Please list some of the literary devices used in "The Open Window."

This story is actually curiously absent from common
literary devices such as metaphors and similes. However, you might like to think about
the way that Vera uses onomatopoeia in the second fabrication that she tells at the end
of the story to explain Framton Nuttel's swift retirement from the house which the
"phantoms" of her uncle and cousins are about to
enter:

He was
once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of pariah
dogs, and had to spend the night in a new dug grave with the creatures snarling and
grinning and foaming just above
him.

The use of the word
"snarling" helps to convey the ferocity of the dogs through enacting the sound of their
barks. Apart from this, the strength of the story lies in the ironic deception of
Framton Nuttel on Vera's part, rather than on extensive use of literary
terms.

How would you rewrite these sentences to make it clear to which antecedent the pronoun refers.1. Sarah and Madison painted her parents' fence. 2....

There is more than one way to interpret these sentences,
so I have given several alternatives for
each.

1. Sarah and Madison painted her parents'
fence.

Assuming Sarah and Madison are sisters, I would
rewrite this as

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Sarah and Madison painted their parents'
fence.

2. The Canadians and
the Russians met at their embassy.

We can assume that the
Canadians and Russians do not share one embassy, so this would be better rewritten
as

The
Canadians and the Russians met at the Canadian embassy;
or

The Canadians and the Russians met at the Russian
embassy.

It would be
difficult to rewrite this clearly using a pronoun, although these are
possibilities:

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Both the Canadians and the Russians met at the
Russian embassy. Or,

Both the Canadians and the Russians
met at the Canadian embassy. Or,

The Canadians and the
Russians met at their own
embassies.

3. I listen to
country and hip hop. That is my favorite.

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I listen to country and hip hop. They are my
favorites. Or,

I listen to country and hip hop. Country is
my favorite. Or,

I listen to country and hip hop. Hip hop
is my favorite.

4. She bought
a car from the dealership, even though it was
rusty.

Assuming that the dealership is not
rusty,

She
bought a car from the dealership, even though the car was rusty.
Or,

At the dealership, she bought a car, even though it was
rusty.

5. James told Harry
that he should take the penalty kick.

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"Harry," James said, "you should take the
penalty kick." Or,

"Harry," James said, "I should take the
penalty kick."

why the earth is round?

This question more properly belongs in philosophy. 
However as a student of science the question of why may be addressed as a theoretical
question of how.  Consider the fact that the earth is traveling in an orbit, and
rotating on its axis and our whole galaxy is apparently moving through space.  The
sphere produces the least amount of surface friction, and the angular moment of rotation
tends to keep all particles equidistant from the  center.  Apparently there are other
shapes in our universe, but round is the one we live on and is the object of our study.
Perhaps the gravitational attraction between the masses that make up our planet tend to
pull everything toward the center, this would suggest that the massive dense center
would produce a round surface. This argument would not hold in the development of
objects that are cylindrical, rectangular or hollow. I appreciate the question and hope
that my suggested answer is helpful and will prompt more investigation into the forces
that affect ourplanet.

How do the boys respond to Ralph's suggestion for what must they do to aid their own rescue in Lord of the Flies?

First of all, the suggestion Ralph made for rescue was to
build a fire in a place for the smoke to easily be seen by ships. This means they would
have to build the fire away from where they currently were because they would have to
climb up to the highest point.

The boys respond with such
excitement that they race up the hill and build a blazing
fire. However, they were too excited. Everyone went and got branches and fuel for the
fire. With everyone's contributions, the fire took off quickly and accidentally burnt
half the mountain. This situation was important because it demonstrated what acting too
quickly could do. It also showed how quickly an idea's importance can leave. These guys
were excited in the original moment. But, as time went on, you will see in later
chapters they do not remain excited to go and tend the fire.

What is x if log2 (3+log3(x))=2? 2,3 are bases of logarithms

If log 2 (3+ log 3 (x))=
2

then it means that 2^2=(3+log 3
x)

2^2 =4

4=3+log 3
(x)

Subtract three to both
sides

1= log 3 (x)

using the
definition of logs again

3^1 =
x

x= 3

The only
value accepted was a solution to this eqaution is
x=3

 

Actually,
log just mean the opposite of exponents, so when you take off a log a where a as the
base, exponent the other side with "a".

You can checkyour
answer by plugging it in and see if it matches the definition of
logs

What were the ramifications of the Protestant Reformation on the exploration and settlement of the New World?

With the Protestant Reformation came a large number of
different sects of Christianity.  There were now many churches instead of one church. 
This helped lead to the exploration and settlement of the New
World.

After the Reformation, people of different faiths
often lived together in one country.  Often, one faith would be discriminated against by
the other faith.  An example of this was the way in which Puritans were oppressed by the
Church of England.  When this sort of thing happened, the oppressed group would
sometimes leave (as the Puritan/Pilgrims did) and go to the New World in search of a
place where they could worship in their own way.

In this
way, the Protestant Reformation eventually helped to lead to exploration and settlement
of the New World.

What did Victor do when the creature followed him to his bedroom in Frankenstein?

In the novel Frankenstein, Victor
Frankenstein creates a monster. His dreams of reanimating life come true two years after
his initial quest.  After seeing the eyes of the monster he brought to life, Victor fled
his flat. Ending up close to a Swiss coach, Victor finds that his childhood friend,
Clerval has come to see him.

Fearfully, Victor and Clerval
return to Victor's apartment. Victor is afraid that he will not only see the
abomination, he is also fearful that Clerval will see the monster and know what he has
done. Once in the apartment, Victor regains his composure upon realizing that both his
apartment and his bedroom are empty; the monster is
gone.

After entering his bedroom, Victor believes that he
sees the monster enter the room.

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—Oh, save me! save me!” I imagined that the
monster seized me; I struggled furiously, and fell down in a
fit.

Victor, seized by the
horror of seeing the monster again, fell into a nervous fever which was responsible for
keeping him sick for many months.

What is geographic tongue and what is it caused by?

Geographic tongue is a rare, benign condition in which the
tongue is covered with raised red lesions which have lost their papillae. These lesions
often have a white border, giving the tongue a map-like appearance, hence the name.
Lesions may heal and then reoccur in a different pattern; while some patients will go
through periods of having no lesions, the condition is generally considered to have no
cure. If the patient has burning or other discomfort, antihistamines or steroids can be
applied directly to the tongue to get relief. Some geographic tongue sufferers also find
that they can reduce the lesion outbreaks by avoiding certain trigger foods; often these
are foods which are hot or spicy.

The cause is unknown, but
the condition sometimes runs in families, and studies have shown that it is more common
in individuals who also suffer from psoriasis. In some female patients, the lesions also
seem to show links to the monthly hormone cycles, with lesions peaking in mid-cycle just
after ovulation.

What is the theme of the poem "The Slave's Dream" by HW Longfellow?

The theme of the poem "The Slave's Dream", by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, is one of escape.

Slaves did not have
a very easy life. The toils and tribulations that they faced on a daily basis were
horrendous. It took a very strong person to survive the life of a
slave.

The slave in Longfellow's poem has found a way to
survive: escape. But, this is not the type of escape that would justify (wrongly)
beatings. Instead, this type of escape was one that existed solely in the mind of the
slave. A place an owner could not see and punish for.

In
the end, the slave was able to escape the his life of slavery- through his dream and his
death. One can tell that the slave had a very hard
life:

He did
not feel the driver's whip,
Nor the burning heat of day;

His life ended, though, in a
way in which he was finally able to find peace:

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A worn-out fetter, that the soul
Had
broken and thrown away!

In "Oh, my love is like a red, red rose" what is an example of a metaphor in the poem?

Let us remember that a metaphor is different from a simile
in that it asserts a comparison between an object and something else directly, without
using the words "like" or "as." Of course, this poem is most famous for how the
speaker's love is "like" a red rose, which is a simile, but if we look carefully we can
see that there is an implied metaphor used in the third
stanza:

Till
all the seas go dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt with the sun!
O I
will love you still, my Dear,
While the sands of life shall
run.

"The sands of life" is a
metaphor as it compares life and the allotted span that each of us have to a sand timer,
which is constantly allowing sand to run from the top chamber to the bottom chamber,
indicating how much life we have left and also symbolising the life we have in the
"running" of the sand. The metaphor thus reinforces the speaker's love for his beloved,
by emphasising the way that his love will continue whilst he has breath in his
body.

