What solution does Benvolio suggest to Romeo in Romeo and Juliet?

Your question is not very specific, so I am going to
assume that the scene you are refering to is Act I scene 2, when Romeo confesses to
Benvolio what is bothering him and how he talks about his love-sick state thanks to his
infatuation with Rosaline. It is this that is causing his aloof attitude and behavioiur.
However, serendipitously (or perhaps not given the outcome), at this moment a servant
comes announcing the ball that is to be held at the Capulet's house that night, and
Benvolio thus proposes his solution to Romeo's melancholy
state:

At
this same ancient feast of Capulet's

Sups the fair Rosaline
whom thou so loves;

With all the admired beauties of
Verona.

Go thither, and with unattainted
eye

Compare her face with some that I shall
show,

And I will make thee think thy swan a
crow.

Thus Benvolio suggests
that they go to the ball, and that there he will point out women who are far more
beautiful than Rosaline, thus curing Romeo of his love-sick state and his infatuation
with her.

What is the difference between early vedic period and later vedic period?

The early Vedic period is marked by the infiltration of
Aryan peoples into the Indian sub-continent and their interaction with the Dravidian
people. Aryans spread into the Ganges River valley about 1000 B.C.E. About that time,
they developed the use of iron tools and weapons. They used iron axes to clear forests
for agriculture; and as their agricultural practices flourished, their population grew
immensely. As their populations grew, their political structure evolved also. The local
chiefdoms became kingdoms ruled by kings in permanent cities. These kings depended on
the services of professional administrators to handle the day to day tasks of
governance. Still, they did not establish large states. Only in the 4th century B.C.E.
did any Aryan state equal the size of Harappan
society.

During the early Vedic age, the Aryans placed
substantial reliance on sacrifice of animals to their gods. It was believed that during
sacrifice, the gods visited earth, and joined worshipers in eating and drinking. Since
the presence of the gods was deemed beneficial, sacrifice became almost non-stop. A
proper household would have the Brahmins offer sacrifices not less than five times per
day; a process that was expensive and time consuming.

In
time, the practice grew old and the people disenchanted. A number of people began
retreating to the woodlands to live as hermits and contemplate the relationship between
people, the world, and the gods. A number of them were inspired by Dravidian practice.
The Dravidians had worshiped spirits associated with fertility and the generation of new
life. They had also believed that human souls took on a new physical form after death,
either as another human, or even as a plant or animal.

The
combination of Dravidian and Aryan religious ideas culminated in the
Upanishads, (literally, "sitting in front of," as a student sits in
front of a master to receive instruction,) a group of religious works that appeared over
a period of time. The Upanishads taught that individual humans were in fact part of a
greater universal soul known as the Brahman. The Brahman was
unchanging and universal, whereas human existence was in a constant state of flux. The
individual soul lived in a cycle of reincarnation, in which he would die and be reborn
as another person, animal, or plant. This reincarnation was known as karma.
This cycle was not completely desirable, as it involved a continuation of the
suffering and death all humans encountered. The ultimate goal was to break the cycle and
enter into a permanent union with Brahman, sort of a "heavenly
state."

The teachings of the Upanishads either purposely or
inadvertently justified the caste system, as one in a higher caste was believed to have
lived a virtuous life in his previous existence, and vice versa. They spoke against
gluttony, vice, materialism and failure to consider one’s relationship with Brahman; and
also encouraged personal integrity. A healthy respect for all living things, animal and
human, was also encouraged. Even though animals represented souls who had suffered from
their past life, they should not be caused additional suffering; therefore a vegetarian
diet became the norm for all who practiced the religion.

How do you think "The National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration" protects consumers?Please visit the Web site of: www.nhtsa.gov.

This government agency, the NHTSA, focuses on driving and
vehicle safety, laws, research and data.  The site discusses fuel economy, child safety
seats, teen drivers, distracted driving, elderly drivers and seat belts among other
transportation related issues.

In the classroom, we devote
a unit to "Distracted Driving".  Students read articles from experts at NHTSA regarding
the dangers and statistics of texting while driving.  The agency completes field studies
to warn drivers regarding the dangers of doing any other activity while driving
(texting, cell phone talking, eating, radio functions).  In addition, the
website created videos regarding the specific topics they cover. For example, one is
called,"The Faces of Distracted Driving" with true stories of victims and those
responsible for distracted driving accidents.  In addition, Transportation Secretary Ray
Lahood gives his safety and political messages through the
NHTSA.

Use the theory of supply and demand to explain ticket scalping. Who are the winners and losers in ticket scalping and why?This is for an economics...

In a situation where ticket scalping is occurring, there
are fewer tickets available for purchase than there are potential buyers - the supply
does not meet the demand. Because of this, those individuals who have the few tickets
that are available for sale can increase the asking price of those tickets. The
assumption is that someone will want the tickets badly enough (high enough degree of
demand) to agree to pay whatever inflated price is being
requested.

Assuming this scenario, the persons selling the
tickets are the surest winners - they are going to receive more than face value for the
tickets they have to sell. Persons buying the tickets win in the sense of being able to
attend the event for which the tickets are being sold but are losers in terms of the
amount of money spent for the tickets.

What is an example of a transformation in The Kite Runner?I need to find a good quote for a transformation.

Many of the characters in The Kite
Runner undergo transformations of some sort.
Amir grows into a responsible young man after his move to
California. He marries, becomes a successful author, and carries on a loving
relationship with his father. His transformation only becomes complete, however, when he
returns to Afghanistan to retrieve his nephew, Sohrab.
Baba's change is a more drastic one, leaving behind his
wealth and power in Kabul for life as a poor working man in America.
Hassan is transformed when he leaves Baba's house after
being accused of theft. He learns about betrayal but he forgives Amir and goes on to
marry and raise a young son. He returns to Baba's house to live with Rahim Khan in the
hope that he will see his friends again one day. Soraya is
transformed from a druggie to a housewife. Assef changes
from a spoiled rich kid to a murderous Taliban leader.
Sohrab, who first enjoys a poor but happy life with his
parents, becomes a sexual playtoy to the Taliban before being rescued by Amir and
reverting to life in California.

Perhaps the best quote
regarding transformation comes from Rahim Khan, who knows that the secrets in Amir's
past can never be settled until Amir forgives himself. Rahim tells Amir in a telephone
call that

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There is a way to be good
again.

Rahim
realizes that Amir's return to his homeland to find his nephew Sohrab will complete his
transformation into an honorable man.

what is Ben jonson's view or outlook of life in Volpone?

In order to fully anser this question you can consider a
few different aspects of Ben Jonson's life, and the play
itself.

• Ben Jonson was the son of a clergyman,
  who was raised by a bricklayer. He was part of the educated middle-class, but he spent
  his time and energy on engaging with the royal court, both for social reasons and for
  patronage.

• Volpone is satire,
  written in the tradition of the italitan comedie Commedia Dell'arte. most of the
  characters in Volpone can fit into the categories of stock characters used in in the
  Commedia (Master, Servant, lover, clown.)
  

• Jonson sets the play in
  Venice, rather than London, because taking the nobles, servants and fools out of London
  and placing them in the "corrupt" setting of Italy allows Jonson more license to poke
  fun at the noble and rising middle class characters without upsetting the Church of
  England, or his noble English patrons.

Any of
these would m ake good jumping off points for thinking about how Jonson demonstrated his
social outlook in Volpone

Things start to appear in the trees at the Radley Place in To Kill a Mockingbird. What is going on at this time?

In Chapter 7 of To Kill a
Mockingbird, after Boo has repaired Jem's pants, the children find a ball of
grey twine, which they leave in the knothole of the tree for a few days or so.  But,
after Jem and Scout remove it, little soap figures of themselves appear.  Clearly, Boo
Radley extends a part of himself tentatively to the children.  For, in his lonely and
alienated existence, he wishes to share some human contact.  Unfortunately, after Jem
and Scout write a thank-you note, Nathan Radley, Boo's brother, cements the hole, giving
the excuse that the tree was sick.  Ironically, a knothole in a tree indicates 
sensitivity and a willingness to give.

This scene from the
first part establishes the credibility of Boo Radley's final actions.  Having previously
extended his love, then, in the last chapter, it does not seem so unusual for Boo to
rescue the children from harm at the hands of Bob Ewell.

Default-free bonds can still have:a. Price change risk b. Interest rate risk c. Marketability risk d. ...

The correct option would be All of the above or
e.

A default free-bond is one where the owner of the bond
is assured when the bond is issued of getting the interest which was specified when the
bond was issued and the principle when the bond
expires.

