What kind of food (throughout the book) do the boys eat in Lord of the Flies?I need to prepare a meal typical of what may be eaten on the island. I...

The most abundant food on the island was fruit. There were
groves of fruit trees, and the littluns spent most of their days eating more or less
non-stop. The fruits aren't named, but tropical fruits like star fruits, genip, sea
grapes, bananas, and chellomello would be representative of the types of fruit on such
an island. If you are trying to simulate these fruits, you could use grapes, cherries,
and kiwi; you can find star fruit in most supermarkets. You can also find unusual
varieties of bananas (or plantains), so that could be a fun thing to
try. 

Palm trees are mentioned often in the book. Different
varieties of palms grow different varieties of fruits. We think of coconuts, but many
softer fruits grow on palm trees (see the link below). Dates are from palms. We thinki
of them as dried fruits; however, the boys were not drying their fruits, but simply
eating them right from the tree, sometimes before they were even ripe. Some palm fruits
you may be able to find at a grocery store (depending on where you live) are acai
berries, jubaea, butia, and peach palm fruit.

You have
mentioned pig, so having some pulled pork would be a way to represent that part of the
menu.

In chapter 4, the diet is described as "fruit and
nuts, with an odd crab or fish." So you could add crab meat and a smaller fish like
orange roughy. For nuts, almonds would be a good
choice. 

Chapter 9 shows Jack's feast; they ate on palm
leaves and drank from coconut shells. It is easy to find coconut water in supermarkets
now, or you can get actual coconuts. 

Have fun with your
meal! 

Demonstrate that the fraction is a constant [log(x^2) + log(x^3)]/[ln(x^2)+ln(x^3)].

We'll prove that simplifying the fraction, the result does
not depend on the variable x.

We notice that the numerator
is a sum of logarithms that have matching bases.

We'll
apply the product rule:

log a + log b = log
(a*b)

log (x^2) + log (x^3) =
log (x^2*x^3)

log (x^2*x^3)= log
[x^(2+3)]

log (x^2) + log (x^3)
=  log (x^5)

We'll use the power rule of
logarithms:

log (x^5)= 5*log (x)
(1)

We also notice that the denominator is a sum of
logarithms that have matching bases.

[ln (x^2) + ln
(x^3)] = ln (x^5)

[ln (x^2) +
ln (x^3)] = 5*ln x (2)

We'll
substitute both numerator and denominator by (1) and
(2):

5*log (x) /5*ln x

We'll
simplify:

log (x) /ln x

We'll
transform the base of the numerator, namely 5, into the base
4.

ln x  = log (x) * ln
10

We'll re-write the
fraction:

log (x) /ln x = log (x) / log (x) * ln
10

We'll simplify:

1/ln
10

Since the result is not depending on the
variable x, the given fraction is a constant.

How did Laurie Prichett and Eugene "Bull" Connor differ in how they dealt with African American protestors?A) Connor responded to nonviolence with...

The only answer that is correct here is A.  Connor's
reaction to protests was very violent while that of Pritchett was much more restrained
and therefore more effective.

Bull Connor's reaction to
protests in Birmingham, Alabama was violent.  For example had his police officers allow
their dogs to attack black protestors who were doing nothing that was at all violent. 
By contrast, Pritchett's handling of protests in Albany was restrained.  He simply had
protestors arrested and made sure that they were treated
well.

The nonviolent approach that Pritchett took was much
more effective.  This is because it did not make the police and the white community look
bad the way Connor's tactics did.  This made it much harder for protestors to gain
support in Albany than in Birmingham.  If all police leaders had acted like Pritchett,
the movement would have had a much harder time gaining white
sympathy.

Discuss 'higher love' in the context of Raina Sergius relationship in Arms and the Man.

The term "higher love" has been mockingly used by Shaw to
suggest the absurdity of the romantic sentimentalism of Raina-Sergius relationship,
especially the hypocritical idealism of Raina's "soul's hero", Sergius Saranoff. The
Petkoff wax-doll, Raina, admires Sergius for his facade of heroism and romanticism. But
the "hero of Slivnitza" does not hesitate to flirt with the Petkoff house-maid, Louka,
behind Raina's back. Sergius's secret overtures to Louka and the behaviour as well as
observations of the professional Serbian soldier, Bluntschli, make Raina understand that
Sergius is not only a foolhardy soldier, but also an untrusworthy lover who is just
engaged in cultivating appearances of love and heroism with ulterior purposes. Shaw uses
the term "higher love" to ridicule the idea of an ideal romantic love which is based on
mutually flattering lip-service and false adoration. Sergius's plea for flirting with
Louka is characteristic of a self-gratifying opportunist, and the so-called "higher
love" is all bogus and rhetorical.

According to the theory of comparative advantage what tasks should one perform and what tasks should one purchase from others?

We generally talk about comparative advantage with
reference to countries rather than individuals, but individuals could be used to
illustrate this theory as well.

If Person A has a lower
opportunity cost for making a good than Person B, Person A has a comparative advantage
in terms of that good.  Person A should make that good and Person B should buy it from
him/her.

The reason for this is that it is in Person B's
best interests to buy that good from Person A even if Person B could make it him/her
self.  If Person B buys this good from Person A, B can use the time and resources she
saved (by not making the good) to make something that is more valuable.  Person B could
then sell that more valuable good to Person A and both will be better
off.

To fully understand this, it is really useful to look
at a chart showing opportunity costs for different people and different goods.  You can
click href="http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=wpd&c=dsp&k=comparative+advantage">here
to find such a chart.

Considering Article 19 and 20, should John Galliano be facing charges of incitement to racial hatred?

I think what you are essentially asking is whether
France's laws against hate speech are incompatible with Articles 19 and 20 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  I would argue that those laws are incompatible
with the Declaration and that Galliano should not be facing criminal
charges.

Galliano's crime consists mainly, it seems, of
saying that he supported Hitler and that he wished more Jews had been killed so that the
particular people he was talking to would not have been alive today.  This is clearly
offensive, but it also falls under the category of "freedom of opinion and expression"
guaranteed by Article 19.

Galliano's opinions and his
expression of them did not cause or threaten to cause any physical harm.  They were
surely very hurtful, but there are many opinions that clearly should not be banned even
though they hurt other people.  Once we start trying to prevent speech that hurts the
feelings of some people, we are faced with a Fahrenheit 451 type
problem where we essentially are pushed to curtail all expression because all expression
can be hurtful to some.

So, I would argue that France's
laws do violate the Universal Declaration and Galliano should not be facing criminal
charges (he should just have been fired and no other company should hire
him).

What is the launch angle such that the maximum height of the projectile is equal to its horizontal range.The initial speed the projectile is...

We'll recall the basic motion equation applied to
determine the horizontal range:

x = v0*t => t =
v0/x

Since the maximum height is equal to the horizontal
range, we'll get:

v0x =
v0y

(v0^2*sin 2a)/g = (v0^2)*(sin
a)^2/2g

We'll recall the double angle
identity:

sin 2a = 2 sin a*cos
a

We'll simplify both
sides:

sin 2a = (sin a)^2/2

2
sin a*cos a = (sin a)^2/2

4sin a*cos a = (sin
a)^2

We'll simplify by sin a both sides and we'll
get:

4 cos a = sin a

We'll
divide by cos a:

sin a/cos a = 4 => tan a = 4
=> a = arctan 4 => a = 76 degrees
approx.

The launch angle of the projectile,
under the given constraints, is: a = 76 degrees
approx.

How is Margaret Atwood not only a storyteller, but also something of a prophet and a teacher in The Handmaid's Tale?

It is important to remember that in this novel, just as in
her other novels such as Oryx and Crake and The Year of
the Flood, Atwood gives us one presentation of the future. Not only is she a
master storyteller, but what she does in such fiction is, based on the present and
possible trends stretching into the future, create a possible future that comments on
the way that we seem to be heading now and what that could look like if we do not change
our ways now. In The Handmaid's Tale, the particular focus of this
possible future concerns questions of fertility and power, as fertile women have their
rights stripped away from them in a tyrannical theocracy that forces them to become
nothing more than sex slaves which is justified by
religion.

Atwood seems to be commenting on two major themes
that potentially face us in our world today: the decline in fertility of both men and
women due to exposure to pesticides and pollution, and the danger of combining religion
with state governance. Both of these themes are evident in the pages of this wonderful
book but also point towards the way that Atwood assumes the role of a prophet and
challenges us about the decisions that we are making now and how they could impact our
future.