What does the authour mean by language as a structure?``grammar taught me language as a structure. I even learned the elementary categories of...

The author is talking about the ways in which language
organizes or structures how words are put together to convey messages. When you want to
ask someone to pass you the textbook, you don't say the words in any order that comes to
mind; "Textbook me please to the pass" makes no sense because there is a specific order
in which words should be presented to be understood. That order is part of the structure
of language.

Another aspect of the structure of language is
what your quote refers to as the "categories of philosophy." Some parts of language
change in response to different types of use; I see, they
saw, he has seen, she
will be seeing. These differing forms of the same basic
verb (to see) are examples of using the structure of
language to correctly communicate the message being presented.

Examine the Pledge of Allegiance word for word. What does it say about freedom of speech?

Since the Pledge of Allegiance is meant as a very brief
(31 words) general statement of support for the flag and the country as a whole, it says
very little about any specific freedom like the freedom of
speech.

The only mention of anything that is very closely
connected to freedom of speech comes at the end of the Pledge.  This is in the words
"with liberty and justice for all."  When we say that all people in the US have
"liberty" we are surely referring (among other things) to the freedom of speech.  Most
people would place this particular freedom very high on the list when asked what
"liberty" means.

However, we should not infer from this
that the Pledge is anti-free speech.  Instead, it is a very short statement that could
not possibly list even the most important sorts of liberties we have and the ways in
which justice is provided for us.

What is the author's purpose and theme for this novel?

A well-written story usually causes us think about life,
increasing our understanding of the world, and giving us insight into how people think,
feel and behave. The central insight into life or human nature in a story is called the
theme.

1) To discover the theme of a story, the reader must
try to discover the author’s central purpose. Ask yourself, “Why did the author write
this story” and, “What comment is the author making about life or human
nature.”

2)  In order to understand the theme you must have
a good grasp of the plot and characters, especially the central conflict. The theme
usually concerns the main character and the changes he or she undergoes as a result of
engaging in conflict with an opposing force. What the protagonist learns, suffers or
experiences is key to the theme.

3)  Examine the story’s
title. Titles often provide clues as to the author’s focus and
intent.

Characteristics of a Good Theme
Statement

1. Theme must be expressed in a
complete sentence. “Love and rejection” is not a theme statement. It is just an
indication of the topic of the story. What in particular is the author saying about love
and rejection?

2. Theme should describe the general meaning
of a story, not specific events, actions or characters. Do not use the names of
characters in the story when stating the theme. You should make specific references to
the story, however, when providing relevant details and examples to support your theme
statement.

3. The theme must hold true for the story as a
whole, not just part of it. Pay particular attention to the story’s conclusion to make
sure that the outcome matches what you think the theme
is.

4. Avoid using familiar statements, or cliches, such
as, ‘honesty is the best policy” to express the theme. The theme should be a
generalization about life stated in your own words.

In "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, what are two literary devices used to develop the central idea?

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow
Wallpaper," two literary devices she uses to develop the central idea are style and
characterization. Style is defined
as...

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...manner of expression; how a speaker
or writer says what he
says.

In this
story, the narrator tells her story in a series of writings constructed in secret. She
has conversations where she describes what goes on around her and how she feels. At
first the narrator sounds quite grounded. The concerns she has with regard to recovering
her health are brushed aside as unimportant by her husband (the
doctor), and she takes this all in stride, often responding with a
rhetorical:

But what is one to
do?

Her stoic attitude
changes dramatically as she becomes more mentally unsound: since her husband does not
believe that she is ill at all, we can only learn of the narrator's
decline through her writing. When she wants to remove the wallpaper, her husband decides
to leave it up:

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At first he meant to repaper the room, but
afterward he said that I was letting it get the better of me, and that nothing was worse
for a nervous patient than to give way to such
fancies.

John thinks he has
all the answers—the reader has been able to
follow the narrator's progress all along. She is never aggressive, but begins to lose
touch with the world as it is: the yellow wallpaper is at the heart of her
problem.

At one point, she
describes:

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There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls
like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside
down.

Another clear
indication that the narrator is losing her grasp on reality is found in the
following:

I
never thought of it before, but it is lucky that John kept me here after all; I can
stand it so much easier than a baby, you see.

Of course I
never mention it to them any more—I am too wise—but I keep watch for it all the
same.

As the story
progresses, and the narrator becomes more obsessed by the wallpaper, and her connection
to those around her deteriorates to the point that no one else in the house would know
her anymore. She sees things that are not real.

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The front pattern does move—and no wonder! The
woman behind shakes it!

Sometimes I think there are a great
many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast, and her crawling
shakes it all over.

When his
wife locks the door to her room and throws the key outside into the bushes, John has to
get it to open her door. When he enters, there is his wife, creeping along the
wallpaper. She believes that she is the woman trapped behind the
paper and is allowed to come out at night to creep around. When John sees his wife, he
faints dead away.

It is the style Gilmer adopts that take
the audience through the various stages in mental illness. The second literary device
used is characterization, described
as...

...the
way an author presents characters. In direct presentation, a character is described by
the author, the narrator or the other characters. In indirect presentation, a
character's traits are revealed by action and
speech.

In this story, the
narrator's character traits are revealed by what she does and says: this is
indirect presenation. As shown above in the style the author uses,
we also see the characterization of the narrator. She tries not to be difficult,
appreciates Mary's help with the baby, but loses herself to the woman she comes to
believe is trapped behind the wallpaper. Her actions show us that she suffers from
mental illness.

What have been some direct, specific scientific or medical benefits of the successful mapping of the human genome?

Research, discoveries, and development of applications of
knowledge are still ongoing in the light of the completion of the mapping of the human
genome. There will certainly be many more applications forthcoming in the future.
However, knowledge derived from genetic studies is already being used in many areas of
medicine.

Genetic testing can be used to predict factors
increasing the likelihood of developing diseases including some blood disorders, breast
cancer, cystic fibrosis, and some types of liver diseases. Genetic information may be
used to enable the identification of the cause(s) of some types of cancer and
Alzheimer's Disease, among other conditions. It is likely that treatments for many of
these conditions will be improved as the genetic basis and the response of the DNA in
the gene to various drugs becomes better understood.

What does Lorraine Jensen look like in "The Pigman"?

There isn't a real physical description of Lorraine in The
Pigman. The best picture we get is from Lorraine's mother's comments. Mrs. Jensen
says, "You're not a pretty girl, Lorraine," and "...you don't have to walk about
stoop-shouldered and hunched." She also tells her, "you're putting on too much weight,"
and "you wear your clothes funny." The second picture we get of Lorraine is from
Lorraine herself. She thinks of herself as somewhat plain rather than horrible looking
and says this in her statement, "I may not be Miss America, but I am not the abominable
snowwoman either." We get a third picture of Lorraine from John who apparently agrees
with Lorraine's opinion of being plain but not horrible looking because he states,
"Lorraine thinks she could be an actress, but I keep telling her she'd have to be a
character actress, which mean playing washwomen on TV detective shows all the
time."

What are the parts in the elimentary canal of the human digestive system?

The alimentary canal comprises the anatomic structures
through which ingested food passes during digestion and absorption, ending with the
excretion of food waste via the anus.

The
anatomic structures of the alimentary canal are listed as follows, in order as they
exist between the mouth and the anus.  The adult human alimentary canal is approximately
20 feet long.

Mouth (oral
cavity)

Pharynx
(throat)

Hypopharynx

Esophagus

Stomach

Duodenum

Small
intestine (jejunum)

Small intestine
(ileum)

Cecum

Ascending
colon

Transverse
colon

Descending colon

Sigmoid
colon

Rectum

Anus

Anal
sphincter

A broader term used in medicine for
the canal and associated digestive organs is the human gastrointestinal (GI) system. 
The system includes accessory digestive organs that secrete materials into various
segments of the system to aid in the digestive
process.

In the oral cavity the salivary and
accessory salivary glands add saliva to the ingested
food.

In the duodenum the gall bladder and
pancreas add their secretions to facilitate digestion and absorption of
food.

