What conflicts are in Macbeth Act 1, scence 2 (with quotes if possible)?

In Act 1, Scene 2 of Macbeth, there has been a battle
raging. The King of Norway is in a conflict with the King Scotland. Part of the the
major conflict is that the Thane of Cawdor is a traitor. He is a rebel and has allied
with the King of Norway, going against King Duncan's men. Clearly, the Thane of Cawdor
has deceived King Duncan:

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The King of Norway himself, with terrible
numbers of men, Assisted by that most disloyal traitor, The Baron of Cawdor, began a
dismal conflict; Until the goddess of war’s bridegroom, disguised as truth, Confronted
him with comparisons to himself, such as How they were both rebellious and both armed
alike, Curbing his wild spirit. And, to conclude, The victory fell on
us.

Thanks to Macbeth and
Banquo, Duncan's men prevail and win the victory. Macbeth's and Banquo's swords become
bloody weapons, sparing none of the enemy. Ultimately, the Thane of Cawdor is executed
and the conflict ends. Macbeth is honored in his place and becomes the new Thane of
Cawdor. At this point in the story, Macbeth proves himself a great soldier, worthy to
lead as the Thane of Cawdor.

What is the relationship between Iago and Roderigo in Othello?

In Othello, Shakespeare begins the
play with two foils, Iago and Roderigo at night: one hidden and the other in plain
sight.  The former is a villain, the latter a fool, but both are be dark lords of
misrule.

Here's what they have in
common:

• Both are targeting Desdemona (Roderigo
  as thwarted love; Iago as revenge bait against
  Othello)


• Both are jealous of
  Othello


• Both are expose Desdemona's secret elopement to
  Brabantio (Roderigo publicly; Iago privately)


• Both lose
  their battle against Othello in Act I (the Duke condones the
  marriage)


• Both seek revenge in Cyprus (away from the
  Duke's protection)


• Both are id-based
  characters (exhibit child-like behavior and seek immediate pleasure: Roderigo=lust;
  Iago=suffering of others)

Here's how they are
different:

• Roderigo is public in Venice and
  private in Cyprus; Iago is private in Venice and public and private in Cyprus: (as such,
  they are two halves of the hidden, dark side).


• Roderigo
  is pure passion (he threatens suicide); Iago is calculated passion (he wants only to
  wound others)


• Roderigo pays Iago.  Roderigo is the
  "money" and Iago is the "purse."


• Roderigo is a fool.
   Iago admits, "I am not what I am" to Roderigo, and yet Roderigo continues to believe
  and pay him


• Roderigo thinks his using Iago for his dirty
  work, but Iago is really using Roderigo to be his scapegoat.  Iago uses Rogerigo to
  expose Cassio.

Critically comment on the view that in 'Look Back in Anger' Jimmy & Alison are made for each other & there is no solution for either of them.

I do not subscribe to the view that Jimmy and Alison are
"made for each other". I, however, agree that "there is no solution for either of them".
Alison, the daughter of a Colonel and the sister of a Member of Parliament, belongs to
the upper middle class Establishment which Jimmy so strongly opposes. Alison marries
Jimmy in spite of her parents' avowed disapproval, primarily to register a rebellion
against elitist normatives. Perhaps she also feels some kind of adolescent admiration
for the proletarian young man. But the decently-groomed and submissive Alison is never
happy in her married life. Just after their marriage she and Jimmy live in the working
class colony of Poplar in the flat of Jimmy's activist-friend, Hugh.She remembers those
days with consternation and fear. Living in the Midlands apartment, Alison still suffers
because of Jimmy's abusive anger and hostility. The presence of Cliff alleviates
Alison's suffering, but she and her husband never look settled in a stable conjugal
relationship.

Colonel Redfern accuses his daughter of
"sitting on the fence", of marrying Jimmy without being committed to his attitude to
life. It is true that both Alison and Jimmy are trapped in a situation which has no
exit-route except the fairy-tale escapade in the world of bears and squirrels. It is
also true that they love each other despite their mutual tussles and differences. But,
by no chance, they are the typical "made for each other" couple. Just as Jimmy can not
but be angry and disillusioned, Alison has to come back to Jimmy after the shattering
experience of miscarriage. There is no solution but to stay somehow together in their
Midlands hell with the same occasional pastime of the bear and squirrel
game.

In Henry Howard's poem "Wyatt resteth here, that quick could never rest".... Does Howard paint a different image of Sir Thomas Wyatt? What...

In this poem, Howard presents a highly attractive image of
Wyatt, depicting him not merely as an ideal "Renaissance man" but also as an almost
flawless human being who lived his life as God would want any Christian to
live.

Howard describes Wyatt as virtuous (3), wise (5),
patriotic (6-8), virtuous again (10), and stoic in his ability to deal appropriately
with the fluctuations of fortune (11-12). Howard also presents Wyatt as poetically
talented (13-16), multilingual (17), and as a talented foreign diplomat
(17).

According to Howard, Wyatt was a good mentor to
English youth on their trips to Europe (19-20), and he was also a man who always sought
to bring out the best in people because he was himself highly virtuous and never
deceitful (21-24).

Howard presents Wyatt as brave,
truthful, outspoken in defense of truth, and sensible, stable, and mature (25-28). Wyatt
is described as having been both strong and attractive (29). He was almost a perfect
human being, yet even such a good man (Howard laments) had his enemies
(31-33).

Wyatt was, according to Howard, almost Christlike
in his virtues, but, like Christ, he was not properly treated during his time on earth
(33-38).

In A Separate Peace, what is the purpose of the similarities and differences between Leper and Brinker?

Leper and Brinker are developed as exact opposites in
personality and behavior. Brinker is the "hub of the class," involved in every activity
and frequently leading them; because of his social skills and ambition, he is the class
politician. Leper, however, has no social skills and lives his school life as a loner
who hides in his own world. Brinker immerses himself in society; Leper loses himself in
nature. Brinker attacks; Leper withdraws. In one essential way, however, Leper and
Brinker are very much alike: They are both terrified of going to war and struggle to
find a way to ease their fear and deal with what is waiting for them in the
world.

By making Brinker and Leper so very different and
then revealing their essential similarity, one that is far more significant than their
differences, the author is making a strong statement about the scope and power of war.
No one can feel secure in the face of it, and there are no strategies to counter its
terror; no one can escape its effects.

According to the book "Celebrate Liberty," what does John Quincy Adams say about religion?

I wish I could be of more help with this, and I am mainly
chiming in because nobody else has...the reality is that the book "Celebrate Liberty" is
not one most people are familiar with because it is not entirely common.  I tried to
figure out which Adam's speech is used in it but couldn't determine
that.

So why am I writing if I don't know the book?  Well,
despite that, I do know about John Qunicy Adams' religious views, so that might be of
some use to you.  I don't know specifically what he says in your speech, but Adams was a
Unitarian.

What that
basically means is that he did not believe in the Trinity.  Unitarians also believe that
the Bible contains possible flaws (because it was written by men) and that there is no
such thing as original sin.

For Adams, part of this was an
argument against slavery (which was a big issue of the time.)  He did not feel that the
Bible justified the modern practice of keeping slaves, despite the fact that some people
in the Bible kept them.

I hope this at least gives you some
thoughts in the right direction.

Why do you think Petruchio compliments Kate, even when he is telling her what to do in Act III Scene II of The Taming of the Shrew?"But for my...

This is an interesting question to consider. We need to
take this quote in context and realise that this is Petruchio's most important moment in
his attempt to "tame" his shrew of a wife. She has just defied him publicly when he said
that he and his wife must leave that night when she
said:

For me,
I'll not be gone till I please myself.

