Who is the most popular poet of all times? What were some of their popular poems?

I believe that
Shakespeare is the most popular poet of all time because of his sonnets. Take at look at some of
Shakespeare's sonnets in the link I added below. 

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Is it surprising that in Susie's inward, person version of the hereafter, there is no God or larger being that presides? IN SUSIE'S HEAVEN, SHE IS...

In my
opinion, it is not surprising that Susie's Heaven does not include a Supreme Being.  I attribute
this fact to the knowledge that Susie is unable or unprepared to view the "big
picture" of life until the end of the book.  Until that time, she is unwilling or unready
to focus on the...

What is Grim's opinion of Maxwell's father in Freak the Mighty?

Grim
and Gram are Max's grandparents and legal guardians. They are his legal guardians because his
mother is dead, and his father is in jail. Max's dad, Killer Kane, is in jail because he
murdered his wife. Readers do not find out that information until fairly late in the story;
however, we are clued into the fact that Max's dad is not well liked by either Gram or Grim. In
fact, Killer Kane is both hated and feared at the same time. He is either never talked about, or
he is talked about in hushed tones. Their hatred for him runs so deep that Grim actually refuses
to say his name. Pronouns are used instead. This...

How are Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and/or Boo Radley portrayed as mockingbirds? Give specific examples from To Kill a Mockingbirdto support your...

Mockingbirds symbolize innocent beings that do not harm anybody and bring joy to those
around them. They are also defenseless creatures that rely on the generosity of others to
protect them. Theof , Tom Robinson, andcould be considered symbolic mockingbirds because they
display similar characteristics and meet the criteria of innocent beings.

"No suh, not after she offered me a nickel the first time. I
was glad to do it, Mr. Ewell didnt seem to help her none, and neither did the chillun, and I
knowed she didnt have no nickels to spare" (Lee, 195). 

Tom...

What role can softliners play in a dictatorship?

Hardliners
are the people in any government or regime who support strict, inflexible, orthodox adherence to
the prevailing ideological system. They are, in other words, the "true believers." The
softliners, on the other hand, are the regime-supporters who are more flexible and
pragmatic.

The great advantage of dictatorship is that because one person is
making all the decisions, it is easy to get things doneas long as the dictator wants them done.
The downside of a dictatorship is that one person (the dictator) is unlikely to see all sides of
a situation. A dictatorship can easily become so rigid and so blind to the needs of certain
groups that this can undermine the stability of the regime.

Softliners can
run interference, mediating the gulf between the dictator and his inside cohort and other, more
marginalized groups, and, therefore, they are able to help moderate the harshest edges of the
regime. They are a group trusted enough by the regime to have some influence, yet they are not
blindly ideological: they can breathe some air into a system that might not be able to make the
changes needed to survive otherwise.

In Act I Scene 5 of Hamlet, What is the main idea of Hamlet's soliloquy that begins, "O all you host of heaven!"?

In this ,
spoken immediately after the spirit of 's father has vanished,takes a moment to reflect on what
he has just learned. Part of this soliloquy is simply Hamlet's rage and shock at his uncle's
treachery and the fact that his mother married such a man. He also resolves to dedicate himself
completely to avenging his father's murder:

All saws of
books, all forms, all...

What things did Sarah, Tess, and Alice sacrifice in this novel. I need to know a full explanation of all three characters what they sacrificed in...

A sacrifice is
most often voluntary. I'd say that these three women lost a great deal, but little of it was
voluntary. It was theft, not sacrifice, for the most part.

Alice loses her
freedom, as she is captured...

How did the Battle of Midway Island impact World War II?

The
Battle of Midway impactedby essentially halting the advance of the Japanese in the Pacific.
Japan suffered heavy casualties and major destruction of their Navy, which forced them to
reanalyze their progress in the Pacific. The United States' losses were much more acute. The US
was able to then advance towards Japan now that they controlled the momentum in the
Pacific.

While Japan lost four crucial aircraft carriers, the United States
lost only one. Moreover, Midway had the impact of seeing a significant advance in the Japanese
code breaking. The United States now had the ability to decipher essential codes that notified
the Navy of future attacks. This obviously allowed the US to eliminate the element of surprise
in the Pacific, which had aided the Japanese throughout the war.

Finally,
the ultimate destruction that Japan experienced equalized their Navy to that of the United
States, which was recovering from Pearl Harbor. Not only was this a logistical weakening
for...

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What happened to Winston's family in chapters 1 through 3 of 1984?

The very fact that the
text is not specific about 's fate in this excellent novel gives testament to the way that Big
Brother has been able to warp and manipulate and ultimately control the memory of his citizens.
Winston is only left with fleeting memories, vague impressions and imprecise recollections of
his father, mother and baby sister that often surface in his subconscious, as they do at the
beginning of Chapter Three, when Winston wakes up from a dream of his mother. Note how these
memories are presented:

He must, he thought, have been ten
or eleven years old when his mother had disappeared. She was a tall, statuesque, rather silent
woman with slow movements and magnificent fair hair. His father he remembered more vaguely as
dark and thin, dressed always in neat dark clothes (Winston remembered especially the very thin
soles of his father's shoes) and wearing spectacles. The two of them must evidently have been
swallowed up in one of the first great purges of the fifties.

Winston is only left with fragments that he tries to piece together, however the one
overwhelming certainty that he has is that his family died so that he might live. Precisely how
this happened he is unsure of, but this is the message that comes through from his
subconscious.

What does Cratchit ask for from Scrooge? Christmas Carol summary

The narrator tells us
that, in the past, when Cratchit has asked Mr. Scrooge for additional coal to warm the office,
"the master predicted that it would be necessary for them to part."  In other words,
when Cratchit attempts to procure more coal for Scrooge's office, Scrooge threatens to fire
him!

However, Cratchit doesn't technically ask Scrooge for the day off.  It
is Scrooge that brings it up, saying, "'You'll want all day to-morrow, I suppose?'" 
And it is, again, Scrooge that suggests Cratchit would expect to be paid for this holiday off,
asking, "'If I was to stop half-a-crown for it, you'd think yourself ill-used, I'll be
bound?'"  In other words, he implies that Cratchit would feel it to be unjust if he weren't
paid for the day, though the clerk, himself, never actually says it aloud.  Scrooge is bitter,
to be sure, but Cratchit doesn't technically ask him for the day off, or to be paid for it;
Scrooge merely anticipates the request.

Finally, after the visitations of the
three ghosts, on the day after Christmas, Cratchit returns to work; however, he is nearly twenty
minutes late.  When Scrooge brings it to Cratchit's attention, Cratchit apologizes for his
lateness, acknowledging his responsibility to be prompt.  When Scrooge orders him into Scrooge's
office, Cratchit says,  

"It's only once a year, sir
. . .  It shall not be repeated.  I was making rather merry yesterday, sir."

Here, Cratchit implicitly requests forgiveness for his lateness
from Scrooge.  He assumes that he will not be fired when he states that he won't repeat the
behavior, and he offers as his excuse that he's only ever late this one day per year and that
he'd been "making merry" the night before (as, presumably, he never does but once per
year).  Therefore, Cratchit does, in a way, ask forgiveness for his
lateness.  

In "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," what kind of tone and style of language does Ernest Hemingway use?

"" is one of Hemingway's works
ofwhich is set in Spain. In most of these works the dialogue is in English, but he wrote the
dialogue in such a way that the reader understands the characters are speaking in Spanish. A
large part of "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" consists of dialogue between two waiters
who obviously would not be speaking English. Hemingway had a special talent for writing this
kind of dual-language dialogue. He showed that it was really Spanish by some of the vocabulary
and by the construction of some of the sentences. A couple of examples from the story
are:

"I wish he would go home. I never get to bed
before three o'clock. What kind of hour is that to go to bed?"

"I
don't want to look at him. I wish he would go home. He has no regard for those who must
work."

The novel in which Hemingway uses this
English-Spanish to the extreme is . Many of his characters are uneducated
peasants who would not be capable of speaking any English at all. They are usually speaking to
theRobert Jordan, an American who can understand them because he is fairly fluent in
conversational Spanish. The reader understands that the other characters are speaking in their
vernacular but it is being translated into English through Jordan's mind. Other works in which
Hemingway uses this technique include "," "," "," and
. He also does it with Italian and German in some short works. At the end
of "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," Hemingway makes it clear that one of the waiters is
only speaking Spanish by his :

It was all a nothing and
man was a nothing too. It was only that and light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and
order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it was all nada y pues nada y
nada y pues nada. Our nada who art in nada,
nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be
nada in nada as it is in nada.
Give us this nada our daily nada and
nada us our nada as we nada our
nada and nada us not into nada
but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full
of nothing, nothing is with thee.

Hemingway was speaking
for himself as well as the old man. Hemingway seems to have been troubled all his life by this
existential angst, which may explain his heavy drinking and his suicide.

