Why is April concerned about the empty mailbox, and then later concerned about Dorthea's lattest letter in The Egypt Game?

Without a more specific chapter reference,
this question requires some guess work.

April's mother dreams of being a
Hollywood star, and she has sent April away in order to pursue that dream. April believes that
the situation is temporary; however, she starts to worry as her mother's letters do not show up
with any kind of frequent regularity. This lack of communication from her mother really starts
to worry April because April worries that her mother is beginning to forget about her. The
longer the mailbox goes empty of letters from her mother, the more April worries.

Regarding the latest letter that the question mentions, I think it is asking about the
letter from her mother mentioned in chapter 13. The letter tells April that her mother has
married and moved in with Nick. Her mother also writes that she is sending April the rest of her
stuff.

This letter devastates April because it confirms that she will not be
joining up with her mother any time soon. April tears the letter up and flushes it down the
toilet. Fortunately, by the end of the book, April no longer feels a huge draw to rejoin her
mother, and April actually refuses the invite from her mother that finally shows up in the final
chapters of the book.

How many Republican Senators voted yes for the Civil Rights Act of 1964? I am interested in knowing how many senators of each of the party supported...

Very good
question. Here's how the votes tallied:

In the House of Representatives, the
vote was 152 Democrats for, 96 against; 138 Republicans for, 34 against. That is, 61% of the
Democrats and 80% of the Republican members of Congress voted to pass the bill.

In the Senate, 46 Democrats voted for and 21 against; 27 Republicans voted for, and
only 6 voted against the bill. That makes 69% of the Dems and 82% of the Repubs senators voted
to pass the law.

Wikipedia breaks the votes down further into party and
region, and that's where the numbers get very telling:

The
original House version:

• Southern Democrats: 7-87   (7%-93%)
• Southern
  Republicans: 0-10   (0%-100%)

• Northern Democrats: 145-9   (94%-6%)
• Northern
  Republicans: 138-24   (85%-15%)

The Senate version:

• Southern Democrats: 1-20   (5%-95%)
• Southern
  Republicans: 0-1   (0%-100%)
• Northern Democrats: 45-1   (98%-2%)
  
• Northern Republicans: 27-5   (84%-16%)

It's interesting that the one northern Democrat senator
who voted against the bill is still in the Senate: Robert Byrd of West Virginia.

These numbers represent the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Visit the links below for more
information.

What is Juliet's father's first name in Romeo and Juliet? Also, what are Romeo's mother's and father's names and Juliet's mother's name?

We do not
know the first name of 's father in Shakespeare's play . We know him as ,
and Capulet is his surname. It is also often used to refer to the whole Capulet
family.

Juliet is a Capulet, whereas , whom she falls in love with at first
sight, is a Montague (he belongs to the family of Montague). The play's setting is Verona,
Italy. These two families hate one another; there is an ongoing feud between them. 

Just as Juliet's parents are referred to as Lord Capulet and , Romeo's parents are
referred to asand . 

It is not strange that their first names are not given
in the play. During this time period (Romeo and Juliet was written around
1594), people of the upper class were not usually referred to by their first name. Out of
respect, it was customary to refer to people by their surnames with their status or position
stated first. Romeo and Juliet are referred to by first name probably because they are very
young and don't have a specific status yet. Juliet is only 13 years old in the
story.

Compare and contrast Biff and Happy in Death of a Salesman.

Biff
and Happy Loman are both underachieving, delusional brothers who have yet to settle down, get
married, and start a family. The Loman brothers are both extremely selfish, unscrupulous
individuals who have an affinity for women and lack self-awareness. Biff and Happy have never
been able to live up to their potential and initially subscribe to their father's superficial
ideals. They are both shallow, self-centered men who have not lived up to Willy's high
expectations. Biff is an out of work thirty-four-year-old man, while Happy is a lowly assistant
to the assistant buyer. Even though Biff is currently unemployed, Happy's future is not much
brighter, which is why he exaggerates his position.

Despite their many
similarities, Biff and Happy did not share the same life story. As an adolescent, Biff was a
successful, renowned athlete with an opportunity to play football in college. In contrast, Happy
was out of shape and constantly tried to gain his father's attention and
admiration....

Please provide 5 examples of literary devices used in To Kill A Mockingbird.

's
is rich with literary language that provides beautiful , profound
analogies, and meaningful metaphors. Open the book to any page and one can find literary devices
ranging from simple similes and extended metaphors to detailed descriptions that appeal to all
of the five senses. All of these literary devices help to shape the quality and artistry of the
story. The following are some example passages along with descriptions of the literary devices
used therein:

"You never really understand a person
until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around
in it" (30).

Not only is this passage profound
advice, but it uses the sense of sight to create one getting into someone else's skin in order
to gain understanding of another person. This is the use of imagery and
 that provides a visual ofclimbing into Walter Cunningham's body to understand
him.

"Summer was our best...

In George Orwell's 1984, what piece of "evidence" does Winston discover at work one day?

In the world
of , history is continually rewritten so that the "facts" of the
past confirm the reality of the present moment, whatever that reality might be. For example, if
at the present moment, Oceania is at war with Eurasia, it must appear as if it has always been
at war with Eurasia: "All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly
as often as was necessary," explains the narration. Further, it's not possible to establish
that any "falsification" has ever taken place. All the evidence is scrubbed clean or
destroyed.is part of this process, as his job is to rewrite newspaper articles that happen to
contradict the current Party orthodoxy.

We learn fairly early in the novel,
however, from Winston's thoughts, that "Just once in his whole life he [Winston] had held
in his hands unmistakable documentary proof of the falsification of an historical fact." It
happened, Winston believes, in 1973, eleven years before the action of the story takes
place. 

Earlier, in the mid-1960s, Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford, original
revolutionary leaders, were arrested and confessed to murder, embezzlement, and treason -- more
specifically, to being on enemy soil on a certain day betraying military secrets to the enemy.
At work, however, Winston finds a newspaper clipping showing they were actually in New York the
day they were said to be in Eurasia committing treason. 

Although he destroys
this piece of evidence, Winston is excited by his discovery: he believes a revelation of Party
lies would blow the Party "to atoms." He is still naive at this point, as indicated by
the puzzled questions he writes in his journal of not understanding why the Party does what it
does. Later, he will learn fromthat even the old-fashioned "hard" evidence that he so
values doesn't matter: the Party has the power to force people to understand evidence any way it
wants them to, just as it has the power to force Winston not only to say, but to believe, that
two plus two equals five.

What were some gender roles of women in ancient Greece?

The
gender roles of women in ancient Greece depended heavily on the culture of the city state in
which they resided.  While some cultural elements such as polytheism were common to all Greek
poli, the attitude and treatment of women was not uniform throughout the Greek world.  A close
look at the cultures of Athens and Sparta effectively demonstrates the different roles that
women played.

Women in Athens were married at a very young age and were
immediately passed from father to a husband usually at least twice her...

Should alleged "terrorists" be tried in civilian courts with full protection of their civil liberties, or should they be tried by military tribunals...

The word "terrorists" is placed in
quotation marks with good reason, since it is a vague term and has been subjected to frequent
redefinition and modification over the last few years. The American Civil Liberties Union has
expressed concerns that "terrorism" as defined by Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act
could include the activities of such protestors as Greenpeace or the Environmental Liberation
Front.

