Could someone explain to me the ballad "Get Up and Bar the Door"?

"Get Up and Bar the Door" is a medieval ballad that
presents a humorous look at domestic life. 

Though it was
written during the medieval period, the beginning of the poem certainly presents a scene
similar to one that might be often seen in our world today:  a wife working hard at her
household duties and a husband sitting around giving her orders.  Strong winds enter the
house through the open door, and the husband tells the wife to "Gae [go] out and bar the
door." 

She, in summary, tells him to forget it.  She's the
one who is busy working, not him. 

They make a pact that
whoever speaks first will be the one to have to close and bar the door.  They are both
stubborn, and stubbornness is really what the poem is about.  You could say stubbornness
is the theme of the poem.

Both refuse to speak even when
two strangers, both male, enter their home at midnight and eat more than is proper or
appropriate.  The strangers, assuming the couple can't speak, apparently assume
the husband and wife are stupid and helpless, and decide that one of them should shave
the husband with scalding water and the other should kiss the wife.  Only then does the
husband speak up to defend himself and his wife.

The wife,
then, humorously, celebrates because she has won and her husband has lost--he spoke
first. 

Humor in the piece comes from the stubbornness of
the two, as well as the wife's ignoring the fact that two strangers are violating her
home, and her celebrating because she has won the petty argument with her
husband.

Of course, looking at the poem with our
21st-century minds, we see a problem with the strangers assuming the couple are stupid
and helpless because they can't speak.  That is an obviously inaccurate assumption, of
course, but probably typical of the medieval world.    

In The Thing They Carried, why did a dead Vietnamese man remind Tim O'Brien of his first date?

I assume you are referring to the short story entitled
"The Man I Killed" in this powerful collection of stories. Whilst there is a dead
Vietnamese man in the story "The Things They Carried," no mention is made of how it
reminds the narrator of his first date. However, in "The Man I Killed," in which the
author has to come to terms with his first kill during wartime, the date that is
referred to is not the author's first date, but the first date of the Vietnamese soldier
whose life the author reconstructs as he looks upon his body and tries to grapple with
his grief and guilt at having killed him. Tim O'Brien constructs a life and a background
for this soldier that he had killed, which of course makes his feelings
worse:

And as
he waited, in his final year at the university, he fell in love with a classmate, a girl
of seventeen, who one day told him that his wrists were like the wrists of a child, so
small and delicate, and who admired his narrow waist and the cowlick that rose up like a
hird's tail at the back of his head. She liked his quiet manner; she laughed ta his
freckles and bony legs.

Tim
O'Brien seems to do this to humanise the war and what was to him a profoundly
dehumanising experience. Giving his first kill a history somehow seems to go against the
dominating "us and them" mentality that is so powerfully oppressive and forces you to
see the enemy as just bodies to be killed. The background of the Vietnamese soldier
reminds both us and O'Brien that he was human too.

Show how to get the formula for tan(x-y)?

We'll compute the formula of tangent of a difference of
two angles, using the information that tangent function can be written as a
fraction:

tan(x-y) =
`[sin(x-y)]/[cos(x-y)]`

We'll recall the formula for
sin(x-y) and cos(x-y):

sin (x - y) = `sin x*cos y - sin
y*cos x`

cos (x - y) = `cos x*cos y + sin x*sin
y`

tan(x-y) = `(sin x*cos y - sin y*cos x)/(cos x*cos y +
sin x*sin y)`

We'll force factor `cos x*cos y` , both
numerator and denominator:

tan(x-y) = `[cos x*cos y(tan x -
tan y)]/[cos x*cos y(1 + tan x*tan y)]`

We'll reduce like
terms:

tan(x-y) = `(tan x - tan y)/(1 + tan x*tan
y)`

The requested formula for tan(x - y) is:
`tan (x - y) = (tan x - tan y)/(1 + tan x*tan y)`
.

What is the significance of Ikemefuna's life and death in Okwonkwo's household?

Ikemefuna was sent to Okonkwo's household to await his
time to be sacrificed for the compensating of the woman that was murdered by the Mbanta
tribe. Ikemefuna became a type of double sacrifice. He lost his family or they lost him.
Also, Okonkwo had grown fond of Ikemefuna. The boy called Okonkwo
father.

When Ikemefuna was sacrificed, Okonkwo was
instructed by a clan member to not take part in the
sacrificing:

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That boy calls you father. Do not bear a hand in
his death.

Okonkwo did not
want to appear weak. Out of fear of appearing weak, he took part in killing Ikemefuna.
Then Okonkwo could not sleep for days. Fear caused Okonkwo to react
violently.

Ikemefuna's sacrificial death was a type of
foreshadowing of Okonkwo's own death. Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna out of fear of being
thought of as weak. Likewise, Okonkwo hangs himself out of fear. Because his clan would
not fight the white Christians who were taking control, Okonkwo could not live with the
changes, thus he hung himself. Out of fear, Okonkwo reacts violently. He killed
Ikemefuna out of fear. He killed himself out of fear. He died without honors, just as
his father Unoka.

When finding the Aggregate Demand curve, are you getting Real GDP?

If I understand your question correctly, the answer is
yes.  When you create an aggregate demand curve, you are finding the various levels of
Real Gross Domestic Product that could occur in a given
economy.

We can know this simply by looking at what the
axes on the graph represent.  The vertical axis is the price level in the economy.  The
horizontal axis is Real GDP.  This means that an aggregate demand curve is telling us
what combinations of RDGP and price level are possible in a given
economy.

However, in order to know exactly what the RGDP is
or will be at a given time, the aggregate demand curve is not enough.  In such a case,
you need both an AD curve and an aggregate supply curve.  The intersection of the two
curves will tell you the RGDP.

Briefly Explain "The Colossus" and "Daddy" written by Sylvia Plath.

Both of these incredible poems take the subject of Plath's
relationship with her father, who died when she was eight. "The Colossus" is much tamer
in its presentation of her father compared to "Daddy," as we will discover. The title of
this poem immediately makes us think of the Ancient Greeks and one of the seven wonders
of the world, whilst also indicating the immensity of the topic for the poet. The poem
begins with Plath trying to communicate with her father through poetry. The way that her
father is still such an important figure to her is made clear by the way that the
speaker says her "hours are married to shadow." In trying to piece together the various
remnants of her father's presence, she clearly wants to enjoy a relationship with him
again and to hear his words of widsom and consolation. Yet at the same time, the poem
begins by recognising the way that this is an impossible
task:

I shall
never get you put together entirely,

Pieced, glued, and
properly jointed.

Some
critics have pointed towards the way that the father literally lies in pieces throughout
the poem as suggesting a profound ambivalence concerning the poet's feeling for her
father. She seems to want to become reunited with him, but the way he is strewn around
the stanzas perhaps indicate anger at some level for having left her when she was so
young.

If "The Colossus" is ambivalent, it is obvious that
there is no such ambivalence in "Daddy" regarding the speaker's father. This poem treats
the father figure as one to be feared and that needs to be raged against, as is shown by
the controversial way Plath equates him with a Nazi:

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I have always been scared of
you,

With your Luftwaffe, your
gobbledygoo.

And your neat
moustache,

And your Aryan eye, bright
blue.

The poem seems to
represent the daughter's awareness of the unhealthy fascination she has had with her
father and the negative consequences of such an obsession. This poem is her attempt to
escape all of this and move on in her life. Thus it is that this poem resurrects her
father in some kind of tremendous emotional rollercoaster, where the speaker is able to
address him and express her frustration and anger at the way that his figure has
curtailed her life even after his death. The final line of the poem, "Daddy, you
bastard, I'm through," indicates the end of this tirade and hopefully the speaker's
success in moving on in life.

Why do you think that Mr. Blanchard suggests that Rick and Gillian wait for six months before they marry?To Sir, with Love by E. R. Braithwaite

After Rick's introduction to Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard,
being aware of the deep prejudice against mixed marriages at the time of this
narrative, Mr. Blanchard broaches the question of what Rick and Gillian will do if they
have children since often mixed racial children are not accepted by either race.  Rick
replies rather acridly to this question, but Mr. Blanchard ameliorates the
situation, saying that he just asked because he knows that they will encounter some
social prejudices. 

Then, Mr. Blanchard underscores his
understanding of the difficult step that his daughter and Braithwaite are taking by
suggesting that they wait about six months before they marry. By doing so, they will
have time to become more knowledgeable of each other and to meet people as a couple and
realize what prejudices and difficulties they may
encounter. 

It is worthy of note to mention that this novel
was published in England in 1959, before the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
and before Great Britain accepted African Majority Rule in Africa where Britain had
colonies.  The British were strongly against interracial marriage at this time. 
Therefore, it was uncommon for couples to be mixed races.

