Identify the sentiment Macbeth expresses at the end of Act Two, scene two in Shakespeare's Macbeth—what does this reveal about Macbeth's...

At the end of Act Two, scene two, of Shakespeare's
Macbeth, Macbeth closes the scene (when he hears a knocking at the
castle gate) by saying:

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Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou
couldst! (93)

Very simply,
Macbeth is saying, "Go ahead and wake Duncan with your knocking...I
wish you could." He wishes that Duncan was not dead. I think
Macbeth's first response is remorse. (Remember, this was not only
his King he killed; Duncan was also his friend and his cousin.) Throughout the scene,
once Macbeth returns to his bedroom with blood on his hands and the murder weapons in
his hands, he has exhibited the signs of a man who is unraveling (mentally)—caused by
the terrible crime he has committed. He obsesses at first that when the guards mumble
"Amen" in their sleep, he cannot call down a blessing on himself as
well.

Macbeth also seems to be hearing things—but I think
it's impossible to know for sure whether they are supernatural occurrences or auditory
illusions. He says...

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Methought I heard a voice cry “Sleep no
more!

Macbeth doth Murder sleep”...
 (46-47)

Then, when Lady
Macbeth notes that he has brought evidence of their conspiracy and crime back with him,
she orders him to take the daggers back and smear the drugged guards with blood to make
them look guilty. Macbeth refuses, outright:

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I'll go no more:

I
am afraid to think what I have done;

Look on't again I dare
not. (64-66)

This all just
emphasizes Macbeth's original uncertainty about killing Duncan in Act One, scene seven.
The last time he and his wife spoke, he had said that he wanted to wait before killing
the King: Macbeth explained the he was still enjoying all the rewards that the King had
showered him with for his part in the recent war. At that point, Lady Macbeth literally
harassed him into agreeing, calling him names and insulting his manhood, his bravery.
She knew exactly what she was doing—and he agreed to go ahead with the
plan.

Macbeth's distress at the end of this scene shows
that while he gave in to his wife's demands, his heart was not in it. I believe that
Shakespeare emphasizes this so that the audience can see just how far Macbeth is willing
to go to become and remain King, all because of his tragic flaw—his vaulting ambition.
We also recognize a certain frailty in face of his wife's displeasure, for at the start
of the play, they are deeply in love. (By the end, he is a tyrant, and she goes insane
reliving their murderous acts.)

By seeing Macbeth this way
in Act Two, scene two, we can gauge the change in the man as he arranges for the murders
of his friend Banquo and the Macduff family, and his willingness to kill Young Siward
(in the young man's first battle) at the end of the play. Macbeth has sold his soul to
the "enemy" (the devil) by killing the King. He believes killing will get easier with
time, and he seems to be correct. We are better able to see his absolute moral
deterioration by the play's end. The only thing left to him is his valor—his bravery. In
face of all else, he will not beg for his life, but dies in battle—the only honor left
to him.

Solve the following simultaneous linear equations: (x-2)/5 = (1-y)/4 and 26x+3y+4=0

I agree with justaguide, the answer is x = -1/2 and y =
3

The step for solving the problem in my way
is:

We have two equations:

(1)
1/5(x-2) = 1/4 (1-y)

(2) 26x + 3y + 4 =
0

Step #1: Process the (1)
equation:

1/5 (x-2) = 1/4
(1-y)

=> (x-2)/5 =
(1-y)/4

=> 4(x-2) =
5(1-y)

=> 4x - 8 = 5 -
5y

=> 4x + 5y -8 - 5 =
0

=> 4x + 5y - 13 =
0

Gime Times 3 to (1) => 3 (4x+5y-13)
=0

=> 12x + 15y - 39 = 0
................(1*)

Give Times 5 to (2) => 5 (26x
+3y + 4) = 0

=> 130x + 15y + 20 = 0
 ......(2*)

(1*) and
(2*)

12x + 15y - 39 = 0

130x +
15y + 20 = 0
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-118 x -
59 = 0  => - 118 x = 59

=> x = 59/-118 =
-1/2

Substitude x = -1/2 to either (1) or
(2)

Here I choose to substitute x = -1/2 to
(1)

=> 4x + 5y - 13 =
0

=> 4(-1/2) + 5y - 13 =
0

=> -2 + 5y - 13 =
0

=>  5y - 15 =
0

=>  5y = 15

=>
 y = 15/5 = 3

Thus, the answer is x = -1/2 & y =
3

How did people feel about god and the the king during shakespeare's time? Explain

At the time in which Shakespeare lived and worked,
religion was part of the daily lives of the majority of people in England.  Belief in
God was stronger than it is today and people displayed their devotion through regular
worship.  It was also a time of religious turmoil in England.  The Protestant
Reformation begun by Henry VIII and continued by his daughter, Elizabeth I was still
under way.  When Elizabeth I died and the Scottish King, James I ascended the English
throne, there was initially fear that he would be more tolerant of religion and that
Catholicism would once more come to dominate.