Not everyone labelled a terrorist should, therefore, be treated in the
same way. A terrorist who is an enemy combatant ought clearly to be treated as a prisoner of
war. If s/he is accused of war crimes, a trial by military tribunal would be entirely
appropriate.

Anyone who is not a combatant and has been accused of crimes
against civilians should normally be tried in a civilian court. The conviction rates of civilian
courts are in fact significantly higher than those in military tribunals in any case. The chief
difficulty lies in cases where the government argues that military intelligence or other
legitimately secret information could be compromised by a trial.

This,
however, does not mean that a military tribunal is the answer. A judge in chambers can hear the
arguments in favor of secrecy and may subsequently order all or part of the proceedings to be
conducted in a closed courtroom, excluding everyone who is not an officer of the court. A judge
will only close a criminal trial to the public when s/he is satisfied that the are no other
options available but will generally do so if a reasonable case can be made that there is a
legitimate security risk in a public hearing.

Who Won WW1

The
Allied Powers won the First World War. They included Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and
from 1917, the United States. What was unusual about the Allied victory was that it didn't take
place on enemy soil. The territory of the main Central Power, Germany, wasn't invaded or taken
over by enemy forces as would normally have been the case.

This gave rise to
a persistent myth, the so-called "Stab in the back" legend, that would later be
ruthlessly exploited for political gain by the Nazis. According to its proponents, Germany
hadn't really lose the war on the battlefield; her brave soldiers at the front had been
betrayedstabbed in the backby malevolent forces at home such as liberals, Communists, and
Jews.

In reality, however, it was the German generals who advocated surrender
while the politicians in Berlin urged the army to keep on fighting. Nevertheless, in the
aftermath of World War One, the myth took on a life of its own, with many subscribing to it as
the only way of explaining Germany's shattering defeat.

Is class still a factor in how people are portrayed and treated in current American films, and in television?

This is
a great question. In my opinion, we have come a very long way when it comes to class in film.
This is a very different thing than saying that we have come a long way in reality. In reality,
people are constantly judged based on class. However, in make believe, that is, films, I do not
see too...

How does Higgins treat Eliza in Pygmalion?

Professor
Higgins objectifies Eliza as the main component of his experiment, even bullying her at
times.

When Eliza takes a taxi and comes to Higgins for speech lessons so
that she can "be a lady in a flower shop stead of sellin at the corner of Tottenham Court
Road," (Act II) Higgins speaks about her to Pickering as though she is not a real
person. 

HIGGINS. Pickering, shall we ask this baggage to
sit down, or shall we throw her out of the window? (Act II)

After saying things that hurt Eliza's feelings because he speaks of her as a mere
object, such as his proposal to Pickering that he can make a "duchess out of a
guttersnipe," Higgins calls her ungrateful. Even when Pickering scolds his friend, asking
him if he does not think the girl has feelings, Higgins callously replies, 

HIGGINS. Oh, no. I don't think so. Not any feeling that we need
bother about. (Act II)

Having thus dismissed Eliza's
feelings, Higgins returns to concentrating on what he considers essential; namely, her grammar
is atrocious and will be harder to correct than her pronunciation.

So often,
he is guilty of this domineering superiority. Throughout the later acts, when Eliza becomes
angry after he has gone too far with his impetuous bullying, Higgins employs coaxing cleverness
rather than an apology to subdue her. It is only when Eliza takes a stand for her own dignity
after the ambassador's party that Higgins begins to perceive Eliza no longer as a sort of
millstone around his neck, but as a person who is deserving of his
admiration. 

What is a good slogan to persuade people to live in Mohenjo-Daro (based on religion, government, protection, city planning, food, plumbing, jobs,...

Before
we come up with some cool slogans, let's first take a look at the history of Mohenjo
Daro.

Mohenjo Daro was a city in what historians refer to as the Indus River
Valley, one of the oldest agricultural settlements (along with Shang China, Egypt, and
Mesopotamiaa). Mohenjo Daro was located on the Indus River and was one of two large cities
there; another famous one was Harappa.

Unfortunately, we cannot translate
Mohenjo Daro's pictographic alphabet. We have evidence that its people kept records, and we have
even found evidence that they traded with their Western neighbors, Mesopotamia, because stone
tablets with Indus script have been found in Mesopotamia. But, unlike with Mesopotamia and
Egypt, we never uncovered a "Rosetta stone" for the Indus peoples. It also doesn't
help that when the Aryans from the north invaded and settled what we would now recognize as
India, they removed many traces of Mohenjo Daro's culture.

From
archaeological evidence and comparative analysis with other contemporary cultures, we do know
some things about Mohenjo Daro. I'll try to keep it relevant to the list you mentioned in your
question. Mohenjo Daro had a single ruler, and its social structure would have mirrored the
usualleader on top, then nobility, then merchants and artisans, and peasants on the bottom. It
was polytheistic, as many early civilizations were. What was unique about Mohenjo Daro was its
advanced sewage system and its grid-like street patterns; clearly, a lot of thought was put into
urban planning. There were citadels at the top of the city, where their high position could be
used to signal invading groups or offer religious services. Trenches dug from the citadel and
down out of the city carried water and waste, keeping the city clean and organized.

If you were to come up with slogans for Mohenjo Daro, I would consider pushing this
last aspect. It was what made Mohenjo Daro unique compared to contemporary river valley
civilizations. Perhaps something like "Mohenjo Daro: the cleanest city this side of the
Ganges!" or "Come for the spice, stay for life!" or "Mohenjo Daro: let our
citadel keep you safe!" would work well.

What did Lyddie learn from Diana in the book "Lyddie"? Please answer the question in one or two sentences. (better if it's one sentence)

I think the most important
lessonlearns from Diana is that no matter how hard it is to get by in the world, it is both
important and possible to retain one's humanity while achieving one's
goals.

Diana, like Lyddie, faces tremendous odds in making it
on her own.  She says,

"I was orphaned young.  I'm
used to it.  I suppose this mill is as much home as I can claim"
(Ch.11).

Known as a radical because of her active support
for the burgeoning labor movement, Diana never pressures others to adopt her ideas, and her
strongest purpose in life is to make things better for the factory girls and people in general
in whatever way she can. 

When Lyddie first arrives in Lowell, it is Diana
who gives her writing materials and urges to let her family know where she is, and when Lyddie
is hurt in an accident in the factory, it is again Diana who helps her get medical attention. 
Diana teaches Lyddie to work the looms on her first days at work, and puts Lyddie to shame when
she takes over Brigid's initiation, kindly showing the new girl the patience and reassurance
Lyddie cannot give because she is so obsessed with making as much money as she can.  Through her
selflessness, Diana is a constant reminder to Lyddie of the importance of remaining human, and
when she leaves, it appears that her influence has had a lasting effect.

What is the overall conflict in The Alchemist by Coelho?

is a journey of self
discovery on which Santiago goes from Spain to Africa and back to Spain to find the fulfillment
of the legends of his life. In Africa, Santiago trusts explicitly and has all his money and
possessions stolen from him; shares a vision and finds himself...

What are some major important aspects of the Enlightenment?

was a
major international 18th century movement in culture, philosophy, and social and political
thought. Although many countries participated in it, the key figures of the movement were from
Britain (especially Scotland), France, and Germany.

On a religious level,
most (but not all) members of the Enlightenment tended towards atheism or deism, and sometimes
liberal Protestantism, rather than adhering to the traditions of the Roman Catholic church. Even
those who were religious sought to ground religion in the operation of reason rather than
unquestioning faith (thus Paley `s Evidences, Butler `s
, and Kant `s Religion with the Limits of Reason
Alone).

