What impact did the Vietnam war have on Vietnam and Cambodia?

Well, of course the Vietnam War was very devastating to
the country of Vietnam.  Both the North and South were hurt badly.  In the North, there
was a lot of bombing by American planes.  There were also lots and lots of soldiers who
were killed in combat.  Finally, the people had to make do with very little in the way
of food and other necessities during the war.

In the South,
the US sprayed Agent Orange to kill plants.  This hurt the people economically (killed
crops) and it led to major health problems for many people.  As in the North, many
people were killed by both sides.  Many people were moved from their homes and became
refugees.

So, as you would expect from a war that went on
for years, it really hurt the Vietnamese people a lot.

In The Great Gatsby, were Gatsby's out-of-state phone calls real, or were they a ruse to impress his guests?

Gatsby is sometimes called away to take these mysterious
phone calls. They are quite real, and his secrecy about them and about his business
dealings in general suggests that his income is derived from illegal sources. After
Gatsby's death, Nick answers the phone one day at Gatsby's mansion and gets a glimpse of
Gatsby's business dealings, as does the reader.

The call
comes from Chicago, and as soon as Nick answers, someone who calls himself "Slagle"
 begins speaking excitedly, assuming he is talking to Gatsby
himself:

Young
Parke's in trouble . . . They picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counter.
They got a circular from New York giving 'em the numbers just five minutes before. What
d'you know about that, hey? You never can tell in these hick
towns--

When Nick identifies
himself, Slagle hangs up.

The content of Slagle's message
reveals at least one of Gatsby's illegal business dealings. Someone named Parke
apparently had tried to cash stolen bonds at a New York bank. The bonds had been stolen
in some small town, but the numbers of the stolen bonds had been circulated to banks in
the cities where they might be cashed. The numbers of the stolen bonds had arrived just
minutes before Parke had tried to cash them in New York. Saying that Parke is "in
trouble" most likely suggests that he has been
arrested.

Gatsby does not fabricate long distance phone
calls to impress his guests. The only person he wants to impress is Daisy so that she
will return to him. The lavish parties he stages are intended to draw her to his mansion
from her home in East Egg. Frequently Gatsby did not attend his own parties, and when he
did, he kept a very low profile. In fact, the first time Nick meets Gatsby, Nick carries
on a conversation with him for a while before realizing who he
is.

When the members stand in magic circle: How does Propspero deal with each four principals in turn? How does each react? Which of the four says...

When Prospero creates the magic circle, he deals with
Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, and Gonzalo in turn.  Prospero blames Alonso for being blind
and irrational to the crimes going on around him.  He says that Alonso allowed Antonio
to use Prospero and Miranda for his own political gain.  Prospero goes on to blame both
Sebastian and Antonio for consipiring to murder Alonso, and he also blames Antonio for
usurping him from his position as the Duke of Milan.  Prospero believes that Gonzalo is
the only honorable man in the bunch.  After the circle is lifted, Alonso is repentent,
yet Sebastian and Antonio remain quiet; in fact Antonio says nothing while Sebastian
claims that Prospero must have the "devil in him."

What does the integral of speed represent in the following case?The speed of a motorboat travelling in a straight line out at sea is given by :...

Since the boat is travelling in a straight line, let the
distance function travelled by the boat along the lineat time be s(t)
imles.

Thenthe instantaneous velocity of the boat at any
time t is given by  ds/dt = s'(t).

Therefore velocity s'(t)
= v(t) = t^2-5t+6 which is a function of time t in
hours.

Therefore s(t) = Int s'(t) dt = Int v(t) dt = Int
(t^2-5t+6) dt

Therefore s(t) =
Int{t^2-5t+6)dt.

s(t) = {t^3/3-5t^2/2+6t}
+C.

S(4)  = {4^3/3-5*4^2/2+6*4} +C = {64/3-5*16/2+6*4}+C =
16/3 = 16/3 +C miles of distance  from the beginning in 4
hours.

s(0) = (0^3/3-5*0^2/2+6*0}+C = C miles from the
beginning at the time of 0 hour.

s(4) -s(0) = 16/3+C- C =
16/3 miles traversed  by the boat in the interval of time from 0 to 4
hours.

Hope this helps.

Does the author intend for us to believe that what the devil says is true?Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"

As in so many of Hawthorne's works, there is an
intentional ambiguity on the author's part in "Young Goodman Brown." And, it may be that
this ambiguity is created so that the readers will become involved in an analysis
themselves of what constitutes sin. One interpretation of the devil, for instance, is
that he represents the darker side of Goodman Brown himself.  For, he resembles Goodman
and he claims to know Goodman's grandfather.  In their dialogue, Goodman declares his
virtue, while the old man laughs, suggesting the scoffing of a darker nature at the
hypocritical efforts of piety. 

Within Puritanism there is
the Calvanistic concept of Total Depravity.  That is, the heart, emotions, will, mind,
and body are all afflicted with sin.  This concept is expostulated by the devil when he
says,

By the
sympathy of your human hearts for sin ye shall scent out all the places—whether in
church, bedchamber, street, field, or forest—where crime has been committed, and shall
exult to behold the whole earth one stain of guilt, one mighty blood spot. Far more than
this. It shall be yours to penetrate, in every bosom, the deep mystery of sin, the
fountain of all wicked arts, and which inexhaustibly supplies more evil impulses than
human power—than my power at its utmost—can make manifest in deeds. And now, my
children, look upon each
other.”

Earlier Goodman Brown
has stepped out of the woods in which he has hidden and approached the congregation
"with whom he felt a loathful brotherhood by the sympathy of all that was wicked in his
heart." Now, he is part of those to whom the devil addresses himself since he recognizes
the "shape" of his own father in the devil.

Then, when
Faith's pink ribbons fly into the air, the symbolism of these ribbons suggests her loss
of innocence.  But, Goodman is not certain of the events that follow when he seems to
awaken from a dream.  However, because he has lost his faith--having become "part of
those to whom the devil addresses himself," it is a gloomy and distrustful Goodman Brown
who emerges from the forest.  He has passed from naivete to the recognition of the
depravity and evil of man's nature.

How is the American Dream related to Death of a Salesman? How does it relates to some other characters in the book?

the american dream is closely related to arthur
miller'(death of a salesman).willy,the protagonist,has adifferent view about American
Dream.he thinks that success is so easy to come,just be 'well liked' and you will catch
anything in life and ensue success.all his measures about the american dream are
materialistic,to gain much money and good family mean that you achieve success.on the
hand,his son Biff,has adifferent opinion about success,his view about the American Dream
contain passions and feelings,he believes that the real success in life is to happy and
comfortable,not to just cllect piles of dollars.

from my
point of view.the idea of the american dream is considered to be the major message in
(death of a salesman),miller wants ,through his play,to expose the consequences of the
materialistic american dream._willy lives and dies for the illusion of the american
dream,his american dream.

A certain polyhedron has 6 vertices and 9 edges. Determine the number of faces on this polyhedron.

Descates (in 1639) has given us the relation between the 
vertices , faces and edges of any polyhedron  or any plane figure bounded by sraight
edges, plane polygonal faces and vertices.It is popularly known as Euler's formula(Euler
rediscovered it in 1751) or Euler's theorem and proved by Cahchy  also in
1811 :

The number of vertices+ number of faces = number of
edges +2. Or V+F = E+2. Substitute the given values , V=6 and E = 9  and we get: 6+F =
9+2 . So F = 9+2-6  = 5..

I need some quotes from Macbeth, listed with the theme and technique/feature that fits with the quote.

Here are the major themes of
Macbeth:

• Ambition
  can subvert
  reason:

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“From this moment,the very firstlings of my shall
be the firstlings of my hand.” –Act IV, Scene
1

AND

“Thou
wouldst be great; art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend
it.” –Act I, Scene
5

• When
  supernatural powers represent evil, they should be ignored.
  

“But ‘tis strange! And
oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us
with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence.” –Act I, Scene
3

AND

“Accursed be the tongue that tells me so, for it
hath cowed my better part of man! And be these juggling fiends no more believed.” –Act
V, Scene
8

• The
  natural order is disrupted by any upset in the proper order of human
  society.

“By
the clock ‘tis day, and yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp. Is’t night’s
predominance, or day’s shame, that darkness does the face of earth entomb when living
light should kiss it?” –Act II, Scene
4

AND

“The obscure bird clamored the livelong night.
Some say the earth was feverous and did shake.” –Act II, Scene
3

• Appearances
  do not always reflect
  reality.

