Why does the author delete two chapters about Emily's deathbed?i was informed that its about emily's deathbed , and she gave the house to tobe the...

To answer your question about the deleted chapter: According to Volpe's "A Reader's Guide to William Faulkner" (p. 104). Faulkner had an original manuscript on Section 4, towards the end, in which this is what happened:

Emily was sick, Tobe standing by her. She tells him to have every visitor leave the house, and once their are by themselves, she decides to confess to him what was lying on the bed in the other room, which was Homer's carcass.

Tobe tells her he won't do so, apparently because he already knew. This is when she then tells him that she will give him her house, which was a promise she had made him 35 years prior. He refused the house, and instead would go live in the poorhouse, which is like an aging home.

Faulkner apparently may have deleted this part because of the aesthetic rythm it took away from the original manuscript.

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How is the door an important symbol in the Devil's Arithmetic?I have to create a paragraph about a significant symbol in the novel, the Devil's...

I think that you might want to focus on a couple of items on the purpose of the door in Yolen's work.  Prior to her approaching the door, Hannah is the type of adolescent who has closed many an emotional door on her spiritual and ethnic heritage.  She is depicted as much more concerned with the social notions of conformity as opposed to establishing and enhancing a true and valid notion of the religious sense of self in her own life.  As this "door" is closed, it would make sense that she is asked to open the door to allow the Prophet Elijah to enter during the Seder remembrance.  This opening is not to merely fulfill the symbolic element, but actually begin the process where Hannah's spiritual sense of self will be "opened" from its closed state.

Why did Great Britain take the lead in the Industrial Revolution?

Technology also determined Britain to be the leader in the industrial revolution.  With the advent of machinery that cold process raw cotton into textiles, industry spread across the major cities of the British Isles, fed by the resources and cash crops of the New World colonies, including the former colonies of the United States.

In the US, Britain became our best market for cotton because of this, and we also were able to successfully copy their machinery designs and bring industry to the United States, particularly in the northeast.

What is the main theme of the Little Prince?

There are several. The theme of narrow-mindedness is one. Throughout the novel, many are guilty of being short-sighted. The narrator complains of the grown-ups not being able to interpret his painting.  The adults are often incapable of accepting anything other than what can be immediately seen.The little prince is the symbol of open-mindedness.

What does the reader learn about the characters of the narrator and the old man in "Old Man at the Bridge"?Consider dialogue, actions, and imagery.

"The Old Man at the Bridge" is one of author Ernest Hemingway's shortest stories, so the background of the characters is quite limited. We know that the old man has never ventured far from his little village from where he has just walked to escape the impending enemy advance. The old man's strength is gone, and he can walk no further. Yet, he worries more about the safety of the animals he has left behind than for his own. The narrator (Hemingway) cannot convince him to move on toward Barcelona, so he decides that "there was nothing to do about him." The narrator has his own life to worry about, and he realizes that the animals that the old man cares for have a better chance of survival now than the old man. In the end, the narrator leaves the old man waiting for his impending death at the bridge. The old man's loving nature is evident, as is the narrator's own ambivalence about what he deems is just another future casualty of war.

What is the period of the 100 days?This is a chapter in The Count of Monte Cristo

After the French Revolution in 1789; in 1792 a republic was declared and King Louis XVI was executed.  In 1792 there began several Revolutionary wars and then the Reign of Terror with Robespierre and the Jacobins, revolutionaries who believed in a republic, ruled France until 1794.  After the fall of the Reign of Terror, the Directory, composed of five executive directors, assumed control until 1799 when it was replaced by the Consulate with Napoleon Bonaparte.

Bonaparte ruled as emperor until he was forced to abdicate and was exiled to Elba in 1813.  For 100 days after this exile of Napoleon, the Bourbon king was restored; this was Louis XVIII.  After 100 days, Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to power, but was defeated at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. 

Now, these facts relate to the novel in several ways.  Since the monarchy has been restored, anyone who was a supporter of Napoleon was suspect and considered a traitor.  In the first chapter of The Count of Monte Cristo, the unsuspecting Edmund Dantes has been seen by Danglars delivering a letter to Elba, so Dantes is implicated as a Bonapartist (a supporter of Napoleon).  Danglars does this in the writing of the letter that brings about Dantes's arrest. 

Because the Deputy Prosecutor, de Villefort is a Loyalist (a supporter of the king), he would treat a Bonapartist as a traitor. This is one reason why he detains Dantes rather than letting him go after he is brought in.   Also, he tries to ingratiate himself with the Loyalists such as his wife's parents', Monsieur and Madam de Saint-Meran; and, he makes every effort to hide the affiliations of his father, Monsier Moitier, a Bonapartist who is involved in the restoration of Napoleon to power in 1814.  The letter to be delivered by the sea captain of the Phaeton to Napoleon was written by noe other than M. de Noitier.  Thus, de Villefort's anxiety about the de Saint-Merans' learning of his father's real name as well as his affiliations with Napoleon are the reason why he has Dantes put into prison during this time period known as the One Hundred Days:  March 1, 1815--June 18, 1815

What are the literary devices used in Macbeth's soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 1 of Macbeth?

Numerous literary devices exist in Macbeth's speech in Act III, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Macbeth.  I'll start you off with one, metaphor.  When Macbeth says:

Our fears in Banquo stick deep,...

he is comparing the fear he has for Banquo (since Banquo is noble, self-controlled, and wise) to something piercing his body, a dagger or sword, maybe.  His fear is the tenor of the metaphor and "stick deep" is the vehicle.  In other words, Macbeth explains or elaborates on his fear by comparing it to a deep wound.

A second metaphor is used when Macbeth says:

Upon my head they [the witches] placed a fruitless crown,...

Here, his crown is compared to a fruitless tree, of course.

The depiction of Macbeth's ambition is furthered in this speech.  Before he attained the crown, Macbeth didn't give a second thought to the fact that he alone would rule but not his heirs (according to the witches).  But once he has it, as we see, that is no longer enough.

In the story "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant", how does the setting---which I believe is the river, mostly---play a major role in the...

You're certainly on track with what you've pointed out from the story.  A couple of elements to consider are that the narrator is more comfortable on the river than he is on land.  Notice that when he tries to play softball, he's awkward.  When he's with Sheila at the dance, he's awkward, and she leaves him for an older boy.  But, on the river, he prepares his boat as best as possible to take Sheila to the dance, and he is confident in his angler skills.

Another important point about the river is that, as you pointed out, the boy must choose between the two parts of his life that he holds dear, both of which are connected with the river.  The narrator associates Sheila with the river because she's always sunbathing near it when he's fishing, and of course, the river is the home of his hobby.  So, it is ironic and fitting that the narrator has to choose between his two "loves" when he takes Sheila out on a date and that he has to make his choice while on the river.

Why are Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne considered romantic writers?

It is a fact that people are influenced by their environment in which they live; if certain elements of this environment are in accord with what their natural predispositions are, people will embrace the influence of these elements and thinking. However, if these attitudes and ideals are the antithesis of their thinking, then a new movement of thinking usually commences.

Because Hawthorne's and Poe's view of the world was profoundly opposed to the optimistic views of their predecesors, Thoreau and Emerson and their followers, became what is referred to as the Dark Romantics.  Nevertheless, they were affected by the environment of the Transcendentalists because they valued intuition over logic and reason.  Both groups also saw signs and symbols in human events.  In fact, the Dark Romantics employ the literary technique of symbolism to great effect.  For instance, Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" is replete with profound symbols, such as the letter and little Pearl.  And, Poe, of course used cats, ravens, houses, the Red Death, and many other forces as symbolic.

While the Dark Romantics such as Hawthorne and Poe and Melville did not disagree with Emerson's belief that spiritual facts lie behind the appearances of nature, they did disagree that these facts must be necessarily good, or harmless.  Hawthorne, for instance, suggests in his writing that Emerson merely takes the ecstatic, mystical elements of Puritan thought, ignoring the darker side--the Calvinistic sense of innate depravity of human nature, and the also Calvinistic notions of predestination.  Hawthorne's perspective in his works is on both the mystical and the melancholy aspects of Puritanism and its thought.

In Hawthorne's and Poe's work, there is an exploration of the darker side and its conflict with good, the psychological effects of guilt and sin, and even madness and derangement in the human psyche.  Behind what Herman Melville has called the "pasteboard masks" of social respectability, the Dark Romantics see the blankness and the horror of evil, a couterpoint to the optimism of the Transcendentalists.

Please analyze the character of Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter.

Hester Prynne's character is dynamic, meaning, it changes throughout the course of the book.  At the beginning, we see her as a proud, ostracized woman struggling with her lot in life.  But as the book goes on, she gains strength, humility, confidence and peace.  She learns to serve the community without bitterness, to make better her lot in life, and to provide a living for her and her child.  Her changing character can also be seen in the changing attitudes of the townspeople towards her.  At first they judged and mocked, reviled and rejected.  But as time went on, they learned to love her and rely upon her services and kindness.  Some even considered her an angel of goodness and light.

When considering her character, keep the changes that she goes through in mind.  We can also infer that before the events of the novel even began that she was a beautiful woman with a strong mind, who followed the instincts of her heart, rather than society's dictations of behavior.  Through her refusal to reveal the baby's father's name, we can infer that she is very loyal, true, patient and selfless, because she is willing to bear the suffering for her sin alone.  She is not vindictive or bitter.

I hope that those thoughts help to get you started; good luck!

How are the origins of India nationalism linked to British rule? How did Indians and British view each other's culture in the 1800s?The British...

To claim that British united India in one country is similar to saying that the British united the 13 separate countries into one united country that fought the American War of Independence.

India had existed as separate country for nearly two thousands of year, united by its geography and its culture. Politically also very large part of India have existed as single empire long before colonization by British. If we want to get too technical, British never ruled over whole of India. There were around 600 independent states within India which were independent kingdoms with which British had entered in to treaties. Also there were territories within India that were under control of countries like France an Portugal.