Politically, the Enlightenment stood for separation of
church and state, greater civic equality (as opposed to only aristocrats or monarchs holding
power), and the notion of inherent human rights (e.g. abolition of slavery, universal suffrage,
etc.)

Philosophically, the Enlightenment thinkers emphasized the power of
reason and science to solve problems.

Culturally, the typical genre of the
era was . In art and literature symmetry, coherence, balance and clear morals were admired more
than intense emotional effects (e.g. Pope`s Essay on Criticism or
Rape of the Lock)

In "Preludes" by Daryll Delgado, do you think with what happened that some kind of justice was served? Why or why not?

Daryll Delgado's short story
"Preludes" is full of ambiguities and uncertainties. Delgado deliberately leaves the
reader to surmise exactly how Nenita's husband died. We are told that Nenita took her husband
back after his affairs and nursed him back to health when he was ill. We are also told that she
bought poison, a packet of dried purple leaves, but that she never used it on her husband. It
simply gave her "a very calming sense of power" to know that she had it.

It is possible that Nenita kills her husband after all. Delgado does not rule out this
conclusion, despite the fact that she does not use the poison. However, it would be more in
keeping with her character to conclude that she knows he will die and waits passively, doing
nothing to save him. Just as her infidelities are imaginary fantasies about Willy Revillame, a
celebrity on television, rather than the real-life affairs of her husband, so Nenita imagines
killing her husband, whom she does not love, rather than actually doing the deed.

One might see it as a kind of justice that he is punished for his real unfaithfulness
by a real death, while Nenita escapes unscathed for her imaginary adultery, but I believe such a
reading of the story is excessively literal, at odds with the subtlety of Delgado's narration.
This is a story about two ill-matched people who do not love one another, and the fact that
Nenita's infidelities take place only in her mind seems merely a matter of timidity or lack of
opportunity rather than anything more noble.

Explain how Jane Austen's novel Emma shows marriage and social classes in the nineteenth century.

This is a
big question, but in brief, through her depiction of the village of Higbury as seen
throughWoodhouse's eyes, Austen offers a sharp outline of class distinctions in Regency society
and shows the importance of marriage to a woman's situation in life.

Emma is
at the top of the social heap in her village, as her family owns property, has a good pedigree,
and is wealthy. Emma herself is possessed of 10,000 pounds, a sizable fortune at the time, and
lives with her father in a fine home with many servants and a carriage.

Her
snobbery helps us understand social class in the village. She looks down on Mrs. and Miss Bates
because, although of her same social class, they have become poor. They are poor because Mrs.
Bates is widowed and Miss Bates never married. (They have no male to support them.) Their
beautiful and accomplished niece Jane Fairfax, who Emma thinks of as "elegant," is
also poor, and Emma pities her. Having social class is important, but so, as Emma understands,
is...

What are four extremely important quotes from Emma by Jane Austen?

is filled with important quotes, and various readers will pick
and rank various quotes differently; however, I think a safe bet is to pick quotes that
highlight particular themes in the book or are especially good at showing theof a specific
character.

Love and marriage are two themes that run strongly throughout the
text, so I would pick quotes that apply to either of those two themes. Chapter 31 offers two
solid quotes about love and Emma's attitude about it by that point...

How did Monet influence later artists?

Monet broke
away from realist painting to capture the fleeting impression of how a scene looked in the
moment. He was aided by advances in paint technology that allowed a painter to be outside,
recording a scene in a real time. Monet is famous for his emphasis on light and color and for
his "scientific" approach to art, wanting to accurately record what he actually saw
rather than what an object was "supposed to" look like. Therefore, if he was out in
the rain and a haystack looked like a blur, he painted that blur. After all, that is how a
haystack sometimes appears.

Monet influenced a generation of American
artists such as James MacNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, and Mary Cassatt. Though Whistler
and Sargent were not impressionists, they learned from Monet's use of color and...

What is a detailed analysis of Hamlet's second soliloquy: "O all you host of heaven!"?

delivers
his seconddirectly after he discovers that his father was murdered and his uncle was the villain
responsible for taking his own brothers life.

appeals to God and other
beings (all you host of heaven)everyone on Earth as well as in hell. He then asks his heart
and muscles to stay strong because he needs to take action to avenge his father.

Next, Hamlet addresses , who had just asked him to remember his father. Hamlet twice
questions Remember thee? which might indicate that he is shocked that his father would
actually feel he needs to be reminded. He promises to focus by removing any memory that is not
important. He mentions that there is a lot on his mind (distracted globe), but he knows he
must wipe away all trivial fond records of his youth and replace them with only thoughts of
avenging King Hamlet. Only the ghosts request (thy commandment) will reside in his mind
now.

Also, Hamlet acknowledges thatis a smiling, damned villain for having
killed his own brother; he covers up his treachery with fake smiles. Hamlet callsa most
pernicious woman since he feels she has done a malevolent deed in marrying her brother-in-law so
quickly after her husband died.

Finally, Hamlet intends to write down a
reminder that villains smile, pretending to be innocent when they are actually evil. Shakespeare
here uses Hamlet to state a key theme of the play that people and situations are not what they
seem to be.

What is it about Montresor that makes him an especially effective enemy to Fortunato? Give an example from another book, film, or TV show in which...

First, Montresor knows an ultimate weakness of Fortunato:

He had a weak pointthis Fortunatoalthough in other regards he was a man to be respected
and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine.

Montresor is thereby able to exploit this weakness in his plans to kill Fortunato while
also maintaining a keen ability in holding the man's trust:

It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to
doubt my good will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive
that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.

While Montresor plots to kill Fortunato by using personal knowledge against the man, he
is simultaneously able to never give himself away; Fortunato trusts him, and even as he is led
to what will become his tomb, he rejects Montresor's insincere attempts to turn back. Thus, he
allows himself to be led directly to his death.

In Shakespeare's
Julius Caesar , there is a similar betrayal. Brutus knows that...

Discuss the economic conditions of poor blacks and whites during Reconstruction.

During ,
life was difficult for both poor whites and poor blacks alike. The Freedman's Bureau was
designed to help poor blacks as well as white refugees displaced by the Civil War. While it was
a good idea on paper, it was never fully funded and it was disbanded during the Johnson
administration.

Poor blacks faced persecution from hate groups such as the Ku
Klux Klan. Many were forced to seek employment under unfavorable conditions. They were arrested
for loitering as city statutes all over the South made it illegal for blacks to be idle. If one
did not have employment papers, one could be put on a chain gang.

Many poor
blacks came to schools opened by Northern missionaries in order to gain an education. Several
left the South altogether, but they found that the North was not welcoming as these new arrivals
threatened to take jobs.

Poor whites and blacks alike often became
sharecroppers. With falling crop prices, many families never could scrape together enough money
to buy...

Where in Pygmalion do we find specific examples of courage?

One
character in who demonstrates courage is Eliza. When we first meet her,
she is scolding a gentleman (Freddie) for bumping into her--something someone of her class
should probably not do.  Then she stands toe-to-toe with Higgins in their conversation about. 
She does begin to wail several times, of course, but she does...

