Upon seeing Tom, what is the first concern of both Ma and Pa? What is Ma's second worry?chapter eight

When Tom first approaches his pa, his father at first does not recognize him, and then asks him if he has broken out of prison. Tom experiences the same question when he goes in to greet his ma.

Ma's second question is if being in prison has caused Tom to go "mad". She is concerned because she knew Pretty Boy Floyd, and says that after he went to prison he became "mean mad". Ma worries about the effect prison has had on her son, and while not asking any more questions of him, she wants to know if he is still the same son she had before he went to prison.

What was it like to be alive during William Shakespeare's era?How did these times affect the writer?

Life during the second half of the sixteenth century was difficult for most.  Perhaps the only part of the population who had a somewhat easier time of it, was the nobility.  Shakespeare's life as a playwright and actor is indicative of this.  He certainly was not wealthy, and he did not enjoy the notoriety or fame during his own life that he does now. 

That being said, much of what Shakespeare incorporates into his plays deal with matters beyond the realm of most commoners.  He does relatively little to address the concerns of those other than the nobility or politically active.  His plays often reflect political intrigue, the family life of the wealthy, and sometimes a combination of both.  In Richard III, his depiction of the title character is a direct reaction to the political realities of the Elizabethan era.  As the granddaughter of Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor line and the man who killed Richard III at Bosworth field in 1485, Shakespeare certainly realized that depicting Richard III as anything other than an evil usurper would have been out of the question.  He would not dare cast doubt on the legitimacy of the Tudor line (and Elizabeth I's rule specifically).

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare addresses the issue of life for, as well as the practices of aristocratic families.  Romeo and Juliet, two lovers who come from competing houses, spark the rivalry and mutual disdain the two families have for one another.  In addition, the idea that marriages happened at 14 and 16 years of age would not have been a stretch during the sixteenth century.

As with any writer, Shakespeare did not write in a vacuum.  All of his writing, to varying extents, reflect the period in which he lived.  Some of the influences, however, are a bit more apparent than others.

Without a doubt, Shakespeare examines more transcendent themes relating to human psychology and human nature.

What is point of view in Carver's "Neighbors"?

The speaker of Raymond Carver's "Neighbors," a story with a theme that it is not appropriate to spy on other people's belongings or intrude on other's property when one has permission, but is not admirable to do, is an unnamed observer whose attention is focused on Bill Miller, the major character, and his wife Arlene. The point of view is thus third-person limited. This is discovered early on in the narrative when the speaker discusses objective and factual things about the Millers, but is also able to tell what is happening in Bill Miller's mind. This characteristic of the point of view of third-person limited.

How does Byron's personality change over the course of this story?

Byron changes over the course of the story by becoming less antagonistic towards his family. In the beginning, he  goes out of his way to torture Kenny. He is always taunting him, or using physical force against him. He finds the gang life and causing trouble to be appealing. Their time in Birmingham brings racial issues and tragedy that cause Byron to be a good brother to Kenny. After the church bombing, Kenny is devastated. It is Byron who is able to make him feel better by telling him that Joey is alive because she went after Kenny and that it was incredibly brave of Kenny to go into the church. He also tries to explain to him how something like this happens. By would not have been this caring at the beginning of the story.

What is the resolution of Chapter 6 in "Of Mice and Men"?

     Lennie returns to the pond after killing Curly's wife, just as George had instructed him to do.  Shortly thereafter, George arrives at the site and shoots Lennie with Carlson's Luger.  When the other men from the ranch arrive at the scene, only Slim understands what has just happened.  George lets the men think that Lennie had taken Carlson's gun and that George had killed him when he took the gun from Lennie. 

     George's shooting of Lennie is foreshadowed by Carlson's shooting of Candy's dog.  While Candy had allowed someone else to kill his dog, George takes responsibility for "putting Lennie down."  Slim affirms George's obligation to Lennie when he says, "You hadda, George."  Had George not killed Lennie when he did, mercifully and peacefully, Curly and his posse would have tormented Lennie before killing him.

How have cell phones affected society as they have developed technologically? What ethical and moral issues have been encountered along the...

While an inanimate object such as a cell phone cannot be either moral or ethical, the usage of it can present certain ethical dilemmas.  One of the most salient is the invasion of one's privacy and personal freedoms.  For instance, people surreptitiously photgraph and record others without their knowing it.  Then, these recordings are employed in plots against the people such as the cases of students taping their teachers only at certain moments so that they can manipulate the teacher's words, taken out of context, to implicate the teacher in order to retaliate against the disciplinary measures of the teacher, etc. Likewise, photos of people, taken out of context--or even in context--can implicate them in various ways.  In schools, cell phones are used for cheating, also:  students photograph tests, text each other answers, etc., or they look up answers on search engines when they have phones that access the internet.

In another example, without people's knowledge, sexually perverted people can "steal" photographs of people without their knowledge.  Or, treacherous people can use photographs or taped words stolen from private moments of people in order to extort money from them.  Photos of credit cards have been taken and card numbers have been used to purchase merchandise illegally.

While the unethical use of cell phones has negatively affected society, there are certainly many positive affects, such as the access of significant information that can enable investigators in the solving of crimes.

See the site listed below for more information.

Do you have any suggestions for another title for the story Freak the Mighty?Helppp!!!! I have to submit this thing tomorrow.

Interestingly, my paperback copy of the Rodman Philbrick novel is actually entitled The Mighty rather than its earlier original title of Freak the Mighty. The 1998 film version (starring Sharon Stone as Gwen, Harry Dean Stanton as Grim, Gena Rowlands as Gram, and Kieran Culkin as Kevin/Freak) was also retitled The Mighty. Philbrick's sequel was titled Max the Mighty (1998). My guess is that the word "freak" was considered too politically incorrect to continue its useage. However, I think that is ridiculous since the main character, Kevin, apparently didn't mind being called Freak; and the two-some of Max and Kevin seemed to thrive on their combined Freak the Mighty nom de pleur.

So, what would I call the book? I think the original title (and the two boys' self-given nickname) is one of the book's strengths. I wouldn't change it. But, since you asked, how about "Two Heads are Better Than One."

What is the theory behind this saying: "While Emily had preserved Homer, the community had preserved Emily"?

I like this statement. It seems to sum up the whole story. Emily kept Homer's body in a pristine, though dust-covered, room. Likewise, the whole town kept Emily in a pristine state of denial. The Board of Aldermen didn't try very hard to get her to pay taxes. Sending her a notice every now and then accomplished nothing. By cleaning up her yard at night, the town people let her live in denial of the horrible smell. At least someone tried to help her by writing to her cousins about how Emily rode around town with Homer Barron. But couldn't they have said something to her? Or to him? Were they just trying to stir up some trouble to give themselves a little more to gossip about? Why didn't anybody try to get into her house when she was so sick just to see if she needed anything? I think she entertained the townspeople so much with her eccentricities that they really didn't want her to change. Even after death, she left them a lot to talk about!

What characters in "Hamlet" helped lead to Hamlet's downfall? How?I am having trouble writing an essay. I have to choose 3 characters and explain...

Hamlet is the hero in the main plot (against Claudius) and all of the subplots (against Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Laertes, etc...), but he is the villain in the subplot against Ophelia.  She is an innocent victim caught in the crossfire, so I would not choose her.

You must choose Claudius.  He sets off the entire tragedy by committing the two worst crimes imaginable: regicide and fratricide.  He also commits adultery and incest.  He tries to have Hamlet killed, and he sacrifices all of his pawns (the entire Polonius family) as he wages all-out war to protect the crown.

Polonius is rather innocent in the tragedy.  Yes, he's a gasbag, but he is not malicious against the prince.  The only way he contributes to the tragedy is by dying accidently by Hamlet's hand.  His death causes Laertes to avenge him.  Laertes would be a better choice here.

Gertrude is a major problem in the play for Hamlet.  She leads to much of his psychological confusion.  He was most angry at her before the Ghost, and when the Ghost tells Hamlet to leaver her to heaven, Hamlet represses his anger toward her.  Gertrude I don't think was complicit in the murder of her husband, but I do think she was blind to her son's suffering, and her "o'er hasty marriage" upset Hamlet more than even the murder.

What is the techniques that Hamlet used to inform his uncle that he know that he kill his father? What did Hamlet call it?Whats the moral lesson...

