What did the experience of Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans reveal about the US in the 1950s?

There is a great deal of complexity in the 1950s' social
fabric.  One of the most telling points here would be the very idea that there was a
definable fear of "the other."  Society was structured so that individuals pursue an
external end of happiness.  Part of this involved not integrating "the other," and being
afraid of it.  I think that in this, one can see how groups like Hispanics, Asian-
Americans, and Native Americans were seen.  They represented this "other" for which
there was fear and immediate rejection.

The social theory
of the 1950s involved a construction of social happiness that was not inclusive.  It did
not seek to appropriate as many people as possible into its own schema.  Rather, it was
isolating, seeking to reach a level of external happiness that sacrificed many in its
pursuit.  In this, groups that were silenced were seen as extraneous to that pursuit. 
Those who did not fit into the socially conformist pursuit of happiness were not
understood.  They were not seen as important and became moved to the margins of a
society that failed to understand if it, in its own existential state, was working
towards a vision or whether it was working them.

Identify what the climax is in the short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, and explain your reasons.

The href="http://library.thinkquest.org/23846/library/terms/index.html">climax
of a story is usually defined as the point of the greatest intensity of the story; it is
often referred to as the story's turning point or crisis. It is when the direction of
the plot turns dramatically in a different direction.

It is
also possible for different people to identify the climax of a story in different
places. In To Kill a Mockingbird, some might see Tom Robinson's
death as the story's climax as so much of the novel centers around his trial. However, I
would look to Bob Ewell's attack on the children as the story's turning point.
Surprisingly, as with "The Most Dangerous Game," written by Richard Edward Connell, the
climax of the story can take place where you would not expect it: in this short story,
it occurs almost at the very end of the story. In other pieces of
literature, there may be more falling action before the story's
resolution.

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado,"
I would say that the climax occurs when Montresor places Fortunato within the enclosure
he has fashioned, and shackles him to the wall, but not ending until Fortunato stops
screaming. For me, Fortunato's hysterical response is the point of highest intensity in
the story: it makes me empathetic for the man who unknowingly has stepped into the trap
his "seeming" friend Montresor has prepared for him. The reader is left to wonder (in
light of Montresor's apparent madness) if Fortunato ever really did
anything to him, or if Montresor imagined it: for the narrator never
does reveal the "insult" for which he punishes Fortunato, and Poe
creates his character as one on the brink of madness (if not already "swimming in it").
It is Fortunato's last scream that signals the end of the climax and the beginning of
the falling action.

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I replied to the yells of him who clamored. I
re-echoed—I aided—I surpassed them in volume and in strength. I did this, and the
clamorer grew still.

The
entire tale has been about Montresor luring Fortunato into the catacombs with the intent
to murder him. It is when that objective is reached—and when Fortunato realizes what is
happening to him— that I see the
direction of the story changing from "plan" to "mission accomplished." From here, the
plot moves to the falling action and the resolution.

Which case did Brown v Board of Education overturn?

The answer to this is that the Brown
case overturned a case called Plessy v. Ferguson.  This case was
decided in 1896.

The Plessy decision
was the one in which the Supreme Court laid out the doctrine that "separate but equal"
facilities for people of different races did not violate the 14th Amendment.  The Court
argued that the 14th Amendment said that blacks and whites had to be treated equally,
but not that they had to be treated equally in the same train cars.  So long as the
train cars (or, by extension, the schools) were equal, the fact that they were separate
was not important.

In Brown, the Court
held that separate schools for the races were inherently unequal.  By making this
ruling, it effective overruled Plessy.

Who has the remains of Tutankhamen and the relics of his tomb—is it in an appropriate place?

The mummy of Tutankhamen (also known as Tutankhaten and
"King Tut") rests in a climate controlled case in his tomb, in a climate controlled box.
This box allows tourists to see the mummy of the "boy king" (who died when he was
eighteen or nineteen).

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...the linen-wrapped mummy was removed from its
golden sarcophagus [and placed in a] climate-controlled glass box. The case was designed
to prevent the heightened rate of decomposition caused by the humidity and warmth from
tourists visiting the
tomb.

The tomb is located in
the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. The mummy and the artifacts discovered in 1922 by
Howard Carter created quite a stir throughout the world—not just in archaeological
circles. Because Tut's tomb and the artifacts it contained were so well preserved, this
pharaoh of Egypt has realized greater recognition after his death than during his
lifetime. While his mummy remains in his tomb, many of the artifacts discovered buried
with his mummifed corpse have traveled around the world several times, starting in the
1970s and again with the turn of the century.

Tut and the
artifacts belong to Egypt. They are national treasures. The iconic mask of Tutankhaman's
mummy remains in Egypt and will never travel again because it is too fragile. It would
seem that the mummy is given a great deal of care and respect: without the climate
controlled environment in which it rests, the mummy would deteriorate with time, and
nothing of the young pharoah would remain but the contents of his tomb. In this way the
world has been able to learn a great deal about Egytian history, familial relationships
in Tut's era (especially about Tut's parents), his cause of death, and a way of life
that had been (in the past) surrounded by mystery.

It is often said that masturbation is associated with appearance of pimples or acne on the face. Is it true or just a myth?

It's just a myth. There are several factors that can make
acne worse, but masturbation is not one of them. Acne is caused by overproduction of the
skin oil known as sebum. Sebum can build up in a pore and become a hardened plug,
creating a white head or a blackhead; the black coloring occurs when the top of the
sebum plug is exposed to the air and undergoes oxidation. If bacteria infect the pore
beneath the plug, the associated hair follicle may burst and create a pocket of
inflammation, commonly called a pimple.

Sebum
overproduction is common during puberty in response to changing hormone levels.
Masturbation also generally begins during puberty, in response to the same hormones. The
fact that the two occur during the same time frame probably led to the erroneous belief
that one causes the other.

Masturbation is a natural,
normal way for adolescents to explore their growing sexuality. It is physically
harmless, but in some cultures and religions it is considered to be inappropriate
behavior, and old wives tales that masturbation will cause acne, blindness, madness, or
other maladies have been used for generations to discourage people from the act. However
none of these stories has been found to have any basis in fact.

How, specifically, is stem cell therapy used to treat Alzheimer's Disease?

I had to do some research on this one, and from although
scientists have recently conducted successful lab tests in mice that show stem cells can
slow the progression of the disease, there is no scientifically proven procedure or
protocol that is currently successful in treating any of the 18 million people worldwide
who suffer from Alzheimer's.

What the early research in
these lab tests showed is that memory loss was significantly slowed when embryonic stem
cells were injected into the memory portions of the brain in mice affected by the
disease.  The tests have shown enough promise that large investments by medical research
firms and governments around the world have been made into seeing if the success of
these tests can be replicated in humans.

While scientists
are optimistic that a treatment is on the horizon, as of yet, that is not the
case.

Prove that (1 + sinA) / CosA = (sinA- cosA+1) / (sinA+ cosA -1 )any proof with out cross multiplication

We'll use properties of proportions to prove the
identity.

First, we'll use componendo
property:

`a/b = c/d =gt (a+b)/b =
(c+d)/d`

`(1+sinA+cosA)/cosA =
(sinA-cosA+1+sinA+cosA-1)/(sinA+cosA-1)` 

We'll reduce like
terms from the numerator from the right side:

`(1 + sinA +
cosA)/cosA= (2sinA)/(sinA + cosA - 1)`

Now, we'll cross
multiply:

(sinA+cosA + 1)(sinA + cosA - 1) =
2sinAcosA

We notice that the product from the left side
returns a difference of two squares, while, to the right side, we've get a double angle
identity:

`(sinA + cos A)^2 - 1 = sin
2A`

We'll expand the
binomial:

`sin^2 A + 2sinAcosA + cos^2A - 1 = sin
2A`

But, from Pythagorean identity, we'll get `sin^2A +
cos^2A = 1` .

1 + sin2A - 1 =
sin2A

We'll eliminate like terms from the left
side:

sin2A =
sin2A

We notice that we've get the
same double angle identity both sides, therefore, the given expression represents an
identity.

Can anyone please summarize this, to make it shorter? Thanks!Dolphins, like humans, enjoy to play and be free. Dolphins play with each other as...

Don't let the length of these paragraphs confuse you! Take
one section at a time and this can be summarized
easily.

Paragraph 1 - Dolphins like to play when they are
young and as adults  - with other dolphins, with boats, and with other kinds of animals.
Human beings also like to play and look for chances to do so rather than spending all
their time working.

Paragraph 2 - Both dolphins and humans
are social creatures. This means they prefer to live, work, and play with others of
their kind and do not usually live alone.

