In Act 2 of The Miracle Worker, how do Annie and Captain Keller's interactions add drama to the play?

Act II is a very dramatic section of this play, because we
see Annie beginning to impose her regime upon Helen and upon the Keller family. One of
the most important sections of this act to my mind comes at the dinner table, when Helen
tries to take Annie's plate, as she is accustomed to feeding herself from other people's
plates during dinner time. Annie's outburst against Keller's insistence that she lets
Helen have her way and accepts another plate summarises the real struggle that is going
on in this scene. When she is told by Keller that she should have more pity for Helen,
note how she responds:

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Pity? For this tyrant? The
whole house turns on her whims, is there anything she watns she doesn't get? I'll tell
you what I pity, that the sun won't rise and set for her all her life, and every day
you're telling her it will, what good will your pity do her when you're under the
strawberries, Captain
Keller?

We see that the
conflict between Keller and Annie is really about what is best for Helen. Annie
recognises that Helen has been allowed to become a "tyrant" in the house, and that her
biggest opponent in a sense is not Helen but her parents who have allowed her to become
like she is. Thus the conflict between Annie and Captain Keller is dramatic because the
fate of Helen and Annie's successful treatment of her depends on the outcome of this
conflict.

Is "...until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!" suggesting the author reached an epiphany because she saw herself reflected in the fish...

The section of the poem that you refer to does form part
of the epiphany that the speaker of the poem experiences once she truly looks at the
fish and sees the evidence of the previous struggles for victory that the fish had
endured and triumphed over. Once she sees this aspect of the fish, her immediate
response is just to "stare and stare" as "Victory filled up / the little rented boat."
The quote you have highlighted indicates the way that even nature in the form of oil and
bilge water in the boat and sunlight combining together parallels this moment of inner
insight and epiphany with the rainbow that they form.

There
definitely does seem to be a sense in which this epiphany is related to the speaker
seeing something of the condition of humanity in the situation of the fish. Let us
remember that the fish is being lifted "half out of water," occuping a kind of liminal
location between his natural environment and the environment that will kill him. This
situation is paralleled by the way that the speaker is on water, not her natural
environment, and in a boat that is "rented." Perhaps she sees another parallel in the
way that the fish has had to struggle so hard for life, just as we as humans face grim
struggles in our own lives for survival. It is this that causes the speaker's
identification with the fish, which is in turn mirrored by nature in the form of the
rainbow that is created. Her act of letting the fish go seems to challenge the idea of
victory entailing a winner and a loser by letting both the speaker and the fish share
the victory at the end of the poem.

In what ways is the wanderer someone with whom you can sympathize?

The wanderer is someone with who many can sympathizes
given the story he tells is one filled with loss. The wanderer has lost his native land
(though personal exile), loss of friends, and loss of
self.

Many times throughout a person's life (especially the
older one gets) they must face the fact that, as humans, we age and die. We must look
back on our lives with the memories that tend to become less and less clear- "[T]hey
always swim away."

That being said, many people learn that
the one thing that they can always count on is their faith. Faith is the one thing that
will never die or leave us-"consolation from the father in the heavens,/ where, for us,
all permanence rests."

Perhaps the most profound quote from
the text lies in the following line:

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A man must wait when he speaks oaths, until the
proud-hearted on sees clearly, whither the intent of his heart will
turn.

This quote teaches
about the importance of not making promises too quickly. One must be sure, before taking
the oath, that they will be able to hold the promise until death. Without that
knowledge, the promises made will not be trusted and made in vain. This quote could
allow one to sympathize with the wanderer in regards to the fact that he is a wise man
left alone in the harsh world.

If the description in Chapter 1 of the Bragg house is symbolic of the Randy Bragg character, what might it show?

Along with the ancestral past shared by Randy Bragg and
the house ("shared" metaphorically by the house), they also share a present and a
future, and there is a dual aspect to the present and future states
they share. In the present, both are in states of "disrepair," with
Randy not remembering, "exactly," when he "started taking a drink or two before
breakfast," and with the house showing its "ungainly and monolithic" side more than its
Victorian, bay-windowed elegant side. In the future, it is the
inner character--and the structural character--of the man and the house that will be
most importantly symbolized by the Cold War era present-day
Bragg House.

While man and house may have fallen into disreputable
conditions in the present, it is the deeply embedded strength in the Bragg character
that the house will most importantly symbolize in the very
near future. The house, though presently seen as ungainly by the standards of the Cold
War era, is "tall" "monolithic" "broad." When Mark's foretold "Alas, Babylon" comes
about (a day after his foretelling) and the civilized world comes crashing down in a
blaze of brimstone, the strength that is in Randy Bragg--and in the house (both
structurally and symbolically)--is enlarged and looms in the foreground of catastrophe
as he shelters, provides water for, feeds and protects friends, loved ones, his "wards"
and neighbors: In the strength and nobility symbolized by
the Victorian house, Randy ushers in a new civilized community with its bastion the old,
worn out "monolithic" house that now is the shelter that Randy offers
[bastion: something that protects that which is in
danger].

Food for thought: The symbolism
can be carried further and applied to the Victorian--and even more ancient--values the
Bragg family and the Bragg family house represent with a discussion of the place of
those values in the "present day" (whether Bragg's present day or our present day) and
in "the future" after the occurrence of whatever catastrophe overtakes humanity from
whatever quarter and in whatever form: Will those dilapidated, monolithic "Victorian"
values be the stay and stanchion that saves and shelters us, restoring order and
civilization, as they saved and sheltered Randy Bragg and his fledgling community as
these nestled under the wing of the Victorian house with its "broad brick chimneys"
[stanchion: a strong upright supporting brace]?

How does Frankenstein react to Walton's dream/goal in Shelley's Frankenstein?

Shelley's novel Frankenstein opens
and closes with the personal letters and thoughts of Walton, a man at sea desiring to
sail home. Unfortunately for him, or fortunately-however one may look at it, he is
engaged by Victor Frankenstein. Walton has found Victor almost frozen and on the verge
of death upon an iceberg. Victor shares with Walton, almost as a dying declaration, the
story of his life and of the monster he created.

Given that
both men lead lives filled with obsessions, Walton feels for the dying Victor and wishes
to "soothe him":

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I wish to soothe him; yet can I counsel one so
infinitely miserable, so destitute of every hope of consolation, to
live?

Victor sees no chance
for his own survival and asks Walton to search out the monster who has ruined his
life.

Walton's wish for Victor to survive is crushed given
that Victor has given up on life. Victor has lost his brother, his wife, and his best
friend at the hands of his monster. Victor sees no reason to continue on with his life.
Walton realizes that the peace Victor finds in his dreams is the only thing which will
soothe him. Walton has no other choice but to allow Victor to
die.

Victor reitterates his desire to die, and go against
Walton's wishes, in the following:

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If I were engaged in any high undertaking or
design, fraught with extensive utility to my fellow-creatures, then could I live to
fulfil it. But such is not my
destiny...

In the end, Walton
must only allow Victor to die so that he may find the peace his mind and heart
desire.

wat is the difference between strategic plans, tactical plans and operational plans?compare and contrast strategic plans, tactical plans and...

Overview

An
organization can be looked at from an orchestra point of view. There are various teams
each with a specific role to play. Each team must, in turn, work together with other
teams to produce a unitary composed piece of music. This happens under the watchful eye
of the conductor.

Businesses operate on the same
principles. The overall objective is to provide a service, or produce goods to meet
market demand. Teams are divided into departments, each with a leader. Departmental
heads then answer to the overall leader, the chief executive officer. To achieve these
objectives, several plans and strategies must be laid down. We shall look at strategic
plans, tactical plans and operational plans and how each fits into the main
picture.

Strategic
plans

Strategic plans refer to the process
of defining a firm’s goals and how these will be achieved. The management decides on
guiding philosophies, corporate values and how the firm will act in attaining its
objectives.

Strategic plans are geared towards defining who
a firm’s clients are or who they should be. They are time specific covering time frames
of between 2 to 5 years, but this may vary with an organisation. Strategic plans involve
the management at all levels.

In strategic planning, the
anticipated outcome must be clearly defined under an objectives umbrella. They must also
show how the achieved results will be measured. In addition you must establish a
starting point. Research should be done to understand the market the firm operates in
and what kind of competition it faces. After this, objectives are listed together with
tactics to achieve these objectives. The plans should reflect anticipated challenges as
well as the end result.

Tactical
plans

Tactical plans, on the other hand, are
a combination of all actions that will be taken to implement the laid down strategy. If
the firm’s strategy is to be the market leader in the industry, then the tactical plans
will outline what steps are to be taken in order to achieve
this.

