Wednesday, December 5, 2012

discuss MARLOWS delination of the strugglewith in the mind of Dr.Faustus?answer

Though The question has been answered once before, yet I'm
replying to this again. What you have asked covers the supreme theme of this play by
Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus, which is the inner
conflict of Faustus
. Marlowe's hero goes through the dilemma throughout
the entire play. It is the conflict which turns Faustus into a round character, and
successfully, makes him a tragic hero.


Faustus, who is a
renowned professor in a German university, a prolific scholar and a skillful physician
who helped his town to get rid of plague, seems to become more proud out of his fame and
achievements. He tends to practice necromancy now. What he has achieved till now could
not give him satisfaction; he wants more. And, he thinks it is black art which would
help him to reach the peak. Thus, he chooses self-willingly the wrong path for himself,
and sells his soul to  Lucifer via an agreement. This ambitious man abuses his knowledge
and skills being distracted. He denies God and focuses solely on earthly pleasure. He
says to Mephostophilis that he will spend his life "in pleasure and in
dalliance"
and his preference to sensuality than to spirituality makes
him a villainous character. But, Marlowe shows brilliance in giving this villainous
character a diversity.


Faustus, though driven by his
freewill, many a times tries to call Christ. His attempts to repent and coming back are
clearly shown when he is saying: "Then fear not Faustus, to be
resolute..."
or "be resolute:/ Why waver'st thou?... turn
to God again"
or, when he sees an inscription on his arm which tells
"Homo fuge!" and then, he falls into deep thoughts whether
he should pact the deal or not. While selling his soul to the devils, he calls Christ:
"O Christ, .../Help to save distressed Faustus' soul." Even
when he reaches the end of his life-time, he still hopes that Christ would forgive
because he knows: "Christ did call the thief upon the
cross"
. At the end, he realizes that, "no end is limited to
damned souls"
.


A tragic hero is a human
endowed with some extraordinary qualities, at the same time, possesses a hamartia or
tragic flaw in his characteristics which will lead him to face heavy downfall. This
Profound scholar Faustus, having excellence in his character, becomes a fallible man
gradually, and his life results in terrible consequence because of his pride and
ambition.


Faustus is not flatly a negative character,
rather possesses really "an amiable soul", and this fact is
implicitly depicted through his inner dilemma.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

In Macbeth, how does Shakespeare use violent imagery and figurative language to portray Macbeth's change to a larger-than-life character?

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, I believe
the author uses violent imagery and figurative language to show the transformation that
takes place in our tragic hero.


At the beginning of the
play, Macbeth is a valiant soldier in defense of Duncan. His King and other soldiers
praise Macbeth's efforts on the battlefield for Scotland. He is immediately presented to
the audience as a man of strength, courage and
conviction.


Aristotle defines a tragic hero has a great man
with a tragic flaw: and Macbeth admits to his flaw—"vaulting"
ambition...ambition that drives him to want and have
more.


At the beginning, part of Macbeth wants to be king,
but part of him wants to enjoy the praise and rewards from Duncan, his friend and King—a
man who Macbeth genuinely cares for. However, the witches and Lady Macbeth find the
crack in Macbeth's honorable nature and feed poison through it until Macbeth changes,
driven by his ambition.


The violent imagery is seen when
Macbeth returns from Duncan's murder with the bloody daggers clenched in his
hands.


Lady Macbeth chastises Macbeth's fearfulness over
the blood he has shed:


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Why did you bring these daggers from the place?

They must lie there. Go carry them, and smear
The sleepy grooms
with blood. (II.ii.48-50)



The
violence is witnessed again when Macbeth kills the King's grooms so they cannot deny
their part in the King's murder: Macbeth says he killed them because he was so overcome
by grief for Duncan's death. Then Macbeth sends murders to assassinate his best friend
Banquo, and Banquo's ghost haunts Macbeth at the
banquet.


When the banquet hall clears, Lady Macbeth asks
after Macduff who did not appear though he was invited. Macbeth explains that he will
summon him again; and he then plans to seek out the witches again. He admits that he is
so covered in the guilt of bloodshed, that it is just as easy to move forward than it
would be to try to fix what he has done. Macbeth
says:



I am in
blood / Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go
o'er. (III.iv.138-140)



When
Macbeth admits that killing is difficult only because he is still too new at it, it
seems that the transformation is nearly complete.


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My strange and self-abuse / Is the initiate fear
that wants hard use: / We are yet but young in the deed.
(III.iv.144-146)



The final
act of violence and cruelty is when Macbeth orders the murder of Macduff's wife and
children. The witches' second set of predictions don't give Macbeth any reason to fear
Macduff, but he slaughters the man's family anyway.


With
violent imagery and figurative language, Shakespeare allows the audience to witness the
transformation of a hero into a monster.

What is the falling action in the story "The Tell-tale Heart"?

