Do you think that Shakespeare presents Cassius as a strong or weak character in Julius Caesar?

Shakespeare realized  he could not have too many strong
characters. Caesar and Antony are both strong characters, and Cassius’s partner Brutus
is obviously the stronger of those two men. In order to differentiate Cassius,
Shakespeare has characterized him as a selfish and greedy miser—although no doubt he is
brave, intelligent, and proud. He is a shrewd judge of men because he judges them by
himself and knows himself to be selfish, cunning, and treacherous. That is why he is
opposed to letting Antony speak at Caesar’s funeral. That is why he foresees that Caesar
could become a tyrant. That is why Caesar is afraid of
him.

There are several interesting bits of dialogue in
which Cassius reveals his character.

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CASSIUS    Will you sup with me tonight,
Casca?

CASCA       No, I am promised
forth.

CASSIUS    Will you dine with me
tomorrow?

CASCA       Ay, if I be alive, and your mind
hold, and   your dinner worth the
eating.

Casca has known
Cassius since school days. He knows what kind of food and wine to expect. Cassius first
invites him to supper, which is a light meal consisting of a little cheese, bread and
wine and would not cost him much. Then Cassius ups the ante (judging Casca by himself)
and invites him to dinner, which would of course be more elaborate and expensive. Casca
obviously doesn’t like Cassius and feels pressured, as his reply indicates. He doesn’t
expect Cassius’s dinner to be worth the eating. He has probably had bad previous
experiences.

Another interesting exchange occurs just after
the heated argument between Brutus and Cassius in Act 4, Scene 2. Brutus asks Lucius to
bring him a bowl of wine and says, “In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.” Evidently
both men drink out of the same bowl. Cassius says

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My heart is thirsty for that noble
pledge.

Fill, Lucius, till the wine o’erswell the
cup.

I cannot drink too much of Brutus’
love.

This is an unmistakable
sign of a true miser. He cannot drink too much—as long as someone else is providing the
wine. And he knows that Brutus provides good wine, whereas he himself serves his
guests—as Casca knows-- the cheapest stuff he can buy. No doubt Cassius is just as
frugal with his own consumption, like misers generally, which would help to explain what
Caesar calls his “lean and hungry look.” A miser always gets more than he
gives.

Another subtle sign of Cassius’s character can be
detected when he and Brutus meet with Antony and Octavius on the battlefield. Cassius
says

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Antony,

The posture of your blows are yet
unknown;

But for your words, they rob the Hybla
bees,

And leave them
honeyless.

Such outrageous
flattery just before a major battle! Cassius is obviously trying to curry favor with
Antony for some selfish reason--probably hoping for favorable treatment should he be
captured, or even hinting that he might be open to negotiating a separate peace with
Antony and Octavius. This latter suggestion is not too far-fetched, considering that he
didn’t want to fight this battle and probably doesn’t expect to win. Would he sell
Brutus out? Maybe he would, after that humiliating tongue-lashing he received in
Brutus’s tent, and after the way he has been consistently overruled by his partner and
forced into a subordinate position when he was the one who orchestrated the entire plot
against Caesar in the first place.

TO calculate the continious integral of : 1/(1 + cos(theta))

You need to use the substitution `cos theta = (1 - y^2)/(1
+ y^2)`

`y = tan (theta/2) =gt dy = (d
theta)/(2cos^2(theta/2)) =gt d theta = (2(1 - y^2)dy)/(1 +
y^2)` 

`int (d theta)/(1 + cos theta) = int (2(1 -
y^2)dy)/(1 + y^2)/((1 + y^2 +1 - y^2)/(1 + y^2))`

`` `int
(2(1 - y^2)dy)/(1 + y^2 +1 - y^2) = 2int ((1 -
y^2)dy)/2`

`2int ((1 - y^2)dy)/2 = int dy - int y^2 dy = y
- y^3/3 + c`

You need to come back to the original variable
such that:

`int (d theta)/(1 + cos theta) = tan (theta/2) -
(tan^3 (theta/2))/3 + c`

Hence, evaluating
the given integral yields:`int (d theta)/(1 + cos theta) = tan (theta/2) - (tan^3
(theta/2))/3 + c`

What would a character study of taming of the shrews Katharina be like?

