Apollo, heightening its significance to
Sophocles' drama.  In Act III, we see Jocasta pray to the God Apollo to restore sanity
back to her husband and in the Prologue, Oedipus, seeking answers as king, sends Creon
to the Oracle of Delphi to determine why the citizens of Thebes are being subjected to
troubles that have overcome them.  In the end, the answer would have to be B) Oracle of
Delphi.

Discuss the role of the United States in Korea in the decade after World War 2.

After World War II, Korea was split into two nations,
North Korea ruled by Kim Il Sung and supported by USSR while South Korea was ruled by
Syngman Rhee and supported by the US. When Communist took over China, the U.S. started
to prepare for possible war in order to defend South Korea since it was a strategic
point near USSR. With US aid (sanctioned by UN), South Korea was able to push back the
North Koreans to the original divide line, however the US wanted to completely unite
Korea, threatening China’s national security. Thus, China sent troops to push the US
back to the 38th parallel again. This military stalemate proved detrimental to Truman,
especially after he dismissed General MacArthur, war hero of World War II and the Korean
War. Truman’s failed promises for a swift, democratic victory in Korea led to skepticism
towards Democratic solutions to the Korean War, the nuclear arms race, and the Cold War
in general. Thus, the Republicans were able to win the election of 1952 with Dwight D.
Eisenhower, who promised an end to the war through peaceful
means.

How can one describe the writing features of this novel?Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind

In a critical review written in 1936 by Malcolm Cowley in
The New Republic, Cowley calls Gone with the Wind "an encyclopedia
of the plantation legend":the white-columned mansion, the Aunt Jemima, the Uncle Joe,
the white-haired "massa," the Southern belle with her seventeen-inch waist, the darkies
singing over the hill as they go to the fields, the handsome rake, and, of course, the
Civil War and Reconstruction with the KKK and the Carpetbaggers and
Scalawags. 

While all of this chronology of the Old South
is contained in Mitchell's historical romance, there is also something splendidly
captivating about this novel.  Perhaps, it is Mitchell's undaunting courage to write
with, as Cowley terms it, "splendid recklessness" huge scenes that others would shy from
for fear of comparison to Dickens or Dostovesky.  Her talent of tying her narrative
together with certain motifs such as that of postponement--"I'll think about that
tomorrow"--and of heritage with the reverberating memory of Tara  make for a dreamingly
sentimental, but not maudlin, narrative that pulls the reader into many scenes. Truly,
there is a magnificence to the writing of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the
Wind that leaves the reader disappointed at having to leave its world when
the narrative is finished. 

What is the moral argument for the existence of God in Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis?

C.S. Lewis advances the moral argument for the existense
of God in the first part of his seminal book of Christian apologetics, Mere
Christianity, but not before defending the reality of the moral law itself.
That is, the moral law presupposes a Lawgiver. According to Lewis, the moral law
consists of the fundamental rules by which the universe and all who reside in it are
bound. Although much energy has been expended in debunking belief in an objective
concept of right and wrong, Lewis argues the moment the sceptic opines "It isn't fair"
he has defaulted to the authority of a superior moral law. Arguments about moral
conduct, namely, that one action is superior to another, take for granted that some kind
of higher law exists, one to which appeal can be made the world over. This truth having
been established, Lewis moves on to its origin, since, he avers, everything in the
universe had to have a beginning. Philosophers advance two theories for this: One is
materialist, the other religious. In the former, the principles governing the universe
arose by chance. In the latter, since morality throughout the history of the world
appears in the form of laws and codes, it stands to reason that it originated in the
conscious mind of a transcendent Lawgiver - God.

Where was the Battle of New York fought in 1776?

The Battle of New York was fought in the summer and fall
of 1776.  The main action of this battle took place on Long Island, in what is now
Brooklyn.  The battle ended with the British driving the Continental Army out of New
York.  However, the British failed to destroy the army.

