What is the absolute value of z if 2z - z' = 3 + 2i ?

Given the expression:

2z ; z'
= 3+ 2i

We need to find the absolute value of
z.

First we will need to rewrite z using the form z =a+
bi

Then z' = a- bi.

Let us
substitute.

==> 2(a+bi) - (a-bi) = 3+
2i

==> 2a + 2bi - a + bi = 3+
2i

==> a + 3bi = 3+
2i

==> a = 3

==>
b= 2/3

==> z = 3 + 2/3
*i

Now we will calculate the absolute
value.

We know that:

l zl =
sqrt(a^2 + b^2)

==> l z l = sqrt(3^2 + (2/3)^2 =
sqrt( 9 + 4/9) = sqrt(85/9)

==> Then
the absolute value for z is l z l = sqrt(85/9) = sqrt(85) /
3

How does this quote by Mark Twain "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes" relate to Othello?

This quote relates perfectly to
Othello because much of the plot turns on people believing lies and
deceptions instead of the truth.

This quote from Mark Twain
is saying that this is exactly how things go in life.  People hear and repeat and
believe lies.  That is why the lie can "travel halfway around the world."  By contrast,
people seem to be less inclined to believe the truth.

In
this play, Iago uses lies over and over again to maneuver Othello to his doom.  Othello
and others are willing to believe these lies (the biggest of which is that Desdemona has
been unfaithful to him) but not the truth.  Because Othello is willing to believe the
lies, he kills Desdemona.

The plot of this play depends on
people believing lies rather than the truth.  That is exactly what happens in real life,
according the quote from Twain that you cite.

Starting with hydrogen, in what order do elements undergo fission on the sun?

I think you mean, in what order do elements undergo fusion
on the sun.  Fission occurs when larger elements, such as uranium, split into smaller
elements and release one or more sub-atomic particles such as neutrons, in the
process.

Fusion is the joining together of two small
elements to form a new larger element.  The primary fusion process on the sun is the
combining of two hydrogen atoms to form an atom of
helium.

On stars like our sun, the only fusion reactions
are hydrogen combining to form helium.

On stars that are
bigger than the sun, additional fusion reactions can take place. In turn, helium and
hydrogen can combine to form lithium.  Two helium can combine to form berylium and so
on. This process can continue until iron (element 26) is formed.

Discuss the father/son relationships in Fences and A Raisin in the Sun.

Even though the father/ son relationship is much more
evident in Wilson's work than in Hansberry's, the role of parenting is one that gives
insight into the thematic development of each work.  Walter is not shown to have much
specific emotional interaction with Travis, but his actions in the name of the family
give much more redemption than Troy's.  Walter acts in the name of his family with a
hopeful eye towards the future.  While he would be well within his rights and consistent
with his character in accepting Lindner's money to not move into the better
neighborhood, Walter acts as a family man in embracing his responsibility.  While there
will be difficulty, the fact that Walter is going to lead his family down the more
difficult path indicates that he understands his role as a provider and father in a
greater sense than he previously did.  He acts with a sense of "tomorrow" as opposed to
"yesterday," something that would presumably resonate in his relationship with his
children, including Travis.

This is not the case with Troy
and his family.  While he, too, is a provider for his family, he does not act with a
sense of "tomorrow" in guiding his family.  Rather, he acts with an overwhelming sense
of "yesterday" in his actions.  In this father/ son dynamic, much of Troy' own character
is revealed.  The denial of Cory's dream, the anger with which he operates, and the hurt
that had been perpetrated to him as a son is being transferred to the relationship
between he and his son.  Troy is not a faulty provider, but he operates within his own
"fence" that prevents him from fully embracing the emotional responsibility he has
towards those around him.  Troy's weight of  "yesterday" not only impacts him as a
father to his son, but also in how he approaches his own predicament.  Whereas Walter is
willing to live with the struggle in the hopes for a better vision of tomorrow, Troy is
not there yet.  The "walking blues" that Troy's friend Jim Bono discusses, is something
that is present in Troy and guides his relationships with his family and, most notably,
with his son.

What were the causes and effects and major inventions of the Industrial Revolution, and why did it begin in England?

England had a number of things going for it that led to
its being the genesis point of the Industrial Revolution. It had a stable government and
population; large deposits of iron and coal near the surface, a number of navigable
rivers. No part of England was more than twenty miles from a navigable stream. Also,
because of the agricultural revolution, the average Briton spent much less on food than
one might otherwise; which left money for other consumables, like clothing, etc. Also
with the agricultural revolution; large numbers of people were available for work who
otherwise might end up working on farms.

The first industry
to industrialize, of course was textiles; which benefited from Eli Whitney's invention
of the cotton gin. Cotton clothing was more comfortable and now became less expensive;
so demand sky-rocketed. Among the more important inventions were the power loom by
Edward Cartwright, the spinning jenny by James Hargreaves and the water frame by Richard
Arkwright.

The effects of the Industrial Revolution were
mixed. It did make manufactured goods cheaper, and provided work for many people;
however those who worked in factories soon lost their identity and were relegated to
boring, repetitive work which required no skill, and from which they could be easily
replaced.

Can someone write me a diary entry on Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird?I would like to have it written by Jem, with two separate diary...

In terms of Harper Lee's To Kill a
Mockingbird, I can't write two diary entries for you, but how about I give
you some ideas and you write them up!

In Chapter 11, Mrs.
Dubose, as the children pass in front of her house on the way to town, insults Atticus.
Jem, who is generally more mature than the younger Scout, returns from town, still
furious over her statement, and he destroys all of her camellia
blooms.

When Atticus gets home, Jem has to go speak to Mrs.
Dubose by way of apologizing and making amends. It is decided that he has to read to
Mrs. Dubose every day. Scout goes too. Mrs. Dubose still insults Atticus, but as time
goes on, Jem matures to the point that he can keep a blank, polite look on his face
without showing any emotion in response to her insults. He matures enough to learn
self-control, which is an enormous accomplishment, especially with Mrs.
Dubose.

The incident can also deal
with Mrs. Dubose and what Jem thinks of her when he realizes she needed his company to
break a morphine addiction before she died. Atticus calls her the bravest woman he ever
met, and it terms of the incident, Jem might write about how such a small thing as
reading was so important to her. He might even realize that she was nasty partly because
she was in so much agony from her illness. Perhaps he realizes that he did something
good for someone else, even if it came out of something
nasty.

Of course, when Scout and Jem are almost killed at
the end of the story (Chapter 28), you could write a diary entry by Jem about what he
learns when he wakes up, his disappointment of missing Boo, and who had attacked
them...and who had saved them.

I think if you stick to one
of these things, you should be fine. Hope this helps.

How does Underwood feel about Tom's death in To Kill a Mockingbird, and why did Lee choose to include Underwood's opinions about Tom's death?

Earlier in the story, Braxton Bragg Underwood, editor of
the local paper, silently stood watch over Atticus while he was accosted by the group of
Cunninghams bent on lynching Tom Robinson. He later called down to Atticus from his
second floor perch that he "had you covered all the time, Atticus." When Atticus looked
up, he saw Underwood with a double-barreled shotgun leaning out his window. Atticus
later told his sister,

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"You know, it's funny about Braxton," said
Atticus. "He despises Negroes, won't have one near
him."

Racist though he may
be, Underwood nevertheless found the trial and later death of Tom Robinson to be a
miscarriage of justice. In his editorial following Tom's death, "Underwood was at his
most bitter." He declared that it was "a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting
or escaping."

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He likened Tom's death to the senseless slaughter
of songbirds by hunters and
children.

Scout didn't
understand this at first, but then she realized that Atticus had no real defense for Tom
because the social structure had him convicted before the
trial:

Atticus
had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts
of men's hearts, Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened
her mouth and screamed.

The
author used Underwood's opinions to emphasize the meaning of the title. The author also
probably used Underwood's opinion to illustrate the example that most men with even a
speck of intelligent thought--even racists such as Underwood--would have recognized that
Tom was innocent of the charges against him, and that the verdict went against all
principles of lawful justice.

[Students are permitted to
ask only one question at a time. When more than one question is asked, some will be
deleted.]

About DNAInsulin is a relatively small protein,having a total of 51 amino acids in its structure. What is the smallest number of bases on a DNA...

Proteins are manufactured according to the genetic code
which is located in the DNA. It is then copied by the mRNA in the process of
transcription. The mRNA travels to a ribosome, where this code is translated and a
protein is manufactured. If there are 51 amino acids translated on the ribosome from
this code, then each amino acid in turn, is manufactured according to a codon which is a
triplet of 3 nitrogenous bases.  If you multiply 51 amino acids by 3, then you will
arrive at 153 bases needed to code for insulin. These bases located on a DNA strand will
contain the instructions to produce the protein insulin.

