Discuss the advice that the mother gives the daughter in "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid.

There is no
relationship more important than a mother and daughter. For most women, this is a life-long,
loving bond that both relish.  In by , the adolescent daughter recalls all of the advice that
her mother has given her. 

The author writes with a rhythmic quality stemming
from the author's home of Antigua.  Her story is told in one long sentence with the bits of
advice separated by semi-colons.  The guidance that is given comes from a life and ancestry of
slavery and dominance.  There is a feminist attitude covertly given but this is only intended
for self-preservation. 

The tone of the mother is bitter and angry.  She
takes a tough love approach, insisting that the young girl follow her instructions to keep from
living a life of promiscuity.  The mother already believes that the girl is at the brink of
making hurtful decisions that would be devastating to her future.

The mother
gives her advice in random thoughts.  This is called stream of consciousness in literary terms. 
Without organization, the mother speaks as she thinks.

Her advice covers four
basic areas of life, referring mostly to domestic life.  To the mother, this is where the woman
belongs. Her instructions in the story are basic:

• Cloth- How to
  wash clothes; how to iron clothes; how to sew buttons and hems; how to purchase
  material
• Food-What to cook; how to cook; how to garden; what to grow;
  proper setting of the table; always squeeze the bread
• Behavior-How to eat
  properly; how to walk; how to behave in church; how to clean and sweep; when to smile; taking
  care of the body; act like a girl; what medicine to take; how to catch a fish; how to spit and
  not let it fall back on you; how to make money go far; how to abort a baby


• Men-Dont waste time on certain kinds of boys; how to behave in front of men; how to
  bully a man; how a man bullies a woman; how to love a man.

Repeatedly the mother implies that the girl has already done some
promiscuous things.  She accuses her three times:

€¦this
is how to behave in the presence of men who dont know you very well, and this way they wont
recognize immediately the slut I have warned you against becoming€¦

The girl only speaks twiceto deny singing popular songs in church
and to ask what if the baker does not let her feel the bread.  This quickly angers the mother
because she thinks that the girl is implying that she has already done something that would make
the baker refuse her. 

The mothers approach points to the fact that the girl
has already been sexually active or has given signs that she wants to be.  The mother tries to
prepare her daughter  for all life experiences.

If members are elected by majorities from their districts why do interest groups sometimes prevail, even in conflicts with majority opinions?

The short
answer to this question is that government officials often acquiesce to the corporations they
are affiliated with. Many members of government are tied to non-governmental bodies who funded
their campaigns and continue to support them throughout their political careers. There are
political experts who assert that the United States has taken on many elements of an oligarchy,
in which a small number of people, particularly the economic elite, influence
legislation.

A recent example illustrating this argument is the lack of
changes to gun legislation following the recent massacres in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas,
in August of 2019. Despite widespread public outcry against governmental inaction and an
overwhelming support for universal background checks, little has changed in terms of gun
restrictions. This lack of change is influenced by a multitude of factors, one of which is the
fact that many members of government, particularly Republicans, are affiliated with the
NRA.

Technology In World War 2

Technological
advancements prior to the war set the stage for the tactical doctrine that would characterize
the conflict. The new tactical needs of the War meant that the battlefields of the First World
War served as a proving ground for a variety of weapons. The aftermath of the wholesale
slaughter inflicted by these new technologies produced the Geneva Conventions.

The introduction of rifled small arms and artillery had altered the nature of warfare
in the 50 years leading up to WWI. Prior to the widespread distribution of rifled weaponry,
warfare relied more on maneuver warfare and the violence of action. Napoleon's success in the
1810s was due to his ability to out maneuver and manage his resources to overwhelm his enemy. In
the 50 years after his campaigns, machining developed so that rifles could be produced in great
numbers, and by the American Civil War in the early 1860s, rifled small arms and artillery
forced an early...

Why do you think Paulo Coelho made Santiago walk through the desert in The Alchemist?

In the
story , by , Santiago does not walk through the desert. He and the
Englishman have camels on which to travel. However, if you are asking why Coelho requires
Santiago's character to cross the desert, I would say that it is because the boy still has much
to learn.

By the time Santiago starts his journey across the desert, he has
shown a great deal of personal growth. He is aware of the quest necessary to discover one's
Personal Legend, and he is aware also of the Language of...

What are some similarities between the Tom Robinson trial and the Scottsboro trial?

There is no
question thatbased the Robinson trial upon the actual trial of nine young African-American men
charged with rape in Scottsboro, Alabama. Like the Tom Robinson trial, the original arrests and
charges were based solely upon the word of a white woman. This woman, who was a known
prostitute, had been riding illegally on a train with another young woman; she made her charges
of rape against the black men who were also riding on the train because she had been traveling
with a minor and was trying to avoid prosecution under the Mann Act, an act prohibiting anyone
from taking a minor across state lines with immoral purposes. While Mayella Ewell was no
prostitute, she did try to deflect the blame for her actions onto an innocent African-American
male.

This infamous first trial resulted in the conviction of all the
defendants. However, it was taken to the Supreme Court of Alabama, but despite Chief Justice
John C. Anderson's dissent, the ruling did not change. Appeals were made, but seven of the nine
men went to prison. In another similarity to Tom Robinson, one of the inmates attempted escape
and was shot by a guard, although he was not killed.  

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How did Harry S. Truman feel about using the Atomic Bomb? I know the Manhattan Project was such a secret that Truman wasn't even told about it until...

The link provided will give you direct access to
these quotes, plus many more that could be beneficial to your work. For your reference, all my
writings are in bold, while the direct quotes are in regular type. When Truman took over he had
to play catch up, and was very behind in terms of the intimate strategy of the war.

3/3/48 Letter to Margaret Truman:
"As you know I was Vice-President from Jan. 20 to April 12, 1945. I was at
Cabinet meetings and saw Roosevelt once or twice in those months. But he never did talk to me
confidentially about the war, or about foreign affairs or what he had in mind for the peace
after the war... Then I had to start in reading memorandums, briefs, and volumes of
correspondence on the World situation. Too bad I hadn't been on the Foreign Affairs Committee or
that F.D.R. hadn't informed me on the situation."

I
believe Truman was excited about the bomb, because it gave him a clear path to victory. His
writings bear that he had no love, nor hate, for the...

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How is Jay Gatsby affected by materialism in The Great Gatsby?

was
enchanted by the American Dream and amassing wealth in order to win 's heart after their brief
romance back in Kentucky. Jay Gatsby hailed from North Dakota and grew up in a poor farming
family. Upon courting Daisy Fay as a young military officer, Gatsby realized that he could never
marry her because of his lower social status. After meetingand returning to the United States
after WWI, Jay Gatsby became business partners with the shadyand entered the criminal
underworld. Gatsby developed into a notorious bootlegger and amassed a fortune
working...

Explain the role of amicus curiae briefs.

Amicus curiae
briefs are, in essence, a way for groups that are not actively involved in a case to lobby the
court that is deciding the case.  In this sense, they are a way to bring a little bit more
democratic input into important cases in the legal system.

The judicial
branch sometimes decides cases that are of tremendous importance to the country as a whole.  In
recent times, the Supreme Court has, for example, ruled on the constitutionality of Obamacare
and the constitutionality of limitations on campaign spending.  These are issues that affect
everyone.

Because these issues are so important, many groups want to have
their voices heard.  When issues are in front of Congress, this is easy because interest groups
can simply lobby the members of Congress.  However, they cannot lobby Supreme Court justices in
the same way.  This is where amicus briefs come in.  They allow interest groups to present their
point of view to the court as it tries to make a decision.  By doing so, amicus briefs allow the
groups to bring up points of law and other information of importance. 

Amicus
briefs, then, increase the level of public, democratic input into important court
cases.

How is Mrs. Whatsit afraid in "Wrinkle in Time"? I have to compare Mrs.whatsit and Meg and how they're afraid?

What is the main idea of Chapter 5 of A People's History of the United States?

Chapter 5 of
examines the level of support of the American men who fought against the
British in the Revolutionary War. Perhaps only 1/3 of the men were real patriots who served
loyally throughout the conflict. Southerners were often more concerned about potential slave
revolts than fighting the British.

Most of the fighting was done by the
poorest men, too. As some Americans fought the British, there was anotherinternalAmerican
conflict between rich and poor. Although some common soldiers were not getting paid, rich and
well-connected businessmen put profit over patriotism. Frustrated soldiers mutinied on more than
one occasion. State constitutions drawn up during the war typically limited voting rights to men
with property. In other words, poor men could fightbut not vote. "George Washington was the
richest man in America," Zinn notes. John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin were also very
well-off. Affluent men ran the Continental Congress....

What is the nth term of an arithmetic series if the 5th term is 10.8 and the 12th term is 22?

Why does Giovanni Guasconti move to Padua?

Giovanni Guasconti, a
young man, comes to Padua, a city in northern Italy, from somewhere to the south, in order to
attend college at the University of Padua.He finds a place to stay in a very old building which
might have, at some point in its earlier and more well-kept days, been the palace of the local
noble family whose coat of arms is painted above the entrance.Giovanni recalls a story about
this same family: that one of the ancestors was somehow associated with Dante and the
Inferno.This association does not bode well for the fate of either Giovanni or the other people
in the home: Doctor Rappaccini and his daughter, the beautiful but deadly Beatrice.