'Tis like you'll
prove a jolly surly groom,

That take it on you at the first
so roundly.

The audience
excitedly anticipate a true fight as the bride and groom get used to the ways of each
other, yet Petruchio simply restates his command that Katharina go with him. Perhaps the
compliment is there to soften the bitter pill of his authority, or perhaps he is being
sarcastic (he has been so before). The text does not make it clear, however, just after
he calls his wife "bonny," he makes it evidently clear, addressing both his wife and the
guests, that now she is married to him, she is considered his
property:

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Nay, look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor
fret;

I will be master of what is mine
own.

She is my goods, my chattels; she is my
house,

My household stuff, my field, my
barn,

My horse, my ox, my ass, my
anything;

And here she stands, touch her whoever
dare.

This is a very famous
quote from the play that talks about the rights of man and how they "own" the women they
are married to. This is an authority that cannot be argued against, as Kate discovers as
her husband and Lord shames and humilates her into
submissiveness.

Given pi/2

We notice that the angle x is located in the 2nd quadrant,
therefore the values of cotangent function are negative.

We
know that cot x = cos x/sin x

We'll determine cos x,
applying the Pythagorean identity:

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

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

(cos x)^2 = 1 - 9/25

(cos
x)^2 = (25 - 9)/25

(cos x)^2 =
16/25

cos x = -4/5

We'll keep
only the negative value for cos x, since x is in the second quadrant and cosine function
is negative.

cot x =
(-4/5)/(3/5)

cot x =
-4/3

The value of cotangent function is: cot
x = -4/3.

What is the main difference between the characters of Biff and Happy Loman in "Death of a Salesman"?

The main difference between the characters of Biff and
Happy Loman is that, in the end, Biff gets to realize that his life has been a lie.
Although Happy is aware of the same situation, he continues to follow his father's steps
and keeps denying that anything is wrong with the Loman family. However, Biff explains
the situation best when he says:

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"I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life
has been."

As a result of
this discovery, Biff decides to change the vicious cycle that the Lomans live of denying
reality, confronts his father about it, and chooses to leave the Loman household for
good.

Meanwhile, Happy gives due justice to his nickname.
He is the "OK" man. Everything is fine with him, even if its under denial. He tries to
dissuade Biff each time Biff discovers that something is just not right in the way the
Lomans act. That is, perhaps, because he is used to living under the shadow of Biff and
does not know how else to proceed in life. Eventually, however, he falls under the Loman
spell and tries to follow Willy's sales dream. Therefore, Happy perpetuates the cycle
that Biff is trying to eliminate.

Yet, prior to Biff's
epiphany the brothers were inseparable in their combined co-dependence of each other.
They were clueless, immature, enmeshed, and unable to act like responsible adults. They
were both psychologically castrated by the overshadowing past of Willy's control over
them. They used to be lost children, basically, until finally Biff grows up and cuts
loose. This is how they are very different, but used to be very much alike at one
point.

In Act 5 scene 1, of Shakespeare's Hamlet, describe the relationship between Hamlet and Laertes. Give examples from the play for support.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, you may
remember that at the start of the play (I.iii), when Laertes is departing for school,
Laertes (and Polonius) warns Ophelia about Hamlet and his attentions toward her. Laertes
tells her that he will use her, take her virginity, but never marry her because he must
serve the state and marry someone appropriate to his position of prince, but will forget
Ophelia. So we know at the start that Laertes does not have an overly favorable regard
of Hamlet—specifically in terms of Ophelia's relationship with
him.

In Act Five, scene one, Laertes has returned to news
of his father's death at Hamlet's hands. (As a note, now Hamlet, Laertes
and Fortinbras have lost their
father.)

This is the scene in the cemetery, where Hamlet
speaks the famous line about the court jester during his youth, whose skull he
holds:

Alas,
poor Yorick! I knew him,
Horatio... (lines
172-173)

As Horatio and
Hamlet speak, Hamlet realizes that there is a burial taking place nearby, looking as if
the death had been a suicide ("maimed rites"). Laertes is there, speaking, and Hamlet
makes note of it: speaking admiringly of him.

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That is Laertes, a very noble youth.  (line
217)

As they
listen, Laertes asks that more be added to the funeral service, perhaps a mass. The
priest refuses, stating that "she" is lucky to be buried in holy ground at all—and only
by the order of the King. Laertes goes into the grave to embrace his sister once more,
and then Hamlet, realizing the body is that of Ophelia, does the same, noting that he
also is devastated by her death.

Laertes springs to attack
Hamlet, cursing him:

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The devil take thy soul! (line
257)

Hamlet tries to remove
Laertes' hands from around his neck, warning Laertes of danger if he
continues:

I
prithee, take thy fingers from my throat;
For, though I am not splenitive and
rash, (260)
Yet have I in me something dangerous,
Which let thy
wisdom fear. Hold off thy
hand!

The two young men need
to be separated. Hamlet swears to continue to fight, and Gertrude asks Hamlet
why.

I loved
Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers (270)
Could not, with all their quantity of
love,
Make up my sum.

Hamlet then asks Laertes
what is wrong with him, to attack Hamlet. Hamlet admits that he has loved Laertes
always, bearing him no grudge:

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Hear you, sir!
What is the reason that
you use me thus?
I loved you ever.  (lines
291-293)

Hamlet is then led
away by Horatio.

In Act Four, scene seven, Claudius spoke
to Laertes about punishing Hamlet for Polonius' death. At the end of this scene,
Claudius reminds Laertes of that discussion. In this way, we know that Laertes is
committed to murdering Hamlet, with the King's
blessing.

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Strengthen your patience in our last night's
speech.
We'll put the matter to the present push.— (lines
297-298)

Hamlet did kill
Polonius, but it was accidental. He also has no way to know that Claudius is plotting
with Laertes, though he will understand it clearly enough when the "sword play" is
announced between the two men. Laertes' rage with Hamlet puzzles him here, but it will
make more sense when the competition between the two men is arranged, for Hamlet will
then suspect "knavery." Laertes has expressed his willingness to kill Hamlet—even in a
church (Act Four, scene seven), so it is safe to assume that where Hamlet is confused
about Laertes hatred for him, Laertes is committed to the purpose of ending Hamlet's
life.

Why did the terrible social conditions caused by the Industrial Revolution fail to lead a revolution in Great Britain?

This question cannot, of course, be given a definitive and
objective answer.  Such questions are really matters of interpretation, not of objective
fact because we cannot "scientifically" isolate causes of events (or non-events, in this
case) and experiment with them to prove that they are the actual causes.  That said, I
would argue that the reason for this was that Great Britain was a relatively liberal
society with much more of a chance for political participation on the part of the
working class and much less repression than happened in places such as pre-Soviet
Russia.

One cause of revolutions is pressure that builds up
because it has no outlet.  In Great Britain, this did not happen nearly as much as it
did in Russia.  In Great Britain, the grievances of workers were at least aired and even
got some amount of redress.  An example of this would be the Reform Bill of 1832, which
gave workers some (albeit limited) ability to be represented in
Parliament.

Since Great Britain's system allowed for some
amount of change (as opposed to Russia's stringent adherence to the status quo) a
revolution was less likely in Great Britain.

How does Elizabeth’s image, created by Austen in Pride and Prejudice, match with her refusal to marry Darcy?

