Why doesn't Beatrice want to get married in Much Ado About Nothing? How does she feel about marriage? What type of man would she marry or have...

Sexism was rampant in Elizabethan society.  Women were categorized by extremes, as either virgins or wanton women (promiscuous)--no middle ground.  Women who talked a lot were placed in the wanton category: that's why there are so many interchangeable references to "tongue" and "tails" in Shakespeare's "battle of the sexes" comedies (Much Ado, Taming of the Shrew).

Also, if a woman were not married young--and I mean young (ages 13-16)--she began to garner other titles: "maid," "cold," and "fussy."  I've seen Beatrice played as old as Hero's mother.  So, Beatrice has two strikes against her: she speaks a lot (against men and marriage) and she is older than the ideal woman (Hero).

Look at what Beatrice says when speaking to Benedick: "I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me."  She's very defensive and witty, guarding herself against attack by disparaging the romantic, saccharin version of love.

Look what Benedick says in response:"I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer."  Though he doesn't call her "wanton," the analogy is clear: she who speaks so much is promiscuous with tongue and tail.

Look what Beatrice says to the Prince: "Good Lord, for alliance! Thus goes every one to the world but I, and I am sunburnt; I may sit in a corner and cry heigh-ho for a husband!"  Notice, she acknowledges her status as "sunburnt" and "in a corner."  She knows she is an outsider and disenfranchised.

Soon after, the men jest: "She cannot endure to hear tell of a husband." And, "O, by no means: she mocks all her wooers out of suit."  And then, "O Lord, my lord, if they were but a week married, they would talk themselves mad."  It is clear: he who marries Beatrice will go crazy with all her nagging.

So, by today's standards, Beatrice is a modern woman: she is not afraid to speak or to defend herself and Hero against men, and she waits until she is middle-age to marry.  Shakespeare makes light of a serious predicament for women in order to change society's view of them--that's the point of comedy.  He recognized the double standards and impossible expectations placed on older, unmarried talkative women.

What are the most important themes of In the Time of the Butterflies, and what are some points that can support the themes?

There are many themes in the novel In the Time of Butterflies. Some of the more important ones include change and transformation, and courage. If you think about what those themes mean within the novel, you can gather some points that support the theme.

Alvarez focuses on the changes in the Mirabal sisters as they progress toward their revolutionary activities. This is the mean point of the theme of change and transformation. As one would expect of a book with the word butterfly in the title, transformations play a big role in the story. Alvarez shows that though change can be painful, it frequently allows individuals or even a nation to discover stronger, richer, and more courageous versions of themselves.

Finally, courage plays a big role in the themes of the novel, linking with the other two already noted above. Clearly, the Mirabal sisters are testaments to the power of courage. In Alvarez's rendering, the sisters also reveal fragility because they are not always courageous and self-assured. Their very fears make them all the more admirable. Trujillo and his men are shown as the counterpart, as the coward

What evidence can you find that shows Nick's opinionated perception of characters and events as he is telling the story?Considering that the entire...

Great question--Nick begins the novel by telling the reader how objective he is, but as one reads the novel, he or she can see that Nick is actually quite subjective (or opinionated).  For example, in Chapter 1, right after Nick discusses his nonjudgmental attitude and explains why he came to New York, he lapses into a description of Tom Buchanan.  His description of Tom is anything but objective.  When he sees Tom on East Egg, Nick uses phrases such as "cruel mouth" and "powerful body." He also seems critical of Tom's wealth when narrating that Tom is so rich that he can travel around with his polo ponies.

Throughout the rest of the novel, Nick's opinion of others is most obvious in his descriptions of their physical characteristics and actions--he doesn't focus on their words. When Nick describes Jordan Baker as being an "incurable dishonest," he cites examples of her ruining a friend's car and her cheating at golf; he does not quote her lying, but instead lets her actions speak for her character.

In regards to Nick's narrating in past tense, this stylistic choice mainly affects Nick's opinion of Gatsby.  One has to wonder if Nick would excuse Gatsby's lies and involvement in bootlegging so easily if he were telling the tale in real time; for some of the objections that Nick has to Tom's character should also be directed toward Gatsby (taking a married woman as his mistress), but because Nick knows how tragicallyGatsby's story ends, he is softer in his criticism of the title character.

