I need to explain this sonnet by John Milton: "To the Lord General Cromwell, May 1652."

John Milton's poem, "To the Lord General Cromwell, May
1652" is a poem of praise for the Puritan leader who ruled England for several years
after the insurrection that removed Charles I of England (and the monarch) until the
Restoration of the monarchy (Charles II) to the
throne.

Charles I had been extravagant with the funds,
indicating that he was more concerned for himself than the well-being of England. The
Puritan army defeated the Royalist army (of Charles I) in the English Civil War.
Cromwell, a Puritan leader, oversaw the business of running England during part of the
Protectorate. It lasted for nine years (though Cromwell ruled for only five, until his
death). The loss of Cromwell sent the state of England into chaos; Charles II was able
to return to the throne.

Cromwell was a man of God. He was
not connected to a specific religious group, and advocated religious
tolerance.

John Milton was also a religious man, and his
poem is one of praise and admiration. He saw the Parliamentary war (the Puritans) as "as
the people’s fight for freedom." Similar to Cromwell, Milton (though religious) did not
support one religious sect over another, advocating religious
tolerance.

Milton's vision of religion was something he
wrote about: supporting God in the purest form, or heresy, which he saw as man changing
God's laws.

With these sentiments, it is easy to see how
Milton would admire the work Cromwell was doing. The sonnet to Cromwell was composed in
May, 1652, as the title indicates. The sonnet is also known as "Sonnet XVII [16]: To the
Lord General Cromwell."

In the first four lines of the
sonnet, Milton praises Cromwell, stating that he has marched through a cloud not only of
war but also of rude "detractions," guided by his faith and persistence to a place of
peace and truth.

The following lines refer to the execution
of Charles I. "God's trophies" refer to accomplishments and victories in the name of
God.

And on
the neck of crowned Fortune proud

Hast rear'd God's
trophies, and his work
pursu'd,

Line refers to the
battle at Preston, a battle of two days, in August, 1648, where Charles I was defeated
and the blood of the Scots ran.

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While Darwen stream with blood of Scots
imbru'd,

In line eight, the
reference to Dunbar field refers to the support of Charles II by the Scots, who
Cromwell's army quickly defeated:

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...The Scots had acknowledged Charles II, on his
father's execution. Cromwell invaded their country and defeated them, September 3,
1650.

In 1651, Cromwell
achieved his greatest victory; referring to it as his "crowning glory," Milton includes
reference to the laureate wreath, a symbol of the Roman empire for reward and praise for
a great accomplishment.

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...in Rome [laureate wreaths] were symbols of
martial victory, crowning a successful commander during
his triumph.

Lines 10-11
indicate that Cromwell's work is not over: "New foes arise / Threat'ning to bind our
souls with secular chains..." indicating Milton's concern that some religious group
(Catholics, Presbyterians or Episcopal, perhaps) intends to enforce secularism on those
who would reject it (i.e., Milton, Cromwell).

The final
lines refer to Milton's condemnation of the the ministers of the Committee for
Propagation of the Gospel, who did not want the separation of church and state, as
Milton and Cromwell
did.

Additional
Sources:

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_preston.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_wreath

A box with a square base has no top. If 58 cm^2 of material is used what is the max possible volume for the box? need help urgently??

Let w, l, h be the dimensions of the
box

The volume is w*l*h

The
surface area (SA) of a box without a top is
wl+2wh+2lh.

Since the bottom is square we have l = w
so

SA = w^2 + 4wh

And we are
told this is 58 cm^2 so

w^2 + 4wh = 58.
(1)

The volume of the box

V =
w^2 * h  (2)

and we can solve (1) for h = (58-w^2)/4w =
29/(2w) - w/4

Substituting into (2) we
get

V = w^2(29/(2w) - w/4) = 29/2 w -
w^3/4

Taking the
derivative

dV/dw = 29/2 - 3/4
w^2

We can have the extrema when dV/dw = 0
so

29/2 - 3/4 w^2 = 0

3/4 w^2
= 29/2

w^2 = 58/3

w = +/-
sqrt(58/3)

Since we are talking about a width the negative
solution does not make sense, so we get

w = sqrt(58/3) =
4.3969687 cm

h = 29/2sqrt(58/3) -  sqrtr(58/3)/4 = 29/2 *
sqrt(58/3)/(58/3) - sqrt(58/3)/4

= 3/4 sqrt(58/3) -
sqrt(58/3)/4 = 1/2 sqrt(58/3) = 2.1984843
cm

So the answer is w = sqrt(58/3),  h = 1/2
sqrt(58/3)

What are the steps that should be taken by the government and people to increase the anti-liquor movement?

I suppose my first question in response to this would be
to wonder if there is an "anti- liquor movement" that is out there.  Temperance
movements seemed to have faded out since the days of the Progressivists.  If nothing
else, in America, the repeal of prohibition in the form of the 21st Amendment to the
Constitution might be a considerably important step that would have done much to the
anti- liquor movement's attempts at political change.  However, I do think that
government has recognized the need to encourage safe and responsible consumption of
alcohol.  There are few, if any, governments that outright ban alcohol.  It is too
difficult to do this.  However, governments have used education and social attitudes to
encourage safe and more responsible consumption of alcohol.  The fact that drug and
alcohol awareness and education is a part of the wellness curriculum in most schools is
a part of this.  Government has ensured that drunk driving, or driving under the
influence or while intoxicated, are crimes that are vigorously prosecuted.  From a
social point of view, groups like MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) have taken to
social forms of education and awareness about the dangers of drunk driving.  Finally,
the fact that alcoholism is largely seen as a "disease" that necessitates the resources
that other diseases require in countering is another example of how people actively take
a stand the fosters a more aggressive against alcohol.

How does Shakespeare weave the theme of love in and out of the plot in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

The theme of love is very central to A Midsummer
Night's Dream. In fact, the only time when love is not a dominant part of the
plot line is with respect to the mechanicals as they rehearse the play they wish to
perform before Duke Theseus in honor of his wedding day. However, love even returns to
that plot line when Titania falls in love with Bottom who has been transformed into a
donkey. Therefore, the central theme of love weaves out of the plot line with respect to
the mechanicals but then weaves back in when Titania falls in love with Bottom as a
donkey.

While love is not a central theme with respect to the
mechanicals, passion is a central theme, which is very similar to love. It is very
evident that at least a couple of the mechanicals have a passion for the arts,
especially writing and performing. We can see their passion for the arts in the very
fact that they, a group of uneducated laborers, wish to perform a play. We especially
see Quince's passion for the arts when he undertakes writing the prologues he thinks
will be necessary for introducing the play and the actors' intentions. In addition, we
especially Bottom's passion for the arts when he visualizes himself as a grand
performer, capable of stirring an audience with his lead role, as we see in his lines,
"If I do it, let the audience look to their eyes; I will move storms" (I.ii.21-22).
While passion is similar to love, it is not exactly romantic love like we see in the
rest of play; therefore, the mechanicals' production of the play is one instance in
which the theme of love weaves out of the plot line.

However, the
theme of romantic love returns when Oberon and Puck trick Titania into falling in love
with Bottom as a donkey. Oberon decides to trick his wife with a love potion because he
is jealous of her love for the beautiful Indian changeling boy, which he sees as erotic
love for the boy. We know Titania's affection for the boy is erotic because, as Puck
describes, she "[c]rowns him with flowers, and makes him all her joy," which happens to
be the exact same way she treats Bottom when she falls in love with him (II.i.27). Since
her love for the boy is erotic, Oberon decides to enchant her into falling in love with
the first foul creature she lays eyes on in order to distract her from the boy. Once he
has distracted her from the boy, Oberon can then release the spell, making her fall in
love with himself once again. Therefore, since Bottom from the mechanicals is used to
ultimately patch Oberon and Titania's marriage, we see that the theme of love weaves
back into the plot with respect to the mechanicals.

Please help rewrite my answer to a question of Newton's third law of motion:Q: You blow up a balloon and pinch the open end closed. Predict what...

Newton's third law states that when two bodies interact,
with the first body exerting a force F on the second, the second body also exerts a
force with an equal magnitude on the first. The direction of the two forces is opposite
to each other.

When air is filled in the balloon, it
expands with a potential energy getting stored in the skin of the balloon that is
capable of being stretched. Providing an exit for the air to escape converts the
potential energy stored in the skin of the balloon to kinetic energy of the air. As the
air is pushed out with a force exerted by the balloon, it exerts a force equal in
magnitude and opposite in direction on the balloon. This force pushes the balloon in a
direction opposite to that in which the air is
escaping.

The force exerted on the air which pushes it out
can be referred to as the action and the force it exerts on the balloon is the
reaction.