In
this battle, the Continental Army was badly outnumbered.  However, Congress wanted them
to hold New York City so Gen. Washington made the attempt.  He put his forces on
Brooklyn Heights because that area could have been used to bombard the city if it were
held by the British.  However, because the British were so numerous, the Americans
lost.  They might have been trapped in Brooklyn, but the combination of fog, a rainstorm
and strong winds allowed them to slip across the river to Manhattan.  From there, the
Americans eventually withdrew up to Harlem, White Plains, and then into New
Jersey.

Why does Janie hate Nanny?

Janie 'hates' her grandmother because she feels that Nanny
is limiting her potential.  She doesn't exactly realize this at the beginning of the
novel, but Janie knows that she doesn't like the way her grandmother is always making
decisions for her.  Nanny chooses what she thinks is best for Janie, rather than
allowing Janie that opportunity herself.  Nanny wants Janie to marry into money so that
she doesn't have to work and she can be comfortable.  By the end of the novel Janie
realizes why she despises her grandmother's limiting demands when she finds real love
and it has nothing to do with money, wealth and prestige.  Janie loves her grandmother
because she is trying to protect her, but she hates her when she feels that she has no
choice in her own life.  Nanny is trying to protect Janie from having a hard life, but
that isn’t necessarily what Janie wants for herself.

How does Squealer justify the pigs' move into the farmhouse in Animal Farm?

You can find the answer to this question in Chapter 6. 
Basically, Squealer tells all the other animals that this move is necessary for their
own good.

The way that this is for the good of the other
animals is that Napoleon really needs to live in the house to be able to run the farm
well.  That will help the other animals because it will make their lives
easier.

Squealer also says, though, that Napoleon should
sleep inside the house because that is more dignified and the leader should have
dignity.

So Squealer justifies it partly on the grounds
that it will help the whole farm and partly on the grounds of how important Napoleon
is.

In The House on Mango Street, why in particular has Esperanza sought out the fortunteller, Elenita?

If we have a look at the vignette entitled "Elenita,
Cards, Palm, Water," we can see that Esperanza approaches Elenita with one specific
thing she wants to know, though at first Elenita tells her other things about her future
first before Esperanza reveals what the reason for her visit really is. She is told that
she will go to a wedding soon and that she will lose an anchor of arms, but it is then
that Esperanza asks her specific question:

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What about a house, I say, because that's what I
came for.

We see therefore
the way that a desire for a house and a desire to escape her present abode and the
community in which Esperanza lives dominates her thoughts and desires, as she is willing
to pay five dollars to consult los espiritus (the spirits) over this question. The
answer she receives, a "home in the heart," of course baffles Esperanza, yet by the end
of this great novel we see the truth and wisdom of these words, as Esperanza does
realise how attached she is to this community as she leaves it.

Why did the British suggest the partition of India?

The major reason for this was the fact that the Muslim
population in what is now Pakistan and the Hindu population in what is now India were
unable to figure out a way to live together in one country.  This, naturally, led to the
idea that the two areas should split from one another and form different
countries.

Please note however, that it was not the British
who first came up with the idea of separate countries.  This idea had been in existence
from at least the early 1900s.  Muslims such as Iqbal did not believe that they could
truly be an equal part of a country that was, in their minds, dominated by Hindus.  For
this reason, they started to suggest the idea of partition.  It is true that the British
created the commission that drew the boundaries and it was Parliament that passed the
law creating the two countries.  However, partition was not an idea that was originated
by the British.

What is the point of view of the black people in the balcony on the trial of Tom Robinson?If possible provide quotes...i have to write an essay.

This is a great question because the Negro community
doesn't have the advantage of telling you their side of the story. They aren't the
speakers in this book, so all we have to use to try to judge their point of view is
their actions.

Scout
narrated:

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Reverend Sykes came puffing behind us, and
steered us gently through the black people in the balcony. Four Negroes rose and gave us
their front-row seats.
(p.166)

Everyone
wanted to see this trial, the bottom was full, the balcony was full and their was
standing room only. Yet, out of respect for what Atticus was doing for their community
these 4 Negroes who likely arrived early just for the opportunity for front row seats,
gave them up for white children. That shows tremendous respect and
sacrifice.

