Why does Ray Bradbury choose the Bible to be the book Montag steals in Fahrenheit 451?

I don't know if there is a specific answer for this
question. There are several references to the Bible throughout Ray Bradbury's
Fahrenheit 451.

Perhaps the reason
Bradbury chooses the Bible is that it offers insight into the past, stories of people
who were sorely tested, and guidelines to follow in order to survive. It may be that
Montag's society is so lost that when the bombs fall at the end of the story, whatever
Montag has read will help him and others rebuild. The Bible is full of advice, and
provides direction for moral and ethical enrichment. Certainly a new society would need
guidelines to rebuild and improve over mistakes made in the
past.

Montag refers to Job at one point in the story,
references are made to Caanan; at the end, Montag tries to recall parts of Ecclesiastes
and Revelation.

Revelation deals with the end of times;
perhaps Montag does not recall this as quickly as he might because they are preparing to
start a new life (—those who have escaped what has been destroyed
by the government). Ecclesiastes is a somber book. Its
author:

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Qohelet clearly endorses wisdom as a means for a
well-lived earthly
life...

This may reflect
Bradbury's sense that with the end of civilization as they know it, these men can
rebuild with caution and knowledge. Ecclesiastes also means "assembly." Perhaps the
significance of Montag's reference to this book of the Bible refers to the "assembly" of
survivors who will change the world for the better.

The
Bible seems to be a book with a wide variety of knowledge and guidance. Montage needs
this personally; the society will need this to rebuild.

What is significant about all the main characters in Romeo and Juliet?Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

One thing that is significant about most of the main
characters in Romeo and Juliet is that unlike the key characters in
other plays by William Shakespeare, they are rather fully developed and interesting
round characters, who display a wide range of emotions and various personality
traits. 

That Romeo and Juliet are human in
their personalities is obvious.  However, the portrayal of the priest, Friar Laurence is
certainly a deviation from the typical religious leader of a community.  For, Friar
Laurence has not lost touch with the secular world and the deviousness that exists in
it.  For, in his good intentions of uniting Romeo and Juliet in holy matrimony so that
they do not sin together, he also is involved in a circuitous plan to unite the
families with Juliet's apparent death. 

Similarly, the
foolish, prattling Nurse displays what seems an incongruous personality trait. When she
pragmatically advises Juliet to go ahead and marry Count Paris, the Nurse figures that
Romeo, now banished, will never return to Verona and can no longer be of any use to
Juliet.

The sanguine Benvolio, whose very name
characterizes him, breaks through what appears to be his stereotype by displaying even
more cholera than Mercutio at the beginning of Act III as he tells Mercutio that if he
meets the Capulets he will not escape a brawl: "For now these hot days is the mad blood
stirring"(3.1.4).  And, Mercutio pointedly remarks about this uncharacteristic heat in
the peace-loving Benvolio,

Thou art
like one of these fellows that, when he enters the confines of a tavern, claps me his
sword upon the table and says ‘God send me no need of thee!’ and by the operation of the
second cup draws him on the drawer, when indeed there is no
need.(3.1.8-10)

Another main character who displays much
humanity is  Prince Escalus, who after the opening brawl between the Capulets and
Montagues and having decreed that anyone who breaks the peace will do so under penalty
of death, rescinds this decree after Romeo slays Tybalt and banishes him
instead.

Of course, Lord and Lady Capulet move from being the doting
parents to becoming the demanding insensitive aristocrats who desire the propitious
marriage arrangement for their daughter.

Indeed, it is in
part because of these well-developed characters that the readers/audience of
Romeo and Juliet suspend any disbelief in the swift sequence of
events of the tragic plot of Shakespeare's poetic play. 

What is the antiderivative of y=cos^3x?

To detemrine the antiderivative, we'll have to calculate
the indefinite integral of the given function.

We'll write
the integrand (cos x)^3 = (cos x)^2*cos x.

Int (cos
x)^2*cos x dx = Int [1-(sin x)^2]*cos x dx

We'll replace
sin x by t:

sin x = t

cos x dx
= dt

Int [1-(sin x)^2]*cos x dx = Int (1 -
t^2)dt

Int (1 - t^2)dt = Int dt - Int
t^2dt

Int (1 - t^2)dt= t - t^3/3 +
C

Int (cos x)^2*cos x dx = sin x - (sin x)^3/3 +
C

The requested antiderivative is: F(x) = sin
x - (sin x)^3/3 + C.

What is the basic foot and the verse length and rhyme scheme of the poem "Dover Beach"?

One of the interesting aspects of this poem is its
irregular form. If you analyse it closely, you can see that there is no regular meter,
rhythm, verse form or rhyme scheme. Rather, the poem is a dramatic monologue of thirty
seven lines that are divided into four unequal sections. Each of these consist, in turn,
of fourteen, six, eight, and nine lines. Whilst there is rhyme, it is clear that this is
not regular, and varies throughout the poem and the different stanzas. Note the way, for
instance, that the second stanza has a rhyme scheme of ABACBC, whereas the final stanza
has a rhyme scheme of ABBACDDEE. I feel this lack of formal structure helps to express
and emphasise the meditative feel of the poem as the speaker seeks to express his
thoughts and feelings about what he feels is happening in this
world.

In The Crucible why do Ezekial Cheever and Marshal Herrick arrive at the Proctor home?

By the time Act Two rolls around, the witch trials are in
full swing, and numerous people have been accused of being witches.  Cheever and Herrick
have been commissioned to work for the courts; one of their main jobs is to arrest
accused townspeople and bring them to jail or the courthouse.  At the end of act two,
they show up on John Proctor's doorstep.  Cheever himself states his purpose:  "I have a
warrant for your wife."  So, he is come to arrest Elizabeth Proctor and bring her to
jail.  In addition to this, he has been ordered to "search [John's] house" for a poppet,
or a doll, and to look to see if that doll has a needle in it.  Lastly, he has been
forbidden to "leave [Elizabeth] from [his] sight." Herrick is the one who chains her up
and takes her away in a wagon.

Those are the tasks that
Cheever is given.  To give this context, earlier in the day, Abigail accused Elizabeth
Proctor of being a witch.  At the actual courthouse during the day, Mary Warren had
stepped in and defended Elizabeth, saying that she was an upright woman, and there was
no way she could be a witch.  Well, Mary had been sewing a doll, and stuck the needle in
the belly "for safekeeping."  Abby saw her do this, and later that night, fell to the
ground with a needle stabbed in her belly, and claimed that Elizabeth's "familiar
spirit" was the one to do it.  So, Elizabeth is arrested, and the doll with the needle
is used as proof.

I hope that those thoughts helped; good
luck!

What does Oedipus mean when says "The world knows my fame; I am Oedipus."

I think that Oedipus' statement reflects the level of
tragic proportions within his narrative.  In terms of what he means by the statement in
the opening, it is a boastful declaration of free will.  Oedipus asserts his own
authority, and his own sense of self in the statement.  In this statement is the
fundamental assertion of his power, his rule as king, and the endeavors in which he has
done that represent his greatness.  At the start of the drama, his "fame" represents to
which ends his free will has been accomplished.  This is a stark contrast to the end of
the drama, in which the forces of fate have overcome Oedipus.  The ending of the drama
represents the sum totality of Oedipus' failures, a condition that is the opposite of
his beliefs at the start of the drama.  At the drama's conclusion, Oedipus will be known
by the world.  However, this fame is more infamy and representation of how he will
become the cautionary tale for hubris and the belief that free will can overcome the
powers of fate and the divine.  In this acknowledgement, there is a severe level of
acceptance of one's failures and the drop from being glorious to being
pathetic.

I need the quote from when Jem realizes why Boo stays in his house all the time in To Kill a Mockingbird. Or a quote from when Scout learns that...

Following the angry discussion with Aunt Alexandra that
ends in her calling Walter Cunningham Jr. "trash," Jem and Scout discuss the differences
in some people. Jem states that there are four kinds of people in the world: People like
the Finches and their neighbors; poor, honest folk like the Cunninghams; dishonest
people like the Ewells; and Negroes. Scout disagrees. She tells
Jem

"...
there's just one kind of folks.
Folks."

But Jem wonders aloud
that if this is so, then

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"... why can't they get along with each
other?"

Jem has learned a
great deal about people in this chapter (Chapter 23). Bob Ewell has made a threat
against Atticus' life; Jem discovers that one of the Cunninghams was the holdout on the
jury; he learns that women cannot serve on juries; and he has heard his aunt's rant
against young Walter.

"If they're all alike, why
do they go out of the way to despise each other?... I'm beginning to understand why Boo
Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time... it's because he
wants to stay inside."

The fourth act in A Midsummer Night’s Dream opens and ends with bottom at center stage. How might he be the opposite of Theseus's character?

Both in class and personality, Theseus and Bottom are
polar opposities.