Paragraph 3 -
Dolphins have found the balance between time needed to work in order to live and time
needed for play in order to enjoy life. Humans put pressure on themselves or allow
others to pressure them, so they haven't found the freedom the dolphins
have.

Discuss the fairy tale mode of Great Expectations.

If this is a fairy tale, then it is one of the most
bizarre and grotesque fairy tale I have ever read! No, seriously, you are right to
identify that in this novel, as in other Victorian classics such as Jane
Eyre, the influence of fairy tales is incredibly important. Let us consider
what fairy tale elements we can identify in it and move from there to ruminate over the
way in which Dickens subverts and manipulates the form for his own
ends.

The phrase "Dickensian orphan" is a common one, but
seems to present a rather stock character in his work and in fairy tales. This novel
presents us with two apparently parentless figures in the form of Estella and Pip. Pip
in particular is used and abused who is famously raised "by hand" thanks to his sister.
Then, all of a sudden a fairy godmother comes along in the form of Miss Havisham, a
figure who is a travesty of any fairy godmother I have ever read about. She has already
adopted Estella, plucking her out of obscurity and transforming her, with a wave of her
magic wand, into a beautiful, cultured and heartless young lady. Both we and Pip believe
that she does the same for him, being the source of his great expectations. However, it
appears that there is no fairy tale happily-ever-after ending for them both. This has
not been a "good" transformation. Estella has been transformed, yes, but this
rags-to-riches story has also divorced her from her own feelings. Pip, too, finds that
this much anticipated transformation brings only sadness and pain, especially in the way
that it distances him from his roots and those that love him. A sudden revelation shows
us and Pip that his "fairy godmother" is actually a criminal that haunts Pip throughout
the narrative, and his wealth is based on the money of a convict. Although there is the
possibility of a happy ending in the offing at the end of the novel, this is never
confirmed, and we get the impression that if Pip and Estella do get their
happily-ever-after, it is only through much suffering and pain, and another
transformation that moves them out of the naive world of fairy tales to a more sober and
mature view of the world in its reality.

Are there any effects from breathing the fumes for too long from a decomposing human body; can you catch anything?

Possibly. While the "fumes" of decomposition, which are
really gasses created by a variety of bacteria, are often unpleasant, these gases are
probably not harmful in and of themselves. However if the corpse was harboring one of a
number of spore-transmitted diseases, it is possible to become ill from one of those.
There are a couple of recorded cases of tuberculosis being transmitted from a corpse to
those handling it, including one where it was found that the act of  pumping embalming
fluid into the body displaced TB spore-laden air from the corpse's respiratory system,
creating a real danger to the mortuary workers.

Aside from
tuberculosis, anthrax is another disease that can form highly resistive spores that
could be transferred from a corpse to workers nearby. It it believed that anthrax spores
can even survive and be lofted into the air from open funereal pyres. Hepatits is also
suspected to remain transmissible for some time after death.

In "To Build a Fire," the man remembers advice he had been given by the old man at Sulphur Creek. List three of these bits of advice.

It is of course the unfortunate unfailure of the anonymous
protagonist in this excellent story to pay attention to the advice that the old man from
Sulphur creek gave him before he embarked on his journey that results in his death. The
first mention we have of the old man is when the protagonist remembers the old man
telling him precisely how cold it got in the country, and then how he had actually
laughed at the old man. Listening to this advice would have probably causes the
protagonist not to venture out in the first place, as he would have had a healthy
respect for the cold and how dangerous it could
be.

Secondly, the old man told him that "a man must not
fail in his first attempt to build a fire--that is, if his feet are wet." This is one
piece of advice that the protagonist does listen to and act upon when he does get his
feet wet after he falls through the ice into
water.

Thirdly, the protagonist remembers another
injunction that is given to him by the old man:

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He remembered the advice of the old-timer on
Sulphur Creek, and smiled. The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law
that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below. Well, here he was; he
had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself. Those old-timers were
rather womanish, some of them, he
thought.

Note the arrogance
of the protagonist in the way that he rejects this bit of advice, and rather insultingly
considers the old-timer to be "womanish." This is another crucial bit of advice that
could have potentially saved the protagonist, for travelling with a companion would have
meant there would have been somebody else to help make a fire or fetch help. The
protagonist's arrogance is yet again shown to have led to his
death.

In Animal Farm, why does Squealer support Napoleon?

Squealer supports Napoleon because he recognizes and loves
power.  Squealer and Napoleon have their own mutual admiration society.  It exists
because Napoleon makes rules and laws that benefit the pigs and Squealer, being a pig,
has no problem reaping the rewards.  Squealer carefully and shrewdly recognizes that
Napoleon is more concerned with power and control than Snowball is.  Within this,
Squealer casts his lot with Napoleon, as he recognizes that between a power challenge
between the two pigs, Napoleon will win.  At the same time, Napoleon is more predisposed
to making Squealer of use than Snowball.  Napoleon was not one for speeches and did not
revel in talking to the animals.  He was much happier being behind the scenes and
remaining in control with absolute power.  Napoleon was able to use Squealer to talk to
the animals and spread the message of his infallibility to them.  Napoleon cancels
Sunday meetings, stays inside the house, and stands on the pedestal when he does have to
speak.  He leaves this job to Squealer.  This is in contrast to Snowball.  His
impassioned speech about the windmill, as well as his ability to rally the troops when
under attack, and his preaching of Animalism to the animals makes Squealer useless. 
Snowball loved talking revolution to the other animals, and loved the idea of
communicating his ideas on delegation of work or building elements to enhance the power
of Animal Farm.  Squealer understands that Snowball does not need him.  He also
understands that Napoleon does.  For this reason, one rooted in self- interest and self-
advancement, Squealer supports Napoleon.

What is limit [(1/sinx) - (1/x)] as x approaches 0+ ? Thank you for answering :)

We'll verify first if calculating the limit, we'll get an
indeterminate form:

lim [(1/sinx) - (1/x)] = lim [(x - sin
x)/x*sin x]

lim [(x - sin x)/x*sin x] = (0 - sin
0)/(0*sin0) = 0/0

Since we've get the indeterminate form
"0/0" type, we'll use L'Hospital rule to determine the
limit:

lim f/g = lim f'/g'

Let
f = x - sin x => f' = 1 - cos x

Let g = x*sin x
=> g' = sin x + x*cos x

lim [(x - sin x)/x*sin x] =
lim (1-cos x)/(sin x + x*cos x)

We'll substitute x by the
value of accumulation point x = 0:

lim (1-cos x)/(sin x +
x*cos x) = (1-cos 0)/(sin 0 + 0*cos 0)

(1-cos 0)/(sin 0 +
0*cos 0) = (1-1)/(0+0) = 0/0

Since we've get an
indetermination form again, we'll apply L'Hospital rule, once more
time;

lim (1-cos x)/(sin x + x*cos x) = lim (1-cos x)'/(sin
x + x*cos x)'

lim (1-cos x)'/(sin x + x*cos x)' = lim sin
x/(cos x + cosx - x*sin x)

We'll substitute x by the value
of accumulation point x = 0:

lim sin x/(cos x + cosx -
x*sin x) = sin 0/(cos 0 + cos0 - 0*sin 0)

sin 0/(cos 0 +
cos0 - 0*sin 0) = 0/(1+1-0) = 0/2 = 0

The
limit of the given function, if x approaches to zero, is lim [(1/sinx) - (1/x)] =
0.

Why does the mass of a human differ on the North pole from the mass on the South pole?if a person travels to canada with a mass of 34kg then why...

The term “mass” is defined as the quantity of matter in an
object.  It is a constant for that object, regardless of location in the universe.  The
mass of an object determines the degree of its resistance to acceleration or
deceleration, or change in direction if moving.  These are aspects of
inertia.

Weight, although related to mass, is
not the same thing.  The force of gravity on a body is defined as its weight.  At any
given location in the universe, two objects with the same mass will have equal weights. 
But if you take two objects of equal mass, and locate them at points with differing
distances from the source of gravity (such as the North and South poles of the earth),
the object that is closer to the center of the earth will have the higher
weight.

A related term is density.  It refers to
mass per unit volume.  Balsa wood has low density compared to high-density
lead.

The first reference defines mass and
weight, and has simple questions that illustrate your understanding of the two
terms.

The second reference further explains the
terms, including density.

What is the practical use of proving so many trigonometrical identities for school maths classess?

It is actually the most useful
subject.

for eg

Rechargeable
batteries we use in most of our electronics. When we use electricity to charge our
batteries, we are converting alternating current to direct current. The alternating
current has a shape of a sine curve f(x)=sinx and the direct current has a shape of
f(x)=|sinx|

Suppose there are musical robots which produce
musical notes beautifully. A team of engineers, designers and computer programmers are
needed. In their course of work, they will need to alter the magnitude and frequency
of the sound wave produced, many of which will involve equations such as y=a sin mx + b
cos mx

I am writing an analysis on " The Man Who Was Almost a Man," how can I keep it short and to the point without telling the whole story?I want to...

