Describe the characteristics of Ganymede and how Ganymede relates to Silivus in As You Like It Act IV, Scene III.Is this now Rosalind thinks a man...

When Rosalind and Celia enter the forest of Arden in As You Like It, they never go to find Rosalind's father, Celia's uncle, as Celia had suggested when she conceived their plan. Instead, they immediately buy a cottage and a flock of sheep and hire the old shepherd Corin and set up private living arrangements. It is because of this independence, outside the protective shadow of a man's presence, that Rosalind remains in disguise as Ganymede because two women alone would still be in danger.

When in Act 3, Scene 2, Rosalind/Ganymede and Celia/Aliena eavesdrop on Orlando talking to Jaques the melancholy about Orlando's love of Rosalind, Rosalind hatches her scheme to approach Orlando, dressed as she is as Ganymede, and pretend to be a commoner ("lackey") and in that character ("habit") act like a crafty fellow ("knave") and play a mean trick on him. This Ganymede character trait matches with Rosalind's earlier character traits demonstrated when she was eager to see the wrestling match because of the serious injuries to Charles' first three wrestling challengers, while Celia and Touchstone protested against it.

The verbal repartee (swift witty replies) that Ganymede engages in at Orlando's expense are in keeping with the repartee that Rosalind habitually engages in with both Celia and Touchstone. Also, although Rosalind was stunned and numbed after being banished from court by Frederick--even though she ardently spoke up in her defense as well as in defense of her father--which left Celia to devise their escape plan, Rosalind did regain composure enough to modify the plan by the addition of disguising herself as a male who carries an ax and a spear. Ganymede's later address to Silvius, the young shepherd in love with Phebe, and to Phebe, is in keeping with the assertiveness Rosalind has shown all along regarding the wrestling match, standing up for herself and her father, taking on a disguise that assertively includes weapons of the hunt and defense.

Rosalind's behavior while disguised as Ganymede stems from the same behavior she demonstrated as Rosalind and comes from the same core values of integrity, truth and virtuousness. The one thing Rosalind does as Ganymede that she didn't previously do as Rosalind (perhaps their was no opportunity for it) is to contradict Celia: when Celia pities Silvius in 4.3 Rosalind says, "Do you pity him? no, he deserves no pity."

Rosalind's treatment of Silvius while disguised as Ganymede is in accord with her other behavior while in her rightful identity as Rosalind. One role Rosalind has in As You Like It, as the symbolic representative of Duke Senior, is reestablish harmony and the authentic ruling power that was overthrown by Duke Frederick. Thus while she was under submissive restraints at court as Rosalind, the restraints are removed in the forest because she is no longer the submissive guest in the home of the man who rob her father's throne and banished him to exile: Roalind can assert her rightful role to rule as the princess daughter of the ruling Duke.

How do you account for Shelley's perception of Ozymandias as a despot?

I want to point to a third element in Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" that reflects the idea of the despot, the lines toward the end of the pome that has stuck with me for well over twenty years:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains.

He saw himself not just as a ruler but as a ruler of rulers, as one who could make the mighty despair. Yet all of this man's achievements -- through which he had hoped to secure his immortality -- have been reduced to dust by time, and his posturing now looks like sheer and foiled narcissism.

That doesn't really answer your question, though. Are you looking for a biographical reason? A reason tied to the Romantic movement? Or what? You may find some answers in the links given below.

One of these links writes that the poem is connected to at least two ideas that may match your interest in tracking down the reasons for portraying Ozymandias as a despot:

1. 19th-century discoveries of past civilizations and the "great man" theory of history

2. Shelley's awareness of the ephemeral nature of his own achievements (in art and philosophy) or perhaps even his own flawed aspirations to be the "great man" and "arbiter of morality, genius, and political order"

Some explanations for why English belongs to each country where it is used.Basing on sociolinguistics and the roles and nature of English

English is the most widely spoken language in the world. It is the native language of more than 500 million people in countries like UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Then about 150 million people in countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and many African countries speak English in addition to their native language. In addition more than 200 million people all over the world know some English.

The English language, as its name implies originated as the native language of the English People. Seventeenth century onwards the English Language spread to other parts of the world as English people explored and colonized may different regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Americas. Around mid nineteenth century, England had expanded its empire to the biggest empire on the earth that ever existed. This combined with development of English as the native language of USA, made this language the most useful language to learn for people interested in international business. And with this more and more people started learning and using English, and with that utility and usage of English went on increasing, till it came to be recognized as the Language for all international business including, business, scientific research and politics.

How did nationalism within the Ottoman empire come into play during the war?WWI

The main way that this came into play was in how the Allies tried to exploit ethnic differences within the Ottoman Empire.  Perhaps the most famous name associated with this process is Lawrence of Arabia.

The Ottoman Empire ruled over large numbers of people who were not ethnically Turks (the ethnicity of the rulers).  During World War I, the Allies tried to foment rebellions among the Arabs, for example, to weaken the Ottoman Empire.

The other major impact was the fact that Turkish nationalism helped cause what some call the Armenian genocide.  Ethnic Turks came to be suspicious of Armenians are killed large numbers of them.

Give three examples of foreshadowing in the first two chapters of And Then There Were None.

In chapter one, Mr. Blore is riding on the train and encounters a drunk old man.  Before the man leaves, he remarks to Mr. Blore "Watch and pray.  The day of judgment is at hand."  Mr. Blore thinks "He's nearer the day of judgment than I am."  Then Agatha Christie tells us "And there, as it happens, he was wrong."  This foreshadows that the day of judgement is indeed at hand for Mr. Blore.  (pg 17)

In chapter two, Vera sees the island for the first time.  "But there was no house visible, only the boldly silhouetted rock with its faint resemblance to a giant head. There was something sinister about it.  She shivered faintly."  This foreshadows that something evil is going to happen on this island. (pg 24)

Also in chapter two, the characters are impressed with the arrival of Anthony Marston.  " It was a fantastic moment.  In it, Anthony Marston seemed to be something more than mortal.  Afterwards more than one of those present remembered that moment."  This foreshadows that something is going to happen to Anthony Marston to show that he is very mortal.  (pg 27)

Here is an extra example.  When Fred Narracott brings the visitors to the island, he says "Can't land on Soldier Island when there is a southeasterly.  Sometimes 'tis cut off for a week or more."  This foreshadows the weather and the length of time they will spend on the island.   (pg 29)

Can you comment or analyze the following quote from Act IV, scene 3 of Hamlet?What does Hamlet want to reveal when he says (dear mother)? what is ...

Hamlet is being satirical here.  He says he knows an angel that can read Claudius' mind.  Though a soul trapped in Purgatory, and not an angel, Hamlet's supernatural source is, of course, his father.  The Ghost told Hamlet of the murderous, adulterous, and incestuous marriage in Act I.  Now, Hamlet is mocking it, pretending to ordain it using traditionally Christian vows:

Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female...and the two shall become one flesh.'? So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate." [Matt 19:4-6]

According to the Christian "One-flesh Union," Hamlet practices metonymy here, calling Claudius his mother.  Rather Freudian, wouldn't you say?  Obviously he's joking, and Claudius also plays along.

The other joke in the exchange is the England references.  Hamlet knows Claudius wants to send him to his death, and so he invites him along for the ride.  Foreshadowing Act V.

According to social critics, what were the weakness of American society in the 1950s?

The 1950’s were a time of change for America.  The war had been over for long enough that Americans were re-settling into their lives.   Rock music made the scene as well as radical new ideas among America's youth.

America was living in an economy that was on the upswing.  For African Americans the time of limited rights was coming to an end.  America failed to realize the impact that log term restriction of rights would have on the communities.  It became a boiling pot of civil rights protests and the country was strained.

Teenagers began to experience a significant generation gap.  They became more outspoken and conflict was evident between the generations as parents resented that the teens had become lazy and used to having money to spend without having o work hard to get it.

It was also a time of a strong political climate that was created by the Cold War with communism.  Suspicions were high concerning the infiltration of communists.  People like McCarthy were allowed to violate the rights of Americans and the public supported it.  Many people were black listed and could not get employment or lost jobs once they were put on the list.  The country was at risk of destroying the rights established in the constitution.

America became a materialistic society which changed the face of America from the wholesome farm family to the office trend setter.  The patterns of spending appeared to be good at first and capitalism abounded.  However, the poor families still suffered even more as the gap between incomes widened.

In chapter 17 of The Scarlet Letter, what does Rev. Dimmesdale tell Hester about their sin and Chillingworths' sin?

"I do forgive you, Hester," replied the minister at length, with a deep utterance, out of an abyss of sadness, but no anger.  "I freely forgive you now.  May God forgive us both.  We are not, Hester, the worst sinners in the world.  There is one worse than even the polluted priest!  That old man's revenge has been blacker than my sin.  He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart.  Thou and I, Hester, never did so!"

"Never, never!" whispered she.  "What we did had a consecration of its own.  We felt it so!  We said so to each other.  Hast thou forgotten it?"

"Hush, Hester!" said Arthur Dimmesdale, rising from the ground. "No; I have not forgotten!"

 Dimmesdale clearly points to what was called a sin of "passion" and compares it to a sin of "will."   A sin of the will has always been viewed as worse.  However Hester goes further saying that what they did had a "consecration."  This is a very special word to Catholics; it is the moment in the Mass where bread and win become the body and blood of Christ.  But in their case, it resulted from a feeling ("we felt it so").  And there lies the problem:  can we create the "right" because we "say" it is so?  Can we make actions "moral" because we say we feel they are?

 It obviously didn't work all that well for Dimmesdale....

In the story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, why does the village have the lottery?

We are not really told this.  However, I think the main reason is simply because the lottery is just a tradition.

No one really knows why it is held.  But when the people talk about places that have abolished the lottery, they think those places are dumb.  They don't have a reason -- it's just that this is what they're used to.  I think this is a major point Jackson is trying to make -- that people can get used to even horrible things and do them just because.

As for why it started in the first place, maybe it was once necessary to keep the population down to a manageable level.  Or it may once have been a sacrifice to bring good harvest "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon."

