What is the major theme of the story? How do the fantastic elements help provide insights into the way human beings actually think and behave?

Doubt versus ambiguity is one of the major themes in this story. The reader is not given any clear cut answers in this story. Many issues do not get resolved, and the reader is left to wonder about the old man with wings. Is he an angel, some unknown species, or merely a mortal with wings? The author does not give the reader the answer, it is up to the reader to draw their own conclusions.

The ambiguity of the tale-the loose ends- are what make the story fantastic. It gives it a real feel. Rarely in life are people given resolution to their own events neatly tied up and concluded. This is true for the story, as well.

The elements of fantasy are what make the story, and the confusion of real versus fantasy is the purpose. The questions and unresolved issues are left for the reader to "make sense" of themselves. We must decide what happened and what is "real".

How to you solve 1-(2/5 + 1/5)N/A

Whenever you are solving an equation, you have to do the part that is inside the parenthesis first.  So in this case, you have to add 2/5 and 1/5.  That, of course, gets you 3/5.  You can just add the top parts of the fraction together as long as the bottom parts are the same.

So now the equation is simply 1-3/5.  Of course, 1 is equal to 5/5.  So you can write this as 5/5-3/5.  Again, you can simply subtract the top parts of the fractions as long as the bottom parts are the same.

That comes out to 2/5, which is the answer to this question as a whole.

What is the summary of "Kubla Khan?"explanation

This poem is not very easy to summarize because it is not really about anything -- it doesn't have a plot.

The great majority of the poem is just a description of the "pleasure dome" that Kubla Khan has supposedly constructed.  Essentially all of it is like this until the line "A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!"

After that, Coleridge brings in the Abyssinian maid playing the dulcimer.  Her song is supposed to remind him so much of Kubla Khan's pleasure dome that he could "build it in the air."

So the poem is really more about the imagery used than it is about any storyline or plot.

Critics argue about the meaning a lot, but the most common explanation for the poem is that it is about the nature of poetic inspiration.  It is about how hard it is for poets to capture in words the visions they see in their heads.  Coleridge, in the poem, could build this whole fantastic place again, if only

Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song

In Act III, Scene I of Macbeth (and only scene I please), what are the literary devices used?I cannot find that many and I know that they are...

Concerning your question about Shakespeare's Macbeth, I'll just start at the beginning of the scene and list a few devices for you.

• Soliloquy--Banquo's opening speech


• Repetition--"As the Weird Women promised"


• Metaphor--"played'st"


• Metaphor--"stand"


• Metaphor--"root"


• Metaphor--"shine"


• Metaphor--"gap"


• Metaphor--"Forever knit"


• Metaphor--"take"


• Metaphor--"fill up"


• Metaphor--"borrower of the night"

You get the idea, and that's enough of metaphor.  Irony is also involved at the beginning of the scene.  When Macbeth tells Banquo not to miss the feast tonight, that is ironic because Macbeth knows Banquo will not be at the feast tonight, since he's going to have him killed.  The same irony occurs when Macbeth tells Banquo that the two of them will discuss Malcolm and Donaldbain on the next day. 

Finally, I'll "throw in" some personification.  When Macbeth says that Banquo's wisdom does "guide his valor" (Act 3.1.55) he is personifying valor, just as he personifies genius when he says "My genius is rebuked" (Act 3.1.58).

To Kill A Mockingbird MOVIEAccess the acting for Atticus and Scout.

The performance by Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch won him the Best Actor award for both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes. His performance has been called one of the greatest in film history, with one poll listing it in the Top Five of all time. The American Film Institute called Peck's role as Atticus Finch the #1 greatest hero in American films. Peck's performance elevated the status of Atticus to an almost legendary level, and attorneys all over the country use him as an example of the quintessential courtroom lawyer.

Peck accepted the role almost immediately, and most of those involved with the film thought he merely portrayed Atticus as an extension of his own gentlemanly persona. The movie has never been remade in part because no one could ever be cast as convincingly as Peck in the role of Atticus Finch.

Mary Badham, who portrayed Scout, was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar--the youngesst ever to be nominated-- but she failed to win. (Patty Duke won for The Miracle Worker.) Her performance was also superb, especially considering it was her first film appearance. Her performance was one of natural simplicity, and like Peck's portrayal of Atticus, it would be hard to imagine anyone else in the role.

Eve tempted by satan and adam by eve describe it in detail?what are tha elements which shows the valid temptation of eve by satan and adam by eve?

Satan begins his temptation of Eve by disguising himself as a snake and leading her to the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Here, the disguised archangel tells Eve that he has learned to speak after eating of the forbidden fruit -- to which Eve laments and says that she cannot eat from the tree. Satan then tells the woman that he has become humanlike because of his eating of the fruit and that she will similarly become godlike. The adversary goes on to say that God would not punish her for eating the fruit anyway, and would instead praise her dauntless courage (for defying death in order to attain knowledge). Satan says that God could not punish Eve for such a petty offense and that there is absolutely no wrong in seeking knowledge (an argument that may convince Eve, as she has just recently seen how fervently Adam sought knowledge from Raphael). Finally, Satan convinces Eve that God would not punish her because it would be unjust and that if God is unjust, he is no God at all.

Afterwards, Eve gives her own reasons for eating of the fruit. She says that she would become equal, if not superior, to Adam after eating the fruit-- which would make him love her all the more. The poem climaxes as Eve takes the first bite of the forbidden apple, and Satan slinks away. Paradise laments, and Adam comes to find Eve.

Adam is shocked to see that Eve has eaten from the tree, and is clearly upset. He laments his fate since, if she is damned, then he is too (as his love for her makes them one). Rather than being convinced to betray God as Eve was, Adam simply eats the fruit so as to stay with Eve -- whether it be in life or death.

With that, the fate of Man is sealed and the pair consumate their sin in passionate, lustful embrace.

How does marxist critism apply to Mrs. Dalloway?

Akannan is absolutely right. May I add something more, if you please? thanks: Many Marxist and Leninist works are based on the concept of Imperialism. A parallel can be easily drawn here, if you consider the period of time Mrs. Dalloway lives. After the first World War, many things changed in the commonwealth and colonies gained more power, which weakened the Empire (you might want to check the reasons of this (economic ones for instance)). Also Imperialism means the domination of one nation among others, which was the case with India, where Peter Walsh lived. While Peter is proud of the level of "civilization" UK achieved, Clarissa feels the opposite way. The Empire is also flawed in the eyes of Septimus, who fought for it during the war, but he does not know the reason why he fought. Septimus fought for his country but his country failed him.