Explain/discuss in what ways Harold is a rounded character unlike his father in the "The Fly in the Ointment" by V.S. Pritchett.

In V.S. Pritchett's short story, "The Fly in the
Ointment," Harold is very much a round character, while his father is
not.

A round character is defined
as:

...one who
is capable of change and evolution throughout a
story.

Harold is a son who
has been treated badly (we can assume on a regular basis) by his father, with an example
noted in the following passage:

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"Come in, Professor," said the father. This was
an old family joke. He despised his son, who was, in fact, not a professor but a poorly
paid lecturer at a provincial
university.

Harold is
disliked by his father not because he is a bad person or because he
has been unkind to his parent, but because his job is a humble one and he does not make
a great deal of money. However, the older man's criticism of his son goes beyond his
career choice and lack of financial success. The father is—in a very non-parent-like
way—critical of his son's physical
appearance.

Do
you know, you're actually more bald at the back than I thought. There's a patch there as
big as my hand. I saw it just then. It gave me quite a shock. You really must do
something about it. How are your teeth? That may have something to do with it. Hasn't
Alice told you how bald you
are?

As the story progresses,
the reader discovers that despite his father's treatment of him,
Harold is overcome by a desire to ease his father's pain as the older man's life changes
dramatically. Harold's father's factory was successful for many years, and money means
everything to him. As his father's business now begins to disappear—the workers are gone
and the furniture sold—Harold's father seems lost. Harold, however, is willing to forget
the past and morally support his dad, showing that he is able to
change.

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Suddenly all the money quarrels of the family,
which nagged in the young man's mind, had been dissolved. His dread of being involved in
them vanished. He was overcome by the sadness of his father's situation...I must see
him. I must help him.

It
seems that Harold's father is also capable of change when he
announces:

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I've done with money. Absolutely done and
finished with it. I never want to see another penny as long as I
live.

This
might be good news if it were true. Harold,
once again showing his ability to leave old pain and heartache delivered at his father's
hands, behind, says:

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I'm not rich. None of us is...we can't do
anything. I wish I could, but I can't...But the idea of your being—you know, well short
of some immediate necessity, I mean—well, if it is ever a question of—well, to be
frank, cash, I'd raise it
somehow."

This is born of
Harold's wish to alleviate his father pain, much as a loving parent
would act with a child. However, we see that Harold's father has not changed
at all. As soon as Harold utters what is no more than a hope, his
father's old persona—self-centered and overbearing—returns in full force as he demands
details:

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"Raise it?" said the old man sharply. "Why didn't
you tell me before you could raise money? How can you raise it? Where? By
when?"

Harold is able to grow
up in the story and forgive and forget his sire's "sins" of aggression towards him.
However, perhaps his father speaks as if he has changed because it may make him seem
less pathetic—something he cannot handle personally, though he is
quick to point out aspects of his son that old man sees as
pathetic.

Harold is a good son, despite his father's
behavior. His father really does not deserve his son's concern.

Can you provide a review of "Proof of the Pudding" by O. Henry?

In "Proof of the Pudding" by O. Henry, two men who were
once close friends have now become estranged (separated) by a difference in
lifestyles.

Editor Westbrook has just received honors for
having a successful magazine. He is walking through the park and runs into his old
friend, Dawe. Dawe looks like a beggar. He has not been published lately, and he has
very little money. In fact, he is behind on his
rent.

Westbrook and Dawe used to live near each other in a
nice neighborhood. After Dawe stopped getting anything he had written published, he fell
into a beggar state and had to move away from Westbrook and the nice
neighborhood.

On this day when Westbrook just so happened
to run into Dawe, Dawe asked Westbrook why he wouldn't publish his written fiction.
Westbrook said the resolution was not rich enough.

Dawe
stated that people reacted in ordinary, everyday-type expressions or mannerisms in the
face of tragedy or at the end of the story. Westbrook disagreed, believing people
reacted more eloquently in the face of tragedy. Dawe challenged Westbrook and received a
classic ending. Dawe's plan was to leave his wife a note stating that he had run away
with another woman. Dawe and Westbrook would hide behind closed doors and wait for
Dawe's wife's reaction in the face of tragedy. This is a way Dawe could prove his point.
He expected his wife to react in an ordinary manner or ordinary way of expressing her
sorrow.

Ironically, when Dawe and Westbrook arrived to
write the note, there was a note for Dawe from his wife. Dawe's wife had run away to
join the Opera with Editor Westbrook's wife. Dawe began to react in an eloquent manner
expressing his brokeness at the thought of his wife being gone
forever:

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_"My God, why hast thou given me this cup to
drink? Since she is false,
then let Thy Heaven's fairest gifts, faith and
love, become the jesting
by-words of traitors and
fiends!"_

Westbrook began to
express his grief in an less eloquent
manner:

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_"Say, Shack, ain't that a hell of a note?
Wouldn't that knock you off

your perch, Shack? Ain't it
hell, now, Shack--ain't
it?"_

In the end, both men
were wrong. Each reacted in an opposite manner than each had earlier expressed as the
proper way to react in the face of tragedy or at the end of a
story.

Which of the following represented an important step for Americans in the process of healing from the Vietnam War?A) passage of the War Powers Act...

The answer to this is subjective and depends to a great
degree on what your textbook and/or your teacher says.  I would argue that the best of
the answers is D.  A is the only other answer that is
plausible.

The War Powers Act was meant to help fix the
problems that led to the fiasco in Vietnam.  It was supposed to take away the
President's power to unilaterally go to war.  However, this was not something that was
really going to heal the wounds of what had already
happened.

The opening of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial did
much more to heal the wounds.  For the first time, Americans of all sorts were able to
say "thank you," as it were, to the Vietnam veterans who had gotten such a bad reception
when they actually came home from combat.  It also allowed Americans to honor them for
their sacrifices.  This helped to bridge the gap between those who had fought in and/or
supported the war and those who had not.

How is "Marriage is a Private Affair" related to Mrs. Ochuba and Amalile?

In this classic story which concerns the generational
conflict between a father clinging to his tribal ways and his son, who by choosing to
marry outside of his tribe rejects the customs and beliefs of his father, Amalile and
Mrs. Ochuba are mentioned by the father's friends and members of the tribe by talking
about the way that Okeke should seek some kind of traditional medical cure to solve his
son's stubborn determination to select who he wants as his future wife. Note what
Madubogwu suggests:

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The boy's mind is diseased and only a good
herbalist can bring him back to his right senses. The medicine he requires is
Amalile, the same that women apply with success to recapture their
husbands' straying
affection.

Amalile
is thus the name given of the medicine that was used in this tribe to regain
the affection of unfaithful husbands. However, Okeke refuses to adopt such an approach,
citing the case of Mrs. Ochuba, who followed this scheme but ended up unwittingly
poisoning the herbalist in "trying it out" because she did not go to an "honest
herbalist." Okeke determines to let his son follow his own path and to let him face the
consequences of being isolated and rejected.

To what extent does John Berger's current lifestyle in France reflect his left-wing/Marxist principles?

I think that you will need to give more specific detail as
to what exactly you seek out of Berger's time in France and his connection to Marxist
Humanism.  In my mind, his work right now seems to be consistent with the Marxist idea
of seeking to explore the condition of alienation across the globe.  The seat of this
analysis starting in France is reflective of how many Marxists set themselves up in
France to examine the rest of the world.  Reminiscent of Sartre, himself a Marxist
Humanist, Marxist thinkers found a community in Paris, in particular, where they could
perceive and analyze the world through Marxist commentary from France.  Berger's
collaborations with other writers/ thinkers across the globe, including his own
daughter, focusing on struggles in places like Palestine and its current challenges with
Israel, as well as the sensitivity to the world challenges with alienation are all
representative of that idea that France and modern intellectualism seem to go so well
together.  Yet, outside of this, I don't see anything particularly new in Berger's work
that makes it intrinsic to his location in France.

In "The Interlopers," after Ulrich and Georg lie trapped, what sort of threats do they make?

