How are the internal and external conflicts in Macbeth and Animal Farm similar and different?

One common theme in Animal Farm and
Macbeth is that men/pigs will desire power above all else. Macbeth
becomes so obsessed with power that he consigns himself to kill anyone who poses as a
threat to his reign. Napoleon similarly changes the rules on the barn to keep the other
animals oppressed enough to allow him to continue.

Just
using Napoleon and Macbeth as examples of
conflict:

Externally, Macbeth is influenced by the
suggestive ambitions of his wife and reacts with reckless violence to the visions of the
witches. Internally, he is conflicted throughout the play: his own ambition for power
and his fear of losing it and the increasing guilt, most notable in his hallucination of
Banquo, which becomes a kind of internal and external
influence.

Napoleon, on the other hand, does not seem
conflicted at all. Initially, he, like the other animals, is oppressed by Farmer Jones
to the point where they take up the revolution. Once he gains all power and ousts
Snowball (comparable to Macbeth’s killing of Banqo), he does not seem to be internally
or externally conflicted. Napoleon does everything to maintain his power and this
includes making enemies or friends; as he does with Frederick and
Pilkington.

Can someone paraphrase each line of "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" by John Keats?MUCH have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many...

First two lines: I've travelled around and seen many rich
kingdoms

Next two:  I've been around many of the islands of
Greece (held by poets who are faithful to Apollo).

Next
two: I'd heard alot about a place that Homer ruled as his
own.

Next two:  But I never understood about this until I
read Chapman's translation.

But when I did, I felt like
some astronomer who has discovered a new planet or like Cortez felt when he first
discovered the Pacific (it was Balboa, not
Cortez...)

Overall, he is saying that reading Chapman's
translation of Homer opened up whole new worlds to his mind.

Give evidence that shows Johnny Cade being cruel, timid and caring from Chapters 1 to 4.nope

In The Outsiders, Johny Cade is the
smallest and weakest member of the Greasers gang.  I would say that timid and caring are
his major character traits.

We can see that he is timid (or
at least nervous) in two places at least.  First, in Chapter 1, Pony describes him as
having nervous eyes.  Second, in Chapter 2, Pony and Johnny are talking to Cherry and
Marcia.  All Johnny can say is "hi," which he says shyly.  Then he gets nervous and
tries to just watch the movie.

You can see that he is
caring from this same episode.  That is where he stops Dally from harassing Cherry. 
This shows he cares about Cherry's feelings.

Can productivity be achieved by sacrificing quality?ty baf exam question

Productivity is defined as quantity produced per unit of
input. The input used for calculating productivity could be any factor of production
such as material, equipment, manpower or some combination of different types of factors
of production. But most often productivity refer so productivity of
manpower.

Whether productivity can be improved by
sacrificing will depend on two factors. One, to what extent production can be increased
by sacrificing quality. Also, to the extent reduction in quality will lead to acceptance
of the output produced.

In some cases, minor changes
concessions in quality requirement can result in substantial increase in rate of
production. In other cases this difference may not be much. For example, Take the case
of making packets containing 100 grams of groundnuts. If the the groundnuts have to be
weighed very accurately, the process could be slow. This process can be speeded up
considerably by designing a container of suitable size which will accommodate on average
100 grams of ground nuts. Using the system the rate of packing can be improved
considerably. However this process will involve higher variation in the weight of
groundnuts in each packet.

Coming to the second factor, the
acceptability of the reduced quality level, when increase in production by relaxing
quality is more than offset by reduction in value of out put due to poor quality,
production can be increased by sacrificing quality. Otherwise productivity may actually
decrease. For example, in case of the packets of groundnuts a variation of, say, 2% in
weight of individual packets is not going to reduce the value of packets. It will be
still possible to sell the packets at the designated price of 100 grams packets. But 2%
variation in dimension of precision product would mean production of too many components
that will be unusable and therefore will be rejected. IN a case like this perhaps trying
to increase productivity be relaxing quality will not be a very good
idea.

Could you please explain the conflicts in Chapters 9 - 12 of The Catcher in the Rye?

To me, there are a couple of conflicts going on in these
chapters and they are really just the same conflicts that dominate the book as a whole. 
I think there is an internal conflict within Holden and I think there is a conflict
between Holden and society.

All of the conflict that
appears to be between Holden and people in these chapters is really Holden vs. society
in my opinion.  When he tries to talk to Faith, the women from Seattle, and the taxi
driver, he is trying to act in ways that he finds interesting.  But the other people
don't really approve.

At the same time, it seems like
there's a conflict inside of Holden about whether he really rejects society or not. 
Otherwise, why would he keep looking for these "phony" interactions instead of just
calling Jane?

In "In the Shadow of War," how do the soldiers treat the woman when they find her?

It is clear that when the soldiers find the woman they
have called a "spy" that they are very violent and threatening. Remember this is
narrated using the third person limited point of view - everything is seen from Omovo's
vision, which heightens the shock of seeing a woman treated in this fashion with the
threat of impending violence. The soldiers call the woman a witch and one of them begins
to slap her to try and make her tell where the "others" are. Then a soldier rips the
woman's veil from her:

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Her head was bald, and disfigured with a deep
corrugation. There was a livid gash along the side of her face. The bare-chested soldier
pushed her. She fell on her face and lay
still.

It is interesting that
at this point Omovo recognises that what he thought were dead animals on the river banks
were actually dead men - seeing this violence has opened his eyes to other acts of
violence that he had previously been blind to. The woman then gets up, and spits at the
soldier in the face. The soldier then shoots the woman in cold blood and Omovo
flees.

The shock of these events is heightened by the use
of the narrative style - these events are shared with us just as they are with Omovo -
we are silent observers of these atrocities and therefore share the same shock and
feelings of guilt and horror that Omovo feels.

What happened in Chapter 17 of The Devil's Arithmetic?

Gitl tells Chaya that there is a plan to escape. Yitzchak
and Shmuel are a part of it, as will Chaya be, because she is their "only flesh and
blood." Gitl makes Chaya promise that if something happens to her and the others, she
will remember. Gitl will not give Chaya any more information at this time, for her own
safety. Gitl does confirm that Yitzchak is taking this risk because his children are
gone, and he has nothing left to lose. As for herself and Shmuel, Gitl says, "If not us,
who? If not now, when?" These words are part of the Seder ceremony celebrated by the
Jews on the Sabbath.

A few nights later, when Chaya least
expects it, Gitl tells her, "Chaya, it is now." Gitl hands her a pair of shoes and the
two creep silently through the women's barracks to the door. Chaya asks, "what about
Fayge," to which Gitl responds that despite her love for Shmuel, Fayge "has come to love
her next bowl of soup more." When Gitl and Chaya get outside, they hear a shout, some
shots, and the horrible screaming of a man. Realizing that the plan has been
unsuccessful, she quickly drags Chaya back into the barracks. When the blokova
sleepily asks what is going on, Gitl tells her she went to get her bowl to
relieve herself, but dropped it when she heard shots outside. The blokova
believes her story, and lets the matter drop after a short
reprimand.

Back on their sleeping shelf, Chaya can feel
Gitl sobbing. An awful thought comes to her - she has left the shoes Gitl had handed her
outside. When she tells Gitl, however, the older woman is unworried. The shoes belonged
to the blokova; when they are discovered, it is the
blokova who will be in trouble, not them (Chapter
17).

Please identify the people who appear in John chapter 21 of the New Testament.

Chapter 21 of John's book is under speculation. Chapter 20
contains references found in other gospels. Our bible as stands today reports the
following personages in chapter 21:

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Simon
Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus[ title="See footnote b"
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Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of
Zebedee, and two other disciples were
together. (vs. 2)

These guys
were all out fishing. There was a man on the shore, Jesus.
Jesus told them to cast out their nets and they would be filled. Jesus further
instructed the men on being fishers of men and feeding his sheep. He specifically
instructed Simon Peter regarding sheep. References are made to
John (one of the two sons of Zebedee, the other is
James) as if John is a particular prize of Jesus' that he
might be saving for something special.

Demonstrate that the complex number 1+i is the solution of equation z^4+4=0.

To show that 1+i is the solution of z^4+1 =
0.

We can either solve the equation, or we substitute for z
= (1+i) in z^4+4 and show that 1+i satisfies the
equation.

We know z^4 +4 = 0. So z^4 =
-4.

Z^4 = 4(-1+i*0)

Z^4 =
4{cos(2n+1)pi + i sin(2n+1)pi}

We take the 4th root in
accordance with D'Moivre's theorem. The theorem states that (cosx + i sinx)^n = (cosnx +
i sinnx) for all real n.

Z= 4^(1/4){cos(2n+1)pi
+isin(2n+1)pi}^(1/4).

z = 2^(1/2) {cos (2n+1)pi/4
+isin(2n+1)pi/4} for n = 0,1,2,3.