“There’s
no art to find the mind’s construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built
an absolute trust.” –Act I, Scene
4

AND

“Our separated fortune shall keep us both the
safer. Where we are, there’s in men’s smiles; the near in blood, the nearer
bloody.” –Act II, Scene
3

• Despite
  prophecies of the future, people are responsible for their own
  actions.

“If
you can look into the seeds of time and say which grain will grow and which will not,
speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear your favors nor your hate.” –Act I, Scene
3

In the Old Testament, in Genesis, what does the angel of Yahweh mean when he says that Abraham fears God?

In the Old Testament book of Genesis, Abraham is a devout
follower of God (Yahweh). He and his wife Sarah wait many long years to have a child. In
fact, they are so old, that when God, disguised as a traveler tells Abraham that he will
be a father, Sarah overhears and laughs. However, Abraham and Sarah do have a son: they
name him Isaac. (Isaac's name means "He laughed" because Abraham had also laughed when
God first told him he would have a son.")

After several
years, when Isaac is older, God tells Abraham to travel to the land of Moriah, where he
will sacrifice his son on an alter. Abraham does as he is told. They travel for several
days. On the third day, they reach the appointed spot. Abraham leaves his servants
behind. When Isaac asks where the sacrifice is, his father replies that God will supply
one.

Abraham builds the alter and ties his son on it. He is
ready to kill the boy and start the fire beneath, but God's angel stops him. Nearby, a
ram is caught by his horns in a bush nearby, and this becomes their
sacrifice.

When Abraham is ready to carry out God's order,
the scripture says:

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'Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything
to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your
only son, from me.' (RSV)

I
do not take this to mean that Abraham is afraid of what God will do to him if he does
not obey. I believe "fear" here is used differently. I believe the angel is saying that
Abraham has proven his total devotion and respect for
God.

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In this
context fear refers by href="http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_M.html">metonymy to obedience
that grows from
faith.*

(Metonymy is a
literary device that refers to...Using a vaguely suggestive, physical object to embody a
more general idea. This means the the general word "fear" represents the larger idea of
"obedience that grows from faith." See Dr. L. Kip Wheeler definition for more
details.)

Abraham was ready to sacrifice his only,
long-awaited son without question. In essence, it was a test, and God promises to reward
Abraham greatly for his willingness to do what God asks of him, even if it is the most
difficult thing.

*Additional
source:

http://net.bible.org/#!bible/Genesis+22:1

Please help me with the following question about "Through the Tunnel."Retell the main events of this story as Jerry might tell them to his best...

With respect, you are asking two different questions. What
I think your teacher is after is a demonstration of how two write two different accounts
of the same event. Clearly, the way that Jerry would re-tell what occurred to him during
his vacation to his friends will be very different from the way he would explain what
happened to him if he were to tell his son what happened to him when he was an adult.
You need to think about how these changes would be demonstrated through word choice, the
kind of phrases and grammar used and the way Jerry would explain the
event.

If you choose to write re-tell the story from
Jerry's perspective to his friends, he will obviously use slang and exaggeration to
boast about what he achieved. Be prepared to exaggerate the description of the rocks and
how dangerous swimming through the tunnel was. I imagine that if you re-tell the story
from Jerry's point of view as an adult, he will be much more thoughtful and meditative
about its significance to him, and wouldn't exaggerate or be so boastful. He will also
want to stress how dangerous it was to his son so that he doesn't get any ideas of doing
something similar!

This is a very interesting assignment
which will require you to show your understanding of how audience impacts your writing.
Thinking through this issue will help you structure your work. Good
luck!

Why was Angela Wexler standing on a hassock in The Westing Game?No.

Angela Wexler is standing on a hassock because she is
having her wedding dress altered. The increased height causes the bottom of her dress to
be raised a couple of feet so that the dressmaker can more easily access it. As Mrs.
Baumbauch, with pins in her mouth, crawls around on the floor adjusting the dress's hem,
Angel herself stands "as still and blank-faced pretty as a store-window dummy," looking
out the window at the lake across the way.

Angela is
engaged to be married to Dr. Denton Deere. She is not as excited about the upcoming
union as is her mother, who considers Dr. Deere to be a worthy match. Grace Wexler is a
controlling woman, and she treats Angela like a fragile, precious doll with no mind of
her own. Mrs. Wexler is supervising the fitting from the comfort of a beige velvet
couch, and when Angela cries out while pivoting in a slow quarter turn according to Mrs.
Baumbach's instructions, the overprotective mother assumes that the dressmaker has
pricked her daughter and cautions her to be more careful. Angela, however, has not been
pricked. She had uttered the exclamation because she had noticed smoke coming from the
Westing house chimney, and was surprised, because the house was supposed to be empty
(Chapter 3).

Comment on the trend of Raina's encounter with the man in her room.It's concrning about the book Arms and the man

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What is x if 2*sin x + 1 = tan x + 2*sin x * tan x, if x lies in [0; 2*pi] ?

We'll use the fact that the function tangent is a
ratio:

 tan x = sin x/cos
x

We'll re-write the given equation moving all terms to one
side:

2 sin x + 1 -  2 sin x (sin x/cos x) - sin x/cos x =
0

We'll multiply by cos
x:

2sin x*cos x + cos x - 2(sin x)^2 - sin x  =
0

We'll factorize the first 2 terms by cos x  and the last
2 terms by - sin x :

cos x(2 sin x + 1) - sin x(2 sin x +
1) = 0

We'll factorize by 2 sin x +
1:

(2 sin x + 1)(cos x - sin x) =
0

We'll set the first factor as
zero:

2 sin x + 1 = 0

We'll
subtract 1;

2sinx = -1

sin x =
-1/2

x = arcsin (-1/2)

The
sine function is negative in the 3rd and 4th quadrants:

x =
pi + pi/6

x = 7pi/6 (3rd
qudrant)

x = 2pi -
pi/6

x = 11pi/6 (4th
qudrant)

We'll set the other factor as
zero:

cos x - sin x = 0

This
is an homogeneous equation and we'll divide it by cos x:

1
- tan x = 0

tan x = 1

The
function tangent is positive in the 1st and the 3rd
qudrants:

x = arctan
1

x = pi/4 (1st
quadrant)

x = pi+
pi/4

x = 5pi/4 (3rd
qudrant)

The complete set
of solutions of the equation, over the interval[0 , 2pi], are: {pi/4 ; 5pi/4 ; 7pi/6 ;
11pi/6}.

What does the convict tell Pip to bring him?Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

In the exposition to Great Expectations, the "fearful man
in coarse gray" tells Pip to bring him some "wittles," food, and a file.  After having
shaken Pip upside down and telling Pip that he will cut out his liver and heart if he
does not comply, the large, foreboding man terrifies Pip into complying with his wish. 
Yet, the kind-hearted Pip also has sympathy for this poor creature who trembles.  With
concern, later Pip asks the convict if he has the flu, and the convict replies that he
believes so.

Pip's act of thievery from the pantry of Mrs.
Joe's kitchen causes humorous repercussions on Christmas Day when Uncle Pumblechook
drinks from the glass that should contain brandy, but the bottle from which it comes has
been refilled with tar water from a nearby jug by Pip, who was mistaken as to the
contents.

What is the position of the writer? Is she objective or subjective ("The Story of an Hour")?Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"

Your question concerning Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"
deals with the narrator's tone and manner of presenting the
story. 

Objective, as you use it, refers to the point of
view of the narrator.  An objective narrator relates only the details of the story
without interpretation or judgment.  Fiction can be objective, but this story is
not.

The narrator's attitude toward the protagonist in the
story is sympathetic, and she interprets her character with sympathy.  This is
subjective.

Mrs. Mallard is presented in a positive light. 
If the work were objective, she would be presented in a neutral light.  For example, the
character is "young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a
certain strength."  "Repression" is an interpretation and judgment of the lines on the
woman's face, and indicates that as a wife--even as a wife to a relatively good man--she
suffers repression.  And "strength" is an interpretation, also, as well as
a judgment.

Interpretation and judgment on the part of a
narrator demonstrate that a story is narrated in a subjective
manner.

Notice that I have interpreted your use of "writer"
to mean "narrator."  We can't, strictly speaking, pretend to know what is in a writer's
mind at the time of writing.  We try to refer to the narrator, rather than the writer. 
At the same time, looking at this story and other works by Chopin, you are probably safe
in saying that Chopin, too, is subjective in her approach to a woman's place in marriage
and society.  She is a strong feminist writer, and often reveals the claustrophobic-like
roles women are forced to play in society.   