Lady Macbeth tells her husband to "look like the innocent flower/ But be the serpent under it." Explain what she means.

Essentially, this line is Lady Macbeth's warning to her
husband in how to engage in immorality to get what they both want.  She says this to him
in Act I, sc. 5, when he tells her that Duncan is coming.  Lady Macbeth recognizes this
as the perfect opportunity for Macbeth to kill Duncan and seize power.   In order to
become King, Lady Macbeth realizes that Macbeth must kill Duncan.  She also understands
that he lacks the vocabulary and full understanding to do so.  As a warrior and a
fighter on the battlefield, murder is done in name of King and country and there is
little duplicity involved.  The slaughter is understood.  Lady Macbeth shrewdly realizes
that her husband might need some level of guidance in how to murder for personal gain. 
It is in this where she advises him to "beguile time," and put on pretenses as if he is
a gracious host, and devoid of any malicious intent.  The "serpent under it" is how she
believes Macbeth will best understand what needs to be done in how the murder should be
executed.  In this line, Lady Macbeth's initial deviousness is evident, something that
will change over the course of the play.  At the same time, Macbeth's overall innocence
is also evident, something that will also change over the course of the
play.

Describe how the topic of marriage is treated 'Lady Windermere's Fan'.

In the play Lady Windermere's Fan, by
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere is a young, aristocratic, and devout wife who is married to
a very well-respected man. Her marriage has been successful and she has a young child.
All seems perfectly well until she receives two big news on the day of her birthday: 
First, her friend (the Duchess) tells her that Lord Windermere-the lady's husband-has
been cheating on her by giving money to a strange
woman.

Secondly, Lady Windermere finds that Lord Darlington
is in love with her. This is significant because she seems to enjoy the attentions of a
man even though she is "happily" married.

When Lady
Windermere decides to confront her husband and declare war on the "other woman" (not
knowing that the woman is her real mother and that her husband was paying her money to
keep the secret from Lady Windermere), she is told by her husband basically not to
meddle in his business, and to act like a woman is supposed to. This is a clear
indication that marriage was a situation in which women had no control of anything,
especially of their husbands.

Additionally, the Duchess of
Berwick, who is the friend that discloses the information about Lord Windermere and the
other woman, tells Lady Windermere that cheating is an expected thing- that her own
husband waited as much as three years before he began looking at other women, and that
the best thing she could do with Lord Windermere is take him away to distract his
attention. Quite an interesting game of double
standards!

Moreover, if we compare Lady
Windermere's Fan to a play such as A Doll's House, we
will see that the character of Lady Windermere and the character of Nora are both
treated as their husband's respective playthings.  Lady Windermere is always treated
nicely and properly until she attempts to stand up for herself when she sees something
wrong.

In A Doll's House, Nora is also
treated almost like a child, pampered, and spoiled until the moment when she decides to
defend her actions and stand up to her husband. However, Nora doesend up leaving a
relationship that was obviously a farce. Lady Windermere, contrastingly, returns to
it.

Therefore, marriage is treated in these two works as a
reductionist of women. A status in which women are seen, but not heard. They must attend
to the needs of others but disregard their own. In the end, all happens for the sake of
keeping a fake appearance of a well-to-do relationship.

How does humor assist Arnold (Junior) in creating his own identity to be a "full-blooded Indian" in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian?

From the beginning of the novel, Junior uses humor to
introduce himself to the reader.  He draws pictures of himself that exaggerate his
physical disabilities and oddities, and these self-parodies allow Junior to express
himself.  Throughout the story, Junior tries to take the hardships that he experiences
in stride, and often he resorts to humor to deal with the harsh realities of life on the
reservation.  When Junior gets into serious arguments with his best friend Rowdy over
Junior's leaving the rez to attend school at Reardon, Junior draws cartoons to
illustrate their conflict.  In the end, Junior learns that even though there are harsh
realities on the rez, there is a sense of beauty and community there as well.  He and
Rowdy are able to rekindle their friendship, and this suggests that Junior has accepted
his full-blood Indian identity.

What is the significance of the barganing scene between Mirabell and Millamant in "The Way of the World"?Re: The pre-nuptial agreement between two...

The significance of the bargaining scene between Mirabell
and Millamant in Congreve's play The Way of the Word is actually
manifold. 

The first important thing is that they
are barganing how each of them will allow each other to behave once the marriage is in
effect. This is a parody on the social expectations of men and women upon becoming
husband and wife. The requirements make the union far from romantic. Instead, the
parties involved are expected to comply with formalities that continuously reminds them
that their union is one based on networking and convenience, rather than
love.

Another important significance is that they both
discover each other's penchants with this behavior pact, and wonder about each
other. Again, this is satirical. Millamant says that she wants to be free, and allowed
basically to do as she pleases. Mirabell takes this sourly and says that his future
bride better not be scandalous nor a "fashion victim".  In turn, Millamant takes that
personal and cannot believe he would think her to be that way. Even more funny is the
fact that all this weird transaction has to be rushed as another character, Fainall,
enters the scene.

Yet, it is possible that one of the most
important parts of the bargaining scene is the underlying shallowness of the pact.
Mirabell says that, upon marriage, he would be exalted to the rank of husband.
Contrastingly, Millamant says that she will be demoted to the rank of wife. This is a
clear indicator that Millamant is not marriage material, and that Mirabell may not be
the dream husband that we assume he wants to be. Hence, the significance here is
that Mirabell and Millamant are rushing through the very complex process of pre-nuptial
planning with very little evidence of what they really want out of their
marriage.

What do you understand by a "decolonization of mind?"

In my mind, this concept is related to a Postcolonial
frame of reference.  The idea of "decolonizing the mind" is one where an individual
seeks to construct a reality outside of the Colonial element that has been constructed
for them.  For example, how would someone who lived in India under British rule be able
to envision a post- British world?  The idea of "decolonizing" the mind relates to the
individual experience of a social or political reality.  In this concept, there are
certain elements of cultural capital that go along with Colonization that directly
impacts the individual.  What is considered right, just, fair, beautiful, acceptable,
and normative are all challenged when one seeks to "decolonize" the mind and envision a
Postcolonial world.  This becomes one of the fundamental issues behind postcolonial
literature, namely how does an individual define their own existence beyond a colonial
one that has sought to define them for so long.  Essentially, in the "decolonization of
mind" one has to define themselves, a process that is challenged when one has been
defined.  This shifting from object to subject becomes one of the primary focal points
of "decolonization of the mind."

You sold goods to a Company who received a bill. You find that bill was dishonoured. Can you sue a Company; what are your rights of law?

I assume you mean that you send an invoice to the company
that was not paid. In such an instance, the bill becomes an unpaid debt. If it is not
paid by the date on which it is due and payable, then you can, indeed, sue to collect
it. Your lawsuit would be for debt, a cause of action at
law.

There are some complications. Your remedy if you were
successful in court would be a judgment against the company. The judgment would be
viable for ten years or more, dependent upon your jurisdiction, and would also earn
interest at the legal rate until paid. You would have the right to execute on the
judgement and have any assets of the company which owed you the money seized and sold to
satisfy the debt. Still, some assets are exempt from execution, and the company may have
no assets. Many businesses are set up as corporations in which the corporation has few
or no assets as a means of protecting the assets of the principal. In that event, your
chances of collecting your debt are problematic. You cannot imprison a person in the
United States for debt unless that debt is for alimony or child support, nor can you
garnish wages or seize bank accounts. Your judgment simply transforms your debt into a
collectible enforceable debt, if it is in fact collectible.

If a and b are unit vectors where (3a-2b) dot product (a+2b) = 4, find the acute angle between a and b.

The dot product of (3a - 2b) and (a + 2b) is
4

a dot b = |a||b|cos x, where x is the angle between the
two vectors.

(3a - 2b) dot (a+2b) =
4

=> 3a dot a + 3a dot 2b - 2b dot a - 2b dot 2b =
4

=> 3|a|^2 + 6a dot b - 2 b dot a - 4|b|^2 =
4

as a and b are unit vectors |a| = |b| =
1

=> 3 - 4 + 4*(a dot b) =
4

=> 4*(a dot b) =
5

=> a dot b = 5/4

But
as a and b are unit vectors a dot b <
1.

It is not possible for (3a - 2b) dot
(a+2b) to be equal to 4.

According to Guns, Germs, and Steel which is more important: the ability to invent, or the ability to borrow inventions and find new uses?

According to Diamond, the ability to borrow and adapt is
much more important than the ability to invent.  The reason for this is that it is much
more possible to borrow many kinds of technologies from many different places than it is
to have to invent all of those technologies
yourself.

