Which one is a personification? And which one is a metaphor? 1.) "Up the line every signal displayed its red ring, mocking her,'Six-thirty,...

Of these two, the first is clearly the
personification.

Personification is when an author gives an
inanimate (not alive) object the characteristics of a living object.  You can see that
this is going on in the first quote.  The author is saying that the signals are making
fun of this person.  Obviously, traffic (or is it railroad?) signals cannot actually
make fun of a person.  Only people can make fun of other people.  That means the author
is saying an inanimate object is doing something only people can
do.

I suppose the second one is a metaphor -- it is saying
that her purse is as large as a hardware drawer or some other place that could have a
hammer and nails in it.

In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, what does Jekyll's expression "the hard law of life being one of the most plentiful springs of distress" mean?

Dr. Jekyll writes this idea in his memoir of his terrible
experience, which is recorded in Chapter 10: "Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the
Case." It is best understood from within the context of Jekyll's record. At the
beginning of his memoir, he explains that he has always keenly felt the dichotomy within
himself of a high nature and a low nature; a nature that was dedicated to the
"futherance of knowledge or the relief of sorrow and suffering" and a nature that "laid
aside restraint and plunged in shame." He explains that this "profound duplicity," this
duality, this division between the powers of "good and evil" that he was aware of and
indeed cultivated, caused him to hide his evil "pleasures" with an "almost morbid
shame." It is in the context of this discussion of "evil ... pleasures" that Jekyll
writes:

I was
driven to reflect deeply and inveterately on that hard law of life, which lies at the
root of religion and is one of the most plentiful springs of
distress.

The three clues
that lead to understanding this expression are "root of religion" and "plentiful
springs" and "distress." If evil behavior of which a moral man is "morbidly ashamed"
(morbidly here means unwholesomely, extremely)
is juxtaposed with these clues, then distress caused by the root of religious doctrine
that ever springs up leads straight to guilt. Jekyll was compelled
to "reflect deeply" as an habitual behavior upon the "hard law of life" that is guilt.
This is confirmed by his next sentences where he confesses to be a "profound
double-dealer," in other words, one who shows one lifestyle to the world in "the eye of
day" while guiltily hiding quite another lifestyle "plunged in shame" and the dark cover
of night. In summary, "the hard law of life being one of the most plentiful springs of
distress" means guilt and unstoppable feelings of guilt.

Integrate e^x * (x-2)

We have to integrate e^x / (x –
2)

We use integration by parts
here:

The general formula is Int [ u dv] = u*v – Int [ v
du]

let u = (x – 2) , du =
dx

dv = e^x , v =
e^x

=> Int [ (x – 2) * e^x dx] = (x – 2)* e^x – Int
[ e^x dx]

=> Int [ e^x  * ( x – 2) dx] = (x – 2) e^x
– e^x

=> Int [ e^x * ( x - 2) dx] = e^x ( x – 3) +
C

The integral of e^x / (x-2) is e^x ( x – 3)
+ C

How does Scout's perspective of Boo Radley change from the beginning of the book to the end?In other words how does Scout's understanding of Boo...

As Scout grows older, she also grows wiser, and she comes
to recognize that Boo Radley is not the raw squirrel-eating ghoul that legend dictates.
Without ever laying eyes on Boo, she comes to recognize that he is a kind soul, and by
the end of the novel, she sees that he is also the heroic protector of both of the Finch
children. Beginning with the gifts left in the knothole of the tree--the gum, the knife,
the lucky penny and the carved figurines--Scout slowly comes to recognize that Boo wants
to be their friend. It's still a scary thought to her, however, but two more acts of
kindness help to sway her way of thinking. First, Jem finds his pants unexpectedly
folded and mended hanging on the Radley fence. Jem and Scout realize that only Boo could
have done it. Later, on the night that Miss Maudie's house burns, Scout discovers a
blanket wrapped around her shoulders. Atticus joking explains that the whole town must
have been out to watch the fire--even Boo, who placed the blanket around Scout for
warmth on a cold night. By the night of the Halloween carnival, Scout had already come
to the conclusion that Boo was a friendly but eccentric loner who preferred life locked
away in his mysterious house. After Boo came to the children's rescue after being
attacked by Bob Ewell, Scout recognized him as "our neighbor," a protector and a
friend.

What evidence does the swamper give that the ranch boss is a "pretty nice fella"?

All of the above is indeed true, however there is one tiny
little detail that takes just a few words for Candy to utter. One day when the guys are
in the bunkhouse, he recalls one Christmas when the guys received a special gift from
the boss. It was a jug of whiskey. This must have been a tremendous gift to have
received in a day and age when money was hard to come by. Candy is an older man and
tells this little story reflectively and fondly as if it was one of his better memories
in a long time.

What are the main points to be noted while doing a Postcolonial criticism of an Indian novel?

This is a really broad question as we should be equally
careful to make "Postcolonial criticism" and "Indian novels" homogeneous entities.
Postcolonialism is a diverse and pluralistic critical formation, while Indian novels
treat many different themes. However, the plurality of postcolonial studies could be a
good point of departure to address the question. A postcolonial reading of a novel
should begin by working out how it uses a rhetoric of difference to revolt against the
assumption of the dominant (white, European) culture. How does the novel under study
subvert the stereotypes about Indian people and society? How does it criticize the state
of "subaltern subjects" that colonialist policies have imposed on Indian citizens? As
Edward Said and other postcolonial critics have stressed, Western discourse has
represented the Orient as the Other for so many centuries that they have succeeded in
passing off as realities myths regarding the Orientals' laziness, deceitfulness and
irrationality. You should also analyse how the novel represents power relations between
the West and India and how it reacts against the marginalization of non-Western
traditions

Why has Castro's regime in Cuba been able to persist so long?

Well, his is a dictatorship which controls the media, the
economy and the political system.  It does not allow dissent, except sometimes for
show.  He has hundreds if not thousands of political prisoners, and has sent many of his
criminals and opponents to the United States.  Some people also suggest he has a very
effective intelligence network among Cuban exiles living in the
US.