This fact though, does not eliminate all risks
associated with the ownership of bonds. The price of a bond is dependent on many
variables, some of which include a change in the prevailing interest rate. A bond holder
would not be able to find a buyer willing to buy the bond for the price it was initially
purchased at if the interest rates have gone up.

The
marketability risk occurs when the holder of the bond cannot find a buyer for the bonds
held due to any reason. Perhaps people are now more interested in investing in the stock
market and the amount allocated to buy bonds has been
reduced.

Political risk could be a coup or a revolt in the
country that has issued the bond. New investors are now not confident that the economy
of the country would remain stable to assure that the interest and the principle on the
bond will be received on time in the future. To accommodate for the
extra risk, the marketable price of the bond comes down.

In
spite of a bond being default-free when it was bought, there are still many risks
associated with it.

In "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," explain the difference in the poet's attitude on his first and on his second visit.

It is clear that the poet has changed a lot during the
five year gap since he last visited Tintern Abbey in terms of how he responds to nature
and what he thinks about it. If we look at the poem carefully we see that Wordsworth
describes how, on his first visit, his response to the beauties of nature was much more
passionate and emotional that it is now. Note how he himself describes his intial
reaction to the scene that he revists now:

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The sounding
cataract

Haunted me like a passion: the tall
rock,

The mountain, and the deep and gloomy
wood,

Their colours and their forms, were then to
me

An
appetite...

Nature thus was
something that invoked a supremely passionate response in the poet, and was like an
appetite in the way that he is described as not being able to get enough of the joys of
nature.

In contrast, his reaction now seems to be far more
philosophical and mature. The poet says that he has exchanged the "aching joys" and
"dizzy raptures" of five years ago with the ability to look upon nature and hear "The
still, sad music of humanity" that somehow gives Wordsworth a transcendent experience
that allows him to see nature as "The anchor of my purest thoughts" and the "soul / Of
all my moral being." This poem points towards the way that Wordsworth has been able to
mature in his response to nature, and now that he looks upon this same momentous view,
nature to him represents a much more transcendent experience that directs Wordsworth's
soul and outloook in life.

Compare "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Updike's "Ex-Basketball Player." How are the athletes' fates similar & different?

What a great idea to compare these two poems! I hadn't
thought of that before! Of course, one poem supports the central idea of the other
completely, as the fate of the athlete in "Ex-Basketball Player" strongly suggests that
it would have been better for him to die in his moment of glory rather than be allowed
to fade away gracelessly into old age.

"To An Athlete Dying
Young," then, is all about how the athlete is "smart" to leave a world where glory does
not remain and can only vanish. It is far better to die young, the author suggests, than
to join the many who had enjoyed glory but now have "worn their honours out." Dying
young has meant that he will avoid lots of disappointments that life and age will
bring:

Now
you will not swell the rout

Of lads that wore their honours
out,

Runners whom renown
outran

And the name died before the
man.

This fate will not occur
to the athlete; he will not "outrun" renown through his early death and has ensured he
will be remembered in his glory days.

Of course,
"Ex-Basketball Player" features a life that has come to nothing, whatever former glory
Flick Webb once enjoyed, jus tlike Pearl Avenue is described in the first stanza as
being "cut off" in its prime, "Before it has a chance to go two blocks." Flick is shown
to be haunted by his former glory days, which stand in sharp contrast to his life now.
He "never learned a trade" and "just sells gas." He will show off his former talent, but
only "as a gag." The last few lines are perhaps most poignant as it shows how Flick
lives in a dream world recalling his former days of triumph and
fame:

Flick
seldom says a word to Mae, just nods

Beyond her face toward
bright applauding tiers

Of Necco Wafers, Nibs, and Juju
Beads.

In this excellent
implied metaphor the stands that hold candy are compared to the bleachers where the
applauding and adoring fans stay. Flick cannot escape his past and uses it as a retreat
to escape his present.

So, comparing both poems. Flick Webb
gives us an example of what would have happened to the Athlete in Houseman's poem if he
had not died. Flick Webb is indeed an athlete who "outran renown" and has joined the
ranks of those whose glory has faded, and lives a sad, barren life as a
result.

Solve for x in the set [0;2pi). cos2x=1/2

cos 2x = 1/2 <=> 2x = arccos
(1/2)

2x = pi/3

x =
pi/6

The first value of x is located in the 1st
quadrant.

Since we have to determine all convenient values
from all 4 quadrants, we'll step in the 2nd quadrant.

x =
pi - pi/6

x = 5pi/6

We'll
determine the equivalent value in the 3rd quadrant.

x = pi
+ pi/6

x = 7pi/6

We'll
determine the equivalent value in the 4th quadrant.

x = 2pi
- pi/6

x =
11pi/6

The all 4 possible values of x are:
{pi/6 ; 5pi/6 ; 7pi/6 ; 11pi/6}.

Who or what is the Driver?

I assume that you are asking this question in the context
of slavery.  If so, the drivers, or slave drivers, were people whose job it was to make
the slaves work on a moment-to-moment basis.  In other words, the drivers could be seen
as the lowest level of supervisor or management for the slaves.  They were the ones who
were watching the slaves do the work and forcing them to work hard enough to suit the
upper levels of management.

On a large plantation, there
was a real need for drivers.  A plantation owner with, say, 100 slaves could obviously
not keep an eye on every slave's work.  Neither could his overseer.  Therefore, there
was a need for drivers to supervise smaller groups of slaves.  These drivers were either
white people or were slaves themselves.

Did Heathcliff become mad after he learned of Catherine and Edgar's marriage in Wuthering Heights?

On the contrary, it appears that the news caused
Heathcliff to greatly clarify what he wanted to do. There is no sense that he became mad
or insane. Actually, if we look at what he tells Catherine in Chapter Ten, when he
returns to the Yorkshire Moors after his time away, he seemed to have been quite decided
about what he would do when he heard of her marriage to Edgar
Linton:

I
heard of your marriage, Cathy, not long since; and, while waiting in the yard below, I
meditated this plan--just to have one glimpse of your face, a stare of surprise,
perhaps, and pretended pleasure; afterwards settle my score with Hindley; and then
prevent the law by doing execution on
myself.

His plan is
definitely extreme, but delivered in a reasonable voice. Having lost his one true love,
there appears no other option for Heathcliff than to settle his scores and end his own
life. Of course, the warmth of the greeting that he receives from Catherine changes his
plan and gives him hope. So, Heathcliff does not react to the news of Catherine's
marriage to Edgar with madness. Of course, he is upset, but he manages to control his
emotions and responds in a way that is extreme but reasonable given the extent of his
devotion and love towards her.

f(x) = 3x^2 + 5x + C . Find C if f(x) has two complex roots and C is an integer greater than 1.

Given the quadratic equation
:

f(x) = 3x^2 + 5x + C

We know
that f(x) has two complex roots.

Then the discriminant is
negative.

==> (b^2 - 4ac <
0

a = 3   b= 5   c =
C

==> 25 - 4*3*C <
0

==> 25 - 12C <
0

==> 25 < 12
C

==> 25/12 <
C

==> 2.08 <
C

But we know that C is an integer greater than
1.

==>  C = { 3, 4, 5,
....}

The soldiers of which nation committed the My Lai massacre?

The My Lai Massacre was an atrocity that was committed
during the Vietnam War.  It happened in March of 1968.  The soldiers who committed this
atrocity were Americans.

The only person who was actually
convicted of and punished for participating in the My Lai Massacre was Lt. William
Calley.  He was the commander of the platoon that committed the
atrocity.

In this atrocity, hundreds of Vietnamese
civilians were killed.  Many of them were attacked in other ways.  There were, for
example, rapes as well as evidence of beating and
torture.

This atrocity helped to turn public opinion in the
US even further against the war.

What is the major climax in Anne of Green Gables?

I would argue that the major climax of this excellent
coming-of-age novel is actually after Matthew dies and Marilla discovers that she is
going blind. This is a very important stage in the novel, because it looks as if Anne is
going to lose the home where she has grown up and had so many happy memories as well as
Matthew. This is the climax because she must make a very important choice: to go and
take up the Avery scholarship that she has worked so hard to achieve and thereby
accomplish her dreams of studying, or to give up her ambitions and dreams and settle for
a much more mundane reality, working in a school and staying with Marilla to help look
after her. This, in a sense, is what the whole novel has been leading towards, as we see
Anne facing the final choice she must make to mature. Will her own desires triumph, or
will she show once and for all that she is now no longer an orphan but a loved member of
a family with ties that are more important than her own desires? The way in which Anne
willingly stays with Marilla shows the answer and the final step in her
maturity.