Austen created Elizabeth's
image to be that of a very strong-willed, independent, intelligent woman.
She is so strong-willed that she is actually a bit rebellious. She even thinks very
highly of her intelligence and her ability to judge. Hence, when Darcy delivers a
proposal saying that it was against his better judgement to ask her to marry him and
even a degradation of his pride, it is no surprise that she refuses him, due to her
independent, strong-willed, self-admiring spirit,.

We first see
Elizabeth's independent, strong-willed, witty, intelligent nature when she is snubbed by
Darcy at the ball. When Darcy says that Elizabeth is "tolerable; but not handsome enough
to tempt me(it)," instead of being put out by the insult, Elizabeth finds it humorous.
Someone who was more dependent on others for his/her happiness and less self-assured
might have let Darcy's comment become hurtful. However, Austen describes Elizabeth as
later telling the story to her friends "with great spirit," because she has a "lively,
playful disposition, which delight[s] in any thing ridiculous" (Ch. 3).

Later, we see Elizabeth's independent nature in her dealings with
Darcy, specifically when she is staying at Netherfield with her ill sister. She very
frequently makes impertinent remarks to Darcy. For example, when he asks her if Miss
Bingley's piano playing makes her want to dance a reel, or jig, her response
is:

You wanted
me, I know, to say "Yes," that you might have the pleasure of despising my taste; but I
always delight in overthrowing those kinds of schemes. (Ch.
10)

Elizabeth is again being
the wit here by overthrowing what she thinks is another opportunity for Darcy to insult
her, thereby again demonstrating her independent and strong-willed
mind.

Hence, since Elizabeth is so very independent, strong-willed,
and thinks so very highly of herself, it is absolutely no surprise that she rejects
Darcy's proposal when in his proposal he says that she's beneath
him.

What are some quotes related to Boo Radley that can be found in To Kill a Mockingbird?As much as you know.

Boo Radley appears to be like some monster according to
Jem:

Boo was
about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and
any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained – if you ate an animal
raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across
his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most
of the time. (1.65)

Of
course, Jem is exaggerating, but Boo is strange. Although Boo Radley was considered
strange, he seemed to care about Scout and Jem. When Jem lost his pants at Boo Radley's
house, they had torn on the fence. When Jem went back to get them, they were folded.
Also, the pants had been sewn. It appears that Boo Radley is trying to take care of Jem.
It is evident that he cares. Jem is puzzled in the care that Boo showed. He describes
the way he found his pants:

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When I went back, they were folded across the
fence...like they were expectin' me...And somethin else--Jem's voice was flat. Show you
when we get home. They'd been sewed up. Not like a lady sewed 'em, like somethin' I'd
try to do. All crooked.

Boo
appears to be very caring and genuinely concerned about
Jem.

Again, by the end of the story, Boo fights and kills
Bob Ewell while trying to protect Jem and Scout. Sheriff Tate protects Boo, saying Ewell
fell on his own knife.

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Atticus believes Jem killed Ewell in
self-defense, but Tate makes him realize that Boo Radley actually stabbed Ewell and
saved both children's lives. The men agree to claim that Ewell fell on his knife in
order to save Boo the spectacle of a
trial.

Although Boo is
considered strange, he shows his human kindess when he protects Jem and Scout. Scout
sees a human side to Boo while standing by Jem's
bedside:

Boo
saw me run instinctively to the bed where Jem was sleeping, for the same shy smile crept
across his face.

Boo is
extremely shy and introverted, but he is caring. He saves Jem's life and Scout's life.
The statement that Harper Lee is making is that we should not judge a person until we
really get to know that person. Boo Radley instinctively protected Jem and Scout. He is
not some monster afterall.

Locate and explain the following quote from "The Gift of the Magi": "Please God, make him think I am still pretty."

Della says it to herself just as her husband Jim is about
to walk through the door. She says it because she has cut off all of her hair and has
sold it to buy Jim a Christmas present. Her hair was her most prized possession, but she
gave it up selflessly to buy Jim a present for Christmas. She tried to make her short
hair look appealing to Jim by curling it and she's hoping that despite the fact that her
hair is gone, he'll still think she's just as beautiful. She sold her hair to buy Jim a
gold chain for his gold watch. Jim's watch is his most prized possession. It was passed
down to him through the generations. However, he would always feel embarassed to take
his gold watch out to check the time because it was attached to a leather strap. They
were a poor couple just trying to make ends meet.

What
Della doesn't know is that Jim has also done a selfless thing. She's about to find out
after he walks throught the door just exactly what that selfless act is. She finds out
that Jim has sold his gold watch to buy Della beautiful combs to put in her hair. Of
course, once Jim walks through the door and sees Della's short hair, he realizes she'll
have no need of the combs until her hair grows back.

It's
situational irony. They no longer have need of the presents they bought each other for
Christmas by giving up their most prized possessions. She has no need of the combs
because she cut off her hair and he has no need of the gold watch chain because he no
longer has the watch.  The significance is that their love for each other is their most
prized possession. That's what they find out through the experience. Material
possessions are not what's important. The fact that they'd go that far to make each
other happy is the most wonderful possession of all.

How does Scout mature in the story?Please give mutiple examples(Boo Radley, Atticus).

Scout has to grow up quickly. When others call her father
a nigger-lover, she becomes angry. When she discusses it with her father, he tells her
to ignore it. Scout is used to punching someone with her fist for such name calling. She
learns the harsh reality that all men are not treated equally in
Maycomb.

Scout can read because her father has always read
to her. This is an area of her maturity.

Scout learns to be
a lady from Aunt Alexandra. She forces her to wear dresses and act
lady-like.

Scout has to grow up when playing with her
brother. Since he is four years older than she is, she learns so much from her older
brother.

Scout learns that Boo Radley is really a caring
person, even though others think he is strange, When Boo repairs or sews Jem's torn
pants that he left on Boo's fence, she learns that he is caring. Also, when Boo saves
Jem's life and her life, she realizes that Boo is more normal than people
realize.

When Tom Robinson is not aquitted because he is
black, Scout realizes that life is not fair. She learns the harsh reality that people
are judged by their skin color. Scout learns that everything does not always turn out
the way it should. She learns that her father can't fix everything in the trial. She is
forced to mature.

What were the goals of the New Deal?

There were two major goals of the New Deal.  The first and
most urgent goal was to end the Great Depression.  The second goal was to prevent a
similar catastrophe from happening in the future.

To
achieve the first goal, FDR put in place a number of programs meant to create jobs.  He
created, for example, the CCCs and the WPA.  Both of these programs put people to work
on government jobs.  He also created programs that gave relief to the
poor.

But FDR also wanted to prevent future depressions. 
To try to do this he created government agencies that were meant to do things like
preventing poverty among old people (Social Security), prevent people from losing money
in bank failures (FDIC) and prevent fraud against investors (SEC).  He also created
things like the TVA that were meant to strengthen the potential of the US
economy.

The New Deal, then, was meant to ameliorate
conditions in the short run and to prevent future depressions.

In The Odyssey, what do you think is Odysseus's worst action in his wanderings and why?

You might get a variety of answers to this question,
however for me, you need look no further than Book 12 to see the lowest point of
Odysseus in terms of his character. This is of course when Odysseus disregards the
advice given to him by Circe regarding Scylla. Not only does he not inform his men of
the danger that awaits them, he also is so consumed with his own arrogance that he
believes he can fight Scylla and win. Of course, it is his men who pay the price, as
Scylla snatches six men so quickly that Odysseus is unable even to land one blow on the
monster. The way that the men scream futilely as they are butchered and the ship
continues stands as a rebuke to Odysseus and his arrogance through disregarding the
advice of Circe:

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To me they cried aloud, calling upon me by name
for that last time in anguish of heart. And as a fisher on a jutting rock, when he casts
in his baits as a snare to the little fishes, with his long pole lets down into the sea
the horn of an ox of the steading, and then as he catches a fish flings it writhing
ashore, even so were they drawn writhing up towards the cliffs. Then at her doors she
devoured them shrieking and stretching out their hands toward me in their awful
death-struggle. Most piteous did mine eyes behold that thing of all that I bore while I
explored the paths of the
sea.

