Attempt a post colonial reading of Pride And Prejudice.

This is a very interesting question. I am sure that we can
say a lot of things, but here is my attempt at your very good question. Perhaps we can
say that the dominant society is the colonial power. In this instance, we can say that
men and the social structure that they have created is the dominant power in view. They
are the ones who are spinning the ideology of what is proper. The colonized, then, are
the women. But here is the twist. The colonized see through the power dynamics and they
now begining to challenge it and even having some success. Good
luck.

What is an insight about life pertaining to justice in The Crucible?

Sometimes, we can't rely on external sources to provide
justice for us. In The Crucible, relying on the courts for true
justice did not work out too well for many people in Salem.  In act three, as John,
Francis, Giles and Mary come to the courts with firm proof and logical rationale
regarding the cases in the court at the time, the judges refused to dispense equal and
fair justice.  Innocent people were hanged, and many others unfairly jailed.  The courts
were supposed to enact justice and did not.  The message was clear:  do not rely on the
courts for justice.

Also, do not rely on others to be
just.  If everyone in the play had been just, no accusations would have been made.  In
fact, many of the accusations made were people's attempts to thwart justice's own
demands of them.  Justice would demand that Abby and the girls be punished for dancing
and casting spells; to avoid that justice, they lied and accused others.  If anyone in
Salem counted on people being kind, fair, and just, they were disappointed.  Instead,
fear, paranoia, panic, betrayal, jealousy and greed reigned
supreme.

The only true justice that occurs in the play is
the justice that people are able to bring to their own hearts.  At the end of the play,
John finally is at peace with himself.  He feels like he has finally paid for his sins,
and done enough good deeds to earn redemption.  He walks to the gallows a free man,
because he brought his own justice to his life.  He paid for his sins, he righted his
wrongs.  He was justified and at peace at the end.

The
major message is to not rely on others, or institutions for justice; it will often end
in disappointment and wrongdoing. Instead, find your own way.  I hope that helped; good
luck!

When the fire is built in Chapter 2 of Lord of the Flies, what do the little ones see in it?This a question from the chapter 2 Lord of the Flies...

I think that the answer you are looking for comes at
almost the very end of the chapter.  I think that your answer should be that the
littleuns see snakes in the fire.

The kids as a group see
lots of things in the fire.  Or at least, the fire is described in many ways.  It is
described as a squirrel climbing a tree.  It is described as a jaguar creeping
along.

But the one time that the littleuns describe what
they see, they say that they see snakes.  This happens just before they realize that the
littlun with the birthmark is missing.

Discuss four incidents from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry that demonstrates prejudice and injustice.This is not my homework. I want to know because...

There are many examples of racial prejudice and injustice
in Mildred Taylor's novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. I've
included four examples:

THE
SCHOOLS.  The differences between the two schools are based on racial and
social prejudice. The all-African-American school, the Great Faith Elementary and
Secondary School, is second-class in comparison with the all-white Jefferson Davis
County School. Cassie's school gets worn-out books that are discarded from Jefferson
Davis, and the white children are bused to school, while the black kids have to
walk.

THE BERRYS.  John
Henry Berry and his two nephews are deliberately set afire by a group of white "night
riders." Mr. Berry dies from his
injuries.

MR.
MORRISON.  The Logan family friend, Mr. Morrison, relates
how he was fired from his job. He got into a fight with two white men and, although they
started the fight, only Morrison was fired because he was
black. 

THE BUS DRIVER.  A
white bus driver for the Jefferson Davis school deliberately "bears down" on several
black children, who are forced to jump into a muddy ditch. The white kids on the bus
taunt the black kids with shouts of "Nigger!"

These are
only four examples, and they all take place in the first three chapters of the novel.
Sadly, there are many more to be discovered.

Solve the equation if x is in interval (0;2pi) cos3x=cosx

First of all, we'll try to calculate cos 3x = cos
(2x+x)

cos (2x+x) = cos 2x*cos x - sin x*sin
2x

sin (2x) = 2sin x*cos x

cos
2x = 2 (cos x)^2 - 1

cos 3x = [2 (cos x)^2 - 1]*cos x - 2[1
- (cos x)^2]*cos x

cos 3x = 4(cos x)^3 - 3cos
x

So the equation will
become:

4(cos x)^3 - 3cos x= cos
x

We'll move all terms to one
side:

4(cos x)^3 - 3cos x- cos x =
0

4(cos x)^3 - 4cos x =
0

We'll factorize by
4cosx:

4cos x*[(cos x)^2 - 1] =
0

4cos x = 0

cos x =
0

The values of the angle x, located in the range (0 ;
2pi), for the function cosine is 0, are: x = pi/2 and x =
-pi/2.

(cos x)^2 - 1 = 0

Since
it is a difference of squares, we'll re-write it as a
product:

(cos x - 1)(cos x + 1) 
=0

cos x - 1 = 0

cos x =
1

The values of the angle x, located in the range (0 ;
2pi), for the function cosine is 1, are: x = 0 and x
=2pi.

Neither of these values are located in the given
range, since the interval is opened both sides, meaning that the values 0 aand 2pi are
not included.

cos x + 1 =
0

cos x = -1

The value of the
angle x, located in the range (0 ; 2pi), for the function cosine is -1, is: x =
pi.

The solutions of the equation, located in
the interval (0 ; 2pi),are: {pi/2 ; pi ; 3pi/2}.

How did the first televised Presidential debate affect voters?I'm doing my powerpoint over this and no one has information on it, so please tell...

It happened in the 1960 Presidential election between John
F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.  Some historians say it changed the course of the
election and history, though we'll never know for sure if that's true, or what the exact
effect with voters was.

Kennedy was young, attractive and
vibrant, the voice of a new generation, a new direction.  Nixon represented the
experience of the past, of anti-communism and the
1950s. 

The debate was a good one, with Kennedy giving more
eloquent and smooth answers, while Nixon had more experience.  The main effect we know
of was that voters who listened on the radio tended to vote more for Nixon.  People who
saw the debate on television tended to vote for Kennedy.  That is the
visual of Kennedy contrasted with Nixon's age and appearance made
JFK seem a better choice.

Did it change the outcome of the
election?  Hard to say, but the difference in the popular vote between the two was a
mere 118,000, and 46 million Americans watched the TV debate.

How do scientist know how our galaxy looks like, if we haven't even traveled farther than our solar system?

The way that scientists and astronomers are able to see
amazingly distant objects in space and describe them to us is almost unbelievable. 
Every object in space, be it a planet, a star, a comet, or an asteroid, either reflects
or gives off light.  That light can be measured and observed most accurately by
telescopes and probes sent out into space.

The Hubble
Telescope has been able to send back such incredible images, and to find over 400 new
planets outside of our solar system because it is above the Earth's atmosphere and
pollution, so it gets a clear look into space.  That, and the fact that it is a very
powerful telescope.

Different elements reflect light
differently, so we are able to identify the age of a star based on how much reflected
hydrogen and carbon is in the light beams generated from it.  Our star, the Sun, for
example, is a middle aged star, with about 2.5 billion years of hydrogen fuel left.  We
can tell that based on the light it gives us to read.  We can tell the age of a nebula
(remains of an exploded star) based on the distance that its farthest edges are apart
and how fast the material is moving.

Recently, scientists
have discovered other planets outside our solar system that have observable atmospheres,
temperatures which could support life, and water.

Why are the two policemen laughing at the newlywed couple?Ha Jin's Saboteur

In Ha Jin's "Saboteur," as Mr. Chiu and his bride have
lunch before the Muji Train Station where they plan to board a train home from their
honeymoon, two policemen sit at a nearby table, laughing and joking.  Every once and a
while, the heavy middle-aged policeman, who laughs as though he tells a joke to the
younger one, peers at the newlyweds.  Then, the stout policeman gets up and comes over
to the Chius, throwing a bowl of tea at their feet.  When Mr. Chiu asks him why he has
"tortured us common citizens," the policeman tells the other, "Let's get hold of him!" 
They cuff him and arrest him, ignoring the complaints of
Chiu.

Later, when Chiu is taken to the Interrogation
Bureau, he is again accosted by the middle-aged policeman who has arrested him; the man
grins at him and points his finger and hand as though he were firing a pistol.  Clearly,
the policeman wants to intimidate Mr. Chiu.  Previously, when he and his younger partner
glanced at Mr. and Mrs. Chiu, they have probably felt resentment toward Chiu as a
university professeur.  For, the young officer accuses him of being a "saboteur of the
public order."  The interrogator, too, makes the comment, "We have seen a  lot of your
kind" after Chiu makes the desparaging remark, "Don't mistake me for a common citizen"
when he speaks to the "donkey-faced" chief of the bureau.  In this scene, there seems to
be a class conflict.