Diamond argues that most innovations were spread
by borrowing.  This was one reason why Eurasia had such an advantage over other parts of
the world.  Eurasia was home to many different cultures, many of which could trade
relatively easily with one another.  Because of this, all the different cultures'
inventions came to be available to all cultures.  This meant that each culture in
Eurasia had access to many more technologies than it would have been able to invent on
its own.

What is tan 2a when sin a +cos a = 1 ?

First, we'll raise to square the given
constraint:

sin a + cos a =
1

(sin a + cos a)^2 = 1

We'll
expand the square:

(sin a)^2 + 2sin a*cos a + (cos a)^2 =
1

But, from Pythagorean identity, we'll
get:

(sin a)^2 + (cos a)^2 =
1

1 + 2sin a*cos a  = 1

We'll
eliminate 1 both sides:

2sin a*cos a  =
0

We recognize the double angle
identity:

2sin a*cos a  = sin
(2a)

sin (2a)= 0

We'll write
the tangent that has to be determined:

tan (2a) = sin (2a)
/cos (2a)

tan (2a) = 0/cos
(2a)

tan (2a) =
0

The requested tangent is: tan (2a) =
0.

I need a basic guide to poetry analysis for a poetry comprehension test. What might be on it?

Poetry analysis can be perceived as a difficult task
perhaps because poetry often uses figurative language—words that
"paints" a mental picture in our mind is "imagery." All examples below are forms of
imagery, and all imagery is a form of figurative language—not literal
language.

A poem about the joys of spring and the fears of
winter may be referring to the joy of youth and the fear of death,
where a metaphor is used to compare
the stages of life to nature's seasons: the
theme is "aging." Note, for instance,
Henry King's lines from "A Contemplation upon
Flowers:"

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...but I

Would have
it ever Spring:

My fate would know no Winter, never
die...

The author is saying
that he would wish to always live in the "Spring" of his life and never know "Winter."
(*Authors often give hints about important elements in their poems by capitalizing
common nouns.)

Another thing that you should prepare for is
the use of several kinds of literary devices. There are two lists
shown in the source links below: they have devices such as
similes,
metaphors,
personification,
imagery and
repetition. These are not the only
devices, but they are very popular.

In the following, Emily
Dickinson personifies a train with human traits like: "lap," "lick," "stop to feed," and
"then…step…"

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"The Train"

I like
to see it lap the miles,

And
lick the valleys up,

And
stop to feed itself at tanks;

And
then, prodigious,
step...

The
third line of Sonnet 29 (below) personifies heaven as
"deaf."

Metaphors and similes are important. Stevie
Wonder's lyric, "You are the sunshine of my life" is a
metaphor. The woman has the same
characteristics of the sun. Patrick Swayze’s “She's Like the Wind” provides a
simile: she has
the same attributes as the wind, but the comparison uses
like or as. Review your literary
terms!

Another important piece of information
for understanding a poem is to
follow the punctuation rather than stopping at the end of a line. A
period, semicolon, question mark or exclamation point indicate that a complete thought
has been presented. A comma or a dash indicates that more information is to follow that
may be necessary to comprehend the author's message. Note the lines
from Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" where the complete thought ends with the second
line:

And the
stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes

Of the
beautiful Annabel
Lee;

Sentence structure and
word order offer deeper understanding. Refer to Shakespeare's Sonnet
29:

When, in
disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast
state 
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless
cries…

First of all, if you
pull up the entire poem, you will see that the sentence that begins on line one does not
end until the eighth line—with a semicolon.
This is not a run-on sentence, for you will note the use of commas. It sometimes helps
to be able to put the words in another order for easier understanding. Shakespeare is
trying to order the words to create a specific rhyming pattern.
(E.g., eyes rhymes with cries;
state rhymes with fate.) It is true that
knowing the definition of words used, as with anything, also helps.
The first line means when I am disgraced by luck ("fortune") and
men ("men's eyes"); the second line says that I cry because I am an
outcast. "Trouble deaf heaven" means he calls to heaven, but it seems deaf.
Switch the word order and see if it
helps.

Additional
Sources:

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/29.html

http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/poe/annabel.html

http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/culture/litterms.html

Comment on the survival aspect in Hatchet.

It is quite clear that the principal theme of this
excellent story is that of survival, as we follow the protagonist, Brian Robeson, as he
is stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness by himself and has to somehow
survive until he is found. Note the way that the last name he is given connects him with
his major literary ancestor, Robinson Crusoe, who, in the book of that same name
similarly finds himself in a battle against the odds for
survival.

However, what makes this story much more
interesting is the way that Brian is only 13, has no experience of life in the
wilderness and is wounded in the crash that leaves him stranded in the middle of such
solitude. This of course means that his odds for survival are very different compared to
that of the erstwhile and knowledgeable Robinson Crusoe, who is able to apply the reason
of the practical man to build and exploit his environment to ensure his survival. Take
the following quote from Hatchet, when Brian begins to face up to
the situation he is in:

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What did they do in the movies when they got
stranded like this? Oh, yes, the hero usually found some kind of plant that he knew was
good to eat and that took care of it. Just ate the plant until he was full or used some
kind of cute trap to catch an animal and cook it over a slick little fire and pretty
soon he had a full eight-course
meal.

Note the completely
unrealistic impression he has of survival in the wilderness. The way he turns to the
movies as his source of information reinforces how radically unprepared he is for such
an experience.

In addition, let us also remember that this
story is also about survival in a completely different sense. Not only is Brian stranded
from civilisation, he is also stranded emotionally and psychologically from those
nearest and dearest to him, as his parents are recently divorced and Brian knows a
secret about his mother's responsibility for that divorce. Note how the memory of this
secret is described as being "like a knife cutting into him. Slicing deep into him with
hate." Brian thus has to learn to survive emotionally and psychologically as he harbours
this secret. Thus the theme of survival in this novel works on many
levels.

Using the novel Summer, by Edith Wharton. as a study, can someone focus on the humanistic need to be loved as women in a society?

Charity Royall, the main character in Wharton's novel
Summer, looks to many different places on her quest for love.
First, intrigued by a stranger, Lucius Harney, in the library where she works, Charity
begins to dream of being loved by him and begins a romance with him as the action of the
novel moves forward.

Charity also flirts with the fact that
she is loved by her uncle and legal guardian, Lawyer Royall. Royall announces his love
for Charity, but, given the fact that she wishes to be loved by Harney, she renounces
him.

One last, and final, place where Charity looks for
love is the mountains (a far different kind of love based upon the fact that this is
where she came from and hopes to be accepted by) from which she came. After returning to
the Mountain, Charity finds that her existence in North Dormer has been one far more
privileged than the one she would have lived in the
mountain.

Charity is continually looking for love. When
shunned by Harney, Charity finds no other choice but to marry Royall. Her internal
desire to be loved by another comes to be far more important than her love for Harney.
Therefore, her humanistic need to be loved far outweighs her desire to love
another.

What does Gatsby reply when Nick asks him how he makes his money in The Great Gatsby?

In addition to the great response above, it is good to add
that this particular point in the novel is one of personal victory to Gatsby. He is
there with Daisy, and he is about to show her around his house. Showing off how "well"
he has done for himself means, to Gatsby, that he is finally worthy of Daisy. Having
Nick there serves as further proof to Gatsby that he is distinguished and admired by
many.

However, in the conversation that ensues as Daisy
goes to wash her face, we notice that there are cracks in Gatsby's surface that reach
straight to the core of his insecurities and his feelings of worthlessness. After all,
Gatsby is not about who he is, but what he has.  

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"The house looks well, doesn't it?" he [Gatsby]
demanded. "See how the whole front of it catches the
light."

I agreed that it was
splendid.

"Yes." His eyes went over it, every arched door
and square tower. "It took me just three years to earn the money that bought
it."

"I thought you inherited your
money."

At this point, Gatsby
gets nervous realizing that he has been caught in a lie, a type of lie that would push
him quite low in the social ranking of the peers that he is desperately trying to
impress. The society that Gatsby wants to dominate is one where everything is given for
no reason. They are idle heirs and heiresses with not a worry in the world who have
never had to work for a living. To that society, working for a living is something done
by the poor by birth—hence, their feelings of entitlement and debauchery with the money
and all the many things they inherit just for being who they are. Gatsby does not share
this origin, and it gnaws at him inside. This is why the next exchange makes Gatsby more
guarded still. 

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"I did, old sport," he said automatically, "but
I lost most of it in the big panic -- the panic of the
war."

I think he hardly knew what he was saying, for when I
asked him what business he was in he answered, "That's my affair," before he realized
that it wasn't the appropriate
reply.