But the largest reason for way he has been able to stay
in power is, in my opinion, US foreign policy towards Cuba and the embargo.  Since it
economically hurts the people there, he can blame every economic ill there is (including
those caused by an inefficient and outdated socialist system) on the United States.  He
makes a great show of demonizing the US at every turn, and for the most part, people
believe him.

In Hard Times, give a brief analysis of Rachael in Book the First.

Rachael is a Hand that appears first in the novel in
Chapter Ten of Book the First. She is hard-working and presented as a character that
symbolises moral purity and domestic bliss to Stephen Blackpool, in sharp contrast to
his drunken wife that continues to haunt him and prevent him achieving his happiness.
Note how Rachael is presented in the novel:

She turned,
being then in the brightness of a lamp; and raising her hood a little, showed a quiet
oval face, dark and rather delicate, irradiated by a pair of very gentle eyes, and
further set off by the perfect order of her shining black hair. It was not a face in its
first bloom; she was a woman five-and-thirty years of
age.

Notice
how her description seems to set her against the harsh setting in which she lives and
works. Stephen Blackpool is shown as being completely in love with her, for there was
"not a tone of her voice but had its echo in his innermost
heart."

In Chapter 13, we see
more evidence of the kind of character that Rachael is. Note how she looks after Stephen
Blackpool's drunken wife, and then prevents her from killing herself, when Stephen
Blackpool is unable to bring himself to stop his wife from doing so. In response,
Stephen calls her an "Angel." Her continued friendship with Stephen in spite of his
situation and her devotion to him shows how loving and self-sacrificial she
is.

square root(x+square root(1-x))+square rootx=1. What is x?

First, we'll impose the constraints of existence of square
roots:

x>=0

1 -
x>=0

x=<1

The
range of admissible values for x is [0 ; 1].

We'll solve
the equation, moving sqrt x to the right
side:

sqrt[x+sqrt(1-x)] = 1 -
sqrtx

We'll raise to square both
sides:

x + sqrt(1-x) = 1 - 2sqrtx +
x

We'll eliminate x both
sides:

sqrt(1-x) = 1 -
2sqrtx

We'll raise to square
again:

1 - x = 1 - 4sqrtx +
4x

We'll eliminate 1:

4sqrtx -
4x - x = 0

4sqrtx - 5x =
0

4sqrtx = 5x

We'll raise to
square both sides, to eliminate the square root:

16x =
25x^2

We'll subtract 16
x:

25x^2 - 16x = 0

We'll
factorize by x:

x(25x - 16) =
0

x1 = 0

25x =
16

x2 = 16/25

Since both
values of x are in the range of admissible values, we'll accept them as solutions of the
given equation.

x1 = 0 and x2 =
16/25.

Should governments tolerate the actions of dissent groups?What does this issue involve and why is it important? What underlying values must i...

The key word in your question is "should".  So you are
asking us to make a moral judgement about the value of dissent in society and whether a
government should put up with it.

Should they? 
Absolutely.  One of the foundations of democratic government, what makes it functional,
is compromise.  That is, compromise between opposing ideas and elements of government. 
What dissent does is offer (hopefully) constructive criticism of government policies and
actions.  If there is enough dissent and it is directed in the right places, it can
improve government and society.  Government reacts to it, because in the end, it is
accountable to the public.

If you want to be more objective
still, simply compare the countries and governments that do and don't tolerate dissent. 
Do: The US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France.  Don't: Iran, Pakistan, Myanmar,
Cuba.

Which list would you like your government to belong
to?

What literary terms are used in the poem "Perfection Wasted" by John Updike?"Perfection Wasted" by John Updike And another regrettable thing...

The entire poem is built around an extended metaphor that
compares life to some form of comedy act on a stage. Updike begins his poem by lamenting
the fact that death marks the end of "your own brand of magic," that is your own
personal brand of humour and jokes. Life, in this poem, is compared to a stage
performance that you put on for "those loved ones nearest / the lip of the stage." The
audience, made up of your nearest and dearest are imagined responding to your
show:

...their
soft faces blanched

in the footlight glow, their laughter
close to tears...

This
"performance" of humans is "twinned" by their "response," which shows that the
"audience" is appreciative and finds the act funny. All of these personal, family
in-jokes are described as "The whole act." As the poem ends, Updike ends with the rather
sad and depressing thought that the "act" of each of us is incredibly original and can
never be repeated once we are gone:

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Who will do it again? That's it: no
one;

Imitators and descendants aren't the
same.

The death of each
person represents a tremendous loss, the poem says, not least in terms of our personal
sense of humour that is so unique to us and can never be repeated or imitated. Thus the
central example of figurative language is how life is compared to a stand up comedy show
through an extended metaphor.

if 2 + 3 l 3x+1 l = 11 what is x?

2 + 3 l 3x+1 l = 11. To solve for
x.

We isolate |3x+4|. First, we subtract 2 from both
sides:

3|3x+1| = 11-2 =
9.

3|3x+1| = 9.

We divide by
3:

|3x+1| = 9/3 = 3.

|3x+1| =
3....(1)

If 3x+1 > 0, or when x > 1/3. |3x+1|
= 3x+1.

=> 3x+1 =
3

=> 3x = 3-1 =
2.

=> x = 2/3. So x = 2/3 is the solution when x
> 1/3.

When 3x+1 < 0, or when
x< 1/3, then |3x+1| = -(3x+1).

So the equation (1)
becomes: -(3x+1) = 3

=> -3x-1 =
3.

=> -3x = 3+1 =
4.

=> x = -4/3, when x< 1/3. So x = -4/3 is
the solution.

Therefore x = 2/3. Or x=
-4/3.

What is the overall effect of the mood changes in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 3?

