Solve the equation 25^(square root(x+1))+5=6*5^squareroot(x+1)

We notice that 25^sqrt(x+1) =
5^2sqrt(x+1)

We can replace 5^sqrt(x+1) by
t:

The equation will
become:

t^2 + 5 = 6t

We'll
shift all terms to the left:

t^2 - 6t + 5 =
0

We'll apply quadratic
formula:

t1 =
[6+sqrt(36-20)]/2

t1 =
(6+sqrt16)/2

t1 =(6+4)/2

t1 =
5

t2 = 1

But t1 = 5^sqrt(x+1)
=> 5 = 5^sqrt(x+1)

Since the bases are matching,
we'll apply one to one rule:
sqrt(x+1) = 1

We'll
raise to square both sides:

x + 1 = 1 => x =
0

t2 = 5^sqrt(x+1) => 1 = 5^sqrt(x+1), where 1 =
5^0

Since the bases are matching, we'll apply again one to
one rule:
sqrt(x+1) = 0

x + 1 = 0 => x =
-1

Both value are valid, therefore the
solutions of the equation are {-1 ; 0}.

What is ‘Ad Valorem’ rate of duty?

When goods are imported into a nation from another, there
is usually a tariff associated with the transaction which is called import
duty.

The amount of import duty that has to be paid when a
good is imported can be calculated in many ways. These include the number of items being
imported, the weight of the goods being imported, or the duty could be a fixed amount
for each transaction.

The most common way of calculating
import duty is using an "Ad Valorem" rate of duty. Ad Valorem means "according to value"
in Latin. If an ad valorem rate of duty is being applied, the actual duty required to be
paid is dependent on the cost of the item being imported. Importing an item which has a
higher price would incur a higher import duty than importing one which has a lower
cost.

For example, if the ad valorem rate of duty for toys
is 20%, importing a toy worth $100 would require a payment of $20 as import duty whereas
importing a toy worth $500 would require the payment of $100 as import
duty.

Did Eliezer's dad live until the end of the book, Night?

Eliezer's dad slowly degenerates into bad health until the
second to last section of the book.  Eliezer's father becomes infected with dysentery,
and this causes his death at the end of the book.  Eliezer's father endured a great deal
up to this point.  However, the slow withering of both his physical and emotional state
is what causes Eliezer a great amount of pain.  The ending of the book involves
Eliezer's father calling out to his son for water, with Eliezer knowing very well his
own internal system cannot handle water.  The condition of Eliezer's father is
increasingly weakened, and this leads to his father calling out to him from the bed
below.  At one point, Eliezer's father calls out to him and the son ignores his father's
cries.  When Eliezer wakes up in the morning, someone else is in the bed, and he never
sees his father again.  From this point on, the narrative ends with one more section,
but the ending of the book is something that lingers on with the memory of a son having
neglected the cries of his father.

In till we have face, what is young Orual’s attitude toward Ungit? The priest? How do think this attitude is likely to evolve as she grows older?

Orual's attitudes toward Ungit and the priest are tempered
by the education she has received from Lysias (the Fox).  As a stoic materialist, the
Fox is unable to attribute to Ungit any power or design that cannot be measured with the
senses.  So, when Ungit behaves in a way that the Fox would determine as illogical, he
determines that in fact the "divine nature" has not behaved illogically, but rather that
the faithful have misinterpreted Ungit or attributed to her things that are impossible. 
He refuses to attribute to the divine nature anything that is mysterious or numinous. 
She begins to see the weaknesses in the Fox's arguments when the priest points out that
it is only illogical that Ungit desires the sacrifice of Psyche as both the Blessed and
the Cursed because the Fox has deemed it so.  However, because the attitude of the Fox
allows her to interfere in the relationship between the God of the Grey Mountain and
Psyche, she clings to the Fox's rationalism even when she has evidence that the Priest's
Ungit is more true.  Eventually, she will understand the weaknesses of rationalism, but
only after she, essentially, deconstructs her whole identity and confronts the lies she
tells herself.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, in Act 3, scenes 1 and 2, how does Hamlet feel about his situation: about himself, other characters, etc.?

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, in Act
Three, scenes one and two, Hamlet starts out feeling guilty that he has not avenged his
father's murder. He is depressed as well, mostly for his father's death and mother's
hasty remarriage: and he contemplates suicide in his famous "To be or not to be" speech.
It is safe to assume he is greatly discouraged.

Hamlet
resents Ophelia because he feels she has betrayed him, but she really has had no choice.
In this male-dominated society, there is no way she could refuse to help her father; she
is especially powerless against the King. Hamlet treats her badly by showing her callous
disrespect, and then making sexually lewd comments to her that embarrass her. She is
very much the victim in this story, but Hamlet can only see her as a traitor because it
seems he actually cared for her before his father's
death.

Gertrude is a disappointment to Hamlet. Since the
beginning of the play, he has made comments about her hasty remarriage. His interactions
with her in scene two are surrounded by feigned madness. He ends the scene fully
intending to take her to task for her behavior. He hopes he can be strong in this
confrontation, and hopes madness (his reference to Nero) does not enter into their
discussions. He will speak harshly ("daggers") to her, but use
none.

Soft!
now to my mother! (375)

O heart, lose not thy nature; let
not ever

The soul of Nero enter this firm
bosom.

Let me be cruel, not
unnatural;

I will speak daggers to her, but use none.
(lines 375-379)

Hamlet has
prepared a trap very carefully to "The play's the thing / Wherein I'll catch the
conscience of the king," (in Act Two). It is his hope that Claudius will reveal his
guilt when he sees Old Hamlet's murder acted out in front of him. When the King rises in
the midst of murder sceme and leaves the room, Hamlet has his proof. He is jubilant at
this point, celebrating with Horatio who also saw Claudius'
guilt.

As for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, he knows they
are "in the King's pocket;" like Polonius, they will do anything they can to endear
themselves to the King, even if it means acting unethically, and Hamlet has no time for
them. He uses them as the butt of his jokes, insulting them whenever
possible.

By the end of these two scenes, Hamlet appears to
feel justified in his plan to make Claudius pay for his actions, and prepares to speak
to his mother. He will want to know if she was a part of the scheme, but either way, he
is confident as he goes to talk with her.

What are a,b,c if f(x)=x^3+ax^2+bx+c, if x=1?f is differentiated two times on real set number

Since f is differentiable, we'll differentiate with
respect to x, to determine the 1st derivative.

f'(x) = 3x^2
+ 2ax + b, if x<1

f'(x) = 1/[1+(x-1)^2], if
x>1

We'll differentiate again, to determine the 2nd
derivative:

f"(x) = 6x+  2a,
x<1

f"(x) = -[1 +
(x-1)^2]'/[1+(x-1)^2]^2

f"(x) = 2(x-1)/[1+(x-1)^2]^2,
x>1

Since only a continuous function could be
differentiated, we'll impose the continuity
constraints:

lateral limits for x->1 = the value of
the function for x = 1

lim f(x) = f(1) <=> 1
+ a + b + c = arctan(1-1) = arctan 0 = 0 (1)

If f could be
differentiated 2 times, then lim f'(x)(x<1) =
limf'(x)(x>1)

3 + 2a + b =
1/[1+(1-1)^2]

3 + 2a + b = 1
(2)

Also lim f''(x)(x<1) =
limf''(x)(x>1):

6 + 2a =
2(1-1)/[1+(1-1)^2]^2

6 + 2a =
0

2a = -6

a =
-3

We'll substitute a in
(2):

3 + 2a + b = 1 <=> 3 - 6 + b = 1
=> b = 4

1 + a + b + c =
0

c = -1 - a - b

c = -1 + 3 -
4

c = -2

The
requested values of a,b,c are: a = -3 , b = 4 and c =
-2.

In Brave New World, how does Dr. Shaw justify keeping Linda on a soma-holiday even though it will shorten her life?

Linda asked to go on permanent Soma vacation when she
returned to the Brave New World, because she wouldn't have to suffer the headaches and
vomiting that accompanied other forms of escape. She asked that she go on a continuous
Soma holiday because she never again wanted to face the fact that she was now an
imperfect person in a perfect world.

Dr. Shaw was against
the idea at first, knowing that the Soma coma would eventually kill Linda by paralyzing
her respiratory system and stopping her breathing.

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"[The Soma holiday] will finish her off in a
month or two," said Shaw, "One day the respiratory centre will be paralyzed. No more
breathing. Finished. And a good thing too. If we could rejuvenate, of course it would be
different. But we
can't."

Since there was no
hope in making Linda a perfect person again, Shaw agreed to Linda's permanent holiday
request. When John asked if that would shorten Linda's life, Shaw
equivocated.

While he agreed the overdose of Soma would
shorten her physical life, he said that the holiday was like eternity...she would spend
the rest of her life in complete bliss and free from pain and suffering... like a
paradise out of time.

So, while her body would die sooner,
her bliss would be longer than expected, which was a good trade
off.

