What are the main arguments of Madison Jones's essay "A Good Man's Predicament," which deals with Flannery O'Connor's story "A Good Man Is Hard to...

In his essay “A Good Man’s Predicament,” Madison Jones
essentially takes issue with Flannery O’Connor’s own interpretation of the very end of
the story.  Jones offers a different interpretation and suggests that his own reading
may be truer to the actual phrasing of the story and to reality (at least as reality is
generally understood) than is O’Connor’s interpretation.  He implies that the two
interpretations may not be incompatible, but he suggests that if they
cannot be reconciled, then his interpretation makes better sense of
the story.

In an essay on “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,”
O’Connor herself had argued that God uses the grandmother to touch The Misfit, both
literally and figuratively.  This touch was a moment of grace – an opportunity for The
Misfit to transform his life spiritually, if only he would take advantage of the
opportunity.  By reaching out to The Misfit (O’Connor had argued), the grandmother truly
and finally lives her Christian faith:

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The Grandmother is at last alone, facing the
Misfit.  Her head clears for an instant and she realizes. even in her limited way, that
she is responsible for the man before her and joined to him by ties of kinship which
have their roots deep in the mystery she has been merely prattling about so far.  And at
this point, she does the right thing, she makes the right
gesture.

The fact that the
grandmother was killed by The Misfit as a result of her gesture meant nothing to
O’Connor.  We are all destined to die, but the grandmother’s gesture had given a depth
of meaning to her life that it had hitherto lacked. Her dead body is ultimately
unimportant; her spiritual salvation is all that truly
matters.

Jones resists this Christian interpretation, or at
least he suggests that it is not the only one that makes sense of the story.  Instead,
he argues as follows:

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Given the Misfit's image of himself, [the
grandmother's] words and her touching, blessing him, amount to intolerable insult, for
hereby she includes him among the world's family of vulgarians. One of her children, her
kind, indeed!

In other words,
The Misfit kills the grandmother not because God uses the grandmother as an instrument
of grace but because her touch violates his pride.  Jones leaves open the possibility
that The Misfit may perceive the grandmother as an instrument of
God, but he argues that there is no reason why readers must share that perception.  The
story, in other words, makes perfect sense from a secular perspective and using secular
psychology.  There is nothing, necessarily, miraculous about the grandmother’s gesture
or The Misfit’s response. The Misfit may even perceive the
grandmother as an instrument of God, but readers do not necessarily have to share this
perception in order to appreciate the story or find it
meaningful.

A critic of Jones’s interpretation might argue
that he fails to discuss various details in the end of the story that support O’Connor’s
reading (particularly our final view of the grandmother, “with her legs crossed under
her like a child's and her face smiling up at the cloudless sky”), but Jones’s reading,
as he himself suggests, may not necessarily conflict with
O’Connor’s.

What is s(t) if s'(t)=36t^5+4t^3?

According to the rule, s(t) could be determined evaluating
the indefinite integral of s'(t)

Int
(36t^5+4t^3)dt

We'll apply the additive property of
integrals:

Int (36t^5+4t^3)dt = Int (36 t^5)dt + Int (4
t^3)dt

We'll re-write the sum of integrals, taking out the
constants:

Int (36t^5+4t^3)dt = 36 Int t^5 dt + 4Int t^3
dt

Int (36t^5+4t^3)dt = 36*x^6/6 +
4*x^4/4

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

Int (36t^5+4t^3)dt = 6x^6 + x^4 +
C

The function  s(t)
is:  s(t) = 6x^6 + x^4 +
C

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer Read Walt Whitman’s poem below. What implications may it have, not just for this course, but for your...

If you are pursuing a master's degree, you are going to
have to learn a lot of information. Depending on your field, it may be mathematical
formulas, scientific data, a vast body of literature -- no matter. However, in this
poem, the poet acknowledges that sometimes one can suffer from information
overload.