Of course the spirit of nationalism among Indians which inspired them to free themselves of British rule was very much the result of oppressive rule and insulting behavior of the British.

Also I do not understand in what way British people were more nationalistic than people of other countries. British people had their own share of division and conflict based on religion (Protestants and Catholics), region, economic classes and struggle for power among members of royal families. Most certainly, Indian nationalism did not emulate any part of this kind of nationalism.

No doubt British industry and business exploited Indians with the support of British government. But they also exploited the poor people and industrial workers in UK. It is because of this that British textile labour cheered Gandhi enthusiastically when he visited them during his U.K. visit.

Coming to the British view in 1800's of Indian culture, it is very clear that Britishers were highly prejudiced against Indian culture and people. This was was largely due to arrogance which develops quite naturally in oppressor towards the oppressed. However it is unfortunate that many of the misconceptions and falsehood spread in the past by Britishers about Indian culture and achievements still continues mislead many people in western countries.

How many cells does a human have?

The question is not very clear about whether it refers to number of types of cells in human body.

Like all bodies of all other living beings, human body is made up of cells. The cells in the human body are of about 210 different types, which are divides in cells of the following types of tissues or groups of cells. These are connective tissues, epithelial tissues, muscle tissues, and nervous tissues.

Connective tissues help to join and support various parts of the body. Epithelial tissues cover the body surface. This this type of tissues form among other things the external skin of the body. Muscle tissues are threadlike fibres that make movement of the body possible through contracting and relaxing. Nervous tissues perform the function of storing, processing information in the body. Each of these four types of tissues contain many different types of cells.

In another way of grouping human cell these can be classified in following groups of types of cells:

Keratinizing epithelial cells

Wet stratified barrier epithelial cells

Exocrine secretory epithelial cells

Hormone secreting cells

Metabolism and storage cells

Barrier function cells - kidney

Barrier function cells - others

Epithelial cells lining closed internal cavities

Ciliated cells with propulsive function

Extra cellular matrix secretion cells

Contractile cells

Blood and immune system cells

Sensory transducer cells

Autonomic neuron cells

Sense organ and peripheral neuron supporting cells

Central nervous system neurons and glial cells

Lens cells

Pigment cells

Germ cells

Nurse cells

Interstitial cells

The exact number of cells in a human body cannot be counted accurately. However the total number of cells in an average adult human being is of the order of 10^13 to 10^14.

What are some powerful quotes that can compare and contrast the three different narrators?

In Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" she opens the book with R. Walton writing home in a letter to his sister Margaret.  He tells her about his and his men's situation of being stuck in the ice with the ship.  He then begins to hint at the first of the mystery to come.

"We perceived on a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs ,pass on towards the north, at a distance of half a mile; a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat  in the sledge, and guided the dogs."  (Letter IV)

Later in the book Victor Frankenstein, a young physician that wants to make the perfect man but instead has created a creature that he appalls, becomes the narrator.  He created the monster but was overwhelmed by what he had done.  The creature to him is horrid and he can not bear to look at it.

"I continued walking in this manner for some time, endeavoring by bodily exercise to ease the load that weighed upon my mind.  I traversed the streets without any clear conception of where I was or what I was doing.  MY heart palpitated in the sickness of fear and I hurried on with irregular steps, not daring to look about me."(50)

The third narration returns to be Waltons again.  He has witnessed Frankenstein’s death and the creature had come to see his creator.  The creature had told him of his plight.

"I was at first touched by the expressions of his misery; yet, when I called to mind what Frankenstein had said of his powers of eloquence and persuasion and when I again cast my eyes on the lifeless form of my friend, indignation was rekindled within me.  "Wretch!" I said, "it is well you come here to whine over the desolations that you have made."(202)

Comment on the presence of Renaissance and Reformation ideology and belief in Elizabethan tragedies like Hamlet and Dr.Faustus.

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The Renaissance period has a date generally agreed upon as commencing circa 1450 and ending circa 1600. The Northern Renaissance, in which England is classed, has later dates as its Renaissance followed Italy and then France, the dates begin circa 1500 to circa 1615. The Reformation era, beginning with Martin Luther's religious epiphany, began in 1517 when Luther redefined the doctrines of Christian salvation, divine revelation and priesthood.

The Elizabethan era, that denoting the period of time of the rule of Queen Elizabeth I, was from her ascension in 1558 to 1603. Her rule spanned the end of the Northern Renaissance. Plays written during her reign are duly classed as Elizabethan plays. One playwright of such plays was Christopher Marlowe who wrote Dr. Faustus. The premier playwright of the Elizabethan era--within the Renaissance period and following the Reformation movement--was William Shakespeare who wrote, among other things, Hamlet.

Having a properly aligned perspective of the times addressed in the question asked here shows that undoubtedly Renaissance thought and Reformation belief would be evident in the tragedies of Elizabethan playwrights. Incidentally, it is interesting to note that the word "playwright" stems from the fact that in Elizabethan times, the English theatre was still organized according to the guild system and "wright," from before 900 A.D. Middle English taken from the earlier Old English "wryhta," means "worker," hence, playwright, or "playworker," in accord with English guild nomenclature, e.g., wheelwright.

In Italy and to a similar though slightly different extent in England, the Renaissance emphasized the revival of classic literature and ideas that were associated with Italian Humanists. Actually, as Richard Hooker of Washington State University points out, they were the "umanista" group of teachers who emphasized "studia humanitatis," or studies not including mathematics and such. The umanista, or humanist, opposed the specific logic of Scholasticism even though they improved the general science of logic. The Northern Renaissance built on the classicism and humanism the Italian Renaissance but differed in that after 1517 it gradually added an emphasis in Protestant religious interest and a revival of New Testament first century Christianity.

This is a particularly important point when considering Elizabethan plays in general and Hamlet and Dr. Faustus specifically. The Latin Roman classics were closely associated with the Papal seat and, therefore, Catholicism. Remembering that England, beginning with Henry VIII, had been through political upheaval during which England's allegiance to Papal Rome was severed then restored then severed then restored under Queen Mary then severed again under Queen Elizabeth I, and remembering that severe laws, persecutions and punishments accompanied these various switches, it is readily discernible that an Elizabethan playwright advocating or seeming to advocate a Catholic perspective or allegiance with the Pope would actually be in a life or death situation due to an accusation of heresy, as explained by Professor Steven Fernandez of IPAG.

How are the family units created in the community?

The first step in forming a family unit happens when an adult applies to receive a spouse.  An applicant might wait for months or even years before a Match is found and approved.  Factors such as disposition, energy level, intelligence, and interests must correspond perfectly for a Match to be sanctioned by the Committee of Elders.  After the spouses are joined at the yearly Matching of Spouses ceremony, the Match is monitored for 3 years by the Committee before the couple can apply to receive a child.

Children are born to Birth Mothers, women who serve in that capacity for three years and then are assigned to be laborers for the rest of their lives.  The children are raised collectively by Nurturers until they are a year old, at which time they are distributed by assignment at the yearly Naming and Placement ceremony among those Matches who have applied for children and been approved.

Discuss how running into Jim represents Huck’s rebirth. Discuss the resulting conflict in Huck’s mind.

I suppose you could say that running into Jim represents a rebirth for Huck because it is the transition point from one part of the story to the next.  Before he meets Jim, he is a subject -- things are happening to him.  Adults are making him do this and that and they are fighting over who "owns" him.  After he meets Jim, he becomes more of an agent -- he is actually doing things on his own.

The conflict that results from their meeting is Huck's conflict over what to do with Jim.  He knows that society says he should hand Jim back to his master.  He most certainly should not help him run away.  But in some way, Huck feels this would not be the right thing to do.  So he has to decide between following his own conscience and doing what society says he should.

Is "Lord of the Flies" world literature? Please give me some reasons.

For some reason, we generally classify much of our literature in America similarly to literature involving England.

For example, we study British Literature in high school and college and American Literature in high school and college, but don't really push the others. We often lump them into World Literature, meaning a focus on translated work from other languages or pieces from authors with foreign backgrounds.

William Golding is indeed British. I think our shared language (English) is what has given us the idea to maintain a certain set of study devoted to British Literature. It is also where we derived our language and literary purpose.

I would say no, it is not world literature.

Id a well-known fictional character (books, movies, etc.) or a public figure in history that you think may have a psychological disorder?Do not...

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Edgar Allen Poe's quintessential unreliable protagonist narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" is quite disturbed. The sharp exclamations, nervous questions, and broken sentences almost too blatantly advertise Poe’s conscious intention; the protagonist’s insanity, delusional reality, and painful insistence in ‘‘proving’’ himself sane only serves to intensify the idea of his madness.

Poe presides with precision of perception at the psychological drama he describes. He makes us understand that the voluble murderer has been tortured by the nightmarish terrors he attributes to his victim: ‘‘He was sitting up in bed listening;—just as I have done, night after night, harkening to the death watches in the wall’’; further, the narrator interprets the old man’s groan in terms of his own persistent anguish: ‘‘Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me.’’

Thus, Poe, in allowing his narrator to disburden himself of his tale, skillfully contrives to show also that he lives in a haunted and eerie world of his own demented making.

How does Ivan serve Zaroff in "The Most Dangerous Game"?

Ivan is an enormous man who not only acts as a sort of butler to Zaroff. He answers the door to the lost on the island and makes sure that they are well taken care of. His brings out the food and prepares the rooms for guests. He watches over the latest captives and prepares Zaroff and the others for the hunts. Ivan is not just a house boy to Zaroff, he is employed to do anything that is asked of him including torturing and killing any person who does not agree to play the game.

Ivan ends up meeting his demise when Rainsford sets a trap for him because Zaroff asked that Ivan help him hunt down this worthy adversary.

In A Tale of Two Cities, would the characters Defarge, Stryver, and Sidney Carton be considered honorable or dishonorable?I need this question...