Can a minor be the partner in a business?

A business partnership is defined
as:

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An association of two or more persons
engaged in a business enterprise in which the profits and losses are shared
proportionally. The legal definition of a partnership is generally stated as "an
association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit"
(Revised Uniform Partnership Act § 101
[1994])

Typically
such arrangements are walked into under written contract denoting roles and
responsibilities of each partner, as well as the financial breakdown, "voting power," or
percent of ownership in the company of each partner.  Assuming that you are defining
"minor" to mean persons under the age of 18 and in America,
certainly, if you look for real life examples, you will see that it
is possible for minors to be partners in and even owners of
businesses.

It doesn't happen often
but it certainly happens.  It would seem that most of the young business "partners," or
"presidents" obtained their positions by founding the company in the first place.  It is
also likely more common for a minor to be accepted as a partner into a "family"
business.  There would certainly be more legal issues to deal with while the person is
under the age of 18, but the simple answer to your question, "Can it be done?" is, yes,
but contractural agreements may be cancelled, or disaffirmed, by the minor at any time,
with a few exceptions like entertainment contracts.

Why do you think this title was chosen to represent this fictional work: "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"?

The title of the story "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall''
refers to the main character's most conflicting moment in her life, and it is the
precise life event that Granny Weatherall has continuously tried to battle out of her
mind. It is the one situation that changes her life forever. It affects her to the point
that it follows her to her deathbed as if it were ghost that is consistently taunting
her memory, not giving up the taunting until she addresses it and lets it
go.

By choosing this title the author confronts the main
character by openly telling the reader what Granny's real problem is: That she has lived
a life of self deceit in a constant quest to prove to herself that she has been able to
overcome that one horrid instance.

We know that, after the
jilting, Granny's life becomes a chain of decisions that are meant to show to the world
that she is OK. Yet, at the very end, we see clearly that, instead of brushing off her
jilting and moving on with her life, Granny actually carried that moment in her
subconscious until the moment of her death.

Hence, the
author wants to liberate the main character by telling her secret. This is a way for us
to clearly understand why she is where she is at the moment of her death in terms of her
mental and spiritual state of mind.

How can sustainable economic development be achieved?It concerns economics and a long answer will be appreciated.... It does not concern any...

In addition to the above good points, I would think any
kind of sustainable economic development has to be based on two things, one of which is
more achievable, in my opinion, than the other.

First, an
economy has to be fundamentally based on a sustainable energy source.  This means
renewable energy as opposed to that which must be mined, drilled or otherwise secured. 
We have both the technology and the means with which to make that switch in the near
future, although we do lack the political system that is capable of rocking the boat,
and the popular will to change personal habits on such a
scale.

Secondly, the world's population cannot keep growing
at this rate.  There are finite resources on Earth, especially, but not limited to,
arable land and fresh water.  It's a simple mathematical equation that we cannot
continue to add 100 million people per year to the planet and expect a sustainable
economy to emerge.  Actually, the population needs to decrease to a more reasonable
level.  Since that is unlikely, Mother Nature will do it for us at some
point.

How is exercise related to viscosity? exercise = viscosity

The flow of blood through the vessels of the circulatory
system is a function of the pressure in the system and the resistance to flow caused by
the blood vessels. Blood flow is directly proportional to pressure and inversely
proportional to resistance.

that is
Blood flow=
pressure/resistance

If the
pressure in a vessel increases then the blood flow will increase. However, if the
resistance in a vessel increases then the blood flow will decrease. Resistance in the
blood vessels is effected by three parameters:

1. Length of
the vessel. The longer the vessel the greater the
resistance.

2. Viscosity of the
blood. The greater the viscosity the greater the
resistance.

3. Radius of the vessel. The smaller the radius
the greater the resistance.

When you exercise, blood flow
to the skeletal muscles increases significantly (up to 80-85% of total blood flow).So,
viscosity
decreases.

Consequently, the blood flow to a
resting muscle is LOW, that means, viscosity is HIGH.

According to Guns, Germs, and Steel, why was China able to dominate east asia?

China was not originally monolithic. China was populated
by people who spoke a large variety of languages that were separated by historians into
four groups: Sino-Tibetan, Austroasiatic, Tai-Kadai, and Miao-Yao. Sino-Tibetan consists
of the eight main languages in China today: Mandarin, and seven of its close relatives.
It is speculated that Sino-Tibetan originated in North China, and Austroasiatic,
Tai-Kadai, and Miao-Yao were the native languages in South China. Sino-Tibetan spread
into South China when a writing system was created by North China, and was spread using
canals connecting the Yangtze and Yellow rivers. The first three dynasties in China were
mainly in the north, and not until the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC did China unify. Prior to
this point in history, many North Chinese considered South Chinese people to be
barbaric. China was able to dominate East Asia with their strong Dynasties and
languages. Language spread unified China when Mandarin was developed and spread
throughout the country. North China was also able to dominate East Asia with their
advanced innovations and technology.

Why was the blanket carrying the dead baby "blood crusted" in The Pearl?

Let us remember what has happened prior to the shocking
and memorable ending of this story. Having tried to take the pearl to the city to gain a
fair price, Kino and his family came into conflict with a group of men who had been sent
to take the pearl from him. In the ensuing conflict, his son was shot and killed. Now,
let us note the description that the novel gives us of Kino as he returns to the village
with his wife and dead son:

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The sun was behind them and their long shadows
stalked ahead, and they seemed to carry two towers of darkness with them. Kino had a
rifle across his arm and Juana carried her shawl like a sack over her shoulder. And in
it was a small limp heavy bundle. The shawl was crusted with dried blood, and the bundle
swayed a little as she
walked.

Clearly, the shawl
had been used to wrap her dead son in after he was shot, and so it would be "crusted
with dried blood" because of the blood that would have seeped out after the baby was
wrapped up in this shawl. The reference to the blood-soaked shawl thus reinforces the
fact of the baby's death and the terrible price that Kino has paid for his obsession
with the pearl.

In The Taming of the Shrew, why do you think Petruchio comes to his wedding in old clothes—what message he is sending to Katharina?Act III, scene...

In Act Three, scene two, of Shakespeare's The
Taming of the Shrew, I believe that Petruchio arrives to his wedding in old
clothes for several reasons, all of which center around Kate and her
attitude.

Kate is used to getting her own way. She has a
well-known reputation of being a brat. It is in this way that she exerts her control
over not just the family in general, but also over her sister who cannot marry until
Kate is married. Who, then, would be brave enough to want to marry Kate? She can remain
single as long as she wishes. Kate believes that she can control
any man. Petruchio's word play with Kate has probably impressed
her, but she is not ready to give up the power she has for a man. She seems comfortable
with her situation in that she also doesn't seem to mind that she is called a "shrew."
It is, after all, on her terms that she lives her
life.

By coming to the wedding in awful clothes, Petruchio
is first doing something that Kate would not expect—perhaps sending her a "wake-up
call." She does have her pride. We see this when she begins to cry,
believing that Petruchio has left her at the alter at the beginning of the scene. She
will expect him to come nicely dressed for her sake...because it's
what she wants.

Petruchio is showing
Kate that he will not bow to anyone's expectations, and he explains to the men who greet
him when he arrives that Kate is not marrying his clothes, but the man
in the clothes.

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To me she's married, not unto my clothes...
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Finally, I believe that
Petruchio is sending Kate the message that he is his own man. He is not afraid of her,
neither will he be intimidated by her as so many men before him have been. He is letting
Kate know that he is the boss, without saying a
word.

In the following scenario, does the person have a reasonable expectation of privacy?Assuming the police may bring a dog to "sniff" a vehicle...

Given the facts you have provided, and assuming this was a
routine traffic stop, and there is no independant probable cause to search the vehicle,
no, you may not detain the vehicle and occupants beyond the time required for the
traffic stop itself.

However,should there be independant
probable cause to search the vehicle- the smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle for
example- then you make briefly detain  the vehicle and occupants while you search (you
are now conducting a "Terry stop"), and you may bring the dog to scene. The question of
how long you make detain them while searching/bringing the dog has been the subject of a
number of appellent cases over the years, and there is no hard and fast
tule.

What factors contributed to make English an international language?

The major factors that have caused English to become an
international language are political and economic.  English has become an international
language because Great Britain, and later the United States, have been the most
important powers in the world.  Their power has caused their language to be more useful
to people than any other language.