What is the point of intersection ( if any) of the lines y+x -2 = 0 and 2y-4x +5 = 0 ?

Given the lines:

y + x -2 =
0

2y-4x +5 = 0

We need to find
the intersection points.

First, we will rewrite the
equations as functions of x.

==> y= -x + 2
...............(1)

==> y= (4x-5)/2
=

==> y=  2x -
5/2..............(2)

Now we will determine the point of
intersection when y= y

==> -x + 2 = 2x -
5/2

==> -3x = -5/2
-2

==> -3x = -9/2

We
will divide by -3.

==> x =
3/2

==> y= -x +2 = -3/2 +2 =
1/2

==> y=
1/2

Then, the intersection point is ( 3/2,
1/2)

How does Shylock defend his practice of charging interest on loans, in Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice?

In Shakespeare's The Merchant of
Venice, Shylock tries to defend the charging of interest by referring to a
Biblical story in the Old Testament.

The story he refers to
is Jacob taking care of his uncle Laban's sheep (in the book of Genesis). Shylock relays
the story of how Jacob manipulated an agreement with Laban to make out financially with
regard to Laban's sheep.

Shylock describes Laban and Jacob
agreeing that of Laban's sheep, any that were spotted would belong to Jacob. Shylock
tries to say that Jacob had a way to provide for the birth of more spotted sheep than
plain sheep.

Using a bit of superstitious "nonsense,"
Shylock explains what he says took
place.

The skillful shepherd peeled me
certain wands.

And
in the doing of the deed of
kind

He stuck them
up before the fulsome
ewes,

Who then
conceiving did in eaning
time

Fall
parti-colored lambs—and those were
Jacob’s.

In other words, the
newborn sheep will look like whatever its mother saw while mating, so Jacob, knowing
this, placed wands (a branch or stem of a tree) with spots on it, on the ground in front
of the ewes. When the sheep were born, the many that were spotted, went to Jacob,
according to Shylock, because of the steps Jacob had guaranteed to
be successful. His thought is that trickery is not treacherous, as long as there is no
outright stealing involved.

Antonio argues that the sheep
were spotted because it was the will of God, not because of anything Jacob had done. And
he asks Shylock what his point is, to prove that charging interest is a good
thing?

This was a venture, sir, that
Jacob served for—

A
thing not in his power to bring to
pass

But swayed and
fashioned by the hand of
heaven.

Was this
inserted to make interest
good?

Shylock will not be
convinced otherwise, saying that this is what he practices when lending
money:

I make it breed as
fast.

So Shylock tries to
twist the meaning of a Bible story to rationalize his uncharitable
behavior.

What are 10 facts about Juliet Capulet?not the obvious facts, but facts that are interesting. I need 10 because i have to write 3 sentences about...

1.) She is strong in obedience and lacks in experience in
the world, outlining herself as inexperienced and in many ways dependent on her parents
and nurse.

2.)She has not given marriage a second thought
but she does want to do what her mother asks. It is high time that Juliet go the route
Lady Capulet went in her youth, and be married to a rich and powerful gentleman like her
father.

3.) Juliet, on the other hand, has no interest in
becoming a wife and the mother of Paris's children: "(Marriage) is an honour
that I dream not of" (I.iii.68). Even her father at first considers her too
young to settle down. This may be a reflection on his feelings about his own wife, who
might have been happier waiting a few years before marrying
him.

4.)Romeo's very presence seems to propel her toward
maturity however, and her decisions are made quickly but thoughtfully from that point
forward.

5.) She was born on "Lammas Eve at
night" (August 1), so Juliet's birthday is July 31 (1.3.19). Her birthday is
"a fortnight hence", putting the action of the play in mid-July
(1.3.17).

6.)As a child, she was cared for by her nurse,
who is now her confidante, or Juliet's caretaker.

7.)
Juliet Capulet wasn't always Juliet Capulet. The heroine's name was Giulietta in some
earlier versions. It had become Juliet by the time Arthur Brooke wrote his narrative
poem.

x1 and x2 are solutions of x^2-x+1=0. What is the value of the sum (x1^2-x1)^1000 + (x2^2-x2)^1000 ?

We know the fact that the solution of an equation,
substituted into equation, it cancels out the
equation.

We'll substitute the solutions of the equation
into the given equation:

x1^2 - x1 + 1 =
0

x1^2 - x1 = -1We'll raise to the power of 1000 both
sides:

(x1^2-x1)^1000 =
(-1)^1000

(x1^2-x1)^1000 = 1
(1)

x2^2 - x2 + 1 = 0

x2^2 -
x2 = -1We'll raise to the power of 1000 both
sides:

(x2^2-x2)^1000 =
(-1)^1000

(x2^2-x2)^1000 = 1
(2)

We'll add (1) and
(2):

(x1^2-x1)^1000 + (x2^2-x2)^1000 = 1 +
1

(x1^2-x1)^1000 + (x2^2-x2)^1000 =
2

The value of the sum =
2.

What is Clover's reaction to the violent events?

I assume that you are talking about the killings in
Chapter 7 when you talk about "violent events."  If that is the case, then the short
answer to your question is that Clover gets very sad and starts to
cry.

She is ambivalent about their revolution now.  She
knows that life is better than it was when Jones was running the farm.  But she also
thinks that this kind of violence was certainly not what they were hoping for when they
rebelled against Jones and took the farm for themselves.  And it is not what they aimed
for as they worked so hard on the windmill and other projects.

How does the character in "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, experience social struggles?

The experiences of the main character in Charlotte Perkin
Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," are based on the author's personal
experiences with post-partum depression.

This was not a
recognized illness, as it is today, and the woman in the story suffers the diagnosis of
a society that is ill-prepared to deal with what they do not
understand.

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Most modern commentators now interpret the story
as a feminist indictment of society's subjugation of
women...

After having a baby,
the medical community relies on what they know; they advise the young
mother...

to
abstain from any and all physical activity and intellectual stimulation. She is not
allowed to read, write, or even see her new baby. To carry out this treatment, the
woman's husband takes her to a country house where she is kept in a former nursery
decorated with yellow
wallpaper.

Reviewing the
quote above, we note that the woman is "kept in" a former nursery. In other words, she
is restrained or imprisoned in this room. She is not allowed any sort of diversion, not
to read or even see her baby.

At the start, where the woman
seems most healthy, she has spirit, and tries to defy her
seclusion:

I
did write for a while in spite of them; but it does exhaust me a
good deal—having to be so sly about it, or else meeting with heavy
opposition.

However, she is
also a product of her society. The things that she wants are not provided, but instead
of insisting, she feels ungrateful. She is also controlled by her husband—a doctor—as if
she is incapable of making the simplest of decisions.

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He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me
stir without special direction...he takes all care from me, and so I feel basely
ungrateful not to value it
more.

The woman's husband
makes every decision for her, even to the point of allowing that since
he sees no problem, that she has no reason to
be concerned.

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[John] knows there is no
reason to suffer, and that satisfies
him.

As the speaker continues
to describe her limited activity (of secretly writing), and her husband's refusal to
change her room, but assurances that in a few weeks she will be well, the woman begins
to imagine that she sees things in the wallpaper: like eyes—everywhere, and fungus. And
when she infers to John that perhaps she is better physically, but not in
other ways, he won't listen to her, but dismisses the entire
idea.

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Reviewers...maintain...that John's treatment of
his wife represents the powerlessness and repression of women during the late nineteenth
century.

This is a story that
not only describes a young woman's descent into mental illness, but a society
(represented strongly in her husband) that refuses to give credence to the woman's
concerns. She becomes fearful of her husband and paranoid. She imagines that the smell
of the paper moves through the house, and imagines that the pattern moves because "the
woman behind the pattern shakes it!"

John's refusal to
listen to his wife, his complete certainty in his own power to "fix" his wife, and his
inability to see what is happening to her mental health lead to his wife's belief that
she has become a part of the paper. When her husband finally sees how far her illness
has gone, he faints...and she continues to creep around the room, leaning against the
wallpaper, climbing over his unconscious form every time she
passes.

What is the linear function?f(x+2)*f(x-2) = x^2-2x-3

We'll write the linear
function:

f(x) = ax + b

To
determine the function, we'll have to determine the coefficients a and
b.