Describe Old Major's speech in Animal Farm. What significance does it have?

makes his speech
to the other animals in Chapter One of . To begin, his speech is inspired
by two facts: firstly, Old Major thinks that he does not have long left to live and, therefore,
wishes to pass on his knowledge and wisdom. Secondly, he has had a strange dream which he would
like to share with the animals.

Old Major goes on to explain to the animals
that their life is "miserable" and "short" because Man, the only animal who
"consumes without producing," has made it that way. Man is tyrannical, cruel and
self-interested: he does not care about the animals on his farm, only about taking the fruits of
their labor. As such, Old Major believes that the only possible solution is for the animals to
overthrow Man. This idea is linked to his dream, in which Man had vanished and the world was
very different. It also reminds him of a song that his mother used to sing to him called
"Beasts of England," which Old Major teaches to the others.

Old
Major's speech is significant because it plants the idea of rebellion in the minds of the other
animals. For the first time, they start to see Man as the true enemy and themselves as the
victims of real oppression. As such, the speech is both educational and
inspiring. 

In Hamlet, why does Polonius send Reynaldo after Laertes?

This is whathas
to say about that: What was I about to say? By the mass, I was about to say something! Where
did I leave?  In other words, not even Polonius really knows why he sends a spy. There's no
special or good reason. Instead, we must look at what that shows us about him and the court: he
spies on his children out of habit, and distrusts them automatically, assuming he knows best.
This shows us that the court is a place of distrust, though not, ironically, where it needed to
be. ( didn't suspect his uncle in time to save his father.)

 

Describe Weber's theory of social change.

In explaining
capitalism, which is one of humanitys significant social changes, Weber suggested that certain
social structures led to the change. He pointed at religion and suggested that certain religions
played an important role in the advent of capitalism. For instance, Weber suggested that
capitalism developed from aspects of Calvinism that encouraged people to have savings or be
successful. Additionally, the religious teachings suggested that those with successful
businesses were the €˜chosen because God would not help the 'damned' succeed. The concept
established the quest for economic gains to affirm an individuals position.

He also added that social change is as a result of four specific actions that people
take. He categorized the four actions as:

• Traditional


• Affective
• Value
• Instrumental

Under the traditional social action, Weber suggested that individual
social action may be instigated by traditional beliefs and customs. The individual basing their
decision on tradition...

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In "Hills Like White Elephants," which of the two characters is more "reasonable"?

This is an excellent
question. What is remarkable about this great short story is the way that so much is reported
through the characters' dialogue alone - there is very little authorial intervention, and when
the omniscient narrator does speak, it is only to report things that happen - we do not receive
information what the characters are really thinking and what is going on inside of them. Thus we
have to be careful readers and, like a detective, piece together what is happening.

It is clear that overtly at least the man appears to be very reasonable in his tone and
:

"It's really an awfully simple operation,
Jig," the man said. "It's not really an operation at all."

"I know you wouldn't mind it, Jig. It's really not anything. It's just to let the
air in."

However, in spite of this dialogue, note
the way that Jig, the girl, responds. She is silent and looks elsewhere, trying to ignore what
he is saying. As you read the rest of the story it is clear with the insistence that the man
keeps on bringing this up that it is he who is being completely unreasonable. He basically
emotionally manipulates Jig into getting an abortion and forces her into a position where she
has to chose between him and her unborn baby. This is why Jig threatens to scream and asks him
to shut up towards the end of the story.

Reasonable therefore is not an
adjective I would apply to the man - he demonstrates typical male supremacy in the way he gets
what he wants and ignores the feelings of Jig.

What are derivatives?

A
derivative is a broad category of securities, based on the price of an underlying asset.  It is
a contract between two parties based upon an asset where the price or value fluctuates.  Common
types of derivatives are stocks, bonds, currencies and market index.  In the simplest of terms,
a derivative is a bet between two parties based on whether the value of an asset will increase
or decrease over time.

Future...

Please provide quotes from Lord of the Flies about masks.

In addition
to the quotes given in the other answers, here are three more.

Whenhas left
's group to form his own tribe, he begins to wear face paint as a sign of his authority.
Whencomes up to Castle Rock after passing the checkpoint:

The chief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in white and red.
... The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffing noisily in the background.

Face paint, or the mask, allows Jack to perform a violent act
against Wilfred that does not need to be explained to the boys. Roger recognizes it as "the
possibility of irresponsible authority." 

Later Jack informs his tribe
they will hunt again and have a feast, but one of the boys asks how they will get
fire. 

The chief's blush was hidden by the white and red
clay. 

Jack's light complexion predisposes him to
blushing, which gives away his insecurities. The mask allows him to hide his emotions that are
too often betrayed by his normal skin shade. Thus the mask allows him to don a facade of
self-confidence. 

In chapter 11, Ralph staunchly refuses to give in to the
temptation to wear a mask when he goes to confront Jack. 

"But they'll be painted! You know how it is."

The others
nodded. They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint
brought. 

"Well, we won't be painted," said Ralph, "because we
aren't savages." ... Ralph shouted. "No paint!"

Here Golding clearly states the link between the masks and savagery. By concealing
themselves behind paint, Jack's tribe found it easier to forsake their morality. Refusing to
wear a mask, Ralph holds on to the standards of civilization. "We must go as we are,"
he says. They have lost the grooming and clothing that had identified them as civilized beings
in the past, yet Ralph is not willing to forfeit his upbringing and his sense of right and
wrong. By not allowing his group to hide behind masks, he asserts his commitment to civilization
and morality.

What is the difference between a change in quantity supplied and a shift in the supply curve?

There are a
few different ways to think about this.

Graphically, a change in quantity
supplied is simply a movement along a given supply curve.  The curve does not move--it is just
that you move from one point to another on that curve.  By contrast, a shift in the supply curve
involves the whole curve moving.

Another way to think about it is to say that
a change in QS is caused by a change in the sale price of the product we are talking about.  If
the price that you can get when you sell fish changes, the QS of fish changes.

A change in the supply curve, by contrast, means that there will be a different amount
of the product offered for sale even though the sale price does not
change.  When the supply curve moves, it means that something else has happened. 
Perhaps, for example, the price of the fuel for fishing boats has dropped.  If that happens,
fishermen will supply more fish even if the sale price of fish does not change.

So a change in QS is a movement along a curve that is caused by a change in the sale
price of the produce.  A change in supply is a shift of the curve that is caused by something
other than the sale price of the product.

How did Roman technologies help in the expansion and governance of the empire?

Like the
previous teacher stated, Roman roads were important to save time on travel. But here are a few
other things that helped drastically.

1. Roman bridges. They are still in
use, like in Trier, Germany. Commuters still use it everyday. This is all the more important,
because when you read Caesar's commentary on the Gallic Wars, he makes this point repeatedly.
The Romans were able to tame rivers through their bridges, while their enemies could do nothing.
If you count the amount of words that he uses to describe bridge building, you would be
impressed.

2. Romans had amazing military weapons. Josephus, the Jewish
historian, who recounts the Jewish wars with Rome, writes about Roman military weapons, like the
catapult. The ability to hurl...

What is a summary for Chapter 2 of Lyddie?

In Chapter
2,and Charles leave their home and go separate ways. Each of them has been hired out to work in
order to pay off debts their mother owes on their property. The land has been rented to a
neighbor, Mr. Westcott, to farm, and he is to have their horse and cow as well. Lyddie and
Charles close up their cabin, piling logs in front of the door to prevent a return of the bear.
They discuss what to do with their calf. In their mother's absence, they had bred the cow, and
their mother doesn't know about the calf, so she didn't promise it to Mr. Westcott. 

As they near the farm next to theirs, which belongs to the Stevens family, the neighbor
greets them. When he finds out what has happened to their family, he's filled with compassion
for the two young people, which embarrasses them. He purchases the calf from them, at a generous
price, and invites them to dinner. Luke Stevens, one of the sons, offers to give the two a ride
to their respective workplaces. Lyddie is cool and even rude to him, brushing off his offers to
help them. 

Luke stops at the mill to drop Charles off, and Lyddie parts from
him, nearly crying. Luke then drops her off at the tavern where she will be working. He offers
to go in with her, but she refuses because she doesn't want to be seen with a Quaker. Luke is
not offended by Lyddie's poor manners; he continues to be kind. He promises to keep an eye on
their house and to look in on Charles. 

Compare the characteristics of the spider woman with those of the old man.

The old
man isn't actively pretending to be an angel, but due to his wings, he is certainly believed to
be one by many. The spider woman, on the other hand, is a fraud, a charlatan, a confidence
trickster. She immediately spots a gap in the market and exploits it to the fullest. She sees
straightaway that the pilgrims who come to see her demand results from their faith, and she sets
out to give them what they want.

