Can you illustrate the relationship between humans and nature in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"?

In the poem human beings are seen as always in a hurry.
They have places to go and things to do. It is not the norm to stop in the woods. Yet
nature holds a certain allure. A line by line look at the poem can be useful as a means
of illustration:

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Whose woods these are I think I
know.
His house is in the village
though;

These are not the
narrator's woods. he is clearly an outsider passing through. In fact, these woods are
uninhabited. Traditionally, a empty wood at night would be a place of fear, but here the
speaker seems not to feel threatened. In fact, he pauses only to consider that as these
woods are not his own and whether or not he should stop on someone else's property,
remarking:

He
will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with
snow.

It is not that the
owner of the woods will or will not mind. He will not see, so he will not know. there is
a bit of an illicitness about the act of stopping, of man disturbing nature with his
very presence, and the horse is the one who is the "witness" to the
act:

My little
horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse
near

The horse is symbolic of
society that looks upon the act of stopping as inconsistent with the norm, but the pull
of nature is too strong for the narrator to resist, even as it brings with is a sense of
possible danger, not only from being caught, but from the elements
themselves:

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Between the woods and frozen lake
The
darkest evening of the
year.

Nature presents dangers
in the cold. The man could become sick. A frozen lake can be a deadly trap. Darkness in
the woods holds the possibility of countless dangers. Nature can be either a friend or
an enemy, and in realism nature is usually an obstacle. But Frost was not always in line
with the rest of the realists. The horse, however, seems to think that the man is
tempting fate:

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He gives his harness bells a shake
To
ask if there is some
mistake.

He urges the man to
remember that society is waiting, that time is passing by and that he should be moving
on, but nature has its own commentary and corresponding pull to stay a moment
longer:

The
only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy
flake.

In fact, nature seems
soothing here with adjectives such as easy (simplicity in nature as opposed to the
complexities of life in an urbanized world) and downy (reminiscent of a feather bed,
perhaps)

The
woods are lovely, dark and
deep.

They call to him, it
seems. Nature is urging him to take a pause, but he can only comply for a moment before
he returns to the civilized world:

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But I have promises to keep,
And miles
to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I
sleep.

Nature may not be
burdened by responsibility, but man is. He must attend to his business before he can
sleep (the first sleep) and he has much that he must do before he dies (the second
sleep) whereas nature, while it does consist of life cycles, has no concept of death or
responsibility. It simply exists. It is not bothered or impressed by the man, but he is
with it.

.

What does Esperanza teach us about kinship, loyalty, and responsibility in The House on Mango Street?

On many levels, Esperanza teaches us that to uphold
honorable values in a world filled with dishonor is challenging.  Esperanza's narrative
tears the mask away from the idea that nobility is easy and a guarantee in a world that
is contingent, and at best stresses contingent values.  Esperanza teaches us that
loyalty and responsibility to oneself is extremely precarious.  One must be vigilant of
constantly losing it.  When she and her friends dress up to "be older," they attract
attention that proves to be detrimental.  While Esperanza does possesses the
understanding of kinship and solidarity with her friends, she also understands that she
must protect herself in a world that will not do it for her.  In this, Esperanza teaches
that the idea of self- preservation in the name of loyalty and a sense of dignity in a
world that seeks to strip it away is something that must be coveted, protected at all
costs and regardless of situation and circumstance.  It is this honor and respect for
self, a sense of personal responsibility and loyalty to one's own voice along with a
sense of connection or kinship to one's dreams, that ends up defining her voice as she
matures throughout the narrative.  In this, Esperanza teaches the reader that strength
and commitment to honorable ideas is a pursuit that might not be immediately rewarded by
the outside world, but one for which the fight is worthwhile.

What is the dominant contrast in the opening chapters of the novella?John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

In the opening chapters of John Steinbeck's Of
Mice and Men, the serene beauty of the Salinas Valley with its golden slopes
and greenery and trodden path that leads to a peaceful pool where rabbits move
noiselessly is a haven where George Milton and Lennie Small find respite that is in
sharp contrast to the potentially insect-infested bunkhouse with people who threaten
their safety to which George Milton and Lennie Small report for
work.

While at the pool in the clearing, George and Lennie
speak as friends, discussing freely their feelings and their past experiences. 
Relaxing, they recite their dream of owning a ranch as though it were a litany, a prayer
before they bed down for the night.  However, once they reach the ranch, George is
guarded in his speech, careful to feign enough disinterest in things so as not to draw
attention to himself and Lennie.  In contrast to his rather positive feelings about
Lennie's remembering where to hide in the brush by the pond in Chapter One, George falls
"morosely silent" in Chapter Two after Lennie speaks when he has been instructed by
George not to say anything in front of the boss.  For the most part, George is tense
when he and Lennie are in the bunkhouse around the other bindle stiffs from whom they
are alienated.

in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, why does Mrs. Flowers want to help Maya?