The reference defines the human GI tract
and gives detailed information on embryology, anatomy, histology (microscopic anatomy),
transit time and pathology (disease).

What were the consequences of US imperialism in places like the Philippines and China?

You could argue that one of the consequences of US
imperialism in these areas was World War II.

When the US
took the Philippines and made inroads into China, it placed itself in an area that was
already of great interest to Japan.  Japan felt that it, too, should be an imperial
power and it felt that its Asian "neighborhood" was the perfect place to take such an
empire.  If the US had not had interests in China and possession of the Philippines,
Japanese expansion would not have been such a big deal.  However, Japanese expansion was
sure to run up against US interests because of the US's imperial
possessions.

Because the US had imperial possessions in an
area that Japan coveted, Japan felt the need to attack the US at Pearl Harbor to prevent
the US from resisting Japanese expansion.  Seen in this light, US involvement in WWII
was a consequence of US imperialism in this area.

Comment on the main theme of Tara by Dattani.Mahesh Dattani's TARA

In 'Tara' , a play by Mahesh Dattani, we see gender
discrimination as the main theme. In this play he sketches the agony of a girl child in
male dominated Indian society.  From the very beginning itself we can experience this
discrimination . This is not only the case of Tara but the entire womenhood.  The
conversation between father and son is an example for this: "the men in the house were
deciding on whether they were going for hunting while women looked after the
cave".

Another important thing we have to keep in mind is
that it is not man who perpetuate this discrimination but women themselves. Tara's
mother prefer male child to female one.  The story of Tara is a blind contradiction to
Indian culture where women are considered and respected as Godesses. Tara, Bharati's
daughter, experiences partiality from her mother. Tara is not given opportunity to live
in. She might have shone like a tara (star) if given a chance.

Did the U.S. accomplish the goals that it had for the Korean War?

This depends on what you think the goals of this war
were.  They were different for different Americans at different
times.

For example, some Americans wanted to use the Korean
War to attack China and end communism there.  Clearly, the war did not accomplish this
goal.  So, if you think the goal of the war was to end communism in North Korea and/or
China (which it was for some Americans) then the US did not achieve its
goals.

However, it can be argued that the goal of the war
was to throw back the North Korean invasion and to maintain South Korea as an
independent nation.  If this was the US's goal, then the war clearly succeeded in
achieving it.

The question of the US's success, then,
depends on what one sees as the goals of this war.

Why did General Cage send British troops to Lexington and Concord in 1775?have support detail.

Colonial militias in the Boston area had grown stronger
and more vehemently opposed to the British rule ever since the Intolerable Acts had been
imposed following the Boston Tea Party. General Thomas Gage, the military governor of
Massachusetts and commander of about 3,000 British troops stationed in Boston, received
special orders from William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth, the American colonial secretary of
state: Gage was to remove the rebels' stored weapons housed in Concord, and capture
local leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock. 

Gage
dispatched Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith with a force of about 700 regulars to
proceed to Concord. Gage, however, did not order the arrest of Adams or Hancock and
warned Smith to

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"seize and destroy... all Military stores... But
you will take care that the soldiers do not plunder the inhabitants or hurt private
property." 

Gage hoped to
avoid armed conflict, and he decided against the arrests of Adams and Hancock because it
"might spark an uprising." When the British arrived at Lexington, a tiny force of
militia awaited them under Captain John Parker. Although Parker ordered his men to
disperse, a shot was fired, and the British eventually charged, killing eight
militiamen. The war was on.

Who comes out as the actual heroine in Lady Windermere's Fan, Mrs. Erlynne or Lady Windermere?

this is a question which largely depends on the reader but
if you would have seen the sub-title of the play, a play about a good
woman, and compared it with lady windermere's speech in act four, you
will see that the play is all about mrs. erlynne and women of her
character...

               in this speech, lady windermere
has defined herself in the first half (recklessness/sin- going to darlington,
jealousy/assertion- not letting mrs. erlynne be a guest to her)... and has
defined mrs. erlynne in the next half( sorrow/sacrifice- facing shame at lord
darlington's place with no fault of her own, repentance- coming back to the society and
sacrificing for her
daughter)...

                  we will see that
this play that is 'about a good woman' is actually about a woman who is bad in the eyes
of the society but good as a person... she may have a reckless past but the
so-called-goodwoman, lady windermere, is also capable of committing such a
mistake...

                      it is a taunt on the
victorian society and it's blind, prejudiced ideologies by Oscar Wilde.... it's a
comment opn the idea of 'propah' during the victorian society.... th word, 'propah'
originate sfrom that era..... and this play defines
it....

         btu all in all mrs. erlynne is the heroine
of this play because she is the rescuer(of lady windermere), she is the sufferer, she is
the mystory,she is the beauty and she is the topic of gossip all through the play. so if
we compare the play with present day movies then she is the 'heroine'...
:)

("i don't think now that peole can be divided
into good or bad.... What are called good women may have terrible things in them, mad
moods of recklessness, assertion, jealousy, sin. Bad women as they are termed, may have
in them sorrow, repentance, pity, sacrifice...")

How is individuality represented in V for Vendetta?

Essentially, human choice is depicted as the basic
antidote to the political institution of represssion through totalitarianism.  Consider
Evey's, disguised as V, words to the crowd announcing the impending destruction of
Downing Street:

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...choose what comes next. Lives of your own, or
a return to chains.

The
Norsefire has gained power through repression and ultraviolence.  Every aspect of this
party is rooted in brutal suppression of individual voice.  In this political setting,
Moore/ Lloyd are suggesting that in the face of ultra- conservative and repressive
political realities, individual choice and the embrace of individual voice is of vital
importance.  The fact the V's legacy for change is embodied in Evey, who in turn will
pass it on to Dominic, is reflective of how individuals have to make a conscious choice
to embody dissent and resistance in times of political suppression.  The end desire for
anarchy is nothing more than a realization of individuality and individual choice; the
land of "Do-As-You-Please" is a recognition that individuality and personal notions of
identity are the opposing forces to totalitarianism.  In such assertions, the need for
individuality is seen as the antidote to a realm where political control is contingent
on silence and a lack of individuality.

Are the literary terms 'epigram' and 'aphorism' synonymous with each other? If not, can someone explain to me the differences?

What a great question! These two words often are used
interchangably, but they do mean different things. Confusion arises because the two
words are related in meaning. They both reflect some truth about
life.

An aphorism is a short, witty statement that usually
reflects some truth about life. "The darkest hour comes before the dawn" is literally
true. However, metaphorically speaking, it is a statement of hope. Just when it looks
like all is lost, dawn appears. There is hope, a change in direction, and light.
Aphorisms are similar to proverbs.

An epigram is a short
poem that also expresses some truth, but it might have a sarcastic or humorous tone.
Epigrams are short because originally they were engraves on tombstones. The usage has
evolved, however, to include short poetic passages that end with some kind of
twist.

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Life’s saving graces are love,
pleasure, laughter ...
wisdom, it seems, is for the
Hereafter.
— href="http://www.thehypertexts.com/Michael_R_Burch_Poet_Poetry_Picture_Bio.htm">Michael
R.
Burch

Shakespeare,
Alexander Pope, and John Donne were masters of the
epigram.

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Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall
never be disappointed. (Alexander
Pope)

As you travel the
Internet, be careful. Many sites confuse aphorisms and epigrams.

Discuss the meaning of the Beckett quote: "Dance first. Thinking later. It's the normal order."

I am not sure that the full meaning of Beckett's quote can
be understood without understanding his context as a thinker and writer.  Initially, it
has to be stated that Beckett is a real complex individual.  He was a shy and courteous
man in private, but in the direction of his plays, he could be stubborn and intense.
 His work featured characters who struggled to find meaning.  For example, the
protagonists in his seminal work Waiting for Godot are individuals who wait for a
mysterious dinner guest.  They wait for meaning. They wait for their identity to be
formed, where inaction gives way to paralysis of action. The way in which Beckett lived
his life is one where he is afraid of this fate upon humanity.  His joining the French
resistance against the Nazis, remaining loyal to his adopted home of France, as well as
the fact that even at the zenith of his fame, Beckett never reveled in the spotlight or
the attention and notoriety upon which  someone of his intellectual caliber could have
cased in on is noteworthy of how he lived his life.