Over time, the old man proves unable to
perform the kind of wondrous miracles people expect from an angel. This creates an opportunity
for the spider woman, who soon attracts visitors from far and wide, dispensing glib platitudes
and passing them off as profound nuggets of wisdom. Here, Marquez appears to be satirizing a
particular kind of folk-religion, one that is amenable to being exploited for personal gain by
all manner of hucksters and con-artists.

In Dante's Inferno, why does Dante have to go to Hell first before going to Heaven, rather than the other way around?

I think
there may be a couple of reasons for this.  One is that this is Dante'sof life, and as he is
writing the story of a man who has strayed from the straight and narrow path to God, he has to
be shown the consequences of his actions.  So he is being shown hell first so that he can really
see how bad things are if you don't follow the right path.  After that he is shown purgatory,
and then finally, paradise.

Another reason could have to do with the Roman
Catholic theology of purgatory, the state of limbo between heaven and hell.  Just because
someone had been baptized, went to church every week, etc., etc., did not mean they
automatically went to heaven, according to this theology.  They first would spend time in
purgatory until people still alive had said enough prayers and had enough masses said for the
souls of these departed people stuck in limbo (see the link below for more information on
this).  So because of this purification that the soul must go through before going to heaven, it
would make sense for Dante to have to experience hell first (for the lessons he could learn
there), then purgatory (because many souls need to spend time there first to be purified), and
then finally reach heaven.

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Good luck!

In The Great Gatsby, what is Gatsby's reply when Nick says you can't repeat the past, and why is that his reply?

In the late
night hours following what will be 's final party, he is disappointed thatwas not impressed by
the extravagant entertainment he provided.tries to both comfort Gatsby and deliver a reality
check by telling him that he shouldn't expect too much of Daisy and that he "can't repeat
the past." Gatsby is incredulous when he replies "Can't repeat the past? Why of course
you can!"

Gatsby is suffering from the delusion that he can somehow
erase Daisy's marriage to, despite the fact that they have a daughter together. Gatsby's
development is arrested; he fell in love...

Describe the few pleasant social contacts in Walden which Thoreau experienced, while living at Walden and explain why Thoreau valued them.

In the
"Visitors" chapter in , Thoreau talks about a Canadian woodcutter
and post-maker. "A more simple and natural man it would be hard to find" (131).
Thoreau admires the man for living a simple life in nature and this woodcutter has also heard of
Homer but did not have the mind to "write thoughts." When Thoreau would approach the
woodcutter, he would cease his work and his "mirth was without alloy" (132). Thoreau
admired this man's youthful exuberance but found him intellectually lacking. 

Thoreau also found some from the almshouse (poorhouse) who were "wiser than the
so-called overseers" (137). In this...

Why did anyone support Adolf Hitler during the atrocities of WWII?

Numerous
factors contributed to the support of the German people for Adolf Hitler during . In assessing
the causes for this support, it's important to look back to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the
Nazi Party following the economic crash of 1929. Germany was hit hard by the Great Depression.
There was a drastic fall in industrial production and widespread unemployment. Hitler used this
to his advantage in attaining power.

After his appointment as chancellor of
Germany in 1933, Hitler suspended Democratic processes...

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Does Mr. Harvey actually die in the end? It says he falls into the snow, because of an icicle falling on him, but I would like to know if he is...

Mr.
Harvey's unusual deathstumbling into an icy ravine after being hit by a falling icicleis deeply
symbolic. Harvey has gotten away with all the terrible crimes he's committed over the years,
never facing justice for his multiple acts of rape and murder. But the natural world has exacted
its own justice on him. Mere human justice may not have been able to catch up with him, but
natural justice most certainly has. And just as nature is responsible for the righteous death of
a sadistic sex predator, it also gives Susie a kind of rebirth in the form of her new-born
niece, Abigail Susanne. The endless natural cycle of birth and death has delivered its own
unique form of justice, a higher justice that transcends whatever moral or legal justice system
human beings could possibly devise.

Why is the chapter in "Kindred" called "The Storm?"

The
"Storm" is a transitional section of the book.  Dana and Kevin are finally reunited at
home, but Kevin has difficulty in adjusting to being back to the present.  His emotions are
"stormy."  His is aggressive, angry, and confused.  When Dana is called back to Rufus
she finds him lying in the middle of a puddle drowning during a storm.  Old man Weylin is still
the same stormy personality, but during this section he dies.  Rufus blames Dana for his death
and sends her to the fields.  Rufus has become his father in many ways and he begins to separate
families.  This is also the section where Hagar, Dana's ancestor is born.  The story hopefully
for Dana is coming to a close. She cuts her wrists in order to return home to Kevin. 

A storm is a transistor in a cold front and a warm front.  It usually means a
change in the weather and this chapter is bringing big changes for Dana and Kevin.  Butler uses
the symbolism to demonstrate these changes.

Why does Rufus like both Dana and Alice in "Kindred"?

Well, on the level of plot and symbolism, Rufus likes them both because they are related. This
gives Dana a direct stake in what's happening in her past (rather than just being a sort of
confused...

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Which branch of government has the power to make laws?

Assuming you
are referring to US federal laws, the legislative branch of the federal government is the US
Congress.

The Congress is formed by two legislative bodies (houses). These
are the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. Representatives for the two houses are
elected, and anyone elected to either can propose new laws.

The proposal for
a new law is called a bill, and once it is introduced, members of the House of Representatives
or of the Senate will meet to discuss it or make changes to it. The House which met for the
discussion will then vote on the bill; if it is approved, the bill is then presented to the
other body and will go through a similar process.

When the bill has been
approved by both houses, it will be presented to the president, who can approve it and make it
into a law or choose to directly veto it within ten days. In case of veto, the president sends
the bill back to Congress with his or her objections. If this happens, Congress can, in most
cases, override the veto and make the bill a law anyway, providing both houses pass it with a
two-thirds majority.

However, it is not possible to override a pocket veto. A
pocket veto occurs if Congress is adjourned before the president signs a bill into law within
the ten-day signing period. In this case, the bill does not become a law.

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Why does Oedipus call himself "ungodly pollution"?

is
repeating the phrase used earlier in the play by the blind prophet, . Then, Oedipus had
expressed anger and indignation at such an outrageous description. But by the end of the play,
when the full horror of what he's done finally hits home, Oedipus comes to accept that an
"ungodly pollution" is precisely what he is.

The very presence of
Oedipus in Thebes, this man who's killed his father and married his mother, has brought
spiritual pollution to the city. Inadvertently or not, Oedipus has gone against the will of the
gods. The consequences for him have been truly disastrous, but they could be even worse for the
people of Thebes if Oedipus continues to stick around and pollute the city with his presence.
The only way, then, for Thebes to be cleansed of this ungodly pollution is if Oedipus leaves,
which he does.

What is neoliberalism with regard to the study of International Relations?

One of the
defining features of neoliberalism is that it seeks to transform many traditional features of
political life into economic judgements. While the arena of international relations was once
dominated by the whims of political leaders or concepts of justice and fairness, neoliberal
thinkers advocate an international system that relies more on economic rationality and expert
opinion. For Friedrich Hayek, one of the leading thinkers in this tradition, normative political
judgements are extremely volatile and lead to a degree of uncertainty that inhibits economic
growth and prosperity. For...

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In The Pigman, how do John and Lorraine become friends with the Pigman?

John and
Lorraine become friends with the Pigman - real name Mr Pignati - in a rather unusual way, by
playing a trick on him.

Bored and dissatisfied with their lives, John and
Lorraine, along with two other friends take to making prank phone calls to random people picked
from the phone book. It is Lorraine who turns up Mr Pignati's number, and calls him pretending
to be from a charity and asking for a donation. He sounds so pleasant and friendly on the phone
that Lorraine feels ashamed of gulling him, but John takes the game a step further by arranging
to call at his house to collect his donation.

When John and Lorraine go to
his house, the friendly impression he made over the phone is fully reinforced.

When Angelo Pignati came to the door, I wish you could have seen
him. He was in his late 50s and was pretty big, and he had a bit of a beer stomach. But the part
that slaughtered me was this great big smile on his face. He looked so glad to see us I thought
his eyes were going to twinkle out of his head. (chapter 5)

John here admits to being quite overwhelmed by the sheer affability of the man. He is
such a cheerful, obliging person that John and Lorraine simply can't help taking to him, and
they all become good friends. In fact they start visiting him regularly. What started out as a
mischievous prank on their part unexpectedly leads to an unlikely friendship between a lonely
middle-aged man and two disaffected teenagers.

 However, this friendship also
leads to . John and Lorraine unintentionally become friends with Mr Pignati; they also most
inadvertently help to precipitate his death. He gives them the run of his house, but on one
occasion they have a party there where the guests get out of hand and end up trashing the place.
This causes Mr Pignati to have a heart attack, and shortly afterwards he succumbs to another.
John and Lorraine are left feeling very guilty over their role €“ however unintentional -  in
his death. So their friendship with Mr Pignati ends up having enormous consequences for all
three of them, which none could have predicted.

