Why did the Harappan civilization disappear?

This
civilization was very organized and was thought to have no social classes. It is thought that it
was an urban civilization although no one is really certain.

There are many
theories as to why the civilization disappeared. One thought is that they just simply moved into
another area. This could be due to factors such as poor agriculture. Other civilizations began
to move in and eventually took over. This is the more popular theory.

Another
theory is that there was a violent overtaking of the Harappan civilization. It is possible that
another civilization came in and basically killed and burned everything and rebuilt the area for
themselves.

Describe Odysseus' Grandfather Autolycus from Book 19 of "The Odyssey".

Autolycus
was known as the most accomplished thief in the whole world.  He also helped Odysseus' parents
name him.  He told them to

"name the child 'Ulysses,' or the child of
anger. When he grows up and comes to visit...

Which side should have won WWII? I think, America should won because they were strongest and they had got some different thing. Like leadership or an...

You can look
atas a battle between democracy and fascism.  You would think that fascism would be more
conducive to the war effort, since you can force people to work for you.  Yet America, a
democracy, managed to be productive through moral imperative and
patriotism.

Punishment and Penance in The Scarlet Letter Please provide passages about public and private punishments and penance from "The Scarlet Letter."

The first
passage is spoken by one of the old townswoman who stands outside the prison, waiting for Hester
to come out.  She believes that a young woman who commits a crime should be at the mercy of the
older woman of the community.  The belief is that women must control their sisters because men
are not harsh enough:

Goodwives, said a
hard-featured dame of fifty, I'll tell ye a piece of my mind. It would be greatly for the
public behoof, if we women, being...

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Describe the symbolism used by Chinua Achebe in Marriage is a Private Affair

Nnaemeka's
marriage to Nene symbolizes a rejection of Christianity and a deviation or challenge to his
heritage as Ibo. Nnaemeka has chosen his soon to be wife rather than follow the strict marital
arrangements that are set by his father. Nene and Nnaemeka instead choose to follow love. Nene's
role as a teacher and Christian is counter to Nnaemeka's Christian upbringing. This is
exemplified when Nnaemeka's father says,

no Christian
woman should teach. St. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians says that women should keep
silence.

The marriage is a sign of deviation and is
further explained when an elderly man in the village notes that a marriage between a native Ibo
and someone who speaks a different tongue was 'never heard of'. The ending scene is of an
overcast and stormy night. This symbolizes that

nature had
a hand in a human fight . . .

This sensory image is
reflective of the turmoil between father and son.

How did Hitler's foreign policy from 1933 to 1939 lead to war?

Hitlers foreign
policy was pegged on the Nazi Party policies which sought to bring to an end Germanys
restrictions under the Versailles treaty, promote Germanys re-armament, expand Germanys living
space, unite all people who spoke German and spread the Nazi ideology across the world. Hitler
knew that to achieve all the above, war was inevitable. The first thing he did was to pull
Germany out of the League of Nations in 1933. After this, he strategically entered into pacts
with several nations to the benefit of Germany by actualizing its expansionist and rearmament
agendas. In addition to that, Germany intentionally flouted everything that had been stipulated
by the treaty of Versailles. For instance, Germany contravened its non-aggression treaty with
Poland and invaded it in 1934. In 1935, Hitler publicly announced Germanys military position
including its status on arms, war planes and robust size of the army.

In June
1935, the Anglo-German Naval Agreement was signed allowing Germany to expand its number of war
ships and submarines. In 1936, Hitler expanded into Rhineland and remilitarized it. In November
of that same year, Germany fortified both its military and diplomatic positions against Britain,
France and Russia through the Rome-Berlin Axis Agreement and the Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan.
In 1939, Germany went against the Munich Agreement that had prohibited it from occupying
Sudetenland. The final push came in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, forcing Britain and France
to declare war on Germany.

In summary, Hitlers expansionist agenda, which he
attained through contravening the treaty of Versailles and peace measures outlined by the League
of Nations, culminated into the Second World War.

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Why did Caroline move into a new apartment building before April arrived?

Caroline is
April's grandmother. When April lived with her mother, she had visited her grandmother in a
different apartment--a one-bedroom apartment. When April comes to stay with Caroline because her
mother, Dorothea, is "on tour," Caroline has moved into a different apartment
building, the Casa Rosada. It is a rather old-fashioned building, which to April is much more
appealing than the "tiny supermodern apartment" Caroline had lived in before. The
reason Caroline moved is so that April could have her own bedroom. This perturbs April because
she doesn't think she'll be staying long enough with Caroline to need a room of her own. April's
mother had told her she'd only be staying with her grandmother "for a little while."
The fact that Caroline moved to a larger apartment in order to accommodate April foreshadows
that April will be staying there longer than Dorothea has told her daughter, which turns out to
be the case. Readers understand that Dorothea had probably told Caroline something different
than she told April. This foreshadows to readers that Dorothea is not honest with April and
doesn't really want to have April back with her anytime soon. 

With respect to Truman Capote's In Cold Blooddiscuss how Capote's structure of the story to some extent shapes the reader's experience and...

To me
the most interesting aspect of Capote's book was the way in which he withheld a description of
what had actually happened inside the Clutter home until the two killers had been captured. This
was a logical way to tell the story, since Perry Smith and Dick Hickock were the only
eye-witnesses to the four shotgun murders. Ordinarily a crime is described first, then the
investigation, then the identification and capture of the perpetrator or perpetrators, and
finally the trial and sentencing. But if Capote had described the four murders early in the book
he would have used his most emotionally stirring material, and everything else would have seemed
anticlimactic afterward. The reader naturally wants to know what happened in the Clutter house
that night. This is the hook that keeps the reader turning the pages. But until the two killers
were captured, nobody knew much of anything except that four innocent people had been found
dead. 

What is the main cause behind a tragedy of "Pygmalian"? main cause of pygmalion tragedy

Henry
Higgins' ambition and arrogance are the reasons behind theof.  He is completely wrapped up in
the success of his experiment--to teach Eliza Doolittle, a common flower girl, to
speak...

What is Nick's attitude toward the Buchanan's and Jordan in the beginning of The Great Gatsby?

's novel,
, is a story full of complicated relationships. The story is narrated by .
Nick describes the lives of , , , , and several others.

Initially, Nick is in
awe of Daisy and Jordan when he meets them at a dinner party. He is impressed with how collected
the two seem and how they are able to maintain their appearances throughout the hot day. He is
also impressed with Tom because he was a great football player at Yale and is a
millionaire.

As the day continues, Nick quickly realizes that these people
are not as great as they seem. He learns that Tom has had an affair on his wife, Daisy. He also
discovers that Tom is quite racist and unkind. Nick also discovers that these beautiful women
are fake, shallow, and unsophisticated. He learns that Daisy and Jordan do not care for any
other people except for themselves and that life for them is not as wonderful as it
appears.

Overall, Nick is very perceptive of the true identities of these
people and realizes quickly that they are not who they try to make themselves appear to others.
His attitude is overwhelmingly negative, doubtful, and unsure with respect to these
.

What are some themes in the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe?

The theme
of insanity is emphasized by elements defined by Gothic-era literature, particularly internal
darkness (depression, previously termed melancholia), hallucinations, and a supernatural .is
considered the apex of American Gothic literature, with ravens or black birds a common animal
motif associated with the genre. In the poem, an unnamed narrator gradually descends into
madness due to depression, loneliness, and isolation.

While alone in his
chamber on a dark night, the Raven flies into the room. Initially, the narrator asks the bird's
name jokingly, and the Raven responds to him repeatedly with "Nevermore." Even if a
raven actually has flown into his room through the open window, the fact that narrator sees it
talking is indicative of an auditory and visual hallucination. More disturbing still, the
narrator attempts to understand the Raven's words and takes everything it says
seriously.

The narrator then detects an aura or the presence of angels,
which, combined with the talking bird, solidifies the supernatural atmosphere.tells him that he
will not see his belovedin heaven and that it will remain forever in his chamber. The poem
concludes with the man's devastation over having been forever departed from Lenore, denied from
heaven, and permanently plagued by the bird's presence. It can be assumed then, that the man has
now descended into a permanent and irreversible insanity.

What are the literary devices in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

uses
several types of figurative language in his narrative one of which is.  Specifically, Douglass
makes many Biblical allusions in the narrative to question the interpretation of Biblical
passages in their support of slavery.  Early in the narrative, Douglass discusses the phenomenon
of slaves multiplying on plantations because masters had gotten into the habit of having
intercourse with their female slaves.  Douglass says that if nothing else, the new class of
biracial people "will do away with the force of the argument, that God cursed Ham, and
therefore American slavery is right."  Douglass makes an allusion to the passage in the
Bible where Ham is cursed for seeing his father naked.  It had been a widely held belief that
Africans and other black people are the decendents of Ham, which was therefore used as a
justification for enslaving them.  Douglass, however, challenges this idea by stating that many
slaves were the decendents of white...

In "The Tyger," why is it spelled "tyger" instead of "tiger"?