In Romeo and Juliet, by William
Shakespeare, the things that most dramatically change the mood of the play
are:

Tybalt picks a fight with Mercutio and while Romeo
tries to break up the fight, Tybalt slips under Romeo's arm and kills Mercutio. Romeo
has done everything he possible to placate Tybalt, refusing to fight with him (as they
are now related). However, once Mercutio dies, Romeo goes looking for Tybalt, and when
they fight, Romeo kills the other man.

So Romeo is first
guilty of killing a member of the enemy family of the Capulets. But he is also guilty of
killing one of his wife's family members. And this is something Juliet will for a short
time struggle with.

However, when the incident comes before
Prince Escalus, he does not order Romeo's death, under the circumstances, but he
banishes Romeo, who may never return to Verona again. Romeo believes that he might as
well be dead—as being separated from Juliet means
death.

Ha!
Banishment! Be merciful, say 'death'. / For exile hate more terror in his look, / Much
more than death. Do not say banishment. (III, iii,
13-15)

Romeo and Juliet have
their one night of wedded bliss; too soon, Romeo must leave or be killed for still
residing in Verona.

If all of this is not enough, Juliet's
parents insist that Juliet marry Paris within the week, and threaten to disown her if
she does not. Then the Nurse tells Juliet to forget Romeo and marry Paris, even though
Juliet is already married. At this point, Juliet turns her back on the Nurse, no longer
confiding in her.

It is during Act III that things begin to
unravel. It will be because of these occurrences and circumstances that Juliet will take
steps to avoid marriage to Paris, and the misadventures of our star-crossed lovers will
lead to their tragic end.

How do we identify the cliches from phrases, quotes, quotations, proverbs and other popular dialogues?

The overused nature of the expression usually confirms
that it is a cliche.  For example, when one hears a politician say, "We are going to
study the problem," or an athlete say, "We are going to take it one game at a time,"
these expressions might be valid but they have been so overused that merely hearing them
causes the listener to tune out to a certain extent.  Popular dialogues might be seen as
popular because they have not been overused.  Over time, they might be overused, making
them cliche.  For example, "Where's the beef?" was a popular expression in the 1984. 
When it was used in a Presidential Debate in 1984, its zenith was reached. Afterwards,
it was featured in many more commercials.  Over time, when it was used, it almost seemed
bland in the fact that the cliche nature had been revealed in that it had been
overused.  In this example, a popular dialogue ended up becoming cliche.  Clara Peller's
statement might be a good example of a cliche that can emerge from popular
lexicon.

What is/are the difference(s) between socialism and communism?As far as I understand it, socialism is a branch of communism. But where do the...

Follow the link below for a discussion of the differences
between socialism and communism from a Marxist
perspective.

I would not say socialism is a branch of
communism, at least not in Marxist thought.  To Marxists, socialism is a step that has
to come between capitalism and communism.  Under socialism, a country can keep a
democratic form of government, for example, and just have it be run by socialists rather
than by capitalists.  They would just use the existing
system.

Under communism, the whole system that was in use
under capitalism is blown up and something completely new is put in
place.

It is hard to talk about these in terms of the
Soviet Union because it did not really replace a capitalist system.  The Soviets called
themselves socialist, though, because they needed to have a big system of government. 
They supposedly believed that they would not need that government after true communism
was achieved.

Parable of the Prodigal Son Why do you think the father said, "this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found" so...

In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the older brother
becomes angered when he hears music and dancing when he comes from the field.  Seeing
that a feast with a fattened calf has been prepared for this wayward brother and that he
has been given a new robe, the older son tells his father that he has worked all the
years that the sibling has been gone.  Deeply hurt, he tells his father that he has
"been slaving and never disobeyed" any of the father's orders, yet he was never even
been given a goat for a celebratory feast.

The father
explains that the older son has always been with him as part of the family.  But, the
wayward son has been lost since he left and did not contact the father while he was
gone.  For, he only thinks of his father's place as he considers where he can find work
after the famine where he lives.  In the father's words he has been "dead," and when the
father sights the younger son coming a long ways off on the road, the father "is filled
with compassion," and he forgives his prodigal son whom he has not thought he would ever
see.  After having taken his inheritance, the younger brother severed all ties with his
family.  In this manner, the prodigal son has been "dead" and has now "been found" as
the father discovers him as he walks up the road.  Elated that he has returned, the
father calls for a feast.

Luke
15:11-32

Discuss which character is the most Machiavellian in seeking what is best for Rome in Julius Caesar.

You might want to review your appraisal of The
Prince (Machiavelli's treatise on the ruler and the best ways for him to
maintain power) in considering your question.  The most "Machiavellian" character in
Julius Caesar will probably not be acting in consideration of "what
is best for Rome," since, in following Machiavelli's precepts, he would be looking out
for his own interests in maintaining public support to hold his position of power, of
rulership.

I would suggest that the character in this play
who does the most to maintain his position and the support of others -- whether it be of
the public, of the current ruler (Caesar), or of those who attempt to usurp power (the 
Conspirators) -- is Antony.

In
Act I, Antony is portrayed as a right-hand man to Caesar, and has acquired a position of
much power in this popular positioning of himself.  In Acts II and III, he manages to
keep on the good side of Brutus (up to the chaotic ending of the funeral orations),
which means that he retains the support of the Conspirators, even though some believed
that he should die alongside Caesar.  And of course, he wins the unequivocal support of
the masses when he delivers his emotionally stirring funeral oration over Caesar's dead
body.

But Antony really shows his Machiavellian ability to
behave as the moment dictates in order to preserve his power in Act IV.  He is cold and
calculating with Lepdius and Octavius, plotting with Octavius behind Lepidus' back,
while also planning the deaths of the Roman Senators who do not support his
position.

The end justifies the means for Antony.  He takes
on whatever position will preserve his position of power, even if it involves a bit of
role playing (as he demonstrates when he manipulates Brutus into allowing him to speak
at Caesar's funeral).  In the end, Antony (along with Octavius) gains the supreme
position of power in Rome, and he employs the Machiavellian strategy of "looking out for
number one" in order to gain it.