Both Great Britain and
America have created empires, either formal or informal.  The British domination of
India, for example, made English a very important language on the Indian subcontinent. 
Later, the American domination of world trade and politics after WWII made it important
that people in all corners of the world should be able to speak
English.

In these ways, economics and politics have
combined to make English the most international of languages.

Solve the system of equations : 2x-y=-2 ; x+3y=13 by elimination method.

We are asked to solve the system of equations, 2x-y = -2;
x+3y =13, by the elimination method.

We will begin by
multiplying the first equation by 3.  This will result in the coefficients of the y in
both equations being additive inverses.

3[2x - y = -2]
=> 6x -3y = -6

We will now combine the 2
equations.

=> 6x - 3y =
-6

x + 3y = 13

=> 7x =
7

=>  x = 1

Substitute
the x value of 1 into the given equation x + 3y =13 to solve for
y.

=> x + 3y =
13

=> 1 + 3y =
13

=>  3y =
12

=>   y =
4

The solution set of the system is (1,
4).

calculate the absolute value of z if z = 2z' -3+5i

We have the given equation z = 2z' - 3 +
5i

Let z = a + ib

z = 2z' - 3
+ 5i

=> a + ib = 2a - 2b*i - 3 +
5i

=> a + ib = 2a - 3 - 2b*i +
5i

equate the real and complex
coefficients

=> a = 2a - 3 and b = 5 -
2b

=> a = 3 and 3b =
5

z = 3 + (5/3)i

The absolute
value is sqrt (3^2 + (5/3)^2)

=> sqrt (9 +
25/9)

=> sqrt (
106/9)

=> (sqrt
106)/3

The absolute value of z is (sqrt
106)/3

What is the theme of The Sun Also Rises?

Clearly, any work of literature has a number of themes,
and this novel is no exception. However, one clear theme to me is the way the novel
explores morality and the various moral codes that the characters in this novel ascribe
to. Let us consider Jake for a moment, who describes "morality" as "things that made you
disgusted afterward." He quickly corrects himself, saying that this must be the
definition of "immorality." However, throughout the novel it is clear that Jake is more
interested in his own problems and issues, and then, only secondly, those of
Brett.

Now, if we compare Jake's moral code to that of
Cohn, there is a stark difference, as Cohn shows himself unable to understand the
morality of Brett and also unable to follow it. Note how Brett and Romero are got
together, deliberately going against the morality of the group. This of course leads to
a betrayal and the loss of respect between Jake and Montoya and Cohn. Jake shows how
throughout the novel he continually becomes more and more self-centred and
selfish.

If we consider Brett for a moment, we see that she
is presented as wandering in a kind of moral vacuum. She shows self-disgust and also
disgust with Jake, even though this is shown to be unfair. She stands against
conventional morality by engaging in numerous brief affairs which shows her to be a
self-destructive personality that is often presented as being passive in the novel.
These string of affairs are of course an escape mechanism to flee from her relationship
with Jake, whom she really loves but is unable to have sex with her. The one time in
which she does morally assert herself is in disposing of
Romero.

Thus morality is an important theme as characters
reject conventional forms of morality and build their own system of morals, justifying
them as they go, for their own reasons. Such morals have a lot to say about the
characters in this book and the kind of desperate, detached and selfish lives they
lead.

How is winter a symbol in "The Cop and the Anthem" by O Henry?How does this theme relate to the first paragraph: "You may know that winter is...

In O Henry's short story, "The Cop and the Anthem," winter
symbolizes change. Based upon Soapy's newly revived sense of self near the end of the
story, we can see where he is ready for change to occur in his life. Literally, winter
is symbolic of change as fall begins to disappear with clear signs that cold weather
approaching, as when women snuggle up close to their husbands for
warmth:

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...when women without sealskin coats grow kind to
their husbands...

At the
story's beginning, Soapy is much like the geese that are flying to warmer climes, as
well as squirrels and bears, who prepare to do what is necessary to survive. Soapy knows
he will be fine: he only needs to get put in jail. The irony in this story, however, is
Soapy's inability to get arrested. He is willing to give up his
freedom for several months to be housed, though the concept of freedom not accurate, as
Soapy is dependent upon the city during the winter
months.

From long experience, Soapy realizes that if he
hopes to be comfortable in the winter, he must find a warm place to live. He cannot fly
south as the well-to-do may, when they travel to Florida or "the islands." Whereas Soapy
has no warm coat or nest as do animals, he has found that getting arrested for a small
infraction guarantees him three months of warmth and food. Soapy tries a number of
tactics to require the presence of a policeman to cart him off to jail, but has a
terrible time getting someone to take the "bait" (or hint). People are either doing
something illegal themselves (the woman at the store window is a hooker), or Soapy's
actions are not taken seriously (as when he is excused seeming intoxicated behavior as
Yale has just won a football game and orders have come down to leave the students alone
to celebrate).

Finally, Soapy ends up outside the church,
listening to the anthem being played within, which greatly moves him. In listening, he
believes that he could join the world of people bustling around him
in finding a job and becoming a part of the human race again. So, assured of a new life,
Soapy stands at the fence listening until a policeman arrives to ask him what he is
doing. When he can honestly say, "Nothin'," the policeman arrests him, and the judge the
next morning assures him of three months food and lodging at the expense of the city—on
the Island (Riker's Island) for vagrancy ("no visible means of
support").

How do different techniques help the reader to better understand the outsider theme in Mansfield's "Miss Brill?"

One way in which the "outsider" theme is brought out is
through Mansfield's narration.  Miss Brill is seen as functioning in the world, but she
is not a part of it.  She does not interact with anyone or with anything of value.  The
narration allows the reader to fully understand that she is an outsider because she lies
outside the reach of what is happening in the world.  She moves through with ease,
primarily because she is not a member of this world with any relevance.  Another
technique used is the dialogue of the young couple in love.  The scorn with which they
deride Miss Brill is the first moment in which she is shown to be a part of this world,
and that function is an isolated or relegated one.  The theme of the outsider is evident
at that point.  I would say that the ending is another instance in which it is clear
that Miss Brill is an outsider.  She is not shown to be who fully understands the
implications of being on the outside look in, meaning that it is likely to continue. 
The fact that Miss Brill blames the fur stole for what the couple said indicates that
she is not fully cognizant of her outsider status and this tells the reader that it is
not very likely to change as a result of this lack of comprehension.  These techniques
advance the theme of alienation and the condition of being an outsider in a specific
social setting.

Discuss Murder in the Cathedral as a religious drama.

After his joining the Anglo-Catholic church, T.S.Eliot was
commissioned to write a play to be enacted at the Canterbury festival in 1935. Eliot
chose the chronicle material of the murder of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, by King Henry the Second's men in the Canterbury cathedral in 1170. Eliot
transformed the historical conflict between the King and the Archbishop, between the
secular head of England and her ecclesiastical head, into a Christian martyrdom play,
chiefly modelled on the medieval Morality drama, a play in the verse medium that
attempts to reinforce the liturgical origins of drama in
England.

In the first part of his play Eliot highlights the
temptations of Becket by the Four Tempters, and this episode is clearly reminiscent of
the temptations of Christ himself. In the second part, Becket resigns his will to the
Will of God, and calmly surrenders his head before the swords of the Four Knights as
sent by King Henry for the Archbishop's assassination. The intermediate section in prose
shows the preparation of the Archbishop as he delivers his sermon on
martyrdom.

Eliot's play foregrounds the theme of Christian
martyrdom as Becket realizes that by being killed within the premises of the Canterbury
cathedral at the hands of the Knights, he is going to become the champion of God, to
vindicate the preordained glory of a martyr to his faith. The murder of Becket is the
sacrificial death of a martyr, a re-enactment of the martyrdom of Christ, a validation
of Dante's famous note in Paradiso:"en la sua voluntate e nostra
pace(in His Will is our peace)".

What is charismatic leadership?

A charismatic business leader is one who uses the force of
his or her personality to lead.  This sort of leader is able to lead simply because of
innate qualities that he or she has.

A charismatic business
leader is often best at "big picture" or longer-term planning.  This is the sort of
leader who has a major vision and is able to use his or her personality to drive a firm
towards those goals.  This sort of leadership is somewhat less useful in a firm that is
not trying to make big changes but is, instead, trying to succeed through everyday,
detail-oriented actions.  As the management link below says, a charismatic leadership
style

is more
suited to realizing radical visions or handling crises. It is less concerned with
influencing behavior toward the attainment of long-term goals or day-to-day management
activities.

When writing an essay about "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake what is a good thesis statement for the essay regarding this poem?Can be about...