What is the narrator's motivation for murder in "The Tell-Tale Heart"? Is it valid? Why or why not? write your ideas and share them with others.

There is very little evidence that the narrator has just cause for murder.  The narrator, without  evidence, believes that the old man with whom he lives wishes him harm.  His sole "evidence" is the  man's cloudy eye, which he thinks indicates his willingness to harm him, even though all exterior does not support such a claim in any way. 

Some evidence for this argument can be supported by the lines which read:

" It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain, but, once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture—a pale blue eye with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me my blood ran cold, and so by degrees, very gradually, I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever."

What does the fortune-teller say that Jane must do to achieve happiness?

The fortune-teller says, "Chance has meted you a measure of happiness...it depends on yourself to stretch out your hand, and take it up, but whether you will do so is the problem I study" (Chapter 19); in other words, happiness is there waiting for Jane, but she has she has to reach out and take it, and whether she will or not remains to be seen.  Mr. Rochester, in the guise of the fortune teller, is telling Jane that he loves her and can make her happy, but she must accept him in order to achieve that happiness.

What is the significance of the opening scene/closing scene in the book Dreaming in Cuban?

This is a novel about the experience of exile. The experiences of the characters differ quite a bit from one another. Within the framework of the opening scene, the text shows that it is not only the person who chooses exile that has to deal with the implications of displacement and physical absence ( Lourdes for instance who left Cuba for New York), but also the one who is left behind. We meet Celia, the matriarch, in the opening and closing scene of the novel. In both instances she is portrayed as the one left behind. She is a character who sustains herself through her memories; memories of her husband whose presence she almost invokes while she watches the sea in the beginning of the narrative and memories of Gustavo, her lost love. While the opening finds her longing or thinking about Pilar, the work ends with Celia's letter to Gustavo in which she tells him that Pilar "will remember". History and memory are linked in this text, and with Pilar's visit to Cuba she has become the one carries the collective family memory of exile for the women. She is perhaps the ideal character for this task, since she is one generation removed from the revolution. She has a sort of sentimentality for Cuba that is shared by her grandmother. This sentiment makes her the ideal bearer of history and memory; but more, she carries the memory out of Cuba.

If you want to move into the larger realm of politics, the opening and closing scenes have another significance as well. Since the US is virtually cut off from Cuba (we have practically severed diplomatic ties long ago), the reader is offered a chance to see how Cubans themselves struggle with their political isolation, their history, and their torn family structures. The opening scene has a tone of longing for those people in Celia's family who have been displaced by Cuban politics. Celia in particular is nurtured by memories and her search for wholeness in some way. In the end we see come full circle because she has managed to keep history alive even though nothing has changed politically in Cuba.

Explain "The Mozart Effect" and its influene on brain development in young children.In a 300-500 word essay, exoplain your view of "The Mozart Effect"

Hi!

I think it is important that in your essay you first note what is the Mozart Effect, who researched or came up with the buzzword, where it was published, and what has been the result of its publication. That will take u easily to 350 words or more.

Here is some information to help you out:

"The Mozart Effect" was cited by Shaw, Rauscher, and Levine as a reaction that supposedly occured when students were tested on their acquisition, retention and application of spatial intelligence. In their experiment, they argue that out of the three variables in the study, relaxation music, Mozart sonatas, and I believe it was either white noise or another form of sound, the students performed better when listening to the sonata.

These results were published around 1998 in the MuSIca journal, and in publications such as the Times, and Nature. The hypotherical reasoning is that Mozart's music will make you smarter.

Personally, I have a hard time with these so-called studies. First, the variables were not all fair. They presented three scenarios in which students performed according to what they heard, yet, we are not considering the personal preference of the students nor the reasoning behind their preference for the music.

Also, the study (to me) is hardly experimental. I sense that there was a biased assumption that Mozart will indeed make your somewhat feel better and all the elements in the study were present to prove them right.

Like Pomphei said, I think this is sort of another way to promote someone's idea, and unfortunately there is always going to be a market for interestingly-named novelties.

I need to decribe Montag as briefly as possible. can someone help me?

In as few words as possible, Guy Montag from Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is:

Shy, awkward with people, discontented, unhappy, unsatisfied, inquisitive, curious, brave, and open to new ideas.

Discontented means he is not content with his life.  He is unsatisfied in the sense that he knows there must be something more to life and existence than he has.  Inquisitive is similar to curious but perhaps a little stronger.  And he wants to learn and be exposed to new ideas. 

Montag has many personality traits, but I hope what I've listed above helps you out.  

In Chapter 9 of All Quiet on the Western Front, after the inspection by the Kaiser, the men discuss the war. How do they feel about it?

Although the Kaiser's visit to the front is meant to inspire the men, to get them pumped up for the war, it really has the opposite effect on Paul and his comrades.  It makes them question the war completely.

They get new clothes for the Kaiser's visit and then those are taken away.  The Kaiser is not an impressive man.  Both of these disillusion them.

After his visit, they talk about how pointless the war is.  They say that war only exists to benefit the powerful people --- to let the leaders do something that will get them into the history books.  They wish that these leaders would just fight it out among themselves.

How does Hamlet insult the King in act 4 scene 3 (about lines 26-31)? "Nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts of a...

Hamlet insults the king in this scene when Claudius is inquiring about where Hamlet is keeping Polonius' body. When Hamlet is first asked about where Polonius is Hamlet answers, "At supper." Claudius already knows about the death so he isn't finding Hamlet's joke very funny. When Claudius asks where he is at supper, Hamlet tells him, "Not where he eats, but where he is eaten." Hamlet is alluding to the fact that he has buried the body and it is now a feast for the worms, but he is also underhandedly telling Claudius that he knows about his own father's murder. Hamlet says how interesting it is that a worm can feast on the body of a king, a man may fish with that worm and then eat the fish that was fed with the worm that feasted on a king, essentially eating a king. Claudius is confused and asks Hamlet's point and he tells him that his point was simply to show how a beggar can make a feast out of a king. While Claudius has been insulted and he kind of knows he has been, he isn't quite sure how because he doesn't understand what Hamlet is saying.

In "The Crucible" who is against John Proctor in Act Three, and why?

In act three it seems as if almost everyone is against John Proctor--the judges, the girls, and in the end, even Mary Warren herself.  From the moment that he steps in the door, the judges questions everything that he says  or does.  They are highly suspicious of his motives.  Reverend Parris, who is especially against John because John has spoken out against his preaching style, does all he can to turn the judges against him.  Parris is insulted by John not liking him, and so makes it his job to discredit John's reputation.   For example, before John has uttered more than three sentences, Parris jumps in saying, "Beware this man, Your Excellency, this man is mischief." He then accuses John of trying to overthrow the courts, meaning, to prove that the courts are wrong and thus take away their power to judge in the cases.

The judges then turn on Proctor, because Parris made them suspicious, and because John does indeed appear to be bringing evidence that would contradict their guilty convictions.  Danforth even sets up a test, saying if John has only come to save his wife, then, his mission is accomplished, because Elizabeth is pregnant, and hence saved. He tells John to go home because his wife is saved.  Later, he sets up the highly emotional and nearly impossible situation of questioning John's wife.  Danforth questions everything John does, and then immediately believes Mary when Mary turns against John at the end.  The judges are against him because they want to protect their convictions; if evidence shows they falsely convicted people to hang, their careers and livelihood would be over.  They have to be all-knowing and powerful, and can't go back on their judgments without looking like fools and evil men.

Parris, Danforth and Hathorne, and even Mary, who accuses John of being "a devil's man" at the end of the act, seem to be against him.  Mary turns on him out of sheer cowardice; she doesn't want to be labeled a witch.  Abby herself lies in order to protect herself--if she's known as an adulteress who was dancing and casting spells, it is she that will get hanged.  John is in a dire situation in Act Three, and it doesn't end well as a result. I  hope those thoughts helped; good luck!

How is Pip's name involved with the imagery of the vegetation and the prison? In Chapter 8 of Great Expectations, what is the connection between...

The author of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens, perceived Victorian society as a prison in which people could not escape their social status, a status that determined the direction of their entire lives. And, in several of his novels this motif comes through, as it does in Chapter 8. For, the young seeds of Uncle Pumblechook's shop--and Pip's name, short for pippin, means a small seed,especially of a fleshy fruit--are imprisoned in little drawers.  As Pip peers into these drawers, he remarks,

I wondered...whether the flower seeds and bulbs ever wanted of a fine day to break out of those jails, and bloom.

Much like the seeds and bulbs, Pip is confined to a drawer-like space when he sleeps at Pumblechook's as, immediately upon his arrival, Pip is "sent straight to bed" in an attic whose ceiling is so low that the boy calculates it to be within one foot of his eyebrows. 

That Pumblechook's shop is like a jail cell becomes apparent to Pip as the boy notices that Pumblechook looks out across the street at the saddler, who, in turn, keeps his eye on the coach-maker, who "appeared to get on in life" by watching the baker, who stared at the grocer, who stood at his door and "yawned at the chemist."  The image here is of men confined to small areas from which they observe each other as prisoners do from cells.

Then, when Pumblechook takes Pip to Miss Havisham's mansion, Pip notices that the house is

of old brick, and dismal, and had a great many iron bars to it.  Some of the windows had been walled up, and...all the lower were rustily barred.

The courtyard is also barred, so Pip and Pumblechook must wait until someone comes to the gate and opens it after identifying them, giving much the impression of a guard from a prison.  Then, of course, Miss Havisham has imposed a life-sentence in the prison of her own home as she has stopped the clocks and refused to change anything or ever leave the house.

In Great Expectations, what financial request does Pip make of Miss Havisham and what does the request say about his character?

I think that the part you are asking about comes in Chapter 44.  It is right at the beginning of that chapter.

In that chapter, Pip asks Miss Havisham for money, but it is not for him.  Instead, he is asking her to arrange for Herbert Pocket to have some money without him knowing how it came about.  He wants Herbert to be able to succeed in business and he thinks that Herbert has been much nicer to Miss Havisham than the other relatives (so he doesn't deserve to be punished).

To me, this shows that Pip is a generous and unselfish person.

