Describe the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy in The Great Gatsby? Why did Gatsby want her to see his house and clothes?

Talk about uncomfortable. Gatsby had Nick arrange their meeting at his house in the sneakiest of ways. Nick invites Daisy over for tea, not telling her Gatsby's going to be there. When Daisy arrives and sees Jay, Nick takes off for awhile. There is this half hour of time during which something happens between Daisy and Jay. The reading audience assumes they get together based on facts that happen afterwards, but obviously since Daisy is married, this becomes an affair. But something very important about their alone time is that when Nick returns, Daisy is crying. Happy tears? Painful tears? Both? We don't know for sure.

Gatsby and Daisy had a prior relationship as teens and he was poor. Not being good enough for her family, he left for war, and even though there was some letter writing, the relationship was over probably for Daisy's benefit. It's not good to marry too far out of a social class. Now that Gatsby has big money, he wants Daisy to see it and experience it herself.

What is naturalism, and how does Jack Londons' "To Build a Fire" represent it?

Jack London is a poster boy for naturalism, and his short story, "To Build a Fire," is a good example of why.

Naturalism is an extreme form of realism, with a heightened attention to nature and its effects on humans.  Humans are animals like any other when pitted against the forces of nature.  Humans are subject to the forces of nature.

The main character in "To Build a Fire" is pitted against nature and he is vulnerable to it the same as any other creature:  disrespect it or make a mistake, and you will suffer the consequences.  In fact, in the climate of the story, man is inferior to other animals.  The character takes the environment too lightly and does not prepare properly, and there are consequences for this.

How does Hardy show that Tess is a victim of her contemporary society?

In Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles Tess is victimized by a Victorian society that is conservative and steeped in a tradition of class distinction.  The society may appear sophisticated, but it is rigid and unforgiving on the surface, and corrupt underneath. 

When males participate in the same behavior Tess does but she is the only one to suffer for it, Hardy is demonstrating that Tess is a victim of the mores and values of her society.  When Tess is unfairly judged and figuratively condemned, she is a victim of her society. 

The backward thinking and lack of progressive thought in the Victorian society she is a part of victimizes Tess.  It is a partriarchal and a sexist society. 

What does Oberon realize when he sees Demetrius following Hermia?

The short answer to this is that he realizes that Puck has put the love potion the eyes of the wrong man.

Puck was supposed to put the potion in Lysander's eyes.  But instead, he put it in Demetrius's eyes.  That is why Demetrius is following Hermia.

To correct the miskate, Oberon tells Puck to go and find Helena.  Puck is supposed to bring her back.  Oberson says that he himself will put more potion in Demetrius's eyes.  This will make Demetrius fall in love with Helena and all will be well.

Of course, it doesn't exactly happen that way...

What is the setting of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

The setting of Sleepy Hollow, New York, is significant because one of the story's major themes is the conflict between "country" people and "city" people. The original settlers of the Tarry Town area were Dutch, and they are depicted as strong, hearty farm people. Abraham "Brom Bones" Brunt and the Van Tassels are examples of these people. On the other hand, Ichabod Crane is an outsider from Connecticut. He is a Yankee--an city man with English ancestry. 

Sleepy Hollow is a secluded and very small glen off of the Tarry Town settlement area. This also helps set the mood for the spooky and comic events of the ending. If it were a city, or even a larger town, Brom Bones's Headless Horseman trick would not have worked against Ichabod Crane. Also, at the Van Tassels's party earlier, Brom Bones and the other Dutch farmers told old ghost stories from the area in order to lay the groundwork to scare Ichabod Crane. This worked because Crane is an outsider, whereas the Dutch farmers are the original settlers of Sleepy Hollow. Brom Bones knows the land and the history behind it, but Crane does not. In the end, when Brom Bones disguises himself as the Headless Horseman of legend (said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper from the Revolutionary War), he chases Ichabod Crane all the way to the Old Dutch Burying Ground, a church and cemetery yard in Sleepy Hollow. In this Dutch colonial setting, the "country" man essentially wins over the "city" man. 

It's clear that Washington Irving thought of the place where his story takes place as very significant. After all, the name of the town is in the title--"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Even more evidence is that fact that Irving begins the story with a lengthy and vivid description of the town and its surroundings. It is a sequestered area with an aura of magic and dreaminess. Sleepy Hollow lies in a little valley two miles away from the small market port of Tarry Town, and it is "one of the quietest places in the world." 

The other consideration of the setting of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is the time period in which the story took place. Although Irving published his story in 1820, it takes place around 1790, 30 years earlier. The American Revolutionary War ended in 1783, so the story takes place in the years very soon right after the war. This was intentional, because the Revolutionary War is an important aspect of the narrative. The Headless Horseman himself is said to have been a soldier (a hired German trooper by the British army) in the war. Furthermore, Ichabod Crane's status as a Yankee, a "American" on the side of the colonies, is very prominent. 

In Great Expectations, how does Pip display characteristics of a dynamic character?

Great Expectations is all about Pip's being a dynamic or developing character.  It is part of the Bildungsroman genre which means that it is the tale of a character's maturation process.

Pip's name means "seed," and indeed, as readers meet him in the first chapter, he is an innocent boy untouched by society's manipulation.  As the plot develops and Pip meets Miss Havisham and Estella, learns of a mysterious benefactor, moves to London, squanders his money, shuns friends, and finally realizes redemption, we see Pip change from someone who places great importance on appearance and social status to a true gentleman who recognizes the significance of family, loyalty, and kindness.

What are the job titles of middle level managers?

There is no hard and fast rule for the job titles used for managers at different levels. Different companies use different set of titles for managers at different levels. Also there is significant variations in these titles according to to industry, geographical region. Then there is a trend towards devaluation of job titles with passage of time. For example about a hundred years back many business designated the person responsible for overall management of a business as 'Manager'. But around mid 20th century this title was used more often for managers in-charge of functional department within the business, and the designation 'General Manager' was give to the person responsible for management of the total business. Today, even managers with designation frequently manage limited functions within a company rather than complete business.

Today middle level managers can have a wide range of titles such as managers, general managers, and vice-presidents, with additional prefixes such as assistant, deputy, junior and senior to make further distinction between different levels of management. Of course, this does not mean managers with these titles belong to middle management in every company. For example, in some company a deputy manager may belong to lower level management but not in another. Similarly, in some company all persons at the level of general manger or vice-president may form part of top management team.

It is quite unlikely that titles such as chief executive officer (CEO), president, or managing director will be used in a company for any position except those at top management level. Similarly, designations such as supervisor are used primarily for first line managers.

In "The Raven," how does the significance of the word "nevermore" change each time it is spoken?

At the beginning of the poem, the word "nevermore" is just a response by the raven to the questions of the narrator.  However, as the "conversation" continutes, the word becomes an expression of the narrator's own feelings, even though it is still spoken by the bird.  The narrator is grief-stricken, and feels that his grief will last eternally.  It will "nevermore" go away.  The word becomes a symbol of the narrator's internal conflict.

Poe, in "The Philosophy of Composition", explained that grief was his chosen theme in this poem.  He chose the word nevermore because of the strong "o" sound, feeling that this particular vowel best expressed a feeling a sadness.

The link for this essay is below.

Why is it necessary for scene 1 to take place in a public square?

This scene primarily sets up the conflict between the two houses and it shows the impact that the feud between the families has on the city at large.

First, this scene illustrates the intense hatred that the families have for each other; even their servants become involved in the fray!

Second, the Prince is able to break up the fight and establish a few ground rules

• this is NOT the first time this has happened--this is the THIRD time the families have started fighting in public, and both he and the rest of the residents have had enough

and

• this allows the Prince to lay down the "new and improved rules"--if there is fighting in the streets, whoever participates shall be put to death.

This, of course, comes into play in a later scene where fighting in the streets again occurs.

how can we feel sympathy for macbeth even though he has been described as "a hell hound" and "a butcher" ..please explain with few examples of quotes

The sympathy comes from Macbeth knowing what he has become.  In Act 5, scene 3, Macbeth laments in his speech, "...my way of life is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf;..." that he realizes his life has taken a bad turn, he has little to look forward to, he has no friends, etc.  Two scenes later, in scene 5, in his famous, "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow..." speech, he again tells us that he knows he's been a fool.  We see him fall prey to the witches and their misleading prophecies.  Overall though, I believe we can sympathize with him because we can see bits of ourselves and our own ambitions in him.

What does Jem tell Scout about Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird?

As time went by, Jem came to realize that Boo Radley was not the terrible "boogie man" that he and Scout (and Dill) had imagined. It began on the night that Jem lost his pants, when he returned to find the tears sewn "all crooked." He told Scout that it was "Like somebody was reading my mind." Later, after discovering the pocket watch and chain along with the knife, he told his sister that "I just don't get it... I don't know why, Scout." Then, on the night of the fire when Atticus informed them that it must have been Boo who had quietly placed the blanket around Scout, Jem told her that "I ain't gonna do anything to him."

In Chapter 23, after discussing the Cunninghams, Atticus tells the children that "there's just one kind of folks. Folks." Jem thinks for a moment and then tells Scout that he thinks he understands why Boo stays inside his house: "... it's because he wants to stay inside."

What is main conflict in Clay by James Joyce and why its named Clay?main conflict, climax

The short story "Clay" by James Joyce comes across as a simple story told about the boring events in the life of a well liked and important servant.  However, upon further understanding, Maria, lives in disillusion about how her life.  She makes herself out to be something special.  Her place as a dishwasher at a home for reformed prostitutes is a lowly position.  She is an old Irish woman with nothing going for herself.  She is a spinster.

Maria's vision of herself is through rose colored glasses.  She has self-confidence and creates a world of the perfect family and an evening spent with her perfect family. The conflict in the story is Maria's true self versus Maria's real self.

The title “Clay” reflects Maria’s shaping of her own world and who she believes herself to be.

After reading Act 3, Why aren't Macbeth and Lady Macbeth happy being king and queen? Cite evidence to support your opinion.

