In Chapter 1 of Animal Farm, why does Orwell describe "Beasts of England" as a "stirring tune, something between 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'" ?

Perhaps George Orwell found both "My Darling Clementine"
and "La Cucaracha" highly stirring songs himself, but I believe what he really meant to
say was that "Beasts of England" could be sung to a tune that is quite similar to the
other songs. I have always found Orwell's mention of this passage highly amusing, since
it does appear (at first) that he is comparing the relative emotions of the songs. But
after singing the words of "Beasts of England" to the tunes of the two other songs, it
becomes apparent that Old Major simply borrowed a well-known song (or in this case, two)
to which he attached his own lyrics.

In Chapter 9 of The Chrysalids, how is Michael shown to be the leader of the group of telepaths?

Are you sure you mean Chapter Nine? I have just re-read it
and Michael does not appear at all, apart from references made to "the others." I wonder
if you actually mean Chapter Ten. This is the first stage in the novel where the
character of Michael begins to show its leadership, all triggered off by the surprise
announcement that Anne is intending to marry. We are told interestingly that out of the
group, it was Michael who was the first to respond to Anne and the first to express the
thoughts, feelings and fear of the wider group. Note what he
says:

"You
can't, Anne. For your own sake you mustn't," he told her. "It'd be like tying yourself
for life to a cripple. Do think, Anne, do really think what it is going to
mean."

It is he who opts to
say these rather blunt words to Anne, rather than anybody else, clearly indicating the
future role he will play in the group as leader, which becomes more pronounced as time
goes by.

What are some lessons Scout learns from the adults in To Kill a Mockingbird?Quotes and page numbers would be greatly appreciated!

Naturally, Scout discovers many things from her father,
Atticus. She learns about the importance of pride through her conversations about Mr.
Cunningham's entailment problems (Chapter 2). Atticus explains to her about tolerance
when he tells her that in order to understand a person she must
first 

"... climb into his skin and walk around in it."
(Chapter 3)

Atticus teaches her that her use of the "N"
word is "common"
(Chapter 9). She recognizes the definition of humility after
Miss Maudie explains why Atticus had never told his children about his marksmanship
skills (Chapter 10). Miss Maudie also explains why it's a "sin to kill a mockingbird"
(Chapter 10). Miss Maudie and Aunt Alexandra show her how a true lady should behave in
the midst of questionable examples of proper ladylike behavior at the missionary circle
meeting (Chapter 24). Reverend Sykes demonstrates the high esteem in which Atticus is
held when he instructs Scout to stand in his honor following the trial (Chapter
21).   

Who is Tom Robinson in "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Tom Robinson is the accused man in the novel To Kill a
Mockingbird.  He is poor and black, making his rape of a white woman an outrage in this
1930s southern Alabama town.  His lone defender is Atticus
Finch.

Beyond this literal characterization, Tom Robinson
is a common figure for racism.  By nature, Tom was kind, caring, and mild-mannered.  He
helped Mayella Ewell frequently when she was left to do chores alone because he felt
sorry for her.  The fact that a black man felt sorry for a white woman was offensive to
the white people of the time who could not understand how any black person could feel
"better" than a white person.

Tom is also a symbol of
injustice, especially racial injustice.  He was clearly innocent.  His useless hand and
arm and other indisputable facts proved him so, but that did not matter to the jury of
white men who convicted him. 

Finally, Tom can be seen as a
martyr.  He was innocent, but doomed to die for the crime.  Not willing to do so, he
escapes jail and is shot dead. 

Please give a summary of "Marriage is a Private Affair."

This excellent short story by Chinua Achebe concerns the
return of a young Ibo man named Nnaemeka from Lagos in Nigeria to the countryside where
he was born and grew up. He tells his father that he wishes to marry Nene, a young woman
that he met in the big capital city. However, Okeke, his father, refuses to accept this
marriage because Nene comes from a different tribe. In fact, as it is expected, Okeke
has chosen a wife for his son from their tribe. Nnaemeka, however, rejects his father's
will and shows a determination to marry the woman that he chooses for himself. Because
of this, he returns to Nene and the city. Equally stubborn, Okeke refuses to accept the
wedding picture that his son sends him, cutting Nene out of it as a symbol of the way
that he cannot accept his marrige. It appears that no reconciliation is possible. It is
only much later on that Nene writes to her father-in-law saying that her two sons want
to meet and to get to know their grandfather. It is this move that makes Okeke regret
his actions at distancing himself from his son and his grandchildren, and as the story
ends we see Okeke resolving to make up for the time that he has
lost.

Why are the poems, listed below, Pre-Raphaelite poetry? How do I use the poems as examples to explain? "The Blessed Damozel," Dante Gabriel...

The dominant characteristics of Pre-Raphaelite poetry
include, among others:

1. a Medieval emphasis oin
   setting, mood, and vocabulary and subjects that are correspondingly morbid, melancholy
   or poignant;


2. Spenserian-like emphasis on vowel sounds
   and elaborate psychological states and complex poetic structures;
   


3. symbols that are both mysterious and tending toward the
   supernatural (ironically) coupled with fidelity of realism emphasizing color and
   light/darkness;


4. and an emphasis on description that
   results in a corresponding emphasis on
   length.

"The Blessed Damozel" by
Dante Gabriel Rossetti is on the subject of unrealized love broken off by the death of
the blessed damozel. This subject is a melancholy and morbid one replete with detailed
description, for example:

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She had three lilies in her hand,
And
the stars in her hair were seven.
Her robe, ungirt from clasp to
hem,
No wrought flowers did adorn,
But a white rose of Mary's
gift,
For service meetly worn;
Her hair that lay along her
back
Was yellow like ripe
corn.

These features already
mark this poem as Pre-Raphaelite. The dependence on rich vowels confirms this. Consider
the richness of open vowel sounds in the opening
lines:

The
blessed damozel leaned out
From the gold bar of Heaven;
Her eyes
were deeper than the depth
Of waters stilled at
even;

The subject of "In an
Artist's Studio" is a melancholy one accompanied by Medieval allusions in the paintings
in which the artist immortalizes the "One face [that] looks out from all his canvases":
she appears as a queen, a girl in summer greens, a saint, an angel. Christina Rossetti
makes her points through the use of reference to light and dark as she writes of "day
and night," "moon and joyful ... light," "Not wan," "sorrow dim," and "hope shone
bright." These features alone place this poem within the Pre-Raphaelite
tradition.

"The Defence of Guenevere" by William Morris has a
clear-cut Medieval subject: Guenevere of King Arthur's Camelot. Guenevere's story can be
said to be both poignant and melancholy:

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As though she had had there a shameful
blow,
And feeling it shameful to feel ought but shame
All through
her heart, yet felt her cheek burned so,
...

Her story is told through
the complex use of dialogue and reveals a complex psychological state. These features,
especially when added to unusual and detailed description ("The wind was ruffling up the
narrow streak / Of river ..."), mark Morris's poem as Pre-Raphaelite. To explain the
poems’ Pre-Raphaelite characteristics, choose more quotes that exemplify the various
features that identify Pre-Raphaelite poetry as these quotations
do.

How does the movie The Smartest Guys in the Room reflect The Iron Law of Oligarchy?

I suppose that a case can be made that the leadership at
Enron represents the "Iron Law of Oligarchy" in a couple of ways.  The first is the idea
that oligarchic rule is inevitable given public passivity.  In this way, the situation
at Enron could be seen as compatible because people failed to question accounting
practices at the company so long as the profits on the balance sheet remained so high. 
Skilling's embrace of mark- to- market accounting practices allowed the profits at Enron
to be perceived as so high, enabling the public and those who might clamor for change to
become silent in the face of amazing wealth amassed.  At the same time, the atmosphere
that Skilling and his advisers installed, such as rating employees and firing the bottom
15 percent, prevented any power sharing structure to emerge.  In its place was a system
where competition and intense jockeying for position enabled the oligarchic rule to
maintain, as few, if anyone, questioned the structure that implemented such bizarre
elements.  Consider Leach's interpretation of the "Iron
Law:"

Bureaucracy happens. If bureaucracy happens,
power rises. Power corrupts.

This could be a
reason why Enron fits this pattern, as depicted in the film.

In Into the Wild, how does Franz change his lifestyle after Chris's departure for his Alaskan adventure?