For this reason, we'll use the constraint given by
enunciation:

f(x+2)*f(x-2) =
x^2-2x-3

We'll write
f(x+2):

f(x+2) = a(x+2) +
b

f(x+2) = ax + 2a + b
(1)

We'll write f(x-2):

f(x-2)
= a(x-2) + b

f(x-2) = ax + b - 2a
(2)

We'll multiply (1) by
(2):

f(x+2)*f(x-2) = (ax + 2a + b)(ax + b - 2a)  = (ax+b)^2
- (2a)^2

We'll expand the
squares:

f(x+2)*f(x-2) = a^2*x^2 + 2abx + b^2 - 4a^2
(3)

But f(x+2)*f(x-2) = x^2-2x-3
(4)

We'll put (3) =
(4)

a^2*x^2 + 2abx + b^2 - 4a^2 = x^2 - 2x -
3

a^2 = 1

a = -1 or a =
1

2ab = -2

ab =
-1

If a = 1 => b =
-1

If a = -1 => b =
1

So, the linear function could
be:

f(x) = x - 1, for a = 1 and b =
-1

or

f(x)
= -x + 1, for a = -1 and b = 1.

What is the role of information technology in health sector?

Let me give you a specific example of IT's role in medical
care.  My Father-in-law recently had an extended stay in the hospital where he required
around-the-clock care.  Every time a new nurse would come in, or a shift change would
happen, they would electronically scan his wrist bracelet, and on the screen would be
every drug that had been administered and when, his allergies, his doctors and their
orders, diagnosis, etc.  Everything was right there, up to the minute at the touch of a
button for any nurse to access.

The drawback of course, was
that it is a complicated system with a lot of access ports and constantly changing data,
and the system seemed to have some bugs and go down a
lot.

Privacy advocates also wonder if it's a good idea to
have all of a patient's medical information in one place, where it could be abused by,
say, insurance companies in deciding who to cover.

I need quotes about war from Othello for a paper

War is used metaphorically in Act 3, Scene 3 when Othello
becomes convinced that Desdemona is cheating on him:

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. . .Ho, now
forever

Farewell the tranquil mind!  Farewell
content!

Farewell the plumed troop and the big
wars

That make ambition virtue!  Oh
farewell,

Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill
trump

The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing
fife,

The royal banner, and all
quality,

Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious
war!

The quotation shows that
once Othello believes he has lost Desdemona, he feels that everything that has given his
life meaning is also gone:

Othello's occupation's
gone!

We see that Othello is first and foremost a soldier,
and many of his decisions regarding Desdemona are based on that
background.

Describe the difference between competency to commit a crime and competency to stand trial?

This question is essentially asking the difference between
capacity to commit a crime and competence to stand trial.  There is a link to each
below.

The capacity of a person to commit a crime has to do
with their mental state at the time that the alleged crime was committed.  They must be
able to understand what they are doing -- the nature and possible consequences of their
action.  By contrast, competence to stand trial has to do with the person's ability to
comprehend the charges against them and participate in their own defense at the
trial.

For example, a person may be percectly competent to
stand trial but may plead not guilty by reason of diminished capacity to a first degree
murder charge.  They may say they were drunk when they committed the crime and could not
have formed the intent necessary to be guilty of first degree murder.  Now that they are
no longer drunk, they are competent to stand trial.  In this case, the difference
between competence and capacity would be a crucial one.

Discuss Shakespeare's view on power politics as evidence in Henry VI, Part I.

When Shakespeare wrote the history plays, he was exploring
power, politics, and generally what makes a good ruler.  Shakespeare used England's
recent and turbulent history to explore these
questions.

The evidence of power politics is readily
evident from the opening scene of the play.  Henry is the king but since he came to the
throne by usurping Richard II, he didn't feel secure.  Was Richard a good king?  By all
accounts, no.  Was Henry justified in returning to England to claim his father's land
and title?  Yes but this did not give him the right to take the throne from Richard.  In
scene one, he finds that his former allies have turned in rebellion against him.  The
guilt ridden king then responses with an iron fist once the treacherous Worcester
misrepresented the king's terms.

On the home front, the
young prince, Hal prefers the company of Falstaff and his cronies to the court.  He is
not happy with the idea that one day he will be king.  He refers to it as a debt he
didn't incur but must pay regardless.  It would appear that the young prince is a
wastrel since Falstaff is definitely not a good role model.  He also knows that one day
he will have to reject the old rascal.  One could say the young prince was sowing his
wild oats but he was also down among the people that he knows he will one day rule.
 What better way to get to know your subjects?

Hotspur
would seem to represent the ideal.  He seems to embody all those qualities of a great
leader which are seemingly lacking in the young prince.  (Here Shakespeare has
manipulate history for dramatic purposes since the real Hotspur was considerably older
than the young prince.)  Hotspur was aptly named since his flaw was his hot temper and
this lead to his death.

It would seem that Shakespeare has
given us several examples of power politics.  Bolingbroke used power to gain the throne
unlawfully but was not very effective playing politics with his nobles which lead to a
rebellion.  Hotspur gave into his emotions rather than play the game and died as a
result.  Prince Hal got to know his subjects on a personal level and when he became
king, he had learned his lessons well.

What time in history does Cat on a Hot Tin Roof take place?

There are a number of important themes in the play that
are particularly relevant given the time setting of the play, the early 1950's.  One of
the central themes of the play is homosexuality and the ways that the characters wrestle
with it was only beginning to be openly discussed or debated at the time.  The physical
setting of the play is also important in its relation to the time period as the
plantation is in a mode of transition, just as much of the south was still changing from
a place that hung on in some ways to the mythical glory of the old south where land was
passed from father to son and considered the greatest possession, but some of the
younger generation were beginning to see it differently and Brick's disinterest mirrors
this.

Evaluate ad-bc if a,b,c,d are the terms of a geometric series?

We'll apply the mean theorem of a geometric
series:

b^2 = a*c

sqrt b^2 =
sqrt a*c

b = sqrt a*c (1)

c^2
= b*d

c = sqrt b*d (2)

We'll
multiply bc = sqrt a*b*c*d

But b = a*r, where r is the
common ratio.

c = a*r^2

d =
a*r^3

a*b*c*d =
a*a*r*a*r^2*a*r^3

a*b*c*d =
a^4*r^6

sqrt a*b*c*d = sqrt
a^4*r^6

sqrt a*b*c*d =
a^2*r^3

bc = a^2*r^3 (3)

ad =
a*a*r^3 (4)

We'll subtract (4) from
(3):

a^2*r^3 - a^2*r^3 = 0

So,
the result of the difference is:

ad - bc = 0,
if and only if a,b,c,d are the terms of a geometric
series.

What is a real-life example of each theme and an example from A Raisin in the Sun for each theme?1. Dreams can either says or destroy a person....

Check some current events for real-life examples; here are
brief examples of these themes from the play.

1. Dreams can
either save or destroy a person.--Walter is saved by his dreams because they indirectly
allow him to have a better relationship with his family.  Bobo, on the other hand, seems
to be destroyed by his dream because he loses all his life
savings.

2. Values & ideals are worth fighting
for.--Beneatha believes that she should have an emotional connection with a significant
other, so she stops seeing George even though her family believes that he is a good
choice for her.

3. We do not simply live for ourselves, but
for those who came before & will come after us.--Mama believes that she must
honor her husband's memory and make her children's dreams come
true.

4. It is never too late to start over.--Although much
of the money is lost, the family still moves to Clybourne Park in search of a better
life.

5. Only through self-respect & self-esteem
can people live with themselves.--Mama tells Travis that his father will speak for the
family when Mr. Linder arrives, and Walter changes his mind when he knows that he needs
to show his son a lesson in respect and pride.

6.
Materialism & money, in themselves, are worthless.--The money is so easily lost
that in itself, it is worthless.  The strength of the family unit is much more
important.

7. Families can survive any catastrophe if the
members love one another & share a common goal.--Mama tells Beneatha that she
should love people when they go through bad times, not only when they prove good.  Mama
says that people need love most when there are hard
times.

8. Dreams are necessary & important, even if
we don't completely realize them.--Walter never realizes his dreams of owning a business
during the course of the play; however, his dreams keep him spirited and looking for a
brighter day.

Please give me a critical essay of "La Belle Dame sans Merci" by John Keats.

In the student's efforts to compose his own essay, he may
wish to note that there have been two popular interpretations of "La Belle Dame sans
Merci."  One is that the lady is a person who is the object of the knight's love, and
the other is that the "lady/dame" is the metaphysical concept of beauty.  In either
case, however, the knight is helpless in his faithfulness to his love, for the more one
embraces feelings of love and beauty, the more desolate and painful mundane life
becomes.

Keats's narrative poem, which is written in ballad
form, is arranged as a dialogue as the speaker is unidentified in the first twelve
lines.  When the question "O what can ail thee?" is asked, the reader's knowledge of
chivalric legend and lore points to love since a lily pallor and faded rose point cannot
relate to the other two allegiances of a knight, his allegiance to God and to his
lord.

However, the knight does not describe a woman; it is
a faery that he loves:  "She took me to her elfin grot," and held him "in thrall."  This
mythical spell placed on the heroic figure of a knight has caused the hillside to be
cold and the sedge withered.  Only when the spell is broken can the land be
fertile.