Macbeth has begun to realize that his time as king is limited. He knows that the witches proclaimed a long line of succession to Banquo, and his failure to dispose of Fleance has him worried to the point of hallucination. Banquo's ghost makes a couple of appearances at Macbeth's banquet, and Macbeth speaks aloud to it in front of all of his guests. Lady Macbeth is left to try and come up with an explanation for Macbeth's odd actions.

In addition, the absence of Macduff at the banquet has Macbeth assured that Macduff knows something is up. Not only does Macbeth now have to be concerned about Fleance eventually starting a line of kings, but Macbeth's own noblemen are out building armies to oppose him. The only solution he can think of is to revisit the witches for a clarification to his original prophecies.

How did Britain gain control of the Suez Canal? Why was the Suez Canal important?

French engineers constructed the Suez Canal, part of Napolean III's foreign policy, which linked the Mediterranean and the Red Seas. Napoleon III sought to return France to a preeminent position in European affairs by intervention in the Crimean War, in Italian unification, and in Mexico. Maximilian’s failure in Mexico revealed French political and military weakness. The disastrous Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 brought the French Second Empire to an end.

The Suez Canal, completed in 1869, gave Europe a shorter trade route to the east. Europeans were attracted to Egyptian cotton and the plan to construct the Suez Canal, completed in 1869. Islamic intellectuals met in Egypt to discuss means of expelling the European threat. Some argued for strict Islamic religious observance, others for greater Westernization in science and technology. The two groups were unable to reconcile their different approaches. French and British Investors, who held the majority of shares in the Suez Canal, urged their governments to intervene directly in Egypt. An Egyptian army rebellion under Ahmad Orabi induced the British to send military units to Egypt in 1882. Thereafter the administration of Egypt was in the hands of British consuls.

Who is the stronger character--Macbeth or Lady Macbeth?

In Shakespeare's great tragedy, "Macbeth," the question of whose character is stronger--Macbeth or Lady Macbeth is not so easily answered.  For, on the one hand, Lady Macbeth is the force that drives Macbeth to commit his first heinous act, the murder of Duncan.  But, is it strength that she demonstrates or merely a lack of conscience at the moment and less contmplation of the act itself?  For, while Macbeth falters some as he perceives the bloody dagger before him, Lady Macbeth claims,

That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold/What hath quenched them hath given me fire. (II,ii,1-2)

Thus,it seems that her boldness is a result of knowing she has drugged the servants of Duncan, while Macbeth is emboldened by the ring of the bell, Lady Macbeth's signal.  Later, Lady Macbeth expresses fear that the servants may have awakened; she also states,

Had he [Duncan] not resembled/My father as he slept, I had done't. (II,ii,12-13)

When Macbeth returns, telling her that the servants cried out "Murder!" and "Amen" stuck in his throat as they prayed, Lady Macbeth replies,

Consider it not so deeply..../ These deed must not be thought/After these ways; so, it will make us mad. (II,ii,29-33)

Still, Macbeth is uneasy, explaining that he heard a voice cry, "Macbeth shall sleep no more" (II,ii,42).  He then tells his wife that he cannot look upon the daggers.  Angrily she retorts,

Infirm of purpose!/Give me the daggers.  The sleeping and the dead/Are but as pictures. 'Tis the eye of childhood/That fears a painted devil....I shame /To wear a heart so white..../A little water clears us of this deed. (II,ii,52-66)

This last line is, of course, ironic.  For, Lady Macbeth is unable to really not think of the deed as she has instructed Macbeth, nor can she use water to clear them of their murderous deeds.  In Act V, obsessed with guilt that she can no longer push out of her thoughts, she seeks to wash out blood that she imagines is on the stairs of the castle in Dunsinane.  The character who has accused another of weakness has herself gone mad because of her guilty feelings.  Despite her earlier conviction that she could push them away by simply not contemplating them, she is not strong enough to do so; her conscience gets the better of her, driving her insane and, finally, to suicide.

Who, then, is stronger?  If one defines strength as having the will to pursue one's goal despite its evil, Macbeth is, then, stronger because he continues on his murderous path toward power after Lady Macbeth succumbs.  If, on the other hand, one defines strength as moral integrity, Macbeth certainly lacks this much more than his wife.

How does the Epic of Gilgamesh present the idea of good vs evil?

It seems that the greatest evil is that which is inside Gilgamesh himself.

Humbaba is called the "Hugeness," and our characters' descriptions call him "evil," but Humbaba's actions to not really support this. I guess he is evil in the way something like Circe in the Odyssey or the dragon in Beowulf are evil: as a holdfast. That is, their very presence stifles a community by not allowing them to grow or challenging their dominant ideologies. Identity is important in an age of expansion. Perhaps this challenge to (national) identity is the definition of "evil"?

In this way, too, Gilgamesh's actions at the beginning of the epic threaten his community: he cannot control his passion -- his lust for women and his desire for combat. Gilgamesh must learn to temper the great bull inside of him before he can become a strong leader.

Even the people who are drowned by the flood are evil: they are simple noisy and annoying to the gods.

"Evil" in Gilgamesh is subtle, like it is today. It does not seem overt, so it challenges us to look inward, at ourselves and our culture. 

It is said that energy can't be destroyed, but after the electric energy gets converted into light energy, where does the energy go?

That's a good question.

To start with, I'd say it's more than simply "said" that energy can't be destroyed. That statement is part of the First Law of Thermodynamics. The full statement of that law gives you the answer, I think: Energy can be transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed.

The light energy from a lightbulb is probably mostly transformed into heat energy. Think about the light bulb as a little sun, sending out radiant energy (visible light and other EM radiation) that strikes objects and warms them. Of course, the amount of heat (thermal energy) absorbed by our skin from the light of a single lightbulb would be pretty hard to notice. (A hot incandescent lightbulb itself, of course, would be a different matter altogether. Touching a hot lightbulb is not a good idea.)

Another way to answer your question would be to say that the concentrated energy (from the power source to the light bulb) is released or broadcasted into a larger area and disperses according the law of entropy. The energy doesn't vanish; it simple gets spread out and becomes a whole lot less noticeable. Think of a cupful of boiling water poured into a swimming pool full of water at room temperature: the entire pool of water will be warmed just ever so slightly by that cup of boiling water.

What is the setting at the beginning of "After Twenty Years?"Why didn't Officer Wells arrest Bob?

The story I believe that you are talking about is the one "After Twenty Years" by O'Henry.  It that takes place outside the doorway of a closed Hardware store.  It is on a city block that houses business that close early hours.  The wind is a little chilly.  The location is New York and at one time the store had been a restaurant.

The policeman does not arrest his friend because it has been many years since they were good friends that set off on their separate journeys.  There had been a genuine friendship and now it has been years and his friend has actually come back to meet him just as they had planned.  However, the policeman has chosen the path of an honest hardworking man while the man Bob chose to make his fortune through the criminal path. 

Although Jimmy  knows that he has to arrest the man and do the right thing, he feels like it can not be him who has to embarrass his friend by being the one to arrest him.

I need some help with allusions to Greek mythology in literary works like novels and poems.

If you have not studied Greek mythology at all, I can see where it would be extremely difficult to understand the many allusions that poets, Shakespeare, and other well-known authors make to mythological characters and events.

When you read most classic works that contain mythological allusions, many readers or textbooks contain helpful footnotes which explain who the Greek person is or describe the event being referenced.  If you do not have access to footnotes, of if you simply want to betterunderstandliterary works which contain these allusions, I would highly suggest reading Edith Hamilton's Mythology or perhaps obtaining a copy of Bulfinch's mythology "dictionary." Both works effectively break down the characters, stories, and vocabulary that comes from the myths, and most versions of Hamilton's book contain an index which makes it easier to find a specific character, creature, or reference. 

One last note--once you know a little more about Greek mythology, try to connect why the author would make a reference in his or her writingto a specific Greek character or event; this type of analysis is what most professors what to see from their students, not a simply definition of the Greek figure/event, but rather,the "why" behind an author's alluding to him, her, or it. I hope that this helps!

What's the nature of the relationship between Ralph and Piggy in Lord of the Flies?

They absolutely need each other in their attempt for leadership.  Piggy needs Ralph's charisma and natural leadership, and Ralph needs Piggy's rationale and intelligence.  However, Ralph also recognized the downfalls of Piggy(physical appearance, un-usable ideas) and didn't always trust what Piggy had to say.

One of my students last year paralleled President Bush and VP Cheney to Ralph and Piggy.  At the risk of starting a political argument, that's probably not a bad example...

How were the 8 clergymen who wrote the letter, "A Call for Unity" hypocritical?

In a brilliant piece of writing, Martin Luther King Jr. responded in his Letter From a Birmingham Jail by exposing the obvious hypocrisy of the clergymen who had called for unity.  The ministers criticized King for coming to Alabama from Georgia, as an "outsider" who was just making the situation worse.  King calls them hypocrites by pointing out that Jesus in his ministry was called "to all corners of the Greco-Roman world".  Throughout his response, King uses biblical language to set the clergymen straight.

Whie the ministers call on negroes and King to "obey the law" and pursue equality through negotiations, King points out:

"One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all'."

Here he is saying that he is being asked to follow man's law, while the ministers and white government refuse to honor God's law.

Who does O-lan think is ugly?Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth

Within the setting of Peal S. Buck's The Good Earth, the nineteenth century Chinese believed in the binding of women's feet; as a result of this binding of feet, women's "dainty" feet were only capable of tiny steps, steps that were considered very feminine and pretty.  As Wang Lung goes to the great House of Hwang to purchase his wife, he regrets that he does not have enough money to buy a wife who has such feet.  Instead, O-lan has what Wang feels are ugly feet.  And, since her self-perception is derived from his evaluations, she, too, feels that her feet are ugly.

After Wang and his wife survive the Great Famine, they return to their home where Wang has productive years of farming.  Shortly thereafter, he acquires more land thanks to the advice of his wife, he becomes wealthy.  On his trips to the town he eventually frequents a tea house where the beautiful Lotus is, and Wang cannot control his desire for her. Wang demands two pearls from O-lan, which she has kept after finding them in the great house, so that he can buy this beautiful Lotus; O-lan does not wish to relinquish them, but she acknowledges that she is ugly and understands Wang's desires.