When you analyze a character in a Shakespeare play, you
need to find how the character behaves and speaks and also note what the other
characters say about your character. This way you can find clues about the character’s
appearance and personality.

Take Act 1 scene 1, for
example, where you may find a wealth of information introducing Katherina, her behavior,
and how others perceive her. First, notice that Baptista, father to Katherina and her
sister Bianca, enters with his both of his daughters. Katherina, however, speaks her
mind forcefully in this scene while Bianca’s words are modest and humble. This is
revealing because of the status of women Shakespeare’s time: if unmarried, they were
obedient to their fathers; if married, subservient to their husbands. Katherina says
what she thinks and protests to her father, loud enough to be overheard, when he has
resolved to Bianca’s suitors that he will not consider letting Bianca marry until
Katherina is married.

Next in this scene, notice what the
gentlemen say about Katherina. When Baptista invites Gremio and Hortensio to court
Katherina, Gremio replies: “

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To cart her rather. She’s too rough for
me.

Hortensio
adds:

No mates
for you,
Unless you were of gentler, milder
mould.

Read the play closely
and look for other scenes which reveal Katherina’s character through her behavior and
her speech; in addition, note how other characters behave towards her, and what the
other characters say to her and about her. Once you have compiled your notes from the
text, form your own interpretation of Katherina and gather quotations plus their act,
scene, and line numbers for use as support of your interpretation. Include supporting
details you find about her behavior, appearance, personality, thoughts, and
emotions.

As you draft your paper, remember to include in
the introduction the title of the play and the playwright. Include a general thesis
statement that shows your interpretation of Katherina. Add a forecasting preview of the
supporting points you will discuss—appearance, behavior, and emotions, for example.
Before beginning your character study, remember to briefly summarize the play. The body
of your paper can address each of the characteristics you find to support your
interpretation of Katherina in at least a paragraph for each characteristic. Include and
embed quotations from the play to support your points. Finally, your conclusion can
emphasize and summarize your thesis statement and supporting
points.

Write in third person objective so that your
emphasis is on your subject. Remember that a literary analysis is always in present verb
tense. A work of literature comes alive in the present any time it is read—or often in
the case of a play, viewed in performance. For this reason, a literary analysis is in
present tense.

I recommend the site Open Source
Shakespeare, which includes Shakespeare’s complete works and a search tool so that you
may find all of Katherina’s lines or references to her.

Please help me with the question below.17. In the xy-plane, line l passes through the origin and is perpendicular to the line 4x + y = k, where...

if line l is perpendicular to 4x+y=k and goes through the
origin, then the equation of line l is:

slope of line l =
negative reciprocal of the slope of 4x+y=k

slope of
(4x+y=k) = -4

slope of line l =
1/4

equation of line l is y = x/4 or
4y=x

4(4y)+y=k                                    
substitute 4y for
x

16y+y=k

17y=k

y=k/17
--->  t+1=k/17                   substitute t+1 for y and t for
x

x=4k/17---> t=4k/17
<-------,

4k/17 +1 = k/17                   
|         substitute 4k/17 for t

4k + 17 =
k                           |         and solve for k

3k =
-17                               |

k=-17/3
----------------------'         substitute back

t =
4(-17/3)/17                               the 17 divides and cancels
out

t = -4/3

the answer is
A

What is moral in the short story "The False Gems"?

In the short story, "The False Gems," Monsieur Lantin
lives a deceived yet happy life. He believes his wife to be virtuous. He trusts her with
his whole heart. She makes his life worth living. While she loves her jewelry, she
treats her man with affection and attention too:

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She would examine the false gems with a
passionate attention, as though they imparted some deep and secret joy; and she often
persisted in passing a necklace around her husband's neck, and, laughing heartily, would
exclaim: 'How droll you look!' Then she would throw herself into his arms, and kiss him
affectionately.