What evidence do you find in his speech that Dr. King was out of touch with social realities?The March on Washington proved to be a turning point...

From the question, it sounds like you are saying that the
"I Have a Dream" speech was out of touch with social realities at the time that it was
given.  I suppose that you can make this argument, though I would disagree with it to a
large extent.

You can say that this speech is out of touch
because it emphasizes the legal segregation that was going on in the South at that
time.  You can argue that it ought to talk more about the economic conditions in the
ghettoes of the North.

You can argue that King should have
talked less about brotherhood and religious imagery and talked more about how angry
black people in the North were getting.

But to me this is
an unfair criticism because in 1963, the legal segregation was still there.   As long as
that was still there I do not think I agree that other things were the "core of racial
problems." I think you have to get rid of that first and then move on to economic
problems (as King did between the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his
death.

Why did Scout wear her pork costume on the way home in Chapter 28?

Scout decided to keep her ham costume on after the show in
order to "hide my mortification under it." Scout had missed her cue during the show, and
Mrs. Merriweather had to call out "Pork!" at least three times before Scout finally made
her very late entrance. Her appearance was apparently so hilarious that Judge Taylor had
to leave the auditorium; he was "slapping his knees so hard" that his wife had to bring
him some water and one of his pills. It's a lucky thing that Scout kept on her chicken
mesh costume, because it proved to be the insulation that saved her from the slashing
knife wielded later by Bob Ewell.

What are Montresor's fears in "The Cask of Amontillado"?

Montresor's greatest fear in "The Cask of Amontillado" is
that he will be caught during his crime and be incarcerated for murder. So, he
painstakingly details every facet of his plot against Fortunato. He fears that his
servants may witness his actions, so he makes sure they will be enjoying the carnival
festivities instead. He worries that Fortunato may not follow him into the catacombs, so
he tempts him with a bottle of rare amontillado. Montresor fears that a quick murder
will not do justice for the crimes committed against him, so he concocts a way to
satisfactorily torture Fortunato emotionally as well. He worries that Fortunato's cries
may be heard, but the depths of the catacombs will solve this problem--as well as any
qualms about whether the body will ever be found.

Find the antiderivative of y= square root(1+square rootx).

To find the antiderivative of the given function, we'll
have to determine the indefinite integral.

Int  sqrt(1+sqrt
x) dx

We'll substitute 1 + sqrt x =
t

We'll differentiate both
sides:

dx/2sqrt x = dt

dx = 2
sqrt x*dt

But sqrt x = t -
1

dx = 2(t - 1)dt

We'll
re-write the integral in t:

Int sqrt t*2(t - 1)dt = 2Int
sqrt t^3 dt - 2 Int sqrt t dt

 Int sqrt t*2(t - 1)dt =
2*t^(3/2 + 1)/(3/2 + 1) - 2*t^(1/2 + 1)/(1/2 + 1) + C

 Int
sqrt t*2(t - 1)dt = 4t^(5/2)/5 - 4t^(3/2)/3 + C

 Int sqrt
t*2(t - 1)dt = 4t^(3/2)( t/5 - 1/3) +
C

Int sqrt(1+sqrt x)dx = 4(1 + sqrt
x)^(3/2)[(1 + sqrt x)/5 - 1/3] + C

What were the causes of the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica in 1865?

The basic causes of the Morant Bay Rebellion in 1865 were
the unrepresentative nature of the Jamaican government and the economic problems that
Jamaica was suffering from during this time.

The government
of Jamaica was controlled by a very few white people.  The black Jamaicans had
essentially no voice in government.  Out of the 436,000 people on the island, fewer than
2,000 were allowed to vote (see miami.edu link).  This meant that the mass of black
Jamaicans had no feeling of being represented by their
government.

At the same time, Jamaica was undergoing
serious economic difficulties.  Taxes were high, prices were high, unemployment was
high.  In these conditions, many black Jamaicans were living in very impoverished
circumstances.

Because their material lives were very
difficult, and because they had no voice in government, black Jamaicans were primed to
rebel if the occasion arose as it did when Paul Bogle and his fellow protestors were
arrested.

What eight English words does Mamacita know in The House on Mango Street?

The eight words (or more accurately, phrases) Mamacita
knows are: He not here, No speak english, and holy
smokes.

Mamacita says, he no
here when the landlord comes which may indicate that her husband pays the
rent and they are sometimes behind in rent.  No speak english is
when anyone who doesn't speak Spanish tries to speak to her, which indicates that she
doesn't have an interest in speaking to anyone who doesn't speak Spanish and doesn't
want to learn English because she misses Mexico.  Holy smokes
likely indicates that she could learn English if she wanted to because it's
an idiom which is a difficult part to pick up in a language, but she doesn't want
to. 

What does equality mean in "Harrison Bergeron"?And what exactly is the author satirizing?

In "Harrison Bergeron," Vonnegut is satirizing our
collective notion that all people must be equal.  In the story, the fictional society
that Vonnegut creates is made to be equal in all ways:  the smarter people are given
mental handicaps to prevent them from thinking, the graceful dancers are given weighted
bags to prevent them from being so graceful, and beautiful people are given physical
props to mask their true appearance.  In the story, the members of society get
nowhere--they cannot even function on a level that makes anyone productive.  The satire
presents the people as absurd and ridiculous to voice the message that our attempts to
always make people equal are similarly absurd and ridiculous.  In the advent of civil
rights and other rights such as equality in the workplace, our society has gone to an
extreme by suggesting that people should be equal in all areas, not simply that we
should be treated with equal respect.  Vonnegut uses the story to suggest that our human
differences are the avenue to our advances.  For example, what would the Olympics be
without superior athletes to engage in competition?  So, "Harrison Bergeron" challenges
the notion of blanket human equality.

What could General MacArthur have done more to stop the using of the atomic bomb on Japan?How did he express what needed to be done to end the war...

In a word, nothing.  This topic has come up fairly often
in recent days, and the consensus seems to be the same: the decision to drop the atomic
bomb was made because of a desire for revenge and to shorten the war.  The decision was
made at the Presidential level, even before we had the bomb developed for testing.  So
MacArthur, while he was the Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific and had a great
amount of respect and influence on military matters, would not, in my opinion, have been
able to stop the bomb from being used.  He may have been able to influence the
timing of its use, but that's about it.  He later admitted himself
that he had not even been consulted about the use of the
weapon.

That being said, MacArthur did have a military
opinion on it.  He believed it was militarily unnecessary.  As we did not accept an
unconditional surrender of Japan, but a conditional one where the Emperor would retain
his position but not his power, he felt that concession might have prompted the Japanese
to stop fighting without the use of the bomb.  Unfortunately, we'll never
know.

What are some character movtivations in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee?For example, what is Boo motivated by or Atticus?

In Harper Lee's To Kill a
Mockingbird, character motivations drive the
plot.

Atticus' motivations, which drive his actions, are
based on being a man of honor. He is not racially prejudiced, and so he is willing to
defend Tom Robinson as he would any many with a right to a fair trial. Atticus also is
consistent: his sense of honor and integrity is something that drives him not only as a
man and a citizen of Maycomb, but as the father he wants to be to his children in order
to bring them up to be responsible, compassionate
people.

Boo Radley is intrigued by the children. I believe
he is motivated to want to be with them because they are interested in him, and they
make him laugh. We see this when the kids are playing the "tire game" and Scout's tire
rams into the side of Boo's house. Although it frightens her, she later admits to
hearing a laugh outside. His fondness for the children and interest in their lives
ultimately save them from Ewell's attempt to murder
them.

Lastly, Bob Ewell is motivated by ignorance and
hatred. He refuses to live with what he perceives as shame for his daughter's physical
advances toward Tom Robinson, so he accuses Tom of rape. He is motivated by a sense of
superiority in how he acts towards Tom and other blacks. And his verbal attack of
Atticus on the street (when he spits on him), and ultimately his attack of Scout and
Jem, are motivated by his deep hatred for those who do not support his malicious
nature/ideas. He is the face of evil in the novel.

To best
understand a character, it is important to understand what motivates him or
her.

What evidence is there in the text of Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that indicates that Enfield and Utterson have suspicions after the...

...
[Enfield] lifted up his cane and pointed.
    "Did you ever remark that door?"
he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, "It is connected in my
mind," added he, "with a very odd story."