In Act III, scene 2, Hamlet adds 16 or so lines to the play, "The Murder of Gonzago," which the traveling players that arrived at Elsinore are planning to enact.  He makes sure that the exact method for killing his father, reported to him by the ghost, is acted out by the players for Claudius, Hamlet's uncle. It is Hamlet's hope that the play will "catch the conscience of the king" - in other words, if Claudius is truly guilty of murdering old King Hamlet by pouring poison in his ear while he slept, then seeing this scene acted out in front of him should cause some kind of a reaction in Claudius.  If he is innocent, which Hamlet highly doubts by this point, then he will not react and Hamlet will then know that the ghost was false.

As far as a moral lesson, as you mentioned in your question, perhaps it is simply that guilt will show itself, particularly when a person is confronted with the sin of which they are guilty. Claudius, despite being a treacherous, evil man, still could not handle seeing his evil actions thrown right in his face. It completely unstabilized him and the demeanor he showed to the world.

Check the links below, particularly the one about the "play-within-a-play" motif used by Shakespeare in his plays.  Good luck!

How does the film of "Hills Like White Elephants" highlight new understandings of the story?

It's been a while since I've seen the cinematic version of Hemingway's classic short story about a couple who struggle to decide to do with an unexpected pregnancy, but here is what I recall.

The musical score added both a tension and a sweetness at crucial moments, underscoring in an audible way the tangled emotions of the man and the woman.

Visually, the cinematography is beautiful.  Unlike some films that take liberties with interpretations of locales, this filmmaker uses the actual mountains and vistas of Spain.  The train, so symbolic of the passage the two must cross, the darkness and light they encounter, both emotionally and literally, is brought to life, putting the viewer/reader in the characters frames of mind even more vividly.   

Furthermore, we see their dilemma much more clearly.  The hotels, the luxury, the freedom the couple will be forced to give up should the woman decide not to have the abortion. 

Write down the memories of your childhood that you learned things from it.memories of our childhood

As a child I was very fond of dogs.  I had no fear of them and I would walk up to any dog at any time and hug it.  Two events taught me a lessons about the nature of an animal that I have ever forgotten.

 One day my grandmother and I were walking in our neighborhood.  I saw a dog and ran up to it.  I asked the lady what kid of dog it was and she told me a boxer.  Being an impudent fool I acted like I was going to punch the dog.  The dog jumped at me and bit my nose very hard.  I no longer punch dogs.

The second lesson I had to learn was regarding dogs and dinner.  Our neighbor had a huge sweet German Shepard.  One day I was playing in the yard and the lay had fed it.  The dog was eating.  I wanted to show off so I went o the dog's bowl and acted like I was going to take a bite. 

That big German Shepard tore me up.  He bit my head, face and arms.  I had 13 stitches on the top of my head.  Needless to say, if a dog is eating, I leave it alone, especially a German Shepard.

Is Faulkner's short story aptly titled "A Rose for Emily"?

I believe the title is very appropriate for the story.  From the title, readers are meant to sympathize with Emily.  She is a victim of her circumstances, and not a monster.  Although her attitude towards the town, her bizarre actions, and her act of murder would paint her in a poor light, Faulkner works hard to demonstrate that she has had an unfortunate upbringing.  He makes it clear that her father was domineering and, most likely, abusive; he also shows that the town makes little attempt to socialize with her, which keeps her isolated and lonely.

The "rose" for her is the one bit of kindness we see for Emily.  It is symbolic of her suffering and her perserverance.  It also symbolic of the sympathetic feeling of the townspeople, who are trapped by tradition in the way that they behave towards her.  The title allows readers to view the story as a personal tragedy, and not just a gothic horror.

"Passions beat about Simon on the mountain-top with awful wings." What does that mean?

Simon is one of the only boys on the island intuitive enough to recognize what was happening to the boys and their rudementary civilization.  These intuitions were the "passions," and he was best able to digest them entirely when he was alone--on a mountaintop, in the forest, on the beach.  Just as with anyone who is different or plagued with a deeper understanding or intuition (psychics, for instance), they tend to come to the bearers with mixed blessings.  They are both wonderful and terrible...gentle and awful wings. 

So, as Simon understands, he is equipped to explain to the boys what is happening.  As he understands, he becomes a threat--and he is not just the person able to educate about the beast, he becomes as feared and hated as the beast.  Before he is able to do any instruction, he is murdered on the beach and allowed to wash out to sea.

In Chapter 24 of To Kill a Mockingbird, why does Miss Maudie get so angry with Mrs. Merriweather?In the light purple paperback books this happens...

Miss Maudie is completely fed up with Mrs. Merriweather's hypocrisy.

Mrs. Merriweather takes great pride in being considered "the most devout lady in Maycomb".  At the missionary circle meeting she has just finished lamenting the plight of the Mrunas in Africa, yet, in the same breath, she speaks of the "darkies" who live her own community, and serve in her own house, with callousness and disparagement.  She believes that Negroes, the "cooks and field hands", should know their place, and says that "there is nothing more distracting than a sulky darky".  When Mrs. Merriweather makes a snide reference to Atticus' defense of Tom Robinson, self-righteously concluding that "all (he) did was stir 'em up",  and complains about Sophie, her cook, declaring that the only reason she keeps her on is because "she needs her dollar and a quarter a week", Miss Maudie has had enough.  She points out that the Merriweathers have no trouble eating the food Sophie prepares for them, sharply retorting that Mr. Merriweather's "food doesn't stick going down, does it?" (Chapter 24).

Please interpret: "Away, and mock the time with fairest show: False face must hide what the false heart doth know" (1.7.94-95).How can I...

This quote pertains to the theme that appearances do not necessarily carry the truth, that they can in fact cover, or hide, the truth, or the reality of a situation. Macbeth says this to his wife after she finally convinces him to murder Duncan (1.7.94-95).  In paraphrasing these lines, we understand that Macbeth tells his wife to pretend that all is well, and in this way deceive (or mock) the real situation (the time).  She must look as if she is happy and a good hostess (false face) even though they both know in their hearts that they are liars and murderers (false heart must know). The theme of appearance vs reality presents itself through the way in which the witches equivocate information, giving Macbeth enough to tempt him to commit murder but not enough to warn him of the results, and we see it, too, when Macbeth imagines he sees a dagger in front of him before he kills Duncan.  He calls it “a dagger of the mind, a false creation / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain (2.1.50-51), meaning he is imagining it out of his anxiety over the deed he is about to commit. As for showing this symbolically, you could create a mask that shows a happy expression, putting it over your own face, which you would show to look mean. Similarly, you could create a puppet with a monstrous face, then make a mask for it to make it look like an angel.

How were Stephen Crane and Henry James writtings affected by the socio-political environment of the period as reflected in their literary...

Stephen Crane and Henry James wrote some of earliest realistic literature.  As opposed to the Romantic era, they did not try to glorify any particular part of life or of human being.  Instead, they sought to portray the darker sides of society, to show how the traditions of the social classes and the changing economy was affecting the average person.

Because the equality and position of women was being more closely studied, both authors presented heroines that struggle due to economic and social restraints.  For example, Crane's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets demonstrates the inability of women to rise above their station.  Unlike men, they had few employment opportunities and were at the mercy of others.  Also, as shown in Maggie, women were subject to more disadvantage from social approval.  To be considered "unladylike" was to prevent any possible assistance.  James shows this as well, particularly in Daisy Miller.  In this novel, the herione becomes the center of gossip and loses influence because her behavior has defied tradition. 

Industrialization had an impact on the mood of their writings as well.  While this movement brought economic security for many, it tore families and tradition apart.  When once families stayed together and lived in small circles, the movement to the cities was creating friction and diversity.  Conditions there were harsh, promoting both isolation.

How can I discuss Tom's and Huck's physical, personality, ethical, and emotional traits in eight paragraphs?

If you are required to write an 8-paragraph essay on these two characters, I would suggest the following format:

1st paragraph - introduction with thesis statement

2nd paragraph - Tom's physical traits

3rd paragraph - Tom's personality/ethics

4th paragraph - Huck's physical traits

5th paragraph - Huck's personality/ethics

6th paragraph - Compare & contrast Tom and Huck physically

7th paragraph - Compare & contrast Tom and Huck ethically/personalities

8th paragraph - conclusion

Of course this is not a "set in stone" way of writing an essay, but it would give you a good framework to begin with.  Also remember that it is very important to use properly quoted examples from the book to support what you are saying about these characters.

Check the links below for more information about Tom and Huck.  Good luck!

What is the reason Rosaline will have nothing to do with Romeo?