When n = 0, z = 2^(1/2)
{cos pi/4 +isinpi/40 = 2^(1/2){ 1/sqrt2+i1/sqrt2) =
1+i.

Therefore 1+i is the root of z^4+4 =
0.

What are some literary devices found in "Lord Kitchner" by Robert Bridges?

When analyzing poetry, it is often helpful to identify a
few things first.

The
subject, scene (external,
internal, or both), and the tone.  These three devices will
usually lead you to the overall purpose of the poem.  Then, looking at other literary
devices provides a fuller understanding of the piece.  I will help you get started in
this poem:

• Subject: a fallen war hero (Lord
  Kitchener) who was obviously an Englishman, a sailor, and a in a position of
  leadership.


• External Scene: a ship that went down near
  the Orkney Islands (near Scotland)


• Internal Scene:
  remembrance for a man who was well respected; a celebration of a remarkable
  life


• Tone: elegiac/remembrance; thankful;
  praise/honor

With these key elements
identified, I now encourage you to re-read the poem and look more specifically at the
language.  Identify any figures of speech and any use of diction (word choice) which
reflect the tones listed above.  You can ascertain meaning by keeping in mind the
overall purpose of the poem.  Some examples to consider
include:

What
day the foe presumed on her despair
And she herself had trust in none but
thee:

(Who
could be the "she" be referring
to?)

Herculean
deeds

(Diction: what does
"Herculean" refer to?  What could it mean
here?)

Shall be thy
monument.

(What shall be his
monument?  Why?  What is the purpose of a monument?)

As you
answer these questions, think of some of your own as well.  This kind of analytical
practice can be applied to all poetry and should help you understand more in the
future.

I'm writing a thematic analysis of Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" and I need help with the thesis sentence.In the thesis I am needing to include my 3...

The whole point of writing a thesis statement is to decide
what specifically you are going to comment on about the aspects you have highlighted,
therefore it is hard for me to give you specific advice as my understanding of this
story may well be different to yours. You need to re-read the story and think of what
the theme, characterisation and setting adds to the story as a whole, and base a thesis
statement on this. However, quite clearly this great story is based around one
grandmother's act of love and the struggles that she goes through in sacrificing herself
to show that love. Therefore, you might want to focus your essay on this aspect of the
story. A suitable thesis statement might be:

In "A Worn
Path," the symbolic journey of love that Phoenix makes is emphasised through the theme,
characterisation and setting of the story.

If you choose to
go for this option, you will need to make sure that you have enough to say on each of
those three points with quotes to support this thesis statement. Then you have a simple
five paragraph essay to write. Good luck!

What is the climax of "The Last Leaf"?

With climax being the point of greatest emotional
intensity, interest, of suspense in a narrative, the plot of O. Henry's "The Last Leaf"
has suspense after Sue asks Johnsy to not look out the window by her bed until Sue's art
work is completed.  Johnsy asks her to go in another room, but Sue refuses, so Johnsy
instructs Sue,

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"Tell me as soon as you have finished...because
I want to see the last one [leaf] fall.  I'm tired of waiting.  I tired of thinking.  I
want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down, down, just like one of
those poor, tired
leaves." 

At this point, the
reader wonders if the leaf will fall, and Johnsy will lose her will to live, as she has
declared she will.  Here, O. Henry leaves his reader at this point of suspense, having
Sue talk with old Mr. Behrman downstairs. Then, when Sue tells him how sick Johnsy is,
Behrman becomes angry, saying that he will paint his masterpiece and they will all go
away.  However, as the little curmudgeon finally agrees to come upstairs and pose for
Sue, she shows him the window and they "looked at each other without
speaking." 

This sentence is the climax, for
it indicates that the leaf has fallen off.  Behrman and Sue know that Johnsy will soon
see that the vine is empty, and she may give up her spirit completely.  Of course,
Behrman takes action for that when Johnsy does awaken, she will not find an empty
vine.

What bloody action does Macbeth intend in Act 4 Scene 1?

Macbeth believes what the witches have told him supposes
his immortality. Since he has killed Banquo (his henchmen have), he doesn’t fear the
image of the succession of Banquo descendants as kings. He forgets or subconsciously
ignores the fact that Fleance survived because he thinks this image of Banquo kings is a
trick played by Banquo’s ghost. Also, Macbeth is now preoccupied the witches’ first
apparition who told him to beware Macduff. Since the second apparition tells him he
would not be killed of anyone ‘woman-born’ and the third apparition tells him that he
(Macbeth) will never be vanquished until the Great Birnam Forest comes to Dunsinane, he
believes his is unstoppable. By these last two premonitions, Macbeth thinks he is
immortal. But just to be on the safe side, and to heed the warning of the first
apparition, Macbeth decides to kill Macduff and his entire family. This is the intended
bloody action.

Why does the Ghazal stand as the most popular of all classical Indian musical forms despite not being considered by most singers?

There are a couple of issues raised in the question.  On
one hand, I think that the ghazal's lasting popularity represents how the power of
tradition is still a part of Indian identity. The ghazal's history stretches back
generations.  At a time when Indian cosmopolitanism as well as India's active
participation in a globalized world might do damage to some aspects of its traditional
culture, the ghazal stands as an element that thrives despite its age.  From an artistic
point of view, the ghazal represents the very essence of classical training of the
singer's voice.  Part of the reason why few singers are able to embrace the form is
because the ghazal requires a classical sensibility that demands the highest of
training.  Only the most talented of singers could attempt to sing the ghazal.  Artists
like Mohammed Rafi, Hariharan, and Pankaj Udas are few of the crossover artists who
could sing popular music while adhering to the strict standards of the ghazal.  Nusrat
Fateh Ali Khan and, more recently, Rahat Ali Khan are also examples of the artists who
could span both domains.

If a model with a 3 person executive committee had been adopted, what would the effect have been on our system?What changes might occur if there...

When the Constitution was being written, there were
proposals that would have set up a plural executive.  For example, the New Jersey plan
proposed such an executive.  I would argue that a plural executive would be much less
decisive and powerful than a single executive as we now have.  That would be both the
advantage and the disadvantage of such a system.

If all
three executives had to agree on everything, it would be much harder to get anything
done in the government.  The executives would surely have differences in opinion which,
when combined with the differences within Congress, would end up making it very hard to
pass any legislation.

People who want more efficient
government would think this is a major drawback.  However, those who want the government
to do less and be less intrusive would argue that such an executive would be a good
addition to our system since that system is supposed to make it harder for the
government to act and to, thereby, take away our freedoms.

Why did Tobe stay the whole time with Emily... but then left?for love

Presumably, in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," Tobe stays
with Emily until her death because he needs a job, or out of a mistaken sense of
loyalty.  But, really, that is just speculation.  We can only
guess.

Before Emily's death, the speaker really couldn't
elaborate on why Tobe stays without ruining the surprise ending.  And there's no reason
to explain his staying until the body upstairs is revealed.  There's nothing unusual
about his staying until we find out about Homer.

He leaves
in a hurry, of course, so he doesn't have to answer questions about the body or take
responsibility for what's been going on in the
house.

Once Emily dies, the only thing revealed is that
Tobe skips out the back door.  This, of course, heightens the suspense as the reader
wonders why he so urgently leaves.

As far as is revealed,
no, there is no love, at least not romantic love, between Emily and her
servant.

Briefly describe how we could find the focal length of a concave mirror.

To determine the focal length of concave
mirror.

We require a concave mirror preferably mounted on a
stand, a lighted candle and a white screen to catch the image after
reflection

Keep the mounted concave mirror on a plane
surface (say a long table). Keep in front of the reflecting surface a bright candle at
sufficient distance from the concave mirror  on the principal axis so that we can get a
clear image somewhere. Now adjust the screen ,candle and the mounted concave mirror so
that they are all on the principal axis. Move the screen back and forth and determine
the position for the brightest clearest  image.

Note down
for the clear image distance v and the corresponding object distance u from the pole of
the mirror along the principal axis. Then, if f is the the focal length of the mirror,
solve for f = uv/(u+v) which determines the focal length f on one single
trial.

You make the following table of observation for
repeated trials varying object distance u and the image distance
v:

Trial no:  Dist u of object from the pole . Distance v
of image from the pole. Focal legnth f = uv/((u+v)

After
doing different trials you can find the average focal length from the last
column.

What is Twain satirizing in the episode where Colonel Sherburn shoots Boggs?

In my opinion, Mark Twain is satirizing the pre Civil War
tendency of Southerners to be very concerned with their personal
honor.