Few people are only good or bad; only the flat characters of early movies were the guys who "wore white hats" and "the ones who wore black hats."  So, although the characters of A Tale of Two Cities are not drawn as thoroughly as is typical of Charles Dickens, they do exhibit both redeeming characteristics as well as dishonorable ones.  Here is an outline of these characters:

• Ernest DeFarge is a Jacques, a member of the sans-culottes who are planning the revolution against the aristocracy.  He is a bold, dark man who is married to the intensely vengeful Therese DeFarge.  However, he is also the former servant of Dr. Manette and he shows the prisoner from the North Tower kindness and respect despite his exploitation of the doctor as he lets the others called Jacques peer at him. When Madame DeFarge wants to kill all the Evremondes, he speaks out in defense of Lucie and her child, having no interest in pursuing them. Here he does display some honor.


• Sydney Carton, a dissipated lawyer who allows his partner to exploit his brillant mind, gives the reader little to respect and perceive as good.  However, he becomes absolutely devoted to Lucie in his unrequited love; he swears that he will do anything in his power to protect her.  In the end, he attains redemption for all his flaws by doubling for Darnay and becoming the Christ-like sacrificial victim.  So, with the character flaws of being an alcoholic and a "jackal" who has no pride, Carton is not really bad in any sense; he is merely weak.  But, he becomes honorable because of his unselfish love for Lucie.


• C. J. Stryver is, perhaps, the only character who has no redeeming characteristics, and is, indeed, dishonorable.  Bombastic, supercilious, and deluded about himself, Stryver "shoulders his way" through life with no principles or scruples.  He is obtuse; for instance, when Mr. Lorry tries to discourage him from courting Lucie, he is uncomprehending.  Then, when he is rejected by Miss Manette, he creates an entire fabrication that he had to reject her because she was too inferior.  Stryver represents all that Dickens abhorred in barristers (lawyers) of London, and is, thus, rather despicable.

Describe each character in the book Can't Get There From Here.Maybe 2Moro Country Club OG Pest Maggot Jewel Rainbow Tears Anthony Officer Ryan...

The narrator of the story, Maybe, has an unusual condition in which her skin is unevenly pigmented. Thrown out of her home by her abusive mother, she is living with a tribe of homeless young people on the streets of New York. Although she retains a sense of caring for others as evidenced by her desire to get Tears off the streets, she is deeply suspicious of adults, and balks at the idea off giving up her freedom in exchange for stable living arrangements.

Feisty 2Moro, HIV positive with a long history of molestation and abuse, is a chronic runaway. She prostitutes herself to get by, and is eventually killed by an unknown predator.

Country Club dies in the beginning of the book of alcohol poisoning. In his early twenties, he is older than the other members of the tribe, except for his constant companion, OG.

Like Country Club, OG is in his early twenties and has been on the streets longer than the others. His homelessness has taken a toll on his health, and he has a serious lung condition which leaves him near death at the end of the book.

Pest is a stray puppy adopted by OG to fill the void after Country Club dies. Pest eventually starves to death under OG's care.

Maggot is the only one of the tribe who comes from an affluent and comparatively stable home. He is out on the streets by choice, out of a sense of rebellion, and returns to his parents when the going gets too tough.

Jewel has been thrown out of his home because his parents could not accept his ambigious sexuality. He retreats frequently into a fantasy world where he finds material comfort and love, and eventually loses touch with reality altogether.

Sold by her mother repeatedly for drug money, beautiful Rainbow is a runaway and a junkie. After escaping multiple times from treatment facilities, she finally commits suicide by drowning herself in the river.

Tears is the newest and youngest of the tribe members; she ran away from home because her stepfather was abusing her, and her mother would not believe her. Tears retains a sense of innocence, and, with the help of Maybe, manages to escape the streets and find a home with relatives who are willing to give her a chance.

Anthony is a library worker who befriends Maybe and helps her get Tears off the streets. A single man with the same skin condition that Maybe has, he is altruistic and protective, and really cares about Maybe's welfare and those of her tribemates.

Officer Ryan is new to her beat. She performs her job as concerns the street kids, but is as compassionate as she can be in her dealings with them.

Laura is a worker from a charitable society which offers placement for the homeless kids on the street. Although the tribemembers for the most part do not take her up on her offer of shelter because of the rules they would have to follow, Maybe, at least, realizes in the end that Laura's intentions are good.

Why was Romeo sad?

Romeo is obviously sad at the beginning of the play. His sadness there is due to his infatuation with Rosalind. This infatuation has produced in him many of the classic signs of Renaissance love-sickness, including melancholy, alienation, disorderly appearance, and unpredictable behavior. Many people in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries would have argued that Romeo’s sadness reflects the selfish nature of his love, which is not true love at all. Instead of being genuinely in love with Rosalind as a soul, a person, another creature of God, he mainly desires her body. His desire for Rosalind is rooted in selfishness and is therefore not true love. It is, indeed, infatuation – a kind of foolish fixation on an external object, but a fixation ultimately rooted in self-love. The shallow nature of his “love” for Rosalind helps explain not only his initial sadness but also the ease with which he can easily abandon his fixation on Rosalind for a new fixation, this time on Juliet.

He/might make/us a /vanillia cake. Am I correct to say 'He' is the subject, 'might make' the verb and 'vanillia cake' the object. What is 'us'and 'a'?

In addition to the above answer, the following gives a full syntactical analysis of the sentence. "He might make us a vanilla cake" follows the standard Subject Verb Object (SVO) syntactic structure for English sentences. "He" in this case in a Pronoun filling the Subject slot in the sentence. The phrase "might make" is the Verb "make" accompanied by the modal "might" indicating probability: "might make" is not definite. This modal verb phrase fills the Verb slot.

The Pronoun "us" answers the question "Whom" as in "He might make whom a vanilla cake?" "Us" is correctly identified as filling the Object slot as the Indirect Object of the Verb "might make." The rest of the Object slot is filled with the Direct Object ("a vanilla cake") of the Verb "might make": "He might make a vanilla cake." The words "a vanilla cake" form a Noun Phrase that fills the Direct Object portion of the Object slot.

The Noun Phrase "a vanilla cake" begins with a determiner followed by an adjective followed by a noun. A Noun Phrase is a construction that may include Determiners and Modifiers--which may be adverbs and adjectives ("all such artificially diligent workers")--and a Head Noun. In "a vanilla cake," "a" is correctly identified as a Determiner article; "vanilla" is a Modifier adjective, and "cake" is the Head Noun of the Noun Phrase unit "a vanilla cake."

How is How to Become a Writer ironic?

Francie, the speaker of Moore’s "How to Become a Writer," comments a number of times about how she has been told, by teachers and fellow students, that the plots of her stories are weak. Superficially, and ironically, the same comment might be made about "How to Become a Writer." It does have a plot though, if one was carefully checking for a pulse to take of this story, one might have to press rather hard; and it manges to escape this irony at the very conclusion. It is an apparent paradox that may or may not be present depending on one's interpretation of the intended meaning of the work and its dramatic effect on the reader.

What is the summary for Chapters 18-20 in The Shakespeare Stealer?I really need this! Chapter 18-20 summaries, thats all!

In Chapter 18, Widge is searching in the property room for a playbook to deliver to Falconer, and is inadvertently locked in for the night. When the doors are unlocked in the morning, Mr. Pope asks where he has been, and Widge concocts the story that his old master had waylaid him, but that he had managed to escape and return to the Company. Widge is touched by Mr. Pope's genuine concern, having never experienced anything like it before. During fencing practice, Nick acts up again, and Widge asks Sander why he does not get thrown out. Sander replies that it is because the theatre is "a sort of family," and Nick is like one of their brothers.

Widge is called before Mr. Heminges in Chapter 19. The kind man, believing Widge's story from the day before, tells him that the Company will protect him should his purported master come back. Falconer does not return, however, and Widge enjoys a gloriously happy few weeks. Nick is promoted to play a boy's part, and the others, including Widge, are given bigger roles in the Company as well. The boys go for an outing in the country, and catch Widge using charactery when copying his lines. They are impressed, and curious about it. A "dark-clothed figure" comes down the road, and Widge fears it is Falconer come to take him away, but it is only Mr. Shakespeare.

In Chapter 20, the boys conjecture about why Mr. Shakespeare is always melancholy. Nick does not change his ways, and is demoted from playing boys' roles; making him more angry and dangerous than ever. The Company has been asked to perform Hamlet for the royal court, and everyone is nervous and on edge. During fencing practice, Nick becomes overaggressive and injures his partner, Julian. As Julian's wound is tended, it is discovered that he is not a boy at all, but a girl.

Who are the main characters, and what is the main idea of the story?

The main character is Louise, "the fat girl", whose identity is tied up in issues of weight and eating. All the other characters essentially revolve around Louise such as her friend Carrie, her parents, and her husband Richard. 

The main idea of the story is an examination of one woman's drive to find love and acceptance both from the outside world and from herself. Through her constant struggles with weight and overeating, she finds her true identity and comes to terms with herself and her body issues. 

Why does Beowulf travel to Heorot and what do these motives tell you about his character?

Beowulf travels to Heorot because he has heard what Grendel has been doing -- how Grendel has been killing Hrothgar's men.  He goes to Heorot because he wants to test his skill and bravery against the monster and show Grendel how powerful the Geats are.

What this tells us about Beowulf is that he is motivated by a desire for glory.  He is coming not so much to save Hrothgar's people as to show his own prowess.

We can see this from what he says to Hrothgar when they meet.  Beowulf asks him for a favor and the favor is to allow him to go after Grendel.  He will not fight Grendel with weapons because Grendel does not use them.

So, once again, Beowulf is coming looking for glory (so it would be a favor to let him fight the monster), not to save Hrothgar's men (if he were there to save them, he'd kill Grendel whatever way he could).

What is the description, action, and dialouge in "The Upturned Face"?

Almost the entire text of "The Upturned Face" consists of either descriptive action and dialogue. 

The author, Steven Crane, spends a lot of time on descriptive action; that is,  he describes very clearly, in great detail, what the characters are doing.  He describes exactly how the men dug the grave, how they searched the dead body for valuables, how the bullets were flying about them, how they lifted the body to drop it into the grave, how they flung dirt into the grave, etc., etc., etc.

