ABCD is a parallelogram. its perimeter is 20 cm. if (^ABD)=60, BD=8 CM, calculate AB, AD.

ABCD is a parallelogram.

Also
given the perimeter  AB+BC+CD+AD = 20 cm

Therefore AB+AD =
1/2 (20 cm) = 10 cm, as opposite sides of a parallelogram are equal in
length.

Let AB = X. Then AD = 10-x. Given BD = 8 cm, angle
ABD = 60 deg.

We apply cosine rule for triangle
ABD:

AB^2+BD^2- 2AB*BD =
AD^2.

x^2+8^2-2*x*8*cos60 =
(10-x)^2

x^2+64-2*x*8*(1/2) =
(10-x)^2

x^2+64-8x =
10^2-20x+x^2.

=> 64-8x =
100-20x.

=> 20x - 8x = 100-64 =
36

=> 12x =
36

=> x = 36/12 = 3. Or AB = 3 cm. So AM = (10-x)cm
= (10 -3) cm = 7 cm.

Therefore AB = 3cm. AD =
7 cm.

What ideological perspective is presented in the following source?"It seems equally logical to me that individuals cannot be free if they are beset...

It is not really possible to say exactly what ideological
perspective this passage comes from.  It clearly comes from a perspective that is in
favor of the welfare state and opposed to laissez-faire capitalism.  However, it is not
clear if this quote is from someone who is center-left (like an American Democrat or a
member of the English Labour Party) or from someone who is truly a
socialist.

The argument being made in this passage is that
laissez-faire capitalism actually reduces freedom instead of increasing it the way
conservatives say it does.  The author argues that a person is free when he or she does
not need to worry about losing out in capitalism competition and becoming poor.  The
main idea behind this is that unfettered capitalism is dangerous to people's freedom. 
This is clearly a leftist idea, but there is not enough here to tell us how far to the
left the writer is.

Use an AD-AS model to show how a strong Australian dollar impacts Australia's GDP.

A strong currency, such as the Australian dollar, is a
mixed blessing to an economy.  On the one hand, it typically shows that there is some
strength in the economy.  On the other hand, it can lower GDP by decreasing exports and
increasing imports.

A currency rises, in general, when
foreign demand for that country's products rises.  One reason that the Australian dollar
is strong is that Chinese demand for Australian iron and coal is strong.  In this way,
the strong dollar is a sign of strength.

However, a strong
dollar can reduce aggregate demand for Australian products and increase demand for
imports.  As the dollar strengthens, imports become cheaper and Australians may buy more
of them.  At the same time, Australian exports will tend to become more expensive for
foreigners, who will buy fewer of them.  Both of these things reduce AD and can lead to
a decrease in Australia's GDP.

How does Sherlock Holmes solve the mystery of the Speckled Band?

It is typical of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes
stories that the great detective explains his whole line of reasoning--almost invariably
to his friend and biographer Dr. Watson--near the very end of the story. This is
understandable, since the usual pattern of these stories is to describe what Holmes says
and does through the eyes and ears of Watson, but not to tell what Holmes might be
thinking. Watson himself usually sees the same things as Holmes, since they are both
together at the scene, but Watson is not capable of making the same kinds of deductions
as his friend. Since the reader is getting the whole narrative from Watson, the reader
is challenged to make his own deductions from the evidence. These deductions may be
correct or incorrect, or partially correct and partially incorrect, but the reader
cannot be sure about his suspicions or conclusions until he reaches the end of the
story. In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," Sherlock Holmes explains all of his
observations and deductions in detail as follows:

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"The presence of the gipsies, and the use of the
word ‘band,’ which was used by the poor girl, no doubt, to explain the appearance which
she had caught a hurried glimpse of by the light of her match, were sufficient to put me
upon an entirely wrong scent. I can only claim the merit that I instantly reconsidered
my position when, however, it became clear to me that whatever danger threatened an
occupant of the room could not come either from the window or the door. My attention was
speedily drawn, as I have already remarked to you, to this ventilator, and to the
bell-rope which hung down to the bed. The discovery that this was a dummy, and that the
bed was clamped to the floor, instantly gave rise to the suspicion that the rope was
there as a bridge for something passing through the hole and coming to the bed. The idea
of a snake instantly occurred to me, and when I coupled it with my knowledge that the
doctor was furnished with a supply of creatures from India, I felt that I was probably
on the right track. The idea of using a form of poison which could not possibly be
discovered by any chemical test was just such a one as would occur to a clever and
ruthless man who had had an Eastern training....It would be a sharp-eyed coroner,
indeed, who could distinguish the two little dark punctures which would show where the
poison fangs had done their work. Then I thought of the whistle. Of course he must
recall the snake before the morning light revealed it to the victim. He had trained it,
probably by the use of the milk which we saw, to return to him when summoned. He would
put it through this ventilator at the hour that he thought best, with the certainty that
it would crawl down the rope and land on the bed. It might or might not bite the
occupant, perhaps she might escape every night for a week, but sooner or later she must
fall a victim.

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"An inspection of his chair showed me that he
had been in the habit of standing on it, which of course would be necessary in order
that he should reach the ventilator. The sight of the safe, the saucer of milk, and the
loop of whipcord were enough to finally dispel any doubts which may have remained. The
metallic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily
closing the door of his safe upon its terrible
occupant.

The presence of the
gipsies was intended to put the reader as well as Sherlock Holmes "upon an entirely
wrong scent." It was only too obvious from the beginning that the terrible Dr. Roylott
must be the villain in the piece. The gipsies make it just vaguely possible that someone
other than Roylott was responsible for Julia's death and is planning to murder her
sister Helen. But even if the gipsies are directly responsible for killing Julia, that
still doesn't exonerate Dr. Roylott. He is on exceptionally friendly terms with this
"band" of gipsies who camp on his estate. He could have paid them to kill Julia, and he
could be paying them to kill Helen.

It is only when
Sherlock Holmes, accompanied by his faithful friend Dr. Watson, inspects the room in
which Helen is now sleeping, along with the room directly next door which is occupied by
her stepfather, that he is able to put the pieces of the puzzle together. In Helen's
room he first notices the ventilator and the bell-rope. He quickly discovers that the
bell-rope is a dummy, which suggests that it is there for some sinister purpose. Then
when he finds that the bed has been bolted to the floor so that it cannot be moved to
any other part of the room, the idea of a snake, as he says, occurs to him instantly.
Holmes is expecting to find evidence of the existence of a poisonous snake even before
he enters Dr. Roylott's room. A man with Roylott's scientific background and knowledge
of Indian animals could possess a snake whose venom would not be detected upon
autopsy.

Then Holmes and Watson go into Dr. Roylott's room.
There the detective finds clues that convince him he has solved the mystery. The four
most important clues in the room are the chair, the safe, the saucer of milk, and the
whipcord with a loop on the end. Holmes could see that Roylott had been standing on the
chair in order to put the snake through the ventilator. Holmes assumes that Roylott
keeps the snake in the safe and that the snake must be there inside it right now. The
milk must have been used to train the snake to return through the ventilator, and the
whipcord must have been used to handle the dangerous swamp
adder.

Holmes already knew before coming down to Stoke
Moran that Dr. Roylott was having financial troubles and that he was legally bound to
pay either stepdaughter one-third of the income from the girls' mother's estate when
either of them got married. That would have meant financial ruin for Roylott. Julia died
shortly before she was to be married. Helen was not in danger for two full years--but
then she became engaged to be married within a month or six weeks. It was right after
Roylott learned of Helen's engagement that he found an excuse to move her into the room
next to his, and she had only been occupying the room for two nights when she first
heard the whistle which, as she tells Holmes, had been the herald of her sister's
death.

Room by Emma Donoghue - Book Review and Analysis?Hi, I have chosen to analyse the novel Room by Emma Donoghue for my English course, and have to...

There are a number of different themes about which you
could frame a review: dependency, parent-child relationships, the relationship between
innocence and knowledge, the imagination, or even something as simple as love. Clearly
the relationship between Jack and Ma dominates the text, and, accordingly, would need a
significant place in any analysis. The changes in Jack from his birthday to the escape
and then after also provide interesting context and support for a number of different
ideas relating to personal development, knowledge, and  a premature coming of
age.

What is meant by a review article?

Generally, when I assign a review article, it is generally
an opinion piece on the movie, CD, or piece of
literature.

It includes not only a summary of the plot, but
also a description of  the setting, symbolism, tone, style, characterization, and use of
metaphors and similies in the piece.

Finally, it is a
personal reflection on how well each of the things above are done and how each item
contributes to the overall quality of the work.