    "I see you feel as I
do," said Mr. Enfield. "Yes, it's a bad story. For my man was a fellow that nobody could
have to do with, a really damnable man; and the person that drew the cheque is the very
pink of the proprieties, celebrated too, ... Black-mail, I suppose; an honest man paying
through the nose for some of the capers of his youth.
..."

There is textual
evidence related to their walk indicating that Enfield and Utterson think Jekyll and
Hyde very strange indeed. I've quoted above two significant pieces of textual evidence.
They relate to (1) how Enfield feels about the evil man and the story and to (2) how
both Enfield and Utterson think about the connection between the "damnable man" and the
"celebrated" man.

(1) Enfield makes it clear that he feels,
and rightly so, that the experience he had was of the most horrific kind of experience
and that the "damnable" man perpetrating the events was the most villainous and inhuman
sort of man possible. Enfield recognizes that Utterson shares the same feelings: "I see
you feel as I do," said Mr. Enfield. "Yes, it's a bad
story."

(2) Enfield and Utterson agree that there is
probable cause to think blackmail is involved in the connection between the evil man and
the celebrated man who owns the door leading into "Black-Mail House," as Enfield calls
it: "Black-mail, I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers
of his youth."

When both the feelings and thoughtful
explanations of the connections are added together, clear textual evidence is provided
that both Enfield and Utterson think Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde strange, strangely
connected, strangely behaving, strangely mysterious, and--at least for Utterson who is
Jekyll's close friend--strangely troubled.

Will ships float lower or higher in tropical waters?

You have not mentioned in your question compared to what
will the ships float lower or higher. I assume it is non-tropical
water.

Tropical water is water that lies in the region
between the tropics. The temperature of the water here is higher compared to
non-tropical waters and does not fall below 25 C.

As the
temperature of water increases, the molecules move further apart and its density
decreases.

A ship floats in water when the buoyancy of the
water is equal to the weight of the ship. In case this cannot happen if the mass of the
ship is too high or its structure is such that it is not able to displace a sufficient
quantity of water, the ship will not float.

When a ship
moves from non-tropical waters to tropical waters as the density of water decreases a
larger volume of water has to be displaced for the ship to remain afloat. This would
mean that a larger structure of the ship will be submerged in the water and it will
float lower.

What are good quotes by Hamlet that have meaning towards human existence in Shakespeare's play, Hamlet?I only need five.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, we find
there are many quotations that reflect Hamlet's take on human existence: this is, after
all, one of the major complexities of the play...Hamlet's ability to deal with the
serious nature of life: his own, in connection with
others.

Hamlet speaks of human existence in the "To be or
not to be" speech.

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To die—to sleep,
No more; and by a
sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural
shocks
That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be
wish'd.   (III, i, 5-9)

This
quote speaks about death—maybe it's like sleeping, which would be
easier than facing daily hardships...of being extremely tired of life's oppressions—is
there a release after death? We are all moving to an unavoidable end—at times, fearful
and at other times, sensing release.

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Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and
sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after
death,
The undiscovere'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller
returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those
ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?   (III, i,
21-27)

This part of the same
speech describes the fear humans have of leaving what they know—though it be
horrible—for something of which they know nothing. The dread of the unknown is common
human reaction.

We find it once more in the
following.

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Hamlet:
What
a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how
infinite in faculties, in
form and moving how express and
admirable, in action how like an angel, in
apprehension how like
a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of
animals—and yet,
to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not
me—
nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so. (II, ii,
303-308)

Here Hamlet speaks
to the glorious creation of man—remarkable! And yet, he sees
nothing that inspires him: he is disheartened. (He has Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius and
perhaps Ophelia to thank for this.) A common theme regarding our view of life is
avoiding cynicism in contemplation of the magnificence of man, or life, when people
disillusion us.

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Hamlet:
What
have you, my good friends, deserv'd at the hands of
Fortune, that she sends
you to prison
hither?

Guildenstern:
Prison,
my
lord?

Hamlet:
Denmark's
a
prison.

Rosencrantz:
Then
is the world
one.

Hamlet:
A
goodly one...Denmark being one o' th' worst...for there is nothing either good or / bad,
but thinking makes it so. To me it is a
prison.

This passage
describes Hamlet's sense of feeling trapped, especially based on his father's challenge
that Hamlet avenge the old King's death. He feels as if his world is a prison. We can
probably relate his feelings to our own when we feel enslaved by the job, a
relationship, politics, etc.

Also in this passage is the
famous quote:

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...for there is nothing either good
or
bad, but thinking makes it
so.

Here Hamlet touches on
the a struggle within ourselves: what do I believe? The world is saying one thing: I
feel another. Hamlet is saying what we also know: perception is everything. It is normal
to experience self-doubt—to look for something that will convince us to follow our own
path, to find our personal truth.

Hamlet spends a lot of
time philosophizing about life; all of this shows his attempt to come to terms with his
own experience in a world that has quickly become a threat and burden to him. He is
confused, conflicted and searching. These quotations may help us to more closely
identify with this sad young man, making this a timeless play.

Compare Frankenstein with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Mary Shelley herself, along with numerous critics, has
acknowledged her debt to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" in
her Frankenstein. Clearly, the epic of damnation and redemption
influenced the impressionable teenage author of a novel with a similar theme. But
another reason for the allusive presence of the poem in the novel can be summed up in
one word: admonition. Both "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" - told by the hapless
seafarer to the captive audience of the Wedding Guest - and Frankenstein -
ensconced in the letters of Robert Walton - are told from the second person
point of view, the narrative of warning, prohibition and responsibility.
Frankenstein's second person narrative, and the many allusions to
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is likely Mary Shelley's warning to the reader. But
about what is the warning? The answer can be found in the direct reference to
Coleridge's poem in the words of Robert Walton: he goes “to the land of mist and snow,”
yet he swears that he shall “kill no albatross” nor, says he, shall he return “as worn
and woeful as the ‘Ancient Mariner’”. His promise, like the grandiose quest of Victor
Frankenstein, is ironic. Both men are carried away by a hubristic search for knowledge.
It is only by listening to Frankenstein's cautionary tale about the cost of wresting the
secret of life from God that Walton is dissuaded from playing God with the lives of his
fellow-travelers. He turns back from his pursuit of personal glory, the fate of
the ancient marier ringing in his ears. 

What was the symbolism of ashes in Angela's Ashes?

Angela's only comfort, as she would say herself, were her
Woodbine cigarettes, which she smoked with her husband (when he was home) while they sat
by the fire looking at the firewood consume itself until it turned into ashes. That
would be one of the symbols of the ashes: The sole comfort in Angela's weary and tired ,
and sacrificed life. Also, in the end of the book 'Tis which is the
continuation of the story of Frank McCourt, he mention's how Angela's Ashes (after her
death) will basically be inmortal for she had given Frank the opportunity to live the
life he lived.

So, concisely, Angela was literally "burnt"
by her husband, by her limitations, and by the want of a better life for her children.
She literally got to a point where she thought she might as well give it all up. She saw
a few of her children die, she suffered through poverty and hunger, she was in an
unstable marriage, she suffered degradation, and she had to fight through it all as best
as she could. When Frank finally made it somewhat in life, he noticed how the wear and
tear of years had left a huge burnt soul out of Angela. That could also be the meaning
of the word "ashes". - What was left of her.

In To Kill a Mockinbird, what is a passage that shows setting shaping the mood/ tone of the story?

Several passages create a mood or a feeling as a result of
the setting in To Kill a
Mockingbird.

In the first chapter, Scout begins
to paint a picture of the town that depicts the Depression quite specifically. People
moved slowly, they were exhausted and hot. This gives the readers a mood of
desolation, loneliness, or
depression. It feels nostalgic, but of a time when
Americans endured, not celebrated. On the other hand, it
was a time when all people had was each other, and in this state,
misery loved company.

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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 the 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.People
moved slowly then. They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of the stores
around it, took their time about everything. A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed
longer. 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.

Setting is
demonstrated throughout the book to reveal tone and
mood:

• When the Radleys place is described, the
  reader feels mysterious, fearful, and
  caution.


• When the courthouse
  is described in chapter 16, the mood is
  anticipatory.


• When the
  people travel to the courthouse in chapter 16, the tone is
  exciting and almost
  celebratory... at least these people had something to do
  for once! We hear this in Scout's descriptions of the people lunching on the lawns and
  using the metaphors and similes of parades and
  circuses.