Consider the following statement: "The art of the composer is to reveal us to ourselves. How effectively has your composer revealed what it is to be...

The
contrast between originality and conformity runs throughout ., in
particular, becomes so mind-numbed by working at the Ministry of Truth that he can no longer
fully support the Party and the state. He keeps a journal where he records forbidden, subversive
thoughts: Down with Big Brother. During most of the novel, Winston struggles to regain some
authentic, original essence of himself. He tries several ways to achieve this, including
wandering off alone and...

What is the purpose of fate and free will in The Alchemist?

In
's , the word fate isn't used, but the theme most
closely linked to it is Personal Legend. The premise behind achieving one's Personal Legend is
that everyone has one, but not everyone chooses to do what it takes to fulfill it. In order for
someone to fulfill his or her Personal Legend (destiny or fate) he or she must choose to work
for it. The book's , a young boy by the name of Santiago, represents each of us as he is
confronted with the knowledge that he has a Personal Legend to fulfill. He must use his free
will and choose to follow omens that will help him along his way to discovering his treasure (or
fate). 

This way of thinking if completely different than how the Greeks or
Shakespeare thought of Fate. For example, tragic heroes such as Oedipus, Romeo, Hamlet, or
Macbeth cannot run away from or change their destinies because the stars have sealed their
Fates. These characters, in reality, do not have the ability to use their free will, or free
choice, because Fate desires to destroy them. Conversely, Coelho uses fate more like the end
result of good choices and dedicated commitment to following omens, the language of the world,
and the soul of the world--which is God. It's as if Coelho shows his protagonist that his fate,
or the end result which is the epitome of his own absolute happiness, is found only after using
his free will to choose the right course while discovering his Personal Legend. 

In the introduction of The Alchemist, Coelho explains it as
follows:

"When we first begin fighting for our dream,
we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times
and to get up eight times. 

So, why is it so important to live our personal
calling if we are only going to suffer more than other people?

Because, once
we have overcome our defeats--and we always do--we are filled by a greater sense of euphoria and
confidence. In the silence of our hearts, we know that we are proving ourselves worthy of the
miracle of life" (vii).

The above passage shows that
each of us needs to choose to get up again and again when searching and fulfilling our Personal
Legend, or Fate. We can find the ultimate happiness or treasure that we seek because it is our
fate to find it, but we must also do our part and choose to find it--even if it means falling
down seven times and getting back up eight times. 

What is Hamlet's tragic flaw?

lyndaa

What is
's tragic flaw?

What is 's tragic flaw?

Many
believe that Hamlet's tragic flaw is his inability to make a decision, which leads to his
inability to act.  His questioning of himself as well as others leads to not only his demise but
the demise of others involved.

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Molarity in the measurement of concentration, it is measured by number of moles of
solute present in a liter of solvent.

Molarity = moles/volume

For example....

If we have 0.05 Molar HCl solution which means the
concentration of that solution is 0.05M, which also refer to the number of H+ ions concentration
and measuring H+ ions will give you the PH.

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In "Animal Farm", in what way do the animals act like animals? In what way are their ideas and words like humans?

The animals
look like animals, but that's about it.  They have the general life of animals (outside, what
they eat, etc.), but they are just ideas, or representatives of people.  For instance, they can
talk, train/capture other animals, lie, manipulate history for their own advantage and generally
have most of the qualities associated with the tyrants they represent.  So thepresents the ideas
of Marx and sets the stage for the "Revolution."  At no point does he seem to be an
animal, yet his not being a person helps us focus on the ideas rather than the person about whom
we may have strong opinions.  It's a great technique.  In your initial read it's fun trying to
figure out who the animals "represent," and in subsequent readings it's fun to find
the subtle little ways they really "are" these people.

In Romeo and Juliet, what happens to Romeo's old love?

Since
Rosaline, the girl thatis infatuated with at the opening of the play, is never an actual
character in the play, there is no mention of what happens to her.

She is
mentioned on the list of persons invited to the Capulet's feast, and this is the device that
Shakespeare uses to contrive to have Romeo be in a position to actually meet and fall in love
with .  Rosaline is Capulet's niece, so not only does her existence as Romeo's first love
provide the opportunity (Capulet's feast) for Romeo to meet Juliet, she also provides the
precedent for him to fall in love with a girl from the House of his family's enemy.

The existence of Rosaline also provides the circumstance, in the opening Act of the
play, for the audience to get a good picture of what kind of lover Romeo is.  As he moons and
mopes about the stage, they see how dramatic and poetical he is about love.  These
characteristics will present a nice foil to the more logical and practical minded lover that
Juliet turns out to be.  This is an ironic twist to the classic "boy/girl" lovers'
character traits -- the young man who seems almost "girlie" in his approach to love
and the young woman who is very logical, almost masculine in hers.

Theenters
before Act Two begins and says:

Now old affection
[Rosaline] in his deathbed lie

And young
affection [Juliet] gapes to be his heir

That
fair for which loved groan'd for and would die,

With tender Juliet match'd is
now not fair.

And from this moment the character of
Rosaline is, in essence, "killed off."  The play has no further use for her.  And, as
she is a fictitious character in a play, we, the audience, have no idea what "happens"
to her.

How does Maycomb react to the news of Tom Robinson's death, in To Kill a Mockingbird? (Chapter 25)

The sad news
of Tom Robinson's death has little effect on the people of Maycomb.  To them, it just showed
that Tom was guilty and typical behavior for a Negro.  Rumors spread for a couple of days, but
then it just became "old news".  The town went on as usual with no real understanding
or sympathy for Tom.  One person affected by the shooting of Tom was .  Out of respect, Atticus
visits Tom's wife, Helen, to give her the news.  Although Tom's death seems to be for nothing,
Mr. Underwood, the owner of the town newspaper, writes an editorial saying that it is a sin to
kill a cripple no matter what the circumstances.  Mr. Underwood understands the truth about Tom
and is courageous for speaking out.  It's a sad part of the book because we want justice for Tom
and understand how hard life will be for Helen Robinson.  However, for the citizens of Maycomb,
there is no empathy or understanding of Tom's dilemma as a black man who has been sentenced to
prison and has a family depending on him.  

What is the role technology plays in the totalitarian society of 1984?

Technology
definitely plays a role, but not so great a role as ideology and social science.
By
that I mean, there are definite technological tools used by...

What meaning does the title "Everyday Use" have in connection with the story's events? a. Quilts should be hung to look pretty b. Things made to...

In the story,
the phrase everyday use originates from Dee, who criticized her sister because in her opinion,
the sister did not perceive the true value of the quilts and would instead destroy them by using
them for their intended purpose. Dees plan for the quilts was to preserve them as cultural
symbols, by only displaying the quilts instead of destroying them by putting the items to use.
In this regard the closest answer is D using things every single day wears them
out. The answer captures the context of Dees criticism of her sisters backward
lifestyle. Dee suggested that by using the quilts their true value would be lost because they
would be destroyed.

Maggie cant appreciate these quilts!
she says, Shed probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use.

Dee arrived back home a changed woman, she was dressed in an
African attire and changed her name to fit her African roots. She intended to take a quilt woven
by her grandmother but bequeathed to her sister, Maggie. Her Mother, Mrs. Johnson, declined her
request, to which Dee responded that her sister would put the quilts to Everyday use
insinuating that her sister did not know the value of the quilts and so would end up destroying
them.

Who are the Parsons and what do they represent in the novel "1984" by George Orwell?

The Parsons
represent what is supposed to be the middle class since they are in an apartment. In his
depiction of them,demonstrates how the basic unit of society, the family, has had its structure
destroyed and traditional values subverted. At the time of 's writing of
 which was 1948, shortly after World War II, traditional families were
intact with little divorce; children were respectful to their parents, and the middle class was
growing and prospering. Therefore, this futuristic portrayal of the "average" family
is completely different as it presents a family in chaos.

When Mrs. Parsons
asksto help her with her drain, Winston is reluctant to enter her apartment, or flat, as the
British call it.

Everything had a battered, trampled-on
look, as though the place had just been visited by some large violent animal. ...hockey sticks,
boxing gloves, a burst football, a pair of swety shorts turned inside out--lay all over the
foor, and on the table a litter of dirty dishes and dog-eared exercise books. On the walls were
scarlet banners of the Youth League and the spies, and a full-sized poster of Big
Brother.