Giovanni soon meets Signor Pietro Baglioni, a medical professor at the university and
long-time friend of Giovanni's father, and Giovanni brings to the a well-known doctor a letter
of introduction.Professor Baglioni seems like an agreeable enough person, but when Giovanni asks
him about Doctor Rappaccini, assuming that there must be some camaraderie among professionals in
the same field, Baglioni expresses an intense dislike of Rappaccini.Though Baglioni admits that
Rappaccini is incredibly smart and capable, he also claims that Rappaccini cares much more about
science than he does about people.

Which detail from the metamorphosis best supports the idea that Gregors transformation is more than just physical?

In the
first chapter of , Gregor Samsa reacts to his transformation largely in
terms of the effect it might have on his doing his job and only slightly in terms of the
physical inconvenience. The other characters will be horrified by his appearance when they
finally gain entry to his room and see him. Gregor, in contrast, is remarkably accepting of the
physical aspect of the transformation.

As he realizes that...

Can you give me some quotations from Never Let Me Go to support the theme of indoctrination?

We're
looking for evidence of brainwashing, or indoctrination: quotes that show how the authority
figures (or maybe even peers) in Kathy's world have "programmed" her or others to
believe or accept certain things.

The guardians in Kathy's school are subtle,
crafty, and manipulative, often treating the students with warmth and indulgence so as to earn
their trust. So, much of the indoctrination that goes on is quite subtle.

Below, I'll share all the evidence of indoctrination that I've found in the first seven
chapters.

In Chapter Two, Kathy discusses how her society is set up so that
she and her peers are made to value each other in a commoditized way, giving each other more
respect or importance if they are able to create a lot of products in a short amount of
time:

Looking back now, I can see why the Exchanges
became so important to us. For a start, they were our only means, aside from the Salesthe Sales
were something else, which Ill come to laterof building up a collection of...

In The Catcher in the Rye, what did Holden realise when Phoebe wanted to grab the ring in the carousel? Holden said, "if they want to grab for the gold...

It is at
this moment whencomes to the realization that his idea of being a "catcher in the rye"
to stand between children and danger is futile. While his impulse is noble, it is not realistic.
Growing up, he has discovered, is fraught with painful experiences, but learning how to
negotiate them is what builds our resilience and maturity. Holden understands thatmust be
allowed to grow up unimpeded, even if that means she will be at risk of experiencing pain from
time to time.

Holden is not afraid of a harsh response from Phoebe on the
carousel. He understands that the carousel is not a place for him, a young man in his late
teens, and that he must leave the trappings of childhood behind him. He knows it is time to
return home, face the music, and begin to resolve his psychological issues.

In what ways is Hamlet heroic in Shakespeare's play Hamlet?

In his
criticism of , renowned critic Harold Bloom writes,

No other single character in the plays, not even Falstaff or
Cleopatra, matches 's infinite reverberations.

Perhaps it
is because of these "reverberations," the tremendous scope of Hamlet's character as he
echoes so many human traits, that raises the question of his heroism. For, Elsinore is too small
a "mousetrap" for one so grand and charismatic as Hamlet, except for the fact that he
returns to it voluntarily.  And, thus he is the tragic hero, for like his counterpoint, , Hamlet
chooses to avenge his father's honor and sacrifices his life in the heroic effort.

Rightly to be great 
Is not to stir without great
argument, 
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw 
When honour's at the stake.
How stand I then, 
That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd,...  
And let
all sleep, while to my shame I see 
The imminent death of twenty thousand
men...  
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot....(4.4.55-64)

The Open Window Theme

bypresents a man in need of a cure for his nerves.  Mr. Nuttel comes to the wrong house. He is
there to meet a friend, Mrs. Sappleton, of his sister. While he is waiting on Mrs. Sappleton, he
is intercepted by a creative niece who scares the man nearly to death.  If his nerves were bad
before, they will not have improved after this visit.

Themes

Reality versus
appearance

Thematically, the story speaks first to the
difference between reality and appearance.  The fifteen year old niece
likes to create stories.  In this situation, she uses one real object, the open window, to draw
in her victim.  To Mr. Nuttel, it is open because it is a hot day.

The story
becomes a story within a story.  When the niece tells the fantastic story of the disappearance
of three men and a dog, she makes the story sound so possible. The window becomes symbolic.  It
represents the possibility that the men just might walk in after being lost for three years.
This is the appearance of truth. 

Mrs. Sappleton comes
in and begins to talk about reality. She has no idea that her niece had
told Mr. Nuttel a story about the window.   Her husband is gone hunting with her brothers and
will be back soon.  She discusses hunting and other associated things. Again, the open window is
mentioned.  This is the reality of the story. 

In Mr.
Nuttels mind, he believes the nieces story; he thinks Mrs. Sappleton is awful and probably crazy
because she expects her lost husband to come walking in on this particular day.

When she sees her husband actually returning from hunting with her brothers, Mr. Nuttel
at first does not believe it.  Then, he looks out and sees three men coming. This was close
enough for him.  He heads out the door never to return to the Sappleton's home.

A most extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel, said Mrs. Sappleton, could only talk about his
illnesses and dashed off without a word of goodbye or apology when you arrived. One would think
he had seen a ghost.

This, of course, is dramaticsince that is what Mr.
Nuttel thought he had seen.

With the men coming in the window, appearance is
lost to the reality of the real story. The niece likes to tell romance stories which is also a
reality.

Deciphering truth

Another
theme in the story is the fine line in deciphering truth. If the reader
were unaware of Sakis stories or had never heard of this story, he might accept the nieces
story.  Mr. Nuttel is nervous and damaged; there is no doubt that he believes the story. If the
reader believes the story, then it stands to reason that a person can be easily fooled by a good
story teller.  

If a person were paying attention, he might have been able to
watch the girls face or look at her eyes and tell if she is making the story up or that it is a
true story.  Hesitation, facial expressions, and word choice are tools which might be used to
tell if someone were lying.

Deception is easy for some people, certainly
those without an active conscience. If the girl knew that Mr. Nuttel had a nervous condition, it
would have been wrong for her to tell him this kind of story to scare him. 

If she did not know, then it was a harmless prank that went wrong because of his
nervous problem.  Either way, the girl continues on with her story telling by making up a
gruesome reason for Mr. Nuttel leaving.

Provide one theme from Animal Farm and three supporting quotes.

One major
theme of s 1945 novel, , is that an uneducated populace is easily
manipulated.believed the widespread ability to read, write, think, and speak was imperative to a
healthy society. For Orwell, education is power and the best way to fight
authoritarianism.

is perhaps the best example of this theme in action.
Despite his best efforts to learn to read and write, he is unable to learn more than the first
four letters of the alphabet. Hardworking but ignorant, Boxer is incapable of thinking for
himself. When trying to recall the original precepts of Animalism, Boxer slowly determines,
"If Comradesays it, it must be right." He then creates a slogan, Napoleon is always
right, to absolve himself of the responsibility to think. Had Boxer been able to read, write,
and think for himself, he would likely have understood the subtle machinations of the pigs
before he was sold to a glue factory.

Another primary example of the
importance of...

Was appeasement the main reason for the start of war in 1939?

Appeasement
helped to determine when the war would start, but it did not cause the war.  The cause of the
war was Hitler's desire to get revenge for the Treaty of Versailles and to create the empire
that he felt Germany deserved.

Without appeasement, it is possible that the
war would have started earlier.  The Allies could have gone to war earlier than they did,
perhaps when Hitler pushed for the Sudetenland.  However, the actual start of the war was caused
by the end of appeasement.  Hitler's aggression extended to an invasion of Poland and the Allies
stopped appeasing him and declared war.

So, the true cause of the war was
Hitler's aggression.  Appeasement might have caused the war to start in 1939 rather than in
1938, but it did not cause the war.

Why does the poet thank the blacksmith towards the end of the poem?

The speaker
of the poem thanks the village blacksmith at the end of the poem for the life lessons this
humble man has taught him. The blacksmith has modeled for the speaker the value of working hard
so that one can support oneself and not need to "owe" any another person. This allows
the blacksmith to look other people in the face without shame. The blacksmith is also a good
family man who is raising his children to be Christian, just as he is. He sits among his boys at
church on Sunday, and his daughter sings in the choir. He is widowed, but while he mourns his
wife, he soldiers on, doing his blacksmithing work, and when not occupied with that, raising his
children or performing another useful task.

The speaker finds the blacksmith
a role model for hard work, good parenting, and Christian living, and so he thanks
him.

What does The Communist Manifesto say about marriage and women in the bourgeois world?

In the
Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels say the following about
marriage:

Bourgeois marriage is in reality a system of
wives in common and thus, at the most, what the Communists might possibly be reproached with, is
that they desire to introduce, in substitution for a hypocritically concealed, an openly
legalised system of free love.

If we unpack this, what
Marx and Engels argue is that most bourgeois men sleep with women other than their wives, and
thus have established "a system" of common wives. Marx and Engels contend that
although the communists are attacked for advocating free love as a replacement for marriage,
this attack is hypocritical, for free love (at least for men) is already the existing practice
in the bourgeois state.

They also argue that it is self evident that the
prostitution which is so common in the bourgeois world would be abolished under
communism.