Tactics used by companies include, recruitment of the
most qualified personnel, headhunting from competitors or carrying out aggressive
marketing campaigns. No single tactic can work on its own, thus the management combines
all personnel, financial resources and other tools at their disposal. Tactical plans are
usually action oriented.

While strategic planning deals
with defining the goals, tactical plans identify action needed to achieve those goals.
Tactical plans are best drafted by personnel entrusted with the daily organization’s
activities. The plan helps in knowing the what, when and how of the tactical
plan.

Operational
plans

Operational plans involve conversion
of strategized goals and objectives into execution. This is the ultimate stage of all
business planning processes. It is the defining of a business roadmap on how to achieve
the desired outcome. At this stage, it is all systems go as the organisation embarks on
achieving its goals. Nothing is left to chance. It is also serves as a reality check to
test the credibility of the laid down plans, more so a moment of
truth.

After the Patriot movement waned in the early 1770's, why did the Tea Act reignite colonial resistance?

There were two main reasons why the Tea Act reignited
colonial resistance.

First, there was the issue of the tax
on the tea.  True, the tax was a very small one and tea would have remained cheap. 
However, it was another example of Parliament imposing a tax on colonists and they
resented that.

Second, the Tea Act was a threat to American
businesses.  The East India Company was allowed to simply sell directly to retailers. 
This cut out the colonial wholesalers who had made money off the tea trade in the past. 
These merchants were very unhappy and worked to convince others that the British
government might later do this sort of thing to merchants who traded in something other
than tea.

In these ways, the Tea Act reignited colonial
resistance.  It annoyed colonists because it was a tax and it frightened colonial
merchants because it made them feel that the British government might take away their
livelihoods by giving monopolies to British firms.

what is 11 3/4 divided by 2

We have to find the value of 11 3/4 divided by
2.

First convert 11 3/4 to an improper
fraction

11 3/4 = (11*4 + 3)/4 =
47/4

Divide 47/4 by
2

=> 47/8

This can be
converted to a mixed number form as 5 7/8

The
value of 11 3/4 divided by 2 is 47/8 or 5 7/8

How many fires did the protagonist build in "To Build a Fire"?

The solitary protagonist of "To Build a Fire" built three
fires in all. He built his first fire in order to thaw out his frozen fingers and toes.
He plucked his firewood from the undergrowth, where he found a supply of twigs. A
roaring fire was soon going, and he thawed the ice from his face and ate his
lunch--biscuits and bacon. Before leaving, he smoked his pipe. He built his second fire
after cracking through the thin ice and wetting his feet. The fire was a success--for a
few moments, for he had unwittingly built it under a spruce tree, and the heat caused
snow to fall from the tree and smother the fire. The man managed to build a third fire,
using his remaining 70 matches at once in his frozen hands, but a piece of moss
smothered the fire, leaving the man without a way to build another, and leaving him
alone to deal with the elements.

If the following six groups of sentences were in the proper order, they would be an easy-to-follow paragraph. Put the groups in order.Type the...

To complete sentence correlations, such as this, one needs
to examine the clues given to alert the reader as to what the proper order of the
sentences would be.

Given 1 has been labeled, the reader
knows that Billy has just entered onto the porch. Next, one must examine if any of the
other possibilities include information about a porch or leaving the
porch.

"A" offers the next possible step. Billy is still on
the porch. He has not left as of yet.

Next, a reader must
look for any more information about the porch or leaving the porch. Only "E" offers this
type of information. Billy is heading to the barn.

Billy's
next action should include what he is going to do at the barn. Only "B" and "D" offer
this type of information. To choose which comes next, one must examine the material
presented in both "B" and "D". In "B", Bill's actions are presented in the past tense,
we know that the action already happened, but the material offered in "D" states that he
is leaving the barn to go to breakfast. The only possible solution to follow next would
be "B".

"D" automatically follows given "F" is the close to
the paragraph (denoted by the name of the author at the
end).

Therefore, the proper set-up of the paragraph would
be:

c,a,e,b,d,f

How do you construct a Polemic Essay? We have to write a polemic based off of Against Love by Laura Kipnis. I chose the need for a college...

While I am not familiar with the text Against
Love by Laura Kipnis, but the Polemic essay is easy enough to
describe.

Polemic offers differing arguments against an
opinion, doctrines, or persons. This being said, a Polemic essay is one which the author
offers their own opinions upon different controversies surrounding an opinion, a
doctrine, or the ideology/theology of a person.

For
example, one may not find the actions of the Westboro Baptist Church appropriate.
Therefore, one would construct an essay based upon their disapproval of the group's
opinions and theologies.

Another way to look at a Polemic
essay is by renaming it. Simplistically, this type of essay is an argumentative essay.
The purpose of an argumentative essay is one which

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requires the student to investigate a topic,
collect, generate, and evaluate evidence, and establish a position on the topic in a
concise manner.

What one
needs to do is simply take a stand against a controversial subject and explain their own
stand.

What is the tone of Jasmine?

I would think that there is a significantly seriously tone
to Mukherjee's work.  The reality is that the author understands that there are a couple
of layers that are at work, necessitating the serious tone to her work.  On one hand,
the placement of an Indian protagonist is significant.  At the time of writing, there
was a strong sense of mystery and hesitation towards "the other" in depicting a
protagonist of Indian descent.  Additionally, Mukherjee understands clearly that the
predicament of an Indian woman is distinctly different from an Indian man.  She
understands that any depiction of men and women will differ in literature,  but she also
grasps that the Indian male and female distinction requires a very serious and focused
tone towards the subject.  Layers of sedimented cultural beliefs have to be dissected
and new understanding must emerge, requiring a more serious and driven tone to the
narrative.  Finally, the fact that Mukherjee plays with settings as diverse as Punjab
India to New York to Iowa means that there has to be a guiding tone for the reader who
has to keep pace with an evolving heroine and background simultaneously.  I think that
all of these contribute to a serious tone, indicative of what the author is up against
in her work and what must be demonstrated through it.

To what extent did the setting (time and place) of The English Patient affect the main characters?

I certainly think that the backdrop of the war has
profound impacts on the lives of the main characters.  Almasy and Katherine only meet
because of the war, the time period in which borders were strictly interpreted and the
concept of "internationalism" was seen in a negative light.  Almasy and Katherine are
also separated as a result of the setting.  The war causes Almasy to be captured and
incapable of fulfilling his promise to Katherine that he would return.  Caravaggio's own
narrative is highlighted because of the war.  His work as a spy and punishment, along
with his eventual hunting for Almasy are all a result of the war and the conditions of
the time period.  Kip's work as a bomb detonator is only present because of the war, as
is Hanna's work along with her pain. The Italian villa serves to be the one haven or
sanctuary where all of these individuals who are impacted by their condition of the war
seek to find a realm that resides away from it.  In this, the setting, once again,
impacts the behavior and motivations of the main character.

solve these questions: 8^x-1 = 4, x^/2 = 2 1/4 and (1/2)^x = (1/64)^2x+3as well as: 8^x-1 = 4 x^/2 = 2 1/4 (1/2)^x = (1/64)^2x+3

To solve the first exponential equation, we'll have to
create matching bases, such as;

8^(x-1) =
(2^3)^(x-1)

We'll multiply the
superscripts:

8^(x-1) =
2^3(x-1)

Now, we'll manage the right side and we'll write 4
as a power of 2:

4 = 2^2

We'll
re-write the equation:

2^3(x-1) =
2^2

Since the bases are matching, we'll apply one to one
rule:

3(x-1) = 2

3x - 3 =
2

3x = 3 + 2

3x =
5

x = 5/3

The solution of the
1st. equation is x = 5/3.

Since the 2nd expression is not
so clear, we'll solve the 3rd equation.

We'll manage the
right side and we'll re-write 1/64 as a power of 1/2.

1/64
= (1/2)^6

We'll raise both sides to the power
(2x+3):

(1/64)^(2x+3) =
(1/2)^6(2x+3)

We'll re-write the
equation:

(1/2)^x =
(1/2)^6(2x+3)

Since the bases are matching, we'll apply one
to one rule:

x = 6(2x+3)

x =
12x + 18

11x = -18

x =
-18/11

The solution of the 1st equation is x
= 5/3 and the solution of the 3rd equation is x =
-18/11.

Does Golding offer any solutions for society's ills? If so, what are they? Do you think he is attacking Western Society and its institutions?