This, to me, is the
lowest point of Odysseus, where he tries too hard to achieve super-human exploits. His
over-confidence is shown by trying to do things the hard way and his loyal men pay the
price. As someone who is charged with the safety and health of his followers, this
represents a massive failure on the part of Odysseus.

What is the best way to structure an essay to be done in 45 mins for GCSE English exams?An essay on poems, where two poems have to be compared,...

Since you have a given time limit (45 minutes) and a
fairly detailed set of requirements for your essay (comparison of two poems with
reference to theme given in the opening statement), you have the opportunity to do a
great deal of planning for your essay before you actually sit down for the
exam.

Start your preparations by determining a theme about
which you can find two poems that you will be comfortable drawing comparisons, or
identify two poems that present a common theme but have different points of view for
your comparison. You need to identify two poems that are alike in some ways and yet
different in others, with some commonality that relates the two pieces above and beyond
the similarities and differences.

Your thesis statement
should present an overview of the contrasts and likenesses and will state the
overarching relationship between the poems. The body of your essay should develop your
point of view about each similarity or difference, relating back to that central theme
as appropriate.  Your conclusion should summarize your comparisons and reemphasize the
overall relationship.

Good luck!

Why does John sing the death song in "By the Waters of Babylon"?

Let us remember the context of when John sings the death
song. Having already ventured far beyond where his tribe normally roam and facing
significant danger in the form of the Forest People and the Dead Places, John finally
reaches the great river, across which he can see the Place of the Gods. Even though he
feels he has done enough to show himself to be a man and a priest, he recognises that
some internal force is driving him to cross the river and enter the Place of the Gods,
something that nobody else in living memory has ever done, and which represented death
to him. Note what John tells us about this internal conflict he experiences as he longs
to go back but feels he can't:

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If I went to the Place of the Gods, I would
surely die, but, if I did not go, I could never be at peace with my spirit again. It is
better to lose one's life than one's spirit, if one is a priest and the son of a
priest.

Thus it is that he
prepares himself to cross the river and enter the Place of the Gods, which he associates
with death. Because of this, he sings the death song and "painted [himself] for death,"
as this is what he expects to happen to him.

what is meant by application of dimenional analysis ?its about conversin of 1 system of unit to another

Dimensional analysis is not about converting from one unit
to another, its purpose is to ensure that the units on both sides of the equation
balance each other out, and to determine the relations amount physical quantities.  One
useful application of this is if you are stuck on a problem you can perform a
dimensional analysis of the variables in the equation to see what the dimensions of the
result will be.  From this you can ascertain what type of values have those dimensions
giving you a clue to what the equation solves.  With that it frequently becomes easier
to solve a problem as some context has been given by the dimensional analysis.  It is
also a good way to check your work to make sure that the units have worked out the way
they are supposed to.

Why do our bodies need calcium in the blood?What happens when there is not enough? What happens when there is too much?

Blood needs to have calcium since it is
responsible for the transmission of messages by the nerves, for muscle contractions and
for blood to clot. A decline of blood calcium level will enable the parathyroid gland,
located in the throat to release parathyroid hormone, which has the capacity to
activitae osteoclast. Then osteoclasts or bone-destroying cells would break down bone
matrices to release calcium in the
blood.

However, if there is
too much blood calcium level, also known as hypercalcemia, the excess amount of calcium
are just deposited into bone matrix as hard calcium salts.

What are some motifs of imprisonment in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House ?

One motif of imprisonment is
the loan Nora withdrew from Krogstad several years ago. At
the time, Nora thought she was taking out the loan in order to liberate herself and her
husband by rescuing his health. While rescuing her husband's health certainly did
provide for her more security than she would have had otherwise, the loan has also been
a point of imprisonment for her. For years she has had to save every penny she could
from her housekeeping money, especially money for her clothing. Having to save money on
clothing has been a source of emotional imprisonment for her because, as she explains to
Christine, "[I]t was often very hard on me, Christine--because it is delightful to be
really well dressed, isn't it?" (I). In addition, she had to earn money by finding any
work she could do behind Torvald's back. One winter she "was lucky enough to get a lot
of copying to do" and locked herself up in her room working until late at night
(I).

Another motif of imprisonment is of
course the signature Nora forged on the bond for the loan.
At the time, Nora did not consider it to be a serious matter and did it to save her
husband. However, now Krogstad is blackmailing her with her forged signature as a threat
against her reputation and her husband's reputation in order to try and secure his job
at the bank thereby imprisoning her with the forged signature.

A third
motif of imprisonment we see is Dr. Rank's
illness. Dr. Rank has what Nora refers to as "consumption of the spine,"
otherwise called Pott disease, and claims that his illness is due to Dr. Rank's father's
immoral, overly indulgent character. As Nora explains to Christine, "His father was a
horrible man who committed all sorts of excesses; and that is why his son was sickly
from childhood" (II). As Dr. Rank explains, "My poor innocent spine has to suffer for my
father's youthful amusements," such as his father's indulgences in "asparagus," "pâté de
foie gras," "and heaps of port and champagne" (II). According to Dr. Rank, all of his
father's indulgences wreaked havoc on his own immune system. Dr. Rank is therefore
imprisoned by his father's own sins. He is paying the consequences for his father's sins
by having to die young. Dr. Rank considers his upcoming premature death as an unfair
imprisonment.

Identify a theme in the film, Schindler's List.

There are many themes from which one can choose.  I would
think that one of the most powerful themes of the film lies in how individuals have the
power to take action, even in the most dire of circumstances.  One of the most
enlightening perspectives that Spielberg and writer Steven Zallian take in the film is
to display the Holocaust in all of its brutality, but do so in a manner that shows that
individuals do have power.  Schindler could have certainly turned a deaf ear and blind
eye to what was happening.  One could make the argument that Schindler, himself, could
not solely stop the Nazis and stop the "Final Solution."  Yet, Schindler's actions,
while only rescuing barely 1100 people, speak so eloquently to how individuals possess
autonomy and the moral and ethical obligation to act upon it.  In affirming the power of
the individual, the film does a wonderful job showing how human beings can change and
can represent "the better angels" in consciousness.  While there is much to the
Holocaust that is so intricate and philosophically profound, the film does highlight the
theme of human freedom and opens the door to more discussion and questioning, which lies
at the essence of any great work.  To be able to present this theme in a manner that is
authentic and not didactic is one of the reasons why this film is so very
powerful.

What is the major action in Act I of Arsenic and Old Lace?

Act I of this farcical and macabre play takes place
entirely in the Brewster house in Brooklyn where the two spinster aunts of Motimer
Brewster reside.  Mortimer, ironically, a dramatic critic, arrives with an announcement
that he is going to wed Elaine, the minister's daughter.  Of course, the aunts are
delighted and ask Mortimer to bring her for dinner, but he declines, saying that he has
to cover a play tonight entitled,  Murder Will Out.  "I'll bet I
can write the review without even seeing it," he tells his aunts which turns out to be
dramatic irony.  Disparaging the plot of the play, Mortimer suggests how it will be
played out, perhaps with a body in a window seat such as the one they have.  When he
opens the lid of the window seat, however, Johnathan discovers just that--a dead body. 
Horrified, he tells his aunts that there is a dead body in the window seat, but they
calmly acknowledge, "Yes, dear, we know."