The answer to this question can be found in Chapter Six of
this great piece of non-fiction, after Franz receives his final letter from Chris
McCandless as he sets off for the next stage of his journey. It is quite amazing the
impact that Chris McCandless had on this eighty-one year old man. In the letter he
receives, Chris tells him to move away from the city and head out into the wilderness,
camping and living at one with nature. And surprisingly, Franz does exactly this. Note
how he responds to the letter:

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Astoundingly, the eighty-one-year-old man took
the brash twenty-four-year-old vagabond's advice to heart. Franz placed his furniture
and most of his other possessions in a storage locker, bought a GMC Duravan, and
outfitted it with bunks and camping gear. Then he moved out of his apartment and set up
camp on the bajada.

Franz
even occupied his friend's campsite, staying there and awaiting patiently for Chris's
return. Thus we have yet another example in this text of the profound impact that Chris
McCandless had upon others that he met. Franz is perhaps one of the characters who was
impacted most, but it shows us the kind of charismatic individual that Chris was and how
he changed those around him.

Why does Manley Pointer refer to Christians as Chrustians in "Good Country People"?

First, I need to let you know that I changed the spelling
of "crustians" to "chrustians" (as it is in the
text).

Manley Pointer, in "Good Country People", refers to
Christians as "Chrustians".  The reasoning behind this can be answered in a few
ways.

First, dissect the word. Crust (chrust) means a tough
or hard outer layer. "Ian" is either a suffix that refers to what someone is or does OR
is used as a suffix that forms an adjective or noun. Therefore, "chrustian" could have
two meanings based upon this: a person with a hard outer layer or a word which describes
a hard person.

Second, the story is written using southern
dialect.  The use of the word "chrustian" could simply be Flannery O'Conner using the
dialect of the area from which she bases the story:
Georgia.

Lastly, Pointer could simply be making fun of
Christians.  By the end of the story, readers find out that Pointer is not a bible
salesman, but he seems to prey on them based upon their unshakable trust of other
"Christians".

How can we explain the point if view in O.Henry's "The Cop and the Anthem"?the point if view in O.Henry's "The Cop and the Anthem"?

The point of view in O. Henry's humorously ironic short
story, "The Cop and the Anthem" is omniscient narrator.  The narrator tells the story in
third person, but he is also aware of all the thoughts and feelings of any of the
characters.  This use of omniscient narrator is effective for O. Henry as he was a very
well-traveled man who met characters from all walks of
life.

The use of omniscient narrator is very important to
O. Henry's tale.  For, it is with the omniscient knowledge of Soapy's motivation for
getting put into prison and his other motivations that so quickly contribute to the
humor.  For instance, Soapy rejecta charity because he knows that he will have to repay
for it and be lectured.

why are less species found near poles as compared to the equator?(Environmental Education)

To answer this question, you need to look at the two
environments. Plants need sunlight and precipitation to grow. Animals need plants to
eat, or they eat other animals that eat plants. For an ecosystem to have rich
biodiversity, you need abundant moisture and sunlight.

This
ecosystem with abundant moisture and sunlight exists around the equator. The equatorial
areas play host to most of the world's tropical rainforests. Unlike the northern and
southern hemispheres, the equatorial areas do not experience major seasonal changes in
sunlight. Precipitation does change, and there is a wet season and a dry season.
However, the sun shines all year round. Conditions are excellent for abundant plant and
animal growth. Forests grow quickly and have many layers. There are also many different
niches in these forests, providing different habitats for different animal
species.

At the poles, life is much more difficult for
plants and animals. Most of the year it is very cold. There is a narrow summer window
when plants can grow and animals can mate. At other times, conditions are harsh. Only
those animals and plants that are adapted to cool, dark weather can
survive.

In betweent the poles and the equator are
environments where there are varying amounts of sunlight and rainfall. These
environments are less diverse than the equator and tend to be more diverse than the
poles.

What is the solution of the equation 2six*sin3x-cos4x=0?

We'll shift the term cos 4x to the right
side:

2 sin x*sin 3x = cos
4x

Now, we'll transform the left side into a difference of
2 cosines.

2 sin x*sin 3x = cos b - cos
a

We'll consider x = (a+b)/2 => a + b = 2x
(1)

3x = (b-a)/2 => -a + b = 6x
(2)

We'll add (1)+(2):

a + b -
a + b = 2x + 6x

2b = 8x

b =
4x

a = -2x

2 sin x*sin 3x =
cos(4x) - cos (-2x)

The equation will
become:

cos(4x) - cos (-2x) = cos
4x

We'll reduce like terms:

-
cos (-2x) = 0

The function cosine is even, therefore cos
(-2x) = cos (2x)

cos (2x) =
0

2x = +/- pi/2 + 2k*pi

x =
+/- pi/4 + 2k*pi

The solutions of the
equation are represented by the set {+/- pi/4 +
2k*pi}.

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Without knowing
what your first two points are, I may be duplicating what you already have, but here are
a few ideas for your paper. You could discuss how cyber bullying is truly different from
the traditional bullying that was around 5-10 years ago. People are so interconnected
now with social media. Cyber bullying is like having someone follow you all day long.
The bullying doesn't end when the school day is over. It is on your phone and in your
home; for many teenagers, it feels as if there is no escape. You could also discuss the
new strides in prosecuting these types of crimes. Cyber stalking, bullying, and
impersonation are all real crimes. The legal experts are working to overcome the
limitations of our current laws. Changes are coming but the law is always slower to
change than technology.

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Do you think that "hands" play an important part in Great Expectations? Discuss.

At times hands do indeed play a significant role in the
narrative of Great Expectations. For, they are often used as
indicators of character.  For instance, in the second chapter of the novel, Pip is
"brought up by hand," and he describes his sister, Mrs.
Joe,

Knowing
her to have a hard and heavy hand, and to be much in the habit of laying it upon her
husband as well as upon me, I supposed that Joe Gargery and I were both brought up by
hand.

In contrast, Joe's
hands, although strong and calloused, are at times gentle.  For example, when Pip learns
from Mr. Jaggers of his "great expectations," Joe lays his hand lovingly upon Pip's
shoulder "with the touch of a woman."  But, when he later visits Pip in London, Joe's
hands nervously  juggle his hat that wishes to fall.

When
the soldiers come on the marsh looking for the two convicts, they hold out a pair of
handcuffs to Pip.  This gesture reinforces the guilt that Pip has within him.  Then,
when he is invited to Miss Havisham's, Pip is made aware of his hands and how they
indicate his class.  For instance, Estella  is repulsed by Pip, declaring him a "common
laboring boy" whose "hands are coarse."   Then, after he returns home, Pip, who has been
affected greatly by Estella's reaction to him, bemoans his "coarse
hands":

I took
the opportunity of being alone to look at my coarse hands and my common boots.  They had
never troubled me before, but they toubled me
now.

With her hands Miss
Havisham covers her heart, while Estella uses hers to slap the young Pip.  She mocks
him, asking if he will cry. Later, she holds the gate for Pip and touches him with a
"taunting hand."  Before Pip leaves, he encounters Mr. Jaggers, a burly man, who takes
Pip's chin in his large hand, turning his face to the light.  Years later, Pip observes
how the lawyer so often washes his hands as though to rid himself of the corruption
and evil that accompanies the many from the streets that he defends in
court.

And, when Magwitch suddenly appears in London, much
like the young Estella, Pip watches the hands of Provis that hold his and Pip is
repulsed as he "laid his hand on my shoulder." Then, "he took both my hands and put them
to his lips, while my blood ran cold within me."

When Pip
visits Miss Havisham for the last time, she wrings her hands in agony as she realizes
that she has been cruel to Pip.  She asks him to forgive her and sign his
name.

Finally, it is Joe's large hands that offer Pip the
solace and care that he so desperately desires.

Which variables are inconsistent and which are consistent in this market segmentation analysis? Name F&B Activity Age Gender Income Home City...

The variables that seem to be consistent in this analysis
(those that seem to be able to predict the level of F&B activity) are gender,to
some extent, and age.  Other variables, such as income and home city have no bearing on
the level of F&B activity.

By looking at these
statistics, we can see that women seem to constitute a segment.  The women in the
analysis all have a similar level of F&B activity.  The men do not.  We can also
see that age seems to have an impact on F&B activity.  The younger people
studied have much higher levels of F&B activity than the older
people.

The other variables seem to have no consistent
impact on levels of F&B activity.

Kinnell's "Blackberry Eating" and Neruda's "Sweetness, Always." How do these poems construct a connection between eating and lang./wri./poet....

In Pablo Neruda's "Sweetness, Always," and Galway
Kinnell's "Blackberry Eating," the poems use images of food and eating, compared to
poetry. Kinnell describes ravaging blackberry stalks and taking their treasures—which
seem to surrender as they fall "unbidden to my tongue." Kinnell's metaphor compares the
lush blackberries to words, which are like blackberries on his
tongue. As he savors the fruit, he also savors words such as "strengths" and
"squinched." Like rolling a piece of fruit around in the mouth before swallowing,
Kinnell does so with words in his mind before he writes them down. As does the
fruit—exploding with juice and flavor—Kinnell's words also explode, though perhaps with
meaning instead; and he uses them with pleasure as he does late-September
blackberries.