There is also quite a bit of dialogue; that is, the characters' exact spoken words are recorded, with quotation marks to identify them. 

What we do not find much of in this story is direct comment by the author.  Occasionally, Crane offers us an adjective or two to describe a character's mental state: troubled, excited, frightened, dubious are some examples.  Crane never offers us any lengthy comments about what his characters are feeling.  (For contrast, read a chapter or two of Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, in which the author spends pages telling us about his characters' psychological states.) 

Also, Crane does not directly comment on the theme of his story.  Crane describes the action and records the dialogue, but he leaves it entirely up to the reader to derive some lesson or insight from the story.

What is the summary of the poem "Spain" by W.H.Auden?

W. H. Auden wrote "Spain" in 1937, about one year into the Spanish Civil War. Hitler was on the move across Eastern Europe and Fascism was spreading its cloak when, on July 18, 1936, Spain erupted into civil war which put Fascist Franco in power as the head of Spain.

Auden laments the tragedy going on in Spain in this poem. The first six Stanzas are devoted to describing the ancient and then not-so-ancient past from the opening of Chinese trade routes because of Marc Polo to the invention of clocks that led to navigation and exploration to the Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment and Industrialization. Each of the six stanzas is presented as a separate time fragment.

Auden then switches to a nondescript time that turns out to be the then near present when he pictures the poet seeking inspiration from Nature (Stanza 7) while science and medicine forge new paths but lives of citizens deteriorate and the poor pray for redemption from the stable order of the past (Stanza 9) that Auden has already described.

In Stanzas 10 and 11, the people of the nations pray to the "life," the creator (not capitalized by Auden and so being universal rather than of a particular religion) to intervene in the course of the disintegration of human unity and compassion in the world ("But the lives of my friends. I inquire. I inquire.") and appear as a dove (Biblical allusion to John the Baptist's encounter with Jesus), a furious father (Biblical allusion to the Judaic god as a benevolent Father), or an engineer (Biblical allusion to Jesus Christ who came as a new manifestation of God and is expected to return to Earth as a...an engineer...?).

in Stanza 12, 13 and 14, the "life," the creator answers "No," saying that he is already present in what people say, do, choose and desire: today he is Spain, tearing itself asunder in revolt against Fascism. In Stanzas 15 through 19, the people of Spain respond by forming a people's army to fight together as "life." Auden then switches to "To-morrow" in Stanzas 20 through 23.

Tomorrow there may be a future. Tomorrow there may be academic research, romantic love, poets absorbed in their art, bicycle races and suburbs in summer evenings. Then comes a final reference to "To-day" in concluding Stanzas 24 and 25.

Today, along with struggle appended to "To-morrow" in Stanzas 22 and 23, there is death, guilt from the murder done in war, inadequate consolation for loss, friendship cemented before each parts to do the "hurt" of war. In the last stanza, Stanza 26, the stars themselves have died, removing light and hope and aspiration from life; animals stand far off from humankind's actions, refusing to look; mankind is alone. The history that the poet was pleading in Stanzas 1 through 6 "May say Alas but cannot help nor pardon."

How does "The Great Gatsby" end?

In Chapter 8, Jay Gatsby has been murdered, so he is out of the story before the final chapter.

The final chapter consists of Nick Carraway's memories of what happened after Gatsby was murdered.  He remembers the police questioning and he remembers the funeral.  In particular, he remembers that essentially no one went to the funeral.  He did and a few of the servants, but mostly people didn't care enough about Gatsby to go to his funeral.

The chapter ends with Nick going back to Gatsby's place for one last look.  He looks out at the boats on the water and thinks of the meaning of Gatsby's life.

How are the traditional stereotypes of men and women reversed in chapter 1 & 2 of Part 2.

If you are talking about traditional stereotypes from our own society (rather than anything within the 1984 society), they are reversed in the way that Winston and Julia behave.  Specifically, she is the aggressor and he is the one being pursued.

In our society, it is stereotypically the man's role to pursue a woman that he is interested in.  But in the chapters you mention, it is Julia who is pursuing.  It is Julia who puts the note in Winston's hand.  It is Julia who specifies when and where they will get together.  It is Julia who has had affairs before and it is Julia who is in control of their encounter.

So, this all goes against our sex roles -- the ones that say women should be more passive in romantic/sexual matters.

In A Wrinkle in Time, how are people like Pasteur and Gandhi "lights for others to stand by"?

In A Wrinkle in Time, the earth is fighting a dark shadow, which is Evil, the Power of Darkness. This evil is manifested in hatred, war, and ignorance. How can one fight such a darkness?  Mrs. Whatsit offers the children an example of someone who has, Jesus, who fought darkness and evil with love and faith. Charles and Calvin offer names of others who have fought the darkness: Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Bach, Pasteur, Madame Curie, Einstein, Albert Schweitzer, Gandhi, Buddha, Beethoven, Rembrandt, and St. Francis.  Then Meg offers Copernicus as an example. What do all of these people have in common?  They all fought evil by creating beauty, advocating peace and love, or fighting ignorance by seeking knowledge.  The idea is that they have lit the way for others who must also fight the darkness. Darkness is a metaphor for evil, and thus, light is a metaphor for its opposite, goodness.  The only way one can conquer darkness is with light, and the only way one can conquer evil is by doing good. 

How did the Boxer Uprising affect China?

The Boxer Uprising, an anti-foreigner movement, had developed in northwest Shandong between 1898-1900, as a response to the provocations of Western missionaries and their Chinese converts. Most of the Chinese population was not interested in the Christian message, especially in the evangelical and intolerant form that many of the Western missionaries were preaching. The Boxers were mainly peasants, who believed that their magic martial arts training made their bodies invulnerable to modern guns. With this belief, they viciously attacked Christian missionaries and converts, calling for the ending of the special privileges enjoyed by Chinese converts. The Dowager Empress Cixi, frustrated with the growing demands from the West, decided to support the Boxers against the foreign powers, which only invited a military suppression by an Eight-Nation Alliance in August 1900. The army, consisting of soldiers from Japan, Russia, Britain, the USA and France, managed to suppress the Boxers and drove Cixi and Emperor Guangxu to the West. A formal peace treaty, known as the Boxer Protocol,was signed in 1901, in which the Qing government agreed to pay indemnities for the damage caused to the lives and properties of the imperial powers. The Boxer Uprising laid bare the weaknesses of Qing China and severely weakened China’s position in regards with its relations to the West.

What does Oscar Wilde's quote mean in reference to the play The Importance of Being Earnest and in general?"It has as its philosophy ... that we...

Wilde does an excellent job of supporting this quote with his play.  He took such trivial things such as eating muffins or tea-cake or bread and butter and made them into a crazy fight scene between characters.  In Act 1 Algy won't let Jack have any cucumber sandwiches, yet he eats them all himself and claims to his visiting aunt that the market was all out of cucumbers.  Then he and Jack fight over muffins in the end of Act 2.  Eating is a normal every day (trivial) discussion topic, yet Wilde turns that topic into a 3-ring circus.

Then with matters as serious as marriage, Wilde plays it as a joke.  The women only want to marry the men because of the name "Ernest." Cecily has created a relationship with a man she has yet to meet.  This satire is what makes the play so enjoyable.  We often see these types of jokes on Saturday Night Live or in other shows similar to that.  Most comedians today use this humor to entertain, just as Wilde did so many years ago.

Is it illegal in Virginia to live with a boyfriend while being the sole provider for a child who has been abandond by his father?

That is an interesting question, and I am sure the situation you are in is both difficult and emotionally draining.  Unfortunately, what you probably need is the advice of a lawyer who specializes in family law.  That is what I would first recommend...you need to know some important things and I wouldn't trust it to anyone less than an expert.

I am not such an expert, but I will venture a researched opinion.

There is some information missing from your question.  First, what is your relationship to the child?  Are you the child's mother?  If so, your situation is very different than, say, if you are not the child's mother.  From what I understand, abandonment in the state of Virginia happens after 6 months, at which time a person can begin to have the parental rights of the missing individual terminated.  The trick is that in order to terminate his rights he has to be notified (or, at least, a good effort has to be put into finding him.)  Then, a lawyer will often ask that parent to simply sign away his rights.  If he does so, and you are the child's mother, that's the end of it.  If he doesn't want to, well, then you have a fight on your hands.

This, of course, assumes you are the mother of the child.  If you have no legal right to the child, you have a different situation.  In that case, you must must contact the authorities and go through the proper channels if you want to be the child's foster parent.  You should not keep in your house a child that is not legally yours and for which you don't have the legal power to make decisions.  For example, what happens if the child gets sick?  You would be unable to authorize treatment.

As for the boyfriend...as far as I know, there is nothing illegal about it.  You are free to chose to live with whomever you please.  The father would have the ability to object were the person you chose a criminal or had some history of child abuse, but it doesn't sound like he is around to do so (and I am guessing you are smart enough not to bring anyone around that poses a danger to the child.)  I am also assuming you are not married to the missing parent, which would complicate things.

If you are on public assistance you will need to report to your caseworker that you are moving in with someone.  Though it might not make a difference, it would be considered fraud if you were to fail to report it and be paid benefits to which you were not entitled.

Remember, I am not a lawyer but I hope this gets you started.

How does Phillip's mother help Timothy in The Cay?

Timothy, the old sailor who rescued Phillip following the sinking of their ship, never met Phillip's mother, so she in no way "helped" Phillip during the story. If anything, she hindered the relationship between Phillip and Timothy, since she had taught her son to mistrust black people. Phillip's mother, Grace, loved her earlier life in Norfolk, and Phillip assumed that one of the reasons she wasn't happy on Curacao and was homesick for Virginia was because "there weren't as many black people around." Phillip's bias against black men became evident on the raft when he discarded his father's advice to always call older men "mister." Instead, Phillip called the old sailor Timothy; "Besides, he was black."