Can I start a sentence with a quotation?For example: "Three crosses on the horizon" refers to Jesus's crucifixion. I'm not sure if this is a...

You asked if the quotation used at the beginning of a sentence was proper grammar. The answer is yes. However, the serious error in your sentence is caused by not including the source of this quote.

When using any quote, either in the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence, you must credit the original writer. In your sentence no credit is given to the original writer. Without this information, as the reader of "Three crosses on the horizon" refers to Jesus's crucifixion, I ask myself:

1. Where does this quote appear? In a particular poem or a piece of literature? (Where can a reader go to find this same quote?), and

2. Who originally said this?

I also wonder if the reference to Jesus's crucifixion is your own thinking/opinion.

By providing the answer to these questions your sentence structure will sound better, and be technically correct. The placement of the quote in the sentence will not matter.

Here are some examples that answer the main questions, add much clarity, and are demonstrate your awareness of a professional writing style.

(BEGINNING OF SENTENCE) "Three crosses on the horizon" is used by (author) in (piece of literature) to refer to Jesus's crucifixion.

*(MIDDLE OF SENTENCE) The phrase "Three crosses on the horizon," that appears in  (author's name) in (piece of literature) refers to Jesus's crucifixion.

* (END OF SENTENCE) In my opinion, (Author) refers to Jesus's crucifixion, when using the phrase, "Three crosses on the horizon."

All sentences use correct grammar. However, one of the placements might sound better than the two others.

If you are a college student or graduate student, your professors will likely ask you to include a reference section at the end of your paper. The book you found the quote in would appear in your reference section. In this circumstance, your quote needs to be cited correctly in parentheses immediately following the last word in your quote:

(author's last name, copyright date of the literature, and page number).

In The Law of Life, how does Koskoosh die? How was he expected to die?

In London's "The Law of Life," Koskoosh is expected to freeze to death, most likely, to starve, or to be killed and eaten by animal predators.

In the society of the story, everyone is expected to contribute to the tribe.  Once a person cannot contribute, he is left behind when the tribe moves, and it is expected that he will die.

Koskoosh is no exception.  He is left to die.  He is expecting to freeze, but in the end, wolves find him, and he is about to be attacked and eaten as the story ends.

This of course seems extremely harsh by us in our world of social security and medicare and welfare, etc., but in the tribe of the story, the tribe's survival depends on everyone contributing.

What is the main theme of The Cay?

The theme is best represented by Phillip's blindness. Phillip is a young boy who has been conditioned to believe that colored people are somehow beneath them because of their color and in his defense, much of the world, at the time, believed this as well, including Timothy. Timothy demonstrates "knowing his place" by always calling Phillip "young bahss" or "young boss".

Soon after the shipwreck and Phillip's head injury he becomes totally blind. After several months on the Cay Timothy teaches Phillip how to survive and be independent because he knows that his own death is near. Little by little Phillip begins to see Timothy as a friend and a mentor rather than a slave or a lesser being.

Phillip actually does not even see Timothy as "colored" any longer. He loses his feelings of prejudice and superiority as a result of being lost on this island.

Some other themes might be self reliance, friendship overcoming adversity, and grieving losses.

What are some quotes of dramatic significance from Macbeth? Example:“This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air/ Nimbly and sweetly recommends...

A similar quote by Duncan is as follows:

"There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face."  He is speaking of the traitorous Thane of Cawdor, but he doesn't realize how true his statement is and how much it will come to haunt him.  He won't see Macbeth's traitorous plans in his face either.

Duncan also says of the original Thane of Cawdor:  "He's a man on whom I built an absolute trust."  This lets the audience know that Duncan trusts too readily or too completely.  As he will do with Macbeth.

A quote from Macbeth is as follows:  "Stars, hide your fires/let not light see my black and deep desires."  This quote lets the audience know, for the first time, that the witches' prophesy has affected Macbeth so much that is contemplating a "black desire".  A small hint to the murder plot that will soon  unfold.

How did Macbeth win the respect of King Duncan?

In short, Macbeth in Shakespeare's play of the same name, wins Duncan's respect and is rewarded by Duncan when, as the "bloody man" or Captain says:

...he [Macbeth] unseamed him [the traitor Macdonwald] from the nave to th'chops,

And fixed his head upon our battlements. (Act 1.2.22,23)

In other words, Macbeth disembowels the treacherous Macdonwald, beheads him, and raises his head on a pole.  Macbeth also repels the Norwegian force that is allied with the Thane of Cawdor, matching Cawdor blow for blow until, finally, Duncan's forces win.

Thus, Duncan assumes Macbeth to be his loyal Thane, and, along with his respect, gives him the Thane of Cawdor's castle and lands.

Ironically, at the close of the play, Macbeth will be the one beheaded for his treachery.

List each progress report and explain Charlies progression and regression.

In the book "Flowers for Algernon" a mouse and a man have certain parts of their brain changed so that the man will gain cells from the mouse and the mouse will gain cells from the man.   The result is that the man, who is mentally retarded, and the mouse, which is intelligent begin to undergo changes.

The changes begin gradually.  Charlie finds he is able to understand things he could not before.  He becomes able to read and perform math.  He can carry on an intellectual conversation.  Algernon, the mouse, becomes clumsy and can not find his way to the food.  He loses his keen sense of intelligence and becomes to think like Charlie had before.

As the story progresses Charlie begins to identify that he is slowly losing the intelligence that he had gained.  He is turning slowly back into the person that he once was.  His brain is reverting back to being mentally challenged.  Algernon dies and Charlie places flowers on his grave.

The journal that Charlie keeps is quite extensive and I could not list all the words.  However, the journal serves as written documentation that demonstrates Charlie's decline.

"July 14

Its sunday again. I dont have anything to do to keep me busy now because my television set is broke and I dont have any money to get it fixed. (I think I lost this months check from the lab. I dont remember)"

July 28

"I wish I had it rite now if I did I would sit down and reed all the time. Anyway I bet Im the first dumb person in the world who ever found out something importent for sience. I remember I did something but I dont remember what. So I gess its like I did it for all the dumb pepul like me.
Good-by Miss Kinnian and Dr Strauss and evreybody. And P.S. please tell Dr Nemur not to be such a grouch when pepul laff at him and he would have more frends. Its easy to make frends if you let pepul laff at you. Im going to have lots of frends where I go."

What important question does Ralph ask Jack? Explain significance of Jack's silence as his response.In Chapter 7.

I think the question you are referring to is asked as they are heading across the island to find Piggy.  At one point, Ralph asks Jack why Jack hates him.  As you say, Jack remains silent.

This is an important question and answer because it brings up a couple major points in the book.  First, it reminds us that Jack hates Ralph, though that was clear already.  Second, Jack's silence implies that he does not have a reason.  It implies that some part of human nature just naturally hates order and rules.  That part of human nature (which Golding says is dominant) wants to be vicious and brutal like Jack.

Perfume: the story of a murderer The question is the following : In the novel's climatic scene, just as Grenouille is about to be executed, he...

The chaotic ending to Perfume can be analyzed as a metaphor of humanity and its intertwined and mysterious connections through scent, which represent the elixir (or essence) of life itself.

The opening of the scent is Jean Baptiste's only connection with humanity. All his life he sucked in the lives of many in search of this elixir, which would make his existence make sense. The nature of this elixir, being that it is the essence of life, is so powerful that it awakens every instinct and carnal nerve in the human body.

I am not sure that Jean Baptiste enjoyed this moment. I believe that he knew how the true nature of men is, and that he would have to sacrifice his own life as a result of his extreme search for the perfume. If anything, Jean Baptiste enjoyed releasing his passionate finding on to the world and, ultimately, combining himself with the world for the first time in his life.

Why does Mrs Joe's death not bring Pip and Joe any closer together?This question takes place in chapter 35

While the funeral takes place in Chapter 35, I would say that the answer to your question is pretty much from the book as a whole, not from any one passage in that chapter.

The reason that his sister's death doesn't bring Pip closer to Joe is that Pip is not really good enough of a person yet.  When he became a gentleman, Pip started trying to forget where he came from.  He feels that Joe is a reminder of his past and that past is something he is trying to forget.

At this point in his life, he has not grown up enough to realize that Joe is a good person even if he is poor.  So he keeps snubbing Joe even after Mrs. Joe dies.

How does Wilde present the relationship between Cecily and Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest?

The play intentionally makes double characters make mirrors of each other. For example, Jack and Algy are reflections of each other's thoughts and behaviors. Even Jack and Algy's butlers are reflective of each other.

Similarly Gwen and Cecily, though are from different social ranking, are still exact replicas of each others' frames of mind: 

First, Wilde foreshadowed the relationship on Act I, when Jack told Algernon that the girls will be pleased to meet and that the relationship of Cecily and Gwen will grow until they call each other "sisters", to which Algernon replied: "That's after they call each other many other things"- which is what occured.

Second, Wilde puts similar dialogues on each female character: Both obsessed with the name Earnest, both idealizing love and marriage, and both stopping at nothing to get what they want. Also, both are not presented as sharp and brilliantly as Algy and Jack, both lack lustre as characters, and -as stated before- are reflections of each other.

Third: As both Gwen and Cecily had just become entangled to an "Earnest" (Jack and Algernon respectively) they thought to be each other's rivals. This is when Wilde dictates a witty showdown between the two, which discloses that, different social status or not, the two women are exact behavioral clones of each other.

Gwendolyn used rank, status,and sarcastic witticism to bring down Cecily, and Cecily used the same amount of witticism, sarcasm, and come backs to beat down Gwendolyn.

None of the women out did the other, for they are a representation of the Victorian female desperation and idealization of marriage that Wilde criticized so much.

In the end, they did call each other "sisters- after they would have called each other many other things", continued their insane obsession over the name Earnest, and ended up fulfilling their wishes by becoming engaged to these two men they hardly knew well but by name.

What was Old Major's dream mostly about?

Old Major's dream was mostly about an ideal lifestyle: he says, "It was a dream of the earth as it will be when Man has vanished," (32). It was also reminiscent of a time in his life when things were easier and most certainly happier, as is made evident by his sudden memory of the words to the long-forgotten song, "Beasts of England." This dream is the main reason for the persuasive speech and call to action he delivers to all the animals on the farm shortly before his death.

Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Inc. 1946.

Besides light, what other factor is influencing the circadian rhythm?

A diet, high in fats, may lead not only  to the gain of weight, due to the excessive intake of calories, but it can affect circadian rhythms, or biological clock of each people.

People, who are suffering from circadian rhythm disorder, are unable to sleep or to wake up at normal hours and to go to work or to school.

Researchers have shown, with the help of lab-rats, that there is a cause-effect relationship between nutrition and the imbalance of the biological clock.

It was tested whether the biological clock affects the way of adiponectin (a protein hormone that regulates several metabolic processes) to the liver.

It was found that the lab-rats fed with low-fat diet, the circadian clock has not been affected, while in lab-rats fed with a high fat content diet, it was a slowing down of the biological clock.

Researchers claim that obesity is established not only because of high fat content, but also because of metabolic disorders.

What role did the Populist Party believe the government should play in American society?

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The agricultural depression triggered an outburst of political radicalism, the Alliance movement. The Farmers Alliance spread throughout the South and into the Midwest. The farm groups entered politics in the elections of 1890. In 1892, these farm groups combined with representatives of the Knights of Labor and various professional reformers to organize the People's, or Populist, party.

The convention adopted a sweeping platform calling for a graduated income tax; the nationalization of rail, telegraph, and telephone systems; the "subtreasury" plan, and the unlimited coinage of silver. The party also called for the adoption of the initiative and referendum, popular election of United States senators, an eight-hour workday, and immigration restrictions. In the presidential election, Cleveland defeated Harrison. The Populist candidate, James B. Weaver, attracted over a million votes, but results in congressional and state races were disappointing.

Opponents of the Populists in the South played on racial fears, and the Populists failed to attract the support of urban workers.

Is the carbon fiber bow really unbreakable?

Maybe these few things about carbon fibers will help you to have a real prospect about their possibilities.

1)Carbon fiber was invented in the '70s, in an attempt to create alternative raw materials. It is made of fibers derived from petroleum processing and contains 85% carbon. Carbon fiber is made of woven carbon filaments. When carbon fiber was invented, one filament of  carbon  had a diameter between 7-8 micrometers. Now, modern carbon fiber diameter has about five micrometers.

2)Unlike metals, carbon fiber cannot be thermally decomposed in open air. Carbon fiber can be decomposed by thermal methods only in an environment devoided of oxygen.

3)Carbon fiber has a life similar to that of aluminum and, if recycling,it has not an endurance limit . More specifically, carbon fiber can be recycled many times.

4)Carbon fiber can be recycled by chopping, but this process shortens the fibers within the material and also reduces lifespan and resistance parts.

5)Although in some ways is similar to asbestos, carbon fiber in the state present on market is not harmful to human health. Even carbon fiber powder inhaled in small quantities does not cause disease. In contrast, exposure to carbon filaments without proper protection can cause lung deficiencies.

What are the different views of immortality in Tuck everlasting?

The Tucks view immortality quite differently from the rest of the world because they are experiencing it. It is one thing to want to live forever, another thing entirely when it happens to you. As they watched the world around them change (not always for the better) and as they lose those individuals whom they care about (because they age and the Tuck's do not) they gained a different perspective on immortality, one which Winnie comes to understand through her own close relationship to the Tucks. We often long for things (such as everlasting life) because they have a certain allure - we think that they will make our lives better, when in reality the opposite is often the case. When you are immortal, you don't get to experience the intense array of feelings and emotions that those individuals who understand life as fleeting experience daily.This is what Winnie comes to understand through her connection to them.

Jesse, too, has a view on immortality that is colored by what he feels for Winnie. He longs to be like her, and she, at first, longs to be immportal so that she can be with him. Ultimately, what she learns from the Tucks is that life is far too valuable to throw away on immortality.

The man in the yellow suit represents capitalism - the idea that everything in life has a value, including life itself. He wishes to gain personally and monetarily through the bottling and selling of immortality. This is a recurring theme in literature and in history as well as in science - the search for the "fountain of youth." Today, we see "youth" sold in bottles - anti-aging creams, vitamins that promise to restore vitality. This is a major enterprise, and the man in yellow is representative of it.

The number two is used ten times in the story. What is the significance of this repetition? Does it suggest anything about the characters' lives?

The story revolves around the conflict between a man and a woman, who are faced with the decision of what to do about a pregnancy.  They view the situation differently, and they communicate differently.  Hemingway is demonstrating the "two" sides to every situation through the two individuals.  He is also demonstrating the difficulties in a romantic relationship, which is made up of two people.

What the two characters say to each other is also double-sided.  They are both trying to express themselves, but also to please the other person.  The woman says she'll do what the man wants, but she says it with a lack of confidence.  She obviously wants him to defer again to her.  He replies that he will not try to influence her, but he continues to do so.  Everything said has a double meaning.

Finally, the characterss lives can now go down two possible paths.  They can choose to keep the baby, or abort the baby.  Hemingway illustrates the dual nature of any decision, showing how every choice opens up new choices.  Nothing in singular.

What happens on Sundays?

Immediately after the revolt, the Sundays are indeed a day of rest as well as a day of propaganda, in that they sing “Beasts of England,” and some learn to read, and so-called committees pretend to convene.  Soon, however, this goal of the revolution collapses in the pigs’ effort to reach production goals.  Animals begin working on Sunday by Chapter 6 to meet a 60 hour work week.  Soon after that, the new baby pigs get to “dress up” on Sundays by wearing ribbons on their tails, signifying the growing transformation of the pigs into to humans.  And so life becomes more and more as life was during the days of Manor Farm:  the animals work, and the pigs, now becoming human, dress up and relax. The change of activities on Sundays is significant to the meaning of the novel.

Contrast the different ways the 3 main characters value the house, the objects in it and their family and family traditions.I want to see all 3...

I agree with the above answer concerning the three main characters in Walker's "Everyday Use," and how the characters value the house.  I'll just view the issue from a slightly different angle.

For Dee, the house is now (in the present of the story) art, illusion if you will.  It is what someone else's life is like.  She is now sophisticated, has moved beyond it.  She wants "souvenirs," pieces of art, from the house.

For Maggie and her mother, the house is reality.  The things in the house are what they use to live every day.  The things in the house are not antiques and art works, but tools and remembrances.     

Walker is suggesting that the mother and Maggie possess a dignity of their own.  They don't need to change and become sophisticated in order to have dignity.  And they certainly do not need to leave their home and surroundings to make their lives worth living and valuable. 

In a penalty kick, a soccer player kicks the ball from ground level with an initial velocity of 25m/s, 20 degrees above the horizontal. Assume no...

The initial velocity of the ball is 25 m/s . Which could be resolved into  25 cos20 degree and 25 sin 20 degree  in horizontal and vertical directions respectively.

Due to gravitational acceleration , g the ball looses its vertical component of its continuously at the constant rate of g per second. Therefore, the ball looses all its initial vertical velocity  component at the maximum height due to the gravity. So,

Vertical velocity at the maximum height = 25sin 2- gt = 0 or, t = 25sin20/g . It takes (25sin20)/g seconds to attain maximum height.

The height y the ball attained in this time, t = (25sin20)/g seconds is given by:

y = (1/2) gt^2 = (1/2)g(25sin20/g)^2 =(25sin20)^2 /g  = 7.4527 m

The flight time t, is given by:

y = (25sin20)t - (1/2) gt^2 = 0 , as y = 0 on the ground.

(2*25sin20 - t)t = 0. t = 0 is when the ball was on the ground before the kick.

t = (2*25*sin20)/g = 1.7432 sec

In The Hobbit, what is a "dragon-spell" and how does Bilbo get Smaug to reveal a weak spot?

The "dragon-spell" refers to the power Smaug has to hypnotize his enemies.  Smaug's eyes have powerful hypnotic qualities, and be looking directly at someone, he can convince them to do or say anything he wants.  Smaug, as a dragon, is in the same reptilian family as snakes.  Snakes have also long been described as having hypnotizing ability.

Bilbo cleverly tricks Smaug into announcing his weak spot by challenging Smaug's abilities.  He knows that the dragon is arrogant enough to want to prove how powerful he is; and also arrogant enough to assume that no one would be able to get at the weak spot.

In the passage below (Book 2, Lines 12-42), how does Satan use rhetorical devices to persuade his audience to agree with his goals?"Powers and...

In this passage, Satan asks a rhetorical question to his minions. In his question, Satan simply asks his followers if any of them would be jealous of his position as leader or ruler of Hell. In other words, Satan asks who would want his job and the risks associated with it such as God’s eternal wrath. The answer is simple: no one.

This dialogue also serves to highlight what Satan views as his ‘advantage’ over the forces of good. His rhetorical question highlights the fact that Satan does not believe he has to fear the possibility of being overthrown as ruler in Hell. He also discusses the fact that Satan’s forces seemingly have nothing to lose in their fight against Heaven. Thus, the entire speech becomes a wonderful illustration of Satan’s pride, which, ultimately, is his defining characteristic.

Satan’s pride can certainly be seen in the fact that even after being cast out of Heaven, Satan continues to plot and scheme against what he sees as “the tyranny of Heaven.” Describing his position in Hell as the “highest place” and himself as a “bulwark” standing between his followers and God’s wrath, Satan clearly indicates his inflated feelings of self importance.

Who are the "singers" in Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing"?

Whitman tells us exactly who the singers are.  He lists them out.  There are mechanics and masons, carpenters and boatmen.  There are men and women -- we see women sewing and washing.  All of them are singing and their songs are uniquely their own.

All of these people, in my opinion, are not really important for their specific professions.  In other words, it doesn't matter if Whitman has them being masons or fishermen.  What's important here is that they are all common Americans.  Whitman is saying that it is the common people who make America what it is.

How may I ask a Level Three question for Catch-22 in order to include the individual vs. society as my theme?