""
and "The Lamb" are two poems which Blake published in his poetic collections
Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience
(1794). "Tyger" is actually an archaic spelling of the word "tiger"; it was
quite popular with many old scholars and writers until...

Are there any universal lessons to be learned from Guns, Germs, and Steel?

According
to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, there are several definitions for
the word "universal" when it is used as an adjective. The one that would be applicable
to this question would be: "embracing a major part or the greatest portion (as of
humankind)." This means that "universal lessons" are lessons that apply to all or
most of humankind. By this definition, there are definitely universal lessons that are taught in
the Pulitzer Prize-winning book : The Fates of Human Societies by
.

The main lesson that all of humankind can take away from this book is its
central premise or thesis. Diamond argues that environmental differences, rather than inherent
genetic superiority, are responsible for the more rapid progression and survival of some
civilizations (as opposed to others) in human history.

By positing that
geography, climate, and the prevalence of certain plant and animal species in various parts of
the world accounts for the more rapid...

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To what degree is Mr. Loisel also to blame for the misery he endures?

M.
Loisel is actually more to blame than his wife for the miseries they suffered during the years
it took to pay for the replacement necklace. Many readers have questioned why Mme. Loisel
doesn't simply go to her friend Mme. Forestier and tell her the truth, offering to pay for the
lost necklace in installments. She would have found out that she only owed her friend about five
hundred francs and could have paid her immediately. But M. Loisel has a different
idea.

"You must write to your friend," said he,
"that you have broken the clasp of her necklace and that you are having it mended. That
will give us time to turn round."

She wrote at his dictation.

At the end of a week they had lost all hope. Loisel, who had aged five years,
declared:

"We must consider how
to replace that ornament."

Without her husband's
interference, Mathilde would have had no choice but to go to her friend and confess she had lost
her necklace. M. Loisel is concerned about his position at the Ministry of Public...

`f(x) = ln(sinhx)` Find the derivative of the function

Jedidiah Hahn

`f(x)=ln(sinh(x))`

Take note that the derivative formula of natural
logarithm is

• `d/dx[ln(u)]=1/u*(du)/dx`

Applying this formula, the derivative of the function will be

`f'(x)=d/dx[ln(sinh(x))]`

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When Sylv first sees Tyler in the doorway of the auditorium, who does she think it is and why?

This
question relates to This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp.

It's become painfully obvious to Sylv that something's not right. Morning assembly's
over; the bell has rung; and yet, the doors to the auditorium have been locked. Even the
emergency exit has been locked. Something's clearly up, but Sylv doesn't know quite what it is
until she catches a glimpse of someone standing in the doorway to her left.

In the florescent light, she can make out a lone figure with blond locks that peek out
from underneath a black knit cap. The mop of unruly blond hair instantly reminds Sylv of her
twin brother. This is just the kind of stupid prank he'd playlocking all the doors to the
auditorium to prove himself the most interesting student at Opportunity High. But when the
figure in the doorway raises his arm, Sylv realizes that it's not her brother after all: it's
high school dropout Tyler Browne, and he's carrying a gun.

How do you trace foucauldian concept of disciplinary power in Streetcar and Glass Menagerie?

I think
that there could be many different ways to read Foucault's notion of power in both of Williams'
work.  In the case of Blanche, Stanley uses the notion of insanity and mental illness to exert
power over her and to control Stella.  While Blanche might be suffering from some level of
mental illness, Stanley uses this label as a construct of power in order to maintain his control
over Stella and not disrupt the distribution of resources that are in...

Does a minimum wage maintenance worker in a hospital really need to understand any goals beyond keeping the facility clean?

The
maintenance worker serves an important role in the hospital. Not only do they assist with
keeping patients' rooms clean, they also keep doctor's offices and waiting rooms clean. This
gives patients a good first impression of the hospital. While maintenance workers do not need to
be aware of hospital goals such as managing patient pain, there are many goals that everyone in
the hospital should know.

The maintenance worker should be aware of HIPPA
laws, and they should not share patient information. Patient confidentiality is a major legal
issue, and everyone in the hospital should be aware of these laws. Maintenance workers also play
a major role in breaking the chain of infection. They must be aware of sanitation standards in
the hospital and use proper personal protection equipment when cleaning patients' rooms. Many
hospitals have listed goals for managing infectious diseases or post-operative infections.
Maintenance workers should know these goals and act to achieve them....

The world where Winston lives has contradictions. What role do they play in the framework of Doublethink? How does Doublethink satisfy the Party?...

The idea
of confusion benefitting the party is a powerful one.  The fact that Big Brother and the
government of Oceania has helped to construct a world where contradictions and confusion is
dominant helps the party because it helps to make the party's simplicity a haven for many.  The
party is driven to not have any impediments to their control over the citizens' lives.  This
means that everything, even logic, must come second to the party and the government.  In such a
setting, the more confusion that is present, the greater the willingness to capitulate to the
symmetry and supposed unity...

How is the novel 1984 structured? Is the structure related to the content?

The
structure of is quite deliberate, setting the stage for the tone and
storyline of this dystopian novel by . 1984 is written in three parts, each
section showing the path that Winson's relationship with Big Brother and the world around him
takes.

In section 1, we learn about what the world is like in this future
year: 1984. We know that Big Brother is in charge and thathad a different life before they
ruled. He had a family and a wife, but now we know he is alone in a society where he has no
freedom and everything he does is watched. Even the act of writing in his diary is one of
defiance, something that could get him killed. Although he is aware of the risks involved in
writing down his thoughts, or even having thoughts, it is worth it to him to take that
risk.

In the second part of the book, Winston's coworkersends him a note
which says that she loves him. Winston has been wary of Julia, but he is also filled with
desire. They begin a secret affair which carries the risk of death if they are caught. In this
portion of the book we can compare Winston's character and views on the Party to Julia's. Each
of them represents a different way of handling oppression: Winston wants to be a part of taking
down the Party and reclaiming his freedom and life while Julia is content to live under its
rules on the outside as long as she can retain some of her personal freedoms.

In the third portion of the book, Winston and Julia are caught by the Party (due to
both of them trusting a person who turned out to be a secret member). The first two sections of
the book are hopeful, and we're rooting for Winston to find a way to overthrow the Party. This
section of the book is hopeless; they've been captured. They're tortured. They learn that those
they've trustedincluding each otherhave turned out to be disloyal. It is when Winston betrays
Julia that we really see that all is lost: that their will to live freely is futile. At the end
of the book, we realize that Winston is as brainwashed as everyone else. There is no hope for
society.

What is some textual evidence of Boo Radley being misunderstood in To Kill a Mockingbird?

There
are numerous rumors and bits of gossip surrounding , which portray him in a negative light and
reveal that he is a misunderstood, shy citizen. In ,describes some of the rumors surrounding Boo
Radley by saying,

Inside the house lived a malevolent
phantom. People said he existed, butand I had never seen him. People said he went out at night
when the moon was down, and peeped in windows. When peoples azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was
because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work.
(12)

Since Boo Radley is a such a reclusive individual
and comes from a unique family that does not enjoy socializing with the community, citizens
spread false rumors about Boo and blame him for small crimes. His name is associated with
mystery and crime, which adds to his negative reputation. Jem receives most of his information
from the neighborhood scold, Miss Stephanie. Jem also adds to Boo's negative perception among
the...

What is the difference between a closed internal recruitment system and an open internal recruitment system?

The
difference between an open internal recruitment system and a closed internal recruitment system
is the transparency of the process whereby a company seeks to fill a vacancy from within. An
internal recruitment system is distinguished from an external system by the human resources
department's focus on promoting or transferring from within the organization. Both open and
closed internal recruitment systems focus on promoting or transferring from within, but an open
system is at least nominally inclusive of the entirety of a workforce. In a closed internal
recruitment system, there is no broad organization-wide announcement of an opening with an
invitation to all existing employees who meet specified requirements to apply. Human resources
or management seek to identify the best or preferred candidates for the open position in
question without making the workforce aware that such a process is underway, although most would
obviously be aware of an opening.

In theory, an open internal...

Why is the coral paperweight significant in 1984?

The paperweight
is something that he finds beautiful, but doesn't serve an essential purpose. In his society,
anything pleasurable is forbiddden and considered dangerous. The paperweight represents his
rebellion against this oppression and takes him back to his childhood before the Party took
over, when you could have or do something just because it brings pleasure. It also is a symbol
of his relationship with , which exists simply to share pleasure and he finds her beautiful. She
doesn't serve a 'useful' purpose like providing offspring or a lifetime
mate.

Provide evidence that shows the determination and courage of Santiago.

Throughout
the novel, Santiago shows his determination and courage. First, he follows his own path, defying
his father's wishes. He does this even though his own way is riskier and more
uncertain.

Second, even after he is cheated out of his money in Tangier,
Santiago, though distressed, refuses to be defeated and go home. Instead, he fights against the
setback by getting a job working for a crystal merchant. 

Third, when the
crystal merchant wants to keep him working in his shop, Santiago resists his disparaging
words:

I dont know anyone around here who would want to
cross the desert just to see the Pyramids....

What is an example of a pun that represents life? What is an example of a pun that represents life?