     ... I was now beginning to believe my mother was right. She didn't like them.
     She'd say... "They are not the same as you, Phillip. They are different and they live differently. That's the way it must be."

Timothy did defend Phillip's mother, however. When Phillip blamed his situation on his mother for deciding to leave the island, Timothy cautioned him,

"She started dis terrible wahr, eh, young bahss?"

After Phillip's rescue, he saw a change come over his mother. She now seemed happy living in Willemstad.

She had changed in many ways. She had no thoughts of leaving the islands now.

Who are the protagonist, antagonist, and hero in Frankenstein? Why? Support it with quotes.

"I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. This being you must create." So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein—more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.

Certainly the protagonist is the "daemon" himself:The creature. He is a tragic protagonist, though I have a hard time dubbing him a tragic hero. He achieved no goal. He was plain angry. He is the protagonist, nevertheless.

We know this because, although Victor is the catalyst for the action, it is the creature (whom people erroneously call "Frankenstein") who develops the rising action, climax, and end to the story. He also serves as an anti hero: A much flawed, deeply wounded and highly stereotypical character that inspires both love and hatred in the reader.

The antagonist is Victor- Although HE is "THE" Frankenstein, he serves as a catalyst for the rising action , climax, and ending of the story. He is the creator of the creature,and we know he is the antagonist because he is in constant conflict with the protagonist, who is his creation. Its hard to like Victor, as well, and most of us do not see him as a tragic hero either.

So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein—more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.

From the very beginning, as the Artic explorer is writing his letters explaining how he found Victor, we already see that Victor has been a victim of his creation. Hence, even the first letter forshadows the roles of each character.

There is no hero in the story. Nobody fixes the conflict at hand. A hero is a character who uses his or her wit to resolve the conflict of the story. Nobody fixed anything,in fact, we are left with some doubts as to what occured after Victor was found, and the creature was seen.

What is Winston's dream about his mother and how does it make him feel?

Winston dreams about his last vision of his mother.  He remembers how the spirit of life seemed to go out of her when his father disappeared when Winston was just a young boy.  Life was difficult and food was scarce.  When a chocolate ration is given to the family, Winston wants more than his share and finally snatches the portion Winston's mother gave to Winston's little sister.  Winston ran from the apartment as his mother called for him to come back and give the chocolate to his sister.  When he looked back, he saw his mother put her arm protectively and comfortingly around his sister.  That was the last glimpse he had of either his mother or his sister who were both gone when he came back to the apartment.  Winston remembers another dream he had of his mother where she was in a sinking ship looking up at Winston with the same look in her eyes as she had when Winston fled their home with his sister's chocolate.  Winston has been filled with guilt ever since that day and the protective gesture, so seldom seen in Winston's current life, haunts him.

What is the meaning of MATHEMATICS?

Mathematics helps counting. It helps measuring. It helps copmaring things.Addition, subtraction , multiplication and divisions are the basic operations of the mathematics, through which we can define and develop many more operations siuiting our practical situation.

Counting could be in different fashions from the premitive man to the present day.Probably it is the basic necessity for the man to understand how many things he possessed. The different system of numbers in different countries itself shows how our elders tried to explore the ways to count.

Measuring or quantifying is another way of bringing any characteristics under mathematics. Converting characteristics like length, volume, mass , velocity, acceleration are all the ways of understanding in science.  Quality could also be suitably quantified.Example: Who is our best  person ? - You can test by votes, which is one way of deciding through  mathematics.

In Chapter 8, what does Jack tell his new tribe?

Jack begins by telling them, "We'll hunt. I'm going to be chief," in this way immediately distinguishing his style of leadership from that of Ralph, and "the crisis passed easily" by him taking command in this way. He then tells them they won't dream in this portion of the island, and after that he tells them they will hunt pig and give some of the kill to the beast. When they raid Ralph's camp for the fire, he tells his tribe "Go on--now!" and then repeats that order.  Two boys raise their spears and respond,"The Chief has spoken," implying that Jack has ordered them to behave in this way to give recognition to his leadership.

In All Quiet on the Western Front, why does Paul refer to his generation as a "waste land"?

In All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul refers to his generation as a "waste land" because they have been robbed of their youth by the war.  When Paul meets men of the older generation at the bar while he is on leave, they ask him questions about the front and discuss warfare as if it were a scene from an action story.  They tell Paul that he must go after the enemy and they congratulate him on his service.  Paul is disgusted by this view of the war because it is illusory and romantic.  Of the younger generation, Paul says that the war has not touched their lives in any real sense and remains a figment of the past.  But for those who are soldiers, Paul says that they no longer have any sense of hope or life--the war has taken away their innocence and they are now, therefore, a waste land.

Was King John of England good or bad? Why?

King John was the brother of Richard the Lionheart and the son of Henry II. All three had the same ill temper and the logical fears that arise from being king in such turbulent times. The difference, however, was that Johnwas such a weak warrior that he was even nicknamed "Softsword".

Imagine a King so weak in battle that, when he came to the throne in 1199 he had 6 different empires. Yet, by the time he died, he had lost 4 of them, and reduced his power significantly. He seemed to lose every war not because he was not clever, but also because he was categorized as lazy.

When wrote about, Monk Matthew Paris said:

"Foul as it is, hell itself is defiled by the fouler presence of John,"

He quarreled with the Church, and is thought to have killed his nephew on a fit of rage.

So, that, added to signing the Magna Carta...tells you that he was definitely not the most memorable fellow in British history.

In Julius Caesar, there is the use of supersitition to foreshadow. What are the strange phenomena and omens which are reported by Casca in Act I Sc.3?

In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Act 1, superstition and omens reflect the political turmoil in Rome.

Caesar himself introduces superstition in the play when he arranges for Antony to touch Calpurnia while he is running the race (scene 2).  The superstition is that the touch may cure her inability to have children.  This establishes that Rome in the time of the play is a superstitious place.

The Soothsayer then warns Caesar to beware of the ides of march (scene 2).  This is used as foreshadowing.

Finally, in scene 3, Casca describes omens of a major sort:

...never till tonight, never till now,

Did I go through a tempest dropping fire,

Either there is a civil strife in heaven,

Or else the world, too saucy with the gods,

Incenses them to send destruction.

He continues:

A common slave--you know him well by sight--

Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn

Like twenty torches joined, and yet his hand,

Not sensible of fire, remained unscorched.

Besides--I ha' not since put up my sword--

Against the Capitol I met a lion,...

Elizabethans believed that the cosmos and human affairs on earth were connected, were related.  The state of one was reflected in the other. 

These unnatural occurrences reflect the political turmoil in Rome.

Why does Gregor cling to the picture of the woman in furs on the wall?

Gregor clings to the picture on the wall because he is clinging to his past.  His sister, Grete, comes in and tries to move all his furniture, thinking it would be easier for him to crawl around the floor and walls if it were gone.  Gregor likes the furniture because it reminds him of when he was normal, but he can't do anything about the fact that his sister and mother are removing it.  In an attempt to do something, he climbs the wall and clings to the picture so his sister cannot remove it.  Ironically, he displays obvious bug-like characteristics in order to cling to his human past.

Can the lessons learned from Harriet (Emma), Eliz. (P & P), & Anne (Persuasion) be applied to the experiences of woman today?

Anne is caught up in the world of peer pressure.  She is swayed by the interests of her closest friends to give up on a man she deeply loves.  Those interests are focused upon status and support - can a man support you?  This issue is still one that plagues women.  In a world where the mother is still expected to be the caretaker of children, and where women still make $0.77 on the $1.00 of what men are making, a woman is practical to consider livlihood when choosing a partner.  However, Captain Wentworth was capable of providing for her.  He just wasn't "good enough" based on her friends opinions.  This is a good lesson for both men and women, to have more confidence in your own feelings and judgement, and rely less on others.

Women today, especially teenage girls, are often swayed by the inticement of the "in" crowd, of moving themselves up socially based on the status of wealth and fashion.  Truth of this is evident in the media, both fictional shows and the exploits of stars.  Harriet is such a girl, she allows her desire for "status" to overwhelm her judgement, like Anne allowed love of friends to do.  She relies too heavily on Emma and must stand on her own before achieving happiness in the end.

act4.sc1. what is the irony of the witches' statement"Something wicked this way comes?.what evidence is there in this scene that macbeth has become...

The irony in the witches' statement lies in their own wickedness. These evil, wicked witches are predicting that "something" is approaching that will bring wickedness as if evil isn't already present in the witches themselves. That "something" turns out to be Macbeth, the first reminder that he has become wicked because of Duncan's murder. 

As the apparitions appear one by one, Macbeth believes that the predictions are reassuring, yet he says he will kill Macduff to make sure that this enemy will not pose a threat. Then Macbeth is very interested to see the fourth apparition to determine if Banquo will have any descendants who will become king, as the witches had predicted for Banquo. Macbeth's horror at the show of eight kings followed by a bloody Banquo shows that he now believes Banquo's prophecy will come true. He will question why he has killed Duncan so that Banquo's children can be king. It appears that more killing will follow as Macbeth demonstrates just how wicked he can become.

Read the scene carefully beginning when the apparitions appear and the witches offer their interpretations. Macbeth's responses reveal his character. Follow the link below. 

Verify: (cosx)(tan^2x) + cosx = secx

We know that tanx = sinx/ cosx and  secx =1/cosx. And the trigonometric identity, (sinx)^2+(cosx)^2 = 1

Left side:

cosx(tanx)^2 +cosx = cosx(sinx/cosx)^2+cosx = (sinx)^2/cosx+cosx = (sinx)^2 / cosx + cos x*cosx/cosx = [(sinx)^2+(cosx)^2]/cosx = 1/cosx =secx which is the term on RHS.

How, for example, does it relate to the players? To the spectacle as a whole? You may want to consider such devices as address, stage positions,...

Anouilh uses the chorus in much the wame way as Sophocles did - though with some twists.  As in the classical play, the Chorus comments on the action, gives some background information, and sets the tone of the tragedy.  Also, like the classical model, he rarely interacts with the other characters, but gives his observations in soliloquy.