My teacher was going to give us a rubric for what needs to be in the paper, she didn't. So my question is what should I put in the outline for...

Since I am not sure what kind of class this is for, I am going to share some different kinds of ideas.  A paper like this might be for a French class, a history class, a geography class, or a world cultures class.  Which class you are preparing your paper for would require a different kind of focus. 

An outline is easy.  Microsoft Word practically does your work for you!  Once you start typing in Roman numerals, the software will guide you.  So all we need to do is talk about the "shape" of the outline.  You will need to begin with a Roman Numeral for your first paragraph, which should be an introduction.  The points you need to list are your main idea, what you want the reader to "get" when he or she is done, some general information about France, just to get the reader "situated," and a kind of preview statement that will tell the reader the points you plan on making. So, if this paper is for a history class, for example, the points you make might be about medieval France, the French Revolution, and modern France.  There are plenty of other topics to cover, so remember, these are just examples. 

Your next Roman numeral should be the first point you cover.  Then below that belong the details that support that topic. Each Roman numeral that follows should cover one topic, with supporting details. 

Finally, your last Roman numeral should be the conclusion.  What you want to list in that section is a restatement of your main idea and a reminder of the points you have made in the previous Roman numerals. 

Some teachers require students to write complete sentences in outlines, but others do not. This is something you will have to check with your teacher about.

Now, we have talked already about the kinds of topics that would make sense for a history class.  If this paper is for a French class, some possible topics might be French literature and countries where French is spoken.  A geography paper might focus on the physical geography of France, things like mountains, rivers, etc. and on topics like natural resources and population.  A world cultures class paper could include art, music, architecture, food, and so on. 

I hope this is of some use to you.  Good luck!

What was the "code of childhood" according to Scout?

One night shortly before the Tom Robinson trial began, Scout stepped on something in her room that she thought may have been a snake. When Jem came in to investigate, he found it was not a reptile, but Dill hiding under the bed. Dill had run away from home and taken a train and then walked to Maycomb. He was dirty and hungry. He told his tale of woe: His father hated him and bound him in chains in the basement. He had to eat raw peas to survive. After absorbing his story, Jem "rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood." He ratted out Dill to his father, Atticus, and betrayed their childhood trust. Of course, Jem knew that Atticus would treat Dill fairly, and after notifying Aunt Rachel, a call to Dill's parents assured him a longer stay in Maycomb.

What does the title of the story suggest about the townspeople's feelings toward Miss Emily?

The title is somewhat ambiguous. One gives a rose to a loved one, especially male to female. This suggests that the town loves her, but also that it is somehow a masculine entity to her feminine identity. One also leaves a rose on the grave of someone who is dead. If the town is leaving a rose for her, they are already recognizing she's dead, which, symbolically, she is, long before she dies.

 

It could also be a trade: a rose for Miss Emily. It also indicates the distance with which she is regarded: this is not Emily, this is Miss Emily. Finally, it refers to the love from Homer that went bad.

I really need someone to explain the meaning of this sonnet by Edmund Spenser...Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day Didst make thy triumph...

The meaning is simple.  The author is simply telling us how Jesus Christ atoned for our sins by giving his life upon the cross and shedding his blood for our sakes.  If you are a Christian and student of the Bible, you have surely read the following, "For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son."  and to quote another famous verse, "No greater love hath a man than that he lay down his life for another."

It takes a courage of the purest, most noble kind, to want to die for someone else.  And, even more than that, is to want to live for someone else!  The Saviour died for us and he also lived and lives for us.  We show our love and gratitude to Him by following Him and keeping the commandments of His father, whom he loved as much as The Father loved him!

The Saviour bought us with his blood and is asking us to prove ourselves by good works, faith on Him, and living our religion, whatever it be.

What's really happening when Atticus moves back toward the porch & the crowd draws in? What do they mean to do in To Kill a Mockingbird?

There were lots of 'crowds' or mobs in that area of the book. There were Atticus' friends that came to the house, then they circled up with him again at the church, and a different mob surrounded him at the jail.

The way you have asked this question and used the word porch leads me to believe you are talking about the first group of friends that came to the house. These included the town doc, the sherriff and others who cared about Atticus. Their intention was to tell him, as friends, it might be a good idea for him not to necessarily work hard to defend Tom as it might reflect poorly on Atticus.

Jem and Scout were looking through the windows and screen of the porch so it could be that the mob got closer knowing the kids could hear and the language they used was likely not fit for children in terms of content. When people have something important to share, they often use their gestures to highlight that importance. I would note those features out of the crowd moving closer if this indeed was the circumstance to which you referred.

In Chapter 30 & 31 of To Kill of Mockingbird, in what ways does Scout demonstrate sensitivity and compassion?

It's all in the way that she treated Boo once she realizes that the stranger in the room is him.  When Heck Tate explains how Bob died by his own knife, Scout agrees with him, saying that to allow Boo to be in the spotlight would be "shootin' a mockingbird", the main symbol of the novel.  A second example would be when Scout escorts Boo home.  Instead of peppering him with all the questions that must have been floating in her head, there is an comfortable silence.  Scout realises what Boo needs:  someone to understand him

Describe Ichabod Crane from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Ichabod is characterized in many different ways, the first being physical. Irving tells us that Ichabod is tall and skinny, with gangly hands and shovel-sized feet. We are also told that he is neat in his grooming and appearance, and that his nose is of considerable size, looking like a weathervane attached to the pinnacle of a barn.

The second way he is characterized is by personality. We know that he is superstitious, and that he believes in ghosts, witchcraft, and other spectral arts. We are told he is a fair disciplinarian in his classroom where he teaches, and that he is a "huge feeder," meaning he can really put away the food when eating.

He is portrayed as gentlemanly and scholarly, but at the same time, he is seen as one of the weaker characters in this story. His presence is not one that is formidable physically or situationally speaking. In fact, ladies feel most comfortable around him due to his lack of intimidating stature, among other reasons.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving is an American classic. Many adults had grown up with it. But the importance of Irving's work goes beyond nostalgia. This short story speaks about an early American Republic, of the unpleasantness that came with a shift from English colony to independent country.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" reveals something of the malaise the author felt about the bustling, industrious society that America was becoming. In the classic showdown between Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones, Irving sketched an American crossroads, a choice between the goblin-haunted, past-driven schoolteacher and the brash, up-and-coming, muscular realist—which one will win the girl?

Sleepy Hollow itself is presented as a sort of refuge from the bustling America, a haven where "romance" is still possible.
Ichabod Crane, the famous schoolteacher, functions as artist in Irving's scheme. Crane is shown in unflattering colors—as a grotesque figure, ravenous in his hunger for material success.
Yet he is also characterized as "our man of letters," as "traveling gazette" for Sleepy Hollow, which unmistakably casts him as a writer, even as an intellectual.

Ichabod, on the otherhand, is also a storyteller, but of the Cotton Mather school; i.e., of the past stories of witches and demons. This marks him as backwards-looking. Ichabod's challenge, as Irving articulates it in "Wild West" fashion, is: Can he establish himself? Marry Katrina? Defeat his rival?

Brom Bones, Ichabod's rival, has a cultural interest of his own, given the dynamics of early American culture. Rowdy, strong, brash, and fearless, Brom Bones personifies a figure who will challenge all manners and religious rigor. Bones is also the man who fights phantoms and boasts of encountering the infamous, legendary Headless Horseman.

In Irving's showdown, the two males battle it out by replaying a scene of legend. But Bones is able to best Ichabod by taking charge of the event, by scripting it so perfectly that he becomes the artist, impersonates the Horseman, substitutes a pumpkin for a head, and routs his rival. A new era is at hand, and we see the classic exchange: Ichabod Crane disappears from the scene, but the legend of his encounter with the "ghost" is born.

Irving's description of Crane as angular, awkward, and uncomfortable in his own skin echoes the man's sense of self:   "His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew.. his clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield."

If you consider these physical attributes as reflections of the soul, you have all you need to know about the character of Ichabod Crane.  His head was "small."  In the early 1800s,  a small head was indicitive of a small mind, one of the many beliefs in "phrenology," the pseudo-science of interpreting personality by examing the skull, as is the idea that his head was "flat." 

Crane's "glassy eyes" indicate, properly, that he is unable to "see' clearly, both literally and symbolically.  His "snipe"-like nose conveys cruelness.  His neck and clothing, reminiscient of a corpse, are much like the descriptions of the dreaded Headless Horseman.  Through his descriptive horrors, Irving conveys more than a ghost story:  he hints, rather strongly, at a psychological abberrance; which, in part, may be attributed to the torn allegiances between the new world and the old. Ichabod Crane is a tall skinny school teacher. He is conscientious and while he loves the children he teaches, he can be very stern when it comes to their studies. He loves storytelling and often times allows his imagination to run wildly away from him. He is a daydreamer to the point of severe distraction. He loves women and he especially loves women who cook good food. Next to storytelling, food is his greatest passion. He is not a very strong man either physically or mentally and is easily goaded by Brom Bones throughout the story. He is much more sensitive and more feminine than the very masculine and burly Brom who wins the heart of Katrina, which in truth Ichabod only wanted her for her family's lush estate in the first place. This shows his selfishness and concern only for his own well being.

Lets note as well that Ichabod is an unfair teacher in many ways.  He played favorites with the students and often overlooked the wrong doings of smaller, skinnier children.  Here is the explanation from Irving:

He administered justice with discrimination rather than severity; taking the burden off the backs of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong. Your mere puny stripling, that winced at the least flourish of the rod, was passed by with indulgence; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch.

It would seem that Ichabod is favoring students who look more like him and punishing those that look more like his rival, Brom Bones. "Tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and flutering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield." if I have what you said I am really sorry I wrote this a few years ago so please don't get mad at me I didn't want to steal any ones words but yeah. I'm only 11 I wrote this when I was 9 so yeah.

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Throughout The Kite Runner I noticed Baba worries because Amir never stands up for himself. Does this ever change?