The South had evolved a society where the highest
classes saw themselves as similar to the aristocrats of old Europe.  They felt that
their personal honor was so important that it was not at all uncommon for them to fight
duels when they felt they had been insulted.  This was part of the society that was
responsible for slavery as well.

Twain satirizes this by
having Colonel Sherburne be so jealous of his reputation that he shoots Boggs for being
disrespectful.

Why does Orwell think that language has degenerated so much?

George Orwell, in his 1946 essay, "Politics and the
English Language," says that

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it is clear that the decline of a language must
ultimately have political and economic
causes:

Among the problems of
modern English are:

1. The first is staleness of
   imagery ("Dying metaphors.")


2. the
   other is lack of precision ("Pretentious diction." and
   problems picking out appropriate verbs and
   nouns

What causes these two problems?  From the
book 1984, I would
suggest:

• censorship: by the state, church, or
  other institution


• overuse of technical jargon and
  nomenclature


• overuse of politically correct language
  (euphemism and litote)


• general laziness in thought:
  thought corrupts language and language corrupts
  thought.


• too much information, so the public cannot
  recognize misinformation and propaganda from good
  information


• fear of surveillance, profiling, and
  violation of freedoms of speech by the
  government


• technology and entertainment replacing
  books

Orwell's advice to correcting these
problems:

(i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure
of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

(ii) Never
us a long word where a short one will do.

(iii) If it is
possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

(iv) Never
use the passive where you can use the active.

(v) Never use
a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday
English equivalent.

(vi) Break any of these rules sooner
than say anything outright barbarous.

What sport does Ponyboy excel in?

In this book, Ponyboy is a pretty good track athlete at
his high school.  I do not know that he is a star, but he is quite good at it.  He
mentions this a number of times in the book.

One place we
see this is in the part where the newspaper has an article about Pony and Johnny
rescuing the kids.  It talks about their home lives and, in Pony's case, it talks about
how he is a good student and a possible future track star.  Pony says at this point that
he is the youngest kid on the varsity track team.

Is it okay to use only a part of a poem when you are writing an essay about it?for example, if you were to write about John Donne's attitude...

If you are being asked to write about John Donne's
attitude toward love in the above referenced poem, that sounds like the prompt is asking
you to look at a theme. Theme, tone, voice, mood, and author's purpose are all related
to your task and generally do take shape throughout a
piece.

I agree that if citing lines or using examples from
the poem you should carefully watch how this changes over the course of the piece and
pick quotes from the beginning, middle, and end. Often, a lesson learned and displayed
through a work like that is presented in one light in the beginning, but changes by the
end.

If after reading the entire poem you find there is no
change in attitude and the best quotes or references come from the beginning, I would
use those.

Discuss in detail the role of soma in Chapter 5.Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

A form of the Latin word, somnus,
meaning sleep, soma induces a feeling of contentment in the residents of the New World. 
It is even served with their coffee as Henry and Lenina dine, lest the caffeine excite
them too much.  After dinner, they enter what used to be Westminister Abbey, but is now
a cabaret.  Because Henry and Lenina have taken soma before going
to the night club, they do not notice the beauty of the night sky, an intended effect of
the drug:

It
was a night almost without clouds, moonless and starry; but of this on the whole
depressing fact Lenina and Henry were fortunately
unaware.

The State does not
want anyone to pay attention to the beauty of Nature as it keeps people from consuming
products and playing games such as Obstacle golf.  After their night at the cabaret, in
which Henry and Lenina have danced in the "friendly world of
soma-holiday, where everyone was "delightfully amusing," and there
were no conflicts.  Having swallowed the second dose of
soma, Lenina and Henry are in a drug-induced state in their room,
"a quite impenetrable wall between the actual universe and their minds," as they engage
in love-making, but Lenina still remembers her contraceptive devices because of her
conditioning.

In Part II of Chapter 5, Bernard Marx attends
a Solidarity Service which does not differ much from the night that Lenina has spent
with Henry.  In this mock religious ceremony in which Huxley parodies evangelical
revivals, twelve group members are present.  The President begins the service by making
the sign of the "T"; soma  tablets and the "loving cup" of
strawberry ice-cream soma is passed out in a mock communion.  As the soma
begins to take effect, the congregation weaves and dances ritualistically as
though something is about to happen.  [Here Huxley parodies revival meetings.]  Soon,
however, the ritualistic movement becomes an orgy, and the people chant
orgy-porgy as they pair off. After the service, a young woman asks
Bernard Marx if he did not think the service wonderful.  Bernardl lies, saying that he
thought it was wonderful, but he is empty, more isolated "by reason of his unreplenished
emptiness, his dead satiety."

There is nothing of real
human emotion in the New World; even the music is synthesized.  By taking soma
regularly, people do not become discontent.  Only someone like Bernard, who is a little
"different" senses that anything is missing in life.

Which part of Act 5 do you consider the climax in Macbeth?Act 5 contains the play's climax, the most suspenseful part of the action and the moment...

The climax of Shakespeare's Macbeth
is probably not in Act V.  Act III is usually thought to contain the
climax.

First, climax is more when the conflict is decided,
rather than when it is finally resolved.  The conflict of Macbeth is not finally
resolved until Macduff enters the stage holding Macbeth's head.  The two leave the stage
earlier and the outcome of their sword fight is in doubt.  Macduff's entrance reveals
that Macduff won the fight and Macbeth is dead.  That's the resolution, however, not the
climax. 

Macbeth's fate is sealed and determined,
though, in one of two scenes in Act III, depending on one's opinion.  Unusually, the
climax of the play may occur with a stage direction in Act 3.3:
 "[Exit Fleance.]".  When Fleance escapes,
Macbeth's attempt to defeat fate (in the form of the witches, who predict that Banquo's
heirs will be kings) fails.  He can no longer create a dynasty with his heirs.  Some see
this as the climax.

If one doesn't see this as the climax,
another possiblity occurs in the very next scene when Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost and
reacts in an insane manner.  This is the breaking point of the play.  The thanes present
at the feast, if they don't know Macbeth is unfit to rule before this scene, certainly
know it by the end of the scene.  Furthermore, Lady Macbeth realizes during the scene
that "the jig is up," so to speak.  After Macbeth's "fit," maintaining power is
impossible.  Macbeth isn't overthrown until the end of Act V, but from this point on
it's only a matter of time. 

Was the author successful getting the tone of the poem across to you, the reader? What are the metaphors and Symbols in this poem? Whats it about?...

In this poem by Longfellow, "the children's hour" is that
time:

Between
the dark and the daylight,
   When the night is beginning to
lower

When it is time for
children to go to bed. The children are getting ready for bed -- their father hears them
getting ready in the room above, and soon they are scrambling onto his lap for a bedtime
story.

Yet I
know by their merry eyes
They are plotting and planning together
  
To take me by surprise.

The
children are planning to coerce their father into telling them a bedtime story. The the
Bishop of Bingen is a character in a story that the father has no doubt told to the
children before. It is probably a tale of romance, of knights and princesses that need
to be rescued from high "turrets" and "fortresses". The castle imagery is a metaphor for
the fairy-tale stores the father has told and the children enjoy. "Blue eyed banditi" is
a metaphor for the children - bandits with blue eyes, that are forcing him to tell them
a story, but they are no match for him, because he loves them and wants to tell them a
story anyway.

He continues with the castle imagery to
describe his love for the children"

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I have you fast in my fortress,
   And
will not let you depart,
But put you down into the dungeon
   In the
round-tower of my heart.

His
fortress is his armchair, or his study, and while they are there, he can love them, tell
them stories, and keep them in his heart.

Longfellow had
five children and was known to be a tender and loving father. I think this comes across
in the poem, and it is succesful, don't you agree?

In "The Raven" what specific words serve to establish mood? What lines and phrases occurring later in the poem sustain this mood?mood or atmosphere

In the beginning, I like the words midnight
dreary, weary, nearly napping, bleak December, and dying ember.
For me, these words make me feel that late night quiet, cold outside but warm
inside atmosphere. They also make me feel that almost asleep place of
comfort.

In the third stanza,
the lines "And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me -
filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before" make me feel a mood of
terror or fright.

In the last
four stanzas, references to demons, the devil, evil, a fiend, and a shadow maintain that
terror or fear, because fear generally comes from
evil.

The comfort from the
beginning is referenced by his question, "Is there - is there balm
in Gilead?" This balm of Gilead is an allusion to substance noted in the bible that
comforts, soothes and restores. The raven tells the speaker no,
nevermore.

In Shelley's Frankenstein, what is Henry’s response to the scenery along the Rhine, and is this consistent with his character?Frankenstein by...