Describe the evolution of United States Indian policy from relocation to reservation to assimilation.

In the earliest parts of US history, American policy was
to remove and relocate Indians to places where they would be allowed to simply live
independently.  This was done when there were still large areas of land outside the
settled US where the Indians could be sent.

Later on, these
open spaces disappeared with westward expansion.  When that happened, it was necessary
to put Indians on reservations.  There, they would be separated from whites but would be
controlled in ways that they could not be controlled
before.

Finally, there was a move to a policy of
assimilation as Americans came to believe they needed to "improve" the Indians rather
than simply getting rid of them.  This policy was meant to "kill the Indian to save the
man."  It was not incompatible with the reservation policy.  Instead, it was an addition
to that policy.

What does it mean to say that Europeans conquered North America?

When we say this, we mean that Europeans came to North
America uninvited and proceeded to take control of the land without the consent of the
Native Americans.  In this way, they can be said to have conquered North
America.

When the Europeans came, the land of North
America, of course, was controlled by the various Native American tribes or nations. 
The Europeans got to North America and wanted to be able to make use of the land.  They
took control of that land through force and through agreements with the Native Americans
that were (many scholars contend) made through deception and
force).

When one group of people comes and takes land that
was previously held by another group, they have conquered that land.  When they force
the people to leave their land, they have conquered the people.  By doing these things,
the Europeans conquered North America.

What does Odysseus learn from his conversation with Achilles?

This depends on which conversation with Achilles you mean.
Achilles and Odysseus have two major
encounters/conversations.

In Book 9 of Homer's
Iliad, Odysseus is part of the embassy sent by Agamemnon to
persuade Achilles to return to battle. In this encounter, Odysseus learns that Achilles
has no intention of coming back to the battle, despite all of the fabulous gifts that
Agamemon is offering.

Odysseus also encounters the spirit
of Achilles in Odyssey 11 when Odysseus travels to ends of the
world and conjures up spirits from the underworld. In this encounter, Odysseus hears
something very significant about life after death, namely that it is a miserable
existence. Ian Johnston translates Achilles' famous comment to Odysseus as
follows:

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'Don't try to comfort me about my
death,
glorious Odysseus. I'd rather live
working as a wage-labourer
for hire
by some other man, one who had no land
and not much in the
way of livelihood, [490]
than lord it over all the wasted
dead.

Thus, from Achilles'
perspective, it would be better to be the slave of a poor man on earth than to be king
of the underworld.

This quotation was later used by John
Milton in Paradise Lost, when he has Satan say, "Better to reign in
Hell than to serve in Heaven."

How can I use the theme of the description of clothes as a thesis for "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"?

Quite clearly this question relates to the way in which
clothing is used by the narrator to give us key clues about character and the way that
attire is a key indicator of the kind of person that wears it. You will obviously want
to focus on the descriptions that the narrator gives us of the key characters and link
those to their actions to support your thesis. A suitable thesis statement therefore
might be as follows:

In "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,"
Crane uses clothing to reveal key aspects of
character.

This will give you a focused statement that you
can use to explore maybe three characters and their clothing, relating it to what they
say and do. Certainly the "maroon-coloured flannel shirt" of Scratchy is an excellent
example of the way in which his virulent fashion sense corresponds with his virulent
character!

What quotes show growth or change in the character of Rosaleen in The Secret Life of Bees?

You might like to focus on the way in which Rosaleen moves
in the narrative from being a fugitive from the law, oppressed and beaten for trying to
stand up for her rights, to being an accepted and love member of a black household where
she is valued for her skills in cooking. The way in which Rosaleen starts off sleeping
in the shed outside and then moves in with May and then finally has May's room to
herself strongly suggests this, as does the increasing familiarity and friendship that
she has with August, May and June. Note how they are described in Chapter 11 as they
prepare for Mary Day:

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When I got to the kitchen, there were August,
June, and Rosaleen, dusted with flour, baking these small one-layer cakes the size of
honey buns. They were singing while they worked, singing like the Supremes, like the
Marvelettes, like the Crystals wiggling their butts to "Da Doo Ron
Ron."

The way in which
Rosaleen is presented as working with August and June on grounds of complete equality
and familiarity indicates the way that she has changed in her character from being an
outsider to finally having somewhere to call home where she can be nurtured, loved and
valued for who she is.

Could you post some good quotes with analysis for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?

I think that one set of quotes that really work to explain
both Bruno's character and the themes of Boyne's work would be the mispronunciation of
specific words.  Bruno's "Out- With" for "Auschwitz" and "The Fury" for "Die Fuhrer"
represents a couple of elements that are significant.  On one hand, these quotes reflect
how different Bruno is from the rest of the world, and how he is unable to fully adapt
to it.  At the same time, they also reflect how the world is according to Bruno,
something that stays with him until the very end.  Bruno's recognition that Maria is a
person "with a life and history all of her own" is a reflection and a quotation that
shows how Bruno's sense of compassion is expanding in his time at Auschwitz.  His
understanding of Maria being "more" than a maid is something that enables him to better
understand people and gain a greater sense of understanding about the world around him. 
This is significant because it will be seen as being critical in the forging of
friendship with Shmuel.  Naturally, the quote that Bruno says at the end, when he is
with Shmuel in the gas chamber, a quote that affirms his friendship with Shmuel is
important because it shows that one can stand for universal values in a time of
contingency.  The idea of Bruno telling Shmuel that he is his “best friend for life" is
a reminder of how important it is as an act of resistance to stand for universal values
in a time of practicality and mutability.

Example 23 = 8+6+7+2 23 = 7+6+3+6+1 23 = 10+8+1+2+2 I need to be able to break down all combinations that add up to a 2 digit sum Any help is...

I thought I may have been too brief in describing  my
problem. Thank you for your answer Neela.  I may have put this in the wrong place.  I
was hoping for a way for a computer (hopefully excel can do it) to be able to break
down, ALL possible combinations of figures that add up to a 2 digit sum number (1- 99)
.. (The two digit number being the answer of the sum of numbers that make it up). Yes,
working backwards from the answer.     To illustrate further the examples together with
the above examples
:

23=5+5+7+6

23=5+6+6+6

56=10+10+5+5+7+3+2+8+6

56=5+5+5+5+2+3+2+3+7+3+2+8+6

12=6+6

12=3+3+3+3

12=1+2+1+2+1+2+1+2

12=9+3

12=7+5

12=8+4

12=4+4+2+2

I
know that the list can be extensive, that's why I've only used samples to show what I'm
trying to achieve and why I need a computer to do the work for me.    I apologise for my
lack of having the right terminology to explain myself.  Thank you for your
effort.

At the end of "The Monkey's Paw," what does the father understand that the mother does not?

Your question relates to the lesson of the story and the
huge gap of understanding that makes its ending so tragic. Let us cast our minds back to
the first introduction of the monkey's paw into the story, and the reason it was
created. Sergeant Major Morris, when showing the paw to the mesmerised Whites, tells
them that "it had a spell put on it by an old fakir" to show the importance of
fate:

He
wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did
so to their sorrow.

What Mr.
White learns after making his second wish and then hearing the terrible thumping on the
door of his son's resurrected body, is that he is trying to meddle in his fate, which
will end in tragedy. The way in which the interminable knocking continues suggests that
what is outside the door wanting access is some sort of reanimated corpse, terrible in
death. Mr. White realises that meddling with fate further can only bring yet greater
tragedy and sadness upon them, and so wisely uses his third wish to counteract the
effects of the second, sending his son back to the grave. It is clear, however, that his
wife has not gained this understanding:

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He heard the chair drawn back and the door
opened. A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and
misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate
beyond.

Mr. White, it is
clear, learns his lesson, wheras his wife definitely does not, and cannot accept the
danger inherent in trying to influence or change our fate.

What is the definition of Global Society?

A global society is, in theory, one which defies the
social construct of "to each their own", that is, of world citizens divided and
segmented by language, ethnicity, creed, or
culture.

Globalization entails extending communication,
knowledge, and information to everybody in aims of becoming a collaborative culture
where people, despite of their genetic or cultural difference, can still coexist, work,
and learn together.

Therefore, a global society can be
described as one which has overgrown the tendency to pull apart and has embraced a new
culture of sharing and networking with people from all different backgrounds, mindsets,
cultures, religions and other differences that in the past were used as excuses to keep
us separated.