Of course,
Mortimer is taken aback by this acknowledgement.  So, Aunt Martha explains that they
have gotten into the practice of helping the lonely men who come to their house to rent
Mortimer's empty room find peace by having them drink elderberry wine laced with
strychnine and "a pinch of cyanide."  When Mortimer tells his aunts that they cannot
give men poison elderberry wine, they say, "We don't stop you from things you
like."

In the meantime, the black sheep of the family,
Jonathan, whose face now resembles Boris Karloff, sneaks into the house with a Dr.
Einstein, a fellow miscreant who has operated on Jonathan's face in order to disguise
him since "things got too hot" in Chicago.  They, also, have a dead body, a Mr. Spenalzo
who recognized Jonathan when he and Einstein hitched a ride with him.  When they
discover the "Panama Canal" that uncle Teddy has dug in his belief that he is President
Roosevelt, they decide that they will later put Spenalzo in this canal.  But, for now,
they place him in the window seat just recently vacated by Mr. Hoskins whom the aunts
quickly remove while Jonathan and the doctor are at their car.  They have told Teddy
that the man has died of yellow fever and must be buried.  After Jonathan places Mr.
Spenalzo in the window seat, Mortimer surreptitiously returns to try to hide Mr. Hoskins
only to discover that there is another man in the window seat.  When he asks Aunt Abby
about him, she says that he is a total stranger, and, to Mortimer's questioning, she
indignantly replies, "Darling, you don't think I'd stoop to telling a fib?"

Mortimer groans as the act ends. So the major
action is the discovery, hiding, and removal of bodies.

In Homer's The Odyssey, how are the gods present with Telemachus as he searches for news of his father after the Trojan War?

In Homer's The Odyssey, in the first
four books, Telemachus is "encouraged" on his path to learn about his father's fate by
Greek mythology's Athena, the goddess of...

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...war, civilization, wisdom, strength,
strategy, crafts, justice and
skill.

Telemachus was in the
Trojan War, being born after his father had already left for battle. Odysseus fought in
the war, but the interference of the gods (particularly Poseidon) and some spectacular
mythological creatures (Circe—the witch-goddess, Calypso—a sea nymph, Charybdis, the
Lotus Eaters, the sirens, etc.) keep Odysseus from returning to the shores of Ithaca for
ten additional years. (He is under Calypso's spell for seven of
those years.) In Odysseus' absence, Telemachus and Penelope (the young man's mother and
Odysseus' devoted wife) face would-be suitors wanting Odysseus' possessions as they try
to win Penelope's hand in marriage. They assume that because so much time has passed
since the war that Odysseus must be dead. Penelope wants nothing to do with any of them,
but these men will not leave, making unethical demands of Penelope's hospitality because
of Odysseus' absence.

In Book One, we learn that the Trojan
War has lasted ten years, but Odysseus, a mighty warrior, offended Poseidon in his
journey home by blinding his son, Polyphemus—a cyclops intent upon killing Odysseus (and
his men). Odysseus is punished more because he bragged so much after defeating
Polyphemus than for harming him—because his actions were very
unsuitable for a great warrior. Odysseus has been kept now from
returning home for ten years and Athena approaches Zeus to ask her father to free
Odysseus to go home. Zeus' brother, Poseidon, is not present when Athena presents her
case to her father, and Zeus allows her to arrange for Odysseus' homecoming. So Athena
(in disguise) encourages Odysseus' son to go out to find his
father.

In Book Two, Telemachus tries to find help in
locating his father. The suitors refuse to aid Telemachus, so he departs secretly with
the still-disguised Athena.

It is important to remember
that Telemachus has never met his father and as he sets out not only to find his father,
he also learns about him as well. In Book Three, he visits Nestor of Pylos, another
solider in the Trojan War, who tells Odysseus' son great stories about his father's
bravery. Nestor also sends his youngest son Pisistratus with Telemachus to Sparta, so he
can visit another soldier who has also returned from the
war—Menelaus.

In Book Four Telemachus meets Menelaus and
his wife Helen. Menelaus shares his own story of the war and his
return home; while "becalmed" off the shore of the island of Pharos, Proteus, the "Old
Man of the Sea," (who lives there) told Menelaus of news that Odysseus was on Calypso's
island.

In the meantime, Odysseus is freed from Calypso's
power and starts his journey home.

By Book Fifteen,
Telemachus heads for home, where the suitors plan to ambush him. In Book Sixteen, having
evaded the suitors, Telemachus is reunited with his father, Odysseus, and they make
plans to rid their home of the suitors. Athena also aids Odysseus in this
endeavor.

Additional
Source:

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

What does ivory stone look like? And is it very rare or expensive?

Ivory is not actually a stone, but rather the name given
to the bone-like material that forms the bulk of elephant's tusks.  In essence, it is
similar in both substance and appearance to your own teeth!  And just like teeth, ivory
varies in color from yellow to very bright white.

Ivory has
been prized (that is, expensive) throughout history for its value in both art and
manufacturing.  Intricate sculptures and carvings made from ivory have been found dating
back to ancient times.  More recently ivory was used to make billiard balls, piano keys,
and other items before the invention of plastics.

Ivory is
now rarer than ever.  Driven by the high price of ivory, the hunting of elephants for
their tusks has resulted in a terrible population decline a to the wholesale slaughter
of the American bison during the 1800s.  Many countries have banned the sale or import
of ivory.  However, illegal poaching of elephants continues in many parts of the world,
and the future of elephants is uncertain.

Write y=(2-x)^5/3 as f[g(x)], defining f(x) and g(x)

The function y=(2-x)^5/3 has to be expressed as a compound
function f(g(x)).

In the term (2 - x)^5/3, a value equal to
2 - x is raised to the power 5 and divided by 3. There are many ways that the expression
y = (2 - x)^5/3 can be written as f(g(x)).

One of them is
to define g(x) = 2 - x and f(x) = x^5/3

This gives: f(g(x))
= f(2 - x) = (2 - x)^5/3

Another way to do the same would
be to define g(x) = (2 - x)^5 and f(x) = x/3

This gives:
f(g(x)) = f((2-x)^5) and f(g(x)) = (2-x)^5/3

What are some consequences of human activities on the environment?

There are many consequences of human activities on the
environment.  Most of the ones that we notice are
negative.

Some consequences of human activities are very
easily seen.  When there are too many cars and too many factories in a city, we can
easily see the pollution in the air.  When waste from factories and such is pumped into
rivers, we can see that the water is dirty and that it stinks and has very little life
in it.

Other kinds of consequences are less easily
noticed.  The most important of these is global warming.  This is something that cannot
be perceived by the average person, but it is also the consequence that might
potentially have the greatest impact on life on the planet.

What does the illustration described below show about US policies during the Cold War?The illustration in which world communism is shown to be...

In order to answer this question, you first have to figure
out what this illustration shows.  It sounds like it is saying that communism is
threatening to take over the countries that you mention.  So then you need to figure out
which of the answer choices has to do with preventing the spread of communism.  The best
of the answers is B, though C would be a possibility as
well.

The Helsinki Accords and the SALT talks both had to
do with reducing tensions between the US and the Soviet Union and (in the case of the
Helsinki Accords) their respective allies.  Neither of those has anything to do with
preventing the spread of communism.