The section of the novel that you want to look at is
Chapter Fifteen, which introduces Mrs. Flowers to us and also narrates the first visit
that Maya paid to Mrs. Flowers, and the impact it had upon her character. We are never
told directly why it is that Mrs. Flowers invited Maya back to her house, and the author
herself tells us that she never thought about it at that stage in her life. Note what
she tells us:

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Childhood's logic never asks to be proved (all
conclusions are absolute). I didn't question why Mrs. Flowers had singled me out for
attention, nor did it occur to me that Momma might have asked her to give me a little
talking to. All I cared about was that she had made tea cookies for me
and read to me from her favourite book. It was enough to
prove that she liked me.

From
this quote we can perhaps infer that it was Maya's "Momma" who had asked Mrs. Flowers to
have a chat with Maya. The author makes it clear that following her abuse she was
sinking into some kind of deep depression and low self-esteem plagued her. Momma would
clearly have noticed that Maya was suffering, and, given Mrs. Flowers' status in the
community as the "aristocrat" of the community, presumably she felt that Mrs. Flowers
would be able to help Maya.

Also, from what we know of Mrs.
Flowers, we can tell that she is a caring individual who would likewise have wanted to
help Maya get over the horrendous experience she had suffered. As a black woman who
manages to be proud of her identity, she would want to help somebody like Maya to attain
that same level of pride in herself.

In The Hunger Games, when or how did Katniss and Peeta meet if they are in diffrent districts?

Unfortunately, I think you have become slightly confused.
If you read the book carefully, it is clear that Peeta and Katniss are actually from the
same district, District 12. If you re-read chapter two, for example, you will see that
both of them are selected to be tributes to represent their district in the Hunger
Games. Therefore Peeta comes from precisely the same district that Katniss comes from.
Also, following Peeta's selection, you will note the way that Katniss feels bad because
she remembers how nice Peeta was to her just after her father's death when she was
struggling to survive and get enough food for her mother and sister. From what we can
understand of this first book, the Districts are very self-contained, and it is
suggested that those within them are not actually allowed to travel to other districts.
This indicates that Peeta and Katniss grew up together in the same
District.

In Into the Wild, where did Chris McCandless have all of his mail forwarded to?

The answer to this question can be found in Chapter Seven,
which details Chris's time working in South Dakota with Wayne Westerberg on his farm.
Although Chris did not spend much time in this location, he chose this to be his
permanent address in terms of where he wanted his mail to be sent. Note what he wrote to
Wayne in the last postcard that he sent:

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Please return all mail I receive to the sender.
It might be a very long time before I return
South.

This shows that Chris
McCandless chose this location to be his permanent address and had all mail sent to this
location. Let us remember that Chris had turned his back on all of civilisation in his
desire to go "into the wild," and leaving his mail and correspondence like this was just
another symbol of his rejection of civilisation.

How will Jessica escape from her father’s house?

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I think you are
asking for a simple summary of a scene where Jessica escapes from her father, Shylock's
house. The reason Jessica runs away is to marry Christian Lorenzo since Shylock would
never grant her marriage with a non-Jewish man.
The escape takes place during
a rainy night. When Lorenzo comes by her house with his friends disguised as a group of
masquers. Shylock was not home among their arrival. Jessica disguises as a young
torchbearer and packs her stuff and ducats of gold and jewels that Shylock has hid for
himself. She climbs out of her window and successfully lands on the boat and they elope.
With the money and jewels that Jessica stole from Shylock, they gamble, drink, visit
prostitution sites and other luxuries. Jessica also trades her mother's marriage ring
for a monkey which Shylock rages about upon hearing.

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In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, how closely do the characters reflect the historical accuracy of culture within the community?

Among the genteel society of Jane Austen's class, as
depicted in Pride and Prejudice, it was certainly the norm to frequently entertain
through balls, dinners, and frequent social calls, as we see all of the characters
doing. The ways in which the community of Hertfordshire socially engages, is certainly
accurately depicted.

Another aspect of culture found, not only in
Hertfordshire, but in England at large for the time period, was the mingling of social
classes and the questions it raised. During this time period, England was at war with
France at the time of the French Revolution. England, wanting to avoid their own
revolution began to soften the hard lines of demarcation separating social classes. The
aristocracy, not wanting to loose their heads as the French aristocracy did, began to be
less assertive with respect to their superiority, as we see Darcy do. Not only that,
England's middle class, such Elizabeth's relations like the Gardiners, began
intermingling and intermarrying with the aristocracy, as we also see depicted in
Pride and Prejudice.

Hence, the characters in
Pride and Prejudice give a very accurate portrayal of the society
and culture of Austen's time.