What is the overall effect of Orwell's references to certain senses in describing the death of the elephant?"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell

The elephant is his "mysterious, terrible change" from a
magnificent animal to a stricken, pain-racked, semi-parlyzed victim is tragic to
Orwell.  The visual picture of the elephant as shrunken and "immensely old" almost makes
him symbolic of the British colonialism which is in its waning days.  Once powerful, the
elephant sags to his knees as his mouth slobbers pitifully. He seems to have lost his
ability to think with the shot to the head.  Orwell writes, "One could have imagined him
thousands of years old." 

In an effort to put the large
beast out of its misery, Orwell fires a sencond shot; however, the proud animal attempts
to stand, and does, albeit weakly, with his legs weakening and his head drooping.  So,
Orwell shoots a third time: 

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You could see the agony of it jolt his whole body
and knock the last remnant of strength from his legs. But in falling he seemed for a
moment to rise, for as his hind legs collapsed beneath him he seemed to tower upward
like a huge rock toppling, his trunk reaching skyward like a
tree.

This proud, but
defeated animal trumpets one time--his final cry against death. When he falls over,
Orwell writes that the ground shook where he lay. Then, when Orwell sees that the
elephant is still not dead, he fires where he believes the heart is, but the "tortured
gasps" continue for hours:

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He was dying very slowly and in great agony, but
in some world remote from me where not even a bullet could damage him
further.

Indeed, the death of
the mighty elephant is a most brutal, yet poignant experience for Orwell as he senses
the pathos of this dying creature of Nature as he narrates, then reflects.  By contrast,
after he leaves, the Burmese people strip it almost to the bones.  The clash of the
personal, ethical culture of  Westerner with his institutional culture is apparent in
the shooting of the elephant.  For, Orwell's feelings that the elephant is a simple
victim are counter to his duties as a colonial policeman.

What is Sylvia Plath's poem "You're" about?

Like "Simile," this poem covers a range of comparisons to
describe the baby that was growing inside of Sylvia Plath's womb at the time of writing.
The sheer creative range of the various comparisons perhaps conveys the sense of wonder
and amazement at what is happening inside of her and the baby that is growing into a
little person. As such the poem's theme is the wonder of motherhood and how amazing it
is: the growth of a tiny, microscopic cell into a fully-grown baby inside the mother's
womb. The last line in particular is particularly
poignant:

A
clean slate, with your own face
on.

The baby represents a new
start, not weighed down by the history of its parents, and with its own identity, rather
than inheriting the identity of its parents. We can see in this poem the love that Plath
feels for her baby and her excitement at seeing what it will be
like.

Why does Lady Macbeth not kill Duncan herself in Macbeth?

The answer you are looking for can be found in Act II
scene 2 of this great tragedy, which is of course the scene during which the murder
takes place. Interestingly, however, Shakespeare chooses to focus on the action outside
of the room where Duncan sleeps, and so we are able to see Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
before and after the murder and see how they are psychologically impacted by the
crime.

What is interesting to note is that Lady Macbeth,
who up until this point has been so resolute and the one who has had to persuade her
husband to commit the crime, now shows one moment of weakness. She herself tells us that
she would have killed Duncan herself, but for the way that she was struck by his
resemblance to her own father as he lay there
sleeping:

Had
he not resembled

My father as he slept, I had
done't.

Thus we see that Lady
Macbeth is not necessarily as evil and as lacking in compassion as we would guess from
her behaviour and speech up until this point in the play.

Why do the police dub Jack Salmon “Mr. Fish and his Huckleberry Hound” in The Lovely Bones?

This title is first applied to Jack Salmon by the police
in Chapter Eleven, which charts the way that the police, and in particular Len Fenerman,
become increasingly concerned about the way in which Jack Salmon becomes so fixated on
the guilt of his neighbour, Mr. Harvey, in relation to his daughter's disappearance.
Note what the "final straw" is in relation to this
matter:

The
final straw had been a call that came in the first week of July. Jack Salmon had
detailed to the operator how, on a morning walk, his dog had stopped in front of Mr.
Harvey's house and started howling. No matter what Salmon had done, went the story, the
dog wouldn't budge from the spot and wouldn't stop
howling.

It is this kind of
behaviour from Jack Salmon that moves the feelings of the police from sympathy, kindness
and understanding towards annoyance and humour. Thus the name that is given to him
reflects the way in which Jack Salmon uses whatever evidence he can to support his hunch
that Mr. Harvey killed his daughter without any identifiable
proof.

Which countries were communist but no longer are?

There are many countries that used to be communist but no
longer are.  Most of them stopped being communist soon after the fall of the Soviet
Union.  You could start your list of formerly communist countries with countries that
used to be part of the Soviet Union.  This list would
include:

• Russia


• Ukraine


• Kazakhstan

You
could put all of the other former Soviet republics in here.  Technically, I suppose,
they are not formerly communist countries because they were part of the Soviet Union. 
But they are countries that are not now communist but used to be part of a communist
country.

You could add in the countries of Eastern Europe. 
These used to be part of the Soviet bloc of communist countries.  They
include:

• Poland


• Czech
  Republic (when it was
  Czechoslovakia)


• Bulgaria


• Hungary

In
Africa, a few countries were communist but no longer are.  These include Benin, Angola
and Sudan.

There are very few countries that are still
communist.  Cuba is the only one that is not in Asia.  North Korea and Laos are the only
clearly communist countries in Asia.  China and Vietnam are still officially communist
but are not nearly as purely communist as they used to be.

How did the creation of normal schools come about?Could someone help me out please? I'm doing an essay on colonial women and this is one of...

The term "normal school" was used to refer to schools for
training teachers.  The term is no longer in use.  These schools were not created until
well after the colonial period ended.  Normal schools were not created until the 1820s
(for a private normal school) or the 1840s (for publicly funded normal
schools).

The creation of public normal schools was part of
the reform movement of the 1840s.  During this time, there were many sorts of social
reform movements in the United States that were meant to improve the general society. 
The abolitionist and women's rights movements were among these, as was the movement to
improve education.  Normal schools were created so as to train teachers who would,
presumably, be better able to educate their students.  This would improve society
because more educated people would be better able to participate in society and to
improve the economy.

Using l'Hospital theorem evaluate the limit of (x^2+11x-12)/(x-1), for x->1.

We know that l'Hospital theorem could be applied if the
limit gives an indetermination.

We'll verify if the limit
exists, for x = 1.

We'll substitute x by 1 in the
expression of the function.

lim y = lim
(x^2+11x-12)/(x-1)

lim (x^2+11x-12)/(x-1) = 
(1+11-12)/(1-1) = 0/0

We've get an indetermination
case.

We could solve the problem in 2 ways, at
least.

We'll apply L'Hospital
rule:

lim f(x)/g(x) = lim
f'(x)/g'(x)

f(x) = x^2+11x-12 => f'(x) =
2x+11

g(x) = x-1 => g'(x) =
1

lim (x^2+11x-12)/(x-1) = lim
(2x+11)

lim (x^2+11x-12)/(x-1) = 2*1 +
11

lim (x^2+11x-12)/(x-1) =
13

How does Scout being a girl affect her life? What does she see as benefits of being a girl in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Sometimes it seems that Scout doesn't even realize she's a
girl. She dresses in boy's clothes most of the time--overalls are her favorite--she has
no girl friends or dolls, and her only close companions are brother Jem and Dill (during
the summer months when he's in town). If it weren't for Alexandra and Calpurnia
reminding her to be "ladylike," Scout would probably never notice the difference. She
certainly can handle herself physically with boys, beating up Walter Cunningham Jr. and
Cecil Jacobs in the schoolyard, and cousin Francis at Finch's Landing. She even kicked a
grown man in the groin in front of the jail, causing him to "fall back in real
pain."

As Jem grows older, it is he that often reminds her
of the difference. Scout doesn't like it at first, but she seems to adjust to the fact
that Jem sometimes serves as an escort and protector, like on their walk to and from the
school on the fateful Halloween night late in the story. She even succumbs to the wishes
of Aunt Alexandra, when she decides there are times when it's best to act like a lady,
as she does willingly during the Missionary Circle tea. She revels in her walk with Boo,
arm in arm, back to his house in the final chapter,
with

Arthur
Radley escorting me down the sidewalk, as any gentleman
would.

And she had
already discovered a sometimes feminine trait that worked to her advantage in Chapter 5
when she admitted that

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My nagging got the better of Jem eventually, as I
knew it would...

Can Pinjar by Amritha Pritam be seen as a women's narrative?