If you have read Charles Dickens's classic novel,
Oliver Twist, you will remember that Oliver was almost apprenticed
to a Mr. Gamfield who worked boys as chimney sweepers until gentlemen
object,

"It's
a nasty trade," said Mr. Limbkins, when Gamfield had again stated his
wish.

"Young boys have been smothered in chimneys before
now," said another
gentleman.

Like Dickens's
subtle invective against the occupation of boys as chimney sweepers, William Blake, too,
exposes the horrible cruelty of this occupation.  It is Blake's intention as well to
bring to the public's attention the need to do away with such a practice that exploits
small boys.  In 1788 there was a Chimney Sweepers' Act passed; however, it only
marginally improved conditions for the boys.

So, with all
this in mind, your thesis could state that William Blake writes a poem of social protest
for the innocent in his "The Chimney Sweeper."  The three opinions of this thesis could
reflect what is contained as main points in the poem. Another idea is to have the
thesis state how Blake demonstrates in "The Chimney Sweeper" demonstrates how the
society of his day puts commercial values ahead of moral ones.  Then, the three points
of the thesis can be in which ways this demonstration is
accomplished. 

e.g. In his poem, "The Chimney Sweeper,"
William Blake demonstrates how the English society of his day places commercial values
ahead or moral ones by ____.______.and _____.  [find verses that answer
HOW]

In Macbeth, who does Macbet wish dead? What part of the prophecy would this change and why?

Macbeth organises the assassination of Banquo and Fleance
in order that he will retain the throne on Duncan's death. However, he has more than one
obstacle in his way.

Macbeth is perturbed when Malcolm,
King Duncan's son, is proclaimed Prince of Cumberland in Act I scene iv
-

The Prince
of Cumberland! That is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,

For in my way it
lies.

The title of Prince of
Cumberland is akin to the current UK title of Prince of Wales, that is, official heir to
the throne. Of course Macbeth does not wish a named heir to stand in his way, so wishes
Malcolm dead. As Malcolm flees, this plan is temporarily
suspended.

He is, however, most wary of his great friend
Banquo, as the prophesies delivered by the witches  in Act I Scene iii suggest that he
is more of a threat to Macbeth -

Thou shalt get
kings, though thou be
none.

 So all hail, Macbeth
and Banquo!

However, as well as
Banquo's death, Macbeth requires Banquo's progeny to be killed also. This is Macbeth's
third target; Banquo's son, Fleance. Their deaths would render the prophesy
untrue.

The audience would probably know that it was
Banquo's line which did in fact take the throne, so would know that Macbeth's wicked
plans would be thwarted somehow.

Can Raja Rao's Kanthapura be considered as a post- Colonial novel?

I think that Rao's work can be considered Postcolonial in
a couple of ways.  The first would be that while the work is written about a decade
before India gains its independence, the focal point of the plot is a setting where
colonial attitudes between ruler and ruled are fundamentally questioned.  One of the
ideas in Postcolonial literature is to bring out issues in the dynamics that exist
between the social and political valences of power.  Rao's work does that.  Along those
lines, I think that the work can be seen as Postcolonial because this questioning of
social and political power leads to a new conception of identity.  The idea of who a
person is and what should be done are critical elements to Postcolonialism.  Moorthy's
presence in the village causes a questioning to the identity of the villagers and forces
a change in how individuals the world is seen.  The women assuming action in the light
of atrocities committed would be representative of this.  Postcolonialism literature
seeks to bring out a different condition of individuals who are living under one set of
precepts, and Rao's work accomplishes this end.

Where could Mr. Mallard have been since he wasn't on the train in "The Story of an Hour"?

The answer to this question is highly speculative because
we know very little about Mr. Brently Mallard in Kate Chopin's short story The
Story of an Hour.
We can only speculate because the entire story is
told from a third person narrative omniscient point of view that explores merely the
feelings and emotions of his wife, Mrs. Mallard.

We do know
this: Brently Mallard is the breadwinner of the family. We know this because it is clear
that Mrs. Mallard stays home all day due to the weak heart condition that she
has.

We also know that he must work far enough to need to
use a train to commute, being that the story is set in the 1800's during times when
engaging a handsome or a cab was the most common method of
transportation.

The last thing we know for sure is that he
is not dead, as everyone assumed. We know from the story that he arrived home late, but
also

"a little travel-stained, composedly carrying
his grip-sack and umbrella"

This could mean that
he was late coming home because he is probably working extra hours in order to be able
to keep his household and his sick wife. We can also assume that he missed the train for
being late, therefore, he had to walk half the road in order to make it home whenever he
could.

It is highly unlikely that Brently Mallard was
cheating on his wife, nor doing anything improper. After all, he seems to have a genuine
concern with getting home to his wife. Hence, chances are that the poor man simply got
caught up at work, and had to walk home all the way, or at least half of the way from
work.

In The Winter's Tale, to what extent does Leontes' jealousy lead to his dowfall?

I think the play makes it quite clear that it is the
irrational jealousy of Leontes that is responsible for the problems that he faces later
on in the play after he has acted on that irrational jealousy. The situation that
Leontes faces seems to be one of his own making. Let us remember that in Act I it is he
that asks his wife to intercede with Polixenes to ask him to stay for longer, and then
he turns around and suspects her of infidelity after he has pushed them together. Note
how the irrational nature of his jealousy is stressed by the way that nobody shares his
suspicions. When Leontes tells Camillo, for example, Camillo does not believe that this
could be possible. Even in Act III when Hermione is formally tried for adultery, Leontes
ignores the words of the oracle that protests Hermione's innocence and proves that she
is chaste and has been loyal to her husband. It is the determination of Leontes to act
on his own irrational and unsupported suspicions that threaten his own downfall and
results in the death of his wife and his estrangement from his
child.

How do you refer to an author again in a paper? I first said her full name but what do you do on the second reference?

If you are talking about citing an author's work during an
in-text citation, first it depends on whether you are using APA or MLA
style.

Under APA style, after the first full reference, you
would cite the author the second time in parenthesis with last name, comma, the page
number, comma, and the publishing date. IE: (Wagner,
3, 1984)

Under MLA style put the author's last name in
parenthesis with the page number after it, but no commas in between. IE: (Wagner
3)

If, however, you are talking about journalistic style as
referenced in the AP style book you would refer to an author or any other person by full
name on the first reference, and by the last name only on the second
reference.

Hope this helps.

How is the theme of nature explored in Oedipus Rex?

From the outset of the drama, Sophocles establishes the
tension between acts of nature and acts of human beings.  There is a disconnect between
them.  In the Prologue, Thebes is besieged with famines, fires, and the plague. This
helps to reflect a Classical belief that the when the natural order is cruel to humanity
it is because of a disconnect between the way humans act towards the natural order or
the power of the divine.  In this case, the death of Laius is reason for this disruption
in the natural balance of consciousness.  Act I's highlight of Oedipus showing
disrespect towards Teiresias further continues this schism between how the divine order
perceives what humans do, in the form of Oedipus failing to show respect for one who can
see without sight, a natural gift.  It is also interesting to note that only Jocasta
really shows deference to the Gods, praying to Apollo to restore Oedipus' sanity.  It is
not until Act V when Oedipus feels "the weight of the Oracle."  This can be seen as
Oedipus accepting his own condition for the first time as a mortal and one who is
insignificant in comparison to the Gods.  It makes sense that this recognition happens
at this point, which is also the moment where he acts to restore order in the world and
reestablish the natural configuration and harmony that he unknowingly disrupted with his
hubris- ladened actions.

Comment on the following quote from "A Clean Well-Lighted Place.""I never get to bed before three o

This quote is said by the younger waiter to the older
waiter, refering to the drunk, old man that is drinking in the cafe and seemingly
refusing to leave. As always, with such questions, it is vital to look at the context of
the quote to discover its meaning. This is actually the middle of three sentences that
the younger waiter says to his work colleague, the older waiter, after trying to
not-so-subtly get the old man to leave so that he can go to bed. This is what he says,
after stating that the man will stay all night:

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

The younger waiter
thus says this in an annoyed tone, as his job means that he never gets to bed before
three o'clock in the morning. He doesn't care about the old man and his reason for being
there and cannot appreciate the loneliness and sense of despair that drives him to a
clean, well-lighted place that is the opposite of the despair that characterises the old
man's life and that of the older waiter too. His youth effectively blinds him to the
overwhelming insignificance and terrifying existentialism of life, and thus his wish
that the old man had killed himself reflects his own selfish desire to go home and get
to sleep. The younger waiter thus stands in contrast to both the old, drunk, man, and
the older waiter, who is able to understand the old man's position, as he shares it
himself.