Which part of our body is responsible for doing actions without the brains order?For example, If we hurt our hand means suddenly tears will come...

The only thing that your body does without direction of
some sort from the brain is called a reflex. Reflexes occur in a variety of areas, and
they do involved the nervous system, but they bypass the brain itself. In fact,
creatures without a brain, for example clams and oysters, still possess
reflexes.

In your example, a person who hurts their hand
will stimulate a withdrawal reflex. The pain of the injury stimulates sensors which pass
the message to sensory nerves. These nerves go up the arm and into the spinal cord,
where the message is passed to an outgoing nerve fiber which causes the arm muscles to
contract, pulling the hand in toward the body to remove it from the source of injury.
Watery eyes, crying, or calling out come from the response of the sympathetic nervous
system, which provides the fight-or-flight response when we are hurt or
frightened.

What are 20 main events in The Skin I'm In?

There are a couple of things that need to be stated in a
question like this.  The first is that the idea of "main events" will differ from person
to person.  Therefore, what I consider to be the 20 main events of a story might not be
what another person considers to be "main events."  It is important that this is kept in
mind with a question like this.  Another issue is that, unless there is specific
directions to counter, really anything can count as a main idea.  The internal
revelations of characters, the discovery of their motivations, as well as implications
of the plot development and thematic conctent connection can constitute as a "main
event."  It is important to keep this in mind.

Accordingly,
coming up with 20 statements of Maleeka's experience is not that difficult.  The setting
can be one main event, the description of the main character can take up multiple main
events, the interaction with her English teacher, Miss Saunders, can be another event,
as well as Miss Saunders' description of her skin can represent another.  Following
this, 20 events is something that can happen with relative ease.

the atomic number of argon is 18. will argon tend to form bonds with other elements? please explain your answer.nope

Argon is a very unreactive element as it already has a
full outer shell.

Here is the concept of electron shells
for elements:

An element would have a full inner or first
shell with a maximum of two electrons. The second shell would have a maximum of eight
shells, as with the third shell too and so on. If an element does not have full electron
shells, it would either give or take electrons (ionic bonding) or share electrons
(covalent bonding).

Argon has an atomic number of 18 which
means that it has 18 electrons. This means that it has a full outer shell and thus would
not have to bond or share with other elements to gain or lose any more electrons. Argon
is one of the six unreactive elements which have full outer shells: helium, neon, argon,
krypton, xenon and radon, which are the noble gases in Group VIII of the periodic
table.

What is the plot of "The Guest"?What events took place

Set in remote Algieria during civil unrest between French
colonists and Arab natives, "The Guest" features Daru, a French (in exile) schoolteacher
who is host to Balducci, a French gendarme (military guard), and an
Arab prisoner accused of murder.  Daru feeds and harbors the two guests for the night.
 The next morning, there is an uprising by the native Algierians against the French
troops nearby, so Balducci leaves the Arab in Daru's custody while he goes to fight,
thereby leaving Daru the responsiblity to deliver the Arab to the nearby
priosn.

Because Daru in an Arab schoolteacher, he
sympathizes with the Arabs and does not want to get involved, especially in a death
penalty case.  But, he is also a French colonist (by proxy) and faces chargesof treason
if he does not obey Balducci's orders.  So, he tries to play both sides.  He walks the
prisoner to a fork in the road: one road leading to prison, and the other toward a group
of nomads.  Thinking the Arab will choose freedom, Daru frees him.  Looking back,
however, Daru sees the Arab walking toward the prison.

Why
did the prisoner choose death instead of freedom?  Why did Daru refuse to choose another
man's fate?  Was Daru's decision to "wash his hands" of the prisoner an act of
irresponsibility?  Was it a cultural decision for the Arab to honor the wishes of his
host (Daur) and thereby go to prison?  Or, was it a fear of freedom?  Does Camus think
that most people choose death instead of freedom every day of their
lives?

In the end, Daru finds a message at his schoolhouse
left by the Arab's brother which says he plans to seek revenge for his brother's death.
 So, Daru's refusal to make a choice inevitably leads to the Arab's death and possibly
his own.  This predicament reflects Camus' absurdist philosophy which says the universe
is chaotic and unsympathetic.

In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Chapter 11, what role do germs play in answering Yali's question?

Yali's question is why Europeans have so many more
material goods than other peoples.  This is caused in part by the fact that the
Europeans were able to conquer other peoples and exploit their resources.  This ability
was caused in large part by the fact that Europeans had
"germs."

Many infectious diseases had evolved in Eurasia
because of the fact that large animals had been domesticated there for a long time. 
Eurasians developed resistance to these diseases, but peoples from other continents did
not.  This meant that those people were killed in large numbers by European diseases
when they were exposed to those diseases.