The advent of the Web 2.0 and the ubiquitous
use of computers are the two most monumentally huge steps that helped society move
toward social globalization. It is hard to picture this, but there was a time where
people would have to actually wait weeks or months to receive any type of communication
from anywhere far from them. Nowadays, people just push a button and talk to each other
from one continent to another. It is a huge leap that has moved us forward as people and
as citizens.

Discuss Rick's reaction to Mr. Blanchard's question, "You might have children; what happens to them?"To Sir, With Love by E. R. Braithwaite

In Chapter 21 of To Sir With Love,
when Gillian's father asks the above question, he expresses the concern that the
children will not fit in anywhere and "nobody will want them," meaning that they will
not identify with either black people or white people.  Having heard this remark before,
Mr. Braithwaite is irritated by the question.  At first, he replies that his and
Gillian's children will not be anyone's business but their own. Then, his ire is raised
some, for he tells Mr. Blanchard that he need not worry about Gillian and him; they will
test the fates, even while realizing the compromising situation that Mr. and Mrs.
Blanchard will be in to have "colored grandchildren"

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"...I don't suppose you were able to offer Mrs.
Blanchard any guarantees that her children would be strong, healthy, or without physical
deformity.  We, too, will take our chances, though I appreciate how very inconvenient it
will be for you to have colored
grandchildren."

At this
rather caustic retort, Mr. Blanchard holds out his hand to silence Rick, saying, "No
need to become too heated, young man, you have made your point." He then explains that
he raised these questions because other people certainly will; Mr. Blanchard wants Rick
to understand the difficult position he and Gillian will find themselves.  With this
final comment, Mr. Blanchard offers Rick his hand.

Describe the circumstances of the authority to search incident to an arrest.

The basic rule about searches incident to lawful arrest is
that the arresting officer may, without a search warrant, search the person being
arrested and the area within that person's immediate vicinity.  The point of this
exception to the requirement for a search warrant is to protect the police and to
prevent the destruction of evidence.

The rule is meant to
allow the police to search the area that an arrestee can reach.  Police, it is ruled,
should have the ability to search this area so that they can ensure that the suspect
cannot obtain a weapon or something that might be used to escape custody.  In addition,
the rule is meant to allow the police to ensure that the arrestee cannot destroy any
evidence that might be within his or her reach.

Can you give any ideas for a conclusion. My question is Explore the ways the writer’s present choices in the Poem "The Road Not Taken" and the...

Without having read your essay, it is almost impossible to
know how this conclusion should be phrased since a conclusion is a rewording of the
thesis statement and a summation of the main points of an essay. The conclusion should,
above all, give a sense of finality to the essay.

However,
from having read what has been written above, it appears that your essay has been
written as one of comparison/contrast between the ways in which Macbeth and the speaker
of Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" have dealt with choice.  While Frost's speaker has
been plagued by ambivalence, Macbeth is driven by his "vaulting ambition."  With this in
mind, then, you may want to begin with the last sentence that you have written and
modify it.  For example, you could write,

Whereas Frost's
poem "The Road Not Taken" relates a man's sorrowful reflection on
his ambivalence regarding his choices in life, Shakespeare's Macbeth tells the tale of a
man driven by a commitment to his "vaulting ambition."  Thus, the presentation of
choices in these two works has been distinctively varied as
Macbeth----------while "The Road Not Taken" [here summarize the main points
you have made.]  Then write a "clincher" finishing sentence or two which leave not doubt
in the reader's mind that the essay has reached its end.  Rather than using "in
conclusion" it is more effective to use words such as clearly or
certainly or indeed.  e.g. Clearly, the manner
in which one makes choices is one that determines one's life.

How is Holden an outsider in the book, The Catcher in the Rye?

Holden throughout the novel neither is able to mix/
desolve himself up with the society he is in despite of different attempt nor does he
can leave his ideology. he doesnot enjoy anything at all except the presence of Phoeb
and Alley and Jane( who come in his memory) he is indifferent to almost everything
around him. thus he can be conscidered outsider in this novel.

How are compounds related to molecules?

The smallest cohesive unit of matter is an atom. Some
atoms, like those of gold, can exist independently of other atoms. But many atoms have
electron structures that create attractions to other atoms.These attractions can create
chemical bonds, which are created through either the sharing of electrons between two
atoms, or the outright transfer of electrons from one atom to
another.

When two or more atoms bond, we call the bonded
unit a molecule. Some molecules consist of just one type of atom: Hydrogen, oxygen,
chlorine and fluorine gases are all good examples of
this.

If a molecule consists of two or more
different elements, then we call that a compound. Molecules range
from very simple diatomic units like sodium chloride (NaCl), which is common table salt,
up to huge polymers that can include thousands of individual atoms chemically bonded
into a single molecule.

Explain the concept of tragic unity in Aristotle's Poetics.

Aristotle characterises tragedy as possessed of a unity of
action, time and place. Aristotle described unity of action as follows: “tragedy is an
imitation of an action that is complete, and whole, and of a certain magnitude.” In
other words, the main action of tragedy should be something serious (murder, ritual
pollution, the rise and fall of a ruler) or non-trivial. The tragedy, although it may
start in medias res, and report its backstory, as it were, should conclude with a
resolution. This meant that a tragedy should have a single major plot, in which a
protagonist underwent a reversal of fortune. Unlike epic, the scope of tragedy should be
restricted to a single plot line. The action of a tragedy should take place in a single
24 hour period (although earlier actions may be reported) and should be set in a single
place.

What is Sugarcandy Mountain?

Moses, the tame raven, preaches about Sugarcandy Mountain
beyond the clouds. Sugarcandy Mountain is like a placed called Heaven. Moses claims that
animals go to Sugarcandy Mountain when they die. In Sugarcandy Mountain all is well.
Clover grows all year. In Sugarcandy Mountain, it is Sunday seven days a week. Also,
lump sugar and linseed cake grows on the hedges in Sugarcandy
Mountain.

In Animal Farm, Sugarcandy
Mountain represents peace beyond this world. All animals go there if they work hard.
Moses shares his beliefs as he represents organized religion in the book. The pigs allow
Moses to share his tale because it will sooth the animals and prevent
uprisings:

He
is tolerated by the pigs because he takes the animals' minds off their troubles by
preaching to them about a happy land called the Sugarcandy
Mountain.

In which plant organs can both mitosis and meiosis division be studied?Mitosis and meiosis

Mitosis and meiosis have very different purposes. If you
understand the purpose of each it will help to determine which plant tissues to look
at.

Mitosis is the process of cell division where one cell
is copied, creating two identical cells. It is always used for growth and repair.
Consequently the best place to look for cells undergoing mitosis is the meristem, or
growth areas of the plant. These are found at the tips of roots and shoots, inside buds,
and in the cambium tissues.

Meiosis is
only used for one purpose, and that
purpose is reproduction. In meiosis a diploid cell having two sets of chromosomes is
divided into four haploid daughter cells whcih each have only one set of chromosomes.
These haploid daughter cells then differentiate into gametes, the reporductive cells. In
order to find cells undergoing meiosis you have to look at the areas where gametes are
being produced. Egg cells are produced in the ovary and sperm cells, which are found
inside pollen grains, are produced in the anther.

The only
plant tissue where you will find both cell division processes occuring at once is inside
a flower bud.

Discuss the Shakespearean portrayal of women in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

It is very interesting that this is one of Shakespeare's
plays where the presentation of women is not too flattering, compared to other
Shakespearean heroines such as Portia or Rosalind, who clearly have a valid and vibrant
existence of their own dependent of men and are praised by feminists for the kind of
powerful female role model they present. In this play, women are presented in a more
traditional and conventional fashion, highlighting their dependence upon men. There is
no one strong female figure that stands out from the rest, and women are presented as
rather being in the shadow of men. Even Titania and Hippolyta, who are often played by
the same character, and at the beginning of the play seem to defy the patriarchal power
of their husbands, by the end of the play are conventional female figures, loving and
submissive wives.

Helena and Hermia are definitely no
better, both of them presented as almost being slaves to the love they have for the
objects of their affection. Nowhere more strongly is this shown than in Helena's
misguided love for Demetrius as expressed in Act II scene 1 when Helena describes
herself and her unfailing devotion to Demetrius in the following
way:

I am
your spaniel; and, Demetrius,

The more you beat me, I will
fawn on you.

Use me but as your spaniel, spurn me, strike
me,

Neglect me, lose
me...

This is a very
unflattering presentation of the lengths that women will go to to abase themselves in
their relationships with the men they love. Although this is a very extreme example, it
points towards the way in which men in this play have absolute power and control, and
women are just mere shadows that walk in their wake.

In W. B. Yeats's poem "A Prayer for my Daughter," in what ways does the speaker seem anxious about the well being of his daughter?