Marx and Engels state the following:

The bourgeois sees his wife as a mere instrument of production.

While bourgeois...

In The Epic of Gilgamesh, why does Gilgamesh want to find Utnapishtim?

follows the course of the hero's journey twice. In the first iteration of the cycle, Gilgamesh
meets Enkidu. 

Enkidu is more than just kin to Gilgamesh, he is a kindred
spirit and functions as an element of conscience for the unruly and proud king. The journey for
Gilgamesh in this first iteration of the hero's quest is one that we might characterize as being
concerned with achieving adulthood or realizing one's proper place in the social world.
Gilgamesh is half-god and so his limitations are not the same as the limitations of his
subjects, the citizens of Uruk. 

His early bad behavior is an expression of
adolescence, to phrase the situation in contemporary terms. Gilgamesh does not know right from
wrong and tests his limits incessantly. Enkidu's arrival tempers Gilgamesh and, ironically, the
wild man Enkidu serves to socialize the king. The subsequent journey into the woods to slay the
monster there functions as a proving ground, as it were, for the newly adult...

What is the theme of "Hills Like White Elephants" and a point that supports that theme?

The shadow of a cloud
moved across the field of grain and she saw the river through the trees.
€˜And we
could have all this, she said. €˜And we could have everything and every day we make it more
impossible.
€˜What did you say?
€˜I said we could have everything.
€˜We can have everything.
€˜No, we cant.
€˜We can have the whole
world.
€˜No, we cant.
€˜We can go everywhere.
€˜No, we cant. It
isnt ours any more.
€˜Its ours.
€˜No, it isnt. And once they take it away,
you never get it back.
€˜But they havent taken it away.
€˜Well wait and
see.
€˜Come on back in the shade, he said. €˜You mustnt feel that way.
€˜I
dont feel any way, the girl said. €˜I just know things.

Several important themes are choices and consequences; doubt and ambiguity; and men's
perspective versus women's perspective. To my mind, however, the most important theme is honesty
versus dishonesty.

The foremost instance of this theme is that the American
man persists in saying that he only wants Jig to undergo the operation if she wants to yet, at
the same time, he persists in claiming that it is a simple and perfectly natural procedure and
that he is sure she wouldn't even mind, since it really is nothing. One of these sets of
expressions of sentiment and opinion is dishonest. Either he is putting her wishes first or he
is putting his wishes for what her feelings and experience will be first. Both can't be true at
one and the same time.

'I dont want you to do anything
that you dont want to do -
€˜Nor that isnt good for me, she said. ...
€˜Youve got to realize, he said, €˜that I dont want you to do it if you dont want to. Im
perfectly willing to go through with it if it means anything to you.

Another example is that he presumes to fathom what a woman's
feelings and experience will be in a realm of life that is exclusively female. This too is
dishonest. Honesty would require an admission of limited perspective and empathy. Honesty would
require the courage to refrain from trying to shape Jig's sentiments and feelings. Honesty would
require an unveiled, unambiguous expression of his wishes, which--by all evidence in the
text--is that he wishes to not be the father of a living child.

'Im perfectly willing to go through with it if it means anything to you.
€˜Doesnt it mean anything to you? We could get along.
€˜Of course it does. But I dont
want anybody but you. I dont want anyone else. ....'

Finally, the conversation excerpted above further expresses the man's dishonesty. Jig
is expressing her perspective of the finality of the circumstance. On one hand, if she has the
abortion, her world will be changed forever since an abortion is not an insignificant thing,
either physically or spiritually. On the other hand, if she does not have an abortion, her world
will be changed forever but in a very different direction: she will lose the frivolous and fun
relationship she has with the man--as they travel and collect luggage labels and taste new
drinks--and she will have his child to mother. Dishonesty is represented because the man won't
admit to the change in dynamics the pregnancy brings into their relationship as a result of the
change in dynamics it brings to Jig's life.

What were the problems of modern society, according to Henry David Thoreau in Walden, and why did he believe simplicity was the solution?

Thoreau says, in
part,

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the
desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A
stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and
amusements of mankind.

He believes that people have
become overwhelmed by their possessions, that they feel they must work and work more in order to
buy more and more stuff. They have houses that are too big, with rooms they don't need, and they
fill those rooms with things they don't need. The more people feel compelled by
materialist...

How does Tennyson use tone and diction to criticise Ulysses?

Overall, I
think the poem more empathizes withthan criticizes him per se.

:


He describes himself as an "idle" king. You can read his
description of his great love, Penelope, as a ag¨d wife, as disparaging of her, and the term
"matched"...

What were 10 major events/battles that helped the Allies win WWI?

It is a
little hard to narrow these down to ten events/battles, as one cannot point to any one event and
state that is why Germany lost the war.

1. Britain enters the war on the side
of the Entente due to Germany's invasion of Belgium. The British blockade of the North Sea did
more to hurt German commerce than the German U-boat menace. The winter of 1917€“1918 was
referred to as the Turnip Winter in Germany as people were forced to eat food reserved for their
livestock. It was the harsh conditions in Germany that caused the revolution that forced the
Kaiser's abdication.

2. The Germans were stopped at the Battle of the Marne.
The Schlieffen Plan depended upon France's quick capitulation early in the war so that multiple
German divisions could be shifted to the Russian front. Germany had to fight a war of attrition
on two fronts, and this was key in forcing the armistice in 1918.

3. Britain
cut the German cable across the Atlantic in 1914. By severing the German cable, Britain
ensured...

Identify the essential idea of the poem "Ulysses."

I think
that one of the most essential points of Tennyson's poem can actually arise from a particularly
poignant moment in Homer's Odyssey.  In Book XI, Odysseus speaks with
Achilles in his journey of the Underworld.  Odysseus tells him how impressed he is with his hold
over the Greeks even through death and Achilles is able to articulate a pearl of wisdom that
Homer develops as only understood through experience:

O
shining Odysseus, never try to console me for dying.
I would rather follow the plow as
thrall to another
man, one with no land allotted him and not much to live on, than be a
king over all the perished dead.

For Achilles, there is
nothing that can take the place of life, and the process of living.  Immortality is not worth
the price of failing to live life.

In the most connective of ways, Tennyson
develops his vision ofin the poem in much the same way.  For Tennyson, Ulysses' return home to
Ithaca is only temporary.  Tennyson's poem details how like Achilles, Ulysses comes to value
life.  He cannot endure the mundane task of staying in a domestic capacity and simply ruling.
 The exploits of battle, the joy of life in pursuit of a goal that underscores life is where his
heart lies.  Like Achilles, he cannot perceive life as worth living as being "king over all
the perished dead."  In the poem's sense, this "perished dead" is the life in
which there is not a sense of adventure and excitement.  In recognizing this, the poem is a
statement as to why Ulysses must leave again and commit himself to a life in which he sets out
"to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."  This sentiment becomes the basic
element of the poem.

Why can't Susie's dad find out who murdered her in The Lovely Bones?

He does know. He
can't prove it. Susie's dad knows from the way George Harvey looks at him, and Harvey's manner
when Susie's dad helps Harvey build the tent. One of the themes of the book is how Susie is
present in spirit in her family's life--she helps her dad, Jack, to know who her killer is. Jack
can't prove that Harvey is the killer, though, much to his frustration. Lindsey, Susie's sister,
also knows, which is why she breaks into Harvey's house looking for evidence. But even the
drawing she finds does not give the police enough evidence. Jack eventually finds the strength
to let himself heal. And the way I read Harvey's death, it seemed that Susie had something to do
with the icicle falling.

In "The Cask of Amontillado," who are the direct and indirect characters?

The direct characters in are Montresor (the first-person
narrator) and the ironically-named Fortunato, his inadvertent enemy. No one else appears in the
story, but reference is made to several indirect characters.

Luchesi is a man
known to both Montresor and Fortunato. He has a reputation as a connoisseur of wine and is
therefore a rival to Fortunato in this respect. Fortunato contemptuously dismisses his
expertise, but this may be mere bravado. Montresor uses repeated references to Luchesi as a form
of reverse psychology to lure Fortunato into the vault.

Montresor's
disobedient servants are also mentioned. We do not know how many there are, but the fact that he
has several makes us question his claim to be a ruined man. He has expressly told them to stay
in the house and is cynically certain that this is the way to ensure their departure.

Lady Fortunato is mentioned by her unfortunate husband. She will be waiting, in
company, at the palazzo. This establishes...

How does digression function in Hero and Leander?

There are numerous embedded narratives and
other insertions in the main story of Marlowes . The three lengthier ones
involve Leander and Neptune, Mercury and the country maid, and Cupid and the Destinies. The
digressions perform a number of functions out of which the two prominent may be mentioned
here.

Although all of the digressions in the poem interrupt the development
of the core plot, they are related to the two protagonists circumstances. Leanders strife with
Neptune (2nd Sestiad) prepares for the outcome of the main story: Leanders death in the waters
of the Hellespont. Similarly, Mercurys courtship of the country maid (1st Sestiad) foreshadows
the ultimate tragic end of the principal love story. This method is also illustrated by the
interaction between Cupid and the Destinies (1st Sestiad). Cupid flies to the Destinies to plead
with them on the lovers behalf. But the pitiless sisters deny his request, which emphasizes the
idea of the impending doom of the protagonists. So one of the functions of the digressions in
the poem is to mirror and thus enhance the main theme of the narrative.