When Amir is finally in a position to confront Assef again, he does.  It doesn't end with him winning some kind of heroic fight, Assef beats him to a pulp, but it is in this act of defiance the very decision he makes to actually take a stand that he finally finds comfort.  Of course he does it to try and save Sohrab, Hassan's son, and symbolically it represents his opportunity to redeem himself from his unwillingness to stand up for his friend so long ago.

Once he has done this, he feels that he has lived up to his father's great legacy and he also learns soon thereafter that his father was harder on him because he felt guilty for not being able to admit that Hassan was also his son.

Who have been the greatest scientists and doctors of all time?I love doctors; in fact, I want to be a doctor.

You may want to move this to the discussion board.

For me, the people who have changed the framework through which we view science are the key people. There are several that come to mind...

Darwin, evolution by means of natural selection.

Newton, laws of motion.

Mendeleev, devising the Periodic Table.

And for medical doctors, Pasteur, germ theory of disease.

These people changed the way things that were already known were viewed and applied, as well as enabled further discoveries in their fields. There have been many who made extraordinary discoveries, but these people changed how we looked at those discoveries. Just imagine if we still thought disease was still caused by evil spirits.

What is the significance of Cassius saying, "I know where I will wear this dagger then; from bondage will deliver Cassius" (1.3.95)?

In Act 1, as all the scheming (on Cassius's part) takes place against Caesar, Cassius carries on conversations with Brutus and Casca about Caesar's rise in power and how he is not willing to endure being under Caesar's oppression.  In the first part of the quote, Cassius is not literally referring to wearing his dagger, he means that he will find a place for the dagger--in Caesar.  By ridding himself of his enemy and the one whom he feels is oppressing him (Caesar), he alone will be responsible for freeing himself.  In other words, he is not going to depend on anyone else to secure his wishes or freedom for him.

At the end of this speech, Cassius says,

"If I know this, know all the world besides, / That part of tyranny that I do bear / I can shake off at pleasure" (1.3.104-106).

This is essentially a reiteration of Cassius's previous words--he will take care of himself, whenever he so desires.

These braggadocio comments on Cassius's part are ironic in light of his relentless pursuit to get Brutus involved in the plot (he "needs" Brutus) and his rather whiny, sheepish behavior in Act 4 of the play.

In A Separate Peace, what is significant in Leper's change of heart toward the war?

Leper's change of heart after seeing the film of the ski troops (ironically not American soldiers, at all), is significant for another reason, as well. It emphasizes the private fear that all the boys feel as the year wears on, in terms of their own participation in the war. Leper enlists after seeing the film because, as Gene says, Leper had found a "friendly face" to the war. He thought he had found a way he could stand up to and survive what was coming for all of them. As Devon's "first recruit," Leper was the first to reveal just how afraid he really was by acting in a way that he thinks will stave off destruction. He was wrong, of course, with tragic results.

This fear of not being able to meet the challenge of military service, the fear of failing as well as dying, was seen also in Brinker. He dressed like a soldier for a time and sometimes wrote sarcastic poems about the war as a means of covering up his fear. He made plan after plan to enlist, but never did. He thought of service in the Coast Guard as a refuge, a plan his father rejected as cowardly. Like Brinker's various strategies, Leper's change of heart was an attempt to prevent or control the uncontrollable.

From the following information, calculate the average mass of a single bacterium.A newly discovered strain of bacteria divides once every 60...

The short answer to your question is that each bacterium must weigh 5.96 x 10^-5 grams.

The way to get this is by using a formula for exponential growth.  The formula is

y = a(1+r)^x

In this formula, y is your ending quantity.  A is your beginning quantity.  R is the rate of increase.  X is the number of times that increase occurs.

R is usually expressed as a decimal, so in this case it is 1 because the rate of increase is 100%.

So your equation will be

y = 1(1+1)^24 or y = 2^24  which is equal to 16,777,216.

To get the weight of each bactermium, divide 1000 grams by the number of bacteria.

Should medically assisted suicide (i.e. euthanasia) be legalized in the U.S.?Look at BOTH sides of the argument; also. be sure to note if your...

There are many reasons why people think euthanasia or assisted suicide should be legalized. These range from the practical to the emotional. On a practical level, the cost of maintaining a patient on life support machines is exhorbitant, and if there is little chance of their quality of life actually improving, it seems pointless for the families of such people to spend so much money to simply prolong the inevitable.

On an emotional level, many people cannot bear the idea that their loved ones are in pain or suffering. People in the end stages of cancer or other terminal illnesses may suffer extreme pain and discomfort, and assisted suicide is one way of ending their suffering.

One very controversial aspect of this topic is the idea of informed consent. Some patients on life support cannot advocate for themselves, because they are too weak, mentally incompetent, or simply in a living but vegetative state. In such cases, many believe euthanasia is the most humane and reasonable option to end their suffering (if there is no hope for cure), but since the patient themselves cannot make the decision, it is up to family members and/or health care proxies to do so, and such a decision can be complicated by a range of emotions, such as love, guilt, grief, or a sense of duty or responsibility, or even religious convictions.

This is a very complex issue, obviously.

What clues are provided about Mr. Shiftlet's selfish intentions even though his words and actions simultaneously contradict those clues?

The first clue is his name. "Shiftlet" would mean "allowing one to shift" (change, not be reliable), and is close to "shiftless," which implies a kind of low greed.

The old woman's reaction is another clue; she sees him as a tramp.

O'Connor also provides clues in her description of Mr. Shiftlet; he has a "jutting steel‑trap jaw," and a steel trap would betray people, clamp down on things and not let go, holding them tight. Later, his gaze is described as "sharp," which is, among other things, not friendly.

What did Nicholas II want for Russia?

The sad truth is that Czar Nicholas II did not want anything in specific for Russia, per se, but only for himself.  He was a totally self-absorbed and extremely shallow person, who by an accident of birth ruled an immense empire, and ruled it badly.  Of all political figures of the 20th century he was almost certainly the least qualified, least interested and least competent.

Nicholas II was a man of somewhat limited intelligence, who had no real interest in the details of the running of his country in any way.  He was determined to continue his family's tradition of absolute autocratic rule, and only with the greatest reluctance accepted any sort of constitution or parliament in 1905.  Although well educated and having a reputation for being intelligent, he never made any wise decision in his entire reign.

The only thing to be said about any goals he had for his country is that he decided to join the general European scramble for colonies, although the era of colonization was almost at an end.  It was this which brought him into conflict with Japan in 1904, and led to the humiliating defeats at Tsushima and Port Arthur.

How do I get started on a literary research paper?In my Latin America class we have a choice to do our literary research paper (It's either on In...

I just wrote and lost a long answer to your question! (That'll teach me to save my work as I go.)

Here's the gist of what I had suggested:

1. You can work from the bottom up by identifying a key passage in the novel that really captures what the work is about. Give that passage a very close reading, connect it to the work as a whole, and then look for critical statements that back you up or that challenge your reading.

Or

2. You can work from the top down by reviewing as many critical statements on the novel as you can find and then developing your own position. A good part of your paper can be a focused and meaningful review of what critics have said about a particular aspect of the work.

Whatever you do, pick something you enjoy!

Genetically modified plants afectt fertility?

A study presented by the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Health, in a scientific seminar held in Vienna, indicates that genetically modified organisms can affect reproductive capacity and therefore specialists require the withdrawal of these products .

The study indicates that fertility of laboratory mice, fed with genetically modified maize, was seriously affected,they procreating only a little, compared with those fed with natural food.

Laboratory mice fed with food that did not contain genetically modified organisms were reproducing more efficiently. This effect can be attributed to differences in sources of food.

Austrian scientists have carried out several long-term tests with laboratory mice, along 20 weeks. In one study, which was called "reproductive assessment by continuous feeding ",it was shown that a single generation of parents gave birth to several offsprings.Parents were fed either diet containing 33% proportion of different types of genetically modified corn (NK 603 x MON 810) or non-GM maize. In laboratory mice receiving genetically modified food was a decrease in the number of pups and their weight at the third and fourth generation, compared with the reference group. This decrease is statistically significant, said study authors.

This study is another example that the safety of food and feed derived from GM crops can not be guaranteed.

What is going to happen to the 91 people who signed the testament stating a good opinion of Elizabeth, Martha Corey, and Rebecca Nurse?

The court orders that all ninety-one people be arrested and brought in for questioning. The citizens who signed the testament are in the minority of the community because most are too terrified of the repercussions of any sign of rebellion. Danforth does not want the people to question what the court is doing.

The people who have spoken up are shocked because Rebecca, Martha, and Elizabeth are all upstanding, god-fearing citizens. But the court refuses to listen to any voice of dissension, "A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there will be no road between".

This is true for Hale, as well. Parris sent for Hale because of his experience with this type of situation. Yet, once the momentum of the hysteria caught on, the courts did not want to hear even the expert's ideas because they do not agree with the proceedings that have taken place.

How do you find out the valency for each element?

Valency (oxidation number) is characterizing the ability of an atom to combine with another atom.

 It is based on the number of electrons that atom participates in chemical bond formation and varies depending on the atom and chemical group.

Valency is determined by the number of electrons involved in chemical bonds.

 The number of main group indicates the maximum valency of elements. Valency may relate to hydrogen and oxygen. Valency of elements relative to hydrogen increases in period from group IA to group IVA, and then decreases. For elements of groups V-VII ,valency to hydrogen is determined by using the relationship: valency = 8 - no. group.

Electro valency represents valency of elements which are converted to ions and  is equal to the number of assigned or accepted electrons.

Covalency represents the valency expressed by the number of  electrons which an atom puts together with electrons of another atom. Covalency is denoted by roman numerals, written in parentheses, on the right side of the symbol. For example: H (I), A (II).

Valency of elements is considered between two elements.

Why Do Cut Apples Turn Brown?we need to plan a chemistry lab on this. i need a topic, hypothesis and d aim

Tanoide substances  give taste and shelf life of apples. Apple slices, exposed to air immediately after cutting, are turning brown because oxidation of tannins (polyphenol oxidase).