If you will decide upon an analytical question that you
wish to answer in your thesis, then you can look for passages that explicate this
question and support your argument.  In this way, you eliminate other events of the plot
that are not relative to your discussion and do not simply retell the
story.

For instance, let us say that you read something
like this allusion to Wright's story by Critic Charles Hannon in his essay, "The Man Who
Was Almost a Man:  Teaching the Conflicts as a Temporary
Instructor,"

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Wright clearly develops the gun as a phallic
symbol which will substitute for his and his father's appropriated "manhood" itself a
metaphor for economic security and
self-sufficiency

you might
decide to discuss the gun as a symbol of manhood in the sense that it generates respect
and substitutes for the subservient employment and despair of economic independence of
Dave and his father as mere farmer workers for Mr. Hawkins.  Therefore, once you decide
upon the thesis for your analytical essay, you have the focus that you need to direct
your search in the story for supportive details.

Please see
the links below to further assist you:

What's the theme in paragraph four as related to the whole poem "Railway Club Blues" by Pete Trower?

One possible theme of "Railway Club Blues" is that of two
generations coming together for a common cause. That cause in this poem is music. Trower
begins by detailing the differences between the youth of today's generation and the
youth of his childhood.

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I journey through the past along the pints,
among the punks who propagate the game, the whitewashed girls; the boys like cockatoos,
with shaven heads and crests of orange hair, strange children of the simple punks we
were...

The poet then makes a
connection among the two different generations.

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In limbo where the time has gone awry, and now
meets then in tipsy
stalemate...

Trower then
mentions how the faces of today's youth create a "kindred memory" and srike a "common
chord."

The last stanza, the two generations are brought
together through jazz music and "all cardboard boundaries are erased." The poet sees the
same appreciation for jazz in the modern youth as in the youth of his older
generation.

The theme of connecting two generations through
a love of music is woven together through three stanzas - an account of their
differences, a connection of their commonalities, and finally an appreciation for jazz
that spans both generations.

In Fahrenheit 451, why does Montag want Faber to do things like turning on the air condition and sprinklers?In Part 3 Burning Bright

The reason that Montag wants Faber to do these things (and
a variety of other things) is so that the Mechanical Hound will not be able to pick up
his (Montag's) scent.  He is hoping that he will be able to escape and that the
authorities will not find out that Faber has been helping
him.

The Mechanical Hound works by scent and it has been
given Montag's old flame thrower to smell.  Montag wants Faber to do various things to
destroy Montag's scent.  By turning on the air conditioning, he will recirculate the air
and Montag's scent will be diluted.  By turning on the sprinklers, he will wash Montag's
scent off the sidewalk.  By doing these things and others like them, Faber might be able
to trick the Hound and prevent it from picking up Montag's scent.  This is why Montag
wants Faber to do these things.

In As You Like It, who are "mannish cowards" and how do they hide their cowardly nature?

This quote is said by Rosalind in Act I scene 3, and comes
as part of her speech when she plans to disguise herself as a man as she and her cousin,
Celia, talk about their escape from court to the Forest of Arden to look for Rosalind's
father. Rosalind is afraid of what could happen to them, as two young, beautiful maidens
alone, and in particular is wary of the possibility of being raped. To protect them, she
feels disguising herself as a man would present the image at least of male bravery, even
if it covers over female fear. Note what she says:

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A gallant curtal-axe upon my
thigh,

A boar-spear in my hand, and in my
heart,

Lie there what hidden woman's fear there
will,

We'll have a swashing and a martial
outside,

As many other mannish cowards
have

That do outface it with their
semblances.

Rosalind thus
draws a parallel to herself an to other real men, who appear to be big, strong and brave
on the outside, but are actually cowards on the inside. By adopting a "swashing and
martial outside," Rosalind will, like these "mannish cowards," be able to present
outwardly the appearance of a warlike and fearsome individual which will hide her fear
and lack of bravery on the inside. Note how this quote ties in to the ubiquitous theme
of appearances vs. reality, as Rosalind deliberately plans to disguise herself as
something she is not so others will think she is not what she
is.

What conflicts are present in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

The most evident conflict in the Oates short story exists
between Arnold Friend and Connie.  This does not start out as conflict.  Rather, it is
one where her desire for attention and notoriety has been reciprocated by Arnold.  The
conflict emerges when Arnold becomes so emboldened with his advance towards Connie.  His
desire to have her come with him and, eventually, kidnapping her becomes the basis of
the conflict.  He uses psychological and physical manipulation in his attempt.  From
this, Connie recognizes that she does not want to go with him, but also grasps that she
has little choice, as Arnold Friend threatens her family and leaves her with little
choice.  Arnold demonstrates some slight conflict internally between his age and his
desire to appear young, allowing him to get close enough to lure girls like Connie. 
This conflict comes out in different points, such as when he speaks in different
vernaculars of youth, but overall, he has little problem in being the person who stalks
and victimizes Connie.

This development of Connie's
character as one who cares for her family is one that is not present at the start of the
story.  Connie is first shown to be in conflict with her parents and her sister.  Connie
seems them as too traditional and unable to fully understand her own predicament and her
need to be independent from them.  Connie's conflict with her sister is that she is too
"plain," and unable to grasp the need to be "hip" and popular.  In the end, Connie's
conflicts at the start of the story vastly contrast with her conflicts at the end of
it.

Explain the Khoekhoes reaction to European settlement and expansion at the Cape between 1652 and 1720.

The Khoikhoi had been a pastoral people in southern Africa
prior to the arrival of the Europeans. The Europeans referred to them as Hottentots, a
derogatory term derived from a corruption of their language. The Khoikhoi bitterly
resented the imposition of Europeans, first the Dutch, later the Germans and British;
but they were ill equipped to resist. The Europeans had fire arms which they used with
abandon. In addition, they transmitted smallpox to the local people who were devastated
by it. In the end, their culture was practically obliterated. It should be pointed out
that Europeans made no attempt at peaceful coexistence. The Dutch in particular believed
that God had given them this land, and that they should take it, much as the ancient
Hebrews had taken Canaan. They frequently enclosed lands of the native people, and
slaughtered them when they resisted.

Please explain the following quote from Macbeth in detail:Foul whisperings are abroad. Unnatural deeds(65) Do breed unnatural troubles: infected...

These lines from Act V, Scene I of Shakespeare's
Macbeth are certainly indicative of the guilt-infected mind of Lady
Macbeth. In addition, they touch upon the"tragedy of blood" as well as the motif
of engulfing phantasmagoria. For, just as nightmare follows Macbeth, in this scene it
now consumes Lady Macbeth.

Whereas earlier in the play it
has been Lady Macbeth who wields the psychological power, scolding her husband for his
unmanliness and discounting the seriousness of their deeds by saying "A little water
clears us of this deed" (2.2), in this scene she has now internalized their bloody deeds
and, thus, becomes mad with the overpowering horror of these deeds and its consequent
guilt. Hearing what she has said, the doctor comprehends that Lady Macbeth needs
spiritual forgiveness--"More needs she the divine than the physician"--and that
there have been terrible and unnatural deeds
committed.

This scene from Macbeth exemplifies what
renowned critic Harold Bloom has expressed as the greatest quality of this play, its
powerful internalization:

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Of the aesthetic greatness of
Macbeth there can be no question....and yet it is my personal
favorite of all the high tragedies.  Shakespeare's final strength is radical
internalization.

Indeed, it
is this "radical internalization" of the tormented Lady Macbeth that magnifies the
horrific energy and the phantasmal element of Shakespeare's work in which "nothing is
but what is not."   For, in Act V, Scene I, Lady Macbeth, herself, becomes "what is
not"  as consumed with guilt, she commits suicide. 

In The Chosen, why is Reuven glad he restrains the anger he feels toward the anti-Zionist Hasidic students after the UN declares it will vote on...

The answer you are looking for can be found in Chapter 14
of this great novel, which details the progress of the creation of the first Israeli
state and the huge variety of reactions that there are to this policy. Reuven, as
somebody who supports this move, finds himself in opposition with a number of different
groups of Jews who do not, most prominently Reb Saunder's followers. Although he is very
angry, Reuven manages to suppress his emotions and maintain a stoical silence, which he
is very glad for as the next few weeks show how the situation is
developing:

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For as the Arab forces began to attack the
Jewish communities of Palestine, as an Arab mob surged through Princess Mary Avenue in
Jerusalem, wrecking and gutting shops and leaving the old Jewish commercial centre
looted and burned, and as teh toll of Jewish dead increased daily, Reb Saunders' league
grew strangely silent. The faces of the anti-Zionist Hasidic students in the school
became tense and pained, and all anti-Zionist talk
ceased.