When he returns to Geneva, Victor is in a brown study as
he wrestles with his agreement to make a female for the creature as well as his shame
for the death of Justine and his dear brother William. Observant of his son's
despression, Alphonse Frankenstein urges Victor to marry Elizabeth; however, Victor
cannot in good conscience agree to do this in light of his awful agreement with his
creature.  When he understands that Victor will not marry, the father then suggests that
he travel with Henry to England.  Agreeing to do so, Victor embarks on his trip and
meets Henry in Strasbourg where they board a ship for
England.

It is a very picturesque scene that the two men
witness as they pass Mayence where the river winds between hills of beautiful shapes. 
Ruined castles rest on the edges of precipices, surrounded by the black forest.  In
contrast to this sharp view, there are rich vineyards, with sloping banks and quaint
towns.  As the Romantic character, Henry Clerval becomes ecstatic when he views the
beauty of the scenes:

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He felt as if he had been transported to
Fairyland, and enjoyed a happiness seldom tasted by
man.

Henry tells Victor of
the beauty of the lakes and mountains of Switzerland that are majestic and strange, but
the countryside by the Rhine, he says, pleases him more than "all those wonders." 
Clerval finds this area charming. Henry remarks,

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"Oh surely, the spirit that inhabits and guards
this place has a soul more in harmony with man than those who pile the glacier, or
retire to the inaccessible peaks of the mountains of our own
country."

As Victor listens
to his friend, he feels that Henry "was a being formed in the "very poetry of nature. 
His wild and enthusiastic imagination was chastened by the sensibility of his
heart.....The scenery of external nature, which others regard only with admiration, he
loved with ardour:--

In this passage of
Frankenstein, Shelley recalls the locations that were favored by
the Romantics, the Alps, the Rhine, and Scotland.  She depicts Henry as an Emersonian
hero, in touch with the beauty and delight of nature as well as in communion with
others.  In a later passage in this chapter, Shelley also clearly extols the beauty of
friendship between man, a friendship greatly valued by the Romantics.  For, Victor
elegizes Henry, his foil, now lost to him:

Is this
gentle and lovely being lost for ever?....Does it now only exist in my memory?  No, it
is not thus; your form so divinely wrought, and beaming with beauty, has decayed, but
your spirit still visits and consoles your unhappy
friend.

How does the Watergate, Iran-contra, and Clinton impeachment scandals compare?

Public vs. private is the major distinction of the three
political scandals. Only one of the scandals, the Iran-Contra affair, involved scandal
on an international scale. However, each scandal made an impact on U.S.
history.

Watergate has been
called the greatest political scandal of all time. It was a scandal of epic proportions,
even though it only involved Americans directly. Pres. Nixon, who held the most power
and influence in the U.S., directed and funded (using taxpayer money) a break-in. All of
the evidence pointed to Nixon, including wire taps he had installed in his own office.
After being found guilty of the actual and related crimes, Pres. Nixon was forced into a
humiliating, public resignation.

President
Clinton faced impeachment and removal from office after it became obvious
that he used carefully-worded language to lie about an affair. During that time, many
people stated that Clinton's lies hurt no one but his family. The belief was that the
president's behavior was his own business. However, the affair did tarnish the world had
of the U.S; jokes about the president were
common.

Government officials normally refuse to negotiate
with individuals who hold captives however the Iran-Contra
affair was a case of indirect negotiation. The Iran-Contra affair had an impact on the
U.S. international standing. Not only was diversion of government funds and cover-up
exposed, but this affair was on an international scale. The situation began innocently
enough with an attempt to help Iran, but the effort fell through. No evidence of the
unethical act points directly to President Reagan.

Pres.
Nixon's offense is the most offensive because he willfully committed a crime and then
covered it up.

How many hours are required to build 210 snowballs in the following case?Justin is making snowballs to build a fort on the winter break. He can...

Since 2 snowballs are melting every 15 minutes, we'll
compute how many snowballs does Justin really make in an
hour.

Since 1 hour = 60 minutes = 4*15 minutes, the number
of snowballs melt in an hour is = 4*2 = 8 melted
snowballs.

We'll subtract 8 snowballs from the total
numbers,15, of snowballs made in an hour.

The number of
snowballs from an hour = 15 - 8 = 7snowballs/hour

Now,
we'll apply the rule of three:

7
snowballs..................................1 hour

210
snowballs...............................x hours

We'll cross
multiply:

x =
210/7

x = 30 hours for making 210
snowballs.

Why is Esperanza set free as she writes the stories in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street? Please provide three theme statements.

Because the act of writing aboout and recollecting her
experiences on Mango Street makes her realize that she is strong enough to leave the
area. Esperanza's narrative ends in a circular fashion; however, Esperanza's progress
from the first vignette, whose first paragraph begins with the same words of the third
paragraph of the last vignette. Compared with the first, the last sketch presents a much
stronger "I" who clearly distinguishes herself from the communal "we" that characterizes
the first story. In addition, in the final skecth, the narrator says that what she
remembers most is not moving houses as she says at the beginning of her narrative, but
Mango Street, implying that it is now only a recollection and that she has moved
elsewhere in a house which is her own ("Not a man's house. Not a daddy's" as she puts in
"A House of My Own"). Yet, to move away from Mango Street, she has  had to accept it as
part of her own life. This contrasting feeling is conveyed by the sentence "the house I
belong to but do not belong to" on the last page of the
collection.

Thus, in your theme statements, you could
analyze the ways in which Esperanza belongs to Mango Street and the ways in which she
doesn't belong to it. The narrator celebrates her links to the folk elements of the
Mexican American tradition and challenges white Americans' stereotypes about Mexican
Americans. Yet, her gender and her education make her critical of the role women are
confined to in that society ("My Name" is an interesting vignette for this theme as are
"Boys and Girls" and "There was a Woman She Had so Many Children She Didn't Know What to
Do"). You could also analyze how the collection contrasts Esperanza's own development
with the immobility and stagnation of her community. The genre of the "coming-of-age"
narrative thus supports the main thematic concern of the collection. Finally, you could
also focus on how Esperanza distances herself not only from Mexican American males, but
also from those females who cannot rebel against the impositions of a male-dominated
society.

What do you think C. S. Lewis wants the reader to learn from the change that Digory undergoes in The Magician's Nephew?

All of the books in the Narnia series have strong moral
lessons, and in this one the main character, Digory (the professors' nephew) grows from
a self-centered boy into a young man with principles. In the beginning of the novel,
Digory is a miserable, whiny kid that is feeling sorry for himself because he is in
London with his uncle and sickly mother. He likes to do risky things and does not think
about the consequences. As a result, he and his friend, Polly, get into a lot of
trouble.

However, as the novel progresses, Digory changes.
He starts to think more about his actions. He matures. He learns to put people ahead of
his own selfish wants. When his uncle Andrew comes under the spell of Jadis, the evil
witch, Digory is the one who decides to bring her into Narnia. In doing this, he
releases sin into that world (similar to the Adam and Eve story in the Bible). Luckily,
though, Narnia is ruled by Aslan, whom Jadis cannot defeat. Aslan gives Digory a chance
to redeem himself and sends him to retrieve a magic apple. Digory resists eating the
apple, even though he wants to eat it very much and take one for his mother as well. In
the past, he would not have hesitated to eat it. He now realizes that his mother would
not approve of him stealing something, even if it will heal
her.

In making the choice not to eat the apple, Digory
illustrates that he has learned one of life's most important lessons: sometimes doing
the right thing is hard and requires extreme sacrifice. Since Digory makes the right
decision, Aslan rewards him and gives him the apple. Digory's mother is cured, and
Digory plants the apple which grows into a tree, the wood of which he uses to build the
famous WARDROBE that begins the other stories.

Lewis'
message, I believe, reflects the Biblical truth that just because something is difficult
does not mean we should not do it, if it is the right thing to
do.

What is the difference between communicative language teaching approach and the traditional approach?

Great question!

As of the
advent of the 21st century teaching and learning paradigm, the word "traditional" is a
bit taboo. We are expected to break away from traditional teaching models and become
facilitators, rather than instructors. However, this has not quite been the case in EFL
OR FL language programs because the current research intends for regular classroom
teachers to have every resource available in the classroom for the purposes of
differentiation, and not enough focus has been placed on ESL learners. In fact, we have
a myriad of "quick fix its" that assure fast results per purchase. Unfortunately, not
enough qualitative research has been placed upon EFL/FL programs, and not enough
quantitative research is available to determine whether those countless and new "hip"
language programs are indeed effective in terms of accuracy, retention, and the very
important aspect of inferencing, which is prime when learning a second
language.

That being said, the two teaching methods that
your question addresses can basically be labeled as "the old and the not so
old."

In the past, we believed as educators that the way to
engage the senses in the process of language learning was to have the students "hear",
"see" and "repeat". This was evident in how many spelling and vocabulary words we would
assign students to memorize.  When Stephen Krashen (1987) provided us with his "natural
language" and "monitor language" hypotheses, he basically stated that we were wrong
because language is acquired in two different ways: Casually and formally. THAT is the
difference between the two methods you ask about.