For more on Antony and on
The Prince, please follow the links below.

What is your personal attitude to "The Story of an Hour"?

"The Story of an Hour" is one of my favorite short
stories.  The language that Chopin uses in the story has a lyric quality that is most
notable when read aloud.  When the narrator describes the spring days, the reader can
feel the sense of freedom that Mrs. Mallard feels.  Further, Chopin plays with words in
the story such as in the following lines: 

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"She breathed a quick prayer that life might be
long.  It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be
long."

The ironic twist in
these lines causes the reader to sympathize with Mrs. Mallard's
situation.

Finally, I appreciate Chopin's overall message
about the constraints that are often a part of marriage and relationships.  That ". .
.men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a
fellow-creature" is still a dynamic that we can relate to today.  Often, because we are
close to others in relationships, we take for granted their desire and need for
independence.

Why do children play in the Park Lane Hospital for Dying?

The reason that children are playing in this hospital is
that the society wants to make the children think that death is no big
deal.

One of the major goals of the society is take away
all human emotion.  This will basically make people be placid and content all the time. 
One of the ways that they do this is by making it seem as if death is nothing special --
nothing important.

One way to do that is to have things
like what happens when Linda dies.  You have kids brought in to play around gying people
and get treats when they die.  This makes them equate other people dying with fun and
treats so they don't really care when it happens.

What makes Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski different from each other in A Streetcar Named Desire?

The main characteristic that differentiates the character
of Blanche Dubois from the character of Stanley Kowalski in the play A
Streetcar Named Desire is their upbringing. Their diverse and complex origins
played an important role in how they developed as adults. Ultimately, it would make
their differences so remarkable that they ended up hating each other until the final
tragedy occurred.

Blanche and Stella Dubois grew up as
Southern "aristocrats". Their family had a solid financial foundation and none of the
two girls had to work for much. They were maybe even spoiled, and always waiting to get
what they wanted. Before the fortunes of the Dubois family came spiraling down, it was
Blanche who had to face the situation. As a woman with little knowledge of poverty and
struggle, Blanche had to come up with ways to survive in a society that she did not
understand. She lost everything: Her dignity, her self-control, her reputation, and even
her place in society, due to the myriad of bad choices she made with sex and alcohol.
Ultimately, she chose to become the embodiment of the very dignity that she lost after
she became a nobody. Hence, she would walk around pretending to be a snob,
over-dressing, hiding the horrid things about her past, and still maintaining that she
had rich friends to help her out.

These very qualities were
what made Stanley Kowalski detest Blanche so much. Stanley was a blue collar, former
military man with a no-nonsense attitude towards life. He was rough, dingy,
chauvinistic, and misogynistic. Also, he was a loud and obnoxious drinker and gambler.
He had no concern for the needs of his wife or any other woman, and he treated women
however he pleased. He beat up his wife whenever she made him angry, even when she was
pregnant. He demanded to be respected as the "man of the house", and the presence of
Blanche threatened him. In the end, he discovered that the very judgmental and snobby
Blanche had nothing to be so proud of. He then showed Blanche how he could have control
over her by exposing everything that he found out about her. At the very end of the
story he rapes Blanche, leaving her so traumatized that she ends up in a sanatorium.
Stella did not care.

Hence, the origins of Blanche and
Stanley were so diverse and so complex in their own right that none of them could have
ever crossed paths in life without a catastrophe.

What was the Allies' goal when they invaded France?

Aside from merely liberating France, the Allies were
opening a long-awaited and prepared for Second Front in Europe.  The fact that Hitler's
Germany had conquered France and all of Western Europe meant that all he had to do was
fortify the beaches and his entire Army would be free to concentrate on the invasion of
the Soviet Union.

By successfully invading France,
something that Stalin had been angrily demanding for two years already by June of 1944,
Germany now had to divide its army and defend itself from two directions, an impossible
task that could only lead to their defeat.  This is exactly what happened only 11 months
after the D-Day landings.

"And the Sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea," How does the meter in this line emphasize this use of alliteration?

The meter of this line is anapestic tetrameter. Basically
the line can be broken down into to four feet and each foot then consists of two
unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (in our minds, this foot might
sound as such: da, da, DUM). This foot is called an
anapest.

The alliteration of the 's' sound at the beginning
of sheen, spears, stars, and sea is emphasized because those sounds all happen in the
line at the end of each foot, in other words they fall on the stressed syllable of the
line.

How does Blanche's world of illusion contrast from Stanley's world of reality in "A Streetcar named Desire?"

Blanche's world of illusions include gentlemen callers,
rich and powerful men, genteel and Old South mannerisms, the beautiful Belle Reeve, and
everything that encompassed her old self.

Stanley, on the
other hand, was a brusque, harsh, and dirty man with rough manners, who would hit his
wife, play poker with his cronies in drunken nights, and be the epitome of the horrible
man that Blanche would have never dared to go near.

Their
worlds clash because they are at extremes, and one (Stanley) is meant to overrule the
other (Blanche) like reality smashes down fantasy.

What does Jethro send to Shad that are" like gifts to a lonely boy" in Across Five Aprils?

It is actually Jethro who is the "lonely boy," and Shad
who sends things that are "like gifts." These things are letters, which Shad writes from
Washington while he is recuperating from injuries sustained in the
war.

Jethro's brothers have all gone off to fight in the
war, his brother Bill for the Confederacy, and the others for the Union. Shadrach also
has been fighting for the North, and is wounded at Gettysburg. Jethro's sister Jenny is
in love with Shadrach, but her father does not allow them to marry before Shad goes away
to war, because he thinks Jenny is too young. When Shadrach is gravely wounded, Mr.
Creighton relents and allows Jenny to go to him, and to become his bride. With all his
brothers and his sister gone, Jethro is left with his parents on the farm alone, and
although his days are filled with hard work and studying the books Shad has left him,
there is not doubt that he is lonely.