First of all, Bottom is a manual
laborer.  He speaks in verse and spends his days working with his hands, while Theseus
is a Duke who does very little manual work. He does the thinking and the ruling while
his servants do the work.

Personality-wise, Bottom is
arrogant, emotional and has a big ego. He fights for the limelight on stage and wants
the attention strictly to feed his own selfish ambitions. Theseus, on the other hand, is
confident but not cocky. He has center stage, but not by fighting for it. He has it
because he is a wise ruler who looks out for the
people.

Finally, the two charaters have very different love
lives. Bottom achieves love throught the magic of Oberon. Theseus grabs his love by
kidnapping the queen of the Amazons after a battle in a foreign
land.

In Act 1 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, what trait does Lady Capulet show when she says "A Crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?"

It is interesting to analyse the way that Lady Capulet and
Lady Montague are presented in Act I scene 1 and how they are positioned vis-a-vis the
feud that dominates their families so much. Both of them are shown to not support or not
be a part of the feud. Lady Montague physically tries to restrain her husband from
entering the fray, and in the line you have quoted we see how Lady Capulet makes fun of
her husband, saying that he is too old to fight, and should be calling for a crutch
instead of a long sword.

This quote thus shows that Lady
Capulet has a sense of humour but perhaps also we see her biting sarcasm as she,
absolutely fed up with the fighting between the two houses, ridicules her husband to
show him how stupid he is being. This clearly indicates her strength of character and
her own feelings.

Can I please have a line-by-line analysis of the poem "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay?i am especially having trouble with the meaning of the line...

Claude McKay (September 15, 1889-May 22, 1948) was a
Jamaican-American author who advocated black self-determination; that is, he believed
that African-Americans should rely on themselves to become independent and
free.

McKay's poem "If We Must Die" provides a good glimpse
of his beliefs. Throughout the poem, McKay states repeatedly that blacks must be willing
to die for their rights.  This is in contrast to some African-American leaders, such as
Booker T. Washington, who believed that good hearted white people would help the black
people and that the blacks should accept their
help.

McKay's more militant approach is seen in the the
phrases "If we must die,"  "let us nobly die," "honor us though dead," and "Pressed to
the wall, dying."

The poet emphasizes, however, that the
deaths of his people must be noble, "not like hogs / Hunted and penned in an inglorious
spot." The poet believes that if his people die through "fighting back," then their
blood will not have been "shed in vain."  Instead, the evil "monsters" who persecuted
them will have to "honor us though dead."

Near the end of
the poem, the poet writes:

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What though before lies the open
grave?

You are correct that
this is a difficult line to interpret.  I would paraphrase it as follows:  What? You
want us to fight? Even though we will surely fall into the open grave that lies before
us?

The poet answers this
question:

Like
men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but
fighting back!

How is the electronegativity difference used in determining the type of bond that occurs between two atoms?If the difference is between 0 and 1.7,...

The first three statements are
correct.

Since it is the relative tendency of an aom to
attract the bonded electron pair to itself, the electronegativity values are considered
as positive values.

example:  electronegativity values of F
= +4, H = 2.1, O = 3.5, Cl = 3.5  and Na = 0.9
etc.

Ofcourse the differences can be negative. Example the
difference in electronegativity values of O and H = +
1.4

But the difference in electronegativity values of H
and O = - 1.4.

So the fourth statement should be corrected
as follows:

If the difference is between zero and - 1.7
then also the bond is considered as polar covalent
compound.

The fifth statement is corrected
as:

If the difference is greater than 1.7 it is considered
as ionic bond

What new habit has Scout picked up that bothers Uncle Jack in Chapter 9 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Scout always looks forward to seeing her Uncle Jack Finch
every Christmas at Finch's Landing. His Christmas presents are awaited with
anticipation, and Jack is "one of the few men of science who never terrified me." She
enjoyed talking with him, much in the way she talks with Miss Maudie, who is an old
friend of Jack's. But Uncle Jack is none too happy about one of Scout's new habits
picked up at school. When he told her a tall tale about his cat, Rose Aylmer, Scout
responded with

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"Aw, that's a damn
story..."

Later, when Scout
asks him to "pass the damn ham, please," Jack directs her to see him after dinner. He
explains that her new habit of cussing is not lady-like and will only get her into
trouble.

Who is the protagonist and the antagonist of "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"?

The protagonist in a drama is always the character who
initiates the conflict. In "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," it would have to be
"Scratchy Wilson" who is the protagonist, since there was is no conflict, in fact utter
boredom, before he appears on the scene. He has had a long-standing feud with the town
marshall of Yellow Sky, Jack Potter. Therefore, Jack is the antagonist. The most recent
episode in their ongoing conflict has been delayed because Jack was getting married in
San Antonio, but Scratchy goes to his house looking for him, terrorizing everybody else
on his way there, including the dog.

The reader is led to
expect a violent confrontation between the two men if and when they run into each
other.

Potter
was about to raise a finger to point the first appearance of the new home when, as they
circled the corner, they came face to face with a man in a maroon-colored shirt who was
feverishly pushing cartridges into a large
revolver.

Scratchy is
appalled when he finally comprehends that Jack is not wearing a gun and that he is
bringing his new bride home with him.

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"Well, said Wilson at last, slowly. "I s'pose
it's all off now."

"It's all off if you say so, Scratchy.
You know I didn't make the
trouble."

Jack statement that
he did not start their feud is further evidence that Scratchy is the protagonist,
because he was the man who initiated the conflict a long time ago. A protagonist
typically has a strong motivation which carries the plot forward to a conclusion.
Scratchy does not have a strong motivation. He just gets ornery when he gets drunk.
There is no strong motivation because there is no "MacGuffin," no bone of contention,
nothing tangible for the two men to be fighting about. The fact that Scratchy's
motivation is weak explains why the conflict evaporates so abruptly.

Scratchy will be a better citizen now that his ongoing
conflict with the town marshall has been resolved. This illustrates the main theme of
Stephen Crane's story, which is that it was the arrival of women and children that tamed
the Wild West.

In regards to Constantinople and the Byzantium time period, what was so important about it?

After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the
Byzantine Empire was the sole remaining "Roman" Empire. Much of Roman tradition that was
preserved had been preserved at Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium. Byzantine
scholars had preserved a great deal of both Roman and Greek knowledge that was lost to
the West. It also occupied a unique geographical location on the Golden Horn overlooking
the Straits of Bosporus which made it easily defended. It was surrounded on three sides
by water and on the land side by a wall so thick that a team of horses could be turned
around on its surface. Constantinople also uniquely was situated where Eastern and
Western merchants and caravans congregated. As a result, it became extremely wealthy as
a trading city. It was the extreme wealth of Constantinople that tempted the Crusaders
of the Fourh Crusade to sack it in 1204.  It's importance as a trading city; is
emphasized by the fact that only after it fell to the Turks in 1453 were serious
attempts by Western Europeans made to circumvent that city and trade directly with the
West.

Constantinople was so well known that its residents
simply referred to it as Istimbolin, Greek for "in the city."  This
name was corrupted by the Turks to give the city its present name:
Istanbul.

What is the answer for a square inscribed in a circle when the radius=R?

I am not quite sure what your asking but I am guessing you
want to know the area of an arbitrary square inscribed in an arbitrary circle with
radius r.

First, you must note that the diagonal of a
square inscribed in a circle is equal to the diameter of that circle. Also, the radius
of a circle is half of it's diameter. So, d=2r and the diagonal of the square is also
2r.

Now, because we know that 2 adjacent sides of a square
along with its diameter forms an equilateral right triangle we can use Pythagorean
theorem, a^2+b^2=c^2, to find the length of each side of a square in terms of the radius
r.  In this case both sides, a and b, are equal so lets just
say:

a=b=x.

so we rewrite the
theorem as

x^2+x^2=c^2.

we can
rewrite it further
as:

2(x^2)=c^2

and again since
c is equal to the diagonal of a square we can say c=2r and rewrite the theorem, once
more, as:

2(x^2)=(2r)^2.

so
now we solve for
x.

x^2=((2r)^2)/2.

x=sqrt((2r^2)/2).

since
the area of a square is the square of any of its equal sides we can now say that the
area of the square
is:

x^2=((2r)^2)/2.

Simplified,
x^2=(4r^2)/2.

Simplified once more,
x^2=2r^2.

Discuss the roles of an artist that Kehinde Wiley fills.

One of the largest roles that Wiley fills is the one that
stresses how art and social transformation go hand in hand.  Wiley is not one that feels
that art is meant to be separate from the social conditions that give rise to it.  For
this reason, Wiley's subjects are real world people that he has encountered and
represents the concept of modern African- American masculinity captured in Classical
painting style.  Wiley has been able to provide a glimpse into how men of color, in
particular African- American males, can be viewed.  This is in stark contrast to the
stereotype which does not link African- American males to classical European style of
art.  Wiley believes that his art is meant to make a clear statement between what is
presents in society and what can be possible in it.  It is this transformative nature of
art that sees Wiley fulfill the notion of art as being a vehicle for social change.  In
the subject manner, style, and intent behind his works, Wiley believes that the artist
can be representative of social activism and change.