Pinjar would have to be considered an
example of a women's narrative for a couple of reasons.  The political reality of
Partition in India was conceived of by men.  Whether it was British, Hindu, or Muslim
men, the political construct and social reality of Partition was something that men
designed and something with which women had to struggle.  The level of social struggle
that many Indians endured was noted.  The violence, riots, and bloodbath that resulted
has been well documented.  However, beneath this was a rage against women, an
unspeakable violence that was perpetrated to women under the guise of claims of
sectarianism and ethnic identity.  The mistreatment of women was perpetrated by one
group against another on nationalist grounds.  For example, the burning of a busload of
Muslim women by Hindu nationalists carried political overtones.  Yet, the element missed
in all of this was the extreme level of violence against women.  In a culture where the
treatment of women was already subject to scrutiny, Partition and the rage caused by it
allowed atrocities committed to women on a large scale.  Pritam's novel has to be seen
as a narrative for women because it takes one of these many incidents and elevates it on
a scale, demanding for social change in the way in which women are viewed and
perceived.  In writing about Partition's cruelty, Pritam writes that "A million
daughters, cry to you, Waris Shah Rise" in seeing the corpses that line the road of her
native Punjab.  The theme of Pinjar is one that appropriates "the
other" in terms of seeing Partition from a women's point of
view:

The
novel was too radical for its times because the wounds had not yet healed and the
communal hatred as still at its peak. Even in those difficult times, Amrita was able to
write a novel that saw the situation from the point of view of the
other.

Partition was a
condition that men designed, but the brunt of it was experienced by women.  The
uprooting of villages that had been in families' names for thousands of years, the
pregnant women who had to travel to another border for protection, the women who made
this trek and were emotionally and physically violated by men of different communal
identities and, sometimes, their own were all the realities of mens' decision.  The fact
that Puro is not a victim, but actually a voice demanding that reality be reconfigured
into what should be as opposed to what is makes Pinjar a women's
narrative.

How does Atticus Finch show good parenting in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Atticus makes do as well as he can as a single parent in
To Kill a Mockingbird. His honest, sincere approach to rearing his
children have made him one of the most admired fathers in American Literature. Without a
female influence in the family, he is sensible enough to employ Calpurnia, and disregard
his sister's advice to fire her. Calpurnia offers the children a firm feminine side, and
they gain respect for the African-American community of Maycomb in the process. Atticus
teaches his children the importance of education (even though he did not go to school
himself); of the need for tolerance when dealing with other people; and that a humble
and peaceful nature is preferable to physical violence. He teaches Scout not to use the
"N" word, and teaches Jem about true courage. His humility is never more evident than
when the children discover that he was once the "deadest shot" in the county, but that
he never bragged about it. Above all, he teaches by example, and Jem and Scout bear
witness to the good aspects of their father even when they think he is
"feeble."

What are the limitations of the molecular orbital theory? Explain.for eg. Does the Molecular Orbital Theory only apply to compounds with total no....

Molecular Orbital theory is a very good tool in explaining
many of the molecular properties, though it too has certain lilmitations:              
 1. Molecular Orbital theory is based on quantum mechanical principles and hence hard to
conceive, especially for the beginners. 2. It does not give any idea of molecular
geometry, shape etc. 3. Although it can successfully describe many a properties,
explanation of all the molecular properties or bonds is beyond its ambit. A combination
of VBT and MOT is required for a more complete understanding. 4. It becomes exceedingly
cumbersome, if not impossible, to explain bonding in polyatomic molecules on the light
of MOT alone. 

Find three consecutive integers whose sum is equal to 366

Let us assume that the first integer is n. Then the next
integer is (n+1) and the third integer is (n+2)

Given that
the sum of the three integers is 366

Then we will write as
algabraic expression.

==> n + (n+1) + (n+2) =
366

Now we will combine like
terms.

==> 3n + 3 =
366

Now we will subtract 3 from both
sides.

==> 3n = 363

Now
we will divide by 3.

==> n =
121

==> n+1 =
122

==> n+2 =
123

Then, the three consecutive integers are
121, 122, and 123.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Atticus's dealings with different characters bring out different aspects of his own character?

In his treatment of others, Atticus reveals his own
personal integrity. His actions confirm the values he professes, and how he interacts
with the other characters in the novel reveals his decency, strength, and
wisdom.

Atticus values truth and justice; he reveres the
law. In taking Tom Robinson’s case and fighting so hard to free Tom from a gross
injustice, Atticus lives his principles. After losing in court, Atticus plans to appeal
Tom’s conviction; he will not abandon an innocent man. His gentle treatment of Tom and
Tom’s family shows the compassion, empathy, and decency in Atticus’s character. These
same personal traits are shown in his treatment of Mrs. Dubose. Despite her difficult
behavior, Atticus understands her situation and her feelings and treats her with respect
and consideration.

How Atticus interacts with his children
demonstrates his great love for them and his wisdom in guiding them through difficult
times. He listens to them, answers their questions as honestly as he can, and instills
in them, through word and deed, core values of honesty, courage, fairness, respect, and
compassion.

Finally, the manner in which Atticus deals with
Bob Ewell also shows Atticus’s character. He abhors Ewell’s behavior, but he does not
attack him personally or denigrate him while questioning him during Tom’s trial.  He
examines Ewell as a witness, asking the hard questions, but even Ewell is treated with
respect while on the stand. Later, when Ewell confronts Atticus and spits in his face,
Atticus does not react to the insult. His self-respect and dignity demand that he ignore
Ewell’s ignorant and spiteful display.

What was the purpose of the Gallipoli campaign?

In World War I, the purpose of the Gallipoli Campaign was
to find a "backdoor" way to hurt the Central Powers.  The Allies had no real way to do
serious damage on the Western Front and they, therefore, wanted to find another way. 
Gallipoli, they thought, would provide that way.

By
attacking the Gallipoli Peninsula, Britain hoped to take control of the Dardanelles. 
This would do a number of things.  It would have knocked the Ottoman Empire out of the
war.  It would have gotten support for the Allies from Bulgaria and Greece.  Most
importantly, it would have allowed the British to bring support directly to the
Russians.  This would have allowed Russia to fight more effectively on the Eastern
Front.

Overall, then, the purpose of the Gallipoli Campaign
was to find a way to attack German interests from the rear.  The campaign, of course,
was a complete failure.

In Act 1 scene 2 of As You Like It, Touchstone talks about mustard and pancakes. What does this mean?

I assume you are refering to Touchstone's bizarre comemnts
to Rosalind during his conversation with her and Celia in this scene. When he is
questioned by Rosalind and asked where it was that he learned the "oath" that he has
expressed, he replies:

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Of a certain knight that swore by his honour they
were good pancakes, and swore by his honour the mustard was naught. Now I'll stand to
it: the pancakes were naught and the mustard was good, and yet was not the knight
forsworn.

This is typical
frippery and foolishness from Touchstone that nevertheless reveals his intelligence and
ability to play with words as Touchstone's "oath" leads to a succession of jokes and
puns on honour and foreswearing. Pancakes were a traditional dish for Shrove Tuesday, a
time of chaotic festivities to prepare for the Lenten fast. Touchstone says he learnt
the oath from a knight who swore that the pancakes he was eating were good but the
mustard on top of them was bad. Touchstone says it was the opposite, pointing out the
humour of concepts such as honour and forswearing.

Advantages and disadvantages of wiring electric circuits in series? Advantages and disadvantages of wiring electric circuits parallel?please help..!

The nature of series and parallel electric circuits, with
their advantages and disadvantage are discussed
below.

Series circuits have a single path that connects the
electric source or sources to the output device or devices. These circuits have limited
uses because any change in one circuit part affects all the circuit parts.  If one light
bulb in a series circuit burns out, a discontinuity in the entire circuit is produced.
In this way all the other bulbs or components in the circuit will also stop
working.

The voltage provided by a group of electric
sources connected in series is the sum of their individual voltages.  But the same
amount of current flows through each source and output device.  For example, when each
battery in a two-battery torch supplies 2 volts, and the two together will supply 4
volts.  The same amount of current will flow through each battery and the bulb. 
Electric sources are connected in series to provide more voltage than can be produced by
a single source.

Parallel circuits provide more than one
path for current.  After current leaves a source, it follows two or more paths before
returning to the source. When several bulbs or components are connected in parallel,
fault in any one, or removal of any one does not affect flow of current to
others.

Parallel circuits provide the same voltage for
every source and output device in the circuit.  For example, combined voltage of
multiple 2 volt batteries connected in parallel will also be 2 volts.  Electrical
sources are connected in parallel to provide more current than one source can produce. 
Unless all in parallel have the same voltage, current would flow from one source into
the other. This will result in loss of power

All household
lights and appliances are connected in parallel because a parallel circuit allows all
devices to operate on the same voltage.

Waiting for Godot is a play in which nothing happens. Explain?