Before even beginning his actual prayer, Yates sets the
scene by describing the conditions he sees and hears around him. He is surrounded by a
howling storm, great gusts of wind blowing waves crashing into bridges, collapsing
buildings, threatening the lives of any who are out on the sea. Into this tumultuous
world, his daughter has been born, and he fears for her
safety.

Beyond the superficial concern about the storm,
however, Yates has deeper and more life-long concerns. He is concerned that she be
physically appealing but not so attractive that she thinks of beauty as her main
accomplishment and doesn't strive to develop relationships based on anything other than
appearance.

He hopes that she will grow up understanding
the importance of being kind to others, treating all with courtesy and charm. He prays
that her spirit will not be choked off by the hatred of
others.

Last, Yates prays for his daughter to find a
husband who will provide a stable, comfortable and tradition-filled
home.

What are the similarities in both Sir Andrew Aguecheek's and Malvolio's characters that make them easy to trick in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night?

Other than being generally gullible,
Malvolio's and Sir Andrew's characters are generally
very different. To be gullible
is to be easily tricked into trusting or believing someone. However, more importantly,
it's really two different character traits they possess
that make them gullible, or feed into their
gullibility.

For Malvolio, his
arrogance feeds his gullibility. Arrogance is an excessive
feeling of "self-importance" or "pride" in one's self (Random House Dictionary).
Malvolio sees himself being admired by others, especially
Olivia, which makes him believe he is superior to others
around him, especially the other servants. We especially see Olivia displaying
admiration or appreciation for Malvolio in the very first act when she asks his advice
as to whether or not she should continue appreciating Feste as a fool. Malvolio feels
himself to be so superior and at such an equal level with Olivia that he actually dares
to insult Feste's abilities as a fool. It is this same sense of superiority that leads
to Malvolio's downfall, making him able to believe so easily that Olivia is in love with
him and wants to raise him to her social status through marriage. We first see his
gullibility as a result of his arrogance when we learn in Act 2, Scene 5 that Maria
planted verbal seeds to make Malvolio begin to believe Olivia is in love with before
actually planting the letter. It is his arrogance that makes him so
quickly believe Maria, as we see in his
lines:

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'Tis but fortune; all is fortune. Maria
once told me she [Olivia] did affect me: and I have heard herself come thus near, that,
should she fancy, it should be one of my complexion.
(II.v.21-24)

In
contrast, Sir Andrew is actually not
arrogant. In fact, he is really one of the only humble characters in the
play. Literary critics have pointed out that he shows his humility in the very first act
when he declares he wishes he was more intelligent and educated than he is now. We
especially see him expressing this wish in the line, "Oh, had I but followed the arts!,"
rather than becoming a knight, which is basically to say he wishes he had pursued more
studies, like the study of foreign languages (I.iii.87-88). He further shows his
humility when, in contrast to Malvolio, he expresses his wish to be admired by
reflecting that in the past, he was once admired, as we see in his line, "I was adored
once too" (II.iii.166). Hence, in contrast to Malvolio, it is not Sir
Andrew's arrogance and ready belief in being admired that makes him
gullible. Instead, as he states in Ac 1, Scene 2, it is really simply the fact that he
is not very smart. He is not as educated nor as clever as
Sir Toby, plus he has a natural sense of trust in his
friends, which combined make him very gullible and
susceptible to pranks.

Describe the symbolic meaning of waiting in the drama Waiting for Godot?

I think that one of the basic elements that helps to bring
out the symbolic meaning of waiting is the condition of paralysis that results as a part
of it.  The characters who "wait" demonstrate a type of paralysis that precludes them
from actually being able to take action when it might be warranted.  At the end, when it
is present that Godot is not coming, Vladimir and Estragon can only wait. It is the only
thing they know how to do.  While they go through it together, they have lost the
ability to take action.  It is here where the full force of the symbolic meaning of
waiting is brought out.  Beckett draws out a human condition whereby the true problem of
waiting is one where individuals become accustomed to it, no longer understanding what
it means to take action.  This human  condition becomes fully evident when it is evident
that the only thing the characters in the drama know how to do is wait.  Even when it is
evident that nothing is going to be gained from waiting, the sense of paralysis that
results from waiting is one whereby individuals lose the understanding and the capacity
to take action.  It is here where the true meaning of waiting can be fully
seen.

"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, how does the setting develop the central idea?

It is with dialogue and setting that the minimalist Ernest
Hemingway skillfully creates his powerful tale of two people together, yet separated
ideologically. For instance, with her perception of the white hills as elephants, Jig's
preoccupation with her pregnancy becomes apparent. Also, her more sensitive nature and
intuitive mind are evinced in her remark,

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"They're lovely hills,...They don't really look
like white elephants.  I just meant the coloring of their skin through the
trees.

Her ability to
interpret nature allows Jig to internalize and perceive the operation as a life-changing
event. Considering what is involved, she looks around and
notices

fields
of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro.  Far away, beyond the river, were
mountains.  The shadow of a cloud moved across the field of grain and she saw the river
through the trees.

Just as
she can observe nature and its movements, Jig can conceptualize the "simple" operation
of which the man speaks as a momentous, an act that will leave them not, as the man
argues, "just like before." Thus, in contrast to Jig, the man does not perceive the
hills as white elephants; and, even when he looks down the railway, he cannot see the
train. For, he reduces everything to a mechanical process as he thinks of things only in
steps toward an end.  He even admits to not thinking about the
future: 

"I
love it  now but I just can't think about it.  You know how I get when I
worry."

Considering only
the apparent facts, the man tells Jig that after the operation, they will be fine. 
After all, the "it's perfectly simple."  However, Jig knows that "once they take it
away, you never get it back."  Then, she "looked across at the hills on the dry side of
the valley."  But, the myopic man merely "looked at her and at the
table." 

As the time nears for the arrival of the train,
the man significantly says that he must take the bags "to the other side of the station"
as, indeed, he is on the other side of considering the abortion: Jig does not want to
have one.

In his essay, "Hills Like White Elephants":
"Hills Like White Elephants," Robert Johston states,

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With swift, sure strokes, without a wasted word
or motion, Hemingway creates a taut, tense story of conflict in a moral
wasteland.

This moral
wasteland is conveyed through Hemingway's skillful use of setting:  barren hills, dry,
deserted railways running through "the country [that] was
brown." 

Jack London was a socialist. How does his political orientation emerge in his work--specifically, in his story "To Build a Fire"?"To Build a Fire"...

In his essay, "How I Became a Socialist," Jack London
explains that he "fell into it" when he went out West as a man in search or work.  He
writes,

I had
dropped down from the proletariat into what sociologists love to call the "submerged
tenth," and I was startled to discover the way in which that submerged tenth was
recruited.

After this
experience of realizing that he was not as superior as he had thought, that someday his
strength would leave him, London concludes,

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 I think it is apparent that my rampant
individualism was pretty effectively hammered out of me, and something else as
effectively hammered in....It was a
Socialist.

Perhaps, then, the
individual, "the man" of London's "To Build a Fire" who believes himself strong,
superior to the forces of nature because he possesses strength and "judgment," is a
metaphor for the man that London himself was in his bold youth.  And, while the man
steps into the frozen water, so, too, was London figuratively submerged as he found
himself at the "bottom of the[social]Pit.... hanging on to the slippery wall" and
knowing that he would not survive by youthful strength alone.  For, there are forces
stronger than the man of his story and stronger than London himself. Thus, the old-timer
from Sulfur Creek's warning to not go forth without another also underscores the concept
of socialism in which there is strength in the unity of men.

What is the relationship between B.B. Underwood's editorial and the book's title, To Kill a Mockingbird?

Earlier in the novel, Atticus points out that
The Maycomb Tribune editor, B. B. Underwood, "despises Negroes,
won't have one near him." Yet, it is Underwood who silently stands guard at his office
next to the jail on the night the lynch mob comes to confront Atticus and take Tom
Robinson. In his editorial following Tom's death, Underwood refers to several aspects of
the title of the novel. The title, based on Atticus' reminder to Jem after having
received an air rifle for Christmas, that it's "a sin to kill a mockingbird," refers to
the innocence of the bird (and the symbolic human mockingbirds within the story).
Underwood picks up this theme in his editorial, likening "Tom's death to the senseless
slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children."  

Speaking solely from a sociologist's point of view, what is globalization?

To sociologists, globalization has a different meaning
than what it has in the minds of economists.  Economists focus on companies trading with
one another.  Sociologists look, instead, at culture and
society.