The
idea of "dance first, think later" reflects how terrified Beckett is of a world of
inaction.  The notion of individuals who think and overthink at the cost of action and
vitality of life is something that Beckett could not embrace.  Consider his own life
when faced with a critical choice of standing against the Nazis or simply withdrawing.
 If Beckett, "thinks" first, perhaps he does not stand against the Nazis, allowing them
to win.  His desire to "dance first," in the dance of freedom in the face of oppression
is noteworthy.  At a time in human consciousness when thought and rationality
demonstrated itself to a point where dehumanization and automaton reality reigned
supreme, Beckett's quote demands individuals to break free from this patterned
existence, one that seeks to silence individual voice and relegate it.  The idea of
"dance first" as a "natural order" is Beckett's own believe that individuals can reach
into or tap into an organic reservoir of humanity to embrace something that allows the
world to see individuals who do not "wait" and are not "paralyzed."  Rather, the
redemptive force of humanity becomes one where individuals "dance," despite the
protestations of others who tell them to "wait" for something that may never
arrive.

Can someone give me a detailed explanation of the poem "Shakespeare" by Matthew Arnold.

The poem "Shakespeare", by Matthew Arnold, is a tribute
poem to the great playwright William Shakespeare.

The poem
explicitly shows Arnold's honor by raising Shakespeare to a level similar to one which
others typically raise God/gods to.  The lines of the poem conveys the greatness which
Arnold thought Shakespeare exemplified.

According to
Arnold, while others must "abide our questions", Shakespeare is free from them. While
questions are asked over and over, Shakespeare only has to smile showing his unending
knowledge.

Perhaps the most adorning line is : "
Self-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honour'd, self-secure". Here, Arnold is saying that
Shakespeare's ability to teach himself outweighs all others because he must only answer
to himself and no one else. "We" mortals must submit to the questions that others pose
to us. Arnold believes that Shakespeare was (and remains) above
this.

How does this setting exemplify some general characteristics of realism?"Roman Fever" by Edith Wharton

The relative presence or absence of literary “realism” in
the setting of Edith Wharton’s short story “Roman Fever” is an intriguing issue. The
Cambridge Companion to Literature in English, edited by Iam Ousby,
lists the following traits as especially typical of nineteenth-century “realistic”
fiction:

• an emphasis on
  “representing the world as it is rather than as it ought to be, with description rather
  than invention”


• an emphasis
  on “authentic details”


• an
  emphasis on “the function of environment in shaping
  character”


• an emphasis on
  “the present or the recent
  past”


• an emphasis on
  presenting “everyday scenes as objectively as possible in loy-key, unrhetorical
  prose”


• an emphasis on
  “drawing its characters from all social
  levels”


• an emphasis on using
  “colloquial speech in its
  dialogue”

Wharton’s story opens
by describing two apparently well-off American “ladies” who dine while overlooking “the
lofty terrace of [a] Roman restaurant.” A headwaiter is mentioned, and, after one of the
ladies tips him, the narrator reports,

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The headwaiter, bowing over her gratuity, assured
her that the ladies were most welcome, and would be still more so if they would
condescend to remain for
dinner.

Later in the story,
past sickness is associated with a visit to the Roman Coliseum, but later still, this
description of the present is offered:

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The clear heaven overhead was emptied of all its
gold. Dusk spread over it, abruptly darkening the Seven Hills. Here and there lights
began to twinkle through the foliage at their
feet.

The setting of the
story might be described as “realistic,” then, in a number of ways: in its emphasis on
the present; in the accuracy of the relatively few descriptions of the landscape; in its
reference to a waiter who welcomes being tipped; and in its emphasis on description
rather invention.  On the other hand, the settings in this story are for the most part
highly attractive; the characters are mainly upper-class; and the two women seem at
least as much in control of their environments as their environments have influenced
them.

Wharton’s realism, then, seems closer to the realism
of Henry James than to the realism of someone like Ambrose Bierce. Little wonder,
therefore, that Martin S. Day, in his two-volume History of American
Literature, calls Wharton a realist influenced by
“classicism.”

Explain the following form Pope's The Rape of the Lock.But when to Mischief Mortals bend their Will,How soon they find fit Instuments of Ill! The...

The quote in question is only understandable in reference
to the stanza that precedes it. The Baron had been contemplating schemes for attaining a
lock of Belinda's perfectly curled and styled hair. Over the meal they all shared, the
coffee aroma sent vapors of inspiration to his brain, after all, according to Pope,
coffee is what makes the politicians wise:

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Coffee (which makes the Politician
wise,
And see through all things with his half-shut Eyes)
Sent up in
Vapours to the Baron's
Brain

These fragrant vapors
inspired "New stratagems," new plans, for gaining Belinda's lock of hair. At this point
in the narrative, the third person poetic speaker intrudes to warn and reprimand the
foolish Baron of what dire consequences might occur:

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Ah cease rash Youth! desist ere 'tis too
late,
Fear the just Gods, and think of Scylla's
Fate!

In a classical
allusion, the speaker warns the Baron about being changed into a bird like Scylla,
Nisus's daughter, was after she cut off her father's sacred purple lock of hair. (Of
course, Pope is being satirical and ironic in this passage.) This, now, is where the
quote in question comes in.

The Baron won't take heed of Scylla's
plight. He continues to concoct scheming plans. He finds an accomplice. The poetic
speaker is watching all this go on and figuratively shrugs his shoulders and raises his
hands in remorse as he says that when humans decide to will to do "mischiefs," it is
very soon that they find the ways and means to do it!

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But when to Mischief Mortals bend their
Will,
How soon they find fit Instuments of
Ill!

The truth of the
statement is borne out because next the Baron takes Clarissa's scissors "from their
shining Case" and very slowly edges over behind Belinda--despite the efforts of the
Sprights and Sylphs and Ariel himself--and cuts off her
lock!

The Peer
now spreads the glittering Forfex wide,
T' inclose the Lock; now joins it, to
divide.
[...]
The meeting Points the sacred Hair
dissever
From the fair Head, for ever and for
ever!

if you are allergic to zinc oxide are you also allergic to zinc gluconate

In all likelihood, if you are allergic to one zinc
product, you will have a negative reaction to other products containing zinc as well. A
2003
study in the Lancet revealed that zinc allergies to one type of injectable
insulin containing zinc was a positive indicator for allergy to other types of
zinc-containing insulin. There have also been a few reports of people with zinc
allergies having adverse reactions to dental products containing
zinc.

True zinc allergies are rare; if you have had an
adverse reaction to a product, it would be wise to be tested to see if it was in fact
the zinc that caused the reaction, or whether you are sensitive to some other ingredient
in the product.

How can historians be more critical about sources?

First of all, I would argue that historians are generally
quite good at being critical about sources.

Assuming,
though, that historians need to be more critical about sources, the way to do so is to
think more thoroughly about the potential biases that may be behind a given text. 
Historians need to think about the context in which each source they use was created. 
They need to think about what assumptions the author of the text might have had in
mind.  They need to determine how these assumptions could make the source less
objective.  This does not mean that they cannot use these sources.  All sources have
value, but historians need to be very aware of the potential biases in sources and they
need to take those biases into account when using the sources.

According to Guns, Germs, and Steel, why did Japan lose gun technology?

To Diamond, the major reason why Japan lost (or, better,
abandoned) gun technology was because of its isolation.  If Japan had not been so
isolated by its geography, it would not have been able to give up this
technology.

Diamond is arguing in Chapter 13 that
circumstances make some places more likely to adopt technology and others less likely to
do so.  Japan did not keep gun technology because it did not need to.  Japan was so
isolated by geography that it did not need guns to be able to protect it from enemies. 
Therefore, it was able to keep using its traditional ways within the country without
having to fear that some other country would come in with guns and conquer
Japan.

The answer, then, is that Japan lost this technology
because it was isolated and, therefore, did not need guns.

What is the author's attitude in Their Eyes Were Watching God ? Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

In her piece "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Zora Neale
Hurston writes,

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BUT I AM NOT tragically colored. There is no
great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I
do not be long to the sobbing school of Negrohood who hold that nature somehow has given
them a lowdown dirty deal and whose feelings are all but about it. Even in the
helter-skelter skirmish that is my life, I have seen that the world is to the strong
regardless of a little pigmentation more of less. No, I do not weep at the world.  I am
too busy sharpening my oyster
knife.