When Dill arrives in
Maycomb, much toand 's delight, he brags a little bit.His father is the president of the L&N
Railroad, and Dill is a big boy now with real, belted short pants rather than shorts that button
to his shirt, and he claims that he got to help the engineer on the train.Jem responds to him
with an , saying, "'In a pig's ear you did [...].'"An idiom is a
phrase that means something which cannot be deduced from the individual words it contains.What
Jem means is that he does not believe Dill actually got to help the train's engineer; he thinks
Dill is lying to...

What is the conflict between Walter and Mama in A Raisin in the Sun?

and Mama disagree about
what to do with the insurance money that the Younger family will inherit. Walter wants to open a
liquor store, while Mama is totally opposed to the idea. Mama wants to use the money buy her
family a larger house in a different neighborhood.

Their conflict involves
not only what they will do with the insurance money, but also their different belief systems.
Walter pessimistically believes that the only way to achieve one's dreams is to prove one's
material wellbeing. In Act I, Mama says, "Once upon a time freedom used to be lifenow its
money. I guess the world really do change." Walter replies to her, "Noit was always
money, Mama. We just didnt know about it." Mama believes that her life's goal is to achieve
greater freedoms as an African-American woman, as she still remembers when her community was
subject to lynching, and she wants to achieve greater freedom and a better chance for her family
by moving to a house that they own. Walter concentrates on the material aspects of the American
Dream until the end of the play, when he realizes his pride and freedom are worth more than
money.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Texas's judicial selection process?

In
Texas, judges are selected via direct election instead of political appointment. This method is
quite unusual in the United States of America, and its interesting to evaluate both the
advantages and disadvantages.

The overarching benefit of this system is that
it places power in the hands of the people, especially at the local level, which is aligned with
American democratic principles. Judges are elected similarly to how state representatives are
elected. Judges therefore become accountable to local constituents instead of getting their
positions via political appointment by the governor, who may not be in tune with the wants and
needs of a local region.

Another benefit is that in theory this method
removes the risk of corruption through political favors. When a governor appoints a judge, it
sets up a dynamic which questions if that judge owes a favor to the politician.

Also, this process removes lifetime appointments. Judges with lifetime appointments do
not answer to anyone and...

What is the theme/idea in the poem "Homage to My Hips"?

A clue to
the poem's meaning is found in the word "homage." It is a noun denoting respect or
honor demonstrated publicly. The poem's speaker is a woman who is conscious of her feminine
physique and appreciative of what nature has given her: large, sensuous hips.

While there are frequently-shifting societal...

Which statement best expresses the theme of this short story? A. Attempting to achieve complete equality will only result in widespread...

All of
these options except B are perfectly plausible answers. However, I would argue that D best
expresses the underlying message of "." All too often, we take our individuality, our
uniqueness, what makes us special, for granted, preferring instead to submerge ourselves into
collective wholes. Sometimes it's necessary, even desirable to do this. But in doing so, we must
never lose sight of our individuality.

Unfortunately, that's precisely what
seems to have happened in the dystopian society depicted in "Harrison Bergeron." One
gets the impression that the government was only able to implement its policy of radical
equality, dragging everyone down to the same level by the imposition of handicaps, because
people no longer valued their individuality. They'd developed such a collectivist mindset that
the government was able to put in place such a frightening program of social engineering,
imposing total uniformity on society through the crudest means possible.

How does Scout describe the Maycomb courthouse in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Kathryn Draney

• In ,describes the
  Maycomb courthouse as having large old pillars from the previous courthouse before it burned
  down.
• She notes the unreliable clock
  tower.
• She also mentions that the designers of
  the newer building were old-fashioned and tried to hold onto the old look of the courthouse
  before it had burned down.

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What answer does Diamond propose to Yali's question in the prologue of Guns, Germs, and Steel?

Theto 's
does not offer a detailed answer to Yali's question but instead introduces
the issues involved in trying to discover an answer and introduces the material that will be
covered in the rest of the work.

First, Diamond agrees with the assumption
inherent in the question, namely that Europeans do, in fact, have more "cargo"
(wealth, material goods, advanced technology) than the natives of Papua New Guinea. Next, he
points out that the answer does not lie in the character of the people themselves. He states
that people living in less technologically advanced areas are just as intelligent and
hardworking as Europeans. Because of this, he concludes that environmental factors must have led
to the disparity in quantities of "cargo" and tells readers that the rest of the book
will be intended to analyze the ultimate causes for these differences in detail.

What levels of meaning do you find in the title of Walker's story "Everyday Use"? What are the possible implications and associations? How many things...

The phrase,
everyday use, could certainly imply lots of things.First, something that we
put to everyday use, that we actually do use everyday, is something that must be fairly
important in the context of our lives.For example, I use my car everyday to get to and from
work, and it is extremely important to me so that I can be on time, leave when I want to, and so
on.The car itself is not particularly meaningful to me, but the purpose it serves in my everyday
life is gigantic.However, I also use my bathroom mirror everyday to maintain my personal
appearance and present myself in a way that feels most comfortable to me.Again, the mirror is
not that important on its own, but the everyday use to which I put it feels quite important to
me.Unlike my car, I use the mirror to prepare myself for my day, and if I did not have it, I
might not feel as confident in my appearance and preparedness.

Even more different, however, are the ideas that I put to everyday
use.These ideas, my values and priorities and goals, I learned from parents and teachers and
friends, and some I have developed independently.They govern my behaviors and choices and, as
such, are incredibly important to me and my sense of self.On the other hand, I also use my
refrigerator every day, and while it makes my life easier, I certainly have no emotional
attachment to it whatsoever.Therefore, everyday use could imply that
something is necessary even if not particularly valuable; it could imply that something is
necessary and of some personal value, or even that it has extreme and significant worth in terms
of our individual identities.

Why does Winston view the affair as a political act?

views his affair withas a political act
because every act in is political. Totalitarianism means that the
influence of the Party in every area of life is so pervasive that every word and action becomes
either orthodox or unorthodox: an expression of loyalty to the Party, or a rebellion against
it.

Sex may be permissible for the procreation of future Party Members
(Katharine, Winston's wife, had called it "our duty to the Party"). One should not
enjoy it much, however. This is because all enthusiasm and passion must be stored up for
politically orthodox activities, such as the hatred of Goldstein.

Although
Winston is the one who immediately thinks of the affair as a political act, it is Julia who
gives the best explanation of why it is a rebellion against the Party when she expounds the
connection between chastity and political orthodoxy:

When
you make love you're using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don't give a damn for
anything. They can't bear you to feel like that. They want you to be bursting with energy all
the time. All this marching up and down and cheering and waving flags is simply sex gone sour.
If you're happy inside yourself, why should you get excited about Big Brother and the Three-Year
Plans and the Two Minutes Hate and all the rest of their bloody rot?

In "The Minister's Black Veil," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who is Mr. Hooper's fiac©e?

Elizabeth
is Mr. Hooper's fianc©e. She is at first less given to ascribing sinister motives to the veil
that the Reverend Hooper wears over his face. Eventually, however, she asks him to remove it.
When he refuses, she becomes terrified, and to assuage her terror, the Reverend Mr. Hooper tells
her that his veil will not persist through eternity. She is the first person to whom he explains
the possible dual meaning of the veil, but he refuses, despite her requests, to take it off or
to even partially reveal his face to her. She refuses to marry him, which plunges him into great
sadness. However, years later when he is on his deathbed, Elizabeth, coincidentally, is his
nurse. 

What is Biff's idea of the American Dream? How does he try to make that dream reality?