For sociologists, globalization is the process by
which the cultures and societies of the world come to be more similar to one another
than they previously have been.  Globalization can be seen in such things as the world
of professional soccer.  You now have people in China and Japan and the United States
following the teams in the English Premier League quite closely.  Globalization can be
seen also in more formal things like the United Nations.  The UN is an institution that
pushes to create similar values (such as human rights) in all countries of the
world.

Thus, globalization is the process by which the
societies and cultures of the world come to be more alike in ways as important as human
rights or as unimportant as supporting soccer teams.

Was the citizen in "The Unknown Citizer" happy ?Was he free?

W.H. Auden’s title “The Unknown Citizen” is ironic
because, in fact, much is known about the supposedly “unknown” citizen.  Like the
unknown soldier whose body has been destroyed—the allusion in the title—the  the unknown
citizen’s individuality and spirit have been destroyed: he has been reduced to
statistics.

The central point Auden makes with his
questions is that this individual is not free, nor is he happy. 
Because he  did everything that was expected of him for the “Greater Community” (line
5),  he never took a chance to learn what he wanted or to become a fully realized
individual.  He was a conformist who “was popular with his mates” (line 13), and “Social
Psychology workers” (line 12) even went so far as to note that “his reactions to
advertisements were normal in every way” (line 15).  Later we are told that he held
“proper opinions for the time of year” (line 23).  He supported war or peace, depending
on which opinion was more in vogue.  In other words, he never thought for himself but
just jumped on the popularity bandwagon.

In answer to the
questions “Was he free? Was he happy?” the speaker (not Auden)
says, “The question is absurd.”  But that’s Auden being ironic; to Auden the question is
not absurd at all. No one who sells his soul to what’s popular and expected, who never
has an original thought of his own, can truly be free.  He is constrained and even owned
by the society in which he lives.  Such a person, Auden suggests, can never be deeply
happy.

What is the history of the Rorschach technique, with examples?

The Rorschach test or ink blot test was developed by
Hermann Rorschach, a Swiss psychologist who published his findings in his book,
Psychodiagnostik, in 1921. He was not the first person to use ink
blot interpretation as a diagnostic tool; however he was the first person to write about
it extensively. He studied hundreds of patients and also used hundreds of ink blots; but
eventually reduced the number he used to ten. Because the method had been used by many
others, he had difficulty getting his book published, and died within a year of its
release. After Rorschach's death, his test was refined and improved by a number of
psychologists, including Samuel Beck and John Exner.

There
is more than one method of evaluating the test, with Exner's version more popular in the
United States. Administration normally involves showing the ten ink blots to an
individual and evaluating his responses--or lack of response--to the images. The use and
interpretation of the images is too complex a subject to be discussed here; however the
link cited below provides excellent infomration and examples on the use of the
system.

what terms refers to two structurally dissimilar molecules with the same molecular formulascience

In general, the term "isomer" is used to describe two
molecules with different structures and the same molecular formula.  However,there are a
variety of  supplemental terms used, depending on the type of dissimilarity between the
two molecules.

1. Structural or constitutional isomers
refer to two compounds of different types. For example, the formula C2H6O could be
ethanol (C2H5OH) or methyl ether (CH3OCH3).

2. In compounds
where there is a double bond present, there can be geometric isomers.  They have the
same structure, but one molecule has two groups on the same side of the double bond
while the other molecule has the two groups on opposite sides of the double bond. These
are denoted as "cis" or "trans" isomers.

3. Two molecules
with identical structures may exist as mirror images of each others. If this is true,
they are referred to as "enantiomers".

4. Some molecules,
without a double bond, may have different 3-D shapes or arrangements and these are
referred to as "diastereomers".

Compare and contrast the beliefs of radicals and conservatives with respect to the formation of the new government.

Since you have tagged this with "Articles of
Confederation," I assume that you are talking about the creation of the US.  I also
assume that you are talking about the move from the Articles of Confederation to the
Constitution.  There was very little conflict over the creation of the Articles, which
were immediately adopted by all states but Maryland.

In the
debate over the Constitution, the radicals are generally called Antifederalists while
the conservatives are called Federalists.  The radicals were radical in the sense that
they did not trust a central government and because they wanted as much democracy as
possible.  This was an unusual attitude at a time when democracy had never really been
used as the basis for the formation of an entire nation.  The Federalists, by contrast,
wanted a strong central government that would reduce the amount of democracy.  It would
prevent the people from having too much of a say in government.  This vision won out in
the creation of the Constitution, but the more radical version won out over
time.

Please help me explain the meaning of the following quote in Fahrenheit 451."What traitors books can be! You think they're backing you up, and they...

Beatty is suggesting that books are animate, personifying
them as beings with minds of their own and the ability to "turn" on readers. This
concept is used often in debates and can be supported when considering perceptions.
While I might read and interpret a book a certain way, you might disagree with my
interpretation. The same book could support both viewpoints, simply by the nature of
interpretation. Someone writing an essay in favor of the death penalty, for instance,
might use the same text as a person who writes an essay to oppose it; Beatty is
essentially bemoaning this possibility, with the addition of his opinion that a person
can become "lost" in the words--the nouns, verbs, and adjectives--that comprise the
text. Beatty's perception of books here is how he justifies the burning of them. They
are, to him, two-faced and essentially evil, and therefore deserve to be burned. This
affects Montag in his process of thought, a major theme, which is how he changes
throughout the book--his thinking is altered based on his initial meeting with Clarisse,
and by the time Beatty reaches him, Montag is finished with book
burning.

What effect does the repetition of "Do not go gentle into that good night" and Rage, rage against the dying light" have?

In his emotional and moving plea to his father to embrace
life until the very end, the repetition of the lines cited above increase the intensity
and personal meaning of Dylan Thomas's poem.

Despite the
inevitability of death, Thomas as the speaker of this poem feels that by "raging against
the light," or affirming life, his father can die with dignity as opposed to "going
gently," or weakly.  Thomas's arrangement of his poem into a villanelle form also
underscores the the intensity rhetorical argument of his work.  Thus, the repetition of
lines as a rhetorical form adds emphasis and meaning to the argument.  And, because the
villanelle's form resists narrative development, this form strengthens the speaker's
insistence upon his father's affirmation of life.

Why does Coelho open The Alchemist with the modified myth of Narcissus? What might he be suggesting about how we perceive ourselves and the world?

In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, it
is ironic that the author prefaces his tale with a story about Narcissus, perhaps the
first ego-maniac.

I find it curious that Coelho uses the
entire version of the Narcissus tale here—for the rest of the story is so
much about being one with the universe. I never get the sense that
the story promotes self-interest while ignoring the rest of the humanity. Santiago is a
young man with manners. He listens to Melchizedek simply to be polite even when he
thinks the "King of Salem" is just a rambling old man. He is not greedy. He
does look for treasure, but when he is robbed, he is not so eaten
up with the desire for riches that he pushes relentlessly on. In fact, he is ready to
stop searching for his Personal Legend and the treasure, and be
satisfied caring for his sheep for the remainder of his life. He feels the same way when
he meets Fatima. For her, he believes he needs nothing
else.

"I want
to stay at the oasis," the boy answered. "I've found Fatima, and, as far as I'm
concerned, she's worth more than
treasure."

It seems to me
that the story of Narcissus and the lake shows that everyone is very much the same.
Narcissus is said to have been punished because he was such an egotist and so unkind. He
drowns, and then the lake becomes salty with tears. We expect it is
because the lake cries for the loss of the conceited Narcissus. However, the lake is
just as guilty as Narcissus was: she could only see her beauty in
his eyes, missing anything significant about him.

It would
appear, then, that the story says we are all in the same boat. We all can see only that
which pertains to us: it seems a sad commentary that all mankind is
described as being like Narcissus.

I must admit, however,
that I do not know if I completely understand why the alchemist finds it such a "lovely"
tale. Perhaps it is because of the simple-mindedness of the Narcissus and the lake— that
they foolishly lose sight of what is important in life, when the answer is there for
anyone willing to look beyond the end of his/her own
nose.

The alchemist
notes:

There
is only one way to learn...It's through
action.

Perhaps the alchemist
sees the tale as "lovely" in a trite and nonsensical way—a whimsical story with a
surprise ending. For had Narcissus acted upon anything outside of himself, his fate
would have been quite different.

Scout acquires an important realization during Tom's testimony in To Kill a Mockingbird. Discuss the realization and its significance.