This is a very good question.  By level three, I'm assuming you're talking about higher order thinking skills.  It's been awhile since I taught this book, but one of the main premises of it is that the men can't win--which is the opinion of many people about war...it's a lose-lose all around.  For instance, when the pilots ask the doc how they can keep from flying to stay alive, he responds, "All they have to do is ask."  However, the Catch-22 for this example is that if you're sane enough to ask, you're sane enough to fly...only the ones who want to fly are not sane enough to fly and would be given a reprieve from flying IF they ask, but they don't ask because they're insane.  It all goes around in circles. 

So, to employ this as a universal theme, you might ask your fellow classmates to explain the theme of Catch-22 using both examples from the text (like the one above) and also by applying it to a modern day example.

Good Luck!

How does the boys' meeting place look different later in the day in Lord of the Flies?

With the change of the light because it is at the end of the day, Ralph notices that the sun slants in at one side "so that the shadows were where they ought to be."  Before, when the boys met earlier in the day the green roof was

lit by a tangle of golden reflctions, and their faces were lit upside down--like, thought Ralph, when you hold an electric torch in your hands.

The reality of the scene causes Ralph to fall "into that strange mood of speculation that was so foreign to him."  Ralph begins to ponder existence and its meaning.  He asks himself, "What was a face?  What was anything?"  The ambiguity of what is real sets upon Ralph, and he has "to adjust his values."  Also, the sun in his eyes causes Ralph to realize that time passes, so he takes down the conch, pondering how Piggy can think so much better than he.  With the more realistic slant of light, the noble, but inadequate leadership of Ralph comes fully and realistically into view, and the meeting goes badly as Jack asserts himself and convinces the boys of his perspective on the beast.

As the evening comes, one little boy tells of his horrifying experience one night when he saw things; Simon stands up to admit that he had been out at night, and Ralph looks at him, astonished.  But, Simon replies that he wished to go to a place that he is comfortable, but he becomes inarticulate, unable to communicate what he knows of the "beast."  Just then "two grey trunks rubbed each other with an evil speaking that no aone had noticed by day.

With oncoming night, the reality of their surroundings change, as do the reality of what is happening.  In the darkness, evil more easily emerges, and Simon "stirred in the darkness."  The meeting ends with Ralph wishing that someone could send them "something grownup."  Then "a thin wail out of the darkness chilled them"; little Percival was experiencing something horrible.

Clearly, Golding's use of light/dark imagery is meant to throw shadows of doubt onto Ralph, and to reveal more of the evil that lies in the hearts of man. 

What role did the military play in Aztec society?

The military played one the largest roles in the Aztec society.  The Aztecs were very concerned about increasing their salve labor force and capturing live sacrifices for the gods.  In order to expand their wealth in terms of slaves and resources they established and maintained a large and strong military operation. 

Specialized weapons were created for the military men.  They carried awords and pears, clubs, and shields.  There were orders of levels in the military with leadership.  The larger the Aztec population became the further a distance their warriors had to travel.  The journey was difficult for the men, but their religious beliefs required that they full fill their destiny.  There was little room for error and no room for refusal.

The Aztecs had two separate classes of warriors.  One group were specifically in the military with training and the other group consisted of citizens called to arms when needed. Highly skilled Aztec warriors were referred to as Pipiltin.  The military also provided the opportunity for men to achieve greater status in the community. 

How does Shakespeare show how love affects Romeo in Act 1 Scene 1, contrasted with how Romeo feels in Act 2 scene 2?What event has occured for...

The transformation in Romeo's character from the first act to the second is as dramatic as night and day. When we first meet Romeo, he is sullen, melancholy, brooding, removed from his family...almost a typical infatuated teenager. His "love" for Rosaline is an obsession, and he suffers in that these feelings are unrequited. His feelings about love are heavy with contrast, a mixture of delight and grief.

Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
O any thing, of nothing first create!(175)
O heavy lightness! serious vanity!
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!
This love feel I, that feel no love in this.

Those around him notice, and are constantly attempting to draw him out of his foul mood. His father goes so far as to say that Romeo avoids the sun:

Away from light steals home my heavy son
And private in his chamber pens himself,
Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out(135)
And makes himself an artificial night.

So Romeo is the ultimate moper, locking himself in his room, drawing the curtains closed, and shunning all who try to cheer him up. Mercutio will get much of the same reaction later in this act, as he roughly chides Romeo for his fawning over Rosaline.

Once he meets Juliet, this all changes. Suddenly love brings Romeo happiness and joy, and he once again delights in ribbing Mercutio and engaging in quick-witted wordplay. In contrast to the heaviness he associates with love in the first act, Romeo now asserts that

With love's light wings did I o'erperch these walls;(70)
For stony limits cannot hold love out,
And what love can do, that dares love attempt.
Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me.

Thus Juliet's love brings a sense of weightlessness, a determination to do anything to be with her. Romeo's love for Juliet produces the opposite effects in his personality.

Suggest three ways in which rivers are similar?Science grade 8

Rivers all run into a larger body of water. 

They all have the potential for pollution.

Rivers all change the land even if they are not fast moving.

Rivers provide life for organisms, even stagnant polluted rivers.

Rivers have a beginning and an end.

Rivers can flood.

Rivers are part of the water cycle.

River systems in the world are very different.  Some are already polluted while others are at risk of pollution.  Some are abundant in life while others only support the basic organisms. 

What effect did colonization have on Australia's indigenous population?

The colonization of Australia took a terrible toll on the indigenous people of the land.  The Aborigines lived in small collective family tribes and often fought with one another.  For many years they were like the American Indians and had no common language.  Since there was no one head of the group, it made forming treaties difficult.  The resources that Australia had to offer were soon confiscated by the European settlers leaving behind bush and low land for the Aborigines.

The British established a program to resettle the Aborigine Population by removing their children and placing them in orphanages.  Mixed children were of particular risk.  While some were adopted by white families, most remained in orphanages.  (This mirroered the practices done to American Indian children). 

The European people thought of the Aborigines as inferior and stupid.  They had no rights in their own country and were not allowed to vote.  Their lives were similiar to that of the blacks in the south shortly after the Civil War.   They were ousted off their land by more and more whites moving into the areas, treated like the underclass, and even hung with little judicial justice.

In 1967 they were allowed to become citizens of the country of Australia. Many of the cultural experiences were lost and a generation of children was left with out a world that was familiar to them.  While advocacy grew for the rights of the  Aborigines so did the rates of drug use and alcoholism. 

 Australian Aborigines continue to have difficulty adapting.  They have become proud of the things that are their art and dance styles, but they have lost so much more.   As a population they have the lowest income, housing, and lifestyle in economic and technological terms than European decedents living in Australia.

What does Gregor's bug appearance symbolize?

The symbolism in Kafka is complicated. It is open and subject to almost all kinds of readerly manipulation. Gregor's transformation has been seen in many different ways over the years by critical thought. Here are some perspectives--

1. The most famous of these interpretations is the existentialist or the absurdist one whereby Gregor's transformation seems to be evocative of an arbitrary human condition in a world which is absolutely contingent and where all logical processes of signification fail, as it were.

2. One can see the metamorphosis of Gregor as a parody or may be, even a pastiche (blank parody i.e. where the staunch satirical intent of parody is missing) of the classical and epic proportions of Ovidian metamorphosis.

3. The alienation in Kafka's work and Gregor's alienation through transformation have often been seen as the representation of the alienation of the individual in a capitalist socirty. Walter Benjamin, Raymond Williams or Deleuze-Guattari's readings of Kafka in socialist and ethnic terms should be followed here.

4. The metamorphosis definitely has Darwinian connotations of animality. The failure of rational order in Kafka leads to an absolutely instinctive register as that of the beast in the story.

5. One can see the beast as a psychoanalytic fantasy because the text does mention the uneasy dreams Gregor did have on the fatal night.

6. There is a Biblical symbolism of The Fall at work. Recall the scene in particular, where an apple is placed on Gregor's head and targeted.

7. One may also apply the dehumanization theory that works in the structuralist and psychoanalytic canon of 20th century with anti-humanists like Lacan and Strauss and the idea of the disappearing human subject under the speech-act, under language, under Foucaultian discourse.

Why does God send Death to Everyman?

God is unhappy with the way Everyman is living his life.  Money is one factor, but there are many others.  Remember that Everyman is one of the first morality plays, and it would be performed in church to teach the every day folks who didn't read and write how they were supposed to live.  Plays of this type were a common and successful way of teaching the illiterate masses the words and ways of the Bible. 

After Death is sent to deliver the message to Everyman, he goes through the typical reactions--denial, refusal, acceptance, and then he seeks company to travel with him.  Of course, once everyone else finds out where he is going, they all find something else to do.  Only Knowledge and Good Deeds go with Everyman to judgement day and the grave.

What is the first prophecy that the witches tell Macbeth?Im doing an essay on macbeth and in the essay plan it says i must include in paragraphy 2...

"Hail to thee Thane of Cawdor" may sound like a prophesy to Macbeth, but it is not one; it is a hook meant to snare him... and it does. Although Banquo and Macbeth don't know it yet, because they are returning from fighting a war, Macbeth has already been given his new title by the King. The first real "prophesy," then, is  "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!"

After Macbeth hears this and the witches disappear, Ross and Angus come onto the scene, and Ross informs Macbeth thet he is the new Thane of Cawdor. Banquo says, "What, can the devil speak true?" He and Macbeth are now sure that the witches know the future. A stunned Macbeth goes off by himself. His look of distraction at that point is what prompts Banquo to say to Ross and Angus: "Look, how our partner's rapt." Indeed, Macbeth's mind is now full of "horrible imaginings."

In "The Yellow Wallpaper" why does the narrator keep it a secret from John and his sister?

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There are serveral reasons why the narrator keeps her condition a secret from John and his sister.

First, realize that back in the setting of the story there was nothing known to the medical nor psychological field such as "Post Partum Depression" or "Baby Blues", which is a very true condition based on hormonal shifts, stimulus to the frontal cortex, depletion of minerals or excess of secreted hormones to the body. The result of this body imbalance is a deep-rooted depression combined with separation anxiety, anxiety attacks, tremors, irregular heart beats and difficulty breathing. Ultimately, it could also lead to hallucinations, unreasonable fears, and even suicide.