Because this "Belle Dame sans Merci" is a faery,
many interpret her as the concept of beauty or art.  And, thus, is the plight of the
artist who must live in the world of art or suffer the disappointment and desolation of
the mundane. Certainly, this idea can be related to many musicians who, while delighted
as they play their instruments, are often disillusioned or unhappy when not engaged in
their music, seeking something to cure their "blues," and it is this despondence and
unhealthy condition that causes their deaths--the "sans merci."

Solve the sistem x^2/y+y^2/x=35/3 x+y=10

To
solve

x^2/y+y^2/x=35/3...(1)

x+y=10..(2).

From
(2), we get  y = 10-x. We put y = 10-x in (1):

x^2/(10-x)
+(10-x)^2/x = 35/3.

3(x^3 +(10-x)^3 ) + 35(10-x)x =
350x-35x^2.

3{x^3+10^3-300x+30x^2-x^3 =
350x-35x^2.

3{1000-300x+30x^2} =
350x-35x^2.

3000-900x+90x^2-350x+35x^2 =
0.

125x^2-1250x+3000 =
0.

x^2-10x+24 = 0.

(x-6)(x-4)
= 0.

So x= 6 or x= 4.

When x =
6, from (2), we get x+y = 10,. So y = 10-6 = 4.

When x=4,
from (2), x+y = 10. So y = 10-4 = 6.

Therefore (x,y) =
(6,4). Or (x,y) = (4,6).

How would I interpret this quotation: "the world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters."

This is a statement from Sanger Rainsford, the main
character of "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell.  His shipmate has expressed
sympathy for the jaguar that they may soon pursue; however, Rainsford has no feelings
for animals, explaining that one is either a predator, or a prey for the predator--the
world is made of only these two types of creatures.  And, as the second poster has
cogently commented, this remark is definitive of
foreshadowing.

In addition, this statement is
ironic since Rainsford himself soon becomes prey:  As he is
forced later, after falling overboard,to engage in General Zaroff's dangerous game of
hunting human beings, Rainsford finds himself the
prey,

Now he
knew what it was like to be a beast at
bay.

This new role in which
he is pursued gives Rainsford a new perspective on "the hunters and the huntees." For,
his is no longer callous disregard, but empathy.

What are the different types of diabetes and what are the differences in age of onset, probable causes, symptoms, and treatments? 

Diabetes is generally classified as either Diabetes
Mellitus Type 1 or Diabetes Mellitus Type 2.

Diabetes
Mellitus Type 1 is caused due to the body's immune system destroying the insulin
producing cells located in the pancreas. This was the major cause of diabetes in young
people in the past and was known as Juvenile diabetes, though now a majority of people
getting affected by this form of diabetes are adults.

As
the body is no longer able to produce insulin, patients with this ailment have to inject
artificial insulin to manage the proper utilization of the carbohydrates that they
consume. This form of diabetes is not hereditary in nature and the exact cause of the
illness has not been understood yet.

Diabetes Mellitus Type
2 is caused due to the pancreas producing a lesser amount of insulin than what is
required by the body or the cells of the body unable to utilize the insulin in an
effective manner. Type 2 diabetes in the past was only acquired by people late in their
lives. The ailment has a strong hereditary link, but the present epidemic of Type 2
diabetes that has made over 90% of people in the US acquire it, is due to unhealthy food
consumption, overweight, a lack of activity and other lifestyle
factors.

Type 2 diabetes is treatable and can also be
controlled by taking oral medication which makes the pancreas produce more insulin and
allow the body to effectively utilize the insulin
produced.

The symptoms of both forms of diabetes when
uncontrolled start with excessive urination, thirst, excessive liquid and solid
consumption, chronic tiredness, weight loss, etc. The glucose levels of patients with
diabetes are very high and if they remain so for a prolonged time it can result in
multiple organ failure and finally in diabetic coma.

What does the monster do after leaving Ingolstadt in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,
Volume 2, Chapter 3, the creature flees Ingolstadt; Victor's rejection; and his
inability to live in the town.

Traveling in the woods, much
like a newborn child, the creature spends a great deal of time learning about emotions,
physical sensations (like burning his hands in a fire he finds), and the world in which
he has been thrust--alone--without anyone to teach or direct him. He took some of
Victor's clothes before leaving the laboratory, but they are not enough to protect him
from the cold. But soon he finds a cloak in the woods that offers relief from the
chilling dew. He learns about light, which he does not like, but in closing his eyes, he
dislikes the darkness more. So he finds himself traveling in the shade. Through
experimentation, he finds that the water from streams soothes his thirst and that he can
sustain his strength by eating buries.

When he travels at
night, he realizes he can move without being seen. He finds great beauty in the world:
the moon, even the sound of the birds that chatter and sing around him: some bird sounds
are beautiful, while other birds' songs are harsh.

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I was delighted when I first discovered that a
pleasant sound, which often saluted my ears, proceeded from the throats of the little
winged animals who had often intercepted the light from my eyes. I began also to
observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me, and to perceive the
boundaries of the radiant roof of light which canopied me. Sometimes I tried to imitate
the pleasant songs of the birds, but was
unable.

Soon the creature
discovers fire, as well as a healthy respect for it when he burns
himself:

I
found a fire which had been left by some wandering beggars, and was overcome with
delight at the warmth I experienced from it. In my joy I thrust my hand into the live
embers, but quickly drew it out again with a cry of pain. How strange, I thought, that
the same cause should produce such opposite
effects!

href="http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/frankenstein/1818v2/ch3.html"/>Through trial and
error, he learns how to make the fire grow and how to protect it at night. When he uses
it to cook, his berries are ruined, but the nuts and roots he has collected are better
for being roasted on the fire.

As food starts to
disappears, the creature knows he must move on; he is saddened to leave the fire behind.
He discovers a small hut. When he enters, the man inside, who is cooking, flees. The
monster eats some of the food, and falls asleep. Waking, he takes the remainder of the
food with him, and strikes out again. His travel continues, taking him to a village. But
when he tries to get food, he is run out of town by physical threats, "missiles" of
stones, and other objects that bring him pain.

Eventually
he comes upon a cabin with a lean-to attached. Inside it, the creature finds shelter.
The cabin is the home of the DeLacy family, who live quite simply: the old man and his
son and daughter, who care for him. He hears language for the first time, but cannot
understand it, and is pleased to see that they use candles, another new concept for
him:

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Night quickly shut in; but, to my
extreme wonder, I found that the cottagers had a means of prolonging light, by the use
of  href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tapers">tapers [candles], and
was delighted to find, that the setting of the sun did not put an end to the pleasure I
experienced in watching my human
neighbours...

The old man
takes up an instrument which makes wonderful sounds: music. It is at this point that the
chapter ends, when everyone retires for the night.

What are some good points for an essay on The Crucible where the prompt is "at the heart of conflict is fear"?

Fear often leads us to make rash, harmful mistakes.  For
example, it was fear of getting in trouble for the dancing in the woods that prompted
the girls to start accusing people.  It was fear of being whipped or hanged that
prompted Tituba to "confess" to being a witch and name other women who had joined her. 
It was fear of the girls turning on her and accusing her of being a witch that led Mary
Warren to rescind her testimony against them and accuse John Proctor of being a "devil's
man."  It was fear of  the unknown that led Giles Corey to first talk to Hales about his
wife reading "strange books," a confession that would lead her down the road to being
arrested.  It was fear of Abby's fierce nature and threats that led the girls to keep up
their charade of accusations and abuse at the hands of supposed witches.  It was fear of
criticism and being rejected by his parisioners that prompted Parris to go along with
the judges so much, even aiding them in arresting and accusing people.  It was fear of
the unknown medical reasons that took her babies that led Mrs. Putnam to seek out
answers in the underworld, and ultimately accuse Goody Nurse of murder.  It was fear of
being revealed as a lecher that kept John Proctor from fighting against Abby and the
courts for so long.  It was fear of ruining her and her husband's reputation that led to
Elizabeth Proctor lying about her husband's affair.

As you
can see, fear leads people to lie, harm others, and seek answers in unorthodox places. 
If you focus on how fear is the root of many unfortunate actions, and give the examples
I listed above, I think that you'll be well on your way to a good essay!  Good
luck!

What are some examples of argumentative themes in "Hills Like White Elephants"?I am having trouble coming up with an argumentative thesis for this...