What do the ''errors'' Scout commits on her first day have in common with one another in To Kill a Mockingbird?

All of Scout's mistakes on the first day of school seem to
come from her penchant for defending the wrongfully accused. After Miss Caroline
discovered that Scout could read well above grade level, the teacher criticized her for
it and demanded that her father stop teaching her how to read. Scout responded by
defending herself--and Atticus. After recess, Miss Caroline blasted Scout for knowing
how to write cursive, telling her that she shouldn't learn this skill until the third
grade. Scout held her tongue this time, but when the teacher hounded Walter Cunningham
Jr. for having no lunch money, Scout tried to explain why. But she ended up accusing
Miss Caroline of "shamin' him," so the teacher "whipped" her with her ruler. The
children erupted in laughter at this, bringing forth the teacher from the adjoining
class to threaten the whole class. Like Atticus, Scout already had discovered a penchant
for defending the underdog.

Why is the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Watson so important to the progression of a detective novel?

I think the relationship between these two famous literary
figures is captured through the way that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson actually act as
foils for each other in all of their adventures. A foil is a character that is placed
next to another character for purposes of comparison. Of course, if you have two
characters paired like this, the extremes of each are emphasised and exaggerated. Think
about the relationship of these two characters: what is notable of course if the fierce
intelligence of Sherlock Holmes that Dr. Watson can never attain. When Dr. Watson tries
to use his skills to deduce facts, he is always shown up by Sherlock Holmes. Yet at the
same time, Watson possesses a fierce loyalty to Holmes that Holmes is forced to depend
upon to solve numerous cases. The two characters need each other, but also Watson's
ignorance emphasises the intelligence of Sherlock Holmes.

How can I explain "expressionism" in The Glass Menagerie?

Expressionism is a style of literature based on a
narrative that explores the psychology and emotional foundation of the narrator, rather
than the telling of facts.  It is similar to a stream of consciousness in that emotions
and opinions are stronger than facts and details, but the narrative is not as different
in style as it is with stream of
consciousness.

The Glass Menagerie is
an expressionist piece of literature because it depicts a specific situation using Tom's
own emotions and opinions of it. We see in the end of the play how Tom compares his
mother and his sister basically to a shadow play that will never cease to change. He
characterizes Amanda and Laura, as well as Jim, as parts of the story of his life. It is
through Tom's strong views and emotion that we can create an opinion of the rest of the
characters. This is basically what makes The Glass Menagerie an
example of expressionism.

In "Bereft" by Frost, what do the words "wind" in the first line and "Word" in the two last lines refer to ?

I don't think there is any reason why we should take these
words to mean anything other than the literal sense in which they are used in the poem.
This poem describes the feelings of a speaker who appears to be "Bereft" by the passing
of summer into the stormy fall weather. The "wind" of the first line therefore appears
to refer to the autumn stormy winds that come, and in this poem stir up the leaves,
making them "hiss" and causing them to "blindly strike" at the speaker's knee, turning
nature into a violent form that is antagonistic towards the
speaker.

Likewise, the "word" that is used three times at
the end of the poem appears to refer to nothing more than the word or the message that
the speaker is isolated, both in terms of being in his house alone, but also pointing
towards his larger emotional and psychological
isolation:

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Word I was in the house
alone

Somehow must have gotten
abroad,

Word I was in my life
alone,

Word I had no one left but
God.

The "Word" is therefore
that this speaker is alone, both physically, but also mentally and religiously, as he
struggles with feeling bereft from someone or something as the seasons map out and enact
his feelings of desolation.

In the rising action of Act II, describe how Shakespeare creates and builds suspense during Scenes 3 and 4. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Suspense is created and built in Act II, Scenes 3 and 4 as
Shakespeare employs the interplay of choice and fate, a motif that prevails throughout
his tragedy, Julius Caesar. In Scene
3, Artemidorus, a teacher and, interestingly, a friend of both
Caesar and the conspirators, has learned of the assassination plot and has written a
letter to Caesar, advising him of this design against him.  When Caesar passes him on
this day, the Ides of March, Artemidorus plans to hand him this letter as a suitor
looking for a political favor, a regular action for the occasion.  As he waits on
Caesar, Artemidorus suggests with his words the interplay of choice and
fate:

If thou
read this, O Caesar, thou mayst live;

If not, the Fates
with traitors do contrive
(2.3.14-15)

Then, in Scene 4,
the anxious Portia, whom Brutus must have finally acquiesced in telling her what has
caused him to be in their orchard in the night, sends her servant Lucius to the capitol
with instructions to report everything he observes about Brutus. Here, however, there is
also some comic relief injected as poor Lucius is unclear about what he is to
do,

Madam,
what should I do?

Run to the Capitol and nothing
else?

And so return to you, and nothing else?
(2.4.11-13)

When Portia
espies the soothsayer, she rushes to him and inquires if he has any knowledge of harm
inteded for Caesar.  To this, the soothsayer answers,

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None that I know will be, much that I fear may
chance.
Good morrow to you. Here the street is narrow,
The throng
that follows Caesar at the heels,
Of senators, of praetors, common suitors,

Will crowd a feeble man almost to death.
I'll get me to a place
more void and there
Speak to great Caesar as he comes along.
(2.4.36-42)

Thus, the
reader/audience wonders if the letter from Artemidorus and the warning from the
soothsayer will reach Caesar, and if so, what affect either of these warnings will have
upon him if he does receive them.

In Act III Scene 2, what is Biondello's old and new news in The Taming of the Shrew?

The two bits of news that Biondello brings actually both
concern the groom-to-be of Katharina, whom Biondello reports as being on his way and
about to arrive. Biondello shows how this bit of news is the "new" news with a quip at
the expense of Baptista, but then the old news, which is much more interesting, concerns
the peculiar appearance of the aforementioned Petruchio, who has chosen to wear a most
interesting selection of clothes for his wedding as if to deliberately make both himself
and Katharina ridiculous. Note the beginning of the following
description:

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Why, Petruchio is coming in a new hat and an old
jerkin; a pair of old breeches thrice turned; a pair of boots that have beeen
candle-cases; one buckled, another laced; an old rusty sword ta'en out of the town
armoury, with a broken hilt, and chapless; with two broken
points...

Petruchio therefore
seems to have deliberately chosen to clothe himself in the most ridiculous garb possible
to expose his wife to the ridicule that is part of his method of taming his "shrew," and
by having Biondello report it before his arrival our suspense of what Petruchio will
actually look like is so much the greater.

To what extent is "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" a love song?

This is a very pertinent question to ask about this
strange "love song." Surely, out of all of the love songs that have ever been composed,
this must be one of the most peculiar, as signified by one of the first images included
in the third line:

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Let us go then, you and
I,

When the evening is spread out against the
sky

Like a patient etherised upon a
table.

This is hardly the
most romantic image to start off your "love song"! As we read on, we see that J. Alfred
Prufrock is a man who definitely has feelings but he can only entertain them in the
privacy of his own mind. Although his thoughts and emotions are clearly complex, it is
evident that they do nothing to help him overcome his biggest barrier, which is fear of
participation in the world and commitment or engagement. Thus it is that the song
actually shows how he as a character has to take refuge in heroic fantasy, as he
compares himself to a variety of heroes. We are left with a haunting image of a man who
is unable to commit, who measures out his life "in coffee spoons" and faces a lonely
future burdened by the fear of what others think about
him:

I grow
old... I grow old...

I shall wear the bottoms of my
trousers rolled.

Shal I part my hair behind? Do I dare to
eat a peach?

Such questions
and preoccupations are what fills J. Alfred Prufrock's day. What is unique about this
love song is that it actually reveals far more about the speaker than his "love" and
focuses more on his hang-ups and worries.

In Flannery O'Connor's "Revelation" how does she use humor and violence, and how do they add to the meaning of the story?

O'Connor often ues both humor and violence in her stories,
managing to combine those traits with a deep moral and religious seriousness.
"Revelation" is no exception.

Perhaps the moments in the
story when violence and humor come together most forcefully are the moments just before
Mrs. Turpin has the book thrown at her (literally).

Just as
Mrs. Turpin is congratulating herself on the good fortune of being Mrs. Turpin (thus
illustrating one of O'Connor's major themes -- the theme of pride), she is hit with the
appropriately titled book Human Development. All throughout the
first part of the story, Mrs. Turpin's pride has been consistently humorous. She takes
herself so seriously that O'Connor's readers find it difficult to take her seriously at
all. She is a walking, talking demonstration of the follies of pride (but also of its
serious moral failings), and much of what she says is quite unintentionally funny
(unintentionally on her part, but intentionally on
O'Connor's).