After Winston is finished unclogging the drain,
a nine-year old orders him to put his hands in the air. He plays at the horrific things actually
done to the citizens, calling Winston a thought-criminal and a spy. Winston is threatened with
being vaporized or sent to the salt mines. In the boy's eyes, there is "a calculating
ferocity";Winston is glad he does not hold a real pistol because as he leaves, he is struck
in the head with something. Turning, he sees Mrs. Parson holding the boy with a look of
"helpless fright." As he walks farther, Winston reflects upon how nearly "all
children are horrible" and they love the Party and all that is connected with it.

Later, Winston learns that Parsons has been turned in by one of his sons because of
thought crime. The newspapers picture children who "heroes" for having turned in their
parent for thought crime, or some compromising remark.

What do the jingling bells symbolize or represent in the story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe?

In 's
famous short story "," Fortunato is dressed in "motley" in the costume of a
clown for the carnival season. Fortunato wears a conical cap with bells on it when he meets
Montresor in the streets. Poe juxtaposes Fortunato's conspicuous costume with Montresor's black
mask and cloak. The jingling bells sharply contrast with Montresor's inconspicuous outfit and
motives. As Montresor leads the unsuspecting Fortunato towards his death in the depths of the
catacombs, the bells on Fortunato's cap continually jingle. The deeper Fortunato travels into
the catacombs, the sound of the jingling bells can be heard at integral moments. Fortunato's
bells ring as he walks unsteadily down the vaults, when he drinks a glass of Medoc, and most
significantly when Montresor throws a torch into the last opening of the wall, where Fortunato
is buried alive.

The bells symbolically represent the increasing tension,
the passage of time, and Fortunato's impending death. The...

What was the Freedmens Bureau, and how effective was it? How successful was it in assisting ex-slaves to live in freedom?

The
Freedmen's Bureau, technically known as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
was established in the final days of the Civil War. Its purpose was to provide relief and
economic opportunity to poor whites and especially freed slaves in the South after the war. The
Bureau took on a host of challenges, each urgent and each very difficult, if not insurmountable.
In the immediate aftermath of the war, the Bureau provided relief in the form of food, shelter,
and medical care to freed slaves.

Over time, the mandate of the Bureau
expanded to include establishing schools, assisting freedmen in finding jobs and negotiating
labor contracts, and managing lands that had been confiscated. It was in the area of education
that the Bureau made perhaps its most lasting contribution. Hundreds of schools, often staffed
with Bureau workers, were constructed across the South.

Several colleges and
universities were established with the cooperation of the Freedmen's Bureau, which
also...

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In Night by Elie Wiesel, how does Elie's view of his religion, his father, and the world change during his time at the Nazi prison camps?

This is an enormous question, and we must keep in mind that when we ask it regarding
Elie in , we are not approaching it as character development as we would
for analysis of . On the contrary, we are considering the changes a man--indeed, a boy--went
through in an horrific and very real series of events.

In the beginning of
his life, Elie was devoted to the Orthodox Jewish religion. He followed regular prayers and
practices, then at night even studied the mystical Jewish secrets called Kabbalah. Then, as he
went from camp to camp and saw atrocity after atrocity, death after death--a...

What would be a good thesis for Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Richard Cory"?

A
thesis statement should declare what the writer intends to prove, defend, or discuss throughout
the paper and make a claim that others might dispute. A thesis statement not only focuses the
attention on the primary topic but presents an argument to the reader, which the writer will
defend for the remainder of the paper. There are numerous thesis statements that one could write
to examine the various literary elements, themes, and writing techniques utilized byin his
classic poem " ." The poem focuses on a wealthy man named Richard Cory, who is admired
by the lowly workers he passes on the street, and it is told from the narrative viewpoint of the
poor townsfolk. Despite having presumably everything a person could ask for, Richard Cory dies
by suicide one evening. A relatively easy method for writing a thesis statement would be to
explore why Richard Cory took his own life or to elaborate on a prominent theme of the poem. The
following are...

How would I compare the attitudes of the younger and older waiter toward the old man in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"?

Using
Hemingway's own words, the young waiter is "the waiter who was in a hurry," while the
old waiter is the "unhurried waiter." That is, the young waiter exists in the present
tense of his youth; he does not sympathize with the old man as does the older waiter.  The
waiter in a hurry wants the old man to leave so that he can go home to his wife; he has a full
life that leaves him no time to contemplate existential questions as do the old man and the
older waiter.  The older waiter tells the other waiter,

"You have youth, confidence, and a job," the older waiter said."You have
everything....."

"I am of those who like to stay late at the
cafe," the older waiter said..... "With all those who do not want to go to bed. With
all those who need a light for the night."

Like the
old man, the older waiter understands the existential angst that comes with age. Disillusioned
in life, the older men understand the "nada," the nothingness of most existence: 
"It was all nothing and a man was nothing, too."  So, in order to keep from
contemplating this "nada," the men prefer to stay up late in a clean well-lighted
place that at least temporarily keeps the nothingness at bay.  It is in the darkness that the
old man and the older waiter lie alone and sense this "nada."  But, the young man has
his wife, another being, with whom to keep the nothingness from entering his thoughts.  And,
since he is not alone in the night, the young man does not concern himself with the thoughts of
the old man.  Instead, he wishes the old man would simply get out of his way and leave the cafe,
even die:

"I'm sleepy now.I never get into bed before
three o'clock. He should have killed himself last week."

Because the young waiter has "everything" as the older waiter tells him, he
has meaning in his life, unlike the older waiter who, like the old man, is alone and has only
"nada," seeking a clean well-lighted place to keep out the thoughts of the nothingness
of existence. 

It was a nothing that
he knew too well. It was all a nothing and a man was a nothing too. It was only that and light
was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he
knew it all was nada....

Explain Faulkner's technique in "placing" a gray hair on Miss Emily's bed in "A Rose for Emily". William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"

In 's Southern
Gothic short story "", the narrator (in the form of the "voices of the
townsfolk") had been hinting at something mysterious that must have taken place in the
house. After all, Misshas come to be regarded as a relic of the town. Her house and her
appearance are both stamps from the past that somehow have persisted the changes in time and
society

So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as
she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell. That was two years after
her fathers death and a short time after her sweetheartthe one we believed would marry herhad
deserted her. After her fathers death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away,
people hardly saw her at all..

This excerpt shows us a
Southern Gothic tradition: Theof death, desolation, desperation and the curiosity of the smell
all combine to create a deeply-rooted mystery that will eventually lead to the finding of the
silver hair. It is the genre of the story what makes it necessary to create a situation that is
both shocking, as it is grotesque.

Therefore, the end of the story
reads

 Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the
indentation of a head. One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and
invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair

Therefore, what we know now is that they have found the carcass of
, Emily's only known male companion. We also know that he had apparently threatened to leave
her, and that she has a complete inability to accept change. Hence, Emily had kept his body and
slept with it for decades before he was found.

What was the religion practiced by the townspeople?

's
"" is a short story published in 1835 and is one of the best-known of Hawthorne's
pieces. The religion practiced by the townspeople and, eventually, by Goodman Brown himself is
not necessarily a religion per se; rather, it is a disavowal of Christianity.

The story features a recently-married Goodman Brown, taking leave of his (aptly named)
wife Faith, who is reluctant to see him go on an unnamed errand. The obliquely-described journey
takes place at night, through a dark forest, with travel companions who are known to Goodman
Brown. Some of these characters represent religious affiliations (e.g., Goody Cloyse, a former
religious mentor of Brown's). Faith, too, appears in the woods. Goodman Brown, a heretofore
pious community...

When Atticus says "I wanted you to see what real courage is,instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you...

These remarks
ofare made with reference to Mrs. Dubose, who in her final hours has decided courageously that
she will die naturally without benefit of any pain killers. Atticus praises her act of bravery
in return for her peace offering to , ignoring her previous insults about him.

After Jem cuts the blooms of Mrs. Dubose's camellias in angry retaliation for her
vindictive and derogatory words about his father, Atticus, who always "turns
the...

Please identify several allusions in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

Martin
Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech," delivered on the National Mall on August 28,
1963one of the most (if not the most) powerful statements on the urgency of
equality and civil rights for Black Americansis in part a product of King's background as a
Baptist minister, in which powerfuland figurative language (such as ) plays a role in every
sermon. The speech is grounded in the sermon tradition, with its rich texture of , , allusion,
and passion.

King begins his allusive pattern in the second paragraph of the
speech:

Five score years ago a great American in whose
symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

With his use of five score years ago, King is
alluding to the Gettysburg Address, given by Abraham Lincoln to commemorate the cemetery at
Gettysburg in 1863, a short speech that is often considered the speech that began to make
America whole again during the Civil War, even though the war had two more years to run. The
power of the allusion rests with its connection to Lincoln, esteemed by most of his listeners,
and its link to the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, which gave Black Americans their freedom
but not their equality. Without the Union victory at Gettysburg, Lincoln would not have had the
support ot issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

In a brilliant extended
metaphor, based on his allusion to a common element of everyday lifea promissory noteKing
creates an image that most of his listeners could easily understand:

In a sense, we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check....It
is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note [that is, the Declaration of
Independence] insofar as her citizens of color are concerned....a check which has come back
"insufficient funds."