What is the main conflict of the book Wednesday Wars?

The main conflict in the book Wednesday Wars is Holling Hoodhood's struggle to grow up. In order to do this, Holling must learn to view things from perspectives other than his own, and, most difficult of all, he must acquire the wisdom to discover his own identity and the courage to stand up to his father.

The book chronicles the development of Holling as he takes a giant step from childhood to maturity. In the beginning of the narrative, Holling is completely self-centered; he perceives everything in his life solely from his own point of view. Holling's growth in this area is evident in his relationship with his teacher, Mrs. Baker. At the beginning of his seventh grade year, Holling is convinced that Mrs. Baker is out to get him. He interprets her every action as part of her schemes to do him in, to the extent that, when it is announced that her husband is about to be deployed to Vietnam, he thinks that her impassiveness is proof of her manipulative nature, and does not even consider that it may be a reaction to her own stress and grief. By the end of the story, Holling is much more able to empathize with others. He has developed mutual, caring relationships with Meryl Lee, his sister Heather, and Mrs. Baker, and his progress is affirmed by his teacher, who recognizes that Holling has the potential to think for himself and "dare to know that (he) may choose a happy ending."

Holling's relationship with his father is characterized by contention. His father is a domineering man who is concerned only with success according to his own shallow value system, and who has his children's futures mapped out for them, brooking no dissent. Holling, who is being groomed to take over his father's business, finally develops the courage to stand up for him after Danny Hupfer's bar mitzvah. Holling's father scoffs at the ceremony they have just witnessed, but Holling stands up for Danny, saying he has become a man. When Holling's father tells him that becoming a man has to do only with getting a good job and learning to "play for keeps," Holling counters by telling him,

"It's not just about a job. It's more. It has to do with choosing for yourself ("June).

What is blood? What are the types, the composition, and what is RHOGAM ?

The blood is highly complex, liquid tissue composed of loose cells or formed elements and plasma. By volume, the blood is 55% plasma, and the remaining 45% formed elements or corpuscles. The formed elements have a specific gravity of 1.09 as compared with 1.03 for the plasma, thus accounting for their separation by centrifugation.

Blood grouping is based on the presence or absence of specific antigens located on the surface of the red blood cells. When an individual has only one of the antigens, the blood group is called A or B, depending on which it is present. When both are present, the blood type is known as AB and when both the antigens are absent, the blood group is designated by the letter O to indicate zero.

RHOgam refers to Rho immunoglobulin. RHOgam is an injectable blood product used to protect an Rh-positive fetus from antibodies produced by its Rh-negative mother. The injections are given at about 28 weeks in the pregnancy and immediately after delivery. With these injections, Rh-negative women can have safe Rh-positive pregnancies. 

In To Kill a Mockingbird, how can the reader see Scout change during chapter 9?

For one thing, she doesn't punch Cecil Jacobs when he insults her father because Atticus told her not to.  She understood that to do so would have let her dad down, and even though she didn't understand everything going on around her, she at least could grow up enough to handle walking away from a fight.

But she's a little girl and old habits die hard...she did beat up her cousin Francis at Christmas because he called Atticus a "nigger-lover", and although she was punished for it, later she managed to give a very good defense for her actions to her Uncle Jack.

Ultimately, we can see that Scout is beginning to lose her innocence and to understand that things aren't always fair, but her desire to do what Atticus wants and needs her to do is admirable and a sign that she is growing up.

Do any stereotypical characterizations of women appear in the novel which reflect women's role?

Before I answer this question, you need to realize that this is piece that was written in a different context and time. Jane Austen was born in 1775 and died in 1817. For this reason, we need to judge her work from her context and not ours, or we will run the risk of being anachronistic. If we do this, her book was somewhat forward thinking. She has a view of women that is variable and not just in one way. Also, some of her female characters are very strong. So, I would say rather than stereotypes, she is breaking a view of women and how they have to be a certain way. With that said, if there is a stereotype, it is that women are still dependent on men.