Where is the part in "Night" where Wiesel creates chaos to save his father from selection?

It is most likely that you are speaking about the
selection in section 5, when Elie and his father are not on the same block for the
selection.  They have been warned that this selection is to decide between those who are
healthy enough to continue working and those who are not and advised to make themselves
look as healthy and strong as possible.  In an earlier translation, Elie and his father
are shown to approach Dr. Mengele together.  In his fear of having his number taken down
as one who is unfit, Elie runs through telling himself all the while that this will make
him seem strong.  When he arrives with others who have passed before him they tell him
he ran too fast to have his number written down.  In the commotion, Elie is surprised to
see that it seems his father has also been passed on and his number is not written
down.

What are the language features in Act 2 Scene 2 in Romeo and Juliet?

There are actually quite a few examples of figurative
language in Act 2, scene 2 of the play.  In the very beginning, there are obvious
examples of personification when Romeo is giving his first soliloquy; one such example
is:

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Arise, fair sun, and kill
the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with
grief (lines
4-5)

In lines 28-29, Romeo
says, "...As glorious to this night, being o'er my head / As
is a winged messenger of heaven", which is clearly a simile comparing Juliet
to an angel. There are also examples of alliteration throughout the scene.  One example
is when Romeo says, "With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls".  In addition
to these exmples, the entire scene is full of hyperbole, which is extreme
exageration.

In Julius Caesar, Act IV, what vision does Brutus see at the end of the act?

It is interesting to draw several parallels between this
play and Macbeth. Both murderers, for the crime of killing their
leader, are plagued with sleeplessness and visions of ghosts of those that they have
killed. At the very end of Act IV scene 3, we see Brutus is trying to desperately get
some sleep, but is unable to, in spite of the music that tries to lull him to sleep. As
he struggles against his insomnia, the Ghost of Caesar enters, and says that it is the
"evil spirit" of Brutus and says that they will meet again at Philippi. Note Brutus'
response when the ghost appears:

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It comes upon me. Art thou
anything?

Art thou some god, some angel, or some
devil,

That mak'st my blood cold, and my hair to
stare?

The impact of this
vision is thus clear. Brutus is terrified by what he sees and in particular the guilt
that this ghost arouses. Having slaughtered Caesar, Brutus has condemned himself to
being haunted.

In The Taming of the Shrew, how does Tranio convince the Pedant to masquerade as Vincentio? Act IV Scene II.

One of the things I absolutely love about Shakesperian
comedies, is that just when you think things can't get even more confused and twisted,
something like this happens to prove you wrong! Tranio shows great intelligence and
quick-wittedness as he tricks the Pedant into believing that there is a dispute between
Mantua and Padua, so much so that the Duke of Padua has declared that anybody from
Mantua who is found in Padua will be killed:

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'Tis death for anyone in
Mantua

To come to Padua. Know you not the
cause?

Your shipe are stayed at Venice, and the
Duke,

For private quarrel twixt your duke and
him,

Hath published and proclaimed it
openly.

However, fortunately,
the Pedant resembles the "father" of Tranio, one Vincentio, even though Biondello
helpfully comments that the pedant actually resembles Vincentio "as much as an apple
doth an oyster," and thus Tranio offers to "help" the Pedant by offering to take him in
to his household and let him impersonate Vincentio to save his
life.

prove that determinant of (X^2+Y^2)>=0 if X*Y=Y*X and X is not equal to YX and Y are square matrices.

We'll start from the given constraint X*Y=Y*X. We know
that the product of two matrices is not commutative.

Since
X is not equal to Y, then, X*Y=Y*X if and only if Y = X^-1 (Y is the inverse of the
matrix X).

We know that X*X^-1 = I, where I is the identity
matrix.

Since the square matrix X has the inverse X^-1,
then the determinant of the matrix X is different from zero
value.

det X>0 or det X
<0

det (X^2 + Y^2) = det X^2 + det
Y^2

If det X<0, then det X^2 >
0

Since Y = X^-1, then det Y = det X^-1 => det
Y^2>0

Therefore, the given inequality
det (X^2 + Y^2) >= 0.

Out of the following two plans, which one would be cheaper for the Mendozas: The Mendozas wish to borrow $300,000 from a bank to help finance the...

Looking at the options it is easy to estimate which of
them would be cheaper. The first plan requires payments over a longer duration of time
and the interest rate is also higher. There is no doubt here that the second plan will
be cheaper for the Mendozas.

As the question does not ask
for a calculation of the exact difference in the two payments, there is no point in
doing that. Just keep in mind that if the interest rate is higher for the same duration
of time, the interest payment is higher. And for the same interest rate if the duration
of payment is higher the interest paid is also higher.

The
least interest is paid in the case where the interest payment is the least and payments
also have to be made over the least duration of time.

Analyze the following poem: Exile - Alejandra Pizarnik

In "Exile" by Alejandra Pizarnik, the delirium she faces
comes from the contradictory element of using drugs. The high that one gets from a drug
is compared to the hell that follows. Comparing drugs to angels is fitting in that
angels can be fascinating and beautiful but also  horrifying in that they often can
accompany images of death.

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And who is not joyful while among
poppies?
And who does not have a fire, a death,
a fear, something
horrible,
even if it might come with feathers,
even if it might come
smiling?

This implies that
angels appear while in the intoxication of poppies. And clearly, many other negative
factors are associated with the use of this drug that comes from poppy
seeds.

To be under the influence of drugs is to be exiled
from reality and with it comes the fear and death associated with
angels.

What is the summary of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

Mark Twain's classic 19th century novel tells the story of
Tom Sawyer, a wild young boy who grows up on the Mississippi River. The story is
interconnected by a series of chapter "vignettes," usually highly dramatic and of a
comic nature. One of the most famous is the whitewashing scene where Tom convinces some
friends by the use of reverse psychology to paint his fence--for a price. Tom not only
gets out of the work he hates, but earns trade items from his gullible friends. Tom
falls for Becky Thatcher, the daughter of a local judge. Tom's best friend is the even
more untamed Huckleberry Finn; while hanging out in the cemetery one night, they witness
Injun Joe stab and kill the local doctor. The boys swear not to reveal what they have
seen, but when an innocent man is accused, Tom's and Huck's consciences get the best of
them. After the boys take a lengthy raft trip down the river pretending to be
pirates--and are later believed drowned by the town--the boys return home just in time
to see their own funerals. They eventually decide to testify in court, naming Injun Joe
as the killer, who escapes the courtroom.

While looking for
gold in an abandoned, haunted house, the hidden boys discover the disguised Injun Joe,
who is burying some stolen money. In doing so, Joe finds another treasure of gold. Joe
takes the money to hide it elsewhere; Tom and Huck decide to keep an eye on Joe in the
hope of discovering where he hides the treasure. Later, Tom and Becky take in a picnic
and decide to explore some caves, in which they get lost. Inside, they see Injun Joe,
but Tom and Becky manage to elude him and eventually escape. When Tom and Huck hear
later that the cave entrances have been sealed, they realize that Injun Joe must have
been left inside--possibly with the hidden treasure. When Tom and Huck return to search
the caves, they find the treasure. They become local heroes and the richest boys in
town. Huck, however, cannot stand the thought of being civilized, and he decides to
escape back to his old ways--setting the stage for Twain's classic followup novel,
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  

How do Chapters One to Ten of The Chrysalids show that David is changing into an adult?

There are two events in particular that demonstrate how
David is having to grow up very quickly in his world. We see that through his friendship
with Sophie and then his Uncle Axel's discovery of David's "talent" and the existence of
his friends, that David becomes quickly aware of the dangerous world in which he is
growing up and the necessity of keeping various secrets for his own safety and for the
safety of others as well. Note what David says after Uncle Axel warns him to keep his
talent a secret:

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But now, out of Uncle Axel's anxious insistence
on my promise, the feeling of a threat was strengthened. It was still shapeless to us,
but it was mor real. Furthermore, in trying to convey Uncle Axel's seriousness to them I
must have stirred up an uneasiness that was in all their minds, for there was no
dissent.

Thus David becomes
aware of how dangerous their world is, and the way in which the discovery of his gift
would constitute a "shapeless" threat or danger. This is of course highlighted when
Sophie's "mutation" is discovered and she, along with her parents, are captured. At the
end of Chapter Five, there is a very poignant moment as David becomes overwhelmed by
"bitterness, self-contempt, and abasement." As he clutches the ribbon and curl of Sophie
he sobs out his pain, which is of course intensified by the realisation that his father
and the authorities would do exactly the same thing to him if they knew about his gift.
These two events, therefore, demonstrate how quickly David needs to grow up and become
an adult, taking very seriously the situation in which he finds
himself.