In The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, scene i, cite animal imagery used when Baptista talks of Katharina's ability to learn the lute with Hortensio.

In a rather amusing section, Hortensio leaves the stage to
teach Katharina the lute, and we are told that he returns shortly with "his head broke."
Baptista comments on how pale he looks and then uses the animal imagery that you refer
to in reference to his teaching of Katharina:

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Why, then thou canst not break her to the
lute?

To "break" an animal
means to be able to subdue and dominate it, then train it, and so Baptista is asking if
Hortensio will be able to train Katharina to play the lute, but the implication of the
animal imagery is that Katharina is an animal that needs to be "broken" before she can
learn anything--a very apt metaphor that results in Petruchio stepping up to meet the
challenge.

Compare Othello and Fences.

I think that one element of comparison between both works
is that the protagonist of each possesses an inability to trust in a woman that has
demonstrated emotional commitment.  This is something that strikes me as interesting in
both.  Desdemona is completely loyal to Othello.  She has sacrificed for him,
represented nothing but commitment and care towards him.  Yet, he cannot take that leap
of faith to be able to commit to her in a manner that eliminates doubt and insecurity. 
Somehow, he believes that she will abandon him and act in a disloyal manner towards
him.  This thought is what creates a barrier between both, and this "fence" is where
Iago strikes with complete success.  Iago understands this insecurity in Othello is a
part of his character that prevents him from fully interacting and being a part of his
world.  Troy is much the same.  For him, the emotional barriers that exist within him do
much to prevent him from being able to fully interact with or place his trust in the
world and the people in it.  This is what prevents him from having a functionally
working relationship with anyone.  Troy cannot trust Rose, even though she has been the
epitome of a good wife and given no reason to be insecure.  In the end, this is what
drives an emotional wedge between them.  Troy also cannot trust that Cory's happiness
does not trade off with his loyalty as a son, helping to drive a similar point of
divergence between him.  While there is no "master criminal" such as in Shakespeare, the
emotional division that is present, brought on by the protagonist, is what helps to
forge a similarity between both dramas.

In The Destructors, why do the boys decide to destroy Mr. Thomas's house?

This story addresses the very common question of why
people treat others cruelly for no reason.  In this case, the answer is both
pyschologically and socially complex.

First of all, the
Wosley Common Gang, a group of young teenagers, is seeking to emulate the older, tougher
gangs of the time.  In an effort to be like their idols, the boys seek trouble.  Their
choice is a defenseless man who is going to be away from his house for two days.  Thus,
their "trouble" is going to be easy.  Thus the boys are moving from the innocence of
their youth into the darker days of adulthood.

Another
reason is the shift of control from Blackie to Trevor.  Both boys feel the need to
assert authority, and the escalation of the destruction to include the burning of the
money shows this need to impress.

The social and
psychological situations lead the boys to the utter destruction they impose,  though no
clear cut reason for the specific target exists. They probably could not give you an
answer themselves.

What is the domain of the function f(x) = sqrt[cos x].

For y = f(x), the domain of the function f(x) is all the
values of x for which y is real.

Here y = f(x) =
sqrt[cos(x)]

The value of cos x lies in the interval [-1,
1] for all values of x.

But sqrt [cos(x)] is real only when
cos(x) is not negative. Also it has to be kept in mind that cos(x) is a periodic
function and we get the same value for cos x after x has decreased on increased by
2*pi.

The interval for x where the value of cos x is not
negative is [0 + 2*n*pi, pi/2 + 2*n*pi] U [3*pi/2 + 2*n*pi, 0 +
2*n*pi]

The domain of the function f(x) =
sqrt[cos(x)] is [0 + 2*n*pi, pi/2 + 2*n*pi] U [3*pi/2 + 2*n*pi, 0 +
2*n*pi]

Why did New Englanders fight on 19 April 1775?

The British Army had sent troops to destroy weapons caches
that had been stored by Americans in anticipation of an armed clash with the British.
Word had gotten out and a group of "minutemen" attempted to stop the British. Shots were
fired, and the result was the Revolutionary War.

The
reasons, of course, are much more deeply rooted. Since the end of the Seven Years War
(French and Indian War) Parliament had attempted to exercise increased control over the
colonies, first by the Stamp Act, then the Declaratory Acts, asserting Parliament's
right to legislate for the colonies. Following the Boston Tea Party, which was viewed
with disfavor on both sides of the Atlantic, Parliament passed the "Coercive Acts,"
called the Intolerable Acts by the Colonists which essentially put much of New England
under military rule and closed the port of Boston to all shipping until the tea was paid
for. The various attempts by Parliament to control colonial affairs caused increasing
resentment and finally led to armed resistance at Lexington and
Concord.

What is it that Jem is trying to get Atticus to understand in Chapter 8 of To Kill a Mockingbird?When Scout comes home with the mysterious blanket...

Jem figured out what Atticus' little grin and roundabout
hints were about before Scout caught on (in Chapter 8). When Atticus suggested that they
get some wrapping paper in which to return the mysterious blanket, Jem suddenly "seemed
to have lost his mind." He spilled all the little secrets the children had kept to
themselves about Boo Radley--including the knothole and the lost pants. Jem understood
what Atticus did not spell out clearly--that it was Boo who had placed the blanket
around Scout's shoulders. Why he suddenly blurted out the children's secrets is another
matter, but it must have been a combination of his own guilt and his recent realization
that Boo was really a good guy that caused him to be so talkative. He settled down
quickly enough to rattle Scout a bit before promising Atticus that he had no desire to
"do anything" to Boo again.

What are four examples of fluids by which viruses can spread?

In humans, viruses can spread in many ways. Four fluids
that can be used by viruses to spread are:

• Air:
  examples of viruses that spread through air are those that cause influenza and the
  common cold. When people with these illnesses sneeze or cough the viruses are spread to
  others.

• Water: viruses that cause
  illnesses like gastroenteritis are spread from one person to another by infected water.
  

• Blood: a large number of viruses
  are spread through blood. Diseases like West Nile Fever can be spread through vectors
  that suck blood. As the viruses can survive in the vector's body also they are spread
  when the same animal bites a person who is sick and then bites a healthy person. Some
  viruses like HIV cannot survive in a vector's body. They are spread when a healthy
  person's blood comes in contact with blood from someone who is sick through infected
  needles, or during blood
  transfusions.

• Sexual fluids: viruses
  which include HIV are spread though sexual fluids like semen and vaginal fluids. This
  usually happens during sexual
  intercourse.

What are some symbols in Flaubert's "A Simple Heart?"

Felicite herself might be a symbol for purity and
goodness. Literally, there is no evil in her, no machinations, and nothing that
resembles an ulterior motive.  This is seen in her selfless devotion to Madame Aubain's
children, as well as her willingness to provide care and comfort to anyone and everyone
without hesitation (Including the parrot.)   Her name is representative of the spirit
she possesses, and the opposite of what her world offers back to her.  She is the anti-
Emma Bovary, Flaubert's most notable heroine.  I think that the parrot carries with it
symbolic representation, as well.  Felicite sees it as a dove, a symbol of her religious
faith.  Yet, I think that the bird, itself, can be seen as a symbol of the fleeting love
that exists in the world in which Felicite lives.  The bird's brief escape from Felicite
and his eventual death both represent the fact that love in the world that Flaubert
describes is rare, transitory, and flighty.  It is only represented with Felicite, while
so many display the opposite of it.  Paul is a good symbol of this.  Though doted with
love by Felicite, he shows little reciprocation as he falls into drunken debt and then
when is collected, moves to repossess his mother's belongings, showing little care for
Felicite.

What is the in-depth (analysed) reason behind John's commiting suicide in the novel Brave New World?It would be a huge help to me in writing my...

When Lenina and Bernard Max visit the reservation as a
lark in Chapter 7 of Brave New World, they arrive just at the time
that a ritual takes place in which an old man whips a young man, who happens to be
John.  Later, this young man speaks to Linda and Bernard, telling them that he regrets
that he could not be the sacrifice in order to bring rain to make the corn grown. Now,
at the end of the novel after he has been exploited as a curiosity and an object of
ridicule, John again wishes to make himself a sacrificial victim to atone for the
inhuman morally corrupted New World.

Unable to express
himself other than in Shakespearean terms, John finds himself in an ironic "brave new
world" faced with the dehumanization of the individual. In a heroic effort worthy of
Hamlet who fights the forces of the corrupt Danish court, John, like Hamlet, sacrifices
himself so that he will at least be authentic in death, rather than the object of
ridicule for the Delta workers and others who view him as a curiosity and make him "an
animal at bay."

When John awakens from his succumbing to
taking soma and engaging in an orgy, he is ashamed that he has committed such sins of
the flesh.  Knowing that he has already sacrificed his individuality, John sacrifices
his flesh by committing suicide.  John's death is the death of
the individual, the man who could express emotion, who
could engage in introspection, who could feel and be
truly human.