The Truman Doctrine is
the best choice because it represented the idea that the US would help any country that
was being threatened by communism.   The Marshall Plan was helpful in stopping
communism, but it was mostly directed at rebuilding Europe after WWII.  Therefore, the
Truman Doctrine is the best answer.

Discuss the effectiveness of Yeats' use of imagery in "The Lake Isle of Innisfree."

Let us remember that imagery is defined as the creation of
pictures through the use of words. The best imagery is created through the incorporation
of as many of the five sense as possible into the poem, so that we not only see what the
speaker is trying to describe, but can hear, smell, taste and feel it too. Note how we
can see this in operation in the idyllic vision of the countryside given to us by the
speaker:

And
I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping
slow,

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the
cricket sings;

There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a
purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet's
wings.

The spectacular sight
of morning, midnight and noon is described and at the same time we can "hear" the sound
of the "linnet's wings" against this incredible backdrop. Such details help us to
imagine the scene that is being described to us more vividly, and also link into the
theme of the poem, which is the call that the speaker feels on his life to move to
Innisfree and live in harmony with the nature. This is a call that, even in the greyest
of city environments, he can hear.

Why is a chain wheel important on a bike?

The power source on a bicycle is the rotation of the
pedals as they are pushed by the feet of the rider. As the pedals rotate, the chain
wheel also rotates at the same speed as the pedals since it is attached to the same axle
as the pedals. The chain on the bicycle is moved because the links of the chain are
meshed with the "teeth" on the chain wheel.

As the chain is
rotated by the chain wheel, that movement causes the chain wheel attached to the rear
tire axle to also rotate. The chain passes over one or more derailleur gears as it moves
around its path between the two chain wheels. These gears increase or decrease the speed
at which the rear chain wheel causes the rear axle (and therefore the attached rear
tire) to rotate. This is how the bicycle rider can adjust the speed and pressure that
must be exerted to make the bike move. If the chain wheel attached to the pedals didn't
move, the bike would move only in response to gravity as it rolled down a
hill.

Why did George Washington worry that Shays's Rebellion would "render ourselves ridiculous" in the eyes of all of Europe?

George Washington was worried about this because he knew
that most people in Europe did not think that the United States would really be able to
function as a country.

In those days, most thinkers were of
the opinion that a country with a system of democratic government could never last.  It
was believed that such a system would fall apart because it lacked a real leader. 
Washington worried that Shays's Rebellion would show that the US's experiment in
democracy was falling apart just as the Europeans thought it
would.

Because of this, Washington worried that the
rebellion would confirm the predictions of the Europeans, and prove that a democracy
could not last.

What is the theme of the poem "Theme for English B," by Langston Hughes?

In Langston Hughes' poem, "Theme for English B," I believe
the theme deals primarily with the perceived difference between the white and black
experience...and that it shouldn't be "a black and white"
issue.

To fulfill an English writing assignment, the
speaker goes home and describes himself, providing the instructor with "truth." He
speaks of his connection to Harlem, describes the things that he likes. He acknowledges
that what is true for him may not be true for his professor, and perhaps it is because
of race. As the only black student in his class, the speaker wonders if this paper that
he writes will be "colored."

Looking deeper, the speaker
realizes that once he turns the paper in, it becomes a part of his professor. What they
do have in common is that they are American—in this way they are a
part of each other, whether they like it or not: and he admits there are times when
neither one of them likes that fact. However, while there are divisions in the American
experience, the speaker believes they can still learn from each other—learning perhaps
that what binds them is a truth for both of them...though not necessarily exactly the
same. For instance, they can both like the same food or a Christmas pipe...some of the
same things, even though they do not share the same race.

I
believe that Langston Hughes recognizes the difference of race, while he wishes there
was not an issue of color. But he is also realistic. There are
other things—things that he and the professor don't have in common:
the professor is white; he's older; and, perhaps most importantly, "somewhat more free,"
a glaring "truth" in 1951.

The theme is about trying to
overcome the obstacles that separation by race creates.

Geotropism: Will plant roots turn toward the pull of gravity?

The roots of plants grow toward the gravitational pull,
however, stems grow in the opposite direction. If an experiment is done changing the
orientation of the plant's roots by laying it on its side, the roots will eventually
show a positive tropism in response to the pull of gravity. This behavior of plant roots
and stems was observed by Charles Darwin.

In "The Postmaster," what is the lesson of the title character?

I think that there is a lesson in the character of the
postmaster.  Tagore takes his character and constructs it with every bit of the
rationality, intelligence, and sensibility of an educated fellow in India.  The
postmaster is obviously literate, capable of profound thought, and is able to recognize
his own state of being in the world.  He is not one who slaves for wages and is unaware
of the world and his place in it.  He longs to leave the village and return to the
urbane setting of Calcutta.  Yet, in this characterization, Tagore is deliberate enough
to make a character that lacks an emotional affect.  The postmaster is kind of whiny and
frail, in that he becomes dependent on Ratan, the orphan, to fill the void that his
mother/ sister fulfilled for him in terms of taking care of him.  Whereas Ratan looks at
him with nothing but emotional sensibilities, the postmaster looks at her with more of a
cerebral approach, than anything else.  It is why the pinnacle of the story makes so
much sense.  When he laughs and dismisses her plea to go with him back to Calcutta, he
does so from an intellectual standpoint.  Logically, it would make no sense for her to
accompany him.  Tagore does this to bring out the fact that while the postmaster might
be intelligent and "book smart," he lacks the interpersonal knowledge to see that such a
reaction is crushing to the orphan Ratan, for whom association and belonging have not
been experienced on a consistent basis in her own life. This is repeated when their last
moment consists of him offering money for her services, while she denies it and runs
away.  Again, an emotional response is blighted by an intellectual or cerebral one. We
see this philosophical bent reveal itself in the end of the story when the postmaster
leaves and wonders about the pain he caused upon her, something he is able to dismiss
because of his own philosophical justifications or explanations.  Tagore undercuts this
in the last paragraph of the story in saying that Ratan did not have such a background
to help her cope with her own pain, suffering that could only be felt by an orphan
"weeping copiously."

The lesson here, if there is one, is
that there cannot be any real justification behind the breaking of another person's
heart.  Emotional cruelty is both unavoidable, and yet inexcusable.  The only hope one
can have is possessing enough emotional intelligence to be aware of it and to be mindful
of another person's pain.  This is something that the postmaster either is not or
chooses not to be.  In the end, this has to be the lesson present in his character, one
that Tagore seems to enjoy building up and then taking apart through the same high
powered, laser analysis of thought and rationality that is such a part of the
postmaster's character.

What is the falling action in The Call of the Wild?

The falling action of a story is the part after the
climax.  This is the part where we find out who will "win" in a story (the protagonist
or the antagonist) and how the conflict of the story will be
resolved.

In this book, the climax comes when Buck is
rescued by Thornton.  This is where Thornton takes him from Hal, just before Hal and the
others die when they crash through the ice.  This is the major turning point in the
book.

From there, we get the falling action.  This is where
we see Buck becoming closer to Thornton yet, at the same time, being pulled towards
becoming a wild beast.  As the falling action progresses, we see this tension building
until Thornton is killed.