The events that
transpired showed that Reuven was write to keep silent and let what happens do the
talking for him, for the continued violence depicted in this quote argued far more
eloquently for the need of the creation of a Jewish state than Reuven himself could have
argued.

why were gettysburg and vicksburg important?

The Battle of Gettysburg is generally considered the
turning point of the war. General Robert E. Lee has invaded the North in hopes of
bringing pressure on the North which would then hopefully agree to a negotiated peace;
in fact the Confederate Vice Preisident, Alexander Stephens was dispatched at the same
time ostensibly to discuss prisoner exchanges but speculation is he also was to discuss
terms of peace. President Lincoln refused Stephen's request to cross enemy lines and no
meeting took place. Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the war; and at its
conclusion, the initiative lay completely with the North, even though the war continued
another two years.

The Battle of Vicksburg is important
because it marked the culmination of an important part of the Anaconda Plan, namely to
cut the South in two by capturing the Mississippi River. It was a difficult battle and
General Ulysses S. Grant was forced to lay seige to the town until it finally
surrendered. With the fall of Vicksburg, the Union controlled the entire Mississippi
River, and the third of the Confederacy on the west side of the river was completely cut
off.

how would you be effected if a stroke destroyed the neurohypophysis and would there be a difference if you were female?

The neurohypophysis, also known as the posterior
pituitary, is the rearmost portion of the pituitary gland. Its functions are closely
integrated with those of the nervous system. The posterior pituitary is responsible for
the production of ADH, or antidiuretic hormone, and of oxytocin, so a person who lost
this tissue would be unable to produce either hormone.

ADH
is vital in maintaining the fluid balance in the body, as it slows the filtration rate
of the kidneys and conserves water. A person with an insufficient amount of ADH will
develop Central
Diabetes Insipidus.

href="http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/hypopit/oxytocin.html">Oxytocin's
role in males is not well understood, but it is believed that the hormone assists in the
transport of sperm within the male reproductive tract, and the hormone is also present
in semen, so a male unable to produce this hormone might be
infertile.

Oxytocin's functions in women is much better
understood; in the female, it stimulates uterine contractions during birth, stimulates
milk letdown for nursing, and is believed to assist in the development of maternal
bonding and behaviors. A woman who could not produce this hormone would probably need to
deliver a child by Cesarean, and would be unable to nurse it.

What do the last 2 paragraphs in Farenheit 451 mean?

There is significant biblical allusion going on in these
last two paragraphs. The last two are very short. The third from the end discusses the
fact that the men were walking in silence and were just remembering. This paragraph is
important because it set up the last two... with a different biblical allusion. This
paragraph referred to

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A time to break down, and a time to build up.
Yes. A time to keep silence and a time to speak. Yes, all
that.

These "times" are from
Ecclesiastes 3, you may remember that Montag is now that book of the bible. This passage
is significant because it means that just like all things must die, there is also time
for rebirth. This gives hope when times are tough because it means new times are coming
in the future.

In the very last two paragraphs, he refers
to the "tree of life", the "twelve manner of fruits" and the "healing of the
nations".

This refers to Revelation 22 when God will
restore the Garden of Eden. When God created the world, it was perfect. When the world
is over, He will re-create His perfection. Here is what Revelation 22:1-4
says:

1 Then
the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from
the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On
each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of
fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of
the nations. 3No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of
the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4They will see his face,
and his name will be on their foreheads. 5There will be no more night. They will not
need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light.
And they will reign for ever and
ever.

The effort of Bradbury
here is to shed hope on this situation. He is showing that the pain and problems of the
last society are over and now is the time for healing and building of a new
city.

The vigor of Roman Empire began when what happened? The prince- ( is the reason when roman empire started to hire Goths as mercenaries)

I think you mean the vigor of the Roman Empire
began to decline when what happened. Although the sheer
size of the Empire caused problems, the one event which marked its eventual decline was
the decision to allow the Goths to cross over the Danube into the Empire in 376--one
hundred years before the Empire finally came to an end. At that point, the Goths had
been pushed against the Danube, the Eastern border of the Empire by the Huns. They
requested and received permission to enter the Empire, but were treated by the Romans
with great hostility and disdain. The Romans made no provision for their care or upkeep
which led to a rebellion by the Goths. During the resulting Battle of Adrianople, the
Goths defeated the Roman army, and the Eastern Emperor Valens was killed when the Goths
set fire to a farm house in which he had been carried after being wounded. Incidentally,
there is no evidence that they knew he was there or targeted him. At any rate, the loss
of that Battle made the Goths a permanent fixture in the Empire. They did fight as
mercenaries from time to time as did other Germanic Tribes, because (1) the Empire was
too large to defend and (2) competing factions within the Empire often fought with each
other and employed mercenaries to do so. So, if one had to pick a date and event, I
would say it was the Gothic crossing of 376 A.D. An excellent resource is Christopher
Kelly, The End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of
Rome.

What literary technique can be found in Chapter 1 of Dickens' Great Expectations?

Literary techniques are the optional literary device
choices an author may make to advance the purpose, tone, and meaning of their work.
Dickens liberally uses the technique of imagery in the opening of Chapter 1 to establish
the vividness and tone, setting, characterization, and atmosphere that highlights the
text of Great Expectations
throughout.

Imagery calls forth in readers recognition of
sights, flavors, sounds, touch, and fragrances (or just odors) through which they can
understand and relate to and "see" through the mind's eye what the character(s)
experience or what the narrator tells about.

In the opening
of Chapter 1, Dickens has the first-person narrator Philip Pirrip, whom we loving call
Pip, describe his early situation in life. Much imagery is used effectively to (1)
establish Pip's situation in life as an orphan, (2) give some understanding of Pip's
innocent cast of mind, (3) establish Pip's detailed narratorial
style:

The
shape of the letters on my father's [grave], gave me an odd idea that he was a square,
stout, dark man, with curly black hair ... I drew a childish conclusion that my mother
was freckled and sickly. ... the memory of five little brothers of mine,—who gave up
trying to get a living, exceedingly early in that universal struggle,—I am indebted for
a belief ... that they had all been born on their backs with their hands in their
trousers-pockets, ....

The
images Dickens employs in the imagery in this passage are
several:

• 1. The shape of the letters on the
  gravestone (visual).


• 2. The odd relationship between the
  letters and the paternal occupant of the grave
  (visual)


• 3. The relationship between the words and the
  mother's appearance, "freckled and sickly" (visual)


• 4.
  The impossible image of five boys born on their backs in trousers with hands in pockets!
  (visual)

These are all visual images; none
employ sound, smell, etc. Later Pip speaks of a "raw afternoon" which is tactile imagery
that conjures up a sense of what the weather felt like. It is interesting to note that
the imagery Dickens employs is actually double, or embedded, imagery: Dickens provides
the readers with imagery that is processed through Pip's own inner imagery based upon
his vision of his parents graves and stones, both of which Pip describes to
us.

What are problems with privatization of government services?

Perhaps the biggest problem with privatization is that it
creates an incentive for the providers of services to "cut corners" when doing what they
are paid to do. 

When a government service is privatized,
the providers are motivated by profit.  This means that they will try as hard as they
can to cut costs so as to make as much profit as possible.  This can be good, but at
times it can lead to the companies providing substandard services.  Government agencies
themselves are more focused on providing good service as they have no real pressure to
save money (which is, of course, not always a good thing).  Private companies focus on
saving money, which can, at times, be a bad thing.

What three amendments to the US Constitution dealt with suffrage during the 1960s and 1970s?

During the time that you mention there were three
amendments that had to do with the right to vote.

First,
there was the 23rd Amendment, passed in 1961.  This amendment gave the residents of
Washington, D.C. the right to vote in presidential elections.  Second, there was the
24th Amendment.  This barred states from imposing a poll tax as a requirement for being
allowed to vote.  This practice had been used to prevent blacks from voting in the
South.  Finally, there was the 26th Amendment, passed in 1971.  This amendment expanded
the franchise to give people who were 18 years or older (but not yet 21) the right to
vote.

Between them, these three amendments helped to make
America more democratic.

What happened at the battle at the cowshed, including the outcome in Animal Farm?

News of the
Rebellion at Animal Farm begins to spread, and animals across the
countryside are singing "Beasts of
England."