This
is a very interesting question and the prelude to long thoughtfulness about the qualities of
life; words that have punable meanings or punable homonyms; and how the two might be put
together. My result is this: Life's paths suffer reversals although the paths of life allow for
no reversals (copyrighted)!!

Describe the impact/legislation passed as a result of Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle?

One of the
most significant impacts of Sinclair's  was to raise questions about the
potential dangers of capitalism.

Indeed, the
legislative impact of Sinclair's work can be seen in the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act
in 1906.  However, Sinclair has a wider purpose in writing the book.  He wanted to shine a light
on "the inferno of exploitation [of the typical American factory worker at the turn of the
20th Century]."  His work depicts a world where profit is deemed more important than human
beings.  While Sinclair focused a great chunk of the work on food preparation, one of its
greatest impacts can be seen in its depiction of the economic and social struggle of American
workers.  Sinclair's point of view is a Socialist one, which sought to bring voice to the
workers.  

The Jungle helped to shed a much needed light
on the inhumane conditions that workers and immigrants endured.  Upon reading Sinclair's work,
then- President Roosevelt believed that "radical action must be taken to do away with the
efforts of arrogant and selfish greed on the part of the capitalist."  In this way, it is
clear that one of the most enduring social impacts of The Jungle was to
raise questions about the presence of unchecked capitalism in American
society.

List two instances of irony in Battle Royal by Ralph Ellison.

Ollie Kertzmann, M.A.

One instance ofis that the white men believe they've put narrator in a position beneath
them because he's inferior to them; in reality, he's using their prejudiced beliefs to rise
higher than them and change the system in a way they won't like. This idea comes partially from
what his grandfather said to him about their family and how they get by. He said:

"Son, after I'm gone I want you to keep up the good fight. I
never told you, but our life is a war and I have been a traitor all my born days, a spy in the
enemy's country ever since I give up my gun back in the Reconstruction. Live with your head in
the lion's mouth. I want you to overcome 'em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to
death and destruction, let 'em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open."

The narrator has to keep his head down once...

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What kind of friend is Benvolio to Romeo?

is from
the same house asand is depicted as a genuine, loyal friend who is initially concerned about
Romeo's emotions and attempts to offer him sound advice. At the beginning of the play, Benvolio
tries to help Romeo's parents by finding out what plagues his friend. Benvolio proceeds to
approach Romeo, only to discover that his close friend is heartbroken. Benvolio reveals that he
is an authentic friend by sympathizing with Romeo and offering him valuable advice.

Benvolio encourages Romeo to forget about Rosaline and look upon other beautiful women,
who will hopefully take his mind off the woman he is currently obsessing over. He even urges
Romeo to attend the Capulets' ball to mingle with Verona's most beautiful women. Unfortunately,
Benvolio's advice has tragic consequences, as Romeo becomes infatuated withand angers the
hot-headed . In addition to trying to help Romeo overcome his heartbreak, Benvolio also attempts
to ease the tensions between Tybalt and his friendthough his efforts are to no avail.

Overall, Benvolio is a genuine, loyal friend who truly cares about Romeo and offers him
sound advice to heal his emotional wounds.

For what reasons did seven southern states secede from the Union shortly after Lincoln's election in 1860?

The
Southern states wrongly believed that Lincoln was planning to abolish slavery outright. In
actual fact, the Republican Party platform on which Lincoln was elected was merely opposed to
the spread of slavery. But to most Southerners, this was bad enough, and they genuinely feared
the worst. As slavery was the linchpin of Southern society and the Southern economy, a growing
consensus quickly emerged that the South should secede from the Union in order to protect its
way of life.

The Southern states justified their secession on the grounds of
protecting states' rights. But in actual fact, there was only one right they were seeking to
protect, and that was the right to maintain the institution of slavery. They felt that that
institution was under threat with the election of Lincoln, so they seceded and, in doing so,
precipitated the Civil War.

Analyze the treatment of race in two of the following short stories: Borders, Squatter, The Loons.

In
Thomas Kings story Borders, the primary personal relationship discussed is between mother and
child, both of whom are Blackfoot. The family resides in Canada but is attempting to visit their
relatives in the United States. The racial and ethnic dimensions are emphasized in relation to
nationality because Indigenous group identity takes precedence in the mothers perspective. She
refuses to recognize nation-state jurisdiction as superior to, or other than, Indigenous nation,
or tribal, identification. For her, Blackfoot group membership does not simply span national
borders but eliminates them. She does not recognize the nation-states right to divide her family
and all their people.

In Margaret Laurences The Loons, white European
heritage is contrasted to First Nation heritage primarily through relationships between two
women who are members of families with those respective backgrounds. Vanessa is a white,
Euro-Canadian girl with a romantic image of Indigenous worldview. Her father is a physician. She
thinks of herself as broad-minded, however, in comparison to her fathers racist mother, a white
woman who refuses to interact with multiracial (metis) people. When another local girl,
Piquette, who is metis, becomes ill, Doctor MacLeod invites her to stay with the family at their
summer camp. Vanessa imagines that all people of Native heritage love nature and assumes that
Piquette will join her in appreciating the outdoors. Suffering from tuberculosis, the sick girl
wants to stay indoors and recuperate. Vanessas stereotypical way of thinking blocks her ability
to understand or communicate with Piquette as an individual person.

What is Scout's education in "To Kill a Mockingbird"? What does she learn from different people and events? How does the writer show Scout's education?

grows up and
extends her education outside of the classroom as the novel progresses. First, Scout sees the
hypocrisy in life. Scout's teacher is upset becausetaught his daughter to read. The teacher
cautions her against this, because he is not a teacher. Obviously,  her father is an educated
man, and the fact that Scout is ahead of the others should point to his effectiveness. But,
Scout's teacher believes learning should take place only within the
classroom.

Scout learns that her childish games were hurtful to , and learns
that it is important not to pass judgement on someone without knowing the facts or the person.
She learns that justice is a concept that is not always carried out. The unfairness of life is
apparent to her, when she learns that the color of ones skin causes one to have fewer
rights.

The outcome of the trial showed her the reality of this knowledge, but
it also showed her the necessity of fighting the injustice of racial inequity. Scout learns to
see her father as more than just her dad, but as a man of integrity. That much in life is not as
it seems.

What are the effects of globalization on the culture of the people affected?

To a
degree, this depends on which people you are discussing. A subsistence farm in sub-Saharan
Africa and a hedge fund manager based in London have very different cultural experiences. It is
also not really possible to separate the effects of globalization from those of
technology.

International trade mean many types of material culture
are...

Why are changes made to the working of each commandment during the course of the novel? Animal Farm by George Orwell

The
alterations in the commandments of the animals exemplifies how power corrupts. For, once  has
eliminated  as his only competition and gained power, he has become a dictator with vicious dogs
to enforce his rules andas his propagandist to keep the other animals from voicing
objections. 

And, since Napoleon now has absolute power, the rules are bent
to fit him.  In addition, he uses trickery and the "spin" that Squealer puts upon
truth in order to enrich himself. He is so...

What specific events symbolize the novel 1984?

Room 101
comes to mind, as well.  The place where they take you to face what you fear most and to break
your spirit so that you betray...

How does Roger Chillingworth interact with others throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter?

According to Hawthorne's narrator,had all his
life been kind, though not warmly affectionate, and calm in temperament. He had spent his life
as a scholar in solitary pursuit of knowledge, which is what led him to desire 's warming
companionship to begin with, as he still cherished the hope of discovering the joys of love and
affection, even though his scholarly pursuits still occupied him. The narrator clearly states
that Chillingworth had always been "pure and upright" in his interactions with
others.

However, as a direct result of the consequences of the Minister's and
Hester's impropriety and indiscretion, Chillingworth underwent a great change of nature. He was
"seized" by a "fierce" and terrible "fascination" that propelled
him down a new path on which he was not free to follow anything but the fascination that gripped
him. He fell from his pure and upright standing because of bitter disquietude over the wrongs
inflicted on him that robbed him of what he believed was his one chance at the attainment of
love and a warm affectionate heart.

After this fall, after having his worth
chilled by the icy grip that seized him, Chillingworth became a "leech" of others'
worth drained from their souls just like he would leech the goodness from the herbs in his
medicinal studies. Those herbals were meant to be used for good, but the leeching of others'
souls was meant for harm. Though his interactions with others were pure and upright at the
start, even if preoccupied and cool, his interactions at the end were devious, manipulative,
insinuating and harmful.

What was William Blake's purpose for writing the poem "The Tyger?"

wrote two
corresponding sets of verses called "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of
Experience." In "Songs of Innocence," Blake looked on life as if through the eyes
of a child; he presented an innocent, trusting, and optimistic viewpoint on his subjects. In
"Songs of Experience," on the other hand, he presented the same or similar topics from
a mature, pessimistic, and even dark perspective. In this way, by showing two contrasting sides
to a topic, he believed the real truth could be better perceived. 