Back in the time where the story is set, women's conditions were reduced to "melancholy" "sadness" "joy that kills" and things that just solidified the idea that women were  nothing but a bunch of nerves who made babies.

The result of her telling them would have been spending her days alone in a sanatorium, becoming isolated from her family, and bringing shame to those around her.  She, herself, did not know either what was happening. She must have been a wreck knowing how irrational her thoughts were becoming, but she must have been even more scared to be declared "crazy".

As you also know, John was not the most affectionate nor devoted husband. Taking her away to take airs and relax in the country was just a way for him to rid himself of the problem by doing something that looks merciful. He was not at all interested in understanding what was wrong, nor did anything out of his way to try to figure it out.

Hence, the lack of support, the lack of understanding of her situation, and the horror and anxiety that awaits giving up to it were just some of the reasons why it was best to keep the whole ordeal a secret.

What types of conflict are used in this piece? In what instances is conflict used?

Conflicts in the story are both internal and external. Once conflict concerns Laura and her family ("man against man").  She wants to learn life from their point of view; she wants to be like them. She admires her mother and her brother enormously, but learning to be like them is not easy for her and she often stumbles, as she does when speaking to the workmen.  This event pertains the larger class conflict (man vs. man) that provides the background to the story, the conflict between the life of comfort of the family and life of hardship of the people in the village; it is that difference in class, and the inability of one class to understand the other, that Mansfield wants to expose. This leads to the internal conflict for the protagonist, for during this party she learns about life and death (man vs. nature), and the weight of that knowledge is staggering.  Her entire background conflicts with the poverty and experience of death that she encounters when she visits the family in the village, and when the story ends, she is not able to resolve it. She comes close to understanding the meaning of death, but it finally eludes her when her brother can only say "Isn't it darling" as she cries to express her feelings.

What leads to the alienation of Winston Smith?3 Points please, and examples from the book.

Winston Smith is alienated from others (his friends, families, co-workers, girlfriends, potential lovers and wife).  He cannot form lasting relationships because of fear.  Marriage is only condoned by the state because of procreation purposes, not for love or pleasure.  He has been bred to hate:

he thing that now suddenly struck Winston was that his mother's death, nearly thirty years ago, had been tragic and sorrowful in a way that was no longer possible. Tragedy, he perceived, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there was still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason. His mother's memory tore at his heart because she had died loving him, when he was too young and selfish to love her in return, and because somehow, he did not remember how, she had sacrificed herself to a conception of loyalty that was private and unalterable.

Winston Smith is alienated from the past and history. He has no sense of history.  He doesn't know what happened to his mother.  He doesn't know who his country is fighting.  He doesn't know how the world came to have 3 super-powers fighting for domination.

But to trace out the history of the whole period, to say who was fighting whom at any given moment, would have been utterly impossible, since no written record, and no spoken word, ever made mention of any other alignment than the existing one. At this moment, for example, in 1984 (if it was 1984), Oceania was at war with Eurasia and in alliance with Eastasia. In no public or private utterance was it ever admitted that the three powers had at any time been grouped along different lines. Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia.

Winston Smith is alienated from art and literature. His job is to censor words.  He's not very good "reading" people: he falls for O'Brien's obvious tricks.  He does not know what beauty is.  He thinks the coral paperweight is a work of fine art.  He thinks the old prole woman singing is beautiful.  To us, all of these are mediocre at best.  He has been cut off from all critical thinking.  Even his diary is juvenile:

His eyes re-focused on the page. He discovered that while he sat helplessly musing he had also been writing, as though by automatic action. And it was no longer the same cramped, awkward handwriting as before. His pen had slid voluptuously over the smooth paper, printing in large neat capitals

DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER

over and over again, filling half a page.

What are the audience's expectations of act 1 scene 5?Juliet judge Paris; Romeo will cheer up and try to find Rosaline.

The audience is probably feeling many emotions and the expectations could take many avenues at this point.  The audience is hopeful at the end of Act I Scene 5 that Romeo and Juliet will defy fate and end up as a happy couple.  Even though they know of each other's families at the end of Scene 5, they are willing to defy anyone or anything to be together. This makes the audience feel that despite the foreshadowing in the Prologue using the words: "misadventured" and "death-marked," to name a few, they will still beat the odds. 

Romeo's speech at the end of Scene 4, as he approaches the Capulet's feast, indicates that he sees things going terribly wrong and that this will lead to his eventual demise.

Tybalt vows to kill Romeo and get his revenge because he is a Montague and he dared to enter the Capulet's feast.  The audience will see Tybalt as a serious threat to the couple's happiness.  He says, "I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall, Now seeming sweet, convert to bitter gall."

I think that even though we know Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, we are also hopeful, as an audience, that love will prevail and will overcome the obstacles.  I also think the audience feels that they are on the edge, fearing the worst, but hoping for the best.

Reference:  The Language and Literature Book by McDougal Littell           

Which class of Burmese did Orwell despise most of all?

Orwell does not come out and explicitly say "here's the class of Burmese that I despise most of all."  But I think the correct answer to your question is probably the Buddhist priests.

Right at the beginning of the essay, he talks about how annoying it was to be in Burma because so many of the "Burmans" hated the English and liked to taunt them if they could get away with it. He talks about how one would trip him and then everyone else would laugh.

But then he says that the "young Buddhist priests were the worst of them all."  He says that all they ever did was hang around and make fun of Europeans.

What is the significance of the dead body in the frame house and Mary/Sarah Williams?

By covering the dead man's face and refusing to let him look at him, Jim shows tenderness and concern for Huck, even though Huck hasn't shown the same kindness to him.  Also, Jim knows what Huck does not - that the dead body is that of Huck's father.

Huck goes to shore disguised as a girl, and identifies himself as Sarah Williams to Mrs. Lathrop, whose house he visits.  Later, in conversation, he says his name is Mary Williams, a slip which Mrs. Lathrop catches immediately. 

What does The Veldt suggest to you about experience?

What it suggests is rather scary!  If you look at it one way, what this story seems to be saying is that whatever you experience fully, and want to experience, can become real! 

The children live in their artificial, telepathy-controlled, holographic world of the nursery.  Their thoughts and whims are translated into viewable, sensible images (and maybe something more!).  This means that they do not have to do anything more to work for it (such as traveling to the actual African veldt) than think.  And that is a kind of absolute power -- the power to have all whims granted without one's own labor -- and it is an old saw that power like that corrupts.

So, the experience of having their wishes granted fully, such as by the holographic nursery, means that the children's experiences are almost all their own.  They are able to experience the life-and-death natural struggle on the veldt, rather than the world of family, home, and school around them.  They are able to tailor it to their whims, and thus it becomes more compelling and interesting to them than anything or person outside of it.  Since the children control their experiences fully, this story seems to be saying, they are able to control the bent of their characters.  The experience of having absolute power over their surroundings as made them desire nothing more than that -- absolute power.  And this experience of power, denied to every generation of children before them, has made them murderous.  They want to remove the people who are going to limit (or cut off) their access to ultimate power over their environment; and those people turn out to be their parents.

There is no indication in the story that Wendy and Peter would have been murderous children without the influence of the automatic nursery.  What is being said here is that the experiences the children were allowed to have, when given free rein for their imaginations, warped them to such a degree they would kill their parents.  This is powerful claim, for it doesn't take into consideration the inborn character traits of the children; in fact, that is the point.  The addictive power of the automatic nursery made their characters subside to such a degree that they would do anything to keep having access to it, including leaving their parents to be eaten by lions.  Whatever Wendy and Peter might have been like before their experiences with the automatic nursery has been pushed aside -- the addiction takes precedence.

This would seem to be a cautionary tale (or a grim prediction about the introduction of television, as this was published in 1951) about bad experiences.  It is known that, for certain people (and those who are young are certainly included in this) very violent or negative experience can completely change character, and drive the experiencer to commit acts they would not have before.  Bradbury is positing, perhaps, that the artificial power that the automatic nursery confers onto its experiencers (the children) will enslave them completely.  The analogy to television (and video games, and virtual reality) is uncanny and unsettling. 

What is the most important conflict in the book Wednesday Wars and why?This should be categorized by person vs. self, person, society, nature,...

Person vs. Self: The novel focuses mainly on person vs. self conflict because it is a "coming-of-age" tale about Holling Hoodhood.  As a seventh grader, Holling is in an awkward stage in life naturally, but to complicate matters, he does not fit in at school because he is neither Catholic or Jewish like the other students at his school.  This causes him to be isolated every Wednesday.  In the end, however, Holling discovers who he really is, what he likes and dislikes, and that he is not simply an "ordinary" boy.  He is at peace with himself by the novel's conclusion. Man v. self conflict is the most signficant form of conflict in the novel, but I've listed some other examples of conflict below.

Person vs. Person: The primary "man v. man" conflict of the novel originally occurs between Holling and Mrs. Baker.  However, as their relationship changes and becomes a mentor/apprentice one, Holling encounters conflict with his family, Meryl Lee, and several others--but nothing like the original "war" between Mrs. Baker and him.

Society: While Holling endures his own inner conflict, the world around him (society) is immersed in conflict.  During the novel's course, the Vietnam War rages, MLK is assassinated, and Bobby Kennedy is killed. Gary Schmidt demonstrates that an individual can develop his own sense of self even if society is at war with itself.

Nature: There really is not much man v. nature conflict in the novel.  You could perhaps list the incident with the rats and Holling's "race" with them as an example.

Unknown: Mrs. Baker certainly faces conflict with the unknown.  During the novel, her husband is overseas in Vietnam.  She receives word that he is missing in action and must deal with not knowing if he is still alive, if he is okay, and if she will ever see him again.  In the end, she does hear from him, and the novel closes with her going to welcome him home.

what is Bob Ewell's response to the verdict as described in Chapter 22? Is it when he spat in Atticus's face and threatened him? If not, what is...

In the closing lines of Chapter 22, Miss Stephanie describes Bob Ewell's response to the verdict by saying, "this morning Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he'd get him if it took the rest of his life".