Give examples about dark and light symbols on the island?

Dark and light symbols abound in Lord of the
Flies. Everywhere you turn It seems there’s some type of direct or indirect
reference to dark and light; these often representing the dual sides of
human nature.  A few specific examples:

On
the light side: The Signal Fire- representing hope,
civilization and organization.  Piggy’s glasses- these
concentrate light and make it possible to start fires- these can be seen as a symbol of
insight, wisdom, and perception.

Examples from the dark
side include first and foremost, the Jungle itself,
representing the dark heart of man and his inner demons/wild places. Other dark symbols
with roughly the same meaning include The Beast and
The Lord of the Flies. Consider that day and
night themselves can be seen as symbols, as nearly all foul deeds on the
island take place in the night, including Simon’s murder, which Ralph blames on the
darkness.

List three ways in which Shakespeare continues the theme of appearance vs. reality in Acts I & II in The Taming of the Shrew.

One of the principal ways in which the theme of appearance
vs. reality is continued throughout these two Acts is through the disguise and
dissimulation of the principal characters in their attempt to woo Bianca. In Act I scene
1, for example, we see a typical Shakesperian reversal of roles between Lucentio and
Tranio, as the master becomes the servant and vice versa in Lucentio's desire to gain
access to Bianca. This theme is continued in Act I scene 2 when we discover that Gremio
has had precisely the same idea, wanting to "tutor" Bianca by disguising himself as a
teacher. Then lastly, in Act II scene 1, we see all of the suitors go to the house of
Baptista to try and gain admission to Bianca. It is very hard to keep track of who is
actually who, as reality gives  way to appearance with these riotous
affairs.

What is the equation of f(x) if (3-5i) and (3+5i) are the roots?

Let the equation be f(x) = x^2 + bx +
c

Then we know that if x1 and x2 are the roots of
f(x).

Then x1+x2=
-b/a

==> x1*x2= c/a

We
have the roots (3-5i) and (3+5i)

==> (3-5i)+(3+5i) =
6 = -b ==> b= -6

==> (3-5i)(3+5i)= 9+25= 34 =
c

==> f(x)= x^2 - 6x + 34 =
0

To check we will calculate the
roots.

==> x1= (6+sqrt(-100) / 2 = 6+10i / 2 = 3+
5i

==> x2=
3-5i

Then the equation is: f(x) = x^2 -6x +
34

How did Jonas’s relationship with his parents and friends change after he received his Life Assignment in The Giver?

Until Jonas received his assignment, he had a normal
parent / son relationship.  He believed everything they told him out of both deference
to their authority, and trust in the community's values and norms.  Following his
designation as Receiver and receipt of the paper outlining his duties and rights, Jonas
realizes that if he is allowed to lie, perhaps his parents are too.  If this is the
case, then how can he possibly know what is the truth.  How can he trust a word his
parents say?  How can he trust in the rules that govern his life?  If his parents are
allowed to lie, how can he ask a questions and trust the response?  This revelation
attacks the very foundation of his relationship with his
parents.

His friends live in a very black and white world
(literally) governed by the rules of the society.  Jonas, upon receipt of his position,
is exposed to the incredible and unbelievable truths of his society.  How can he
possibly explain to his friends what 'giving' and 'receiving' entails?  Even if he were
permitted to.  His relationships change from dynamic and stimulating to superficial and
restrictive.  He can not trust anyone other than The Giver, since no one knows or
understands the fragile infrastructure of their society.

How does Dexter Green in "Winter Dreams" compare with the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald?

I think one of the principal parallels that we can draw
between the protagonist of this excellent short story and the author is the way in which
Fitzgerald himself fell in love with his wife, Zelda, who captured the beauty, glamour
and wealth of the upper class life that he then went on to lead in the same way that
Judy Jones is described as representing wealth and social prestige to Dexter Jones. Note
the following quote:

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Judy Jones, a slender enameled doll in cloth of
gold: gold in a band at her head, gold in two slipper points at her dress's hem. The
fragile glow of her face seemed to blossom as she smiled at
him.

Note the way that in
this quote the gold acts as a symbol of Dexter's dreams and the elusive glamour that
Judy represents. The way that Fitzgerald fell in love with his wife represents a similar
attraction, where the women that both men fell in love with stand for so much more than
just being the objects of affection. Both Dexter and Fitzgerald were involved in World
War I, and both likewise pursued the American Dream with tragic results, as Fitzgerald
had to cope with the madness of his wife and his own breakdown just as Dexter had to
suffer the loss of his dreams and hopes.

What are the intercepts of y = (x – 1)^2 – 16?

When the curve of the equation y = (x - 1)^2 - 16
intercepts the x-axis, y = 0

(x - 1)^2 - 16 =
0

=> (x - 1)^2 =
16

=> x - 1 = 4 and x - 1 =
-4

=> x = 5 and x =
-3

The x-intercepts are (5 , 0) and (-3,
0)

When the curve intercepts the y-axis x=
0

y = (0 - 1)^2 - 16

=>
y = -15

The y-intercept is (0,
-15)

For y = (x - 1)^2 -
16, the x-intercepts are (5 , 0) and (-3, 0), and the
y-intercept is (0, -15).

What is the net ionic equation of NiBr2+AgNO3?

Ni Br2 + Ag NO3 -> Ni (NO3)2 +
2AgBr

Since the nitrat ion NO3- is soluble, therefore is
aqueous but silver bromide (AgBr) is water insoluble
salt.

We'll separate the aqueous soutions to determine the
net ionic equation and we'll have:

Ni (2+) (aq.) + 2NO3
(aq.) + 2Ag(+)(aq.) + 2Br(-)(aq.) -> Ni (2+) (aq.) + 2NO3 (aq.) + 2AgBr
(salt)

We notice that the repeating ions on both sides are
cancelling out, except 2Ag(+)(aq.) + 2Br(-)(aq.) on the reactant side and 2AgBr (salt)
on the product side, getting the net ionic
equation.

2Ag(+)(aq.) + 2Br(-)(aq.) -> 2AgBr
(salt)

Therefore, the net ionic equation
is:2Ag(+)(aq.) + 2Br(-)(aq.) -> 2AgBr
(salt).

What are the first three obstacles Phoenix Jackson encounters in "A Worn Path"?

Phoenix Jackson is shown to have to battle through a
variety of difficulties to get to her goal and receive the medicine that her grandson
needs. Firstly, it is shown that nature itself becomes an obstacle, as she has to
descend a hill and gets her dress caught on some thorns. Then she has to cross a log
that is lying across a creek, and then finally she needs to crawl through a barbed-wire
fence. Through all of these first three obstacles that she has to face, it is clear that
she is tired and hungry, and this makes her determination to endure all of these
hardships all the more remarkable. Note the way in which she addresses the thorns that
have caught in her dress and which she has to struggle to free herself
from:

"Thorns,
you doing your appointed work. Never want to let folks pass, no sir. Old eyes thought
you was a pretty little green
bush."

Symbolically, we could
argue that the thorn bushes and the other obstacles that Phoenix Jackson faces so early
on in her journey could represent the unexpected obstacles that one must overcome on the
path of life. Phoenix Jackson, through her determination and stubborness, keeps on the
path, moving onwards and overcoming every obstacle that she faces with gritty
stoicism.

What is the theme of "To a Skylark" by Percy Shelley?

I believe that the theme of the poem "To a Skylark" by
Percy Bysshe Shelly is that humans cannot possibly feel the carefree joy the skylark
feels each and every day as we are incapable of staying in the
moment.

The poem begins by calling out to the skylark,
calling it a "blithe" spirit.  To be carefree, one can have no worries, no concerns. 
The speaker in the poem praises the song the skylark sings calling it "unpremeditated
art".  Spontaneous song clearly emphasizes the bird's ecstatic
joy.

The speaker follows the skylark's journey:  it
"springs" from the earth, then flies into the "deep blue" or sky, and as it does this,
the bird continues to sing.  This movement again emphasizes the unbridled happiness the
skylark embodies.  The speaker continues to track the bird: "In the golden light'ning/Of
the sunken sun".  This show how quickly the bird is flying and the next line ""Thou dost
float and run" again shows how filled with joy this bird appears.  The bird then
continues to fly, and the into the sunrise or sunset (I'm not sure which, but I think it
is the sunrise) as the "pale purple even/Melts around" the bird, and while the bird can
no longer be seen, the song can still be heard.  This shows once again how the happiness
just bursts forth and can't be contained in this little
skylark.