The
other function of the various digressions is more of a structural and formal nature. By
incorporating lateral elements into the plot, Marlowe employs such a literary technique as
dilation. The embedded narratives and other digressions postpone the consummation of the
protagonists union and their ultimate downfall. Marlowe plays with the readers expectations. He
first intimates that the poem will end in a . But then, by dilating the plot through various
comic scenes that retard the action, he achieves a transformation of a generic nature. His
Hero and Leander does not fit the category of pure or absolute tragedy in the
classical sense.

Importance Of English Language

I want to also
add the position of London as an operational, cultural, financial, and defensive post ever since
its creation as a city. Once the newly-called English were in operation, London became a center
of commerce. Through London, as a port in front of the River Thames, loads of diverse cultural
groups came in and out to make business.The location was prime for trade and exchange,and (as a
linguist I can almost ascertain)that the process created its own unique lexicon.

Furthermore, as England expanded as an empire, it brought with it the lexicon of
commerce, as well as the cultural gains that London (itself an entire personage far removed from
England as a whole) brought with it.

It is not surprising, then, that English
became such a powerful language due to the potential of connection that England's capital
brought with it, and the influence it exercised in the nearby countries.

In chapter 4 of The Scarlet Letter, why does Hester react the way she does to Chillingworth's medicine.

of
, titled "The Interview", narrates how, after returning to
prison, Hester was in such a state of nervousness that she was put under watch. This is, of
course, because she had just seenfrom the scaffold. Seeing her presumed dead husband under the
current circumstances where she is must be the biggest terror that Hester could
experience.

To make things worse for Hester, it is Chillingworth whom the
jailer summons to care for Hester, since Chillingworth had entered the settlement registered as
a "practitioner" of medicine.

Since Hester is now dependent on
Chillingworth for her daughter's health, and her own, she knows that she is the perfect target
for him to exact his revenge for the adultery that Hester has committed. Hence, when the man
hands a draught made for the child, it is obvious that Hester would think that he would poison
her and her child as payback.

Hester repelled the offered
medicine, at the same time gazing with strongly marked apprehension into his face.

Wouldst thou avenge thyself on the innocent babe? whispered she.

However, Chillingworth does nothing of the kind. In fact, he takes
the blame of his anger away fromto replace it back on Hester's conscience. Even he also gives
her a draught for her own health, he is also clear in that letting Hester live a life of misery
is a better revenge than to kill her.

Dost thou know me so
little, ? Are my purposes wont to be so shallow? ...what could I do better for my object than to
let thee live,than to give thee medicines against all harm and peril of life,so that this
burning shame may still blaze upon thy bosom?

Therefore,
although Hester has good reasons to doubt Chillingworth, it is also true that Chillingworth is
better off seeing her suffer than seeing her buried. If she died, he would never get to know
what he really wants to know: who is Pearl's father and why is Hester keeping it a secret to the
point of sacrificing her life forever.

 

What is the primary difference between the current sleep practices in the United States and historic sleep practices?

Research
into the history of sleep is a growing field. While cultural factors strongly influence sleep
practices, these also change over time.

One of the major changes in modern
times is generally considered to have grown along with the change to living primarily in the
nuclear family rather than the extended family. That is the change to sleeping alone, or married
couples sleeping together in a separate room. Formerly, whole families often slept in a single
bed, parents and children together, or the mother slept with the youngest children, and the
father might share a bed with older boys.

In addition, the fixed prescription
of eight hours of sleep is relatively new and is linked to the regularization of industrial work
schedules.

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Comment on SWIFT'S use of scale as a technique of satire with reference to GULLIVER'S TRAVELS? answer in detail

In Book 1, Swift
created the Lilliputians to be 12x smaller than humans, while in Book 2, the Brobdingnagians are
12x larger than humans.  The Lilliputians were people who were petty.  They had a long-standing
dispute with their neighbors over which end to crack open an egg.  Swift was showing that the
stature of the people matched their...

What is distinctive competence?

Distinctive competence
refers to the core skills and practices that increase the competitiveness of an organization and
make it different from its competitors. An organization's competitors cannot imitate this
competence (at least in the short term), allowing an organization to gain an advantage over
others. An organization must protect its distinctive competence to retain its competitive
edge.

To determine its distinctive competence or competences, an organization
should conduct an internal and external review and find those areas of skill and technology that
are in demand in the marketplace. If these skills are not in demand, they are not areas of
competence. An organization must also consistently change its distinctive competence in a
changing business environment to keep its competitive edge, and its competence must become part
of its corporate strategy. Examples of distinctive competence are fast delivery and the
extremely high quality of an organization's product.

Please provide a summary and analysis for Edgar Allen Poe's "The Thousand-And-Second Tale of Scheherazade."

"The
Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade" is a work of shortEdgar Allan Poe (1809€“1849).
It originally appeared in the February 1845 issue of the periodical Godey's Lady's
Book.

The story is a sequel, as it were, to the One
Thousand and One Nights (sometimes called the Arabian Nights), a
collection of Middle Eastern folk tales. The collection is framed as a set of stories told by
Scheherazade, who tells tales to keep Shahryār entertained and avoid being executed.

Poe's story describes an eighth voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, a medieval Arabic
character who features prominently in the Arabian Nights, having many
dramatic adventures in exotic locations. Like many of the other stories in the original text,
Poe's includes fantastic and mythological elements but many of the strange and exotic elements
to the tale such as hot air balloons are actually nineteenth-century technology. The King
considers the tale so absurd that he finally kills Scheherazade.

Poe's story
has two serious points. The first is that the murderous King will act according to his nature
eventually and that the cleverness of Scheherazade will not protect her. The second point is
that what is considered fantastic may simply be what is unfamiliar.

Why do some people believe in a higher power?

Most people need
faith in a higher power. It is comforting to think that there is an eternal life of bliss.
Believing in life after death gives a calm assurance that there is more to life than what we
experience on earth. It is reassuring to think that life will continue in a much more peaceful
environment than the one we live in on earth. To think of a place called Heaven where there will
be no racism or violence is a comforting belief. Life forever with no pain is a comforting
belief. For many, belief in God and a place he has prepared for his saints is such a peaceful
feeling. 

For those who believe in the Christian Holy Bible, there is a place
where God is preparing for his saints--those who are believers in Jesus Christ. In John 14, it
states that Jesus has gone away to prepare a place and he will return for his saints one day.
That promise is so reassuring. "Let not your heart be
troubled..."

What was the British Response for the Townshend Acts?

When the
Townshend Acts were passed, the British had strong reasons for passing these laws.  The colonies
were becoming more expensive to operate.  The British firmly believed the colonists should share
in this cost.  Since the negative reaction to direct taxation, as
with the Stamp Act, was so strong, the British tried to devise ways to collect taxes without the
colonists knowing they were paying them. 

The taxes of the Townshend Acts
were indirect taxes.  They were taxes on imports on products such
as glass and tea. The taxes were paid by the importers and passed on to the consumers.  When the
consumers bought these products, the taxes were included in the price they paid for the
products.  Thus, the consumers really didnt know they were paying the tax since the tax wasnt
directly added to the price at the point of sale. 

Additionally, the
Townshend Acts reinforced the idea that writs of assistance were legal.  This allowed the
British to search any colonist who was suspected of being involved in smuggling. The Townshend
Acts stayed in effect until after the Boston Massacre.  They were repealed, except for a tax on
tea, to try to calm down the colonists who were upset by the Boston Massacre.  The British were
prepared to defend the reasons why the Townshend Acts were passed.

What is the dramatic function of Walsh's letters home to his wife in Pollock's Walsh?

In
Pollock's play, Walsh, the letters included take place between James Walsh
and his wife Mary, as he is stationed in the Northwest Territory of Canada (at Fort Walsh) and
Ottawa, where Walsh's family lives.

The content of this correspondence serves
several functions. First, it is through these letters that the audience learns that Walsh's job
has isolated him from the world at largeand even from his family.

You'll think I've got a touch of prairie fever, but the solitude here, the emptiness of
these Great Plains, fills me with a sense of timelessness.

Second, it shows too that the world outside of the Northwest Territory is unaware of
the demands, the politics and the heartbreak that a leader such as James Walsh faces. First is
Mary's statement of the propaganda and/or rumors reaching Ottawa (a center of civilized life,
far removed from Fort Walsh):

Here in the East, we're
always hearing grand tales of Major Walsh...how he's subdued the Sioux and Sitting
Bull.

This is, of...

Characters section for Death and the Compass by Jorge Luis Borges

Characters section for by

Erik L¶nnrot

Erik L¶nnrot is a detective who is highly cerebral in his methods, modelling himself
on Edgar Allan Poes Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin.says that although L¶nnrot regards himself as a
creature of pure thought there was something of the adventurer in him, and even of the
gamester. L¶nnrot is convinced that Dr. Yarmolinskys death is best approached as an
intellectual puzzle rather than (as Commissioner Treviranus believes) an accident occasioned by
the failure of a jewel theft. He begins to attempt a solution by studying Yarmolinkys books in
depth, and devotes three months to sedentary investigation, during which time the elaborate
patterns which provide the clues to and links between the crimes gradually become clear to him.
Ultimately, however, L¶nnrots brilliance in discovering theoretical patterns leads him to act
without practical forethought and makes his own behavior easier to predict.