It seems to me that Golding's target is so broad that it
extends beyond any specific society.  Instead, Golding's point is that all humans are
instinctually driven by a savage force (Freud termed this the "Id") which is essentially
supressed because of rules imposed by society.  When removed from a structured society,
Golding argues through his story of the boys on the island, humans resort to this
instinctually savage behavior. 

In a statement Golding
issued to the American publishers of Lord of the Flies, Golding
said:

The
theme [of Lord of the Flies] is an attempt to trace the defects of
society back to the defects of human nature.  The moral is that the shape of a society
must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system
however apparently logical or respectable.  The whole book is symbolic in nature except
the rescue in the end where adult life appears, dignified and capable, but in reality
enmeshed in the same evil as the symbolic life of the children on the island.  The
officer, having interrupted a man-hunt, prepares to take the children off the island in
a cruiser which will presently be hunting its enemy in the same implacable way.  And who
will rescue the adult and his
cruiser?

It is evident, from
this statement, that the "defects of human nature" that Golding describes are present
within all humans, regardless of the rules of the society in which they live. 
Fittingly, Golding does not offer any solutions for this problem; instead, he uses
children (because they are generally accepted to be "innocent" and have not yet been
corrupted by society in the same way that adults have been) to show that everyone is
susceptible to the descent into savagery because it is inherently present within all of
us.  (He gives evidence of this in Chapter 7 when Ralph, who is the most logical,
order-desiring, savagery-resisting child on the island, gets caught up in the excitement
of a hunt.)   

Why would one choose The Tragedy by Pablo Picasso to examine and analyze?

I think that The Tragedy is a great
piece to analyze on both stylistic grounds and thematic elements.  In terms of the style
in the painting, it would make for fascinating study to examine the elements in the
painting that allow it to be classified in Picasso's "Blue Period" of work.  How Picasso
is able to convey certain stylistic traits in an entire group of portraits is something
worthy of exploration.  Then, being able to contrast this with different styles in
Picasso's reservoir of work is downright interesting.  This is where any study of
Picasso yields its greatest work in that his styles are each distinctive enough to
encompass the work output of any one artist, and yet he has multiple to his credit. 
Thematically, the study of The Tragedy could focus on how Picasso
sought to bring the story of the silenced, the vagabond, the beggar into fruition. 
Discussion of his stylistic approach with this thematic one could yield fascinating
results.  Additionally, Picasso does not give the viewer much to operate within in terms
of understanding the title with the subject.  Where exactly does "The Tragedy" lie?  Is
there a social statement or statement on the human condition being made?  Discussion of
this point could also be fascinating.  These reasons make the selection of The Tragedy
something worthy to examine and analyze.

Why are people willing to pay more for branded products than for unbranded products?

The answer to this has to do with consumer tastes and
perceived quality.  Consumers tend to feel that a brand name product is of higher
quality than a product that does not have a brand.

One of
the determinants of the level of demand for a good is consumer tastes.  If consumers
believe that the good is of high quality, they will pay more for it than if they think
it is of low quality.  This is where branding comes in.  Creating and publicizing a
brand tends to create the perception of quality among consumers.  When they perceive
this, they will pay more for the good.

So, the reason for
this is that consumers believe that branded goods are of higher quality and therefore
are worth a higher price.

Is the climax of "Lamb to the Slaughter" when Mary hit her husband or when the police officers ate the evidence?The climax is where the tension in...

Let us just remind ourselves that the climax of a story is
the point in the tale when the tension is highest. This may involve a character having
to choose between two decisions, but not always. I would argue therefore that the climax
of this story is actually when Mary Maloney manages to get the policemen to eat the
murder weapon whilst they are looking for it. This is of course the moment of greatest
emotional intensity, because we know how much Mary Maloney has to lose if she is found
out. The way in which she is described as a perfect wife clearly makes us feel
sympathetic for her, especially when she automatically, without thought, kills her
husband who is about to leave her, pregnant as she is. We side with Mary and hope she is
able to succeed in committing the perfect crime, and the moment when she asks the police
officers to eat the lamb is crucial, as they are looking for the murder weapon and might
put two and two together to work out that the leg of lamb could have been used. This is
of course why Mary Maloney "giggles" at the end of the story, because she knows that
this climactic moment has passed, and she has succeeded in bringing about the
disappearance of the murder weapon.

12x 6x + y = 1Please explain how you got your answer,thanks! :)

12x - 3y = -3

6x +   y  =
1

First multiply everything in the second equation by
3

By multiplying, you should
get

12x - 3y =
-3

18x + 3y = 3 
now add -3y with 3y ( which means also add 12x with 18x and -3 with 3 )

By adding, you should
get

30x = 0 divide both sides
by 30

By dividing you should
get

x = 0/30
simplify

x = 0
which is your answer for " x "

Now plug 0
into one of the equation

6 ( 0 ) +   y  =
1 Multiply 6 with 0

By multiplying you
should get

y = 1 which is your
answer for " y "

So your answer is x = 0  ; y
= 1

"Self Confidence plays an important role in the success of every person". Discuss the above statement putting reference to the poem " The Frog And...

A simple statement like this one is actually reflected
quite well in Seth's poem.  The reality that underscores both the frog and the
nightingale is one of confidence.  The frog lacks talent, but not confidence.  The
nightingale lacks confidence, but not talent.  In this combination, the frog is able to
assert his own role as "sage" and coach and "guide" the nightingale.  For her part, the
nightingale lacks the confidence to ask some critical questions such as the motivation
present behind the frog's "kindness" and why she could not simply provide her own
tuition.  Essentially, the nightingale's dependence on the frog comes from a lack of
confidence in being able to stand on her own two feet.  In this vacuum caused by a lack
of confidence, the frog swoops in and is able to destroy his competition.  At the same
time, the nightingale lacks the ability to be able to sing for herself and her own
confident notion of self.  She sings for others, and her confidence, her affirmation,
lies in others' validation.  This is a dangerous position for her, as demonstrated by
what the frog does to her.  Seth's poem is able to speak to how confidence is needed in
order to be able stand in the position of controlling one's own interest and sense of
self in the face of competition and audience appreciation
factors.

Which characters in To Kill a Mockingbird feel like justice was served when Tom Robinson was found guilty?I need to know if Scout, Jem, Atticus,...

Most of Atticus' friends and supporters obviously were not
happy with the jury's verdict. Scout and Jem were unhappy with the decision, and Jem
particularly felt that Atticus had proved his case. We can assume that Dill felt Tom was
innocent after he left the courtroom in tears during the prosecutor's questioning. Miss
Maudie made her feelings known when she told the children that Atticus was not alone in
his support of Tom. Calpurnia, like the rest of Maycomb's black population, believed Tom
to be innocent. Aunt Alexandra supported her brother and despised Bob Ewell, though it
is not clear whether she believed Tom to be innocent. The newspaper editor, Mr.
Underwood, clearly believed that Tom's death was unjustified through his editorial that
compared it with the "senseless slaughter of songbirds." Dolphus Raymond refused to
attend the trial, though he likely supported Tom. Sheriff Heck Tate may not have
believed Tom innocent in the beginning, but he understood later that Bob Ewell's death
was a fitting end since Ewell had caused Tom's death.

We
don't know how Boo felt about Tom's guilty verdict, and Mrs. Dubose was dead (though she
obviously thought Atticus was wrong to defend Tom). It's not clear where Miss Stephanie
stood on this matter. We also don't know Mayella's reaction; however, her conscience
could not have been a clear one, since she knew that Tom had not committed the acts of
which he was accused. Her testimony was clearly made due to her fear of her own father.
Bob clearly hated all black men and women, and he must have been greatly satisfied at
the verdict--though not at how Atticus disgraced him on the stand. As for Tom, he chose
suicide-by-cop rather than remain imprisoned for a crime he did not
commit.

Do the females in "Her First Ball," "The Little Governess" and "The Garden Party," by Katherine Mansfield, have a sense of power in comparison to men?

This is an interesting question to consider. Generally,
Mansfield is famed for the way in which she depicts the powerless position of women in a
patriarchal society, and so this would suggest that the female protagonists of these
stories do not exercise power over men.

"The Little
Governess" could be used as an example of this. Note the way in which the governess
finds herself dependent upon the strange German who shares a carriage with her. In
addition, the power that this man has over her is clearly indicated by the kiss that he
gives her against her will:

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She sprang up but he was too quick and he held
her against the wall, pressed against her his hard old body and his twitching knee, and
though she shook her head from side to side, distracted, kissed her on the
mouth.

The governess is
therefore shown to occupy no power over men whatsoever. The physical way in which she is
overpowered only serves to underline her general position of weakness and
powerlessness.