Scout actually comes to several conclusions during Tom
Robinson's testimony in Chapter 19 of To Kill a Mockingbird. First,
she noticed that Tom's "rubber-like left hand... slipped off the Bible and hit the
clerk's table." She already knew that the injuries to Mayella had to have been made by a
left-handed man and, to her, this eliminated Tom as a suspect. Secondly, Scout realized
that

Mayella
Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world... even lonelier than Boo
Radley... Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her. But she
said he took advantage of her, and... she looked at him as if he were dirt beneath her
feet.

Scout also remembered
one of Atticus' courtroom tricks: Sometimes it was better to listen to the witness
rather than watch him. When she listened to Tom, she decided that he was truthful, "with
no hint of whining in his voice."

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He seemed to be a respectable Negro, and a
respectable Negro would never go up into somebody's yard of his own
volition.

Scout also noticed
that Tom's manners were as good as her father's, and she later came to understand that
Tom's running from the Ewell house was not a sign of guilt--just an act of
self-preservation. 

How can one isolate Chlamydia trachomatis from a urine sample?

Chlamydia are tiny gram negative bacteria; they are
notoriously difficult to culture because, like viruses,  they are dependent on a host
cell for energy. Chlamydia swabs from mucous membranes are inoculated into a host cell
culture for growth. The cell line is incubated for 48-72 hours, and then stained and
examined for evidence of chlamydia. The issue here is that urine is toxic to the host
cell lines; hence urethral swab collection is preferred to urine collection if chlamydia
is suspected.

An interesting side note is that chlamydia
have a toxic reaction to something in wood, so using wooden handled swabs can cause a
false negative reading. Plastic handled swabs with untreated polyester heads need to be
used.

In the modern lab setting, a urine sample would
typically be handled using a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test or a rapid immunoassay
test. The RIT is preferred because it is very fast, has high reliability, and works very
well on urine specimens.

Add -5/(x-1)+(2-x)/x

In order to add fractions, they must have common
denominators.  The common denominator in this case is the product of the two given
denominators.  Therefore, the common denominator is x(x -
1).

Multiply the first fraction by
x.

-5 / (x - 1) = -5x / x(x -
1)

Multiply the second fraction by (x -
1)

(2 - x)(x - 1) / x(x -
1)

Now that the fractions have common denominators, you are
able to add their numerators.

numerator:  -5x + (2 - x)(x -
1)

denominator:  x(x -
1)

Multiply the binomials in the numerator using
FOIL.

-5x + 2x - 2 - x^2 +
x

Combine like terms.

-x^2 -
2x - 2

Use the distributive property in the
denominator.

x(x - 1)

x^2 -
x

To avoid negative coefficients, multiply everything by
-1.

numerator:  -1(-x^2 - 2x - 2) = x^2 + 2x +
2

denominator:  -1(x^2 - x) = -x^2 + x = x -
x^2

Simplify the denominator by factoring out the
x.

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

So now
you have this:

numerator:  x^2 + 2x +
2

denominator:  x(1 -
x)

Simplified answer:  (x^2 + 2x + 2) / [x(1
- x)]

Discuss how corruption is not only in India, but also in other countries.

Indeed, corruption in India is not good.  It is fairly bad
and is one that brings out the worst in international condemnation.  Yet, one cannot
simply think that India is the only nation battling
corruption.

The new head of the International Monetary
Fund, Christine Lagarde, is currently being investigated for her role in corruption
activities while working in the French government.  She is being investigated for aiding
and abetting a fraud scheme while in governmental power.  She is succeeding Dominque
Strauss- Kahn, who was removed from the same position after his arrest in New York on
charges of sexual assault.  Both incidents have given French politics a "black eye." 
Transparency International, a public affairs group, has indicated that British
government is "complacent" about political corruption.  America has also dealt with its
share of corruption in government.  The Jack Abramoff scandal implicated many political
leaders and reflected how corruption is a part of liberal democracy in America.  I don't
think that India has cornered the market on corruption in government.  It seems to be a
universal thing.

What are some important spoken or unspoken quotes which describes March's appearance in March?

The clearest description we receive of March in this book
is actually in Chapter 14, when Marmee travels to visit him in hospital when he is
greviously ill, and sees the transformation that his various trials have enacted upon
him. So great is this transformation that Marmee herself even says that if she had not
been given explicit instructions from the nurse about where to find her husband, she
would not have been able to recognise him. This is partly because of the massive loss of
body weight he has experienced, and partly because of the wounds he has suffered. Note
how Marmee describes his hair:

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When he set out, his hair had been
gold, lightened here and there by the silver streaks of his maturity. Now, what hair he
had was entirely grey, and scalp showed where hanks had fallen out
entirely.

This quote
is therefore useful when considering the obvious contrast between March before and after
his illness. In Chapter 2, when March recalls his eighteen-year-old self, he described
himself as "lean and strong" with sun-bleached hair. The difference in the description
indicates just how much his experiences of war have actually changed him. He is now a
man diminished, just as his own concept of morality and ethics, that were so strong and
sure, have diminished as well.

Is "To My Dear and Loving Husband" an example or an exception to the claim made that Bradstreet was forced into a position of literary...

Criticisms are always equivocal whenever critics judge a
writer by standards of their age or another age other than that of the writer.  Such
seems to be the case with Gilbert and Gubar who suggest that Anne Bradstreet has somehow
compromised her authorial voice and her art.

In order to be
fair to any artist, we must always consider the era in which this artist exists.  Anne
Bradstreet was first and foremost a devout Puritan, and as she raised her eight
children, she somehow found time to write poetry, but she did not seek an audience or
publication.  When her brother-in-law, John Woodbridge, published her poetry unbeknowst
to Mrs. Bradstreet, her position in the Puritan community was somewhat comprimised as
she was perceived as being rather arrogant to aspire to a place among the august company
of established male poets.

Today, Anne Bradstreet is
remembered best for her simple, personal lyrics about her family and her love for her
husband.  For, the tenderness and poignancy of these poems touch deeply many a reader as
Mrs. Bradstreet accepted freely her position as wife and mother in the Puritan
community.  In addition, there is an inner strength of the poet that emanates from these
poems, not a weakness or "pose of modesty."  Instead, her humility is from her deep
religious faith and acceptance of her role as wife and
mother.

And, since Puritan women were expected to be
reserved, domestic, and subservient to their husbands and not expected or allowed to
exhibit their intelligence or wit or charm or passion, Mrs. Bradstreet seems rather
bold, if anything, in her authorial voice:

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I prize thy love more than whole Mines of
gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such
that Rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee, give
recompence.

Of course, one
must always remember that since Mrs. Bradstreet never intended for her poems to have
been published, the ones about her family were of any extremely personal
nature.

Why is lago considered so villainous in Shakespeare's Othello?

I consider Iago to be the most villainous character in
literature, and critics certainly assert that he is the most vile of all of
Shakespeare's creations.

Iago is a misanthropist - he hates
all humanity: probably including himself. He uses everyone around him as puppets in his
cruel game of destruction - a game which seems to be merely for sport, without real
purpose.

Iago tells the audience that his destruction of
Othello is a revenge for Othello
having-

done my
office.

That is, slept with
Emilia, Iago's wife. There is little foundation for this. If Iago truly loved his wife
aand was greatly offended by his master's actions towards his beloved, he surely would
not have stabbed her so cruelly, or used her to procure Desdemona's
handkerchief.

Iago wishes to destroy Desdemona too,
and-

turn her
virtue into pitch.

Again,
this may be revenge for being cuckolded, but his engineering that Desdemona is strangled
in the marriage-bed she was true to is a viciously ironic
gesture.

Iago torments and destroys his 'friend' Roderigo -
taking his money, his dignity, and his life. He kills Roderigo without remorse when he
has served his purpose and poses a threat.

His torture of
Othello is most compelling in its cruelty. Iago clearly enjoys his games with Othello,
and revels in the torment of the man who deems him 'honest'. He even watches his master
suffer the indignity of an epileptic fit, brought on by Iago's insinuations and
poisonous
words-

IAGO: Work on,

My medicine, work! Thus credulous fools are caught:
And many
worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet
reproach.

Critics have long deliberated Iago's
motives for his dark actions, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge categorising iago's actions
as 'motiveless malignity'. Part of the fascination with Iago is that we cannot
understand him, as his actions are neither explained nor
reasoned.

How did Reconstruction lead to the Civil Rights Era in the United States?

The Reconstruction Era in the United States created a
legal framework that made African Americans legally equal to white Americans.  However,
it also created a system in which those legal rights were taken away from blacks and
segregation and discrimination were put in their place.  This is how Reconstruction led
to the Civil Rights Era.

The Reconstruction Amendments to
the Constitution made blacks and whites officially equal.  However, things like the
literacy tests and the Jim Crow laws made a mockery of this equality.  By the 1950s,
African Americans and some whites were determined to do something to make the US live up
to the words of the amendments that were passed during
Reconstruction.