There can be many argumentative prompts to come out of the
work.  One significant one would be whether Hemingway's construction is in favor of
women's predicaments, against it, or refuses to give an answer to it.  The central idea
concerns the procedure for an abortion to which the woman displays resistance, but the
man displays support.  Is Hemingway trying to articulate the condition of women as one
that needs to be changed or is he content with what is there in terms of the dynamic
between women and men?  At the same time, I think that an argument can be made that
Hemingway might be trying to construct a situation as it is, outside of the realm of
judgments and assertions.  What makes his short story so phenomenal is that it seeks to
be a perfect recreation of what is as opposed to what should be, what might be due to
bias, or what can only be through human contingency.  The question that we are left with
which to wrestle is that if art does this, if art is able to render a perfect vision of
what is, does it actually embrace what is as opposed to seeking to change what is into
what should be?  At what point does art stop being a mirror and begin being a looking
glass?  At what point is this desirable or undesirable?  I think that Hemingway forces
all of these questions out of this short story.

Solve for the unknown log5 v+log(1/3) 9+log9 81 = - 4.

We'll identify v as the unknown that has to be
found.

We'll isolate the unknown to the left side and we'll
move the rest of the terms to the right side:

log5 v = -4 -
log9 81 - log(1/3) 9

We'll apply the power rule of
logarithms for the term:

log9 81 = log9 (9^2) = 2log9 9 =
2

We'll change the base of the term log(1/3)
9

log(1/3) 9 = 1/log9
(1/3)

log3 (1/3) = log9 (1/3)*log3
9

log9 (1/3) = log3 (1/3)/log3
9

We'll re-write the numerator and
denominator:

log3 (1/3)= log3 (3^-1) =
-1

log3 9 = log3 (3^2) =
2

log9 (1/3) = -1/2

log5 v =
-4 - 2 - 1/(-1/2)

log5 v = -4 - 2 +
2

We'll eliminate like
terms:

log5 v = -4

W'll take
antilogarithms and we'll get:

v =
5^-4

v = 1/5^4

v
= 1/625

How is Pip's and Magwitch's relationship formed in the first chapter of Great Expectations?

If you examine the first chapter carefully, you can see
that the relationship that is established between Pip and Magwitch is one that is based
on fear and terror. Note that Pip is in the graveyard, contemplating the gravestones of
his parents and siblings, when, zombie-like, Magwitch pops up suddenly from behind some
graves:

"Hold
your noise!" cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the
side of the church porch. "Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your
throat!"

Note the way that
immediately Pip describes him as a "fearful man." His words and his threat straight away
establish the way that fear plays a big part in his manipulation of Pip. Interestingly,
as the description continues, we see the older, wiser Pip, looking back at how Magwitch
appeared and seeing that although he was "fearful" he was almost pitiful in his
appearance, as he was "smothered in mud, and lamed by stones, and cut by flints, and
stung by nettles, and torn by briers..." However, the younger Pip is unaware of this,
frightened for his life.

Magwitch uses the threat of
tearing Pip's "heart and liver" out repeatedly to force him to bring him the food and
file that he needs to free himself, frightening Pip dreadfully and manipulating him into
stealing. Thus when we consider the relationship between these two characters, it is
built straight away on fear and the threat of violence--themes that emerge as dominant
in the rest of the novel.

What are the effects of ambition in Macbeth on the social and spirtual level?Drawing from the paradigm that the human society especially judges...

There's many perspectives from which to view ambition in
the play Macbeth: from both then and now, and from Macbeth's and
Lady Macbeth's viewpoints.

During Duncan's regin, there
really was no ambition, not ethical or otherwise.  Ambition was negated because society
was regulated and ordered, like the numbers on a clock-face.  The Diving Right of Kings
and the Great Chain of Being said that the King was King and a Thane was a Thane: each
member of society was fixed in his role.  The social strata was engineered for no upward
mobility; it was designed to protect "God's holy vessel" and insure allegiance.  But,
there was one loop-hole: murder.

Macbeth knows he really
could never have been King, even though he was promoted to the highest ranking Thane.
 The chances of Macbeth outliving Duncan were good, sure, but there's Malcolm and
Donalbain to "o'er leap."  So, the only ambition Macbeth has is of the malevolent and
Machiavellian kind: murder by way of "the ends justify the means."  He knows if he wants
to be King, he will have to murder Duncan and blame it on the two sons.  He will have to
subvert natural order and time: foul will have to become fair.  This, obviously, is a
violation of the ethical realm for that time.  In effect, Macbeth is selling his soul to
be King: he knows he will got to hell for it.  But, what if there's no hell?  Anything
is permitted.

Today, we look at Machiavellian politics more
favorably, and we are not so moralistic to condone murder if the rewards are great.
 Today, a historian might say that Macbeth staged a coup, or that Duncan's reign was not
strong enough to withstand rebellious and traitorous thanes.  Maybe Macbeth was
rebelling against the unfair social stratifications and the Divine Right of Kings.  It
is easy to cast off the ethical when looking back on
history.

Ambition is more interesting from Lady Macbeth's
perspective.  Even though Macbeth's ambition is limited by the hierarchies of society,
at least he has a chance to be King.  She has none.  Ambition is a male enterprise
entirely.  She cannot even kill Duncan: he looks too much like her
father.

Lady Macbeth tries to cast off her femininity and
assume the cruel nature of male warriors in her famous soliloquy, but she can only gain
status through the male, her husband.  Ambition, therefore, is vicarious for
her.

How were Cyrano's values or moral standards in life revealed by Cyrano's reasons for his disliking of Montfleury?

In Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac,
Cyrano is not a character who hides what he believes or how he feels except in one area
of his life--Roxane, of course. Aside from his love for her, Cyrano is fairly
straightforward about what he sees as right and wrong, good and bad. The incident with
Montfleury is a great example of that. Cyrano gives two reasons for his
disgust.

Montfleury is a bad actor and an insult to good
theatre. He is unpleasantly corpulent and overacts when he is on stage. This is the
first reason which he cites for all to hear. The second reason he does not share until
he is alone with his friend Le Bret after Montfleury has run off and the theatre has
been cleared. Cyrano says he is displeased with Montfleury
because

while
he stammers through his little piece,

[he] makes sheep’s
eyes with his frog’s eyes, if you please!

I hate him since
he allowed himself one night

to raise his eyes to her
...

Though Le Bret does not
know and Cyrano does not say, the woman Montfleury dared to be flirtatious with is
Roxane. This offensive act is part of what gets Montfleury booted from the
stage.

Cyrano is willing to spend his last coin, which he
literally does, to defend two things he loves and values: the arts (theatre) and
Roxane.

Line L passes through the points (4 , -5) and (3 , 7). Find the slope of any line perpendicular to line L.

Given the points ( 4, -5) and the point ( 3, 7) passes
through line L.

We need to find the slope of any
perpendicular line to L.

First we will determine the slope
of L.

We know that:

m =
(y2-y1)/(x2-x1) = (7+5) / (3-4) = 12/-1 = -12

Now we know
that the product of the slopes of two perpendicular line is
-1.

==> Let m1 be the slope of any perpendicular
line.

==> m * m1 =
-1

==> -12 * m1 =
-1

==> m1=
1/12

The slope of any perpendicular line to L
is 1/12.

What are three examples of cultural issues in the novel?

PROSTITUTION.  Holden is so
depressed in Chapter 13 that he accepts an invitation from the hotel elevator operator
for a visit from a prostitute. He tells her that he only wants to talk, but she becomes
bored and demands more money. It is difficult to determine if Holden refuses the
opportunity for sex because he is afraid, or if he is honoring his earlier belief that
sex should be with a loving companion. Holden does not demean Sunny, the prostitute, as
one might expect. Although he is uncomfortable in her presence, he seems to enjoy her
company. 

HOMOSEXUALITY.  When
Holden accepts an invitation from his old teacher to spend the night, he awakes to find
the teacher patting his head. Holden takes this as a homosexual advance, and he
immediately hits the streets in the middle of the night. After reconsidering, he cannot
decide whether he is mistaken about the teacher's intentions or
not.

YOUTHFUL REBELLION.  It
is long before the time of Vietnam protests, but Holden finds a reason to rebel against
nearly everything. His inability to accept the era's social role models is particularly
troubling.

Describe the relationship between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel. Please give a few quotes from the book.In The Strange...

In Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, The Strange
Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll tells Utterson at the very
beginning that Jekyll and Hyde are tied closely together, but he will give no
details.

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'...there is one point I should like you to
understand. I have really a very great interest in poor Hyde...I do sincerely take a
great...interest in that young man; and if I am taken away, Utterson, I wish you to
promise me that you will bear with him and get his rights for
him.'

Utterson agrees, though
having met Hyde, he has found him rude and unlikeable.

Some
time later a horrendous crime is committed. Sir Danvers Carew—a gentleman—is murdered
one night. A maid, looking out her window as is her custom, notices two men speaking.
The first is the old gentleman and the second she recognizes as Hyde. All of a sudden,
Hyde attacks the old man and bludgeons him to death with his cane. The matter is brought
to Utterson's attention.