Before their surprising reconciliation, Ulrich and Georg
make one main threat to each other whilst they are trapped underneath the tree that has
effectively prevented them from killing each other in the way that they would like to.
Let us remind ourselves of the context. Both characters find themselves with their limbs
wedged firmly under the fallen tree. Ulrich is able to move his arms to access his
flask, but apart from that their movement is limited. They have been reduced to a
position of complete helplessness thanks to the violent intervention of nature. Thus it
is that the threats they make concern what will happen when their men find them. Note
what Ulrich says to Georg:

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"I'm caught in my own forest land," retorted
Ulrich. "When my men come to release us, you willl wish, perhaps, that you were in a
better plight than caught poaching on a neighbour's land, shame on
you."

Georg in return
threatens Ulrich with what will happen when his men arrive first, and taunts him with
how easy it would be for them to leave him, dead, underneath the tree. Thus the threats
that each character makes involve what could happen if their men were to arrive at the
scene first, and the murder that could be so easily and blamelessly committed in such a
situation.

What happened at the Sand Creek Massacre?

The Sand Creek Massacre happened in 1864 in what is now
Colorado.  This was an incident in which something in the area of 200 to 400 (this
depends on what source you read) Cheyenne Indians were killed in cold blood by a group
of militia led by Col. J. M. Chivington.

The Cheyenne were
being pushed out of Colorado because gold had been discovered in the area of Pikes
Peak.  The Indians resisted, but the band of Cheyennes that Chivington and his men
attacked were camped peacefully and were not doing anything to warrant having been
killed.  This massacre is seen as one of the worst in the history of white-Indian
interactions.

Why were the incidents with the spiders important in The Hobbit?

Thorin's company encounters the spiders in the deep forest
of Mirkwood in chapter eight, "Flies and Spiders" of The Hobbit.
This conflict is significant for two main reasons: 1) the spiders incapacitate the
dwarves, causing them to be easily captured by the elves, and 2) Bilbo's fight with the
spiders increases the hobbit's self-confidence in his own
abilities. 

The incident with the spiders had left the
dwarves tangled up in sticky webs and drowsy-minded from the spiders' poison; as Bilbo
rounds up and chases away the last of the spiders, the dwarves realize that Thorin is
missing.  The woodelves had "come to him, bound him, and carried him away" (151).  The
distraction of the spiders left the dwarves vulnerable to capture by the
elves.

Yet the ordeal with the spiders has a positive
outcome, for Bilbo realizes his own worth.  He defeats the great spider all by himself
"without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else," which "made a huge
difference to Mr. Baggins" (142).  Bilbo gains confidence as a result and feels "much
fiercer and bolder" (142).

How can we examine the movie Blade Runner in the view of the postmodernism?

Crucial to this excellent film version of Philip K. Dick's
novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, is the central question
of identity and who we are. The film's major idea is the way in which replicants
(androids) and humans are completely identical. The only way that you are able to
distinguish between them is through an elaborate test that examines the eye and the
"blush response" when asked a series of questions. What makes the distinction between
humans and replicants even more complicated is the way that replicants have emotions and
can feel, and in the case of Rachel, have been "given" memories, so that they themselves
are unaware that they are replicants. The question that haunts the movie is whether
Dekkard himself is a replicant. How do we define humanity? What does it mean to be
human? These are key existential questions that haunt the film and its viewers long
after the film has finished.

What is the full summary of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island?

One day, an old sailor, Billy Bones, appears at the
Admiral Benbow Inn, where he decides to stay for a time. He becomes friendly with young
Jim Hawkins, the son of the inn's owner. It is clear that Bones is hiding from someone
at the out-of-the-way location, and he eventually meets up with some desperate looking
buccaneers. Bones' health deteriorates from his excessive rum drinking, and when he
dies, Jim finds a treasure map in Bones' trunk.

Sharing the
map with Dr. Livesey and the wealthy Squire Trelawney, the squire agrees to finance an
expedition to find the treasure. Before they leave the port in Bristol, they hire on an
experienced, one-legged sailor known as Long John Silver to be their cook during the
voyage. While on board, however, Jim overhears Silver discussing his decision to mutiny
and take over the ship--and find the treasure for
himself.

Silver and a large number of the crew eventually
mutiny, leaving the Squire, Livesey, Jim and the ship's captain with a small group of
loyal men. They are forced to abandon the ship, and they head ashore to defend
themselves from the mutineers. Meanwhile, Jim discovers a forlorn castaway, Ben Gunn,
who has been left on the island by the infamous pirate Captain Flint. Gunn tells Jim
that he knows the location of the buried treasure.

The
Squire and his men find an abandoned stockade on the island which they decide to defend.
They fight off several attacks by the pirates but are eventually forced to abandon the
little fort. Leaving his friends behind, Jim decides to try and make it back to the ship
in Gunn's little boat. Jim overwhelms the sole remaining mutineer and hides the ship in
a hidden lagoon.

When Jim returns to the stockade, instead
of finding the Squire and his men, he finds Silver and the pirates. Jim follows Silver
and the pirates to find the treasure, but when they reach the spot on the map, the
treasure is not there. Silver is forced to defend himself from the angry pirates, but
shots ring out from the Squire's hidden men. Silver joins the Squire, leaving his old
mates on their own. The Squire and his men retreat to the cave where Gunn has hidden the
treasure, and the men load the gold and silver aboard the ship. They eventually sail
away, taking Silver with them but leaving the other mutineers behind. Before the ship
reaches port, Silver steals away, never to be seen again. The others eventually return
to England, rich beyond their wildest dreams.

What is the significance of Bleeding Kansas?

Bleeding Kansas, during 1855-1858, had a huge impact on
the entire nation. Due to the constant conflicts caused by slavery during this period,
much of the nation was split and pinned against each other. Of course, with the North
wanting slavery abolished and the South wishing to maintain it, there was certainly
tension between the two regions in the United States.

Much
like the Louisiana Purchase, where the North and South argued over whether or not the
new land would adopt slavery, Bleeding Kansas was similar in that the issue was whether
or not to allow slavery in Kansas. This problem between the two was caused by the
Kansas-Nebraska Act that essentially allowed the state of Kansas to decide their own
fate on this issue.

With so much tension already built up
due to slavery, this conflict was yet another add on to the hatred that already existed
with the North and South. Of course, with the Civil War occurring, "Bleeding Kansas" can
certainly be credited, amongst many other factors, as what led up to the beginning of
the war.

What is the main theme of Eyes of the Emperor, by Graham Salisbury?

The main theme of Graham Salisbury’s novel Eyes
of the Emperor is arguably a very simple one: each person deserves to be
treated as an individual and each person also deserves to be treated with respect
(unless s/he has behaved in a way that merits denial of such respect). This theme is
implied in the novel in a number of different ways, including the
following:

• Eddy’s father has expectations about
  what he wants his son to do with his life. He ostracizes his son when his son has other
  plans.  Eddy’s father does not, at first, treat Eddy as an individual or show him
  respect.


• Eddy’s father suffers from what seems to be a
  racially motivated attack – an attack that destroys a boat on which he has been working.
  The attackers treat Eddy’s father as a member of a group rather than an innocent
  individual who has done nothing wrong and who therefore deserves
  respect.


• Many Japanese Americans in the novel are rounded
  up and confined to internment camps, even though they have done nothing wrong. This is
  another example of the ways people are often treated as members of groups rather than as
  individuals.


• Because Eddy and his friends are Japanese
  Americans, they are chosen for an experiment which presumes that Japanese people emit
  different odors than European Americans. In other words, they are treated as members of
  a group and are not treated with the individual respect they
  deserve.


• At the end of the book, Eddy and his friends
  have earned respect for their individual courage, patriotism, and loyalty. As one of
  their officers comments near the end of the novel,
  

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"You've proved your worth and your loyalty ten
times over...even in the minds of your most stalwart
critics."

Describe Algernon's personality under the perspective of his needs and fears in The Importance of Being Earnest.

The play The Importance of Being Earnest,
by Oscar Wilde, introduces us to the character of Algernon Moncrief. 
"Algy"is a London dandy who lives above his means, has no concern for morality, eats
excessively and, in his own words, "loves to have his relatives abused" because he
cannot stand being responsible for his family, nor for
himself. 

However, the traits that we see in Algernon are
indicative of a series of habits that are a result of wants and needs that, in Algernon,
are interminable. He is a man who is larger than life and does everything in excess.
Therefore, what is it that Algernon wants so badly that he can never
satisfy?

Among his needs, we find that Algernon is a
creature of freedom: Financial, metabolic, and intellectual freedom are his optimum
needs. He loves to travel, spend money, eat out, speak his mind, and play his piano as
he pleases. He cares nothing about marriage or commitment, and cares even less about
family. Therefore, if we were to assign Algernon a list of needs we would see that he
needs discipline, consequences, and limitations in order for him not to sink
himself.