Overall, then, Reconstruction put in place
the expectation that blacks and whites should be equal.  This eventually led to the
Civil Rights Era in which people worked to make that expectation into a
reality.

At the end of the novel, Lord of the Flies, who really is Lord of the Flies?

In Lord of the Flies, Jack and his
hunters cruelly kill a sow, a pig, and then cut the head off and hang it on a stick. The
flies swarm around the head. Jack and his boys sacrifice the head to what they call the
beast. The head becomes the Lord of the Flies.

In an
interpretation of the pig's head on a stick, it becomes representative of the beast that
is inside Jack and his savage hunters. Jack becomes a cruel savage. He slits the pig's
neck and slings blood on the boys who laugh
hysterically:

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Jack begins to rub the blood on his hands onto
Maurice, and then they notice Roger withdraw his spear. They become hysterical because
he had pinned the sow by driving the spear through its anus. They reenact the slaughter
until they grow tired.

Simon
sees the pig's head on the stick. He is given a message by the pig. It is as if the head
is talking to Simon:

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The message that is given to Simon by the Lord of
the Flies exemplifies this. The Beast (evil) is in each one. Previously Simon had stated
the same thing, though he was roundly
ignored.

When Simon runs to
share what he has seen as the beast, the dead parachutist hanging in a tree, he
encounters a deadly hunting-dance frenzy. The boys are dancing and reenacting the
killing of the pig. Caught up in a hunting frenzy, when Simon comes out of the forest,
the boys assume he is the beast and they begin to tear and bite at him until they kill
him.

Truly, the beast is within the boys. Jack is a
representation of the Lord of the Flies. He is in authority over his choir members. He
has no trouble pulling out "steaming colored guts" from the pig they kill unmercifully.
Jack himself has become savage. He is a good representation of the Lord of the Flies as
the pig's guts and blood become a part of him. No doubt, the flies swarm Jack in a
symbolic
form.

What is the overall mood of the The Great Gatsby as a whole?

In The Great Gatsby, the mood is dark
and pessimistic. The overall feeling in the novel is tragic. It is such a shame to live
one's life chasing material gain only to come down to the end of life with nothing of
value, nothing meaningful.

Jay Gatsby is a sad character.
The reader has a sense of pity for Gatsby. He is a tragic character. The reader is left
with a solemn, pessimistic view of those seeking material gain to try and find
happiness.

After reading, the reader is left with a sense
of hopelessness. What should be a romantic ideal turns into a devastating tragedy
following the deaths of Gatsby and Myrtle. Also, Daisy contributes to the tension in the
novel:

Daisy
puts the constant tension between romantic ideal and cynical reality into words without
even realizing it...

No
doubt, the reader senses the tension and longs for some sort of reprieve with no relief
in sight. The order of events proves to be lives filled with pretense. The reader can
sense the facades of Jay and Daisy. Neither character is truly happy. The atmosphere is
so pessimistic until the reader is grieved throughout the work. Truly the reader has to
endure a range of emotions:

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The mood is largely dark, pessimistic, and vapid
as set by the purposelessness and carelessness of the wealthy, the ongoing string of
meaningless parties, the ugliness of the Valley of Ashes, and the tragic deaths of
Gatsby and Myrtle. Only Nick Carraway's honest and moral view of life breaks the sense
of tragedy.

What are reasons for the continuing popularity of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

One reason that makes Pride and
Prejudice a widely popular timeless classic is that, along with her other
works, it paints a very accurate account of human nature. It is completely within human
nature to overlook that one's pride has gone too far and that you are acting with
conceit. It is also completely within human nature to be prejudiced based on first
impressions. It is also within human nature to feel a preference towards one personality
type over another and be deceived by that preference, as we see Elizabeth be deceived by
Wickham. Furthermore, as is the case with Mr. Bennet, it is completely within human
nature to fail at controlling one's family and to fail at teaching them
principles.

A second reason that Pride and
Prejudice is still so widely popular is that, even though Austen only
moralized about principles and society related to her own sphere, those principles and
morals are still applicable today.

A final reason is that everyone
adores Austen's use of language. She masterfully crafts intelligent irony and wit in a
subtle manner that no one, especially no other Romantic author, can compare
with.

Is it possible to blow bubbles that are square? why or why not?

Yes, it is, if you are willing to put some effort into
your bubbles. Normally, a soap bubble blown in air will take whatever shape will combine
the largest interior volume and the smallest surface area. For a single bubble, that
would be a sphere. If you push two or more bubbles together, you will see that flat
areas form where they join. If your bubble cluster is large enough, some of the central
bubbles may become square.

Another way to create a single
square bubble is to build a cubic frame from pipe cleaners or drinking straws, dip it
into bubble solution, and you should be able to get a square bubble on the frame. It's
even possible to blow a second square bubble inside the first
one.

A third way to make square bubbles is by creating
"armored" bubbles. This is done by blowing an ordinary bubble, and then coating its
outer surface with a fine layer of extremely tiny (3 micrometer) styrene beads. The
beads supply an additional force to the bubble's exterior which changes the sum of the
net forces acting on the bubble, and a variety of shapes are possible, including
cubes.

How does the shifting point of view in Heart of Darkness help the reader discover the narrator's psychological being?

I think that it is deliberate on Conrad's part to not give
us a point of view where psychological totality is present. In my mind, one of Conrad's
fundamental points in his novel is the danger that lurks with a totalizing vision of
absolutism, and the terror it can impose.  Kurtz and European "enlightenment" were seen
in this totalizing light and the result was disastrous for both the indigenous people of
the Congo and for Kurtz, himself.  Conrad avoids this same trap with presenting a point
of view framework that consists of many voices, and not one becoming a source of
totality. There is Marlow, whose voice is most dominant.  There is also the narrator who
opens the story, and who allows Marlow's voice to become evident.  There is also Conrad,
himself, who brings all of these voices to the forefront. In the end, there is no
singular narrator, no force of totality.  Rather, there are multiple voices and there is
a level of incompleteness in all of them, leaving it up to the reader to assess in their
own mind which is most reliable.  In constructing his narrative in this manner, Conrad
has been able to accomplish a significant achievement in both style and
theme.

A man has 2 times as many mangoes as his neighbour. Together they have 12 mangoes. How many mangoes does the neighbour have?

ok, lets say the neighbor has x mangoes. this means that
the man has twice that or 2x. so together means:

x + 2x =
12                            combine like terms

3x =
12                                  divide both sides by
3

x = 4

since the neighbor had
x mangoes, then this means the neighbor had 4 mangoes.

How does colonization influence language change?

Language is culture; it is a primary means of establishing
identity with others. When the Europeans colonized Africa, for instance, they brought
their French or English or Dutch culture with them and established this culture in the
colonies that they formed by importing their form of government, protocol, etc. 
Immediately, the official language of the African colonies became the European tongue,
first, because it was the language of the conqueror, but also because the African
languages were not written languages. 

Whenever Napoleon
Bonaparte conquered a country, the first actions that he enacted were the complete
control of the media in the form of the newspapers, and the establishment of French as
the official language.  He mandated that French be taught in the schools; French
literature was also introduced into the colony.

The
poet-philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stated that when one learns another
language, one acquires another soul.  Certainly, the colonial powers sought to condition
and educate those they had conquered through the power of government and the thinking of
a new language.

Prove that that there are no positive integers x and y such that: 1/x^2 + 1/xy + 1/y^2 = 1.

We'll begin from the assumption that x, y>0 and
x,y`in` Z

Now, we'll calculate the least common denominator
of the fractions:

LCD =
x^2*y^2

Now, we'll multiply each fraction by the needed
value, in order to get x^2*y^2 at denominator.

y^2/x^2*y^2
+ x*y/x^2*y^2 + x^2/x^2*y^2 = 1

(y^2 + xy + x^2)/x^2*y^2 =
1

We'll cross multiply and we'll
get:

y^2 + xy + x^2 =
x^2*y^2

We'll multiply (x-y) both
sides:

(x-y)(y^2 + xy + x^2) =
(x-y)*x^2*y^2

We'll get to the left a difference of
cubes:

x^3 - y^3 = x^3*y^2 -
x^2*y^3

Suppose that
x=y=1

1-1=1-1=0

Suppose
x=y=2

8-8 = 8*4 - 4*8 =
0

Suppose x = 2 and y = 3

x^3
- y^3 = 8-27 = -19

x^3*y^2 - x^2*y^3 = 8*9 - 4*27 =
-36

We notice that if the values of x and y
are equal positive integres, the given relation represents an identity, therefore 1/x^2
+ 1/xy + 1/y^2 = 1, while if any x `!=` y>0, x,y`in` Z, then the given expression
is not an identity.