Neruda's poem argues for poetic simplicity.
He begins "Sweetness, Always" with several questions:

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Why such harsh machinery?
Why, to write
down the stuff and people of everyday,
must poems be dressed up in
gold,
or in old and fearful
stone?

Why do poets work so
hard to portray and present the things that are already rich and sweet in their
"everyday-ness?" Why is there a need to clothe words in splendor, or to convey them like
ancient civilizations or rulers—preserved in stone? Neruda describes what he
wants: light verses—like feathers, and mild verses that hold the intimacy of
love and dreams shared in a bed. He wants verses with "everyday-ness" that can be
touched or experienced by "common" hands rather than those of high intellect or
long-enduring patience as the mind tries to eek out meaning from the poetry of the
"pretentious." The word "highfalutin" comes to mind:

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“Highfalutin,” of course, means “pompous,
arrogant, haughty, pretentious” or “excessively ornate or bombastic (especially in
speech).”

It is here that
Neruda turns to his metaphor of food: that verses be like pastries that melt in the
mouth, free for all—like air and water, and the "bites of kisses of love." Neruda
emphasizes the need for poetry to be not only accessible but
desirable. He asks for "eatable sonnets, poems of honey and
flour."

As a sweet-lover, I find these images do what
Neruda asks of all poems: he makes this piece of verse delicious. We are enthralled by
the overwhelming sense of "sweetness," as is implied in the title. The poet worries that
poets try to lift their words too high with lofty poetry, or hide
meaning with the words so that the truth of the poem is buried like "tunnels
underground." Again we are given the image that this kind of poetry is too much work for
creator and reader. Neruda is one of the greatest love poets in any
language. Is it surprising then, that he wants poetry to be sweet like love, and just as
fulfilling?

Neruda recalls seeing a "sugary pyramid,"
perhaps an actual confection, or figuratively, a "flashy" poem. He notes that (in either
case), someone "dirtied his hands" in making it. He implies
that that person's time would have been better spent creating
something simple, yet lovely—like honeycombs. He encourages all poets to infuse their
writing with sugar, and "Don't be afraid of sweetness." Life goes
on, with or without poets, but sweetness must remain in the
poems left behind—the sweetness, like
love, appeals throughout time, space and language, and one should enjoy the beauties of
the world in poetry—like they were sweets—conveyed by the written
word.

Additional
Source:

http://www.word-detective.com/2009/06/02/highfalutin/

Is the lead in Johnathan Kozol's "The Human Cost of an illiterate Society" effective?

Personally, I think that the lead is amazing.  The
directions on a can of chemicals, of Drano, are ominous and downright scary.  Yet, they
are only meaningful if one can read.  The fact that a common household chemical,
something sold in supermarkets all over the world, can actually be an agent of death if
someone cannot read proves Kozol's point.  Kozol takes a different approach on the issue
of illiteracy.  He argues that there is a painful condition in one's existence in not
being able to read.  This is not about digital competitiveness, citizenship in a
democracy, and a nation's ability to pilot itself in the future, although all of these
are apparent in his article.  His major point is that one's illiteracy is a cause of
danger.  The world is a literate one and there are so many pitfalls and challenges to
someone who is functionally illiterate.  The warning on the Drano can is one of many
challenges in life that one faces if they are illiterate.  Kozol draws a fairly straight
line between those who are illiterate and death, something that the lead instructions of
the Drano can brings out quite powerfully.

What was the significance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire?

The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company was a major
event in US history because it dramatized the need for better working conditions for
American laborers.

The fire, which killed 146 textile
workers, happened in New York City in 1911.  The fire killed the workers because they
were locked into their workplace and had no way of escaping.  In the aftermath of the
fire, the owners of the factory were let off with a nominal fine and no other
punishments.

The fire showed that many American workers
were forced to work in very dangerous conditions.  It led to a push for laws that would
require companies to ensure that their workplaces were safe.  These laws required things
like sprinklers to put out fires, fire escape doors that opened outwards, and
restrictions on smoking in workplaces.

How does Douglas Adams use satire in The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

Adams used satire in The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy to show the absurdity of modern life, and how things that we
consider of great importance are actually insignificant in the larger scheme of things.
For example, Arthur is worried about his house being destroyed for the construction of a
highway bypass; this problem becomes unimportant when the entire Earth is destroyed for
much the same reason. Many of the situations mirror situations, events, or institutions
on Earth, but are exaggerated for comedic effect. Galactic bureaucracy is shown to be
staggeringly inefficient and bloated, with the Vogons being an entire race of
inefficient and bloated creatures whose sole purpose is to help block progress and
create paperwork. The destruction of an entire planet (Earth) is seen by alien races as
unimportant; on a galactic scale, planets and races are destroyed every day, and so
Arthur's concern is mocked and ignored. By using easily-identifiable scenarios, Adams
was able to show the absurdity in everyday life, and how constant worry over small
issues is counter-productive.

Can we conclude from A Passage to India that Dr. Aziz was subject to undue prejudice by the British?

I certainly think that Forster makes the argument that it
would have been difficult for Aziz to receive a fair trial.   The idea of "the machinery
had already started" brings to light that Adela's accusations carry so much political
and social weight to them that had the case continued, it would have been nearly
impossible for Aziz to have a fair trial.  Yet, I think that this extends to a larger
issue than Aziz's trial.  In my mind, Forster seems to be casting a wide enough net to
assert that anyone trapped in the clash of cultures in the time period was unable to
fully perceive anyone's "guilt" or "innocence."  Take Aziz, for example.  After the
trial, Aziz holds a great deal of resentment towards Fielding for little valid reason. 
Aziz allows himself to be colored by the lens of cultural perception and racial bias in
presuming only the worst of Fielding.  The ending seems to indicate that while both men
might rise beyond their social stratification, the ability to view people as outside of
their cultures is something that is not ready to happen as of yet.  In this light,
Forster is asserting that few can ever be "innocent" or "guilty" in such a condition of
cultural clash.

What is the economic condition of Lebanon? How does it affect uneployment and education?

A protracted civil war between 1975 and 1990 and then the
conflict with Israel in 2006 have caused considerable damages to the country's
industries and infrastructure. Political instability and the migration of skilled
workers to other countries also impacted negatively on economic production as the
majority of Lebanese emigrants are well-educated. While the beginning of the 21st
century witnessed a considerable improvement in economic growth (from zero in 2000 to 5%
in 2004), the assassination of prime minister Rafiq Al Hariri and the events of the
Lebanese-Israeli conflict threw the country once again in a period of instability and
stunted economic growth, although sectors such as banking and capital markets were
notable exceptions. Another problem of Lebanese economy is the huge deficit that has
piled up over the years. Structural measures are urgently needed to avoid that the
country gets caught in an unsustainable condition. These complex economic conditions
have led to rising unemployment. While the education system is generally considered of a
high-standard, the job market has difficulties in giving opportunities to those with a
better and specialized education.

What was different about the design of the Globe Theatre compared to modern theatres, and why might it have been built in this way?

Before there were theaters, there were touring acting
companies.  These companies did not have a building in which to perform their plays, so
they toured their regions and played wherever they could rent space.  Most of the time,
that happened to be in the courtyards of inns.  The companies would erect their stage at
one end of the courtyard and the inn's residents would either stand around the stage or
go out on their rooms' balconies and watch from
there.

The Theater was the first permanant theater in
England, and was built by James Burbage.  The shape and form of his theater was taken
directly from the inns in which the acting companies performed.  The Theater was
eventually torn down and The Globe Theater was created from its parts.  The same form
was used, which is why it was shaped in a sort of semi-circle, with tiers of balconies
all around and space in front of the stage in which people could stand to watch the
plays.

Modern stages take a few different forms.  The one
that might closely resemble The Globe Theater would be the thrust stage.  This stage
juts out into the audience, so the audience might be sitting on the three sides
surrounding it.  Another type of stage is the arena stage, in which the stage is in the
middle and the audience sits on all sides of it.  But the most common is the proscenium
stage.  This is what most high school auditoriums have.  There is no outer stage, as in
the thrust and arena types, and a curtain separates it from the audience.  It's like
looking into a picture or a window.

Hope that
helps!

According to Pope, in An Essay on Criticism, how should one approach learning?

In Alexander Pope's An Essay on
Criticism, he is speaking about the "art" of being a good critic. This piece
is "one of the best known discussions of literary criticism" in English. Pope was only
twenty-two years old when he wrote it.