In what ways might Chris Keller be said to be immature in All My Sons?

I am not too sure that "immature" is the right word to
describe Chris Keller. I would definitely want to describe him as an idealist and
perhaps somewhat naive about the state of the world and man's role in it, but immature
is perhaps an innaccurate description to apply to this central
character.

He certainly does have an idealised picture of
what he thinks life should be like. Note his conversation with his in Act One when he
talks about his plans for the future and how the family business does not inspire
him:

If I have
to grub for money all day long at least at evening I want it beautiful. I want a family.
I want some kids, I want to build something I can give myself
to.

Whilst we can appreciate
the high morals and expectations in his words, perhaps we can also reflect that he has a
very idealised picture of what life is like and what he can expect from
it.

Likewise, he has very strict and unyielding notions of
justice and right and wrong, compounded by the guilt he feels at having survived the war
when so many of his friends perished. Note the way his high ideals are expressed when he
tries to convince Jim Bayliss to leave his profitable medical practice to pursue medical
research, a supposedly "higher calling." Ultimately it is these higher notions of what
is right and wrong that force Chris to see that his father must return to jail for what
he has done when the truth of what happened in the factory emerges. Thus immature is not
entirely accurate, but Chris Keller can definitely be described as naive and having a
very strict notion of nebulous concepts such as right and wrong.

In "Pity this busy monster, manukind," what does the speaker mean when he says that "progress is a comfortable disease"?How does it relate to...

This is an excellent question! Like many works of the
"modernist" period in American literature (which covered roughly the first half of the
twentieth century), Cummings' poem satirizes the modern obsession with material
"progress." Many writers at the time believed that modern people were so obsessed with
making money and accumulating wealth that they had abandoned an interest in more lofty,
more idealistic values.

It seems signifcant that the first
adjective used in the poem is "busy" (1). This word implies the modern emphasis on work
of all kinds, including physical labor in industrial settings but also including the
work of appropriately named
businessmen.

Therefore, by asserting
that "Progress is a comfortable disease," the speaker of Cummings' poem seems to imply
that an obsession with material progress is a kind of spiritual or psychological
sickness.  It can make people financially "comfortable"; it can seem "comfortable" to
those (especially the wealthy) who benefit from it; but ultimately it can also be
somewhat soul-destroying.

Evaluate the definite integral between the x limits 0, 1 if the function is given by y=max(1/4,x^2).

We notice that if x = 1/2, then there is no maximum, the 2
given functions having the same value.

Therefore, we'll
evaluate the definite integral over 2 ranges.

If x belongs
to the interval [0,1/2], then 1/4 > x^2.

If x
belongs to the interval [1/2,1], then x^2 > 1/4.

The
definite integral of the given function is calculated over the identified
ranges.

I = Int dx/4 (0->1/2) + Int x^2dx
(1/2->1)

We'll apply Leibniz Newton formula to
determine the definite integrals:

Int dx/4 = F(1/2) -
F(0)

Int dx/4 = x/4

F(1/2) =
1/8 and  F(0) = 0

F(1/2) - F(0) = 1/8
(*)

Int x^2dx = F(1) -
F(1/2)

Int x^2dx = x^3/3

F(1)
= 1/3

F(1/2) = 1/24

F(1) -
F(1/2) = 1/3 - 1/24

F(1) - F(1/2) =
(8-1)/24

F(1) - F(1/2) = 7/24
(**)

We'll add (*) and (**) to find out
I:

I = 1/8 + 7/24

I =
(3+7)/24

I = 10/24

I =
5/12

The requested definite integral of the
given function is I = 5/12.

In The Taming of the Shrew, find an example of a pun in the conversation between Katharina and Hortensio in Act I Scene 1.

A pun, or a play on words, is where one word is
deliberately taken to mean something else and a comic effect is produced as a result. We
can see a pun at work in the conversation, or barrage of insults, that come into play
after Baptista has made his decree that Bianca will not marry until Katharina is
married. In this case, the pun centres around the use of the word "mates." Trace the
conversation between Katharina and Hortensio:

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KATHARINA: I pray you, sir, is it your
will

To make  astale of me amongst these
mates?

HORTENSIO: "Mates," maid? How mean you that? No
mates for you,

Unless you were of gentler, milder
mould.

Katharina uses the
word "mates" to refer to rude fellows, deliberately insulting Gremio and Hortensio, but
Hortensio deliberately twists what she is trying to say, using "mates" in the sense of
refering to "husband."

What is the symbolism in "Soldier's Home"?

Let us remember that symbolism can be related to objects
but also actions and characters. The major symbolism in this story relates to how Krebs
lives his life once he has returned from war and how he spends his time at his family's
house. We are given quite a detailed description of how he spends his
days:

During
this time, it was late summer, he was sleeping late in bed, getting up to walk down to
the library to get a book, eating lunch at home, reading on the front porch until he
became bored and then walking down through the town to spend the hottest hours of the
day in the cool dark of the pool room. He loved to play
pool.

We can see that Krebs
lives his days free from responsibility and involvement with others. He essentially
lives an isolated life where he does what he wants to do and does not have to answer to
anybody else or to "conform" to society's expectations of him and what he is expected to
do and how he should be living his life. Note how, later on in the story, when refering
to his lack of interest in pursuing a relationship with girls, the text tells
us:

He did not
want any consequences. He did not want any consequences ever
again.

We can see that how he
spends his time is symbolic of this inner desire within him. Having seen and endured the
horrors of war, Krebs now never wishes to become involved in life to such a degree that
there would be consequences. His actions symbolically show this attitude, pointing
towards someone who is emotionally exhausted and desperate to avoid
commitment.

Discuss the theme of appearance and reality in Shakespeare's play, Macbeth.

In Shakespeare's Macbeth,
appearance vs reality is a theme that
is seen throughout the play.

Macbeth is respected by
everyone, but Macbeth only seems honorable; at heart he is a man
who will do anything to be king. He hides his intent from Duncan
with fine words, while he is planning his murder. Macbeth
says:

False
face must hide what the false heart doth know.
(I.vii.93)

Appearance vs
reality is also seen in the beginning of the play when the witches introduce the
quotation, "fair is foul, and foul is fair," or what seems good is really bad—Macbeth;
and what seems bad is really good—Malcolm flees Scotland when his father dies and looks
guilty, but he is only trying to protect himself.

When the
witches deliver their predictions to Macbeth, he sees only the possibility of being
king, and loses sight of the true nature of the witches: they are
evil, even if they seem to bring good tidings. Lady Macbeth
welcomes Duncan with all due respect, but she, too, is hoping to kill him so
she can be queen.

Macbeth reminds
Banquo about the banquet—"hoping" he'll come, but he is already planning not
only Banquo's death, but that of his son, Fleance, as well. Macbeth convinces
the murderers that Banquo is to blame for the bad fortune they have recently
experienced—that it wasn't Macbeth as they men had believed. He
says:

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Know
That it was [Banquo], in the times
past, which held you
So under fortune, which you thought had been

Our innocent self?
(III.i.81-84)

Banquo is not
the cause; Macbeth says it to turn the men against
Banquo.

The witches' second set of predictions promise
Macbeth a long reign. They tell half-truths to give him a "false sense of security."
Though the first prediction is true ("Beware Macduff"), the other two predictions make
Macbeth believe he can't be killed. The appearance of the
predictions lures him, and the reality behind them destroys
Macbeth.

When Macduff meets with Malcolm in England,
Malcolm believes that Macduff is working for Macbeth; in that Macduff has left his
family alone, and they have been safe from Macbeth, causes Malcolm to be suspicious of
Macduff. The truth is that Macduff has come to ask for for
Malcolm's help to defeat Macbeth.

During this same scene,
Malcolm tests Macduff by saying that if Malcolm ever becomes king,
he will bring more evil to Scotland than Macbeth. He says he is lustful and greedy, but
Macduff believes there are more than enough women to satisfy Malcolm, and enough wealth
as well. However, when Malcolm says that all he wants to do is destroy Scotland, causing
war and discord, Macduff starts to mourn Scotland's imminent
destruction.

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These evils thou repeat'st upon thyself

Have banish'd me from Scotland.
(IV.iii.126-127)

In reality,
none of this is true. When Malcolm knows that Macduff cares so much
for Scotland, he is sure he can trust Macduff.