Biff's idea
of the American Dream is to own a ranch out west and farm. He doesn't want to follow his
father's path of trying to be a great salesman and (supposedly) end up rolling in easy
money.

To pursue his dream, Biff goes to ask his former employer, Mr.
Oliver, for a loan. Both Happy and Willie have the idea that Biff was a star salesman for Mr.
Oliver, an idea heavily promoted by Willy. However, Mr. Oliver doesn't even remember who Biff
is. He was just another...

In A Wrinkle in Time, how do the characters take on the problem?

The main
characters in the novel are faced with the problem of bringing Dr. Murry home from the planet
Camazotz, where he is being held prisoner. Their biggest challenge is confronting the evil that
has taken over Camazotz. The face of that evil is "IT," a disembodied brain that wants
to synchronize everyone into total conformity to its will.

Meg and Charles
Wallace, two of Dr. Murry's children, are sent to rescue him, along with their friend Calvin.
Before they get to the planet, they have the help of the three mysterious women, Mrs. Whatsit,
Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which, who offer them "gifts" to fight the power of...

Name the Axis powers and their leaders and the Allied powers and their leaders during World War II.

While there
were many countries involved inon both sides, only a few of them were really relevant to the
course of the war as a whole.  I will list the major countries for each side and their
leaders.

On the Axis side, there were three major countries at the beginning
of the war.  These were Japan, Germany, and Italy.  Germany and Italy were fascist
dictatorships.  Their leaders were Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, respectively.  Japan's
leader is harder to identify.  The head of state was the Emperor Hirohito.  However, he was more
of a figurehead than the other leaders mentioned here.  Hideki Tojo was the Prime Minister and
head of government for most of WWII.  If Japan could be said to have had a single leader, it
would have been Tojo.

On the Allied side, there were also three main
countries as of December 8, 1941.  By that point, France was no longer a major force on the
Allied side.  The main Allied powers were the Soviet Union, led by Josef Stalin, the United
Kingdom, led by Winston Churchill, and the United States, led by Franklin D.
Roosevelt.

Considering that Lincoln explicitly stated that he was not an abolitionist, why did South Carolina secede from the Union upon his election in 1860?

South
Carolina seceded for two main reasons.  First, they did not trust what Lincoln said.  Second,
they felt that even if he were not an abolitionist he would govern only for the North,
neglecting the South or even hurting it purposely.

We should not be
surprised that people in South Carolina did not believe Lincoln.  Even today, many Americans
believe...

What is Dwight Macdonald essentially saying in his essay entitled "A Theory of Mass Culture"?

Dwight
Macdonald was an American social critic born into an upper-class family in Brooklyn, New
York.

One of his prominent essays A Theory of Mass Culture (1957) bemoans
the decline of highbrow art. Before the 20th century, highbrow art was inaccessible to the
majority of the population as art was expressed as the singular vision of one artist.
Additionally, the educated could only fully understand highbrow art because literacy and
knowledge of artistic movements was necessary.

As the 20th century proceeded,
art became more accessible to the masses as more people were able to gain an education. The
style of art also moved from projecting a vision to highlighting common items. Macdonald hated
this change in subject matter as he believed art was becoming a product of an industry or a
society, and this almost mechanical nature of creating art made it kitsch.

In order to become a successful artist, one might simply need to create a product to be sold
for the masses....

How does Oedipus try to discredit Tiresias?

is the story of one
man's pride and his subsequent fall.  In the case of, Oedipus is particularly cruel and
arrogant.  At first the he is thrilled that the blind prophet has come to speak to him.  When
Teiresias speaks the truth, Oedipus scoffs at and mocks him.  It's true that the prophet speaks
in veiled terms and is not quite as...

How popular (or unpopular) was Poe during his life compared to the years immediately following his death and compared to modern times?

was an
American writer who lived from January 19, 1809 to October 7, 1849. During his life, he did not
see much financial success as a writer. In 1827, he enlisted in the Army under the name Edgar
A. Perry, and it was during this time he published his first book, Tamerlane and Other
Poems, a forty-page collection of which only 50 copies were printed. Four years
later, he published another collection, entitled Poems, which was
financially backed by his friends from the US Corps.

Thereafter, Poe turned
to writing prose. His short story MS. Found in a Bottle was awarded a literary prize by the
Baltimore Saturday Visiter, which, in turn, landed him the position of
assistant editor at the Southern Literary Messenger. He also subsequently
worked at the Burtons Gentlemans Magazine and the Grahams
Magazine. Although Poes works such as of Nantucket and his
prose collection, of the Grotesque and Arabesque saw publication and were
reviewed widely, Poe made very little money off of them.

In 1845, four years
preceding his death, Poe published in the Evening Mirror and it became wildly popular €“
although Poe was paid a mere 9USD for the piece. Moreover, the Broadway
Journal, which Poe had become the owner of in 1842, failed in 1846. His wife,
Virginia Clemm Poe, died from tuberculosis in 1847. Two years after, Poe passed away at
Washington Medical College. He was rushed there because he was found wandering the streets of
Baltimore, in great distress, and in need of immediate assistance.

Nowadays, Poe is regarded as the forerunner of Romanticism in American literature. He
is also credited with laying the groundwork for modern genres such as the detective narrative
and science . He is known to have influenced notable modern writers such as Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle, Jules Verne, and H. G. Wells. Poe is so beloved and respected that a copy of his first
book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, sold for $662,500 USD at Christies, New Yorka record-setting
amount in works of American literature.

How does organized religion reflect the stratification system in our society?

To the extent
that organized religion reflects the stratified nature of our society, it does so because people
tend to go to church with others of the same general economic and social status.  While there is
some degree of diversity within any sect, religious groups in the United States do tend to be
somewhat different from one another in the socioeconomic status of their members.

In our society, there are sects that tend to be richer and those that tend to be
poorer.  The richer sects are the more mainline or formal churches.  These are churches like
the Methodist church and the Episcopalian church.  These churches are known for being more
formal and perhaps more staid in their worship.  By contrast, the smaller and more enthusiastic
sects tend to be populated by a larger number of poor people. Churches like the Baptist church,
the Church of God, and the Jehovahs Witnesses have members who tend to be much less affluent
than those of the more formal sects.

The question, then, is whether this
stratification is a cause or an effect of our stratified society.  I would argue that the latter
is true.  Our society tends to be stratified to a high degree and people of certain
socioeconomic statuses tend to socialize with their peers from the same class.  This tendency
extends to religion.  We can say that the economic segregation in our organized religion comes
about because of the general class segregation that exists in most areas of our
society. 

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What is the story about? What is its main point? What are the best parts of the story? Why did you like it? Are there parts you did not like?...

's
"" is a story of undying love. It chronicles the journey of Phoenix Jackson an old,
nearly blind woman, as she travels from her home to Natchez in an effort to retrieve medicine
for her grandson. Throughout the journey, she is subjected to many trials, from natural
obstacles such as thorny bushes and downed trees to unnatural challenges such as barbed wire and
a man with a gun. She also faces challenges due to the effects of her aged mind, which causes
her to hallucinate and, at times, even forget what she is traveling for. Despite the adversity,
she continues on, driven by her love for her grandson, who somehow swallowed lye and
periodically needs medicine when his throat begins to swell shut. One of the major themes of the
story is that people can overcome great obstacles in the name of love. While the obstacles that
Phoenix faces may seem small to many, her blindness and age make them difficult and propel her
journey toward epic, even mythological, status. No matter how difficult the journey becomes, she
continues forward, not only achieving her goal but also cleverly finding ways to secure a toy
for her grandson as well.