The neighboring
farmers, along with Mr. Jones, decide to attack the animals, hoping to take the farm
back. The Battle of the Cowshed was successful for the animals of Animal
Farm. Although Mr. Jones and his neighboring farmers banned together and came
to take animal Farm back, the animals had hidden in the
cowshed.

Snowball and some of the animals charged forth,
but were driven back by Mr. Jones's gun.

All the animals in
the cowshed came out of hiding and drove Mr. Jones and the farmers out of the yard. The
Battle of the Cowshed became a triumphant moment for the animals. Snowball is the leader
and he is later decorated as Animal Hero, First
Class:

The
animals, led by Snowball, successfully fight off the invaders in what comes to be known
as the Battle of the Cowshed. Snowball is decorated as an Animal Hero, First
Class.

WHAT IS IMPORTANCE OF NITROGEN IN ATMOSPHERE?? PLZ ANYONE EXPLN IN DETAIL.....

Nitrogen makes up approximately 78% of the earth's
atmosphere.  Nitrogen is the primary building block of amino and nucleic acids, which
are essential to life.  The nitrogen in the atmosphere must undergo natural fixation to
change form from gas to liquid.  Then, through precipitation, the nitrogen is absorbed
in the soil and becomes a crucial component of food production in plants, thus beginning
the food chain.

For more information on the Nitrogen Cycle,
refer to the website below.

How does the tension between outward conformity and inward questioning contribute to the meaning of Billy Budd?

This question could be answered in a number of ways.  One
approach you might want to consider is looking at how each main character struggles with
conforming to a sense of outward expectations versus listening to what seems right
inwardly.  To do this, consider the character's personality traits and compare them to
his actions throughout the story.  Does he act on his conscience or on a sense of
outward expectation?  What is the ultimate result of his
actions?

One of the more obvious examples is the character
of Captain Vere.  Vere is described as a man of natural intelligence, a keen sense of
duty, and fair yet high expectations.  As a result, he is well respected, maintains a
sense of order on his ship, and is trusted in decision
making.

When the beloved "handsome sailor," Billy Budd,
strikes out in anger against John Claggart and kills him, Vere is, for perhaps the first
time, faced with a morally difficult decision.  He must decide between convicting Billy
of murder and perceived plans of mutiny, or going with his gut belief that Billy is
truly innocent.

In the end, Billy is convicted and hung,
due in large part, to Vere's convincing the court not to let their love of Billy affect
their view of the factual events of the incident.  The events after the hanging are
briefly described, but basically, we know that the crew erects a monument to Billy Budd,
Captain Vere dies shortly afterward in a battle with a French ship, and the remaining
men each take pieces of the monument and hold them up in a gesture of honor to Billy
Budd.

As one of Melville's less significant works,
Billy Budd is perhaps one of his most highly debated stories.  At
the end of the novel, the reader is very clearly presented with the question: Did
Captain Vere make the correct decision?  (Or, was justice truly served?)  This question
has been considered by many to be the central idea of the story and
the fact that it is left ambiguous allows each reader to come to a personal conclusion. 
I encourage you to look at the other main characters in the same way as above and draw
this conclusion for yourself.  Good luck.

Does the poem "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns suggest that delight, unlike some emotions, increases when it is expressed?"A Red, Red Rose" by...

This is an interesting statement to consider in relation
to this famous Scottish poem. Which other emotions do you think are not increased when
they are expressed? In some ways, I think that expressing an emotion automatically helps
to increase that emotion, as you think about it and give voice to it in a way that means
your feelings are going to be heightened. Certainly I think we can argue that this is
the case in this poem, as the thought of the speaker's beloved is something that only
serves to heighten his delight in her. Consider the second verse of this
poem:

As fair
art thou, my bonie lass, 
So deep in luve am I, 
And I will luve
thee still, my Dear, 
Till a' the seas gang
dry.

The thought of the
beloved's "fairness" leads the speaker to declare that he will love her constantly and
faithfully "Till a' the seas gang dry." His delight and love for his beloved is evident
throughout the poem, and seems to be reinforced through the voicing of his love for his
beloved, therefore proving your statement.

Describe the political goals of the Union and Confederacy at the beginning of the war.

The political goal of the Union was to preserve the Union.
President Lincoln took the position from the beginning that the Confederate States did
not have the right to leave the Union, and in fact never had; rather they were simply
"in rebellion. In fact, few people realize that in the annals of U.S. History, the
official name of the Civil War is "The War of the
Rebellion."

The primary goal of the Confederacy was to gain
recognition by France and more importantly, Great Britain. Britain purchased a
tremendous amount of southern cotton the proceeds of which funded the war for the South.
At such time as they gained recognition from Britain, they could expect more aid from
Britain; there was even the possibility that Britain might come into the war on the side
of the South to protect its economic interests. This idea was not only practical, it was
also a concern for Lincoln. Aside from all the high sounding oratory about the
Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's primary purpose was to prevent Britain from
supporting the South. Britain had outlawed slavery, and by issuing the
Proclamation--which only freed slaves in states
in rebellion,
Lincoln forced Britain into a moral dilemma.

Though all the buildings are beautiful -which building is the most beautifully constructed stone building amongst them all at the Washington...

Your question is somewhat confusing in that it seems to
imply that there are several special, beautiful stone buildings at the site of the
National Cathedral. To my understanding, the Cathedral itself is the only major
architectural structure on site.

Perhaps you are asking
about the National Cathedral in comparison to structures elsewhere in the
world.

The Washington National Cathedral, located in
Washington, D.C., is a Neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival structure, the construction of which
began in 1907, with completion 93 years later on the addition of the last finial in
1990.  It is the third most popular structure in the United States, standing behind the
Empire State Building and the White House.

In terms of
stone buildings of architectural magnificence, cathedrals dominate.  There are no
structures with greater detail and beauty.  Therefore, the Washington National Cathedral
must be compared to other cathedrals throughout the
world.

The Washington National Cathedral is the 6th larges
cathedral in the world, but not among the top ten in terms of architectural splendor. 
Famous cathedrals that share a higher position in architectural rating would include
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Rome, Italy,
St. Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the Guadalajara
Cathedral in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

In the United
States a cathedral that rivals the National Cathedral is the French Gothic Cathedral
Basilica of the Sacred Heart located in Newark, New Jersey.

What page is the this quote on in the book Catcher in the Rye""Then the carousel started, and I watched her go round and round...All the kids tried...

The quote you're referring to is near the end of the
next-to-last chapter of The Catcher in the Rye, i.e., Chapter 25.
The words start in the middle of the paragraph, so it is easy to miss them. In my
paperback edition the words are on page 211.

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Then the carousel started, and I watched her go
around and around. There were only about five or six other kids on the ride, and the
song the carousel was playing was "Smoke Gets In Your
Eyes."

That is a very old
song, popular in the 1920's, along with "Lady Be Good" and "Sophisticated Lady." "Smoke
gets in your eyes" was a kind of metaphor for crying. A person who was crying might deny
it and say some smoke got in his or her eyes. No doubt Holden was crying while he
watched his little sister go blissfully round and round on the carousel. The picture on
the front and back cover of my copy shows a prancing wooden carousel horse--but no doubt
every edition of the book, including the original hard-cover edition, has the same
illustration in red.

The incident seems to symbolize
Holden's departure from childhood. He doesn't care to ride the carousel anymore. He sees
that it is only a carousel and the gold ring is not really gold. He turns that adventure
over to his little sister. He also seems to be abandoning the fantasy of being a rescuer
of children, a catcher in the rye and all. He says:

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The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for
the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they
fall off, but it's bad if you say anything to
them.

What is the sociological background of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

When analyzing sociological
background, one is analyzing the type of
society that the author is writing about. You are analyzing things like
the types of government, types of
laws, and types of rules. You
can also analyze if you think the author actually likes the
society, or does he/she dislike it. This can
also lead you to analyze what social changes the author
might make.

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is
a very true sociological reflection of Austen's own social
situation during the Regency period. Just as Austen knew it, England's government in
Pride and Prejudice is a monarchy that is governed upon the advise of the Prime
Minister, Cabinet, and members of Parliament. Also, just as Austen new it, her novel's
society is divided by class rank, including the noble class, the landed gentry, the
middle class, and the merchant class. In fact, one social
phenomenon Austen experienced herself and wrote about in the book was the
increase in wealth of the merchant class. Around the same
time as the French Revolution, some members of the merchant class were becoming
increasingly wealth, wealthy enough to rub shoulders with the landed gentry, purchase
estates of their own, and live among the gentry. At the same time, the English nobility
watched all of the French nobility be beheaded. Not wanting the same fate, the English
nobility decided to begin softening some of the lines of demarcation separating classes.
Austen's era began seeing the intermarrying of the classes
( href="http://www.mssresearch.org/?q=Social_Evolution_in_Pride_Prejudice">"Social
Evolution"). Both the rise of the merchant class
and the mingling of the classes are social
issues Austen covers in her novel.