Dandy Red Scharlach

Dandy Red Scharlach
is initially described as the most illustrious gunman in the South. He criticizes Commissioner
Treviranuss handling of the murders, stating that such crimes would never occur in the district
under his control. He is theand nemesis of Erik L¶nnrot, whom he has hated since L¶nnrot
arrested his brother three years before the story takes place. In the fight that occurred on the
Rue de Toulon that night, Scharlach was severely wounded and lay, apparently dying, in the villa
of Triste-le-Roy for nine days afterwards. During this time, he developed a delirious fixation
with labyrinths and swore to weave a labyrinth around the man who had imprisoned my brother.
Despite plotting his revenge so long and so meticulously, Scharlach seems wearily indifferent to
his accomplishment of it. L¶nnrot hears in his voice a fatigued triumph, a hatred the size of
the universe, a sadness no smaller than that hatred. This does not prevent him from explaining
his plans and motivations in considerable detail and with obvious pride in his own intellectual
superiority.

Commissioner Franz
Treviranus

Commissioner Treviranus is a high-ranking
professional policeman who considers himself a practical man and has no use for L¶nnrots
abstruse and elaborate theories. He is particularly irritated by the apparently bookish and
cerebral nature of the two murders and the disappearance, remarking after Yarmolinskys murder
that he has no time to lose in Jewish superstitions.

The Editor
of the Yiddische Zeitung

The Editor of the Yiddische Zeitung
is described as a timid man and, despite his editorship of a Jewish paper, an atheist. He
interviews L¶nnrot and publishes an article stating in three columns, that the investigator
Erik L¶nnrot had dedicated himself to studying the names of God in order to "come up
with" the name of the assassin. He later publishes an editorial after the disappearance of
Gryphius-Ginzberg-Ginsburg, stating that he does not believe, as everyone else apparently does,
that an anti-Semitic plot is afoot.

Dr. Marcel
Yarmolinsky

Dr. Yarmolinsky is the delegate from Podolsk to
the Third Talmudic Congress. He is described as a stoical man with a gray beard and gray eyes.
He brings many books (including some of which he is the author) but few other possessions with
him to the Hotel du Nord. He is the first victim to be found murdered, wrapped in a cape with a
stab wound in his chest.

Daniel Simon
Azevedo

Daniel Simon Azevedo is the second victim. He is a
bandit and "political tough" and possibly an informer. He is found lying in the shadow
of a paint shop in the citys Western suburbs. Like Dr. Yarmolinsky, he is wrapped in a cape and
has a stab wound in his chest, a method of killing described as particularly appropriate for the
"last representative of a generation of bandits who knew how to handle a dagger, but not a
revolver."

Gryphius-Ginzberg-Ginsburg

A caller who
identifies himself as Ginzberg or Ginsburg tells the Commissioner that he can explain the two
sacrifices of Azevedo and Yarmolinsky. He turns out to be operating under a double cover,
staying in a seedy room on the Rue de Toulon under the name of Gryphius, which is in itself a
cover for the identity of Red Scharlach.

Is a teacher allowed to take one of your items and not return it until the next day?

The answer to
your question has not actually been reviewed by the Supreme Court, but is largely held by a
decision made in Arkansas called Koch v. Adams.  In the case a young man
had his phone seized for two weeks where in the school refused to give him the SIM card.
 

The student sued the school claiming that the confiscation violated his
rights and at the very least they should have given him the SIM card to protect his right to
privacy.  

The ruling enforced the importance of school documentation and
maintaining a paper trail. Because the school had a clear policy that had been explained to the
student and the student's parents; because the student had signed a contract specifically
outlining the consequences of phone usage at the school; and because the school did not search
the student's phone, the school's right was upheld to follow policy and confiscate the phone
according to the rules set by the school.  

Because of this particular
ruling, schools are responsible for informing students and parents of the rules, keeping
documentation of warnings and parent conferences that try to solve the problem, and their
reasoning for the confiscation.  If they follow these guidelines, they can keep the items for as
long as the consequence policy stipulates.  

In "Richard Cory," compare between the life of Richard Cory and the lives of the townspeople.

The
lowly townspeople viewas a distinguished gentleman, who has a regal appearance and is always
outgoing when he passes by them on the street. Richard Cory is a wealthy man who is described as
being "clean favored" and "quietly arrayed." The townspeople perceive him to
be richer than a king and wish to trade places with him. The townspeople occupy a lower social
class than Richard Cory and must work hard to earn a living. They toil all day and cannot even
afford to eat meat. However, they fail to realize that Richard Cory's life is not as glamorous
or joyful as it seems. Richard Cory's outward appearance and upper-class status conceal his
emotional and psychological distress. The poor townspeople, who seem to have close, meaningful
relationships with each other, fail to notice that Richard Cory is an extremely lonely,
depressed man. Despite their lower-class status and difficult lives, they are more emotionally
healthy and stable than Richard Cory.

In "1984," what is the two minute hate? i know its something to with goldstien but i just don't understand why.

This question
has been asked and...

In times of crisis the Roman Republic reverted to a dictatorship. What does this indicate about the Roman republic?

I cannot
agree with the above post. Contrary to the above answer, the dictatorship provision of the Roman
Constitution was an inherent weakness which ultimately brought down the Republic. The
dictatorship was employed by Julius Caesar, who used his power as dictator to eliminate his
rivals and rule by decree. He was assassinated because there were rumors that he planned to have
himself crowned king of Rome. The Romans, proud of their Republic, never had a king, and did not
intend to start. In the end, however, they lost their Republic.

A more recent
example is perhaps far more indicative. Similar to the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the
Constitution of the Weimar Republic of Germany also provided for a dictatorship during times of
"emergency." The "emergency" for Germany was the burning of the Reichstag by
a Communist sympathizer and ultimately led to the investment of dictatorial powers in Adolf
Hitler. The rest is well known.

The provision for a dictator obviously was
intended to provide for quick decision making without debate in times of immenent national
peril. Even so, it was--and is--an inherent weakness which was--can can be--easily exploited.
One should remember the words of Lord Acton:

Power tends
to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The
United States of America has weathered a number of crises in its two hundred years without the
necessity of a dictatorship. OUr founders were wise enough to avoid the mistakes of Rome and the
later mistakes of Germany.

 

In the book Stargirl, what did Hillari Kimble do to Stargirl and what was Stargirl's reaction?

I am
assuming that you are asking about the incident between Hillari Kimble andthat takes place near
the end of the book at the Ocotillo Ball.  In that incident, Stargirl spontaneously leads a
large group of students in the Bunny Hop.  These students have so much fun and are so wrapped up
in what they are doing that Stargirl leads the Bunny Hop line out of the Country Club and out
onto the golf course.  They are gone for quite awhile.  In the meantime, Hillari, furious at not
being the center of attention, demands that the band play "regular music" and drags
her boyfriend out on...

Examine Animal Farm as political satire.

's work
would have to be considered as an example of political .  In examining what constitutes
political satire, humor is utilized to critique a particular weakness or condition.  Orwell uses
this in the form of animals on a farm embodying the Russian Revolution.  Animal Farmcan be seen
as political satire because Orwell is deliberate in his critique of the Stalinist grab for
political power in the Russian Revolution, as well as how specific sections of Russian society
enabled this to happen.  

As modern political satire uses humor in a more
demonstrative manner, the humor that Orwell uses is subtle and more haunting. For example,
whenorchestrates the public confession and executions in , the humor is not as evident as much
as is the biting honesty about the historical conditions of the Stalinist purges. The use of
animals and the children's tale format to illuminate some of the most tragic in political
miscarriages helps to enhance the satirical element of the work.  Orwell, himself, understood
the work to represent the essence of political satire:

Of
course I intended it primarily as a satire on the Russian revolution..[and] that
kind of revolution (violent conspiratorial revolution, led by unconsciously power
hungry people) can only lead to a change of masters [-] revolutions only effect a radical
improvement when the masses are alert.

It is in this idea
where humor is evident.  The establishent of "Some animals are more equal than
others," the replacement of humans with pigs, and the political embodiment of the more
things change, the more they stay the same are all aspects of this humor.  The political satire
becomes evident in this light.

What is the doctrine of Anatta? Now does it relate to the Hindu concept of Atman?

In Buddhism, the doctrine of Anatta states
that there is no constant, permanent "self" or "soul" and that the
"self" we experience is both an illusion and a source of pain. The term comes from the
Pali words "an" (not, without) and "atta" (self, soul). It is often
mentioned in the Pali canon and, along with "Dukkha" (pain or suffering) and
"Annica" (impermanence), it is one of the three subjects for meditation that
constitute mindfulness in the Theravada and Vipassana traditions of Buddhism.

The Sanskrit equivalent of Anatta is Anatman. The Hindu doctrine of Atman is therefore
the exact opposite of Anatta, with Atman meaning "self" or "soul" and the
doctrine holding that the soul exists. The six orthodox schools of Hinduism all adhere to the
doctrine of Atman, and the contradiction between Atman and Anatta is one of the major points of
difference between Hinduism and Buddhism.