The germs helped
the Europeans conquer and this helped give them more resources than people from other
continents had.  This is how germs help to answer Yali's
question.

Does the story say something about life in a big city? "The Cop and the Anthem" by O. Henry

O. Henry's short story "The Cop and the Anthem" does,
indeed, depict the callousness and detached attitudes of many urban people.  When Soapy
enters the restaurant the head waiter immediately zeroes in on him as an "undesirable"
and "conveyed him in silence and haste to the sidewalk."  After all, anyone who detracts
from the appeal of the restaurant is immediately removed since he can cost the business
customers.  Likewise, although the less pretentious restaurant serves Soapy, with no
concern about his improverished state, he is roughly thrown into the dusty street when
he cannot pay.

That Soapy cannot get himself arrested, of
course, comprises the ironic humor of O. Henry's tale; but, at the same time, it points
to the number of true miscreants that populate a big city such as the street walker
and the umbrella thief. Yet, when Soapy enters the church and listens to the church
anthem, or moving short sacred choral work presented during a worship service, he
examines his life and resolves to improve himself.  However, just as he steps out of the
church, he is arrested for doing "nothing."  With a humorous twist to the old question
"Where is a policeman when you need him?" Soapy is arrested now that he does not want to
be.  The policeman appears when he is not wanted--how typical of the feeling of many
city dwellers!

what is the difference between community and ecosystem please explain?

The main difference between a community and an ecosystem
is that the ecosystem is defined as the result of what happens when a community of
living organisms shares and interacts within their environment. What this means is that
the ecosystem is a product of a specific community. There are several types of
ecosystems, for example, a marine ecosystem, the rain forest ecosystem, the swamp
ecosystem, and the desert ecosystem, just to name a few.

A
community in itself is a group of beings that share something in common and work,
interact, and live together. What happens with the community is that the definition of
it does not extend to the specifics of which types of ecosystems can come out of the
myriad of communities that exist.

Therefore, a community is
a formed group of beings with common locality and with a capacity to come together under
a common denominator to establish as specific mode of existence, namely, an
ecosystem.

Are the following results correct:1. (x+5)(x+2) = x^2 + 7x + 10x. 2. (x-2)(x-2) = x^2 + 4x +4x 3. (x-5)(x+12) = x^2 + 7x 4. (3c-5d)(2c+4d)...

The result of (x + a)(x + b) = x^2 + (a + b)*x +
ab

The correct results for your problems
are:

1. (x+5)(x+2) = x^2 + (5
+ 2)x + (5*2) = x^2 + 7x +
10

2.
(x-2)(x-2) = x^2 + (-2 - 2)x + (-2)*(-2) = x^2 - 4x +
4

3.
(x-5)(x+12) = x^2 + (-5 + 12)x + (-5*12) = x^2 + 7x -
60

4.
(3c-5d)(2c+4d) = 6c^2 + 12 cd - 10cd - 20d^2 = 6c^2 + 2cd -
20d^2

5.
(5x-3)(3x-8) = 15x^2 - 40x - 9x + 24 = 15x^2 - 49x +
24

What's a quote from A Thousand Splendid Suns that states that Mariam and Laila are friends?Can you give me at least a few quotes that prove that...

At first, Mariam is outraged at the presence of another
woman in her home. But she has little say in the matter, since the cruel Rasheed has the
final (and only) say in matters of the household. Laila, however, attempts to become
friends with Mariam, and the lonely Mariam finally realizes that Laila is no threat to
her. She has already come to despise Rasheed, though she doesn't care for her new role
as the second, older wife. She eventually comes to pity Laila, and when Laila stops
Rasheed from beating Mariam with his belt, a bond develops between the two women. When
Laila awakes one morning to find some baby clothes at her door--a gift from Mariam--she
knows that the ice between them has finally broken. They eventually become best friends,
working together to keep Rasheed as happy as possible in order to make their own lives
more tolerable. When Laila invites Mariam to escape with her and Aziza, her son, Mariam
knows she has a true friend under the same roof.

There true
love for one another is illustrated best after Mariam has killed Rasheed. She decides
that the only way for Laila to be free is to accept responsibility for Rasheed's death
herself. Laila wants Mariam to try and escape with her, but Mariam realizes they will
not escape from the Taliban authorities together.

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     "We'll take care of each other," Laila
said, choking on her words, her eyes wet with tears... "I'll take care of you for a
change."
     ... Laila crawled to her and again put her head on Mariam's
lap...
     ... All she could do was roll herself up and bury her face one
last time in the welcoming warmth of Mariam's
lap.

Just before her
execution, Mariam thought again about Laila.

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... she was leaving the world as a woman who had
loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a
guardian.