The
cloze-filling, rote method was the traditional, old school way. As I explained, it
involved repetition and quick recall. It left out mannerisms, culture, intonation, and
inferencing.

The CLT method (Communicative Language
Teaching) filled in those gaps way back. It was one of the first methods that advocated
for open dialogue, and allowed mistakes to happen. It is a quasi real-life approach in
which the teacher basically talks to the student in the target language (a la immersion)
and has the student talk back using as much of the target language as possible. Special
emphasis is given to personal life experiences and situations that are relevant to the
student. It is way more effective than the cloze/rote method because the student is
actually engaged in the process, and the engagement causes the student to maintain
focus.

These days we know about extensive reading, blogs,
and technology as the best ways to casually learn a target language because in the
process of trying to understand a situation the student has to problem solve and infer.
THOSE are powerful cognitive tools that lead to acquiring and storing information in the
long term memory.

Hope this helps!

What is the point of view in the story "The Devil and Daniel Webster"?

The Devil and Daniel Webster, is a
short story written by Stephen Vincent Benet. This story is written in Third person,
omniscient perspective, or point of view. Omniscient means all knowing.  This is where
the narrator knows the thoughts of the other characters in the story. We can see an
example perspective when the narrator speaks of the main character, Jabez Stone, and
tells the audience, "But one day Jabez Stone got sick of the whole business." As a
simple spectator, the narrator would have had no way of knowing the feelings of Jabez.
He knows the actions of the characters and also the
thoughts.

There are other types of
perspectives. Another type is Third Person Limited. This is where
the story is told from someone looking in, but that person, the narrarator can't read
minds. They can only see what you could see if you were there. It would read, "The
children went to the zoo and they looked scared when the lion
roared."

Another type is, First Person
Perspective. In this case, the narrator is telling the story, but they are
also a character in the story. The story would be told as, "I went to the store, I saw
Cathy and I imagined how lonely she must be, but without speaking to her I turned and
went home. After what she did to me in Gym? forget it!" This perspective is useful in
showing the thoughts of that particular character. You can really see what they are
thinking, regardless of the actions they may or may not take. Sometimes, a first person
perspective can be plural, as in "We went to the store and we saw Cathy." but that's not
found too often.

Second Person Perspective
is also a rare form of perspective but you will see it from time to time. In
this case, the peice will read placing you as the subject. For example this is used  in
the novel, The Crimson Petal and The White by Michael Faber. "Watch your step, Keep your
wits about you; you will need them the city I am bring you to is vast and intricate and
you have not been here before"

Depending on the type of
story you are writing and the messages and feeling you want to convey you will want to
choose the type of perspective that best works for you!

What is an = 1*4 + 2*5 + .... +n*(n+3)?

We'll write the sum:

Sum k(k
+ 3), where k is an integer number whose values are from 1 to
n.

Sum k(k+3) = Sum (k^2 +
3k)

Sum (k^2 + 3k) = Sum k^2 + Sum
3k

Sum k^2 = 1^2 + 2^2 + ... + n^2 = n(n+1)(2n+1)/6
(1)

Sum 3k = 3*Sum k

Sum k = 1
+ 2 + 3 + .... + n = n(n+1)/2

3*Sum k = 3n(n+1)/2
(2)

Sum k(k+3) = (1) + (2)

Sum
k(k+3) = n(n+1)(2n+1)/6 + 3n(n+1)/2

We'll factorize by
n(n+1)/2:

Sum k(k+3) = [n(n+1)/2]*[(2n+1)/3 +
3]

Sum k(k+3) = [n(n+1)/2]*[(2n + 1 +
9)/3]

Sum k(k+3) = [n(n+1)/2]*[(2n +
10)/3]

Sum k(k+3) = 2*[n(n+1)/2]*[(n +
5)/3]

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

Sum k(k+3) = [n(n+1)(n +
5)/3]

So, the value of the general term of
the string is:

 an = n(n+1)(n
+ 5)/3

In "There Will Come Soft Rains," what can you infer about the future of the house when the fire starts in the kitchen?

It is clear that the fully mechanised house puts up quite
a fight against the fire and has all of its defences ready and in order. However, the
narrator gives us every indication that the fire is going to "kill" the house by giving
us such statements as "the house began to die" and "The house tried to save itself."
What seems to have really overpowered the machines in the house who are responsible for
putting out fires is the fact that when the falling tree bough crashes through the
kitchen, cleaning solvent, which is obviously immensely flammable, broke open over the
stove. Note how the fire's progress is described:

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"Fire!" screamed a voice. The house lights
flashed, water pumps shot water from the ceilings. But the solvent spread on the
linoleum licking, eating, under the kitchen doo, while the voices took it up in chorus:
"Fire, fire, fire!"

Thus we
can see that the spread of the solvent underneath doors greatly helped the fire in its
battle against the house. We can thus infer that when the kitchen with all of its
flammable contents was set ablaze, the house was going to be completely
destroyed.

How does Rowlandson portray the Wompanoag in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson?

I agree one hundred percent with the original answerer. 
The Wompanoag ARE portrayed as "devilish creatures," . . . for the most part.  I say
this because one of my very favorite research papers I did in my college years was on
this literary piece and how ironic it was that Rowlandson included so many incidences of
compassion from the Wompanoag.  Therefore, take this with a grain of salt, . . . or at
least for an opposition paragraph someday at the beginning of a
paper.

Let me give a few examples that might guild that
opposition paragraph, however.  First, one of them actually gives Mary Rowlandson a
Bible out of the kindness of his heart:

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I cannot but take notice of the wonderful mercy
of God to me in those afflictions, in sending me a Bible.  One of the Indians that came
from Medfield fight, had brought some plunder, came to me, and asked me, if I would have
a Bible, he had got one in his basket.  I was glad of it, and asked him, whether he
thought they would let me read?  He answered,
yes.

Very appropriate, of
course, that she gives GOD the credit for giving her the Bible (considering the graphic
context of the story).  Yet another example of compassion is Rowlandson's "light" load
she was given compared to the other captives:

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In this travel, because of my wound, I was
somewhat favored in my load; I carried only my knitting work and two quarts of parched
meal.

Other members of the
tribe give her good amounts of food at various times during the narrative (such as horse
liver, peas, cake, venison, nuts, broth, horse feet, beans, biscuits, and meal) just to
"comfort" her.  And, of course, there is the fact that her "master" of the Wampanoag
"showed me the way to my son," again, not necessary.

My
final conclusion was that, although the Wompanoag showed compassion, it was no different
than the compassion a white master showed to his African-American slaves on the
plantation.  Yet, the compassion still exists, . . . for what it's
worth.

In "The Veldt," what statement about facing fears does Bradbury make?I have to write an essay on how the characters do or do not face their fears...

This is an interesting question to consider when thinking
about this excellent short story. Of course, whilst the parents do face what they show
fear about--the lions in the African scene that the children have created in their
futuristic nursery--they do not choose to face this fear at all. Rather, their children
manipulate and trick them into getting them into the nursery and then lock the door,
ensuring their parents' death in the most horrid of
ways.

Therefore, if I were you I would want to discuss the
fear of the children in being taken away from the nursery which they have become so
dependent on. Notice how Peter threatens his father when he suggests that they should
have a "house-free existence":

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"I don't want the nursery locked up," said Peter
coldly. "Ever."

Also, when he
makes this final decision to turn off all of the mechanical machines that have taken
over their lives and had such a negative impact on their children, note Peter's
reaction:

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"Don't let them do it!" wailed Peter at the
ceiling, as if he was talking to the house, the nursery. "Don't let Father kill
everything." He turned to his father. "Oh, I hate
you!"

However, in spite of
this step in the right direction, the father crucially and fatally gives in, allowing
his children one more play in the Nursery and thus sealing his own fate. So, when we
think about facing fears in this excellent short story, the biggest fear is the
children's fear of being without their nursery, which they never truly have to
face.

Evaluate the integral of the function y=(4+ln x)^3/x?

We'll apply the substitution technique to solve the
indefinite integral of the given function.

Int f(x)dx = Int
(4+ln x)^3dx/x

We'll substitute 4 + ln x =
t.

We'll differentiate both
sides:

dx/x = dt

We'll
re-write the integral, having t as variable:

Int t^3 dt =
t^4/4 + C

But t = 4 + ln
x

Int (4+ln x)^3dx/x =  (4 + ln x)^4/4 +
C

In chapters 10 and 16 of Great Expectations,what two items from Pip's past reappear?