It is this latter aspect that is one of the most
enjoyable parts of the story. Phoenix is not content to just accomplish her goal. She wants to
take her grandson something nice as well. Her love for him is shown in every aspect of her
being; even though she is a woman who has clearly been through a great deal in her life, she
still focuses on the happiness of those she loves. On the other hand, one of the less-enjoyable
parts of the story is the slight power trip of the traveling hunter. As Phoenix travels, she
encounters a young white man with a dog and a rifle, who seems to take a little bit of pleasure
in Phoenix's predicament and his perceived power over her. However, even in this moment of
slightly veiled racism, Phoenix rises. The man unknowingly drops a nickel, and Phoenix carefully
retrieves it and puts it in her apron pocket, later using it to purchase the toy for her
grandson.

While not as well known as Charles Dickens's A Christmas
Carol, Eudora Welty's short story serves as an equally heartwarming tale of love and
giving during the holiday season. It ends with Phoenix leaving the doctor's office, medicine in
hand, excited to stop by the store and buy her grandson a toy windmill before she begins the
journey back to him. We are left with the impression that this woman has taken this journey over
and over and will continue to do so, out of love for her grandson.

A 1000 kg car is traveling at 28 m/s. The driver wishes to stop in a distance of 105 m. What friction between the tires and road is necessary to do...

Hello,
let's solve this problem!

So we have a `1000 kg`car travelling at `28 m/s`and
we wish to make it stop after braking for a total distance of `105 m` . We want to know what the
magnitude of the force of friction must be such that this scenario is possible.

Keep in mind we're assuming that the friction between the tires and the
road is constant along the distance.

Our best tool to solve
this problem is the concept of mechanical energy. Our car has a total kinetic energy
of:

`E = (1)/(2) mv^2`

where `m` is the mass of the car,
`1000 kg` , and `v` is its speed (in meters per second), that is, `28 m/s` . Plugging in the
values we get a total kinetic energy of

`E = (1)/(2) (1000 kg) (28 m/s)^2 =
392000 J`

The second concept that we use is that of the work `W` exerted by
a constant force `F` . To make our car stop, we have to apply a certain constant force `F` along
a distance `d` such that the total work `W` done by the force is equal to the total kinetic
energy `E` of the car.

Think like this, our car has mechanical energy, and
this energy must be transformed into heat by the brakes. Transforming mechanical energy into
heat requires work, and this work is done by the force of friction. So the total work done by
the force must be equal to the total energy of our car, since we want to stop the car.

Now, the work done by a constant force `F`applied along a distance `d`is equal
to

`W = Fd`

But we have that `W = 392000 J` , by the
last calculation, and `d = 105 m`as given. Plugging in the values and solving for `F`gives the
value of the force:

`F = (W)/(d) = (392000 J)/(105 m) = (3733.33 N)`

Thus, the friction between the tires and the road must be approximately
`3733.33 N`. This is close to the force required to lift a `373 kg`weight!

Describe Julia and the underlying function of her character in the novel.

Brayan Effertz is a young,
pretty dark-haired girl whomis attracted to from the first. However to begin with he is
frustrated because she seems inaccessible; she is a member of the Anti-Sex League, set up by the
Party to train young people out of their natural urges. But it turns out that, like Winston, she
conforms to the Party only outwardly; she rebels in secret. They start a series of clandestine
meetings and have an affair. Julia and Winston are alike in being united against Party aims but
while he is a thinker, she is sensual, and more practical.He is always brooding on the larger
picture while she is concerned with more immediate and practical details. Winston represents the
rational side of the rebellion against the Party; Julia represents the instinctual side. On a
personal level, she helps to alleviate Winston's loneliness; she provides warmth and comfort in
his life, if only for a time.]]>

In Paulo Choelho's The Alchemist, why did the alchemist leave Santiago alone at the end to complete his journey?

With
regard to Paulo Choelho's novel, , my first reaction is that at the end,
Santiago must go on in order to fulfill his Personal Legendas as it is
hisand he must do it alone: it is his journey of
self-discovery.

Santiago has realized the connection he has to God, and the
powerful miracles he can perform because he is one with God. However, he must travel to the
Pyramids, which has been his goal all along, because of his dreams.

However,
when he arrives,...

What are positive and negative characteristics of Napoleon in Animal Farm?

Althoughis
a tyrannical, violent, and
oppressive leader throughout the novella , he
does possess some positive character traits. Napoleon is a
determined, ambitious,
competitive pig. After Mr. Jones is expelled from the farm,
Napoleon begins to plot how he is going to usurp power. Napoleon stops at nothing to become the
supreme leader of Animal Farm and is willing to lie, kill, and intimidate the other animals in
order to secure his position as leader. Napoleon is also
intelligent and deflects attention towardswhenever disaster
strikes. He appointsto propagate lies and is able to gain the trust of some animals. Despite
Napoleon's positive character traits, he is a selfish
egomaniac. Napoleon physically and psychologically abuses the
animals on the farm. He is not concerned with the well-being of the animals and they live in
terrible conditions throughout his reign. 

In Act 4 of The Crucible, what are some metaphor examples?

 

The Reverend Hale employs awhen he claims, "There is blood on my head!"  Hale
has returned to Salem to counsel the convicted to confess, though it is a lie, because he
believes God would rather have them save their lives than keep their honesty in such a
situation.  There is not literal blood on Hale's head; he uses the blood as a metaphor for his
guilt.  He feels personally responsible for the deaths that have and will occur as a result of
the findings of this corrupt court because he didn't stand up to it, he didn't fight it, when he
had the chance.  It kept quiet when he had doubts about the guilt of the convicted and the
innocence of the girls, and he simply left when he was displeased with the magistrates'
decisions.

When Elizabeth and John are speaking, she tells him that
"[Rebecca has] one foot in Heaven now; naught may hurt her more."  She means that
Rebecca is so close to death, so close to eternal rest, that no one can really hurt her
anymore.  Having one foot...

After her changed attitude, how does Mrs. Auld react to seeing Douglass with a book?

You ask about
Mrs. Auld's response to seeing Douglass with a book. However, the
interaction in question didn't actually involve a book. Mrs. Auld became very angry when she
caught Douglass with a newspaper.

In any case, this
reaction represented a dramatic shift in Sophia Auld's treatment of Douglass. When he had first
come to live with her, she had been kind and warm. She had taught him the alphabet, and helped
him learn to spell short words. But when her husband discovered the lessons, he ordered her to
stop. He explained to her that was both illegal and "unsafe" to teach a slave how to
read. It would "spoil" him:

"He would at
once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to himself, it could do him no good,
but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy."

Afterwards, Sophia Auld changed her attitude. As noted in chapter
VII, she ceased instructing Douglass, and ended up becoming "even more violent in her
opposition than her husband himself." Douglass cites this example:

"Nothing seemed to make her more angry than to see me with a
newspaper. She seemed to think that here lay the danger. I have had her rush at me with a face
made all up of fury, and snatch from me a newspaper, in a manner that fully revealed her
apprehension."

Douglass also notes that she tried to
avoid leaving him alone (in case he'd seize on the opportunity to look at a book):

"From this time I was most narrowly watched. If I was in a
separate room any considerable length of time, I was sure to be suspected of having a book, and
was at once called to give an account of myself."