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'And perhaps you can help us to the man.' And
[the officer] briefly narrated what the maid had seen, and showed the broken
stick.

Mr. Utterson had already quailed at the name of
Hyde; but when the stick was laid before him, he could doubt no longer; broken and
battered as it was, he recognized it for one that he had himself presented many years
before to Henry
Jekyll.

Though the reader
cannot be sure what the connection is, the stick which Utterson had
given as a gift to Jekyll has become a murder weapon in the hands of
Hyde.

When Dr. Jekyll's letter is read at the end, we learn
of the "creation" of Hyde.

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I drank off the potion...There was something
strange in my sensations, something indescribably new...I felt younger, lighter, happier
in body...

I knew myself...to be more wicked...and the
thought...braced and delighted me like wine...I was suddenly aware that I had lost in
stature.

I determined...to venture in my new shape as far
as to my bedroom...and coming to my room, I saw for the first time the appearance of
Edward Hyde.

This segment
describes the first time Jekyll takes the potion he has concocted. He describes what his
body goes through during its metamorphosis, how different he is in nature (he feels
wicked and reckless) and stature (he is shorter, but feels much
younger).

And...

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Hence, although I had now two characters as well
as two appearances, one was wholly evil, and the other was still the old Henry
Jekyll...

And Hyde continues
to appear:

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Henry Jekyll stood at times aghast before the
acts of Edward Hyde; but the situation was apart from ordinary laws...It was ...Hyde
alone, that was guilty. Jekyll was no worse; he woke again to his good qualities
seemingly unimpaired; he would even make haste, where it was possible, to undo the evil
done by Hyde. And thus his conscience
slumbered.

By holding
Hyde responsible for his acts, Jekyll is able to maintain a quiet
conscience. However, one night Jekyll goes to sleep as himself, but wakes as Hyde
without taking the potion. From then on, Jekyll must continually
take the brew to remain himself.

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I...sicken and freeze at the mere thought of
[Hyde], when I recall the abjection and passion of this attachment...I know how he fears
my power to cut him off by
suicide...

Jekyll hates Hyde,
and Hyde knows his existence rests in Jekyll's hands. Jekyll decides that when he
becomes Hyde again, he will not change back to Jekyll; he knows Hyde will commit suicide
rather than be hanged for murder.

Please give an example of how a human maintains homeostasis.

Homeostasis is the process or system that gives living
organisms the ability to maintain a stable set of conditions inside its body.  Animal
need to maintain stable internal conditions such as body temperature, blood pressure,
and the composition of body fluids. Homeostasis is their ability to do so. To maintain
homeostasis, an organism reacts to its external environment by making internal
adjustments.

For example, when a person steps outside on a
hot day, the body must adjust to the heat. Otherwise the body temperature would rise so
high that serious damage to the body cells, and even death may occur. Therefore, when
the heat from the sun strikes the skin, nerve endings sense that heat and send a message
to the brain.  The brain sends nerve impulses that cause corrective changes in the body
functions such as increase in blood flow to the skin produces greater heat loss from the
skin surface, increased sweating to cools the skin by evaporation.  The brain also
causes person to take voluntary action. For example, in the above example the person
person may want to decrease physical activity and seek a cool place. because of the
sensations created by the excess heat.

Proving Trigonometric Identities Prove: sin^4A + 2cos^2A - cos^4A = 1

Here we have to prove that : (sin A)^4 + 2 (cos A)^2 -
(cos A)^4 = 1.

We use the relation that ( sin A)^2 + (cos
A)^2 = 1

(sin A)^4 + 2 (cos A)^2 - (cos
A)^4

=> [(sin A)^2]^2 + 2 (cos A)^2 - [(cos
A)^2]^2

=> [(sin A)^2]^2 + 2*[1 - (sin A)^2] - [(cos
A)^2]^2

=> [(sin A)^2]^2 + [2 - 2*(sin A)^2] - [(cos
A)^2]^2

=> [(sin A)^2]^2 - [(cos A)^2]^2 + [2 -
2*(sin A)^2]

using a^2 - b^2 = ( a - b)( a +
b)

=> [(sin A)^2 - (cos A)^2][(sin A)^2 + (cos
A)^2]+ [2 - 2*(sin A)^2]

=> [(sin A)^2 - (cos
A)^2]*1 + [2 - 2*(sin A)^2]

=> (sin A)^2 - (cos A)^2
+ 2 - 2*(sin A)^2

=> - (cos A)^2 + 2 - (sin
A)^2

=> - [ (cos A)^2 + (sin A)^2] +
2

=> -1 + 2

=>
1

Therefore (sin A)^4 + 2 (cos A)^2 - (cos
A)^4 = 1.

In Jane Eyre, Chapters 24-26, Mr. Rochester goes away for business; what happens while he is gone?

Indeed, in Jane Eyre by Charlotte
Bronte, there is much foreshadowing in Chapter 25 of the most unfortunate occurrences of
Chapter 26.  For, as Jane anticipates her wedding day, she anxiously awaits the return
of Mr. Rochester.  When Jane runs down to the gates where she can peer down the road she
remarks,

A
puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked--a tear of disappointment and impatience...'I
wish he would come!....'I exclaimed, seized with the hypochondriac foreboding....The
event of last night again recurred to me [the splitting of the tree].  I interpreted it
as a warning of disaster.  I feared my hopes were too bright to be realized and I had
enjoyed so much bliss lately that I imagined my fortune had passed its meridian, and
must now decline.

That Jane
feels a presentiment about her wedding day is underscored by her
comment,

who
knows with what fate the next [hour] may come
charged?

Jane tells Mr.
Rochester of a dream that she has had in which Thornfield Hall
is

in dreary
ruin, the retreat of bats and owls....I saw you like a speck on a white track, lessening
every moment....I hushed the scared infant in my lap...the wall crumbled; I was shaken;
the child rolled from my
knee....

Upon awakening, Jane
says, she beheld a woman who was tall and large with "thick and dark hair hanging long
down her back."  She took Jane's wedding veil, held it up, gazed at it, and then threw
it over her head as she gazed into a mirror.  Her face was discolored, savage, and her
red eyes rolled against the "fearful blackened inflation of the
lineaments."

The next day as Mr. Rochester and Jane stand
together to be married, a man's voice is heard,

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The marriage cannot go on:  I declare the
existence of an impediment....Mr. Rochester has a wife now
living.

In Mr. Rochester's
absence, people have arrived at Thornhill.  Another witness appears: Mrs. Rochester's
brother, witnessing that the wife lives in Thornhill.  Dissembling no more, Rochester
admits to having a wife.  He, then, leads them to where Mrs. Grace has been caring for
the woman, an utterly mad woman. Returning to her room, Jane concludes that she must
leave Thornhill, although her prospects are
"desolate."

How can a community follow smart growth principles?

My wife is a city planner of the sort that the first
answer refers to.  According to her, smart growth, at least in the context of the US,
means building cities with higher population densities and less
"sprawl."

If cities do this, then people will be closer to
the places where they work, shop, play, etc.  This means you need to have businesses,
homes, parks, and industry all relatively close together.  This will allow for more
walking and biking instead of driving.  Higher densities will allow for more transit
because more people will live within walking distance of bus or rail lines.  All of this
will lead to a decreased dependence on fossil fuel.

So the
core idea of smart growth is to use fewer resources.  To do that, you need to keep
cities relatively compact so that less driving is required.  This means having
businesses and even industry closer to people's homes and it means having more apartment
buildings and fewer single family homes.  This is one reason why it is so hard to get
places to follow smart growth principles.

If you follow the
first link below, you can find the US EPA's 10 principles of smart
growth.

How does the title of "A Clean, Well-lighted Place" relate to its theme?

In Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," that is what
one can hope for:  a clean, well-lighted place like the little
cafe.

The story presents a realistic--some might say
bleak--picture of reality and existence.  In this world, the story suggests, one finds
meaning in small ways.  Bits of kindness or courtesy, peace, contentment, and
comfortable surroundings are what one can hope for.  The place where the old man drinks
his brandy is all he has. 

The world, as the speaker sees
it, is bleak.  The old man "Last week...tried to commit suicide."  Why, or what about? 
"Nothing."  Yet, though he is cut off and told he is "finished" by the inconsiderate of
the two waiters, he leaves a tip and, when he leaves, walks "unsteadily but with
dignity."

Meaning in the story is clutched from
nothingness, and found in places like the little cafe. 

What are a,b, if 2,a,b are the terms of a g.p. and 2,17,a are the terms of an a.p.?

2, a, b are in GP and 2,17, a are in
AP.

Consider the AP : 2,17, a. So the common difference d
is 2nd term - 1st term = d = 17-2 = 15.

Therefore d =
15.

So the 3rd term a = 2nd term +d = 17+15 =
32.