This enzyme, polyphenol oxidase, is inside of apple's cells and it reacts with oxygen from the air.The answer to reaction with oxygen from the air is a layer of dark brown color,a layer that appears in other vegetables / fruits that contain this enzyme. This enzyme is released when apple cell destruction begins, which happens when apple is peeled or cut in slices.

So, the conclusion would be: For apple damaged cells begin the process of oxidation, they need light, water and oxygen, therefore, to slow down the oxidation process, apples without peel or cut, should be kept in a cool and dark place. Also, the ascorbic acid from the lemon juice, reacts with oxygen from air, thus preventing that the oxygen to reacts with polyphenol oxidase from the apple. So, the more apple surface has an acid nature, the less oxidation process will happen.

What is the moral or message of Ode to my Socks? What proof is there for this message?

"So this is the moral of my ode: twice beautiful is beauty and what is good doubly good when it is a case of two woolen socks in wintertime."

The poet states that his moral is that something is twice as beautiful, twice as good, when, specifically, it is two warm socks in the winter. But to go further, one could say that the moral of this is to appreciate the little things in life...or depending on your point of view or your economic situation, appreciate everything you have, especially a good pair of socks that will protect your feet from the cold.

I think he is celebrating the ordinary things in our everyday existence - if we're lucky enough to have those things. For people not fortunate enough to have warm socks in the winter time, maybe it is a call for us to not be selfish and to help people out who are in need.

Check the links below, especially the one about his themes, for more information.  Good luck!

Compare how China and Japan dealt with Western involvement in the East.

China and Japan reacted in very different ways to Western involvement in their region.  China tried to stay the way it was.  It thought that it could just keep going the way it always had because it had always been so powerful.

On the other hand, Japan reacted by trying to become much like the West.  The Meiji Restoration totally changed Japan's government and society to make it more western.

By doing this, Japan was able to become a major world power very quickly, while China is just now getting to that status.

Why does Sethe attack Mr. Bodwin and let Beloved disappear again?

To Sethe, who at this point in the novel, is close to being consumed by the physical manifestation of her guilt and sorrow, the arrival of Mr. Bodwin triggers the pivotal memory of the arrival of Schoolteacher and his boys all those years before that led to the tragedy of her life. In her confusion, Sethe projects Schoolteacher's intentions upon poor innocent Mr. Bodwin and tries to kill him. The focus of her rage and violence on the perceived perpetrator this time, instead of on her innocent children like before, serves to absolve Sethe of her guilt and release her from the haunting of her dead child.

How would you describe the overall appearance of the clerk from a physical/spiritual point of view? What job duties would he have performed?

Chaucer's clerk, also called "the Oxforc cleric," is an older man who is wearing thin, raggedy clothes. His horse is very thin, and the clerk reads all of the time. He has never held a job, and he is constantly trying to find the secret of making gold so that he can be rich without having to work. He doesn't talk much, but he is respected when he does. He is very educated, but not very smart.

See the link below for an artist's interpretation of how the cleric may have looked. The most famous print version of The Canterbury Tales is the Ellesmere Manuscript, which contains many woodcut illustrations.

In The Crucible, why does Reverend Hale visit the Proctors?

Reverend Hale is trying to understand the situation he is in.  He has been surprised by the accusation against Rebecca Nurse, having accepted her as an intelligent and well-read person, like himself.  He isn't sure what to make of the Proctors, and does not understand why they would avoid attending church.  It is in this scene that John Proctor speaks out against Rev. Parris, criticizing the man for hypocrisy and explaining his avoidance of church revolves around that, and not his belief or disbelief in God. 

Hale still believes in his quest here, especially when he first arrives at the house.  However, unlike the townspeople, he has an open mind, and his visit with the Proctors begins to tear at what few doubts he does have.  He goes in order to find truth - it just isn't the truth he thought he would find.

If there is an obvious theme in the Odyssey, what is it?

I would say the most prevalent theme in The Odyssey is the relationship between father and son and the inevitable maturation/development of both. Seeing the two men from Book 1 to 24 proves major changes and significant character development. Telemachus goes from boy to man, from very timid and shy to ready to rule the country while Odysseus himself goes from rash and arrogant to calculated and humble. Together, their relationship develops from estranged family to unstoppable team.

How far does Clytemnestra draw the reader's sympathy?

This quesiton really depends on the reader. Let me give a brief summary of her plight. She is married to Agememnon, a Greek king and general. Her husband goes off to war to rescue Helen, his brother's wife and punish the Trojans. However, as the Greeks are ready to depart, the gods do not send favorable winds. Therefore, they are not able to sail. So, what Agememnon does is offer a sacrifice to the gods for favorable winds to get their campaign started. This would be a prudent thing to do ordinarily, but in this case his sacrifice is his daughter. When Clytemnestra finds this out, she is filled with rage and so when Agememnon returns from war, she slays him in a bath. This is a tough situation. I go back and forth. Murder for Murder? Forgive? Seek justice in another way? The very fact these questions can be raised shows that there is at least some sympathy.

Use 'GM (genetically modified) Crops' as an example of a scientific development and indicate briefly what the moral and ethical issues raised are?

Moral and ethical issues generally involved with the development of science are the possibility of use of the science and technology for the wrong purposes and the methods used for achieving the scientific and technological progress. For example, the technology has been used in the past to develop means of improving the condition of people as well as for constructing means of mass destruction. An example if issue of ethics and morals in methods of development of science is the use of animal testing in medical and biological research.

A third very important issue linked with science and technology development is unintended and at times unforeseen negative impact of application of science and technology. A major area of this negative side effect is the environmental pollution. But then there can be many more different types of undesirable fall outs of technology and development.

The moral and ethical issues related to genetically modified (GM) crops, fall mainly in this third category. The GM crops are developed to offer specific advantages like higher yields of crops at reduced cost and compressed time cycle, and greater resistance of crops to damage by diseases and other environmental factors. These features of GM crops are clearly in the interest of humanity, and there ire no apparent of moral or other reasons to oppose crops like these. But then there are hidden costs and problems associated with use of GM crops. To begin with, the quality of the GM products may harm the people. For example the GM crops may give higher yield of food product, but the food may be inferior in terms of lacking many essential nutrients. Much worse the product may contain some harmful ingredients in more than sage quantities. People may start using such products because these are cheaper to produce, but in the long term they may suffer from many health problems because of this. The GM crops may also hurt the environment. The crops may be resistant to certain diseases themselves, but may cause such diseases to spread to other type of crops. Also the GM crops may deplete some essential nutrients from the soil very fast affecting the suitability of soil for farming in the long run.

These problems associated with GM crops may be unexpected or unknown to some extent, but at times it also happens that for earning profits the business firms dealing in seeds and technology of GM crops do not completely disclose the negative aspects of their products. Also at times the products are brought into market without enough study on their possible harmful effects. Of course, the ethical and moral issues of this type are perhaps more in the domain of business practices rather than science and technology.

Another business practices associated with GM crops which is suspect on the moral and ethical grounds is the practice of selling seeds for GM crops that produce crops that cannot produce fresh seeds. This is clearly designed to keep the farmer dependent on monopoly of seed supplier.  This practice is an attempt to perpetuate monopolistic behaviour which is considered illegal in most of the progressive countries of the world including USA and India.

What are some figures of speech in the poem "The Diverting History of John Gilpin" by William Cowper?

There is not an overabundance of figures of speech in William Cowper's humorous poem "The Diverting History of John Gilpin." It is mostly written in literal language, so that when Gilpin's wife says "Though wedded we have been / These twice ten tedious years..," she means literally just that. Literal language like this is language in which words mean exactly what they are defined as meaning. The opposite of literal language is figurative, which means something other than what it is defined as meaning.

As an example of figurative speech--speech that means something other than what it is defined as meaning--look at a line in the conversation between Gilpin and the calender who has just asked Gilpin why he has shown up with the calender's horse at his house in Ware. Gilpin explains to the calender the whereabouts of his hat and wig by saying that "My hat and wig will soon be here, / They are upon the road."

This is a play on words using two figures of speech called an idiom and a personification. Literally, "upon the road" means lying upon the road, which is exactly where the hat and wig are. However the idiomatic meaning of "upon the road," as applied to humans, means that people are traveling at that precise time. If you go from home to Burger King, you are "on the road," meaning traveling and not squashed or dropped somewhere along the way. In addition, by placing his wig and hat as travelers on the road, Gilpin has very wittily employed personification, which is to give inanimate objects, like hats and wigs, human powers, feelings, thoughts or attributes. In this case, Gilpin has imbued his wig and hat with the human power of locomotion.

Some other figures of speech in Cowper's poem are as follows:
Idiom: through thick and thin.
Onomatopoeia: Smack went the whip.
Onomatopoeia: The stones did rattle underneath.
Metaphor: the cloak did fly.
Simile: Like streamer long and gay.
Metaphor Combined with Simile: the cloak did fly / Like streamer long and gay.
Simile: So like an arrow swift he flew.

In Act III, what does Lennox say about Malcolm, Donalbain, and Fleance?

Lennox lets us know that most people believe Fleance, Malcolm and Donalbain are all responsible for their father's deaths.  However, he is first nobleman to speak up and cast doubt.  He does not believe that these characters are guilty, and instead believes that Macbeth had a hand in it all.

Write a summary of Act 1 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet.

To write a summary, read the scene and then tell the important events that occur and dialogue that is said.  Break the scene up into parts to make it easier. 

To start, for Act 1.1 of Romeo and Juliet, read the opening with the two men from the house of Capulet.  The summary would read something like this:

Alone on stage, Sampson and Gregory tease each other about which one is braver while they joke about and threaten the Montagues who, apparently, are a rival family.  Their dialogue reveals their hatred for the Montagues. 

You can add more details depending on how detailed your summary is supposed to be.

Next, two Mantagues enter the stage, and Sampson and Gregory try to provoke them.  It works, and they end up fighting.  One of the Montagues, though, Benvolio, doesn't want to fight and tries to keep the peace.  He fails.  Citizens, apparently fed up with this kind of feuding, attack the fighters, then the heads of both families arrive on the scene.

From that point on, just read the rest of the scene and write out the summary.  Summarizing is a valuable learning tool and will help you get a handle on what's happening in the scene.