Ultimately, her efforts fail. Douglass manages to continue his education, teaching
himself to read and write on the sly. In fact, Douglass notes that it was Mr. Auld's warning
that inspired him "with a desire and determination to learn." By showing their
opposition, the Aulds helped convince Douglass that literacy would indeed transform him, and
help Douglass escape bondage.

Why does the Party seek power? This is a question from the book 1984..plzzz help me out itz due 2morrow

The
previous post is accurate.  From a political point of view, the party's desire to seek power is
to consolidate control over the lives of its citizens and of Oceania.  I think that 's statement
is transparently valid, one of the few that can be deemed as such.  The idea of the power
wishing to seek power for its own sake, to greater maximize control over the lives of its
citizens and of the nation, in general, is what defines their style of government.  This form of
rule eliminates the private realm entirely as a check or limitation.  There is a great deal of
intrusion and interference in the lives of its citizens because power and control know no
limitations and few boundaries.  It is with this in mind that the party is a construct and being
of power, to be able to exert control and force in any realm it deems appropriate.  Thus, the
limitations on sexual conduct and the restriction of personal thought. The party seeks power
because it is fundamentally driven to eradicate any possible threat to its control, and any
possible alternative narrative.

What is Scrooge's attitude towards Bob Cratchit, Fred, the carolers and the two philanthropists in A Christmas Carol?

Scrooge is dismissive and
disparaging of everyone who tries to get him to celebrate
Christmas.

When the
story opens, it is Christmas Eve. Scrooge is grumpy, as always. He is a little grumpier than
usual because everyone keeps trying to get him to celebrate Christmas. Scrooge does not approve
of Christmas, or any holiday for that matter. He only cares about making money. 

Scrooges nephew Fred, his only family member, asks him over for Christmas dinner.
Scrooge is annoyed, and berates Fred for celebrating Christmas and for getting married. Fred
remains good-natured, telling Scrooge that even if Christmas never made him any money he still
feels it has done him good. His speech irritates Scrooge. 

Dont be angry, uncle. Come! Dine with us to-morrow.

Scrooge said
that he would see himyes, indeed he did. He went the whole length of the expression, and said
that he would see him in that extremity first. (Stave 1) 

Fred is not the only one who wants something from Scrooge. Two philanthropists come
asking Scrooge to give to the poor. They tell him that at Christmastime it is more important
than ever to help the poor. Scrooge is not happy.  He refuses to give them any money and asks if
poorhouses and debtors prisons are still operating. 

"Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I dont make merry
myself at Christmas and I cant afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the
establishments I have mentionedthey cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there.
(Stave 1) 

In response to the comment that many of the
poor would rather die than go to the poorhouses or debtors prisons, Scrooge says that they
should die, in order to decrease the surplus population. He tells the men to mind their own
business, and they leave. Scrooge keeps his word about refusing the poor. When children come
caroling, he goes after them with a ruler.

Scrooge complains to Bob Cratchit,
his clerk, when he asks for the day off for Christmas. He says it is the same as picking a
mans pocket every twenty-fifth of December! Scrooge treats his clerk horribly, not even allowing
him sufficient coal to keep himself warm. Cratchit obviously needs the job, though, because he
is polite to Scrooge.

Scrooge's attitude of contempt toward those around him
is clearly not limited to Christmas. He wants to be alone, and prefers to be miserable. Since at
Christmastime people make an extra effort to reach out, he finds it a very difficult time of
year.

What were the similarities between Benito Mussolini and Joseph Stalin?

There were
similarities between Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini. One similarity is that both leaders
were dictators who had total control of the government, and both men used propaganda to spread
their ideas. Mussolini, on the one hand, used propaganda to restore the Italian sense of
nationalism. He promised to return Italy to the glory days of the Roman Empire. He also promised
to give the Italian people many things, such as social security, jobs, and the protection of
private property. Mussolini also used violent propaganda to take away the rights of the people,
including freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Stalin, then, also used propaganda to
control the people of the Soviet Union. Stalin used the arts as a way to get people to like him
by showing him in positive and in flattering ways. Cities were renamed to honor him, and history
books gave him a greater role in the Russian Revolution. In both countries, speaking out against
the government or against the government leaders was met with harsh consequences. Secret police
existed in both countries to help keep the people under control and to squash any opposition to
the government.

Both men believed in totalitarianism, even though it served
different purposes for them. Stalin believed in communism while Mussolini believed in fascism.
The military grew under both men, again, for different purposes. Mussolini glorified war while
Stalin used the military for economic gain.

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What literary elements are used and what is the central theme in The Streetcar Named Desire? A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

In describing
's artistic presentation of his play, , Arthur Miller wrote that music
served to underline motifs:

[Williams's] rhapsodic
insistence that form serve his utterance rather than dominating and cramping it...

To maintain the continuity of his play, Williams has not employed
separate acts; instead he has scenes that are thematic using symbols and music to highlight
these motifs.  For instance, Williams uses the blues to connote animalistic pleasure--such as in
Scene Four when Stanley wins Stella back and smiles over her head to Blanche--or in moments of
leisure as the men play cards or when people relax and drink.  Blues are also used in highly
charged emotional scenes involving sexual desires, or when Stanley consoles Stella after she
comes down the stairs.  It plays during the rape scene. The polka which is heard only by Blanche
signals crucial moments in the play.  And, once the audience learns that this music is what
played in the ballroom where Blanche renounced her young husband, they are alerted to disaster
when this music plays. 

The symbolic streetcar is also employed as a literary
element.  Blanche must ride this streetcar to arrive at Stella's and she alludes to it in her
remark, "Haven't you ever ridden that streetcar named Desire?"  The streetcar
continues running, just as Blanche and the others must see their lives through to the end.  For,
Blanche must transfer from Desire to a streetcar named Cemeteries and then come to Elysian
Fields.

These motifs underscored by music and symbol develop the theme of
Class Conflict as Blanche of the aristocratic South comes into
conflict with Stanley Kowalski of the North who is a factory worker.  Her sister's and her Belle
Reve, the plantation, have been replaced by a second story flat in the Vieux Carre of New
Orleans  and Blanche, as respresentative of this dreamy and romantic era, is in conflict with
the animalistic Stanley who has his "party of apes" and has taken her sister Stella
"down off them columns" and she has "loved it."

Another
theme is that of Gender Roles.  Mitch has elevated Blanche to the
Southern lady, and when he finds out that she does not fulfill this role, he rejects her,
causing her the loss of her final opportunity.  Blanche understands the subservient role of
women as she repeats, "I have always been dependent upon the kindness of strangers,"
but her sexual desires cause her to say and act outside what is expected of her, a behavior that
effects this conflict.

A third major theme is that of Violence
and Cruelty.  When Blanche objects to Stanley's violent nature, Stella tries to
explain to her that "there are things that happen between a man and woman in the dark"
that mitigate the violence.  This Blanche does not understand even though the upstairs residents
have the same violence in their relationship.  As the streetcar passes down the street, Blanche
tells Stella she is just talking about hard, cruel desire, "the name of that rattle-trap
streetcar." It is a place where Blanche has been, and the streetcar Desire has brought her
to Stella's apartment. And, it is Stanley's violent rape and cruelty--he tells her, "We've
had this date with each other from the beginning"--which drive poor Blanche to her maddess,
an act that demonstrates the continuity of violence that is hard to break.