"" is a Song of Experience; its corresponding poem is "The Lamb."
"The Lamb" presents God as the Lamb of God, an image that is sweet and comforting; the
poem is written as if a little child were addressing a lamb. "The Tyger" is best
understood in comparison with "The Lamb." In "The Tyger," God is presented
as something like a powerful mad scientist, forging in his heavenly "furnace" a beast
ruthless and deadly. The Tyger is a symbol of violence, oppression, and fear. The multiple
questions to the Tyger about who made it leave the impression that the speaker is blaming God
for the evil and pain that exists in the world and questioning the motives of such a
Creator. 

It would be a mistake to say that Blake's purpose in writing
"The Tyger" was to show that God is the source of pain and violence in the world, just
as it would be a mistake to assume that Blake's purpose in writing "The Lamb" was to
convert people to a belief in Jesus Christ. Blake's purpose in writing the TWO
poems was to show the contrasting sides of God in hopes of developing a fuller understanding of
who God really is.

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How are Lennie and George different from other people on the farm?

andshare a firm and
lasting friendship and this state of companionship sets them apart from the other men on the
ranch. 

The job of being a ranch hand entails a considerable amount of
movement for many of the men, forcing them to travel to find work. In addition to a rather
solitary sensibility that functions almost as a (masculine) code of values, the prevailing
conditions of farm work during the Great Depression in California presented in the book serve to
isolate individuals from one another.

There is a notable lack of friendship
-- lasting or otherwise -- among the men on the ranch. Slim is admired, but holds himself
somewhat aloof. Candy is very nice and friendly, yet until George and Lennie arrived he seems to
have had no actual friendships on the ranch.

Added to the isolation produced
by migratory patterns and a stoic social code, there are also class and race differences that
keep people divided. Curley has no friends in part because he tries to maintain a class-based
distance between himself as a representative of ownership and men who labor on the
ranch.

George and Lennie defy the odds and maintain a remarkable friendship.
The fact of this friendship makes the pair different from the others on the ranch.  

"If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody
give a damn. But not us.

Lennie broke in. But not us! An why?
Because€¦because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and thats
why. He laughed delightedly. Go on now, George!

The stability of this friendship may be partly responsible for helping George and
Lennie forge a shared dream as well wherein they will have a stake in their own labor by taking
ownership of a small farm of their own. 

George and Lennie are conscious of
their special status as men with a social network, however meager it may appear to the reader.
Others are equally aware of this difference in the pair and this awareness is noted throughout
the novel by the boss, Candy, Slim and others. 

More than any other elements
of their characters, it is the friendship shared by George and Lennie that makes them different
from the others on the ranch.

What is the significance of the painkiller requested by Hamm?

Throughout the course of the play, Hamm asks
five times, Is it not time for my pain-killer? The first four times he asks, his servant Clov
tells him, with increasing anger, that no, it is not time for his pain-killer. The fifth time he
asks, Clov tells him that it is time, but that there are no more pain-killers and that he will
never get anymore.

In response, Hamm asks, at first pitifully and then
again In a scream, Whatll I do? His response indicates that he will be unable to carry on
without his pain-killers. They make life bearable for him. The prospect of living or trying to
live without them makes him feel desperate, lost, and hopeless.

Hamm is
elderly, blind, misanthropic, and miserable. He suffers physical pain, but he also endures a
sort of existential pain. In other words, the endless and insufferable meaninglessness of his
existence causes him great and inescapable anguish. Indeed, he is, in his own words, no more
than a speck in the void, surrounded by Infinite emptiness. By having Hamm repeatedly ask
for his pain-killer, Beckett is emphasizing the extent and degree of the pain that he suffers,
both physical and existential.

Hamm is also of the opinion that the pain he
suffers is worse than any pain anybody else could possibly suffer. Arguably, therefore, the
repetition of his request for his pain-killer serves not only to emphasize the intense pain and
suffering that Hamm must endure but also to highlight how desperate and self-pitying he has
become.

Please explain the fear and chaos that takes place in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and provide quotes to...

In
's , fear and chaos support the theme of good vs.
evil.

The fear comes from the horrific actions of Dr. Jekyll's
alter ego, Mr. Hyde; it is seen in the strange appearance of Mr. Hyde; and, it is also found in
the consideration that evil may lie dormant in every human being.

There is some dread in realizing that through Dr. Jekyll's experiments, he...

...goes against the laws of nature.

Consider, then (in Chapter Four), Mr. Hyde's murder of an elderly and respected member
of society, as witnessed by a housemaid from her window.

...London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity, and...

What are President Jackson's major objections to the national bank?

Andrew
Jackson represented the common man. He did several things to try to level the playing field
between the upper class and the working class. Besides trying to give the common person more
opportunities in politics and in the government, President Jackson also tried to level the
playing field by going after the national bank.

Andrew Jackson believed the
bank favored the wealthy and influenced...

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In "The Scarlet Letter", why have Hester and Dimmesdale decided to return to the old world of Europe?

In the forest
where she andare unrestricted by society,convinces her lover to return to England with her where
they can live normal lives without the stigma of the scarlet letter attached to her, and without
anyone knowing that Dimmesdale is a minister.   In other words, Hester seeks a new start for
them where she and Dimmesdale and their...

What is the overall theme of this book?

If you want a
single theme that encompasses all the other themes, it would be that love sustains...

In the Alchemist, how does the boy meet Fatima?

I need
to give a little bit of backstory in order to explain the circumstances in which Santiago meets
Fatima.  

Earlier in the novel, Santiago is pursuing his Personal Legend.
 Unfortunately he got robbed.  Santiago was forced to take on work with a crystal merchant.
 Both men learn from each other, but Santiago's teachings pay off financially.  The merchant and
Santiago gain a large amount of wealth.  With his new financial stability, Santiago continues
searching for his Personal Legend.  His next destination is the pyramids, so he joins a caravan
traveling in that direction. 

Santiago meets an Englishman travelling in this
caravan.  The man is studying to be an alchemist, and he wants to learn from a master alchemist,
who lives at an oasis.  Unfortunately for Santiago, the caravan is forced to stop at the
alchemist's oasis in order to avoid warring tribes.  The Englishman enlists Santiago to help him
search the oasis.  Santiago asks a few people, but none of them know anything about an
alchemist.  That is until Fatima shows up at the well.  Santiago is immediately love struck by
her beauty.  

At that moment, it seemed to him that time
stood still, and the Soul of the World surged within him. When he looked into her dark eyes, and
saw that her lips were poised between a laugh and silence, he learned the most important part of
the language that all the world spokethe language that everyone on earth was capable of
understanding in their heart. It was love.

At the
Englishman's prodding, Santiago finally asks Fatima about the alchemist.  She tells the
Englishman where to go, fills her water vessel, and walks away. 

Why does Mary Warren change her testimony and turn on John Proctor in The Crucible?

Mary Warren has always been understandably reluctant to support the Proctors with legal
testimony. She is bound to be called a liar, since her story now is that she was lying and
dissimulating earlier in the trials, and she does not stand up well under Danforth's initial
interrogation. Her inability to pretend to faint when required to do so makes it very clear that
her histrionic powers are vastly inferior to Abigail's.

When she is faced
with Abigail's convincing pretense that Mary has sent her spirit out, there is no serious
contest between the two of them. Abigail has Mercy Lewis, Susanna Walcott, and the other
"children" backing her up, and they engage in a sadistic and deadly version of
"the shadow game," repeating everything Mary says. This gives rise to hysteriawhich
affects even Danforth.

The pressure on Mary becomes intolerable at this
point. Abigail and her accomplicesDanforth and Proctor as well as the whole weight of both sides
in a deadly disputebear down upon her...

When does Odysseus show bravery in The Odyssey?

Jennifer Carnevale, M.A.

Odysseus shows bravery many times throughout the course of the
Odyssey. Here are a few of those examples.

During his
encounter with the Cyclops (Polyphemus), Odysseus and his men get stuck in a precarious
situation. Not only does Odysseus get them stuck in Polyphemus's cave, many of his men die a
violent death at the hands of the creature due to Odysseus's . But Odysseus keeps his nerve and
devises a plan to escape. He offers the creature wine, stabs it in the eye, and risks death
riding under the bellies of the ram to escape from the cave.

Odysseus is
brave when he travels to the Underworld to hear his prophecy told by Tiresias, a famous prophet.
Not only must Odysseus fend off the dead from the sacrificial...

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I need to write a 200+ word paper comparing and contrasting realism and naturalism in the history of theatre. What would be good themes or topics to...

In trying
to write such a short essay comparing and contrastingand naturalism in drama, you probably want
to examine a limited number of salient points of difference. One way to make the topic
manageable is to think of how naturalism functions as a narrow and extreme version
of...

Why are indifference curves convex to the origin in economics?

The
indifference curve is convex to the origin because you receive less satisfaction for consuming
increasingly large quantities of something. Essentially, it is the concept of diminishing
returns. If you are hungry and you eat one cookie, the difference in pleasure will be massive
between receiving nothing and receiving one cookie. However, you will receive a smaller
difference in pleasure by receiving a second cookie and an even smaller difference for each
subsequent cookie.