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When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in
columns before me;

When I was shown the charts and the
diagrams, to add, divide and measure
them;

When the poet considers
all of the "stuff" of learning, he becomes bored and goes outside and looks at the night
sky. Ah! He is instantly amazed, for in gazing at the sky, he is really learning. He is
not bored. He is soaking in a true appreciation of the world. He can learn more by
observing the real "learned astronomer" who is the creator of the
"perfect silence" of the stars. It is a mystical experience for
him.

So, like the poet, will the learning that you obtain
from your advanced degree enrich your life? It should. If not, it will merely be proofs,
figures, charts and diagrams.

In Romeo and Juliet, who are three characters whose personality traits complement or contrast each others' personalities?I need THREE characters...

Tybalt, Mercutio, and Benvoliorepresent three diverse
points along a conitnuum. Tybalt is fiery and hot-blooded, with a short temper that is
prone to violence and confrontation. We see this in the opening fight scene and just
prior to the death of Mercutio. Benvolio, on the other hand, is at the opposite end of
this spectrum (as is Romeo, who might also be inserted here). He resists violence and
confrontation and seeks peace the vast majority of the time. In the opening fight scene
he resists engaging Tybalt as long as he possibly can and finally does fight only to
protect himself. In fact, Benvolio opens Act III by trying to avoid
confrontation:

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I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's
retire:
The day is hot, the Capulets
abroad,
And, if we meet, we shall not scape a
brawl;
For now, these hot days, is the mad blood
stirring.

It is
Mercutio, then, who represents a kind of middle ground between Tybalt and Benvolio.
Mercutio fights when provoked and certainly doesn't shy away from engaging such
situations, but it is not Mercutio who actually starts the fight. Mercutio seems to
swing back and forth between the hot-headedness of Tybalt and Benvolio's desire for
peace. In fact, Mercutio's name comes from the word "mercurial," meaning
"characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood;
a mercurial temper."

I just need to make sure one thing, communism is related to 'after the bomb' because communism was spreading rapidly after the cold war.So it would...

Communism became a worldwide phenomenon in the late 19th
century.  Anyone interested in philosophy during this period took a long, hard look at
the idealism of communism.  In the early 20th century, communist powers took control of
Russia and surrounding countries (changing the name to the Soviet Union).  China and
Cuba were taken over by communist factions afterwords.  In the middle to late 20th
century, communist nations were aiding communist factions in taking over countries such
as Korea, Veitnam, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and some other places.  This was viewed as
a threat to the nations of the West.

The Cold War is a
concept referring to the building of two nations with large-scale nuclear capability. 
The Unitied States stated that communism is evil.  Communism is, by nature,
anti-capitalist.  This is where the bad blood starts.  At its heart, communism is a
system that is supposed to help the common people that capitalism theoretically
alienates.  In a capitalist society, there is a percentage of people who have most of
the moeny; communism was supposed to rectify that.  However, the leaders that arose in
communist nations seemed to use the ideals of communism to rally support for their more
selfish motives.

For those who did not live during the time
of The Cold War, it can be equated somewhat to the way that people in the United States
look at Muslims as being dangerous.  There are some bad people associated with the
Muslim faith, taking its tenets a bit too far.  The difference, though, is that there
were a couple of very large nations with governments possessing large armies that were
seen as "the bad guys" instead of small radical groups.  It was a frightening time, a
time in which everyone thought the world could end at any
moment.

I hope this helps with your
question.

Why does Catherine take three nights off from night duty?Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms

After being hit during a bombardment, Henry loses a
kneecap. When he is transferred to Milan where he will have an operation, Catherine
Barkley arrives at the hospital.  Henry holds her tightly when she comes to
him:

"You
mustn't," she said.  "You're not well enought."

"Yes, I
am.  Come on."

..."Fell our hearts
beating."

"I don't care about our hearts.  I want you.  I'm
just mad about you."

"You really love
me?"