His wants are consistently fulfilled, but never
satisfied. He mainly seems to need entertainment, food, and fashion ever-present in his
life. From the beginning of the story we see how he is aware of his and other people's
attire. He gulps down food prepared for his aunt and cousin, and he has a
consistent want of entertainment. One also wonders, is he trying to fill a void? Is
Algernon's passion for entertainment and pleasure a reaction to his
fears?

If one were to assume Algy is scared of something we
could guess that, first, he fears marriage (for the commitment, as he told Lane that it
was a demoralizing situation); He also fears aging (since he mentions age a lot in the
play), and one could image poverty, as he specifically likes to spend money in big
amounts. Algernon likes money because he provides a source of entertainment, fun, and
liberation- which is what he mainly gives.

As far as his
wishes, one can see that Algy probably wished he could see himself free, rich, and
powerful to be able to rid himself of the bothers of his family, especially his
aunt.

This being said, Algernon is a man whose passions,
interests, and ideas require a lot of money and freedom to bring them to life.
Therefore, he definitely represents the ultimate of Oscar Wilde's most famous dandies of
all his works!

In The Taming of the Shrew, when Katharina is about to put her hat under Petruchio's foot, what does Shakespeare want us to believe?Act 5 Scene 2

You are right to focus on the intriguing change expressed
in the character of Katharina in this final scene, in comparison with her shrewish
behaviour as expressed at the beginning of the play. The scene you make reference to is
of course another public display of Petruchio's mastery over his shrewish wife, as he,
in public, tells his wife that her hat does not "become" her and to throw it
"underfoot." Her swift obedience, followed by her speech to the other wives on wifely
servitude, given as instructed by her husband, clearly points towards the complete
oppression and mastery of her husband over her. Note what Petruchio says before Kate
enters, talking about what the obedience of Katharina
promises:

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Marry, peace it bodes, and love, and quiet
life,

An awful rule, and right
supremacy,

And, to be short, what not that's sweet and
happy.

The happy ending won
through Kate's obedience is only thanks to an "awful rule" and a "right supremacy"
according to her husband. However, critics remain sharply divided about the meaning of
such an ending. Are we really to believe that Shakespeare feels a happy ending is only
possible when the wife completely becomes subservient to her husband and loses her very
will? Either way, Katharina's display of obedience is enough to win Petruchio the wager,
and they leave to enjoy their overtly happy ending.

Does "We are yet to receive your $300 check for the conference fee in the mail" means they receive my payment or not?

I can see your confusion. The key word here is "yet." The
meaning of "yet" is rooted in time. We can say that "yet" means: up until the present or
a specified or implied time.

So, when someone says that
"they are yet or have yet...," the word, "yet" functions as a negative adverb. Let me
give you a few examples. 

I have yet to go to Disney World
= I have not gone to Disney World so far = I have not gone to Disney
World.

We have not yet purchased the supplies = I have not
purchased the supplies so far = I have not purchased the
supplies.

From this framework, your sentence means that the
persons in view have not received the 300 dollar check for the conference in the mail.
 

What is an analytical exposition?

If you are talking about a type of essay, then you need to
break down the type of essay a little bit here.  Expository writing is a traditional
type of essay in which you present facts and opinions with support from examples or
research.  An analysis essay analyzes something.  The "thing" being analyzed may truly
be anything!  You could write an analysis essay on a piece of literature, an historical
event, a type of car, a political policy, a law, a social issue etc.  If you are writing
an expository essay that analyzes something, then you first need to determine your topic
and then more importantly, define your thesis.  Ask yourself what you are trying to
prove about that topic.  Once you know what you intend to prove, then you need to plan
your research and organize your ideas into logical paragraph
divisions.

How is profitability affected by exit barriers?

The term “exit barriers” is used with reference to
conditions that restrict exiting players from closing operations and leaving a
market.

High exit barriers could be due to large capital
investments that cannot be used for any other purpose than what they were initially
bought for. Other reasons could include unfavorable labor laws or government regulations
that would result in the owners of the business that is being shut down having to incur
substantial costs in the form of penalties and other expenses if the employees are laid
off or operations ceased. Exit barriers could also be created due to prior long term
agreements signed with suppliers and buyers.

When exit
barriers are high, there are too many players in the market. This forces the existing
players to cut down their profit margins and operate at much lower profits compared to
what could have been earned in a perfectly competitive market where there are no exit
barriers.

In Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays," what seems to be the speaker's attitude toward his father now?

I like the way your question clearly points towards an
understanding of how the speaker is looking back on his childhood from the vantage point
of reaching mature adulthood. Thus it is that the poem presents us with two different
attitudes and beliefs about the speaker's father. The child that he was obviously took
his father's acts of self-sacrificial love for granted. He spoke "indifferently" to his
father, and it was clear that he did not know anything of "love's austere and lonely
offices."

However, if we think for one moment about how the
older and wiser narrator describes what his father did, the respect and love and sense
of thankfulness that he has for his father becomes evident. Note the way that he
describes the cold as being "blueblack" and stresses the way that his father, even on
Sundays, after a week of labour, would get up without fail, even though he was never
thanked for this service:

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Sundays too my father got up
early

and put his clothes on in the blueblack
cold,

then with cracked hands that
ached

from labour in the weekday weather
made

banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked
him.

Such details that the
speaker as a boy had been blind to clearly indicate the way that the speaker, now he has
grown up into an adult, appreciates his father for what he did and recognises the
sacrifical acts of love that his father performed, day in and day out, in spite of his
own exhaustion, for his son.

What is cosx*sinx if cosx-sinx=1/3?

We have to find cos x*sin x given that cos x - sin x =
1/3

cos x - sin x = 1/3

square
both the sides

=> (cos x - sin x)^2 =
1/9

=> (cos x)^2 + (sin x)^2 - 2*sin x* cos x =
1/9

use (cos x)^2 + (sin x)^2 =
1

=> 1 - 2*sin x* cos x =
1/9

=> 2*sin x * cos x = 1 -
1/9

=> 2*sin x * cos x =
8/9

=> sin x* cos x =
4/9

The required value of sin x* cos x =
4/9

Find the values of x and y if x + 2y = 4 and 2x - 3y = 5.

x + 2y = 4 and 2x - 3y =
5

you can do this many ways one of those will be by
subtracting 2y from x + 2y = 4

x = 4 -
2y

now plug in this number as x in the other
problem:

2(4 - 2y) - 3y =
5

distribute the 2:

8 - 4y -
3y = 5

combine like terms

8 -
7y = 5

subtract the 8:

-7y = 5
- 8

-7y = -3

divide by
-7
y = -3/-7

the negatives cancel each other
out:

y = 3/7 or
.43

to find x just plug in 3/7 as y in any
of the equations above:

x + 2(3/7) =
4 

2(3/7) = 0.857142857 or
0.86

simplify:

x + .86 =
4

subtract .86

x =  4 -
.86

x =
3.14

In Pride and Prejudice, why would Jane Austen create such a "mix" of characters in one family, such as the Bennet family?

In my opinion, the variety of characters in the Bennet
family in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice allows the author to
draw attention to the many kinds of people within the society of which she is a part,
hold up within the reader's view the chasm within society based upon wealth and station,
and how different characters are affected by the variety of characters that interact
with the Bennet family.

One reviewer praised
Austen's:

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...characterization and her portrayal of domestic
life.

It is also stated that
these elements provided a depth to her novels, and a departure from the popular gothic
novels of the time.

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[She concentrated] on personality and character
and the tensions between her heroines and their
society...

In terms of the
variety of characters, consider Wickham and Darcy who are both members of the
upperclass. However, the distinction between the two men in terms of moral character and
ethical behavior show them to be completely different. This becomes appallingly apparent
when Wickham elopes with Lydia—with dishonorable intent. Darcy, who is such a snob at
the beginning of the story, goes through a transformation because of his interaction
with the Bennet family, especially Elizabeth, that is not of the upperclass. Elizabeth
herself, throughout the novel, also learns to see Darcy differently, though she has
little regard for him at the start of the story.

The
interaction between characters allows for a study of the society of which Austen was a
part. Her novel examines the...

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...delicate business of providing proper husbands
and wives for marriageable offspring of the middle
class...