Finally, the best descriptive scene
in terms of setting that impacts the tone is in chapter 28. The chapter opens with
several references to darkness and uses language of the place as
ominous. Readers get the idea that something terrible is
about to happen. Here are some tidbits from that
chapter:

The
wind was growing stronger, and Jem said it might be raining before we got home. There
was no moon. The street light on the corner cast sharp shadows on the Radley
house...

We turned the corner and I tripped on a root
growing in the road...

We turned off the road and entered
the schoolyard. It was pitch black...

“Didn’t know it was
this dark. Didn’t look like it’d be this dark earlier in the evening. So cloudy, that’s
why. It’ll hold off a while, though.”

Someone leaped at
us!

In Tom's speech at the end of Scene III of The Glass Menagerie, how are humor and bitterness developed through verbal irony?

In the scene, Tom's anger and frustration boil over in a
confrontation with his mother about his activities. Amanda believes that Tom has been
"doing things that you're ashamed of." When he says, once again, that he is going to the
movies, Amanda accuses him of lying, which leads to Tom's speech at the end of the
scene.

Through verbal irony (sarcasm) Tom makes fun of
Amanda's suspicions. In contrast to the mundane daily life Tom lives working in the
warehouse, his wild exaggerations are humorous as he explains what he "really" does
instead of going to the movies:

• He goes to opium
  dens with criminals.


• He's a member of the Hogan gang, a
  hired assassin who carries a Tommy gun in a violin
  case.


• He's known as "Killer Wingfield" and "El
  Diablo."


• He's a "czar of the underworld" who loses
  fortunes in gambling casinos.


• Sometimes he wears an eye
  patch and a false mustache.

Tom's speech
becomes very bitter, however, when he tells Amanda that his "enemies" plan to blow up
the Wingfield apartment with dynamite:

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They're going to blow us all sky-high some night!
You'll go up, up on a broomstick, over Blue Mountain with seventeen gentlemen callers!
You ugly--babbling old--witch . . .
.

Tom's allusion to Blue
Mountain expresses his frustration with Amanda and her tiresome, endless romantic
stories of her youth. In saying his mother is ugly, a "babbling old witch," Tom's
contempt and hatefulness show his deep anger and resentment toward her. He despises the
life he is forced to lead in St. Louis, and Amanda's behavior makes it even more
unbearable.

Does "How I Met My Husband" contain elements of fantasy?

"How I Met My Husband" is a realistic story, so there are
no elements of fantasy in terms of other worlds, imaginary creatures, or supernatural
events. However, there are elements of fantasy in terms of Edie's dreams and
aspirations. A poor girl of fifteen, just coming of age, Edie works for Mrs. Peebles in
her employer's fine house among her fine belongings. Edie admires Mrs. Peebles' new
kitchen appliances and dreams of having her own home one day. Edie tries on one of Mrs.
Peebles' beautiful gowns and dreams of her own
womanhood.

Edie's fantasies about her own future, however,
are most strongly developed in her relationship with the handsome young pilot, Chris
Watters, who literally flies into her life one day, landing his small plane in the
fairgrounds across the street. Edie becomes acquainted with Chris, and then she becomes
romantically attached to him. When Chris kisses her, Edie takes the kiss to be a promise
of a future life with him. When Chris says he will write to her, she believes him. After
Chris leaves, he does not write, but Edie holds on to her fantasy for a long time,
checking the mailbox each day for a letter. Eventually Edie falls in love with a man who
does love her, and her fantasies are replaced by reality. Many of her dreams come true,
but not in the way she had once imagined.

Why does Romeo refer to Paris as a "youth" and himself as a "desperate man" when Paris is older than Romeo in Romeo and Juliet?This is in Act 5...

At this point, Romeo has come to the Capulet tomb to see
Juliet's body and to commit suicide. He has bought a powerful potion from an apothecary
which he will use for this purpose. Romeo is utterly distraught and has decided that he
cannot live without his beloved Juliet, so much so that he has even warned Bathasar to
meddle in his plans, telling him that:

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"But if thou, jealous, dost return to
pry
In what I further shall intend to do,
By heaven, I
will tear thee joint by joint
And strew this
hungry churchyard with thy
limbs:"

Romeo
is clearly a "desperate man", in this instance and this is
exactly what he tells Paris who confronts him as he opens the tomb. Paris believes that
Romeo is about to desecrate the tomb and wants to arrest him. He tells
Romeo:

"Stop
thy unhallow'd toil, vile Montague!
Can vengeance be pursued further than
death?
Condemned villain, I do apprehend
thee:
Obey, and go with me; for thou must
die."

Romeo's
retort clearly shows that he will stop at nothing to fulfill his purpose. He warns
Paris, and it is clear from his language that he does not want to fight
him.

"I must
indeed; and therefore came I hither.
Good gentle
youth, tempt not a desperate
man;
Fly hence, and leave me: think upon these
gone;
Let them affright thee. I beseech thee,
youth,
Put not another sin upon my
head,
By urging me to
fury:'

By addressing Paris as
a gentle youth, Romeo is attempting to
persuade him to leave. The reference also
indicates Romeo's true nature: he is indeed,
also gentle driven to desperate means. Note how the terms he uses are
soft and not as harsh as those he used with Balthasar. The implication is also that
Paris is innocent of any wrongdoing and is not battle-hardened or ruthless and Romeo
does not wish to hurt him and commit 'another sin'.

In
contrast, Romeo is a 'desperate man', intent on doing what
he came for. Although he is younger than Paris, the events of the past few
days have made him a
man: he killed Tybalt, married Juliet, was banished and has
a death-sentence hanging over his head if he should return. Paris has not experienced
such desperate circumstances but Romeo has, and he surely feels hopeless for he has lost
the will to live.  

Who should we admire in the play Odepius?

In Oedipus, we should admire Oedipus,
of course.  He is my favorite tragic hero because of his double blind ambition both to
know the truth and to punish himself for not knowing the truth.  Sure, he suffers from
hubris and anger, but he expresses both only in pursuit of justice.  In the end, he
takes responsibility for his actions and achieves nobility in his suffering.  He refuses
to be a victim; instead, he becomes an emblem of suffering and knowledge, a truly
religious being.

The great author and philosopher Albert
Camus says that Oedipus achieves victory over his punishment, and I agree.  Oedipus'
life was a cruel joke fated by the gods.  Instead of suiciding at the end, like Jocasta,
Oedipus chooses to suffer and know the truth rather than escaping both.  He is a hero
because he hates death, loves life, and scorns the gods.  A lesser man would not have
blinded or exiled himself.

Like the Biblical Job, Oedipus
accepts suffering as a necessary condition for mankind to better understand himself and
the universe.  Because of this, he becomes a blind prophet, like
Tiresias.

What can you tell me about "Strange Meeting"? Techniques used, message, themes,context, and poem structure.i need to know basically everything...

Thank you for introducing me to this powerful
poem.

Wilfred Owen was one of the most important poets to
write about World War I.  "Strange Meeting," like many of his poems, expresses a very
negative attitude about the horrors and futility of
war. 

The poet describes his descent down a "profound dull
tunnel."  He soon discovers that this "sullen hall" is actually Hell.  Although the
place is certainly not pleasant, it seems better than the battlefield from where the
poet has recently come.  He remarks to a man that he meets in
Hell,

"Strange friend...here is no cause to
mourn."

The man agrees that there is no cause to
mourn--except for "the undone years," meaning all that he could have accomplished if he
had not been killed in battle.

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For by my glee might many men have
laughed,
And of my weeping something had been left,
Which must die
now.

He regrets that he must
"miss the march" of the world.

In the last stanza, the man
reveals a shocking secret: he is the enemy whom the poet killed in
battle:

I am
the enemy you killed, my friend.
I knew you in this dark: for so you
frowned
Yesterday through me as you jabbed and
killed.

Although the poet
killed him, the man seems willing to forgive;he says, "Let us sleep now."  He seems to
realize that the war was an absurd form of madness for which no individual can be
blamed.

The poem's four stanzas are written in lines of 10
syllables each.  Although the lines do not rhyme, Owens uses an interesting kind of
semi-rhyme: he often pairs words that share several consonant and vowel sounds.  Some
examples:

hall, Hell

grained,
ground

moan, mourn

years,
yours

wild, world

If you stir a solution can more solute be disolved? ( make it super-saturated?) Or can a solution only be supersaturated if heat is involved?