Catherine is hesitant
about lovemaking as she has already lost a fiance; however, she gives in to Henry. 
Their act is for Henry, at least in part, an escape from the horrors of war. That Henry
escapes his tormenting thoughts with Catherine is evinced as Catherine works night duty
and sees Henry whenever she can.  Henry, then, talks with Ferguson, who suggests that
Catherine take off from night duty and get some rest. Henry agrees. When Miss Gage, who
declares herself Henry's "friend," enters and talks with Henry, she says that she will
be glad to help him. The next day Henry learns that Catherine has taken three nights off
her night duty.  When she returns, Henry states, "It was as though we met again after
each of us had been away on a long journey."               

Comment on the use of supernatural elements in Macbeth.

I have to divide the post in two parts for its
length.

Part
1:

In the play Macbeth,
the supernatural elements primarily include the “weird sisters” and their gang. These
elements are used to pave way to show Macbeth the path of his ultimate
downfall.

The three witches instigate Macbeth's inner
ambition and greed by luring him. And this they do through their so-called prophecies.
The predictions of the witches and the apparitions are nothing but equivocations in the
name of prophecies. The witches, at first, tell Macbeth that he would be the Thane of
Cawdor and the King of Scotland soon. This is not something extra-supernatural they do,
since, it is a matter of common-sense that, Macbeth, if he would have fought
courageously and shown his man-of-the-battle attitude, he would definitely get rewarded,
and if he continues to go after his ambition, would be the king possibly. Later, the
apparitions prophesy that the no human born of women can kill Macbeth ever, and he would
not be killed unless Birnam wood would come closer to his fort. The first prophecy is a
lie in a sense that, Macduff, who is born of his dead mother's body via surgery, kills
him. The second one is an equivocation also, since, though Birnam Wood does not come
closer, yet the soldiers of the opposition hide them under the leaves of the forest, and
this makes him think as if the forest itself is moving towards him, and he loses all his
hope and courage to fight further. It is clear hence that, what the prophecies told was
half-truth to destroy Macbeth. Ambiguity they create in
Macbeth's mind throughout the whole play. Ambiguity, or conflict between appearance and
reality, is one of the key themes in this tragedy. The witches just equivocate in a
dubious way; implying that, lie in a way which seems apparently true. And this they do
solely to win his trust and make him a devil like them.

The
witches know that, Macbeth is an ambitious man who just needs a spur in order to rouse
his ambition and let it develop fully to achieve his end. They show him what he wanted
to see. They tell him what he wanted to hear. Their prophecy awakens his inner demon and
instigates his voracity. Macbeth is thus deceived. He is told that no human born of
woman can kill him; neither would he be killed till the Birnam Wood come close to his
fort. Later, when he finds that the Birnam Wood does not come nearer, rather soldiers
hiding themselves under leaves come closer, and Macduff is found to be born out of
surgery probably because of his mother's illness or death, he understands clearly that,
he has been deceived by the witches' dubious prophecy. In act 5, scene
7, disillusioned Macbeth tells to Macdufff: "Accursed be
that tongue... / That palter with us in a double sense, / That keep the word of promise
to our ear/ And break it to our hope." So, it is clear that, the witches
prophesies contributes to influence and instigate him towards evil deed.

In fact, Lady Macbeth's greed and cruelty
increases more once she is aware of the witches' prophetic
statements.

Could someone please provide an analysis of "Smile, Smile, Smile" by Wilfred Owen?

With regard to Wilfred Owen's poem, "Smile, Smile, Smile,"
it refers, as do all of his poems, to World War I.

There is
an incongruity at the start of the poem: the newspapers are advertising new homes to be
ready when the war is over.

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For,' said the paper, 'when this war is
done
The men's first instinct will be making
homes.

This creates a
conflict within the speaker, as he believes the war has only just begun. And if it
should end so soon, he believes it would somehow rob the dead of the "integrity" of
their sacrifice.