The speaker later points out that all the joy the
bird experiences is unattainable for human beings - "What thou art we know not" - and
then compares the skylark to things who demonstrate some measure of happiness, but still
not equal to the joy the bird possesses:  the raindrops from clouds that later produce
rainbows.  The bird is like a poet no one pays attention to until people appreciate it
after disregarding the real hopes and dreams of the world. The bird is like a princess
in a palace who is thinking of her love in her private quarters and like a glowworm
secretly spreading its light and joy, and so forth.  These comparison all "shine" with
happiness whether anything or anybody else takes notice.  They are "in the
moment"

The speaker then ponders what causes this bird to
be as happy as it is stating " What objects are the fountains/Of thy happy strain?"  The
speaker goes on to say what the bird has never experienced:  laziness, annoyed,
heartbreak, even death must not hold the fearsthat it seems to for humans.  The speaker
says "We [humans]look before and after" which probably means we are never just
in the moment.  We always want what we don't have - "pine
for what is not".  Even when we laugh, it is often filled with pain.  Our best songs
talk about sad things

The speaker then goes on to say that
even if we could eliminate scorn, pride, and fear - all the things that often cause
humans sadness, we still would never be able to be as happy as the skylark appears to
be, and if this bird could teach humans to be half as happy, it is certain the world
would listen to him just as he is listening to the skylark.

Discuss Lennie's power to kill as seen with the animals and Curley's wife in Of Mice and Men.

I think that both killings result from Lennie wanting to
touch something "soft" or "purdy."  Steinbeck constructs both killings as accidental,
something that was motivated by Lennie's love of something beautiful and not recognizing
the limits in appreciating it.  Presumably, Lennie killed the puppy by petting it to an
extent and force that the animal could no longer endure.   The same with the mouse that
he was petting in a manner that was beyond the capacity of the creature.  In the same
way, Lennie kills Curley's wife because he keeps holding on to her hair as she tries to
violently push away.  I think that Lennie's hands, themselves, might contain a symbolic
significance in each of these murders.  As seen with Lennie breaking Curley's hand, the
size of his hand is enormous.  Equally enormous is his strength.  Simultaneous with
these realities is Lennie's love of childhood elements.  Lennie is fascinated, like all
children, with the sense of touch.  This tactile sensation is how he is able to interact
with his world on a more significant level.  The interesting element here is that there
is destruction that results with such interaction.  Lennie cannot but help destroy that
which he touches.  This dynamic of wanting to interact with the world in a more
meaningful manner through touch, but invariably bringing destruction as a result is what
makes Lennie's character both compelling and sad at the same
time.

What does "a belt of straw and ivy buds, with coral clasps and amber studs" mean in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?

This poem is the romantic wooing of a passionate shepherd
in his efforts to convince a young woman to come join him.  This line of the poem is the
shepherd's description of the kinds of clothes the young woman would be able to wear. 
The straw would be woven in some attractive way and the ivy buds would be added to make
it all the more becoming.  Interestingly though, ivy buds would wither away if they were
picked and woven into a belt.  The shepherd then tells her that her clothes would have
coral clasps and amber studs.  Both of these materials would be very expensive and very
rare -- and most importantly well beyond the financial reach of a lowly shepherd.  Coral
comes from the oceans, and not the oceans near England.  Amber is a semi-precious
stone.  They would be very beautiful and tempting, but the description is hardly
realistic.  The passionate shepherd is making suggestions about how wonderful life would
be if she were with him, but none of the things he has to say are very viable.  The work
of shepherd is boring and hard.  Shepherds were kind of at the bottom of the social
strata of society in this time period.  He suggests that life will be wonderful, but it
would have been quite the opposite.

Why does Holden in The Catcher in the Rye pretend to get shot?I need to anaylze why he "play-acts."

Holden Caulfield actually does this twice in the novel,
and the first time is just after Maurice and Sunny have left his hotel room after
returning to collect the extra $5 that Holden apparently "owes" them in Chapter
Fourteen. Having been punched in the stomach by Maurice, Holden imagines that he had
actually shot him in the stomach instead, and imagines what it would be like for him to
go after Maurice with a gun but also bleeding all over the
place:

I
pictured myself coming out of the goddam bathroom, dressed and all, with my automatic in
my pocket, and staggering around a little bit. Then I'd walk downstairs, instead of
using the elevator. I'd hold onto the banister and all, with this blood trickling out of
the side of my mouth a little at a time. What I'd do, I'd walk down a few
floors--holding onto my guts, blood leaking all over the place--and then I'd ring the
elevator bell.

We can see
from this elaborate picture the way in which Holden is obsessed by fiction rather than
reality, and indeed seems to dwell more in the world of fiction than the harsh and
boring world of reality that he is trying to escape by running away. Note what Holden
says to us after this elaborate scene:

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The goddam movies. They can ruin you. I'm not
kidding.

He himself therefore
recognises the influence of the movies, one of the biggest champions of fiction, on his
life which suggests that his imagination combined with his penchant for lying
obsessively indicates that play acting for Holden is all about making his life seem more
interesting than it actually is.

How do I write the reaction of copper metal with silver nitrate solution where the valency of copper is 2?

Metallic copper reacts with a solution of silver nitrate
to form a solution of copper(II) nitrate and the silver is precipitated. The equation
for this reaction can be written as Cu + AgNO3 ---> Cu(NO3)2 +
Ag.

This equation is not yet balanced as the number of
atoms of all the elements is not the same on both the
sides.

The equation can be balanced by first making the
number of AgNO3 atoms on the left equal to two to balance the NO3 ions. As this doubles
the number of Ag atoms, they have to be increased on the right hand side also. The
balanced equation of Cu reacting with AgNO3
is

Cu + 2AgNO3 ---> Cu(NO3)2 +
2Ag

Who and what were the so-called "University Wits" in Elizabethan literature?

The so-called "University Wits" were among the earliest
and most important writers of professional drama during the rise of professional theater
in Elizabethan England. They were young men who had had the privilege of attending one
of the two English universities then in existence: Oxford University and Cambridge
University. Most people who went to universities at this time completed extensive study
of the Bible and of rhetoric and other aspects of language. They also often studied
classical literature as well as history and philosophy. Such training gave graduates of
the universities real advantages as writers of plays. When men such as John Lyly, George
Peele, Robert Greene, Thomas Lodge, Thomas Nashe, and Christopher Marlowe came down to
London from Cambridge or Oxford, they had much of the intellectual background to make
them sophisticated writers of dramas. Although the idea of becoming playwrights had not
been their reason for attending universities, their university training helped them
distinguish themselves as writers when professional theaters began to develop in the
final decades of the 1500s.

The university wits are often
seen as members of the first wave of significant Elizabethan dramatists. Later writers,
such as William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, were very widely read but had spent no time
as students at universities. Some of the university wits welcomed and admired these new
writers. Thomas Nashe, for instance, had good things to say about both Jonson and
Shakespeare. However, at least one university wit (Robert Greene) seems to have felt
bothered or even threatened by the emergence of Shakespeare. Whatever their reactions to
these newcomers, the university wits -- Marlowe in particular -- had an enormous
influence on later Elizabethan and Jacobean drama.

Comment on the following quote from Pride and Prejudice."One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight."

This quote is uttered by Mr. Bennet and occurs in the
second chapter, as part of a discussion between the Bennets about the new exciting
ingredient that has been injected into their community in the form of Mr. Bingham. The
novel begins of course with this news and the insistence of Mrs. Bennet that Mr. Bennet
must make Mr. Bingham's acquaintance so that "he may fall in love"
with one of their daughters. Mr. Bennet, who delights in vexing his wife, refuses
overtly but then is one of the first to pay his respects to Mr. Bingham. The quote you
have identified comes as he reveals this to his wife and children. Note what he
says:

A
fortnight's acquaintance is certianly very little. One cannot know what a man really is
by the end of a fortnight. But if we do not venture, somebody else will; and after all,
Mrs. Long and her nieces must stand their chance; and therefore, as she will think it an
act of kindness, if you decline the office, I will take it on
myself.

Note how Mr. Bennet
mocks his wife, talking of giving other women "the chance" to ensnare Mr. Bingham and
also indirectly criticising Mrs. Bennet's willingness to marry any of her daughters off
to Mr. Bingham without even getting to know him.

What is the relevance on Nightingale's beliefs in today's healthcare system?Notes of nursing by Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale introduced many of the practices and
beliefs that are at the basis of modern health care systems. Through dedication,
perseverance, and complete commitment to achieving the changes she felt were needed, she
overcame objections from many sources to create the beginnings of today's medical
procedures.

Nightingale worked tirelessly to develop and
enforce standards of cleanliness for patients and facilities, both of which were unheard
of considerations prior to her efforts. She championed the cause of specific training
for nurses and then fought, ultimately successfully, to change the attitudes of the day
so that nurses were allowed to work with doctors cooperative efforts to care for
patients. She also integrated care of the patients' emotional as well as physical
welfare by introducing recreational opportunities into the health care settings in which
she worked.

What’s happening during “dreadful martyrdom”?W. H. Auden's "Musee de Beaux Arts"

In W. H. Auden's poem, "Musee des Beaux Arts," the
speaker points  out how irrelevant individual momentous events are to many but those
involved in them.  And, it is Auden's allusion to "dreadful martyrdom," the Crucifixion
of Christ, that pointedly underscores the insignificance given to even such occurrences
as Christ's dying for mankind.