In chapter
17,

The
Negroes behind us whispered softly among themselves; Dill was
asking Reverend Sykes what it was all about, but Reverend Sykes said he didn’t know. So
far, things were
utterly dull:

I
believe this quote shows that the Negroes kept their point of view to themselves, but
certainly had one as Atticus questioned Tate and Ewell about the progress to get a
doctor or not.

This is the best place I think you see their
true point of view.

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Mr. Ewell looked confusedly at the judge. “Well,
Mayella was raisin‘ this holy racket so I dropped m’load and run as fast as I could but
I run into th’ fence, but when I got distangled I run up to th‘ window and I seen—” Mr.
Ewell’s face grew scarlet. He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson. “—I seen
that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!”

So serene
was Judge Taylor’s court, that he had few occasions to use his gavel, but he hammered
fully five minutes. Atticus was on his feet at the bench saying something to him, Mr.
Heck Tate as first officer of the county stood in the middle aisle quelling the packed
courtroom. Behind us, there was an angry muffled groan from the colored
people. (pg.
175)

Obviously,
the colored folks were hurt and angered by the accusation they felt was not
true.

This is going to be hard to write about. Be sure to
point out that there is not opportunity given for interviews of the balcony in Lee's
book. All we have are gesture and this "muffled groan" to work
with.

Good luck!

Is Macbeth is about various forms of murder—distinguishing between honorable and dishonorable violence—a plea for peace and human...

In reading Shakespeare's Macbeth, I
believe that the story is about different reasons for killing:
distinguishing between honorable and dishonorable violence, but I do
not see it as a plea for peace and human
harmony.

There are a couple of reasons for my answer.
First, this story was written for James I of England (formerly James VI of Scotland) by
Shakespeare, to honor one of James' ancestors, thereby honoring James I. The motivation
in writing it had nothing to do with a plea for peace. Shakespeare
was a playwright whose professional successes depended primarily on the financial and
artistic support of the King. Shakespeare was not interested in politics: he was telling
a story—honoring the King's ancestor, Banquo. (Banquo is murdered but his son, Fleance,
escapes.)

The English (and all of Europe) at this time are
not unfamiliar with war. War seems to go on forever; and even though England is
presently at peace, after James I's reign, war will return relatively quickly. However,
at the time, there is no need to make a statement regarding peace and "human
harmony."

As Shakespeare does with many of his plays, the
facts have been rearranged somewhat for the sake of the art. Historically, Macbeth did
not actually murder Duncan (who wasn't really such a nice man), but
beat him in a revolt of Duncan's lords (against the King). Macbeth ruled for seventeen
years accomplishing many good things as King, as opposed to a short time portrayed in
the play. Malcolm did come to the throne after killing Mac Beth (as
he was called then) in battle. However, within the context of the
play as Shakespeare wrote it, it can be argued that the
play demonstrates that killing is justified under certain
circumstances.

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[Shakespeare's] plays reflect not only timeless
conflicts and resolutions, but a view of the Elizabethan
society.

Macbeth is a
murderer, guilty of killing a king. This was a mortal sin in the eyes of the Elizabethan
audience. They believed that God chose England's sovereign, and that as long as Macbeth
ruled, there was a disruption to the order of God's universe. This disorder would not be
corrected until Macbeth was removed from the throne. Macbeth traffics with witches,
another [religiously] offensive action to the
Elizabethans.

Macbeth is also guilty of other deaths,
orchestrated to protect his place on the throne. His kills his best friend Banquo and
the entire family of Macduff because the thane refuses to support the King. Macbeth is a
tyrant who should be punished in the eyes of the audience. They would have seen the
deaths of Duncan, Banquo and the Macduff family has dishonorable violence on the part of
Macbeth, and the attack of Malcolm and Siward against Macbeth as honorable
violence.

Describe the consequences of their actions in terms of 'power of goods/equipment seizure'?IMPORTANT NOTE - Relate the consequences to a student...

If you are referring about the consequences that IT
workers could face when taking away or breaking into someone else's lent or loaned
computer, then the consequences could be quite
harsh.