In chapter 10, the file that belonged to Joe which Pip
stole for the convict reappears. There is a man sitting at the bar at the Three Jolly
Bargemen who is actually stirring a drink with the file. He keeps looking at Pip and Pip
notices with great astonishment. He might have felt remorse and shame and surprise all
at once. Upon the departure of this man, he crumples up and leaves a two-pound
note.

In chapter 16, a leg-iron is found next to Mrs. Joe's
bed. This is found after she had been struck and seriously injured. It looks like the
item was placed as a message to say that someone who may have been a convict hurt her.
But, with Joe being an expert in metalworks, he was able to quickly determine that it
had been filed off a long time ago. This convinces Pip that it could be the iron leg of
the convict, his convict.

Both items have the convict in
common and leave Pip feeling unsettled and unknowing about why they are where they
are.

Do you agree that Shakespeare is careful to balance the characters of Shylock and Antonio so that we do not feel more sympathy for one over the other?

Shakespeare gives Antonio a decidedly unsavory side to his
character while showing the persecution that Shylock justly feels a reaction to, so it
is possible, from one perspective, to read The Merchant of Venice
with very little sympathy for Antonio and much for Shylock. Granted, Shylock,
takes extreme measures in writing up his loan contract but Antonio displays extreme
arrogance in cavalierly agreeing to it even though Bassanio has the sense to protest
it.

Shylock accuses Antonio of unchristian and uncivil,
truly deplorable behavior, which Antonio not only doesn't deny, but claims he'll commit
again, and worse, if given the chance. In the opening scene Antonio tells his friends
that he is not gloomy about finances because he is not dependent on the success or
failure of his present shipping venture. Yet, a few moments later, he tells Bessanio
that he has nothing with which to provide him a loan, thus forcing the conflict of the
play caused by an appeal to Shylock for a loan. One reading of Antonio's words
recognizes that he lies to his friends about his finances and then is forced to confess
the truth to Bassanio.

In Ethan Frome, is Ethan and Mattie's one night alone more intimate than it would have been had they become lovers during Zeena's absence?.

The connection between Ethan and Mattie as it is presented
in the novel surpasses the physical. They are drawn to each other as soul mates, finding
in each other their own deepest emotions. When Mattie first expresses aloud what Ethan
has always felt silently, he believes "that words had at last been found to utter his
secret soul." The evening they spend together while Zeena is away emphasizes this bond
between them; the scene as Wharton writes it creates an emotional intimacy that is more
profound than a momentary sexual union, although the strong physical attraction between
them is evident in their every gesture.

After Zeena has
left, Ethan hurries through the day's work in the village so that he can return home to
Mattie. He imagines their evening together:

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For the first time they would be alone together
indoors, and they would sit there, one on each side of the stove, like a married couple,
he in his stocking feet and smoking his pipe, she laughing and talking in that funny way
she had, which was always as new to him as if he had never heard her
before.

It is significant
that Ethan does not dream of his time alone with Mattie in sexual terms; instead it is
the emotional intimacy of marriage that warms him. The "sweetness of the picture" in
Ethan's mind sends his spirits soaring "with a rush."

The
subsequent scene that Wharton creates between Ethan and Mattie is one of domestic
sharing. They have supper together at a nicely laid table; a fire burns brightly in the
stove with the cat drowsing before its warmth. Ethan is "suffocated with the sense of
well being."

After supper, they sit together as Ethan had
imagined, he smoking his pipe and Mattie doing her sewing. Temporary awkwardness soon
disappears between them as they talk "easily and simply" of everyday subjects. This
communication between Ethan and Mattie emphasizes the heart of their
relationship:

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The commonplace nature of what they said produced
in Ethan an illusion of long-established intimacy which no outburst of emotion could
have given . . . .

The love
between Ethan and Mattie flows between them like an electric current as the night wears
on, but it remains unexpressed, except in hands that reach toward each other but do not
meet and in Ethan's lips kissing not Mattie but a bit of the cloth she sews. There is no
physical contact between Ethan and Mattie during their evening together, but their
emotional intimacy creates a spiritual union between them that is much deeper, even
though, as Ethan later realizes "he had not even touched her
hand."

What is the exposition of this story?i neeed help(: thanks.

In a piece of literature, the exposition serves to kind of
set the scene.  It is meant to give the reader the background to the story.  It gives
them information that they need to understand the rest of the story and it sets up the
conflict.

To me, the exposition of this story consists of
the first six paragraphs.  In this part of the story we learn that Jim and Della are
poor.  We learn that in some detail (how much he makes, how much she has left).  Then we
learn about the main conflict -- we learn that she wants to buy him a Christmas present
with that paltry amount of money.

What evidence is there for Macbeth to do what he wants to achieve the power he thinks he deserves?a quote would be helpful thankyou

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the
evidence that Macbeth uses to convince himself that he deserves the power and authority
he obviously wants (to be king) comes in two parts. 

First,
the witches predict that he will be Thane of Cawdor and
king:

All
hail, Macbeth!  Hail to thee, Thane of
Cawdor!

and

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All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter! 
(Act 1.3.49-51)

The idea of
being king may or may not be present in Macbeth's mind before these predictions, but it
is certainly in his mind after these predictions.  The witches predict that he will be
king, and he definitely is interested in being so.  This is step
one.

Step two comes when the first prediction, that he will
be Thane of Cawdor, comes true:

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...for an earnest [a deposit] of a greater
honor,

He [the king] bade me, from him, call thee Thane of
Cawdor;

In which addition, hail, most worthy
thane,

For it is thine.  (Act
1.3.105-108)

Macbeth uses the
coming true of this first prediction, as evidence that the second prediction will also
come true.

Of course, the witches are equivocating (telling
him half-truths, or telling him truths that can be interpreted multiple
ways). 

Ironically, Baquo warns him just a few lines later
that sometimes "the instruments of darkness" tell us a little thing that comes true, in
order to make us believe something larger will come true, and thereby doom us, but
Macbeth completely ignores this, and interprets the evidence exactly as he wants
to. 

How do I write topic sentence about if there was no solar power? at least 1 -2 sentences. (detailed)how do you write topic sentence about if there...

In order to write a good topic sentence about this issue,
you first need to know what you are going to say about the issue.  You need to know what
your arguments are and then sum them up in your topic
sentence.

For example, let's say that you want to argue
that solar power is an important way to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.  If
that were your argument, you might say something like
this:

Today, America gets much of its oil and natural gas
from places with oppressive and possibly unstable governments.  If we do not use solar
power, we will have to rely more and more on such governments to provide us with the
energy we need.

These sentences show what you
are going to talk about in your paragraph without actually getting into details.  The
rest of your paragraph can fill in those details, talking about where our oil and gas
come from and what kinds of governments they have.

How does Cassius's diction allow him to persuade Brutus to his cause?

In many ways, Julius Caesar is a play
that is concerned with speech and how it is used to manipulate, coerce and flatter
people. Speech is a tool used by characters to get other characters to do what they
want, and there are many victims of speech used in this way, for example Caesar himself
and also Casca. One of the prime examples though, is this section of the play in Act I
scene 2 where Cassius "sounds out" Brutus and then persuades him to join the plot
against Caesar.

It is well worth examining Cassius'
strategy in how he does this. He starts of by commenting that he has noticed a change in
Brutus' regard towards him, recognising that there is something going on within Brutus.
Obviously, one of the aspects of Cassius is that he is a very good judge of character,
as Caesar goes on to recognise. He then goes on to flatter Brutus, assuring him of how
high he stands in favour with the people and the
Senate:

I
have heard

Where many of the best respect in
Rome

(Except immortal Caesar), speaking of
Brutus,

And groaning underneath this age's
yoke,

Have wished that noble Brutus had his
eyes.

Notice how subtly
Cassius introduces Caesar's name here, in parenthesis and with the sarcastic title
"immortal" to suggest an opposition. He then assures Brutus of his honesty and gives
testament to his upstanding character to encourage Brutus to believe his
words.

A key point in the discussion comes when they hear a
flourish and a shout (as said in the stage directions). Brutus, already goaded into
thought by Cassius, says:

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I do fear the
people

Choose Caesar for their
king.

This word "fear" allows
Cassius to talk about Caesar's humanity and how now he is passing himself off as
divine:

Why,
man, he doth bestride the narrow world

Like a Colossus, and
we petty men

Walk under his huge legs and peep
about

To find ourselves dishonourable
graves.

Note here again the
irony in the description of "petty men" - the juxtaposition of Cassius' description of
Caesar as just another mortal man and then this description of the God-like Caesar
obviously undercuts Caesar's divinity and draws attention again to how one man has
seized power and put others (like Brutus) under him. Note how this speech progresses by
introducing an element of jealousy and unfairness into what has
happened:

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Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that
"Caesar"?