This is very same
attitude that Miss Hurston conveys in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching
God.  At another point Hurston writes, "At certain times, I have no race, I
am me."  And, it is this search for self that Janie engages in during the narrative of
Hurston's novel.  For, Janie must separate herself from her first two husbands who wish
her identity to be derived from theirs only.  Instead of being merely a servant for her
old husband, Logan Killicks, and an ornament, whose beauty must be hidden from other men
for Joe Starks, Janie finally finds her own consciousness after meeting Tea Cake, who
treats her as an equal.

After Tea Cake's tragic death,
Janie, now in the bloom of true womanhood, returns to her hometown after having been
acquitted of her mercy killing of Tea Cake, who raged at her. Janie, like Hurston, has
found her voice and she feels the "kiss of Tea Cake's memory" upon her and finds peace. 
Clearly, Zora Neale Hurston's perspective is reflected in this Janie, who comes to a
consciousness of her own as a black woman.

can i have two good quotes that show prejudice in the boy in the striped pyjamas please

One comes from Bruno's father when Bruno asks him who the
people are on the other side of the fence.  He says ,

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"Those people ....well... they're not people at
all, Bruno....Well, at least not as we understand the term.... They're nothing to do
with you. You have nothing whatsoever in common with them." (pg
53)

John Boyne, the author,
does not use expletives or derogatory terms in his book.  He INFERS them with a line
that he places in the quotation.  Lieutenent Kotler can be found throughout the book
making disparaging remarks to the Jewish people.  For example, when Bruno asks for a
tyre to make a swing, Kotler yells at Pavel and says,

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"Hey, you!" he shouted, then adding a word that
Bruno did not understand. 'Come over here you ________' He said the word again and
something about the harsh sound of it make Bruno look away and feel ashamed to be part
of this at all." (pg 75)

Lt.
Kotler is calling Pavel a derogatory name for Jew.

Another
good quote is when Bruno and Gretel are talking.  She is trying to explain why he can't
go on the other side of the fence, but she really doesn't understand it
herself.

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"....the fence isnt' there to stop us from
getting over there. It's to stop them from coming over here. .... because they have to
be kept together.... but with their own kind.... with the other Jews, Bruno."  (pg
182)

When Bruno asks why we
don't like Jews, Gretel just says

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"Because they're Jews"  (pg
183)

What major disagreement about politics did Americans and British have in the years 1763 to 1775?

The disagreement between America and Britain was over
Britain's perceived denial of the "rights of Englishmen" to the Americans, particularly
the right to be taxed by their duly elected representatives. The colonies had exercised
a substantial degree of self government. Colonial legislatures imposed local laws
(subject to approval by the royal governor) and enacted laws affecting the local
populace. Even the royal governor was not wholly beyond the control of the colonial
legislatures, as they paid his salary. If he were not cooperative, they wouldn't
authorize his salary, so a workable arrangement usually was had. So self-government was
not the issue.

The problem arose immediately after the
Treaty of Paris of 1763 when Parliament decided that the colonies should be responsible
for part of the cost of the war. The war had been fought in the Americas and by British
soldiers who were paid by British funds; it only seemed proper to George Grenville, then
Prime Minister, that the colonies should pay some part of the cost of the war. The tax
imposed on the colonies was the famous Stamp Tax, which was at a much less rate than the
British population had been asked to pay, and in fact never raised any
revenue--opposition to the tax was so great that Parliament then withdrew it. The
colonists argued that as the King's good and loyal servants (which they considered
themselves) they were entitled to be taxed only by their duly elected representatives,
namely the colonial legislatures. Parliament countered with a number of responses,
including the idea of "virtual representation; that is that the members of Parliament
represented the entire British Empire including the colonies so they had "virtual
representation" in Parliament. Needless to say, the colonists did not buy this
idea.

Even after fighting broke out, the colonists offered
to mend fences if only they were guaranteed their rights as Englishmen, as stated in the
Olive Branch Petition. George III refused to even read the petition; and the war
continued to its ultimate conclusion.

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The apprehension of being degraded into a state
of servitude from the preeminent rank of English freemen, while our minds retain the
strongest love of liberty, and clearly foresee the miseries preparing for us and our
posterity, excites emotions in our breasts which, though we can not describe, we should
not wish to conceal. Feeling as men, and thinking as subjects, in the manner we do,
silence would be disloyalty. By giving this faithful information, we do all in our power
to promote the great objects of your royal cares, the tranquility of your government and
the welfare of your people.

We ask but for peace, liberty,
and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of
any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great
Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and
maintain.

What is the authors style of writing in Water for Elephants?

Though Water for Elephants made it to
the New York Times Bestseller List, it appears to have by virtue of creative storyline
since there are weaknesses in Gruen's authorial style techniques. One such weakness,
among others, pertains to the logical flow of activity by and amongst the characters. It
is that the logic does not flow. One example is when, while asking Marlena
where the money is hidden, Jacob breaks free of Earl's grasp and
says "Tell me where it is, and I'll get it," while poking his "finger into Earl's
chest." Several readings make it clear that Jacob is intentionally making it appear he
is doing one thing (arguing with Earl) while actually doing another--which serves to
illustrate this authorial style technique, which is a weak
one.

Gruen's style is in large part a stripped down
approach to storytelling. By this I mean she is sparing with her sparse details, and
dialogue does most of the work. For example, in the following passage, the "gaggle of
old ladies" never develops beyond a pasteboard semblance of reality, either in the
excerpt or elsewhere:

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Either there's been a accident or there's
roadwork, because a gaggle of old ladies is glued to the window at the end of the hall
like children or jailbirds. They're spidery and frail, and their hair as fine as mist.
Most of them are a good decade younger than me, and this astound me. Even as your body
betrays you, your mind denies
it.

The following brief
dialogue excerpt serves to illustrate the dominant role dialogue plays in developing
both the plot and the characters:

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"There's some money in our room. I'll go in when
he's not there," she says.
"No. It's not worth the risk," I say.

"I'll be careful."
"No!"
"Come on, Jacob," says Earl,
taking hold of my upper arm. "The boss wants you to move along."
"Give me just
a second, Earl," I say.

On a
more favorable note pertaining to structure, Gruen interlaces the present-day
first-person narrator story of Jacob's life with his near past and with his distant
past. This structural juggling Gruen handles well and, one might say,
seamlessly.

Please give the most important quote in Act I of King Lear.

There are plenty of quotes that have significance, but to
give you one that seems to be to stand out as being particularly important in terms of
the overall play, I would want to choose Cordelia's response to her father. Let us just
remind ourselves of the context. Lear wants each of his daughters to tell him just how
much they love him, and he will award his kingdom and power according to their
responses. We have seen Regan and Goneril engage in insincere lies and flattery designed
to try and get as much from their father as possible. In sharp contrast to her sisters,
Cordelia, Lear's most-loved daughter, says the following in Act I scene
1:

Unhappy
that I am, I cannot heave
My heart into my mouth. I love your
majesty
According to my bond; no more nor
less.

Although
lacking in flattery, Cordelia actually expresses a deeper and sincerer and more valuable
love than the lies of her sisters, as she loves her father "according to my bond," which
means she accepts without hesitation her responsibility and duty to love him, both in
his role of father and king. It is clear that Cordelia has a genuine love for her
father, but she refuses to "heave / My heart into my mouth" and exaggerate her feelings
with falsehoods for her own personal gain, as her sisters have just done. It is Lear's
response to these words and his ironic inability to perceive, understand and appreciate
the genuine love that they contain that initiates the tragedy of this play. This quote
is therefore important because their lack of flattery demonstrate the depth of her love
whilst emphasising her father's foolishness and lack of ability to perceive the truth
about his daughters and how they regard him respectively.

What doesn't Montag think about when talking to Clarisse in the first chapter of Fahrenheit 451?

Your question refers to the way in which, during his
conversation with Clarisse, Montag doesn't really think about what Clarisse says to him
or asks him, but just sticks to his own impression of the world and what he thinks he
knows to be true. This is something that Clarisse with typical boldness addresses head
on when she questions Montag's assertion that firemen used to actually put out fires
rather than start them:

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Strange. I heard once that a long time ago houses
used to burn by accident and they needed firement to stop the
flames.