As for Laura in "The Garden Party," although
the story is on the whole absent of male characters, the dead Mr. Scott, when she goes
to visit his corpse and pay her respects, seems to exert a particular power over her. It
is through looking at his peaceful nature that Laura experiences an epiphany about her
life and the garden party:

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He was given up to dream. What did garden parties
and baskets and lace frocks matter to him? He was far from all those things. He was
wonderful, beautiful. While they were laughing and while the band was plahying, this
marvel had come to the
lane.

Thus, although Laura
occupies a higher social class than the Scotts, she is still shown to learn something
from the dead Mr. Scott.

Lastly, Leila in "Her First Ball"
arguably could be the one female character that shows her power over men through the way
in which she is able to forget the fat man's remarks and carry on enjoying her first
ball in spite of the threat of mortality. Although initially she is greatly impacted by
his words and thoroughly depressed, wanting to go home, as the next dance starts and she
begins to whirl around the room, she completely puts the fat man out of her head and
therefore shows her power over him. Note how she responds when she sees him
again:

And
when her next partner bumped her into the fat man and he said, "Perdon," she smiled at
him more radiantly than ever. She didn't even recognise him
again.

Although initially
this fat man is shown to have power over her by the way in which his words upset Leila,
she quickly exerts her own power by forgetting him and his
speech.

What is the description of the futuristic setting in The Hunger Games?

The country, formerly North America, is called Panem. 
Originally it had 13 districts living in peace and prosperity, but there was a time of
uprising against the Capitol (the Dark Days), and twelve districts were defeated, while
the 13th was obliterated. It is now officially divided into twelve districts, each
having a specific responsibility to the government. However,  a rumor of a 13th district
that has developed full of independents abounds.  The governing district is called The
Capitol, and the immediate surrounding districts to the Capitol are responsible for the
safety and nourishment of the Capitol.  The further you live from the Capitol, the less
food and protection you receive.  Each district has a mayor. District 12 is very poor
and people are starving. Every year, as a punishment to the people for the uprisings of
the Dark Days, they have a Reaping.  Each of the twelve districts must provide one girl
and one boy to take part in the Hunger Games.  All participants will be imprisoned in an
outdoor arena and must fight to the death. The winner's district will be rewarded with
prizes and food for a year.  It is the Capitol's way of letting the people know that the
Capitol is in control.

Katniss lives in a section of
District 12 called the Seam.  It is responsible for coal production. It is edged by the
Meadow.  All of District 12 is surrounded by an electrical fence topped with barbed-wire
loops.  Its purpose, supposedly, is to keep predators out, but it also keeps the people
inside.  Trespassing in the woods is illegal and poaching carries a severe penalty.  No
weapons are allowed in the district. Anyone caught selling weapons will be sentenced to
death. Almost no one can afford doctors, so people with healing herbs are the best they
can do.  Food is scarce. 

There is a black market in the
town called The Hob.  It operates in an abandoned warehouse, and it is where Katniss and
Gale exchange their prizes from the meadow for things they need in their houses. People
will add their names to the reaping jar (the jar that they use to pull out names of
those in the Hunger Games) for a meager year's supply of grain and oil for
one person. The rich of the District never have to do this, so it has
become a way for the Capitol to plant hatred and distrust between the starving workers
of the Seam and those with  political power.  So, there is anomosity in this
Distict.

There is a square in the middle of town which is
described as "one of the few places that can be pleasant".  It is surrounded by shops.
On Reaping Day it has bright banners hanging on the buildings and camera crews perched
on the rooftops.  The rest of the houses are gray.

What is the justification of the title of the story "Dusk"?

The title of Saki's short story "Dusk" can be justified in
that criminals usually do their work in darkness or near darkness as in "Dusk."
Criminals are rarely seen doing criminal activity in the daylight. They want to protect
their identities; therefore, they come out at dark.

In this
short story, Gortsby is correct in that people who are defeated or dejected often show
up at dusk. They too are protecting their identities. Many are ashamed of their failures
and do not desire to be recognized.

Dusk is a perfect time
to meander about without fear of recognition. All people have to come out at some point.
It makes sense that those who fear being recognized for their failures would prefer to
come out when it is nearly dark. Since most people have to come out sooner or later,
waiting until it is nearly dark helps conceal their identities. No one will hassle them
about their defeats or failures. Hopefully, no one will recognize
them.

Saki wrote about the criminal attitudes and behaviors
of man. He clearly understood human behavior. He realized that criminals or those who
are just defeated would tend to protect themselves from
others:

Many
of his brilliantly crafted, deeply sarcastic pieces, however, deal with the criminal
impulse of man.

At dusk,
people appear as shadows. One shadow turns into another shadow. No doubt, the short
story's title is justified. Near dark is a perfect time to come out without
recognition.

find all real numbers in this interval (o, 2 pi) that satisfy this equation. round to the nearest tenth. cos x(square root symbol) 3 = 3(square...

If the equation is cos x*sqrt 3 = 3*sqrt (3*sin x), we'll
raise to square both sides to remove the square root from both
sides:

3(cos x)^2 = 9*3*sin
x

We'll divide by 3 both
sides:

(cos x)^2 = 9*sin
x

We'll use the Pythagorean identity to express cos x with
respect to sin x:

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

1 - (sin x)^2 = 9*sin
x

We'll subtract 9sin x both
sides:

- (sin x)^2 - 9*sin x + 1 =
0

(sin x)^2 + 9*sin x - 1 =
0

We'll replace sin x by
t:

t^2 + 9t - 1 = 0

We'll
apply quadratic formula:

t1 = [-9 + sqrt(9^2 -
4*1*(-1))]/2*1

t1 =
(-9+sqrt85)/2

t1 = 0.1097

t2 =
(-9-sqrt85)/2

t2 = -9.1097

sin
x = t1 => sin x = 0.1097 => x = arcsin 0.1097 => x = 6.2980 degrees
(1 st quadrant) or x = 180 - 6.2980 = 173.702 degrees (2 nd
quadrant)

sin x = -9.1097 impossible since the values of
the function sine cannot be smaller than
-1.

Therefore, the solutions of the equation
are expressed in degrees and they are: {6.2980 ;
173.702}.

Solution of copper sulphate is deep blue. When diluted with warm water, changes to paler blue. Explain this in terms of the particle theory of...

When white light shines through a solution or other
transparent material, the wavelengths that are NOT absorbed are the ones that you see - 
in the case of Copper II Sulphate, the blue wavelengths are being both transmitted and
reflected, while the other colors (primarily red wavelengths in this case) are absorbed
by the solution.This absorption occurs because some of the valence electrons (D block in
the case of transition metals like copper) are able to absorb specific wavelengths of
light which kick them to a higher energy state. As you dilute the solution, these ions
are spread farther apart, and more light passes through without encountering a copper
ion; the additional  light transmitted is of all different wavelengths, thus adding up
to "white" as we perceive it visually.

The Beer-Lambert Law
states the mathematical relationship among absorption, transmission, and solution
concentration. Basically it states that the "optical density" of a solution is directly
proportional to its concentration. I have included a link to a photometry site here that
gives the Law and its mathematical derivation if you need them.

What is the correlation between mortgage rates and home sale numbers?

The correlation between these two numbers is that, all
other things being equal, the number of home sales will tend to go up as the mortgage
rates go down.  In other words, there will tend to be a negative correlation between the
two.

The reason for this is that the mortgage rate is
effectively a part of the price of a home.  Most people who buy houses cannot buy them
outright and must instead take out a mortgage to pay for the house.  The law of demand
tells us that when the price of a good or service goes up, the quantity demanded will
(all other things being equal) go down.  This means that when mortgage rates go up, the
number of home sales will go down.

What is the full summary of Being There by Jerzy Kosinski?

Chance the gardener has lived his entire life in the house
of the Old Man, but when the Old Man dies, Chance is turned out by the lawyer for the
estate. Chance is illiterate and incredibly simple-minded, and aside from gardening, his
only life experience is watching TV, learning about the outside world from what he sees
on the tube. Walking the streets aimlessly, he is struck by a limousine belonging to
Elizabeth Rand, the wife of a wealthy industrialist. When he is asked his name, Chance
responds "Chance the gardener," but the Rands mistake it for "Chauncey Gardiner," and a
new man is born.