The speaker goes on to say that the
greatest honor to show a fallen hero is to remember
him.

We rulers
sitting in this ancient spot
Would wrong our very selves if we
forgot
The greatest glory will be theirs who fought,
Who kept this
nation in integrity.'

Owen
then writes that those wounded, who survive, share a special, private camaraderie with
one another: the value of sacrifice, perhaps.

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The half-limbed readers did not
chafe
But smiled at one another curiously
Like secret men who know
their secret safe.

The last
several lines I find ambiguous:

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Pictures of these broad smiles appear each
week,
And people in whose voice real feeling rings
Say: How they
smile! They're happy now, poor
things.

I assume the pictures
appearing each week (in the same newspaper, perhaps, that advertises new homes...) are
of those who have died in action. Readers of the newspaper, with sincerity in their
voices, remark at the fallen soldiers' smiles—saying, "They're happy now," as if dying
for one's country would validate the smile, somehow, of their sacrifice. However, the
closing, "...poor things" might convey that the reader does not fully comprehend the
satisfaction a hero would have in making the ultimate sacrifice, for the "sincere
voices" can only sympathize with the soldier's passing.

I
think, having read other poems by Owen, that the patriotic spirit of the solider lies at
the forefront of his poems. War asks of its fighters the greatest sacrifice, and true
heroes are only to glad to answer the call. They are most honored, then, in being
remembered by a thankful nation for what they have given.

You find a puddle of a clear liquid on your drive way. it is either water, vinegar, or battery acid from the car.How can you safely test (other...

If it is a question relating to chemistry, perhaps it
assumes ready availability of some chemicals or facilities of testing. Bur if it is a
question from common everyday life, I will try to make out the substance from its smell.
While water will have no smell, vinegar will have a very distinct smell. Acid will have
some kind of acrid smell which I may not recognize very clearly. If some how or the
other I had a means of knowing that is is only one of these three options the smell test
will be good enough to identify the liquid clearly. But If I do not have these three
possible options, things will be more difficult.

But then I
will not just stop with the smell test. I will also try to find the source from which
the liquid in the puddle has come. Once possible sources have been identified, I will
match the smell of liquid in puddle with that in suspected source. If this matches, it
will be a confirmation of the original smell test.

In Flowers for Algernon, who suggested that Charlie should be a part of the experiment in the first place?

We are never actually told specifically who suggested
Charlie would be a suitable subject for the experiment that changes his life so
drastically. However, there are hints that we can pick up that suggest that Dr. Strauss
contacted the Beekman School for Retarded Adults and spoeke to Miss Kinnian to ask for a
suitable candidate. Notice how in the third progress report, Dr. Strauss tells Charlie
that Miss Kinnian had given them a report about him:

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He said Miss Kinnian tolld him I was her bestist
pupil in the Beekman School for retarded adults and I tryed the hardist becaus I reely
wanted to lern I wantid it more even then pepul who are smarter even then
me.

Thus we can infer that
Dr. Strauss and his scientific team contacted the school and asked for a potential
candidate that they could use for a suitable case study. Miss Kinnian, who is obviously
impressed with Charlie and his dedication to his studies, suggested his name, which is
how Charlie found himself the subject of this intelligence
experiment.

Please explain the circumstances surrounding the Louisiana Purchase.What events occurred that led to the Louisiana Purchase?