So now Put a = 32 in the GP is 2,  a,  b. So the given
GP is 2, 3, b.

=> the common ratio r of the GP is =
2nd term / first term = 32/2 = 16.

So the 3rd term of the
GP is b = 2nd term * r = 32* 16 = 512.

Therefore a = 32 and
b = 512.

When were the gospels written?

Of course, there is no way to know precisely when any of
the gospels of the Christian New Testament were written.  It is not as if they come with
copyright pages that we can check.  Instead, scholars have had to try to date the
gospels based on things such as events that they refer to.  Because of this, there is a
great deal of ambiguity as to when the gospels were written.  Church historians tend to
want to place the dates earlier whereas more secular scholars opt for later
dates.

The secular scholars believe that the gospels were
written between 65 AD (the earliest date assigned to Mark) and 110 (the latest date
given for John).  Church scholars argue for dates ranging from 50 to 100
AD.

Again, we cannot know for sure, but we have a good idea
as to the range of dates during which these books were being
written.

How does Hosseini's language choices suggest that it is Hassan, rather than Amir, who is the true hero of The Kite Runner?

Amir shows no heroic tendencies whatsoever until he
returns to Afghanistan to find Hassan's son, Sohrab. Hassan does not show traditional
heroic traits, but his sense of honor never wanes. When Baba asked him if he stole
Amir's gifts, Hassan answers "yes," probably knowing that they could have only been put
under his mattress by Amir himself. The letters from Hassan that Rahim Khan gives to
Amir show that Hassan still loves and respects Amir. Hassan reluctantly leaves his own
home to accompany Rahim back to live on Baba's property once again, another sign of
respect for Baba and Amir, who Hassan hopes will one day return to Kabul. Hassan
eventually dies at the hands of the Taliban because he refuses to leave Baba's house,
remaining "an old faithful friend" with "unrequited loyalty" to the
end.

I need a comparison between Blake's critical theory and that of William Wordsworth's theor.

I think that one of the critical differences between both
writers' theories was that Wordsworth was much more pronounced in articulating
Romanticism.  Wordsworth and Coleridge were quite conscious of their place in
articulating a new movement.  For Blake, this was understood, in terms of him
representing a different intellectual current.  Yet, without the solidarity of other
poets, such as what Wordsworth enjoyed from Coleridge, Blake was less pronounced about
ushering in a new intellectual current.  For example, Wordsworth and Coleridge write
about what Romanticism is to entail, define it against Neoclassical thought, and revel
in being the leaders of a new movement.  Blake is associated with this, but in the
writings of Blake, one does not get the same level of driven intensity about what
Romanticism is as one does in Wordsworth's work.  This might help to account while Blake
was criticized in his lifetime, while Wordsworth revered for his contributions, even
though both were part of the same movement and shared the same
thinking.

What are all the critical points of f(x)=sinx+cosx ? 0=

The critical points are determined by differentiating the
function and equating the derivative to 0. It is solved to determine
x.

f(x) = sin x + cos x

f'(x)
= cos x - sin x = 0

=> cos x = sin
x

=> tan x =
1

=> x = arc tan
1

=> x = pi/4 ,
5*pi/4

At x = pi/4 , f(x) = sqrt
2

at x = 5*pi/4, f(x) = -sqrt
2

The critical points are at x = pi/4  and x
= 5*pi/4, and the extreme values are (pi/4, sqrt 2) and (5*pi/4,-sqrt
2).

Should Johnny & Ponyboy be charged with murder or manslaughter for Bob's death? Why?

Under United States law, murder is defined
as:

the
unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought (The US Code, at Title
18)

This definition implies
that the person or persons charged with the act had to have entered into the commission
of the crime with the intention of doing harm. Murder is
intentional.

Under United States law, manslaughter is
defined as:

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the unlawful killing of another, without malice,
either express or implied; which may be either voluntary, upon sudden heat, or
involuntary, but in the commission of some unlawful act (The US Code at Title 18,
§1112)

In light of the
circumstances, the logical charge would be manslaughter, but as has already been
indicated, the likely outcome would be a defense of self
defense.

Solve the equation 2cos(3x) -1 = 0 for values in the interval 0=

To solve for x : 2cos(3x)-1 =
0.

x should be in (0, pi)
interval.

Solution:

2cos3x-1 =
0.

=> 2cos3x = 1.

cos3x
= 1/2.

3x = 2npi+pi/3, or 3x=
2npi-pi/3.

=> 3x = pi/3, for n =
0.

So x = pi/9 which is a solution in 0 < x<
= pi.

When n=1, 3x = 2pi+pi/3 , or x=
2pi-pi/3.

So x = 7p/9 , or x=
5pi/9.

Therefore x = {pi/9, 5pi/3 and 7pi/3} are the
solutions in (0, pi) interval.

In 1984, how are the Parsons different from Winston Smith?

The biggest difference between the Parsons and Winston
Smith is the passing of children. Winston does seem to be older than the Parsons and is
still able to think for himself. The Parsons however, have bought into the society and
the worship of Big Brother enough to be completely brainwashed. Here is how the
narration describes Parson:

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He was a fattish but active man of paralyzing
stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms - one of those completely unquestioning,
devoted drudges on whom, more even than on the Thought Police, the stability of the
Party depended.

Every
character trait within this quote from the second chapter is the complete opposite of
the questioning and intelligent Winston.

The Parsons'
children were consumed with acting like the Thought Police and getting to see the
hanging. This demonstrates what the power of a generation can do with education. Winston
could still remember glimpses of life before the Party, these children were consumed
with the tenants on which the Party stood.

What role do the states play versus the role of the federal government in criminal law?

The vast majority of criminal law is made by states.  This
is because there are very few crimes that involve the federal
government.

The federal government can only criminalize
actions that have some special relevance to the federal government or which occur
between states.  For example, theft of the mail is a federal crime because it is
committed against a part of the federal government (the post office).  The same goes for
federal income tax evasion.  Some crimes do not occur within one state.  For example, a
RICO case involving an organized crime family that operates in New York, New Jersey, and
Florida had to be brought by the federal government because the crimes are part of
interstate commerce.

Outside of that, though, fall the vast
majority of crimes.  These are crimes wholly committed within one state, having nothing
to do with the federal government.

Critically evaluate the main networks of communication in a small and large organization.I have chosen Coca- Cola for the large organisation and a...

In a question like this, I think that consulting with the
instructor might be the best step in terms of gaining clarity.  There are times when
open dialogue is the most effective policy in gaining insight where confusion is
present.  I think that the question is asking about how communication is facilitated in
the modern business setting between larg and small organizations.  The answer has to
involve something in the domain of technology.  Email is probably going to be a part of
this data set, as well as the need to engage communication streams with handheld mobile
devices.  I would say that this is going to be a part of the equation in determining
networks of communication between large and small organizations.  Building on this,
there might be discussion of maximizing internet or web presence through social
networking sites such as facebook or myspace as part of the communication process, along
with the maintenance and vitality of personalized web pages in order to facilitate
communication.  From my point of view, I see these avenues as part of the growing
network of communications for businesses.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what about Tom's escape attempt does Maycomb think was typical of a "n-word"?

Unfortunately, many in Maycomb assume Tom was running
away.  They believe that it is typical of blacks to run away from their problems.  Some
just assumed that Tom was stupid, because he knew he could not get over the
fence.

It should be noted that if Tom had not been
crippled, he would have made it.  Tom was not running away from his problems, he was
committing suicide.  By doing so, he was sparing himself and everyone else months and
years of pain.  It is true that Helen was left a widow, but Tom likely figured that it
would be easier on her to have him dead than to have him in prison for life or
executed.

Tom ended things on his own terms.  He had little
control over his life, but he was able to take control over his death.  No one could
take that from him.

Was WWII started because of the desire for world domination?Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?

World War II happened primarily because of aggressive
actions of Hitler. And Hitler had expressed from time to time his desire and his promise
to German people to dominate the world. For example in his autobiography Mein
Kampf, published in two volumes in 1925 and 1927, he
stated his plans to conquer much of Europe. He promised to recover territories lost in
World War I and to add  Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia where Germans lived to
Germany. He also spoke of  seizing living space from Poland, the Soviet Union, and other
countries to the east.

Other indications of Hitlers desire
of dominating the world are his claim of racial superiority of German people, naming
Germany Third Reich.

Hitlers words were very much matched
by his actions. He started his expansionist program much before start of World War II.
He undertook vigorous program to increase the military strength of Germany from 1933
onward. In 1936, Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland, Hitler troops invaded Austria in
1938 and made it a of Germany. Then he secured consent of France and Great Britain
consented to occupation of the German-speaking areas of Czechoslovakia. He took control
of the rest of Czechoslovakia also in March 1939.