How can I identify the 5 steps in the plot structure of a story?intro,inciting force,rising action,climax and conclusion

The introduction of a story sets the stage. It presents
the main characters, gives the location and time in history, and possibly gives other
background information that will be relevant to the story. The inciting force is the
reason for the story - the event or situation that causes the action told by the story.
The rising action is the section of the story that tells what happens after the inciting
incident. If your story is a murder mystery, the inciting force is the discovery of the
dead body. The rising action, then, is the investigation that follows - all the
searching for clues and interviewing of suspects or witnesses and all the following-up
on leads and all the laboratory testing of evidence and the arrest of the suspect. The
climax of your murder story would probably be the trial of the suspect in general and in
particular the reading of the verdict from the jury and the immediate reaction to it.
The conclusion is then the rest of the aftermath of the story, tying up the loose ends
for the characters. In the case of the murder story, the conclusion could include the
pronouncing of the sentence, the adjustments to life after the murder of the survivors,
and the conversion of the murder site to a memorial park.

In triangle ABC, MN || BC and MN and MN bisects the area of triangle ABC. If AD = 10, find ED, if AE is the height of triangle AMN.

Since triangles ABC and AMN are similar and area of AMN is
half of the area of ABC, we'll have;
Area of AMN/Area of ABC = 1/2
(1)
Let ED = x => AE = AD - ED = 10-x
Area of AMN/Area of ABC
= (10-x)^2/10^2 (2)
We'll equate (1) and (2) and we'll
get:
(10-x)^2/10^2 = 1/2
We'll cross multiply:
2(10-x)^2 =
100
We'll expand the binomial and we'll multiply by 2:
200 - 40x +
2x^2 - 100 = 0
x^2 - 20x + 50 = 0
We'll apply quadratic
formula:
x1 = [20+sqrt(400 - 200)]/2
x1 = 10+5sqrt2
x2 =
10-5sqrt2
Since x has to be smaller than 10, we'll keep only the second value,
namely x = ED = 10-5sqrt2.

What is the greatest significance and/ or revelance of the Jourdon Anderson Letter?

The Jourdan Anderson letter is an eloquent description by
a former slave of the differences in his new life as a free man.  The letter is written
or dictated by Jourdan Anderson, a former slave of Colonel P.H. Anderson, regarding Col.
Anderson’s request for Jourdan to come back to Tennessee and work for him again. In his
reply, Anderson draws comparisons between his life as a free man and life as a slave. 
As a free man, he receives payment for his work, is treated well and his children are
allowed to go to school.  As a slave he earned no pay and compares himself and the other
slaves as receiving the same pay as the “horses and cattle”. 

What is a moral lesson we can draw from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that is pertinent to the Elizabethan audience?

The Elizabethan period happened at the climax of the
Renaissance period. Queen Elizabeth reigned over England between 1558 and 1603 while the
Renaissance period spanned between the 1500s and the 1600s. Hence, when looking for a
moral from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that can apply to the
Elizabethans, one should consider morals derived from philosophies that were important
in the Renaissance period.

The Renaissance was a period of great
intellectual and philosophical awakening. One philosophy coined during the Renaissance
period was Humanism. Humanism taught that all human beings are rational and
"levelheaded" href="http://www.angelfire.com/journal/LiteratureOfEngland/RenaissancePeriod.html">("Renaissance
Period," angelfire.com). We can especially see this philosophy portrayed in
Romeo and Juliet and easily derive a moral from
it.

In the play, Shakespeare characterizes all of his characters as
being rash, emotionally driven, impetuous beings. They even respond to all situations
with violent, passionate emotions of both love and hatred. The characters' response to
situations is clearly seen in the feud between the Capulets and Montagues. Also, in the
first scene, Prince Escalus points out that the Capulets and Montagues have started
three all-city riots simply because of a trivial comment one family member has said to
another, as we see in his lines:

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Three civil brawls, bred of an airy
word
By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,
Have thrice distrurb'd the
quiet of our streets.
(I.i.85-87)

The term "airy"
can be translated as "meaningless," or trivial, showing us that the feuding families
begin their battles based on trivial comments to each other, showing us just how much
they respond to situations using rash, impetuous, violent, passionate
emotions.

Rash impetuousness is also portrayed through the characters
of Romeo and Juliet who decide to marry, and in secrecy, after having only just met.
Juliet even declares that she thinks it is unwise, yet allows herself to be persuaded by
Romeo, as we see in her lines:

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Although I joy in thee,
I have not joy
in this contract to-night.
It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden.
(II.ii.122-124)

Romeo also
portrays violent, passionate emotions through his violent, passionate love for first
Rosaline and then for Juliet. In fact, he allows his unrequited love for Rosaline to
drive him to a state of agony, as when we first meet him in the first scene. In fact,
Romeo is described by his father as being seen crying at dawn morning after morning, and
Romeo, himself, refers to his state of mind as a state of madness and love as pure
madness (I.i.127-130, 193). Since, the uncontrolled, violent, passionate emotions lead
to the couple's rash, impetuous actions and contribute to the couple's young deaths, we
can say that Shakespeare is telling us to allow ourselves to be governed by reason and
rational thought, rather than violent, passionate emotions.

In fact,
it can be said that all of the violent, passionate emotions that govern the characters
either lead to their own deaths or to someone else's death. Hence, we can say that
one moral we can draw from the play that is applicable to
Elizabethans, as well as to people today, is that it is essential to remember that we
are rational human beings and to allow ourselves to be governed by reason rather than
emotion.

How was Stonehenge built?

It is likely that we will never know for sure how the
people who created Stonehenge managed to do so without any modern technology.  Scholars
guess about this sort of thing all the time, but there is no way to definitively prove
how it was done.

The biggest mystery surrounds the way in
which the stones were transported to the building site.  Scholars have speculated about
various ways of making this possible.  They have speculated that logs were placed on the
ground in the path of the stones and used as rollers to allow the stones to move more
easily.  They have speculated that the people set up wooden tracks and pulled the stones
on sleds over the tracks.  These tracks might have been lubricated with
grease.

Once the stones were at the site, one assumption is
that ramps of earth were built so that the lintels could be dragged up to be put in
place.

All of these are informed guesses.  There is no way
to actually know for sure.

"All words and no action": Is this an accurate description of The Importance of Being Earnest'?Answer with suitable illustrations.

This is a great way to describe this play!  The language
of the play is what is appreciated about it.  The cleverness and multi-layered irony are
delightful.  The characterizations and situations are funny, but ultimately the play
hinges on the conversations between the people, not what they do. 
In fact, very little action occurs.  The most significant action 
is Algernon going to Jack's country estate to pretend being Ernest and meeting Cecily.
That action drives the rest of the play, but except for travel, the characters don't do
anything of any of import.  On the other hand, their conversations are all too
important.  Algernon and Jack's conversations in Act 1 establish the idea of Bunburying
present the subject of marriage.  Lady Bracknell's interview of Jack presents all of the
subjects of Wilde's satire of the upper classes and the importance of social standing in
society.  We are also introduced to the shallowness of Gwendolyn.  As we progress into
Act 2, the conversations continue.  Through the chatting of Miss Prism and Cecily we see
her shallow nature, and Miss Prism's righteousness.  We learn of the complete craziness
of Cecily in her retelling of her imaginary (except to her) engagement to Ernest.  The
delightful give and take of the confusion over who is exactly engaged to Ernest
highlights all of Wilde's satire over all of his various targets.  In Act 3, all of the
resolutions come about through the various topics of conversations with Lady Bracknell. 
Engagements are approved and birthrights are discovered.  We find out that there really
was an Ernest after all, even though none of the characters are all that earnest.  It
may be a play with little action, but we are entertained through it all, always on alert
for another great line and a chuckle.

How do I sell a wedding dress and a matching little girl's dress?