After the Revolutionary War, Americans began to settle in
the Ohio River valley.  The Appalachian Mountains made it very expensive and difficult
to transport goods to the east coast.  The cheapest way to ship goods to the coast was
to float them down the Ohio River, then down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, where
they could be transferred to ocean going vessels for shipment to the east coast and
Europe.  The problem was that the U.S. had no control over New Orleans and Thomas
Jefferson, president at the time of the Louisiana Purchase, feared that the U.S. would
lose its right of deposit at New Orleans.  At the time, Louisiana was controlled by
Spain, but in a secret agreement, Spain was to cede Louisiana to France in exchange for
a Spanish Kingdom in Italy.  With knowledge of this agreement, Jefferson sent Robert
Livingston, and then James Monroe, to France to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans
from Napoleon for $10 million. With the hopes of a Caribbean empire based on the sugar
trade dashed with the loss of Santo Domingo, Napoleon lost interest in controlling
Louisiana. In need of money to continue his European wars, Napoleon offered the U.S. the
entire Louisiana territory, more than 800,000 square miles, for $15 million.  One
problem confronted Jefferson.  He was a strict constructionist and did not see anything
in the Constitution which would give him the power to purchase Louisiana.  What he did
know was that he did have the power to negotiate treaties. Knowing that this deal was in
the best interest of the United States, he put the purchase of Louisiana in a treaty
which the Senate later ratified.  In 1830, the United States doubled in size with the
purchase of Louisiana from Napoleon for $15 million.

What is the theme of "Thank You, Ma'am?"

To me, the theme of this story is that people can be
transformed by love and trust more than they can be transformed by fear and
punishment.

In the story, Roger is a thief.  But when he
meets up with Mrs. Jones, his life is changed because she catches
him.

But she does not call the police or tell his parents
or anything.  Instead, she treats him well and shows that she trusts
him.

This works, in my opinion, because people often behave
the way they are expected to behave.  That is the theme of the story in my opinion --
the idea that if you trust someone and treat them well, you can change their
life.

What is tan2x if cosx=1-sinx ?

cosx=1-sinx

sinx =
1-cosx

devide the equation by
cosx

tan = secx -1

tanx = secx
- 1

we know that tan2x =
2tanx/(1-tan²x)

tan2x = 2(secx-1)/[1-
(secx-1)²]

tan2x = 2(secx-1)/[1
-(sec²x-2secx+1)]

tan2x = 2(secx-1)/[1
-sec²x+2secx-1)] 

tan2x =
2(secx-1)/[2secx-sec²x]

tan2x =
2(secx-1)/secx(2-secx)

tan2x =
2(1-cosx)/cosx.secx(2-secx)

tan2x =
2(1-cosx)/(2-secx)

tan2x =
2cos(1-cosx)/(2cosx-1)

What is the number of excess electrons on each sphere in the following case?Two small spheres spaced 35 cm apart have an equal charge. How many...

The force between two bodies with a charge q1 and q2 and a
distance of separation r is given by Coulomb's law as q1*q2/(4*pi*e0*r^2). 1/(4*pi*e0) =
8.987*10^9 Nm^2/C^2

Now the distance between the spheres in
the problem is 35 cm or 0.35 m.

The force of repulsion is
supposed to be 2.20*10^21 N.

Now the charge on an electron
is −1.602* 10^-19 C

If there are n electrons on
each sphere:

n^2* (-1.602*10^-19)^2*8.987*10^9/0.35 =
2.20*10^21

=> n^2 = 2.2* 10^21*.35 /
(-1.602*10^-19)^2*8.987*10^9

=> n^2 =
3.3*10^48

So n can be taken to be approximately
1.8*10^24.

Therefore each sphere should have
an excess of 1.8*10^24 electrons.

When Daisy tells Nick, "Sophisticated--- God, i'm sophisticated" how is she hoping to be viewed? Why does Nick recognize a "basic insincerity?"

I think that when Daisy says this to Nick (in Chapter 1),
she is trying to convince Nick that she is happy and in a good place in her life.  She
wants him to think that her life has turned out well.

Nick
does not tell us what it is that makes him think that she is not telling the truth.  He
says he just can tell from the point that "her voice broke off" that she is not being
sincere.

To me, it would be pretty weird to say to someone
that you are really sophisticated.  It seems like one of those things that you let
people notice for themselves.  So I think maybe he realizes she's insincere because she
feels the need to say that.  It's like someone telling you how smart they are or how
good at sports -- it seems like a cover up for their real
feelings.