A solute can dissolve in solution until the open binding
sites are fully saturated. This leads to over-saturation, or super saturated state. Not
all molecules in a solution have exactly the same amount of potential or kinetic energy.
Heat is energy, so therefore, by applying heat, the energy level is increased and more
bonding sites are exposed. When heated, the molecules gain more kinetic energy and
collide more frequently, adding to the exchange of kinetic energy for potential energy.
Upon heating, the molecules must gain enough energy to reach a transition state, so this
will depend on the amount of heat applied to gain the energy
desired.

How is the death of romance in The Great Gatsby portrayed?

The Great Gatsby is a sophisticated,
serious work of fiction.  It deals with realities of human existence.  Fairy tales and
wishes and dreams don't usually come true:  in reality or in serious fiction.  The
characters in the novel are flawed, as are actual people, and as are character and human
perceptions and judgments.

Most specifically in the novel,
Jay Gatsby's idealistic view of his romantic relationship with Daisy turns out to be
erroneous.  It is an illusion.  His view of their relationship as special and poignant,
"earth shattering," if you will, is an illusion.  Daisy never loved him as he loves
her.  The romance was based on misperception.    

Gatsby,
perhaps, loves as everyone should love.  And he loves Daisy as everyone would wish to be
loved.  But love blinds him to reality (thus, the eye doctor sign).  His love results
only in tragedy.

Romance as a whole is contaminated in the
novel:  Tom and Daisy's relationship is based on money and the maintenance of the status
quo; Wilson and Myrtle are miserable, disloyal (in Myrtle's case), and abusive toward
each other;  Jordan is amoral and Nick never commits to her or vice-versa.  And Tom
smacks Myrtle in the face.

If one applies romance in the
novel to life as a whole, one could indeed say that romance dies in The Great
Gatsby.

In chapter ten of Animal Farm, the pigs start walking on two legs. Explain if this is a sign of progress?

The transition from four legs to two legs could be
considered both progression as well as regression. If you look at it from the
perspective of the pigs, then it absolutely is progress.  It is an important stage in
their transformation (specifically Napoleon) into the similar figure of a human-like
dictator that once tyrannically, callously, and with self-indulgence, governed the farm
(allegorically connected to Stalin’s evolution into a tyrannical leader after the
overthrow of the tsar, Nicholas II of Russia). Orwell does an excellent job
demonstrating this correlation when he creates a revelation with the “other” animal
characters that Napoleon (and the other pigs) is now discernable from the other humans
in the room. By the end of Orwell’s novella, the pigs had effectively moved into the
role of a self-serving government whose “progress” on the farm was founded upon not only
the exploitation of the lesser, and significantly less intelligent, animals, but also on
the use of manipulation tactics aimed at keeping the exploited animals subservient
through menial labor, lack of rights and the removal of their
voices.

However, if you consider this question from the
alternate angle of the farm animals, then it is a regressive action. The non-pig animals
begin with a hope and dream of utopia through socialism only to have it destroyed by the
manipulative and malevolent methods of self-serving “comrades.” For example, due to
their lack of intelligence—evident in their continuous inability to recognize the
changing rules, the shift in labor and the special allowances being extended to only the
pigs— they remain in a subservient role until it is too late. This allows Napoleon’s
transition to take place, along with the other pigs. Many of them don’t even recognize
the atrocity of Boxer’s murder as an indicator; in contrast, most of them continue to
follow the glittering rhetoric provided by Snowball as he contorts the truth to comfort
them. So, the pig’s transition from four legs to two legs could actually be considered
symbolic of regression as it relates to the destruction of the socialistic ideal
initially glorified by Old Major at the beginning. In addition, the transformation from
four legs to two legs also substantiates Orwell’s theme of corrupt governmental
institutions finding success through the disenfranchisement of its
‘people.’

what are the conflicts in the short story"Dead Men's Path"..

“Dead Men’s Path” enacts in miniature one of the central
themes of Achebe’s novels—the clash between modern European ideas and traditional
African values, progressive international standards and deeply rooted local custom. The
story’s protagonist, Michael Obi, is a well-educated forward-thinking idealist with a
passion for “modern methods.” Quite intelligent and undoubtedly dedicated to education,
Obi is more comfortable in abstract thought than in facing the complexities of real
life. He doesn’t notice unspoken feelings; for example, his wife’s  considerable
disappointment upon learning that the other teachers are all unmarried. His view of the
world is rational and therefore incapable of fully understanding the parts of life ruled
by emotion, intuition, or custom. Obi looks down on the older headmasters of the Mission
schools. Note how Achebe subtly undercuts Obi in the opening paragraphs. Only
twenty-six, the newly appointed headmaster appears much older with his
“stoop-shouldered” posture and “frail” build.

Michael
Obi’s name demonstrates his divided heritage. Michael is a Christian baptismal name of
European heritage. (Remember Obi works for “Mission” schools—as did Achebe’s father, who
was a devout Christian.) Obi, by contrast, is an African name. His name itself embodies
the cultural conflict he is about to enter.

How does Dickens use humour and pathos in his Great Expectations?Please give a detailed explanation.

In his bildungsroman, Great
Expectations, Charles Dickens employs humor and comic relief through the use
of ridiculous and silly characters to whom he gives typically ridiculous names. And, he
evokes pathos from characters who are the unfortunate victims of poverty and the social
"prison" of English
society.

HUMOR

• The
  earliest example of such a character is the pompous Uncle Pumblechook, "the basest
  of swindlers," as Pip terms him. He is a sycophant, who fawns before rich people.  When
  Miss Havisham asks him to find a boy with whom Estella can play, he assumes an
  importance because he believes himself an emissary of hers.  While Pip is poor,
  Pumblechook berateS him; but once Pip has a benefactor, Pumblechook becomes
  fawning.


• Another humorous character is Wemmick, whose
  "post office" mouth merely takes in information and emits it with no personal touch
  added.  However, after Pip goes to Wemmick's home, he finds that the little man has much
  personality and is attentive to his father, whom he fondly calls "Aged P."  With an odd
  house and landscape, Wemmick fires a canon each night for his deaf father to enjoy. 
  Certainly, the relaxation of spending an evening with Wemmick is comic relief for Pip. 
  In addition, Wemmick's quirky character comes out in the scene in which he visits the
  prisoners and talks to the plants as he makes his way to the cells in
  Newgate.

PATHOS

• The
  character who arouses the emotion of the reader is Abel Magwitch.  While in the
  exposition he is "a fearful man in grey," who threatens Pip's life if he does not bring
  him "wittles," Magwitch displays human sympathy after he is captured, by asserting that
  he has stolen the food and file himself.  There is a poignant exchange of looks with
  Pip.  Even Joe sympathizes with the criminal, who apologizes for having eaten the
  pie:

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"God knows you're welcome to it--so far s it was
ever mine...We don't know what you have done, but we wouldn't have you starved to death
for it, poor miserable fellow
creature."

• After
  Magwitch goes to New South Wales and amasses a fortune, he does not forget the simple
  kindness of Pip and Joe.  Having no other to love, he risks death by returning to London
  to meet the grown Pip and tell him that he has been his benefactor for years.  Pip's
  repulsion at the sight of the old convict is cruel to the pathetic victim of the
  restrictive society of London. But, as he relates his history, Pip's heart melts with
  compassion and he realizes that intrinsically Magwitch has never been a bad person;
  instead, he has been victimized by society, especially the upper class Compeyson who
  used him to steal from Miss Havisham.  Much pathos is aroused in Magwitch's story and
  his single desire to have Pip appreciate and love him.


• In
  some ways, Miss Havisham is also a poignant character.  When she begs Estella to love
  her and Estella replies that she cannot because "You made me," the reader feels sympathy
  for the eccentric old woman who finally realizes her errors.  Especially emotive is the
  scene in which she asks Pip to write "I forgive you" for her cruelty to
  him.

Explain why the Communist Party aligned with the Nationalist Party (in China).

The Communist Party co-operated with the Nationalist Party
during World War II as both sides sought to put aside their ideological differences for
the time being to repel the Japanese from their homeland. The collaboration between the
two parties, however, were often merely superficial in nature. The Nationalist Party
government was inherently corrupt - supplies provided by the Allies were often not used
for war efforts against the Japanese, but were rather stockpiled in preparation for
future campaigns against the communists. Similarly, both parties pursued two drastically
different military policies in regards to the Japanese invasion. In response to Japanese
aggression, the Nationalist Party strategy was essentially a policy of retreat, whereby
space would be traded for time. On the other hand, the communists, in the form of the
Eighth Route Army, actively resisted against the Japanese, by seeking to infiltrate the
enemy forces and setting up ambushes.