In the late
16th and early 17th centuries, people believed in the divine right of kings.  The
monarch was on the throne by God's grace and therefore, they were viewed as being the
representation of God on earth.  This meant that their rule was absolute and to
challenge the king was to challenge God himself.  Richard III is viewed as a villain
because his right to rule was questionable.  In Macbeth, the murder of Duncan was
especially shocking to Elizabethan audiences because to kill the king was to kill God. 
The actual murder of Duncan does not take place on stage because it was considered too
provocative and Elizabethan audiences required little excuse to
riot.

What page is the word "infrastructure" on in Guns, Germs and Steel?

Is there a reason why you think that this word should show
up in this book?  So far as I know, the word does not appear at any point in
Guns, Germs, and Steel.

I have
searched the book in a variety of ways and have not found any instance of this word in
the book.  I have searched in the Kindle version of the book.  I have also searched the
book using Amazon.com and Google books' search functions.  In all cases, there were no
hits for this word.

The word "infrastructure" refers to the
resources needed for some (usually economic) activity.  For example, we speak of roads,
bridges, and electric lines as infrastructure because they are needed in order for our
economy to function properly.

Infrastructure is not a
concept that is particularly important to Diamond's argument in this book so I have no
reason to believe that it appears in the book.

What is an important event in the story Freak the Mighty?

Kevin and Max have many adventures during the novel,
Freak the Mighty, but the most serious and dangerous one comes on
Christmas night. After a wonderful holiday, Max suddenly awakes from a pleasant dream to
find his father, "Killer" Kane, hovering over him. Max is kidnapped and taken to the
projects, the New Testaments. His father holds him in a dirty, abandoned apartment,
where "Killer" tells him that he plans to take Max away with him. "Killer" learns that
the police are after him, so he moves Max to another, more delapidated apartment where
he bounds and gags Max in the basement. Max manages to free himself, with the help from
Loretta, but "Killer" intervenes and begins choking the woman. Max attacks his father,
who then begins to choke Max. But, like Lancelot to the rescue, Kevin suddenly appears
and sprays a concoction of spices into the eyes of Max's father, temporarily blinding
him, and the police return "Killer" to custody. As the Fair Gwen carries him away, Kevin
calls out "Freak the Mighty strikes again!"

What do these names from Animal Farm signify: Snowball, Moses(the crow), Squealer, and Boxer?

These animal names each represent a character or group of
people during the Russian Revolution. Their names have great
siginificance.

Snowball
represents Trotsky who was a great military leader. Well, he had great ideas anyway.
This name probably signifies the fact that the plans he made grew and grew
and grew, but so did his troubles. Snowball being run off the farm is
comparable to Trotsky's being run out of
Russia.

Moses represented the
Russian Orthodox church, or organized religion. Here is an interesting irony though, in
the bible Moses was not a good speaker, he needed his brother to speak for him. Orwell
could have used that particular biblical name because of the silencing done to the
church.

Squealer,
appropriately named, represented the media. Pravda was the news during the Russian
Revolution that would spin the truth in such a way that the people believed all kinds of
lies. Every squeal, although well taken by the animals, was entirely painful just like
the sound. Lies hurt and Squealer was good at making them appear
true.

Boxer represented the
regular working class people. Many of these people lost their lives because they were
the working class who were literally worked to death. The choice of the word Boxer to
represent the working class is an interesting one because the Boxers went against the
government. This Boxer stayed true to the government to the very end. Perhaps that's
because this Boxer thought he was part of a revolution that did not turn out to be so
revolutionary.

What are the major events that happen in Chapter 4 of The Outsiders?

This chapter mainly concerns Ponyboy and Johnny and what
happens to them one fateful night. As they return home one night, they hear a car horn
coming from the blue Mustang, that had earlier picked up the girls. Five drunken Socs
emerge and approach the Greasers. They grab Ponyboy and dunk him under the fountain
until he thinks he is actually going to drown.

Surprised,
Ponyboy becomes aware a few moments later that he is on the ground, shivering and
spluttering. Johnny is next to him and tells Ponyboy that he killed one of the Socs.
Bob, the former partner of Cherry and the leader of the Socs, is dead on the ground.
Johnny tells Ponyboy that he stabbed Bob in an act of self-defence to save both Ponyboy
and Johnny from being beaten up again. When Bob fell, the other Socs ran away. Ponyboy
panics when he hears this.

They decide to go to Dallas for
help. Dallas listens to their tale and congratulates Johnny for killing a Soc. Dallas
shows his loyalty to his friends by his immediate aid. He gives Ponyboy dry clothes and
finds money and a gun for Johnny. He tells them to take the train into the countryside
and directs them to an abandoned church he knows of.

The
two boys jump a train and Ponyboy tries to pretend that this is some kidn of nightmare.
When they jump off the train, Ponyboy gets directions from a farmer about where the
church is and does his best to disguise his identity, but he knows that this is futile.
They find the church and collapse onto the floor, falling
asleep.