Montag laughs in
response to this, and Clarisse is quick to ask him why it is that he is laughing. This
is an incongruity that Clarisse is again quick to point
out:

You laugh
when I haven't been funny and you answer right off. You never stop to think what I've
asked you.

Therefore we can
see that Clarisse is very aware that Montag doesn't think about the kind of questions
and issues that she is raising in their conversation. He is so trapped in his own view
of the world and what is "true" and what is "false" that he cannot accept or even think
about alternative views of reality.

Question about the play A Raisin in the Sun? What are some symbols, images, and ideas of the play?I've read the play. I just need to know how to...

I would add some images of a small run-down apartment and
label it The Younger Apartment. Also, you could find a picture of a child sleeping on
the couch, as did ten-year-old Travis. You could add images of a chauffeur, which was
Walter's job or occupation. Also, Walter drank alcohol and lost the family's money.
Perhaps, you could include photos of someone drinking too much alcohol. Images of money
being wasted would be ideal.

You could also find domestic
or house keeping occupations. Mrs. Lena Younger and Ruth did other people's laundry and
house keeping.

As for Beneatha, she was curious as to her
roots as an African American. You could find some African clothing like the Nigerian
dress and head band Beneatha wore.

You could also find
college prep clothes that George wore. He wore white buckskin
shoes.

You could find a picture of a straggly plant (a
pitiful plant) like the symbolic plant that Mama kept, symbolizing that she would
survive no matter the struggle:

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One of the symbols in A
Raisin in the Sun is Mama's straggly plant. She wants to take this
to the new house, although she plans to have a much more successful garden there,
because this plant 'expresses ME.' Though the plant has struggled to live and seems to
lack the beauty for which it would ordinarily be valued, it is significant to Mama
because it has survived despite the struggle, as her family has
survived.

On a happy note,
you could find a picture of a nice, new home in a nice neighborhood. This house
symbolized hope for the Younger family. They were ecstatic to move into a new home of
their very own.

These are some ideas, symbols and images
you could put on your poster board. Hope these ideas help. Good luck with your
assignment.

What are some symbols of power in Lord of the Flies?

In Lord of the Flies, one symbol of
power is the conch. From the very beginning of the story, the conch brought the boys
together. Then as a symbol of authority, the person holding the conch has permission to
speak. The boys continued to use the conch as a symbol of power, but toward the end,
Jack began to disrespect the conch as a symbol of authority. He disregarded anyone who
was holding the conch.

At the end of Piggy's life, he is
still holding on to the conch. Piggy is fighting for some semblance of order. Piggy
never gave up. As Roger pushes the rock over on Piggy, the conch is crushed along with
Piggy. Jack takes this opportunity to become the chief. He screams at Ralph that he will
get the same treatment. With the conch broken into pieces, and Piggy dead, that was the
last appearance of order. Jack seizes the moment to scream orders at Ralph, claiming
that he now chief:

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Jack screams that that’s what Ralph will get.
The conch is gone. He is chief now. He hurls his spear at Ralph, grazing his side. The
others, including Roger, hurl their spears as well. Ralph turns and
flees...

Piggy was crushed
right along with the conch. In his death, he was trying to create a system or order.
With Jack in control, the conch means nothing.

Another
symbol of power would be the pig's head that Jack hung on a stick. The pig's head gives
Jack and his hunters authority. Jack and his hunters have no fear for the pig's head was
a sacrifice to the beast. For Simon, the pig's head represents the power of
evil:

On a
rational level, Simon knows the pig's head is just that: a "pig's head on a stick." But
on a more emotional level, Simon realizes that the pig's head represents an evil so
strong that it has the power to make him faint. When he thinks of the head as "The Lord
of the Flies," the symbol becomes even more powerful, as this title is a translation of
"Beelzebub," another name for the
Devil.

Explain how irresolution becomes the dramatic strength of both Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Irresolution is the lack of
deciciveness or purposeiveness. Irresolution plagues Hamlet when he
cannot decide whether to believe in the ghost and act on the ghost's demand for revenge
or not. Irresolution plagues Doctor Faustus when he cannot
determine to break the shackles of Mephistopheles hold upon his soul and beseech God's
forgiveness regardless of the soul-wracking pain the attempt will bring
him

Dramatic
strength encompasses many elements of dramatic technique, not
the least of which are characterization, dialogue, plotting, diction and other devices,
and imagination. In short dramatic strength is measured by how
thoroughly no element(s) distracts from the effect of the drama or from the passion of
the play.

The irresolution that plagues both Hamlet and
Doctor Faustus adds dramatic strength in both Shakespeare's and Marlowe's play. In
Hamlet, Hamlet's irresolution is part of the rising action and
contributes to authentic turmoil and ingenious means by which to get at the truth of
Claudius's guilt, specifically the play within the play of Act III, scene
ii.

In Doctor Faustus, Faustus's
irresolution is part of the falling action and leads right into the resolution. In this
phase of the play, his irresolution adds to the painful suspense of "Will he? Won't he?"
which builds a cathartic anguished feeling in the audience when it is seen that Faustus
does not withstand the pain and confess to God.

Thus it can
be seen that in both plays, irresolution,
though used in different places and for different purposes, produces dramatic
strength in characterization; in passionate feeling; in plotting; and in the
unity of dramatic elements.

Can you please suggest a good topic for doing my mathematics project?

This is a hard question to answer without knowing more
about the specific requirements of your project, and the types of math used in your
project.

I've done several math projects, all involving
mathematical modeling--using mathematics to describe a real-life
system. This generally breaks down into two different
categories:

Continuous modeling:
describing something that changes continuously over time. For example, we might model
how a population of some animal species changes over time, especially with the
introduction of predators and prey. Continuous modeling usually involves calculus,
specifically differential equations.

Discrete
modeling: describing things that operate in "whole" units. For example,
determining the optimal route number and routes of a delivery truck, or how to most
efficiently schedule classrooms to teachers, or how to maximize profit subject to some
constraints. Discrete modeling can use mathematics such as linear algebra, statistics
and probability, algorithms, etc.

The process of coming up
with a model is roughly as follows:

1. Determine a real
life situation to model, and collect real life data relating to the
model.

2. Formulate a mathematical model that describes the
problem

3. Use the model to predict the solution to the
problem, or predict what would happen under different
conditions.

4. Go back to step one, evaluate how well your
model fit the problem, and continue to iterate through these steps until you have a
solid model.

The experiences through all of these steps can
be detailed in your project, along with the ultimately perfected model and discoveries
you made.

Why did Napoleon allow Moses to return and talk to the other animals about Sugarcandy Mountain in Animal Farm?

Moses is first introduced as a spy for Jones.  He is
deployed for the purpose of keeping the animals' minds off of their labor and their
toil. In preaching to them about Sugarcandy Mountain, Jones uses Moses to keep the
animals in check, telling them that their reward comes in the afterlife and that the
purpose of this life is to work towards that end.  In doing so, the animals do not feign
rebellion because they believe that their struggle now pays off for them later, while in
the meantime they are manipulated by those in the position of power to reap the benefits
of their work.

While there is no outward evidence of some
type of deal brokered between Napoleon and the pigs and Moses, it seems that the same
purpose is invoked when Moses comes back and tells the animals again about Sugarcandy
Mountain.  In this setting, the pigs have become the forces in the position of power who
greatly benefit from distracted animals.  In this respect, Napoleon sees no problem with
Moses preaching to the animals because it prevents any sort of opposition or dissent to
his power.  Orwell tells us that Moses receives food for his services, implying that he
is a tool of Napoleon's power structure and apparatus of control.  In the end, Moses'
return also indicates how things have changed and not changed.  On one hand, there was a
time when the pigs led by Snowball and Napoleon actually did not want Moses on the farm
because of his preachings of the afterlife.  This is certainly not the case at the end
of the narrative, as the pigs benefit from Moses' preaching serving as distractions for
the other animals.  In the end, Moses return indicates how the more things change on the
farm, the more they stay the same.

What is the missing coordinate to complete the ordered pair (-6,y) so that the point is on the line. y=4x-22

If the point (-6,y) is on the line y=4x-22, then the
coordinates of the point verify the equation of the line:

y
= 4*(-6) - 22

y = -24 - 22

y =
-46

Therefore, the missing coordinate of the
given point, such as the point lies on the line y=4x-22 is: y =
-46.