The first comment
Pope makes about learning is that only those who have excelled in writing should teach
others. If one has not mastered the skill, he (or she) should not try to instruct
or criticize others.

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Let such teach others who themselves
excell,
And censure freely who have written
well.

Pope also warns of
"false Learning," saying that it destroys "good Sense," but that some people are
confused by the many schools of thought that exist.

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So by false Learning is good Sense
defac'd.
Some are bewilder'd in the Maze of
Schools...

Pope states that a
little learning is a dangerous thing. One must be well-versed in that which he hopes to
stand as an expert. To depend only on a little learning (taking "shallow" sips) will not
yield the positive result that comes of "drinking deeply." One should drink at the
Pierian Spring, the spring of knowledge in Greek mythology that
"fed" the  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses">Muses. One must learn as much as
possible.

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A little Learning is a dang'rous
Thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierian_Spring">Pierian
Spring:
There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,
And
drinking largely sobers us again.

During the end of the Doll House play, the sentence says "from below, the sound of a door slamming shut." What does this mean?

This is a very good question because the statement that
you are asking about is the last stage direction we see in the play A Doll's
House, by Henrik Ibsen.

There has been somewhat of an
argument on what the door shutting implies, but there are several
assumptions:

It symbolizes finality: Nora walks off, shutting the door
of her home, her doll's house, behind her for good.

It symbolizes
change: By leaving the house, Nora is showing the world what she is really made of. She
is not afraid. She is not ashamed. She is not even worried. She changed so much that she
cannot see herself inside that place. When she shuts the door behind her, she is ready
to move on to another life. Torvald, however, stays inside the house unchanged, shocked,
and alone.

It symbolizes freedom: Once the door is shut, Nora is gone.
Inside, Torvald continues to call her name in disbelief. How could have Nora abandoned
him and the children? What happens now? It does not matter much: Nora has been finally
liberated from her secret, from an oppressive life, from a fake reality, and from a
marriage in which she was nothing but another piece of
entertainment.

Discuss the differences betwen the use of PRESENT PROGRESSIVE and PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE structures in English.Illustrate answer with examples.

Unlike the languages from which it has been derived,
Modern English has only six tenses.  However, there are three forms of these six
tenses:  the basic form, the emphatic form, and the progressive
form. 

This progressive form is made by using the second
principal part of the verb, known as the present participle [the present
form with -ing added to it ] along with the
auxiliary, or helping, verb to be.  In order to indicate tense, or
time, in this progressive form, this auxiliary verb to be is
conjugated in the appropriate tense for the circumstance of the action to be
communicated.  The progressive form is used only when an action is continuous or
repeated; it usually occurs while another action or actions take place.  And, the tense
of this continued action is determined by the time at which it takes (took)
place.

Thus, if an action is taking place in the present,
or is repeated frequently, the present progressive form is
used. 

Here is an example of an action that is taking place
in the
present:

The
students are reading the short story now.  (Notice
that the present tense of to be is used here as the auxiliary
verb)

Here is an example of an action that is
repeated:

Uncle
Jack is constantly telling that old
joke.

If, however, there is an action that
began occurring in the past and still continues into the
present, the present perfect progressive is
used.

Here is an
example:

My friends and I have been
studying for hours this evening. (This action started hours
ago, but it is still occurring.  And, notice that the present perfect form of
to be is used here as the auxiliary verb.)

What is the meaning of imprecation in The Red Badge of Courage?

The word imprecate is defined
as wishing misfortune or bad luck upon something. In literature, an
imprecative mood is often used, usually in a negative sense
rather than a positive. (A more positive style would be the optative
mood, wishing good luck upon something instead.) Author Stephen Crane
does create an imprecative mood through much of The Red Badge of
Courage, since the narrator often hopes for ill fortune to fall upon the
enemy (and even his own officers) rather than wishing for good fortune to grace Henry's
regiment. For example, in Chapter XI, Henry hopes for his own regiment to be
defeated.

In a
defeat there would be a roundabout vindication of himself. He thought it would prove, in
a manner, that he had fled early because of his superior powers of
perception. 

What are Juliet's emotions in Act III, Sc. 5 of Romeo and Juliet?I have already come up with immature, selfish/ stubborn, betrayed/ alone.

I am going to make the call that you are referring to the
point where Juliet’s parents enter her room and tell her of the decision they have made
to marry the suitor Paris.  There are many emotions going on in this part of the scene
between parent and child.  I guess I would have to diverge with you a bit on some of the
adjectives you use to describe her emotion.  I agree on the “betrayed” or “alone.”  Yet,
it is in this scene where Juliet feels, rightly or not, that she is a woman, no longer a
girls.  It is in this scene where she feels she is able to participate in a decision
that will impact the rest of her life.  When she says that Paris will not make her a
“joyful bride,” it is a statement that indicates how she is no longer going to be a
submissive child, especially when it comes to the issue of how she is to spend the rest
of her life.  I think that she shows herself to be independent, one adjective that
reflects the change from child to woman.  I think that she also shows herself to be
quite driven in her actions, as she does not acquiesce to the verbal abuse of both of
her parents.  She is also resolved in her commitment to marry Romeo, regardless of what
her parents think, feel, and do.  Finally, I would say that Juliet is also zealous in
her love of Romeo at this point because it not only represents her embrace of her future
with him but it also shows her drive to flee her past, her name, into an uncertain
unknown.  Perhaps, we can also say that this represents her youth, and what it means to
be young and in love.

What were main political issues of the Gilded Age (1877-1900)?

Probably the most important political issue of this period
was the issue of the gold standard versus free silver.  This pitted business interests
against farmers.  The farmers wanted silver money to be coined so that the value of the
dollar would decline and it would be easier for them to pay off their loans.  Business
interests wanted a strong and stable currency.  This issue played out over a number of
presidential elections.

A second important issue was the
issue of regulation of railroads and other major utilities.  This was another major
issue for populists.  The populists (mainly farmers) wanted the government to regulate
railroads because the farmers needed the railroads to get their crops to market. 
Because of this, the railroads could charge very high prices to farmers.  The farmers
felt that they were being unfairly exploited and wanted the government to prevent
this.

These were the two most important political issues of
the time you are asking about.

What is the result when differentiate f(x)=sin(x^3+square rootx*ln(3x+sin 2x))?

Since we notice that the given functin is a product of
composed functions, we'll differentiate with respect to x, using product rule and chain
rule.

We'll apply first the product
rule:

f'(x)=[sin(x^3 + sqrtx)]'*ln(3x+sin 2x) +
[sin(x^3+square rootx)]*[ln(3x+sin 2x)]'

Now, w'ell apply
chain rule:

f'(x) =
[cos(x^3 + sqrtx)]*(x^3 + sqrtx)'*ln(3x+sin 2x) + [sin(x^3+square rootx)]*[(3 + 2cos
2x)/(3x+sin 2x)]

f'(x) = (3x^2 + 1/2sqrtx)*[cos(x^3 +
sqrtx)]*ln(3x+sin 2x) + [sin(x^3+square rootx)]*[(3 + 2cos 2x)/(3x+sin
2x)]

The result of differentiation
is:

f'(x) = (3x^2 + 1/2sqrtx)*[cos(x^3 +
sqrtx)]*ln(3x+sin 2x) + [sin(x^3+square rootx)]*[(3 + 2cos 2x)/(3x+sin
2x)]

What is the significance of Fredrick Douglass

Frederick Douglass is significant as the most prominent
black abolitionist of the time before the Civil War.  Douglass was himself an escaped
slave who then became a major figure in the abolitionist
movement.

Although his exact date of birth is not know,
Douglass believed that he was born in February 1817.  He was born a slave in Maryland. 
In 1838, Douglass escaped from slavery.  He did so by borrowing papers from a free black
man and simply getting on a train and going to New
York.

After escaping from slavery, Douglass ended up as an
abolitionist speaker.  This career started when he met William Lloyd Garrison in 1841. 
Garrison was the major figure in the abolitionist movement at the
time.

Frederick Douglass, then, is significant as the most
important African-American figure in the abolitionist movement.

Calculate the mass of the LIQUID ONLY for EACH of the 5 volumes of liquid. Results are listed belowRoom temperature: 24.1 C Mass of the...

Plot an appropriate graph so that the slope of the graph
will determine the average density of the unknown liquid. You must use the masses
calculated in question #1 on your What is the density of the unknown liquid in
g/mL?
(if you can send the graph to me through a message that would be
great)

1.Determine the slope of the graph. Show your slope
triangle on the graph and include units.