Waiting for Godot is a short play.
Otherwise it might grow tedious because it is true that nothing much happens. Samuel
Beckett's purpose was, to use Shakespeare's words, "to hold the mirror up to nature."
Beckett is showing the audience how they themselves are waiting, how everyone in the
world (perhaps with some exceptions) is waiting for his or her Godot. The irony is that
the people in the audience are looking at themselves without realizing it. The waiting
is what happens. The play is about waiting for something to happen which is probably
never going to happen.

Alexander Pope
wrote:

Hope
springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never is, but always to be
blessed.

Henry James's
wonderful short story "The Beast in the Jungle" is about a man who finds out that he has
been waiting all his life for something to happen and what was happening was the wait
itself. Beckett may have gotten the inspiration for his play from this
story.

Godot is evidently a real person and most likely an
important man. But why should he want to meet these two bums or do anything to help
them? They are waiting for someone to help them because they are bums, and they are bums
because they are waiting for someone to help them. If they had sense enough and gumption
enough to look out for themselves, they wouldn't have to be waiting for Godot--and they
wouldn't be bums.

How does Khaled Hosseini explore the themes of friendship and loyalty, forgiveness and redemption, and the past is never over in The Kite...

Amir is forever troubled by his acts of treachery against
his friend/servant Hassan. He fails to come to his assistance when he is gang-raped by
Assef, and then plants evidence that implicates Hassan in a theft in the household. Amir
is only able to vindicate himself by returning to Afghanistan to rescue Hassan's son
from the hands of the Taliban. Amir is likewise troubled by the relationship with his
dominating father, Baba. He eases his conscience by doting over him and reviving their
love after Baba is diagnosed with cancer. The author creates a complex character in
Amir, who shows weakness and selfishness as a youth; intelligence and regret as an
adult; and a heroic streak mixed with a desire to become a true family man in the later
chapters. 

Explain how Amanda deceives herself in Scene 5 of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

Please submit only one question at a time.  (I had to
delete the second one that you can submit on another
post.)

In Scene 5 of The Glass
Menagerie, a drama about those who hide their disappointments in illusion,
Amanda joins Tom on the fire-escape landing, sitting upon a newspaper "as if she were
settling into a swing on a Mississippi veranda."  When Tom points out the moon, Amanda
speaks with Southern charm as she describes the moon as a "little silver slipper of a
moon."  She wishes upon the moon for success and happiness for her children.  And, when
Tom informs her that there will be a gentleman caller, Amanda is ecstatic; to reflect
the magnitude of Amanda's feelings, the stage directions read, "The
annunciation is celebrated with
music."

Immediately, Amanda plans what she must
do.  As she combs Tom's hair she asks about the young man who will come to dinner,
telling him "The last thing I want for my daughter's a boy who drinks!"  She then asks
about his job and his salary as though Laura is already betrothed. When Tom accuses her
of being premature, Amanda retorts,

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"You are the only young man that I know of who
ignores the fact that the future become the present, the present the past, and the past
turns into everlasting regret if you don't plan for
it."

And, when Tom reminds
Amanda that Laura is crippled, she refuses to have her call her that, saying Laura is
strange in a good way.  Moreover, it seems more that Amanda is planning for herself, not
Laura.  She speaks of slippers as though Laura is Cinderella and her prince is coming. 
Deluding herself with elegant phrases reminiscent of the charming Old South and
pretending that the visitor is a gentleman caller for Laura when Tom has explained that
Jim is not aware that he is coming to meet Laura, Amanda acts as though she is still the
pampered Southern lady, not a single mother of a St. Louis
tenement.

For literature, how do you write a critical analysis?

A literary critical analysis includes a discussion of
structure, thesis, language particulars and diction, plot and conflict, characters, and
other literary devices of the literary element and literary technique categories,
including mood and tone, tropes and conventions. In order to amass this information, you
need to pay close attention to the elements and techniques, points and objectives in the
writing as you come across them, paying special attention to subtle (or bold) changes in
tone and mood as well as to words, phrases, or sentences that make, prove, or emphasize
the author's thesis (major point).

To write your critical
analysis, after your Introduction, you'll have a brief description or perhaps summary of
the work you're analyzing followed a discussion of structural points. If you're
analyzing a poem, this would include things like rhyme scheme, stanza construction,
genre, and meter. If a book, this would include things like narrator, point of view,
chronological orientation, overall mood (mood can change), and overall tone (tone can
change). You then discuss literary elements and techniques, authorial style, the
treatment of the work's thesis, and the work's effectiveness as these are
relevant to your particular thesis statement--the point you wish to make
about the literary work.

This may seem like a lot--and it
can be--but it can also be abbreviated to suit the needs of your essay. For example, if
my thesis is that a work is not effective because of faulty language, I may address
structural elements as briefly as follows if I wish--if it serves my purpose to do so:
The first person narrator establishes a despondent tone that matches the gloomy mood
(same as atmosphere) as s/he paces back and forth in time between flashbacks, present
day events, and anticipated future events while telling of the tragedy s/he witnessed on
the slow boat to China two decades earlier.

Who is Orlick and what does Pip think he did?

Pip is given clues about how Mrs. Joe became injured. We
do find it was Orlick, but Pip thinks it was him for about 30 chapters before it is
verified.

One day while Biddy and Pip are talking, Biddy
remembers some of the things that Mrs. Joe has tried to communicate. Mrs. Joe kept
writing this character on her board that looked like a t or a J. Thinking that the J had
something to do with Joe, the idea of Orlick was regularly dismissed. But when Biddy and
Pip put together that the t or J might have been a hammer, everything begins to make
sense. The hammer represents Orlick because that's what he does as a
blacksmith.

What is the purpose of Simon in Lord of the Flies?Please could you include quotes? Thanks.

Though Simon doesn't say very much for a good part of the
novel, he has a very significant role that is essential to the development of the plot
in Lord of the Flies.  Comparitively, and on a very basic
level, Simon is the only one of the boys who is able to resist the savage behavior that
inevitably overtakes the rest of the boys (even Ralph, at one point) on the
island. 

More specifically, many critics see Simon as a
Christ figure; he is one with nature, is inherently good, and dies trying to save the
boys by reporting to them that there is no beast on the island.  Simon's encounter with
the lord of the flies can be compared to Jesus's encounter with Satan. (One name for a
demon in the Bible is Beelzebub, which, translated, means "lord of the
flies"). 

Golding's description of Simon's death is vivid
in its imagery:

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The water rose farther and dressed Simon's coare
hair with brightness.  The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder
became sculptured marble. The strange attendant creatures, with their fiery eyes and
trailing vapors, busied themselves round his
head. 

Here, the fireflies
Golding describes seem to create a halo around Simon's head, and Golding further
describes the peace and tranquility of the world (as represented through this scene) to
stress the importance and beauty of Simon's character.  Ultimately, without Simon, the
boys have no hope of being saved from themselves. 

Contrast Elizabeth Bennet's critical temperament with Jane's serenity in Pride and Prejudice.

Elizabeth tells Jane that she is too nice. She adds that
Jane refuses to find a fault in anyone. Elizabeth speaks in a straight forward manner.
She is quite bold in her speech to Darcy. She accuses him of being prideful or snobbish,
adding that she would not consider marrying him if he were the last man on
earth.

Also, Elizabeth is frank or blunt when Lady
Catherine questions her on her schooling and personal life. She refuses to tell her age,
saying you could hardly expect me to share such
information.

Jane is sweet and serene. She is considerate
and caring. She sees the good in people. She is also modest and mild-mannered. In
reference to her relationship with Mr. Bingley, Jane's lack of sharing her feelings is
interpreted as indifferent by Darcy and even Mr. Bingley. For this reason, Mr. Bingley
does not pursue a relationship with Jane in the beginning. Jane was not indifferent, she
is just quiet and reserved.

Elizabeth is outspoken. The two
sisters are opposites in temperament. Jane is trusting. Elizabeth is skeptical. Jane is
accepting and Elizabeth is inquisitive. She boldly asks Wickham his disagreement with
Darcy. Then, just as boldly, she asks Darcy the same
question.

Elizabeth states her mind, even to her mother.
Jane would never show disrespect.

What is a brief description of gynocriticism in literary theory and criticism?

Gynocriticism is best understood by starting with Elaine
Showalter's major phases of the development of subcultures in literature, with the
understanding that women writers comprise a subculture. As explained by title="Notes on Gynocriticism and Showalter. Susan Spaull, Clemson University"
href="http://virtual.clemson.edu/caah/women/flc436/notesgynocrit.html">Susan
Spaull, Showalter indicates the first phase for the subculture of women
writers was the Feminine, during which female writers imitated the established male form
of writing. The second phase is the Feminist, during which women writers rebelled
against governing male standards and values while eschewing negative stereotypes
relating to women and women's function, talents, skills, and ability; it is the phase
with the emergence of the critique. The third phase is the Female, during which women
writers undergo self-discovery whereby they try for a literature of their own and stop
being imitators; it is the current phase and has witnessed the emergence of
gynocriticism.