The Rands, though wealthy and highly
intelligent, mistake Chauncey's simple explanations about life in the garden as
deep-seeded metaphorical wisdom concerning business, society and politics. When the
President of the United States visits Rand's home, he is equally impressed with Chauncey
and mentions him in a speech that night. Chauncey becomes an overnight sensation, quoted
in news reports and appearing on TV. Elizabeth falls in love with Chauncey, who has no
experience with love nor emotional attachment with anything but watching TV. Chauncey's
celebrity status rises to new heights when he is considered as a top political
candidate, and when his background is checked carefully by American and Russian sources,
they can find no record of Chauncey (or Chance) having ever existed. This only makes
Chauncey a more viable candidate, since there is nothing negative to be found in his
past.

Discuss repetition in the play Fences.

I would say that one element of repetition is how
uncomfortable Troy is with his world.  This is seen constantly and in different
contexts.  The social and economic pressures with which he must cope, the emotional
frames of references within which he must fight through, as well as his existential
angst regarding death and all that it encompasses are repeated throughout the play.  As
part of his characterization, this is brought out in the idea of the "fences" that he
seeks to build in order to maintain his own distance from this discomfort, something
that is not necessarily effective.  Another aspect of repetition would lie in the
presence of how bonds are cut off with people in the drama.  To a great extent , people
build fences to block one another off from people who are engaging in self- destructive
or painful behavior to others.  For example, Rose ends up cutting Troy off when she can
no longer tolerate his affair.  Troy ends up cutting Cory off when their fight becomes
intense.  Bono, to a great extent, cuts off Troy when he will no longer listen to his
advice as a friend.  It is in this process of isolation  that repetition can be
seen.

Do you agree or disagree with the mother's goals in "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan?

I think above all what is important to realise is the kind
of situation that resulted in Jing-Mei's mother pushing her so much. Let us remember
that she fled China, and saw America as a land where anything was possible. Consider
what the opening of this story tells her about her character and what she has
suffered:

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America was where all my mother's hopes lay. she
had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China: her mother and father, her
family home, her first husband, and two daughters, twin baby girls. But she never looked
back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get
better.

We can thus
understand, if not excuse, the kind of pressure that the mother puts on her daughter,
and we must remember that America represented a blank canvas where you could make
anything of your life, as she believed, if you just worked hard
enough.

However, having said that, it is clear that
whatever the mother's intentions and background, she does place Jing-Mei under too much
pressure. Consider the daily tests that Jing-Mei is given, and then the pressure she is
placed under and the sense of expectation when she begins her piano lessons. Whilst I
think every parent should want the best for their children and should encourage them to
pursue their areas of talent and interest, Jing-Mei's mother wants success over the
happiness of her daughter, as this story clearly shows. Therefore I do not agree with
the goal of Jing-Mei's mother, as it actually harms Jing-Mei and prevents her from
developing naturally.

Discuss an example of irony that contributes to the central concerns of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

I think that it is important in any analysis of Jackson's
short story not to lose sight of the victim, Tessie Hutchinson.  While there are many
different approaches to take in analyzing the story, one should not forget the fact that
she is the victim of the community.  Little can take that away.  With this in mind, I
think one of the sad ironies of the story is her enthusiasm at the start of the
narrative.  Tessie enters late, with a combination of excitement and underlying remorse
for "almost" missing the ceremony.  She enters with her declaration to Mrs. Delacroix,
her best friend, that she almost forgot what day it was.  Tessie's excitement and zeal
in attending and being part of the lottery, and the community, in general becomes ironic
given how the plot turns in the middle and end.

To some
extent, I think that this is deliberate on Jackson's part.  The irony of Tessie's
enthusiasm reflects how there is a joy in being part of the community, any community. 
Human beings like to be included, enjoy the connection to others and to one another. 
The fact that Tessie likes this is, in itself, not ironic.  Yet, it becomes ironic when
she recognizes that while there is joy in being part of the community, there exists a
countervailing force of terror when one is being hunted down by it.  Perhaps, this irony
is Jackson's way of reminding us, the reader, the widen our scope of compassion for
others and to not be so blindly driven by the seduction of inclusion at the cost of what
happens to those who are excluded.  Given how Jackson is painfully aware of the
Holocaust and the spread of Communism, this irony is not lost on either her or the
reader.

I need to compare or contrast the these two poems for my essay I need help with my arguments."Musee des Beaux Arts" and "The Unknown Citizen" by W....

First of all, if you have not done so already, you may
wish to read some biographical and critical essays on W. H. Auden (see links below). 
Then, after you have read these, you may find the direction that you wish to take in
your comparison of the two poems.

One recurring theme of
Auden's poetry which is evinced in both "The Unknown Citizen" and "Musee des Beaux Arts"
is the universal apathy of the modern world and how the individual life has become
marginalized.  Now, there are two approaches to the writing of an essay on this
theme: 1. You can argue that the marginalization of the individual life is the theme of
both poems. Or, 2. you can argue that Auden points to this theme very pointedly with
satire.  The latter, an argument for technique, is a more sophisticated approach and
less likely to be used by other students than the thematic
one.

As there is much that you can find on your own on the
thematic argument, suggestions on the satiric will be offered here:  Much disturbed by
the "amoral insouciance" of people during the atrocities of his age, Auden satirizes the
marginalizing of unrecognized soldiers' deaths by the erection of the monument to the
unknown soldier by various governments in honor of those who conformed. Likewise
the "unknown citizen" who is merely given a number is honored for his mediocrity and
conformity.  

In his poem "Musee des Beaux Arts," Auden
again satirizes the marginalization of the individual life, remarking that the Old
Masters painted children who "did not specially want" the "miraculous birth" of Christ
to happen, skate on a pond at the forest's edge, and "the dreadful martyrdom" is reduced
to a corner where the "dogs on with their doggy
life."  

Clearly, the insignificance that is given to
occurrences such as the life of Christ and the fall of Icarus from the sea in "Musee des
Beaux Arts" along with the reduction to mediocrity and insignificance given to the
"Unknown Citizen" who is now a mere number, but lauded for his mediocrity, points to
Auden's satire of modern life's sterile norms.  That civilization distorts, rather than
ennobles man's natural impulses is certainly an innuendo of Auden's
satire.

Of the two sentences, which one is correct: My mother, for whom I have an enormous respect for, is caring. or My mother, for whom I have an...

I think that this is an interesting question. You actually
have done better than most students.  I always find it easier to pare down student
writing as opposed to adding in.  For this particular question, all you have to do is
pare down and you are set.

In terms of what you have, you
should also be commended for not wanting to end a sentence with a preposition.  Students
have a tough time grasping this because of the gap between speaking and writing.  When
we speak, it's easier to end sentences with prepositions.  For example, "Whom did you
vote for?" is easier to say than "For whom did you vote?"  The first one is more
accepted as spoken English, while the second one, albeit grammatically correct might
sound more foreign to say.

In your particular question,
this is where you are.  Both sentences place the preposition "for" accurately in terms
of going before "whom."  Yet, since it's already in the sentence, one does not need it
again.  The first sentences has it twice, once in front of "whom" and then after
respect.  Since its placement in front of "whom" has already established its present, it
is not needed again.  Accordingly, the second sentence is correct because it only uses
the preposition once.

What is the evidence that the narrator is guilty of the murder in the story of "The Tell Tale Heart"?

There is really never any doubt about the guilt of the mad
narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart." The narrator
explicitly describes his actions, from his planning of the attack a week in advance to
the calculating way in which he completes his task. What the narrator refuses to admit
is that he is mad--not a murderer.

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... but why will you say that I am mad? The
disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense
of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things
in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell
you the whole story.

The
narrator then gives his step-by-step process of the murder process. On the eighth night
of stealthily opening the old man's door and peering into his room, the narrator finally
takes action. When at last he saw the "vulture eye" open, the narrator
attacked.

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With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and
leaped into the room. He shrieked once—once only. In an instant I dragged him to the
floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him... The old man was dead... Yes, he was stone,
stone dead... His eye would trouble me no
more.

Afterwards, the
narrator dismembered the corpse, placing it under the boards of the
floor.

The only argument against the narrator having killed
the old man would be if the old man had suffered a heart attack and died during the
process--a possibility that even the narrator refused
to consider. 

I was wondering if the chemicals psilocybin and psilocin in shrooms get processed in the liver? My doctor said I cant have alchohol or anything...

The short answer to your question is yes. Most things that
you ingest are going to effect your liver in some way. In this case, the particular
chemical is called psilocybin. While the effects that a person feels from this chemical
are mainly found in the brain, it is processed by the
liver.

When
the psilocybin passes through the digestive system and into the liver, it is changed
into psilocin, the active tryptamine compound (a crystalline compound of carbon,
hydrogen, and nitrogen that is made in plant and animal
tissues).