Anouilh's Chorus remains generally neutral, whereas in Greek tragedy, the chorus would frequently take sides in the drama, give advice, and react negatively or positively to the action going on around them.  Anouilh's chorus does so only a very little.

 Significanly, the Chorus's two long speeches at the beginning include a commentary on the nature of tragedy, and he predicts the fates of the characters.  Such was not so in the classical.  This has the effect of emphasizing that this is an old tale retold, not something invented for propaganda purposes.  It also prepares the audience for the play that is to come; emhasizing that everyone's fate has been dicided, and yet strongly implying that "fate" is a direct result of character.

As the poor left the bakery with their dinners, the spirit sprinkled each dinner with what? From his?

As the poor people leave the bakery with their dinners, the Spirit of Christmas Present sprinkled each dinner with incense, or the Spirit of Christmas, from his torch. He does this for the poor because the poor are the ones who need the Spirit of Christmas the most. In addition, his torch was very unusual in other ways, as it had the power to also shed drops of water from it and restore good humor to those it touched immediately. For example, should travelers jostle each other and become angry, a few drops of water on them from the torch would restore them to good spirits. The Spirit of Christmas Present was essentially spreading the peace and joy of the holiday, although Scrooge did take issue with him and even argued with him a bit.

Can “sign vehicles” be easily managed to manipulate others’ opinions of you?In your answer be sure to define and describe each of the three...

I believe that you are referring to Peirce's Theory of Signs.  In applying his theory to different ways to manipulate a person, I should think that his theory works well.   Human beings relate certain things to objects, certain things to habits, and other things to qualities.

In advertising sign vehicles are used all the time to persuade a consumer to buy a product by establishing a mental relationship to an object.  The nature of an object determines its signs.

One idea that comes to mind is a commercial that has an alligator walking down the street.  The scene in the commercial then moves to a woman's dry skin.  The sign has transferred from the alligator as having dry skin to the woman's skin being dry.  The product is moisturizer which one also equates to dry skin.

Another sign that comes to mind is one that I saw the other day in a parking lot.  The parking lot was attached to a bar and a clothing store.  As one drives out of the parking lot one sees a octagon shaped sign with a beer and liquor bottle in the center with a circle with a line drawn through it.  I immediately knew it meant no drinking and driving.  The sign was not a legit street sign but it right away let me know the law.  The sign was intended to deter someone from drinking and driving.

Another example would be the use of a symbol in advertising.  The soft cuddly fluffy Labrador puppy rolling across the floor like a roll of toilet paper signifies softness.  People know puppy fur is soft and the puppy is very clean and soft looking.  It is used as a sign vehicle to manipulate the consumer into believing that the toilet paper must be soft and clean.

Consider "ode to nightingale" as an example of romantic poetry

Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats par excellence. It is one of the most representative of Romantic poems. It showcases almost all the features of romantic poetry.

It is a subjective and lyrical poem which is primarily about the poet's response to and interpretation of the unseen bird's song. The bird is just a stimulus for the self to begin its transcendental flight to a dreamland, but then, the mystical land of fantasy is replete with suffering and the golden pangs of tragedy still, thus marking a subjective oscillation and a return to the sordidly mortal world of reality, as charged by the crucial word "forlorn". The poem employs a synesthetic imagination, evoking all possible senses and the meditative melancholy, the temporal flux and the tragedy of the decaying beauty--all that seemed eternal, being unmade, the melody of the cadence, the emotional primacy, the humanistic assumptions, the mood of awe and wonder---all these elements contribute to the making of this classic of romantic poetry.

How do the witches lull Macbeth into a false sense of security?

The witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth do trick Macbeth into feeling a false sense of security.  They do this in stages. 

First they gain his confidence by making predictions that come true.  In Act I, Scene 3 they refer to Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis," which he is, and as "Thane of Cawdor," which as far as he knows, he is not.  When he is later given the news that the king has made him Thane of Cawdor, he naturally believes that the witches know the future and that he can trust them.  His thoughts then move to the other prediction the witches made:  that he will be king.  Banquo tries to warn him to be cautious:

...oftentimes to win us to our harm,

The instruments of darkness tell us truths,

Win us with honest trifles, to betray's

In deepest consequence.  (I:3)

Banquo basically sums up the plot of the rest of the play in this speech, but Macbeth continues with his train of thought about becoming king as if Banquo never said a word.  Macbeth is already thinking the unthinkable, that he will need to assassinate Duncan if he is to be king as the witches predict:

...why do I yield to that suggestion

Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair,

And make my seated heart knock at my ribs

Against the use of nature?...

Second, Macbeth seeks out the witches for more information and assurance.  The second apparition that Macbeth is shown, the bloody child, tells Macbeth that "...none of woman born/shall harm Macbeth" (IV:1).  The third apparition is even more reassuring:

Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care

Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are,

Macbeth shall never vanquished be until

Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill

Shall come against him. 

This apparition not only tells Macbeth that he will never be vanquished until a wood moves and comes against him, but describes to him the attitude he should have against those who would plot and fight against him.  Macbeth is reassured and is more confident than ever that what the witches predict will continue to be true and accurate.

Of course, what Banquo predicts sometimes happens does happen.  The invading army camouflages itself with branches as they hide in the wood so Macbeth will not be aware of how many of them there are.  When they move forward to attack Dunsinane, it appears the forest is moving.  The witches have equivocated and fooled Macbeth.  The man not born of woman turns out to be Macduff, whose mother died in childbirth before delivering him.  He was delivered by what we now call a C-section, after his mother had died.  He was born out of a body, the woman was already dead.  Thus, he was not born of woman.

The witches gain Macbeth's confidence and manipulate the situation to trick him into feeling a false sense of security.

Incidentally, equivocation is highlighted by the Porter during a comic relief scene (II:3), adding still another layer to the ideas of illusion and reality.

What is Betty Parris's motivation in the story?

Betty, the legitimate daughter of Rev. Parris, is likely frustrated with the attention she's had to share as Abigail, an orphan cousin who has come to live with them. Abigail is demanding of negative attention and has likely taken the spotlight comepletely off of Betty.

Betty probably also wants to please Abigail at times. This is sibling rivalry come quickly. Half the time, I think Betty would be out to get her, but at other times she's happy to join in with the other girls' activities and feel that acceptance of belonging to a group.

Also, Betty is young... 5 I think. She is probably scared to death of what they are doing, but can't say anything.

What is a major reason for U.S. interest in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf?

Oil most certainly, since Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait combined hold almost 40% of the world's known oil reserves.  In addition, we have a major interest in Saudi Arabia in that, as their best customer, we have a stable, mutually beneficial relationship.  They act as one of our only Arab allies in the region, have allowed us to use the Kingdom for a military base at times, and have, at least in some ways, given us aid in the war on terror.

Remember that Osama bin Laden is Saudi Arabian, and al-Qaeda was born in that country.  So the government of that nation have just as much interest in seeing him captured and his terror network dismantled as the US does.

What strange thing happened when Jem lost his pants at the Radleys?

When Jem went back to retrieve his pants, he got quite a shock. His pants were neatly folded and left on the fence. And, the rip had been roughly mended. That meant that someone (probably Boo) had gone outside, seen the pants, and went to the trouble of fixing them. That would be an early indication that Boo (certainly not Nathan) was a kind person who kept his eye on the Finch children. It would scare Jem, but possibly put the idea in his head that Boo was not the animal-eating, father-stabbing maniac that rumor had painted him. As other events unfold, the Finch child no longer regard Boo with fear as much as curiosity.

What are the elements of Shakespeare's historical plays?

Shakespeare's plays are traditionally broken down into three categories: comedies, tragedies and history plays. Interestingly, plays such as Julius Ceasar and Corialanus are not designated as being part of the latter category, even though they are clearly historical in treatment. Rather, what distinguishes the history plays from others of their ilk is their treatment of the English monarchy and in particular the various kings that have held the position of monarch and how they have gained that title.

This seems to be the defining nature of the history plays, as each in some way takes a position about kingship and under what grounds it is justifiable to oppose it or to seize power. Henry IV Part I, for example, opens with King Henry expressing the massive guilt and doubt he feels having seized power from his predecessor:

So shaken as we are, so wan with care,
Find we a time for frighted peace to pant,
And breathe short-winded accents of new broils
To be commenced in strands afar remote.

This history play questions the morality of seizing power from a (rightful?) monarch, and in particular explores this dimension of English history by examining the response of Henry to what he fought so much to attain. In other plays, Richard III for example, the crime of regicide is seen as being monstrous that only a monster like Richard himself could commit. What seems to be unique about the history plays as distinct from Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies is thus the thematic focus that is given to questions surrounding the monarchy, its legitimacy and under what conditions the monarch can be opposed and even overthrown. It is also important to recognise that Shakespeare allowed the politics of his day to influence his presentation of English history, with Henry VIII ending with the birth of Elizabeth I, which is described in glowing terms. Shakespeare's history plays must therefore be read in the light of the contemporary context in which he wrote. Even playwrights, after all, had to eat.

What is Danforth's basic attitude toward the proceedings of the trials, and how does his philosophy influence the trials?

In my opinion, Danforth's basic attitude is that he cares more about how the court and government will end up looking than about anything else.  He does not really care about justice or about witches, he cares about making himself look good.

This influences the trials because it influences him to make decisions based only on the image of the court.  So he ignores the fact that the girls seem to be lying.  Once he has believed them, he has to keep on believing them so that he does not end up looking bad.

Identify the elements of Socialist Realism in "The Unkown Citizen" by W.H. Auden.