After telling Nick
off, basically, Gatsby immediately tries to gain ground by retracting his reply and
adding that "he has been many different things."  This is evidence of Gatsby's inner
fears of his origins and his background—and also of the fact that he knows he is
deceiving others as well as himself. 

In Act I Scene 1 of The Taming of the Shrew, state what is being discussed in prose and why it is appropriate to be in prose.

Having made his declaration that no man can woo Bianca
until Katharina is married, Baptista and his daughters leave a frustrated and angry
Gremio and Hortensio. Without the audience of Baptista and his daughters, their language
becomes more coarse and idiomatic as they discuss their plight, compared to the polished
and refined blank verse they spoke before. We see these two characters for the old,
money-grasping men that they are as they make such comments as "Our cake's dough on both
sides." As they plot to find a husband for Katharina and determine to try and win favour
with Baptista by securing a tutor for Bianca, we see these men stripped of pretense and
united by Baptista's restrictions. Note Gremio's last lines in particular, which are
rather coarse and therefore appropriate for prose rather than blank
verse:

I am
agreed, and would I had given him the best horse in Padua to begin his wooing that would
thoroughly woo her, wed, her, and bed her and ride the house of her! Come
on.

Such sentiments and words
are appropriate for the medium of prose, and also point towards the artificiality of
these suitors as they try to present themselves as something they are not in blank
verse.

Discuss the stressful circumstances that have been linked to the development of depression.

Drs Holmes & Rahe after a study into life events
came up with the Holmes & Rahe Scale which is commonly accepted as an idicator
to the predisposition of stress crossing into a depressive style
illness.

The scale discusses 43 main life events, whch
impact on people's stress levels in different ways, and as you progressivley worked up
the scale, the stress level, increased, and thus the chances of distress increased.

The two drs also came up with a scoring system, which indicated the
probability of the subject suffering from a major stress reaction or associated illness
like depression.

The top 5 involve the loss of a signicant
other, or being removed from a social network, which would make coping or dealing with a
stressful situation easier, for example the top of the list is the death of a spouse,
and this loss would be catastrophic to the surviving spouse, as not only have they lost
a confidant, but they also have to deal with the trauma of losing a loved one, and the
psychological issues this may bring.

This scale also works
on association, by that I mean, if you have had a previous experience of  a life event,
for example moving house, and it was a good experience, then this association would help
with the person dealing with the event later in life, it may not be as stressful to them
as indicated, whereas if the experience of moving house was especially stressful, e.g.
in the case of someone fleeing domestic abuse, this may have the opposite effect, and
increase the effect of the situation on that person to the point an illness may
develop.

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How does fear influence the way people behave in Act Two of The Crucible?

Fear influences how individuals act in the Second Act in a
variety of ways.  One such way is that it prevents people from taking action in what
they know is right.  John, himself, shows this.  On one hand, Elizabeth is right in
terms of her insistence in John telling the authorities that the witchcraft accusations
are false.  Yet, John does not go because he is afraid that no one will believe him in
that he cannot offer proof of what transpired between them.  The idea here is that fear
of being believed prevent John from doing what he and his wife know are right.  The
escalation of the accused and the punishment meted out to them is also causing fear in
the town, increasing both silence and complicity in the second scene.  The fear that is
taking hold of the town, with Abigail at its helm, helps to create a setting where the
pursuit of truth will invariably come at a significant and painful
cost.

What is the suitor's reaction when Odysseus still in disguise, takes up the bow in The Odyssey?

Odysseus is disguised as an old beggar. When he takes up
the bow, some of the suitors laugh him to scorn. They ridicule the old beggar, not
realizing it is Odysseus. The suitors are despicable. They have taken advantage of
Penelope and Telemachus. They have eaten more than their share and have drunk so much
wine. They have worn out their welcome. Most importantly, they are planning to kill
Telemachus.

When Penelope creates the contest of agreeing
to marry whoever can string the bow and shoot it through a series of small circles, the
suitors make fun of the old beggar, knowing or thinking he is too old to string the
bow.

When Odysseus does string the bow, he wins the
contest. This is when he reveals himself to the suitors who realize they are about to
die at the hand of the hero Odysseus. Odysseus is alive and well, and he takes back his
kingdom.

Compare and contrast how Monet, Seurat, and Chuck Close use color in the development of their paintings.Compare the use of color in Monet’s,...

In his impressionist paintings such as Haystack
at Sunset Monet attempted to capture his impression of the scene he was
painting.  He applied paint to his canvas in a rough, quick style to capture a fleeting
impression of the colors he was seeing.  Often times, he applied unmixed paint to the
painting, allowing them to combine visually from a distance.  This resulted in a
luminous use of color because the unmixed bright colors were actually present on the
canvas.

Seurat was the master of visual color mixing. 
Unlike Monet his style was not rough, but precise and almost scientific. In his
paintings,  A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte and
Bathers at Asnieres, He specifically placed tiny little brush strokes of
unmixed color using his pointillism technique, so that the viewer’s eye would combine
the colors at a distance.  The pure hues are present in his paintings, but it gives off
a more controlled overall impression than the work of
Monet.

Chuck Close’s work is directly connected to
photography.  All of his pieces, such as his portrait of Bill Clinton, started with a
photographic portrait taken by himself.  He then followed a specific process that
involved dividing the photographic print into a grid, duplicating the grid on his
canvas, and then creating tiny little abstract reproductions of the values and colors
present in each square of the grid.  The result, when executed on a large scale, is a
hyper realistic representation of the original photo.  Up close, the picture seems very
abstract.  The pure colors, again, are very visible when close to the picture.  It is
only when the viewer gets further away, that the image appears realistic.  This allows
Close to use bright vivid colors often in complementary pairs that visually mix together
from far away and end up appearing very real.

Who were key thinkers and players of American Imperialism?Who were key thinkers and players of american imperialism

There were not that many people who have their names
actually associated with American imperialism.  It was more of a nationwide trend than
something that was pushed by just a few people.  I will mention two people who were
quite important in US imperialism.

First, there was Alfred
Thayer Mahan.  Mahan was a naval officer who wrote an important book entitled
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History.  This book put forth the
idea that naval power was the key to a country's success.  This idea influenced many
people to argue that it was important for the US to take an empire that would allow it
to project naval power over long distances.

Second, there
was Theodore Roosevelt.  Roosevelt was a staunch supporter of the idea that the US
needed to take an empire.  He felt it was important to do this so as to give Americans a
chance to flex their muscles and act in a masculine way.  He felt that America had to
challenge itself so that it would continue to be
strong.

These are two of the most important names in
American imperialism.

Solve the inequality : (3/5) + b >= 2/3

In the case of an inequality it is possible to add and
subtract the same value without altering the inequality. Both the sides can also be
multiplied or divided by the same positive number. Multiplying or dividing the sides by
a negative number inverts the sign of the inequality.

To
solve `(3/5) + b >= 2/3` , subtract 3/5 from both the
sides.

`(3/5) + b - 3/5 >= 2/3 -
3/5`

`b >= 1/15`

The
solution of the inequality is b can take on all values greater than or equal to
1/15

What exactly is the core function of a business?

The "core function" of a business is its main purpose, the
most important thing that a particular business
performs.

If a business manufactures a variety of types of
appliances, its core function is to make and sell appliances. If that business makes
primarily one type of appliance, for example refrigerators, and much smaller numbers of
other kinds of appliances, you might say that the core function of that business is to
manufacture refrigerators.

If a business provides services
rather than goods, its core function is the provision of whatever service(s) it handles.
Insurance companies, for example, may provide other kinds of investments, but their core
function is the selling of insurance.

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business functions make up the primary activity of the enterprise, but they
may also include other (secondary) activities if the enterprise considers these as part
of its core functions.

Explain how the technique called Systematic Desensitization might be applied as part of treatment for Aviophobia. Fear of flying

Systematic desensitization is similar to classical
conditioning and requires the patient to undergo a series of steps. Patients generally
start with various relaxation strategies, such as different imagining techniques, deep
breathing, muscle relaxation, and so forth. The second step involves exposure to the
fear. Patients are slowly introduced to situations that cause anxiety in small amounts;
for instance, a person with a fear of flying might start by simply walking into an
airport, then graduate to stepping onto a plane, and other small steps until they have
experienced enough exposure to the stimulus that they no longer panic. Basically, the
patient and doctor create a "hierarchy" that is similar to a pyramid--the patient rates
various aspects of the fear on a scale of 0-100, say, and as a team, the doctor and
patient slowly make their way from the bottom (least frightening) to the top (most
frightening) of the scale, practicing relaxation techniques and increasing exposure
until the fear is extinguished.