It is only after
these and other digestive processes are complete that a person will begin the feel the
effects of the drug and its interaction with their brain chemistry. Since it appears
that you have a medical condition involving your liver function, you may want to ask
your doctor about this and any other such things you might consider
taking.

How does what Arthur Miller say about the Puritans' outlook toward the "virgin forest" impact the first act of The Crucible?

Miller says that

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the virgin forest was the Devil's last preserve,
his home base and the citadel of his final
stand.

This is perhaps one of
the most significant narrative details that puts this story in motion. The Puritans
believed that the forest contained the Indians who had every intention of harming them.
In fact, Abigail later claims that her own parents were scalped right in front of her.
These Indians did indeed hurt many Puritans, but the Puritans were a rare breed whose
religious snobbery probably caused many of their own
problems.

This impacts the first act because
the event that sets the story in motion occurs before the first act, but is regularly
referred to AND it occurs in this terrible forest. The girls' act of
naked dancing and trying to conjure spirits occurs and is reported about during this
first act and it is what apparently paralyzes Betty Parris. If it weren't for the Devil
at work in the forest, these pure Puritan young ladies wouldn't have sinned. (That's at
least how Puritans would view it.)

In Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, what did Stacey decide to do after Mr. Morrison picked them up at the Wallace store?

The answer to this question can be found in Chapter Four.
Mr. Morrison, after picking up the kids, comes up with a rather novel way of making them
take responsibility for their disobedience. When he tells the kids that he is not going
to tell their mother about the way in which they broke her rules, he then goes on to
qualify his statement, saying that he has decided not to tell her, "'Cause I'm leaving
it up to you to tell her." Disbelievingly, Cassie watches as Stacey agrees to this and
says that he will tell her himself, taking responsibility for his own mistakes rather
than being a child and having to have others tell his mother of his various
misdemeanours. What is interesting is the way that this text describes what happens
between Stacey and Mr. Morrison after Stacey makes this
resolution:

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But he seemed not to hear us as his eyes met Mr.
Morrison's and the two of them smiled in subtle understanding, the distance between them
fading.

The "distance between
them" fades because Stacey, by assuming responsibility for his actions, is becoming a
man, which is something that Cassie is not yet old enough to
appreciate.

[cos(1)-cos(9)]*[cos(2)-cos(8)]*...*[cos(9)-cos(1)]=? please help!

One of the factors in your expression will be
[cos(5)-cos(5)]

This is zero and by the zero product
principle anyting times zero is zero so the answer is
0

[cos(1)-cos(9)][cos(2)-cos(8)][cos(3)-cos(7)][cos(4)-cos(6)][cos(5)-cos(5)][cos(6)-cos(4)][cos(7)-cos(3)][cos(8)-cos(2)][cos(9)-cos(1)]=0

Please explain the following quote from "Piano" by D. H. Lawrence.Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me; Taking me back down the vista...

This poem is an incredibly moving lyrical poem that
reveals the feelings and thoughts of the speaker that emerge from within him as he
listens to a woman singing a song at dusk time. You have quoted the first stanza, which
introduces the poem and gives us the basic situation that takes the speaker back down
memory lane and causes him to think of an early childhood memory. The first line gives
us the setting and the situation, as the speaker hears the "soft" singing of a woman at
dusk. This song has the impact of taking the speaker "back down the vista of years" as
he thinks back to an early childhood memory of when he was little and used to sit
underneath the piano whilst his mother played with her "small poised feet." The way that
the mother "smiles as she sings" helps create an image of domestic bliss, and of
intimacy and calm.

The first stanza helps to introduce the
theme of the poem, which celebrates the power of music and also links it to memory,
showing how a piece of music can transport us back through the years to happier times
and states of innocence. It can also be said therefore to be a nostalgic poem that
celebrates the innocence of childhood in the face of the complexities of adult
life.

I have to create a collage based on Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry. Do you have any ideas of images that I could use?

Well, I think with a question like this you have two main
approaches that you can adopt. You can go through the novel and pick out key scenes that
you feel are important and use them for your collage. One scene you might want to pick
would be when Stacey and his siblings plan to make the bus for the white kids stop by
digging a ditch and waiting until it fills up with water. Another might be when Cassie
is forced to get off the path and into the road by Lillian Jean's father. Any of these
moments would provide a clear visual description that you could use as the basis for
drawings in your collage. Take the way the bus stops, for
instance:

But
instead of the graceful glide through the puddle that its occupants were expecting, the
bus emitted a tremendous crack and careened drunkenly into our trap. For a moment it
swayed and we held our breath, afraid that it would topple over. Then it sputtered a
last murmuring protest and died, its left front wheel in our ditch, its right wheel in
the gully, like a lopsided billy goat on its
knees.

Picking out important
scenes like these that make up the key elements of the plot would be a good place to
start.

Your second option would be to consider how you
could represent the key themes of the novel more metaphorically, through focusing on
symbols and motifs. For example, an obvious theme of the novel is the way that racism
impacts the lives of the Logans. Trying to work out how you could express this
thematically through pictures would be a much more interesting and novel way of
completing this assignment. Hope it helps and good luck!

Why does Mrs. Hale think that Ethan would have fared better if Mattie had died? Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

At the end of Edith Wharton's gothic tale, there is a
Poe-like tone to the comment of Mrs. Hale. For, she implies that Ethan is trapped in a
living death.  The irony of his state is striking:  Instead of freeing himself from the
misery of cohabiting with a querulous and demanding woman he detests, he is now trapped
interminably with one who has become worse, the tragically injured Mattie, whom he
must be tortured by as a wreck of his love and hope.  Nor is there any respite from his
loneliness and anguish and guilt; his is now an irresolvable misery in which his love,
Mattie, has transformed into a mirror image of Zeena.

Can anyone think of some good discussion questions that I can use in my literature circle for Never Let Me Go?I am about 200 pages into the novel.

This was an incredibly moving story to me, and discussing
it in a literature circle is something I would love to do.  Here are some discussion
questions that come to mind immediately:

1. How can one
find purpose and meaning in life if one is created only for the good of
another?

2. Is this book in any way an argument for or
against cloning?  Why?

3. Does it make a difference to our
lives if we know the reason we will die?

4. Is a purposeful
death better than a death without purpose?

5. Would this
story have "worked" in the same way if the clones had not been isolated? How would the
story have been different?

6. To what degree is this story
a commentary on the haves and the have-nots?  What supports
this?

Good luck with your
discussion!

What tone does the author use in "A Rose for Emily"? please give an excellent answer for this excellent story

Let us remember that the tone is the attitude that the
writer or speaker takes towards the characters and action in the story. If we examine
the role of the narrator in this excellent short story, we can see that at various
points he shows pity, horror, admiration and curiosity concerning Miss Emily and her
life as he relates to us the incidents that make up her life and its chilling
conclusion. However, I would argue that above all he, like the rest of the townsfolk,
remains detached as Miss Emily is treated as something of an object of curiosity that is
being looked at. Consider the way that this impression is presented in the opening
paragraph of this story:

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When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town
went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen
monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one
save an old manservant--a combined gardener and cook--had seen in at least ten
years.

From the very start of
Miss Emily's story to her death (which comes at the beginning of this tale), both the
narrator and the rest of the townsfolk remain detached and uninvolved in her story, even
when it is clear that she is suffering under the "care" of her tyrannical father.
Therefore we can describe the overarching tone of this work of fiction as being
profoundly detached.

Can someone please explain the significance of the el'dorado sequence and how it contrasts to the rest of the world in Candide?

Chapter XVII is the chapter in which Candide and the
others reach the land of Eldorado; there they find precious jewels everywhere. 
Everything is beautiful.  "Here's a better country than Westphalia!" exclaims Candide. 
He and his companion find that all the inns are run for free.  With a society in which
there is no religious discrimination because there is no organized religion, the people
live in harmony.  In fact, Eldorado is the "country where everything goes well," a
utopia; however, utopias like Eldorado exist only by excluding the intrusion of
others. But, Candide, finally in a perfect world, rejects
it.

Added to this flaw, the jewels awaken greed in the
heretofore innocent Candide.  Now, he wants to take jewelry so he can find his love
Cunnegonde and buy her.  So, even when there is no corruption, man creates some. And,
ironically, the jewels that are nothing but pebbles to those living in Eldorado are the
source of danger to Candide as he becomes a target for swindlers.  The satire here is
that when things are going well for people, they will create their own misfortune.  When
Candide is more content with his own blood being shed than with seeing his wealth
disappear, Voltaire also satirizes man's greed and
irrationalities.