In Coelho's The Alchemist, Santiago journeys through the desert with the alchemist. He is told of many basic truths. The alchemist says, There is...

In
Coelho's , Santiago journeys through the desert and learns many basic
truths.

The alchemist helps Santiago to understand that the reason he does
not leave the oasis is because he is fearful that he might never return. He worries about
leaving Fatima, his sweetheart. The boy's teacher reminds him:

Fatima is a woman of the desert...She knows that men have to go away in order to
return.

The alchemist also explains that while Fatima
will never ask Santiago to stay at the oasis rather than pursuing his treasure,
he will one day have regrets. This reminds the reader of the crystal
merchanthe did not listen to his heart, and therefore can
never achieve his heart's treasure. After all, the alchemist reminds
Santiago, Fatima will wait for him for she has found her treasureand that
is Santiago.

Santiago also learns that love never
prohibits one from pursuing his heart's delight. The alchemist explains:

You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his
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How does Jane Austen's Emma demonstrate the various forms of irony?

Like 's
other social satires, relies heavily on , especially situational irony.
Listed below are examples of the novel's use of the major types of irony.

1.
Situational Irony (coincidence; disparity between what one thinks
and what actually is)--Emma views herself as an excellent matchmaker with keen skills
in observation. However, she is too naive and imperceptive to be orchestrating others' private
affairs. In every instance--including her own love life--when Emma tries to assert her opinions
on whom someone should or should not marry, she fails miserably. She discourages her friend
Harriet from accepting George Martin's proposal; in the end, Mr. Martin is the best match for
Harriet. When Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill arrive in town, Emma completely misses the
tension between them and is flabbergasted when she discovers that they are secretly
engaged. Throughout most of the novel, Emma is unaware of her own feelings for Mr. Knightley
(until Harriet shows interest in him), and does not observe that he also has romantic feelings
for her. One of the most significant examples of situational irony is Emma's fixation on
Harriet's portrait. The portrait shows Emma's version of Harriet, but not who Harriet truly is.
It symbolizes Emma's idealistic view of the world around her, and she is often surprised when
the real world reveals itself to be completely different from her imaginary one. 

2.Dramatic Irony(the audience or reader has knowledge of important information to
which one or more than one characters are not privy)--InEmma,much of the situational irony
mingles with dramatic irony. The reader can tell early on that Emma's faith in her power of
observation is misplaced and, thus, predicts that Emma's meddling in others' love lives will not
go well. Similarly, the reader knows before Emma that Harriet is truly in love with Mr. Martin
and that he is a better match for her socially and economically than are any of Emma's picks for
her friend.

3. Verbal Irony (sarcasm, , play on words)--Although
Emma does not rely upon verbal irony as much as does ,
Austen still demonstrates her skill with understatement in this novel. When Emma is fallaciously
evaluating her relationship with Frank Churchill, she continues "to entertain no doubt of
her being in love him" (264). However, as Emma vascillates in regards to whether her
feelings are actually love, Austen plays around with the definition of
love. Emma might love Frank because she is constantly
thinking of him and likes to have letters from him, but Austen uses these thoughts to
demonstrate the fickle nature of many young women of her day, especially in regards to words
such as love and marriage.

What do you think about this quote? I know it was wrong. One thing I never told you about the clutter deal is this. Before I ever went to their...

This quote demonstrates
Dick's premeditation on committing a violent crime at the Clutter residence. Though he may or
may not have actually planned on killing anyone, he did plan to rape someone. He also brought
Perry along so that Perry could do the killing which he, Dick, would be unable to
do. 

Personification In Romeo And Juliet

In s
Theof ,meetsat a party. They are instantly attracted to each other, but
since their families are feuding enemies they know that their relationship may never be allowed
to flourish.

After the party, Romeo trespasses on Capulet land, risking his
life to get a glimpse of Juliet at her window. As he approaches, he sees her and launches into
one of Shakespeares most famous soliloquys. His purpose is to express his feelings for Juliet
and to describe her beauty. He uses several instances ofto express how beautiful he believes she
is.

When he compares Juliet to the sun, he personifies the moon:

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who
is already sick and pale with grief

That thou her maid art far more fair than
she.

Romeo is saying that Juliets beauty shames the moon,
who is jealous of her. As Juliet stands silently in her window, Romeo observes that:

She speaks, yet she says nothing. What of that?

Her eye discourses; I will answer it.

Even
though she is not audibly speaking, Romeo can see expression in her eyes and he feels compelled
to speak to her.

Then he goes on to describe her eyes in terms of the
stars:

Two of the fairest stars in all the
heaven,

Having some business, do entreat her eyes

To
twinkle in their spheres till they return.

He personifies
the stars as having some business with Juliets eyes. To compare her eyes to the stars is to
say that they are uncommonly beautiful. It is personification because Romeo is saying that the
stars are actively deciding to trade places with Juliets eyes.

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Verbal Irony In To Kill A Mockingbird

There are
several examples of verbalused in 's novel, often attached to .  I'll
provide one with which to get you started.

Dr. L. Kip Wheeler provides the
following definition:

IRONY: Cicero referred to irony as
"saying one thing and meaning another." Irony comes in many forms. Verbal irony (also
called sarcasm) is a trope in which a speaker makes a statement in which its actual meaning
differs sharply from the meaning that the words ostensibly express. Often this sort of irony is
plainly sarcastic in the eyes of the reader, but thelistening in the story may not realize the
speaker's sarcasm as quickly as the readers do.

One
example of verbal irony is when Miss Caroline tells Scout that her father does not know how to
teach and therefore cannot teach her to read when she already does read, and quite well. When
Scout complains to , he agrees that they will keep reading, but secretly: this is his
compromise.

The verbal irony appears when Atticus says:

I have a feeling that if you tell Miss Caroline we read every night
she'll get after me, and I wouldn't want her after me.

Atticus is obviously not afraid of Miss Caroline and is intentionally saying something
contrary to what he believes, probably to entertain Scout who has been so
upset.

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

By making a
preemptive attack, the Japanese hoped to cripple the American navy.They believed that they could
not win without the element of surprise.I'd say this backfired on them, since the US not only
entered the war but also dropped an atomic bomb on Japan.]]>

Lady Macbeth takes a very maternal image- that of a nursing mother- and perverts it. Why does she use that image in particular and what is the link...

Ladyattempts to persuadeto kill Kingusing
every trick she knows. She spends a great deal of time attacking his manhood, calling him weak
and fearful. To counter the image she creates of her husband,juxtaposes an image of herself as a
ruthless, courageous individual. She attempts to distance herself from any feminine qualities
because murder would not be considered something that a frail, weak woman would be capable of
doing. Recall that earlier in her , Lady Macbeth had summoned the dark spirits to unsex her
and fill her with direst cruelty. To her, being a woman is a disadvantage because this
situation requires cold-blooded murder, something that a man would be more likely to do.
Therefore, she asks to give up her feminine qualities in favor of the cruelty and strength of a
man. Now, Lady Macbeth does not want to be seen as weak or Macbeth will not listen to her.
Instead, if she appears emotionless, merciless, and callousthe opposite of what women are
considered in her societyhe will admire her and take her words seriously.

In
her persuasive tirade, she tells Macbeth that if she had a child, and if she had made a promise
to her husband to kill the child, she would do so. Such a shocking statement is disturbing for
anyone to make. She, as a woman, purposely makes the statement as yet another attempt to appear
cruel and ruthless. Previously, in her soliloquy, she had asked the dark spirits to take my
milk for gall. She does not want to be maternal or to have emotion, or she could not go through
with such a heinous act. Sentiment would cause both of them to reconsider. Murder requires no
emotion, and she is modeling that behavior for Macbeth. Perhaps she is also trying to convince
herself.

Why did Harper Lee name this book To Kill a Mockingbird?

In 's novel, the
mockingbird symbolizes a certain innocence or, more accurately, a lack of guilt and
blameworthiness (which is not exactly the same as innocence).

The lesson of
the mockingbird is that the vices of cruelty and aggression are evident when people attack those
who do not deserve to be attacked. 

Miss Maudie explains the mockingbird's
significance at one point. 

"Mockingbirds dont do one
thing except make music for us to enjoy. They dont eat up peoples gardens, dont nest in corn
cribs, they dont do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. Thats why its a sin to kill a
mockingbird.

The mockingbird has a beauty of its own and
an autonomy that should be respected. To harm a living creature that is itself doing no harm is
a sin. 

Cruelty, in the novel, is the result of a lack of empathy.learns this
lessons in a number of places in the novel but nowhere more directly than in a discussion she
has with her father. 

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

Sir?

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

Rushing to judgement, especially judgement based on
rumors or bias can lead a person to commit the sin of attacking those who are not deserving of
attack. 

Thethat become "mockingbirds" in the novel includeand
Walter Cunningham, two figures subjected to unwarranted criticism and unfounded condemnation (to
greater and lesser degrees, respectively). 

"Tom
Robinson himself is another mockingbird. Innocent of the crime for which he is tried, he has
to face the evil of hatred simply because of the color of his skin" .

Each of theseis wronged and is judged without consideration of any
his actual merits. Gossip, superficial class biases and wrong-minded race prejudice are some of
the contributing factors to the false views that arise around these characters.