This allusion to a
commonplace economic transactiona promissory note and its paymentserves to objectify the
abstraction of inequality, and there are few people listening or reading the speech who have not
had a check come back from a bank marked "NSF" (insufficient funds).

In the "I have a dream" section of the speech, King uses the powerful image
of bells (freedom) ringing, another appeal to the senses, when he says:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let Freedom ring
from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

These geographical
allusions are not simply to places his audience may be familiar withthey are locations in which
vestiges of the Confederacy still exist. The main feature of Stone Mountain Park is the
Confederate Memorial Carving, which depicts the images of General Stonewall Jackson, one of the
Confederacy's most effective generals; Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Army of Virginia, the
main army in the eastern theater of war; and Jefferson Davis, President of the
Confederacy.

No listener or reader would have missed the import King's call
for freedom to ring from this place. When King mentions Lookout Mountain, he alludes to an area
of horrendous battles during the Civil War in which thousands on both sides were killed and
wounded. There are few more powerful allusions that would have recalled to the minds of his
listeners the horrors of the Civil War.

Throughout the speech, King's
allusions serve to create concrete images that allow abstractions to become visceral; rather
than referring to the Civil War, for example, King alludes to places, very familiar to his
audience, that bring the horrors of the Civil War to life. Objectifying abstractions with
figurative language helps make those abstractions no longer abstract.

What is the crisis, in the poem "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop? crisis as it relates to American crisis poems. Examples: Whitman's "As I Ebb'd with...

That is an
interesting question.  You will find extensive analysis of "" online, including an
excellent e-notes analysis (see link below), but these sites do not directly answer your
question.  In the poem, the speaker experiences an epiphany when there is "joy" in the
boat and releases the fish at the end of the poem.  Prior to this the speaker sees and exults in
the life of the fish--seeing something in the fish's life and liveliness that she (the speaker)
can relate to.  The crisis, therefore, could be seen as what to do with the fish, perhaps
especially at the moment where the indifferent fish refuses to return the speaker's gaze.  Once
the speaker sees even more beauty and life in the fish--the five hooks, for example, as evidence
of the fish's earlier struggles--she is no longer in doubt and releases the fish in
joy.

What are the major events in lord of the flies? All the key facts, the details

Hollis Sanders

• A group of school boys, presumably as evacuees of World War II fighting zones,
  crash-land on an isolated and perhaps even uncharted island.
• Two of the
  boys,and , discover a conch shell on the beach and use it to bring all survivors together. The
  conch becomes a symbol of order, and the method by which a democratic process is conducted on
  the island.
• Ralph is elected as the leader of the boys for his age and air
  of authority, but he is resented by a group of choir boys led by the impetuous. In an attempt to
  quell any dissent, Ralph allows Jack to form his own group of hunters as...]]>

In what way does Winston and Julia's first sexual rendezvous embody the characteristics of Romantic literature?

relies heavily on
the characteristics of Romantic literature to portrayand 's rendezvous in Part Two, Chapter
Two.

There is a strong focus on the beauty and power of
nature when the pair are about to make love for the first time. This is shown
through the thrush, the songbird which Winston and Julia stop to admire:

In the afternoon hush the volume of sound was startling. Winston and
Julia clung together, fascinated.

Similarly, there is a
"celebration of the individual" (see the first reference
link), which is best shown through Julia's idealized and politicized body when she removes her
clothes:

She had torn her clothes off, and when she flung
them aside it was with that same magnificent gesture by which a whole civilization seemed to be
annihilated. Her body gleamed white in the sun.

Finally,
Orwell uses another key characteristic of Romantic literature by depicting
Winston's "strong senses, emotions, and feelings." (See
the first reference link.) He employs a gustatory image of chocolate melting on Winston's
tongue, for example, and describes the feeling of Julia's waist as "soft" and
"warm." By emphasizing these minor details, Orwell turns this chapter into a
celebration of all things Romantic, which contrasts sharply with the rest of the
novel.

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What is the obstacle or problem that Calvinists face to which Edwards makes references in the sermon?

The
emergence of colonial culture that was becoming more secular in nature became the central
challenge for ministers of the Second Great Awakening like Edwards.  The limitations of
Puritanism had been exposed with the Salem Witchcraft Trials, where a theocratic form of
government had been exposed as lacking a sense of progressivism and overall modernity.  At the
same time, colonial culture had begun to grow and with it was increasing economic prosperity. 
As the culture had developed, greater literacy and embodiment of Enlightenment principles.  All
of these factors had begun to whittle away at the importance and role that religion had
occupied, and Edwards, along with other ministers from the Great Awakening movement, had
become...

What's an example of how a change in demand can result in a change in the market price? What's an example of how a change in supply can result in a...

Supply
and demand are economic concepts that are used to determine a price and output level that is not
likely to change. This is known as equilibrium.

Changes in demand can cause
the price to rise or fall. If a product has an increase in demand the price tends to rise. If we
take the example of an early MP3 music player we can see why this occurs. When the product was
introduced to the market, its price may have been $100. As people were introduced to this
product and could see the benefit of it, the demand for it grew. When a situation exists where
there are many buyers in the market...

I did not understand stanzas 1, 2, 5, and 6 in "Lament" by Gillian Clarke.

Thecopy of Clarke's "Lament" I have access to does not have stanza
divisions,therefore I can only make a reasoned guess at what you are callingstanzas. Starting
with what I see as stanza one,

For the green turtle with
her pulsing burden,

in search of the breeding ground.

For
her eggs laid in their nest of sickness.

theexplanation
is fairly straightforward. Turtles lay their eggs in thesand of their habitat beaches. If the
sand has been polluted byocean "junk" debris and made impure, then the turtle may be
said to belaying her eggs in "sick" sand, or a "nest of...

In The Bronze Bow, why is Rosh angry that Samson left the cave without permission?

When Daniel
returns to the cave after a prolonged absence, he notices that Samson is not present. Usually,
the giant is the first to greet him, as Samson believes he owes his life to Daniel. Furthermore,
Rosh had ordered everyone to lie low for a while while the public heat on their band died down;
Samson has obviously violated this order.

"Where's
Samson?" he inquired.

Joktan shrugged. "That's anybody's guess.
Samson has his own rules."

"Rosh lets him?"

"Rosh l-leaves well enough alone. If you ask me, he's sorry he ever got the brute.
But Samson earns his keep."
(Speare, , Google
Books)

Samson returns with a stolen sheep, which is good
news because the band is hungry. Although Rosh, like all the others, eats his fill, he is
clearly angry with Samson for disobeying his orders. He is also unhappy because Samson is so
obviously devoted to Daniel instead of to himself; Rosh wants to be in total control of the
bandits. However, he does nothing to punish Samson for three reasons: first, Samson is very tall
and strong, and could probably kill many men before being killed; secondly, although he
disobeyed orders, he also fed the band in a time of need; thirdly, as they believe Samson to be
of below-average intelligence, it is entirely possible that he did not understand the orders. As
long as Samson remains useful, Rosh will accept a certain amount of disobedience, but as seen
later with Daniel, there are limits to his patience.

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What is a quote that depicts Mayella accusing Tom Robinson of rape in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird?

From the time she takes the witness stand, Mayella Ewell is an unsteady and
unbelievable witness. She takes the kind respect ofas an effort to insult her and admits with a
nod that when her father is drinking, things can get tough.

At one point
during Mayella's testimony, Atticus asks Tom to rise and then asks Mayella if this is the man
who raped her.

She replies, "It most certainly is."

This testimony is a clear fabrication, as it is clear even toandthat Tom could could
not have assaulted Mayella in the ways she has testified because of the injuries he sustained to
one arm when he was a boy.

Atticus simply responds with a one-word question:
"How?"

Mayella defends her testimony, saying, "I don't know
how he done it, but he done itI said it all happened so fast I"

Try as
he might, Atticus cannot get Mayella to modify her testimony to reflect the facts of the case,
and she finally ends her time on the stand with a vocal outburst that is both racially
inflammatory and...

How do most townspeople regard Hester's punishment in The Scarlet Letter?

The women
of the town are particularly vindictive and cold towardsand are waiting on the day her fate is
first decided to cast judgement on her. Most every woman of the town is the very image of a
staunch puritanical prude and contends throughout the beginning of the novel that Hester's
punishment was far too lenient. They would, given their way, have the letter branded on her
forehead instead of worn on her clothes. This is even relatively mild compared to others, who
would have her exiled or even killed.

Many of the women are described as
being homely and plain, and indeed, they seem envious of Hester's beauty. They insist that this
is why the male magistrates went easy on her.