When Shadrach is
"slowly struggling back to health" in Washington wth Jenny by his side, he writes
letters to Jethro. These letters are

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"like gifts to the lonely boy; he read(s) them
over again and again, and then place(s) them carefully in (a) big
envelope..."

Shad writes
about the war and politics in Washington, and his own reflections about what is
happening. In particular, he writes about President Lincoln, whom both he and Jethro
love and admire greatly (Chapter 11).

Briefly describe the goal of Reagan's programs with regards to taxes, government regulations, and social programs.u.s history

The brief way to describe this is to say that Ronald
Reagan wanted there to be lower taxes.  He wanted the government to make fewer laws
regulating what companies could do.  Finally, he wanted to cut government funding to
various types of social programs.

Pres. Reagan wanted to do
these things because he was a conservatives.  Conservatives, in general, want there to
be less government.  They especially think that the government should not regulate
businesses -- they do not like minimum wage laws, for example. Conservatives also thing
that social programs like welfare should be reduced so that people would have to find
work instead of being able to live off government help.

Who is treated as a kind of deity (god) by the society?

There's two kinds of deities in Brave New
World: Ford and John--just like there's two forms of God in the
Bible: Yahweh in the Old Testament and Jesus in the
New.

In the first half of the book, we have "Ford."  He is
a combination of Henry Ford and Sigmund Freud--as such, any iconic figure of that time
who sought to control people by scientific or technological methods.  He is also linked
to the World Controller and the Director of the Hatcheries, as both men help proliferate
the ideals of the utopia.  Ford is very much like the God (Yahweh) of the Old
Testament.

The deity in the second half of the novel is
John.  He is the Christ-figure found in the New Testament; the Son of God (Ford), or at
least, the son of the DHC.  He is the Chosen one come to free the people from their sins
(or at least their soma).  After he partakes in soma and orgy-porgy, he commits suicide,
showing that the dystopia is beyond saving.

It is important
to note that both gods fail: Ford & Freud and John.  All are too connected to
earthly things (materialism) to be spiritual deities.   As it was said of communism:
science and technology are the gods that fail.

What is the "presence" of the river that is mentioned in Bless Me, Ultima?

The novel Bless Me, Ultima is an
incorporation of everyday reality with mythology, visions, folklore, and magical
traditions, as best represented by the curandera, Ultima, she who can heal and remove
curses with great power and whose soul and life are bound up with the owl that
represents her.

In native belief systems, there is a life
force to trees, rivers, the earth, the wind, etc. that must be respected and may be
called upon by the initiated few to assist or harm humanity--for good or ill. The
"presence" of a river refers to this life force that imbues (saturates) inanimate
elements of the planet with spiritual qualities and the capabilities of imitating action
through volition (choice of will).

What is the contrast between Oliver and Orlando in As You Like It by Shakespeare?

Oliver is the elder son of Sir Rowland de Boys and elder
brother of Orlando. They have another brother, Jacques. Orlando is the youngest son and
brother; Jacques is second born. Birth order is possibly the reason Oliver hates
Orlando, for hate him he does. While Oliver sends Jacques to school to be educated as a
gentleman, he ignores Orlando. Orlando, on the other hand, has borne with Oliver's
neglect and done his best to make something of himself in his restricted circumstances;
he has become a wrestler of great accomplishment.

Oliver has always
acted in such a way as to provoke Orlando to wrath and, finally, on a day the play opens
with, Orlando lets his wrath fly--this action is not without potentially disastrous
consequences for Orlando.

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ORLANDO: I would not take this
hand
from thy throat till this other had pulled out thy
tongue for
saying so: thou hast railed on thyself.
OLIVER: I will
physic your
rankness, and yet give no thousand
crowns
neither.

Oliver stoops to
unscrupulous and criminal means to get his will accomplished. Orlando seeks to "go buy
[his] fortunes" through honest means, which is why he challenges the wrestling champion
Charles in the competition. Oliver wishes to win in life through hatred and cheating.
Orlando wishes to win through honesty and love.

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ROSALIND: But, in good sooth, are you
he
that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind
is so
admired?

Oliver is the
villain with qualities antithetical to Orlando’s. Orlando is the hero whom Rosalind
teases into maturity and eminence. Oliver is reformed when he falls in love with Celia.
Orlando is improved through his love for Rosalind who leads him in the right
path.

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ROSALIND: I have promised to make all this
matter even.
Keep you your word, O duke, to give your daughter;
You
yours, Orlando, to receive his
daughter:

In the 1996 film, how does Baz Lurhman tackle the young ages of Romeo and Juliet?

Well, in this updated film version of the play
Romeo and Juliet, Baz Lurhman does what Franco Zeffirelli did
before him -- he cast two actors very close in age to the characters of Romeo and
Juliet.

The youthful acting work of these teenage actors
stands in pretty sharp contrast to the more mature work of most actors cast in
theatrical stagings of the play.  Both parts are rigorous and demanding for any stage
performer, and the actors usually cast to play them onstage are in their early to mid
twenties.  Sometimes, actors in their thirties have played these
roles!

In Shakespeare's time, the roles would, most
probably, also have been played by teenagers, but both parts would have been played by
teenage boys.  So, both Zeffirelli and Lurhman are closer to the original staging with
their casting choices.

Shakespeare created two very unique
characters in Romeo and Juliet, in that it is Juliet who speaks and behaves as a young
male lead character should (speaking directly and taking courageous action) and it is
Romeo who speaks in flowery, romantic verse and is much more reluctant to initiate
action.

So, the main choice Lurhman makes in his film
Romeo + Juliet is to cast young actors in the parts.  In this way,
the youthful impulses of Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes can shine through these
teenage star-crossed lovers.

In Chapter 11 of Their Eyes Were Watching God,what does Janie wish for herself?What does Janie wish for herself?