In "Ode to a Nightangle" what is the 3rd stanza talking about?Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never...

The speaker wants to join the nightingale in the woods and
forget his own troubles and sorrows. The speaker perceives the woods as a beautiful,
tranquil place devoid of worries and death. In his view, the nightingale has it made.
However, the speaker cannot shake his thoughts of a world where people grow older and
sickly and lose their youth. He despises the idea of people growing older. The speaker
seems obsessed with death, although he never mentions it directly. The enemy he
identifies is thinking, which leads to sorrow and despair. For example, he knows every
beautiful, young girl is going to lose her looks as she ages, and that red hot steamy
love you found today inevitably will turn cold. This dude is dark and thinks dark. He
would not be a great date unless you like brooding guys.

Are there any instances of flashbacks or foreshadowing in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens?

Flashback

For the
most part, the narrative of Great Expectations is flashback since
it is an adult Pip who retells his childhood and expectations to be a gentleman.
However, within the narrative, there are often times that Pip is reminded of the convict
in the graveyard.  For instance, when Pip is on the coach from the Blue Boar in Chapter
XXVIII, and he overhears two convicts who are being transported, he is reminded of the
incident in the Jolly Bargemen as the one speaks of the two pound notes that Pip
received.  After overhearing their dialogue, Pip thinks of the prison boat of long
ago: 

 In my
fancy, I saw the boat with its convict crew waiting for them at the slime-washed
stairs,—again heard the gruff “Give way, you!” like an order to dogs—again saw the
wicked Noah's Ark lying out on the black
water.

In another instance,
in Chapter XXXII as Pip follows Wemmick on his visit to Newgate Prison, Pip senses his
continuing guilt and recalls the old convict,

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I consumed the whole time in thinking how
strange it was that I should be encompassed by all this taint of prison and crime; that,
in my childhood, out on our lonely marshes on a winter evening I should have first
encountered it; that, it should have reappeared on two occasions, starting out like a
stain that was faded but not gone; that, in this new way it should pervade my fortune
and advancement. 

in chapter
XXXVIII, Pip returns to Satis House with Estella to visit Miss Havisham and he
recalls,

 As
I looked round at them, and at the pale gloom they made, and at the stopped clock, and
at the withered articles of bridal dress upon the table and the ground, and at her own
awful figure with its ghostly reflection thrown large by the fire upon the ceiling and
the wall, I saw in everything the construction that my mind had come to, repeated and
thrown back to
me.

Foreshadowing

In
this same Chapter XXXII, there is also foreshadowing as Pip ends with an ominous
question that foreshadows the return of Magwitch in his
life, 

What
was the nameless shadow which again in that one instant had
passed?

Earlier examples of
foreshadowing of the return of Magwitch include the repeated allusions to the convict as
Pip in Chapter III feels the damp cold "that seemed rieted as the iron was rieted to the
leg of the man I was running to meet."  The file that the stranger stirs at the Jolly
Bargeman in Chapter X, the man who gives Pip the two-pound notes foreshadows the fact
that Magwitch will be Pip's benefactor. 

Miss Havisham's
wedding dress and strange behavior foreshadows that her history will be revealed, Pip's
feeling that Estella reminds him of someone he has seen foreshadows the revelation of
her parentage.  Mr Jaggers's being a criminal lawyer and bringing Pip his "great
expectations" foreshadows the connection of Magwitch, and the storm on the Magwitch
appears on the steps of Barnard Inn also foreshadows his
appearance. 

Explore the ways in which Hardy presents the tragedy of "The Son's Veto" in the last five paragraphs of the story.From "It was dropped for...

Hardy presents the tragedy in "The Son's Veto" by
presenting time, a compelled sworn oath, education and clerical practice, a neat black
suit and a funeral procession, a black glowering cloud and a high waistcoat. To Hardy's
credit as a storyteller, the reader isn't ready to believe in the final outcome until
the "funeral procession was seen approaching" and the man is past "whose eyes were
wet."

Hardy builds suspense in and sympathy for the tragedy by
repeating the time gone by--directly or by indirect reference--in each of the last five
paragraphs:

1. abandoned under his repugnance;
   again attempted; and thus the gentle creature reasoned and pleaded till four or five
   long years had passed


2. He showed a more manly anger
   now


3. His education had by this time sufficiently ousted
   his humanity


4. Her lameness became more confirmed as time
   went on


5. Some four years after this
   date

His presentation of the son's unfeeling
coldness through the oath he forces his mother to take before his bedroom alter (an
ironic location for the alter--usually erected in prominent places--meant to devalue it
and emphasize the son's disproportionate sense of importance) increases the reader's
sense of the mother's suffering thus leading up to the final tragedy. This is emphasized
when we learn that "she seemed to be pining her heart away," while muttering to herself,
"Why mayn't I say to Sam that I'll marry him? Why mayn't I?"

The final
impact of the growing tragedy comes in the fifth paragraph during the seemingly budding
details, though the metaphor of "budding" results in the bloom of a weeping black
blossom. Hardy presents a prosperous "middle-aged man" standing in front of his shop
while dressed in a good black suit on a work day. This portends of a special event--one
hopes the long awaited wedding before her final suffering in death. But then Hardy
presents the funeral procession--though readers may still hope it is only an allusion to
what was escaped--and the undeniably significant "man, whose eyes were wet." Here, the
reader gives up on the hope that the black suit is intended for a long belated wedding
and yields to the understanding of the funeral train as the ultimate end of the romance.
Hardy escapes any semblance of ambiguity by ending with the metaphoric simile of the
black cloud glowering "at the shop keeper."

What circumstances bring the wealthy class and the poor class into conflict with each other in The Grapes of Wrath?

I would say that the scarcity of money is what brings the
rich and poor into collision with one another in Steinbeck's work.  The poor
consistently interact with the rich out of anger in the disproportionate nature of
wealth that exists between them.  In the narrative, there is a strict demarcation
between rich and poor and the only time when their worlds collide is over wealth, with
the rich protecting their interests and the poor seeking a share of theirs.  Given the
time period's lack of wealth for anyone, this makes competition particularly brutal and
one where antagonism marks each encounter between both
groups.

I actually think that the land turtle in chapter 3
might be indicative of the struggle between rich and poor.  The poor in Steinbeck's work
seek to continue on their way, struggling through adversity and avoiding contact with
swerving vehicles, in this case representative of the wealthy.  The endless antagonism
over wealth eventually causes one or two cars to hit the turtle and force it on its
shell.  This is representative of the poor's struggle to battle through its formidable
challenges with the rich.  As Steinbeck features the turtle righting itself and
continuing on, so too do the poor find a way to cope and continue on their own path for
happiness.  The symbol of the turtle is representative of the circumstances and
conditions that bring the wealth and poor class into conflict with one
another.

This metaphor is repeated in different settings in
the book.  The "bankers" come to represent one aspect of wealth pressuring the poor,
like the car that swerves to knock the turtle down.  The poor looking for work, only to
find signs that say, "No Help Wanted. No Trespassing" is another example of how the
antagonism between rich and poor exists, or how the land turtle is knocked down by
conditions and circumstances.  Finally, the bosses who seek to exploit the migrants by
offering them "dirt" wages and undermining their efforts again display the dynamic of
the turtle getting knocked over and having to right itself.

What is the main idea of Into the Wild?

Chris McCandless, aka Alexander Supertramp, experiences
various enlightening moments that unfold the main idea in the novel, "Into the Wild". 
Jon Krakauer clearly portrays this main idea of his novel:  a young man attempts to find
true happiness through solitude and nature, instead of finding it in society. 
Throughout the text, Chris interacts with characters that differ in lifestyle,
particular views about life and society, age, gender, and motives.  The more Chris
travels, the more his ambition to enter the "wild" is validated.  He has several
contemplations that challenge his departure, but the amount of sadness and dysfunction
among humans only pushes him further away from society.  The ending events challenge his
aspiration to be alone in nature as he is challenged psychologically and
physically.

explain these lines in detail plxAway! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of...

In "Ode to a Nightingale," Keats wants to chill. He is
seeking refuge from the pressures of life and the thoughts of growing old, getting sick,
and dying. He wants to escape from his mind for awhile, and who better to take him there
than the nightingale with her beautiful magical song.

So
let's start with a rough contemporary translation:

Hold on.
I'm coming.

And I don't need wine to get me
there.

My poetry will fly me
there

Even though my brain always is bringing me
down.

Hey, here I am with you,
nightingale.

Wow! The night
rocks.

The moon is out and she is surrounded by
stars.