In The Bible, what does Paul say about himself to distingish himself from the false apostles?

One of the many passages in the New Testament where Paul
talks about this theme is 2 Corinthians 11, and I have included a link below to a site
which gives a more in depth discussion of this chapter. However, note that in this
chapter Paul talks rather dismissively of Paul apostles and distinguishes himself from
them in a number of different ways. Note how he describes them in verses 13-15 and the
harsh words that he uses:

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For such men are false apostles, deceitful
workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And now, for Satan himself masquerades as
an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of
righteousness. Their end will be what their actions
deserve.

In contrast to these
harsh words, Paul argues that he is different from them in a number of key ways. In fact
this whole chapter is included in this book to prove Paul's legitimate status as a true
apostle. He refused payment for his services, unlike others. For him it was always a
principle to never be a burden on anyone, as it says in verses 7-12. In addition, Paul
goes on for some length about the various sufferings he has endured to preach the
Gospel, sufferings that are severe and serious but also show that he cannot be a false
apostle, for what apostle would endure such hardships if they were false? Lastly, Paul
boasts, but boasts in his weakness, as it says in verse 30. He does this again to add
veracity to his claims of being a true apostle.

What is the theme of ''The Slave's Dream''?

It is clear that this impressive poem discusses the true
nature of freedom and slavery through its content. Note how the poem is built around a
central contrast between the slave at the beginning in his position of chained worker,
with the "ungathered rice" around him and the "sickle in his hand," and then with the
same man but before his capture, as he returns in his dream to his native land. There is
obviously a massive difference between the pitiful figure who lies on the sand in the
first stanza and how he imagines himself back in his home, as in his dream he is able to
stride "once more as a king" and is surrounded by his "dark-eyed queen" and children. He
inhabits a place of freedom, as this stanza
demonstrates:

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The forests, with their myriad
tongues,

Shouted of
liberty;

And the Blast of the Desert cried
aloud,

With a voice so wild and
free,

That he started in his sleep and
smiled

At their tempestuous
glee.

Note how his home is
associated with freedom and with liberty, which ironically is so very far from his
present condition as a shackled slave. The last stanza points towards the tragedy of
slavery, as the man dies in his dream, and his body is described as a "worn-out fetter,
that the soul / Had broken and thrown away!" The poem's theme therefore points towards
the inhumanity of slavery and how it deprived free people of their lives and liberty by
relocating them into strange, alien lands and making them work under terrible
conditions. For these slaves, freedom can only be achieved through their dreams, but
ultimately only through their deaths as their souls break free.

What causes some reactions to be exothermic while others are endothermic?

When a reaction takes place there is a change in the
reactants, this could be either in terms of a change in phase, or a change in
composition. The change alters the inter-molecular and intra-molecular
forces.

The total energy that substances have which
includes kinetic energy that decides the physical state they are in and the potential
energy which is present as inter-molecular and intra-molecular forces is called the
enthalpy. If the reaction results in the reactants having a lower enthalpy than the
products the reaction is endothermic. An example of this would be the change of ice to
water. This requires heat from the environment as water has a greater enthalpy than ice.
Another example is the conversion of nitrogen and oxygen to nitrogen
oxide.

On the other hand, if the products have a lower
enthalpy than the reactants, the reaction is exothermic. For example, when hydrogen
burns, the hydrogen and oxygen which combine to give water have a higher enthalpy than
water. The decrease in enthalpy is the heat released during the
reaction.

Henry and Wilson both act modestly to the story of the colonel and lieutenant talking about them in The Red Badge of Courage.What...

If you were to trace the growth of Henry's character and
its development through the novel, this episode that occurs at the end of Chapter Twenty
One would definitely be something that you would need to discuss. On the one hand, it
shows that Henry is still narcissistic and naive, but on the other hand, it does show
real growth in terms of his own modesty and pride. Note the way in which Henry and
Wilson respond to the praise that is conferred upon them by their
superiors:

But
despite these youthful scoffings and embarrassments, they knew that their faces were
deeply flushing from thrills of pleasure. They exchanged a secret glance of joy and
congratulation.

Although he
still places great importance in the opinion of others, we can see that such a modest
response to such high praise would have been impossible for the Henry of the beginning
of the novel. That Henry would never have been able to contain his elation at receiving
such praise with a "secret glance of joy and congratulation." Slowly, but surely, we see
both Henry and Wilson are growing and developing as men and becoming less vain and full
of pride.

What were the varying degrees of assimilation and acculturation between the half generation and first generation immigrants in The Namesake?

Lahiri does a very stellar job in articulating how the
generation gap converges with the issue of racial and ethnicity.  In some respects,
Lahiri shows how each generation experiences a different level of difficulty in
understanding the full extent of their “namesake.”  For Gogol’s parents, assimilation
was almost predictable. They understood that there was going to be a level of challenge
in immersing themselves in a culture that was so radically different than their
homeland.  When they cannot leave the hospital after Gogol’s birth without a name for
the baby, devoid of ceremony and absent from community, they understand their challenges
of seeking to assimilate into the new culture while maintaining connection to their
Bengali ways.  For Gogol and the first generation, though, the challenge is a bit more
complex.  On one hand, he is born as an American, so in Gogol’s mind, he sees no
difference between someone like he and Maxine.  Yet, there is a difference, something
that divides them that Gogol himself cannot fully explain.  It is this difference that
causes Gogol to withdraw from mainstream American society after his father’s death.  It
is also what prompts him to engage in a discovery of his own “namesake.”  The issues of
ethnicity and identity are more easily understandable with the half generation, and
presented as more complex and layered in the first generation.  This, of course, is
ironic because the group that had more challenges seems to have better understood the
forces against them, while the group that came to understand themselves as Americans are
presented as having to reckon with more than expected.

Can anyone help me summarize the biography of Joan of Arc completely?

Sometime around 1412, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy,
France. It was a small village, and Joan grew up in a peasant family. Although she was
known for her skill and her hard work, she seemed fairly ordinary except for her extreme
piousness. In 1425, around age 13, Joan started hearing "voices" which she claimed were
the voices of Saint Catherine, Saint Margaret, and Saint Michael. She said these voices
commanded her to aid the Dauphin, Charles, in his fight against England and Burgundy,
and to see him crowned as the King of France at Reims. Reims was the traditional
location where French kings were crowned. But because Reims was in English hands,
Charles had not been able to hold a coronation ceremony yet, though his father had been
dead for years.

When Joan went to Vaucouleurs to offer her
aid, she was initially laughed away. In February of 1429, however, she was granted an
audience with the Dauphin. He was superstitious and in dire straits in his battle
against the English and Burgundians, so he sent her with a contingent of troops to aid
in the Siege of Orleans, a long stalemate in which the English had surrounded the city
of Orleans with fortresses. Joan followed sudden commands from her voices and stumbled
upon a battle between English and French forces. Rallying the French troops, she drove
the English out of fort after fort, decisively ending the siege and earning herself
popularity throughout France as the miraculous "Maid of
Orleans."

After subsequently defeating the English again at
the Battle of Patay, Joan brought Charles to Reims, where he was officially crowned King
Charles VII on July 17. On the way from Reims, Joan and the Duke of Alencon suggested
that the French attempt to take English-controlled Paris. But after a promising first
day of fighting, Charles called off the assault on Paris; he was running low on funds.
He recalled the army south and disbanded much of it. Charles then named Joan and her
family to French nobility, in thanks for Joan's services to
France.

Joan continued to fight for Charles's interests,
but her luck had run out. In May of 1430, while holding off Burgundian troops at the
Battle of Compiegne so the French townspeople could flee, Joan was captured by John of
Luxembourg. Joan was so popular and such a valuable symbol to the pro-Charles side (the
Armagnacs) that the English and Burgundians knew killing her immediately would cause an
outrage and create a martyr. Instead, they enlisted the church to discredit her
first.

After two escape attempts, including a leap from
sixty-foot tower, Joan came to trial under Bishop Pierre Cauchon for suspected heresy
and witchcraft. Cauchon, who continually tried to make her admit that she had invented
the voices, found her guilty of heresy. Before being handed over to secular authorities,
Joan signed an abjuration admitting that her previous statements had been lies. But
after a few days, she said she hadn't meant the abjuration, and she was sentenced to
burn at the stake. Only nineteen, Joan was burned on May 30,
1431.

In Things Fall Apart, what adjectives would you use to describe Onkonkwo and why?