Her pride is so humorous that it makes us
laugh, especially when she thanks Jesus for making her exactly who she is (with no room
for improvement, in her opinion). She also thanks Jesus for giving her exactly the kind
of life she presently enjoys (again, she can't imagine anything better, which suggests
the poverty of her imagination).  "For one thing," O'Connor writes, "somebody else could
have got Claud" -- a funny line in a story full of funny lines. Claud, after all, is not
exactly Paul Newman, but he is the perfect husband for Mrs. Turpin because she dominates
him so easily.

Immediately after Mrs. Turpin thanks Jesus
once more, O'Connor writes as follows (and with no
transition):

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The book struck her directly over her left eye.
It struck almost at the same instant that she realized that the girl was about to hurl
it.

The abrupt shift -- from
the name of Jesus to the attack by the girl (ironically and humorously named Mary Grace
-- a name with definite Christian connotations) is typical of the way O'Connor combines
humor and violence. The attack itself is somewhat funny; the fact that the attacker is
named Mary Grace is funny as well; the fact tthat the book is titled Human
Development is funny; and the fact that O'Connor surprises us just as much as
she surprises Mrs. Turpin is also funny.

At the same time,
the attack has serious implications.  O'Connor would have seen it as a means by which
God attempts to offer Mrs. Turpin grace, if she will only accept it. O'Connor also would
have suggested that this is indeed a moment that may lead, if Mrs. Turpin responds
properly, to real human development.  Thus, in her typical way, O'Connor manages to be
combine humor, violence, and deep spiritual seriousness.

Discuss the conflict in "The Portable Phonograph."

In a story of this type there does not have to be a
conflict between characters or a character's inner conflict. This is a story about the
greatest conflict in the history of mankind, and it might be viewed as a sort of coda to
an epic tale about the atomic holocaust. The war has nearly destroyed everything. As far
as we know, these four men may be the only people left alive on the entire planet. If
so, then humanity is obviously doomed, since there are no surviving women to produce
babies--if any woman would want to bring a child into such a world. The four men have
enough of a conflict just trying to stay alive in this hostile environment. In the end
it seems as if they are likely to turn against one another in spite of their apparent
effort to preserve some vestiges of civilization. One of the guests who enjoyed the
literary and musical soiree appears to be loitering nearby outside, waiting for the host
to fall asleep so that he can creep in and steal some or all of his treasures--the
books, the record albums, and the portable
phonograph.

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At last he prayed, and got in under his
blankets, and closed his smoke-smarting eyes. On the inside of the bed, next the wall,
he could feel with his hand the comfortable piece of lead
pipe.

So there is a minor
conflict of man against nature, which the men are sure to lose, and of man against man,
which is inevitable.

What is significance of the opening scene in Shakespeare's King Lear?

The significance in the opening scene of Shakespeare's
King Lear rests with two significant points. The first is that a
central theme in the play will be reality versus appearance. In the
first scene, Cordelia refuses to charm her father with flowery, empty words of love, but
simply speaks the truth. However, her sisters do provide empty words of love and praise.
This is what Lear wants to hear, but mistakenly believes the words are true. In doing
so, he rejects Cordelia who truly loves him, banishing her from his life, and he accepts
his other uncaring, deceitful daughters who will take what they can from him, and will
not support him when he needs them most.

In addition, when
Cordelia answers her father's question regarding her love with the word "nothing," Lear
repeats the word "nothing" again. The idea of "nothing" foreshadows the "chaos" that
will control the action of the remainder of the play; Lear will lose everything because
rather than hear the truth of those around him and see things as they truly are, he
chooses to be blind to what his eyes should see, and deaf to the
words from those who care for him.

Ironically, where the
King of France admires Cordelia's honesty, Lear in what Kent sees as madness, fails to
notice the value of his daughter. By losing her, he loses all.

How does O'Sullivan describe the future realm of the U.S.?

John L. O'Sullivan is largely credited with coining the
term "Manifest Destiny.O'Sullivan, editor of The Democratic Review
and ardent supporter of the Democratic Party supported the annexation of Oregon and
Texas territory in an article in which he stated:

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Our manifest destiny is to overspread the
continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying
millions.

In a second
article, published on December 27, 1845, he wrote:

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And that claim is by the right of our manifest
destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has
given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated
self-government entrusted to
us.

To O'Sullivan, God had
given the whole of North America to the American people as something of a "promised
land," in return for which they were responsible for spreading Republican style
democracy. O'Sullivan saw the destiny of the United States as something of a moral, or
"higher law;" so much so that it transcended International Law. Even so, O'Sullivan did
not support military intervention. He believed that since this was the manifest destiny
of the people of the United States, it would happen inevitably with the immigration of
Anglo-Saxon Americans to other areas--the culture would follow the people.
Interestingly, he opposed the Mexican War, although he later stated that the result was
beneficial to both the U.S. and Mexico.

How is Achebe's "Marriage is a Private Affair" connected to present society?

Some of the elements in Achebe's short story are fairly
universal.  The idea of a "love marriage" is still taboo, to different degrees, in
different parts of the world.  Even in the most progressive of societies, there are
still the generational conflicts between which young people want to marry and the person
their parents want them to marry.  Another connection to modern society that can be seen
is Okeke's reaction to his son's actions.  The stubbornness and the intensity of
interfamily disagreements are seen in the short story.  When Okeke returns the picture
of his newly married son and daughter in law with her image desecrated in a fairly
brutal manner, it highlights this level of discord between family members.  This is
something that is highly relevant today and while it might look different in different
societies, there is a universal constant of family member disagreements representing
some of the most intense of discord.  Finally, I think that the ending is something that
is applicable to modern society.  When Okeke recognizes that his feud with his son is
something that need to be resolved quickly because time is no longer on his side, I
think that there is something there that some parents can feel towards even towards the
most undeserving of children.  For parents, mortality becomes a definable end, with real
and distinct features.  The ability or pressing need to "wrap up" affairs of the heart
becomes vitally important, something that the ending of the story helps to bring out. 
It might be here where Achebe, the teacher and educator, excels in what he wishes to
bring across to the reader, especially the older one.  At some point, the intensity of
blood feuds dissipate when death renders its final judgment.  In this ending, Achebe
might be trying to teach a lesson.

What benefits has the U.S. enjoyed due to the absence of persons striving to be a king or dictator?

Two benefits that we have reaped by having eliminated
these means of succession are transfer of leadership without violence and transfer of
leadership based, at least theoretically, on merit, rather than on heredity.  Those who
seek to be dictators usually need physical force to back up their accession to power
and/or to maintain their power. Those who strive to be king (or queen) are generally
staking their claim on a familial relationship.  These benefits confer upon the United
States a stability not enjoyed by many other countries.  Every four years, we elect a
head of state, without violence, based to some degree on merit, and with the machinery
of government firmly intact and functional, which allows it to do its work during the
transition.  Of course, I should also add that there are countries with a monarchies
that also enjoy this stability, those which are constitutional monarchies with clear
succession lines and figurehead royalty.

It is going to be
quite interesting to see how recent events in Middle Eastern countries will play out,
given the ouster or almost ouster of some kings and dictators.  Will provision be made
for leadership and succession that is similar to that of the United States?  Or will the
instability of past mechanisms prevail?  I have included a link to an article that
discusses the idea that some cultures do not naturally support a democracy.  Does this
mean that those cultures are doomed to the instability of the succession of king or
dictators, suffering from the lack of benefits our system
provides?

What is the solution for x if x = 13*square root x - 36?

We'll move all terms to one
side:

x - 13*sqrt x + 36 =
0

Let sqrt x = t

If we'll
raise to square both sides, we'll get:

x =
t^2

We'll re-write the equation in
t:

t^2 - 13t + 36 = 0

Since
the sum is 13 and the product is 36, the roots of the quadratic are t1 = 4 and t2 =
9.

But sqrt x = t1 => sqrt x = 4 => x1 =
4^2

x1 = 16

sqrt x = t2
=> sqrt x = 9 => x2 = 9^2

x2 =
81

The solutions of the given equation are:
{16 ; 81}.

What do the children learn in Chapter 10 of To Kill a Mockingbird? List several things.

THINGS JEM & SCOUT LEARN IN CHAPTER
10

• Scout learns from Miss Maudie
  the deeper meaning of Atticus' prior rule that it is "a sin to kill a
  mockingbird."


• They learn that Atticus is the best checker
  player in town, even though he often lets Jem and Scout beat them when they
  play.


• They learn Atticus can play the Jew's
  Harp.


• They learn he is a crack
  marksman.


• They learn that his old nickname was "One-Shot"
  Finch when he was a child.


• They learn the definition of
  humility--the reason why Atticus never bragged about his shooting
  talent.


• Jem recognizes that "Atticus is a gentleman, just
  like me!"