But you can't see the moon and stars in the dark
forest unless a breeze moves the vegetation.

That
essentially is what Keats is saying. However, he masters the language to say it much
more beautifully. Fays are fairies so he uses metaphor and imagery to describe the
stars.

Bacchus is the Greek god of wine. So the poem says
the speaker doesn't have to hitch a ride with Bacchus and his buddies to fly to the
nightingale.

Although his mind weighs him down, he suddenly
is with the nightingale through poetry and its "viewless wings." The language suggests
perhaps the speaker reached the forest and the nightingale through
dreams.

He finds it peaceful in the dark, green forest.
Perhaps he needs the darkness to find refuge from his busy days spent in the
light.

Please give a good quotation showing Macbeth's tyranny in Macbeth.

The scene that springs to mind immediately is Act IV scene
3, in which Macduff reaches Malcolm in England and the two talk about the state of
Scotland and how it has declined since Macbeth killed Duncan and then crowned himself
King. There are many possible quotes that you could choose from, so you might like to
re-read this scene again. However, one of the most poignant ones is said by Malcolm to
Macduff as he gives his assessment of Scotland's
state:

I
think our country sinks beneath the yoke;

It weeps, it
bleeds; and each new day a gash

Is added to her
wounds...

Another prominent
quote that could be used is Macduff's impassioned response to Malcolm pretending to say
that he cannot do anything to help Scotland:

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Bleed, bleed, poor
country!

Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis
sure,

For goodness dare not check thee! wear thou thy
wrongs;

The title is
affer'd!

Both provide
excellent examples of Macbeth's tyranny as seen through the eyes of other characters who
have witnessed the changes that have occurred in Scotland first or
second-hand.

Describe the societal changes that have contributed to diversification in the modern food service industry relating to culinary.

Changes in society have resulted in numerous changes in
the food service industry. I'm not sure what you are defining as being included in the
"modern" time period, but let's think about some of the diversifications that have
developed.

The invention and popularization of the
automobile changed society on many levels. People could - and did - travel more, people
could - and did - live further away from work and service locations, people could - and
did - spend less time at home because of the above. One accommodation to these changes
was the development of fast food, first presented at drive-through restaurants designed
for delivery of the food through the car window. This impacted menu design, food
preparation techniques and equipment, presentation of finished products, and
advertising. Another change was the development of prepared foods that could be served
at home with much less time spent cooking or baking. Obviously, the advent of microwave
ovens was another change.

Who is a stronger person: Jimmy Valentine or Ben Price in "A Retrieved Reformation"?

Certainly, both Jimmy Valentine and Ben Price take risks
when they make their individual decisions. While Jimmy knows that he will be arrested
when people see his tools and witness his expertise at breaking into the safe that
threatens the life of little Agatha, Ben Price also realizes that he will drilled about
not having captured Valentine; moreover, if it becomes known that he has let Valentine
go free, he may even be fired. So, there is a considerable risk on the parts of both
men.  However, Jimmy has an additional risk, and that is one of losing the love of
Annabel Adams.

So, if the number of risks are involved,
then Jimmy Valentine has the larger number, as he stands to lose the love of his life
and his freedom. After deciding upon his course of action, Jimmy displays much
strength,

In a
deep silence and immovable, the others watched him as if under a spell....As he went he
thought he heard a far-away voice that he once knew call "Ralph!" But he never
hesitated.

Ben Price possibly
risks his job by acting on his conscience. When Jimmy Valentine tells him, "Well, let's
go." Mr. Price tells him, "Guess you're mistaken, Mr. Spencer." And, then he "strolled
down the street," an indication that Ben Price is not too worried about the consequences
of his action. Therefore, it would seem that Jimmy Valentine has more to lose, and has
taken the greater risks.

What is Aristotle's view of tragedy?

Aristotle discusses tragedy at great length in his
treatise known as The Poetics. A particularly crucial passage in
that treatise contains the following statements:

Tragedy is
the imitation of an action; and an action implies personal agents, who necessarily
possess certain distinctive qualities both of character and thought. . . . [In fact,
every tragedy]  must have six parts, which parts determine its quality- namely, Plot,
Character, Diction, Thought, Spectacle, Song.

This passage
reveals a number of important aspects of Aristotle’s thinking about tragedy, including
the following:

• His tendency to think of tragedy
  as a distinct genre, with its own particular
  criteria,


• His emphasis on tragedy as one of the various
  kinds of imitation of life, by which people learn.


• His
  emphasis on the imitation of an action as the crucial aspect of a
  tragedy.


• His distinction between the action itself and
  the plot as the particular arrangement of the
  incidents in an action. An action consists of particular elements, but a plot
  consists of a particular arrangement of those elements (thus, a tragic writer might jump
  into the middle of an action rather than proceeding
  chronologically).


• His assumption that the choice of a
  particular kind of action will determine the choice of appropriate characters, thought,
  diction etc.  Thus, if one decides to write a play about the usurpation of the throne of
  Denmark, particular kinds of characters, thoughts, and speech will
  be appropriate to that particular play, while other kinds will not be appropriate (for
  example, making Hamlet a complete buffoon who speaks with a Cockney accent and who
  thinks mostly about eating nuts would not be
  appropriate).


• His assumption that all the parts of a
  tragedy must be logically consistent with one
  another.


• His assumption that a good tragedy will have a
  high degree of complex unity for all the reasons just
  discussed.


• His tendency to de-emphasize the final two
  elements he mentions (spectacle and song) as the least crucial, the least important to a
  true tragedy.


• His tendency to think very logically about
  tragedy, so that all the elements of tragedy just mentioned are necessarily connected
  with one another in ways that contribute to the artistic unity and emotional and
  intellectual impact of the
  play.


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What are some examples of local color in the novel Ethan Frome?

You might want to start by considering the description
that the narrator of this story gives us of Starkfield and in particular the vivid
description that he gives us of winter there. For example, note how experiencing a
winter there gives the narrator an insight into what Ethan Frome's life must have been
like when he was young:

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But when winter shut down on Starkfield and the
village lay under a sheet of snow perpetually renewed from the pale skies, I began to
see what life there--or rather its negation--must have been in Ethan Frome's young
manhood.

Consider the way
that the interminable winter season is described, and in particularly the way that
winter "shuts down" on Starkfield and the "sheet of snow" is "perpetually renewed" from
the pale skies. Rather than providing colour, this shows the absence of colour and the
strange, white paleness that dominates Starkfield during
winter.

The narrator goes on to provide further examples of
the local colour, giving us a real sense and feeling for what life in Starfield must
have been like:

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Day by day, after the December snows were over,
a blazing blue sky poured down torrents of light and air on the white landscape, which
gave them back an intenser glitter. One would have suppposed that such an atmosphere
must quicken the emotions as well as the blood; but it seemed to produce no change
except that of retarding still more the sluggish pulse of
Starkfield.

The narrator
comes to understand why the people of Starkfield emerges from its "six months' siege
like a starved garrison capitulating without quarter." Such descriptions give us a real
sense of the local colour and in particular the way that the harsh winters shaped so
much of the life at Starkfield.

What did Chamberlain mean when he said, "There was the divine spark" in The Killer Angels?

In Michael Shaara's book, The Killer
Angels, the lives of several people are followed—their thoughts and actions
shared—over the course of four days...

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...during which the Battle of Gettysburg, the
turning point of the American Civil War, was fought in
Pennsylvania.

Both
confederate and union leaders are included in this "recreation" of those days. One of
the Union leaders is Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who is in command of the
Twentieth Maine.

On Thursday, July 2, the second of the
four days, Chamberlain's aide Buster Kilrain reports that they have found a black man,
wounded, who is unable to communicate with them. The consensus is that this man must be
a runaway slave. Regardless of the circumstances that bring him into their midst, he is
fed and given medical care. In a conversation between Chamberlain and Kilrain, the
colonel notes that he sees no difference between white men and black men. While he
admits that he has not known many blacks, he says that when looking into a black man's
eyes, he sees a man there (the inference is "not a color")—in those
eyes there is "a divine spark." He says that this is something his mother used to say,
and he feels that he and the black man share this "divine
spark."

My interpretation of this phrase is that for
Chamberlain there is a piece of God in all of us. ("Divine" generally refers to God).
This spark may perhaps be what gives us life or perhaps it is our soul shining through,
but it comes from God and does not distinguish between men based on
skin color. I assume the premise is that as God's children, God
sees no difference, and neither does Chamberlain. As he and Kilrain
continue to speak, Chamberlain goes on to comment that he believes slavery to be "a
terrible thing."