As a teacher, I always require my students to be able to defend what they think with evidence from the text. Her is exactly the discussion between Romeo and Benvolio:

ROMEO 
Well, in that hit you miss: she'll not be hit
With Cupid's arrow; she hath Dian's wit;
And, in strong proof of chastity well arm'd,
From love's weak childish bow she lives unharm'd.
She will not stay the siege of loving terms,
Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes,
Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold:
O, she is rich in beauty, only poor,
That when she dies with beauty dies her store.

BENVOLIO 
Then she hath sworn that she will still live chaste?

ROMEO 
She hath, and in that sparing makes huge waste,
For beauty starved with her severity
Cuts beauty off from all posterity.

We can only know for sure what Rosaline has said to him and what he then reports to Benvolio. Think about how teenagers operate too. The story becomes more dramatic from teen to teen for gossip's sake. Romeo's explanation grows whether he's just that infatuated, or whether he's defending his inability to convince her, or whether he's a gossip. The repetition of ideas makes me think he's infatuated. Also, when it comes to issues of sex (and chastity is an issue of sex being the choice not to get involved) Shakespeare loves to color it with language. So whether it's Romeo's character, Rosaline's lie and rejection or Shakespeare's craft we'll never know because we can't ask.

Take some time to think about the lines above and what they might be saying.

What does the tree house or the gun that Atticus uses to kill the mad dog symbolize in to Kill a Mockingbird?

The gun that Atticus uses symbolizes his masculinity to the children, Jem in particular, for up until this point they considered their father "old" and not like other fathers in the town. Thus, they are impressed when they discover he knows how to use it, but does so only when necessary for he gave up hunting long ago. We also learn later in the story (Chapter 21), after Atticus loses in the trial, that it represents the law, with the mad dog representing racism.  We see this when Scout says, "it was like watching Atticus walk into the street, raise a rifle to his shoulder and pull the trigger, but watching all the time knowing that the gun was empty."

In The Merchant of Venice, why do the two princes, Morocco and Aragon, unlock the caskets they choose, but Bassanio gets to open his without a key?

The text does indicate that keys are used by Morocco and Aragon to open the first two caskets, and that Bassanio is able to simply open the lead casket without a key.  I would assume that this is Shakespeare's way of letting his audience know that Bassanio has chosen correctly and that there is now no impediment to his having Portia (as if the audience hasn't already figured this out by now!).  Perhaps the keys are symbolic of the fact that she is still locked away from the men who choose the gold and silver caskets.

A director, though, could choose to have this done any way he or she wants.  I believe the film version with Al Pacino as Shylock has three keys and Bassanio also has to use a key to unlock the lead casket.

Why does Tom refer to the gentleman caller as the most realistic character in The Glass Menagerie?

Given the problems with his sister, his mother, and himself, Tom's opinion that Jim is the most realistic character makes sense. Their hold on reality is so tenuous that in comparison any other human being would seem "realistic" indeed. He does have a normal job, normal aspirations. He has dreams that were unfulfilled, but he still pursues life. He is kind to Laura, and for that Tom is grateful, and he treats her as if she is a normal person. Perhaps there Jim shows his own lack of realism because in fact Laura is deeply troubled, partly because of her disability but more importantly by her immersion in her dream world and fear of everyday life.

Where does Jane Gallagher live in The Catcher in the Rye?I know Jane Gallagher lived next door to Holden at one time, but what city and/or town was...

You have a good memory. Holden Caulfield did live in New York and was particularly fond of Greenwich Village. Holden met Jane Gallagher when their families were on summer vacation in Maine. The first meeting between the friends took place in 1948. Salinger used memories from his own childhood when he spent summer vacations in Maine with his family.

Later Holden went to Pencey and Jane went to Shipley. Note that Salinger originally stated that Jane went to B.M. but then changed it except for one place in the text.

Even though Jane and Holden go their separate ways, Jane continues to have a profound and lasting effect on Holden which often causes him to alter his behavior.

What does this book reveal about mans inhumanity to man?

Inhumanity is the lack of compassion or consideration for others so this Night reveals an entire world of man's inhumanity toward man. This book demonstrates how powerful a few people and one idea can be. Hitler set out to destroy a race of people and was almost successful in doing so. He convinced an army to hate the same way that he hated and so the Jews during WWII were treated like animals. They were stripped of their belongings, clothes, and dignity. They were tortured, murdered, and desecrated. Elie's account of his experience gave us a vivid window into the experiences of the Jews in the camps and the soldiers showed nothing resembling compassion or consideration for any of the people in these camps.

Explain how “toadies and humbugs" applies to the Pockets in Great Expectations.

First of all, this does not describe to all of the Pockets.  It does not apply to Matthew and Herbert.

The rest of the family (these are Miss Havisham's relatives) are described with these words in Chapter 11.  This is because they are all fakes and what we would call "suck-ups" -- people who will flatter someone when they hope to get something from that person.

All the Pockets do is hang around Miss Havisham, hoping to get her money when she dies. They will act like toadies because they hope to get something from her.  They are humbugs because they are trying to fool her into thinking they care about her.

What are some of the main characteristics of Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Because he has spent most of his life as a recluse, Boo is a mystery to others. Thus, he acts as something as a foil in the novel--each character reveals something of him or herself in what they see in him. Atticus, true to character, reserves judgement and refuses to comment about or condemn Boo.The gossips in the town, on the other hand, see him as dangerous, for he is unknown to them and unpredictable. But Boo is far from a danger. He is childlike--he laughs at the children. He is caring--he fixes Jem's pants and puts a blanket around Scout's shoulders during the fire. And he is protective over those he loves: he risks everything--life and freedom--to save Jem.

How does Kira dye the string in Gathering Blue, and what does she use to dye them?

All the dyes were natural based on the vegetation grown there. Our ancestors used the same process. Certain plants like onions produce a yellow color when they are boiled. The string would be dipped in the boiled water. To turn it to the desired shade, the amount of time it was left in darkened the shade. Indigo was the plant used to achieve the color blue. The book lists some of the plants Annabella raises and will teach Kira how to use. Ex. madder and bedstraw-red; tansy, greenwood-yellow;yarrow-yellow and gold; hollyhocks-mauve;broom sedge-yellow and brown; St John's wort-brown; chamomile-green; woad-blue. These are all real plants but not all grow in the same area.

In The Great Gatsby, why might Daisy choose to remain with Tom instead of leaving him for Gatsby ?

In The Great Gatsby, Daisy stays with Tom because, in her words, Gatsby asks too much. 

Gatsby demands that Daisy tell Tom that she never loved him, that all the time she was married to Tom she really loved Gatsby.  She loved Gatsby five years before, she admits, and she loves him now (the present in the text), but Gatsby insists that she loved him at all times in between.  When Tom reminds her of some of the good times they had together early in their marriage, she refuses to say that she never loved Tom.  That's when she tells Gatsby that he asks too much.

Gatsby's illusion is that he and Daisy have a special, poignant relationship.  His illusion could stay intact if Daisy married Tom for a reason besides love: for financial security, for instance.  But if she married Tom for love, or just loved him at all and at any point, his illusion would be destroyed. 

He insists on the truth of his illusion, but his illusion is not true, and Daisy refuses to say that it is. 

In All Quiet on the Western Front why does the author have Paul die?not too long pls

In my opinion, the author has Paul die because that helps him to make his point about the effects of war.

As we have seen in Paul's thoughts, he feels that the war will destroy his whole generation.  He does not mean this literally -- he doesn't think they will all die.  But he thinks they will all be destroyed emotionally and spiritually.

Because the author felt this way, he has Paul and all his friends die.  He is symbolizing the idea that the war has figuratively killed the entire generation.

How is Oedipus the King related to Greek culture?

Socrates's play Oedipus Rex is reflective of Greek culture in several ways:

1.  The character of Oedipus himself is made tragic by his hubris, or excessive pride.  In the Greek culture, such arrogance was definitely frowned upon.  The Oedipus Triology clearly examine the faultiness of pride.

2.  In the time of the Greeks, people struggled with the idea of fate vs. freedom of choice.  Because of the controversy that this issue caused, plays dealt with it as a theme to purport an opinion on whether the gods chose a way for people or there was actually such a thing as human decision.

3.  Unlike other pagan cultures, the ancient Greeks did believe in an afterlife.  Oedipus Rex, followed by Oedipus at Colonus demonstrate this belief as Oedipus the king, blinds himself out of guilt for his pride; then, while he is at Colonus, he knows that his suffering has conferred special spiritual benefits, and his dead body will confer benefits on the land in which it lies.