Monsieur
Lantin was completely happy with his wife. He loved her more after six years of marriage
than he did in the beginning of their marriage. When she dies, he is grief stricken. He
becomes poverty stricken and learns that his wife has a valuable collection of expensive
jewels which she obtained through indecent means. His adulterous wife is still taking
care of him, even after her death.

Selling her jewelry,
Monsieur Lantin becomes rich. He quits his job. He marries again. This new wife is truly
virtuous, but her violent temper makes his life unbearable. The moral of the story is
that virtuous living is not always the key to happiness. Monsieur Lantin was happier
with a woman of less virtue. He was complete in her love. He felt completely loved by
the woman of less virtue than he did by the more virtuous woman. The moral of the story
is that virtue does not necessarily make one happy. What Monsieur Lantin did not know
did not hurt him. The new virtuous wife brings much sorrow to Monsieur Lantin's life.
How virtuous is a woman who has a violent temper?

What are the 3 major battles fought in Beowulf?

Beowulf’s fight against
Grendel: Beowulf heard of the marauding monster Grendel,
who was terrorizing the Danes. He decided to visit the region to fight Grendel and save
the Danes. King Hrothgar of the Danes welcomed Beowulf and offered him information about
Grendel. Finally, Beowulf faced off against Grendel and emerged victorious by mortally
wounding the monster.

Beowulf had to face
Grendel’s mother who sought to avenge the son’s death.
Grendel’s mother went to Herot and made away with one of King Hrothgar’s most trusted
warrior. The King sought Beowulf’s help to destroy Grendel’s mother. The warrior pursued
Grendel’s mother to her abode and battled the
monster.

Then
the lord of the war-like Geats who did not shrink from combat seized Grendel's mother by
the shoulder; that fierce one filled with rage then flung his deadly foe, and she fell
to the ground.

In the battle
against Grendel’s mother, Beowulf emerged victorious by killing the
monster.

Beowulf ascended the throne after the demise of
Hygelac, former king of the Geats. He ruled for fifty years until he was forced to face
a dragon. The dragon was agitated and wrecked havoc on
everyone because a golden goblet was stolen from its
den.

I would
carry neither weapon, nor sword against the serpent, if I knew how I could make good my
boast with such an enemy, as I did in the day of
Grendel.

Beowulf killed the
dragon, however, he also succumbed to wounds caused by the
battle.

He
struck the loathsome monster a little lower; his bright and burnished sword penetrated;
the beast's blaze began to dwindle.

Beowulf spoke; he knew
full well that his portion of earthly bliss was done and gone, that the tale of his days
had fled, and that death was near.

In The Moonstone, who is Gooseberry?

Gooseberry is a young boy, probably an orphan, whose real
name is Octavius Guy. He is one of the street children that populated literature at the
time. While he only shows up for a few pages, he is integral to the plot, as he follows
the mysterious sailor who has received a package from Luker, who is suspected of hiding
the Moonstone at a bank. Gooseberry follows him and discovers that he was trying to
board a boat.

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...a small boy, dressed in a jacket and trousers
of threadbare black cloth, and personally remarkable in virtue of the extraordinary
prominence of his eyes. They projected so far, and they rolled about so loosely, that
you wondered uneasily why they remained in their sockets.
(Collins,
The Moonstone,
gutenberg.org)

Gooseberry is
not present for the denouement, but his information is essential to clearing up the
story, and the identity of the true thief. Had he not followed the "sailor," revealed to
be Godfrey Ablewhite, the stone would still have been retrieved by its original owners,
but the protagonists of the story would have been hard-pressed to discover what had
happened. In this way, Gooseberry is a minor character who serves an important role;
although he does not undergo any significant characterization or arc, he ends up being
important.