At the
play's end, appearance vs reality is found in what the witches have told Macbeth
regarding his future success, and the actual manner in which the predictions come to
pass. Because all men have mothers, Macbeth is sure he is in no danger—but Macduff was a
C-section baby; and Birnam wood cannot actually move to Dunsinane
hill, but it appears that way. He knows the witches have
lied:

And be
these juggling fiends no more believed,
That palter with us in a double
sense,
That keep the word of promise to our ear,
And break it to
our hope. The predictions which bring Macbeth great comfort actually lead him to his
death. (V.viii.23-26)

How does the quote below from Romeo and Juliet show the contrast between hate and love?"Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love. / Why...

the device Shakespeare uses to show the negative side of
love is an oxymoron. By placing opposites side by side, he generates nuggets of wisdom
concerning the darker side of love. In modern English we use similar idioms such as
"love hurts' or "love to hate." There is a firm belief that the stronger one's love, the
stronger the ability to hate,

For Romeo his dissolving
feelings for Rosalind and his as yet unrequited love for Juliet create the beautiful
oxymoron Shakespeare has him utter. In addition, Romeo will battle out of love, but will
hate the necessity to do so.

Note that in modern times,
traditional marriage vows express opposites or extremes: for better for worse, for
richer for poorer, in sickness and in health. By reading on, notice Shakespeare's
continued use of the oxymoron as he gives further examples of the duality of love,
duality being a favored motif/theme device of Shakespeare's.

Why do conservatives dislike programs that are meant to improve the conditions of people's lives? (See below)To right-wing thinkers, the methods...

If you understand what "right-wing" means, you should be
able to get this question.  In the context of economics, right-wingers believe that
government should not interfere and that individual workers and individual employers
should make whatever deals they want with one another.  They believe that this will
allow the people who have the most talent and the most drive to get ahead.  These people
will help improve the country's economy.

Once you
understand this, you will see that A is the right answer.  Conservatives believe that
government efforts to help the poor penalize those who work hard by taking their money
away via taxation.  They believe that these programs then reward people who do not have
as much talent or drive.  For this reason, they think that those sorts of programs are
bad for the society and the economy.

For this reason, A is
the right answer.

What are risk factors that increases the chances that a person will develop clinical depression?

Hi there

Clinical Depression
is a complicated condition, there are many risk factors involved in the development of
clinical depression,  genetic pre disposition is one of
many.

One of the issues that is misunderstood is the link
between anxiety states and depression, in some cases, anxiety and depression are hand in
glove with each other, and to seperate them into different illnesses is very difficult
to do.

In my experience and practice almost all of the
clients I have worked with who suffer from depression also suffer from anxiety to some
extent, this is due to the nature of their symptoms, poor self esteem, poor self image
and self loathing, and a constant need for reassurance.

As
for the causes, poor problems solving skills , and lack of social support and acceptance
, as well as poor role models within the family unit can all play a part. Depression
however is more than just a medical condition, it can be a symptom of social issues like
drug misuse. As mentioned previousley , alcohol misuse is closley associated to
depression, but there are several theories around why this is, and again in my
experience as a practitioner in both addictions and mental health practice, alcohol
seems to be used as a form of self medication, a person may start off with a straight
forward stress related anxiety, which they medicate throuh the use of alcohol, alcohol
in the short term alleviates the problem, but the person finds that it takes more to get
the same effect , and before they know it, they have an addiction, you can replace
alcohol with heroin, methadone, or any similar
drug.

Depression is split into two main types, Indogenous
or coming from inside, this is the biological depression, that is caused by chemical
changes within the brain and tends to have a genetic link, and reactive  depression,
which is caused by external forces like stress, environmental changes , or poor coping
mechanisms for life events like bereavement. Symptoms for both depressions are similar,
and both depressions can develop into a full blown clinical presentation, although as a
rule, reactive depressions is easier to treat, and can be treated without reliance on
anti -depressant medication, utilising talking therapies like Cognitive behavioural
Therapies, which look at changing how the client thinks, and helps them develop a more
positive coping strategy.

Biological Depression is much
more reliant on medication, and the efficacy of the medication is dependant on how far
down the continuum of depression the person is when they seek clinical
help.

Both forms of depression can be affected by the same
risks , as previousley mentioned.

I have
attached some good links, I have used within my practice to help with
further information.

Please identify an example of foreshadowing in the Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.

Let us remind ourselves that foreshadowing can be defined
as hints or clues that the writer gives us about what will happen later on in the novel,
that often we only pick up on once we have finished the novel. In this great childhood
classic, one of the biggest examples of foreshadowing relates to the final fate of
Leslie and the way in which she drowns in the creek separating the "normal" world from
their private kingdom of Terabithia. It is highly revealing that in Chapter Four, when
Leslie presents Jess with the idea of creating their own private magical kingdom, and
says they will do it in the woods, the narrator tells
us:

There were
parts of the woods that Jess did not like. Dark places where it was almost like being
underwater, but he didn't say
so.

This of course is a
direct example of foreshadowing of Leslie's fate, for she ends up "being underwater"
when she accidentally drowns crossing the creek into Terabithia. Thus in this early
description, the tragedy that comes later on in the novel is
foreshadowed.

Describe the "Thalidomide case" in detail?

Thalidome is a drug which caused a lot of controversy in
the 1970's. It was meant to be a tranquilizer but there was no knowledge of its side
effects until every pregnant woman who took the drug began to give birth to severely
deformed children. This even inspired a cult classic movie back in the 1970's about a
"monster baby" whose mother was presumably taking the medication while she was pregnant.
That aside, the drug was immediately removed once it was connected to the deformity of
so many children.

However, it has been also found that
Thalidome is highly effective in the CURE of some strains of the bacteria which causes
leprosy, which could be a solution for many third world countries who are still
suffering from this infesting disease. Moreover, the drug is also effective in reducing
the effects of body rejection in cases of bone marrow transplant: It looks like the drug
can actually prevent the effects of Grafts vs Host
(GVHD).

What is under consideration at the moment is the
potential use of the drug to treat these types of cases as long as there is 100%
certainty that the patient is not pregnant. Therefore, the case of Thalidomine is
basically that what once was considered to be a source of destruction is now seen under
a new light of scientific hope.

In Romeo and Juliet, how does Friar Lawrence convince Romeo not to commit suicide?

In a rather lengthy speech in Act III scene 3 of this
excellent tragedy, Friar Lawrence berates Romeo for trying to kill himself, and then
goes on to explain to him the many reasons he should have for being happy to prevent him
from trying to do it again. Note the positive spin that Friar Lawrence gives to Romeo's
otherwise desperate and bleak situation:

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What, rouse thee, man! Thy Juliet is
alive,

For whose dear sake thou wast but lately
dead.

There art thou happy. Tybalt would kill
thee,

But thou slewest Tybalt. There art thou
happy.

The law, that threatened death, becomes they
friend

And turns it to exile. There art thou
happy.

Note the way the
repetition of the phrase "There art thou happy" reinforces Friar Lawrence's central
message of how much Romeo has to be thankful for. These separate happinesses convert
themselves, in his words, into a "pack of blessings light upon thy back." The Friar is
thus able to convince Romeo to hold off from killing himself with hope in a future where
they can make their marriage known and when Romeo and Juliet can finally be reunited for
ever.

What were some of the effects Dr. Jekyll stated were an effect of the "impure" drug in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll an Mr. Hyde?

Let us remember that it is in the final chapter of this
story, which features Dr. Jekyll's own account of what happened, that we discover that
the initial power he used was impure, which gave the potion he created its strength and
miraculous powers. The first time that he tried his concoction, he explains the physical
and mental results that ensued:

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The most racking pangs succeeded: a grinding in
the bones, deadly nausea, and a horror of the spirit that cannot be exceeded at the hour
of birth or death. Then these agonies began swiftly to subside, and I came to myself as
if out of a great sickness. There was something strange in my sensations, something
indescribably new and, from its very novelty, incredibly sweet. I felt younger, lighter,
happier in body; within I was conscious of a heady recklessness, a current of disordered
sensual images running like a mill race in my fancy, a solution of the bonds of
obligation, an unknown but not an innocent freedom of the
soul.

Note the way in which,
in spite of the physical pain that Dr. Jekyll experiences, by far the most important
effect of the drug is the new "liberty" that he feels and the way that it gives him "not
an innocent freedom of the soul." Even though the drug has a rejuvenating effect, it is
shown that this is not a positive process, as he is overwhelmed with "sensual images" as
he himself realises that he is "more wicked, tenfold more wicked" than he was in his
previous existence as Dr. Jekyll.

2 taps A and B can fill a bucket in 12 and 18 minutes resp. How long will it take both the taps to fill the bucket.

We can also set up an equation to solve this work
problem.

We are given that tap A can fill a bucket by
itself in 12 minutes and tap B can fill the bucket in 18 minutes.   We are asked how
long it will take for the two taps running together to fill the
bucket.