4.  The seer played an important role in the life of the Greeks.  Many seers were highly paid, educated members of the elite who were consulted in the areas of daily life, political decisions, and military campaigns since the Greeks wished to maintain a positive relationship with the gods and not tempt the fates.  Their belief in an afterlife also encouraged their reliance upon the seers.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, why does Jem destroy Mrs. Dubose's camellia bushes?

Mrs. Dubose is old and infirm, and has long been considered by the children to be "the meanest old woman who ever lived" (Chapter 4).  She regularly shouts abuse at Jem and Scout when they pass by her house, criticizing their appearance and speech, lamenting the death of the children's mother, and attacking the way Atticus is raising them in her place. Atticus counsels Jem especially to make allowances for the old lady's illness and not to react to her behavior, but when Mrs. Dubose vilifies Atticus for defending Tom Robinson, a Negro, screaming, "Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for" (Chapter 11), Jem can contain himself no longer. He destroys the old lady's camelias in retaliation for her meanness.

Why did Hitler die?well i im writing a story to impress my teacher because she loves history and i im tring to get on her good side because...

Another reason I believe Hitler ordered the SS to kill him was that the Germany he envisioned, the Third Reich, was dead in ruins around him, Hitler himself having been locked in an underground bunker for weeks.  For a fanatic like him, truly, what was there left to live for?

Hitler had also ordered his army and SS to hold out in Berlin until the last man, and most likely felt it was only right that he himself should sacrifice his life in the end, though one could say it was in a cowardly way.

In The Scarlet Letter, why does Hester choose to move back to a community that condemns her?

It's also possible that leaving would deny Hester the opportunity to be near Dimmesdale, whether for her own benefit (and she clearly cares for him, asking at the end of the book whether she and Dimmesdale will be together in the afterlife) or for Pearl.

Dave Becker

Is it fear that motivates Macbeth to kill Duncan?I am having trouble with this question, as I believe that Macbeth's ambition motivated him to...

I think you are right. It is more an issue of ambition than fear. Macbeth wants to be king and the witches have suggested that this desire could become reality. When Macbeth is named Thane of Cawdor, he believes he is on the way to becoming king - only to have the king announce that his son Malcolm will be next in line for the throne.

At that point, Macbeth decides he will kill the king - but then he waivers, recognizing the virutes of Duncan. It takes the further prodding by Lady Macbeth to actually get him to act.

Macbeth really has no reason to fear Duncan. Duncan is a notoriously poor judge of character (remember how he had put his "absolute trust" in the former Thane of Cawdor?) Duncan has rewarded Macbeth and honored him. There is no indication that Duncan has anything but the highest admiration for Macbeth.

(Remember, sometimes the answer to a question can be "no.")

Does George have an obligation to take care of Lennie? What is the price George pays for this?The story of George and Lennie lends itself to issues...

George got as much from his relationship with Lennie as Lennie did. Yes, Lennie got into trouble, and George would always tell Lennie when he got angry at him that he'd be better off without him. George could have abandoned Lennie at any time, but he didn't because he did feel it was his responsibility to take care of Lennie after Lennie's aunt died. I think it was more than guilt that George took care of Lennie. Eventually, George had become Lennie's parent, and no parent leaves his child just because the child has been bad. Also, it was only because George repeated the story over and over for Lennie that George came to believe that maybe they could actually achieve the American Dream of having their own piece of land. I don't believe George saw Lennie as a burden or felt he was paying too high a price. At the end of the day, George and Lennie had each other.

As far as your question regarding our obligation to take care of a fellow man, I'm not sure this novel does lend itself to the question of "Am I my brother's keeper?" I'm going to take this question to the discussion board, and I'd love for you to join us there to discuss this issue. You'll get a more varied, detailed response to this enigmatic question from a group of intelligent, enlightened people (well, we're teachers anyway)!

What are 5 examples of personification about tennis I could use??

Personification means to give nonhuman objects human-like characteristics. Regarding tennis, the easiest object to give human qualities seems to be the tennis ball. Since the ball is moving at a fast place in a straight line, you can give it verbs such as "leaped" or "bounded" (especially since it has to fly over the net). If the hit was weak, you could describe the ball as "shuffling tiredly toward the opponent's feet" for example. In this case, you are reflecting the human ability to feel tired onto the ball. If the ball hits the net, you can say that the net "seized" or "snatched" the ball, preventing it from crossing to the opponent's end of the court.

Of course, you can also use personification in different parts of the game. When describing the moment of contact between the racket and the ball, you can discuss how the racket "slapped" or "smacked" the ball and how the individual wires on the racket "trembled of fear" from the ferocity of the hit.

Does The Great Gatsby have villains and heroes?Why,why not?if yes,who fits into these categories and why?

The Great Gatsby is sophisticated, mature fiction that reveals issues and ideas that concern human existence.  As such, it doesn't really deal with simplistic, easily labeled, good and bad guys.  People in the novel are, for the most part, mixtures of good and evil like actual people are.

Gatsby, for instance, loves like every human being would like to be loved.  Gatsby is probably the happiest, and certainly the most goal-oriented person in the novel.  He is relentless in his loyalty and dedication to Daisy.  Yet, he's also a fool.  He's naive, and dedicates his life to recapturing a relationship that never really was.  His business practices are also questionable.  We don't get many details, but he is partners with the man who fixed the World Series.

The second major player in the novel, Daisy, is multi-faceted, too.  She appears at different times to be cynical, sarcastic, naive, greedy, innocent, dangerous, and harmless.  She marries Tom for money, but she is a female in a patriarchal society--what other choices does she have? 

None of these people are perfect, but they're not villains, either.

If there is a villain, it's Tom.  One might have trouble coming up with redeemable characteristics that Tom possesses.  He's ignorant, closed-minded, abusive, dominating, and hypocritical.  Yet, even Tom has a tender side.  When he mentions some good times he and Daisy had earlier in their marriage, he seems genuine, as well as honestly hurt that Daisy might leave. 

Trace the devlopment of Shakespearean criticism.

Hrold Bloom, one of the great critics of Shakespeare's works, writes in Shakespeare:  The Invention of the Human that the more one reads and ponders the plays of Shakespeare, the more "one realizes that the accurate stance toward them is one of awe."  Bloom sought to extend a "tradition of interpretation" that includes Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, A.C. Bradley and Harold Goddard, who are now "out of fashion." Contending that what matters most in Shakespeare is shared

by him more with Chaucer and with Dostoevsky than with his contemporaries Marlowe and Ben Jonson

Bloom certainly takes a different perspective on Shakespeare from Thomas Carlyle, the once respected Victorian critic.  In learning, intellect, and personality, Bloom feels Samuel Johnson is "first among all Wesern literary critics."  Johnson praised Shakespeare for his "invention," meaning that Shakespeare teaches his readers to understand human nature.

Another aspect of Shakespeare's writings that has been given much attention is its certain universalism, but this, too, has gone out of fashion.  Hamlet was Freud's mentor, Bloom also contends, as such theories as "primal ambivalence" popularized by Sigmund Freud "remain central to Shakespeare."  Literary movements such as Romanticism and Modernism have also contributed to the criticism of the works of Shakespeare.

In what context does the expression "death of a salesman" (81) occur in the play?

Willy is describing his idea of the ultimate salesman. The salesman's name was Dave Singleman. Like the name "Willy Loman," "Dave Singleman" is not just a man's name. Although salesmen, as Willy will later be told by his son, Biff, are a "dime a dozen," Willy believes great salesmen can all be like Dave. But what Willy doesn't see is that Dave is a Singleman, a single man; there are really no other salesman like him. The implication is that to aspire to be like Dave, to dream that he could one day be like this lone master saleman, is futile. Here's Willy, talking to Howard, the son of Willy's first boss:

WILLY: Oh, yeah, my father lived many years in Alaska. He wasan adventurous man. We’ve got quite a little streak of selfreliance in our family. I thought I’d go out with my older brother and try to locate him, and maybe settle in the North with the old man. And I was almost decided to go, when I met a salesman in the Parker House. His name was Dave Singleman. And he was eighty-four years old, and he’d drummed merchandise in thirty-one states. And old Dave, he’d go up to hisroom, y’understand, put on his green velvet slippers — I’ll never forget — and pick up his phone and call the buyers, and without ever leaving his room, at the age of eighty-four, he made his living. And when I saw that, I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want. ‘Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped by so many different people? Do you know? When he died — and by the way he died the death of a salesman, in his green velvet slippers in the smoker of the New York, New Haven and Hartford, going into Boston — when he died, hundreds of salesmen and buyers were at his funeral. Things were sad on a lotta trains for months after that. (He stands up. Howard has not looked at him.) In those days there was personality in it, Howard. There was respect, and comradeship, and gratitude in it. Today, it’s all cut and dried, and there’s no chance for bringing friendship to bear — or personality. You see what I mean? They don’t know me any more.