Prior to this line, the
reader is told that the "miraculous birth" was as casually ignored by
children 

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...who did not specially want it to happen,
skating

On a pond at the edge of the
wood

Cleverly, Auden employs
the word specially rather than
especially, suggesting the innocent vocabulary of the children
which is in conflict with the disturbing emotions that are felt by the poet. The
reference to ice skating in Palestine is an incongruity with reality,too, which further
calls attention to something that is wrong.  For, the people act much like the dogs who
simply go on "with their doggy life." 

Certainly, there is
a blurring of the lines between life and art as Auden employs
ekphrasis.  While art mitigates the horror of some occurrences in
life, such as the Spanish Civil War and the ascendancy of Fascism in Germany about which
Auden was dismayed, it is this "amoral insouciance" that also much disturbs Auden both
in life and in art such as the painting "Landscape with the Fall of
Icarus."

Where was Mark Antony during Caesar's assassination in Julius Caesar?

If you look carefully at Act III scene 1, we can see that
Mark Antony is carefully removed from the scene by Trebonius before the conspirators
start their action against Caesar, culminating in his assassination. Examining the text,
we see that Cassius fears the discovery of the plot, but then he is reassured by the way
that Trebonius does what he had to do by leaving with Mark
Antony:

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Trebonius knows his time; for look you,
Brutus,

He draws Mark Antony out of the
way.

Thus it is that Mark
Antony, as planned by the conspirators, is absent from the scene when the murder is
committed, and is therefore not present to witness the assassination of his leader. This
of course, as we go on to see, is a decision that backfires disastrously on the
conspirators. The way that Brutus underestimates Mark Antony and ignores the advice of
Cassius to kill him too results in his own downfall.

The tragedy of Hamlet is the tragedy of irresolution and inaction. Is it a fair assassment of Hamlet?Discuss.

In all fairness, I believe Hamlet was being cautious in
his judgment of whether or not his Uncle Claudius killed his father or not. It is wise
to not make assumptions, especially in a case such as this. To accuse someone of murder
is quite serious. It should not be done so lightly.

While
some critics may argue that Hamlet was inactive, I would say he was making sure his
questions were answered with sufficient eveidence. That is why he reenacted his father's
murderous scene. He was searching for signs of guilt from his Uncle
Cladius.

Tragically, during his effecient search for
evidence of his father's murderer, Hamlet's Uncle Claudius becomes aware that Hamlet
suspects him as the murderer. By this point, Claudius is making plans to have Hamlet
killed as well.

If there is a weakness or tragic flaw in
Hamlet's character, it would be that he wanted to be certain his father's murderer. I
believe this is a a good quality that cost Hamlet his life.

How to describe Jim's tone here in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?from Chapter 43, Tom give Jim forty dollars for being his prisoner. ... Jim...

In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn, when Jim gets the forty dollars from Tom, I believe his
is giving himself a pat on the back. Jim, as we have seen
throughout the story, is extremely superstitious. He reminds Huck that he knew he would
be rich again, and that he believes in signs—omens. He
says:

Dah,
now! doan' talk to me—signs is signs, mine I tell
you...

Jim has really put up
with a lot of nonsense and had his worries. He was frightened for Huck's life when he
thought he'd lost Huck—but perhaps he has also recognized that Huck finally realized
what a good friend Jim is. Tom's ridiculous adventures have especially inconvenienced
Jim, and for a man whose fate has for so long not been in his hands, he has not only
been delivered (alive) from Tom's machinations, but has also been proven correct about
giving credence to signs along the way. Best of all, he has been rewarded in a way he
could probably only dreamed of before—signs or no
signs.

This small patch of "being right" would have been
self-affirming to someone like Jim.

Was the United States justified in their Imperialistic policies of the late 1800's and early 1900's? Social, Economic and Military reasons for...

When looking at the justified reasons for American
imperialism, through 21st century lenses, it easy to break down the argument for
imperialism.  However, what were the objectives of policy makers leading America at that
time?  Competing economically, on an international scale, was at the forefront of the
argument that would make American imperialism necessary, in order to meet those economic
goals and compete on a global scale.

Great Britain, France,
Germany, Japan, and Russia had been implementing imperialist policies throughout the
19th century and influential thinkers of the time gave similar reasons to justify those
policies.  Thinkers such as John Hobson & Vladimir Lenin spoke of the
problematic issues caused by overproduction, which had been caused by the rapid
innovations of the industrial worlds, and one of the remedies to that problem was to
colonize outside of a nation’s borders.  Through colonization, the dominant imperialist
countries could create vast increases in their markets to help alleviate
overproduction.  So if American policy makers implemented the popular 19th century idea
of Realpolitik, which stresses the practical and realistic need and
concerns facing nations, those leaders could easily justify imperialism over the ideals
of human rights and self-determination.  However, some Americans would not have been
satisfied with a purely economic justification for imperialism, so pro-imperialists had
to create other avenues to push their agenda.

As mentioned
in the prior post, Social Darwinism, spreading Christianity, and Mahan’s The
Influence of Sea Power upon History all played a supporting role for the
pro-imperialist cause.  One might also examine the thesis presented in Frederick Jackson
Turner’s “The Significance of the Frontier in American”, where Turner argues that
territorial expansion promotes social, economic, and political stability, so with the
frontier now “closed”, Americans had to look beyond North American borders to stabilize
the country.  Domestically, there was economic and social instability at the turn of the
century, and policy makers had to find ways to stabilize the country.  An imperialist
policy would help bring the economy out of immediate crisis caused by the Panic of 1893,
help create conditions that would allow for future investments and help reduce class
conflicts by reducing unemployment, passing on economic benefits to more Americans, and
utilizing the passion of patriotism to mute the voice of class
conflict.

Again, imperialism is not acceptable in the
modern world despite the numerous amounts of arguments which could be posed, but we
should avoid applying modern views when judging actions of the past.   However, if the
main goal of American leaders and policy makers was to make the United States a world
power and empower the economy, than one could have a strong argument that imperialism
was justifiable as a way to meet that goal.

Please identify the resolution of Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.

The resolution of a story is defined as the moment when
the various conflicts are resolved and the story concludes. When we think about this
excellent novel, we can see that the resolution occurs when Jesse finally begins to move
on from Leslie's death, and realises what he has been taught through his friendship with
her. It is highly significant that he returns to the kingdom of Terabithia and is able
to continue imagining his adventure there even though Leslie, who has guided their
adventures up until this stage, is no longer with him. Initiating May Belle into
Terabithia is likewise a key moment, as it symbolises sharing the pleasure and fun of
their games with others. Terabithia lives on, just as the memory of Leslie and all that
she has taught Jesse will live on as well.

What is understood by ‘nonsexist language’?

The term "nonsexist language" refers to words and ways of
speaking that do not imply that men are better than women.  Because society (and
especially the business world) has typically been male dominated, many of our speech
mannerisms and much of our language does imply that men are better than
women.

One of the examples of this that is often given is
our tendency to use the pronoun "he" by default.  When we write sentences about
unidentified people, we tend to call them "he."  This implies that anyone you are
writing about in a business context must be male because men are supposed to work and
women are supposed to stay home.  The same is true of our use of the term
"businessman."  These are usages that are not meant to be offensive, but which clearly
imply that business is a man's world, not a woman's
world.

Nonsexist language, then, avoids these sorts of word
choices.  Nonsexist language might speak of "business executives" instead of
"businessmen."  It might alternate referring to generic people as "he" and "she."  It
will avoid word choices that imply that men are better than women or that it is more
natural for men to be in the business world than for women to
be.

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Give a specific example of an instance in To Kill a Mockingbird that shows what kind of boy Jem is and explain its importance.

In Chapter 10, Jem understands why Atticus has never
bragged about his marksmanship skills to his children. It's
because

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"Atticus is a gentleman, just like
me!"

Perhaps there is no
better illustration of Jem's growth into gentlemanly maturity than in Chapter 28, when
he escorts Scout to and from the Halloween pageant. Atticus was too tired to walk the
children himself, something he would have normally done during the evening hours. So,
Jem stepped in for his father, walking Scout past the spooky Radley house in the
darkness. When they heard the footsteps on their way back and were then attacked by the
stranger, Jem did his best to protect his sister. After the attacker first assaulted
Scout, she called for help, and Jem came to her
rescue.

... I
felt Jem. He was up like lightning and pulling me with him but... we didn't get very
far.

Jem suffered a broken
elbow but earned Scout's everlasting gratitude. He was a brave big brother of which any
younger sister would be proud.

How old is the narrator of "Araby" when he tells the story?

James Joyce's The Dubliners, which he wrote as a "stages
of man," has three stories devoted to the following
stages:

1. childhood


2. adolescence


3. mature
   life


4. public life


5. married
   life, which is inserted between adolescence and mature
   life.