=> let x = total job time for both working
together

=> let 1/12x  = time it takes for tap A to
fill the bucket

=> let 1/18x = time it takes for tap
B to fill the bucket

=> The entire completion of the
job will be equal to 1

=> 1/12 x + 1/18x = 1
(completed job)

=> 36 [1/12 x + 1/18x = 1]    (to
clear fractions)

=> 3x + 2x =
36

=> 5x = 36

=>
x =36/5 or 7.2 minutes

Both taps running
together will fill the bucket in 7.2 minutes.

How is the time period of a pendulum indepedent of the amplitude provided?The time period of the pendulum remains the same if released from a...

It is not true.  The period of a pendulum is always
dependent on the amplitude, but is approximately true for small amplitudes where
sin(theta) is almost theta.

In these equations theta must
be given in radians, and for this to work theta must be much less than 1
radian.

The force on the pendulum is -mg
sin(theta)

s = len*theta

ds/dt
= len * d(theta)/dt

d^2(s)/dt^2 = len * d^2(theta)/dt^2
so

F = ma = m * len * d^2(theta)/dt^2 and our differential
equation is

m (len * d^2(theta)/dt^2) = -mg sin(theta) 
solving we get

d^2(theta)/dt^2 + g/l sin(theta) =
0

This equation cannot be solved in elementary functions,
but if we use sin(theta) is approximately theta

the
differential equation

d^2(theta)/dt^2 + g/l (theta) =
0

gives a solution

theta(t) =
theta(0) cos(sqrt(g/l) t)

The period of such an equation is
2pi/(sqrt(g/l)) or

T = 2pi sqrt(l/g)  where l is the length
of the pendulum and g is the acceleration of gravity and as an approximation this does
not depend on theta(0) the inital angle.

Please analyze the theme of the work Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther.

From the most fundamental of themes, the book takes the
Donne poem and applies it to the situation of Gunther's son's death.  In praising the
condition of the human spirit, Gunther is able to display the fortitude of courage when
facing the ultimate adversary.  He creates a memoir that acknowledges the power of
death, but refuses to acquiesce to the force of negation.  Rather, Gunther brings his
son alive to us, the reader, in the face of death.  In its presence, we understand how
special his son was to both father and to the world.  Death is not presented as a force
that takes away his son's life, but rather one that causes celebration of this brief
zeal that was associated with Johnny.  In recognizing his son in this manner, Gunther
feels that he is able to take one of the saddest images known to humanity and
appropriate it in the name of his son and as a representation of a parent's love.  The
primary theme in this process is not to mourn the loss of life and love in the face of
death, but rather treasure what is present in our own lives so that when it is taken
away, no regrets will be felt nor despair experienced.

What did John F. Kennedy do to help the cause of civil rights?

I would argue that John F. Kennedy did relatively little
that was tangible to help the Civil Rights Movement
succeed.

JFK came into office promising to eliminate racial
discrimination in housing by executive order.  He did not do this for two years.  He was
generally timid when it came to civil rights because he relied heavily on Southern
Democrats for political support.

As his term went along,
JFK did become more involved with civil rights.  As the link below
says,

Only
late in his brief term did Kennedy take up the issue of civil
rights...

Perhaps his most
important contribution to the success of the movement was a speech he gave in June of
1963.  In that speech, he said that civil rights was a moral issue and he committed
himself to try to solve the problem.  Of course, he had very little time left to live
and never did get to follow through on his promise.  When he died, no major civil rights
legislation had been passed while he was
president.

Overall, then, JFK did little to help the Civil
Rights Movement succeed while he lived.  However, his death did help because it
encouraged people to support civil rights legislation on the idea that it was what JFK
would have liked.

Determine the value of cosine function if angle is 315 degrees .

We'll express in radians the equivalent value of 315
degrees.

315 degrees =
7pi/4

We'll write 7pi/4 = pi +
3pi/4

We'll apply cosine
function:

cos (7pi/4) = cos (pi +
3pi/4)

cos (pi + 3pi/4) = cos pi*cos (3pi/4) - sin
pi*sin(3pi/4)

sin pi = 0 and cos pi =
-1

cos (pi + 3pi/4) = - cos
3pi/4

cos 3pi/4 = cos (pi-pi/4) = cos pi*cos pi/4 + sin
pi*sin pi/4

cos 3pi/4 = - cos pi/4 => - cos 3pi/4 =
cos pi/4 = sqrt 2/2

cos (7pi/4) = sqrt
2/2

The value of cosine function if the angle
is 315 degrees is sqrt2/2.

In reference to "A Worn Path," how do I make a distinction between the voice of the narrator and author?I am writing a paper on "A Worn Path" and...

In some stories and novels, the author clearly identifies
himself as a voice in the narrative; The Scarlet Letter comes to
mind as good example. In many works, a character within the story or one who has
knowledge of the events of the story serves as narrator, relating and interpreting
events as he experienced, observed, or learned about them. Identifying the narrator's
voice is not difficult because the narrator has an established identity and definite
point of view. In other stories, like "A Worn Path," the voice we hear is not identified
specifically as that of the author or a separate narrator, and it becomes more difficult
to determine whose voice we are hearing.

"A Worn Path" is
told primarily in the third-person limited point of view, relating what Phoenix Jackson
says and does, but the story occasionally does take an omniscient view of
Phoenix:

Down
there [in the ditch into which she had fallen], her senses drifted away. A dream visited
her, and she reached her hand up, but nothing reached down and gave her a
pull.

At another point in the
story, Phoenix imagines a little boy handing her a piece of marble cake on a plate, "but
when she went to take it there was just her own hand in the air." In these
instances, Eudora Welty takes the reader into Phoenix Jackson's mind, detailing
specifically what she thinks and imagines, which rules out any narrator other than the
author, who has assumed omniscient knowledge.

The question
then becomes whether or not Welty speaks in a voice inconsistent with her own in telling
the story. Her Southern background, personal interviews, and themes developed in other
works do not suggest that she has. All of these facts, taken together, would support the
idea that in this story there is no distinction between the voice of the author and that
of the narrator.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, what makes Jem decide to return to the Radley yard the night that Mr. Radley fires his gun?

In Harper Lee's To Kill a
Mockingbird, Jem, Scout and Dill go to the Radley house in Chapter Six so the
boys can look through the window to see Boo.

Scout is not
crazy about the idea, but Jem says she can go with them or leave. This is Dill's last
night in town, and she doesn't want to be left out, so she follows along. While Jem
looks through a window, there is a shadow on the porch which frightens all three of them
away. While they are running, they also hear a shotgun blast, which they believe is
aimed at them. To escape, they climb under the fence that borders on the school yard.
Jem lifts the fence for the others to climb under. Dill and Scout run ahead and notice
that Jem is no longer with them. Returning to the fence, they find that Jem's pants are
stuck, and his is kicking them off, leaving them there, and they continue to
run.

When the kids return to their house, the adults are
gathered outside investigating the commotion of the gun shot. Jem is without pants,
which Dill and he explain is the result of playing strip poker at the fish pool. The
adults are not happy with this information, but at least the youngsters were not
"involved" in the Radley incident (or so the adults believe). Atticus tells Jem to get
his pants back. The kids leave and split up.

Jem and Scout
go home, but Jem prepares to go out again. He tells Scout that he
must return to the fence. If Mr. Radley finds the pants still there
in the morning, the word will be out and Atticus will discover the truth of what they
were doing—after he warned them twice to leave the Radleys alone. Scout threatens to
tell if Jem leaves, but Jem explains that Atticus hasn't had to punish him for a long
time, and he wants it to remain that way.

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'Atticus ain't ever whipped me since I can
remember. I wanna keep it that
way.'

So Scout agrees to
remain silent, frightened and nervous that Jem will be shot by Mr. Radley when he tries
to get his pants. She seems to wait forever, but eventually Jem returns safely. He
quietly enters with his pants and climbs—still shaking—into his bed, eventually to fall
asleep.

In Romeo and Juliet, how does Romeo feel at the end of Act 1 Scene 4?

Even after Mercutio's amusing or revealing speech about
dreams, Romeo still ends this important scene with a misgiving, or a presentiment about
some bad action that will happen and set the course of fate against him. Note what he
says as they leave:

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I fear, too early; for my mind
misgives

Some consequence yet hanging in the
stars

Shall bitterly begin his fearful
date

With this night's revels and expire the
term

Of a despised life, closed in my
breast,

By some vile forfeit of untimely
death.