Ironically, Willy also dies in a means of transportation, but it is not while riding leisurely in a train with his slippers on... no, it is in his own car with his well-worn shoes pressing down hard on the gas pedal.

What page is it where Mildred says she doesn't remember where she met Montag? What page number is the qoute that Mildred makes regarding...

This section of the novel comes in the first part, "The Hearth and the Salamander" and comes at a crucial time in the novel straight after Montag has witnessed a woman's act of suicide rather than facing life without her books. This of course taps into Montag's own awakening sense of emptiness and lack of sense of purpose, and when he gets back to his house he finds himself looking at his wife and questioning their relationship:

And suddenly she was so strange he couldn't believe he knew her st all. He wa sin someone else's house, like those other jokes people told of the gentleman, drunk, coming home late at night, unlocking the wrong door, entering a wrong room, and bedding with a stranger and getting up early and going to work and neither of them the wiser.

This quote and the part you are referring to comes on page 42-43 in my edition of the novel, but the important thing to focus on is how this highlights the growing impression of dislocation in this dystopian society. Dislocation not just from history and literature, but also within relationships - the society encourages and facilitates superficial relationships with no meaning, and no value. This is what Montag is realising as he contemplates his own emptiness.

Why does Eddie go to Angel's house in Buried Onions? What are the results?

Eddie goes to Angel's house because he now believes that Angel killed his cousin Jesus. Although Angel had been with Jesus when he died, Eddie had not suspected him at first. Over time, however, rumors and a realization of the depth of Angel's depravity have convinced Eddie that Angel had committed the ultimate betrayal and killed Jesus, whom he had called his carnal, or blood brother. Once Eddie believes that Angel is Jesus's killer, he works himself into a rage and goes to Angel's house to exact revenge. The two get into a prolonged and bloody fight, and though both sustain a number of painful wounds, neither is the victor. The fight ends when Eddie, realizing the futility of it all, enlists in the Navy so as to distance himself from an environment which is deadly for him.

I think it can also be argued that Eddie also went to Angel's house in order to take charge of his own destiny. As Eddie had been becoming more convinced about just how ruthless Angel really was, he became paranoid in a sense, living in fear of the plots he suspected Angel was hatching to get him. Just prior to going to Angel's house, Eddie had run into Belinda, the wife of a cholo who was in prison. Angel had appeared in an alley behind Belinda, and Eddie had imagined that Angel had arranged for Belinda to detain Eddie so that he could shoot him. Eddie had been trying to avoid Angel for awhile, and I think perhaps he was just getting tired of it. By confronting Angel once and for all, it is possible that Eddie hoped he could rid himself of the need to be watchful all the time. Sadly, escaping from the pitfalls that lie before him at every turn is not so easy, and Eddie enlists in the Navy because it is the only avenue that offers him even a chance to have a normal life.

When George finds Lennie, what does Lennie expect him to do? How does George respond?

I assume that you are talking about the part right at the end of the book.  This is where Lennie has gone back to that place by the river after he has killed Curley's wife.

Lennie expects that George will give him hell.  He asks George if George is not going to do it.

George says that he will not, but Lennie really wants him to.  So George goes with his usual spiel about how much better his life would be without Lennie around, but his heart isn't in it because he knows he has to kill Lennie.

In the Wife of Bath what is the nature of courtly love?

Although love has always existed, the rules of love continue to change throughout time. In the Middle Ages, the world became infatuated with love. Courtly love governed relationships, dictating exactly how love should  be executed. This ideology transformed literature, creating a new genre devoted to valiant knights embarking on heroic quests in order to earn the love a gorgeous woman. Realistically though, not everyone in the Middle Ages was an esteemed knight or even a beautiful girl so Geoffrey Chaucer explores a world in which the rules of love are often broken and Chaucer satirizes the rules of courtly love in "The Wife of Bath's Tale.

The Wife of Bath's Prologue is an example of the genre known as a literary confession (or "apology"), a first-person narrative in which a character explains his or her character and motivation.  Note that despite the ordinary connotations of these terms, this literary genre implies neither guilt nor regret on the part of the speaker, who seeks to explain and justify his or her behaviour

The church teaching is that marriage is a sacrament which confers a particular kind of grace on its participants unless the adult does not intend to do what the church does or has mortally sinned. The Wife of Bath’s arguments for serial remarriage are theologically sound, but her accounts of her marriages also indicate an unwillingness to submit to divine will, resulting in "sin, gracelessness, and loss of charity" (54). She also refuses to unite her will with any one of her spouses, focusing instead on benefiting herself. Such self-focus signifies a sinner, and her persistence in this sin makes her progressively less likely to receive grace in the sacrament of marriage. In the Wife of Bath's Tale, the moment when the young knight agrees to let the old hag choose her form herself is the moment when the sacrament of their marriage gives grace to the knight. When the hag then chooses to submit to the knight, she makes the marriage mutual, thereby achieving charity. The Wife, however, will never achieve such charity or the accompanying correction of her ways because she will never submit to a husband in accordance with the sacrament

Give Atticus's interpretation of recent events in Chapter 23?

In regards to the trial, Atticus explains that no matter how ridiculous Bob and Mayella appeared on the stand, a white man's word will always outweigh a black man's word.  However, knowing that Mr. Cunningham wanted to acquit Tom, Atticus feels that times are slowly changing, and has hopes that in the appeals courts, away from town and the influence of knowing your neighbors, Tom stands a chance of being released.

In regards to Bob Ewell's outburst, Atticus again explains that it is necessary to step into another man's shoes.  He understands that he made Ewell look like a fool on the stand, and that Ewell needs to regain his self-esteem.  Spitting on Atticus was his revenge, and allowed him to regain the upper hand.

Unfortunately, Atticus underestimates the depth of Ewell's anger towards him, as readers later discover.

What is the author is trying to tell her readers in The Giver?

I believe that Lowry is attempting to emphasize to her readers the importance of dealing with issues in life and the importance of memories. Events shape our lives, both the good and the bad. In order to experience a balanced existence, one needs to have experienced both hurt and happiness. In The Giver, the idea of a perfect world is that no one should know pain, lonliness, sickness, or any feelings that resemble anything less than an idyllic life. Thinking about my own life, for example, I can't imagine that I could possibly appreciate the happy events in my life--family, friends, loved ones, births--without the opposite--loneliness, loss, and death--to compare these events to. Many people bemoan sad or tragic events in their lives, and I believe that Lowry's point in this book is to allow the reader a glimpse into a perfect or idyllic world to see that many times appearances can be misleading, and not everything is as it seems. In other words, hard times are necessary in order for us to appreciate good times. I believe that this is her reason for for sending Jonas on his quest at the end of the novel, he is in search of a real life, with both the good and the bad.

Explain how bacterial gene expression is controlled?

Gene expression includes all kinds of life. This includes eukaryotes, prokaryotes, and viruses. Basically the gene makes a product (protein) except for in viruses because they do not have DNA but have RNA so the process is a bit different.

The protein that is made has a specific function to perform within the body, or whatever living organism we are talking about. Here is would be in bacteria. This is basically how it is controlled. The gene knows what it needs to do and what what function it needs to perform, and makes the protein necessary to make that function happen. It makes the organism more adaptable and able to change in order to survive.

Gene regulation was first discovered in E.coli

The link below has a very easy to understand way of explaining gene expression. It is hard to understand and is incredibly complex.

Did Chaucer approve or disapprove of the character the Miller based on his/her description.Explain why.

In the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the author draws almost the full gamut of human weaknesses and frailties based upon our understanding of the seven deadly sins. For some characters, such as The Wife Of Bath, he allows a little tolerance it seems - but not for the poor old miller! In the Miller's Tale, Chaucer deliberately sets out to describe the crook in almost bestial terms, to demean him. One possible reason for this could be that in Chaucerian times , millers were often mistrusted, almost to the point where being a miller became synonymous with being a cheat or swindler. Everyone was dependent on millers for basic bread and grain, so they weren't easily forgiven!!

In the poem "In Flanders Field" by John McCrae, what can be seen and what images or sounds can help us understand the poem?It's a poem by John...