Describe the position in society of astrology in relation to science in Narayan's "An Astrologer's Day."

"An Astrologer's Day" is set around the 1920s. Science of
the day was in a period, much like today, of exciting expansion with new science being
discovered and new technology being developed from the discoveries. For instance,
Einstein discovered the explanation of what is called the photoelectric effect thus
winning a Nobel Prize; Siegbahn discovered X-ray spectrometry; and Prince de Broglie
discovered that electrons are both waves and particles. Various scientific discoveries
like these and earlier ones resulted in new technologies like radio, television,
toasters, air conditioners, and vacuum cleaners for "hoovering."

At
this time in India, and still evident today, there was a comfortable duality with both
astrological and scientific ideas and beliefs viewed as legitimate systems and holding
sway in people's lives. For instance, to take an example from the author's own life,
when Narayan--a much honored author--met his future wife, they had to overcome a
seemingly insurmountable obstacle to their marriage because their astrological
horoscopes did not match--meaning they would not be suitable marriage partners (she died
early of typhoid fever after only four years of marriage).

Therefore,
in India, during the time in which Narayan set and wrote the story, astrology had an
important and powerful position in society--even for university educated men and
women--as it could govern commonplace and important events in their lives. At the same
time, India, having a British based and controlled university system, was participating
in scientific research just like the rest of the world. As result of the important place
of both traditional astrology and scientific expansion, a positron of comfortable
duality existed between astrology and science.

To what do you think the title "Roman Fever" is really referring?

It refers to several things.  First, it refers to the
passion felt by Grace Ansley and Delphin Slade.  Delphin and Alida were dating, but he
has a bit of a crush on Grace.  Alida senses this, and one night, when they are all in
Rome (their families are well-to-do and travel in packs, it seems), Alida sends Grace a
note signed by Delphin arranging a meeting.  Unknown to Alida, Grace answers the note,
and the two really meet.  That night, Grace's daughter, Barbara is
conceived.

Second, it refers to the actual fever contracted
in Rome.  This is the reason Alida sends Grace the note.  She is secretly hoping that
Grace will go to meet Delphin and contract the fever which caused many to die.  Grace
did get sick, but she also got pregnant.  She recovered from the fever, and married her
husband who reared the child as if she were his own.

Third,
it refers to the fact that Alida is jealous of Barbara. She isn't sure why, but she
wishes her own daughter, Jenny were more like Barbara.  Jenny does not match up to
Barbara's beauty, charm, and lively personality. When the two women are in Rome once
again, talking on a veranda and looking over the Roman ruins,  Grace smacks Alida with a
Roman fever of her own--Barbara is Delphin's child. The secret is finally out after
twenty plus years and the deaths of both their husbands.  The joke is on Alida
Slade.

What happens in Chapters 5 through 10 of Unbroken?

In Unbroken at the beginning of
Chapter 5, Louie is in USC training with the track team.  He has already made a name for
himself in the sport and is set on being on the Olympic team.  Shortly after, Pearl
Harbor is bombed by a Japanese air attack, and Louie is taken into the Air Force.  Louie
becomes a crewman on the bomber Super Man, and he goes on several
runs with his crew to take down Japanese strongholds in the Pacific region. By the end
of Chapter 10, Louie's crew has gone under massive attack, and their plane is
destroyed.  The crew is then shifted to another plane, The Green
Hornet, but they are wary of the plane because it is already
damaged. 

Using the characteristics of local color, explain why "The Revolt of Mother" should or should not be considered a local color story.

There are many examples of local
color used by author Mary Wilkins Freeman in her short story, "The Revolt
of Mother." Local color, or regionalism, is defined as
references within a story

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... that focus(es) on specific
features--including characters, dialects, customs, history, and topography--of a
particular region.

The
dialogue includes many colloquial and dialectic word usage, especially the use of
dropping the "g" on "-ing" words, such as "diggin' " and "goin' ." Much of the
characters' speech is deliberately "inarticulate":

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... He ran his words together, and his speech was
almost as inarticulate as a growl.
     But the woman understood; it was her
most native tongue.

There are
specific references to the farmland and countryside. The names of the characters--Sarah,
Adoniram, Hiram, Samuel (Sammy)--are Biblical (and in some cases, very old-fashioned) in
nature. There is a reference to the speaking ability of Daniel Webster; and to the
Battle of Quebec and General James Wolfe's 

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... storming of the Heights of Abraham. It took
no more genius and audacity of bravery for Wolfe to cheer his wondering soldiers up
those steep precipices...

In Chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird, why did Heck Tate and the men accompanying him want Tom Robinson moved out of the local Maycomb jail ?

Sheriff Heck Tate must have had an inkling of impending
trouble from the Old Sarum crowd concerning the incarceration of Tom Robinson, and he
came to discuss the matter with Atticus. Apparently, Tom was set to be moved "to the
county jail tomorrow" (it was Saturday), but for whatever reason, Tom was instead moved
to the Maycomb jail. The entire town must have known about this, and later that day,
Sheriff Tate was called "off on a snipe hunt"--a false call that sent him "so deep in
the woods they won't get out till morning." Whether Sheriff Tate notified Atticus about
this is uncertain, but Atticus decided to go to the jail in order to protect his client.
Sheriff Tate's "uneasy" feeling proved true, because a lynch mob from Old Sarum soon
showed up while the sheriff was away, leaving Atticus to deal with the group of would-be
murderers alone.

What is the significance of the McGuffey Readers?

The major significance of the McGuffey Readers is that
they were a foundational piece of American schooling for more than 100 years.  This
allowed them to have a major impact on the socialization of American
children.

The McGuffey Readers were meant to inculcate a
certain set of values into American children.  These were very conservative values that
centered on religion and on patriotism.  The fact that these readers were so widely used
for so long helped to make these sorts of values cornerstones of American society.  It
is because of these value-laden aspects of the readers that they are still used by some
private schools and homeschoolers.

How do you think the thinking skill of uncovering motives adds to your understanding of "Thank You, M'am"?

This story requires the reader to engage and use the
skills you have cited in order to understand what is going on in this story. Without it,
we are rather confused as to why a woman would take in a boy who has just tried to rob
her into her house and give him food and money. One of the ways in which this story is
actually so clever and good is the way that it necessitates a deeper engagement as you
have to try and infer motives from the information you are given as we attempt to
understand why Mrs. Jones does what she does and the massive impact that this has on
Roger's life. Often, giving all the answers overtly in literature makes for lazy readers
who do not have to really engage or think about the action and characters in the story.
Langston Hughes ensures that this is obligatory by denying us those easy answers and
making us think much more deeply about the characters and the action in this excellent
story.

What are the extremes of the function 4x-8x^2?

To determine the extremes of the function, we'll have to
calculate the critical values of the function, that are the roots of the first
derivative of f(x).

We'll differentiate the function with
respect to x, to determine the 1st derivative.

f'(x) =
(4x-8x^2)'

f'(x) = 4 -
16x

We'll cancel the first
derivative:

f'(x) = 0 <=> 4 - 16x =
0

We'll divide by 4:

1 - 4x =
0

We'll subtract 1:

-4x =
-1

x = 1/4

Since there is a
single critical value, the function has a single extreme
point.

The extreme value of the function
is:

f(1/4) = 4*(1/4) -
8/16

f(1/4) = 1 - 1/2

f(1/4) =
1/2

The extreme point of the function is
represented by the pair: (1/4 ; 1/2).

What part of the conversation aboard the yacht is planned to awaken the reader's curiousity and fear concerning the island in "The Most Dangerous...

The very first sentence awakens the reader's curiosity
about the island. Whitney claims that it is a mysterious
island:

OFF
THERE to the right--somewhere--is a large island, said Whitney. It's rather a
mystery--

Rainsford and
Whitney continue to have a conversation about the island. Whitney claims that the crew
has been rather tense since they have been in the
area:

Didn't
you notice that the crew's nerves seemed a bit jumpy
today?

Rainsford agrees that
the crew did seem a bit strange. There is obviously something dreadful about the island.
Even the Captain is concerned as they pass through the area. He confirms that the "place
has an evil name among seafaring men...."

Whitney and
Rainsford continue to talk about the superstitions of the island. It is a black,
moonless night which makes things seem even more eerie. The reader is definitely curious
at this point. Also, there is a fear that captures the reader's attention when Whitney
and Rainsford talk of the evils of this island.