According to Spaull's explanation of
Showalter, one of the questions asked in gynocriticism is whether there is a separate
and definable female aesthetic deriving from biological differences in cognition that
result in differences between how men and women create the art of literature. Others are
whether there is a female usage of language leading to a "woman's sentence"; whether
there are specific female archetypes of plot and character; whether women's literature
actually does (or does not) fit an objective measure for good literature--and whether
the measure for women's literature ought to be different from that for men's
literature.  Still other questions are do women emphasize different universal themes
than men; do women use metaphor and imagery differently than men; how do women portray
characters in relation to how men do it; and do women select different subject matter
from those selected by men.

In summary, according to title="Contribution of gynocriticism to feminist criticism. Xu Yue, Zhejiang university,
China" href="http://www.linguist.org.cn/doc/uc200705/uc20070513.pdf">Xu Yue
of Zhejang University, Hangzhou, China, gynocriticism concerns itself with developing a
specifically female criticism that critiques works written by women, with the aim of
identifying the uniqueness between women's and men's writing in order to forge a path
toward the next generation of women writers who do not need to rely upon male templates
and models because the women writers are free to know and develop their own female
literary greatness. To quote Xu Yue:

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The main concerns of gynocriticism are to
identify what are taken to be the distinctively feminine subject matters in literature
written by women; to uncover in literary history a female tradition, ... and to show
that there is a distinctive feminine mode of experience, or “subjectivity,” in thinking,
valuing, and perceiving oneself and the outer
world.

In Fahrenheit 451, how does the media affect the people around Montag? Please refer to examples and characters.

I think the most obvious way to respond to this question
is by looking at the impact of the media on Mildred and her friends, and how Montag
despairs of the impact it is having on his wife. Clearly, by the way that Mildred talks
about her "family," we see that the media in this dystopian world is being used as a
substitute for human experiences that are either deemed as being too dangerous or
subversive by the government or are slowly being bred out of humans as they seek to fill
their empty lives with something to try and cover up the void. The media is as life like
as possible, with huge screens covering every wall. Yet Montag is painfully aware that
these are fake emotions and feelings that are created that are not real and do not have
any existence in the real world.

Note the following
questions that Montag asks Mildred that highlights the limitations of the
media:

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"Mille? Does the White Clown love
you?"

No answer.

"Millie,
does-" He licked his lips. "Does your 'family' love you, love you very much, love you
with all their heart and soul,
Millie?"

Millie ignores and
evades this question, saying it is a "silly question," but the fact remains that Montag
has exposed the substitute relationships and emotional interaction that Mildred is
receiving from the media, and what pale substitutes they actually
are.

What would be a good thesis statement using the theme of suffering, in "Sonny's Blues," and the symbolism/imagery of light and darkness and the...

With suffering as the main theme of James Baldwin's
story, one way to examine this theme is through the development of Sonny's character
along with the narrator's that are often "trapped in the darkness which roared
outside."  For both men there are moments in which they have the blues and suffer in the
darkness of their lives, but music takes this suffering from
them. 

Music also helps the narrator to understand his
brother's suffering as, sitting in he darkness at the night club, the brother finally
really hears the music in the manner in which Sonny has heard the street singer.  In the
night club, the narrator hears evocations that pull the storm from his and
Sonny's souls.  As this "triumph" occurs, the narrator sees the scotch and milk that the
waitress brings to Sonny as "the very cup of trembling"--the symbol of the suffering and
trouble sonny has experienced--and the narrator understands there in "the indigo
light."

In Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find," who is the deepest thinker among the characters?

In O'Connor's short stories, including "A Good Man is Hard
to Find," no one is a deep thinker: all are flat, static "wingless chickens" who care
only for the material world, not the spiritual one.  Remember, O'Connor is a comic
writer: a spiritual satirist.  She believes in the opposite of what her characters
do.

In her stories all have fallen from grace; all are
blind to their spiritual doom.  When reading O'Connor's prose one can feel the laws of
attraction at work: good begets good; evil begets evil. Syntheses and concessions are
pitfalls. Either one is Christ-centered or hell-bent toward the fumes of the gas
chamber. Her poles are distinct and opposing, the slippery slope a descent to
hell.

Her comic religious vision holds that a morally and
socially degenerate (like the Misfit) is nonetheless spiritually a cut above the
wingless chickens of privileged Christianity (the grandmother and her family). She
shocks her readers by beginning with divine evil (the Misfit's murders) as a backdoor to
what is divine good so that they may rediscover what is holy (to not take salvation for
granted). Her goal, I think, is to prevent her readers from taking sides among her
religious forms; instead, she calls for action--from them to be
seekers instead of being found.

In the
story it's the Misfit vs. the grandmother.  While the latter characterizes the former as
"a good boy," the Misfit acknowledges the modern man's spiritual predicament, an echo of
Dostoevsky's "If there is no God, then anything is permissible," when he
says:

Jesus
was the only One that ever raised the dead and He shouldn't have done it. He shown
everything off balance. If He did what He said, then it's nothing for you to do but thow
away everything and follow Him, and if He didn't, then it's nothing for you to do but
enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can--by killing somebody or burning
down his house or doing some other meanness to him. No pleasure but
meanness.

Instead of having
her characters "follow Him," she has them all "enjoy the few minutes [they] got left" by
"killing," "burning down" houses, and "other meanness."  Not exactly deep
thinking...

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 27, explain how Mr. Ewell lost his job and whom he blames.

Incredibly, Bob Ewell actually got a job in Chapter 27 of
To Kill a Mockingbird. However, it didn't last long. In fact, Scout
notes that Bob

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probably made himself unique in the annals of the
nineteen thirties: he was the only man I ever heard of who was fired from the WPA for
laziness.

The WPA (Works
Progress Administration) was one of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal job programs
that created public works jobs for the unemployed. Bob immediately began collecting his
welfare check again, but not before slurring Atticus in the process. According to Ruth
Jones, the welfare lady, Bob blamed Atticus for "getting" his job, though there is no
clear reasoning behind the accusation. and Scout provided no clues. It may well have had
something to do with Bob's innate lack of desire to do any kind of hard
work.

what is x,y from the equation.3x-ix-2y=12-iy-iPlease help

We need to find x and y from 3x - ix - 2y = 12 - iy -
i

3x - ix - 2y = 12 - iy -
i

=> 3x - 2y - ix = 12 - i(y +
1)

equate the real and the complex
coefficients.

3x - 2y = 12

x =
y + 1

substitute in 3x - 2y =
12

=> 3(y + 1) - 2y =
12

=> 3y + 3 - 2y =
12

=> y = 9

x  = y +
1

=> x =
10

The required values are x = 10 and y =
9.

In the film version of The Power of One, why won't Maria's father allow her to date Peekay?

We are limited to answering one question at a time; so I
edited your questions to one.

In South Africa during
The Power of One's time setting, the country was not only divided
by race but also by the national origins of South Africans. Maria and her father are
Afrikaners (Africans who descended from the Dutch and German colonists), and Peekay is
of British descent. When Peekay asks to date Maria, World War II has just ended--a war
which pitted Peekay's "people" against Maria's. Moreover, when the British ruled South
Africa, they forced many Afrikaners into concentration camps, understandably resulting
in long-term resentment from the Afrikaners.

Not only is
Peekay facing Maria's father's natural prejudice toward him when he asks to date her,
but the young man is also opposed to many of Maria's father's political initiatives like
apartheid and is unafraid to say so.

What does "to be feared is much safer than to be loved" mean in The Prince?

Niccolo Machiavelli is best known for his idea (which was
groundbreaking at the time) that a ruler should not worry too much about morality.  He
said that rulers should, instead, do whatever was necessary in order to maintain their
power and the stability of their reign.  The quote you mention fits in perfectly with
this idea.

What your quote means is that people will be
less likely to rise up against a ruler if they fear him than if they love him.  That is
why it is "safer" to be feared.  Machiavelli is saying that rulers should not really
care about whether their people like them.  As long as the people are afraid of them,
they will not rise up.

So, the quote you give is very much
in keeping with Machiavelli's major ideas.  He is saying that keeping people in fear
(whether or not it's moral) can be the best way for a ruler to hold on to
power.

What kind of imagery is used in "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening"?

Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is
often taught in high school as an example of imagery and symbolism. As the above post
noted, Frost appeals to several senses with the images he creates by word choice (also
known as diction).

It is also important to realize that
Frost is using imagery to do more than appeal to the readers’ senses, he is also using
imagery to create a symbol that helps impart a deeper meaning to the
story.

The poem concludes with the following
lines:

The
woods are lovely, dark, and deep

But I have promises to
keep,

And miles to go before I
sleep,

And miles to go before I
sleep.