First, an IT worker is known for having the tools to
access someone else's equipment, where a lot of privileged information is kept. By
privileged information, we mean "private". Anything that is kept private by a person is
not to be accessed under any circumstance by anyone else, as it is stated in the
underlying moral codes that exist in our Bill of Rights and our
Constitution.

Second, the only way anyone in IT is allowed
to access people's private information in computers is with an order that warrants that
the investigation is in place, legal, and should
proceed.

Third, should an IT worker still crack into the
private information of another citizen, the citizen has every right to not only sue the
IT worker, but also to have the employer of the IT worker revoke his IT rights and
permissions, and advise other employers to refuse employment to the hacking
individual.

In a world in which codes and encryptions are
now the norm, special care has to be placed in regulating the rights of those who have
the power to decipher them.

As far as high school IT
students, their access to information and the way that they can obtain it might result
in a lot of temptation on their part to try and get to it. However, the consequences are
quite harsh. Most school district maintain a very strong policy against sharing
passwords, hacking accounts, accessing other people's e-mail inboxes, and/or spreading
hate mail via blogs and such. Consequences include termination of Internet access,
suspension, removal of computer equipment such as laptops, locking their school
accounts, detention, limitations of Internet access and even expulsion if the actions
were meant maliciously and breaking every code of Netiquette for which the students are
supposed to sign to comply.

What is the function of the final scene of Hamlet ?Please consider themes, Hamlet's behavior, the death of the major character, and the roles of...

Like the final scene of any play, the last scene of
Hamlet provides the resolution of all of conflicts of the play.
 This play's primary concern has been Hamlet's need to avenge his father's death by
Claudius.  In this final scene, Hamlet accomplishes his goal; unfortunately, that goal
is achieved as he learns that he too has been killed by the deadly poison.  What is
important to note in the final act is that before Hamlet goes into the fencing match
with Laertes, he tells Horatio that he has finally come to understand that we humans
can't control everything in our lives: "there is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough
hew them how we will."  Once Hamlet can give himself over to fate and a recognition that
all he can do is be READY to act, he actually frees himself to act -- something he has
not done throughout the play to any great degree.  This point is the conclusion of the
action vs. inaction theme.

Hamlet and Claudius's deaths
leave Denmark without a royal leader, hence Fortinbras's arrival is fortuitous.
 Hamlet's dying words to Horatio are that he "sets his election lights on Fortinbras."
 This means that Hamlet is handing his blessing on Fortinbras's take-over of the throne.
 It is Hamlet's one kingly act -- ensuring some stability to his kingdom (though a
foreign ruler could be problematic.)  Nonetheless, Fortinbras serves to provide a
closure to the state of Denmark at the end of the play. Osric is only a
messenger/courtier of the king, but Horatio's presence at the end of the play provides
Fortinbras and the people of Denmark with a justification for all that has happened in
the court this last day.  If Horatio weren't there to tell the WHOLE story, then it
would look like Hamlet went on a murderous rampage.  Horatio can reveal the mischief of
Claudius and Laertes, and explain the deaths of everyone on the stage. All of these
events leave all of the themes completed and all of the conflicts resolved;
unfortunately, it is a very bloody resolution.

What is the concept of The Mill on the Floss?

If we are looking for a central concept or theme to this
impressive work, I think it has to be an examination of the role of its central
character, Maggie Tulliver, and the way that she is always shown to be in opposition to
the wider society of which she is a part. The society in which she lives is constantly
shown to be conservative, restrictive and narrow-minded, and Maggie's stubborness and
the force of her character means that she is always at odds with it. Note how even as a
child this theme is indicated through the way in which Maggie definitely does not
conform to the image of a traditional girl. She is unkempt, messy and far too
intelligent, so much so that her mother despairs of her and her father doubts that she
will ever marry because of her intelligence. She is deemed to be "unnatural" by her
parents and it is wondered how she will ever find a place for her in
society.

As she grows up she has definite ideas about her
own wants and desires and achieving freedom. This stands in stark contrast to her
brother, Tom, who represents the opposite, as he seeks to live his life in accordance
with the expectations of his family and society. The conflict that emerges between them
leads Maggie into a crushing internal conflict as she has to face the conflicting urges
of either yielding to societal forces and doing what others think she should do with her
life, leading a profoundly frustrated life as a result, or to ignore her family and
society and do what she pleases, becoming isolated and shunned. This internal conflict
becomes so intense that the only possible ending is her own death, which incidentally
allows her to be reunited with her much-loved brother.