There is a
doom and gloom present in Whitney's and Rainsford's conversation at this point. The fear
of the unknown is real. Whatever is on that island is dreadful. Whitney definitely peaks
the the reader's interest by his eerie details of the island. He shares more of his
conversation with the Captain speaking first as they pass through the
area:

'Don't
you feel anything?'--as if the air about us was actually poisonous. 'Now, you mustn't
laugh when I tell you this--I did feel something like a sudden
chill.'

Whitney admits that
he felt an eerie chill. There is something dangerous about the island. The reader is
convinced of the dangers that exist on the island. The last thing one would want to do
is to fall off the yacht in this God-forsaken
area.

How does provincialism show up in the book To Kill a Mockingbird? (With reference to pride and ancestry.)

The term provincialism can be
defined in several different ways. It can mean narrow-minded, rude or narrow in outlook;
it can also refer to the characteristics of a particular region. In either case,
provincialism can be found throughout To Kill a
Mockingbird.

Aunt Alexandra may be the best
example of a provincial character in the novel. She fits both aspects of the definition.
She is overly proud of her family heritage (even though one of the Finches that she most
admired was apparently mentally unstable), and she believes that her family is a little
better than others in Maycomb County. She socializes only with the upper-class
townspeople, and views others (such as the Cunninghams) with
disdain.

To some degree, Boo Radley's parents also fit this
description. Overly religious and unsociable, they rarely mingled with their neighbors
and restricted young Boo to the confines of their home so he could no longer associate
with the type of people (the Cunninghams) who had led him
astray.

Discuss the following statement: "Biculturalism pervades Toru Dutt's 'Our Casuarina Tree."

I would be willing to argue that there is a sense of
divergent cultures coming together in Dutt's poem.  I am not entirely certain that these
are the traditional notions of culture.  Part of what makes Dutt's poem so powerful is
that she is able to bring the reader into the culture of the speaker and merge it with
the external world.  The tree is symbolic of the universe and the external world.  The
recollections that are brought out in the poem are powerfully subjective, internal in
their scope and drive in the attempt to bring the past into focus.  The culture clash-
the culture of the external world and the internal reveries of the speaker- is where
multiple cultures are present.  For Dutt, there has to be a way to bridge both of these
cultures, which is why her ending to the poem brings to light how painful "oblivion's
curse" can actually be.  It is in this light that Dutt is able to bring together the
culture of the personally subjective and the external culture into a realm where
experiences are validated, not negated, by both external reality and time.  It is in
this light where I can see multiple cultures evident in Dutt's
poem.

What are the inner conflicts of Nurse, Lord Capulet and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet?

An inner or interal conflict is one in which a character
must struggle against the feelings that he/she has within himself/herself.  One of the
the internal conflicts that the Nurse struggles through has to do with where her
allegiances lie.  She obviously works for the Capulet family but who should she be more
loyal to?  Juliet or her parents?  She knows each and every move that Juliet is making
up to the point where Romeo is banished, so this internal conflict requires the Nurse to
decide whether or not she should keep Juliet's actions and feelings a secret or if she
should expose Juliet to her parents.  Another internal conflict that the Nurse has
to deal with is which direction she should steer Juliet in...should she allow her to
marry or should she refuse to help her?

Lord Capulet's
internal conflict occurs more toward the end of the play when he is arguing with Juliet
about her marrying Paris.  Should he force his daughter to marry someone that she has no
interest in but who will take care of her or should she allow her to make her own
mistakes?

Finally, Juliet struggles through so many
internal conflicts throughout the play...should she marry a man who her family hates
but who she loves?  Should she lie and deceive her parents?  Should she run away with
Romeo and allow her parents to believe that she is dead or should she live a life that
she would be unhappy with?

On what grounds are criminal laws challenged as to whether they meet Constitutional requirements?

Criminal laws can be challenged on a variety of bases. 
Included among those are such issues as:

• Whether
  they criminalize activity that is protected by the Constitution.  A famous example of
  this would be the law that criminalized the burning of the American flag.  This law was
  successfully challenged on the basis that it criminalized activity that was protected by
  the First Amendment.


• Whether they are vague or overly
  broad.  There is a doctrine known as the "void for vagueness" doctrine which holds that
  a law must be specific enough so that the average person would be able to understand
  what conduct would constitute a violation of the law and what conduct would not.  Laws
  that are excessively vague are held to violate the Due Process Clauses of the 5th and
  14th Amendments.

How does The Portrait of a Lady and one other text represent the concept “Only Connect: Perspectives on Self and Other."Consider how each text...

You have asked a big question, and I am only going to be
able to give a few suggestions for you to think about rather than giving you a complete
answer. Firstly, however, for the other novel, the famous phrase "only connect" is
actually taken from E. M. Forster in writing about his novel, Howards
End, and so you might want to think about using that as your other novel to
compare and contrast with The Portrait of a
Lady.

The major theme of Howards
End is connection and how we connect with others and within ourselves. As the
novel shows it is actually incredibly difficult to connect with others, and even harder
at times to sustain those connections. By examining two opposing families, the Schlegels
(represeting imagination and idealism) and the Wilcoxes (representing commercialism,
practicality and pragmatism) we are presented with two alternative ways of approaching
forming connections. For the Schlegels, as is shown by their friendship with Leonard
Bast, the personal relationship is infinitely more important than the public
relationship, and they support the individual vs. the institution. Obviously, for the
Wilcoxes, the opposite is true as social niceties and formalities and business ethics
are the most important guide in our relationships.

Clearly
the marriage of Margaret Schlegel and Henry Wilcox repersents, on her part at least, an
understanding of the Wilcox mentality. What challenges their connection is Henry's
inability to associate Helen's pregnancy and sexual transgression with his own affair
with Mrs. Bast. However, at the end, he is able to reassess his own past actions, and
the connection is maintained as Henry lives with his wife and Helen and her illegitimate
child in Howards End.

As far as The Portrait of a
Lady goes, clearly we see Isabel Archer's idealism and naivety preventing her
from forming connections. It is her desire to experience life and to live it fully that
cause her to turn down a marriage proposal from Lord Warburton. It is her mistaken
belief that Gilbert Osmond will help her to achieve her dreams that cause her to marry
him. Yet she is a character who internally at least never seems to be able to connect
with reality and with the true nature of things. She always seems to allow her idealism
to keep others at a distance. However, it is when tragedy strikes, and she receives news
of the imminent death of her cousin, Ralph Touchett, that she is able to connect between
her feelings and emotions and others. She defies her husband, even though this is going
to bring her problems on her return, and goes to England to see Ralph die. Arguably, her
final meeting with her beloved cousin and his urgings for her to be happy and then her
confrontation with Caspar Goodwood and her subsequent refusal of his offer allows her
once again to connect between her inner and outer life. Her decision to return to her
husband, although hotly debated by critics, could be seen as her final decision to live
the life that she promised to lead, fulfilling her responsibilities to both Pansy and
Gilbert, rather than constantly dreaming after another life.

In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff wants revenge on everyone including Edgar, Hindley, and Cathy. What are some examples of revenge?

You have identified a key theme in this excellent novel.
What is more disturbing when we think about it is the way that revenge is passed on down
through the generations and is used to harm and damage the lives of the young heirs of
Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. It is clear that one of the principal
characters who wants and gets revenge is Heathcliff, and in particular we see that he
gets his revenge against Hindley, for example, by treating his son in precisely the same
way that Hindley treated him, reducing Hareton to nothing better than an ill-speaking
slave that is uneducated. Likewise he gets his revenge against Edgar by marrying his son
to Edgar's beloved daughter and making sure that Cathy cannot be there for her father's
death. This also enables Heathcliff to inherit Thrushcross Grange. Revenge is something
that is shown to echo down throughout the generations.

Determine the equation of the line that passes through the point (-2,1) and it is perpendicular to -x+4y-3=0

We'll write the equation of the line into the slope
intercept form:

y=mx+n, where m is the slope of the line
and n is the y intercept.

We need to put the equations
in this form to determine their slopes. We'll use the property of slopes of 2
perpendicular lines: the product of the values of the slopes of 2 perpendicular lines is
-1.

Let's suppose that the 2 slopes are m1 and
m2.

m1*m2=-1

We'll
determine m1 from the given equation of the line, that is perpendicular to the one with
the unknown equation.

The equation is
-x+4y-3=0.

We'll isolate 4y to the left side. For this
reason, we'll subtract -x - 3 both sides:

4y = x +
3

We'll divide by 4:

y = x/4 +
3/4

The slope m1 =
1/4.