One of the first poems that were affected by the theme of wars is "In Flanders Fields" by John MacRae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

'Flanders is a region of Europe covering neighboring parts of Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Its chief cities are Ghent and Bruges, and its inhabitants have their own language, Flemish, as well as either French or Dutch. Fierce battles were fought on this territory - much of it farmland - in the First World War, including the three battles of Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) in which many thousands died.

John McRae's commanding officer records that 'this poem was born of fire and blood during the hottest phase of the second battle of Ypres'. This battle began on April 22 1915 and lasted 17 days. Total casualties have been estimated at 100,000 on either side. Half the Canadian brigade to which John McRae was attached were killed. Shortly afterwards a profoundly weary McRae was posted away from the front line, to a hospital in Boulogne. Friends were worried by the change in him. He worked at the hospital until January 1918, and was about to take up a post with the British army. But he fell ill with double pneumonia and meningitis, and died on January 28.

At this poem the poet reveals that the poem is not a simple expression. What he has written is a dramatic speech spoken by the voices of 'the Dead'  soldiers buried in a war cemetery behind the front line. The Dead's memories are of sunrise and sunset, love and friendship, not of their violent and terrible deaths   nor of the killings they had committed before they died. Yet it is killing they have in mind.

Nowadays the last stanza is often left out, because of its violence. The Dead want their deaths to be justified by the war: "more men must kill and die" . Without this, the Dead  'shall not sleep'  and that 'shall' has the force of a judgment.

What is an atom? Please explain.

Atom is the smallest particle, characterizing a chemical element, namely the smallest particle of a substance, which by ordinary chemical processes cannot be fragmented into other simpler particles.

The atom consists of a cloud of electrons which are surrounding a dense atomic nucleus. The nucleus contains  electrical charges,positively charged, called protons, and neutral electrical charges,called neutrons, being surrounded by the negatively charged electronic cloud.

When the number of electrons and protons is equal, then the atom is electrically neutral, if this thing is not happening, then the atom becomes an ion that can have positive or negative charge. Atom is classified by the number of protons and neutrons: the number of protons determines the atomic number (Z) and the number of neutrons determines the isotopes of that element.

The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake : can you please explain each line in the poem and what are the ironies and imageries and symbols in the poem

In your question about Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" you ask for a bit more than we can answer in one answer (suggested length 90 words), but I'll give some information that will help you make sense of the poem.

First, I'm assuming you're studying the poem from Blake's Songs of Innocence rather than the poem from Songs of Experience of the same name, so I'll answer your question about that poem.

In short, the first stanza gives the young boy's history (the speaker's history).  The details are an accurate depiction of how boys were sold into virtual slavery to become chimney sweepers in Blake's time.  Some sweeps were orphans and some were sold by parents who couldn't afford to raise them.  The "occupation" usually led to an early death from inhaling soot.

The speaker then tells the story of another sweep, Tom Dacre, who cries when his hair is cut, which was the usual practice to keep soot from getting into a sweep's hair. 

The speaker tells Tom not to worry because cutting his hair will keep the soot out--in other words, he gives him a rationale.  But the point is really that he is taking the point of view of the exploiting adults in the situation and the point of view of society.  The speaker is essentially telling Tom that "It's for your own good." 

The remainder of the poem presents society's view, and the church's point of view, suggests Blake, that Tom should not worry about the abuses he suffers now, because he will be rescued when he goes to heaven.  The speaker and Tom are naive and they buy into the line of thought that justifies their suffering of abuses.

In the poem, then, two sweeps adjust to their situation by looking forward to their future rewards.  The reader is left to infer that they are being naive by buying into a line of thought that justifies their being abused.  There is no irony on the part of the speaker because he isn't aware that he's being naive.

Concerning symbols and imagery, Tom's hair is "curled like a lambs back":  innocent, pure.  This simile, image and symbol establishes the innocence of young boys made to be sweeps, and points forward to their naivete.

The black coffins represent the chimneys and the black bodies of soot-covered sweeps.   

By the way, in the second poem of the same name, the chimney sweeper, though also a child, is more aware of the issues involved and is not so naive.  Though still a child, he understands how sweeps are being abused. 

Why is Casca frightened as scene 3 of Act I opens?William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

In Act I, Scene Three, of Julius Caesar, thunder and lightning begin the night before the Ides of March.  With his sword drawn, a frightened Casca tells Cicero that either the gods are preparing for a civil war, or they are readying themselves to destroy Rome:

O Cicero,/I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds/Have rived he knotty oaks, and I have seen/Th'ambitious ocean swell and rage and foan,/To be exalted with the threat'ning clouds;/But never till tonight, never till now,.../Either there is a civil strife in heaven,/Or else the world, too saucy with the gods,/Incenses them to send destruction. (I,iii,3-13)

Casca further tells Cicero that he has witnessed unusual sights, such a slave going through the streets with his left hand held high,

which did flame and burn/Like twenty torches joined, and yet his hand,/Not sensible of fire, remained unscorched. (I,iii,15-17)

Then, he says that he saw a lion near the Capitol, but it merely growled at him as he passed.  Huddled together were several pale women who claimed to have seen men afire.  All these things, Casca feels, are bad omens.

Cassius, on the other hand, is not intimidated by the storm, and boldly tells Casca that he has been daring the lightning to strike him.  Aghast Casca asks Cassius why he has tempted the "heavens" when the "mighty gods" have sent the foreboding symbols that they have.  Insulting Casca's intelligence, Cassius tells him, "You are dull, Casca, and those sparks of life/That should be in a Roman you do want" (I,iii,57-58). 

What advice did John Thornton give to Hal and Charles? Why?

When Hal and Charles and Mercedes show up at John Thornton's camp on the White River, he gives them a warning.  He tells them that they really should lay over instead of trying to continue on down the river.  Thornton tells them the ice is no longer strong enough to risk sledding on it.

Hal and Charles, of course, do not listen and they push their team onwards.  Unfortunately for them, Thornton was right and they and their dog team drop in to the water and die.

Luckily for Buck, Thornton has taken him from Hal and Charles because he could not stand the way the men were treating Buck.

Where was Mollie during the battle?

Mollie is the "foolish, pretty white mare" who drew Mr. Jones' trap and wore red ribbons in her mane. She's an animal very much concerned with creature comforts, whose first question to Snowball after the rebellion is whether she will still have sugar to eat. (She's told no.) Because she loves her material comforts, including sleeping in, Mollie can be a bit of shirker when it comes to pulling her weight on the farm. 

After their victory in the Battle of the Cowshed, the animals are greatly alarmed when they can't find Mollie, fearing the men have harmed her or taken her away. True to form, however, during the battle, Mollie, frightened at the first sound of gunshot, runs off and hides in a stall, where the other animals find her "with her head buried in the hay of a manger."

Not long afterwards, Mollie runs away to rejoin her master and pull a cart. She represents the person (or animal) with a bourgeois mindset caught in a revolution she doesn't understand and doesn't feel she benefits from. 

How are a solution a suspension and an emulsions different? How are they the same?Please Help :)

A solution is a mixture of two or more substances that cannot be separated by alteration process. Many solution include liquid but all of them need not. The solutions can be in solid, liquid, or gaseous form.

Liquid solutions are formed when one or more liquids or solids are dissolved in another liquid. Freezing of such a liquid solution will result in formation of solid solution. Gaseous solutions result from mixture of gases.

Suspension is a mixture of a solid in a liquid or a gas such that the particles of solids in the suspension separate from the liquid or the gas slowly. Some common examples of suspension are smoke, dust particles, and fog in atmospheric air, and milk. When a beam of light is shone through a suspension, its path becomes clearly visible because the solid particles in the suspension reflect and scatter light. This does not happen in solution as dissolved solid particles are too small to scatter light. Also a suspension can be separated into its component parts by alteration.

Emulsion is a preparation of one liquid evenly distributed in another. The technical term used is "one liquid dispersed in another". when two liquids are such that they do not form a solution but tiny drops of one liquid remain suspended in the other liquid. The diameter of the drops of the suspended liquid is usually less than 20 micrometer and can be as small as 1/10 of a micrometer.

Emulsions can be regarded as suspension of liquids in liquids. Just like suspensions, emulsions are not stable. The stability of emulsions can be increased by adding substances known as emulsifying agents to the emulsion.

Compare somatic and gametic mutations. What is the difference of that?not too long pls

In general somatic mutations, also known as acquired mutations, can occur in any cell of the body as long as it takes place after conception and is not destined to become a germ cell.  This is because the mutations are not possible in germ cells, which are also known as the sperm and the egg.  Thus the mutation is not inheritable.   Some examples of somatic mutations are:

• When someone is exposed to too much sun and develops cancer


• Smoking cigarettes and developing lung cancer.