To answer this question you neeed to consider how Okonkwo
is presented and his actions in the novel. It is clear from the way that he easily loses
his temper that he is an easily irritated man who is proud and overbearing. He is
certainly tyrannical in a sense in the way that he runs his family and treats his wives
and children, especially the way that he treats his son. However, let us also remember
that there are positives to his character. In particular, the third chapter, which fills
us in on some important background details regarding Okonkwo's father, offers the
following comment concerning the many disadvantages that Okonkwo faced thanks to his
father:

But in
spite of these disadvantages, he had begun even in his father's lifetime to lay the
foundations of a prosperous future. It was slow and painful. But he threw himself into
it like one possessed. And indeed he was possessed by the fear of his father's
contemptible life and shameful
death.

Thus, in addition to
the negative adjectives that we can suggest to describe Okonkwo's character, we can also
propose that Okonkwo is determined, hard-working, industrious and afraid of being judged
as not being manly in the way that his father so obviously failed in this
area.

Hello i have some question in the Arthur Miller's book - All my sons my question is about act 3 -What Changes comes over Ann, Kate, and Chirs?

Each one of thr character had certain illusions at the
begining of the play and towards the end of it.

For
example, Chris has certain illusion; he went through tow
phrases:

The first one was when he learned that his father
is guility; the he lost his illusion towards his father being the perfect man and
towards the society which justifies crime.

After that, we
saw him unable to act or to do anything but he read Larry'sletter which is the second
phases; he retuned to the old Chris whois able to act; he is now able to askhim to go to
jail.

Now,the mother also had certain ilusion; she thought
Larry is alive; he is just missing and that even Ann is still waiting for
him.

of course,when Kate was convinced that Larry is dead,
she immediately and surprisingly turned into a strong character; someone who was not
easily broken by harsh reality.she is realy considering the wellbeing of her family
inthe future.

Ann perhaps the only charctare who did not
have an illusion

In Of Mice and Men, what is Curley's reaction to his wife's death?(Chapter 5) of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

On Chapter 5 of the story Of Mice and Men,
by John Steinbeck, we witness how Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife and
leaves her partly-covered body over the the hay. The first characters to witness the
situation are Candy and George.

We can tell from the
reactions of both men (both yelled "Oh, Jesus Christ!") how terrified they are. We can
sense from Candy the frustration of seeing his dream of living one day with Lennie and
George just dissipate. We can also clearly sense George's panic when he realizes that
Lennie had to be the one who killed the woman. Both men, however, blame Curley's wife.
After all, she would always be looking around for some kind of trouble in the
farm.

Yet, although we can clearly detect the reactions and
emotions of Candy and George, it is nearly impossible to really know what was going
through Curley's head regarding his wife.

All that the
story tells us is that he joined the men, and all of a sudden came out of what seems to
be a momentary state of shock:

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Curley came suddenly to
life

Aside from this, all we
get is Curley's immediate reaction of hatred towards Lennie, whom he suspected of right
away, and the desire that he had to shoot him. The rage that we sense from Curley's
character towards Lennie is ten times more evident than any mourning or sadness that he
may have felt for his wife.

Therefore, we can conclude that
Curley's mind and energy were totally geared towards his hatred for Lennie, much more so
than towards love for his wife. For all we know, Curley may have cared less, and used
the situation as a long-awaited excuse to get rid of Lennie.

Please give examples of iambic pentameter structure.

Iambic pentameter is one of the most used of all rhythm
patterns in English poetry. Five sets of one unstressed syllable followed by one
stressed syllable make up one line of iambic pentameter verse. Iambic pentameter refers
only to the rhythm of the language being used. It has nothing to do with any rhyme
scheme that may or may not be present. Examples of this pattern in use could include
many of the writings of William Shakespeare. In the quotes below, the bold syllables are
stressed - five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables in each
line.

"If music
be the food of
love, play on" (Twelfth Night,
Act 1 Scene 1)

"Thou art
thyself, though not a
Montague." (Romeo and Juliet,
Act 2 Scene 2)

"Who is it
in the press that
calls on me?" (Julius Ceasar,
Act 1 Scene 2)

assuming that all life shares common properties, what should exobiologists be looking for as they explore other worlds?exobiology is the study of...

If you do assume common properties - and that is a very
big assumption - then liquid water is one of the things to look for. Exobiologists
define a "life zone", which is the distance a planet needs to be from its sun in order
to achieve temperatures that would allow liquid water to occur. Then if a planet is in
the life zone, they would look for signs of water on the
planet.

Beyond that, some sort of an atmosphere
is considered necessary, as atmospheres work as an insulating layer to even out huge
temperature swings between day and night. The planet would also need to be old enough to
have some stable surface - if the whole thing is spouting volcanoes, that would not be
considered too conducive to life developing.

The other big
thing is looking for evidence of DNA or RNA; that would be a big
find.

What is at least one similarity between "The Open Window" and "The Emperor's New Clothes?"Provide details.

Both Saki's short story,"The Open Window," and Hans
Christian Andersen's tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes," have narratives that are
predicated upon the weaknesses of the listeners.  For, Vera's fabricated tale relies
upon the nervous condition and guillibility of Framton Nuttel who is unfamiliar with the
countryside where she resides; likewise, the fabricated illusion of the two scoundrels'
having made invisible clothes that will reveal the character of his subjects relies upon
the emperor's vanity as well as his ego which will not permit him to admit that he sees
nothing.

In "The Open Window," for instance, having
recognized the timorous and anxious nature of Nuttel, Vera builds a tall-tale from the
frame of an open window, thereby creating believability.  Her mixing of truth with
fiction generates enough verisimiltude to her tale that Nuttel believes it.  Similarly,
the two scoundrels of "The Emperor's New Clothes" blur the lines between imagination and
reality by playing upon the emperor's egotistical refusal to admit that he sees nothing
lest he seem "ignorant and incompetent."

What is the difference between social conversion and voluntary conversion according to Jerry H. Bentley?In Jerry H. Bentley's Old World Encounters:...

Bentley is a very famous and influential historian, and
his contribution was mostly to map out the different kinds of cultural change that took
place when peoples came in contact with other civilizations. Basically, in the book,
Bentley describes social conversion as the way that
"pre-modern people adopted or adapted foreign cultural traditions." In this way, when he
says "social conversion," he's thinking about how encounters
between peoples changed one group or the other, for example, the spread of Islam into
southeast Asia.

Basically, he says there are
three main ways that social conversion takes
place:

1) Through voluntary
association, in other words, one group recognizes that they might be
better off adopting some of the practices of the foreigners. Hinduism and Buddhism
spread this way, Bentley argues, as locals saw the trade and other benefits of
converting to the religion of the more powerful and wealthy
foreigners.

2) Through
pressure from the foreigners. You might think of this as
"forced" conversion. It's pretty easy to find examples of this, and Bentley thinks it's
pretty common. Christianity, especially, was spread this way: temples, etc. were
destroyed, locals were forced to celebrate Christian feast days,
etc.

3) Through assimilation,
which happens more slowly, the minority or weaker group simply adopts the cultural
practices of the power group as their own, as many conquered peoples in the Roman Empire
did.

There's one other very important thing to understand,
according to Bentley, and that is that just about all of these cultural conversions
occurred with a certain amount of syncretism, which is
basically a compromise between two different cultural practices. So while pre-modern
peoples adopted the practices of the foreigners, they
simultaneously converted them, sometimes very subtly, into
practices that were more in keeping with their own traditions. When Buddhism made it's
way into China, it took on some aspects of local traditions, like Confucionism. Same
with Roman Christianity.

People responded differently to
foreign influence, some resisted militarily while others pretty willingly adopted the
practices of the foreigners, but a certain degree of syncretism
just about always took place.

What major political party systems developed in this country between 1800 and 1860?

Political scientists generally say that there were three
party systems during this time.

The first party system
pitted the Federalists against the Democratic-Republicans.  This started during the
Washington administration as Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson started de facto
political parties that became more formal in the early 1800s.  This system lasted until
1812 or 1816, depending on how you define it.

The second
party system is known as the Era of Good Feelings.  After the Federalist Party died off,
the Democrats dominated American politics and there was no other serious party.  This
lasted until the 1824 election made Jacksonians angry at the supporters of John
Adams.

This split in the Democratic Party led to the third
party system.  This had the Democrats being opposed by the Whigs.  This system lasted
until the Civil War, although it was falling apart by the late '50s as the Whigs broke
up and were succeeded by the Free Soil Party and, eventually, by the
Republicans.