How would you argue that Twelfth Night is still relevant today by using themes?

One way of approaching this question would be to consider
how you would stage a production of this excellent play if you were a director, and how
you would highlight the themes that you feel are relevant to society today. One of the
themes that we can definitely relate to today, given the current financial crisis and
the cult of personality that is so important is that of the dangers of
ambition.

Clearly, any discussion of this theme would have
to focus on the character of Malvolio, who we discover has massive ambitions to rise
above his station. Of course his ambition makes him a sitting target for Maria, whose
letter wonderfully manipulates his hopes to convince him that his mistress is in love
with him, which is something that Sir Toby and other characters find so amusing due to
the difficulties of achieving social mobility in Shakespeare's time. Consider the famous
quote from the letter that Maria writes to Malvolio, pretending to be
Olivia:

In my
stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve
greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon
'em.

The play is the story of
how Malvolio tries to reach for greatness that is above him and falls terribly, to the
great amusement of others. If we think about this theme of ambition and how it relates
to the financial crisis, I think it is perfectly clear that using this theme the play is
very relevant to today's society. Shakespeare produced plays with timeless themes, and
this is one example of a theme that is equally applicable to today's world as it was in
the world of Shakespeare.

How does the Reverend Smith's personality differ from that of Mr. Brown in Things Fall Apart?

Mr. Brown is a gentle, caring man. He is the first white
missionary to share his faith with Umuofians. Through his patient nature, he gains
respect from the clan. Mr. Brown witnesses through a calm nature. He does not force his
opinion or his faith on the clan:

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He neither attacks the tribe's customs nor
badgers them to join him.

Mr.
Brown keeps his overzealous members in check. He will not allow them to attack the
Umuofians. He is simply about educating the Umuofians and their children. He desires to
make their lives better by enlightening the clan about the confusing customs such as
throwing twins into the Evil Forest.

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He simply offers education to the Umuofians and
their children. The mission is flourishing when Mr. Brown has to leave for health
reasons.

Reverend Smith steps
into Mr. Brown's role because of Mr. Brown's failing health. Reverend Smith is the
opposite of Mr. Brown. He is forceful in his nature. He leads with aggression. He is
passionate and angry by nature. Where Mr. Brown was kind and gentle, Mr. Smith is "angry
and flamboyant."

Reverend Smith denounces the tribe's
traditions, customs, and practices. He dismisses church clan members whom he feels are
filled with the devil:

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He denounces the tribe's customs and bans from
his church clan members who must be, according to him, filled with the devil's spirit to
want to continue tribal
tradition.

Mr. Smith's
attitude is dangerous and causes much tension and strife among the clan members. He does
more dividing that unifying. He does not edify and build up the Umuofians. He harshly
criticizes the Umuofians. He does not make a positive
difference.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of Chaucer's "The General Prologue" in The Canterbury Tales?This a general critique of the prologue.

In my critique of "The General Prologue," all I can see
are the many positives.

Chaucer changed the course of the
English language when he wrote The Canterbury Tales: he used Middle
English which was something of a trend-setter. The ruling class had come from Normandy,
France, in 1066 with William the Conqueror. Because they spoke French, there was a
"great divide" between the conquerors and the conquered. The peasant class spoke Old
English, and Middle English was just beginning to emerge into the society as was a new
middle class. The nobility had had to make some adjustments regarding language because
while they spoke French, their servants and merchants, etc., did
not. However, when Chaucer chose Middle English, this seemed to pull all
classes into a new linguistic era.

With regard to "The
General Prologue," it is important once again to look to Chaucer, not regarding language
now, but in terms of his position within English society. He did very well in service to
the aristocracy, but in carrying out his duties for the nobility, he also interacted
with the lower strata of society. It was his ability to move back and forth easily
between the different social classes that enabled Chaucer to include characters from all
walks of life, to intermingle as they would under no other
circumstances: only a
pilgrimage would bring the humble into the same "room" with the well-to-do and
powerful—and a great deal of this power was represented by members of the Roman Catholic
Church.

Chaucer was also known as a "student of human
nature." He was very observant, and in his writing, he was very honest. With the
emerging middle class, more and more people were being educated and could read, where
before only the nobility and members of the Church were educated to
read.

In the prologue, Chaucer is brilliant in using the
pilgrimage as the structure that frames the story out and brings these people together.
He presents characters that are very realistic. He not only describes them, but gives
each character a tale to tell that Chaucer cleverly uses to divulge more insight into
the character telling the story.

For
example, the Wife of Bath is looking for another husband (she has had several), but she
is not a good-looking woman, though she is wealthy. The inference
is that she has a healthy libido, which may have caused the deaths of her husbands. As a
successful business woman, she would be quite a catch, and she hopes she will meet her
next husband on this trip. Her tale is about one of King Arthur's
knights; to escape death for raping a woman, he must find out "what it is that every
woman wants." The only woman who can tell him is an ugly old hag. She will tell him, but
he must marry her. He agrees, but cannot stand the thought of living (and sleeping) with
this crone. All of a sudden, she becomes a beautiful young lady: for what a woman wants
is her way in all things with her man. When the knight agrees to this, she remains
beautiful for him.

The Wife of Bath's tale reflects that
one should not judge a book by its cover, and supports her argument that men should give
her a chance.

Being written in iambic pentameter—in rhyming
couplets—adds a charming rhythm to the telling of the story. Chaucer's genius in
addressing all of these aspects in presenting his tale, as well as his
rich descriptions of characters from all walks of life, make "The
General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales, a masterpiece that
people still enjoy today.

Explain the following quote from "The Tell-Tale Heart": "It was open--wide, wide open--and I grew furious as I gazed upon it."

The quote you have identified is narrated to us by the
distinctly unreliable narrator who tells us the tale from his profoundly distorted point
of view. Having stolen into the old man's room with the specific intention of killing
him, and knowing that the old man is aware of the presence of some villain and is
terrified as a result, the narrator opens his lantern to reveal a narrow beam of light
which fell upon the "vulture eye" of the old man that the narrator is so obsessed
by.

What is important to note about the quote you have
identified is the response of the narrator to seeing the eye wide open. He grew
"furious" as he looked upon it, as it strikes him with fear and loathing and the sight,
we are told, "chilled the very marrow in my bones." The focus on the eye alone
emphasises the impact that it has on the narrator and the curious fascination that it is
able to exert over him.

What are three examples of apperance verses reality in Othello?Please cite act and scene.

1. One of my favorite lines has to do with the irony of
Iago in this play. He appears to be a close confidante of Othello. However, in reality
he is a back-stabbing double-crosser who is setting Othello up to believe that Cassio is
in a relationship with Desdemona. In fact, in the middle of one of his attempts to look
trustworthy, Iago himself says this:

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Men should be what they seem;
Or those
that be not, would they might seem none!

(Act III, scene
iii)

How ironic that Iago
would say this of Cassio who needs not pay attention to this thought since he already
obeys it. It actually needs to be employed by Iago who is very far from what he
seems.

2. It appears as if Cassio and Desdemona are in a
relationship, as was alluded to earlier. This discussion and suspicion goes on for the
majority of Acts III and IV as Iago convinces Othello first that Cassio has affection
for Desdemona, then that he looks at her a certain way, that he "lies" with her in his
chamber, and eventually that the discovery of the handkerchief in his chamber must mean
something. Iago relies on Othello's dependence on appearances. Even though reality is
different, Othello comes to believe in the appearances because of the way Iago stages
everything.

3. It appears to Bianca that Cassio has a new
mistress. This discussion in Act III, scene iv demonstrates the discovery of a
handkerchief that was actually planted in Cassio's chamber. He plays it off as if it is
from an old girlfriend, when in fact he does not realize that it is the handkerchief
that Othello had given to
Desdemona.

BIANCA:O
Cassio, whence came this?
This is some token from a newer friend.

To the felt absence now I feel a cause:
Is't come to this? Well,
well. (195)



CASSIO:Go
to, woman!
Throw your vile guesses in the devil's teeth,
From
whence you have them. You are jealous now
That this is from some mistress,
some remembrance:
No, by my faith, Bianca.(200)



BIANCA:Why,
whose is it?



CASSIO:I
know not, sweet. I found it in my chamber.
I like the work well. Ere it be
demanded—
As like enough it will— I'ld have it copied:
Take it,
and do't; and leave me for this
time.(205)

This discussion demonstrates
that an item can make a sitaution appear different from reality.