2.What is the density of the
unknown liquid in g/mL?

3.What word describes the
mathematical relationship between mass and volume?

4.What
is the volume of the liquid when the mass is 2.00 grams? Indicate how you determined
your answer.

5.Determine the density of the liquid in
kg/m3

6.The unknown liquid is methanol and its density is
791 kg/m3 at 25C. What is your percent error in the experiment

What was the purpose of Simon Fraser's voyage?

I assume that you are asking about the Simon Fraser after
whom the Fraser River in British Columbia.  If so, the purpose of Fraser's voyage was to
establish trading posts and routes of travel through the area.  He was also trying to
take possession of the territory for Great Britain.

Simon
Fraser was working for the North West Company, which was involved in the fur trade.  The
company wanted to establish trade with the natives of what is now British Columbia.  It
was for that reason that Fraser explored in that area.  In the course of that
exploration, he descended the river that now bears his name.  His efforts helped to set
up trading posts in the area and to establish Great Britain's claim to that
territory.

Tell me the basic philosophy that is common in all the heroines in Jane Austen's novels?

The basic philosophies that are common to all heroines in
Jane Austen's novels can be summarized in a number of axioms characterized by basic
rights that Austen bestows upon her main characters:

1.
Women have the right to think independently- We see in
characters such as Emma, Elizabeth Bennet, and Elinor Dashwood that they do not reduce
themselves to follow the social expectations of their time. They have a clear opinion of
what life for themselves should be like, and they live
accordingly.

2. Women have the right to be
truly happy- The fact that women were considered as a man's possession in
Austen times does not prevent her heroines to want more for themselves. All Austen
female main characters work hard to find their place in
life.

3. Women have the right to be
outspoken- Not only can they think independently, but they can express
how they feel, and demand what they need within their means.  Elizabeth Bennet is often
accused of being somewhat coarse because of her assertiveness and ability to express
herself. This is unheard of in Austen times, yet, her heroines will not go without
expressing their emotions.

In not so many words, the
general consensus is that we will find all of Jane Austen's heroines stepping aside from
the typical female role model of their time by being assertive, strong, independent
thinkers who know what they want and will work hard to get it.

What is the setting in The Raven?

“The Raven” contains several clues that tell the reader
about the setting of the poem. They are found in stanzas 1, 2, 3, and
7.

In the first stanza, the speaker provides the reader
with the time: it was “a midnight dreary.” If you reverse the order of these two words,
you will find its description easier—a dreary midnight.  Therefore, the speaker recalls
his experience of the Raven’s visitation occurring one unexciting late night, early
morning.

Later in this same stanza, the speaker provides us
with another clue to the setting; this one provides the place: the speaker hears a
knocking at his “chamber door.” The speaker assumes that “'tis some visitor,” which
shows us that the speaker can often be found there in his chamber.  The chamber is
likely the speaker’s bedroom or a room in which he studies his books--his “many a quaint
and curious volume of forgotten lore.”

In the second
stanza, more setting related to specific time is provided by the speaker: he says this
experience occurred “in the bleak December.” (One interesting correlation here is
similarity of the adjectives used for both descriptions of time: “Midnight
dreary” and “bleak December” are equally
gloomy.) With this extra description, the reader now knows that the Raven visits the man
one midnight during December.

In the third stanza, one
additional small description is given:

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“And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each
purple curtain”

This silk
purple curtain is one of the few descriptions from the chamber itself. The flutter of
the curtain is likely an eerie occurrence that is meant to increase the speaker's
"terror." Another description of the speaker's room--the setting of this strange
tale--comes in stanza seven where the Raven perches:

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“upon a bust of Pallas just above [the speaker’s]
chamber door.”

This may be
something you wish to note, for the spot on which the Raven perches is a sculpture of
the helmeted head of Pallas Athena, an Olympian Greek goddess.  She is the goddess of
wisdom, among other things.  Depending upon what you might do with this poem later in
class (or for yourself), it might be important to note that particular of the
setting.

I’ve provided a link below to help you with other
particulars of Poe’s “The Raven.”

In chapter three of The Great Gatsby, describe the events and atmosphere of the party.

Gatsby's party in chapter three expresses the Jazz Age in
its sheer excess but captures the mood of the era in other ways as well. First, the
party defies the Prohibition: drinks flow freely. There's a "bar with a real brass
rail," writes Nick, "stocked with gins and liquors and cordials ...floating rounds of
cocktails permeate the garden outside ..." 

Second, the
party depends on the availability of automobiles, another hallmark of the age: "the cars
from New York," we learn, "are parked five deep in the drive." In a significant
foreshadowing event at the end of the party, there's a car accident as the drunken
revellers leave by the dozen, and the driver accused of the accident claims he wasn't
driving the car. 

Third, in allowing anyone entry, the
party reflects the new openness of the Jazz Age, where people of different classes
mingled freely. (This will later annoy the class-bound Tom Buchanan.) Gatsby perhaps
exemplifies this exuberant freedom: much of the gossip at the party involves circulating
wild stories about who he really might be, stories that in their contradictory excess
seem to assure him his anonymity. This anonymity also reflects the age: who puts it
better than Jordan Baker when she says, "I like large parties. They're so intimate. At
small parties there isn't any privacy." 

Further, as events
at the party unfold, we gain some insights not only into the superficiality of the Jazz
Age, but some hints into the flimsiness of Gatsby's self-construction: Owl Eyes notes
that the pages of the books in the library have not been cut, though the books
themselves are real, a fact that startles and impresses
him. 

It's at this party that Nick meets Gatsby for the
first time and is charmed by his smile that "concentrated on you with an irresistible
prejudice in your favor." 

Alcohol, autos and anonymity as
classes and sexes mix with a new freedom: all of these weave through the narrative of
Gatsby's party. 

What could possibly be the shortest experiment to find out the best pH range for Plant Growth ?

Make up solutions at several different pH levels - I would
suggest 3,5,7,9,and 11. For each of the different pH solutions, fold 10 seeds of the
same type (you can buy them as seeds, or used dried peas, beans, or whole mustard seed
from the grocery store) into a paper towel, dampen the towel with the solution, and
place it into a zipper-type plastic bag. Label the bag with the pH, and repeat for each
of the solutions. Each day record germination of the seeds; when most have sprouted you
can measure the length of the first root to see
growth.

Solutions can be mixed form hydrochloric acid and
sodium hydroxide if you have access. If you are doing this at home, you can try using
vingar for the acid and baking soda for the base. Use distilled or purified
water.

You could extend this by actually growing the plants
and watering them with the different pH mixtures. I'd suggest the mustard seeds, because
they grow really fast. It would be important to treat every plant exactly the same way -
same container size, same sun exposure, same amount of water - and vary ONLY the pH you
are watering with. Also it would be best to not use soil, which can buffer, or change,
the pH of the liquid you are adding. You could use plain sand, or water crystals (see
link below) to support the seedlings. After they have grown for a while, you can measure
them, and you could also carefull pull them up, dry them, and weigh them to get data on
dry weight, which is a good indicator of plant growth.

The
links below tell you more about why pH affects plant growth, and the lab has nice blank
data tables that will help you see how to write this experiment up if you need to do
so.

Can you compare Sufi and bhakti literature?

Let's begin with some definitions. Sufism is a movement
within Islam that emphasizes mysticism. Practices such as chanitng, meditating, and
dancing are used to experience a state of bliss that brings one closer to union with
God.

The bhakti movement of India uses ecstatic singing,
chanting, and meditation to bring the devotee closer to God. In the case of bhakti, the
devotee is trying to get closer to the Hindu Supreme Being. For the case of the Alvars
of south India, God is identified as Krishna. Another key group are the Lingayats,
devotees of the god Shiva. 

In both cases the literature
emphasizes poetry, even song, extolling the virtue of God. Often this poetry describes
God in very personal terms, and uses these familiar terms to describe the devotee's
emotions. The Sufi poet Jelaluddin Rumi described God as a lover, but one who was
sometimes distant, increasing his longing. At other times he was drunk on God, in a high
like one feels when in love. This sort of passionate emotion is also seen in the poetry
of the Bhakti movement. Krishna is all around, but he cannot be seen; he is hiding; he
seems too far away.

If we want to look at some of the major
themes in both we might note all the kinds of feelings one sees in love songs: a sense
of loneliness because one's lover is far away, a sense of anger or upset or even
jealousy that God is not easily understood or sometimes seems to disappoint; a sense of
intoxication or bliss when one is filled with a sense of God's
presence.