Essentially, as you consume more product, your marginal
pleasure decreases, because the difference is less substantial...

What are the twelve core values in US society identified by sociologist Robin Williams?

In 1970,
sociologist Robin Williams identified twelve core values in American society. These twelve
values include personal achievement, work, individualism, humanitarianism, efficiency and
practicality, progress, material comfort, science and rationality, equality, democracy, freedom,
and racial and group superiority.

People in the US strive to become
successful and accomplished and surpass others through personal achievement. Work is valued in
the US as a way to be productive and contribute to achievement and society. Individualism is
described as promoting and relying on a person's own strength and sense of self, or having one's
own identity even while being part of a group or nation. Helping others in need and having
sympathy for fellow human beings is expressed through humanitarianism. The ability to get things
done quickly and efficiently while not wasting resources is practiced through efficiency and
practicality. Americans value progress, the effort to move forward and make improvements in many
different areas of life. Material comforts are important in the US: having basic needs met, such
as food and shelter, and the ability to live in relative comfort. Adapting science and
rationality to promote improvements in the world of scientific discovery and technology is a
part of American life. Many Americans strive to promote equality within opportunity, culture,
and society. Democracy has been a value of the United States since the founding of the country;
it ideally allows for the expression of personal opinions and the making of decisions based on
majority vote. The ability to conduct one's own life with few limitations gives Americans the
value of freedom. On the negative end, racial and group superiority is the belief that some
groups of people are superior to others.

As a note of interest, Robin
Williams added three more values to his revised list of core values of US society in 1975. These
were education, religiosity, and romantic love.

Romantic Hero

Another
characteristic which I don't think has been mentioned is that the Romantic hero rejects
established behaviors and becomes something of a law unto himself, standing for the triumph of
the individual over the group.

That being said, there seem to be a wide
divergence of opinion among scholars about just what this hero looks like in real life.  The
Byronic hero is one model and, as someone has noted, is perhaps the most frequently referenced. 
But modern literature, with it's focus on alienation, and created a new kids of
"Romantic" hero with less emphasis on the romantic piece and more on the
alienation/lonliness --- more of the "Kierkegaard Romanic Hero."

And as a totally unrelated comment to #5, I think it's really sad that we have created
a differentiation between Batman and Superman as heroes.  I grew up with both these characters,
and I never saw any difference (beside "great toys" vs. super powers) in their
moral/heroic stance.  I think what "they" have made of Batman is sad
....

What are the figures of speech in "The Witch" by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge?

In the
first stanza, the whiteness of "the snow" might be considered symbolic of the purity
and innocence that the speaker, the witch, is trying to convey. Alternatively, the fact that she
is leaving marks in the snow, spoiling its purity, could foreshadow the fact that, later on, her
appearance of purity and innocence is revealed to be misleading.

In the
second stanza, the speaker also tries to suggest that she is innocent and harmless by claiming
to be but "a little maiden." The word "maiden" is often synonymous with
"virgin" and thus symbolic of virginity, which in turn connotes innocence and purity.
This impression of innocence is what tricks the speaker's victim into letting her into his
home.

In the third stanza, the speaker (who is now the person who has
admitted the speaker into his home) says that "the quivering flame / Sunk and died in the
fire." The fire...

In "Hills Like White Elephants," why is the man called "the American"?

That
the American is only referred to by his nationalityrather than by his gender (the Man) or his
professionsuggests that this is the element of his identity Hemingway most wants us to focus
upon when reading the story. As the other answers have pointed out, Hemingway is criticizing
particular elements of American culture, namely selfishness and superficiality.

The selfishness comes in the American's treatment of Jig. He regards her as a
plaything. Her pregnancy ruins this allure for him since having a baby means having to take
responsibility as a father for it. He does not want to be a father or even a good partner to
Jig. He's only in this relationship for fun and games.

Secondly, the
American is shallow. He might be traveling through Europe, but he is not a cultured man. He only
cares to try new drinks for the most part. He cares little for art or culture. Just as he does
not care about Jig's feelings or anything beyond her sex appeal for him, he has no appreciation
for what...

In "The Cask of Amontillado" where does Montresor take Fortunato to get revenge?

Montresor has a
long-standing problem with Fortunato.  We do not know what it is, because we are never told. 
Montresor knows that Fortunato is a wine connoisseur, and tempts him with an Amontillado - a
type of sherry wine.  Montresor wants Fortunato to taste the wine to see if it's the real
thing.  Montresor lures Fortunato into Montresor's family's catacombs in search of the wine. 
The catacombs are deep underground.  Once there, Montresor shackles Fortunato to the wall and
proceeds to brick Fortunato into that recessed area.

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, how did Jem's behavior toward Scout show his growing maturity as the novel progressed?

At the
beginning of the novel,argues withand constantly bosses her around. They have a typical sibling
relationship, where Jem is the older brother and continually tells Scout what to do, which leads
to many arguments. Despite Jem's antagonistic personality towards his younger sister, he cares
about her well-being and even shares some of his birthday money with her. Scout also looks up to
Jem and believes everything he says regarding .

As Jem matures, he becomes
more distant and begins hanging out with Dill more than Scout. Scout resents the fact that her
brother spends most of his time with Dill and is forced to hang out with Miss Maudie. While Jem
is maturing into a young man, he becomes more authoritative towards Scout and views her as a
naive child. Scout resents Jem's "maddening superiority" and fights with her older
brother often. Jem believes that he knows more than Scout and attempts to treat her like she is
inferior. Even though Jem is physically growing, he still thinks like a child, which is depicted
in the way he treats his younger sister. 

Following the Tom Robinson trial,
Jem loses his childhood innocence and begins to express sympathy for others. Jem becomes more
understanding of Scout and views himself as her protector. Jem develops into a morally-upright
individual like his father and comforts his sister when she gets upset. Jem prevents her from
arguing with Aunt Alexandra and even attempts to explain Maycomb's caste system to Scout. Jem
also volunteers to walk Scout to the Halloween festival and protects her during Bob Ewell's
attack. Overall, Jem treats Scout better and exercises sympathy towards his younger sister the
more he matures. Jem's compassion towards Scout reflects his maturity and moral development as a
young man. 

What does the word "petulantly" mean as it is used in paragraph 10 of "The Necklace"?

If someone is behaving
petulantly, then they are being somewhat rude in their speech or
actions, and they might even be in a rather peevish and petty mood that could not have been
predicted. When Madame Loisel is described as behaving petulantly, this is exactly what she is
doing. Though her husband has gone to great lengths to procure an invitation to a special party
at the home of the Minister of Education, Madame Loisel is ungrateful. She acts
childishlyquite peevishlywhen she flings the invitation across the table.
Monsieur Loisel expected her to be delighted with the invitation, as she has always imagined
herself to be meant for a life of luxury and ease, and so her mood is unpredictably and
impulsively petty and dissatisfied.

In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," what has the Misfits life been like? Why was he put in jail? He says he kills for pleasure. Is there another...

The Misfit
claims that he was raised well and that his life turned when he was put in prison for the murder
of his father. However, he also remembers his father dying 1918. There's a certain tension and
ambiguity in terms of how he frames his time in prison, because while he is quite clear that he
did not commit the crime he was imprisoned for, he also seems to be of the opinion that this
detail does not actually matter. What matters is that the State found him guilty, and he was
imprisoned for it. Furthermore, he himself claims to have committed a transgression, even if his
own story would suggest otherwise.

As to the second question, I don't think
the it's as simple as that the Misfit kills because he enjoys killing (I think his psychological
crisis runs far deeper than that). Rather, I would say that at the core of his criminality is a
deep and profound nihilism. We see this in his conversation with the grandmother, as it regards
to the Christian message. As he tells her, if the...

This passage in In Cold Bloodprecedes the story: "Men, our brothers, who live after us, Do not harden your hearts against us, For if you take...

Among the
reasons so many were shocked and affected by the murder of the Clutter family was that the crime
seemed to be meaningless and without motive. In the 1950s, the idea that a person or people
would kill someone for the thrill was incomprehensible and a clear indication that the person
who committed the crime was a monster. In light of that, one of Capote's objectives was to
demonstrate that, despite the violent and shocking nature of the crime, the murder wasn't the
act of a monster, but of an ordinary human being. Moreover, Capote largely avoids the good/evil
binary, choosing instead to explore how the personal history and...

How does Pygmalions attitude towards women change over the course of the text? Cite evidence from the text in your response.

Henry
Higgins is thefigure in this play. Just as Pygmalion sculpts a female figure so beautiful that
it turns into a real woman, so Higgins turns flower seller Eliza Doolittle into a
lady.

There is no evidence that Higgins' attitude toward women in general
changes over the course of the play. His attitude toward Eliza does change:
he comes to respect her, as he says, half sardonically, as a "tower of strength." He
is willing to accept her as a part of his life on Wimpole Street, which for him is a big change.
If she doesn't want that, he offers her things he would not have when the play began:

I'll adopt you as my daughter and settle money on you if you like.
Or would you rather marry Pickering?

It is notable that
he doesn't just throw her back on the streets now that his experiment with her is over. He
understands that since she has become a lady, she can't simply return to her old life.