In this final stanza
Frost uses imagery to shift the poem’s focus from description to symbolism.  The image
of the woods as “lovely, dark, and deep” are considered by many to be a symbolic
reference to what death is like. It prepares the reader for the final two lines, “And
miles to go before I sleep,” which is emphasized by repetition, and refers to actual act
of dying. 

By using images to create his symbol, Frost has
made his poem memorable. The fact that the poem has been taught in school for decades
attests to this fact.

how many values of x insatisfy 2sin(1/2x)=cos(2x)?

We need to find the values of x in [0, 2*pi] that satisfy
2*(sin x/2) = cos 2x.

sin (x/2) = sqrt [(1 - cos
x)/2]

cos 2x = 2*(cos x)^2 -
1

As 2*(sin x/2) = cos
2x

=> 2*sqrt [(1 - cos x)/2] = 2*(cos x)^2 -
1

take the square of both the
sides

=> 4*(1 - cos x)/2 = 4*(cos x)^4 + 1 -
4*(cos)^2

=> 2 - 2*cos x = 4*(cos x)^4 + 1 -
4*(cos)^2

=> 4*(cos x)^4 - 4*(cos)^2 + 2*cos x - 1 =
0

We see that cos x has a highest power of 4. This gives us
4 values of cos x that we can get from solving the equation. Also, for each value of cos
x, there are two values of x that give the same value of cos
x.

This gives 8 values of x that can satisfy
the given equation.

In what ways is The Grapes of Wrath a criticism of capitalism? The political implications of this novel have been strongly attacked.

The novel certainly advocates organized labor
(unions/unionizing) and the promotes the rights of the labor class. These qualities
align Steinbeck's novel with the values associated with communism in the
1930s.

At that time, communism was not seen in the same
ways that it has come to be seen since. WWII had not yet been fought and the political
regimes that came to be representative of communism were not yet in
existence. 

This caveat is meant to demonstrate the notion
that communism and capitalism were not opposites in the 1930s. Communism, broadly
speaking, was seen as a corrective to the natural tendency of capitalism in the
industrial age to dehumanize systems of production and exploit
labor.

In this way, though Steinbeck's novel is clearly
aligned with communist values, it is also not anti-capitalist in an absolute way.
Rather, the novel too can be seen as offering a corrective view of capitalism seeking to
re-humanize the modes of production and to reinforce the idea that people should
maintain basic rights within an industrialized
economy.

Critics have argued that the novel is political in
its intentions:

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Clifton Fadiman wrote that the novel “dramatizes
so that you cannot forget the terrible facts of a wholesale injustice committed by
society.”

Considering such
criticisms, we must see the novel as making commentary political and social in nature,
but this does not mean that the novel can be accurately simplified as arguing an
anti-capitalist position. 

Why was Chris McCandless guilty of hubris when he walked into the wild unprepared for adventure?

Hubris means to be overly confident or arrogant.  Chris
McCandless demonstrated this when he entered the wild with few supplies and a sense that
he could survive in the wild.  He chose to leave his map on the dashboard of the man who
had driven him to the entrance point of the Alaskan park.  If he had the map he would
have known that there was a bridge that would allow him to cross the river so he could
make it back to civilization.

In the past he had almost
died in the desert.  He had taken off relatively unprepared and been lost.  It was
another example of his feeling hubris-tic nature.  Had he not been that way he would
probably still be alive.

What questions can I ask the students to start commenting on in "The Chrysanthemums"?I want to start a discussion of "The Chrysanthemums" with my...

A good place to start would be to focus on the central
character, Elisa Allen, and her personality traits. This of course needs to be linked in
with the description of the setting that we are given at the beginning of this excellent
story. You might want to start off the discussion then by asking what links there are
between the setting as described in the first paragraph and the central
character.

This will hopefully lead on to a discussion of
how important the chrysanthemums are to Elisa, and then the all-important question of
why Elisa felt the compulsive need to reach out and touch the gypsy man's ankle. What
you are looking for from your class is evidence that they are able to link these
different bits of information together to establish how Steinbeck presents Elisa as a
lonely, empty character desperate for human contact and appreciation. Lastly, if they
haven't discussed this already, you will want to ask your students about the symbolism
of the title: what do the chrysanthemums represent?

What word invades Jack's memory in Chapter 8 of Lord Of The Flies?Lord of the Flies byWilliam Golding

In Chapter 8 of Lord of the Flies, as
Jack challenges Ralph's leadership, he asks the boys to vote against Ralph.  But "the
silence continued, breathless and heavy and full of
shame."

In answer to this uncomfortable silence, Jack says,
"all right then."  He lays the conch down as "humiliating tears run down his
cheek":

'I'm
not going to play any longer.  Not with you....I'm not going to be a part of Ralph's
lot--....I'm  going off by
myself.

As he blunders out of
the triangle, Jack turns and glances back at Ralph:

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For a moment he paused and then cried out,
high-pitched, enraged. 
"--No!"

Jack
recalls the first time he contended for leadership.  In Chapter 1 as he and the choir
marched up to where Piggy and Ralph were standing with the conch, Jack challenged Ralph
then for the position of leader:

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'Who wants Jack for
chief?'

With dreary obedience the choir raised their
hands.

'Who want me?"
[Ralph]

Every hand outside
the choir except Piggy's was raised immediately.  Then, Piggy, too, raised his hand
grudgingly into the air.

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....Jack's face disappeared uder a blush of
mortification.

Jack's scream
of "--No!" is denial that he will be humiliated again.  Instead Jack runs, returning to
the hunters over whom he becomes chief of the hunters.

How should I go about writing a poem from the play Macbeth, using a line from it?The content of the poem needs to reflect the meaning of the line...

Few, if any, can write the poem for you.  This will have
to fall on your broad shoulders.  However, I would point you to one of the last
soliloquies of the drama.  Act V, scene 5, lines 18-30 provide a wonderful moment where
I think that can be used to help construct a poem given the terms that are featured. 
The idea of the "innocent flower" and the "serpent under it" can be reflected in the
idea that life is "a tale/Told by an idiot,/ full of sound and fury,/Signifying
nothing."  The idea of what life is and what it "looks like" can also be brought out in
the earlier lines of the speech, when Macbeth speaks of life as a "brief candle."  What
is seen as lengthy is actually short, what appears to be is not what is.  I think that
being able to play around with oppositional ideas in the poem is why this particular
section of the drama could be relevant to you finding a line and constructing a poem
with these terms based off of it.

How do we gain energy for our daily routine work from the food we eat?Explain on the basis of reaction taking place.

well for instance cows,

1.
the sun is shinin on top of the grass

2 cows munch on the
grass

3 so then cow gets the proteins anvitamins for
us

4. we cut the fgrass, as beef so then we get the energy
and then we also eat the grass with either a bun , soup or bread these are all high in
fibre so it gives us a lot of energy for the day.

Is entering a closed but unlocked door without force considered trespass or break and enter?the incident was at a shopping complex when the shop...

As stated above, it does depend on the state, but let me
pose the situation in another way.  Suppose it was a private home, an the owner left the
door unlocked at night when he went to bed.  Can I walk into the house and only be
considered trespassing?  The homeowner's failure to lock the door is not legal
justification for entry, as we have a right to privacy the courts have consistently
upheld.

When we talk in a legal sense about private
property, and especially in the case of a business where property is maintained and a
target for thieves, "breaking" the plane of the doorway outside of business hours would
most likely be considered breaking and entering as well, and/or burglary.  If someone is
inside, then most likely robbery would be the charge.

In A Tale of Two Cities, by Dickens, what is the significance of so many "Jacques" in Defarge's wine shop?

With the significance of the wine shop owned by the
Defarges well established in Chapter V of Book the First of A Tale of Two
Cities, the gathering of the men known anonymously as "Jacques" represents
the emerging "hundreds of footsteps" that will soon march upon the Bastille, the symbol
of political oppression.

That there is an aura of
subterfuge and suspicion in the wine-shop is evinced by the actions of Madame Defarge
who coughs and raises her eyebrows significantly; also, after looking at some of those
who enter the shop, she takes up her knitting "with great apparent calmness and respose
of spirit" and becomes totally absorbed in it.

Further,
outside, the three Jacques peer with great interest into the room where Dr. Manette is
confined.  Ernest Defarge explains to Mr. Lorry that he shows Manette to a chosen few. 
When Mr. Lorry asks which few, Defarge replies,

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"I choose them as real men, of my name--Jacques
is my name--to whom the sight is likely to do
good."

Because Manette has
been imprisoned in the Bastille by the aristocrats Evremonde, Defarge's remark about the
Jacques also indicates that the revolutionary movement is in its incipience (i.e.,
beginning).

What is the meaning of Marx's following statement regarding philosophy? "The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the...