When the prisoners arrive at Auschwitz- Birkenau, what do they see that proves Madame Schachter's visions were tragically accurate?in Night

The presence and treatment of Madame Schachter is probably
one of the most haunting images in the narrative.  When Madame Schachter screams about
fire and its presence all around the victims, most of the people in the railroad car try
to silence her with force and through shunning her. Yet, with the arrival into Birkenau,
there is much to prove her right, when it is too late.  The chimneys would be one
element of fire that proves her right.  The crematoriums would be another.  While
standing in line, Eliezer's father holds his son's hand and tells him, "Remember what
Madame Schachter said."  This helps to bring to light how the lines of people were
standing in order to be gassed or burned, confirmation that the fire about which Madame
Schachter was screaming was sadly accurate.

What is tan (cos^-1 (2/3)) equal to?

Since the arccosine function returns the vaue of the
angle, we'll write arccos (2/3) = t => cos t =
2/3

We'll write the tangent function as a
fraction:

tan t = sin t/ cos
t

tan t = sin (arccos (2/3))/cos (arccos
(2/3))

We know that cos (arccos x) = x and sin (arccos x) =
sqrt (1 - x^2)

tan t = sqrt(1 -
4/9)/(2/3)

tan t =
sqrt5/3/(2/3)

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

tan t = (sqrt
5)/2

The required value of tan (cos ^-1(2/3))
is (sqrt 5)/2.

How is Langston Hughes a socially committed poet?

Langston Hughes was a pillar of the African American
community in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and 1930s. He was an integral part of
what came to be known as the "Harlem Renaissance," a collective movement of artists
committed to celebrating their own artistic achievements and exposing the hypocrisy of
segregation and the harm it causes not only to the black citizens of the United States,
but to the white populace as well.

Consider his poem,
"Theme for English B." In this poem, the speaker is a young African American male, the
only black student at a university that had heretofore been a "whites-only"
establishment. While the speaker can point to many things that are different in his day
versus those of his white counterparts, ultimately, he decides, that they are not very
different at all. All people, he realizes, love many of the same things: food, music,
and companionship. The big lie has been that whites and blacks are separated by more
than race. The truth is, they are more alike than
different.

Another of Hughes' poems, "I, Too, Sing
America," was written in response to a late 1800s poem by Walt Whitman. Whitman's poem,
"I Hear America Singing," recounts the joys of being alive and in harmony in this
country. Whitman's poem celebrates the joys of work and leisure, America and Americans.
What Whitman leaves out is what Hughes puts in: the unfairness, poverty, and cruelty of
being black in America.

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I, too, sing
America

They send me to the
kitchen

When company
comes.

But I laugh,

And eat
well,

And grow
strong.

Tomorrow,

I'll be at
the table

When company
comes.

Nobody'll dare say to
me,

"Eat in the
kitchen."

Then,

They'll see
how beautiful I am,

And be
ashamed.

I, too, am
America.

This poem nicely
encapsulates the themes that Hughes employs throughout his work. First, he speaks of the
mistreatment of the black man. Then, there is a call to action. Finally, once the fight
is over, the sameness of both whites and blacks will be acknowledged, equality will be
achieved, and reparations will be made.

Social commitment
to change and a better world is what Hughes is all about.

What price did the pair pay for the pearl in The Pearl?

It is clear from this excellent novel that the pair pay
the highest possible price, though as we progress it also becomes clear that it is Kino
who drags the pair on into the ever-increasing path of destruction and death that the
pearl leads him to embark on. Note the way in which the pearl becomes so important to
Kino that he says it is as important to him as his
soul:

"This
pearl has become my soul," said Kino. "If I give it up I shall lose my
soul."

Ironically, of course,
this is completely true, as when he does give up the pearl, he has already lost his
soul, metaphorically speaking, in the form of his son. This is the priceless price that
the pair pay for the pearl, and note how the pair are described on their return to their
village and the sea:

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Her face was hard and lined and leathery with
fatigue and with the tightness with which she fought fatigue. And her wide eyes stared
inward on herself. She was as remote and as removed as Heaven. Kino's lips were thin and
his jaws tight, and the people say that he carried fear with him, that he was as
dangerous as a rising storm. The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human
experience; that they had gone through pain and had come out on the other side; that
there was almost a magical protection about
them.

They have, losing their
son, metaphorically lost their souls, which is why Juana and Kino appear to be "removed
from human experience."

Solve the system of equations 2xy+y^2=4 and x^2+5y^2+6xy=0.

We have to solve the system of
equations:

2xy + y^2 = 4
...(1)

x^2 + 5y^2 + 6xy = 0
...(2)

x^2 + 5y^2 + 6xy =
0

2xy + y^2 = 4

=> x =
(4 - y^2)/2y

substitute in
(2)

=> [(4 - y^2)/2y]^2 + 5y^2 + 12 - 3y^2 =
0

=> (4 - y^2)^2/4y^2 + 5y^2 + 12 - 3y^2 =
0

=> (4 - y^2)^2/4y^2 + 5y^2 + 12 - 3y^2 =
0

let y^2 = z

=> (4 -
z)^2/4z + 2z + 12 = 0

=> 16 + z^2 - 8z + 8z^2 + 48z
= 0

=> 9z^2 + 40z + 16 =
0

=> 9z^2 + 36z + 4z + 16 =
0

=> 9z(z + 4) + 4(z + 4) =
0

=> (9z + 4)(z + 4) =
0

=> z = -4 and z =
-4/9

y^2 = 2i, -2i and y = 2i/3,
-2i/3

x = (4 - y^2)/2y

for y =
2i

x = 4/2i = -2i

for y =
-2i

x = 4/-2i = 2i

for y =
2i/3

x = (4 + 4/9)/(4i/3) =
-10i/3

for y = -2i/3

x = (4 +
4/9)/(4i/3) = 10i/3

The solution of the
equations are (-2i, 2i), (2i, -2i), (-10i/3, 2i/3) and (10i/3,
-2i/3)

To what does the narrator compare the windows of the house?"The Fall of the House of Usher"

As he approaches the mansion of his old school friend,
Roderick Usher, the narrator describes the "melancholy House of Usher" as desolate and
terrible.  The house has bleak walls and "vacant eyelike windows." So haunting is this
house and its environs that the narrator suffers "an utter depression of soul."  This
"sorrowful impression" repeats itself by the end of the first paragraph as Poe again
makes mention of the "vacant and eyelike windows."

This
technique of repeating and louping bizarre traits is what Poe termed "arabesque."  With
the House of Usher, there is not only a repetition of the phrase "eyelike windows," but
there also is a double entendre upon the title which the narrator
later explains:

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...so identified the two [brother and sister] as
to merge the original title of the estate in the quaint and equivocal appellation of the
"House of Usher"--an appellation which seemed to include, in the minds of the peasantry
who used it, both the family and the family
mansion.

Thus, the house with
vacant eyelike windows assumes a personality, a personality that reflects the changes to
Roderick and his sister Madeline.  And, as the narrator stays with Roderick Usher, he
notices in the man "the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out."  As Roderick
becomes madder, the narrator describes his eyes as having a "wide and rigid opening." 
Later, Roderick's eyes "were bent fixedly before him, and throughout his whole
countenance there reigned a stony rigidity." And, as Roderick descends into madness, so
too does the stony House of Usher suffer fissures that parallel and reflect the
deterioration of Madeline and Roderick Usher, whose eyes become vacant like those of the
mansion so that both houses of Usher are destroyed.

What is the area of the region between the function sin^2x/cos^6x, x axis and x=0 to x=pi/4?

To determine the area of the region bounded by the given
curve, x axis and the lines x = 0 and x = pi/4, we'll have to calculate the definite
integral of the given function, using Leibniz-Newton
formula.

To calculate the definite integral, first, we'll
change the variable using the substitution tan x = t.

We
also use the identity:

1 + (tan x)^2 = 1/(cos
x)^2

The given function
is:

(sin x)^2/(cos x)^6 = [(sin x)^2/(cos x)^4]*[1/(cos
x)^2]

(sin x)^2/(cos x)^6 = (tan x)^2*(tan x)'/(cos
x)^2

(sin x)^2/(cos x)^6 = (tan x)^2*[1 + (tan x)^2]*(tan
x)'

We'll integrate both
sides:

Int (sin x)^2dx/(cos x)^6 = Int (tan x)^2*[1 + (tan
x)^2]*(tan x)'dx

Int (sin x)^2dx/(cos x)^6 = Int (t^2 +
t^4)dt

Int (t^2 + t^4)dt  =Int t^2dt + Int
t^4dt

Int (t^2 + t^4)dt  = t^3/3 +
t^5/5

Int (sin x)^2dx/(cos x)^6 = (tan x)^3/3 + (tan
x)^5/5

We'll apply Leibniz-Newton
formula:

Int (sin x)^2dx/(cos x)^6 = F(pi/4)-
F(0)

F(pi/4) = (tan pi/4)^3/3 + (tan
pi/4)^5/5

F(pi/4) = 1/3 +
1/5

F(0) = 0

Int (sin
x)^2dx/(cos x)^6 = 1/3 + 1/5

Int (sin x)^2dx/(cos x)^6 =
8/15

The area of the region bounded by the
given curve, x axis and the lines x = 0 and x = pi/4 is Int (sin x)^2dx/(cos x)^6 = 8/15
square units.