Thus the title of the novel comes to reinforce the lesson of the mockingbird offered in
the novel. Practice empathy. Understand others before judging them. Do not harm those who have
done no harm. Question your biases. 

By challenging his children to learn to
be empathetic and to base their opinions on actual experience instead of hearsay,demonstrates a
compassionate ethos that inspires his children to keep an open mind about the world they live in
(and the people they share it with). 

In "blkfern-jungal" by Aileen Corpus, what are some language devices, and how are they used to convey the general meaning of the poem?

In this
piece, it is helpful to understand the speaker's . "blkfern-jungal" by Aileen Corpus,
is an example of Black Australian Aboriginal verse. As with any kind of poetry, there are
literary devices to be found.

First, note that dialect
is defined as...

...the language of a particular district,
class, or group of persons. It encompasses the sounds, grammar, andemployed by a specific people
as distinguished from other persons...

The use of dialect
makes the poem more realistic, and its main character more believable, simply by using the
language of the poor, uneducated, living on "Regent Street."

One
device that is used is inference, which takes place when the reader
(through clues left by the writer) can...

...draw a
reasonable conclusion from the information presented.

Look to the following excerpt:

wlkn down regent
street i see ۬

blks hoo display blknez ۬

(i min they
sens of blknez)...

The speaker is walking down the
street. He sees black men that look black, or rather, convey
a sense of blackness. We can infer this to mean that they are black in
terms of their skin color, but they are not "black" culturally: they have nothing in
common with the speaker. They offer a meaningless observation to the speakerthat in time he will
one day rise above his place in the "gutta" (gutter). And when that time comes,
magically (or so it would seemfor they offer nothing substantial, like a job, etc.), his life
will change dramatically. They say that time is...

...gonna lif yoo outta ۬

yor blk hole n sho yoo ۬

how twlk n dress n tlk.

They tell the man that
he will be raised out of his poverty ("blk hole") and he will know how to walk, dress
and talk. This infers
that he knows none of these things now. Obviously this is nonsense, for
time will not make these things happenchange must come from opportunity and assistance:
education, fair housing, food, employment, etc.

The speaker looks more
closely at these men with a "sense of blackness," and he notices
a halo around their heads:

n i look up n see ۬

arown th haylo of they hair, ۬

a cosmetic afro ring

€“€¨shiny haze €¨

like it blines me man!!

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title="coiffed">coiffed hair is reflecting a lightfrom a gel or spray
they are wearing.

The man studies how they are dressed:

so mu eyes go down tthair

smart soot ol prest n
cleen

n thair hi heel kork shooz...

They have beautiful clothes and shoes. The speaker looks at himself, and studies his
own "soiled blknez." But it doesn't seem a bad thing.

A funny thing takes place. Ironically, these well-dressed men believe
they understand the speaker's life, but they are really only smug and
condescendingas if they are saying, "You can be like usin time."
After the near-blinding light is gone, the speaker sees beyond their appearance to a truthhe has
an epiphany (insight that changes his way of thinking). This, now, is  href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/situational-irony" title="situational
irony">situational irony: the difference between what
you expect to happen and what really happens. Instead
of having men with only a "sense of blackness" enlighten
him about life, he turns the tables. He advises them...

€˜ime gonna lif yoo outta €¨

yore blk hole n sho
yoo ۬

how twlk n dress n tlk

The men
don't have any answers at all! So he gives them the same advice
they gave him. He's comfortable with the
truth
of his "blknez." Maybe they will feel the
samein time.

 

Was the First World War a war worth fighting?

This
question asks us to make a value judgment about the costs and benefits of World War I. It is
important to note that the worth of the war depends mainly on the point of view of different
countries. For example, the concept of worth is going to be different for countries that lost
the war than those that won.

Economic Cost

In terms of economics, the war was costly to the vast majority of countries that
participated. The losers incurred substantial losses and costs. Many countries economies were
crippled entirely, while others, like Germany, were forced into massive debt to pay reparations
to the victorious nations. Even among countries that won, there was a loss of valuable resources
and massive debts incurred to pay for the war. Britain, for example, experienced growth of GDP
but was still paying off debt from World War I until 2015. One of the only countries that came
out ahead after the war was the United States, because of the increased trade for most of the
war. However, any gains were ultimately lost in the Great Depression. Hyperinflation brought on
by debt caused the Depression when the global economy fell. After the war, countries abandoned
the gold standard and printed more money to cover their debts; however, the increase of money in
circulation brought down the value of each individual unit. One example of how hyperinflation
occurred is the war guilt clause in the Treaty of Versailles. The clause pushed Germany to pay
132 billion Deutsche marks to the Allied Powers. Germany paid the debt by printing more money
that wasn't backed by anything, essentially stretching the value of one mark over many marks.
The money Germany paid was then used to pay other debts to the United States and other
countries, and eventually, the entire economy of the world suffered because of the use of
valueless money.

Human Cost

World War I
was one of the most costly wars in history. In terms of human life, there was a casualty toll of
15 to 20 million, including military personnel and civilians. There were a further 20 to 25
million who were wounded during the war. The loss of human life crippled many of the
participating countries for years to come. Some countries lost massive portions of their male
populations, which meant that men who would have been producing and providing for families were
no longer around. In Russia, there were millions of orphans who struggled to survive after the
war. Influenza and other diseases ran rampant after the war, exacting heavy tolls on human
life.

Along with the direct casualties of the war, there were also atrocities
like the Armenian genocide and Pogroms that killed countless millions during the war. These
atrocities were able to happen because of the tensions created during the war and the attention
of world powers being elsewhere.

National
Identity

While there were fluctuations in many areas, one change
was that the map of many places was redrawn. Four empires fell after the war: Austria-Hungary,
Germany, Ottoman Turkey, and Russia. In the aftermath, many independent nations declared
themselves free, which could be seen as a benefit to the nationalists who valued the
independence movements. Along with those social upheavals, there were massive changes in the
Middle East that led to redrawing country lines by the British and French, and the restructuring
of the Ottoman territory into Turkey. Some modern conflicts, like Isreal-Palestine, can be
traced back to the aftermath of World War I.

Why?

It is up to you to decide if you think the
war was worth it, but there were many costs that accumulated out of the war. The ultimate
question we have to ask is, why? Why did the war happen in the first place? What was the point?
World War I was not the result of any significant conflict but a set of mutual-retaliation
alliances established by the major states in Europe. The treaties they established with one
another created a powder keg that was primed to explode. The death of an Austrian duke meant the
eventual death of millions. What was essentially a local independence conflict led to a massive
loss for the entire world. That is what we must consider when we think about if it was worth
it.

What is the difference between mixed, command, and traditional economy?

The terms mixed,
command, and traditional refer to how economists in
the past described the economic systems of countries. Each name is related to and cannot be
separated from the political system of a country.

A
command economy is an economy in which the major industries are
nationalized, and the government sets production. In a command economy, the government predicts
how much of an item will be needed to meet the demand of the product. The output of the product
often does not match the government's prediction, resulting either in overproduction/surplus or
underproduction/shortage. Command economies are usually associated with dictators or
authoritarian governmentsNorth Korea or Cuba, for example. Severe shortages of necessities
plague the citizens of these countries even though, in some instances, they have adequate
resources to produce consumer goods or resources they could trade for products in the global
economy.

A mixed economy is where the economy
contains a mix of government-controlled, nationalized industries and industries that operate in
the global free market.
Some economists argue that China fits this description, as the
government has control over the majority of the industrial production but it is active in the
capitalist driven global economy. Other economists point to social democracies favored by some
European countries as examples of mixed economies. The government has control over significant
components of the economy, such as healthcare and financial services, but leaves industrial
production to compete without interference.

Traditional economies tend to be agrarian and rely on the
production of agricultural products as their primary source for economic growth. Traditional
economies have a cultural basis for their production. The economy relies on the past to define
current economic priorities. The term traditional is probably not a good
descriptor of the economy of a country, as in the global market, much of the world's production
has shifted to these countries because of low labor costs and little regulation. There is no set
political structure defining countries noted for their traditional economies. Most tend to be
some form of democratic capitalism or democratic socialism. Economists point to much of Latin
America, Mexico, or some Middle Eastern countries as examples.

These terms
mean less as the world becomes more globally integrated and as technology begins to extend into
countries not traditionally known for vibrant economies. The terms relate more to a period when
the world could be divided between manufacturers and suppliers of raw
materials.

What false name does Odysseus give the Cyclops in The Odyssey?

, composed sometime
around 900 BC, is notable for many reasons. It is full of memorable stories that writers and
artists have alluded to in their works for about 3,000 years now.

One of the
coolest things about The Odyssey is theof its , Odysseus. As a
larger-than-life character, Odysseus is a little different than the typical epic hero. His
strength is not so much physical as it is mentalhe's an exceptionally smart guy, and this is how
he survives twenty years of life-threatening adventures on his way home from Troy.

When he finds himself trapped in the cave of the cyclops Polyphemus (who just happens
to be the son of the God of the Sea, Poseidon), he tells him that his name is Nobody. A little
later, when Odysseus blinds the one-eyed Polyphemus, the cyclops calls out to his brothers,
Nobody has blinded me. His brothers perceive this as pointless ranting; why would somebody
claim to be blinded by nobody?