If a company sells its products only from a website, which is accessible over the Internet to customers all over the world, does it still need to...

Regardless of a company's dependency on a website, I still
think that it must have a target market.  Like any marketplace, the users of the
internet are varied.  There is so much divergence in those who actively use the internet
that the means of product dissemination is not as important as to whom the product would
be appealing.  Research has to be done on the browsing habits of a particular group that
would be interested in the products, and to ensure that as much exposure and convergence
is present in both the product's appeal and the type of consumer who would want such a
product.  In this, companies cannot simply feel that because they are "on the net,"
their message and product is present and evident.  For example, the advertising space
sold on appeals to a particular type of individual who would frequent a site like this
one.  These companies do not simply admit that because they are on the web, their
product will sell.  Companies know of target audiences and determine how digital
convergence and product demand can be one in the same in ensuring
profit.

What does this quote mean from The Secret Life of Bees?The quote is "We can't think of changing our skin. Change the world -that's how we gotta...

The following quote is from the novel The Secret
Life of Bees,

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We can't think of changing our skin. Change the
world- that's how we gotta
think.

The meaning of this
quote is based upon the fact that there are certain things that one cannot change in
their life. The color of ones skin is something that is physically unable to be
changed.

Instead of people wishing that they can change the
things they cannot, they should, instead, focus upon changing the things which they
can.

The world is something that all people can change-
even the ones who wish to change the color of their skin. It is not the color of a
person's skin that actually needs to be changed. It is, instead, the mentality of those
around them (those who harbor prejudices and stereotypical thoughts) which need to be
changed.

The quote is basically saying that one needs to
focus upon the things that are changable- people's minds, people's prejudices, people's
stereotypes. Why bother with trying to change something one cannot- it is simply a waste
of time. The only way to make a true difference is by changing what one can- the world,
one piece at a time.

A+B+C =180. The question is to prove sin2A-sin2B+sin2C=-4sinAcosBcosC. I get sin2A-sin2B+sin2C=-4sinBcosAcosC, am I right?

It is given that A + B + C = 180. We have to prove that
sin 2A - sin 2B + sin 2C = -4*sin A*cos B*cos C

sin 2A -
sin 2B + sin 2C

=> 2*sin [(2A - 2B)/2]*cos[(2A +
2B)/2] + sin 2C

=> 2*sin (A - B)*cos(A + B) + sin
2C

=> -2*sin (A - B)*cos C + 2*sin C*cos
C

=> -2*cos C[sin(A - B) - sin
C]

=> -2*cos C*2*sin[(A - B - C)/2]*cos[(A - B +
C)/2]

=> -4*cos C*sin[(A + A - 180)/2]*cos[(180 - B
- B)/2]

=> -4*cos C*sin(A - 90)*cos(90 -
B)

=> -4*cos C*cos A*sin
B

The result that you have got is
right.

How accurate was Orwell in his vision of the future, and in what ways does our contemporary society compare to his idea of society in 1984?

George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1948, and
it was not so much a work of science fiction as it was speculative fiction, using the
premise of a Western democratic society (Britain) falling victim to ultra-liberal
(communism) or ultra-conservative (Nazism) regimes.  In other words, he did not intend
this society to necessarily exist in 1984; it could have existed as soon as 1948 (if the
communists might have won the Cold War that early, let's
say).

The society in 1984 is governed
by fear (first half) and pain (second half).  Fear is managed by censorship, propaganda,
government-controlled mass media, rationing, police-state surveillance and profiling,
mandatory extremist nationalism, and a war against family and education (Ministry of
Peace, Ministry of Truth).  Pain is managed by institutional torture (Ministry of Love),
brainwashing and reconditioning, and the murder of political
dissidents.

We are not seeing this society whole-scale in
Western democratic governments, but are seeing it in small-scale, especially in mass
media.  Currently, Google and Facebook profile in greater numbers than even Orwell could
have imagined; the irony, of course, is that most of us don't mind it.  In fact, we all
but consent to it because we feel it is contributing to a group database or network.  We
have agreed to give up certain individual rights to privacy so that we can, in a sense,
be victims of and play the role of Big Brother.  We like voyeurism as much as the Secret
Police: just look at reality TV programming!

Currently,
Britain is a police-state: their country has cameras on nearly every street corner, and
they recently used face-detection technology to find and indict the looters in the
London riots.

We have seen torture in our country's War
against Terror: waterboarding, Abu Ghraib prison (Iraq), Guantanamo Bay prison (Cuba).
 Many have justified excessive force in capturing and killing the terrorists of
9/11.

What are the themes of The Phantom Of Opera?

There are several themes that carry throughout the novel
(and which have been also used effectively in the Broadway musical version) that are
enduring and reflect not only the society at the time the piece is set but also are
equally appropriate reflections of the modern world. This is one of the reasons that the
piece has had such an enduring popularity.