To paraphrase this
speech, Romeo is filled with an unexplainable fear that fate or destiny shall do
something or initiate some form of action that very night during the ball that will
unleash a chain of events resulting in death. Juliet has similar presentiments during
the play. Romeo here though chooses to trust himself into the hands of "he that hath the
steerage of my course" and goes on into the party.

What were the most important changes in the Iron Age?

The Iron Age was important as it represented the ability
of man to forge tools and weapons from iron. Steel production did not come until a much
later date. Early tools and weapons were made of wood or copper, and later bronze when
the ability to smelt copper and tin together was developed. Bronze obviously was more
durable than either of the others. The Hittites were the first to learn the ability to
heat iron to the melting point by the use of charcoal.Iron metallurgy, developed about
1300 B.C.E., enabled the Hittites to produce more effective weapons cheaply and in large
quantities. Their method involved heating iron in a bed of charcoal and hammering it
into shape. Others had attempted to pour it into molds, which left it brittle. With the
collapse of the Hittite empire and the dispersion of Hittite craftsmen, their practice
of iron metallurgy was dispersed throughout Eurasia. Iron weapons, plus the use of
spoked wheels in their chariots which made them light weight made the Hittites fearsome
opponents.

There is some argument that the use of iron
weapons, plus their mastery of horses, led to the success of Indo-European invasions and
was a substantial factor in the feeling of superiority that is still present in many
cultures of Indo-European (Caucasian) heritage.

In Chapter 3 of George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm, who did the animals admire the most? Why?

In Orwell's Animal Farm, the animals
begin to work the land and find it frustrating as the machinery and tools were designed
for men and not for animals. However, they have a great deal of respect for the pigs who
were extremely "clever" and seem to work out any kind of problem. (The pigs don't do any
work, but direct the other animals.) The horses understand mowing and raking better than
the humans ever had.

Boxer has the strength of three
horses, and works very hard. He wakes a half hour earlier than anyone else to get an
early start, and in the face of any challenge, his response
was,

I will work
harder!

Everyone except the
cat seems to assume some responsibility, even the hens and the ducks, based upon their
strength and capacity to understand.

If I had to decide
which animal is admired the most, it would be Boxer. His work ethic is admirable and his
service to the rest of the community never wavers. When more is required of him, he
tries harder.

(However, if I were to identify which animals
were the most powerful, it would be the pigs.)

x(x-4)(3x+2)= 240 can you find the value of X

You need to open the brackets such
that:

-240 = 0

Collecting like terms
yields:

0

You need to use the rational root test to
find the roots, hence you should form the set of possible rational roots. The numerator
of these possible rational roots needs to be one factor of constant coefficient and the
denominator needs to be one factor of leading
coefficient.

The sketch of the graph of function may help
you to eliminate some  rational roots from the set.

Notice
that the graph of function intercepts x axis at x=6, hence you need to substitute 6 for
x to check if this value cancel the polynomial such
that: 

240 - 240 = 0

This proves that x = 6 is a
root for
240.

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Since you know one root,
you may find the next two roots using the factored form of polynomial such
that:

(x-6)(ax^2 + bx + c)

You need to open the
brackets to the right side:

10x^2 - 8x - 240 = ax^3 + bx^2 + cx - 6ax^2 - 6bx -
6c

You need to group like powers to the right
side such that:

240 = ax^3 + x^2(b- 6a) + x(c - 6b) -
6c

Equating coefficients of like powers
yields:

3

- 18 = -10 =gt b = 18 - 10 =gt b = 8

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Hence,
you may find the next two roots if you solve the quadratic
+ 8x + 40 = 0 .

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(-8+-sqrt(-416))/6

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(-4+-2isqrt26)/3

Hence,
evaluating the solutions to equation yields
(-4+-2isqrt26)/3.

What is the plot, conflict and character of "The Most Dangerous Game"? Please explain.

PLOT.  Rainsford falls off
his yacht and swims ashore on a mysterious island in the Caribbean. He discovers a
mansion owned by General Zaroff, a former Russian Cossack. Like Rainsford, whose name he
recognizes, Zaroff is also a big game hunter. After wining and dining Rainsford, Zaroff
announces that Rainsford will be the prey of his next hunt--human prey, which Zaroff now
prefers. Zaroff gives Rainsford a head start, and the hunt
begins.

CONFLICT.  The general
conflict in the story comes from General Zaroff's desire to hunt a "more dangerous
game"--the human kind. The second half of the story results in Rainsford's ability to
survive the skilled hunting ability of the
Cossack.

CHARACTERS.  Sanger
Rainsford and General Zaroff are the main characters. Both are world-class hunters, but
Zaroff has grown bored with big game, and has moved on to hunting human beings.
Rainsford represents good; Zaroff evil. Zaroff does have some positive aspects, however.
He has great taste in food, clothing and art, and he is basically honest. Despite the
terrible style of the hunt, he keeps his word concerning the rules of his
game.

What is the poet's tone in "The Tyger," and what quotes can prove that?

This excellent poem from Blake's monumental
Songs of Innocence and Experience is perhaps one of his most
powerful works as it focuses on the tiger of the title as an amazing symbol of energy,
power and strength. The speaker is so impressed by the tiger that the speaker, in a
series of questions, asks what immortal being, divine or demonic, could have possibly
fashioned such a fearsome and awe-inspiring creature, and how. It is most appropriate
then to describe the tone of this poem as one of awe and wonder, as the speaker
contemplates the majesty of the tiger and wonders about its true source. Consider the
following stanza:

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In what distant deeps or
skies

Burnt the fire of thine
eyes?

On what wings dare he
aspire?

What the hand dare seize the
fire?

The relentless
questioning that carries on throughout the poem combined with the admiration and also
fear that the tiger obviously inspires in the speaker, and his curiosity as to the
precise origin of such a beast, establishes the tone of wonder and awe that dominates
the poem.

Explain the change of the Republican sniper from a fanatic to a sensitve human being, in "The Sniper," with suitable examples.

Liam O'Flaherty presents the protagonist of his short
story, "The Sniper," as a fanatic:

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...his eyes had the cold gleam of a
fanatic.

The sniper's
behavior, so driven and blinded to the value of human life, shows him to be little more
than a killing machine. He is like a war-ravaged soldier who has seen a great deal of
death but knows how to survive. He is very good at what he does, as seen when he kills
the man in the tank and the woman who tries to identify his whereabouts on the
roof.

The sniper is not invincible: another excellent
sniper shoots him in the arm, and the reader might believe he is incapacitated. Nothing
is farther from the truth: what he lacks now in physical capability he makes up for in
sheer determination.

His reaction to killing the tank
driver and the informer, and what he experiences when he takes out the sniper, are very
different. (We might even see this as foreshadowing.) Where the earlier deaths were
handled in a business-like fashion, with this death, the sniper
first emits a cry of joy over his success, but then it's as if he becomes sick. Perhaps
he feels the regret a hunter feels when killing a beautiful, but dangerous
animal.

First the sniper begins to shake, and his desire to
hunt flows out of him: he experiences sadness, "remorse," for what he had done. He
begins to sweat, and the sight of the dead man on the ground below makes him sick. He
seems to be in shock as he starts to shiver and talk to himself, hating the war and all
that comes with it.

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The sniper looked at his enemy falling and he
shuddered. The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse. The sweat stood
out in beads on his forehead. Weakened by his wound and the long summer day of fasting
and watching on the roof, he revolted from the sight of the shattered mass of his dead
enemy. His teeth chattered, he began to gibber to himself, cursing the war, cursing
himself, cursing
everybody.

The sniper takes
the gun in his hand and throws it away from him, sickened by what he has
done.

He
looked at the smoking revolver in his hand, and with an oath he hurled it to the roof at
his feet.

The gun goes off
and nearly hits the sniper in the head, and this near-death experience shakes him out of
his feelings of shock. His laugh is probably the nervous kind that comes from a scrape
with death. His initial reaction seems to subside, but foreshadows the story's end.
O'Flaherty's sudden ending does not allow for the responses listed above, but as readers
we can imagine that he feels these things all over again when he discovers that he has
killed his brother. A deeper reality of the horror of war would wash over the sniper and
one would imagine the fanatic gone, and the mere shell of a man in his place, trying to
comprehend the enormity of his actions: reactions not of a fanatic, but of a caring man
who has lost his brother to war: in a most painful
way.

With his
enemy dead, the sniper feels regret at what he has
done.

Circular cone has slant height of 8 cm. What are dimensions of cone to product largest volume?