"Araby" falls into the adolescent stage,
a stage in which the teen characters are all failures.  In the first paragraph of this
story, the narrator describes North Richmond Street, which is quiet until the Christian
Brothers' School sets the "boys free."  As he continues his description of his
neighborhood, the narrator describes his play with the other boys; they shout and play
"till our bodies glowed." Mangan's sister, for whom the narrator has an imaginative
infatuation calls her brother in for "his tea."  Later, when she speaks to the narrator,
he remarks,

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When she addressed the first words to me I was so
confused that I did not know what to
answer.

The narrator's
 immaturity is clearly indicated by his play and his confusion when he does talk to
Mangan's sister, and it is suggested by the romanticized concept of love that he
constructs as the Arthurian knight pursuring "the grail," as well as his burgeoning
sexual feelings as he lies on the floor in the front parlour where he peeks through the
blind, watching her.  These indications, therefore, point to the narrator as a boy in
the early stages of adolescence.

Why does Hamlet say "to be or not to be" and what does it mean in Hamlet?

I think it is entirely possible that Shakespeare wrote the
“To be or not to be” soliloquy as a separate piece expressing his own personal feelings
about life and death and then put it away in the bottom drawer, as writers will do,
until he found a convenient spot for it when he was writing his play
Hamlet. What is important in this soliloquy, and what explains its
great popularity, is the truths it tells about human existence, not what it reveals
about the character of the moody Prince. We have all personally experienced some of the
slings and arrows Hamlet complains about, just by being alive and having to deal with
people and struggle to keep a niche in the crowded, competitive world. And we have all
felt discouraged and wondered whether existence was really worth the
trouble.

If we haven’t experienced all the slings and
arrows personally, we have seen others suffering and have wondered why some people will
continue to cling to life when they get nothing out of it but hard work and suffering.
If we live in a city we commonly see people who are totally blind trying to find their
way by feeling the pavement with long white canes. We see men sleeping in doorways on
the cold concrete. We see men rummaging through dumpsters and trash receptacles trying
to gather a few cans and bottles they can sell for enough to live on for one more day.
We see all sorts of ugliness and deformity. We see old people hobbling along, hoping to
survive just a little bit longer, although they have nobody to care whether they live or
die.

Shakespeare itemizes some of the negative aspects of
human existence in this soliloquy. They deserve more attention than the worn-out
questions of what Hamlet is really thinking about or whether he is really contemplating
suicide. We have all personally experienced “the proud man’s contumely,” “the pangs of
despised love,” and “the insolence of office” (if only at the Department of Motor
Vehicles).

Charles Dickens’s novels offer excellent
examples of some of the “outrageous fortune” which Hamlet summarizes in just a few
lines. In his novel Bleak House, Dickens describes the effects of
“the law’s delay” in the interminable case of Jarndyce v Jarndyce, during which the
lawyers of his day, like a flock of vultures, picked the estate clean and left nothing
but the bare bones. In his novel Little Dorrit, Dickens illustrates
“the proud man’s contumely” and “the insolence of office” in his characters’ dealings
with the Circumlocution Office. In that great novel, his character Daniel Doyce, who has
been trying for years to patent an invention, is an example of “the spurns that patient
merit of th’ unworthy takes,” while both Little Dorrit, who loves Arthur Clennam, and
Arthur Clennam, who loves "Pet" Meagles, offer good examples of “the pangs of despised
love.”

Shakespeare was probably talking for himself when he
wrote those famous lines beginning with “To be, or not to be.” He had had a rough life
and knew—better than any spoiled prince--what it was like to have to struggle for
survival in a brutal city like London of the sixteenth century. How could he have
written them otherwise?

In the "Atlanta Exposition Speech," what does Booker T. Washington want his fellow African Americans to do?

This speech is often called the "Atlanta Compromise"
because Washington encouraged African-Americans to worry less about social segregation
and more about achieving economic security. But it was mainly aimed at whites, and he
used lots of imagery, most famously separate fingers on the same hand, to suggest to his
white audience that blacks did not seek to upset their social superiority, and that the
races could co-exist. The speech was essentially an acceptance, if not an endorsement,
of Jim Crow, which received the sanction of the courts one year later in Plessy v.
Ferguson. The speech represented a gradualist, some might say accomodationist, approach
to the race problem in the South. The most outspoken critic of Washington was W.E.B.
DuBois, who accused him of aiding and abetting a "national
crime."

What is the climax in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms?

The climax comes when Henry escapes after he and Piani
approach the Tagliamento River in the full swell of the Italian retreat. The Germans had
reinforced the Austrian troops, and the Italians were in full rout. Deserters, or those
who seemed to be deserters, were being detained at the bridge over the Tagliamento, then
executed on the spot. Henry is arrested, tied to a tree and about to be shot when he
breaks free and escapes to the relative safety of the water. He reaches the other side
of the shore and more relative safety.

His arrest and impending
execution by military police, who had that "beautiful detachment and devotion to stern
justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it [themselves],"
comprise the focal point of the climax, which might be said to encompass the entire
retreat. It is following Henry's escape that the ultimate course of the novel is set. As
Henry plunges into the water, arms are firing after him. When he reaches the other side,
after an incalculably long time in the cold water, the arms have quit firing. Henry's
sojourn in the water constituted his farewell to arms, symbolized by the silencing of
the firing. On dry land again, Henry turns his thoughts to Catherine and away from the
war after having said to himself of the war that "It was not my thing
anymore."

In "Les Miserables," how does Marius uniuntentionally change his life when he falls in love?

As a poor student who decidedly lost the grace and the
fortune of his grandfather, before meeting Cosette, Marius was a radical who wanted
nothing more out of life than to fight for the rights of the poor.  Once he met Cosette,
his entire world changed.

First, dying for the cause he at
one time would have died for becomes a realistic fear.  He'd rather have Cosette than
anything else in the world.  But he also realizes there is a class distinction between
them.  Marius is poor.  Because of Cosette and Valjean's connections to the
"Jondrette's," Marius finds himself entangled with Eponine, who both loves and deceives
him.  Because of Eponine, Marius believes he is about to lose Cosette forever.  In
despair, he fights at the barricade without concern for his life.  He is wounded (though
everyone else is killed) and is saved by Jean Valjean (who knows Cosette is in love with
him).  Valjean brings Marius back to his grandfather and as a result, the two are
reunited and there is forgiveness.  His grandfather encourages Marius' relationship with
Cosette and financially ensures the marriage.

Ultimately,
his love for Cosette propells his heroism as a revolutionary, saves his life, reunites
him with his family, and secures him in a future that is expectedly lived in security
and happiness.

How do the themes love, marriage and pain connect in "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

Love, marriage, and pain connect in "The Yellow Wallpaper"
in the main idea revealed in the short story: 
sexism. 

Though the husband/doctor undoubtedly sees himself
as supportive, he is condescending toward his wife/patient, and their marriage is the
cause of the narrator's mental condition, not the cure. 

At
the root of the husband's enforced cure is the idea that mental activity is too
strenuous for a woman.  The men (the official physician is also male) insist on complete
absence from mental activity.  Doctors believed at the time the story was written that
female mental illness was rooted in the uterus, and caused in part by too much mental
activity.     

I wouldn't say that the story presents
specific revelations concerning love--it's not a philosphical treatment on the nature of
love or anything like that.  But it is certainly a comment on marriage, and the roles of
men and women in marriage.  And what the marriage results in is pain for the female. 
She is a creative, intelligent woman with a powerful imagination who is deprived of any
mental stimulation.  Her breakdown is the result. 

The
story is based on an actual cure Gilman herself was forced to suffer through and is a
direct attack on the famous physician she was treated by. 

Can you provide a character analysis of the bachelor in "The Storyteller" written by Saki(H.H.Munro)?

In their narratives, authors use various methods of
characterization:  through a physical
description

1. through a physical description of
   the character


2. through the character's
   actions


3. through the character's thoughts, feeling, and
   speeches


4. through the comments and reactions of other
   characters


5. through direct statements giving the writer's
   opinion of the character.

The first four
methods are called indirect methods of characterization while the last method is direct
characterization since with it the author tells rather than
dramatizes.

In his witty short story, "The Storyteller,"
Saki presents his character, the bacelor, mainly through his speech and comments and
reactions toward other characters with some characterization through the reactions of
the aunt.

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With
his own inimitable wit and psychological insight, Saki presents the reader with what
seems a confirmed bachelor who is uncomfortably confined to a compartment on a train
with an indulgent and ineffective aunt and three unruly children, who "are converstional
in a limited, persistent way."  They also move around the compartment; the boy pounds
the cushion right next to the bachelor. As it becomes apparent that the bachelor is very
irritated by this intrusion upon his polite distance when he glares at her twice after
looking at Cyril who seems bent upon reciting a line two thousand times, the aunt
summons the children to her and attempts to pacify them with a story about a good little
girl.