Why do Elie and his father leave Buna?From the book Night by Elie Wiesel

The movement from camp to camp, different location of pain to another location of suffering plays an important role in Wiesel's work.  As Eliezer is suffering from a foot condition and lying in an infirmary, he and his father receive word that a Russian army is advancing and will liberate the Buna camp.  The Germans, in response, decide to evacuate the camp.  The belief was that prior to evacuation, the Germans would kill all those who were in the infirmary.  This is what becomes the primary motivation behind why Eliezer and his father leave Buna.  In the end, it turned out that the camp was liberated and no one in the infirmary was killed.  This reflects the inability to see past one's own state during the time period.  Acting on one's freedom, in many senses, was done so in a shroud of concern and an overwhelming lack of clarity.

THE GOP RESPONSE TO OBAMA'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS WAS THAT "10% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION CANT FIND WORK". ISN'T THIS STATEMENT INACCURATE?IS...

If you think about it, that 10% (at the time, now it's 9.7) unemployment rate actually reflects the people who are currently collecting unemployment. This doesn't reflect that some people are no longer collecting unemployment because their benefits have run out. Nor does it reflect that some people are too proud to collect unemployment and choose not to ask for it because their spouse or other income makes their conditions livable. They choose not to rip off the government. On the other hand, this could be inaccurate as some people will work 'under the table' and collect cash payments for services rendered and collect unemployment at the same time.

Many folks choose not to get jobs when their unemployment pay is more than what they could get for working. This is a scary case, but very real right now.

Yes, the GOP's claim was semantically wrong, but essentially the truth. People are struggling finding jobs at the wage they used to receive.

How do you identify Tom? Jack Finney's "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets"

Perhaps the question relates to what type character Tom Benecke is in Jack Finney's "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," a story in which the author examines the relation of personal success to the business world of the 1950s, post World War II.

Tom, a young advertising man, is so consumed with moving up the corporate ladder that he neglects his personal relationship with his wife, Clare. Having spent weekends on his new project which will bring him a big raise, Tom sends his wife on to the movies alone, promising to meet her later in the evening, explaining that he must finish before Monday.  When the sheet of all the data from countless hours of work blows out the window of his high-rise apartment, Tom recklessly risks his life by walking out onto the ledge of the building in order to regain it.  It is only after he slips and nearly falls, that Tom experiences an epiphany in which he realizes that his priorities have been skewered by his tremendous drive for business success.  As he desperately breaks through the window that has fatefully closed upon him, Tom screams his love, "Clare." 

Once he is safely inside, Tom puts the paper down on his desk with only a pencil atop it; he pulls his coat from the closet and opens the door to leave and catch up with his beloved wife.  As the draft enters the apartment, the yellow sheet finds its way out the hole in the window.  But, this time Tom laughs and departs.  These actions indicate that Tom Benecke is a dynamic, or round character who has readjusted his priorities in life.

In Chapter 24 of To Kill A Mockingbird, what is the purpose of Aunt Alexandra's tea party?To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In Chapter 24 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra's tea party is ostensibly for the purpose of discussion of the missionary objectives of the ladies of the Maycomb Alabama Methodist Episcopal Church South.  However, the ladies, who are as pretentious as the name of their church, mainly congregate for social purposes.

Chapter 24 is an effective chapter in Harper Lee's portrayal of the hypocrisy present in the society of Maycomb:  Calpurnia, who is good enough to cook for the Finch family is not allowed to make the teacakes for the ladies of the church.  Scout is made to wear a dress and act like a lady before Mrs. Merriweather and the others, the ladies have an African mission to which they send aid, but Mrs. Merriweather complains about her maid Sophy who "grumbles" and act in an "unChristian" manner.  Yet, she merely pays the woman a dollar and a quarter every week.  Moreover, while they have their religious meeting, the women mainly gossip.

This chapter is what is known as a "set piece," a scene meant to stand alone, and is used by Lee to portray the racial prejudices of the Maycomb elite.

What petition is presented to Caesar, and how does he respond to it?

There are several petitions presented to Caesar when he arrives on March 15 (the Ides of March) at the senate. One in particular pleads for mercy for Cimber's brother to be allowed home from banishment.  Caesar responds with a resounding "No."

The letter given to him by Artemidorus listing all the conspirators' names and that Caesar should avoid them.  The letter is put last as Caesar says he will deal with personal business after that of the state. 

Irony abounds here since Caesar would have saved his own neck twice--the petitioner knew Caesar's answer would be "No" and this acted as a signal for the conspirators to attact.

The letter with his enemies names written in it, had Caesar opened it first, would have given him an advantage to leave the senate and go home to his wife unharmed.

In "A Mystery of Heroism" by Stephen Crane, why does the Captain call Collins a "lad"?

It is actually the Colonel that calls Collins "lad." One of the aspects of this story that it is hard to ignore is the predominance of rank that is alluded to. There are a number of different ranks mentioned in this excellent tale, ranging from the Colonel (the highest rank in the story) to Private Collins, who is the lowest ranking soldier in the story. It is important to remember the importance of rank in stories that explain war, and how lower ranking officers were expected to obey higher ranking officers. Thus it is that the Colonel is able to call Collins a "lad." Let us examine the section of the story were this occurs:

"Look here, my lad," he said, in a pious sort of a voice. "Look here, my lad." Collins was not a lad. "Don't you think that's taking pretty big risks for a little drink of water?"

Thus the title "lad" could reflect the condescension of the Colonel towards a private. However, equally it could also point towards the fact that the colonel feels protective towards Collins, so he uses personal rather than military terms.

Where does the tradition of placing flowers on top of a coffin/grave begin and why? What does it signify?If you have any websites, articles, or...

To say that this tradition goes back "centuries" is to understate things a great deal.  The tradition started long before that and it started long before coffins.

There is some dispute about what archaeological finds really prove that flowers were intentionally placed with dead people in graves (as opposed to having rodents or something bring it in).  However, it is pretty well accepted that flowers have been found in a grave as long ago as 4,000 years before the present.  (There is at least one Neanderthal burial site in Iraq where some archaeologists say flowers were placed in the grave -- this is from really long ago since Neanderthals died out around 30,000 years ago.)

Because the tradition started so long ago, there is no way to know why the people did this.  A common explanation is that flowers signify the start of life.  So putting flowers on a dead person would imply a hope that they would start a new life after death.

What could be some theme statements for the topic of Individualism in 1984?key word: STATEMENT

In George Orwell's book 1984 the idea of individualism is the opposite of what the government wants from its population.  Everything in the world is controlled and monitored by the idea of "Big Brother is watching you."  Every degree of privacy has been encapsulated by the state.  The totalitarian government does not allow for one to be different from the others.

Winston Smith is caught up in the world with three dominant statehoods.  His world is always ordained by the government.  Even his social life is controlled and limited.  The thought police limit what types of things he is allowed to think or act upon.

Winston's individuality begins to emerge when he starts to keep a diary.  This is an act forbidden by the Party.  Yet, it is an outward of expression of rebellion that begins in a subliminal way and becomes the truth of individualism for Winston.

Some theme topics could include:

"The government curtailed individualism of the citizens."

"The onset of his writing in the journal heralded Winston's first attempts at individualism."

What is proto-Germanic language?where did it comme from? who spoke it? what are it's characteristics??

Proto-Germanic is, technically speaking, not a real language itself. It's a theoretical ancestor. The word "proto" indicates this theoretical nature. Think of proto-Germanic maybe as a long lost ancestor in your direct family line; that ancestor must have existed and have possesed at least some genetic markers (or other traits) that are likely to have been passed down to you, but you don't have any photographs, names, census records, ... Nothing. You simply know that this ancestor existed and that you can make educated guesses about this ancestor if you look at everyone in your famly who is a direct descendant of that ancestor. If every single  descendant has blue eyes, for example, it's pretty likely that this mysterious ancestor had blue eyes, too.

Having said that, proto-Germanic is one of the offshoots (the theoretical children, if you will) of a theoretical ancestor language called proto-Indo-European (or PIE, for short). Other PIE offshoots are the Italic languages (such as present-day French, Italian, and Spanish), the Hellenic languages (such as ancient and modern Greek), the Celtic, and many, many more. You can look at any "family tree" or "Stammbaum" of PIE languages to see them all. You won't see Chinese there, but you will see a suprising range of languages (such as both Latin and Sanskrit). The Germanic languages (all having the same proto-Germanic origin) include English, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, and some other languages, including more than a few that are now extinct.

The PIE people probably (judging by the vocabulary that they were likely to have possessed, given the vocabulary of all of their descendants' languages) lived inland, in a cold area, possible somewhere in what is now western Russia. For some reason, huge waves of these PIE people started migrating from their homeland; a few such waves headed east (as far as India) or south, but most headed westward toward what is now called Europe. That range of migration gives us the name Indo-European.

The proto-Germanic group is probably the last of such waves to leave the PIE homeland; this group of people may have encountered wholly new groups of people on their travels. At least that's one theory for explaining why the Germanic languages are somewhat different from the other PIE language groups. Two of the main differences between the Germanic languages and the other PIE languages are that the German languages have:

1. New words that aren't found in the other languages with the same PIE ancestor (e.g. bone, blood, soul)

2. Fixed stress on the first syllable of main words

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Compare the view Lena, Antonia and Tiny have about success in life. Do they achieve succces according to their standards by the end of the book?

Yes, I think it is fair to say they do become successful in their own way. The beauty of the narrative lies in the fact that it presents the reader with different notions of female success that are presented as equal. Antonia is introduced as the one who works the hardest. She works in the fields, tanned, loading hay like a man. When Jim meets her later on in the narrative, it is surprising to find her as the one who has settled into the most conventional family life, but yet it is clear that it is not a matter of actually having done so because she was pregnant and jilted by her lover. Rather, Antonia actively made the choice to marry Anton. Unlike her parents's marriage, Antonia and Anton seem to have a marriage based on equality. I would suggest that this can be read as progress and success in domestic relations.Tiny and Lena seem destined for success. While they never marry their success, like Antonia's, is driven by the fact that they are able to make choices for themselves. Neither one of them is limited by the obligation or expectation to marry and have children. Tiny becomes rich in the gold rush and Lena owns her own business.