One more similarity: both rely on metaphor to
describe the complex relationship the devotee has with God. The Tamil bhakti literature
uses metaphors of scenery and landscape to convey a mood. As mentioned above,
intoxication is a key metaphor for Rumi. The Sufi poet Fariduddin Attar developed an
allegory about the migration of birds across a landscape to describe the Sufi
path.

Finally, both emphasize the point of surrender. God
is all around one. To experience God, one must abandon oneself and be filled with God.
This is perhaps the point of Sufi and bhakti literature.

What is Wang Lung's attitude towards his 3rd child in The Good Earth? Why?

In Chapter 7 of The Good Earth, Wang
Lung's third child is born to him and O-lan.  But this time, O-lan tells her husband not
to get excited because the child is a girl.  Hearing this news, Wang Lung is struck by
"a sense of evil."  He immediately thinks of all the trouble that has been caused in his
uncle's home over a girl, and he does not want such bad luck following his own family. 
Girl-children are not valued in the culture because they do not carry on the family
name, nor do they bring wealth to the family. 

Later, Wang
Lung and O-lan learn that this child is mentally retarded, and Wang Lung's heart softens
to her.  At the end of the story, Wang Lung chooses to live with this daughter and his
youngest wife because they give him peace in his house of
turmoil.

What is the plot of The Great Gatsby?

The Great Gatsby is a hard look at the decadance of the
roaring 20's told by the friend of a poor boy who spent his whole life trying to be rich
enough and good enough for the rich girl he fell in love with in his
youth.

Jay Gatsby starts as a young war hero who falls in
love with socialite Daisy. When he is back off at war, Daisy gets tired of waiting for
him and gets involved in the "old money" party scene. There she meets and and eventually
marries Tom Buchanan ... mostly because he has money and she can't resist the lifestyle
he can provide. However, we see through the cold relationship she has with her daughter,
and the shallow activities she spends her time on that her life is not at all
fulfilling.

Gatsby spends years making money (through shady
and most likely illegal activities) so he can impress and win back his love. He
befriends his neighbor Nick (through whose eyes the story is told) and throws lavish
parties near where Daisy lives for the sole purpose of luring her back into his
life.

She eventually wanders into one of his parties and
they re-connect and become lovers. Her husband Tom has also been having an affair with
his mechanic's wife Myrtle.

All goes well for awhile, but
Gatsby's "new money" (money made by himself and not inherited by his ancestors) doesn't
get him accepted into high society. In fact, he is rejected by the old money
people.

The big show down comes when Tom confronts Gatsby
about the affair. Gatsby thinks Daisy will leave Tom and marry him, but she can't. She
is too entrenched in the old money lifestyle. Daisy dashes off in a car upset by the
choice she cannot make, and Gatsby follows her. Daisy ends up hitting and killing Tom's
lover Myrtle...but Tom blames it on Gatsby.

In the end,
Daisy reconnects with Daisy and leaves Gatsby behind, and Myrtle's husband kills Gatsby
and commits suicide.

Nick goes back to the midwest, finding
the east coast high society disgusting...and the sad tale ends.

What effect did the Zollverein have on the sense of unity inside Germany?

The creation of the Zollverein in 1833 is generally said
to have helped develop a sense of unity among the various states that existed in what is
now Germany.

The Zollverein was essentially a free trade
area that was made up of various states in what is now Germany.  By breaking down the
barriers between these states, the Zollverein helped create a sense that the states were
all part of one greater whole.  In addition, the Zollverein encouraged the idea that the
German states were distinct from Austria.  This gave the German states both a positive
sense of identity (since they were all part of this union with no trade barriers and
with common weights and measures and stuff) and a negative sense of identity (they were
not part of Austria).

By doing these things, the Zollverein
helped to create a sense of unity among the states that would later unify and become
Germany.

Native Americans condemned termination because of what?A) created additional reservations B) took individual families' plots of land for...

If these are the only three answers from which you are
allowed to choose, the best answer is C.  A is very clearly wrong and B is not really
accurate.

The whole point of the termination policy was to
terminate the "special relationship" between Native Americans and the US government.  It
was meant to force Native Americans to get off their reservations (not create new ones)
and assimilate into mainstream American society.  However, the termination policy did
not really do anything to facilitate assimilation.  It simply forced Indians off
reservations and sent them to cities to "sink or swim."  Because of this, Native
Americans often ended up in impoverished conditions in
slums.

Therefore, the best of the answers offered above is
C.

What are some criticisms Jane Austen makes through irony and characterisation in Emma?

Jane Austen critcizes wealthy snobbery. In Pride and
Prejudice, she uses the character of Elizabeth Bennet to speak boldy to the
Lady Catherine. When Lady Catherine begins questioning Elizabeth on the training she and
her sisters may have had, Elizabeth is bold and states that she could not be expected to
give out such information.

All of Lady Catherine's
questions are meddlesome. It is none of her business about Elizabeth's upbringing. And
she should know better than to ask a woman her age. The irony is that Lady Catherine's
daughter has been well bred and is well rounded and is supposedly engaged to Darcy. In
the end, Elizabeth wins Darcy's heart and is his choice for marriage. So much for being
well rounded.

When Elizabeth asks her father if she can
marry Darcy, he is dumbfounded. The irony is that Elizabeth had never seemed to like
Darcy. She considered him pompous and snobbish with all his money. Ironically, Darcy is
the man Elizabeth has fallen in love with. She tells her papa that he is the one for
her. Austin's irony is in creating characters such a Elizabeth and Darcy and using their
extreme personalities to create a fascinating story line. For two people to be such
opposities, two people who seemed to hate one another, and then create a love between
them that is so beautiful and bold, Austin understands the use of irony as a literary
technique.

Given what you know of Miss Maudie,explain her reaction to the loss of her house in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
characterizes Miss Maudie Atkinson as a "chameleon
lady":

a
chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men’s coveralls,
but after her five o’clock bath she would appear on the porch and reign over the street
in magisterial beauty

So,
Miss Maudie is a kind of Earth Goddess (Mother Nature) who blends in with her
environment.  When she is outside, she blossoms: she is vibrant, outgoing, and radiant.
 But when she is inside, she withers: moody, depressed, and lethargic.  She is a kind of
foil for Boo, who works best in the shadows.

When Maudie's
house burns, she is not terribly shaken.  Instead, she sees it as a time to spend more
time in her garden:

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“Always wanted a smaller house, Jem Finch. Gives
me more yard. Just think, I’ll have more room for my azaleas
now!”

...I hated that old cow barn. Thought of settin‘ fire
to it a hundred times myself, except they’d lock me
up.”

...Why, I’ll build me a little house and take me a
couple of roomers and—gracious, I’ll have the finest yard in Alabama. Those
Bellingraths’ll look plain puny when I get
started!”

So, Maudie uses the
house-burning as a means of downsizing her "cow barn" and spending more time in her
yard.

How did World War I impact dissidents like Eugene V. Debs?

Dissidents like Eugene V. Debs were very negatively
impacted by World War I.  The wave of patriotism that swept the country during the war
led to a great deal of intolerance of people who held attitudes that were at all
different from those of the majority.

During WWI, the US
government launched a big push to promote patriotism and discourage dissent.  For
example, the Sedition Act of 1918 made it illegal to use "disloyal" language when
talking about the government, the flag, or the armed forces.  Debs himself was sentenced
to 10 years in prison for violating this law by opposing the draft.  Hundreds of other
dissidents were charged under this law as well.

In this
way, WWI had a very negative impact on dissidents.

In "The Wall," what does the narrator mean when he says: "I had spent my time counterfeiting eternity, I had understood nothing."?

This is a story that is all about the psychological
process of facing your own death and the kind of thoughts and emotions that go through
your mind at such a time. The narrator and his two friends are due to face the firing
squad the next day, and we are privileged observers of what goes on in the narrator's
mind and what he observes happening with his two friends. As such, this story is about
ultimate realities and how we can face them to the best of our
ability.

The quote you have selected is very pertinent when
we bear this in mind. Let us just remind ourselves of the meaning of the word
"counterfeit." In this context, counterfeit means to carry on a deception or to
dissemble. This refers to one possible psychological reaction that man can have when
faced with death. The narrator here expresses that he has spend his time trying to trick
or deceive eternity or death. However, at this stage in this excellent short story, he
realises how in vain that attempt was and how he now must face eternity head on without
any more attempts to avoid or get away from death. This quote therefore represents an
acceptance of the narrator's fate.

How does Arthur Conan Doyle meet the readers' expectations of a detective story when he writes "The Adventure of a Speckled Band"?

The reader expects to see the detective use both the
obvious and obscure clues to solve the crime. A clever detective will see through the
red herring, to the truth of the case. Also, the reader appreciates a punishment which
fits the crime.