(1/2)*m2=-1

m2=-4

We
also know that the line passes through the point (-2,1), so the equation of a line that
passes throuh a given point and it has a known slope
is:

(y-y1)=m(x-x1)

(y-1)=(-4)*(x+2)

We'll
remove the brackets and we'll move all terms to one side:

y
- 1 + 4x + 8 = 0

We'll combine like terms and
we'll get the equation of the requested line: y + 4x + 7 =
0

What does the last line of chapter 17 mean in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

The last sentence of chapter 17 of Mark Twain's
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
reads:

Tom got more cuffs and kisses that day --
according to Aunt Polly's varying moods -- than he had earned before in a year; and he
hardly knew which expressed the most gratefulness to God and affection for
himself.

As we know, Tom had left home and had
been gone for nearly a week. The entire town was put on alert, and even the pastor sings
praises once Tom returns. However, Tom's absence causes  both anger and frustration just
as his return causes joy and relief.

This being said, a
"cuff" is a slap behind the head. This is apparently a common thing for parents to do to
their children during the time the story is told. This means that Aunt Polly has
probably slapped Tom behind the head a few times out of frustration, and then quickly
she would kiss him and show him affection due to the joy of having him back. Depending
on her mood, she would do one thing or the other. This is basically what it means that
he got more cuff and kisses in that one day of his return than he had earned before in a
year.

Comment upon the following quote in "The Gift of the Magi.""She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a...

The line you have quoted comes just after Della has had to
accept the fact that she has been unable to save enough money to buy her husband, Jim, a
present worthy of the love that she has for him. The introductory paragraphs of this
classic story stress the harshness of the circumstances that Jim and Della face in their
lives and how poverty affects them. After Della finishes having a good cry because she
is upset about the fact that it is Christmas tomorrow and she won't be able to buy a
present for Jim, she looks out of the window, and sees her mood reflected in what she
sees. Note the repetition of the word "grey" in the quote you have identified. This of
course summarises Della's grey life at this point, as she has to cope with her
expectations of surprising Jim with a lovely present being crushed. Note how the two are
so closely intertwined in the narrative:

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She stood by the window and looked out dully at a
grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey back yard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day and
she only had $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present... Many a happy hour she had spent
planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling--something
just a little bit near to being worthy of the honour of being owned by
Jim.

Thus the quote you
identify is explicitly linked to the sense of disappointment and lack of hope expressed
by Della. She has just been forced to accept that her plan of buying a worthy present
for her husband has come to naught, and her world is tinged with bleak despair as a
result.

Why is Atticus the most important character in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Although Scout serves as the narrator and protagonist of
To Kill a Mockingbird, her father Atticus becomes the single most
important and memorable character. Atticus is the man who molds Scout's and Jem's lives,
serving as a role model for both of the children. They finally come to understand that
Atticus is something special. They hear that he is an extraordinary man from people like
Miss Maudie, Dolphus Raymond, and even Aunt Alexandra; and they see for themselves that
he has special talents, ranging from his secret marksmanship skill to his power in the
courtroom to his repeatedly running unopposed for election in the Alabama legislature.
His legacy is so great that he ranks as one of the most enduring characters in American
literature. Though fictional, Atticus is a model to many generations of lawyers and
attorney groups, displaying a brand of honesty and moral character that few other
attorneys can claim. He was later brought to life by actor Gregory Peck in the film
version of the novel, and his portrayal as Atticus Finch (in which Peck won the Oscar
for Best Actor) is considered one of the finest performances in all movie history.
Atticus is as near perfect as any man drawn by any writer: a character who is believable
and admired because of his simple honesty and care for all human
beings.

under what conditions can you use the law of sines? Explain and add an examples

You can use the law of sines sinA/a = sinB/b =
sinC/c

You can only use one part of this equation, for
example sinA/a = sinB/b, at a time.

A and a, and B and b
are opposite one another and a and b are adjacent so if you have one side and two angles
with one angle opposite the side you can use this formula,  this is called
SAA.

If you have two sides and an angle with one side
oposite the angle you can use this formula, this is called SSA.   You have to be careful
with SSA because if we are given angle A, side a and b, we can get two possible angles
if A is acute (< 90), and if b > a > b sin A we can get two
different lengths for side c.  If a < b sin A no triangle is
possible.

There are examples in the widipedia article
referenced below.

What ways show that the children lose their innocence by the end of To Kill a Mockingbird?Help for essay.

The two Finch children's loss of innocence actually begins
before the story line of To Kill a Mockingbird takes place. Their
mother died of a heart attack shortly after Scout's birth, and though Scout does not
remember her, Jem does.

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He remembered her clearly, and sometimes in the
middle of a game he would sigh at length, then go off and play by himself... When he was
like that, I knew better than to bother
him.

The children's
preoccupation with Boo Radley leads to fantasies about their creepy but unseen neighbor,
but they eventually come to realize that the terrible neighborhood gossip is not true.
Scout never totally gives up her hope of one day meeting him, and when she does, she
discovers that he is a gentle man who heroically saves their lives from the murderous
Bob Ewell.

Jem is affected by Nathan Radley's cementing of
the secret knothole, and the lie that Boo's brother gives for the reason. Jem recognizes
it as a hateful act meant only to further isolate Boo from the world outside. The death
of Mrs. Dubose also saddens Jem, and he has to deal with the mixed emotions of her
actions, which he discovers were primarily as a result of her long addiction to
morphine. The jury's verdict in the Tom Robinson trial troubles Jem more than it does
Scout--Jem seems to understand the facts of the case better than Scout--and he loses
faith in the townspeople as well as in the lawful purpose of
juries.

    
"I always thought Maycomb folks were the best folks in the world, least that's what they
seemed like."
     "... Can't any Christian judges and juries make up for
heathen juries..."

Scout
discovers that her teachers are not always the best educators. She recognizes Miss
Caroline's limitations on the very first day, and she sees the hypocrisy in Miss Gates'
beliefs when she defends the Jews in Germany but denounces the Negroes who live in
Maycomb. Scout also realizes that many churchgoers (i.e. the missionary circle) have
similar beliefs.

Jem and Scout are both exposed to the
underpriveleged side of Maycomb; some are poor but well-meaning, like the Cunninghams,
while others make no attempt to improve themselves (the Ewells). They also get a
first-hand look at the evil that exists--first with the lynch mob, and later at the
hands of Bob Ewell. But they also find that people sometimes get what they deserve: Bob
Ewell's death makes Maycomb a better place, and Sheriff Tate's refusal to name Boo as
Bob's killer is a case of justice best served.

Analyze the character of John Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest.In what way is he different from Algernon Moncrief?

Jack (John) Worthing and Algernon Moncrief are two very
different men, but they share more than either would probably want to admit.  To answer
your question, Jack would like to think that he is more serious and more
upstanding than Algernon.  He thinks that hispretending to be Ernest in
town in order to escape the moral example he must set in the country is different from
what Algernon calls Bunburying.  But Algernon is right -- Jack is a confirmed
Bunburyist.  Both men have created a persona that allows them a ready excuse to get out
of obligations they would rather not endure. 

In this same
vein, Jack lives a more serious life.  Jack lives his life
knowing that he has obligations to others, while Algernon lives entirely for amusement. 
He is always eating.  He goes to the country and meets Cecily just because he heard she
was pretty and knew that it would drive Jack completely crazy to have "Ernest" come to
visit. 

Jack is, at least in Act 1, more
genuinely interested in marrying.  Algernon says absolutely nothing
positive about marriage -- in fact many of his best lines are insulting the
institution.  Interestingly though, once he meets Cecily, he is completely caught up in
the idea and fights for the right to marry (of course, her wealth may play no small part
in that).

Jack has no family connections in
high society, while Algernon is the nephew of a Lord and Lady.  Jack
does have wealth though.  Algernon is broke.  They seem to
be friends for what each can offer the other -- Algernon introduces Jack to all the
right people while Jack picks up the tab for dinner.

How does Nick in The Great Gatbsy experience a coming of age?

There are certainly many different aspects you could point
to. However, one of my favourites is seeing how Nick is different when he sees Tom
Buchanan for the last time at the end of the novel. Although initially he is very cold
with him, he suddenly has almost an epiphany concerning them and their natural
propensity to destroy things. He says, famously:

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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they
smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back itno their money or their vast
carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up
the mess they had
made...

Nick, after this
realisation, decides to shake hands with Tom, because he felt as though he were "talking
to a child." Thus part of Nick's coming of age is an accurate understanding of
upper-class characters like Tom and Nick, and how they operate and the chaos they leave
in their wake. Instead of being enchanted by such riches and glamour, Nick now has a
very accurate idea of what their characters really consist of, and is no longer dazzled
by them.

What constitutional rights are attached to a plea negotiation?