However, it is impossible for Higgins to change how he treats Eliza. He is rude to her
as the play begins and rude to her as it ends, feeling it is his right to insult her and order
her around. Eliza tries to explain that it was not his teaching her to speak with an upper-class
accent that caused her to be able to become a lady, but Colonel Pickering treating her with
respect and dignity. She notes to Pickering that he called her Miss Doolittle, opened doors for
her, and was sensitive to her feelings. She says to Pickering that:

You see it was so very difficult for me with the example of Professor Higgins always
before me. I was brought up to be just like him, unable to control myself, and using bad
language on the slightest provocation. And I should never have known that ladies and gentlemen
didn't behave like that if you hadn't been there.

Eliza
also states:

the difference between a lady and a flower
girl is not how she behaves, but how she's treated. I shall always be a flower girl to Professor
Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will.

However, she is wrong. Not only does Higgins at the end of the play
pay her the compliment (if half sarcastically) of calling her a tower of strength and offering
to adopt her, he accepts her as equal at the end:

You and
I and Pickering will be three old bachelors together instead of only two men and a silly
girl.

But this isn't quite enough for Eliza, who wants
the insults and bullying to stop.

How does Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" support the idea that equality is not always fair?

Michael Del Muro

"" uses the word "equality" ironically. Many political groups over
the years have attempted to use this story as a way to criticize the implementation of policies
that attempted to make American society more "equal" (Civil Rights Acts, affirmative
action). However, these policies only attempt to raise the rights of minority groups and to make
public institutions more accessible.

In "Harrison Bergeron,"
equality means lowering all of society to a lowest-common...

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What are some of the reasons that Romeo is responsible for his own death and the death of Juliet?

's rash
actions from the beginning to the end of the play lead to disastrous consequences, including his
own death and's suicide. When Romeo first falls in love with Juliet, he is on the rebound from
being rejected by Rosaline. (It's always wise to have a cooling-off period between relationships
to make sure that one's emotions aren't running wild.) Romeo sees Juliet and immediately
proclaims her to be the loveliest person he's ever seen. Does this warrant rushing into a
relationship that will certainly be problematic? Romeo doesn't stop to think of thathe lets his
eyes rule his...

What is the importance of marketing to an organization? Though marketing is tied to Sales, it continues to be an expenditure that is hard to link to...

"Some 60% of
American Marketing Association member marketers say halting or
reducing spending on key marketing programs is the biggest mistake marketers can make in an
economic downturn, according to(pdf) a recent AMA survey."

In a downturn, marketing becomes even more important to
the company's bottom line, making a profit. A marketing plan is key to establishing the
dimensions of your market, where you fit according to your product and identifying where a
company should focus its marketing budget to achieve the best overall results.

In a downturn, marketing helps to identify new markets, target new customers and
determine the value of the product.  If the product that is currently in production does not
have a sustantial customer base of support, if sales are slipping and competition is securing
your former market share.  Marketing helps to identify the need for a product revitalization or
reinvention. 

"In a challenging economy, you must
find new ways to make marketing work more effectively, get more out of marketing investments,
and measure and account for marketing decisions. In short, you must make changes. Doing the same
things in an uncertain economic environment and expecting the same results is, at worst, a
definition of marketing insanity. At best it is a flawed
strategy."

Check out some of the major marketing
campaigns at the link below.

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Explain Socrates' reasoning when he said that weeping and wailing before the judges would actually be proof on one of the charges against him.

In Plato's
Apology, Socrates gives several reasons why weeping and wailing before the
judges in order to attempt to avoid the charges or reduce the sentence would prove the charges
against him. A crucial passage for understanding this is:

For if, O men of Athens, by force of persuasion and entreaty, I could overpower your
oaths, then I should be teaching you to believe that there are no gods, and convict myself, in
my own defence, of not believing in them.

In classical
Greek , persuasion was thought to occur by appeals from ethos (the character of the speaker),
logos (reason), and pathos (by means of swaying the emotions of the audience). Socrates is
making the argument that pathetic appeals are morally wrong.

He believes that
it is the duty of judges to make impartial judgement based on reasoning. Pathetic appeals
distort this process by asking judges to put aside justice itself and instead react based on
emotions. This is precisely the opposite of seeking truth and wisdom.

Socrates believes that he has been divinely authorized to seek a certain type of wisdom
He possesses a divine sign or daimonion that forbids him from acting in an
impious way. Part of his religious duty is to seek knowledge and act as a gadfly to Athens,
forcing others to seek truth as well by his questioning, For him to abandon this mission out of
self-interest would be to disobey divine commands thus proving the charge of impiety.

Also, Socrates believes that the genuinely philosophical or pious do not fear death and
so for him to plead with the judges to avoid death would also confirm the charge of impiety.
Finally, manipulating the judges by emotional appeals would set a bad example for the youth
watching the trial, confirming another one of the charges against him.

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What is the meaning of the plague in Oedipus Rex? What is its symbolism? Also, do you consider the plague picturesque?

At
the opening of , the Kingdom of Thebes is in a drought. The people of
Thebes are likely suffering famine as a result of the drought, their farm animals are dying, and
they're also suffering from a plague:

PRIEST:
A
blight is on our harvest in the ear,
A blight upon the grazing flocks and
herds,
A blight on wives in travail; and withal
Armed with his blazing torch
the God of Plague
Hath swooped upon our city emptying
The house of Cadmus, and
the murky realm
Of Pluto is full fed with groans and tears.

Cadmus was the founder of Thebes, and this reference to Cadmus
means that the city he founded is being emptied of its people and that the people are dying and
going to the god Pluto in the underworld.

chose these kinds of disasters
because they affected and afflicted the entire population of Thebes. The drought and plague also
symbolizes the effect that's defiance of the will of the gods (although not entirely his own
fault)patricide (killing his father) and incest...

In The Epic of Gilgamesh, why is Gilgamesh 2/3 god 1/3 man, not 1/2 god 1/2 man, since you can only have 2 parents?

Gilgamesh was not born
to two parents as people are. Instead, he was created by the gods, and his different parts were
created differently. Therefore, he does not need to be divided into halves as a mortal with two
parents would be. His body seems divine in nature, as he is described as "beautiful,"
but his mind seems human in nature.

He struggles with many of the trials of
being human, including becoming an ethical human being. At the beginning of the epic, he is
rather unethical, as he beds brides on their wedding night and challenges men to feats of
strength. Throughout the epic, he becomes more ethical after watching his friend, Enkidu, die.
Gilgamesh also goes on a fruitless quest for immortality and realizes that his commitment to
being a good leader is the way to make his name live on in posterity. These quests are those of
a human, not a god, showing that Gilgamesh's mind is human in nature. 

Describe how federal, confederal, and unitary systems of governments differ.

Almost every
country in the world is big enough that it has to have a central government and smaller
governments.  These smaller governments are often called state governments or provincial
governments.  In the United States, even the smaller governments govern areas that are big
enough to make even smaller governments (counties, cities) necessary.  Systems that have a
central government along with small governments can be classified in three ways.

First, there is a unitary government.  This is one in which the central government has
all the power and simply gives the smaller governments whatever powers it sees fit.  In the US
today, state governments are like this.  They only give county and city governments whatever
rights they want to give.

At the other end of the spectrum is a confederal
government.  This is one in which the smaller governments have all the power.  The central
government only has powers that the states choose to give it.  This is the system that the US
had under its first constitution, the Articles of Confederation.  In that system, the central
government was very weak and could not even do things like imposing taxes on the people.  It had
to ask the state governments for money instead.

In between these extremes, we
have a federal system.  This is the system we have today.  In this system, the Constitution
gives some powers to the states and some to the national government.  Neither the states nor the
federal government can simply take powers from the other level of government.  The two levels
are not necessarily equal, but they each have powers that are reserved for them by the
Constitution.

How did the U.S. expand itself imperially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and why interested in obtaining control over foreign territories?...

The motivations of American imperialism were complex, but essentially
grew out of the lack of space for "Manifest Destiny"-type expansion once the West
Coast was reached, ethnocentrism and the desire to share the "superior" institutions
of American-style democracy.  Economic pressures were also involved, of course, and the same
imperialist desires which motivated Great Britain, Rome and all previous
empires.

When America's Manifest Destiny ran right to the
edge of the Pacific Ocean, many economic and political interests in the US came to believe that
the country's future lay in expansion on the Pacific Rim.  Hawaii and Alaska (including the
Aleutian Islands) became American territories, American trading interests in China expanded
and...

What does Virgil represent to the reader and to Dante (the character)?

Dante is
the author of Inferno,but he is also theand the point of view character. As
the character from whose point of view the story is told, he acts as a catalyst for the reader
to discover the underworld, at the same pace that he discovers it. Virgil is Dantes guide
through the underworld. Since Virgil was pagan, he is not allowed to go to Paradisebut is still
a worthy and respectable person. He takes Dante through each level, mentoring him, explaining
things to him and keeping him safe. Since the audience is experience the underworld through
Dantes point of view, however, Virgil also acts as a guide for the reader. He is not the
narrator of the story, but he is a mentor figure. He is arguably the second most important
character in Inferno.