Holmes is able to investigate the financial
affairs of Dr Roylott to see that he will be seriously compromise should his
stepdaughters marry. Roylott’s temper and violent past show that he is capable of
cruelty, and Holmes observes the marks of violence upon Miss
Stoner:

Holmes
pushed back the frill of black lace which fringed the hand that lay upon our visitor's
knee. Five little livid spots, the marks of four fingers and a thumb, were printed upon
the white wrist.

Holmes is
able to dismiss the red herring of the gypsies as being the ‘band’ referred to by young
woman as she dies. He does see that the animals on the property are significant, as are
the saucer of milk near the safe, the false bell-pull and the fixed
bed.

The reader is satisfied that Roylott’s cruel and
unusual plot serves to punish him in the end. It is a natural rather than a legal
justice, and it completes the story well. Holmes is aware of his part in the death of Dr
Roylott, but feels his actions are justified-

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 In this way I am no doubt indirectly responsible
for Dr. Grimesby Roylott's death, and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very
heavily upon my conscience.

What is is called when illusionistic ceiling paintings employ a technique that means “to fool the eye”?

The Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy, illustrates this
technique of trompe de l'oeil [in French it literally means
mistake the eye, and sometimes the de, meaning
of, is omitted].  Built during in the 1300s, a century before the
beginning of the Renaissance, this impressive example of the illusionary technique
has walls that seem absolutely three-dimensional with false balconies at the tops of
these walls, statues that are really part of the murals.  Even false sculptures over
doorways decorate the walls.

This artistic technique was
economical and useful as it created dimension and structure without the cost. For
instance, in Guercino's Aurora, 1621-23, the addition of towering illusionistic
piers--even a ruined one at one end of the ceiling--makes a more impressive
picture.

What ideally would happen if heat energy is added to a perpetual motion machine?

Perpetual motion machines are theoretical concepts of
machines that can operate forever without any energy required from external sources.
This is made possible by the fact that as the machine operates the output energy is more
than the input energy. A part of the energy released is then used for the next cycle of
operation but the net effect of the machine’s working is a production of energy. Once a
perpetual motion machine has been started it can continue to operate indefinitely
without further addition of energy.

If heat energy is added
from an external source to a perpetual motion machine it would be released as an
additional amount to the amount of energy that the machine anyway produces in the normal
course of its operation.

What do you think the weather is a symbol of in The Red Badge of Courage? In the final two paragraphs of the story, it rains and then...

You are definitely right to identify the weather at the
close of this tremendous tale as a symbol. It is vitally important to consider what has
just happened. Henry has just experienced a kind of coming-of-age that has allowed him
to integrate both his good and bad exploits. As a result of this he realises that he is
a man as he feels "a quiet manhood" take possession of him. The moral transformation
that has occurred throughout the novel is now complete and now that he has touched "the
great death," he is "a man."

Thus it is highly symbolic
that it is raining as the soldiers march off. Consider Henry's response to the rain,
which is different from the despondency of the rest of his
comrades:

Yet
the youth smiled, for he saw that the world was a world for him, though many discovered
it to be made of oaths and walkign sticks. He had rid himself of the red sickness of
battle. The sultry nightmare was in the past. He had been an animal blistered and
sweating in teh heat and pain of war. He turned now with a lover's thirst to images of
tranquil skies, fresh meadows, cool brooks--an existence of soft and eternal
peace.

Rain is a symbol of
life-giving water, which is necessary for growth and the sustenance of life. This,
combined with the "golden ray of sun" that penetrates the clouds, gives the ending of
this tale an optomistic tone, as Henry marches off with his new-found confidence and
appreciation of life.

Please explain why it is appropriate to teach in Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury.

I think that Salisbury's book is appropriate for
intermediate primary or secondary school grades for a couple of reasons.  The first
being that historical fiction helps to bring out the events of historical consciousness
through a personalized and identifiable point of view.  The trials of Japanese Americans
during World War II can be brought out through Eddy and what he experiences.  Kids of
this age who are emerging to and through adolescence will have a better idea of how to
appropriate the material in such a personalized context.  I also believe that the book
is relevant for teaching about World War II because it presents another side of the
American army during this time period.  There is a fundamental contradiction that
America stood against racial discrimination and the practices of prejudice in Europe
with the Nazis, yet continued some of the same habits back home when it came to the
Japanese.  Exploring this contradiction will allow students to gain a better grasp and
feel for the historical time period and the realities that governed
it.

In one sentence, comment on the importance of Act 5, scene 2, of Shakespeare's play, Hamlet.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act Five,
scene two, is the conclusion to the play, when Claudius' machinations culminate with
tragic consequences for all of the major players still
alive.

Claudius has arranged with Laertes to cut Hamlet
with a poisoned foil (sword) in the sword play that has been arranged. The foils are
switched in a scuffle, and Laertes is also poisoned. Claudius, making sure to have a
backup plan to kill Hamlet, drops a poisoned pearl in a glass of wine, promising it to
Hamlet if he wins. Gertrude drinks the wine in honor of her son and she is poisoned.
When Laertes reveals Claudius' part in the deceit and death unfolding around him, Hamlet
stabs Claudius with the poisoned sword and pours poisoned wine down his throat. Within a
short period of time, Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, and Hamlet are all dead. Hamlet's
last words are for Horatio, asking him to share the truth of their story with those who
follow.

If I needed to summarize the importance of this
scene, I would probably write:

Murder and deceit reign over
the lives of the members of Hamlet's family and those who serve the King; there is no
way that the characters are able walk a line between honor and deceit—once committed to
their course, they all pay the price for their actions, which is
death.

In "Tape" by Jose Rivera, what events mark the major elements of the play's structure?

Jose Rivera's play, "Tape," only has one scene: it is a
short, two-man play. The story's premise is that a man, "The Person," is meeting "The
Attendant" and becoming acclimated to his new surroundings. The conversation is casual
until the audience realizes that the Person is actually dead. In fact the structure of
the play is based upon the death of the Person, the foreshadowing of what is to come,
and the detailed elements of his "punishment."

title="foreshadowing"
href="http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_F.html">Foreshadowing
is:

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Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what
will occur later in a
narrative...

We do not, as
the audience, know where the Person is, but it is either purgatory
or hell. There is suffering in this place, which means it is
not heaven. This an example of foreshadowing because we are told
that there is suffering (though we don't know what it refers to) as the Attendant tells
the Person:

We
don't want to cause you any undue
suffering.

"Undue" means
unwarranted, so the Attendant is implying that there is suffering,
but that they don't want to administer more than is
deserved.

The most horrifying event, seemingly "hellish" in
its presentation by the Attendant, is the fact that the Person will be spending a
very, very long time listening to all the lies he has ever told in
his life.

We know this will take an extremely long time
because there are ten thousand boxes, of
reel-to-reel tapes of his lies, and
that the machine they will be using does NOT have a fast-foward
button.

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Listening, word by word, to every lie you ever
told while you were alive…Every ugly lie to every person, every single time, every
betrayal, every lying thought, every time you lied to yourself, deep in your mind, we
were listening, we were recording, and it's all in these tapes, ten thousand boxes of
them, in your own words, one lie after the next, over and over until we're
finished.

It is this
description that so powerfully outlines the "suffering" that lies ahead of the Person.
Strangely, while the Attendant is extremely cordial and eager to please at the beginning
of the play, he pulls absolutely NO punches when he lays everything
out in front of the Person, so that man knows not just that there is a record of all he
has done, but worse, that he will have to listen to it—relive it, all over
again.

These are the events that mark the major elements in
the play's structure.

Additional
Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Rivera_(playwright)

Why did Phyllisia become disgusted with Marian in Rosa Guy's The Friends? I only have four hours to get the answers.

According to Phyllisia, Marian "liked everything about me
but me." Marian seemed friendly enough, but Phyllisia was turned off about all the nice
things she said about others--but not her. Marian imitated Phyllisia's sister, Ruby's,
hair, and Marian's mother thought Phyll's mother was one of the most beautiful women
she'd ever seen. But the two seemed to part ways when they disagreed over a boy who had
been friendly to Phyllisia. Marian seemed jealous, and she tried to convince Phyll that
the boy was "not so hot" up close. But later, we find that Marian has gone out with
Norman. Phyll finally gets tired of Marian because she is so "uninteresting"--not like
Edith. But the last straw was when Marian said that Edith looked like something "that
the dogs dragged in." This remark made Phyll hate Marian more than
ever.

I need to analyze this quote to illustrate a key image,symbol, or theme in Paradise Lost. In Book 1: "Here for his envy,will not drive us...