The variety of
characters from the upperclass and the middle class allow the opportunity to examine the
differences of people and their behavior based on social standing, that people can
change, and that one should never judge anything or anyone simply
based upon one's perceptions, but rather deal in facts.

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, why does Egeus claim Lysander is not worthy of being Hermia's husband?Middnight summers dream Act I...

In the first scene of the play, Egeus does not explicitly
say that Lysander is not worthy.  However, we can look at his words and infer what he is
thinking.

From his words, it appears that Egeus thinks that
Lysander is trying to fool Hermia.  Egeus seems to think that Lysander does not really
love her but is just trying to seduce her.   In his first speech, Egeus accuses Lysander
of this.  He says

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Thou hast by moonlight at her
window sung,
With href="../../midsummer-nights-dream-text/act-i-scene-i#prestwick-gloss-1-1-12">feigning
voice, verses of feigning love,
And stolen the impression of her fantasy

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href="../../midsummer-nights-dream-text/act-i-scene-i#prestwick-gloss-1-1-14">conceits,

Knacks, href="../../midsummer-nights-dream-text/act-i-scene-i#prestwick-vocab-mid-1-1-13">trifles,
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sweetmeats, messengers(35)
Of strong href="../../midsummer-nights-dream-text/act-i-scene-i#prestwick-gloss-1-1-16">prevailment
in unharden'd youth;
With cunning hast thou href="../../midsummer-nights-dream-text/act-i-scene-i#prestwick-gloss-1-1-17">filch'd
my daughter's heart

This
accusation implies that Egeus thinks Lysander is unworthy because he is not sincere in
his affections.

Egeus also has one other thing against
Lysander.  This is the fact that Lysander is challenging Egeus's authority over his
daughter.  Lysander is trying to get Hermia to go against what her father has ordered. 
This is why Egeus says that Lysander has

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Turn'd her obedience, which is due to me,

To stubborn
harshness...

By saying these
things, Egeus is saying that Lysander is unworthy because he does not truly love Hermia
and because he is trying to undermine Egeus's authority as a father.  Egeus thinks such
a man should not be allowed to marry Hermia.

What are four similes in "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred Lord Tennyson?

If you read the chapter about the Lady of Shalott in
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, it really helps you
understand this poem better.

The simile is a comparison of
two unlike things using the word like or as. 
The trick here is not assuming because these two words are used, a simile is there.  In
this poem, the word as is used often, however there is only one
true simile where as is used.

Here are
the similes:

1.

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The gemmy bridle glitter'd free,
Like
to some branch of stars we see
Hung in the golden
Galaxy

In this stanza
Tennyson is comparing Lancelot bridle to a constellation in a golden galaxy.  Clearly,
he is trying to help us see how shiny the bridle must have appeared to the Lady of
Shalott as she watched in her magic
mirror.

2.

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The helmet and the helmet-feather

Burn'd like one burning flame
together,

This simile again
demonstrates how striking he must have appeared.  The next simile appears right after
the description of the helmet and helmet
feather:

3.

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As he rode down to Camelot.
As often
thro' the purple night,
Below the starry clusters bright,
Some
bearded meteor, burning bright,
Moves over still
Shalott.

This comparison
compares Lancelot's ride through Camelot to a meteor streaks through a purple sky.  Note
the word as is used to create this
comparison.

4.

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And down the river's dim expanse
Like
some bold seer in a trance,
Seeing all his own mischance --
With a
glassy countenance
Did she look to
Camelot.

The Lady of Shalott,
realizing that Lancelot loves another, prepares to die knowing that if she leaves
Camelot the curse will kill her.  Knowing she will never have Lancelot, she does so
anyway.

What is the speaker in Countée Cullen's poem, "Heritage," trying to define?

In Countée Cullen's "Heritage," the speaker is trying to
define his place in the world. Africa is at times simply a place that he has read about,
but at other times it seems to be so much more.

The poem
begins with, "What is Africa to me…" He describes it with beautiful
images:

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Copper sun or scarlet
sea…

...Strong bronzed men, or regal
back

Women from whose loins I
sprang…

The speaker
acknowledges that his ancestors were from Africa, but he ends the stanza with the same
question: "What is Africa to me?"

The phrase "So I lie" is
used repeatedly, stressing the amount of time that the speaker spends trying to
comprehend what Africa is to him now. He may be descended from
Africans, but to what end? He lies wanting only to hear the sounds of the jungles and
plains: the "barbaric birds," the "massive jungle herds..." He imagines young lovers
pledging their devotion. However, there is also a contradiction, as though the sounds he
hears haunt him—he tries to block them out.

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So I lie, who always
hear,

Though I cram against my
ear

Both my thumbs, and keep them
there,

Great drums throbbing through the
air.

The reader "sees" a
picture painted of a man pulled in several directions: belonging to a Africa and pulling
away from it. He speaks of pride, distress and joy in "somber flesh and
skin."

Establishing some distance from this "emotional"
subject, the speaker describes Africa like a book one reads to put himself to
sleep:

Africa?
A book one thumbs

Listlessly, till slumber
comes.

He lists details in
that book that might be forgotten: the bats, the "cats," and snakes that shed their
skin. The book does not capture the essence of the place, the fragrance of flowers,
rain, or "spicy grove, cinnamon tree…" And yet again, he asks, "What is Africa to
me?"

The image of a haunting comes again: he describes the
rain and what it does to him…"Like a soul gone mad with pain / I must match its weird
refrain" (or melody). It calls him to strip off the essence of who he is—separated from
his "heritage"—to put on "This new exuberance. / Come and dance the Lover's Dance!" He
notes that "in an old remembered way," as if he has the memories of his
forefathers—though he has never walked upon that land—the rain makes him think of
Africa, and it calls to him.

In a
transition, the speaker makes reference now to the gods of Africa, and then notes that
he is a follower of Jesus Christ; he seems to feel some guilt over
a "conversion" that has taken him from the "heathen gods" of his ancestors. He alludes
to Christ—the man and his teachings—"Preacher of humility…", "Jesus of the twice-turned
cheek…" And although he says he speaks the words of faith, part of him struggles that he
must believe in a white god—in his heart he wants Jesus to be someone he can feel he has
something in common with:

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Wishing He I served were
black,

Thinking then it would not
lack

Precedent of pain to guide
it...

In this way, he thinks
that maybe Jesus would understand the speaker's life better: "surely then this flesh
would know / Yours had borne a kindred woe." The man saying these words believes enough,
however, that he asks the Lord to forgive him if his humanity affects his perceptions of
Christ. His need to know himself and where he fits into the world, is something he works
daily to repress—afraid it might overcome him:

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Lest I perish in the
flood.

Lest a hidden ember
set

Timber that I thought was
wet

Burning like the dryest
flax,

Melting like the merest
wax...

Give details from Beowulf that support the claim that Grendel is a flat character.

Flat and static characters are somewhat necessary in
texts. While their lack of description provides readers with little to no information
about the character, many are stock characters that readers immediately recognize (even
with the limited description).

In regards to the character
of Grendel in Beowulf, one could make very different arguments
regarding him being a flat character. One cannot argue his existence as a static
character though (he never changes--he lives as an antagonist and God-hater and dies as
an antagonist and God-hater). While one could argue the flatness of his character based
upon his or her belief that he is one dimensional (lacking depth; superficial), another
person could argue that he is not superficial or lacking of depth.

Argument For Grendel Being a Flat
Character

By definition, a flat character is
one which is not defined or described fully yet fulfills a narrative purpose. When
applying this definition, Grendel is most certainly a flat character. He is not really
defined literally (for some), and his character is used to prove Beowulf's heroic
nature.

Argument Against Grendel Being a
Flat Character

In chapter one of the text,
Grendel's background is clearly defined. The ancestor of Cain, he has been banished by
God to live in darkness. The description of Grendel's character is given as one which
describes him as "full of envy and anger," tormented by the praise of God heard at
Heorot. His exile forced him to dwell in darkness, surrounded by other monsters.

In chapter eleven, the utter strength of Grendel is
described. He is able to gain access to Heorot, which is chained and bolted with steel,
through simply hitting the doors with his fists. Grendel can devour a full grown man
easily. This said, Grendel also shows his surprise when Beowulf grabs him.

During their battle, Beowulf and Grendel all but destroy the mead hall.