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is an unusual story because it ends
at the climax; it has no falling action. Edgar Allan Poe wanted to create the most
memorable effect on the reader that he possibly could, so he ends the story at the
climax, the moment of highest action in the story. He does not include any fallen action
because falling action might soften the effect of the story. 
Poe sought to
create a memorable impression, and ending a story at the climax is like ending with an
exclamation point; ending with a falling action is like ending with a period. Unlike
stories that contain a section of falling action, this story provides no answers to the
reader's questions. The story leaves the reader wondering.

In Durkheim concepts, what is the difference between Subjective Anomie and Objective Anomie?

The term "anomie" refers to a state in which society's
norms and values have broken down.  This leaves people feeling generally uneasy because
there are no rules and values that are agreed upon by their whole
society.


Sociologists talk of objective and subjective
aspects of anomie.  The objective aspects are those that can be put into numbers.  For
example, one might measure things like rates of delinquency or frequency of people
moving to measure anomie.  These measures might indicate the degree to which society is
becoming unsettled and to which norms are breaking down.  The subjective aspects are
those that cannot be measured by numbers.  These would be people's individual feelings. 
They would, for example, be things like the extent to which people feel like they have
no purpose or the extent to which they feel like their society does not care about
them.


So it is not so accurate to say that there are
different kinds of anomie (subjective and objective).  Rather, we should say that there
are different measures of anomie.

What does Nick learn about Tom at the end of chapter 2?

This Chapter features lots of information about Tom and
his character as he forces Nick to accompany him to the house of his lover, Myrtle,
taunts her husband then takes Myrtle and Nick with him to his appartment that he uses
for affairs and has an unplanned party with Myrtle's sister and a couple called the
McKees. They drink a lot, and although Nick is disgusted by their exaggerated behaviour,
he is compelled by the novelty of observing these shallow people. When Tom gives Myrtle
a puppy, she begins to talk about Daisy. Tom tells her to keep quiet, and Myrtle
refuses, chanting Daisy's name. Tom then breaks her nose in an act of violence, bringing
the party to a sudden halt.


This party scene clearly
establishes the hypocrisy of Tom and also his inability to control his emotions,
especially his anger. He has no guilt about his affair with Myrtle, but feels he must
keep Myrtle in her place and control her. His violent act against Myrtle illustrates his
character: he is a physical bully who uses and abuses his social position and physical
strength to dominate and manipulate those around him. Note how he taunts Wilson whilst
also cuckolding him. He has no guilt about his behaviour and without a doubt is quick to
violently assert his authority over Myrtle. Wilson here acts as a foil to Tom - he is an
attractive and moral man, but who doesn't possess the money, vitality or position that
Tom has.  

How does the granularity of information change as it moves from lower to upper organizational levels?

Let us take the information conserved in our DNA. As you
know a codon generates a amino acid. This way we are going from a systeme of four bases
to ONE and unique stuff.


Now, all those twenty acids are
able to form a specific protein. We go from 20 to one.


The
most important constitution of our body are the proteins, yet we are
ONE.


All our bodies are forming the humanity, so again the
granularity dimininish.


This principle is that of «
EMERGENCE » : on a higher level the complexicity has been growing with the tread of a
giant.


On the other hand you have « REDUCTION
».


Yes finnaly is everything composed by electrons,
neutrons and positons.


And even, downwards by strange
things like Charm, Strange, and other beautiful names.

What do these words mean? Please help! More answers the better! Thanks for your time!Please tell me the definitions for one or two of them. I am...

To give you a bit more context as you wanted as much as
possible:


perilous - dangerous, but more than that possibly
leading to tragedy or peril (death). The early sttlers coming to the new world faced a
perilous journey because many of them perished (died) trying to get to
America.


daunting - a task that is daunting may seem
impossible. It is extremely difficult, to say the least. It may have seemed like a
daunting task to undertake a journey to a new world, but in the end the settlers who
came to America were successful.


formidable - formidable is
a lot like daunting. It is extremely difficult.


demeaner -
this word is actually spelled demeanor and it refers to the way that you carry yourself.
If yoiu want to get a job, than you should present yourself at the interview with a
professional demeanor.


alfalfa - alfalfa is a type of hay.
It is commonly fed to horses, but it is high in both protein and energy. The racehorses
were given alfalfa nightly to add calories and energy to their
diets.


corrupt - this word means lacking in morals,
dishonest, and is generally applied to large groups such as governments or corporations.
The government of Mexico, for example, is viewed as corrupt as the police often take
kickbacks to to look the other way when the drug dealers do
business.


regime - this is a type of ruling body or set of
political conditions. Hitler's regime, for example, was one that led to the persecution
of all non-Aryans in Germany.

Can (sec x - cosec x) / (tan x - cot x) be simplified further?

Given the expression ( sec x - csec x ) / (tan x - cot x) We need to simplify. We will use trigonometric identities ...