In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, consider Huck's understanding of "Providence" in Chapter 32 and explain whether Miss Watson...

In Chapter 32 of Mark Twain's The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn, Huck arrives at the Phelps' farm and
notes:

I went
right along, not fixing up any particular plan, but just trusting to Providence to put
the right words in my mouth when the time come; for I'd noticed that Providence always
did put the right words in my mouth if I left it
alone.

In this quote, it
seems that Huck is relying on "Providence," or God, to work things out for him with the
Phelps as he attempts to free Jim.

In Chapter Three, Huck
reflects upon "Providence," comparing the widow's version and Miss Watson's
version:

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Sometimes the widow would take me one side and
talk about Providence in a way to make a body’s mouth water; but maybe next day Miss
Watson would take hold and knock it all down again. I judged I could see that there was
two Providences, and a poor chap would stand considerable show with the widow’s
Providence, but if Miss Watson’s got him there warn’t no help for him any more. I
thought it all out, and reckoned I would belong to the widow’s if he wanted me, though I
couldn’t make out how he was a-going to be any better off then than what he was before,
seeing I was so ignorant, and so kind of low-down and
ornery.

While the widow is
more charitable where God is concerned, Miss Watson (her sister) is focused more on a
"fire and brimstone" version of God. Miss Watson puts on a great show of acting like a
Christian woman, but she is never able to make Huck want to have any part of religion
because Huck is never led to believe (based on her perceptions of religion) that he is
worthwhile in the sight of God. He cannot see how someone as "ignorant" and "low-down
and ornery" as he would do well with Miss Watson's version of
"Providence."

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[Miss Watson] represents a view of Christianity
that is severe and
unforgiving. 

Ironically, the
widow seems to have a kinder understanding of "Providence." Huck believes that the
widow...

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...represents all that is good and decent to
him. 

On his own, Huck leans
toward seeing Providence as a kindly power, as long as Huck does not try to cook up some
kind of plan, but instead has faith and lets "Providence" work things
out.

For all of Miss Watson's holy talk, she does not grasp
the concept of true Christian charity. Miss Watson struggled with the harmless trouble
Huck found himself in at the Widow Douglas' home. With this said, there is little doubt
that Miss Watson would have no sympathy or understanding if she knew that Huck planned
to free Jim—especially in that Jim is not only a slave, but her
runaway slave! It seems safer to assume that while the Widow Douglas might not be
thrilled with Huck's actions in that what he is doing is socially
wrong, she would at least be able to understand his motivation—his heartfelt desire to
see Jim free and happy. 

Huck's sense
of "Providence" is that of a kind and reliable spiritual power. Miss Watson's view is
that "Providence" is an angry, vengeful God. If she knew what Huck was planning, she
would believe her righteous indignation at Huck's behavior to be justified. Miss Watson
would not agree with Huck's understanding of
"Providence."

What changes are there in Silas' home in Silas Marner?

I assume you are referring to the changes in the home of
Silas Marner after he has taken in Eppie and in Book II of this great novel. We can find
the answer to this question in Chapter 16, which transpires sixteen years after the
decision of Silas to take in Eppie and look after her as his own. Clearly a number of
things have changed, and growing up with Eppie, who is now a young woman, has created
massive transformations both in Silas himself and in his abode. Note how the text
describes his house now:

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The presence of this happy animal life was not
the only change which had come over this interior of the stone cottage. There was no bed
now in the living-room, and the small space was well filled with decent furniture, all
bright and clean enough to satisfy Dolly Winthrop's eye. The oaken table and
three-cornered oaken chair were hardly what was likely to be seen in so poor a cottage:
they had come, with the beds and other things, from the Red House, for Mr. Godfrey Cass,
as everyone said, did very kindly by the
weaver...

Thus clearly the
interior of the cottage has changed thanks to the generosity of Godfrey, giving Eppie
and Silas some lovely, "decent" furniture that they are able to use and enjoy in their
lives.