Given these descriptions, one could consider Grendel to be
a round character (the opposite of a flat character). A round character is defined as a
character whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully
delineated by the author.According to this definition, Grendel is a round character. His
background is given (his ancestry to Cain and exile from God's light), as is his
personality (envious and angry) and motives (taking out his anger on the people of
Heorot given his exile). 

What is a tax exemption?

A tax exemption is an amount of money that can be deducted
from one's gross income when figuring out the amount of money on which tax will have to
be paid.

Your gross income is the total amount of money
that you make.  But you do not typically have to pay taxes on all of that money. 
Instead, there are certain exemptions that you can take to reduce the amount of income
that you officially have.  For example, there are tax exemptions for each person who is
a member of your household.  You get to take the amount of the exemption, multiply that
by the number of people in your household, and then deduct that product from the amount
of income that you have to claim.

By taking exemptions like
this (or like those for charitable giving), you can decrease your taxable income and
thereby have to pay taxes on a lower amount of income.

What did Jem and Scout learn by observing the adults around them in To Kill a Mockingbird (i.e. Atticus, Calpurnia, Miss Maudie)?

JEM.  Jem learns from Miss
Maudie about his father's importance in the Maycomb community following the trial
(Chapter 22). Jem discovers that Calpurnia is one of the best
educated members of Maycomb's black community, and that she is a respected member of her
church (Chapter 12). Atticus teaches Jem a great deal: Jem learns
that Atticus is a humble man who doesn't brag about his skills (Chapter 10);
he also witnesses first-hand Atticus' courtroom abilities (Chapters
17-21).

SCOUT. 
Scout knows that Miss Maudie is a friend who she can trust (Chapter
5), and she sees that Miss Maudie is loyal to her father when she stands up
to Mrs. Merriweather at the missionary circle tea (Chapter
24). Scout learns how to write cursive from Calpurnia and gets lessons in
manners from her as well (Chapter 3). Scout also sees that
Calpurnia can take charge during a crisis when she warns the neighbors about the mad dog
(Chapter 10). From her father, Scout learns about the importance
that one should "climb into his skin and walk around in it" before judging people
(Chapter 3). She sees his personal bravery when he confronts the
lynch mob at the jail (Chapter 15), and how he is willing to
protect the innocent Boo and how he is like a mockingbird, too (Chapter
30).

I need a 150 summary of the Qur'anneed a 150 summary on about the qur'an. explain the imprtance, where its used, when it is used.

Here two small verses of the Quran ,,describing how u
could by a small deed lead yourself to the lightening way or to another
one:

"Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of
good, see it! And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see
it."

The matter doesnt need so many words nor so much
knowledge,,but only "Iman" to a vey holy religion.

What is the value of : [(x - 64)^(1/3) - 4]/x for x tending to 0?

In other words, we'll have to evaluate the limit of the
fraction, if x approaches to 0:

We'll replace x by 0, we'll
get:

lim [(x - 64)^(1/3) - 4]/x = [(0 - 64)^(1/3) -
4]/0

lim [(x - 64)^(1/3) - 4]/x = [(-64)^(1/3) -
4]/0

But (-64)^(1/3) = -4

lim
[(x - 64)^(1/3) - 4]/x = (-4 - 4)/0

lim [(x - 64)^(1/3) -
4]/x = -8/0

lim [(x - 64)^(1/3) - 4]/x = -
infinite

When x approches to 0, the value of
the fraction [(x - 64)^(1/3) - 4]/x tends to -
infinite.

Attempt a critical appreciation of Robert Browning's 'The Last Ride Together'.

The dramatic situation of Robert Browning's The Last Ride
Together appears to be one in which the lover, upon being rejected by his mistress, asks
for, and is granted, one last horseback ride with her across a mysterious landscape. The
ride, however, seems to stretch out to eternity; there is no sense of time demarcation,
but a continuous unfurling of landscape.

At the end of the
poem. the narrator's focus shifts from the external circumstances of the ride to what
various types of artist (visual, musician) have achieved as they grow old. The final
artistic type mentioned is the poet, the narrator himself, who suggests that the ride
will stretch into eternity, for as long aspeople read the poem. This theme, originally
found in Horace, is captured famously in Shakespeare's Sonnet
LV:

Not marble, nor the gilded
monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful
rhyme;

As in the case of the Shakespeare's
sonnet, the poet has the upper hand, because the relationship as he portrays it is the
version that shall continue through its posterity.

What are the charateristics of the graph of the line: 4x – 3y – 24 = 0

The form of the equation of the line you,ve provided is
the standard form.

We'll put this equation in the slope
intercept form. For this reason, we'll isolate -3y to the left side shifting the rest of
expression to the right side:

-3y = -4x +
24

We'll divide by -3:

y =
4x/3 - 24/3

y = 4x/3 -
8

Comparing both forms:

y = mx
+ b, where m is the slope of the line and b is y intercept, we'll
get:

m = 4/3 and y = -8

m =
tan a => a = arctan m, where a is the angle made by the line to x
axis.

Now, we'll determine the intrcepting point of the
line with x and y axis.

When the line is intercepting x
axis, y coordinate is 0.

4x/3 - 8 =
0

4x/3 = 8

4x =
24

x = 6

The intrercepting
point with x axis is: (6,0).

It is no need to determine the
intercepting point with y axis, because we already found
it.

The intercepting point with y axis is
(0,8).

Therefore, the characteristics of the
given line are the intercepting points with x and y axis and the angle made by the line
to x axis, which may be found when we know the value of the slope: x axis intercept
(6,0) ; y axis intercept (0,8) and the slope
m=4/3.

What does the chapter "The Starlight" imply to the character, Stephen Blackpool in Hard Times?

It is this chapter, of course, that poor Stephen Blackpool
tragically meets his end, having tumbled down a shaft. He is brought up and rescued, but
only to die shortly after from his wounds. However, Dickens is good enough to give him a
moment of epiphany before he dies, where he is able to reflect upon his situation and
what has happend to him, and gain a measure of peace and acceptance. He is able to do
this through contemplating the star that he can see from the bottom of the shaft, where
he lies wounded. Note what he tells Rachel about this star and the impact that
contemplating it has had upon him:

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"It ha' shined upon me," he said reverently, "in
my pain and trouble down below. It ha' shined into my mind. I ha' lookn at 't and thowt
o' thee, Rachael, till the muddle in my mind have cleared awa, above a bit, I hope... In
my pain an trouble, lookin' up yonder,--wi' it shinin' on me--I ha' seen more clear, and
ha' made it my dyin' prayer that aw th' world may on'y coom toogether more, and get a
better unnerstan'in o' one another, than when I were in't my own weak
seln."

Moving and poignant
words indeed from one who had been dealt such a poor hand in the game of life, but words
that are perhaps typical of his stoicism and approach to life and the way that he
refuses to be conquered by the troubles that he faces. At the end of the chapter, when
he dies, Dickens tells us that it was the star had acted as a signpost directing him to
his well-deserved eternal rest:

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The star had shown him where to find the God of
the poor; and through humility, and sorrow, and forgiveness, he had gone to his
Redeemer's rest.

In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, how does Ben affect Willy's character?

Ben Loman affects Willy tremendously because his character
is a foil of Willy's.

Older than Willy Loman, Ben was
Willy's support system when their father left the household.  However, the first
difference we encounter in the brothers, aside from their age, is that Ben is
courageous, and set out to look for their father in Alaska.  Contrastingly, Willy is
left defenseless, and alone.

Secondly, Ben was daring and
willing to initiate and take on challenges. One of them left him a very rich man when he
decided to take the risk of entering the African mining business. In contrast, Willy
never became successful and led his life trying to chase after the successes and dreams
of people who led their own goals,namely, Dave Singleman: The man whose success inspired
Willy to be a salesman for the sake of becoming rich
quick.

Third, Ben's success rubs on Willy's ego at all
times. Certainly Willy loves his brother, but it is impossible to maintain a healthy
brotherly relationship when Ben continuously reminded Willy about his lack of
success.

In all, Ben shares the same ambition and desire
for a better life as Willy. However, as often happens in life, success is achieved by
the survival of the fittest. In this case, Ben was the fittest man and became
successful. As a result, Willy had to endure the act of basking on his brother's glory
or accept his own failures.

Factor and find the roots of (x^2 -2x - 99 ) = 0

The roots of the equation (x^2 -2x - 99 ) = 0 have to be
determined by factorization of the polynomial x^2 - 2x -
99.