What could the monkey's paw grant?lesson the monkey'spaw

In the short story "The Monkey's Paw" the Whites are visited by a friend who tells them the story of the monkey's paw.  He tells them that it has the power to grant three wishes, but that it has not been a good thing.  He throws it into the fire and before it is able to burn, Mr. White removes it from the fire.  He has been warned, but part of him does not believe that it will even work.

Mr. White and his wife discuss what to wish for.  They wish for a certain sum of money.  They find out that their only beloved son has been killed in a factory accident.  A man brings them the sum to compensate for their son's death.  The grieving mother wishes her son back alive. Something morbid comes banging on their door.  Her husband wishes it away.  Their three wishes have been fulfilled at a dire cost.

How has the neighbourhood changed in Death of a Salesman?

In the first Act, Willy notices that the Elm trees of the past have been cut and made into apartment complexes, the people have changed, the population has increased, and he claims to feel trapped in a box. What it means actually is that change is engulfing society, and those (like Willy) who aren't willing to let go of their pasts, will be trapped by it. That is the metaphor.

Willy also describes it as:

WILLY: The way they boxed us in here. Bricks and windows, windows and bricks.

WILLY: The street is lined with cars. There’s not a breath of fresh air in the neighborhood. The grass don’t grow any more, you can’t raise a carrot in the back yard. They should’ve had a law against apartment houses. Remember those two beautiful elm trees out there? When I and Biff hung the swing between them?

LINDA: Yeah, like being a million miles from the city.

WILLY: They should’ve arrested the builder for cutting those down. They massacred the neighbourhood. (Lost.) More and more I think of those days, Linda. This time of year it was lilac and wisteria. And then the peonies would come out, and the daffodils. What fragrance in this room!

LINDA: Well, after all, people had to move somewhere.

WILLY: No, there’s more people now.

LINDA: I don’t think there’s more people. I think

WILLY: There’s more people! That’s what’s ruining this country! Population is getting out of control. The competition is maddening! Smell the stink from that apartment house! And another one on the other side...

So, in our own view, what Willy is seeing should be the norm: More people, more buildings, more improvements- plain change. However, for someone as tormented as he is, he is definitely losing control of himself, and of his life. That is the sad allegory in the story.

Please identify the supporting characters in Bloomability.

Dinnie, the protagonist, heroine and main character of Sharon Creech's novel Bloomability and she has several good friends and an aunt and uncle with her in Switzerland, where the novel is set. One of the friends is ironically the antagonist. The others are supporting characters and the aunt and uncle are additional characters who, nonetheless, play important roles.

First, the antagonist is Lila, another American student at the Swiss boarding school (an interesting aside is that Princess Diana attended a Swiss boarding school), is a griper and complainer who can't see that people from other cultures--or other cultures for that matter--have any sense or value. she also can't see that other ways of traditions and habits and social mores have equal value to (sometimes greater value than) American ways. Lila is therefore the antagonist. Should she ever overcome Dinnie with her petty small-minded ways, Dinnie would be a defeated heroine. Furthermore, if her constant harping on things causes Dinnie to close herself off to understanding and compassion, Dinnie will then be a corrupted heroine.

Guthrie, the charming American boy who has stolen the affections of both Dinnie and Lila, is the main supporting character. He represents Dinnie's right-hand assistant as she tries to adjust to her strange new situation and to Lila's embittered protestations about--well--everything she can think of. He even tries to help Dinnie understand Lila so that she doesn't join in with the general consensus and write Lila off as a lost cause. Guthrie is also a model for broadminded appreciation for and acceptance of cultures, languages and ways of life that are not American. He sets a good example for Dinnie to learn from and demonstrates that a person can choose their point of view and their attitude. 

Dinnie's other friends, Spanish Belen and Japanese Keisuke, are minor supporting characters. They set examples of sound friendship and loving acceptance across cultural differences and deeply embedded traditions and expectations. Belen and Keisuke are girlfriend and boyfriend while at school but they must keep it a secret from their parents who, unlike their internationally educated children, are determined to uphold their separate traditional racial ways and have their children marry within their own cultures. Ironically, both sets of parents have created problems for themselves by giving their children such excellent and broadly inclusive educations. After Belen and Keisuke come Aunt Sandy and Uncle Max who represent adults who live the new all inclusive cultural and racial-ethnic standards the students are encountering and, hopefully, learning to embrace for life.

What is "A Village Cricket Match" by Archibald Gordon Macdonell about?i would like a brief explaination about this story . this is an extract from...

This story is written in the mock epic style and pokes fun at the English elite class and their leisurely life style.

The match itself is hilarious with a lot of situations which are really funny. To add to this, the language introduces subtle  humour. The characters are finely etched and each of them belies the obvious expectations that we have of them.

James Livingstone..the sound club cricketer is dispatched easily. Boone....with his Cambridge Blues plays such as execrable shot that all wonder at it, the namby-pamby looking, flannel-clad delicate looking man-Southcott- doesnt look like he could servive at the crease for long   but he plays so well that the bowles are frustrated and the urchins are in the seventh heaven of delight!!!

The match is such a serious affair that the bowler puts in efforts and looks like a combination of Vulcan and Venus Annadyomene. His last ball is a titanic effort. The rate collector tries all his tried and tested trick...to no avail!!!! the ending is hilariously befitting. Shakespeare Pollock plays it like baseball!!!

Compare Obierika's opinion of and relationship with his son Maduka, with those of Okonkwo with Nwoye in Things Fall Apart.

Obierka is proud of his son Maduka. Maduka is a strong and skillful wrestler; at age of fifteen or sixteen, he participates in a wrestling match and defeats his opponent in an especially innovative and efficient manner. As wrestling is an important way for young men to exhibit their strength and prowess in the Ibo tribe, Maduka earns the admiration of his fellow wrestlers and the men of the tribe with his accomplishment. Obierka treats his son with indulgence, and brags about him proudly to the other men, saying,

"I sometimes think he is too sharp...he hardly ever walks. He is always in a hurry. If you are sending him on an errand he flies away before he has heard half of the message."

Maduka is a credit to his father, and his father does not hide the fact that he loves him.

On the other hand, Nwoye is a sensitive child who shies away from the perceived "manly" activities preferred by the males in the tribe. Nwoye prefers to listen to the stories told by his mother and the other women, and Okonkwo is dismayed by his behavior and belittles him regularly. The relationship between Nwoye and Okonkwo is unpleasant and dysfunctional at best. Okonkwo worries that Nwoye shares similar attributes with his own father, who was easy-going and ineffectual, and not looked upon highly by the tribe. Okonkwo is deeply ashamed of his son; Nwoye's personality taps into Okonkwo's greatest fears about himself. Okonkwo thinks his son tends to be effeminate, and lacking in the qualities that, to him, define a strong warrior and a man. Okonkwo constantly tries in his own life to prove, to himself and everyone else, that he is ferocious and powerful, and in his relationship with Nwoye, who has neither of those qualities, he is scornful, abusive, and embarrassed.

summarize how macbeth and lady macbeth conspire to murder Duncan

From reading of the play its well known that it was lady Macbeth who instigated her husband to murder king Duncan. When she read the letter received from Macbeth stating about the predictions made by the witches, she was sure that his nature was not ruthless enough-- he's "too full o' th' milk of human kindness” to murder Duncan and assure the completion of the witches' prophesy. He had ambition enough, but lacks the gumption to act on it. She then implored him to hurry home so that she could "pour [her] spirits in [his] ear" in other words, goad him on to the murder he must commit.

When she heard from a messanger that King Duncan was coming their home, she called on the heavenly powers to unsex her, taking all her womanly compassion and filling her with cruelty.

Macbeth considered it a terrible sin to kill his king, his kinsman who trusted and loved him most. He told his wife that he could not do it. But Lady Macbeth taunted him and said that he would be there when the king was dead. She herself would do that. When the King went to sleep, his body guards would be drunk and then killing Duncan the blood stained daggers be smeared in their clothes to accuse them of his murder. This was the plan sorted out to murder King Duncan.

Why does Montresor appear concerned about Fortunato's health?

Many elements of Poe's story serve a double purpose for reasons of economy. Poe's main reason for giving his character Fortunato a bad cold was to make it difficult for him to talk. Here is the most significant dialogue pertaining to Fortunato's cold:

"How long have you had that cough!"

"Ugh! ugh! ugh! -- ugh! ugh! ugh! --ugh! ugh! ugh! --ugh! ugh! ugh! -- ugh! ugh! ugh!

My poor friend found it impossible to reply for many minutes.

The bad cold of the intended victim makes his motivation to sample the Amontillado appear even stronger. It gives Montresor excuses to urge him to turn back (thereby showing his friendship and lack of any sinister motive). It causes Fortunato to drink more wine, thereby becoming drunker and easier to beguile. But most importantly it prevents Fortunato from asking a lot of awkward questions. Poe specified in his famous review of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales that not a single word should be included in a short story which did not contribute to the single effect; yet he uses fifteen "ughs!" This means the cold is very important.

If Fortunato hadn't been hampered by his cough he would almost certainly have asked such questions as:

When did you buy this Amontillado?

Whom did you buy it from?

Who was the exporter?

How much did you pay for it?

Who was the dealer?

Why did you store the cask so far from the bottom of the staircase?

Where are you taking me?!!

Poe avoids all such questions by the simple expedient of giving Fortunato a bad cold. Evidently Fortunato knows more about Amontillado than Montresor, so Montresor would have had a hard time answering questions about his non-existent cask of Amontillado, and Fortunato's suspicions would have been aroused.

How does Hemingway's "Indian Camp" demonstrate the theme of coming of age? Coming of age,understanding thatlife can be bad as well as good, is a...