What are the main points in Jean Baudrilland's: Simulacra and simulations: Disneyland?

Baudrillard’s big theme is the replacement of reality with
a hyperreality, the replacement of reality by virtual, or the replacement of the real by
signs. Conventional thought is that nature precedes culture. Gravity, ecology, laws of
physics, trees, etc. exist and culture is built upon them. Concrete is built upon grass.
Things exist and then we invent words (signs) to stand for those things. Baudrillard is
saying that things used to be this way, but the world is becoming increasingly the
opposite. He says, that in our attempts to recreate the past we have “paved over” so to
speak, we just invent more signs and therefore exponentially increase the degree of
virtual and signs of reality that once was. He goes so far to say that signs ‘murder,’
because they have killed (replaced) nature.

A simulacrum is
a kind of counterfeit sign. Like a counterfeit bill, a simulacrum represents a value,
but it really has no value because it is a fake. In other words, simulacra represent the
absence of what they are supposed to represent. (Simula-tion). Case in point, reality
t.v. shows have just as many writers as other shows.

He
blames capitalist consumerism and western thought. He claims that natural needs have
been buried by cultural trends which tell us what we want; and we relate to the world
through these signs (advertising, media, culture in general). For example, sexual desire
is not as natural as it used to be. As we are bombarded with certain cultural
representations of sex, we are ‘always already’ informed by this cultural (hyperreal)
creation of sex. The same argument could be made for any need/desire. His bottom line is
that, now, capitalist production creates demand (for profit). We, consumers, no longer
produce demand for products based upon our own natural needs. Thus, our ‘needs’ are
chosen for us by corporations and as we relate to the world via media, we automatically
acquiesce.

Western thought, science, is based upon
explanation and naming (signs). He claims that explanation has replaced the real thing.
Having reduced reality to signs, we have killed it; and reframed all otherness (other
cultures) in a Western discourse; so, it is biased – even further removed from reality,
since culture is subjective. We get simulated Middle
Eastern-ness.

So, reality has been replaced with simulacra;
counterfeit signs which refer to the absence and loss of the Real. On Disneyland, he
writes, “Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest
is real, when in fact all of Los Angeles and the America surrounding it are no longer
real, but of the order of the hyperreal and of simulation.” So, Disneyland and other
escapist places like it are purposeful illusions (childlike;
and nostalgic so as to appeal to children and adults).
Disneyland is an illusion that perpetuates the larger illusion that outside Disneyworld
is the adult, real world. But, keep in mind that outside Disneyworld, immediately, is
Los Angeles; “one giant script.” The world is a script, simulacra, signs which no longer
refer to reality. They precede reality, desires and needs by producing the demand via
advertising, media and cultural discourse; all in the name of profit instead of natural
need.

How do the women of "Desiree's Baby" and "The Story of an Hour" suffer for the prejudice of their time?

Kate Chopin is definitely immensely skilled at depicting
the plight of women in her world and the various ways in which they are disadvantaged,
ignored and disempowered. In "The Story of an Hour," the brief moment of liberation that
Mrs. Mallard enjoys is depicted to us in all of its joy. Having accepted that her
husband has died, Mrs. Mallard is intoxicated by the freedom that she now has, being a
single woman. Note how the text describes her
feelings:

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There would be no one to live for during those
coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers
in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a
private will upon a fellow-creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act
seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of
ilumination.

Thus we can see
how Mrs. Mallard has suffered. Even though her husband is loving, the way that marriage
was viewed and women's role within marriage at the time is exposed. It is described as a
form of entrapment where she has to "bend her will" to that of her husband. She regards
this as a "crime" and clearly, in this moment of epiphany, realises how little she has
actually been able to live being married in her society.

In
"Desiree's Baby" the form of prejudice is more notable, perhaps. Noticing the dark
complexion of their child, Armand automatically assumes that this form of racial
"weakness" comes from his wife, even though, as Desiree herself says, this seems very
unlikely:

"It
means," he answered lightly, "that the child is not white; it means that you are not
white."