Why did the Sydney Opera House cost more time and money than planned? I need to know why this happened.

I believe the major difficulty in building the opera house
was the fact that guidelines in terms of "design parameters" and total costs were not
established. There were a great many proposals set forth in the "competition" to find a
designer of an opera house that would house two halls: one for operatic performances and
another for symphony concerts. So the main requirement was not cost or design
limitations, but the end product. This never bodes well when fiscal concerns are to be
met: because in this case, they were never
presented.

The plan that was eventually adopted is said to
have been one that had been originally rejected. Jørn Utzon created a design that caused
a great deal of public interest and excitement. The design included elements never
attempted before (including the use of ceramic tiles for the "shell") which made its
construct "cost-prohibitive," and changes in the original design slowed down the
construction as well.

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Cost overruns contributed to populist criticism
and a change of government resulted in 1966 to Utzon’s resignation, street
demonstrations and professional
controversy.

A great deal of
the money needed was raised by "gambling:" a lottery was developed specifically to help
with the costs of the opera house. Over 105 million dollars was raised in this
way.

Find the equation of the lines through (7,-4) passing at a distance 1 from the point (2,1).I got this problem from the book Analytic geometry by...

We'll write the formula that represents the distance from
a point to a line.

ax + by + c = 0 and the point
(2,1)

d = |2a + b + c|/sqrt(a^2 +
b^2)

But the distance is of
1.

1 = |2a + b + c|/sqrt(a^2 +
b^2)

sqrt(a^2 + b^2) = |2a + b +
c|

We also know that the line is passing through
(7,-4):

7a - 4b + c = 0

c = 4b
- 7a

2a + b + c = 2a + b + 4b -
7a

2a + b + c = -5a +
5b

sqrt(a^2 + b^2) = -5a +
5b

We'll raise to square both
sides:

a^2 + b^2 = 25(b -
a)^2

a^2 + b^2 = 25b^2 - 50ab +
25a^2

24(a^2 + b^2) = 50
ab

12(a^2 + b^2) = 25ab

If a =
3 and b = 4

12*(3^2 + 4^2) =
25*3*4

12*(9+16) = 25*12

12*25
= 25*12

Since the multiplication is commutative, then the
identity is true for a = 3 and b = 4.

The
equation of the line 3x + 4y - 5 = 0, that is passing through the point (7 , -4) and it
is at the distance of 1 from the point (2,1) has to respect the condition between
coefficients 12(a^2 + b^2) = 25ab.

What are the chief characteristics of the Romantic period?

There are a few tell-tale characteristics of the Romantic
Period. many times people hear Romantic Period and believe that all of the texts during
this period were about love. While love may exist as a side note in the text, it is far
from a defining characteristic of the period.

1. Writers
and artists of the Romantic Period (1800-1860-depending on what school you adhere to)
created their works as an answer to the previous period (Age of Reason). Therefore, the
Romantics valued their own perceptions and feelings over ones which were "forced" upon
them by the preceding period.

2. In this quest for
individaul feelings came an new appreciation of nature and freedom to explore one's own
imagination. Writers, such as Washington Irving, and artists, such as Francisco Goya,
wished to show the emotion of their works by playing with the color and emotion of their
pieces.

3. Artists of this period also tended to focus on
symbolism and myth. This is explored through their own understanding of personal
perceptions of nature and the supernatural.

Please answer the following question concerning a quote from Romeo & Juliet, Act 5Romeo says in the end after he drinks the potion, "O true...

This quote comes just as Romeo has taken the poison, and
as he feels his body shutting down, he remembers the apothecary, and testifies to the
truthfulness of his words. If you remember, the apothecary says that his poison is
incredibly strong, and Romeo recognises the validity of his opinion as he feels the
poison's effect on his body.

Arguably, throughout the
entire play we have seen that Romeo has been incredibly impatient. He is desperate to
marry Juliet straight away and, finding that she has supposedly died, sets himself on a
course of destruction, determining to die next to his love and be united together in
death. The phrase that he utters as he dies, "Thy drugs are quick," indicates that
having decided to die, he wants to commit suicide in the swiftest way possible so that
he can be with Juliet. You could therefore argue that this represents yet another
example of the impatience of Romeo.

How can you use Isochronic tones to end cancer?

Isochronic tones is an aural
external source of periodic stimulus for brainwave entertainment
which is the synchronization of the dominant brainwaves of our
brain.

By using brainwave entrainment deliberately we can
achieve the desired mental state such as arousal or relaxation. It works based on the
"frequency following response" principle. A naturally occurring phenomenon where the
human brain shows the tendency to change its dominant EEG frequency towards the
frequency of the external stimulus.  The resulting subsonic tone may affect the state of
mind of the subject listening to these frequencies, in this case provoking a deep
relaxation.

For that reason it is said that
brainwave entrainment through binaural beats can provide help in treating many mental
afflictions. For example brainwave entrainment have shown
be useful in the
treatment of the following afflictions:
- Addiction reduction
-
Anxiety reduction
- Depression reduction
- Pain relief

- Migraine relief
- Healing (increase of the growth hormone)

- Hypertension - blood pressure

Isochronic tones
are by far the most powerful and efective brain trainers. They work by utilising equal
intensity tones and increasing the pulse speed to synchronise your brain with the
rhythm. The more distinct and clear wave from harmonises your brain much faster. The
efects can be felt without headphones, but using
them will greatly enhance
the efects. Trypnaural brainwave technology uses the most advanced of these methods –

isochronic tones. The combination of this with specially designed sounds and
music is what creates the full tryptamic efect of state change, stress reduction,
serotonin, melatonin and DMT production.

These hormones are
known to maintain a happy feeling and extreme cell recovery thus could help treat cancer
cells.

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, once Malcolm's men are at the meeting place, what do they use for camouflage?

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth has
been complacent about the safety afforded him by the witches' predictions in Act Four.
This is the second set of predictions they have delivered to him, but this time the
witches are under orders from Hecate, Queen (or "Goddess") of the Witches, to lead
Macbeth to his doom. She says this is easy to do with mortals by providing them with a
"false sense of security." Macbeth comes away with a false security
based on the information from the witches—information
Macbeth demands of them—as if he is in control
of these evil creatures. Macbeth's ambition has truly blinded him, and he behaves
foolishly.

With the new predictions, the witches have given
Macbeth information that is misleading in that things are not as they
seem. Macbeth takes the prophecies literally,
while the witches have spoken the predictions figuratively. We see
this as Malcolm's army gathers to attack; they cut down tree branches to camouflage
themselves because they do not want Macbeth's scouts to know how many of them there
are—a strategy they hope will give them an advantage when they fight Macbeth's
army.

When the soldiers advance, Macbeth's scout reports
that it looks like the woods are moving. The original prediction
was:

Macbeth
shall never vanquish'd be until

Great Birnam wood to high
Dunsinane hill

Shall come against him.
(IV.i.103-105)

Macbeth has
assumed that the woods cannot move—it's impossible. When he hears
the report from his soldier, he is incredulous and furious. The witches have misled
Macbeth because it looks as if the woods are moving: it his
then that Macbeth realizes that he has been
tricked.

How to solve and check: log x^2 - log 8 = log 8

log x^2 - log 8 = log 8

First
we will add log 8 to both sides.

==> log x^2 = log 8
+ log 8

==> log x^2 = 2*log
8

But we know that a*log b = log
b^a

==> 2*log 8 = log
8^2

==> log x^2 = log
8^2

Since the log are equal then x^2 =
8^2

==> x = 8

To check
we will substitute :

log 8^2 - log 8 = log
8

==> 2log 8 - log 8 = log
8

==> log 8 = log
8

Then the answer is x =
8

How is "Fifty Grand" similar to Hemingway's "The Killers"?Please explain similarities in characters, plot, theme, setting, etc.

In both "Fifty Grand" and "The Killers" Hemingway is
writing about uneducated, lower-class men who have no particular skills and exist in the
demi-monde. Their interests are similar. They like sports and turn first to the sports
section of the newspaper. As a reporter, Hemingway was familiar with this world and
found it interesting, as did other writers of his day like Ring Lardner and Damon
Runyon. Boxing figures in both stories. Ole Andreson in "The Killers" is a former boxer
and he is on the lam from characters like the two crooked gamblers in "Fifty Grand." In
both stories the themes involve corruption, dishonesty, double-dealing. Ole must have
been involved in some kind of fixed fight not too different from the one between Brennan
and Walcott. Ole was probably supposed to win and lost, or supposed to lose and won.
Both Brennan and Andreson are at the end of their boxing careers. Brennan will likely
never box again, and Andreson can't box because he is in hiding. Boxing was a more
popular sport in the 1920's because it was the only spectator sport that could be
watched at night. It would be a long time before baseball and football fields could be
effectively lighted with electricity. Boxing was very popular for gambling, and it was
notoriously crooked. Both stories involve amoral men who are almost exclusively
interested in money.