Which of the following is true of Dust Bowl migrants? They were lone transients who rode the rails in search of adventure. They were...

Of the options given in your question, the only possible
answer is #4.  Answer #1 has an element of truth in that some of the Dust Bowl migrants
did become hoboes, but it was generally not a search for adventure that drove them. 
Instead, it was poverty.

During the Dust Bowl, hundreds of
thousands of people had to leave the plains states in search of new homes where they
could hope to make a living.  These people tended to be generically known as "Okies." 
As you can see in pictures such as those by Dorothea Lange, the Okies tended to migrate
in family groups as they looked for a way to make a living.

What changes were making factory production more efficient in the 1920s?

There were two major changes taking place in the 1920s
that made factory production more efficient.  Both are discussed in detail in the link
below.

The first of these was the assembly line system. 
Henry Ford pioneered the use of assembly lines, which allowed him to make cars much more
efficiently than had previously been possible.  This system was more efficient because
each did just one task over and over as parts were brought to him.  This was much more
efficient than moving from place to place or doing more than one
task.

The idea of the assembly line meshed well with the
other factor, which was "scientific management."  This trend, also known as "Taylorism,"
was one in which experts would analyze workplaces to determine where tasks could be done
more efficiently.  They would break each part of the task down into steps and try to see
if any step could be done better, like by having a tray of parts at a different level or
by having a certain size of shovel be used by someone shoveling coal into a
furnace.

By embracing Taylorism and assembly lines,
factories were able to produce goods much more efficiently as the '20s went
along.

What did the New Deal offer to the diverse elements of the New Deal coalition?

The New Deal coalition was a coalition of various groups
that all started to support the Democratic Party during the New Deal.  The coalition
included many different groups and came to dominate American politics for the next few
decades.

As the link below says, the New Deal coalition
involved many different groups:

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An interesting group of Americans supported
Roosevelt: It was the first presidential election in which the Democratic candidate won
a majority of black Americans' votes. Support also came from other minorities and from
laborers, Catholics, Jews, and big-city political organizations. The South also voted
Democratic.

When thinking
about what the New Deal gave to each of these groups, please note that the groups
overlap to a great extent.  For example, Catholics, Jews, and big-city political
organizations cannot be separated from the category of "laborers" (also called labor
unions in many texts).  So what the unions got was also a benefit to the other
groups.

Some things that the groups got
include:

• Labor unions got more in the way of
  collective bargaining rights and protections.


• Farmers got
  programs that helped to guarantee them a basic level of
  income.


• The South (many of whom were farmers, of course)
  got the TVA, which brought electricity and flood
  control.


• The poor (many of who were in the South, or were
  black, or were in the big cities of the North) got government jobs in things like the
  WPA or the CCC.  They also got income support in some
  cases.

Overall, then, all of these groups
benefitted from the New Deal programs because these programs helped revive the economy
as a whole.

What is the importance of the Act of Union in 1841?

Do you mean the Preemption Act of
1841? If so, this law, also known as the Distributive Preemption Act,
allowed the sale of public lands at very low prices. It gave the right to squatters,
living on government land for at least 14 months, to purchase up to 160 acres for as
little as $1.25 per acre. Present territories that would eventually become states--such
as Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri
and Ohio--would receive 10% of the total sales upon admittance to the Union. It was
particularly popular in the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, though claims were
greatly reduced after the enaction of the Homestead Act of 1862. The Preemption Act was
repealed in 1891. It served to greatly enhance America's dream of manifest destiny
during the 19th century.

How does the story The Masque of the Red Death itself relate to the life of Poe?

Although the illness of the "red death" that they refer to
in the story is more allegorical to the plague, it may also be symbolize any disease
that slowly creeps in and ends up overtaking you.

This
being said, there are two particular things that seem to creep upon Poe consistently
when you look into his life story: The death of his most beloved women to tuberculosis,
and his rampant addiction.