Have you tried eBay or
Craigslist? Both sites offer many opportunities for resale
of used (as well as new) items. You can search eBay to get a better idea of asking and
selling prices, and there are thousands of other similar items being sold there at all
times. This may not be a guarantee that your item will sell, however. My wife has
searched eBay for wedding dresses herself, and though there are many bargains to be
found, asking prices and reserve prices are not always met. If you have a quality item
(especially with the matching little girl's ensemble), your chances may be better.
Craigslist is a free service used specifically for local sales, and you may find that it
might be a better fit for your items. It won't cost you any out-of-pocket fees, and the
buyer can pick it up personally. You might want to consider listing your dresses on both
sites at once. You can always cancel either of them if the items sell. Good
luck.

What is the tone of "To an Athlete Dying Young"?

Imagine that the speaker in the poem has returned from the
funeral of this popular, record-holding athlete who is a greatly admired resident of his
town. The funeral has impacted him deeply, and he seeks an outlet for his inconsolable
sense of loss. In his attempt to make sense of this loss, he recalls the day when the
deceased was joyfully “chaired” through the marketplace “shoulder high”. Immediately,
the picture in his mind switches to the more recent “shoulder high “scene, that of the
athlete’s funeral procession that had taken place earlier in the day. The sheer contrast
in the mood of the two occasions produces within him such stinging pain that he must
find catharsis.  

The poet finds catharsis in transforming
death into a victory, thus removing its emotional “sting”. Troubled reflection becomes
calculated celebration of the athlete whom he now congratulates for his wit “to slip
betimes away”/ From fields where glory does not stay”. Indeed, at this point, the
deceased is doubly esteemed by the poet: first, for being an athlete with an unbroken
record; and second, for outwitting “glory” by dying before it fades. His celebration of
the youth merges into a celebration of death, diminishing the initial sting of the loss
so that death is now euphemistically referred to as the “shady night “that shuts the
eyes and the “earth” that stops the ears, two very harmless
elements.

The climax of the celebration is as the poet
projects to the welcome of the athlete among the spirits of the dead. There is no doubt
that the spirits of the dead share the poet’s wonder at the superior intelligence of the
athlete to exit the “fields where glory does not stay” before he is forced to join the
ranks of “runners renown outran”. Like the poet in his new celebration of death, they
“flock to gaze” in amazement at the “early-laurelled head”. Not only is the athlete a
champion in the eyes of the living, but he is also a champion in the eyes of the dead
for his genius in outwitting short-lived “glory”. In the course of the seven stanzas,
the tone evolves from being sore and reflective to being triumphant and
confident.

In "Master Harold". . .and the boys, what is Willie dealing with in his personal life?

During the course of the play, Willie makes references to
some of the issues that he is dealing with in his life.  First, his dance partnership
with Hilda Samuels is suffering because she has not come to practice for several days.
 Sam later gets Willie to admit that he has beaten Hilda and that this is likely the
reason why she has not shown up to dance practice.  Willie blames Sam for setting him up
with Hilda, but Sam makes Willie realize that he is responsible for his own actions and
that he needs to do right by Hilda.  Further, Willie and Hilda have a child together,
and Willie says that Hilda has reported him to the child welfare department for not
giving her money to support the baby.  However, Willie says that he gives Hilda his
entire paycheck (Hilda is never introduced as a character, so it is uncertain whether or
not Willie does in fact give her money).  Later in the play, Sam reveals his metaphor of
the dance as a representation of what life should be like, and it becomes clear that
Willie's failure to get the dance with Hilda correct is symbolic of his failure to live
his life righteously.

Find the real numbers a,b,c if a^2+b^2+c^2-4a-6b+10c+38=0?

We'll re-group the terms to emphasize the fact that we'll
have to complete a number of squares:

(a^2 - 4a) + (b^2 -
6b) + (c^2 + 10c) + 38 = 0

We'll have to complete the
squares inside the brackets:

(a^2 - 4a + 4) + (b^2 - 6b +
9) + (c^2 + 10c + 25) - 4 - 9 - 25 + 38 = 0

(a^2 - 4a + 4)
+ (b^2 - 6b + 9) + (c^2 + 10c + 25) - 38 + 38 = 0

We'll
eliminate like terms and we'll recognize the perfect
squares:

(a-2)^2 + (b-3)^2 + (c+5)^2 =
0

The sum of the squares cannot be zero, unless the value
of each square is zero.

a - 2 = 0 <=> a =
2

b - 3 = 0 <=> b =
3

c + 5 = 0 <=> c =
-5

The requested values of the numbers a,b,c,
for the given identity to hold, are: a = 2 , b = 3 , c =
-5.

I am trying to come up with a thesis statement for a comparative paper on "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "The Story of an Hour."

This is a great question to think about. Overtly, these
two excellent short stories have little in common, but if I were you, I would try to
think through comparing how dreams and the imagination are used in both to liberate and
free the central characters. It is clear that Walter Mitty finds a sense of release and
freedom through his dreams from his humdrum life and banal existence, and above all,
from his overbearing wife. He is an oppressed person in so many ways, and his dreams
allow him to believe he is someone else and to enjoy power, confidence, prestige and
liberty for all-too fleeting moments. In the same way, Mrs. Mallard for one precious
hour is able to dream of liberty and release from the state of marriage, and the kind of
life that she can lead now that she is not beholden to anyone and can be independent.
Both characters use dreams to explore freedom, and both sets of dreams are only
temporary before reality comes crushing back down upon them, with tragic consequences in
the case of Mrs. Mallard. Thus a thesis statement you could use would
be:

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "The Story of an
Hour" both use dreams and the imagination to allow their central characters to
experience freedom and liberty.

This would allow you to
explore the function of dreams and the imagination in both stories and the temporary
nature of the freedom that the central characters obtain. Good
luck!

In combination, what do the two documents tell about the goals, desires, and complaints of industrial men in the second half of the 19th...

Before the industrial revolution most people were farmers
or owned/ were employed by small local buisnesses.  The industrial revolution allowed
large corporations and eventually monopolies to start holding great power.  People had
little choice but to accept the jobs and conditions they were offered.  The government
had very few laws regulating workplaces during this time.  If an employer said you must
work 12 hours without a break workers had no choice but to accept the work or lose their
only available income.  The factory down the street would not offer conditions that were
any better.  There was no minimum wage so buisnesses could pay as little as they
wanted.  Since all wages were low and many workers were available market forces kept pay
very low.  Children were forced to work to help their parents support their families. 
Horrible conditions existed as evidenced in photographs such as those of Lewis Hine (see
the link in the reference section).  Many workers died in mine and factory accidents
such as the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City.  In the "Plea for
eight hours"  the author explains that market forces keep pay artificially low and that
the government should step in to help workers gain better conditions.  The author
explains that workers are unable to improve these conditions individually.  In the
second article "The Knights of Labor"  (I assume you mean the "Preamble and Platform of
the Knights of Labor")  the same ideas are laid out.  The platform explains the need for
an end to child labor, fair pay for men and women, laws providing for health and safety
of workers.

In Leviathan, why is the Leviathan called "artificial?"

The answer to this can be found in the very first
paragraph of the introduction to this work.  There, Hobbes argues that the leviathan is
artificial because it is made by people to imitate something in
nature.

Hobbes argues that anything that people make to
imitate nature is, by definition, artificial.  He says that the leviathan is artificial
because it is made by people to try to imitate a human being.  He then goes on to list
various parts of the leviathan and to note which parts of the human being they
correspond to.  As a couple of examples, he says that the sovereignty of the leviathan
is its soul and the laws are the will of the being.  There are also more physical parts,
such as the government officials, who are the joints of the
being.

Because the leviathan is made by human beings in
this way, it is an artifical human being on a very large scale.