This quote from Book 1 of Paradise
Lost clearly states the thematic focus of Satan's character.  Satan and his
band of rebel angel failed in the battle with God and have been cast down to the depths
of Hell.  It is a torturous place of darkness and fire and the all of the fallen angels
are literally down on the lake of fire almost incapable of movement, but Satan realizes
that he has to re-group these angels and encourage them to make this tragedy into a kind
of triumph for them.  Satan rises above the lake and makes the announcement that you
have quoted above.  He makes the bold claim that they challenged God in the first place
because THEY wanted to reign in heaven.  But since they didn't succeed there, they have
two choices:  languish in the fire, or rise up and reign over hell in order to take this
punishment and turn it into a sense of triumph.  It is a great spin on a bad situation,
basically saying, it is better to be in charge of this terrible place than to continue
to be the underlings of God in heaven.  After he gives this speech, the fallen angels
rise up and join him in seeing their world from this point of view.  Once he gets
everyone on his side, he starts to put in motion his plan to bring down the creation of
God, man.  He plans to "punish" God by being the powerful force of evil and temptation
in the world.  He intends to draw humanity to him and his band of fallen angels.  He
plots to enter the Garden of Eden as a snake; tempt Adam and Eve to commit sin, and then
have them as part of his band of followers.  The plan works to a certain degree, and
Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden, but God offers the potential for forgiveness
and grace, so Satan didn't win in quite the way he intended.  This quote clearly
establishes the theme of power and leadership, as well as the theme of knowledge and
perception-- that perspective can affect ones understanding of a
situation.

What is the significance of the title, Hard Times?

I am not really sure that there is any other way to
describe the story of the Gradgrind family other than to say that it consisted of plenty
of "Hard Times."  The mere educational philosophy of Thomas Gradgrind is one that
consists of hardened facts, grounded in rationality,  There is no room for "fancy" in
such a configuration, and "hard data" is what is accepted and taught.  Consider that the
opening of the novel is one with an angry lecture from a teacher.  It just seems like
this is the best way to introduce that education in Coketown and life, in general,
consists of "hard times."  From this, more "hard times" emerge.  Louisa is educated in a
manner where there is no comprehension of emotional sensitivity and the lack of affect
causes her to enter into a loveless marriage where pain and "hard times" emerges.  If we
extend to the ending, there is much more of these moments.  The last scene where Thomas
and his son is an emotional "hard time," where the father fully understands his failure
to teach his son a moral compass.  There is something painful about the guilt and
resentment that exists between father and son, and this moment is a representation of
"hard times."  The ending is one where Tom's life is filled with "remorse and grief" and
"illness and death," while Louisa is committed to philanthropy.  Mr. Gradgrind has
abandoned his "fact, not fancy" and embraced the life of religious faith.  For all of
them, life is "hard times" and nothing else at the end of the
novel.

Explain the theme of relationship in the story "The Son's Veto" by Thomas Hardy.

The theme of relationship revolves around Sophy's
relationships: Sophy and Sam Hobson; Sophy and Vicar Twycott; Sophy and Randolph. A
secondary but influential relationship is that inferred between Randolph and his father,
the Vicar Twycott. In a subtle examination of these four relationships, Hardy represents
beneficial relationships and harmful relationships.

From what we know
of Sam Hobson, in his love for her, he had always put Sophy's happiness and welfare
before his own. For instance, when she was nineteen, he asked her if she would be his
wife but only when he could provide a home for her:

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"You see, dear Sophy, ... you may want a home;
and I shall be ready to offer one some day, though I may not be ready just
yet."

Another instance is
when they became reacquainted after Twycott's death and Sam encouraged Sophy to ride out
with him in the clean air of the morning as he delivered produce to Covent Garden. This
and subsequent excursions in the pre-dawn hours gave her renewed strength and permitted
her better sleep than the sleepless nights that followed an invalid's days without
exercise.

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"Now, wouldn't some air do you good? ... Why not
ride up to Covent Garden with me?" ... The air was fresh as country air at this hour,
and the stars shone, ... "There is no time o' day for taking the air like this."... The
air and Sam's presence had revived her: her cheeks were quite pink--almost
beautiful.

Twycott also had
put Sophy's welfare before his own. He had fallen in love with her quiet presence and
tender ways and his affection was strengthened by his duty to provide some relief for
her after being the unintentional cause of her fall and permanent ankle injury. In
marrying her, he provided for her future as well as for his own, and he moved his new
bride to a prestigious parish "south of London" where her social inferiority would be
less keenly felt by both.

The harmful relationship between
Sophy and her son--which seems to grow out of his devoted relationship to his father,
who must have shone compared to rough-bred Sophy--contrasts to these first two
relationships by being centered on his father's and his own welfare, without thought
given to Sophy's benefit or happiness. It may be inferred that Twycott did not defend
Sophy before Randolph for fear that her influence in speech and manner might interfere
with his future as a gentleman of first rank. Indeed, the seed of this social
self-consciousness was present in his move to London:

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Mr. Twycott knew perfectly well that he had
committed social suicide  ... and he had taken his measures accordingly. An exchange of
livings had been arranged with ... a church in the south of London,
....

This examination of the
theme of relationship seems to suggest that Hardy is identifying
selfishness as the seed that tells beneficial relationships
from harmful ones. Sam showed no selfishness, even
selflessly waiting for her all those years between reencountering
Sophy and her funeral. Twycott showed no selfishness in his
desires at the start but his consciousness of "social suicide" revealed a
blossoming selfishness at the heart of his motivations.
Randolph demonstrated full blown selfishness from the start
and his was the relationship that did Sophy harm.

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"'Has,' dear mother--not 'have'!" exclaimed the
public-school boy, ... "Surely you know that by this time!" [...] "I am ashamed of you!
It will ruin me! ... It will degrade me in the eyes of all the gentlemen of
England!"

Biogeography is the study ofA) food preferences of organisms. B) the location of organisms on Earth. C) DNA and RNA nucleotides. D) homologous...

The only possible answer to this among the options given
to us, is B.  Biogeography is the study of how various kinds of organisms are
distributed on Earth.

Geography is a field of study that is
concerned with the location and distribution of various things.  Cultural geography, for
example, looks at how cultures vary (or are similar) across space and time.  It might
ask, for example, how a certain cultural trait (like a religion) was able to spread in
the ways that it did.

Biogeography does much the same
thing, only with organisms instead of with culture.  A biogeographer might ask why a
certain type of animal exists in some places but not in others.  A biogeographer might
look at some endangered species and ask what steps would need to be taken in order to
allow that species to spread out and occupy a larger
area.

Clearly, these sorts of questions are best summed up
by option B.

Prove the identity arc sin squareroot(1-x^2)+ arc cos x=pi, if -1=

Since the result of the given sum is a constant, then the
value of th derivative of the sum must be zero.

We'll
assign a function to the given expression:

f(x) = arcsin
sqrt(1-x^2) + arccos x

We'll differentiate with respect to
x:

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

f'(x) = -2x/2*|x|*sqrt(1-x^2) - 1/sqrt(1 -
x^2)

Since x is in the interval [-1 , 0] => |x| =
-x

f'(x) = -2x/-2x*sqrt(1-x^2) - 1/sqrt(1 -
x^2)

f'(x) = 1/sqrt(1 - x^2) - 1/sqrt(1 -
x^2)

f'(x) = 0

Since the 1st
derivative of f()x is cancelling out, then the function f(x) is a
constant.

Now, we'll check if the constant is
pi.

Let x = -1. We'll compute the value of f(x) for x
=-1.

f(-1) = arcsin sqrt(1 - 1) +
arccos(-1)

f(-1) = arcsin 0 +
arccos(-1)

f(-1) = 0 +
pi

f(-1) = pi

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

f(0) = arcsin sqrt(1 - 0) +
arccos(0)

f(0) = arcsin 1 + arccos
0

f(0) = pi/2 + pi/2

f(0) =
2pi/2

f(0) =
pi

The identity arcsin sqrt(1-x^2) + arccos x
= pi is verified for any value of x, over the range [-1 ,
0].

In Of Mice and Men, what does the description of the bunk house tell the reader about the men who live there?

the description of the bunk house satrky contrats that of
the nautral, beautiful setting in chapter 1. the bunk house being descrbed as dull and
"dusk" shows it is a place were violence and lonliness takes place, being a man made
place whereas the description of nature is vivid and tranquil and is the perfect
backdrop for a place filled with hope and a new start.

The
bunk house shows the basic living conditions of workers and the concern goerge draws
about lice shows poor and lilttle attention to poor hygine and welfare. the description
of a the possesions of workers is a bare minimal showing they donot stay around for a
while and often leave after a week or so in search for new work