In Chapter 11, we see the true beginnings of a
relationship between Tea Cake and Janie developing. However, after all of her years in
Eatonville with Joe, Janie is suspicious of her own feelings and the reactions of the
others in town. In fact, when Tea Cake expresses his feelings for Janie, she replies
with the following line:

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"Aw, Tea Cake, you just say dat tuhnight because
de fish and corn bread tastes sort of good. Tomorrow yo' mind would
change."

However, by the next
day Janie is second guessing even herself, struggling to come to terms with her
conflicting feelings toward Tea Cake and the reactions of
Eatonville:

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"All next day in the house and store she thought
resisting thoughts about Tea Cake. She even ridiculed him in her mind and was a little
ashamed of the association. But every hour or two the battle had to be fought all over
again. She couldn't make him look just like any other man to her. He looked like the
love thoughts of women. He could be a bee to a blossom--a pear tree in blossom in the
spring. He seemed to be crushing scent out of the world with his footsteps. Crushing
aromatic herbs with every step he took. Spices hung about him. He was a glance from
God.

Tea Cake is able to
revive in Janie her visions of the pear tree and, just as before, "dawn and doom was in
the branches." Now tempered from her relationships with Logan and Joe, Janie is wiser to
the ways of the world and more suspicious of love. However, her feelings for Tea Cake
are too strong to be denied.

And when Tea Cake returns to
confirm his feelings for Janie, the battle between her own emotions and her sensitivity
to the reactions of the townspeople must be waged one final time over their attendance
at the Sunday School picnic. In the final lines of chapter, Janie states and Tea Cake
replies:

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"Well, all right, Tea Cake, Ah wants tuh go wid
you real bad, but,--oh, Tea Cake, don't make no false pretense wid
me!"

"Janie, Ah hope God may kill me, if Ah'm lyin'. Nobody
else on earth kin hold uh candle tuh you, baby. You got de keys to de
kingdom."

Prejudice and human rights in the American South: what are the differences between the 1930s and nowadays?I need some points and details about it,...

I think that there is still a great deal of prejudice in
the south today - much more so than in parts of the north, but as the previous
respondent noted there is no clear statistical data to assist you in your analysis. What
there is, however, is a history of legislation that did not exist then but that does
exist today. Legislation, however, does not change human behavior, attitudes, or
perceptions. It simply mitigates the degree to which people act on their feelings. It is
illegal to discriminate in the United States on the basis of race when it comes to
education or employment. However, there are still businesses that do discriminate
quietly. There are anti-lynching laws that protect against assault, there are hate
crimes laws, too. However, these laws only act as a deterrent or as a means of
punishment after the fact. For the victim who has suffered or been murdered, the law is
virtually meaningless. Essentially, the primary difference lies in the fact that
prejudicially-motivated discrimination is no longer legalized but in many places it is
still socially accepted.

What are the possible dangers of travelling without having legal documents of the individuals involved?Please elaborate on this topic from your...

Your passport is your internationally accepted
identification, so anytime you want to travel/cross a border, to almost any country on
Earth, it's a good idea to have it with you.  Without your passport, a lot of legal
issues can arise.  In some countries, they will assume you are there illegally, and you
will be deported and/or detained.  You are subject to the laws and the legal system of
the country you are visiting, so if you are arrested without papers for any reason, they
will not know you are a citizen of your home country, and will likely not notify your
embassy - which in some cases is your best hope of gaining your
freedom.

Losing your passport is at the least inconvenient
and expensive to replace, and at worst can lead to your
detention.

I am doing an assignment from the book to kill a mockingbird and i am in need of the page numbers having quotes describing Maycomb thanks

Beware of page numbers, as many of us use different
editions and they may not match yours. This is information that I found looking in my
resource:

P. 11

Maycomb was an
old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it.  In rainy weather the
streets turned to red slop; grass grew on sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the
square.  Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer's day; bony mules
hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the
square.  Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning.  Ladies bathed before noon,
after their three-o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings
of sweat and sweet talcum.

p.
18

In Maycomb there was no hurry, for there was nowhere to
go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of
Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb
County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear
itself."

P. 293- about the
people

 "Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with
sickness and little things in between.  Boo was our neighbor.  He gave us two soap
dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.  But
neighbors give in return.  We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we
had given him nothing, and it made me sad."-

Hope it
helps!

What were 3 instruments used to punish slaves?

Slavery was such a cruel act of human beings to mistreat
others so badly that there are instruments to be defined.  The first one hat comes to
mind is the whip.  It was soaked in water and slashed across a slaves back.  By soaking
the leather it made it bite deeper into the slaves
skin. 

The steel collar was welded onto the slaves neck, or
attached to it and then clamped shut so that the slave himself could not remove it.  The
slave then ahd chains attached to it and he was connected to other slaves, treees, or
any object that could be used to secure the slave.

Leg
irons were often attached to slaves so tightly that they dug into the skin and caused
infection.  It was not that uncommon for a slave to develop gangrene from an infected
area. 

A yoke was also placed across the back of a slave
with his arms extended forward and handcuffed to the front.  This caused extreme
tension on the slaves neck and shoulder muscles.  If left in the device too long the
slave would suffer permanent injury and deformity.

Explain why the role of a consumer is important in an economic system.

A consumer
is an individual who buys products or services for personal use and not for
manufacture or resale. A consumer is someone who can make the decision whether or not to
purchase an item at the store, and someone who can be influenced by marketing and
advertisements. Any time someone goes to a store and purchases a toy, shirt, beverage,
or anything else, they are making that decision as a
consumer.

Basically, without
consumers there would be no economic system. Without consumers to purchase the goods,
there would be no demand for the goods. This has an effect on the entire economic system
as well. It includes everything from the product itself to
marketing.

What are five similes and methapors in part three of the book?

SIMILES (comparisons that use the word "like" or
"as.":

1) "[Montag] felt his head turn
like a stone carving..."

2) "They rise
like the midnight sun to sweat you in your
bed!"

3) "There was a crash like the
falling parts of a dream..."

4) "Their covers [the books']
torn off and spilled out like swan
feathers."

5) "The books leapt and danced
like roasted birds..."