If you were to write a letter to a family member about the great depression what would you say?

The letter would depend on several factors. Like the
previous writer stated, your age would be an important factor. How old you were would
impact you recollections of the event. Young children would most likely not remember
much of the Great Depression.

If you were of working age,
your profession would impact your letter as well. Farmers were impacted as prices fell.
This would impact their earnings and the amount of work they needed to do in order to
make a profit. The need for government handouts and charity was
large.

Families had to learn to make good with what they
had. That is how depression style cooking came into being. Many recipes from that time
do not utilize flour or sugar.

Many people lost their homes
because they couldn't pay their mortgages.

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"Shanty towns constructed of packing crates,
abandoned cars and other cast off scraps sprung up across the Nation. Gangs of youths,
whose families could no longer support them, rode the rails in box cars like so many
hoboes, hoping to find a job."

How is Blanche similar and different to her sister Stella?

One similarity between Blanche and Stella is their
background.  Both of them grew up and experienced their youth in the "old South" and
this imprint is on both of their characters.  How they deal with it, of course, is where
the difference might lie.  Blanche revels in this past, demonstrating an inability to
fully grasp how the function in the present.  It is in this context that Blanche tries
to battle with the present, even asserting herself against it, but eventually failing
and becoming victim to it.  Stella is much different, possessing what Blanche would
marvel at as "self control."  She is much more practical in understanding that there is
not much of a debate between the past and the present.  Human survival rests with the
latter.  Yet, she does show much of her own emotional compass in expressing a certain
regret for her actions regarding Blanche's institutionalization.  While she is very
practical about things and does what must be done for her welfare and that of the child
she carries, Stella does understand that there is some part of her past, some aspect of
that imprint, that still lingers in her and haunts her.  Perhaps she does not carry the
imprint in the way Blanche does, who was "too rare to be normal," as Williams would put
it.  Yet, it is there, that rareness, that abnormality beneath the sheen of normal
conventionality that is a part of Stella's emotional DNA.

Cupcake Catering BusinessHow much would it cost to open up a cupcake catering business?

You did not state where exactly you are located or where
you wish to operate this business.  That will greatly affect your startup and overhead
costs as the above posts have suggested.  You may also wish to consider the viability of
such a business - that is, can it generate a consistent
profit?

Catering is what is called a "niche" industry,
which means it caters to a very narrow range of consumers.  In this case, the niche is
not only those who are having celebrations, but those who are having celebrations large
enough to cater, and who choose to purchase cupcakes as opposed to regular cakes,
wedding cakes, entrees and appetizers, etc.  My main suggestion would be to offer
cupcakes as merely one of your items, and diversify your other offerings so that you can
attract as many different kinds of customers as you can.

As
this is most likely for a high school assignment or a small home business, such advice
may not apply, I realize.  If you are genuinely looking to start up such a company, your
overhead may be very small, but so will your revenues.

In Europe, World War I created what type of society?no

In many ways it depends on which part of Europe you are
asking about.  It de-centralized some "empire" like structures including the break up of
the Austrio-Hungarian empire and led to many of the effects that would see other
European countries losing their colonies (though the real effect there wasn't
necessarily felt until after WWII).

The revolution in
Russia leading to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union was helped in many ways by the
devestation, hunger and economic collapse throughout Russia after the war (along with
the purge of most of the army officers), perhaps worsened the outbreak of the flu that
killed millions thanks to malnutrition and lack of nutrition throughout the
continent.

Many people also point to what they call the
"lost generation" given that most of an entire generation of young men from Europe died
in the war and those who witnessed it never recovered from the aftermath.  There was an
increase in efforts to bridge national borders since many felt that nationalism led to
much of the causes of the war.  There was also a great growth in philosophies like
nihilism since people saw so much destruction and had no faith in humans
afterwards.

Who is Ferdinand in Shakespere's The Tempest?

Hardye has made some good
points in discussing Ferdinand in The Tempest.  Ferdinand does
indeed fall in love with Prospero's daughter Miranda, aided by the magic of Ariel. 
Prospero does also have a "plan" for Ferdinand, which is for him to marry his daughter
and cement the reconciliation between Prospero, right Duke of Milan and Alonso,
Ferdinand's father and King of Milan.

It is interesting to
note that Ferdinand is presented as more passive than his romantic counterpart,
Miranda.  Much like Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Ferdinand is led to
the vow of marriage by a strong-willed and direct girl.  She says, "I am your wife, if
you will marry me."

Miranda's directness may be attributed
to having grown up on a desert island and never taught to "be a lady."  But what about
Ferdinand?  Is he "soft" because he has grown up a Prince?  It's hard to know, but
Shakespeare does have fun with this aspect of his nature, having Miranda take on the job
of hauling wood that Prospero has assigned to Ferdinand, so that he might rest.  Hardly
the behaviour of a classic knight in shining armor.

At the
end of the play, Ferdinand's role as a key figure in the reconciliation of the
shipwrecked royals with Prospero and Miranda is clear.  Ferdinand is reunited with his
lost fellows and father, and Prospero is reunited with the shipwrecked
royals.

The pig’s head and the conch are two very different symbols of power in the novel. Discuss the theme of power and how it is explored in the novel.

If the pig's head is a symbol of one type of power, it is
the incredible power of human nature, in this case mostly for evil.  The beast even
reveals this side of power to Simon.  The boys start to exhibit some aspects of this
type of power as they give themselves over to Jack's tribe, submitting to their more
carnal desires to hunt, to be anonymous through the use of paint and filth, to hurt and
to kill and to feed.  This power becomes irresistable to all but Ralph and Piggy and
Samneric, even as some of the boys under its spell object to the use of that power by
Jack.

The conch stands for the power of civilization, the
power of rules and order and, in this case, the very thin veneer of goodness that it
lends to people.  It only takes a few days for this power to be overcome by the power of
disorder, of inner desire, of the animalistic tendencies of the
boys.

Through the boys, Golding has crafted a commentary on
the influence of both kinds of powers and perhaps what holds it at bay some of the time
in "civilized" society.

In 1984, could O'Brien be vaporized in the future?When I was reading 1984, the fact that Syme was vaporized, presumably for exhibiting independent,...

This is a very interesting idea to think about, and you
might benefit from moving this question to the discussion board of this group where you
would get many more responses. However, just initially, Winston Smith is not vapourised
as we assume Syme is. Smith is broken, completely and utterly, by
O'Brien.

Let us remember though when we consider this
question that the model for this world, Stalin's Russia, was one that was famed for its
purges. A key aspect of this was the way that those involved in leading the purges
(which were responsible for the deaths of millions of Russians) were themselves victims
of later purges. Stalin was notoriously paranoid, which could perhaps explain this.
However, the society in 1984 is one which denies safety to all of
its citizens, and therefore I think you are right in thinking that O'Brien at least has
the potential to be purged later on in the world of this novel.

What is the difference between essay and presentation?

If you want to compare two things, they should have
certain links, either hidden or over, to make criterions for the
comparisons.

Basically, both essay and presentation are the
ways in which we can express our opinions, ideas to other
people.

However, essay is a written work, while
presentation is accompanied by literally, presentation.

You
have to have main argument, evidence, explanation in your essay, but in case of
presentation, you can just write the main points and explain the details
verbally.

According to Rosh in The Bronze Bow, what is Daniel's fatal flaw?

According to Rosh, Daniel's fatal flaw is that he is not
ruthless enough. Rosh tells Daniel,

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"I've warned you before...there's a soft streak
in you. Till you get rid of it you're no good to the
cause."

Rosh had used Joel as
a spy for the cause. Then Joel had been captured, and Daniel and the others are anxious
to get a group together to secure his release. Rosh, however, has no intention of
sending any of his men on a rescue mission. He says,

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"On this mountain every man is responsible for
himself. That holds for Joel...he was stupid enough to get caught. You think I can spare
eight men - or one man - for
that?"

When Rosh coldly
refuses to consider his entreaties to send some men to save Joel, Daniel's eyes are
opened. He sees Rosh, whom he had once idolized, as the cold-blooded, egocentric killer
that he is. What Rosh calls "a soft streak" in Daniel is really a sense of loyalty and
humanity, which is essential in a leader and which Rosh lacks completely. Although Rosh
says that Daniel's "softness" and sensitivity is a fatal flaw, in reality it is a
strength. The fact that Rosh lacks this trait is ironically the fatal flaw in himself
(Chapter 18).