On a metatextual level, Virgil is
also Dantes guide in the process of writing the
Inferno. Dante was clearly a tremendous fan of Virgils, choosing him to be
the mentor in his epic poem as a way to honor him, and perhaps also to improve his own standing
as a poet, by writing a story in which they are friends. In modern parlance, at least regarding
the characters of Virgil and Dante, Inferno could be considered a work of
excellently done fan .

How does the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" feel about the old man that he murders?

In "The
Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator makes it clear from the beginning that his feelings towards
the old man are warm and positive:

I loved the old man. He
had never wronged me. He had never given me insult.

Moreover, the narrator feels no jealousy towards the old man's money or his material
possessions. The narrator does,...

Tom Robinson Quotes

The other
answers have covered this topic well, but I can provide a few more quotes about Tom Robinson,
justice, and equality.

First, after the trial, Mr. Underwood, the Maycomb
newspaper editor, speaks out angrily about the injustice done to Tom Robinson in a newspaper
editorial in which he states, in 's summation of his ideas,

Mr. Underwood didnt talk about miscarriages of justice, he was writing so children
could understand. Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing,
sitting, or escaping. He likened Toms death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters
and children.

Mr. Underwood calls out the murder of Tom
Robinson as a slaughter of an innocent mana sin.

The hypocrisy and injustice
of the white townspeople supporting putting Tom Robinson in his "place" while
criticizing Hitler's treatment of the Jews comes clear in Scout's concerns about her teacher,
Miss Gates. Scout says to ,

Well, coming out of the
courthouse that night Miss Gates wasshe was goin€˜ down the steps in front of us, you musta not
seen hershe was talking with Miss Stephanie Crawford. I heard her say its time somebody taught
em [the blacks] a lesson, they were gettin€˜ way above themselves, an the next thing they think
they can do is marry us. Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an€˜ then turn around and be ugly
about folks right at home

In his final argument defending
Robinson,appeals to the jury to consider the notions of equality on which the United States was
founded:

We know all men are not created equal in the
sense some people would have us believesome people are smarter than others, some people have
more opportunity because theyre born with it, some men make more money than others, some ladies
make better cakes than otherssome people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most men.
But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equalthere is one human
institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an
Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen,
is a court.

Atticus says in the above quote that equality
before the law is the foundation of justice in the United States, and he asks the jury to
respect this ideal.

What are some quotes and page numbers containing figurative language in The Scarlet Letter in chapters 19-20? Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In her was visible
the tie that united them. (Page numbers will vary depending on edition, but I will
include those from my own book, for reference. Page 141)

This quote is ashowing the bonds thatcreates. She is partand part ,
and for seven years she has quietly kept them bound together without even knowing it.

She had been offered to the world...as the living hieroglyphic, in
which was revealed the secret they so darkly sought to hide. (Page 141)

Thiscompares Pearl to hieroglyphs, which were symbols used by the
ancient Egyptians in some of the earliest recorded forms of writing. To our modern society,
these little symbols are almost like puzzles, each pictoral representation seeming to contribute
a bit of meaning to a larger effort. Thus, Pearl is a representation of the shared and secretive
past between Hester and Dimmesdale.

I have a strange fancy
that this brook is the boundary between two worlds... (Page 143)

Hester's world collides...

What happens at a Confirmation?

Of course, the
word confirmation has a general meaning, to verify or witness to the truth of something. In
a religious context, it is the fourth sacrament in the Catholic canon, after Baptism,
Confession, and Communion. Each of these first sacraments deepens the individuals commitment to
the Catholic religion, and the fourth confirms those declarations. It comes at the Age of
Consent, when the individual is intellectually and emotionally responsible for his/her spiritual
condition, usually around 13 years of age. It is a publicly declared testament of ones faith and
belief in the religions tenets, including the Catechism; it takes place in a church, is
administered by a priest, and usually is a mass ceremony, in which a whole class of children,
after extensive lessons, receive the sacrament together. The next two sacraments, Matrimony and
Holy Orders, are mutually exclusive; the final sacrament, Extreme Unction, is administered at
the close of the souls life on Earth.

What were three major events in chapters 9-12 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

In chapter
9, Kit and Mercy are teaching elementary school children to read at the dame school.  Mercy is
patient, but Kit is not.  She gets frustrated and decides to make up lessons using the childrens
names in rhyme.  They are fascinated.  Then she has them act out Bible stories, not knowing that
the townspeople do not approve of this. 

But Kit had made
one mistake.  She had picked her characters too hastily.  By chance she had chosen the three
most obstreperous pupils in the school to be her thieves and robbers.  (p. 88)

Kit is fired (but she talks them into rehiring her), and she runs
to the meadow where she meets Hannah, an old woman who lives by the pond.  Everyone thinks shes
a witch, but she is really just a lonely old lady.

In chapter 11, Kit
secretly agrees to teach Prudence to read.  This is important because it is one of the issues
that will come up later at her trial when she is accused of being a witch.  Prudences parents
think she is too dumb to read, but Kit disagrees.  She arranges to meet the little girl by the
meadow.  When Prudence worries about the witch, Kit sets her straight.

 Shes a gentle old woman who wouldnt harm a field mouse.  (p.
114)

In chapter 12, Kit goes to visit Hannah.  She tells
Mercy, who surprisingly gives her a piece of tart to share with the lonely old woman everyone
thinks is a witch.  Nat has been helping Hannah, and he and Kit talk about politics.  Kit asks
why Nat is not loyal to the King.

If the King respects our
rights and keeps his word to us, then he will retain our loyalty.  But if he revokes the laws he
made €¦., then finally we will be forced to cut the hasser! (p. 129)

Kit accuses Nat of treason, but he tells her a man is loyal to
the place he loves (p. 129).

Difference Between Capital And Investment

Looking
at this from an accounting perspective, which Im assuming you mean as this is listed under the
€˜ topic and you speak of balance sheets, we can see distinct differences between investment and
capital as follows:

Investment

Investment is short-term and long-term invests to increase the wealth of an
organization and put its finances and other resources to work. In this way, these resources,
financial and otherwise, produce for the organization, instead of sitting in a basic cash
account and possibly earning significantly less interest.

Investing includes
the purchasing and selling of resources. These resources can be used by a company to sell its
products and/or services. A companys finances fund the assets and the expectation is that these
assets will produce benefits for the company down the road.

As the textbook
€˜Fundamental Accounting Principles (Ninth Canadian Edition; Larson, Wild, Chiappetta, Nelson,
Carroll, Zin; McGraw-Hill Ryerson €“ 1999) states, Investing activities include the
(a) purchase and sale of long-term assets, (b) the purchase and sale of short-term investments
that are not cash equivalents, and (c) lending and collecting on loans other than those made by
a financial institution.

Think of investing on a personal plane.
You invest for yourself and your family to increase your resources, especially your cash
position. You may invest in stocks, government bonds (provincial, state, federal), GICs
(Guaranteed Investment Certificates), corporate bonds and the like. You, like businesses, are
looking to also increase wealth - the wealth of you and your family.

Capital

Capital is indeed the source of
funds as noted above. You need capital to engage in investing activities. From an accounting
perspective, an organizations capital structure is its sources of financing. You can learn a lot
about the solvency of an entity by looking at its capital structure. This includes equity
capital and short-term financing. Equity is an owners or a group of owners claim on the
businesss assets.

As you consider Investments that we talked about above,
recognize that owners equity grows by and an owners investments and
revenues. Now, on the left side of the balance sheet capital is also cash, as an example, a
financial asset.  Moreover, capital assets of a company are looked at by lenders as security for
loans they make to a business.

On an organizations balance sheet capital
assets include plant & equipment, factories, buildings, as well as land which are all
long-term tangible assets. Capital assets additionally include intangible assets. Intangible
assets include copyrights, patents, goodwill, trade names and trade names. These assets do not
have a physical presence, but they are used to sell products and services.

The thing with capital assets is that a company expects to realize benefits from them
for greater than one period. Also consider capital expenditures €“ the additional cost of
capital assets.

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Are humans interfering with or a part of evolution happening today? Find examples of evolution seen in recent history that could be caused by human...

The
impact of human activities can be noticed everywhere, including in the evolution of species. It
is surprising to note that even among human beings, evolution is still going on, and we are also
driving the evolution among a large number of species.

Evolution is a natural
process that allows organisms with specific traits (or characteristics) to outcompete their
compatriots. This may happen over a number of life cycles. These specific traits allow organisms
to survive better than those without these traits.

Some examples of
anthropogenic activities that shape the evolution of organisms include pollution,
industrialization, eutrophication, climate change, invasion of invasive species, domestication
of species, habitat fragmentation, hunting, fishing, and so on.

Human beings
have favored particular organisms for their specific characteristics and this has resulted in
evolutionary changes. Commercial fishing, for example, is based on capturing large fishes. This
has caused some fish species to become smaller while the others have started reaching maturity
at a younger age and smaller size.