Interrupted by petulant questions from one girl, the
aunt essays to entertain the children unsuccessfully.  Disgruntled, the bachelor
abruptly from his corner tells her,

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"You don't seem to be a success as a
story-teller."

In defence,
the aunt challenges him to relate a story himself. With ironic wit, the bachelor does
this, changing the story about the little girl to one about Bertha, who has three medals
for her goodness which she constantly wears so everyone will know how "horribly good"
she is.  This paradoxical phrase intrigues the children who listen eagerly to the
bachelor's unorthodox tale of Bertha's being invited to the Prince's park which is
inhabited by pigs. Instead of the "happily ever after" ending, the satirical bachelor
tells the children of a wolf who pursues Bertha, who is able to successfully hide from
it until her good conduct medals clink together, betraying her to the wolf and she is
eaten. At this ending, the aunt's initial admiration turns to disapproval, "A most
improper story," she chides him.  However, the bachelor congratulations himself for his
victory over this woman,

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Unhappy woman!" he observed to himself as he
walked down the platform of Templecombe station; "for the next six months or so those
children will assail her in public with demands for an improper
story!"

No meek and retiring
bachelor, Saki's character has pulled out his sardonic verbal skills and ironic wit to
battle the irritations of the children and their ineffective aunt who have disturbed his
comfort on the train.

How does "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes relate to events or themes of To Kill a Mockingbird?*Note: I have only read up to chapter 17 in To...

I believe I can make an indirect connection between To
Kill a Mockingbird and the Langston Hughes poem.  By indirect, I mean that I can't think
of anyone who was explicitly pursuing, or wished to pursue an impossible dream--unless
that dream is of equality.  However, when we consider the impossible-to-overcome racism
of the 1933 South, the poem begins to have a more apparent connection.  The images
Hughes uses to describe, metaphorically of course, the emotions experienced by one with
an impossible dream are likely very similar to those experienced by Tom Robinson,
Atticus, and later Scout and Jem, as they all struggle with the irrational, unfair, and
impossible nature of Robinson's predicament.  The deeply ingrained attitudes of
Southerners toward blacks in Maycomb were such that once Robinson was accused of a crime
against a white woman, there was no way he would ever be free again.
The anger and frustration Robinson, his wife, Atticus, and eventually the
children, could be likened to festering sores, stinking meat, or any of the other
metaphors Hughes uses.

What is the maximum domain of definition of function f(x)=arcsin(2x-3)?

To determine the maximum domain of definition of the
function, w'ell impose constraints to the argument 2x -
3.

We know that the domain of definition of the arcsine
function is [-1 ; 1], so the argument of the function must belong to this range of
values.

-1 =< 2x - 3 =<
1

We'll solve the left
inequality:

2x - 3 >=
-1

2x >= 3 - 1

2x
>= 2

x >=
1

We'll solve the right
inequality:

2x - 3 =<
1

2x =< 3+1

2x
=< 4

x =<
2

The maximum domain of the given function
f(x)=arcsin(2x - 3), is: [1 ; 2].

What could be considered symbolic in the short story, "Killings."

Keep in mind, symbols are objects in
the story that are meant to represent a deeper meaning.  Often, when looking for
symbolism, it is helpful to look for prominent objects, characters, or even places that
recur more than once in the story.  It also helps to look for seemingly insignificant
objects which the author seems to put undo attention on in a scene or
scenes.

In this case, the guns in "Killings" should be
looked at as symbolic.  Consider first that there are three guns of importance. 
Strout's gun, which killed Frank, Fowler's gun, which killed Strout, and Willis' gun,
which is not the impetus for any death in the story but is available to be one. 
Predominantly, guns seem to be the symbol for revenge.  Strout killed Frank as revenge
for sleeping with his wife.  Fowler killed Strout for the death of his son Frank.  If
you go back and read the story again, you will also notice how much description is given
to the guns.  Fowler, before killing Strout, frequently grips his gun in anticipation,
as if it is the object of relief for his pain, the object which provides him courage,
and finally, the object which finalizes his act of
revenge.

The suitcase Fowler forces Strout to pack (and
Strout's clean home) is symbolic of Strout's humanity and normalness outside of being a
killer.

Willis' wife's pain pills could be considered
symbolic of the fact that she and Ruth both go to sleep and ignore what their husbands
are out doing late at night, despite the fact that though it goes unspoken, they likely
know.

Cultural relativism is descriptively true but normatively false What does this mean?

If the term "normative" is to be seen as "prescriptive" or
something having to do with a sense of the practical, then there is much in way of truth
in the statement.  The idea of cultural relativism means that all cultures are
considered relative, and individuals cannot pas or make judgments upon them. 
Descriptively or abstractly, this sounds wonderful.  The crimes in the past that have
been made in valuing one culture over another have been horrific, so to establish a
position whereby all cultures are the same and no one can pass judgments is something
that sounds extremely laudable.  Yet, the practical application of this philosophy is
both impossible and not desirable.  On one level, the philosophy is normatively false on
a theoretical level because in saying that judgments should not be made, and then
asserting that all cultures are equally relevant and relative, one has made a judgment. 
In making the culture of Hitler and the culture of Mother Teresa the same, one has made
a judgment.  Hence, the idea of not making a judgment to say that all cultures are the
same is actually making a judgment.  On a practical level, it is nearly impossible to
presume that all cultures are a reflection of individual tastes and presuppositions and
then ask individuals to assume a position of transcendence to not pass judgments.  The
fact of the matter is that there are cultural elements that must be criticized and
towards which dissent must be spoken.  The culture that embraces human trafficking or
the abuse of women is something that has to be criticized.  The globalized nature of the
world has created some distinct cultural practices as being considered unacceptable.  In
this, cultural relativism is seen as normatively false from a practical point of
view.

What are the themes in the story "The Wife of My Youth"?

Theme refers to the moral or
lesson of a story.  You can look at it as the universal message or the lesson learned by
one or more characters.  In the story, one of the themes is that you can
never escape where you came from.

The story
is really about a group of African-Americans who try to use their light skin to get
ahead in a whites-dominant world.  Sadly, there is only so much they can accomplish
because they are limited by the prejudice against their race.  Mr. Ryder, for example,
is described as refined and having good tastes and sophisticated looks.  Yet even he is
haunted by his past, as he shows the group the wife he married when he was
young.

A prime example of how one’s past catches up is the
reappearance of Mr. Ryder’s wife; he thought she was dead, but she was
not.

And then
suppose that accident should bring to his knowledge the fact that the wife of his
youth…was alive and seeking him, but that he was absolutely safe from recognition or
discovery…

Just as Mr. Ryder
acknowledges his past, all of the members of the society will have to acknowledge
theirs, and the limitations of where they come from.

Who did socialists say would be resented and hated by the exploited classes?According to the writings of many socialists during the Industrial...

The only possible answer to this question is
C.

The term "bourgeoisie" is one used by Karl Marx.  He
used the term to refer to the class of people who owned the means of production.  These
would be people like factory owners.  One of the basic tenets of Marxism is that the
bourgeoisie exploits the working class.  This exploitation gives rise to conflict
between the two classes.

None of the other answers can be
right.  The proletariat is the working class and will not hate itself.  Hatred of the
aristocracy and clergy belongs to a different age.  It goes more with the rise of
democracy when the common people were (as in the French Revolution) demanding that they
get more power and that the groups like the aristocracy and clergy give up the
privileges they had previously enjoyed.

What insights do Jem and Scout gain from attending church with Calpurnia and why is it special to Calpurnia in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Above all else, Jem and Scout gain valuable insight to the
very different lives of Maycomb's African-American population. Calpurnia is obviously
very proud of the Finch children and makes sure that they are looking their best when
they arrive at First Purchase A.M.E. She is also very proud of her church, and though it
is not mentioned much in the novel, Calpurnia is a spiritual person whose church life
plays a major part of her life. Calpurnia takes the children specifically because
Atticus is out of town, and she does not trust the kids to attend their own church
unsupervised.

Among the things that the children learn
during their visit:

• The definition of "linin',"
  in which the mostly illiterate congregation repeats the lines of each hymn after they
  are read to them.


• Why there are no hymnals (most of the
  congregation can't read, and they can't afford them
  anyway).


• That at least one person (specifically Lula)
  does not appreciate the appearance of white faces at the
  church.


• That everyone else is respectful to
  them.


• That Reverend Sykes is quite persistent in raising
  the $10 collection to go to Tom Robinson's family.


• That
  they enjoy their visit with Cal so much that Scout wants to visit their housekeeper at
  her home as well.


• That people (be they black or white)
  are just people.

What were the conditions in which the slave worked in "The Slave's Dream" by Longfellow?

You didn't mention which work by Longfellow you are
refering to, so I assume you mean "The Slave's Dream," which is a famous poem by this
poet. We can glean some ideas of the working conditions faced by the slave through an
examination of the first and last stanzas, which place the slave in his unfortunate
present context before the return to his homeland that his final, dying dream allows him
to accomplish in the middle of the poem.