In this statement, Karl Marx puts forth the essential
ideals of his philosophy: it is not enough to simply study and analyze the world as it
is; instead, one must make deliberate attempts to change the world in substantial ways.
Marx was commenting on the tendency of philosophers to only expand on ideas already put
forth by their predecessors; instead of trying to put out new ideas, they would remain
stuck in their ruts of rethinking old ideas. Marx intended for philosophy to become a
rapidly changing field, with new ideas that changed the way that people viewed others,
themselves, and the world. With this change, people would be able to see the underlying
dishonesty of existing cultural systems and take steps to alter them; Marx's own
philosophy drew on prior work, but created an entirely new system of class-warfare and
revolution that has persisted in cultural thought to this day.

Should Macduff be held responsible for the deaths in his family in Macbeth?

This is a really interesting question to consider. On the
one hand, obviously he wasn't the one who ordered the slaughter of his family, yet on
the other hand, he did flee to England, leaving them alone and vulnerable. Presumably he
thought that as his quarrel was with Macbeth alone, his family was safe. Being a noble
man himself perhaps he underestimated Macbeth's evil nature and the lengths that he was
willing to go to to secure his power, even if women and children stood in the
way.

However, if you analyse Act IV scene 2, it is clear
that his wife is very away of the vulnerable position that he has left them in. Consider
what she says to her cousin, Rosse:

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Wisdom! to leave his wife, to leave his
babes,

His mansion, and his titles in a
place

From whence himself does
fly?

She certainly questions
the "wisdom" that leads him to desert them and leave them open to Macbeth's evil plan to
kill them. Thus we can perhaps say that Macduff is at least partly responsible, for he
could have taken his wife and children with him to England for their
protection.

Who is Haydee, the lady he finds love with in the end in The Count of Monte Cristo?

The Count of Monte Cristo purchases Haydee from a slave
trader.  She is  a princess and was the daughter of Ali Pasha.  Her father was betrayed
by the Count de Morcef.  The Count was supposed to be a loyal friend of her father's,
but he sold him to his enemies.  Morcef was able to infiltrate her father's compound. 
Haydee and her mother were taken captive after her father was killed.  The Count of
Monte Cristo bought her at a market and raised her in the luxury she was born to
deserve.  He was kind and caring towards her.  One night at the Opera, Haydee sees de
Morcef and is very upset.  Later she testifies at his trial and secures his conviction. 
After the downfall of de Morcef's family, The Count of Monte Cristo and Haydee finally
admit their feelings for one another.

What bad behavior did Rousseau learn from his apprenticeship with M. Ducommun; what is Rousseau arguing here?

Abel Ducommun was an engraver in Geneva to whom Rousseau
was apprenticed in 1725. The choice was not a positive one, as the engraver is described
as violent and as incapable of developing a positive relationship with Jean Jacques. He
often punished his apprentice and his violent behavior eventually led Rousseau to escape
from Geneva. Therefore Ducommun was a negative teacher for Jean Jacques as he taught him
to be violent and, with himdsight, the author holds him responsible for his own moral
degradation. The character of Ducommun proves Rousseau's ideas on the corrupting effects
of society: although he is originally from a good family, Ducommun goes through quick
decay and dies in poverty.

Where is the function f(x) discontinuous? f(x) = (x^2-x-2)/(x-2), if x is not 2 f(x) = 1, if x=2

For a function to be continuous, the values of the lateral
limits have to be equal and they are equal to the value of function, if we'll let x to
be equal to the value of accumulation point.

We'll
calculate the lateral limits, if x approaches to 2 from the left and from the
right:

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

Now, we'll evaluate the limit if x =
2.

According to enunciation, f(2) =
1.

We notice that the limit of the function, if x
approaches to 2, is not equal to the value of the function
f(2).

The function is discontinuous at x =
2.

Who was the government in the 1960s? i am doing a group project and i need the answers because this counts as a big grade so i really need the...

In the United States in the 1960s, there were four
presidents.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican was
president until January of 1961.

After that John F.
Kennedy, a Democrat was president until he was assassinated in November of 1963.  He was
succeeded by his vice president, Lyndon Johnson.  Johnson won his own term in 1964.  He
chose not to run again in 1968 because of how badly the Vietnam War was
going.

The president for the rest of the decade was Richard
Nixon, another Republican.

During most of this time,
Congress was controlled by the Democrats.

I hope that is
helpful... your question is not very clear as to what you
want...

Why is dusk is said to be the hour of the defeated in "Dusk"?

Let us remember that this interpretation only is in the
mind of the protagonist, Gortsby, who enjoys dusk because of the way that he associates
it with "the hour of the defeated." Note what he says about dusk and how it frees people
to go out who would normally stay in their homes for fear of being
noticed:

Men
and women, who had fought and lost, who hid their fallen fortunes and dead hopes as far
as possible from the scrutiny of the curious, came forth in this hour of gloaming, when
their shabby clothes and bowed shoulders and unhappy eyes might pass unnoticed, or, at
any rate, unrecognised.

Note
the way in which, in Gortsby's mind, who classes himself as one of these men and women,
dusk allows those who have experienced failure to go out without attracting attention.
He sits next to an old man who has a "drooping air of defiance" and likewise the young
man has supposedly come across bad luck. All the characters, apparently, are shown to be
"defeated" through their bearing, character and situation, but this belief of Gortsby's
perhaps only makes him more vulnerable to the trick of the young
man.

In chapter 11 of Lord of the Flies, how do the boys react to Piggy's speech?

In this chapter we see Piggy's attempt to reason with the
boys go disastrously awry as he actually ends up provoking them into ever-greater acts
of savagery, resulting in his own death. Seeing how things are deteriorating between
Jack and Ralph, Piggy, claiming the right to speak because of his possession of the
conch, then speaks a certain number of truths to the assembled boys, drawing a
comparison to the leadership of Ralph and Jack. Note the three questions he asks the
boys:

"Which
is better--to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph
is?"

"Which is better--to have rules and agree, or to hunt
and kill?"

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

Note the
way that Piggy introduces two opposites through these questions. Jack's leadership and
rule are associated with savagery, hunting, and killing, whereas Ralph's leadership is
associated with being sensible, agreement, law and rescue. However, these words turn
Jack and his tribe into a "solid mass of menage that bristled with spears." The words of
Piggy, hoping to reason with the boys, actually only serves to antagonise them still
further, unleashing the act of violence that kills him.

In Things Fall Apart, what is a Christian practice that was good for their people, but seen as an abomination by Ibo?

One example of a healthy or "good" practice of the
Christians was their willingness to go against traditional Ibo culture when it came to
traditions that appeared to be cruel or harmful.  They would rescue the twin babies from
the forbidden forest rather than allow them to starve and die there.  This is
particularly difficult because the practice seems to be so completely foreign and cruel,
yet was accepted among the Ibo people.

You might also make
the case that the Christians are trying to create a problem solving culture based on
discussion and diplomacy rather than one based almost entirely on conflict and
violence.  That could certainly be considered something that is "good" for people, if
you are trying to make that argument.

What is the Illuminati?

They are a group of families on Earth who have more divine
blood in them than the rest of humanity and rule us behind the scenes.  Back when the
Gods were on the Earth, Kingship was granted to men who were descended from the Gods
(called Demigods).  These people always interbred with one another to preserve their
divine blood and claimed to be elligable to rule due to their "Divine Right".  With the
absence of the Gods today, the Illuminati are the ones chosen and tasked to push on the
agenda until the Gods return.  The Illuminati are more wealthy than anyone can imagine
and have more power and influence than world leaders (these world leaders such as our
President are put into power by the Illuminati to be used as spokesmen).  They have
existed essentially since the Gods granted Kingship to humanity.  More recently in
history, the Knights Templar, who were amassing wealth and power in France, came to
Jerusalem under Solomon's rule to secretly look for "The Holy Grail", as well as to
search for an unspeakable amount of wealth supposedly located under temple mount. 
According to Illuminati theorists, the Holy Grail was the offspring of Jesus Christ. 
The Knights Templar were said to have found this Holy Grail (as well as this wealth). 
If this Grail was truly the bloodline of Christ, then the Illuminati wanted to capture
it in order to once again re-purify themselves in a Divine Bloodline to assert their
Divine Right over the populace. 