Please explain the following lines from "The Lady of Shallot."To weave the mirror's magic sights, 65 For often thro' the silent nights A funeral,...

What is key to focus on in these lines, that come from the
final stanza of Part II, is the way that Tennyson creates a contrast between the
vibrancy of life in Camelot and the vague, shadowy existence that the Lady of Shalott is
forced to live, who is divorced from such realities and only able to participate in them
as a spectator through her mirror. Thus it is that we are presented with the formality
of a funeral on the one hand, and then the joy of two lovers who have recently been
wedded on the other. In response to these sights, the Lady of Shalott very significantly
says "I am half sick of shadows," which could be argued to foreshadow her choice to
break the curse and leave her protected island, participating in the world that she has
only been a spectator of up until this point. It is also perhaps extremely significant
that the Lady of Shalott utters this line after seeing the lovers together. This could
perhaps indicate her own desire for a relationship, which is of course kindled by the
sight of Sir Lancelot.

In what way does The Chrysalids reveal the selfish nature of man?

You might want to turn to some of the final chapters when
the woman from Sealand shares her view on the world, and in particular the Waknukians,
who are the last remaining legacy of the old evolutionary state of mankind. Her harsh
presentation of this lingering momento of what man used to be clearly casts them in a
rather unflattering light in terms of their actions and their perception of themselves.
Consider what she tells us about them in Chapter
Fourteen:

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They learnt to cooperate constructively in small
units; but only destructively in large units. They aspired greedily and then refused to
face the responsibilities they had created. They created vast problems, and then buried
their heads in the sands of idle faith. There was, you see, no real communication, no
understanding between them. They could, at best, be near-sublime animals, but no
more.

So we can see that the
selfish nature of mankind lies in the way that they created so many problems and then
failed to take ownership and responsibility of those problems and also their inability
to conceive that they were anything more than a link in the evolutionary chain, and as
such an "inadequate species." Arrogantly assuming they were the pinnacle of the species
of man rather than just another development is one of the chief ways in which mankind is
presented as selfish.

What are the main classes of crime?

The main classes of crime are felonies, misdemeanors, and
infractions.  These are classified according to the seriousness of those
crimes.

Felonies are the most serious crimes and are
generally defined as crimes for which the penalty is more than one year imprisonment. 
These are crimes such as burglary or larceny or even
murder.

Misdemeanors are less serious crimes.  These may be
punishable by a shorter term in a jail or by a fine.  Misdemeanors can include such
things as petty theft or public intoxication.

Finally, some
crimes are classified as infractions.  These are generally very low-level acts that are,
in some places, not even classified as crimes.  These would include such things as
traffic offenses.

What are some major works of art and literature produced in the United States?Don't need anything to specfic just need a start.

This is a highly subjective question, but here are a few
of my favorites.

No list of American literary works would
be complete without the addition of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn(1884). Twain's novel is generally considered the advent of modern
American literature. Prior to that, Herman Melville's Moby Dick
(1851) certainly deserves mention. Others include F. Scott Fitzgerald's The
Great Gatsby (1925), John Steinbeck's The Grapes of
Wrath (1939), J. D. Saliinger's The Catcher in the Rye
(1951), and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). My own
favorite American novel is Joseph Heller's Catch-22
(1961).

Among the most famous American paintings include
Grant Wood's American Gothic (1930), Winslow Homer's A
Fair Wind (Breezing Up) (1876), Gilbert Stuart's George
Washington (unfiniished, 1796), and Mary Cassatt's The Boating
Party (1894).

critical appreciation of the storyfor a 20 mark question some brief points would help !

Critical appreciation is something where any subject is
revieved and the negative points are highlighted and positive parts are appreciated. It
is a complete analysis of that subject pointing out the flaws and
goodies.

A critical analysis suggests that the  story's
"hidden" message can be decoded and determines if it was clearly conveyed. The student
must decide what the story is about and defend that decision with examples from the
story itself.

State, Support, and Judge the Meaning of
the Story.

1 Decide what the meaning of the story is.
State it in one sentence. Because of their brevity and selective number of characters,
short stories generally aim to evoke a single emotional response in a reader. What was
the point the author tried to make to the reader? If the story has more than one
meaning, choose the most important for this essay.
2 Analyze the story's
literary elements. Study the theme, characters, setting, plot, conflict, tone, point of
view, and irony for clues as to how the author tried to make his point. Do the
characters have flaws that readers can relate to? Does the conflict come about through
misunderstanding? Who is narrating the story and how are events altered from this
perspective? If the story contains irony, point out how it relates to the story's
meaning.
3 Use quotes from the short story to support your idea. Point out
passages that show the author's meaning as it unfolds. Perhaps a character is
manipulative. Quote dialogue from that character showing she assumed she knew what's
best for everyone. Continuing with that example, if the author's message is that people
who try to control everyone else are the most predictable and therefore most easily
manipulated, quote parts of the story that convey this idea.
4 Be critical and
judge the short story. This is where opinions count. If the author conveyed meaning well
and consistently, say so. If clarity was lacking or the meaning got lost in places,
explain that. For example, in "The Necklace," a short story by Guy De Maupassant,
incidents in the life of a French couple in the 1800s show how materialistic, resentful,
and uncaring a woman is toward her husband. The reader might be left with the impression
that the husband is long-suffering, patient, and loving as he gives up his inheritance
to pay for a necklace his wife borrowed and lost. In a critical analysis, however, it
could be stated that De Maupassant did a poor job of showing both sides of the story and
could have related more realistically the passive-aggressive traits of the husband, who
after all, has chosen to indulge a materialistic partner.
5 Restate your ideas
in brief by summarizing previous paragraphs. End the paper by repeating the meaning of
the story in one sentence.

In Book 10 of The Odyssey, how does Odysseus get Circe to release his men?

When Odysseus landed on Circe's island, he spotted the
smoke coming from Circe's fireplace and sent his second-in-command, Eurylochus, to
investigate with half his sailors. Circe, a nymph and sorceress, used a combination of
drugged wine and a magic wand to turn them into swine. Eurylochus managed to escape, not
having drunk the wine, and warned Odysseus.

As Odysseus was
on the way to rescue the men, the god Hermes warned him of his peril and gave him the
herb "moly," which can only be harvested by a god, not a
human:

Its
root is black and its flower white as milk and the gods call it moly. Dangerous for a
mortal man to pluck from the soil but not for deathless
gods...

Odysseus takes the
herb, and when neither the drugged wine nor wand affect him, to Circe's surprise, he
pulls out his sword and threatens her, demanding she release his men. Circe apparently
finds this behavior alluring and seduces Odysseus, after she has sworn binding oaths not
to harm him or his men. After a brief romantic interlude, Circe frees the men and
invites them all to a feast.

How is Harry determined and how is he responsible?In this story there are many character traits that could describe Harry. Two being responsible...

Responsibility

Harry shows
responsibility in the way that he takes notes on Snape's speech the first day in class. 
Harry, enchanted by his teacher's lecture, carefully copies down the information.  Harry
wishes to do well in the wizarding world and be a success.  Hogwarts signals a whole new
beginning for him, and he wants to do his best.  Snape, however, takes Harry's
note-taking completely the wrong way and jumps to the conclusion that Harry "our new
celebrity" does not believe that he has to pay attention in class. 

Determination

Harry
shows great determination in the final moments of the book, when he goes after the
villain (whom he presumes to be Snape) that is trying to steal the philosopher's stone. 
Even when faced with multiple daunting tasks, Harry and his friends do not give up. 
Even when facing Quirrell and Voldemort, Harry remains resolved to protect the stone at
all costs. 

How do I solve the following problem using factorials or permutations?The Super bowl Committee has applications from 9 towns to host the next two...

(a)  If the town cannot host a Super Bowl two consectutive
years, use the following permuation:

Use the permuation
nPk, which is the permutation of n events can form k sequences without
repetition.

nPk = n! / (n -
k)!

If the town cannot repeat a Super Bowl two consecutive
years, then...

n = 9 (the number of events, in this case,
the number of towns)

k = 2 (the number of sequences without
repetition)

9! / (9 - 2)!

