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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Of course, it is...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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