This is a difficult question, because Socialist Realism really only applies to a select group of Soviet artists in the early 20th century. There are 4 elements to Socialist Realism:

1. Proletarian- art relevant to the workers and understandable to them.

2. Typical- scenes of every day life of the people.

3. Realistic - in the representational sense.

4. Partisan - supportive of the aims of the State and the Party.

Looking at these 4 criteria, we can see that the poem would appeal to workers. Certainly, upon reading, one can feel the frustration & anonymity forced upon individuals by modern life/society. It also demonstrates typical scenes in everyday life. We find reference to appliances, social clubs, products, etc. It's also a quite realistic depiction of loos of identity in a modern world. However, I would argue that this poem does not support the "aims of the State and the Party", mostly because it is an American poem arguing for the rights of individuality. Look at the last few questions: Was he happy? the speaker claim they would have known if he wasn't, but of course, they really know nothing about him. That is the point of the poem; one cannot truly know another by simple statistics.

This poem is closer to social realism, which depicts social and racial injustice and economic hardship, through unvarnished pictures of life's struggles. So it still contains the elements of realism, just as the poem does, but it doesn't have the implied support of the Soviet Government. Instead, it focuses on social issues; in this case, the conformity of modern society and the loss of happiness in the midst of materialism.

Explain why Miss Maudie Atkinson would be a good friend for a young, motherless girl to have.

Miss Maudie is a wise woman. Scout seeks her out often in the novel to discuss things. She is also assertive. Note how she speaks to the missionary women at the tea regarding their hypocrisy and prejudices. She is a confidant woman who is not afraid to speak her mind. She is also intelligent and creative. She seems to care for people, especially children. In the beginning of the novel, she senses that Scout and Jem don't think their father can do much of importance, so she points out things that he CAN do. She is a strong female role model, and since Scout's mother is dead, Miss Maudie is a much better role model than Aunt Alexandra, who comes to care for the children during the trial.

See her other characteristics at the link below.

What is the importance of the flashback scenes in the play "Death of a Salesman"?

In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, the flashbacks are crucial scenes that reinforce the play's emphasis on questionable nostalgia and Willy's own distorted vision of what constitutes the American Dream. Indeed, the flashback functions to show how Willy Loman has always valued a warped idea of the American Dream and brilliantly juxtaposes the harsh reality he exists in the present day of the play. The flashbacks tend to have a rosy tint to them; everything was better in the "good old days," and Willy has a nostalgic affection for these times. However, there are obviously dark points lying just beneath the surface of these flashbacks, and they eventually surface as the play continues.

One of the key figures in Willy's flashbacks is his brother Ben. Uncle Ben ventured into Africa, into the so-called "jungle," and became incredibly wealthy from diamond mining. Willy has always regretted not joining his brother in his adventure, and this illustrates Willy's idea of the American Dream. Willy's expectations are unrealistic; one cannot get by simply by being "well-liked" as Willy likes to think. Therefore, the flashbacks are essential scenes that give viewers an insight into Willy's flawed character. 

What is the meaning of style in poetry?Please define.

Style in poetry involves the method which a poet uses to convey meaning, tone, and emotion in his/her poem.  For instance, the meaning and significance can be conveyed through the form of a poem. Certainly, an ode or a sonnet is a more formal arrangement used more for a serious subject (unless the poet is being satirical).  Musical devices such as rhythm and rhyme are part of a poet's style.  Words, too, are often chosen for sound as well as for meaning.  An essential element is repetition which reinforces meaning while variation invites interest.  In fact, all things people enjoy have these two elements.

The arrangement of the words in a line, as well as the arrangement of lines in the entire poem both contribute to a poet's style.  Emily Dickinson, for instance, makes uses of dashes and capitalization as a stylistic device while e.e.cummings never capitalizes any word.  These devices are used because poets wish to bring a sense and a perception of life, widening peoples' contacts with existence.  And, since poets' concern are with experience, they choose certain stylistic devices to create significant and new experiences for their readers.  In poetry, experiences can be synthesized, analyzed, enjoyed simply, etc.  But, the way in which  poets present their poems is their style.

Other stylistic devices that poets use are connotation and denotation, the suggested as well as the literal meanings of words.  Figurative language such as metaphors and similies also add more meaning and picturesque language to a phrase or word as well as creating speed to the line, for example, as alliteration does. 

What are some of the reasons Howard fires Willie after 35 years?need to show personality and disturbing behavoirs that led to his down fall

1) Willy is an embarrassment. He's an old-style salesman, and it's a new world. Selling is no longer done with a joke and slap on the back.

2) He's tired and he looks it. He's also been driving erratically and he's smashed up his car.

3) He's not pulling his weight. He was never a top salesman for his firm and now he is bringing in very little money.

4) And yes, as mentioned above, Willy is losing it. His angry conformation with Howard in Howard's office was just the last straw; Howard had been wanting to let Willy go for some time.

Please help to connect the moral/lesson that we can get from the story "The Necklace" to real life situations? please include examples

To me, the moral of this story is that people should not be too greedy for material things.  Instead, they should be content with what they have and what they can afford.

I would connect this to some of the things that have gotten many Americans into financial problems these days.  The current economic crisis has its roots in the "housing bubble" which was caused in part by Americans trying to live in houses that were bigger than they could afford.  By trying to get bigger and fancier houses than they could really afford, many Americans got themselves into a position where now they can no longer afford to pay their mortgages.

You can see the same thing in cases where people have high-stress lives because both parents in a family are trying to have careers.  Often, this happens because people want more material goods than they can afford on one salary.  Because of this, they work too hard and their personal and family lives suffer.

How is theme of loneliness developed in chapter 4?thinking about the characters lennie,crooks,candy,and curley's wife

In the book "Of Mice and Men" Candy is all alone.  He has worked as a ranch hand all of his life.  He traveled from ranch to ranch and worked alongside other men just like him.  There was a friendship among the workers but as they moved on the friendships did not last.  Each man was only as good as the weight he could pull on a job.  Candy's hand was mangled and he could not do the same work anymore.  He is older and sits in the bunkhouse alone all day.  The only thing he had that loved him back was his dog.  The men put his old and smelly dog down, leaving Candy now totally alone and lonely.

Curley's wife is surrounded by men but has no friends.  Curley is very jealous and can not stand her to even talk with any of the men.  To the men she is dangerous because she can get them into trouble with the hot tempered Curley.  She lives in a world where men control everything.  She is dependent on Curley and his father for everything.  She lives on a ranch and has no female friends.  She is married but spends most of her time alone and sad.

Lennie is not really lonely.  He has George and he is less aware of what loneliness means.  His simple mind does not allow him to dwell on being lonely.  He has George who looks after him and keeps him on track.  When George goes to town he talks to Candy and the black man and fills his time.

Crooks was a lot like Candy and the other men.  He went from place to place self-isolated from others by the nature of what he did for a living.

What are 3 passages in act V, scene i, that suggest lady macbeth's mental state?

Lady Macbeth has been sleepwalking as a manifestation of her guilt. She acts out pieces of her crime in these episodes.

On one occasion, she rises, goes to the closet, and reads, writes,  and refolds a sheet of paper, before returning it to the closet and going to bed.

Another instance, she continually rubs her hands together and cries about how the "spots" will not leave her hands.

She also relives the night of Duncan's murder, speaking to her husband as if he were there.

What is the setting for the play "Romeo and Juliet" Act 1, sc i-ii?

The stage direction for Act I Sc. 1 reads, "Verona. A public place."

Verona is an important city in the North East of Italy.

'A public place,' refers to an open space that is open and common to all citizens irrespective of ethnic, gender, class, or socio-economic distinctions.

The two servants from the house of Capulet, Sampson and Gregory deliberately pick up a quarrel with Abraham and Balthasar the servants from the house of Montague and are about to fight when the Prince arrives and puts an end to their quarrel.

The stage direction for Act I Sc.2 reads "A Street." Meaning, a street in the city of Verona.

Capulet is holding a masquerade feast and he asks Paris to try to woo Juliet.  Capulet dispatches a servant with the guest list for the the feast, which Romeo and Benvolio get a chance to look at. Romeo decides to go to that party in order to gaze fondly upon Rosaline.

In "The Raven," what does the narrator expect when he opens the door to his chamber?

The speaker expects to find a visitor there. He had been reading to take his mind off his sorrow at losing his love Lenore, and had fallen asleep. Initially, when he hears the noise, "as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door" (Stanza 1), he is startled, but he calms himself by repeating the most logical explanation for the noise to himself. Surely, "'tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door (Stanza 3).

Why was the story "The Necklace" written?In other words, what inspired the author to write "The Necklace"?

Unless we can really get on our hands on what might be called 'external evidence" -- evidence such as the early manuscripts and notes, letters, and content of conversations with friends -- we can never really know what an author's intentions are. Two New Critics (Wimsatt and Beardsley) famously make this argument in their essay "The Intentional Fallacy."

New Criticism is not the only way to read literature, but the argument of the "intentional fallacy" is solid. As I see it, based on but not limited to Wimsatt and Beardsley's argument, what we normally have in front of us is the text, not the author; we can talk all day long about what the text does, how it is structured, how it shapes the reader's response in certain ways, and so on. If we read well and closely, we can ground our discussions in evidence drawn from the text. When we move from the text to the author's intentions without also bringing in external evidence, however, we are simply projecting our own views of what the text means onto the author. Even if we can call up the author and ask them, as a friend might, what they had in mind when they wrote a certain story, we are not likely to get the answer that we are looking for. Artists often do not analyze their own writing, do not give fully honest accounts, do not fully understand what was happening during the creative process, and so on.

The author, to return to the language of Wimsatt and Beardsley's argument, is not the "oracle"; we must arrive at the meaning of the text on our own.

What is the author saying in "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time"?

The controlling metaphor of Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" is that of life being like a rosebud.  The speaker tells the young virgins to "gather ye rosebuds while ye may," urging them to understand the ephemeral nature of youth.  Like the rosebud, the young women have only a short time in which they are beautiful and "when youth and blood are warmer." 

Set in contrast to the workings of the universe, the youthful life of the young women is short, indeed.  The sun "will his race to run" and will be setting; that is, life ends quickly.  The rhyming of "first" with "worst" in the third stanza suggests this inevitability.  So, in the last stanza, the speaker urges again the young, warm-blooded women to marry

For having lost but once your prime

You may forever tarry.