We know that the volume of the cone is given by
:

V = (1/3)*pi * r^2 * h such that r is the radius and h is
the height

But we know that the slant is given by s = sqrt(
h^2 + r^2)

==> s^2 = h^2 +
r^2

==> r^2 = s^2 -
h^2

Given that the slant s =
8

==> r^2 = 64- h^2

Now
we will substitute into the volume,

==> V =
(1/3)*pi* h * ( 64-h^2)

==> V = (1/3)pi*( 64h -
h^3)

==> (64pi/3)h - pi/3 *
h^3

Now we know that the maximum point if the derivatives
zero.

==> v' = 64pi/3 - pi*h^2 =
0

==> h^2 = 64pi/3pi =
64/3

==> h= 8/sqrt3 = 4.62
cm

Now we will find
r.

==> r^2 = s^2 - h^2 = 64 - 64/3 =
128/3

==> r= sqrt(128/3) = 8sqrt(2/3)= 6.532
cm

Then the dimensions of the cone are :
radius = 6.532 cm and the height h= 4.62 cm

What images of despair are used by the poet in the first stanza in "An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum"?

This is, as you, know, a very powerful poem and the tone
of despair is clearly indicated. These students are 'far from gusty waves' - land locked
and seemingly deprived of an understanding of the elements. They are 'like rootless
weeds': without foundation and nurture and we see them as sickly as indicated by their
'pallor'.

The poet then hones in on individual children to
show us more closely the despair of their situation-

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The tall girl with her weighed-down head. The
paper-
seeming boy, with rat's
eyes.

The girl is clearly
exhausted, or bored, and has lost contact with the teacher. The boy is thin, pale, and
compared to vermin.

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The stunted, unlucky heir
Of twisted
bones, reciting a father's gnarled disease,
His lesson from his
desk.

This child exemplifies
the poverty and tragedy of the child being the product of a poor environment and poorer
health. It is in the last child that there may be hope, in that he takes his mind
elsewhere, and perhaps has scope beyond the slum-

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At back of the dim class
One unnoted,
sweet and young. His eyes live in a dream,
Of squirrel's game, in the tree
room, other than this.

What is the common theme of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "The Necklace" besides gender roles and/or marriage?

If I were answering this question I would definitely want
to focus on the element of daydreaming in both of these stories and how they dominate
the central characters. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is of course a story that is
entirely about a man who day dreams to escape his boring, monotonous existence and his
overpowering wife. The dreams he has place him in situations of adventure and allow him
to be the man that he would never be in reality, as he is always the hero of the piece
and the one that everyone looks up to. Dreams for Walter Mitty help him to endure his
painful insignificant existence as he copes with his nagging
wife:

"Not so
fast! You're driving too fast!" said Mrs. Mitty. "What are you driving so fast
for?"

However, in "The
Necklace," dreams are another escape for Madame Loisel, but ultimately one that causes
her and her husband great pain and suffering. She is a woman who is addicted to
daydreaming a better life for herself, and imagining wealth and luxury that she is not
able to possess:

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She would dream of silent chambers, draped with
Oriental tapestries and lighted by tall bronze floor lamps, and of two handsome butlers
in knee breeches, who, drowsy from the heavy warmth cast by the central stove, dozed in
large overstuffed
armchairs.

Here, however,
dreams function as an expression of Madame Loisel's inability to accept what she has in
life and be grateful for it, in comparison to Walter Mitty, who dreams to survive.
Madame Loisel is duly punished for her daydreaming, whereas Mitty is free, as far as we
know, to continue dreaming and escaping.

How is the work of Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe different from and similar to that of their partners?Georgia O'Keeffe was married to Alfred...

Frida Kahlo’s work is similar to that of her husband Diego
Rivera in style.  They both painted in a naive style similar to that of the Mexican Folk
artists.  They both painted figures that have a flat quality often with bold outlines
defining each figure and it’s parts.  Diego was active in the communist party in Mexico,
so the subject matter of many of his paintings dealt with the life and plight of the
working man in Mexico.  Frida on the other hand is considered to be a surrealist
painter.  The subject matter of her work often involved the expression of the physical
and emotional pain she experienced throughout her life.  She is quoted at
fridakahlo.com/ as saying, “I suffered two grave accidents in my life… One in which a
streetcar knocked me down and the other was Diego.”  Frida painted many self portraits
and many of her paintings were quite small.  Her husband, on the other hand was
primarily known for painting large scale murals.

Georgia
O'Keeffe was a painter.  Her husband Alfred Stieglitz was a photographer and gallery
owner.  Georgia is known for her large canvasses depicting large close-ups of flowers,
many of which are said to be sexually charged and reminiscent of female sex organs. 
Alfred was also known for creating some sexually charged photographs many of which were
portraits of O’Keeffe herself.  He also created a series of plant and tree close-ups
which was said to have inspired Georgia’s first  flower paintings. Both Alfred and
Georgia created many works depicting the landscape of New York City.  Georgia soon grew
tired of the city as a home and in terms of subject matter, which led to her discovery
of the New Mexican desert.  Alfred on the other hand loved New York and his most well
known subject matter was the landscape, culture, and day to day life in his beloved city
as it went through the changes associated with the turn of the
century.

You asked for some additional resources: The
PBS-American Masters website has a great page on both Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia
O’Keeffe at href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters. 
There is great info on Diego Rivera at  http://www.diego-rivera.org And a great bio of
Frida at http://www.fridakahlo.com.

What are the following poems saying about the state of the world: "Lament" and "Flower Fed Buffaloes"?

Both poems talk about the destruction to the
world.

In the poem "Flower fed Buffaloes," because of
industrialism, the railroads took way the land that belonged to the buffalo and the
Pawnees and the Blackfeet.

Sadly enough, people on the
trains chose to shoot the buffalo. The railroads took over the buffalo's range. Thirty
thousand buffalo have turned into three hundred because of the advancement of
civilization. The railroad has taken over the land.

In the
poem "Lament," the natural part of the land is destroyed because of war. War has taken
its toll on the turtles, the dolphins, the sea birds,
etc.

A soldier is on fire. The earth is burnt. The ocean is
scalded. The "vengeance and ashes of language" is the way the poet describes the horrors
of war.

Two major destructions of the natural world are the
railroad and war. So much for civilization.

The sum of two numbers is 53. If twice the smaller is subtracted from the larger number, the result is 17. Find the two numbers.

Let the two numbers be L and
S.

The sum of the two numbers is
53

L + S = 53 ...(1)

Twice the
smaller number subtracted from the larger number gives
17.

L - 2S = 17 ...(2)

(1) -
(2)

=> L + S - L + 2S = 53 -
17

=> 3S = 36

=>
S = 12

L = 53 - S = 53 - 12 =
41

The smaller number is 12 and the larger
number is 41.

Please analyse the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas.

This amazing poem is actually an elegy, which is a poem
that mourns the death of someone or laments something lost. Dylan Thomas wrote this poem
during the time of his father's death, and we can see that this poem above all urges his
father to not yield submissively to its force, but to fight against the encroaching
power of death. The poem above all states that those who are truly wise engage in this
struggle even when they know that their defeat at the hands of death is inevitable, and
as the poem ends, the poet expectantly looks for some kind of response to show that his
father has heard his words and is struggling.

Structurally,
what is fascinating about this poem is that it is a villanelle, which has a complex form
involving the repetition of lines and also a fixed rhyme scheme involving only two
rhymes in its nineteen lines divided into five tercets and one quatrain. The villenelle
therefore is not an easy form to use, and yet Thomas manages to make the key repetition
of the central lines of "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "Rage, rage against
the dying of the night" appear to be spontaneous and not forced. In particular, the
repetition of these lines adds to the cumulative intensity of the poem, making for a
stunning and powerful final quatrain as these two lines are
united:

And
you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me
now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into
that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the
light.

The emotional
intensity of this final stanza as we imagine the son next to his dying father, willing
him to show any signs of resistance in the struggle against death is extremely powerful
and poignantly moving. The central message of how we should struggle against the power
of death is reinforced through this repetition.

Who are the foils in "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson?

This is a fairly interesting question.  I think that if we
operate under the assumption that Tessie is the protagonist, one could argue that the
entire town is the foil to her.  The fact that Tessie is the outsider, the individual
who is chosen to be persecuted by the townspeople, she would be the foil to the
community, who becomes the antagonist in this setting.  It is slightly awkward to
consider the entire community to be the foil to Tessie.  However, in this, one
recognizes one of the most basic themes to the short story.  The idea of victimization
and persecution is a fundamental element of the short story.  In this theme, the
outsider is punished by the community, who operate as the insiders.  Tessie becomes "the
outsider" when her name is drawn and the community who take up stones to pulverize her
are the "insiders."  This would be why the entire community can be considered a foil to
Tessie.