Why should that name be sounded more than
yours?

Having introduced
(rather serpent-like) this temptation with logical reasoning, Cassius goes on to refer
to Brutus' ancestor (also called Brutus) who was involved in deposing the last tyrant of
Rome, obviously trying to goad Brutus into action by being true to his ancestors and
heritage.

Notice how when he has acheived his objective,
Cassius is self-deprecating about his talents:

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I am glad

That my
weak words have struck but thus much show

Of fire from
Brutus.

Here we have an
example of a master in persuasion - Cassius' words are anything but "weak", and he
establishes himself in this scene as a key manipulator and user of
rhetoric.

What sounds and sights indicate the start of a new day in the play Our Town?

Thornton Wilder's Our Town uses an
abundance of weather and birth imagery to reveal the themes of ritual, eternity, and
cycle of life:

In Act I, examples
are:

• "The time is just before
  dawn."


• "The sky is beginning to show streaks of
  light..."


• "The morning star gets wonderful
  bright..."


• "Mrs. Webb's
  garden..."


• "...a lot of
  sunflowers..."


• "Polish mother's just had
  twins..."


• "...there've been lights on for some time, what
  with milkin's and so on...


• Joe Crowell delivering the
  Sentinel (morning paper)


• Bessie's
  cow bell

These elements will be repeated in Act
III to show the cycle of life and give continuity to the play.  Wilder begins with life
(the twins) and ends with death (Emily's), but in the end, life goes on, and the people
of Grover's Corners continue the same morning routines.

Explain the importance of the idea of being the perfect hero in the poem Beowulf.

A hero is simply a behavioral model. To some, a basketball
player might be a hero, but to another that may seem silly. We all have our own heroes
for our own reasons. Thus a simple all-encompassing definition of a hero might simply be
as a behavioral model.

Here are the characteristics of
heroes in the Anglo-Saxon era:

• warriors were
  loyal to the king and would fight to the death for him, surrender was cowardly. Honor
  and loyalty to the tribe and to the king were more important, in a way, than material
  goods, for being remembered well after death, where you could not take material objects,
  was very important


• these were oral cultures (there was no
  writing or recorded history)


• these cultures were
  non-Christian; they were “pagans”, worshipping many
  gods.

In the end Beowulf has hit many of the
categories needed to fulfill his role in literature as an EPIC
HERO:

1.) An epic hero of imposing stature and who is
meaningful as a legend or historical figure

Lines that
describe his stature: 238 - 256, 279 - 292 (Beowulf is rumored to have 30
men’s strength).

2.)  The hero’s actions take place on a
grand scale and are important nationally, internationally, or
worldwide.

Beowulf saves Hrothgar’s people and inspires a
lasting peace between nations.

3.)  The action consists of
a great deed( s) requiring superhuman courage & maybe
superhuman strength.

4.) Supernatural forces (gods, angels,
demons) are involved or interested in the action

In Scene Three of The Glass Menagerie, explain the intense argument between Tom and Amanda.

In many respects, the argument between Tom and Amanda in
the scene is a result of latent tension that percolates to the surface in the scene. 
Amanda's insistence on Tom being a more present in the home has grated on Tom's nerves
for a while.  She cannot understand his own desire to have freedom or his own life.  At
the same time, perhaps, she chooses not to understand his own condition and his own
desires, as it might be reminiscent of Tom's father/ Amanda's husband.  On the other
side of the argument, Tom is looking to escape, bound in the family only by a lost sense
of duty.  The argument about Tom going to the movies is where the crux of this debate
lies.  For Tom, it is what he sees as freedom and escape.  More importantly, it
represents his first steps towards leaving.   Amanda sees it as self indulgent and
narcissistic.  The implication of Tom's deception, lying about him going to the movies,
is also what fuels the intensity of the argument.  Williams also uses the fight to begin
the process of separation between Tom and the family.  The magnitude of the fight
represents a line that has been crossed in which the reader/ audience sees that the
relationship between Tom and Amanda might lie beyond repair.

Determine the points that are on the curves y=x^2+x+1 and y=-x^2-2x+6.

To determine the points that lie on both the curves
y=x^2+x+1 and y=-x^2-2x+6, we have to equate the two. Doing this
gives

x^2 + x + 1 = -x^2 - 2x +
6

=> x^2 + x^2 + x + 2x + 1 - 6 =
0

=> 2x^2 + 3x - 5 =
0

=> 2x^2 + 5x - 2x - 5
=0

=> x ( 2x + 5) - 1( 2x + 5) =
0

=> ( x -1)( 2x + 5) =
0

This gives x = 1 and x =
-5/2

At x = 1, y = x^2 + x + 1 = 1 + 1 + 1 =
3

At x = -5/2 , y = (-5/2)^2 - 5/2 + 1 =
19/4

Therefore the points that lie on both
the curves are ( 1, 3) and ( -5/2 ,
19/4).

What significant 'documents' e.g. letters, wills etc. are in Great Expectations?I would be forever indebted to anyone who could give me a decent...

Certainly, in Charles Dickens's novel, Great
Expectations, there are some letters and documents which mark momentous
points in Pip's life, and there are letters which prove significant, as well.  Here is a
list of several of them:

1.  Pip's letters of indentures
mark the end of Pip's innocent childhood as he and Joe go to Miss Havisham's where Joe
acts so oddly that Pip is embarrassed. Miss Havisham hands Pip twenty-five guineas in a
bag to give to Joe and tells him "Goodbye" because Gargery is his master now.
13

2. When Mr. Jaggers appears in Pip's fourth year of
apprenticeship at the Jolly Bargemen, he informs Pip that he has a benefactor who will
provide for his becoming a gentleman.  While there is no paper shown, Mr. Jaggers
mentions certain stipulations to which Pip must adhere, such as his not changing his
name.  Jaggers says, "The condition is laid down," a statement which indicates that
stipulations are written in a document. 18

3. Regarding the
history of Miss Havisham, Herbert tells Pip that she received a letter from Compeyson at
twenty minutes to nine.  This letter informed her that he would not marry her.
22

4. After Pip arrives in London and begins to furnish his
apartment with Herbert, he visits Mr. Jaggers who orders Wemmick, "Take Pip's written
order, and pay him twenty pounds."  24

5. Because Pip has
been in London for a while, Biddy writes on behalf of Joe, who wishes to visit him.  It
is a rather formal letter notifying Pip that Joe is accompanying Mr. Wopsle. 
27

6. On a return home, Pip stops at the Boar's Nest and
reads in the newspaper that Uncle Pumblechook--"that basest of swindlers"--has taken
credit for Pip's good fortune, referring to himself as Pip's mentor.
28

7. One day in London, Pip receives "a note by post" from
Estella requesting that he meet her when she arrives on a midday coach.  From this
letter, Pip assumes that Miss Havisham desires his being around Estella.  However,
Estella informs him that she is going to Richmond to live with a lady there who "has the
power" of showing her to society.  31

8. Pip receives a
letter that Mrs. Joe has died.  34

9.  Pip receives "an
official note" from Wemmick, informing him to call upon Mr. Jaggers.  Pip arrives, now
of legal age, Pip is handed a five hundred pound note as a present from his benefactor. 
Pip is informed that henceforth he will take his money affairs into his own hands. 
Jaggers says, "I am the mere agent.  I execute my instructions."
36

10. After visiting at Satis House, Pip receives a
strange note when he arrives in London; it is written by Wemmick and reads "Don't go
home." 44

11. One morning after Pip makes arrangements for
Herbert to work at Clarriker's branch house, a mysterious letter arrives from Wemmick;
it tells him to burn the missive as soon as he reads it and
reads,

You
might do what you know of, if you felt disposed to try it. Now burn.
52

This letter refers to
Pip's plans to help Provis escape.

11.  When Compeyson's
body is found in the Thames, he has papers which indicate an accurate knowledge of
Magwitch's affairs.  55

12. After Pip is burned, Joe cares
for him and leaves a note after Pip is well, signing "Ever the best of friends."  (He
has learned to write from Biddy.) 57

What were the social impacts of colonization on the African continent?

There is a great answer to a similar question pasted in
below.  One of the most powerful changes that is pointed out, has to do with the changes
in governmental structure that created legacies of ineptitude and even something called 
"kleptocracy," that became far too common on the African
continent.

The way that the imperialist powers came in and
superseded the natural progression of tribal cooperation and even at times tribal
conflicts, created a situation where everyone quickly found it more profitable to ally
themselves with the most powerful people in any situation, regardless of their
trustworthiness or their ability to produce positive effects for the society, etc.  This
has been a constant factor in much of the horrible governance and the constant coups and
other problems that have become a fixture in much of sub-saharan
Africa.