Opportunities to enjoy one's youth and beauty and passion are ephemeral when set against the span of nature; if the young virgins do not take advantage of these opportunities, they may lose their chances for happiness and fulfillment. For, like the rose, they will lose their beauty and youthfulness.

How long did The Black Plague (or Black Death) last?

One of the deadliest pandemics in world history, the Black Plague (or the Black Death) is thought to have started in Asiaas early as the 1320s. It is documented as having reached the Crimea by 1346 and devastated Europe shortly thereafter, with the largest number of deaths reported between 1348-1350. The plague continued to reoccur every generation until the 1700s. During Shakespeare's time, it reappeared in 1603, killing 38,000 in London alone. The Black Death was probably a form of bubonic plague, probably caused by fleas carried on rats transported from ships. The plague is thought to have killed nearly one-half (estimates range from 30%-60%) of Europe's population. Between 75-100 million people died from the dreaded disease. It took 150 years for Europe's population to replace the number of dead.

How important is Lady Macbeths influence over Macbeth during the play?

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth's influence over Macbeth is vital.  She is probably the primary influence that leads to Macbeth killing Duncan.

The witches heavily influence Macbeth, too, but they only predict to him that he will be king.  Both he and Lady Macbeth turn that thought into a much more dangerous thought:  you will be king, now, and you will get the throne by assassinating Duncan.  Eerily, Macbeth and his wife take just a few seconds each to turn the thought of the prediction into the thought of assassination.

Macbeth falters, of course, and Lady Macbeth manipulates and ridicules him, questioning his manhood, and talks him into continuing.  Her influence is vital and primary.

At the same time, though, though she is the primary influence over Macbeth, Macbeth is even more to blame. She is only an influence, he is the murderer.  Niether the witches or Lady Macbeth actually do anything.  Macbeth does.  He is the killer.  Lady Macbeth has an opportunity to actually kill Duncan herself, but she can't do it for sentimental reasons--the sleeping Duncan reminds her of her father.  Macbeth can do it, and he does.

Thus, saying Lady Macbeth is the primary influence does not remove Macbeth's responsibility.  His own ambition is central to his actions. 

By the way, the play really doesn't show much of the relationship between the two Macbeths after Act 2.2.  Macbeth shuts her out of the decision-making process and as far as the reader knows she has virtually no influence on him the rest of the play.  She continues to berate him when he acts foolishly in public, but she plays no part in any of the murders except Duncan's.  

What is the function of Edna's flashbacks?

Edna's flashbacks illustrate the fact that Edna has always felt different from the people that surround her.  In chapter 7 the narrator says that "even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself."  Edna's feelings and actions in the present time of the novel are not completely new feelings for her.  She is not simply unhappy with her marriage or her role as wife and mother.  She has felt a sense of disconnection between herself and the expectations of society and the traditional roles she was supposed to uphold.  She marries Leonce "on accident" because she was flattered by him and his Catholicism irritated her father and sister.  She has a benevolent disregard for her children.  In the last pages of the novel, as she is wandering out to sea, the rememebers an earlier night of swimming, and that reminds her of a feeling from her childhood.

She went on and on.  She remembered the night she swam far out, and recalled the terror that seized her at the fear of being unable to regain the shore.  She did not look back now, but went on and on, thinking of the blue-grass meadow that she had traversed when a little child, believing that it had no beginning and no end.

The flashbacks provide insights into this woman who leaves what could be seen as a very nice life, and in the end, realizing she can't have everything she wants or that she isn't strong enough to maintain herself in this life, decides to end it all.

In Act 4, explain the paradox of the apparitions.

The paradox of the apparitions occurs in how Macbeth views what they show him and how the audience views their predictions. Macbeth needs to quell his fears that doom is upon him, so he takes the visions at face value. To the audience, the apparitions are symbols that foreshadow how the prophecies will be fulfilled. The armored head suggests war or rebellion, while the bloody child obscurely refers to Macduff's cesarean birth. Macbeth takes the comment at face value, and therein lies the irony. The crowned child is Malcolm and refers to the tree branches his soldiers will carry from Birnam Wood. The procession of kings reveals the future line of kings, all descended from Banquo.

Macbeth believes only what he feels will benefit him. He can no longer make rational judgments, and Hecate knows this. The contradictory nature of the apparitions will go right over Macbeth's head, and he will take from the apparitions only what he wants.

one of the themes of the book is silencing. What forces contribute to silencing? What help break silence? What is the role of listening in...

The silence in the book is caused by the racism that Chinese- Americans had to deal with. The men in Kingston's family were also given, like almost all Chinese Americans at the time, the most difficult labor. In Hawaii, they were forced to do the back-breaking labor in sugar cane fields, and on the mainland, they had to do the most dangerous jobs building the railroad.

Acceptance by society certainly helps to break the silence, but it's also important for society to do more than just accept you. Society must also recognize that you are a valuable asset to society, both recognizing and celebrating your differences. True cultural understanding can only occur when each person respects the beliefs and customs of groups from other countries and cultures. We must listen to others if we are to ever understand them.

What is the moral of this story?

To me, the moral of this story is that people need to fight to keep their humanity.  If they do not care about intellectual and emotional life, it will be taken away from them.

In this story, Guy Montag and people like him have very unhappy lives.  They do not have serious thoughts and they do not have emotional relationships.  Why is this?  It is because people have stopped caring about stuff like that.  People have chosen mindless entertainment over things that will make them think.  They have chosen to watch the parlor walls and things like that instead of hanging out with friends and family in the real world.

So Bradbury is warning us -- if you don't think, you will lose the option of thinking.  If you just watch TV and stuff instead of interacting with people, no one will care about each other.  He is telling us that we need to think and to care about other people or we will end up in a dystopian world like Montag's.

Explain the tools of implementation of strategic planing.

The question is somewhat confusing. What is implemented is a strategic plan that is developed during the process of strategic planning. I am assuming the question is asking for the process of strategic planning and giving below my answer accordingly.

A company’s strategy consists of the combination of competitive moves and business approaches that managers employ to please customers, compete successfully, and achieve organizational objectives.

A company’s strategy is the game plan management is using to stake out a market position, conduct its operations, attract and please customers, compete successfully and achieve organizational objectives. it consists of the following five interrelated tasks.

1. Forming a strategic vision of where the organization is headed.


2. Setting objectives – converting the strategic vision into specific performance outcomes for the company to achieve.


3. developing a strategy to achieve the desired outcomes


4. Implementing and executing the chosen strategy efficiently and effectively.


5. Evaluating performance and implementing corrective adjustments in vision, long-term direction, objectives, strategy, or execution in light of actual experience, changing conditions, new ideas, and new opportunities.

Strategic vision is the management’s views and conclusions about what the organization’s long-term direction should be, the technology-product-customer focus it intends to pursue, and its future business scope. It reflects management’s aspirations, gives specifics about companies future business plans, defines long-term business purpose, and clarifies its identity in terms of business mission.

The purpose of setting objective is to convert managerial statements of strategic vision and business mission into specific performance targets in terms of results and outcomes the organization wants to achieve.

A strategy reflects managerial choices among alternatives and signals organizational commitment to particular products, markets, competitive approaches, and ways of operating the enterprise.

Implementing and executing the strategy entails assessing what it will take to develop the needed organizational capabilities to reach the targeted objectives on schedule. It requires attention to functions like building an organization compatible with strategy, allocating company resources for implementing strategy, establishing strategy-supportive policies and operating procedures, motivating people that induce them to pursue the target objectives, installing information, communication, and operating systems that enable company personnel to carry out their strategic roles effectively.

Strategic management is an dynamic and ongoing process. As a strategy once formulated is implemented, as well as when it is being implemented, need to be reviewed and revised in light of actual experience and in response to changing conditions.

In what way does Calypso accuse the gods of a double standard?

In Book 5, Athena asks Zeus to intervene with the obstacles that are deterring Odysseus from getting home.   Zeus sends Hermes, the messenger of the gods to go to Calypso's island to tell her to let him return to Ithaca.  When Calypso hears of this, she rants on about the male gods, and how they interfere with the happenings of the female gods.  She doesn't understand why they are allowed to take human lovers, while the female goddesses are not.  However, Zeus wins in the end, and Calypso supplies a boat for him to leave the island.

In the Book I, at what point in the allegory does it first become apparent that Pilgrim is a sinner under extreme conviction ?how do his relatives...

In my opinion, we find out that the Pilgrim is under extreme conviction about his sin in the very opening lines: "and as he read, he wept and trembled; and not being able longer to contain, he brake out with a lamentable cry, saying What shall I do?" And then later, after he goes home, he says it again, "What shall I do to be saved?" (read the text on the link below).

At first, his family is worried about him and hopes that he will feel better after he sleeps, but as he continues in his woe, they begin to get annoyed (hardened) with him.

The verses you refer to are all versions of the same Biblical promise - that in order to follow Christ, one must be willing to forsake everything, even one's family. These three verses (see the links below for Bible verses) all state that if a man follows God, even forsaking his family, he will be rewarded "a hundred times" and rewarded with eternal life.

A word of caution here, though. The Bible does not advocate forsaking one's family per se. This would be inconsistent with a myriad of other teachings in the Bible, i.e. "A man who provides not for his own is worse than an infidel" (1 Timothy 5:8). The idea in the Bible, as well as in Pilgrim's Progress, is that God must come first in our lives, even above our families. We can make idols out of good things, like our families, if we put them before God. If we do this, we might as well set up residence in the novel's Vanity Fair. The promise in those verses is eternal reward for following God, but following God does not mean forsaking our families, it just means that we need to put God first.

What is the resolution to the story the "Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe?

The resolution of the story comes when the narrator convinces himself that the old man's heartbeat is audible to everyone and will eventually point him out as his murder, so in a fit of guilt, the murderer breaks down and confesses everything to the police.  He even leads them to where he has hidden the body parts.