We can see from
the first stanza, therefore, that the slave worked in a rice plantation harvesting rice.
It was clear that he was not treated well as a slave. Note how he is described in terms
of his appearance:

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His breast was bear, his matted
hair

Was buried in the
sand.

The way in which he is
presented establishes that he is not treated well. He has no shirt or top to wear and
his hair is allowed to become "matted" and unkempt. In addition, the way the first line
stresses the "ungathered rice" emphasises the sheer volume of work that he was expected
to accomplish.

The final stanza continues to present the
harsh conditions faced by this slave by making reference to the "driver's whip" and the
"burning heat of day." This slave was obviously expected to work hard during the hottest
parts of the day, and any tiredness would be punished by the whip of the slave driver
responsible for him. Such conditions make us appreciate that the death of the slave at
the end, far from being a tragedy, is actually a welcome release form someone who was so
cruelly snatched from his own land and culture and made to work like a
beast.

Can anyone tell me the extent of Ashoka's empire?

Ashoka's empire encompassed almost the whole of the Indian
sub-continent. Geographically, it stretched from present day Afghanistan and Pakistan to
Bangladesh.  Alexander the Great had conquered a great deal of India; but when he
withdrew, this left a power vacuum that was filled by Ashoka's grandfather,
Changdragupta Maurya. This was the beginning of the Mauryan dynasty. After his death,
Ashoka conquered the remainder of the sub-continent in a campaign that was quite bloody.
The bloodshed caused him to dedicate himself to
Buddhism.

Ashoka’s empire crumbled almost immediately after
his death in 232 B.C.E., largely due to economic difficulties. The cost of maintaining
an army (which was largely inefficient) outpaced revenue; and subsequent emperors
attempted to compensate for the loss by debasing the currency (reducing the gold or
silver in the coin without reducing its face value.) The Mauryan Empire disintegrated c.
185 B.C.E., after which local rulers ruled a series of localized
kingdoms.

How do Frankenstein and Blade Runner explore aspects of humanity?

Both of these texts are very similar in the way that they
ask serious questions about what it means to be human through profoundly muddying the
waters in the creation of creatures who are not human yet at the same time show many
characteristics of being human. In both texts, the replicants and the creature are made
by humans. The texts explore different facets of human experience constantly causing us
to question how we are differentiated from other forms of life. In a sense, the creature
and the replicants seem to be difficult to separate from humans. Both are able to have
emotions and to feel longings and passions within them. Both are able to love and are
shown to need the warmth of human companionship. Both are shown to be able to dream and
to have desires.

In addition, it is possible to argue that
the replicants and the creature are shown to be more "human" than the actual humans that
they interact with. Let us not forget the cruel and chilling way in which Josephine was
condemned to death in Frankenstein, and the way that the replicants are hunted down one
by one and cruelly slaughtered in cold blood by Blade Runner's such as Dekkard. Such
texts then serve to seriously question our ideas about humanity and what makes us human,
suggesting, perhaps, that we may not be that "human" after all.

Prove this identity: tan x = (sin (x + 2pi))/(cos(x - 2pi))

tan(x) = sin(x+2pi) /
cos(x-2pi)

We will use trigonometric identities to prove
the equality.

We know
that:

sin(a+ b) = sina*cosb+
cosa*sinb

==> sin(x+2pi) = sinx*cos2pi +
cosx*sin2pi

==> sin(x+2pi) = sinx*1 + cosx* 0 =
sinx,..........(1)

Now we know
that:

cos(a-b) = cosa*cosb-
sina*sinb

==> cos(x-2pi) = cosx*cos2pi +
sinx*sin2pi

                      = cosx*1 + sinx*0 =
cosx.............(2)

Now, from (1) and (2) we conclude
that:

sin(x+2pi)/cos(x-2pi) = sinx/cos x = tanx
.........q.e.d

==> Then we prove that
tanx = sin(x+2pi)/cos(x-2pi)

I need a quote that helps prove "being different" in the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, preferably something about Tom Robinson or Boo Radley.

Boo Radley is certainly the most unusual character in
To Kill a Mockingbird, but there are a few other eccentric citizens
who can more easily be found on the streets of
Maycomb. 

BOO RADLEY.  Boo is
never seen until the final chapters of the story. He is a recluse, hiding in the Radley
house until darkness falls, when he makes his unseen rounds of the neighborhood. Gossip
runs rampant about Boo around town--he eats squirrels, poisons pecans, and peeks in
windows. But in the end, he shows an unexpected heroic side when he comes to the aid of
his neighbors.

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His face was as white as his hands... his cheeks
were thin to hollowness... his gray eyes were so colorless I thought he was blind... His
hair was dead and
thin...

DOLPHUS
RAYMOND.  A wealthy white man who lives with his black mistress, Dolphus
ranks second only to Boo as a subject of town gossip. He is misunderstood and he likes
it that way. He deliberately weaves about the town, pretending to be drunk as he sips
from a straw in a bottle hidden by a paper sack.

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As Mr. Dolphus Raymond was an evil man, I
accepted his invitation reluctantly... I had a feeling that I shouldn't be here
listening to this sinful man... but he was
fascinating.

MISSES
TUTTI & FRUTTI.  Only mentioned once
in the story (in Chapter 27), the sisters Sarah and Frances Barber were known as
"Tutti and Frutti" to those in Maycomb. Perhaps they were the oddest couple in Maycomb:
They were Republicans, Northern Alabamans, unmarried, deaf, and they had the only house
with a cellar in town.

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... why they wanted a cellar, nobody knew, but
they wanted one and they dug one, and they spent the rest of their lives chasing
generations of children out of
it. 

What is the purpose of Chuck Close's grid in his work?

The use of the grid methodology in Close's work was quite
deliberate.  In replicating the chosen sample through the grid method, Close was able to
create multiple examples of a "picture within a picture."  Each grid contained its own
definition of color and when fit together, comprised a whole that made it difficult to
distinguish part from whole.  I think that the purpose here was twofold.  The first was
that Close wanted to forge the link between art and representation through pictures.  In
doing so, one is challenged by the notion of pictures versus art and Close's grid method
is able to make this happen.  From a symbolic point of view, there is something quite
profound about smaller pieces, insignificant by themselves, contributing to a larger
fabric or vision which is impossible without their composition.  I think that the Grid
method is one way in which Close was fairly radical for an artist.  The grid method is
something that art classes now use quite often in order to teach students about the
notion of composition and breaking down artistic barriers, even at the youngest of
stages.  This is something that Close was fairly effective at through his use of the
grid method.

Identify a conflict that pits a character against a force of nature in "The Interlopers."

Much of the conflict which happens in "The Interlopers" by
H.H. Munro (Saki) involves man and nature. While the story is about two men who
literally want to kill one another, the setting of the story (which includes the weather
as well as their surroundings) prepares the reader for their
enmity.

One clear conflict between man and nature in the
story is the weather. On the night in which the story takes place, there is a violent
storm. The narrator says it is so bad that the night creatures are not out and the rest
of the animals in the forest are running away rather than just taking shelter as they
normally do.

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The roebuck, which usually kept in the sheltered
hollows during a storm-wind, were running like driven things to-night, and there was
movement and unrest among the creatures that were wont to sleep through the dark hours.
Assuredly there was a disturbing element in the
forest....

It is this vicious
wind and storm which causes the tree to fall--the tree that traps Georg and Ulrich and
eventually makes them easy prey for the wolves, another force of
nature.

In Danticat's "Night Women," what does it mean that the heroine is caught between the day women and the night women?

In "Night Women," part of Krik?
Krack!, Danticat exposes the difficulties of women who must earn a living in
a country with sorely limited employment opportunities. The heroine, like many other
women in Haiti, chose to sacrifice her values, beliefs, and body in order to provide for
her young son and keep him fed and housed. As a result, she became a professional
prostitute; she became a member of the profession practice in the night; she became a
night woman.

However, her soul remained a woman of the day. Her
beliefs and values remained sacrosanct in her soul even if they were sacrificed in the
physical world. This is what Danticat means when she writes, through her heroine’s
thoughts, that the heroine is caught between the two worlds of day women and night
women.

The love and care she gives her young son is testimony that her
soul is still a woman of day, even though she wears her bright, blood-red scarf on the
streets during the day to attract customers, “suitors.” The fact that she tells her son
stories of ghost women who "ride the crests of waves while brushing the stars out of
their hair" while letting him sleep in his Sunday best testifies to her care and concern
to disguise this secret night life from her son.

This dichotomous
pull of necessity and inner essence is what Danticat's heroine means when she says that
she is caught between the day and night worlds of women. This is what the heroine means
when she answers her small son’s question, “Mommy, have I missed the angels again?” by
saying, “Darling, the angels have themselves a lifetime to come to us.”: her soul
remains in the day, so the angels will come to them eventually.