In this novel, what are the concepts with which the book deals?Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

One concept--an abstract or general idea inferred or
apprehended from specific instances--that comes from the novel, Great
Expectations is the absolute value of love.  For, love transcends social
class, love transcends generations, love transcends all
else.

In the First Stage a young Pip recounts that he
"looked up to Joe in my heart."  However, he does not understand intellectually the
value of this love until he becomes a young gentleman and rejects Joe's love only to
discover that his false values are of no worth.  For, Estella and Miss Havisham, whom he
has held in high regard cause him agony. 

Finally, as in
the Bible, what Harold Bloom calls the greatest literary work of all time,
specifically St. Paul's letter to the Corinthians, Pip sees in "a mirror dimly" that he
has been selfish and cruel to those who love him:  Joe, Biddy, and Magwitch.  Pip gives
up his selfish, childish ways and sees clearly that above all else, love is the greatest
of values.  To paraphrase St. Paul, Pip now fully understands that faith, hope, and love
abide; but the greatest of these is love.  He tends lovingly to the poor, dying
Magwitch; he returns to Miss Havisham and forgives her, even saves her from the fire; he
forgives Estella; he embraces Joe, begging his and Biddy's forgiveness of his cruelty;
and he performs an act of great charity and love towards
Herbert.

Love is the concept, the ideal, that prevails
throughout Great Expectations; it is nobler
than any other concept--ambition, social class, etc.

In "The Metamorphosis," how does Gregor feel about his job?

You can see quite clearly how Gregor feels about his job
in the first section of this excellent short story. When he wakes up and finds himself
transformed and struggles to get out of bed, he expresses clearly his overall reluctance
at going to work and his dislike of his job. Note what he
says:

"Oh
God," he thought, "what a strenuous profession I've picked! Day in, day out on the road.
It's a lot more stressful than the work in the home office, and along with everything
else I aslo have to put up with these agonies of traveling--worrying about making
trains, having bad, irregular meals, meeting new people all the time, but never forming
any lasting friendships that mellow into anything intimate. To hell with it
all!"

We see if we read on in
the text that Gregor's main reason for working in his profession is to support his
family and help them out financially. Yet his job does not give him meaning or purpose,
as we can see with the way he complains and his specific problems with his life at the
moment. Thus Kafka makes serious comments about the impact of lack of purpose and
fulfilment on humans in this story.

If log 5a - log (2a-3) = 1, find a.

Given the logarithm
equation:

log 5a - log (2a-3) =
1

We need to find the value of "a" that satisfies the
equation.

We will use the logarithm properties to
solve.

We know that log a - log b = log
(a/b)

==> log 5a - log (2a-3) = log (5a/(2a-3) =
1

Also, we know that log 10 =
1

==> log 5a/(2a-3) = log
10

Now that we have the logs are equal. then the bases are
equal too.

==> 5a/(2a-3) =
10

We will multiply by 2a-3 both
sides.

==> 5a =
10(2a-3)

==> 5a = 20a -
30

==> -15a = -30

We
will divide by -15

==> a =
2

How does chapter 5 of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley prepare the reader for what happens in the story?

In chapter 5, the monster receives life and it literally
makes Victor physically sick. Throughout the rest of the book, Victor spends much time
contemplating the consequences of his action and suffers intense mental anguish for this
creation. The monster is gone by the middle of the chapter and that leaves the reader
hanging in suspense about what will become of the monster because there are 21 chapters
to go! Henry, Victor Frankenstein's good childhood friend arrives on the scene and in
this chapter Victor most worries himself about what will become of his poor friend if
the monster finds Henry. Fortunately that never happens in this chapter, but the fear
and worry certainly foreshadows the fact that Victor's family and friends will encounter
significant consequence because of Victor's action.

What is a good thesis for a comparison/contrast essay of 1984 and Brave New World?Both authors give a warning about the future and I would like to...

Certainly, both Aldous Huxley in his furturistic
novel, Brave New World, and George Orwell in his novel of
1984, also futuristic in the era in which it was written, foresaw
the loss of individuality within controlled states.  Orwell's dark vision of the future
portrays the personality of Winston Smith being erased and his thoughts controlled. 
Likewise, the New World controls thoughts; however, there is a genetic engineering which
mainly does this by means of creating people of certain intellectual and emotional
levels.  Added to this caste system is the hypnopaedia, or sleep conditioning, of the
New World.

Yet within Huxley's New World, there are men who
secretly rebel, as does Winston Smith.  Whereas Winston keeps a diary of his personal
feelings, Helmholtz of Brave New World reads forbidden books and
writes.  Clearly, there is dissatisfaction in both of the worlds created in the
narratives of Orwell and Huxley.  When the Savage arrives in the New World, he feels
deeply this dissastifaction as all feelings and thoughts are artificially generated. 
There is no sorrow, therefore there can be no real happiness, the savage learns in the
New World.

So, here are some commonalities which also point
to the differences between the two novels under consideration.  Perhaps a thesis that
compares and contrasts the two novels could point to similarities in theme and in
character as well as their differences.  For instance, a comparison between Winston
Smith and one of the main characters such as Bernard Marx and/or Helmholtz--even John
the Savage, who, like Winston loses his personality--will serve you.  Certainly, you can
draw parallels among them as they seek the assertion of their own individuality in a
world that is tightly controlled. 

In modern domestic tragedy A Doll's House, to what extent can Nora, the protagonist, be classified as a true tragic heroine?

One opinion regarding questions like this is that it is
not necessarily agreed that this play is a tragedy, and thus it is hard to consider the
characters tragic in any traditional sense of the word. Maybe it is just an
interpretation, but although the ending of the play is obviously sad, some critics side
with Mrs. Linde in thinking that the confrontation that Helmer and Nora have is
necessary and healthy for their relationship. Nora's decision to leave and the slamming
of the door gives the play a hopeful ending. We are presented with a Nora who has gained
self-knowledge about her character and the role that she has had in her life, both as a
daughter and as a wife. Now, Nora desires more self-understanding, independence and
control, which she thinks is impossible to attain whilst still married to Helmer. The
path that awaits her is very unsure and uncertain, but because she has grown so much
some find it a path that is very inspiring and hopeful. So therefore some do not think
Nora can be conceived of as a tragic heroine.

What are the characteristics of Metaphysical Poetry as illustrated in the poetry of John Donne?

Metaphysical poetry is usually characterized by the poet's
attention to a single topic -- usually of a more philosophical nature.  The poets that
are considered metaphysical all display intellectualism and creativity in their poetry. 
The poems are clever and witty as well as interesting in how they present the
speaker's/poet's stance on a subject. 

One of the most
famous poems by John Donne is "The Flea."  In this poem, the speaker is addressing a
young woman and trying to convince her to have sex with him.  His argument centers
around a flea.  At that thought the reader is thinking, "Are you kidding me?  The
speaker thinks a pesky flea is the stuff of romantic seduction???" But that is exactly
what the speaker does (though unsuccessfully.)  The poem becomes a clever and witty
argument that the flea just bit both of the them and therefore their blood is mixed in
the flea and therefore it would be no big deal for their blood to be mixed in the sexual
act (Elizabethans thought that kind of thing happened a lot.)  The young woman in the
poem doesn't accept the argument and she kills the flea, but the reader has to give the
speaker credit for trying this, and the poet for the creative take on how to seduce the
girl.  It is clever, witty, funny, and yet thought provoking at the same time.  That is
what it takes to be a good metaphysical poem. 

Other poems,
such as "A Valediction:  Forbidding Mourning," are clever in a more serious way.  In
this poem, he is telling his wife to quietly accept his upcoming departure on business
by telling her that their love is greater than everyone else's.  He uses metaphors drawn
from science, chemistry, astronomy, geometry, as well as clever language to express his
love.  The most unique metaphor of the poem is his comparison of their relationship to
that of a compass like you would use to draw circles.  His elaboration of the
metaphor creates a conceit.  By taking a common object with no prior associations to
love and crafting this clever metaphor, Donne proves the qualities of the metaphysical
poet here again.

Why did the Boers resist British rule?

I would argue that the Boers resisted British rule on
nationalist grounds and on the grounds of what we would now call
self-determination.

The Boers were not British.  "Boer" is
the Dutch word for "farmer."  They were Dutch with some who were French or German.  They
came to what is now South Africa when the area of the Cape of Good Hope was controlled
by the Dutch East India Company.  The Boers generally felt loyalty to the Netherlands
and to Protestantism as opposed to England.  As England came to take control of the
area, the Boers resisted.  They did this because they felt that they were Dutch and that
they should not be ruled by English people.  In addition, they felt that they had been
there first (before any other whites, at least) and that that gave them the right to the
area.

So the Boers resisted the British largely because
they were Dutch and didn't want to be ruled by English people who were
Anglican.