In "Indian Camp," one of Hemingway's Nick Adams stories, Nick's dad--a doctor--takes Nick with him to a camp so that he can help an Indian woman with a difficult delivery.  Nick does not seem to be very enthusiastic about the whole task, but is used to his father's "mentoring" him. After a difficult C-section, Nick's dad successfully delivers the baby while saving the mother's life, but the baby's father (at some point during the crude operation) kills himself because of the horrid screams his wife emitted.  Up until that point, Nick had not had much interest in what was going on, but he asks his father why the Indian man killed himself and later if it is difficult to die.  Nick's father simply tells him that he doesn't think that it is hard to die, and Nick ponders that as they paddle away from the village.  He thinks to himself that he is not going to die anytime soon.

Hemingway incorporates the theme of coming of age or losing one's innocence through Nick's having to witness the aftereffects of suicide and his uncle's reaction (he runs outside), and his dad's answers.  Nick is no longer a young, disinterested boy; he sees how and why someone would choose to die and has a new perspective on what his dad does.

In regards to To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem has much the same attitude toward Atticus and his profession as Nick does to his dad.  While Jem certainly respects his dad, until Tom Robinson's trial, he doesn't really see the value of what his dad does or how wise he truly is.  After Atticus loses the trial, Jem is angry that life is not fair, especially for Tom and his family, and begins to question Atticus about the way the justice system works. Scout mentions that Jem is sullen and that he changed from being a typical boy who likes to shoot animals and creatures with his air rifle to one who doesn't even want to kill a bug.  In general, the trial and the subsequent events cause Jem to be disillusioned with human nature and most of his towns' people.

In regards to Sylvia in "The White Heron," her coming of age is similar to the boys' but not quite so dramatic.  For her, look at how she responds to death or the thought of death and what she learns from it. 

What three incidents concerning Ewell occur in chapter 27? From these incidents and from Atticus, what do we learn about Bob Ewell?

The three incidents to which you refer are: 1) Bob Ewell gets and loses a job because of his own nature and his ways but he blames his losing it on Atticus; 2) someone attempts to break into the house of the judge who presided over the court case, Judge Taylor (it's an obvious assumption that the person who attempted the break-in was Bob Ewell); 3) the Ewells throw stones at Helen Robinson when she walks by the Ewell house on her way to and from work at Link Deas which causes Deas to warn the Ewells to stop.  These events tell us what a petty, immature, vindictive, and dumb bully Bob Ewell is.  He was made to look foolish and he was shown for the lazy, abusive alcoholic that he is.  He did the things he did - blame Atticus, attempt the break-in, and harass Helen Robinson - as his way of getting back at and scaring those he feels wronged him.

How did people know if you had "black death" or bubonic plauge back during the middle ages?

Love your question!

The bubonic plague which took the lives of 1/3 of the total European population during three long-lasting outbreaks (the one you are referring to was the 1328-1351 outbreak which in this case was spread by infected fleas hanging around the many rats that infested the already non-hygienic society.

According to plenty historians, including the books In the Wake of the Plague and A World Lit Only by Fire, the symptoms were pretty much consistent among all infected, and assured the incoming end in just about 1-4 days.

1. Flu-like symptoms

2. High fever

3. Pain and sweating

4. Vomiting and coughing (often came with blood, and this was the sure sign that the buboes would come up next)- this was also the worst time for contagion.

5. Bubos show up *almond shaped, often golfball to orange-sized swellings* many times by the armpits, and would turn from red to purple, and then to black.

6. All the symptoms happened in combination. One did not spare the other

7.The buboes were supposed to be lacerated in order to treat the condition and some of the cures included arsenic, lavender rose, lilly root and.......dried toads.

8. The doctors died as quick as the patients and do not forget that hygienic conditions in what would later be known as medical facilities were not even a concept back then until the times of Florence Nightingale in the 19th century. Hence, you were pretty much considered a dead man or woman under those conditions.

9. ** The Black death would cause such a ravage in the inmune system of the victim that it would prompt him to sleep for hours on end. This pattern, combined with high fever, delirium and the ALMOST GUARANTEED fact that your family would have left the house and you inside of it for fear of contagion pretty much puts the odds against the patient.

PS: Most abandoned homes, or homes with a black or red cross on the door would announce the message to the others that there had been Black Death in the house. Plus the dead pigs and cattle associated with the same household would also send the signals out.

Hope this helps!

What is the author's use of language in chapters 20 to 25 of The Kite Runner?Explain the syntax and imagery.

One feature of the language is the frequent references to Afghan culture, using terms in Farsi and Pashtu that are part of the Afghan tradition. The dialogue and the narration are used in a number of ways to affect the reader. The terms are translated for those who aren't familiar with Farsi and Pashtu, allowing the reader to enjoy a new culture.  

Hosseini also uses interior monologue to allow a character to express his thoughts and feelings. We get to know Amir, and through him, we then get to know more about the Afghan culture.

Most of the imagery and symbolism that occurs in the first part of the book is mirrored in the end of the book. For example, kite contests begin and end the book.

What is the role of women in the novel and what do they symbolise? In this light, what may be the consequences of Victor’s attitude towards the...

In Shelley's Frankenstein, Victor's attitude toward the monster's request to have Victor create a female dooms both him and the monster, not to mention his eventual wife, his brother, and his best friend. 

Victor very reluctantly agrees to create a female, but the first chance he gets he destroys what he's done up to that point.  This impulsive destruction dooms him to be haunted by the monster, and dooms the monster to a life of loneliness and revenge. 

Surprisingly, perhaps, Shelley, though her mother was an avid feminist, does not give any central roles to women in her novel.  Women are pedestalized.  They are represented as nurturers, comfort-givers, objects of worship.  They are beings to be idolized.  But they don't play any central roles. 

Similarly to so much other literature coming from patriarchal societies, the women in Shelley's Frankenstein are portrayed as victims.  They exist in the novel to show the hideous nature of the monster's actions, and the consequences of Victor's behavior.

What happens between Assef/Wali/Kamal and Amir and Hassan?

In the Book "The Kite Runner" Assef is a socio path who torments the children of the neighborhood.  He is from a wealthy family and lives in Kabulwith Hassan and Amir.  One day Assef and his friends confront Amir and are going to beat him up.  However, Hassan steps in and pulls out his sling shot.

The second incident is far more serious.  Hassan had run aftr the kite for Amir when he was stopped by Assef, Wali, Kamal, and Assef.  Assef is hateful and has a grudge against Hassan.  Assef had removed Hassan's pats and Wali tells him that what he is about to do is a sin.  Kamal looks away from the scene.

Assef tries to convince the boys that raping Hassan would not matter because he is just a Hazzara.  Assef then rapes Hassan.  Amir is hiding but can see what is happening.  He is too afraid to intervene and he bites down on his arm.  It is the moment that changes everything in his and Hassan's life.

In, Theme for English B, the poem by Langston Hughes, what would you state as the plot?

There is really not very much of a plot to this poem.  It is much more about a theme or idea than it is about a plot or set of events.

The only thing that actually happens in the poem is that the speaker's English teacher assigns him a "theme" or essay.  The speaker is supposed to let the essay "come out of" him.

The speaker does that, we do not know where.  In his essay, he reflects on the way that being black in America makes him sort of different from his teacher, but not as different as people might think.

In Night, how has the relationship between Elie and his father changed during their time in the concentration camps?

In the beginning of Weisel's story, he has almost no relationship with his father.  His father is a busy community leader and his duties leave little time for interaction with his son.  Elie laments this lack of connection in his earlier years, and some bitterness in his father's alienation is present as well.  As early as page 2, he recalls that his father was :   "more concerned with others than with his own family."

However, the horrors of the Camps make the pair value their relationship.  As the terrors they endure esclate, Elie has "one thought - not to lose [his father]."  When the father and son experience the New Year, the relationship has completely transformed, from one of alienation, to one of protection, to one of closeness.  The author says, as the two contemplate their future (or possible lack of future) that they had "never understood one another so clearly."

What parts of the New Jersey plan would come to be reflected in the United States Constitution?

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Drafting the US Constitution in May 1787 took much compromising. Governor Edmund Randolph introduced the Virginia Plan under which representation was to be apportioned to the states on the basis of population. It proposed a two-house legislature—the lower house elected by the populace and the upper by the lower, an executive chosen by the national legislature, and a judiciary or Supreme Court, also chosen by the national legislature. Randolph proposed the plan but James Madison authored it.

Another plan, the New Jersey Plan, was introduced by William Paterson. It proposed a single legislative body in which states would be equally represented, an executive committee, chosen by the legislature, and a national judiciary. The Great or Connecticut Compromise embodied the final structure of the new government. There was to be a two-house legislature with the lower house representing the states according to population, and the upper house based on equal representation. All revenue bills would originate in the lower house. The Connecticut Compromise also provided for an executive and a judiciary.

There were other compromises such as the Three-Fifths Compromise, providing that the slave population would be counted three-fifths in regard to direct tax apportionment and representation in the House. Also, the assembly agreed that the external slave trade, not slavery, would end in 1820.

The assembly established checks and balances that were designed to prevent any one branch from trampling on the liberties of the people, arguing that the people were ultimately sovereign, not the states or the Congress. Madison persuaded the convention to call for ratification of the government by specially elected state convention, with the document becoming the law of the land after nine states had approved it. After five months of secret deliberation, the final document enumerating the compromises was signed.

Why does Mary Shelley chose different narrative frames in Frankenstein in terms of themes?Not in terms of validity and neutrality or more...

When Mary Shelley wrote the book "Frankenstein" she wanted the reader to be able to become the person that was sitting down listening to the story as it was being told to them by the captain of the ship. One may recall the story of "Frankenstein" began as a ghost story told while spending a time with friends and exchanging ghost stories.  She wanted to capture the effect of the reader who has no knowledge of the events to be told them through the captain.

Shelley also wanted the reader to step out of the captain's world and into Victor's world.  By having Victor become the narrator the reader is able to feel his anguish at his failure to create the perfect man and the duress he undergoes after he made his creation.  The theme in Victor's setting is man versus self-created monster or man versus self (since it was Victor's own greed that led him to create the being from convict parts, etc.).

Shelley switches back to the narrator because it is the idea that the monster has some degree of humanity present.  Victor can not be the one to share this because he only sees his failure and horror in the creation.  A neutral party such as the captain can best share the monster's own conflict and need as he witnesses his father'/creator's death.