9! /
7!

362,880 / 5,040 = 72

If the
town can host a Super Bowl two consecutive years, you do not use a permutation because a
permutation requires non-repetition.  Instead, use the multiplication counting
principle.

According to the multiplication counting
principle, if you have m ways to make the first choice and n ways to make the second
choice, then you have m*n ways to make both choices.

For
the first year, you have 9 choices of towns.  For the second year, you have 9 choices of
towns.  Therefore...

m = 9

n =
9

m * n = 9 * 9 =
81

Answers:

(a) 
72 ways

(b)  81
ways

Please comment on the use of the colour purple in "She Hideth Her the Last" by Emily Dickinson.

In this poem, the "She" of the title and first line seems
to apply to the bee, and this poem presents us with an evocation of the bee's work and
beauty. The bee, according to the first stanza, is above all hardworking and incredibly
industrious, as the bee is the first creature to rise and begin working, and the last
creature to hide itself away at night when darkness falls. So short, in fact is its
period of rest that:

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Her Night doth hardly
recompense

The Closing of Her
eyes--

The reference to
purple that your question refers to comes in the second stanza, which uses the colour
purple in a very interesting manner. Normally, in other Dickinson poems, the colour
purple is associated with importance and majesty, such as when Christ's robes are
described as being purple. Note how it is used here:

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She doth her Purple
Work--

In what ways can the
bee's work be described as "Purple"? Perhaps Dickinson is saying that the bee's work is
"Purple" because it is so important in helping nature grow and produce, which bestows
upon the bee a position of great importance and magnitude. What is clear, however, is
the way in which the bee's example is one for us to follow, as the last stanza makes
clear.

In Shakespeare's tragedy Othello, where exactly does Cassio indicate that he cannot cope very well with alcohol?

In Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello,
Cassio clearly indicates that he does not cope very well with alcohol.  Even a little
drinking has strongly negative effects on him, and so he tries to refrain from indulging
in drink.  The entire passage dealing with this matter occurs in Act 2, scene 3, lines
29-47 in the Signet Classic Shakespeare edition).  More
specifically, Cassio tells Iago,

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I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking;
I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment.
(2.3.33-36)

The whole episode
involving Cassio drinking is significant for several reasons, including the
following:

• The episode shows how persuasive Iago
  can be; he persuades a reluctant Cassio to drink, just as he later persuades a trusting
  Othello that Desdemona is guilty of adultery.


• Cassio’s
  attempt to maintain his reason is important in a play in which reason vs. passion is a
  major theme.


• Iago tries to corrupt Cassio’s mind with
  alcohol, but Iago’s own mind is corrupted by darkly perverse passions.  Cassio will soon
  become sober again, but Iago will remain perverse until the end of the play and
  beyond.


• Cassio’s effort to maintain self-control and to
  exhibit moderation, along with his failure to achieve these objectives, help highlight
  Othello’s similar failures later in the play.


• The episode
  shows how easily and quickly human beings can sometimes lose good judgment.  Merely by
  indulging in drink, Cassio loses his ability to reason clearly; merely by listening to
  Iago’s aspersions against Desdemona, Othello also gives way to extreme
  irrationality.


• Whereas the result of Cassio’s loss of
  reason is mainly that he loses his position, the result of Othello’s loss of reason is
  that he loses both his wife and his own life.


• The episode
  shows, once again, that Iago is the prime mover in this tragedy: it is thanks to Iago’s
  plots and stratagems that most of the other characters suffer.
  

How did Macbeth and Lady Macbeth cover their treachery in Macbeth?

Let us remember that they didn't actually do an incredibly
good job of it. The first crime, that of regicide or the killing of Duncan, was actually
only possible to cover up through the killing by Macbeth of the two grooms that he and
his wife had framed for the murder by smearing them with Duncan's blood. This of course,
if we examine Act II scene 3 very carefully, makes Macduff very suspicious, as his
question of "Wherefore did you so?" makes absolutely clear when he asks why it was
Macbeth killed the grooms. Of course, it is just chance that the two sons of Duncan
decide to flee, giving Macbeth the perfect opportunity to blame them conveniently, as
they are not present to defend themselves.

If we then think
about the next crime, the killing of Banquo, the inconvenient appearing of his ghost
during the banquet scene of Act III scene 4 really threatens Macbeth's secrecy, and
clearly makes his lords very suspicious about his sanity, but also his involvement in
the crimes. If we look carefully at Act III scene 6, Lennox makes it clear that he is
very suspicious of the "convenient" way in which things have fallen in place for
Macbeth:

The
gracious Duncan

Was pitied of Macbeth:--marry, he was
dead:--

And the right-valiant Banquo walk'd too
late;

Whom, you may say (if't please you) Fleance
kill'd,

For Fleance fled. Men must not walk too
late.

The sarcasm and
suspicion in his voice is evident. Of course, after this, Macbeth moves from trying to
commit crime and treachery in secret to the open slaughter of Macduff's family, ending
any pretense of goodness whatsoever. So, all in all, we could argue that the efforts
that Lady Macbeth and Macbeth made to cover up their treachery were not actually that
effective, as Macbeth's suspicious killing of the henchman does not go unnoticed, and
the ghost of Banquo reduces him to near-madness.

Where does the '22' in 'Catch 22' come from?

Why “Catch-22,” not “Catch-19”? The only people who know
the answer to that question would be the author, Joseph Heller and one of his
publishers, Candida Donadio.  There are no regulations or manuals for all the “Catches”
in the military at the time, or any after that. It seems that they were just made-up
phrases by the soldiers (or by Heller) to describe the redundancy of the tasks they had
to perform.

Heller was originally going to title the book
“Catch-18,” a term for what Yosarian, the main character of the book, was doing at the
beginning of the book.  His job was to censor letters from the soldiers to friends and
family back home, blocking out passages that the military though too “sensitive” for
them to see.  The catch was that whoever censored the letters had to sign his name on
the correspondence that he censored, making it known to that he knew what was in them,
but they didn’t.  To get back at the authorities that had him do this, he would make up
names to sign on them.

The soon-to-be publishers didn’t
like that title, since it would clash with a book coming out by a well-known author,
Leon Uris.  That book was titled “Mila 18.”  Heller and the publishers came up with
“Catch-11,” but the new Frank Sinatra movie coming out was called “Ocean’s Eleven.” 
Heller then suggested “Catch-14,” but the publishers didn’t like
that.

Eventually, one of the publishers, Candida Donadio,
came up with “Catch-22.”  The rumor is that October 22nd was her birthday, but she said
in her phone call to Heller, “I’ve got the perfect number. 22, it’s funnier than 18.” 
Why it’s funnier than 18 we’ll never know.

differences of gnetophytes and angiosperms.enumerate

The gnetophyta, named for the genus Gnetum (Ephedra and
Welwitschia are the other two extant genera), is an ancient group that has
characteristics of both angiosperms and gymnosperms. This division of land plants first
appears in the fossil record during the Triassic, and was widespread during the
Carboniferous.

Gnetophyta are similar to angiosperms
because both groups have vessel elements in the xylem, a feature lacking in conifers and
cycads. Like the angiosperms, Welwitschia and Gnetum also demonsrate double
fertilization; however in angiosperms, this results in an embryo and its associated
endosperm material arising from two separate sperm, whereas in gnetophytes the one
embryo develops into the seed and the other is aborted. Additionally,the gnetophyte egg
migrates toward the pollen tube, an unusual event only seen in this
group.

The reproductive structures of the gnetophytes are
generally considered to be flower-like. This group also demonstrates netted venation
similar to that found in angiosperms.

What do sebaceous glands secrete?

Sebaceous glands are found in the skin, often in
association with a hair follicle. They occur over the entire body except for the palms
of the hands and the soles of the feet. The task of sebaceous glands is the creation and
release of sebum, a complex, waxy or oily substance with a number of functions. Sebum
helps to make the epidermis waterproof, which allows the body to control water loss;
this water resistance also helps the skin to be a good barrier to infection. Sebum also
helps maintain the flexibility of hair shafts, and in the ear canals it functions as a
dust catcher to prevent particles or tiny insects from reaching the
eardrum.

The volume and composition of sebum varies with
age and hormonal status.