The first is the
element of appearance as a "mask" for reality. People are not always as they appear. Of
course, Erik is the example that comes most easily to mind. He hides his disfigured face
behind a mask, he moves in and out of the hidden underground corridors using his
knowledge of them to craft the illusion that he is a "phantom" as well as to take that
illusion one step further to appear to Christine as her "Spirit of Music" when she is
most ready to believe in him. But Erik is not the only examplee. The opera itself, and
theatre as a whole, is a place of illusions. Actors take on roles, and what seems to be
magic is really the technical expertise of stage hands and designers. We are transported
as audience into a world of illusion, and the novel, in taking us behind the scenes,
allows us to see behind the mask of that illusion. Appearance is not always
reality.

Another theme is that of innocence. Christine's
naivety is what makes it so easy for her to fall for Erik's rhetoric. She also stands in
counterpoint to Erik, who has been rejected by the world because he is disfigured. This
really ties back into appearance and reality, to an extent. Because of his appearance,
he has been rejected which, by extension, has made him become the monster that people
viewed him as from the start. We make assumptions, judgements, about people because of
their looks. Christine is young and beautiful, so she must be good. Erik is scarred and
disfigured o he must be evil. And, in the end, this sometimes becomes a self-fulfilling
prophesy. Erik had no other place in society where he could become powerful than the
role that he chose. This raises the question of what is our greatest influence -
ourselves or the society in which we live. A common theme in literature is the
exploration of what it means to be the "other" or that which is not the norm. Erik  is
different, and it is his difference that causes him to be rejected, scorned, and even
feared by society.

Erik and Christine also serve as
thematic counterparts in terms of the way in which childhood has shaped them as adults.
Erik is longing to experience the kind of childhood that Christine must have had, so he
sees in her a surrogate mother. This is evidenced in the fact that the room he has for
her is a carbon copy of the room that his mother lived in when Erik was a child.
Christine, in wanting to return to the happiness of her own childhood, sees in Erik that
Spirit of Music her father had promised her, and she longs to believe in him. He becomes
a replacement of sorts for the father that has been lost. Psychologically, this is a
reflection on the connections that are created between parents and their children. For
Christine, that was one of a loving and healthy relationship that she longed to have
back. For Erik, it was one of rejection - even his mother rejected him - and he was
looking to experience something that he had never had. In the end, as he releases her
from captivity, she releases him through her acceptance of him. The fair maiden has
tamed the monster - another common theme of literature wherein innocence triumphs over
evil.

Why does Winston hate the Party?

The Party stands for everything that is contrary to
humanity. Winston is old enough that he is still experiencing remembrances of life prior
to Party control. He can imagine his mother and sister and he knows they died. He has
recollection of his wife, not that he really loved her. He recognizes that what the
Party is doing is wrong, yet is really powerless to do anything about
it.

He hates the Party for the apathy created in him, for
the dissappearance of his family, and for the recreation of truth. He hates the Party
later in the book because it makes it difficult to experience a relationship with Julia.
He hates the lack of privacy he has. He hates the Party in the end because they worked
hard to break and torture him.

Most of all, the lies of
society and manipulation of the people resound to the reader through the character of
Winston.

There is a spade being held above a flat area of soil. The spade is released and falls vertically. It takes 0.29s for the blade to reach the...

Because it is being held vertically, when it is released
it accelerates due to gravity.  The initial velocity is zero because it is not moving.
The equation to use is:

Vf = Vi + gt where Vf is the
velocity just before it hits the ground, Vi is the initial velocity, g is 9.8 m/s/s, and
t is the time in seconds.

Solving you get:  Vf = 0 + 9.8 *
0.29 = 2.842 m/s

Once the spade hits the ground it starts
slowing down until it comes to a stop. In this case the final velocity is zero, the
initial velocity is the just calculated 2.842 m/s, the distance traveled is 50 mm or
0.050 m, and the rate of slowing (the acceleration is
unknown).

The appropriate kinematic equation is:  Vf^2 =
Vi^2 + 2a(Yf - Yi)

where Vf is the final velocity =
0

Vi is the initial velocity = 2.842
m/s

(Yf - Yi) is the distance traveled = 0.050
m

a is the acceleration you are looking
for.

Solving you get:

0^2 =
2.842^2 + 2a(0.50)

a = -8.077 m/s/s  The minus sign
indicating the spade is slowing down.

A ship needs to evacuate a seriously sick sailor. The ship’s captain will not stop the ship nor change course. The ship is traveling on a...

A seriously sick sailor has to be evacuated from a ship.
As the ship's captain will neither change the course of the ship nor stop it, a
helicopter has to be used to lift the sailor from the ship. When it is decided that this
has to be done, the ship is located 10 km at a bearing of 200 from the helicopter base
and is traveling at a speed of 47 km/h at a bearing of
80.