America was founded by the
Illuminati (Freemasons, which are an outlet of the Illuminati) and is a testing ground
for the Single World Government which they are pushing for.  Pearl Harbor was allowed to
happen so that we could enter WWII, a war controlled by the Illuminati on both sides of
the conflict.  After WWII, our exhausted nations decided to form the United Nations
(which is a step towards the Single Word Government). 9/11 was planned and executed by
the Illuminati to take away our freedoms and to start the WWIII which will be a war
aimed to depopulate the Earth by nearly 95%, so that the Illuminati may assert their
dominance over the easily-controlled few.  The Bible's "Anti-Christ" will come after the
dropping of the Nuclear Weapons and will bring us all into a single world government. 
The reason they want this government is because back many thousands of years ago, Gods
ruled separate sections of the Earth.  Enki/Poseidon ruled Africa, Enlil/Zeus ruled
Mesopotami, Innana/Ishtar ruled India, ect...  The Illuminati were told by a God who
wanted to claim supremacy over Earth (the New Testament is a campaign for this God) to
form the nations into a Single Government so that a Single God may rule
it. 

The Illuminati members can be found if you look
closely at who is really pulling the strings.  Look for people who are sickenly wealthy,
have ties to politics, are behind multiple corporations, or news/media outlets. 
According to theorists, the names Bush, Disney, McDonald, Rockefeller,
Kennedy/Cavendish, Hamilton, Sinclair, Rothschild/Bauer, and Windsor have ties to the
Illuminati. 

If you refuse to accept this terrifying truth
about the Illuminati, or just would rather not think about it, I urge you to at least
accept the fact that those who appear to be in power (presidents, dictators,
congressmen, ect) are not the actual ones with the power, they are just faces.  The real
ones who control this Earth are the ones with the money...

Reread this quotation from near the end of Walden.Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for...

When you consider that Thoreau was a transcendentalist,
and could loosely be considered an American "philosopher" you have to address this
question in the terms that here he is speaking metaphorically.  Certainly "I was rich,
if not in money," is key to understanding this quote.

Think
about it.  The entire book is Thoreau's reflection on life, beauty, love, and
purpose/meaning through the context of contemplation on Walden Pond (nature).  Rather
than spending that time inside, in a book, working for a living, educating himself
traditionally in order to perhaps promote a career, or even spending time traditionally
speaking and teaching others, Thoreau was alone, outside, listening
to nature, thinking, and writing.

Two questions to ask
yourself which will help you come up with a personal answer to your teacher's question
are these:

1. Does Thoreau seem to regret the time
   he spent on Walden pond?  Why or why not?


2. Given his
   feelings on the time he spent alone in nature, what do you believe Thoreau would claim
   as the most important things in life?

I think
if you can answer the above questions, you will successfully explain the quote, and it
will your answer, which is exactly what your teacher is looking
for.  Good luck.

What is Alfred North Whitehead trying to say in the following quoation “Religion is what man does with his solitariness”.

Alfred North Whitehead was a British thinker who believed
that it was important to modify traditional views of what religion meant.  It is in this
context that you should understand this quote.

If you look
at the essay from which the quote is taken, Whitehead goes on (in the next paragraph) to
say

Thus
religion is solitariness; and if you are never solitary, you are never religious.
Collective enthusiasms, revivals, institutions, churches, rituals, bibles, codes of
behaviour, are the trappings of religion, its passing
forms.

To Whitehead, people
had gotten too caught up in what he calls the "passing forms" or the "trappings" of
religion.  They came to think that true religion consisted of their rituals and their
bibles.  To Whitehead, this was a problem because the trappings of religion tended to
come in conflict with science and he thought that the two of them needed to be fused,
that the conflict had to end.

So Whitehead is saying, in
this quote, that religion is not in the rituals and bibles.  He says, instead, that
religion is a personal thing that consists of what you do when you are
alone.

In the poem "Much Madness is divinest Sense," what is the meaning of the two paradoxes in the first few lines?What is really the poem's message?

Emily Dickinson's poem expresses the paradox that what is
sometimes regarded as madness or craziness is actually perfectly sensible, and what
sometimes seems to make perfect sense is actually madness.  The paradoxes are reversals
of each other.  These paradoxes are the statement of the theme of the poem.  The poem
goes on to explain her a point a bit further.  She explains that it is the majority (of
people) who decide what is "sane" and if one goes along with the majority, then that
he/she is considered sane, but that if one demurs (objects) then he/she is considered
crazy and will be treated that way.

While we have no
expressed idea about what inspired this poem for Dickinson, we can certainly see its
relevance in all kinds of big and small examples in our everyday lives.  If the majority
of people decide that a certain fashion trend is great, then anyone wearing that trend
is considered fashionable; anyone who doesn't, isn't. This could apply to anything that
is "popular."  Dickinson's reclusive behavior might have been considered mad, but it
made perfect sense to her and how she wanted to live her life.  Dickinson's first and
only submission to have her poetry considered for publication ended in a rejection
letter, but she knew she wrote great poetry and we certainly know that today!  Who is to
say what is mad and what is sane?

In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, compare and contrast Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Malvolio.

In Twelfth
Night Malvolio is the character who most represents the title
of the play. Twelfth Night is a holiday celebrated in
Shakespeare's day in England and many other countries, for example Russia. Twelve days
after Christmas, it marks the end of the winter season. The Christianized form of the
earlier Roman holiday for Saturn, Twelfth Night, like Saturnalia, features jokes and
tricks, false beards, jackets turned inside-out and a King and Queen to rule the
festival. One tradition in England's celebration  is that the King and Queen lead the
festivities by requiring ludicrous behavior or behavior contrary to normal roles
(Waverly Fitzgerald). Maria and Sir Toby might be likened to the Queen and King of
Twelfth Night festivities as they make Malvolio perform ridiculous tasks and wear his
clothing in ridiculous manners, thus enforcing Malvolio's representative role as the
emblem of the title. Malvolio's character is pompous, too serious, arrogant, and vain,
as a result, he is an antagonist to the other servants in Olivia's household. Olivia
says of him:

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Oh, you are sick of self-love, Malvolio, and
taste
with a distempered
appetite.

Sir Andrew
Aguecheek is a counterpart to Malvolio and as such is also representative of the title.
Sir Andrew is proven to be ridiculous and foolish, perhaps also a little feeble minded
as is shown when he insists on thinking "accost" is Maria's
surname:

SIR
ANDREW: Good Mistress Accost, I desire better acquaintance.

SIR TOBY:
'accost' is front her, board
her, woo her, assail her.

SIR
ANDREW: Is that the meaning of
'accost'?

In the
ridiculousness of their character traits, Malvolio and Sir Andrew are similar, but there
is one very large difference between them. While both are naturally foolish in their own
ways, only Malvolio is manipulated into extra foolishness, thus exemplifying the meaning
of the title. Sir Andrew does however honor the meaning of the title by his capacity to
drink and revel; he also spends money recklessly while trying rather pathetically to woo
Olivia. In addition he suffers from self-pity since he says to Sir Toby: "I was adored
once too."

What are some phrases in the story Bless Me, Ultima that prove that Antonio is a Marez and a Luna?

One of the major internal and external conflicts that
Antonio faces throughout the novel is the competing pulls of his two heritages. The
Marez heritage of his father calls him to be a wandering cowboy, like his brothers,
whereas the Luna heritage from his mother calls him to be a priest and a farmer.
Throughout the novel both of these two warring elements seem to struggle to gain
dominion over him. Note how Ultima tells Antonio when he helps her to heal his uncle
that "The blood of the Luna's is very thick in you." Likewise, even his father seems to
recognise the dominance of the Luna blood in his son after his sons leave him and his
dreams of going to California. However, at the same time, he feels the pull of his
brothers and the way that they follow the Marez heritage by restlessly
wandering.

It is only towards the end of the story that
Antonio begins to comprehend how he can actually internalise and combine both of these
contradictory heritages within himself when he speaks to his father. Note what his
father says:

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I came from a people who held the wind as
brother, because he is free, and the horse as companion, because he is the living,
fleeting wind—and your mother, well, she came from men who hold the earth as brother.
They are a steady, settled people. We have been at odds all of our lives, the wind and
the earth. Perhaps it is time we gave up the old differences. . . . Every generation,
every man is a part of his past. He cannot escape it, but he may reform the old
materials, make something
new.

It is this prospect of
making "something new" in his identity that allows Antonio to reach a resolution between
the crushing expectations of his father and mother.

Write short notes on the two characters and complexities we find in the story "After Twenty Years" of O' Henry.

Despite the two decades that have passed and the markedly
different paths that the two men in "After Twenty Years" have taken in their lives, the
bonds of friendship prove stronger than any differences between them.  For, it is only
the professionalism of Jimmy that overrides his continuation of this friendship.  That
he is professional is indicated in the exposition of the
story: 

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Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with
many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown
the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a
fine picture of a guardian of the
peace.

Because they have been
friends for so long, Jimmy Wells does not have the heart to arrest Bob as he should when
he discovers "Silky Bob's" identity in the light of the match Bob strikes for his
cigar.  Instead, knowing that the friend will wait in the doorway because he has been
true to his word to return for the reunion, Officer Wells sends a plain clothes man to
make the arrest.  On both parts of the men, the trust of friendship plays out, but to an
ironic
ending.