To factor a polynomial of the form ax^2 + bx + c, write
b as a sum of two terms t1 and t2 such that t1 + t2 = b and t1*t2 =
a*c

x^2 - 2x - 99 = 0

We can
write -2 as the sum of -11 and 9, notice that the product of -11 and 9 is
-99*1

x^2 - 11x + 9x - 99 =
0

x(x - 11) + 9(x - 11) = 0

(x
+ 9)(x - 11) = 0

x + 9 = 0, x =
-9

x - 11 = 0, x = 11

The
solution of the equation x^2 - 2x - 99 = 0 = 0 is x = -9 and x =
11

What are the pro and cons of leverage for small business?

The basic pros and cons of leverage are that it can allow
a small business to expand, but it can also expose the business to bankruptcy if the
leverage is excessive or if it is used unwisely.

Small
businesses typically do not have the capitalization needed to expand to any great
degree.  If they wish to expand, they will need to borrow money, creating leverage. 
This can allow them to exploit new opportunities and increase their
profitability.

However, there is always the risk that the
firm will not be able to repay the money that it has borrowed.  It may use the money to
expand in a way that turns out not to be profitable.  In such a case, the use of
leverage would end up being bad for the business.

Overall,
then, leverage is something that can help a small business grow, but which must be used
carefully so that it does not end up bankrupting the business.

What is the conflict in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway?

Critics generally agree that assigning a clear conflict in
A Farewell to Arms, a title which has a double--even a
triple--meaning, is problematic. Henry's conflicts all stem from an essential inner
conflict: a desire to attain something that the world circumstances--the reality of
world war--make impossible to attain. Such a conflict is that between his life with
Catherine and the demands of returning to his assignment on the front or that between
his expectations of himself on the front and the reality of what he can truly accomplish
there. The painful irony of this conflict is that such desires as devoted love and valor
may have earlier been more attainable.

In light of this, the conflict
of the novel might arguably be narrowed down to an inner one of Humankind versus Self
with many manifestations and variations in Henry's life in a world where reconciliation
with reality is as unattainable as reconciliation with inner desire. The farewell to
arms that the title envisions is, first, a farewell to Catherine's loving arms as her
death is a climactic moment and, second, a farewell to the glory of courage and valor
shown by accomplishment in war, which are no longer possible as the justice of war is
dissolved. A third farewell may be said to be a psychological farewell to idealized love
and the courage, honor, valor, and accomplishment of duty in a just
war.

The metaphor for the dissolution of the justice of war may be
said to lie in the image of officers tearing off their insignia as they retreat from the
"sacred soil of the fatherland" where captured deserters at Tagliamento River bridge
were assaulted by "The questioners [who] had all the efficiency, coldness and command of
themselves of Italians who are firing and not being fired on." Further, this “command”
may arguably be seen as a metaphor for the novel's conflict: Henry finds reality in a
world torn by war to have "all the efficiency, coldness and command" of soldiers "who
are firing and not being fired upon."

Some communications satellites appear to stay in the same place above Earth's equator. Explain why these satellites don't fall back to Earth.I want...

All satellites stay in orbit because their momentum (mass
* velocity) is in balance with the pull of gravity downward.  Geostationary satellites
are rotating around the earth at the same rate that the earth is rotating on its axis so
they seem to stay in the same place in the sky.

Which party offerred the best solutions in the 1896 presidential election?

This is, of course, a matter of
opinion.

The main issue in this election was how to create
an economy that would be both strong and fair.  The Democrats felt that the US economic
system was biased in favor of the rich.  Their main goal was to allow more use of silver
money so as to increase the supply of money in the economy.  This would make it easier
for farmers (in particular) to pay off their debts.  The Republicans felt that this was
dangerous.  They felt that "free silver" would lead to inflation that would be bad for
the entire economy.

There is no way to objectively say
which one of these is the better solution to the problems the US faced.  Economists tend
to believe that the Republicans were right because inflation would not have helped
anyone.  But there are many who feel that a free silver policy would have been more
helpful.

is there anyone can explain and give examples of the "REPUBLIC ACT 1929" ?

The REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1929  -  is an act prohibiting the
sale of acetic acid in any form in groceries and retail stores selling foodstuff. It had
two sections. The first Section 1.  Says about the sale of acetic acid in any form in
groceries and retail stores selling foodstuff is prohibited, and violation of this
prohibition shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos or imprisonment
for not more than one year, or both in the discretion of the court. If the violation is
committed by an association or corporation, the penalty shall be imposed upon the
president, director, manager, managing partner and/or other official thereof responsible
for the violation. If the offender is a foreigner, he shall be summarily deported after
service of sentence.

The Section 2 speaks about the
approval date when it shall come into force which was approved on June 22,
1957

Which of the following best describes why Congress approved the Tonkin Gulf Resolution in 1964? A) Congress members wanted to limit the...

To answer this, you will really need to look at your
text.  Depending on one's perspective and how one uses words like "misled," either C or
D could be correct.  Your book presumably has a sentence or two that clearly states
which of those is right.

It is not at all clear that the
USS Maddox really was attacked.  However, most people in 1964 believed that it (and
later the Turner Joy) had been attacked.  In fact, Pres. Johnson was criticized for not
reacting more strongly to the Maddox attack.  Therefore, most members of Congress would
have believed that an unprovoked attack had happened.

Pres.
Johnson did, in a sense, mislead Congress.  He made statements to them about the attack
that turned out not to be true.  As the link below says, he later acknowledged that the
attacks might not have happened:

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Years later, however, Johnson admitted that the
initial reason for the resolution—the alleged North Vietnamese attack of August
4—probably never even took place. "For all I know, our navy was shooting at whales out
there," he said.

However,
there is no real evidence to suggest that Johnson knew this in
1964.

So, the answer to this depends on how you want to
look at things.  D is probably not true because the attack might not have happened.  But
that was not known in 1964.  Johnson probably misled Congress, but not, I would argue,
knowingly or purposely.  So C is sort of right and sort of
wrong.

Again, you really should check to see what your book
says.

Caluculate the area bounded between the curve f(x) = (x^2-5x)/x^3 and x=1 and x= 2

f(x)- (x^2-5x)/x^3

Let us
simplify.

==> f(x)= x^2/x^3 -
5x/x^3

==> f(x)= 1/x
-5/x^2

==> f(x)= 1/x -
5x^-2

==> Now we will find the
integral.

==> Int f(x)= Int 1/x - 5x^-2
dx

==> Int f(x) = ln x - 5x^-1/-1  +
C

==> Int f(x) = lnx +
5/x

Now we will find Int
f(2)

==> F(2) = ln2 + 5/2 = 2.5 + ln
2

==> F(1) = ln1 + 5 =
5

Then the bounded area is F(2) -F(1) = 2.5 +ln2 - 5 =
-1.81

==> Then the area is 1.81 square
units.

Give several examples of electromagnetic waves that are encountered in everyday life. How are they all alike? How do they differ?

In everyday life we encounter radio, microwaves, infrared,
ultraviolet, and visible light waves. We usually don't experience X-rays, and very
rarely gamma rays.

Radio waves come from communication
devices as well as interstellar radiation.

Microwaves
typically would be found in a microwave.

Infrared waves are
present in the form of heat.

Visible light is, as you might
expect, visible.

Ultraviolet is produced by some artificial
lighting, as well as the sun.

The atmosphere
usually screens out most X-rays, although you would encounter them in a dentist's office
or an airport scanner. Gamma rays are dangerous because of their high energy, so you
typically wouldn't encounter them, unless you work in a nuclear
reactor.

All of these waves are alike in
that

• They can be propagated without a medium
  (ie. they travel in a vacuum)


• They travel at the speed of
  light


• Their "particles" are
  photons


• They can be bent by
  gravity


• They can interact with and transmit energy to
  atoms

They are different in
that

• Some of them are extremely harmful, some
  are harmless


• Only one type is visible to
  us


• They all transmit different amounts of
  energy


• They are present in very different ratios on the
  surface of the earth


• They are used for different
  purposes

What would be lost if there were only one point of view in the novel The Plague of Doves?And who do you think could tell the novel?

Actually, much of the story would be lost if there were
only one narrator in The Plague of Doves.  None of the characters
knows the full extent of the history of Pluto and the Ojibwe reservation, and it is only
through multiple narrative voices that the entire story comes together.  Cordelia ends
up as the town's historian, and she knows about and understands many of the scandals
that have happened in town, but even she is ignorant to the fact that it was Warren
Wolde who murdered her family so long ago and not one of the Native American men who
were accused of and killed for the crime. 