• Mesothelioma

Gametic mutations, on the other hand, are mutations that occur in germline cells (sperm and egg).  Due to this, the mutations are able to be passed on from one generation to another.  One of the most famous gametic mutations is hemophilia.

in chapter 9,how does Jack propose to rule without the conch?

Jack proposes that him and his hunters will provide food to everyone in the tribe. Jack tries to persuade the boys to join his pride by bribing them with meat and telling them that his tribe is "fun". Jack asks the boys, "Who'll join my tribe and have fun?" (Golding 150).

How is Dill a free man?Three examples, please.

Dill's lack of any real stable home life makes him a "free man." Because he is shipped around to different relatives at different times of the year, he is an exception to the average child in the nuclear family model of the 1930s: Mom, Dad, and kids all living under one roof. Scout and Jem are also being brought up in a non-traditional home at this time, but their existence is one that is both structured and stable, unlike Dill Harris's life of chaos, turmoil, and constant transition. While Dill would like for people to believe that he sees himself as a "free man," in all truth he would like nothing better than to be in a reliable and comfortable home like the Finches'.

How would you compare the characters of John Proctor and Rev Parris in The Crucible?Are both characters affected by jealousy, reputation and...

This is a great question because one has an upstanding character (Proctor) wherein the other really should have the stronger character (Parris).

Both are affected by jealousy but differently. Abigail is jealous of Elizabeth, Proctor's wife. Abigail would like to be with Proctor, so he is the instrument of her jealousy. Parris, on the other hand, suffers from comparison to other ministers and would like to be presented well in the eyes of the people, which leads to reputation.

Parris has a complex, from prior to the story to the end, he feels like people are always blaming him. I think the reason he works so hard to help the magistrates is because he doesn't want to be accused of witchcraft himself. His defense of what happened to his daughter and the salary he thinks he deserves contributes to this.

Proctor is worried about his reputation afore God... Parris should be but he cares about people's thoughts. Proctor doesn't.

Proctor is not resentful, Parris is. You see this in the end. Proctor and his wife work out their differences as she confesses her pushing him to lechery (cheating). Neither of them hold this against each other. Parris hangs onto long-standing judgments he thinks people have of him but they are not necessarily real.

What does Winston realize about love and loyalty as a result of the dream about the paperweight?

Love and loyalty are fragile and short-lived.  Just like the paperweight which represents them, they are shattered to bits by the thought police.  Their love, represented by the coral centerpiece, is out in the open--fully observable and obvious through the clear glass which surrounds it.  Their loyalty is only intact as long as the paperweight is...after being caught and subjected to Room 101, loyalty falls quickly and without anything other than the threat of Winston's and Julia's greatest fear.  THe fear needs not be carried out...the threat of it alone is enough to demolish the fragile thread of loyalty between them.

What symbolic or ironic function is served by Montresor's name and by his speech after he fetters Fortunato to the wall?

After Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall, he taunts Fortunato with, "Once more let me implore you to return. No? Then I must positively leave you." His plea to Fortunato to return is ironic because Fortunato is unable to leave. Montresor invites him to again feel the nitre just as he did on their trek through the catacombs. Of course, Fortunato cannot feel the nitre either because his hands are in shackles. All through the story, Montresor baits Fortunato, playing a cat-and-mouse game with him. Almost all of Montresor's conversation with Fortunato while walking throught the catacombs is wrought with irony.

As far as Montresor's name is concerned, I'm not sure it has a symbolic or ironic meaning, but Fortunato's name certainly does. The irony lies in the fact that Fortunato is anything but fortunate since he is cruelly led to die from suffocation or starvation.

The Montresor family has a coat of arms and motto that is symbolic. Their coat of arms is a huge human foot crushing a snake that has sunk its fangs into the heel of the foot. Their motto is a Montresor will exact vengeance for any harm that may be done to him. These family symbols represent the horrible murder of Fortunato. Montresor is eaten up with hate for Fortunato which destroys his soul, just like Montresor destroys Fortunato. He truly enjoys his act of revenge.

What are examples of quotations in which Frederick Douglass discusses the power of reading, knowledge, and/or writing?

A literal example of Douglass's discussing the power of literacy occurs when he plans his first attempt at escaping to the North.  He has taught several slaves on the plantation how to read, and he himself has improved his own skills over the course of the years.  He is able to forge documents that allow him and others the opportunity to escape.  Of course, this plan is ruined by an information leak and the men are caught; however, once Douglass realizes that he is being chased, he knows that he must destroy the forged passes.  The passes are so powerful that as evidence, they could lead to harsher punishment for the men.

Can someone help write a 10 sentence writing prompt for my 3rd grade cousin?Sorry for asking its just that i don't have time to do it. I have so...

I think that in writing such a paragraph, the instructor is probably looking for the emergence of a personalized voice in the writing.  I would ask the child to compose about fifteen sentences or thoughts about their trip to Disneyland, all of them beginning with the personalized pronoun.  Tell the child to follow each "I" with a verb or some type of action that forces their memory to be present.  For example, "I remember hugging Mickey Mouse" or "I remember that it was hot."  If the child can start to compose these "I" statements connected to memory, the narrative paragraph starts to develop.  Looking at the fifteen created, the child can then pick their best 10 and rewrite them as a cohesive paragraph.

What do madman, get a bang, hot shot, kick out of it, knocks me out, and racket mean?definitions

These terms are all colorful colloquialisms used by the main character, Holden Caufield, in his narrative.  "Madman" means crazy, like the "stuff that happened to me around last Christmas" (Chapter 1).  To "get a bang" out of something is similar to get a "kick out of it", and both refer to things or events that really amuse someone, like Mr. Spencer's Navajo blanket and the old teacher's joke about his own health, which really struck him as significant and funny, or "knocked him out" (Chapter 2). A "hot shot" is someone who is or acts like he is exceptionally good at something, like Stradlater says Holden is in Mr. Hartzell's English class (Chapter 4); it can also refer to someone who thinks he is better than everybody else. A "racket" is a commotion, or a lot of noise.   

Describe the origin and pathway of the action potential (cardiac impulse) in the normal human heart.

Normal heart beats are controlled by electrical signals that start in the sino-atrial node. Sino-atrial node is located at the top of the right atrium.The heart is divided into four chambers: two atria at the top and two ventricles on the bottom.Normally, electrical impulse from the sino-atrial node  propagatesat atria level, then electrical impulse reaches the AV node from where,through His beam and Purkinje network, is transmitted to the ventricles.

The sinoatrial node is the initiator of electrical impulse, though the cells of the heart could initiate themselves the electrical impulse. The sinoatrial node has the responsibility of all electrical activity of the heart. If the sinoatrial node does not work anymore, then atrioventricular node would generate the impulse and if this one stops, also, then Purkinje network of cells will generate the electrical impulse.

What is the story about?Summary, please.

This is a classic tale about the friendship between a pig, Wilbur, and a spider, Charlotte.  Charlotte is very clever, and she manages to save Wilbur from becoming dinner for the humans by weaving messages in her web about Wilbur, like "Some Pig!"  Wilbur becomes quite famous and is saved because of this friendship with Charlotte.

It is also the story of the relationship between Wilbur and Fern, the little girl who lives on the farm where Wilbur is born.  The story demonstrates how both Fern and Wilbur have to grow and mature and accept the loss and unhappiness that sometimes comes around in life.

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What were three out-of-the-ordinary things that happened in Maycomb that Scout says--in a way--concerned the Finches?In chapters 27-31

Bob Ewell is outraged at the loss of respect he believes he should receive: he expected to be viewed as the hero of a weary struggle during the aftermath of the trial but was subject only to his own chagrin when placed, once again, at the very bottom of Maycomb's social ladder. This pompousness has caused him to lose his only job at the WPA, which Scout explains has been the first man ever to be fired  because of his lethargic working mannerisms. He then supposedly blamed his failure on Atticus. Furthermore, he took a visit to the Taylor household while believing Judge Taylor had attended church. Judge Taylor, upon hearing a strange scratching noise, arms himself with a gun. Helen Robinson becomes another powerless victim to Bob Ewell's capricious behavior and finds herself unable to escape him as he continues to stalk her while cursing her with lewd language. These examples only serve to further reveal Bob Ewell's indolence and cowardice as he refuses to confront Atticus and Judge Taylor and instead resorts to lowly methods such as targeting Judge Taylor's house when he believes nobody is present and accusing Atticus who can say nothing in return. Viewed as a lowly savage within the community of Maycomb, Bob can do naught to redeem himself but to prey on the weak as he does with the defenseless and grieving Helen Robinson.