Austen especially
portrays the social issue of the rising merchant class with
Mr. Bingley. Austen makes it evident that Bingley's father
actually earned the Bingley fortune through trade and left it to Bingley to buy the
family estate. However, using Mr. Bingley and his sisters, Austen points out the
consequence from the social phenomenon, which was in
increase in prejudicial snobbery. In particular, we see
Bingley's sisters criticize the Bennet family, which are actually in a class higher than
they are since Mr. Bennet is gentleman with an estate, simply because Mrs. Bennet is
descended of the working class, just like the Bingleys. As Austen phrases
it:

[The
Bingley sisters] were ... in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and
meanly of others. They were of a respectable family north of England; a circumstance
more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother's fortune and their own
had been acquired by trade. (Ch.
4)

Hence, one aspect of
society Austen shows a desire to change is
class snobbery.

In addition, Austen also
portrays inter-class marriages when she has
Elizabeth marry Mr. Darcy. Technically, they are members of the same
class. As Elizabeth points out to Lady Catherine de Bourgh, "In marrying your nephew, I
should not consider myself as quitting that sphere. He is a gentleman; I am a
gentleman's daughter; so far we are equal" (Ch. 56). However, some, like Lady Catherine,
may consider Darcy to be a cut above Elizabeth because he has noble class relations
while Elizabeth, again, has working class relations. Austen is not only using the
marriage of Elizabeth and Darcy to support inter-class
marriages, which were on the rise in her society, she is also using Lady
Catherine to once again criticize class
snobbery.

Is E.Coli Bacteria unicellular or multicellular?PROKARYOTIC OR EUKARYOTIC

E. Coli is classified as a prokaryote, having only one
cell and no nuclei. This unicellular bacteria is microscopic. Since it has only one
cell, it doesn't have organs or membranes. E. Coli and other prokaryotic bacteria can
live in places that would kill an multicellular organism, such as in places with high
radiation or places that are extremely hot, like natural hotsprings. Salmonella is
another unicellular organism you may be familiar
with.

Unlike unicellular organisms, multicellular organisms
are classified as eukaryontes and have many cell types; they are large enough to see
with the naked eye.

Which is the block mountain of India?

Fault-block mountains or block mountains are mountains
that form when faults or cracks form in the earth's crust.  These faults cause one
section of earth to rise and others to be depressed causing block mountains. Block
mountains are found in India, as well as other parts of the world including North
America (Sierra Nevada Mountains) and Europe (Harz Mountains).

In India specifically the mountain
ranges Satpura
and Vindhya
found in the central- western part of the Indian sub continent are block
mountains, having formed through cracks in the earth’s crust, these ranges rose while
the block of earth known as the Rift Valley
depressed.

What is the explanation of an epigraph in reference to literature?

In literature, an epigraph is an introductory quote taken
from one piece of literature and used at the beginning of another piece of literature.
The purpose of the epigraph is to illuminate, in one way or another, the objective or
meaning or mood etc of the piece of literature in which it is quoted. For instance, a
novel about choosing virtuous behavior in the face of great unmet need might be
introduced with this epigraph quotation from Plato: "All the gold which is under or upon
the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue."

An
epigraph may perform a number of functions that illuminate a text. (1) It may set-up
intertextual comparisons or contrasts. For instance, hypothetically speaking,
Tales of King Arthur may be prefaced with an epigraph from
Machiavelli's The Prince to establish a contrast between two
philosophies in the reader's mind. (2) It may serve as a preface to the chapter or story
or novel by establishing the purpose or scope the upcoming text. For instance, a chapter
on apartheid might be prefaced by this epigraph from Deuteronomy 32:28: "For they are a
nation void of counsel, / And there is no understanding in
them."

(3) An epigraph may act as a summary of the upcoming
text. For instance, a novel about a talented and successful young woman whose failing
was being self-centered and unperceptive might be summarized by this epigraph from Jane
Austen's Emma: "The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were
the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too
well of herself; these were the disadvantages which threatened alloy to her many
enjoyments." (4) It may provide a contrasting, countering perspective to the upcoming
text. For instance, an essay against free-trade agreements may open with this
contrastive quote from John Adams' Wealth of Nations: "To widen the
market and to narrow the competition, is always the interest of the
dealers…"

What allegorical significance does the fact that Napoleon and Snowball disagree during the animals' meetings carry?

I think that the symbolic significance of the pigs'
disagreements is that there can really only be one ruler.  There can only be one voice
of authority.  While the revolution sought to eliminate one ruler in the form of Mr.
Jones, the intensity of disagreements between Napoleon and Snowball represents how there
can really be only one leader and the struggle for this leadership between both is one
of the last moments where the idea of "collectivity" in leadership is evident.  Once
Napoleon runs out Snowball, it is the beginning of the end for the goals of
animalism.

From the historical and allegorical point of
view, the disagreement between Napoleon and Snowball represents the struggle for power
that emerges in Russian history after Lenin has died.  For a moment in time, there was
considerable disagreement between Stalin and Trotsky, and the fate of leadership was
hanging in the balance.  The battle between both was waged and the result was that both
presented different visions of leadership in the Soviet Union.  Similar to Orwell's
construction of Napoleon, Stalin was able to use his own power and control, fed by his
own paranoia, to run off Trotsky and consolidate his control over the power base of the
nation.  In this, Orwell's allegory possess political and literary
meaning.

Can someone explain the saying "like two ships in the night?"I don't really understand why this short story is called "Like Two Ships" and...

The saying "like two ships in the night" refers to the
fact that two ships can be traveling the vast ocean, meet one (by chance), and never
meet again.

The quote can be based purely upon fate. Two
ships in such a large body of water have a slim chance of actually meeting. Sometimes,
they may pass by each other but have no clue given the darkness around
them.

Other times, like stated earlier, the ships will pass
each other never to see each other again. The meeting becomes either a memory or a
questions if the two even met at all.

What this says about
people, which is normally how the quote is used, is that people can pass by someone
without even recognizing the fact that they came in contact with them at a point in
their lives.

That being said, one could look at this in a
very different way: that everyone we pass we have an impact upon whether we, or they,
know it. Think about the wake and ripples a ship will put off. The ripples will push
upon the sides of a ship as it passes, sometimes close and sometimes so far away that
the ripples are not even noticed. Regardless, the ripples leave something upon the
other.

What are some possible meanings of "The Most Dangerous Game," an short story by Richard Edward Connell?

Several possible meanings can be (and have been) suggested
for Richard Edward Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” The story describes
how two big-game hunters meet when the first (Sanger Rainsford), after having fallen off
a yacht, washes up on a remote island owned by the second (General Zaroff).  The latter
has become bored with hunting animals and thus instead hunts humans who, after mishaps
at sea, manage to make it to his island. Zaroff decides that Rainsford will be the next
object of such a hunt. After Zaroff gives Rainsford some rudimentary weapons and a head
start, the hunt begins. Ultimately, Rainsford manages not only to survive but to prove
victorious in his conflict with Zaroff, Zaroff’s assistant, and Zaroff’s dogs. At the
end of the story, Rainsford seems to have succeeded in killing Zaroff in the latter’s
own home. Among some suggested meanings of the story are the
following:

• Zaroff’s sense of his own strength is
  his greatest weakness, according to an article on the story in Don D’Amasso’s
  Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction (New York: Facts on File, 2009),
  p. 153.


• According to the same article, Rainsford’s final
  victory may (or may not) suggest that “civilization has triumphed over barbarism” (p.
  153).


• According to the same article, Rainsford is “forced
  to act as would any cornered prey” (p. 153).


• According to
  the same article, the story is appealing first and foremost as a straightforward
  adventure story (p. 153).


• According to the same article,
  

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Zaroff is the iron fist in a velvet glove, a
savage hunter who wears the veneer of civilization as a convenience, only truly coming
to life when he is able to cast it aside and indulge in his favorite occupation, the
hunt and the kill.” (p.
153)

• According to
  Alice Trupe’s Thematic Guide to Young Adult Literature, the story
  is one of the best-known examples of the theme of “survival” (Westport, CT: Greenwood,
  2006), p. 217.


• According to Nancy Kress’s book
  Beginnings, Middles, and Ends (Cincinnati, OH: Writer’s Digest
  Books, 1999), the story is clearly structured in terms of all three components suggested
  by Kress’s title and thus shows the skill of Connell’s design (p.
  61).


• According to an article by Gary Westfahl in
  The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and
  Wonders, ed. Gary Westfahl, 3 vols. (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005), the
  story exemplifies the theme of role-reversal (vol. 2, p.
  681).