The most important right a defendant has in plea
negotiations is his fifth amendment right not to be a witness against himself. If/when
he enters a plea, he has waived that right. The above post emphasizes the importance of
sixth amendment rights, which is also important; but to me is secondary to a defendant's
right to remain silent. He does have the right to counsel, but most guilty pleas are
negotiated with the benefit of counsel. Before accepting a guilty plea, the defendant is
normally asked by the presiding judge if he is happy with the representation he has
received from his counsel. It should also be noted that by entering a plea of guilty, a
defendant has waived his right to a trial by a jury of his peers. Defendants are
normally reminded of this by the presiding judge so that the court may be satisfied that
the plea is entered into voluntarily, freely, and with full knowledge of the rights
available.

Contrast the attitudes toward religious faith expressed in Matthew Arnold's poem "Dover Beach" and in Augustus Toplady's hymn "If, on a Quiet Sea."

Matthew Arnold’s famous poem “Dover Beach” contrasts
strongly and in many ways with Augustus Toplady’s hymn “If, on a Quiet Sea,”
particularly in its attitude toward religious faith. Arnold’s poem expresses great
doubts about the future of religion; Toplady’s hymn is a fervent expression of faith.
The tone of Arnold’s poem is therefore melancholy, while the tone of Toplady’s hymn is
optimistic and hopeful. Other contrasts between the two poems, especially as they relate
to religious faith, include the
following:

• Arnold’s poem presents a speaker
  addressing another human being, not God. Toplady’s hymn presents a speaker directly
  addressing God himself and thus confident in God’s
  existence.


• Arnold’s speaker speaks solely for himself,
  thus suggesting his sense of isolation and his attempt to overcome it. Toplady’s speaker
  is a spokesman for himself and others, who are joined in a common
  faith and a common devotion to God.


• Arnold’s depiction of
  the “Sea of Faith” (21) is dark and
  pessimistic:

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. . . I only
hear

Its melancholy, long, withdrawing
roar,

Retreating . . .
(24-26)

Toplady, on the other
hand, uses the sea as a metaphor for the course of life, and he proclaims on behalf of
his fellow Christians that not only can they gratefully accept the good times and
pleasures of life (“the favoring gale” [5]) but that they can also accept and deal with
any “tempest” or “storm” that might drive them closer to “home” with God
(7-10).

• Arnold’s poem gives voice to profound
  doubt, as when his speaker says that this world, which
  seems

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So various, so beautiful, so
new

Hath really neither, nor love, nor
light,

Nor certitude, nor
peace, nor help for pain . . . (32-34) [emphasis
added]

In contrast, Toplady’s
hymn expresses faith in God’s ability to grant real peace to the human
heart:

Soon
shall our doubts and fears all yield to Thy
control;

Thy tender mercies shall
illume

The midnight of the soul.
(11-13)

Significantly,
Toplady does not deny that “doubts and fears” can and will exist in
human minds and hearts; he merely proclaims his confident faith that God is the answer
to such uncertainties and worries.

• At the end of
  Arnold’s poem, the speaker is still addressing another human being (thereby suggesting
  that he lacks sufficient faith to assume that he can address himself to God). The final
  imagery of Arnold’s poem is bleaker than anything described before, since the speaker
  presents life as resembling

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. . . a darkling
plain

Swept with confused alarms of struggle and
flight,

Where ignorant armies clash by night.
(35-37)

In contrast,
Toplady’s hymn closes not with this kind of personal, pessimistic assessment of the
state of life but with a faithful request to God:

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Teach us, in every state, to make Thy will our
own;
And when the joys of sense depart,
To live by faith alone . .
. (16-18)

In The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1, line 182 what type of language is ued in Portia's mercy speech?In The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene...

Portia begins her speech comparing mercy to a gentle rain.
 This is a metaphor.  She extends the metaphor by explaining it (rain/mercy) is twice
blessed because it affects both the one who gives mercy and the one that receives it.
 She then goes on to explain that it takes a big person to give mercy.  "Tis mightiest
in the mightiness".  She continues by explaining how mercy is an "attribute of God
himself".

It must be remembered that Portia is trying to
"save" his soul.  She is being straight forward and honest in this plea for mercy. By
this time, Shylock has already refused an enormous amount of money to settle the over
due debt and he refuses.  It must be understood that it has gone beyond the money itself
into something quite different.

Shylock believes that by
extracting the forfeit (Antonio's pound of flesh), that he is getting revenge, not just
for what he has suffered at the hands of the Christian community in Venice but revenge
for all the Jewish suffering at their hands.  He made a pledge to
God.

Basically, this is a fight for his soul and the
Christian community "wins".  Shylock is forced to convert at the end of the
scene.

Question, ... just how good a Christian will Shylock
be?

How can Melinda's predicament from Speak be connected to the predicaments that adolescents face today?

I think that one of the most profound elements from
Anderson's book is the notion of finding one's voice.  Speak is powerfully compelling in
this regard.  Naturally, Melinda endures the rape, which is the silencing of her voice. 
This speaks quite vividly to adolescents who are forced to endure such a violation.  In
this way, the novel speaks to a cross section of adolescents.  However, this is only the
beginning of Melinda's reclamation of voice.  The social ostracizing that Melinda
undergoes forces her to reevaluate who she is and how she is perceived.  It also compels
her to fully grapple with the fundamental questions that govern all existence:  "Who am
I?" and "What shall I do?"  The novel provides much in way of opening this dialogue with
all readers, proving to be particularly relevant to adolescents who might not possess
the tools to open such a needed and profound discussion with themselves and the people
in their world.  Melinda's experiences with adults who continue the process of silencing
voice helps to give further tools and understanding as to how to deal with such
realities that other adolescents experience.  Finally, I think that being able to write
about how to "speak" a voice of dissent that is true to individual conceptions of self,
as opposed to a conformist vision is a reality that more adolescents need to
understand.  In a setting where so much social conformity is embraced and almost forced
down the throats of adolescents, Anderson's work is one that "speaks" to the idea that
the individual quest for identity is one that has to take place outside the context of
social realms and that it is better to be in a psychological place of comfort than an
socially constructed realm where individual voices are silenced and are not allowed to
"speak."

Why is the Tower of Babel referenced in Fahrenheit 451?

In the Bible's Old Testament, the "Tower of Babel" is a
structure that people build to try to reach heaven, so impressed are they with their
sense of power—to reach the realms of God. God causes these people to be unable to
communicate with each other. The project is then abandoned and the people
scatter.

" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/babel">Babel," according to
Dictionary.com, is also a word that stands alone, alluding to the
Tower of Babel. It means:

a
confused mixture of sounds or voices,
or, a scene of noise and
confusion

This sense of "babel," as
well as the "Tower of Babel" are found in Fahrenheit 451, written
by Ray Bradbury. The Tower of Babel is referred to by Beatty, Montag's boss, as he
asserts that books are confusing, contradicting each other. (Ironically, Beatty
demonstrates a depth of knowledge that could only have come from books or speaking with
those who have read books: yet still he burns books. E.g., how does
Beatty know enough to even refer to the Tower of Babel, information which comes from a
book?)

Beatty references the Tower of Babel as he tries to reason
with the woman whose house and books they are
burning:

Where's your common sense? None of these
books agree with each other. You've been locked up here for years with a regular damned
Tower of Babel. Snap  out of it! The people in these books never lived. Come on
now!

However, the sense of "babel" in the story
would also allude to a deeper theme:
that the people of this community are not encouraged to share ideas, nor are they
encouraged to participate in the developing original thought. Their thoughts are
controlled: their ideas are manipulated in the direction in which the government wants
them to move.

When listening to Mildred and Montag speak, it is
indeed like he peopkle in the Bible who have no real basis of communication. It may be
mostly for this reason that Montag feels so disconnected from Mildred. For example,
Mildred is completely "brainwashed" in pouring over the telecasts from the three screens
in the living room. (People are encouraged to conform, and Mildred is happy to do so.)
Mildred describes a new show where the viewer can participate, however that
participation is nothing more than agreeing with the rhetoric provided in the
script—there is no room for interpretation or
questions.

'When it comes time for the missing
lines, they all look at me out of the three walls and I say the lines..."What do you
think of this whole idea, Helen?" And I say—' She paused and ran her finger under a line
on the script. 'I think that's fine!...' And then they go on with the play until he
says, 'Do you agree with that, Helen?' and I say, 'I sure do!.' Isn't that fun, Guy?" He
stood in the hall looking at her.

Mildred's "canned"
responses agree with what society is trying to impart in the "programming" presented in
these shows on the screens. Ask no questions; agree with the
propaganda. Guy cannot see any sense in this "entertainment," once again
providing an example of a "Tower of Babel" within this community, specifically in
Mildred and Guy's home.