Hitler
wanted to take over Poland also, but Britain and France took action to guaranteed
Poland's independence. In August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union signed treaties of
friendship which among other things divided Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union
and promised the Soviet Union other territory in eastern Europe. This was clearly an
attempt by Hitler to take support of Soviet Russia against France and Great Britain,
before launching a major offensive against them.

From all
these facts it is very clear that Hitler's desire for world domination was a major cause
of starting and extending World War II.

What are the pros and cons of genetically engineered crops?

The biggest advantage of genetically modified crops are
that these are developed to provide specific benefits like presence of some desired
characteristics in the output produces, greater yield, reduced growing cycle time.
ability to survive and grow well in adverse soil, water and other climatic condition.
All these characteristics lead to reduction in cost of growing the crops and increase in
realization from sale of the products.

However there are
some disadvantages are also associated with genetically modified crops. The biggest
negative point is that the products of genetically modified are not tested that
thoroughly, as a result these products may cause many unforeseen health hazard using
such products or even coming in contact with them. Similarly the genetically modified
crops themselves may pose unexpected dangers to other crops grown in the same area. Foe
example these crops may be more vulnerable to certain kind of pests and diseases causing
their rapid spread.

Another disadvantage of genetically
modified crops is due to the commercial practices adopted by manufacturers of some
marketers of seeds of such crops. They engage in practices like developing varieties of
crops that do nor produce seeds. As a result farmers are made totally dependent on
monopoly of the seed supplier. In the long run, such growth of monopolistic power in
hand of a few is not good for any economy.

What is the purpose of the tonsils/adenoids? Why would it be a good idea to have them removed? Why would it be a bad idea to have them removed?

The term tonsil commonly refers to a pair of deep pink
structures, one on each side of the back of the throat.  However thse are only one of
three types of tonsils. These are called palatine, or faucial, tonsils.  The two other
kinds of tonsils are the pharyngeal tonsils and the lingual tonsils.  Pharyngeal
tonsils, commonly called adenoids, are located in the back of the throat near the nasal
passage.  Lingual tonsils are located at the back of the tongue.  These three types of
tonsils form a continuous ring around the back of the
throat.

The purpose of tonsils is not known to scientists
with certainty, but many medical scientists believe they aid in protecting the
respiratory and digestive systems from infection, by being the first tissues to
infection in the digstive and respiratoty tracts, and in this way alerting the body
system to fight the infection.

Sometimes the tonsils become
badly inflamed and must be removed by a surgical operation.

What is special about the way Romeo talks in Act 1, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo's very
first long speech in the opening scene is different from
other speeches with respect to the number of poetic rhetorical
devices he uses.

One rhetorical
device is the use of many oxymora.
An oxymoron is a word construction that contains
contrasting ideas in close proximity. In this first speech, Romeo is using oxymora
to complain about how puzzling love is and also to describe
love as this sort of wonderful, agonizing torture. One example of the oxymora he uses is
in the line, "O brawling love! O loving hate!" (I.i.174). To "brawl" is to fight;
therefore, due to his rejection from Rosaline, Romeo is describing love as both a loving
emotion and an emotion one battles with. In the line, "O loving hate," he is describing
love as both a loving emotion and a hateful emotion. It is hateful because either the
one you love hates you, or you hate love for being rejected by love. Many other oxymora
can be found in this speech that are being used to describe
love as the exact opposite of what it seems to
be.

In addition to oxymora, another
rhetorical devise Romeo uses to make this speech sound both very poetic
and poignant is apostrophe. Apostrophe is a special
type of personification. Personification is when we give
animals, abstract ideas, or inanimate objects human characteristics. However, apostrophe
is an even more specific form of personification in that the
speaker in a poem or piece of literature actually
addresses some sort of abstract idea as if it is both a
person and actually present in the
room href="http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_P.html">(Dr. Wheeler, "Literary Terms and
Definitions: P"). Throughout most of this speech, Romeo is
literally addressing love as if it is present, which gives love human
characteristics. His address to love begins at the line, "Why then, O brawling love! O
loving hate!" (174). In this line and throughout the rest of the speech, Romeo is
literally asking love why its awful tormenting nature is the way it
is.

In The Great Gatsby, are people really calling from Chicago and Philadelphia, or is this a ruse of Gatsby's to impress his guests?

Concerning The Great Gatsby, one
would need evidence to suggest that the phone calls from Chicago are a ruse.  One would
also want concrete motivation for Gatsby wanting to put on a ruse like
that. 

But in fact, the evidence suggests otherwise.  Most
importantly, Gatsby is as silent about his work as he can be.  In short, he maintains a
low profile.  His profile is so low that critics have argued about what his business
really is.  He is likely a bootlegger, but he downplays his
business. 

Also, Gatsby impresses people through indirect
means:  his lavish parties and his shirts, which he shows Daisy, are two examples. 
Personally, he is quite unassuming and shy.  Pretending to receive business calls to
impress others probably isn't Gatsby's style and is
unnecessary.

Finally, it is reasonable and logical that
Gatsby owns/runs a business of some kind.  His mansion, parties, etc., demonstrate a
more than substantial income.  Therefore, his receiving a phone call or two should not
raise suspicions of his creating a ruse. 

Unless you can
point to some concrete evidence suggesting the phone calls are fake, the idea doesn't
seem to fit the novel. 

What is the function of Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Dill functions as someone that can be used to bounce off
the tales of Boo Radley.  The role of Dill was written in by the author with Truman
Capote in mind.  He had been a childhood friend whose life had been a lot like
Dills. 

Dill also enables the writer to use his lifestyle
to contrast it against the supportive family that Scout and Jem have.  They do not have
a mother in their life but they have stability.  Dill has his mother but she nor his
father are stable parents.

In addition, Dill is the
inocense of what is going on around him.  He sees the cruel way that the people speak to
Tom Robinson and he has to leave the courtroom because it makes him cry.  He states what
the reality should be.  They should speak to Tom with some
respect.

What did Scout and Jem learn about segregation and the inequalities between blacks and whites in To Kill a Mockingbird?

From their experiences at Calpurnia's church and from
their own observations at the Tom Robinson trial, Jem and Scout discovered first-hand
the differences between the two worlds of the white man and black man. They were already
aware of the segregated living conditions, but they apparently had little contact with
Negroes other than with their housekeeper, Calpurnia. When she decides to take them to
her church, they are ready and willing to see a different side of Maycomb. Although they
are hassled by Lula as they enter the church and are aware of stares from the
congregation, they nevertheless are made to feel at home. They witness the poor
conditions of the church, the lack of hymnals (and literate people to read them), and
the repeated passing of the collection plate in order to gain donations for the Robinson
family.

At the trial, Jem and Scout sit in the separate
Negro section with Reverend Sykes. They here Tom referred to as "nigger" by both
witnesses and the prosecutor. They carefully examine the evidence presented by Atticus
and determine that Tom Robinson could not have harmed Mayella--but that Bob Ewell likely
did. It seems obvious to both children that the jury (though all white) will find Tom
innocent of the charges. When the guilty verdict is delivered, they are both aware that
the color barrier is the reason. As Atticus had previously hinted, no all-white jury in
Alabama can be expected to take the word of a black man over that of a white man--even
if the white man is Bob Ewell.

What does critic Kenneth Moler mean when when he says that the character of Marianne is "a sermon on the dangers of ill-regulated sensibility"?...

This quote refers to Marianne's attitude which is
completely dissonant to that of her contemporaries in Regency England. She is a woman
who is outspoken, opinionated, challenging, stubborn, and dead serious about what she
expects of herself. She has all the qualities that maybe are expected of a gentleman,
instead of a lady.

To her peers, she is trouble. A woman is
supposed to be quiet, undisturbed, pleasing, eternally dependent, and subservient. She
is everything but these things that are characteristics that mothers should have taught
her daughters.

Therefore, being a sermon on the dangers of
ill-regulated sensibility is the same as saying that Marianne is the epitome of
imprudence, lack of class, lack of manners, and lack of good behavior according to the
outdated expectations bestowed upon women in Regency England.

Shakespeare didn't give a dying speech for Macbeth, which speech in the play would serve best as his dying speech? Explain.

While it is true that Shakespeare did not give Macbeth a
death speech, in Act V, scene 5, he ponders life and death when he is told by Seyton of
Lady Macbeth's death.  His response is the famous "Tomorrow"
speech.

If you take the speech and look at it line by line,
you can see that Macbeth is looking at time itself.  He looks at the past, present and
future.  Even the references he use , IE the candle, is a measure of time.  In fact, the
last word of each line becomes a summery of what he
discovers.

He looks over time and realizes that in the end,
we all come to the same end.  As he says, life is "a tale told by an idiot, full of
sound and fury, signifying nothing.