• According to an article in The A-Z
  Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, by Harold Schechter and David Everitt, 2nd
  edition (New York: Pocket Books, 2006), the story depicts “the hunting instinct gone
  mad” (p. 240).


• For further suggested meanings, see the
  links below.

What is the connection between The Miracle Worker and allusions to Civil War battles and generals with the action of the play?I dont really...

William Gibson's play, The Miracle
Worker, has as its setting Tuscumbia, Alabama, in the 1880s, where Helen
Keller was born.  As one of the former Confederate States still reeling from the
exploitation of carpetbaggers and the invasive policies of Reconstruction, there was a
great deal of resentment felt by Southerners for any Northern methods. As a matter of
fact, Helen's father, Arthur H. Keller, was a captain for the Confederate Army, and his
mother was the second cousin of Robert E. Lee.  Captain Heller keeps the glory days of
the Confederacy alive in his home by discussing battles such as the Battle of Vicksburg
with his son James.

In addition, Captain Heller's glory as
a commander spills into his domestic life as he orders people in the household.  His
attitude toward Viney, the African-American maid who truly cares for Helen, is evidence
of the old Southern mentality.  When Annie Sullivan arrives, the Captain frowns upon her
methods, and, later compares her to General Grant of the North for stubbornness.  When
he later discusses Grant's drunkenness, Captain Keller's dislike for Northerners is
clearly apparent. 

The resentment of the South against the
North is one of the biases that Gibson addresses in his play, along with biases held
against the racial and disabled.

Prove that u=5i-4j and v=2i+3j are closing an obtuse angle.

If the angle between the vectors u and v is obtuse, then
the value of cosine of the angle between u and v must be within the interval
(-1,0).

We'll calculate the cosine of the angle from the
dot product between `vecu ` and `vecv` .

We'll recall the
formula that gives the dot product of `vecu`  and `vecv`
:

`vecu` *`vecv` = |`vecu|` *|`vecv` |*cos(`vecu,vecv`
)

We'll calculate the product of
vectors:

`vecu*vecv =
(5i-4j)(2i+3j)`

`vecu*vecv = 5*2*veci^2 + 5*3*veci*vecj -
4*2*vecj*veci - 4*3*vecj^2`

`veci^2 = veci*veci =
|veci|*|veci|*cos 0`

But `|veci| = |vecj| =
1`

`veci*vecj = |veci|*|vecj|*cos90 =
0`

`vecu*vecv = 10 - 12 =
-2`

`|vecu| = sqrt(5^2 +
4^2)`

`|vecu| =
sqrt41`

`|vecv| = sqrt(2^2 +
3^2)`

`|vecv| = sqrt13`

We'll
calculate the cosine between the vectors u and v:

cos(`vecu
, vecv` ) = `(vecu*vecv)/(|vecu||vecv|)`

`cos(vecu,vecv) =
-2/sqrt533 < 0`

Since the value of
cosine angle is between the interval (-1,0) the angle closed by the vectors u and v is
obtuse.

What are some distinctive cultural traits of the Sioux (Lakota) Indians?

I would say that one of the most distinctive cultural
traits of the Sioux lies in their resistance to White America.  I think that it can be
seen as cultural because throughout different periods in their history, the culture of
resistance defiance have been present.  For example, while the Shoshone treated Lewis
and Clark in a hospitable manner, the Lakota people outwardly treated them in a hostile
and aggressive manner, seeming to recognize early on that White exploration of land
usually translated into White takeover of land.  The Sioux greeted American expansionism
with aggressiveness and a sense of mistrust, demanding that agreements be drafted
between their tribe and the United States government in order to create a zone where
they would not be bothered.  The cultural hostility towards White society manifested
itself with Custer's slaughter, as well as the Great Sioux War.  While the tribe's
experience with White America has been an overall negative one, the cultural trait of
resistance still is present.  Members of the Sioux tribe have significantly touted their
membership in the UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and People Organization) "to seek
protection and recognition for their cultural and land rights."  It is here that the
cultural trait of resistance and dissent seemed to be part of what defines the Sioux
people and their relationship with White America.

How to prepare for the I.C.S.E 10th board exams? I wanna noe how many hrs to study and what to study when. How to manage the time?I'm really...

First of all,get hold of a Question-Bank of previous 10yrs
in the concerned subjects to be referred and worked out as you take up each
subject.Decide on the best time you'd like to study, (early morn or late night),prepare
a time-table outside school hours and get a good alarm-clock to be kept out of your
reach.Arrange subjects so as to alternate science subjects which are strenuous with like
language. Keep in mind that a strict and rigid time-table will fail you;so,consider
short breaks,fresh fruits or juice(avoid milk and fried snacks as they induce sleep) a
bit of music,unavoidable functions,news-watch and of course,prayer.Take time to work out
exercises in subjects like Maths, Physics,Chemistry and English. Never hesitate to
clarify doubts at the earliest.Something else to be considered is your learning
environment.Say no to your bed(it is to be slept in),the living room,places with easy
access to the television,your PC or anything near to distraction.Initially,if you are
able to achieve only upto 50% of your target,don't be disheartened;you are on the path
to success. Simply believe that 'nothing is impossible'.

What is Dave's character like in No Talking?Description, Adjectives

This novel is about a typical class of easily excited and
slightly out of control 5th graders, so much so, that the teachers have nicknamed them
"The Unshushables." Dave Packer, the protagonist, could first be considered a
leader in his class.  As an "Unshushable," Dave is a leader by
example.  He is a charismatic student who likes to talk nonstop. 
But unlike a stereotypical chatterbox, Dave is also a thinker. 
After reading about Mahatma Ghandi, and his remaining silent for long stretches in order
to clear his mind, Dave wants to give the idea a try.

He
sets out to accomplish this on his own at first, showing that he is not merely swayed by
peer pressure, but rather is someone who is independent and
somewhat daring to go against what everyone else is doing.  He also
displays self-control and perseverence in this
quest.  His idea eventually leads to a boys vs. girls no-talking challenge and Dave
(along with the rest of the class) proves to be somewhat immature
compared to typical 5th graders as the class indulges in a very heated gender
rivalry.  By the end of the story, Dave and the rest of the class learn valuable lessons
as a result of the experience which shows that Dave is a dynamic
character who is changed for the better.

How is symbolism used in "Infant Sorrow" by William Blake?

Symbolism is when an author, or artist, uses a word,
phrase, or other image to represent something deeper than the word or image
itself.

In the poem "Infant Sorrow", Blake uses symbolism
to depict the dangers a new born child must face. The symbolism of both mother wailing
and father crying show the fear both possess in regards to the challenges they are to
face in raising a child.

The image of the narrator
struggling against his father and the swaddling clothes show the conflict and struggle
one will face later in life.

After the initial struggle
against his father, the speaker realizes the best thing is to give up and allow his
mother to nourish him.

What is the use and importance of irony in "The Chrysanthemums"?John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums"

Irony, a contrast between what is expected and what
actually occurs, serves to increase the impact of the story as well as its tone, the air
of mystery that exists in "The Chrysanthemums."  In fact, John Steinbeck wrote of his
story to a friend,

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''I shall be interested to know what you think of
the story, 'The Chrysanthemums.' It is entirely different and is designed to strike
without the reader's knowledge. I mean he reads it casually and after it is finished
feels that something profound has happened to him although he does not know what or how.
It has had that effect on several people
here.''

Because of the use of
the limited third person narrator, the reader must infer along with the characters of
the narrative what has been said between Elisa and the tinker, and Elisa and Henry.  By
accompanying this ambiguity in narration and mystery of tone, the irony has a great
impact at the end of the narration.  For, throughout the narrative, Elisa seeks to free
her spirit from the male-dominated world, "the closed pot," in which she lives.  When
the tinker comes, he manipulates Elisa, drawing out her passion and desire for
self-expression.  By pretending interest in her chrysanthemums, the tinker causes Elisa
to release some of her womanly passions and to think that she can be part of a larger
world than the Salinas Valley.  For, as the tinker drives away with a red pot of
chrysanthemums, she whispers, "That's a bright direction.  There's a glowing
there."

But, when she excitedly rides with her husband to
town for dinner, Elisa sees far ahead on the road "a dark speck.  She knew."  Hurt by
the tinker's deception, she realizes the terrible irony of his taking her flowers. 
Rather than giving her art expression elsewhere, he has destroyed it by merely casting
it off the wagon as he drives down the road.  Elisa says to
herself,

"He
might have thrown them off the road.  That wouldn't have been much trouble, not very
much.  But he kept the
pot."