In the Time of the Butterflies, how does Maria Teresa's diary help her throughout life and how does her diary save her in prison?

As a young girl of 10, Maria Theresa keeps a diary as a way to record her personal secrets, as many young girls do.  In another diary she records her college years, and in a third her six months in prison. The early diary records events such as her First Holy Communion, and also indicates her love of "El Jeffe." Later she reflects in her diary that she no longer thinks of him "like God" as she once did.  In this way, her diary enables her to sort out the truth in life, to develop her understanding of the world.  In prison, we see her diary as her way of maintaing courage by recording thoughts of her family and anecdotes concerning her fellow prisoners.  It also secretly expresses her despair, anger, and terror.  Her prison diary also reveals thet her essential belief in the goodness of other is not destroyed despite her horrific treatment in jail. She uses her diary to help sort through the difficult decision as to whether to pass on to the inspectors the information she was tortured. In the end, she decides not to so so because she does not want the guard who was kind to her to get into trouble.  In many ways, Mate's prison diary functions the same as that of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis during WWII.  Both use their diaries as ways to maintain their faith in human goodness, to record their love of family and life, and maintain a sense of humor in spite of their suffering.

How is federalism related to the division of governmental power between the national and state levels?Explain the difference between enumerated and...

The reason the first national government of the United States failed under the Articles of Confederation was because the Founders, having witnessed the increasing reach of Parliament, purposely wanted to keep a confined national government with limited powers so that the balance of power would reside slightly more with each individual state, and the bulk retained by the people. Realizing that the national government was too confined, they got the balance right under the Constitution, where issues of common interests among the states were best handled -- the minting of coins to be a prime example, rather than having each state mint its own, and slow down commerce through endless currency conversions.  Under the Constitution, each state ceased acting like an independent country, ceding explicit abilities to the national government. The Constitution clearly itemizes what the national government can do; (the "enumerated" powers,) the concept of "implied powers" is a fabrication.  Over time, it has undermined state and local government, and made the national government unmanageable.  The Founders clearly wanted a small, definable national government.  Had there been a need to add to the enumerated powers, they provided for that through the process of amending the Founding Document.  Sadly, politicians take the least path of resistance, and rather go through the amendment process (which to them is seen as an impediment to their grabbing power) they simply have sidestepped the issue by employing "implied" powers, where they can make the Constitution state what it does not, or worse, ignoring the Constitution altogether. Like the increasing reach of Parliament in the 1760's, the US now has the same problem with the increasing reach of its federal government.

What does the term "service culture" mean? How do companies develop a service culture?Please cite sources!

Service cultures differ from organization to organization. Culture includes values, beliefs, norms, rituals, etc.  Any policy, procedure, action or inaction on the part of an organization and its employees contribute to service culture.  Employees can play key roles in communicating a company's culture to its customers. Examples include: employee dress code, interactions with customers, service provider's knowledge, skill, and attitude.

Companies develop vastly different service cultures depending on their industry, product, size, business model, etc. The culture is usually set and communicated by top executives.

What are the lyrical qualities present in Dryden's work "Song for St Cecilia's Day"?

Lyrical poetry, or lyric poems, is a category under which various types of poems fall. Sonnets are lyric poems as are elegies and odes. Each of these types of lyric poems has its own structural guidelines, for instance, English sonnets are composed of fourteen lines comprised of three quatrains (four line stanzas) with a rhyming couplet comprising the last two lines. Lyric poetry is distinguished by four principla points.

First, in lyric poetry, the poet (or sometimes speaker other than the poet) is expressing her/imself personally. Second, the poet is expressing personal thoughts and feelings. Third, lyric poetry does not tell a story, has no narrative, as opposed to poems like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which are narratives telling stories. Fourth, lyric poems are musical in composition as the original ones were meant to be accompanied by the lyre (the word lyric is derived from the word lyre), hence there is musical rhythm and there may be a chorus.   

Dryden's lyric poem "Song for St Cecilia's Day" has all of these features. Written in iambic rhythm (soft, stressed, soft, stressed, etc) and changing between a tetrameter and trimeter (e.g., stanza 3), the song is a personal expression of the poet. In it, Dryden is singing the praises of the power of harmony and music ("What passion cannot Music raise and quell?"). He uses emotional language (excites, pains, pangs, passion) and he expresses deep thoughts about the topic ("Notes inspiring holy love"). It is clear that he is not telling a story but rather expressing himself. Remembering that lyric poetry is written as a song, hence the title, there are rhythmic changes when the song switches between tetrameter and trimeter. Also this lyric poem ends with a Grand Chorus, as is suited to a song.

Why does Robert insist they need a real pig, rather than someone to pretend to be a pig?

He says they need a real pig rather than a pretend one because he just about got killed when he was pretending to be the pig.

This episode happened in Chapter 7.  The hunters had been out hunting a pig and they almost got one.  Unfortunately, they let it get away.  So when they came back, they were still pretty pumped up and were also pretty frustrated.  They started dancing, showing what had happened.  Robert got in the middle and pretended to be the pig.  They started jabbing him with a spear and actually hurt him.

So he says they need a real pig so they can actually kill it.

I need analysis of thunderstorms poem William H. Davie please help me

The poem, by William H. Davies:

My mind has thunderstorms,
That brood for heavy hours:
Until they rain me words,
My thoughts are drooping flowers
And sulking, silent birds.

Yet come, dark thunderstorms,
And brood your heavy hours;
For when you rain me words,
My thoughts are dancing flowers
And joyful singing birds.

I believe the author is describing the creative process of writing. The thunderstorm is a metaphor for the author's mind, or perhaps his muse. He also personifies the thunderstorms by saying that they "brood for heavy hours" - meaning he sometimes has to concentrate long and hard, and still comes up with nothing - "raining empty words." When this happens, and he is not inspired, his thoughts are drooping flowers - another metaphor for lifeless thoughts, nothing that can be written perhaps. This emptiness of creativity is also referred to as "sulking, silent birds" - the birds are silent because he has come up empty.

In the second stanza, the tone changes. He addresses the thunderstorm (an apostrophe) and asks for the "heavy hours" because in spite of the difficulty, it is the only way to come up with the "raining words" that he can fashion into writing. When this happens, and he can write what he is thinking, then his thoughts are "dancing flowers" and "joyful singing birds."

This is a short little poem, but it is rich in metaphors.

What do you think? Could you interpret the thunderstorm as something else? Sure! It could be the author is planning on speaking to his lover and cannot come up with the right words to say. But I like the writing metaphor.

In The Great Gatsby, why does Fitzgerald introduce the character of Mr.Gatz?Great Gatsby

First, concerning your question about Mr. Gatz in The Great Gatsby, we can't really speak for a writer.  We can't read his mind and shouldn't pretend to.  That would be sloppy scholarship if I pretended to you that I could do that. 

I can, though, tell you what some of the effects are of Fitzgerald having done so.   

Mr. Gatz's appearance and presence in the novel adds poignancy (a quality of specialness) to the closing events of the novel.  Mr. Gatz is not greedy, and neither is Gatsby.  Gatsby's wealth serves the purpose of getting Daisy back--look how he wastes so much money to throw his lavish parties, all in the hope that Daisy might happen to stop by one sometime.  And Mr. Gatz's "awed pride" is the pride of a father for a son who has made good.  His pride is the pride of a father for a son who has fulfilled the American Dream. 

The father's disappointment at the sparse attendance at the funeral adds to Nick's disappointment, as well, and emphasizes the character, or lack of it, on the part of those who certainly do not fail to show up when Gatsby is throwing parties.

In addition to adding poignancy to the concluding events, Mr. Gatz serves other purposes as well.  He doesn't reveal where Gatsby gets his greed from, as I've already mentioned, but he does reveal where Gatsby gets his naivete from.  Mr. Gatz has clung to Gatsby's childhood list for years, believing it demonstrates a great deal about his character.  In reality, the list is likely a typical list children and even early adolescents make--favorite songs, best friends, etc.  Notice that nothing is mentioned about how rigidly Gatsby followed the list as a child.  (Opinions do differ about the list, though, so I could be wrong about this part.)   

In short, Mr. Gatz adds poignancy, reveals a little background while giving a glance at another Midwesterner, and, finally, by the way, gives readers a quote to talk about concerning the novel's title:

"If he'd of lived he'd of been a great man."

What is an example of dramatic irony in Act III, scenes 3-4 of "Romeo and Juliet"?

Another example of irony is in Romeo's lament before Friar Laurence in Act III:

There is no world without Verona walls,/But Purgatory, torture, Hell itself./Hence banished is banished from the world./And world's exile is death.  The "banished,"/Is death mistermed. III,iii17-21)

There are two instances of irony in Romeo's remarks.  First, he states that it is Purgatory and Hell itself to be outside Verona when within the walls of the city he has been hated all his life by the Capulets, and he has committed an act of murder. 

In another instance, Romeo declares that being banished is "torture and not mercy," but

...Heaven is here,/Where Juliet lives, (III,iii,29)

He thinks that if he could stay in Verona, he would be in "heaven," but he does not know yet that Juliet is so upset over Tybalt's death.

How does Beatty try to help Montag?

Montag also mentions later that Beatty wanted to die. One other possible interpretation: Knowing Montag had books, Beatty seemed to give him the opportunity to return to his old life as the mindless fireman: sending the Hound was his last chance to do this. Being tipped off by Millie's friends (and then Millie herself), Beatty then proceeded to make Montag burn his own house with the other firemen just standing around watching. As Beatty shouted out all those quotes from authors, I kind of got the feeling that Beatty was trying to get Montag fired up (pun intended): fired up to the point where he would have the guts to become the rebel that he eventually did become. Maybe, in Beatty's twisted reverse-psychological (and suicidal) mind, maybe Beatty was also fed up and decided to go out in a blaze while indirectly giving some last minute inspiration to Montag.

In The Miracle Worker, according to Percy, how does Helen communicate, or "talk?"What does she do?

Helen has the habit of touching her fingertips to her lips and moving them like she feels the lips of others moving. Although she can imitate the motion made when a person talks, she emits no sound. According to Percy, when Helen does this, she is trying to talk.