How should I revise my thesis concerning Banquo as Macbeth's foil in Macbeth?Banquo's true honor and morals cause him to be inherently good and...

A foil in literature shares some similarities with the
protagonist, but possesses characteristics that emphasize the opposite characteristics
in the protagonist. Although disagreement exists among some literary scholars, the most
common interpretation of Banquo's character is that he does serve as a foil to Macbeth
in the play. In regard to your thessis, you might consider opening it up a bit to be
less specific and more inclusive. Some
suggestions:

• Banquo's identity and personal
  character make him an effective foil to Macbeth.


• Because
  of Banquo's elevated social status and personal goodness, he serves as an effective foil
  to Macbeth.

With either of these thesis
statements, you can develop an essay that establishes and explains these points in
support:

• As the play begins, Banquo and Macbeth
  share equal power and position; they are both Scottish generals, valiant in battle and
  united in supporting King Duncan. (These are the similarities between them that later
  bring Banquo's character into contrast with Macbeth's.)
  


• Banquo's personal character is one of goodness that
  serves to emphasize Macbeth's evil. He lacks selfish personal ambition, turns away from
  evil, and remains loyal to King Duncan.

In
terms of Banquo's basic goodness, it might be interesting to note his relationship with
his son. He is a loving, protective father to Fleance. This trait in his character
perhaps emphasizes Macbeth's coldness and cruelty in ordering the slaughter of children,
all of Macduff's "pretty ones."

The links below will take
you to some helpful information. Good luck with your study!

What is meant by isostasy?

The Earth’s lithosphere, which is the crust and upper most
part of the upper mantle, is broken into tectonic plates which float in the more viscous
asthenosphere, which is the remaining part of the upper mantle (under the
lithosphere.)

Iso (same) stasis (still). Isostasy is the
process that restores isostatic equilibrium; to restore balance/buoyancy. A larger
weight (i.e. a mountain) will cause the plate to sink down. A depletion of the crust
(erosion) will cause the land (plate) to rise. As a mountaintop erodes, it will rise
(less weight), only to be eroded further, thus maintain the balance (buoyancy) of the
lithosphere upon the asthenosphere. Think of an iceberg which will sink the heavier it
is and will rise the lighter it is.  A rising mountain could be evidence of a decrease
in weight due to erosion or if the mountains are rising faster than they are eroding,
this is isostasy at work; the rising topography buoys toward equilibrium amidst the
surrounding areas/plates. If the mountain range is still Not in isostatic equilibrium,
the cause could be other factors:

Other contributing
factors to the overall isostasy gravitational and polar shift and the merging and
converging of plates.

A more simple example. A mountain
range could be the effort to fill a shallow section of the asthenosphere. Isostasy is
the Earth’s process of maintaining the balance of outer shell. The idea is that the
combination of lithosphere and asthenosphere will weigh the same everywhere on Earth:
this would be total isostatic equilibrium. When the liquid asthenosphere undergoes
density/volume shifts, lithosphere mass will make up the difference (mountains or dense
terra). When the lithosphere gains or loses weight, it will sink and displace the
underlying asthenosphere, which will then potentially cause imbalance in surrounding
areas, which must also be corrected by isostasy.

What kind of friendshipdo Annemarie and Ellen have?

The girls are best friends in elementary school. They both
live in the same apartment building, so they walk to school and back home again
together. After school, they also spend much time together. The story is set during
World War II, and Ellen is Jewish. It would not be safe for her to be out on the streets
alone or after darkwhen Jews were under a curfew. So, the two girls spent time looking
at magazines, gossiping, and role playing with the cut outs from the magazines. They
frequently spend the night together as best friends of that age do. The friendship
deepens when the Jews are being rounded up and Ellen assumes the identity of Annmarie's
dead older sister. The Nazis did not know the details of the dead sister, so Ellen was
able to pass as Lisle with a little prompting from Annmarie and her family. Later on,
Ann Marie saves her best friend's life by a brave act in the face of the Nazis. Ellen's
skill at acting helps Annmarie deceive the Nazis.

Are these sentences phrases, independent clauses, dependent clauses or none ?It seemed that everything old is new again. There were dresses in...

"That everything old is new again" is a dependent clause.
A clause has a subject and a verb. (Everything old = subject, is = verb) To make a
clause dependent, it must feel like it needs something more to complete the thought. The
word that performs that function. Other words that could
have introduced this dependent clause could have been which, what, whatever, who,
whoever, when, because or since... just to name a few.

"in
store windows" is a prepositional phrase. It begins with a preposition and ends with its
object.

"that they'd worn it all before" is a dependent
clause... once again, if it was without the word "that" it would be
independent.

The last one is independent because it can
stand completely on it's own without other phrases or clauses to make it's own complete
thought.

What qualities of Augustan poetry does the elegy "To The Memory of Mr Oldham" by Dryden display?

John Dryden's [1631-1700] elegy "To the Memory of
Mr.Oldham" was published in the year 1684. It is a sober tribute combining praise of
John Oldham's [1653-1683] poetic achievements with a lament for his premature
death.

The most obvious qualities of Augustan poetry which
are evident in the elegy are as follows:

1.
The elegy has been written in heroic couplets. A heroic couplet is a pair
of rhyming iambic pentameter lines:

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One common note on either lyre did
strike,

And knaves and fools we both abhorr'd
alike:

The lines are
end-stopped; that is to say, the meaning does not run on into the nest line or the next
couplet. One couplet forms a complete logical whole. The heroic couplet became the
standard line of verse during the neo-classical age and its popularity reached its peak
at the time of Alexander Pope.

2. Classical
allusions. The neo-classical age is also known as the Augustan Age
because the English poets looked for inspiration and guidance to the poets of the
ancient Augustan period who lived and wrote during the reign of Emperor Augustus (27
B.C.- 14 A.D.) namely, Virgil, Horace and Ovid. For instance Dryden to highlight the
fact that Oldham became more famous earlier than himself alludes to an incident in Book
V of Virgil's "Aeneid" involving Nisus and Euryalus:

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Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery
place,

While his young friend perform'd and won the
race.

3. The
neo-classical poets always privileged reason and intellect over feeling and emotion.
Since Dryden was writing an elegy to mourn the death of his friend we
would expect him express sorrow and grief at the premature death of Oldham. On the
contrary, his elegy is a restrained and careful assessment of Oldham's poetic merits and
his unfulfilled potential with just a hint of regret at his passing away at such an
early age:

O
early ripe! to thy abundant store

What could advancing age
have added more?

Why has there been proposals to expand the number of permanent members on the UN Security Council?What are the reasons for and against doing this...

The United Nations was formed in 1945, immediately
following World War II in hopes of avoiding future such wars.  The victors, the Allied
powers, each received a seat on the Permanent Security Council and an important perk
that came with it: veto power.

In the modern day, Japan and
Germany are democracies and major trading partners with us and the rest of the world, so
they can make a credible claim that the world's second largest economy (Japan) and
largest economy in Europe (Germany) deserve a seat at the same
table.

The problem is, since the current members have veto
power, they can simply veto any proposal to change the current makeup of the Security
Council.  Russia doesn't particularly like Germany and China does not particularly like
Japan, and so their membership has always been vetoed or threatened with veto.  Why
should they vote yes when it diminishes their own power and
influence? 

Another  reason it could cause problems is that
with two new vetoes on board, it would be even more difficult for the UN to get anything
done, when it's already pretty difficult now.

What are two of the poetic elements that Poe uses most often in "The Raven?"

In Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven," the two poetic
elements he uses more than any other would be repetition and rhyme. Onomatopoeia would
be a close third, I would think.

We see repetition
in:

As of some
one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visiter," I
muttered, "tapping at my chamber
door--

...with "at my chamber
door." And of course, "nothing more" and "Evermore."

Rhyme
is used a great deal, as well. Poe is well known not only for end rhyme, but also title="internal rhyme"
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rhyme. An example of this would be: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I
pondered, weak and weary," with the words "dreary" and "weary"
rhyming.

End rhyme is also
used:

Once
upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint
and curious volume of forgotten lore--
While I nodded, nearly napping,
suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my
chamber door.
"'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber
door--
Only this and nothing
more."

Words that show end
rhyme from this stanza are: lore, door and
more.

Onomatopoeia is easy to hear with words such as
"rapping" and "tapping."

The rhythm, as well as the
elements listed above, gives the poem a melodic and musical sense of swaying back and
forth, and the verse appeals strongly to the ear.