Optimization can be used here to minimize the distance
that the helicopter has to fly. The least distance that the helicopter has to fly and
the time at which the ship reaches there can be
determined.

The helicopter is closest to the base when the
length of the perpendicular drawn from the base to the line representing the path
followed by the ship is the shortest. Let the time when this happens be
T.

The length of the perpendicular is given by D where D =
47*T*tan 60 and D^2 + (47*T)^2 = 10^2

=> `(47*T*sqrt
3)^2 + (47*T)^2 = 100`

=> 6627*T^2 + 2209*T^2 =
100

=> T^2 =
100/8836

=> T = 0.106
h

D = 8.66
km

The ship would be closest to the base
after 0.106 hours and at a distance of 8.66 km.

What are the salient features of tragedy?Explain with relevant examples.

In classic literature, works fall into one of two
categories - tragedy or comedy. In tragic works, you see many common
themes.

Some examples
-

Simplicity - tragic heroes typically behave predictably
and lack flexibility

Preference for the familiar -
violating norms brings about the tragic fall, where as in a comedy the hero will see
breaking the norm as an opportunity

Uncritical Thinking -
tragic heroes tend not to question the accepted order of
things

Emotional Engagement - tragic characters often give
into their emotions completely and have extreme
reactions

Stubborness and Seriousness - tragic heroes have
a course and stick to it and they remain serious
throughout

Social Isolation - tragedies often stress the
individual and their alienation of society

Look at Romeo
& Juliet and Macbeth for relevant examples. Romeo & Juliet lack the
ability to see other options for themselves. They isolate themselves and are stubborn
and one-tracked minded. They absolutely give into their emotions (rather easily) and are
unable to think and respond rationally.

Macbeth is
certainly stubborn. He isolates himself by killing his friends and their families. He is
unable to get past his own greed and amibition and stops at nothing to achieve his
goals.

Is distance learning equal opportunity for the global community?

To some extent, it is, but there are ways in which it can
actually increase inequality in the world.

Distance
learning does make it much more possible for people around the globe to partake of the
best possible educational opportunities.  A person in a poor country like the
Philippines could, through distance learning, take classes from a top-class university
in some other country.  This can help to create more equal opportunities around the
globe.

However, the infrastructure needed to take advantage
of these opportunities is not equally available around the world at this time.  Poorer
countries may lack good internet access.  Poorer people in any country might lack both
internet access and access to computers.  These things would make it harder for the poor
to take advantage of the increased opportunities available to the
well-off.

Theoretically, then, distance learning is equal
opportunity and can increase equality around the globe.  In practice, however, it might
exacerbate inequality.

What evidence is there that Lady Macbeth is not as strong as she would like to believe, in Act Two, scene two of Shakespeare's Macbeth?What does...

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth
returns from killing the King and he is hysterical.  It's as if his mind cannot grasp
what his hands have done. He tells his wife that the guards were saying their prayers in
their sleep as he entered to kill Duncan, and that when they said "Amen,"
he could not, though he felt that he needed a
blessing.

Lady Macbeth encourages her husband not to dwell
on it, but he cannot separate himself from what he has done. Still, Macbeth obsesses on
trying to find the reason that he could not say "Amen" as
well.

Lady Macbeth finally
says:

These
deeds must not be thought

After these ways; so, it will
make us mad.
(II.ii.33-34)

She warns him
that this kind of worrying will drive him (or them) crazy. This
might be an indication subconsciously on Lady Macbeth's part that
she is not as strong as she thinks. However, I think she is
actually quite capable at that time, but her situation changes
later. I would imagine that Shakespeare uses this bit of foreshadowing not only to hint
at Lady Macbeth eventual mental collapse, but I find it interesting that he presents
Macbeth as the weak one and his wife as the instigator at the beginning of the play, and
then demonstrates how they have switched places by the end of the
play.

Reasons Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore?

There are 4 reasons why Raffles founded Singapore: The
Dutch Monopoly, Failure of Penang and Bencoolen as trading ports, Strategic location and
Natural Advantages.

The Dutch controlled most parts of the Malay
Archipelago, with ports in the Straits of Melaka (Melaka) and the Sunda Straits
(Batavia). The British ships passing by had to pay high taxes and fly a Dutch flag. The
British were unhappy about this, thus they set about finding the third port: Singapore
to break. Hence, Raffles came along and founded
Singapore.

Also, the two British ports: Penang and
Bencoolen, proved unsuitable. Penang was located too far up the Straits of Melaka and
could not protect the British ships due to its position. Bencoolen whereas was located
on the wrong side of the Island of Sumatra and experienced heavy monsoons at a certain
time of the year. Hence, Raffles set about looking for the third port, located at the
tip of the Malay Peninsular, Singapore. Hence, he founded
Singapore.