What three characteristics do Jack Merridew (Lord of the Flies) and Macbeth (from the play) have in common?

Jack Merridew from Golding's Lord of the Flies
and Macbeth from Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth
are similar in that they allow their need for power and control to override
their good judgement.  Jack does not agree with Ralph's leadership, and instead of
trying to use the forum of discussion through the conch to solve his conflict with
Ralph, Jack decides to break away from the greater group of boys to do things his way. 
As more and more boys leave Ralph to follow Jack, Jack becomes increasingly greedy for
power and control.  The boys must obey his every command or suffer severe consequences. 
Similarly, Macbeth's intense desire for power and control motivate him to murder Duncan
to take the throne.  Once king, Macbeth uses his power to manipulate members of the
kingdom and to threaten people to do evil deeds on his behalf.  Macbeth cannot get
people to follow him in the way the Duncan was able to do, so he tries to force people
to be loyal to him by using fear.  In these ways, Jack and Macbeth are
similar.

How does the speaker perceive the world in "A Noiseless Patient Spider," by Walt Whitman?

In Walt Whitman's poem, "A Noiseless Patient Spider," the
spider's world is seen as a microcosm of the "world at large"—the speaker's world.
Whitman's concentration on an aspect of nature it not at all unusual for this
poet.

The speaker watches a spider that he personifies: it
is "patient." He introduces this idea to describe how the spider works in his small
world on an isolated " href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/promontory">promontory." The
spider's patient focus is on throwing out his strands of webbing to connect to another
spot so that he can explore it. The constancy of his work is evident in the repetition
of the word "filament," and "ever unreeling them—ever tirelessly speeding
them."

I
mark'd, where, on a little promontory, it stood,
isolated;

Mark'd how, to explore the vacant, vast
surrounding,

It launch'd forth filament, filament,
filament, out of itself;

Ever unreeling them--ever
tirelessly speeding them.

In
the next stanza, the speaker addresses his "Soul." He compares the work of the spider to
his own labors. Instead of throwing out filaments, however, the speaker—surrounded by
"oceans of space," as is the spider—notes that his Soul is throwing out its thoughts to
better understand the world: with the same sense of repetition that the spider displays,
in "ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing"—his thoughts until, like the spider, he
finds a way to connect the spheres with a bridge he has built from his mental
exploration of the world.

The speaker entreats his Soul to
continue its work, until its "gossamer thread you fling" (a thought tossed out), catches
"somewhere."

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And you, O my Soul, where you
stand,

Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of
space,

Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,--seeking
the spheres, to connect them;

Till the bridge you will
need, be form'd--till the ductile anchor hold;

Till the
gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my
Soul.

The parallel between
the spider and the man simply compares two situations that differ in dimension and the
physicality of the two "beings:" one an insect, the other a man; both face worlds to
them that are enormous in scope, and both are driven to understand the world of which
they are a part with tireless effort.

What is the most dominant cultural theme in "Once Upon a Time" by Nadine Gordimer?

I think that the most culturally relevant theme to come
out of Gordimer's short story has to be the fear of "the other."  The strength of this
story is that its context is apartheid South Africa, a system that was predicated upon
containment of "the other."  White South Africa lived in the Apartheid configuration
because it restricted the movement and opportunities of Black South Africans.  This
helped to establish the idea of "the other" being kept at bay.  The establishment of
gated communities, White flight from the urban centers, the development of suburbs and
the basic idea that all that is bad and wrong with the world can be contained to a
particular area or group of people is brought out in the story.  The family's desire to
protect their interests is done so in a manner that lets fear of "the other" run wild. 
The family is not overtly racist (as it points out in the story with the sign of
"trespassers beware"), but does operate out of a position of fear and the inability to
appropriate "the other" into their world is what causes them to be more inwardly drawn,
leading to the death of their child and the valley of despair.  Impossible to divorce
from the South African context, Gordimer might be suggesting that the fear of "the
other" in South African politics and social organization can only result in more despair
and pain, as opposed to anything redemptive or productive.

Explain why Napoleon violates resolutions that have been established once he assumes power in "Animal Farm."

I think that this is one of the most fundamental questions
that surrounds Napoleon.  It shows how "power corrupts" and that "absolute power
corrupts absolutely."  Additionally, Napoleon's violation of resolutions reflect how
there is a fundamental difference in trying to obtain power and then securing it for
one's own benefit.  Napoleon violates many of the tenets of Animalism, and does so in
order to consolidate his own power and sense of control over the animals.  Negotiating
and trading with humans, consuming alcohol, and ensuring that the voice of the pigs is
the only one heard on the farm are all examples of how Napoleon has violated the
commandments to which Animalism is supposed to uphold.  In doing so, Napoleon recognizes
the need to ensure that his political power and his sense of control cannot be risked. 
Similar to Squealer's ability to twist the truth and facts in order to demonstrate
Napoleon's superiority to the other animals, Napoleon feels that compromising and
violation of the tenets of Animalism will be able to continue his rule without
impediment or obstacle.

What was ideology which influenced the creation of the utopian socialism?A. Marxism B. Capitalism C. Anarchism D. Imperialism

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What event provoked FDR to authorize the sale of weapons to China, claiming that the Neutrality Act did not apply?

The event that provoked Pres. Roosevelt to sell weapons to
China occurred in 1937.  This was when Japan launched a full-scale war with
China.

Before July of 1937, Japan had been occupying
Manchuria, a region in Northeast China.  However, Japan had not yet actually invaded
China itself.  In July 1937, however, the Japanese started a war in which they invaded
China.  At this point, Roosevelt decided that something had to be done.  Roosevelt
announced that weapons could be sold to China.  He ruled that the Neutrality Act did not
apply because China and Japan were not technically at war.  This meant that it would be
okay to sell weapons.

So, the event was the 1937 attack on
China by Japan.

Prove the identity: (cos x / (1 - sin x)) - sec x = tan x

We need to prove that :

cosx/
(1-sinc) - sec x = tanx

We will start from the left side
and prove the right side.

First, we know that sec x =
1/cosx

==> cosx / (1-sinx) -
1/cosx

==> Now we will rewrite using a common
denominator cosx(1-sinx)

==> ( cosx*cosx - (1-sinx)
/ cosx(1-sinx)

==> (cos^2 x + sinx -1) /
cosx(1-sinx)

==> We know that cos^2 x = 1- sin^2
x

==> (1-sin^2 x + sinx -1 ) /
cosx(1-sinx)

==> Now we will
factor:

==> (1-sinx)(1+sinx) - (1-sinx) /
cosx(1-sinx)

We will factor
(1-sinx)

==> (1-sinx)[ (1+sinx -1) /
cosx(1-sinx)

Now we will reduce
1-sinx

==> sinx/ cosx =
tanx...........q.e.d

Then we proved that
cosx/ (1-sinx) - sec x = tanx.

What are the most important ideas in The Wizard of Earthsea?

I think central to this excellent fantasy novel is the
gradual transformation and process of maturity of Ged, who starts off in the novel as a
wizard with tremendous ability, to being a mature adult who is able to control and use
his power wisely. In many ways, this novel is a coming-of-age story, where we follow
Ged's progress from being a rather arrogant and vain individual who is eager to show off
his power for the wrong reasons, to the mature archmage that he becomes when he is able
to face and confront his own mistakes and take ownership of
them.

We see this most clearly in the way that he unleashes
the devastating shadow upon Earthsea over a silly argument with Jasper about who is the
most powerful magician. Personal pride and arrogance results in Ged setting a force of
evil free that will torment both himself and others. However, at the same time, by the
end of the novel, we see that Ged has matured so much that he is able to choose the good
of others over his own personal benefit, such as when he does not make a deal with the
dragon to gain the name of the shadow. At the end, when he confronts the shadow, he
confronts the evil within himself. His recognition of this completes his coming of age
and shows the final step of his maturity.

How does "The Scorpion and the Frog" relate to integrity?

There is much in way of integrity shown through this
fable.  The most dominant display of it is through the frog's actions.  Understanding
the risk of death at the sting of the scorpion, the frog is able to overcome his own
misgivings and do the honorable thing in shepherding the scorpion.  It is his integrity
that compels him to do such a thing.  Additionally, it is his integrity that leads to
his death.  For his part, the scorpion usually gets the lion's share of criticism.  Yet,
I think that the scorpion also demonstrates integrity in that he fully accepts
responsibility for his actions when the frog asks him why he stung him despite his
help.  The scorpion does not hide from the fact that it is in his nature to sting and to
kill.  This is who he is and what he does.  There is much in the way of integrity
offered in such an admission.  The scorpion wishes to be something that he is not, which
is why he offers so much in way of justifications as to why he will not hurt the frog. 
Yet, in the end, the scorpion cannot evade his true nature, the essence of his
identity.  This openness and this acceptance reflects integrity.  The integrity of both
animals ironically contributes to their deaths at the end of the
fable.