Elisa feels especially
hurt that he has not even troubled to conceal his deceit because he wishes to keep the
pot. The moments of passion, beauty, and artistry have all been shattered for Elisa. 
The irony is that what had previously made her so happy and hopeful has now caused her
to weep for her loss of feminine fulfillment: "she was crying weakly--like an old
woman."

How were "organized human beings" able to defeat "organized modern technology" in Chapter 18 of A People's History of the United States?

What Zinn is talking about here is the ability of the
North Vietnamese and the Vietcong (the organized human beings) to defeat the US military
(the organized modern technology).  Zinn argues that this was possible basically because
the communists were popular among the people and the US-backed government was
not.

Zinn argues that Ho Chi Minh and the communists had
the backing of the majority of the people of Vietnam.  He goes on to point out that the
Diem government and those that followed it had very little support among the people. 
All they had, Zinn says, was the support of US military
technology.

Zinn, then, is painting this war as a victory
of people fighting for an idea they believed in over what he sees as an oppressive
military using its technology to try to make up for the fact that the cause it was
supporting completely lacked legitimacy and popular support.

Why does maniac invite mars bars to the birthday party and what happened?

Maniac remembered how clueless Grayson was concerning
blacks and their home.  The McNabs were planning a war against the blacks and had built
a pillbox for protection. A military pillbox is a type of bunker (see link for pictures)
for protection during an attack.  The McNabs thought they were going to be attacked by
the black people on the other side of Hector Street.  Mars Bar had been one of Maniac's
main tormentors because Maniac was white.  He called him Jellyfish.  Whites never go
into the black houses and do not know black people, and blacks did not know about white
people.  So he decided to bring Mars Bar to the white party of the McNabs. The father,
John McNabb, challenged Mars presence and then stormed out the room telling everyone to
let him know when "it" (Mars Bar) left.  Then the kids started playing a game in the
pillbox of blacks vs. whites.  As they were arguing about it, one of the Cobras jumped
down from the hole in the ceiling, barely missing Mars Bar. Maniac had to restrain Mars,
and then escorted him to the other side of Hector Street.  Maniac had to admire Mars Bar
though because he had been very scared, but he didn't show it.

What could be a different ending for the novel of A Separate Peace, using the same characters and setting.Any ideas of how you could end this novel...

In order to relive and evaluate his experiences of the
summer of 1942, Gene Forrester returns as an adult to Devon School.  As he travels back
in memory, he comes to realize that Phineas was truly the bon vivant
and not possessive any of the pettiness common to others; the war between
them was only one of Gene's mistaken perception.

Perhaps,
the reader could create an alterate ending by taking Gene's statement of Chapter 1, "I
must have made my escape from it," prove untrue.  That is, instead of Gene's quiet and
pensive passing through the years and reaching his conclusion in a meditative manner,
Gene could encounter Brinker somewhere on the campus.  Then Brinker, who still regrets
that his mock trial did not succeed in convicting Gene and punishing him, takes
advantage of the opportunity and strong-arms Gene to the infamous tree where some new
students are on the limb talking of the legendary athlete Phineas. They join in with
Brinker as a retrial; Gene is found guilty and forced to jump off the tree limb by the
new recruits under the direction of Brinker.  This time, the older Gene slips and
injures himself. (Or he could die, also)

Compare and contrast the plight of native-born Burmans in "Shooting an Elephant" with the plight of American blacks in the same time period.

Clearly there are many parallels that we could draw
between these two different groups, separated by vast stretches of land and sea. The
principal way that these two groups can be related, however, is through their position
in society. Both groups are clearly placed beneath another social group that has power
over them, in the form of British colonial overseers in the case of the Burmese, and the
whites in the case of the African Americans. As a result, both groups suffer a severe
loss of power and prestige thanks to the supremacy of another social group over
them.

However, if we believe Orwell's account of this
snapshot of colonial life in Burma, at the same time, there appear to be massive
differences. Clearly, the Burmese, in their oppression, had a sought of power over the
British thanks to the myths surrounding colonialism, which meant that often officers
such as Orwell had to do things that they didn't want to do and were against their
better judgment:

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And suddenly I realised that I should have to
shoot the elephant after all. The people expected it of me and I had got to do it; I
could feel their two thousand wills pressing me forward,
irresistibly.

No such power
was evident in the position of African Americans during the same time period. They had
no control over the whites, and any acts of opposition could be met with violence and
lynchings. Thus this interesting document suggests that there are more differences than
similarities between these two groups.

Our son ran away and was involved in property damage to a tractor in the state of Indiana. He was 17 at the time. Are we financially...

I am sorry for the difficulties you are having, and I hope
they work out for the best.  You did not say if you also live in Indiana, or if your son
crossed state lines when he ran away.  You also did not mention if he was convicted of
the damage to the tractor, or if this is a civil lawsuit by the owner of the property. 
Lastly, who informed you that your son is responsible for the damages, the property
owner or the State/Court?

All of these things will affect
whether or not you will be held liable for the financial loss incurred by the tractor
owner.  In general, parents are responsible for damages caused by
their minor children, but this case is complicated enough I would consult an attorney.
Typically a consultation fee is $50 - $100 (you are not hiring them to try the case,
just for the legal advice) and you can get a more complete and definitive legal opinion
than you can here.  Good luck!

Why were some people attracted to the Communist party during the 1930s?

One of the major attractions of communism to some is the
idea that it could solve the problems caused by capitalism.  One of the major problems
connected to capitalism is the fact that capitalism can lead to poverty for some. 
During the 1930s, this problem was extremely severe.  For that reason, some Americans
were attracted to the Communist Party.

The 1930s, of
course, was the decade of the Great Depression.  During this time, it seemed to many as
if capitalism had failed.  It appeared that capitalism had caused the mass of Americans
to become poor.  This made many people think that an alternative would be preferable to
capitalism.  Since communism was the major alternative available, many people became
attracted to that ideology.

Overall, then, the reason that
some were attracted to communism during this time was that it was an alternative to the
capitalist system which appeared to have failed.

How do the tones and setting of Poe's stories affect the reader's response to the characters (in "The Cask of Amontillado" and others) ?

Many of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories ("The Cask of
Amontillado," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Pit and the
Pendulum") are set in dark places in the middle of the night. The settings create a tone
of mystery, evil and foreboding. Most of the characters are suspicious, and their
actions often involve murder (Montresor in "The Cask," the narrator in "The Tell-Tale
Heart"). Even the characters who are subjected to the torture and death are not
completely innocent: Fortunato ("The Cask") is guilty of unnamed crimes; the old man
("The Tell-Tale Heart") has an evil, "vulture eye." Poe's settings nearly always contain
a Gothic element, with

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... medieval castles... mystery, horror,
violence, ghosts, clanking chains, long underground passages, and dark
chambers.

These Gothic
settings create an atmosphere of terror, supernatural wonder and an expectation of the
unexpected. 

What does the poet fondly recall in Lines Upon the Burning of our House?

Anne Bradstreet as a poet had a tendency to memorialize
family events and the burning of her home is one that she recorded in 1666.  In a
lyrical poem, Bradstreet describes the experience of "piteous shrieks of dreadful
voice."  However, she praises God as did Job when he said that the Lord gives and the
Lord takes away.  She recalls fondly the places where she has often sat and lain.  A
trunk and a chest that "lay store I counted best" are also things that she mourns no
longer having.  Perhaps, the "store" that was in the chest were her book and papers and
unpublished poems which were lost in the fire.  But, she does not reveal these treasured
items.

What human experience is the spiders activity compared to?

I believe that you are referencing Whitman's poem "A
Noiseless Patient Spider" when speaking about a spider's activity and the comparison to
human experience.

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A noiseless, patient spider,/ I mark'd, where,
on a little promontory, it stood, isolated;/ Mark'd how, to explore the vacant, vast
surrounding,/ It launch'd forth filament, filament, out of itself;/ Ever unreeling them-
ever tirelessly speeding
them.

Here, the spider is
waiting, looking out at the world around it. The spider, as notated by the word
"patient", waits- it does not want to waste its filament by sending it out prematurely.
The spider wants to know everything about its environment before it makes its
move.

Once the spider feels content with letting go of its
precious filament, its lifeline, it releases all it has kept
confined.

What this says about human experience is that
mankind should become more conscious of their surroundings, wait patiently like the
spider, before dispensing energy to make their move.

The
poem states how different mankind is than the spider. Mankind, instead, does not stand
patient and silent. Instead, mankind, without end, muses, ventures, and throws
("ceaslessly musing, venturing, and throwing") hoping to find a foothold, an
"anchor."

Whitman is suggesting that mankind acts too
quickly to its surroundings. Instead of making the jump blindly, Whitman hopes that
mankind will look to the spider as an example.