Is racism well and alive in America? what ever you write on my question i will use if it is so good lol just to help me out, i am taking help from...

The short
answer is, of course, yes. Racism is still around, and people still suffer for it, and even die
from it. The longer and more complicated answer is, things have markedly improved, and have
gotten more complicated. This is due in part to political shifts; in...

Show and explain the reaction of people around the prison in chapter one? And why does the novel begin with prison gates?

Part of the
key to your question comes at the beginning of the chapter:

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might
originally project, have invariably recognised it among their earliest practical necessities to
allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a
prison.

No matter what hopes the founders of our country
had, even  the most optimistic about its possibilities, the had to realize that two of the not
so optimistic realities of human life, crime and death, had to be acknowledged and provided
for.   Its description fits its purpose, and specific mention is made to the "iron"
work, reminiscient of the reference made later to 's need for an "iron framework"
(faith) which, while it confines him, is necessary for his support.

Discuss how death contributes to the overall tragic vision of the work as a whole in Oedipus the King.

There
are some specific actions that keytake regarding death that have a huge effect on the
fulfillment of the Oracle's prediction thatwould "kill his father and marry his
mother."

Firstconfesses that she has beaten the Oracle at it's own game
by taking a child that she had and ordering a shepherd to abandon it and leave it to die.  In
this way, she would avoid the prediction by taking matters (and Fate) into her own hands -- if
it had worked.

When Oedipus heard the prophecy that he would kill his father
and marry his mother, he left his home with his "father" Lepidus, and travelled to
escape this prediction.  He met a man on the road as stubborn as himself, and when neither would
move aside to let the other pass on the narrow road, he, in a rage, killed this man and went on
his way.

Of course, it is...

In The Egypt Game, what is Toby's confession to April and Melanie?

The
answer to this question can be found in the beginning parts of the chapter that is titled
"Confession and Confusion." In the previous chapter, the children wrote a note to the
Oracle of Thoth asking it where Security is. Security is Marshall's stuffed octopus animal. When
the chapter begins, readers are told that Toby had trouble sleeping because of his conscience.
"He thought and worried and thought" until he became so stressed that he called up
April. He arranged to meet her and Melanie by the parallel bars during first recess. The ladies
wandered over there at the designated time, and he confessed to them that he was the person
writing the answers to the questions being presented to the oracle. He also confessed that he
has no idea where Security is.

When April and Melanie
wandered overand registered exaggerated surprise to find him...

Please explain Nazism and the rise of Hitler as a brief summary. I really need it because we have our exams from the 2nd of August. Please answer...

I am not
sure any brief summary can be offered on such a topic.  There is much to be discussed with it
and there are so many divergent vantage points that one can take on it.  In my mind, the rise of
Hitler can be tied into German disenchantment and despair that followed World War I.  As
previously stated, the harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles made life so difficult for
the Germans that there was a level of disengagement with the current political system.  The
situation was ripe enough for an outsider with a vision to enter and capture the political and
moral imagination of the German body politic.  Hitler entered this setting with a complete and
totalizing view that emphasized a strong German future.  He was able to do this because of the
employment of the politics of blame.  Hitler was able to blame the Western European nations for
German problems as evidenced in the Treaty and his perception of a long standing envy of the
German nation.  Hitler was able to blame the Jewish individuals of the nation for holding jobs
and positions that "pure Germans" did not.  Hitler was able to blame everyone that was
not a part of his party and his belief system and this worked extremely well.  Germany, as a
whole, was not in the position nor the frame of reference to engage in honest and open self
reflection.  The politics of blame worked as a better substitute for the German people of the
time, which was proven with Hitler's steady and consistent rise to power.

Why is the ship the Dolphin described as "bewitched"?

In this
particular context, bewitched simply means "cursed". During its nine-day, forty-three
mile journey from Saybrook to Wethersfield, just about everything seems to go wrong for the
Dolphin.

The weather conditions, in particular, make the
ship's voyage just that little bit more difficult. As the river gets narrower the sea breeze
starts to drop; by sunset, it's vanished altogether, leaving the Dolphin
drifting aimlessly. On a couple of evenings the breeze picks up ever so slightly, filling
everyone onboard with hope, but then dies away again, causing the ship's sails to go all limp
and saggy.

Kit can't understand why there's so little wind blowing on this
river. But a sailor she talks to has seen it all before. This is all perfectly normal to him.
Instead of complaining about the lack of wind, he takes the opportunity of this enforced lull to
give the carved dolphin at the prow a fresh lick of paint.

In the Dante's Inferno canto I, it speaks about "those who are happy and in fire." What does that mean?

Virgil is
speaking to Dante in the lines in question, 1.1.118-120. To understand these lines, it is useful
to back up a bit, to the previous six lines.

At the end of the first , Virgil
ispreparing his acolyte for the levels of hell he will witness.The first being the "eternal
place,/where you shall hear the howls of desperation/and see the ancient spirits in their pain,
as each laments his second death."

The following lines, "and you
shall see those souls who are content within the fire, for they hope to reach -- wherever that
may be -- the blessed people."Unlike the first set, whose eternal doom appears to be
sealed, these souls seem to have some hope of eventual escape from their torment and are biding
their time while understanding that some penance in hell must be paid for their earthly
sins.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of freedom?

There are two essential points to consider
when thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of freedom. The first is that freedom is a
continuum, not an absolute. If you think about the degree of freedom enjoyed by all the people
in the world, you will come up with a spectrum which has, for instance, a wealthy and unattached
American or European at one end of it, and a prisoner in a North Korean gulag at the other.
Neither of these individuals, however, is completely free or completely unfree; and it may not
be obvious where on the line you should draw the division between freedom and
unfreedom.

The second point is that, in a society, the freedom of one
individual may result in the unfreedom of another. If I am free to hold loud parties that last
all night, my next-door neighbor is not free to sleep. Freedom, therefore, becomes a problem
when it is burdensome to another.

The question, therefore, is really this:
how much freedom is the optimum amount? We can probably agree that the ideal is much closer to
the free than to the unfree end of the spectrum. We would rather be the wealthy American than
the North Korean prisoner. Many wealthy Americans, however, voluntarily take steps which will
obviously limit their freedom, such as starting a family or running for office. The optimum
amount of freedom, therefore, obviously differs somewhat with individual
tastes.

In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" what are Jonathan Edwards's views of God, Christ, and humanity?

To Edwards,
God is perfect and cannot stand sin. Edwards refers to sinners as being lowly creatures, like
spiders, whose lives are only preserved through God's grace. This is not to deny that God is
loving; rather, it is to say that God's perfection cannot stand man's imperfections. One
pictures God as a stern judge who does not play favorites when reading the sermon
"."

Edwards's view on humanity is that a human's life is rather
fragile and is only preserved through the mercies of God. Edwards believes that if humanity
received what it deserved, then all humans would be damned due to their wickedness. One views
mankind as being one breath away from damnation when reading the sermon.

Edwards's view on Christ is that Christ's grace and mercies are the only way into Heaven. Christ
offers the only way to salvation, and it is only through his purity and sacrifice that humans
can escape judgment. Edwards calls upon his listeners to accept salvation, to turn...

What does Vera make Framton believe about her aunt? What does Vera explain to her aunt about Framton?

Upon
meeting Framton Nuttel, Mrs. Sappletons mischievous niece Vera creates a tragic story regarding
her aunt's large French window in hopes of scaring the neurotic stranger. Vera anticipates the
arrival of her uncles coming home and entering the house through the large French window.
However, Vera tells Mr. Nuttel that these uncles tragically passed away three years ago while
they were shooting, which significantly affected her aunt's mental state. According to Vera,
Mrs. Sappleton's husband and her two brothers were engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog and
never returned. She goes on to tell Mr. Nuttel that Mrs. Sappleton never fully recovered from
the tragic event and keeps the French window open every day, hoping that they will eventually
return.

When Mrs. Sappleton's husband and brothers finally arrive home from
shooting, Framton sees them and believes that they are ghosts. Without saying goodbye, Mr.
Nuttel dashes out of the home in complete terror, which confounds Mrs. Sappleton. Vera once
again fabricates a story to explain Mr. Nuttel's puzzling reaction by telling her
aunt,

I expect it was the spaniel...he [Framton] told me
he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges
by a pack of pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the creatures
snarling and grinning and foaming just above him. Enough to make anyone their nerve.

What were the consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

In answering
this question, we should look at both the short-term and the long-term consequences of this
attack.

In the short term, the attack on Pearl Harbor crippled the American
fleet in the Pacific.  The attack, combined with the attacks in the Philippines, made it
impossible for the Americans to stop the spread of Japanese...

Compare and contrast governments of Europe. How are they similar and different?

As of
2019, 28 countries are members of the European Union, but Europe includes non-member countries
as well.