Percy notes Helen's action twice in the play, and both times he says, "she tryin' talk." The first time this happens is in Act 1; Percy, Martha, and Helen are playing with paper dolls, when Helen begins poking her fingers inside Percy's mouth to feel his tongue. Annoyed, Percy tries to bite her fingers, and Helen jerks them away, placing them now on her own lips as she moves them in imitation of Percy's lips, but soundlessly. Percy tells Martha, "She tryin' talk. She gonna get mad. Looka her tryin' talk." Percy recognizes that Helen is aware that people communicate with their mouths, through speech, but, unable to replicate the process herself, she gets extremely frustrated.

The second time Percy notes that Helen is trying to talk is in Act 2, right after the Kellers have left, leaving Helen alone with Annie who is trying to establish her authority so that she can teach the child to communicate using signs. Helen is angry at being left with Annie, and refuses to interact with her, so Annie solicits the help of Percy. Percy does not want to get involved, but Annie is insistent, and when Helen realizes that Percy is there, she is elated and again puts her fingers into his mouth. She then, like before, puts her fingers to her own lips, trying once more to emulate what Percy does when he talks. Percy tells Annie, "She tryin' talk," and, knowing from past experience how frustrating this is for her, and how angry she gets, adds, "She gonna hit me."

What is the point of view of this book? Could this book be anti-war or could it be a book that glorifies war or maybe neither?Heay guys PLEASE help...

The point of view is third person limited, so we know only what Henry Fleming, the main character, is thinking. We don't know what the other characters are thinking and feeling.

This book is mainly a coming-of-age story for Henry Fleming. He leaves his mother as an innocent boy eager to fight, glorifying and romanticizing war. Once he's wounded, he becomes so afraid that he leaves the battlefield. He does return to his unit, but he must lie to them because he's ashamed of deserting. By the end, Henry is much like a veteran soldier who understands what war is really like.

In no way does Crane glorify war in his book. Through Henry, we see the horrors of war. When he wanders into the forest, he sees death and the agony of war. Men have lost limbs and are so stunned by what has happened to them that they no longer seem able to function. This shocks Henry and confuses him, making him feel even more alone. Crane uses Henry to show his readers what war does to men and to show how senseless and cruel war is.

How can you explain the conflict of the short story, "The Necklace," with one or two sentences?

The conflict in the story "The Necklace" centers around greed and vanity.  The main character's greed and vanity leads to her demise, and to lead a miserable life of hardship and woe.  If she had been content with the blessings that she had in the first place, she would have never had to spend her entire life paying for the sacrifice that her greed demanded.

The main conflict, in literal terms, deals with the fact that Madame Loisel loses a very expensive necklace that a good friend loaned her, and has to spend her entire life working hard to earn the money to buy a replacement.  The working drives her into poverty and ruins her life, at the same time teaching her valuable lessons about the value of hard work and earning one's own bread.  It is a rather sad tale, especially considering the ending, when her friend, Madame Forestier, informs her that the lost necklace was worth next to nothing.

I hope that those thoughts helped good luck!

What is the climax of "The Necklace?"

Introduced in the beginning of "The Necklace" as a woman who feels that she has been cheated by fate, Madame Loisel is described as 

...one of those pretty and charming girls, born, as if by an accident of fate, into a family of clerks.  With no dowry, no prospects....
She grieved incessantly, feeling that she had been born for all the little niceties and luxuries of living.

When Matilde Loisel is able to participate in one of the "luxuries of living" as her husband has received an invitation to a reception at the Ministerial Mansion, she is provided a new dress by her husband's sacrifice of his money saved for a new rifle. But, she feels she must have a necklace for this dress; so her husband suggests that she ask her old school friend if she may borrow one. Graciously, Madame Forestier allows Matilde to select "a superb diamond necklace" from a black satin box.

At the ball, Mme. Loisel receives the attention of many men, to her delight. She dances late into the night. When she and her fatigued husband finally arrive home and "climb wearily" to their apartment, she lets her wrap fall before the mirror only to realize "the necklace was gone." This discovery is the climax of the narrative as it is the point of highest emotional intensity.

Her husband and Mathilde search and search, but they are unable to find it.  

She remained in her evening clothes, without the strength to go to bed, slumped in a chair in the unheated room, her mind a blank.

After this loss, the lives of the Loisels takes a turn for the worse as they work and sacrifice to pay for the replacement of the necklace. 

Why does Daisy like Gatsby? examples please.

I think, at first, Jay was simply a good-looking officer who attracted Daisy's attention because he was handsome, especially in his uniform, he was an officer, and he could mingle among rich people like he was rich, too, and therefore seemed like someone with whom she could flirt and have fun. In chapter 4, we are told that Daisy and Jay met at a gathering for the officers stationed nearby in Louisville, KY.  Jay had already changed his name and learned from Dan Cody how to mingle among the rich and famous, as well as how to appreciate the finer things in life.  Jay didn't tell Daisy he was penniless.  The two fell in love and by then, it didn't matter as much to Daisy that Jay had no money - that is until Tom Buchanan swept into town after Jay was gone overseas to war.  As for Jay, he knew he wanted the good life, his goal was always to make himself a fortune and enjoy the sumptuousness of a rich life.  He didn't plan to fall in love with Daisy; he just wanted what she had to give to him. In chapter 8, we learn more about how the two of them fell in love.  Once he kissed Daisy, she became his focus in life - she was unattainable but all that he wanted to obtain.  Daisy found it hard to resist someone who was so completely in love with her; someone who wanted her as much as Jay did.  That sort of attention is hard for most people to resist.  Now that Daisy and Jay have met again, his attention is once more difficult for Daisy to resist.  Combine that with the fact that her husband is having an affair and isn't very attentive to her. That makes Jay's doting on her even more difficult to pass up.

What is anti-counterfeiting techniques in packaging?

The previous editor did a great job with the answer. However, there are a few more ways companies ensure to customers the genuineness of their product. If the item is an electronic item, often times the company will have a code within the packaging, which you will need to use the product. For example, I just bought the movie UP and it came with a code.

In high end things like designer bags or items of clothing, the packaging comes with a certification of authenticity, which cannot really be imitated, since they come with a number or code, which you can then use to verify when and where the item was made. For instance, I recently bought something from burberry and it came with a card of authenticity.

Why is Bram Stoker's Dracula considered Gothic Literature?

Mysterious castles, isolated landscapes, stormy skies, dark interiors. All tropes of Gothic literature, which, as author Joyce Carol Oates states, is “the most imaginative of all literatures, bearing an obvious relationship to the surreal logic of dreams.” This literature of dreams, or nightmares as its imagery implies, takes roots in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is a literature typified by ruined castles, secret passageways, concealed portraits, and claustrophobic labyrinths. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is situated in the genre of the Gothic because it complies with these tropes.

Gothic literature finds roots in Tzvetan Todorov’s definition of the fantastic. Todorov contends that the fantastic exists in the real world, one we know, a world without devils, sylphides, or vampires. The fantastic arises within this world when an event occurs that cannot be explained through rational thought. When this happens, the individual must admit that the event is either a mere illusion, a product of the imagination, or that the event has really taken place. In the first instance, the laws of reality remain unchanged; whereas in the latter, the event is controlled by laws unknown to nature. Dangling in this mode of uncertainty, the individual experiences the fantastic. Has the event actually occurred or is it simply an illusion of the imagination? We see this with Jonathan Harker’s experience in Dracula. At first, he does not want to admit that the laws of reality have changed. He believes that his experience has all occurred in his imagination. As the novel progresses, Jonathan Harker comes to terms with supernatural events.

Once a choice has been made (is the event real or not), Todorov suggests that the individual moves from the fantastic and into a neighboring genre of either the uncanny or the marvelous. If the individual decides that the laws governing reality remain intact and permit the phenomenon to be described, Todorov argues that the event belongs to the genre of the uncanny. (We see this in the Gothic literature of Ann Radcliffe, for example.) However, if the laws of nature must be altered to account for the event, the phenomena becomes the marvelous. (This is what happens in Dracula.) Thus, the fantastic exists as a genre wavering between two adjacent realms; a period in milieu where the individual attempts to decipher reality. Therefore, it is precisely this state that, Todorov argues, embodies the Gothic novel.

Gothic fiction hovers between the uncanny and the marvelous, offering little explanation of events, often leaving ambiguous endings, and forcing the reader to examine the limits of reality. Unlike its predecessors, Gothic literature seeks to identify readers’ feelings with the characters’ emotions, or to arouse readers’ sympathy by evoking pity and fear; and to explore the mind of man and the causes of evil in it. In order to fully explore the subconscious, symbols and figures of this genre are deliberately hazy; thus, the surface narrative contains vague, unexplained horrors that refuse precise explanation. Tropes such as labyrinths and haunted houses are employed in the Gothic to penetrate the subconscious and evoke the emotion of horror. More than ever before, these tropes frightened 18th century readers because the referents exist in the real world and are already the figments of our dreaming imaginations.

It is no wonder then that Gothic literature evokes the emotion of horror when a referent, such as a house, corresponds with something both known and unknown. In the known, the house traditionally symbolizes a place of comfort and welcoming. However, when this known referent becomes a screen to project the individual’s fears, the fantastic is evoked, creating a sensation of horror. Therefore, the emotion of horror occurs when the trope, such as the haunted house, corresponds to something that is actually feared, whether that be known or unknown. The relationship between Gothic and horror lies in the relationship between the cognates of fear and a readership. In other words, ‘Gothic’ implies that the reader actually experiences an emotion of horror when the fantastic is evoked in the text.

What is a Z-track injection?

A Z-track injection of medication is an intramuscular injection that eliminates tracking residual medication through sensitive tissues. A needle and syringe are used to inject medication into a large muscle. The large muscle traps the medication by sealing it deep within the structure of the muscle fiber. The muscle-seal permits no exit of the medication back into subcutaneous tissue or skin. Z-track injections are often used for medications that can be highly irritating to sensitive tissue, like the medication vistaril, and for injecting dark colored medications that can stain sensitive tissue, like iron solutions.