What is the significance of the ending of The Unvanquished?

The Unvanquished, by William Faulkner, is a novel
overflowing with violence. Set in the south during the tumultuous years of the Civil
War. Bayard, whose father (Colonel Sartoris), is at the center of the conflict. His
father, his grandmother, his cousin, and his slaves are all involved in the struggle.
Bayard has lived with the war and bloodshed since he was a small child. His father led a
troop of renegade soldiers during the war. He and his grandmother were chased through
the woods by enemy soldiers. He and his slave, Ringo, have hunted and killed the man
responsible for his grandmother’s death. Despite the suffering and loss of life, Bayard
finally enters law school and begins to form the basis for a normal existence. When
Ringo arrives to tell him that his father has been killed by Ben Redmond, his former
business partner, he knows that many will expect him to exact
revenge.

When Bayard arrives home, he is met by Drusilla,
his cousin and his father’s wife. She is eager to see him and giddy for revenge. She is
near emotional breakdown as she encourages him to avenge his father’s death. His Aunt
Jenny, however, suggests caution. While she does not explicitly instruct Bayard to spare
Redmond’s life, she does offer him permission to consider it. The next day, Bayard does
confront Redmond. He does not arm himself, however, and Redmond is allowed to escape the
city of Jefferson unharmed. This is significant because Bayard chooses, through this
act, to end the violence that has colored his life since he was a child. Disappointed in
his decision, Drusilla leaves the house and moves away. Bayard, however, looks forward
to a future without bloodshed.

Describe any similarities between the Radley home/ family and the Ewell home/ family.

The homes of the Ewells and Radleys, while tragic and sad
in their own way, don't actually bear too much in similarities.  Of the Radley home,
Scout observes:

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The house was low ... long ago darkened to the
color of the slate gray yard around it.  Rain-rotted shingles drooped over the eaves of
the veranda; oak trees kept the sun away.  The remains of a picket drunkenly guarded teh
front yard ... where johnson grass and rabbit-tobacco grew in
abundance.

And of the Ewell
home, located behind the town dump:

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The cabin's plank walls were supplemented with
corrugated iron, it's roof shingled with tin cans hammered flat ... rested uneasily on
four irregular lumps of
limestone.

Both families,
however, are dysfunctional in a way that has more or less destroyed the lives of the
children.  The absence of a mother figure is one similarity.  A cruel father is yet
another; Boo Radley's father's cruelty is rooted in religion, while Bob Ewell's is
probably at least partly a function of his alcoholism.  Both Boo Radley and Mayella
Ewell show a glimmer of the person they might have been in different circumstances.  A
small oasis in the filth of the Ewell home is the lovely row of red geraniums which
Mayella cares for diligently.  Boo Radley shows a kind and compassionate side when he
brings a blanket to Scout the night of Miss Maudie's house fire and when he leaves small
gifts for the children in the tree trunk.

When Odysseus disguises himself as an old man in disguise why does he need to keep his secret from his wife in The Odyssey?

The section I think you must be refering to is Book 19 of
this excellent epic classic, when Odysseus and Penelope finally are able to meet by
themselves. What is interesting about this meeting is that Odysseus continues to stay in
disguise, tricking his wife into believing he is not who he is and also giving her news
of her husband. Of course, the question we all have is why on earth at this stage in his
adventure does Odysseus need to deceive his wife? They are alone and nobody else is
around, so he could reveal his identity easily.

However,
there are three possible answers we can give. The first lies in the nature of the
character of Odysseus. Throughout the story, he is a character who is presented as being
in love with deception. This is something that even Athene notices and praises him for.
He is the kind of character that would rather deceive and show his cunning than tell the
truth. Note how Athene had to command him to reveal himself to his son, Telemachus. The
suggestion is that Odysseus would not have done so if it were left up to
him.

Secondly, I think there is a sense in which Odysseus
is very aware that he has been away for so long and his beautiful wife has been
surrounded by many suitors. He wants to ensure her faithfulness to him but also see how
she has changed.

Finally, Odysseus definitely wants to take
advantage of his disguise to know what situation he is going to have to face in the
inevitable showdown. He does not want to face the suitors without knowing more about
them, and perhaps Penelope might show a change in her personality if she knew that her
husband was actually there. Much better then to deceive her until a time when he is
ready to challenge the suitors.

Do you think Mrs. Saville, Robert’s sister, ever received those letters Shelly's Frankensrein?

Well, this question is open to interpretation.  The
literary purpose for those letters was to provide an outer frame for Shelley's novel
Frankenstein.  The character of Robert Walton provides both an audience and validity for
Victor Frankenstein's story.  The letters to his sister provide information about Robert
before we meet Victor and show us the parallels in their
character.

This being said, there is no real literary
reason the letters would have to be received by  Mrs. Saville as she is essentially a
VERY MINOR character. She does ever enter the story again.  However, there is no reason
they would not be delivered.  The letters would have traveled from boat to boat and port
to port, so certainly the timing of their delivery would be uncertain.  Some letters may
be lost; some may arrive out of order.  The idea that Robert is wanting to share his
experiences is important, so I would like to assume that his attempt was
successful.

How do we see that Scout does know what is expected of her as a female in To Kill a Mockingbird? Please give quotes.

Perhaps the best (and possibly only) example of this comes
during the missionary circle tea in Chapter 24. Scout is never happy about having to
exhibit any ladylike ways, but she tries her best at the church gathering. She wears her
best Sunday dress and a petticoat, and she bites her tongue when Miss Stephanie makes
a joke at her expense. Although much of the conversation is over her head, Scout
understands enough to come away with a less-than-satisfactory final impression of many
of the women. Following Atticus' news of Tom's death, both Miss Maudie and Aunt
Alexandra regain their composure and continue serving the ladies as if nothing had
happened. This does impress Scout, who politely asks Mrs. Merriweather--who had earlier
drawn the ire of Miss Maudie--if she would like a cookie,
too.

After
all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could
I.

What is the difference between treating people equally and fairly?

When you are talking about the difference between Equality
and Fairness, what you are really talking about is Equality vs. Equity.  Fairness is a
relative term that is defined by the individual, whereas Equity has been recognized by
governmental and educational institutions as a means of upholding the 14th
Amendment.

Let me explain:
 

Equality means sameness.  Under equality, every person
gets exactly the same thing regardless of whether it is needed or not.  Equality only
works if everyone starts from the same place.  

Equity on
the other hand means "Fairness."  Under equity, everyone has access to the same
opportunities.   Equity must be established before Equality can be
obtained.

(I am attaching an image that I use in my class
to visually represent the difference between the two. *citation below)  Notice in the
picture, Equality is providing the same sized box for each child regardless of whether
the child needs it or not.  The tallest child does not need the box thus it is a waste
of resources.  The smallest child is not receiving enough support, so he is being
under-served.  The irony of equality is that when true equality is given equal
opportunity is not always received.    

In the
illustration, equity provides boxes for the students that need it to obtain the goal of
watching the game.  With these added resources, all three children are able to view the
baseball game with equal access.  The tallest child however did not receive any
accommodations; however, he was able to accomplish the goal without the needed support.
 The smallest child had to receive more accommodations than the middle child did.  This
does not mean he received preferential treatment, because the goal is Equity rather than
Equality.  The smallest child simply needed more help to achieve the same end as the
other two children.  

In the United States, the goal is
equality; however, some citizens need more support than others.  For example: Immigrants
coming into the United States may not speak English fluently; however, the United States
grants immigrants the opportunity to become citizens of the United States regardless of
their fluency in English.  This establishes the goal of
Equality for all potential citizens going through the naturalization process.  However,
if the United States government were to use equality in the naturalization process,
every candidate would receive an interpreter to read all of the documentation for them
as they completed the process.  This would include those candidates who read, write, and
speak English fluently.  In addition, in order to achieve equality every candidate would
receive exactly the same amount of time with the interpreter- No more and no less.  Both
of these examples have the potential to create a state of inequality rather than
achieving equality.

Because the United States is Equitable,
people who need an interpreter during the naturalization process receive one, while
those who do not are allowed to opt out.  Those candidates that have a greater knowledge
of the English language may not need the interpreter except to answer a few questions,
while those who have very little skill speaking English may need the interpreter's help
throughout the entire process.  Under Equity, every candidate for citizenship achieves
Equality in their opportunity to become a citizen of the United States.  By offering
equitable resources through laws and support agencies the United States can better
approach the goal of true equality.  

*Equity image credit:
Please note, this image was adapted from an image adapted by the City of Portland,
Oregon, Office of Equity and Human Rights from the
original graphic:
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