Seven EU member countries are monarchies, including Great Britain,
which is in the process of existing the EU (Brexit). A monarchy is a system in which the ruler
inherits their position. These seven countries are all constitutional monarchies, in which the
monarchs position is not directly involved in governance. Rather, a constitutionally organized
government, including a legislature and judiciary, generally shares power with the monarch. The
limits to the monarchs involvement may be conventional or legally proscribed.

One common type of government in Europe is the parliamentary system, This form of
democracy, one party or numerous parties in coalition form the government. The leadership of the
legislature, or parliament, is based on the parties with greatest representation in the
legislature; its leader is called the prime minister or chancellor. An example is Germany. Such
a system may also coexist with a monarchy, as in Great Britain.

In the
presidential system, the president is the head of state as well as the head of government. In
the EU, only Cyprus is a presidential republic. France is one of the EU democracies that uses a
semi-presidential system, with both a president and a prime minister. The French president is
directly elected by popular vote. In Italy and several other EU countries, the president is
elected by parliament or another representative body.

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How did Mrs. Pignati die in The Pigman?

Unfortunately, readers are never given an
exact answer to this question. What we do know is that Mr. Pignati loved her very much, and he
is basically lost without her. This is probably why he allows John and Lorraine into his life
the way that he does. He is searching for some kind of companionship to replace what he had with
Conchetta. Until John and Lorraine entered his life, Mr. Pignati's best friend was Bobo the
baboon.

The loss of his wife must have completely devastated Mr. Pignati,
because he doesn't admit to John and Lorraine that she is actually dead until chapter 10.
Instead, he tells them (and perhaps himself) that his wife is away on a long trip to California.
This lie is most likely a coping and grieving mechanism for Mr. Pignati. It's emotionally easier
on him thinking that Conchetta is away rather than permanently gone.

In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, does the writer make any unusual creative use of word choice, word order, or sentence...

The tone of
the story is intimate, focused particularly on the the responses, minute by minute, of the
grandmother to the family's vacation.

While beginning with a comic style (to
hear how audiences who had never heard the story initially responded, you could listen to a
recording of O'Connor reading it aloud), O'Connor uses literary devices such asto make her
scenes come alive. For example, she describes the mother as follows, saying her

face was as broad and innocent as a cabbage and was tied around with
a green head-kerchief that had two points on the top like rabbit's ears.

O'Connor uses dialogue to lend both a realistic and a comic note to
the story. The dialogue of John Wesley, when he says he'd smack The Misfit's face, foreshadows
how, on a much more serious scale, The Misfit himself deals with conflict (i.e., through
violence).

June's dialogue is punctuated with slang, such as when she says of
her grandmother,

She wouldn't stay at home for a million
bucks.

June also alludes to a popular television show in
which an ordinary housewife is made to feel special (like a queen) when she says the grandmother
wouldn't miss the family vacation even to be queen for a day.

The grandmother
and Red Sammy allude to the United States's policy of giving large amounts of money to rebuild
European nations after World War II when they complain of foreign spending as ruining the
country.

These allusions show the family to be ordinary, parochial, and
unsophisticated middle-class Americans.

One of the most startling turns
O'Connor makes in this story is to take a comic, light-hearted family vacation tale and suddenly
turn it into a grotesque horror story. She underscores this with , such as the grandmother being
in a ditch with The Misfit, that alludes to the Christ storyin this case, the descent into hell.
O'Connor's genius, however, is her ability the meld the horror genre with a story of redemption
and grace.

What was the Ku Klux Klan?

When talking
about the Ku Klux Klan (better known as the KKK), we need to distinguish between two versions of
it.  The KKK was strong in the South during the Reconstruction era.  It was strong again, but
not only in the South, in the 1920s.  To truly talk about the KKK, we must discuss these eras
separately.

In its original incarnation, the KKK was founded in 1866.  The
main goal of the organization at that time was to resist Reconstruction.  In order to do this,
it tried to intimidate people who supported the Reconstruction governments in the South.  It did
this largely through violence.  Many of the people whom it intimidated were African Americans
and the Klan was a white supremacist organization.

After Reconstruction, the
KKK largely lost its purpose in the South.  However, when the 1920s came around, it returned to
prominence.  This time, it was less of an anti-black organization and more of an anti-immigrant
and anti-modernity organization.  The new KKK was in favor of 100% Americanism.  It felt that
traditional American values were being degraded by the new immigrants.  It was especially
opposed to Catholics and Jews.  It also hated the new morality that gave rise to such things as
the flappers.  The KKK was strongly in favor of Prohibition.  It was still white supremacist,
but it was more concerned with opposing immigrants and people who did not hold the same
traditional values as the KKK.

Thus, the KKK has had two different
incarnations.  First, it was an anti-black and anti-Reconstruction organization.  Later, it was
more concerned with preserving what it saw as Americanism and with fighting the influence of
immigrants and modernity.

How does Shaw employ literary devices within the text to showcase Eliza's frustration with the situation she landed in?

Shaw uses
several devices to communicate Eliza's frustration with her situation. Shaw primarily wants to
reveal her annoyance at the insensitive Mr. Higgins, who treats her as less than
human.

Shaw causes Eliza to expostulate or make noises of disagreement that
express her frustration. Shaw's script repeatedly has Eliza saying,
"Ahahahahowowoooo!!!" Those sounds have no meaning except to convey  frustration in
her situation.

Shaw underscores Eliza's Cockney background by having her
respond physically to Higgins's rudeness. Shaw uses stage directions to indicate Eliza's
frustration. For example, towards the end of the play, he directs that she start 

snatching up the slippers, and hurling them at him one after the
other with all her force.

The slipper throwing uses the
image of flying slippers striking Higgins to communicate, without words, Eliza's welling
frustration and anger.

Shaw also uses dialogue. Eliza, when she can find the
right words, is forceful in expressing her frustration. For example, after throwing the slippers
at Higgins, she cries out:

There are your slippers. And
there. Take your slippers; and may you never have a day's luck with them!

Shaw uses the exclamatory stage direction shown below to indicate
Eliza's frustrated mood. The direction is exclamatory because it ends with two exclamation
points, communicating Eliza's strong feelings. We read that she

gives a suffocated scream of fury, and instinctively darts her nails at his
face!!

Shaw doesn't leave the audience or reader in the
dark as to Eliza's emotions.

What was the role and importance of history in the classic book 1984?

The
mutability of the past is a significant theme of the novel and an effective method that the
Party utilizes to maintain and control virtually every aspect of society.works at the Ministry
of Truth, altering and revising historical documents so that past records correspond to the
Party's current political agenda. In the dystopian nation of Oceania, the Party continually
revises history to make it seem like they are always in the right. The government even erases
people from history, after which they are referred to as "unpersons." Altering
historical documents gives the Party the ability to control the political and social climate at
all times. The difficult, complex practice of doublethink also enables the Party to dramatically
alter history without being questioned, which is illustrated during the Hate Week ceremonies
when Big Brother's...

Describe the unique features of Egyptian art and literature.

The first
answer is very comprehensive.

I would add that the Egyptian design style for
wall paintings and paintings on papyrus illustrates their fear of the unknown. Every space is
filled and the surface is layered with "registers" or lines upon which the images are
standing, sitting or carefully...

What is the most common age of majority? When do you believe a minor comes of legal age?

The most
common age of majority in the United States is 18.  Almost all states have this as the age at
which a young person officially becomes an adult.  At the age of majority, a person is seen as
an adult.  They are no longer automatically seen as the dependent of some other person.  They
are typically able to do things like entering into contracts.  We should note that a person can
reach the age of majority but...

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In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, in what city or cities does the story take place€”specifically, where does Santiago live?

In 's
, there are several places mentioned, but only two that refer to the area
in which Santiago lives and/or travels. Santiago (also called "the boy") is trying to
sell wool to a merchant in the "region of Andalusia" at the beginning of the story. He
mentions that he moves around a great deal in this area with his sheep. This region is found in
Spain. It is an "autonomous community," and its capital is Seville. Andalusia is found
on the southern tip of Spain. Of Spain's autonomous communities, Andalusia is the most
populated, and is the second largest (with regard to total area) of the "seventeen
communities of the Kingdom of Spain." Santiago does not give the name of the specific town
where he lives.

However, the novel does mention a
specific town to which the boy goesthe small town of Tarifa. It is located on the southernmost
coast of Spain, "in the province of C¡diz, Andalusia." Because Santiago is a
shepherd, he travels with his sheep so that they can graze, going (we assume) where the best
pastures are for feeding his animals. Tarifa is a place that he knows about; he specifically
recalls that there is a gypsy living there. He travels to Tarifa at the start of the book in
order to tell her about his recurring dream so that he might get more information and learn
about the "treasure" in his dream. (We realize later that the "treasure" is
not monetary wealth, though he does find that. The real treasure is
Santiago's love for Fatima.)