Along with his intelligence, Odysseus also
has a little too much pride. When he and his surviving men escape Polyphemus, Odysseus taunts
him, telling him his real name. Polyphemus cries out to his father, Poseidon, who exacts revenge
on Odysseus by keeping him lost at sea for many more years before finally allowing him to make
it back to Ithaca and his son and wife. 

What are some quotes from Part 1 that show what Atticus Finch carries in his briefcase?

bringsa book home
in his briefcase in part 1 of .  When he arrives home from work,takes his
briefcase and Scout asks her father if he has brought a book for her:

Jem, forgetting his dignity, ran with me to meet him.  Jem seized
his briefcase and bag, I jumped into his arms, felt his vague dry kiss and said, "'d you
bring me a book?'" ()

Scout enjoys reading with her
father.  Together, they read a variety of texts.  They read informational books, law, the Bible,
and newspapers.  When Miss Caroline tells Scout that she can no longer read with her father, she
realizes how special their time together is.

On two separate occasions later
in the novel, it is revealed that Atticus carries papers in his briefcase.  These papers have to
do with the legal matters he is working on, such as the trial of Tom Robinson.  The following is
a quote from the one of the courtroom scenes in Tom's trial:

[Atticus] had evidently pulled some papers from his briefcase that rested beside his
chair, because they were on his table ().

In "Harrison Bergeron," why doesn't Hazel have any handicaps?

Pretty much
everyone in the future society depicted in the story has some sort of artificial handicap, from
heavy weights to ugly masks. This prevents anyone from excelling at anything (for example, one
actress being picked over another for her looks), and so ensures that everyone is
"equal," at least physically and mentally. George, Hazel's husband, has a mental
handicap that plays loud noises to distract him and prevent him from thinking about things.
While it is likely that Hazel has some physical handicaps:

Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about
anything except in short bursts.
[...]
There were tears on Hazel's cheeks, but
she'd forgotten for the moment what they were about.
(Vonnegut, ","
tnellen.com)

This shows how the handicap amendments work;
a baseline of intelligence was chosen, likely as an average of the population, and then people
were handicapped to lower them to that average. Hazel happens to be right on that average
intelligence level. George is lowered to Hazel's average, but Hazel needs no lowering, and she
can't be handicapped further, because then she would be inferior to the
average. 

What motivates the main character in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"? What do they fear, know, desire, and believe?

Peyton
Fahrquhar is a staunch supporter of the Confederacy during the Civil War and is devoted to the
South's cause, which is why he attempts to burn down the Owl Creek Bridge after receiving
information about it from a Union spy. Since Peyton is a wealthy slaveowner, he did not enlist
as a soldier, but felt that no service was too humble for him to complete in order to aid
the...

In what way is Bernard Shaw's version different from the original Pygmalian story? difference

The original
story ofwas about a sculptor who fell in love with the...

Solve y''+4y'+3y=0, y(0)=2, y'(0)=-1

We begin the
question by finding the general solution of this second order differential equation. In order to
approach this question we need to find the characteristic equation first: 

The characteristic equation is found as follows: 

`D^2 + 4D + 3 =
0`

Now we apply basic factorization: 

`(D+3) (D+1) =
0`

Now we determine the roots by equating each term to zero: 

`D+ 3 = 0 or D+1= 0`

`D = -3 or D = -1`

From the
above roots we can now find the general solution: 

`y (x) = C_1 e^(-3x) + C_2
e^(-x)`

where: 

`C_1 and C_2` are constants. 

Since we have conditions, y(0) = 2 and y'(0) = 1, we can find the particular solution
and solve for the above constants. 

Let's begin with the first constraint:
y(0) = 2

`y(0) = C_1 e^(-3*0) +C_2 e^(-1*0)` , e^0 = 1

`2
= C_1 + C_2` (equation 1)

Now we use the second constraint y'(0)=1. But first
we must find y'(x)

`y' (x) = -3C_1 e^(-3x) - C_2 e^-x`

`y'(0) = -3 C_1 -C_2` (we know from above e^0 =1)

`-1 = -3C_1 -C_2` 
(equation 2)

We have two unknowns and two equations. We can now add both
equations: 

`2-1 = -3C_1 + C_1 -C_2 +C_2`

`1 = -2
C_1`

`C_1 = -1/2`

Now we can find C_2 from equation
1: 

`C_2 = 2 - 1/2 = 5/2`

Now we have our
constants our particular equation is: 

   

`y(x) = (-1/2)
e^(-3x) + (5/2)e^-x`

 

Summarize the main musical elements of the Renaissance Period, the most important genres and techniques.

Generally speaking, the Renaissance was a
time when people prioritized art and science. Their focus began to shift toward worldly
concerns, and this was reflected in musicpreviously, music had centered around religion and the
church, but during this time, composers wrote secular as well as sacred music. Until about the
16th century, choirs and vocal music were popular, with as many as eight different parts for an
ensemble. Instruments (if there were any) usually played the same notes as the voices. Near the
end of the 16th century, instruments took on a different role as composers began to favor
harmonies, polyphonic texture, and complex rhythms. Examples of instruments from this period
include trumpets, lutes, and viols.

A few examples of dominant genres from
this period are the madigral (polyphonic and usually with at least 3 voices), the motet
(polyphonic), and the chanson (polyphonic and secular).

I highly recommend
the link below for a more technical explanation of the main characteristics of Renaissance
music.

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Does Neoclassicism still influence modern architecture?

kateanswers

Neoclassicism does still influence architecture and will continue to influence the
design and understanding of buildings still to come. Neoclassicism harkens back to the Classical
periods of Greek and Rome, and buildings of this style feature characteristics like columns and
geometric forms. This style of architecture grew out of a reaction or distaste for the excess of
Rococo design, which was rich in detail. In turn, many architectural styles have developed as
interpretations of or reactions to Neoclassical style. 

As an example, let's
consider a...

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To what extent is the title of "Hunting Snake" appropriate?

There is a sense in
which the title of this poem could be viewed as focusing only on a part of the content of the
poem: the poem is just as much about the reaction of the speaker and her companions to the snake
as it is about the snake itself. However, when the poem is analysed in detail, it can be seen
that the title can be read in a number of different ways.

On the one hand,
it clearly relates to the snake as a predator. The description of the snake as it
"quests" through the grass with its "Head down, tongue flickering on the
trail" and hunts smaller prey is one that inspires fear in both the reader and...

In
both "The Road Not Taken" and "Fifteen," the speakers are on the edge of an
adventurous journey in a natural and secluded area--the woods and the "back of the
woods" south of a bridge at the edge of town, respectively. Both speakers become cautious
and do not to venture forth into areas that may prove risky. In contrast, though, at the end of
their narratives, the speaker of Frost's poem expresses a certain self-doubt and incompleteness
while the speaker of Stafford's poem feels self-restoration.

As he takes a
walk, Frost's speaker discovers two enticing lanes in the woods that are
"untrodden,"

                                 
 ...long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

Stafford's speaker, on the other hand, discovers a running
motorcycle that attracts him with the prospect of a new, exciting adventure. The object at which
he looks assumes a femininity that is seductive:

I
admired all that pulsing gleam, the 
shiny flanks, the demure
headlights
fringed where it lay

Further, the
speaker of "Fifteen" indulges delightedly in his imagination of the adventure that he
can have with this machine, and he even takes it to the road. But as he has "a forward
feeling" and there is a tremble, he changes his mind and returns with the motorcycle to the
place he has found it. "Thinking," he finds the owner, whose hand is bleeding. He
helps the owner to his motorcycle and the other calls him a "good man" and rides
off.

 

Both the bridge where the fifteen-year-old
feels the "forward feeling" but resists it and the point where the two roads
"diverged" and the speaker chooses the one more traveled are junctures in the lives of
the speakers of the two poems. These choices that the speakers have made are for what is real
over that which is imagined. For both speakers there is a sense of loss and a change in
themselves; in contrast, however, Stafford's speaker has grown from his experience, while
Frost's speaker merely reflects that his choice "has made all the difference" to
him.

In The Phantom Tollbooth, what does Milo discover when King Azaz calls for his guests to each give a speech?

Because of the
absurdist nature of the worlds that Milo visits in , he is unprepared for the literal nature
of Dictionopolis, ruled by King Azaz. At a banquet, King Azaz calls for his guests to give
speeches, and Milo, thinking that this is a formal affair, speaks:

"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen," started Milo timidly, "I would
like to take this opportunity to sat that in all the--"
(Juster, The
Phantom Tollbooth, Google Books)

King Azaz
cuts him off and allows the other guests to speak. Each pronounces a list of foods, after which
the waiters deliver each guest their own words, which presumably taste like the foods they
describe. Milo protests:

"I didn't know that I was
going to have to eat my own words," objected Milo.
"Of course, of course,
everyone here does," the king grunted. "You should have made a tastier
speech."
(Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth, Google
Books)

The following dialogue is a flurry of puns,
offering "somersault" to improve the flavor and advice to wait for "your just
desserts." Since the kingdom of Dictionopolis is a literal world, everything people say has
meaning, and that meaning is translated into reality. Milo's more subjective view does not yet
understand that everything has a reaction, and every word has real meaning that can affect
others, positively or negatively.

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