METAPHORS
(comparison that do not use the words "like" or "as"):

1)
"Lights flicked on and house doors opened all down the street, to watch the carnival set
up." (The scene in front of Montag's house is being compared
to a carnival).

2) "I've hit the
bull's eye." (Beatty is comparing his correct analysis of Montag's behavior to
a marksmen hitting a target on the bull's-eye.).

3) "Now, Montag, you're a burden."
(Montag is not actually a heavy load that must carried on one's
back; he is being compared to a burden because he is a responsibility that must be dealt
with.)

4) "And then he came to the parlor where
the great idiot monster lay asleep..." [The characters who appear on the wall
television are being compared to "idiot
monsters."]

5) "The tents of the circus had
slumped into charcoal and rubble and the show was well over." [Similar to the
first metaphor example, the scene at Montag's house is being compared to a
circus]

Looking for a literary example of tone that is from any writer.Im looking for a tone literary example. Could someone help me please and thank...

A short story that toys with contrasting tones is Saki's
"The Open Window."  This story-within-a-story involves a frame story in which Mr.
Nuttel, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown, arrives in the country for a rest at
Mrs. Sappleton's house.  While Mr. Nuttel's tone is polite all through his dialogues
with the niece who is sent out to entertain him while he awaits the hostess, the niece,
who is ironically name Vera, is a rebellious and disrespectful child.  However, she
cloaks this disrespect in her seemingly polite language as she tells
Framton,

My
aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,...in the meantime you must try and put up with
me.

Here she means the
opposite since she finds this nervous little man
silly.

 After ascertaining Framton's ignorance of the area,
Vera launches into a tall tale about her aunt's "great tragedy" that happened three
years ago.  She uses the open window, which suggests honesty, as the focal point of the
story, saying that Mrs. Sappleton's son and husband never returned from a hunting trip
after going out this large window.

This rebellious child
feigns sorrow as she says,

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'Poor aunt always thinks that they will come
back some day, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in at
that window just as they used to do. Poor dear aunt, she has often told me how they went
out, her husband with his white waterproof coat...Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet
evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will walk in through that
window--'

She broke off with a little
shudder.

In complete
disrespect of the soon approaching Mrs. Sappleton, Vera continues her tall tale.  When
Mrs. Sappleton does arrive she asks, with dramatic irony, "I hope Vera has been amusing
you?"

The only one amused is this rebellious child who has
disrespectfully mocked the sensitivity of Framton and the truth of Mrs. Sappleton who
explains, then, that the men of her family will soon return from hunting and come in the
open window in order to keep the rugs clean.

When the men
do appear, the mischievous and ironic tone of Vera become apparent to the reader, but,
unwittingly, Mrs. Sappleton and Mr. Framton have been made the butt of her rebellious
tall-tale. Ignorant of this joke, Mrs. Sappleton says in a supercilious
tone,

'A most
extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel,..could only talk about his illnesses, and dashed off
whithout a word of goobye or apology when you arrived. One whould think he had seen a
ghost [more drmamatic
irony].'

Vera--whose name
belies who true nature--creates another fabrication, calmly
saying,

'I
expect it was the spaniel...he told me he had a horror of
dogs...

Humorously, Saki
concludes, "Romance at short notice was
specialty."

A man is 4 times as old as his son. In 3 years, the father will be 3 times as old as his son. How old is each of them now?

Let's establish the
followings:

a = the age of the son,
now

b = the age of the father,
now.

a+3 = the age of the son, after 3
years.

b+3 = the age of the father, after 3
years.

Now, the father's age is 4 times the son's
age.

b = 4a  (1)

After 3
years, the father's age will be:

b+3 = 3(a+3) 
(2)

We'll substitute the equation (1) into the equation
(2).

4a+3 = 3a + 9

4a - 3a =
9-3

a = 6

b =
4*6

b = 24

The son is 6 years
old and his father is 27 years old, now.

If f(x) = (3/2) x – 9/2, find f-1(x)

To determine the inverse function, we'll have to prove
that f(x) is bijective. We'll re-write f(x) factorizing  by
(3/2)

f(x) = (3/2)(x -
3)

Since x - 3 is a linear function, that is bijective,
then f(x) is bijective too.

We'll put f(x) =
y

y =  (3/2)(x - 3)

We'll
change y by x:

x = (3/2)(y -
3)

We'll have to determine
y:

We'll divide by 3/2:

2x/3 =
y - 3

We'll isolate y to the right side and then we'll use
symmetric property. We'll add 3 both sides:

y = 2x/3 +
3

The inverse function
is:

f^-1(x) =  2x/3 +
3

Comment on the old man's attitudes toward the sea, its creatures and his own life.

Santiago loves everything about being a fisherman.  He has
great respect for the sea as well as the creatures that inhabit it.  He does not, of
course, love every one of the creatures of the deep (as we see when he battles the
sharks); he does, however, have respect for them.

We know
he respects these things because he understands them and knows their habits intimately. 
He knows the taste and qualities of tuna; he knows each kind of shark by name and
description; he knows the patterns of a fish which has been hooked; he knows the signs
of the weather and the tides.  Even in his worst moments, being dragged out to sea and
waiting interminably for the fish to surface, he is never angry at the creation for
doing what it was created to do.

The most compelling
element of the novel which demonstrates Santiago's love for these things is the fact
that he calls this great fish his brother.  Though he is on a mission to catch (and
thereby kill) this fish, he treats it in his mind with dignity and respect.  And, since
he calls it brother, he must feel as if he, too, is somehow like that
fish. 

Santiago has lived a long time being good at what he
does; the fish, too, has lived a long time to have evaded capture and grown to such a
size. The fish is free, but he is also a creature of habit--just like Santiago.  They
are both destined for this fate: Santiago to fish and his brother to be
caught.

It's clear Santiago is a man who is more at home on
the water than in his actual home.  Both are places which provide little in the way of
comfort, yet he is more alive and happy when on the water seeking his elusive
brothers.