 

What are the pros and cons of elected judges?

The
majority of U.S. states incorporate some form of judicial election via partisan contested
elections, non-partisan contested elections, or retention elections. Each of these types of
election of judges presents advantages and disadvantages over a pure judicial appointment
system. 

The primary advantage of having some form of election in the
selection and/or the retention of judges is that such systems provide a community with a voice
regarding the judges who sit in that community. In some systems, this includes community
selection of judges via contested election, and in others it only involves community retention
of appointed judges. In either type of system, contested election or retention election, if a
judge is a problem, the community has a mechanism for removing that judge. Conversely, in an
appointment system, removal of a judge often requires specific kinds of wrongdoing on the
judge's part and action by one or both of the other branches of government in the
state.

Another...

In "The Open Window," why does Vera ask Mr Nuttel if he knows her aunt?

Vera, for whom
"[R]omance at short notice was her specialty," asks Mr. Framton Nuttel if he knows her
aunt so that she can determine the design of her forthcoming fabrication. Having perceived that
Mr. Nuttel is unprepossessing, nervous, timid, and unstable, Vera knows after asking Nuttel if
he is acquainted with her aunt, and he says he is not, that she can create an outlandish tale
for this shaky and gullible man and he will be terrified by it. For, she is cognizant that she
can lie about  her cousin and uncle and Nuttel will believe her.

So, then,
after having told Nuttel that her aunt is not mentally stable and imagines that her deceased
husband and son will return from their hunting trip, Vera continues her lies by embellishing the
effect by creating the tone of absolute surprise when Mr. Sappleton and his son return and enter
through the window, a tone which engenders the terror of Framton Nuttel:

The child was staring out through the open window with dazed horror
in her eye. In a chill shock of nameless fear, Framton swung round in his seat and looked in the
same direction.

So terrified is Nuttel by this blurring
of the lines between reality and imagination that he grabs his hat and cane and charges out of
the house.

What is the setting of the story?

The setting for "" is a castellated
abbey in a country devastated by a mysterious plague.

The setting of the
abbey fulfills at least three functions. It is a magnificent and extensive building, reflecting
the "eccentric yet august" taste of Prince Prospero. It is also, however, a suitably
gothic setting for the horrifying and macabre events that are to unfold.

Finally, the seclusion and security of the abbey are constantly stressed. It is
surrounded by a strong and lofty wall and has gates of iron. When the courtiers come, they weld
the bolts to leave no means of ingress or egress, so the abbey is a completely self-contained
world. This continues for a matter of five or six months, after which time the prince gives a
masquerade ball.

Within the abbey, the setting of the story, and the ball is
a suite of seven rooms, arranged with various twists and turns so that one could never see
further than the next room.

The view of society Hello! I am writing a literary analysis on the Scarlet Letter. The topic that I chose was "point of view." I was seeking help on...

In the
Puritan world, there was no real forgiveness of sins--short of public punishment and shame or
even death.  In such an environment, the discovery of secret sin was feared above nearly
everything else.  One way to deflect attention from one's one sinfulness is to point out--loudly
and forcefully and with some satisfaction--the sins of others.  That's exactly what happened
here, though we never have the benefit of knowing others' specific sins.  Well, except for
hypocrisy,...

You are a struggling talk-show host whose program is in danger of being canceled unless you can get your ratings up. You've been given the chance to...

This
is a really great writing prompt, and it is a writing prompt that a student can have a lot of
fun with.The initial setup states that you are hosting a talk show that is dying, and you need
to instill new life into the program.One way to do this is to ask gritty and revealing
questions.You don't really care about the answers as long as they are topics that the audience
is going to have strong feelings about.One topic that usually accomplishes this task is
love.It's why shows like The Bachelor are still popular.Ask Santiago
something about his feelings toward Fatima.If this interview is being held after the events of
the book take place, ask him how and when he knew that Fatima was his soul mate.The answer could
go one of two ways.You could make the case that Santiago was a victim of love at first sight, or
you could make the claim that Santiago didn't know it until the very end of the novel when he
announces that he is coming to her.Most of your questions could probably be focused on this
relationship alone.

If you want to move away from the love topic, go with
asking about Santiago's parents.Ask Santiago about why he was so willing to leave his
comfortable life and his family.The response should focus on how Santiago desires an ever
changing horizon, and how pursuing a dream is more important than comfort and
complacency.

What are three different pivotal (essential) scenes in Lord of The Flies?

The
pivotal scenes from this fantastic book will differ from reader to reader. There is not going to
be a definitive, absolutely correct three scenes. Personally, I feel that one important scene
that should not be left off of any list is the initial voting for chief scene. This is the first
scene that pitsagainstfor leadership of the boys on the island. Ralph wins the vote, and Jack is
clearly bothered by it. Ralph tries to give Jack some kind of leadership and power by putting
Jack in charge of the hunters, and it is possible to think that job helps push Jack toward his
later savagery.

A second important scene has to be the scene wherelearns that
the beast is not a physical entity. Rather the beast is the evil that is present within all of
the boys on the island. Unfortunately Simon is never able to tell anybody what he has discovered
because he is accidentally killed by the other boys in their frenzied state.

Finally, I think a third scene that should make most lists is 's death.pushes the huge
rock down the mountain, and it kills Piggy. The scene is important because Piggy's death is
symbolic of the death of logic, reason, rule, and order. The savagery of the other boys has been
fully embraced at this point, and all seems lost.

Why was the Christian faith able to spread? Why was the Christian faith able to spread?

Christianity
spread because it was attractive.  It provided an alternative to the polytheistic status quo,
and it's always nice to feel you're on the cutting edge.  The new idea is always the better
one.  It also allowed people to keep many of the holidays and traditions they liked, just with
some Christian twists.  People like their holidays and they like gradual change in their daily
lives.

Is Guns, Germs, and Steel the best title for this book? What title would you ۬give to this book? Explain your answer.

Guns,
Germs and Steel is definitely not the best title for this book, but it's probably
responsible for a considerable amount of its success; the title sounds exciting, militant and
apocalyptic. However, the content of the book hardly focuses on guns, germs or steel at all; I
suspect the title was chosen specifically because it is...

How is the "American Dream" defined in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby?

In the
Great , the majority of thefind some sort of wealth for themselves and end up living in a
well-to-do area of New York, essentially living the high life with extravagant parties and fancy
cars. Unfortunately, none of this is satisfying for any of them.

In essence,
the idea Fitzgerald puts forth is that the "American Dream" is superficially one of
wealth and excess, but in reality is far from that. It seems that the characters are happier
with simpler lives and an inability to proverbially drown themselves in extravagance. The true
American Dream laid out in the story is security and love, as Gatsby, the wealthy and
looked-up-to character ends up dying alone in spite of his massive, luxurious wealth. The story
reflects upon the solitude of his life and his fruitless pursuit ofand makes the conclusion that
perhaps excess is not the best option, but instead satisfaction, love, and simple security are a
better combination for which to strive.

Blindness in Beowulf Blindness is an archetype in much of literature, from Oediupus to the Apostle Paul. Consider the implications of the dragon's...

With this
question, do you mean the dragon's literal, physical blindness, or figurative blindness, as in
its greed and obsession with the treasure? The reason I ask is that I scoured the text again
last night and I can't find anything that says the dragon is physically blind. There is even one
line that says he saw the footprint of the slave who stole the cup from his hoard.

I think, though, that the dragon is a warning...