Another example of human interference in
evolution is the color of peppered moths. In the 1800s, industrialization resulted in the
pollution covering tree trunks. This caused the light-colored peppered moths to stand out easily
for the predators. The result was a drastic reduction in the population of light-colored
peppered moths. When the pollution was cleaned up in the 1970s, the population of peppered moths
shifted back towards the light-colored moths, since the dark-colored moths now became easy prey
for the predators.

Antibiotic resistance among various pathogens and
insecticide resistance among mice are other examples of evolution being driven by human
activities.

Evolutionary changes are still taking place among human beings.
An example is the field of medical sciences. The availability of good medical care has resulted
in low levels of certain diseases in some parts of the world. In other regions, the evolutionary
changes are still taking place in the human population in response to diseases such as malaria
and Lassa fever. People living in regions of high altitude have evolved to survive in those
places. An example is the genetic changes in the people of Tibet, which allows them a higher
blood oxygen level, thus enabling better survival in higher altitudes.

Hope
this helps.

Who can explain this symbol to me? Page 186 "organges and lemons,' say the bells of st Clements ..... ....... Why it is a symbol?

Well, by
itself, it isn't much of a symbol. By itself, all it symbolizes (or, more simply, represents) is
how traces of the past before the Party...

Tuesday 3 April 2018

Is The Stranger by Albert Camus considered timeless and universal? Why?

's
is considered timeless and universal because it is an existential text
which deals with the intrinsic nature of life, the insignificance of the individual, life's
absurdity, and accompanying alienation--all of which are themes prevalent in many literary
works.

Much like Hemingway's stoic protagonists, Mersault tries to squeeze
from life what he can because only nothingness waits at the end of life; it is in the living of
life that one carves...

What figurative language devices were used in On the Road by Jack Kerouac? How were they used in the text? Provide examples.

Benjamin Mangelsdorf

When discussing how figurative language is used in writing, we are looking at devices
like metaphors, similes,and more. Most good writers will often use many, if not all, figurative
language devices across a work the length of a novel, so it would be simple to go through
and just mark out whenever he uses them; however, what is truly important
is to find what figurative language is unique or central to the writing. For instance, in
The Great Gatsby there is a focus on , which gives the writing a flowy,
dreamy quality.

Similarly, Kerouac...

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How does Matilda show compassion toward the people who destroyed the coffeehouse?

In
chapter 17, Mattie and her grandfather return to the coffeehouse after being in the hospital.
They find it totally ransacked and in complete disrepair. With the cupboards raided and the
garden in a wasted condition, there is almost no food left to eat. Fortunately, the
thieves...

Monday 2 April 2018

Kate has a summer job as a swim instructor to earn her college tuition.She gets paid $8 per hour for the first 40 hours and $12 per hour for each hour...

Let x be
the number of over time hours.

The working equation is:

8
(40) + 12 (x) = 380          Simplify 8 (40).

320 + 12x = 380                
 Move 320 to the other side to combine

           12x = 380 - 320      
 similar terms then simplify.

           12x = 60                    Divide
both sides by 12..

               x = 5 hours

Therefore,
she needs 5 hours more to achieve her goal. 

 

There are several other funny or ironic facts in the two versions of Finch family and regional history presented in chapter 13 of To Kill a Mockingbird

When Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with the
children for a while, she brings ancient Maycomb history with her. Thus, the reader is
entertained with various humorous (although Aunt Alexandra may not see it that way) tales
regarding both the area and the Finch history.

Aunt Alexandra prides herself
on being from one of the oldest and most socially respectable families in town and looks with
condescension upon families of lesser standing. It's pretty funny, then, when she grabs a book
titled Meditations of Joshua S. St. Clair, determined to tout some family
history to the children andasks if this is the same cousin of theirs who "was locked up for
so long." Interestingly, this cousin whom Aunt Alexandra wants the children to admire based
on his publications has also been convicted of trying to shoot the local university president.
This does not concern Aunt Alexandra, who leaves the room to askto impress upon his children
that they are not "from run-of-the-mill people." Aunt Alexandra cannot reconcile any
view that conflicts with the upstanding, respectable Finch family.

This leads
to another humorous situation based on Cousin Joshua. After Atticus speaks to the children,
telling them that Aunt Alexandra wants them to behave in more civilized ways and to represent
the family well (and better than she thinks they are currently doing), the kids get worried.
Finally,asks Atticus if this is going to change the relationship they enjoy with their father;
Atticus is thus reminded of what is truly important in raising his children, and he tells Scout
to forget everything he said. He then turns to her with a sly comment:

Get more like Cousin Joshua every day, don't I? Do you think I'll
end up costing the family five hundred dollars?

Atticus
uses the sordid family history as a point of tension release, making sure his children know that
he is the same father he has always beenforthright and honest. And he does so at Cousin Joshua's
expense.

Sunday 1 April 2018

Characterize Phoenix Jackson from "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty.

Physically, the
narrator tells us that Phoenix Jackson is "very old and small and she walked slowly";
she is physically frail, even carrying a cane to help her with balance. Her dress is "neat
and tidy," though her shoelaces are untied, and her face is lined with "numberless
branching wrinkles." It seems as though she is lit from within by a "golden
color" and a "yellow burning" under the darkness of her skin. The red color of
the rag she wears over her hair seems to symbolize her strength and perseverance, the figurative
fire that keeps her going. Phoenix is also very self-reliant: she has no help, but relies only
on her own feet and memory to get her where she needs to go. When she reaches the
"trial," a log laid over a creek, "she mount[s] the log and shut[s] her
eyes." She opens them again when "she [is] safe on the other side." She's brave
as well, "holding utterly still" when the hunter points his gun straight at her.
Finally, she's incredibly loving, going to such great lengths...

While reading Romeo and Julietn 2 paragraphs answer how your idea of this essential question has changed: Do we determine our own destinies?

Fate
versus free will is a huge theme in . Everything depends upon how one views
the circumstances of the characters and the effects they had on them.andare born in the middle
of a violent feud between their families, yet they are drawn to one another by an almost
supernatural force.

Romeo's killingin an impulsive rage could be seen as what
causes the eventual deaths of the two lovers, but the quarantining of the messenger with news of
's plan contributes just as much, if not more. So, Romeo and Juliet had to deal with bad
fortunes, yet they also made bad decisions. Romeo kills himself rather than wait. Juliet chooses
death over living in social exile in a convent.

What symbols could reflect Scout, Jem, Atticus, Calpurnia, Miss Maudie, Aunt Alexandra and Dill besides the Mockingbird?

A
symbol is often an object that represents or stands for something else. For each of thelisted, I
would think about what they like to do or important events in the story that involve that
character. Then pick an object that might have been used by that character or used in that
situation. For someone like , you might choose something law related. He's a lawyer, so a law
book or even a gavel makes sense. I realize he isn't a judge, but the gavel is so symbolic of a
courtroom, that I believe it works just fine for Atticus. I think a gun might work for him too,
since he is handed the weapon in order to shoot the rabid dog. For Calpurnia, I think an apron
would work well. She's in charge of much of the cooking and cleaning, and she is likely to be
wearing one more often than not.

She stopped shyly at the
railing and waited to get Judge Taylors attention. She was in a fresh apron and she carried an
envelope in her hand.

Judge Taylor saw her and said, Its Calpurnia, isnt
it?

For , I would use a pair of pants. That might sound
strange, but Jem losing his pants and getting them back at night is a favorite part of the book
for me. Using pants for Jem also allows you to tie his symbol to 's symbol because you could use
a clothing item for Scout too. Use overalls for Scout's symbol. They are important because they
represent her tomboy personality and are a point of contention between her and other
ladies.

Dont you contradict me! Mrs. Dubose bawled.
And you she pointed an arthritic finger at mewhat are you doing in those overalls? You
should be in a dress and camisole, young lady! Youll grow up waiting on tables if somebody
doesnt change your waysa Finch waiting on tables at the O.K. Caf©hah!

Why does Paulo Coelho mix realism and idealism in his novel The Alchemist?

's story
uses both magicaland idealism in order to show how they can work together
for the good of the person who is seeking out to find his/her personal legend. Magical realism
suggests that the universe wants each person to succeed and to...

Explain what developments enabled Andrew Jackson to become president. In what ways did he influence national politics in the 1820s?

Several
factors allowed Jackson to be elected president. Many states abolished their property
requirements for voters; this enabled poorer people to vote. Jackson was also able to take
advantage of a well-organized Democratic party in 1828 in order to win the election. The party
organized barbecues and parades and even passed out hickory sticks to remind people to vote for
"Old Hickory." The party also spent lots of money and advertising space reminding
voters of the "Corrupt Bargain" of 1824 which allowed John Quincy Adams to win the
presidency and Henry Clay to gain Secretary of State. Jackson's common man appeal and his role
as a political outsider helped him win election in 1828 and 1832.

Jackson
ran as the first Westerner to hold the top office in the land. He vetoed any national attempts
at internal improvements as he thought that they should be state-level affairs and they only
served to create pork barrel projects that would benefit certain Congressmen. Jackson also did
not...