Erdrich writes
many of her novels in multiple narrative voices to try to capture Native American
traditions of storytelling in her work.  This would be lost if the story were told by
only one narrator.

If only one character told the story, it
would be a different story simply because of the characters' ignorance of events.  Only
an omniscient point of view would be able to render the totality of events in the
novel.

Solve the simultaneous equations x^3+y^3=-7 and x^2+y^2=5?

We'll apply the formula of the sum of the
cubes:

x^3 + y^3 = (x+y)(x^2 - xy +
y^2)

We'll replace the sum x+y by S and the product x*y by
P.

The system will become:

S(5
- P) = -7 (1)

S^2 - 2P = 5

S^2
= 5 + 2P (2)

We'll raise to square
(1):

S^2*(5-P)^2 = 49

(5 +
2P)(5-P)^2 = 49

We'll raise to square the
binomial:

(5 + 2P)(25-10P + P^2) =
49

125 - 50P + 5P^2 + 50P - 20P^2 + 2P^3 =
49

We'll eliminate like
terms:

-15P^2 + 2P^3 + 76 =
0

We notice that one root is P =
-2

-60 - 16 + 76 = 0

We'll
re-write 2P^3 - 15P^2 + 76 = (P+2)(2P^2 - 19P + 38)

We'll
cancel 2P^3 - 15P^2 + 76 = 0

(P+2)(2P^2 - 19P + 38) =
0

2P^2 - 19P + 38 = 0

P1 =
[19+sqrt(361 - 304)]/4

P1 = (19+sqrt
57)/4

P2 = (19 - sqrt
57)/4

Since S(5 - P) = -7 then we'll
have:

P = -2 => S(5+2)=-7 => S =
-1

P = (19+sqrt 57)/4 => S =
(1+sqrt57)/2

P = (19-sqrt 57)/4 => S =
(1-sqrt57)/2

Now, we'll solve the
systems:

1) x + y = -1 and xy =
-2

x^2 + x - 2 = 0

x = -2 and
y = 1 or x = 1 and y = -2

2) x + y = (1+sqrt57)/2 and x*y =
(19+sqrt 57)/4

x^2 - (1+sqrt57)*x/2 + (19+sqrt 57)/4 =
0

delta = (1+sqrt57)^2 - 4*19-4*sqrt
57

delta = 1 + 2sqrt 57 + 57 - 76 -
4*sqrt57

delta = -18 - 2sqrt 57 <
0

Since the discriminant is negative, this system has no
solutions.

Since the system is symmetrical,
the solutions of the system of equations are represented by the pairs: (1 , -2) and (-2
, 1).

What exactly is standard deviationand cumulative frequency curve?How are they link? Please explain interquartile range in cumulative frequency...

standard deviation is a measure of precision or how well
individual measurements agree with each other. The formula
is:

where x1, x2 and x3 are the induvidual
measurements; x(bar) is the mean and n is the nuimber of
measurements.

Cumulative frequency curve like the standard
deviation, is a good way to measure dispersion.

It is
obtained by adding up the frequencies as you go along, to give a 'running
total'.

Plot the cumulative frequency as the
y-axis and the interval or measurements in the x
axis.

When looking at a cumulative frequency curve, you
will need to know how to find its median, lower and upper quartiles, and the
interquartile range.

By drawing horizontal lines to
represent 1/4 of the total frequency, 1/2 of the total frequency and 3/4 of the total
frequency, we can read estimates of the lower quartile, median and upper quartile from
the horizontal axis.

The interquartile
range is the difference between the lower and upper
quartile.

The box and whisker plot on the other hand is
used to display information about the range, the median and the quartiles. It is usually
drawn alongside a number line. Below is an example

Does the following sentence differ at all with regard of ordering of events? "I had finished my homework before I practiced the piano."

In the sentence I had finished my homework
before I practiced the piano, there are two separate past tenses that are
employed:  the past perfect tense and the simple past tense.  Both of these tenses are
in the Basic form.

Indeed, the two forms of the past tense
do differ in their expression of time, or the ordering of events.  The past perfect
tense, for instance, indicates an action that occurred and was completed in the past
prior to another past action.  Thus, the verb had finished
is in the past perfect tense. [a compound tense, with the
Latin word perfect meaning
completed] 

On the other hand, the simple past tense
indicates an action completed by itself in the past, or an action completed in the past
after a prior action.  Thus, the verb practiced is in the
simple past tense [simple meaning
one verb].  So, the author of the above sentence practiced the
piano only after finishing the homework, the first action.

What is x if the function arcsin(3-2x) exists?

We'll impose the constraint for the arcsin(3-2x) to
exist:

-1 =< 3-2x =<
1

We'l solve the left side
inequality:

-1 =< 3 -
2x

-1 - 3 =< -2x

-4
=< -2x => 4 >= 2x => 4/2 >=
x

x =< 2

We'll solve
the right side inequality:

3-2x =<
1

-2x =< 1 - 3

-2x
=< -2

x >= 2/2

x
>= 1

The values of x, for the function
arcsin(3-2x) to exist, belong to the closed interval [1 ;
2].

Can you illustrate the "metaphysical" blend of passion and wit in John Donne's poem "The Good Morrow"?

John Donne’s poem “The Good Morrow” illustrates passion
and wit – two common features of “metaphysical” poetry – in various
ways.

“Wit,” for Donne and his contemporaries, meant not
simply intellectual or verbal cleverness but also the capacity to think seriously.
(“Wit” was often understood as a synonym for
“reason.”)

“The Good Morrow” illustrates all these meanings
of “wit” while also emphasizing passion, or deeply felt
emotion.

Several examples of wit or cleverness occur in the
first stanza of the poem. For instance, the speaker may be offering an erotic play on
words when he uses the term “country” pleasures (3). He is certainly being clever when
he compares the two lovers to the biblical “Seven Sleepers” (4), but he is also, by
using this biblical allusion, showing another kind of wit: intelligence and wide
reading, including familiarity with a very important
text.

Other examples of wit appear in stanza two,
particularly when the speaker declares that true love can make one “little room an
everywhere” (11). This phrase illustrates one of Donne’s favorite forms of wit: his use
of paradoxes (phrases which seem contradictory from one perspective but which seem true
from another).  Another example of a witty paradox appears in line 20, in which the
speaker suggests that two loves can somehow be “one”
love:

If our
two loves be one, or thou and I
Love so alike that none can
slacken

Passion – in the
sense of deep love, rather than uncontrolled emotion – is visible throughout the poem.
Thus, the speaker can be called passionate in his admiration of his beloved’s “beauty”
(6), but it is also clear that he values her for much more than mere physical
attractiveness.  This deeper love is implied when he exclaims “good morrow” to their
“waking souls” (8), not merely to their waking bodies.

The
poem’s tone might also be called passionate when the speaker breezily dismisses all the
other, implicitly unimportant activities in which he and his beloved might engage
(12-13).

However, perhaps the most tenderly passionate
moment in the poem occurs in lines 15-16, where the speaker says that “My face in thine
eye, thine in mine appears, / and true, plain hearts do in the faces rest.” These lines
suggest  physical, emotional, and even spiritual closeness between the speaker and the
woman he obviously loves.  By the end of the poem, the speaker has demonstrated both his
wit and his passion.

For an extremely well annotated
edition of Donne’s poetry, see
Robin Robbins, ed. The Complete Poems
of John Donne. New York: Pearson, 2010.

Describe the unique features of Egyptian art and literature.

The first answer is very
comprehensive.

I would add that the Egyptian design style
for wall paintings and paintings on papyrus illustrates their fear of the unknown. Every
space is filled and the surface is layered with "registers" or lines upon which the
images are standing, sitting or carefully arranged. This approach has been analyzed to
mean that their culture feared unknown spaces, unknown endings, and they had ways to
handle this fear for the citizens.

The Egyptian literature
is very entwined with the art work since much of both depend upon the symbols and the
hieroglyphics used. Few Egyptians could use or read the hieroglyphics so the symbols
were very important to convey meaning.

The materials used
and the colors applied were also full of meaning for these art forms. Gold, lapis
lazuli, and gems were to imply wealth and importance while the different colors used for
the skin indicated gender.