Poe was a disturbed man with a
high emotional intelligence, as well as a sensitivity for things, that is evident in his
ingenious writings. However, he was not a very lucky fellow: Both his mother and his
beloved wife died of consumption, leaving him even more wretched than he already was. 
To self-medicate his pain, Poe was notorious for his consumption of absinthe (way more
dangerous then that the newer, commercial versions), and opium, among many other
opiates. Therefore, one can assume that the creeping of the red death is no different
than the creeping in of the disease of the drink as a result of personal
failures.

Indicate why the framers believed it was important to create a "separation of powers".

The framers, in wanting to create a new form of government
that was not authoritarian like the monarchy that they left behind, sought to draft a
constitution that did not place all of the power for decision-making into one branch of
government. This is why the United States has three separate branches - executive,
legislative, and judicial - each with a unique role in the decision-making process and
each with some degree of "checking" power on the others (this is the system that we
refer to as checks and balances). This degree of group oversight did not exist in Great
Britain. In the United States, Congress is the legislative or law-making branch of
government. They write the laws. The executive branch is headed by the President who is
commander in chief of the armed forces and has the ability to negotiate treaties,
execute the laws enacted by congress, and make various appointments subject to the
approval of the senate. Essentially, this branch carries out the laws. The Supreme Court
acts as the primary judicial body whose main task is to make sure that the Constitution
is never violated. In other words, it acts as a review board. Through this separation,
the framers created a system that minimized the threat of any one branch becoming too
powerful and turning into a dictatorship which is what they felt they were seeing in
Britain.

In Beowulf, where can "darkness" be associated with Beowulf and Grendel?

In the epic poem, Beowulf, I have not
found reference to Beowulf's darkness as a character, but
references to Grendel abound. (References to darkness regarding Beowulf the character
are associated with the time in which he lived.)

Grendel is
a creature who is alienated from the comforting company of men, their fires, their
songs, and their lives. He is believed to be a descendant of Cain, Adam and Eve's son
who murdered his brother Abel. For this sin, Cain was marked and driven from the land.
The poem states that Cain spawned a line of monsters, of which Grendel is one. Besides
the fact that he is cursed, Grendel is lonely and resents the camaraderie he witnesses
at the mead hall. When his fury becomes too great, he attacks the mead hall, and
continues to do so for twelve winters. This destruction is the only thing that brings
the monster any sort of perverse pleasure.

In terms of the
darkness of Beowulf, we might find a darkness in the fact that Beowulf's fame is derived
from fighting wars and men (though in the story, only the deaths of two men are
mentioned). Bloodshed is a way of life for the men of this era. Age comes upon one too
quickly. There may be a sense of darkness based upon how short life is (how quickly it
passes)—

Youth
leads too quickly to
decline...

...and the
brutality life brings, as mentioned above. Being a hero may be a full-time job, but it
is not a life-long career: it is only open to the youngest and strongest of warriors.
The poem itself has a sad tone:

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...commentators have perceived in
the somber, href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/elegy">elegiac tone at the
close of Beowulf the culmination of such themes as aging, the
destructive and endless nature of feuding, the shortness and brutality of life, and the
death of the pagan heroic code—a system of belief which offered immortality only through
fame.

The third part of the
poem may find Beowulf to be sadder as fifty years have passed and he is called upon
again to fight, this time to protect his subjects, as King of the Geats. The sadness is
not in the fight or even in the danger, but perhaps most of all in that the men who
serve him later in life have lost a sense of valor and dedication,
which was a very real and present element in Beowulf's younger life when his men
followed him unquestioningly into battle. In fighting the dragon, however, all but one
of Beowulf's men flee: Wiglaf—who demonstrates the same characteristics Beowulf did as a
young warrior.

In any story, but especially in such an old
tale, good vs evil is present, seen between hero and monster, or the presence of light
and darkness. I believe the darkness we perceive in this story is found in the later
part of Beowulf's life as he sees the changes life has brought, not just to him, but to
the sense of honor and bravery exhibited (or not) by many of the men who serve
him.