Who are the main characters in the short story Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant?

The main characters in the short story “Checkouts” by American writer Cynthia Rylant are a girl and a boy, both whose names are not revealed anywhere in the story. In the story they are described as the “…the bag boy and the girl with the orange bow…”. This is characterization and description without the revealing of proper family names and it does give the reader a bit of a better view of these two.

The girl is not happy that her family moved her to Cincinnati, Ohio. She pines in a way for her former life, wherever that was, as it is not revealed in the story. While the girl remains nameless, she is an individual with a mind of her own. This is revealed when she decides that she won’t let her parent’s know that she enjoys grocery shopping. She doesn’t want them to know everything about her, and therefore, control her. Cynthia Rylant shows here that although the girl is nameless, she is not a ‘nobody’ and she has opinions and feelings unique to her.

She meets up with the ‘bag boy’ at the supermarket when he drops her jar of mayonnaise. This is the beginning of what she sees as her love for him. The male protagonist of this story also remains nameless. It’s as if the author is saying that the two are representative of so many young boys and girls, men and women in society today. Being nameless allows readers to decide who they think these two really are based on these characters’ thoughts and actions, without any predetermined information about them. We do learn, though, that the ‘bag boy’ notices her hair, which is “red and thick.”

Cynthia Rylant gives some other details that describe these two main characters, without resorting to giving us their names. The ‘bag boy’ has slender fingers, hair that falls into his eyes, and worn brown-colored shoes. Moreover, he doesn’t wear socks. The indication is that the girl dresses more proper, based on her strict upbringing. She revolts in a way by seeking out the ‘bag boy’s’ untidy look. Her character is revealed more when she comes into the supermarket one day with a yellow flower in her hair, instead of the orange bow.

Therefore, the author expertly reveals the two main characters in this story bit by bit, without ever resorting to the use of proper names. They are illustrative of how many people are in contemporary society and in the case of this story, their names are not necessary.

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Describe the setting when Holmes and Watson meet? Why was he there and why was it humorous?

Kate Whitney the wife of Isa Whitney seeks Dr.Watson's help to rescue her husband an opium addict who had not returned home for more than two days. Kate tells Watson that her husband was in the habit of frequenting an opium den called the Bar of Gold in Upper Swandam Lane along the banks of the river Thames.

Soon Watson reaches the opium den in Swandam Lane in one of the filthiest localities in London. Watson remarks that the den was dark and hazy with opium smoke and had tiers of berths where each addict lay sprawled about puffing his pipe of opium.

Upper Swandam Lane is a vile alley lurking behind the high wharves which line the north side of the river to the east of London Bridge. Between a slop-shop and a gin-shop, approached by a steep flight of steps leading down to a black gap like the mouth of a cave, I found the den of which I was in search. Ordering my cab to wait, I passed down the steps, worn hollow in the centre by the ceaseless tread of drunken feet; and by the light of a flickering oil-lamp above the door I found the latch and made my way into a long, low room, thick and heavy with the brown opium smoke, and terraced with wooden berths, like the forecastle of an emigrant ship.

Through the gloom one could dimly catch a glimpse of bodies lying in strange fantastic poses, bowed shoulders, bent knees, heads thrown back, and chins pointing upward, with here and there a dark, lack-lustre eye turned upon the newcomer. Out of the black shadows there glimmered little red circles of light, now bright, now faint, as the burning poison waxed or waned in the bowls of the metal pipes. The most lay silent, but some muttered to themselves, and others talked together in a strange, low, monotonous voice, their conversation coming in gushes, and then suddenly tailing off into silence, each mumbling out his own thoughts and paying little heed to the words of his neighbour. At the farther end was a small brazier of burning charcoal, beside which on a three-legged wooden stool there sat a tall, thin old man, with his jaw resting upon his two fists, and his elbows upon his knees, staring into the fire.

After Watson had successfully located Isa Whitney amongst the addicts and was leading him out of the den, he felt someone pulling his dress to his shock and surprise he discovers that it is none other than Holmes himself. Holmes after heartily laughing at his friend's astonishment explains to him that he has come to this wretched place to trace out a missing person by the name of Neville St. Clair.

Then, glancing quickly round, he straightened himself out and burst into a hearty fit of laughter.

"I suppose, Watson," said he, that you imagine that I have added opium-smoking to cocaine injections, and all the other little weaknesses on which you have favoured me with your medical views."

"I was certainly surprised to find you there."

"But not more so than I to find you."

"I came to find a friend."

And I to find an enemy."

"An enemy?"

Yes; one of my natural enemies, or, shall I say, my natural prey. Briefly, Watson, I am in the midst of a very remarkable inquiry, and I have hoped to find a clue in the incoherent ramblings of these sots,

Holmes pretends to be an opium addict so that he can overhear secretly the drug induced loose talk of the addicts and hopefully gain the information that he had wanted.

What is Brown's motive for going into the forest, what does he expect to find, and how does he expect the rest of his life to be?Nathaniel...

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's allegorical story,with the utmost confidence in the goodness of his society and in himself, Brown embarks upon his trek into the forest despite the protestations of his wife, Faith.  Along the way, he encounters an older man who bears a curious resemblance to Goodman Brown himself; he carries a snake-like staff.  Self-assured, Brown accompanies this man into the forest primeval. When he sees Goody Cloyse, a real person who was involved in the Salem witch hunts, Brown becomes somewhat fearful, but he believes that he is too good to be harmed; he expects to return unscathed spiritually. After all, his ancestors were all good people.  In Goodman Brown's embarking on this trek into the forest, it seems he wishes to confront temptation out of a curiosity and to prove his resistance to temptation.  Interestingly, when the old man appears, Brown tells him that Faith has kept him back.

When Brown witnesses a carriage pass by with the minister and Deacon Sykes in it, he feels faint as he hears them discuss the evening's meeting and the young woman who will join this meeting. But, Brown's love for Faith propels him into the forest.  As he lifts his hands to pray, he hears Faith's voice; Brown cries out to Faith to resist the devil; however, Brown suddenly finds himself alone in the forest.

This ambiguity about what has transpired is pivotal to the loss of Brown's personal faith, an unexpected turn of events for him.  Because he has doubted that Faith has resisted, he becomes "a hoary man," a man who is skeptical of the goodness in anyone.  He rejects his faith in his religion; he rejects his wife, Faith.  He feels "a loathful brotherhood by the sympathy of all that was wicked in his heart."  This "loathful brotherhood" is what causes him to reject others and become "a stern, a sad,...if not a desperate man. His guilt in his lack of faith causes him to see only evil. His life ends emptily.

What is the underlying homosexual subtext in “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad"?

In Robert Burns' poem, reading between the lines (in the Scots dialect), one can see the subtext in the story.

The speaker refers that should the lad go to the speaker, the lad's parents and everyone else would "go mad."  This could mean that they would be angry or crazy--which would happen if they discovered he was involved with another young man, but the speaker reminds the lad that even in this case, his "Jeanie" (perhaps his sister) would come along, perhaps to make it look proper, as if Jeanie is going to see the speaker, and the lad is there to chaperon.

The speaker tells the lad that he must observe caution and come warily, secretly to court him, so that no one can see him, coming through the back gate and up the back stairs.  He urges the lad to travel as if he is not traveling to the speaker; but that with a whistle, the speaker will come to the lad.

In the next part, the speaker instructs the lad that should they meet in church or at the market, the lad should pass by as if he cares not at all for he speaker.  He asks the lad to give him a wink, but to do so as if he wasn't even looking at the speaker. And a whistle will be a signal to the speaker from the lad.

The speaker next tells the lad, if necessary, to vow and deny that he cares at all for the speaker, and even scorn his good looks a little, but he asks him, too, not to court anyone else, even if the lad is just joking, for the speaker is afraid "she" will steal the lad away from him.

This last line seems to be the strongest of the subtext in that it uses the pronoun "she."  The speaker fears that the lad might pretend to like a girl, and the speaker fears that she will steal the lad's affection away from the speaker.

If the speaker were a woman, why would the lad courting her need to be done in secret?  There is never any mention of differing social status, poor reputation, or problems between their families.  There is no indication that the speaker is a married woman, either.

The idea of the whistle also provides a sense of the secretive in that it is a private signal between the two, rather than the carrying of a tune, for instance, or calling to a horse.