What role(s) does the conversation between lady catherine de bough and elisabeth in volume 2 chapter 6, plays in the novel?

This very poignant moment in the story is a battle of the
wills: The totally opposite and opposing Lizzie and Lady Catherine go mano a mano on
making their point supersede the other one's all over Mr.
Darcy

Lady Catherine had promised her daughter that Mr
Darcy would be her husband. Then she hears that Darcy was going to propose to Lizzie.
She confronts Lizzie, and Lizzie shows what she is made
of.

Some additional roles of this conversation
are:

To show the signs of changing
times: The story is actually set in changing times in England. While the old
traditions were still kept abreast, the reality is that Lizzie's society was approaching
the Victorian era, in which more and more independent women would talk like her and have
the same opinions. Lizzie is Austen's own mind and mouth in
print.

To establish the lack of wit of the
aristocracy: This show of words showed that Lizzie, the common, red-blooded,
middle-class, simpleton that Lady Catherine looked down on was more intelligent and
equipped for life than Lady Catherine.

To
entertain like the previous poster said, Elizabeth's wit was deserving of a
show of force of this magnitude. In a time when the aristocracy was viewed with the same
fanaticism as Mr. Collins would express, what Lizzie did was something thought of almost
unreal and socially unthinkable- to diss her out like
that.

To voice the opinions of the
audience: Jane Austen was sincere in voicing out what everyone else thought:
That the aristocracy was an idle and clueless class of people with no touch with
reality; that not enough opportunities of expression were given to women and other
social classes, and that society was itself wrong in its rules and antiquated
regulations against women, and people without means.

What are covalent substances?

Covalent substances contain covalent bonds. For example,
H2, HCl and H2O contains covalent bonds. Covalent bonds are formed by sharing a pair of
electrons, inorder to become stable. They are held together by strong electrostatic
forces between the nucleus (which is positively charged) and the electron pair which is
negatively charged. Covalent bonds are often showed by dot and
cross diagrams.

What is an example of dramatic, verbal, and situational irony in the short story "The Cask of Amontillado"? Use exact quotes if you could please.

The Cask of Amontillado, perhaps the most famous of Edgar
Allan Poe's short stories, is not only the horrific tale of a man immured alive, but
also a tour de force of the use of irony. Poe provides the raison d'etre for this when
he writes from the outset that "it must be understood that neither by word nor deed had
I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will." From the beginning to the end of this
tale of deception, therefore, various kinds of irony are on
display.

Verbal irony - saying one thing but meaning the
opposite - appears in the greeting Montresor has for the doomed Fortunato: "you are
luckily met"; in Montresor's feigned concern for his friend's hacking cough in his damp
catacombs: "Your health is precious...You are a man to be missed"; and in Fortunato's
reply: "The cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I will not die of a
cough."   

Situational irony - when events turn out the
opposite of what ought to have been expected - appears when Montresor, on the night of
carnival, orders his servants not to leave in his absence, thereby ensuring they would
do the opposite; when the non-existent cask of amontillado turns instead into the
'casket' for the unfortunate conoisseur; and when premeditated murder remains unpunished
even after fifty years.  

Dramatic irony - when readers
know more than the characters - is present in the very name of Montresor's 'enemy', a
most unlucky man; is present in Fortunato's doomed fool costume of "tight-fitting
parti-striped dress, and [...] head...surmounted by the conical cap and bells"; and is
present in the trowel Montresor reveals, sign of Masonic brotherhood to Fortunato,
but tool of immurement to Montresor. 

Why were the Africans portrayed as caricatures in the movie Amistad (1997)?I barely even understand what this question is asking so please help.

I can see how you would have problems with this, and my
first impression is to ask your instructor to define caricatures. From the Webster
definition, "deliberately exaggerated features to produce a comic or grotesque effect,"
I would say that the correct answer is that they were not caricatured at all. The movie
provides a disturbing reenactment of the Middle Passage which is difficult to watch. The
Africans were portrayed as typical Africans, not understanding the culture or the
language of the country into which they had been forcibly delivered. Their response to
the prayers of the Abolitionists was somewhat amusing, but certainly understandable, as
they had no concept of Christianity. To state that they were caricatured at all is
Euro-centric at best, racist at worst. Shame on anyone who suggests
otherwise.

What does it mean to comment on a character's masculinity in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?My english teacher recently assigned my class an essay...

This is a fairly challenging element.  Part of the reason
why it is challenging is because you have many ideas floating around that are
interestingly compelling in thought, but have difficulty being executed on their own. 
In the final analysis, the decision is going to have to be yours with some input from
your instructor as to how to progress with the paper.  Without actually seeing the
assignment, I think that part of what has to be done with it is to investigate how the
incident with the White men at the dam impacts the notion of masculinity that Chief
possesses.  Part of what might be effective is for you to comment on how this particular
scene fits into the masculine notion of construction of one's identity in the novel. 
Chief's primary purpose is to indicate that part of what defines one state of being in
the novel is being able to exercise autonomy in the construction of self.  Chief is
unable or unwilling to do this until he befriends McMurphy, and through this, he is able
to move through "the fog" that is both in the hospital.  Perhaps, linking the incident
at the dam with both "the fog" as well as his being able to clear it would help to
explore the notion of masculinity that is presented throughout the
novel.

While presidents can exercise the veto to influence Congress, does the use of veto power signal executive weakness or undermine relations w/congress

I don't think it signals weakness, because the veto is so
often effective.  It is very difficult and often impossible for both houses of Congress
to amass the 2/3 vote needed to override a Presidential veto.  So in this way, a veto
signals strength.  We also must remember that Congress is often controlled by a party
other than the one that controls the White House.

A veto is
stronger if used more rarely, because the threat of a veto is often
more effective at moving votes in Congress the way a President wants them to move, or
will  allow him to get changes into the legislation before the vote.  Once the veto is
used, Congress has no more incentive to negotiate with the President about the bill.  In
this way, it can undermine relations with Congress.