Thirdly, Singapore was located strategically. At
the tip of the Malay Peninsular, it had a commanding position as was located in the
middle of the India-China trade route frequented by the British. This China trade was
important as it garnered 23 million dollars worth of opium trade for the British. This
was a huge sum at that time. Also, Singapore was located near the Spice Islands where
high profits can be earned due to the demand for spices to preserve food as there
weren't any refriegerators then. Therefore, they needed
Singapore.

Lastly, Singapore had its own natural
advantages. Not only did it have a deep harbour to dock big ships, it also had plenty of
fresh and clean water for traders to use. Singapore was located in the tropics and had
12 hours of daylight and had a constant temperature and high rainfall, this made it
suitable to grow crops, unlike the dry seasons of their home country where there might
have been crop failure. Thus, Raffles came along and founded
Singapore.

These 4 reasons are why Raffles founded
Singapore.

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What is Wilde's writing style in "The Picture of Dorian Gray"?

Oscar Wilde was a member of the Aesthetic movement, a
movement that said art should exist for its own sake.  Much of what he wrote in
A Picture of Dorian Gray was a reflection of this idea, from its
aphorisms to its ornate prose to the allegorical nature that characterizes the
story.

Wilde uses aphorisms to draw his reader into the
story.  In his Preface, for example, he says, “The artist is the creator of beautiful
things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.” In the very first line of
the novel, Wilde tells us that art, the creation of beauty, is what is most important. 
This applies not only to the way he writes, but also to what he writes about. He says,
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated,” challenging
the reader to find those beautiful meanings. He also challenges the reader to go beneath
the surface of his narrative when he says, “All art is at once surface and symbol. Those
who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.” Telling the reader not to search for
meaning beneath the surface only makes the reader inclined to do just
that.

Wilde’s use of ornate prose throughout the novel is
another great example of the aesthetic style. Wilde could use simpler words, and he
could construct his sentences differently. He does not do this because, after all, part
of his purpose is to write beautifully for the sake of writing beautifully. “I wonder
can you realize all that that means? Unconsciously he defines for me the lines of a
fresh school, a school that is to have in it all the passion of the romantic spirit, all
the perfection of the spirit that is Greek. The harmony of soul and body—how much that
is!” (Chapter 1).  The way Wilde expresses himself is part of the point he is trying to
make about beauty for its own sake.

Finally, the story
Wilde is trying to tell is an allegory.  Why write an allegory when a simple,
straightforward story would do?  In keeping with the aesthetic movement, Wilde
structures the story as an allegory in order to celebrate this style.  Dorian’s story is
the story of an innocent young man who falls from grace as the result of the corruptive
influence of evil in the form of Lord Henry.  Dorian essentially sells his soul to keep
his youth.  In using the portrait as part of the allegory, Oscar Wilde challenges the
reader to discover that art cannot be life, and that beauty for its own sake also has
its flaws.

Please help me solve the following problem.The difference of two numbers -21.3. Their product is -72.9. What are the numbers?

Let's represent the two numbers with the variables x and
y.

The difference of two numbers is -21.3.  Their product
is -72.9.  Write this information as equations, using x and
y.

x - y = -21.3

x * y =
-72.9

Now rewrite both equations with an isolated
variable.

x = -21.3 + y

x =
-72.9 / y

Using the substitution method, you can write this
equation.

-21.3 + y = -72.9 /
y

Multiply both sides of the equation by
y.

-21.3y + y^2 = -72.9

The
equation is quadratic, so lets rewrite it in
standard form.

y^2 - 21.3y + 72.9 =
0

Use the Quadatic Formula to
solve.

y = [-b `+-`
sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)] / 2a

[21.3 class="AM">`+-` sqrt(-21.3^2 - 4 * 1 * 72.9)] / 2 *
1

[21.3 `+-`
sqrt(453.69 - 291.6)] / 2

[21.3 class="AM">`+-` sqrt(162.09)] / 2

(21.3 +
12.7) / 2 = 17

(21.3 - 12.7) / 2 =
4.3

Now substitute them into the orginal equations to find
x.

x = -21.3 + y

x = -21.3 +
4.3 = -17

The two numbers are -17 and
4.3

Check:  their difference is -21.3... -17 - 4.3 = -21.3
check

Check:  their product is -72.9... -17 * 4.3 = -73.1
check

Notice that the product is a little off from what we
wanted.  This is because of the rounding that took place when we square-rooted 162.09 in
the quadratic formula.

Another way to
check:

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Notice
that the graphs intersect at (-17,
4.3)

Solution:  The two numbers
are -17 and 4.3