Robert Kennedy urged civil rights workers to focus on voter registration because he... A) thought voter registration would be easier to achieve...

If you are operating out of a textbook or a set of class
readings or course instruction, I would turn to these first.  Perhaps, there is some
answer that has already been stated from which you can draw.  To be quite honest, I am
not entirely comfortable with the choices offered here, which is why if you have
specific readings or analysis, perhaps the answer would be more evident.  I think that
the selection of the answers featured might reflect bias or historical slant.  For
example, if one believed that Robert Kennedy was passionate about his defense and
advocacy for Civil Rights, letters C and D might not be immediately embraced as they
reflect the use of Civil Rights in a more political context.  However, if one believed
that Kennedy was intent about bringing Civil Rights for people of color into existence,
there might be a more immediate embrace of A or B.  Much is dependent on what is out
there and what you have experienced in your class and
instruction.

For me, I think that Kennedy was fairly
zealous and legitimate about Civil Rights.  I consider his landmark speech given in
1961:

We will not stand by or be aloof. We will
move. I happen to believe that href="../../topic/Brown_v._Board_of_Education">the 1954 Supreme Court school
desegregation decision was right. But my belief does not matter. It is the
law. Some of you may believe the decision was wrong. That does not matter. It is the
law.

When examining these words and his overall
stance towards Civil Rights, his willingness to send federal troops to accompany James
Meredith to classes at the University Mississippi and his staunch support of Dr. King, I
think that Kennedy would have been an advocate for voter registration as the key to
fighting segregation practices.  I also believe that he was pragmatic enough to see the
issue as requiring benchmarks for success and voter registration was a part of this
process.  In my mind, I could live with B as an answer, with A as a close second.  Yet,
I stress that the need to refer back to your classwork becomes critical in this process,
superseding anything written here.

If (a+2b+c),(a-c) and (a-2b+c) are in continued proportion, prove that b is the mean proportion between a and c

For b to be the mean proportion of a and c, the following
relation has to b verified:

b =
sqrt(a*c)

We'll replace b by (a-c) and the product a*c by
the product (a+2b+c)*(a-2b+c)

We notice that the product
(a+2b+c)*(a-2b+c) returns the difference of two
squares:

(a+2b+c)*(a-2b+c) = (a+c)^2 -
(2b)^2

The relation that has to be verified
is:

(a-c) = sqrt[(a+c)^2 -
(2b)^2]

We'll raise to square both
sides:

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

We'll expand the
binomials:

a^2 - 2ac + c^2 = a^2 +2ac + c^2 -
4b^2

We'll eliminate a^2 +
c^2:

- 2ac = 2ac - 4b^2

But
b^2 = ac

- 2ac = 2ac -
4ac

-2ac =
-2ac

Since the LHS = RHS, therefore b is the
mean proportion between a and c, if (a+2b+c),(a-c) and (a-2b+c) are in continuous
proportion.

Defining the term "Romanticism", discuss Wordsworth as a romantic poet.

Much of what the Early Romantics were trying to do was to
create an American identity. Consider that the colonists are coming out of the American
Revolution with no true sense of who they are as a country. Think about what it would be
like to live in Georgia with oppressive heat, large plantations and with a landscape
VASTLY different to those of the northeast. Then consider a colonist living in
Massachusetts, near Boston where most people are still devout Christians and on much
smaller farms. There are town squares where people gather on a regular basis. Bostonians
and Georgians have little to nothing in common except for the Revolution and their
empassioned enthusiasm for something new they can start on their
own.

Now, early Romantic authors and in particular
Wadsworth Lonfellow worked very hard at creating a national identity. They toiled to
make old folktales and myths that people could get behind as being their own heritage.
They made sure the natural settings of these stories were American. Consider "Paul
Revere" which is a poem that idealizes a national hero who embodies what Longfellow
believes an American should be: heroic, brave, loyal to his countrymen. Then look at
"The Blacksmith" your average, hardworking American who is a family man, prays on
Sundays and enjoys knowing he has worked hard to keep his family together and
healthy.

Romanticism idealized not only the natural setting
as the previous poster pointed out but also the American and his or her values. Look
closely at Longfellow's writings and you will see that his protagonists value hard work,
freedom, discipline, loyalty, and a sense of community.

In "One Dignity Delays For All," what do the 'crown' and the 'chamber' symbolise?

In this famous poem Dickinson presents her view of death
as something that is not to be feared, but as something that confers honour upon us, and
also something that levels all humans, no matter what their social class or station in
life beforehand. Note how the first stanza introduces the inevitability of death, but
also how it confers upon death--normally something that is feared and dreaded--a kind of
nobility:

One
dignity delays for all—
One mitred Afternoon—
None can avoid this
purple—
None evade this
Crown!

The dignity of the
title obviously refers to death, and the way that we are told nobody can avoid the
"purple" or the "Crown" link death to something like a coronation, where "purple" is an
unmistakable royal colour and the "Crown" is a symbol of royalty. Obviously Dickinson is
challenging popular perceptions of death. From her religious perspective, death was the
ultimate "dignity" that greets all humans, whatever their station in life, confering
upon them equal honour and glory.

Building on this first
stanza, the second stanza contains the reference to
"Chamber":

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Coach, it insures, and
footmen—
Chamber, and state, and throng—
Bells, also, in the
village
As we ride grand
along!

Dickinson here
deliberately builds upon her description of death as being the ultimate accolade by
describing the trappings that we receive as we achieve this moment of glory and of
honour. In our deaths, Dickinson argues, we gain all of the same recognition and praise
that we normally associate with the death of a high-born person, including a coach and
footmen and the presence of important people from "Chamber, and state, and throng." Thus
through her reference to "Crown" and "Chamber" Dickinson presents death as an equalising
force, where equal honour is confered upon everbody.

How is Caesura used in the poem "Out, Out--"?

Caesura is a pause in the middle of a line of poetry. It
was originally meant as a place for Anglo-Saxon scops to draw in a breath given the
length of the poetry they were reciting. While the use of the caesura is still used for
this reason, other may use it so as to provide a place where a reader can reflect on
what is being said.

In regards to Frost's poem "Out,
Out--", the use of the caesura provides a reflection, or pausing, point so that the
reader can reflect upon the action, or message, in the poem.  In the following lines
(7-10), a caesura is used:

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And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and
rattled,/ As it ran light, or had to bear a load./ And nothing happened: day was all but
done.

The caesura takes place
where the commas and colon exist in the lines. Frost is wanting the reader to pause to
consider the seriousness of what is going on. The repetition of the "snarled and
rattled" represents the seriousness of the threat. The second line is allowing the
reader to think about the circumstances. The last line functions as a conclusion to the
immediate action. The last line also repeats the thought of the end being there; just in
a different way each time.

Why could low interest rates undermine an economy?

There are at least two ways in which excessively low
interest rates could undermine an economy.

First, low
interest rates could lead to inflation.  If interest rates are kept too low, it will be
too easy to borrow money.  This could overstimulate the economy, leading aggregate
demand to rise faster than aggregate supply.  This will likely lead to inflation, which
is bad for the economy.

Second, low interest rates can lead
to bubbles such as the one that hurt the US economy so badly in 2008.  When interest
rates are low, people can easily borrow money to speculate in things such as housing. 
Businesses can easily borrow money to invest in ventures that are riskier than is
prudent.  If too much of this sort of borrowing happens, the economy can be hurt badly
if the bubble pops.  Banks, for example, can lose a great deal of money if the risky
loans mentioned above cannot be repaid.  This is the sort of thing that caused the
financial crisis in the US and elsewhere beginning in 2008.

"A serious house on serious Earth it is." What is "it" referring to in "Church Going"?

The reference you have given is the first line of the last stanza,
and refers to the importance of the church, both to Larkin and to society at large.
Having visited a church and being surprised at the solemnity and power that it still
has, this line seems to cement this conclusion with the repetition of the word "serious"
to indicate that, whatever our religious beliefs, the church acts as a "serious house on
a serious earth." The "it" therefore refers to the church. Note how the stanza
continues:

A serious house on a serious earth it
is,
In whose blent air all our compulsions meet,
Are recognised, and
robed as destinies.
And that much can never be obsolete,
Since
someone will forever be surprising
A hunger in himself to be more
serious,
And gravitating with it to this
ground...

Even though the speaker in this poem
dares to mock the church, his actions give him away, as he takes off his bicycle clips
with "awkward reverence." Larkin argues that there is something intrinsically important
in churches, because they meet a felt need that we have, and when we find that we have
"a hunger in [ourselves] to be more serious," churches are the place that we will
gravitate to.