Regarding poetry in general, what is the structure of a poem?

The structure of a poem can refer to several kinds of
"configuration." First, the structure often refers to the physical
composition of a poem. The structure of a haiku (a three-line poem that does not rhyme)
for example, is very different than an epic (or very long) poem (which is often written
in rhyming four-line stanzas). The structure may refer also to the meter or rhythm of
the poem. Each line may have a specific number of syllables, and in many cases, the
stress or emphasis will rest on every other syllable.

For
example, William Bulter Yeats' poem, "The Ballad of Father Gilligan" has lines with a
rhythm that moves back and forth because the first line has four stressed syllables (out
of a total of eight), and the next line has three (out of a total of six). This format
is repeated to provide a sense of a lilting or swaying walk. Note that the bolded words
or parts of words are where the stress or emphasis should rest as
you read:

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'I have
no rest, nor joy,
nor peace,

For peo-ple die
and die';

And af-ter cried
he, 'God
for-give!

My bo-dy spake,
not I!'

Shakespeare
often writes with five stressed syllables (out of a total of ten total syllables per
line) with the stress on every other syllable. For
example:

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When, in
dis-grace with for-tune
and men's
eyes,

I
all a-lone
be-weep my out-cast
state...

Structure
can be seen, then, in the length of each line which with poetry such as Shakespeare's
Sonnet 29 immediately above, is constructed—to achieve a certain number of beats per
line, among other things. Structure along these lines also dictates whether a line will
end with punctuation (as a completed thought) called "end-stopped lines," or continue on
to the next line, known as "run-on" or "enjambed" lines, as is also the case with the
lines in Sonnet 29.

Structure is clearly found with the use
of stanzas, which are similar to paragraphs in prose writing. The stanza usually
consists of four lines, and there is often rhyme included. The portion of Yeats' poem
above is an example of this.

All of the structural
considerations fall into the category of "form," and include other elements such as
speed, arrangement, line breaks, etc. Structure in a poem is something the author uses
to put his ideas together. Four-line rhyming stanzas are rather traditional, but there
are also poems written in free verse and blank verse; with these forms of poetry,
structure is not based on specific rules or form.

What are some examples of metaphors and allusions in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

There are many examples of allusions found in the short
story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Here are a few
examples:

• References to the American
  Revolutionary War, including the battle of White
  Plains.


• Cotton Mather's History of New England
  Witchcraft figures prominently.


• The Dutch old
  country is mentioned; an example is the town of
  Saardam.


• Irving refers to the Russian "Don
  Cossacks."


• There is a reference to "the cap of
  Mercury."


• There is a comparison to the "knight-errant" of
  medieval times.


• The patron of dance, St. Vitus, is
  referenced.


• The British spy, Major Andre, who was hanged
  in the area, is mentioned several times.

I need to evaluate the limit of function y=(1-cos2x)/x^2, using trigonometric identities. x approaches to 0.

We'll use the half angle identity to
numerator:

1 - cos 2x = 2 (sin
x)^2

We'll substitute 1 - cos 2x by 2 (sin x)^2 and we'll
get the equivalent fraction:

(1-cos2x)/x^2 = 2 (sin
x)^2/x^2

We'll evaluate the limit of the function 2 (sin
x)^2/x^2, if x approaches to 0.

lim 2 (sin
x)^2/x^2

We'll create remarkable limit: lim (sin x)/x =
1

According to this, we'll
get:

lim 2 (sin x)^2/x^2 = 2lim (sin
x)^2/x^2

2lim (sin x)^2/x^2 = 2lim (sin x)/x*lim (sin
x)/x

2lim (sin x)^2/x^2 =2*1*1 =
2

The limit of the function y =
(1-cos2x)/x^2, if x approaches to 0, is: lim (1-cos2x)/x^2 =
2.

In "The Death of Ivan Ilych," how does Ivan come to achieve redemption in spite of his meaningless life?

It is clear that what allows Ivan Illyich to achieve
redemption, if indeed redemption is what he achieves, is a recognition of how he has
wasted his life by focusing on the material alone. His realisation of this allows him to
feel sorry for his wife and son, which in turn gives him the peace that has eluded him
and the courage he needs to face death head on. Note how after his attempt to utter the
words "I forgive you" to his wife and son, he experiences a sudden peace and
freedom:

And
suddenly it grew clear to him that what had been oppressing him and would not leave him
was all dropping away at once from two sides, from ten sides, and from all sides. He was
sorry for them, he must act so as not to hurt them: release them and free himself from
these sufferings. "How good and how simple!" he thought. "And the pain?" he asked
himself. "What has become of it? Where are you,
pain?"

Note the way that his
act of forgiving his wife and son gives him the calm and acceptance of what is to come
that he has been unable to attain up until this point. His realisation of how he has
wasted his life, and his determination to do something about it while he can by
forgiving and apologising, allows him to achieve the redemption that your question
refers to.

Is "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" a direct reflection of Ernest Hemmingway?

Certainly, in one sense, every piece of literature is a
reflection of its author, as you can hardly write about something convincingly that you
have not lived, to a certain extent, yourself. However, it is true that Hemmingway's
fiction in particular reflects his life and in particular in this story we can see how
Harry could be identified with the author, both in terms of his many women and the
bohemian wanderings that are true to Hemmingway's life. In particular, perhaps we can
find an interesting parallel through the theme of writing and
art.

Hemmingway himself struggled with his writing and the
success that he wished he could attain and we can see that Harry's failure to achieve
the artistic renown that he hoped for in life is one key theme of this story. The
flashbacks that plague Harry as he dies depict a very Hemmingway-esque Harry in his
former years, devoting his life to writing and living in Paris. His decision to leave
that time of artistic purity is one he deeply regrets, and he feels that his subsequent
pursuit of rich women and hedonistic pleasures has compromised his artistic
talent.

It is important to notice how Hemmingway
establishes a direct connection between the gangrene that is killing him and his
perceived failure. Note how Harry says "Rot and poetry. Rotten poetry." In spite of the
way he has let his talent languish, ironically it is at the moment of his death when we
see his creative talent return strongly as he imagines a beautiful, haunting scene of
salvation and being lifted up to the snows of Kilimanjaro. This transcendent ending
perhaps shows the triumph of artistic talent that shows itself to be superior to
death.

Thus we can establish many parallels between the
character of Harry and the author, though of course we can only take those parallels so
far.

Find the argument of the complex number (2+2i)^11/(2-2i)^9

We'll write the numerator and denominator in polar form:z
= r(cos t + i*sin t), to apply Moivre's rule, for finding the
argument

We'll put the numerator in polar
form:

z1 = 2+2i

Re(z1) 
=2

Im(z1) = 2

r1 = sqrt(2^2 +
2^2)

r1 = sqrt8

tan t =
Im(z1)/Re(z1)

tan t = 2/2

t =
arctan 1

t = pi/4

z1 =
sqrt8(cos pi/4 + i*sin pi/4)

(2 + 2i)^11 = [sqrt8(cos pi/4
+ i*sin pi/4)]^11

We'll use Moivre's
rule:

(2 + 2i)^11 = 8^(11/2)*(cos 11pi/4 + i*sin
11pi/4)

(2 + 2i)^11 = 8^(11/2)*(cos 3pi/4 + i*sin
3pi/4)

We'll put the denominator in polar
form:

z2 = 2 -2i

Re(z2) 
=2

Im(z2) = -2

r2 = sqrt(2^2 +
(-2)^2)

r2 = sqrt8

t2 = arctan
-1

t2 = -pi/4

z2 = sqrt8(cos
-pi/4 + i*sin -pi/4)

(2-2i)^9 = [sqrt8(cos -pi/4 + i*sin
-pi/4)]^9

We'll use Moivre's
rule:

(2-2i)^9 = 8^(9/2)*(cos -9pi/4 + i*sin
-9pi/4)

(2-2i)^9 = 8^(9/2)*(cos (2pi-9pi/4) + i*sin
(2pi-9pi/4))

(2-2i)^9 = 8^(9/2)*(cos -pi/4 + i*sin
-pi/4)

Now, we'll calculate the
ratio:

(2+2i)^11/(2-2i)^9 = 8^[(11-9)/2]*[cos (3pi+pi)/4 +
i*sin (3pi+pi)/4]

(2+2i)^11/(2-2i)^9 = 8* (cos pi + i*sin
pi)

Since cos pi = -1 and sin pi = 0, we'll
get:

(2+2i)^11/(2-2i)^9 =
-8

The argument of the complex number
(2+2i)^11/(2-2i)^9 is
pi.