A quick conception of all that this accusation
meant for her, nerved her with unwonted courage to deny it. "It is a lie--it is not
true, I am white! Look at my hair, it is brown; and my eyes are grey. Armand, you know
they are grey. And my skin is fair," seizing his wrist. "Look at my hand--whiter than
yours, Armand," she laughed
hysterically.

However,
because of gender stereotypes and racial prejudice, Armand categorically blames his wife
for the "shame" of her ancestry, and as a result, she commits suicide. It is immensely
ironic and incredibly tragic therefore that at the end of the tale Armand discovers that
his mother was black, and Desiree was right all along.

Thus
both female characters are shown to suffer through the gender stereotypes and roles of
women in their time and society. These works expose a world in which women are
definitely depicted as "the weaker sex" and lesser citizens compared to men, and yet the
texts argue passionately for equality.

Does anybody have tips for increasing range up and down on trombone.

Hi there,

The
first thing you have to do is get over the fear that naturally comes with playing higher
and lower.  As you reach the extremes of you range, you will find that you're not really
sure if everything will come out as it should.  Do your level best to decide that
everything IS going to come out, and it will come out the way you
like.

With the right mindset, scales are the best way to
go.  Learning an extra octave or cycling into an extra fifth or third on major scales
increasing your range in a way that is "normal" and
"comfortable".

Moving on, you're best served by adding
regular lip slur exercises to your regimen.  Even slurring in a normal range will
provide you with greater flexibility to move higher and lower on the instrument.  It has
less to do with setting your lips for particular notes, and it has more to do with
providing yourself the fundamentals to play the WHOLE instrument
well.

A good plan is to add one new not to your range every
one to two weeks (depending on how often you are able to practice.)  Before you know it,
notes will be coming out.  The higher and higher you go, you'll find that notes that
once seemed high now feel "normal".

That is when you've got
something.

Happy hunting!

What role has Abigail Williams been playing in the proceedings?

You do not tell us what point in the proceedings your
question refers to, so I will just talk about her role in
general.

In some ways, Abigail Williams is driving the
whole witch hunt.  Without her, I imagine that there would be much less in the way of
trials.

I say this because Abby is the leader of the girls
who are at the center of the trials.  They follow her lead in claiming to see spirits,
etc.  The best example of this is when Mary Warren comes to claim that the girls have
been faking it.  Abby starts to talk about seeing a "bird" and all the girls go along
with her.

List eight of the most common allergenic foods.

There are hundreds of foods that can cause an allergic
reaction in people depending on how their immune system reacts to them. A lot of
research carried out in this field has allowed a few foods to be identified as the
leading causes of allergies. In more than nine out of ten cases, the allergic reactions
in people can be traced to one of the following
foods:

1. milk


2. egg


3. peanut


4. tree
   nuts


5. fish


6. shellfish


7. soy


8. wheat

Some
of the adverse reactions associated with the above mentioned foods are limited to
children and as people grow older they are able to consume the foods in a normal way.
Peanuts and shellfish though are a few of the foods that people remain allergic to,
their entire lives.

Coment on the relationship between Helen and Hector in Homer's Iliad.

I think that there is a very interesting dynamic between
Hector and Helen.  Both of them represent opposite ends of the source of action. 
Helen's presence in the drama is the result of Paris' desire, while Hector's presence is
animated by the ethical duty that one has to nation.  In both, we see the opposing
forces of action that constitute the tragic condition that Homer articulates.  This
vision pits individuals in equally desirable, but ultimately incompatible courses of
action.  The collision between desire and duty is where tragedy happens in Homer's
drama.  This relationship guides both characters.  Hector disapproves of how Helen has
entered Troy, while Helen understands that Hector is on a different moral and ethical
level than his brother, who left with another man's wife to satiate his own desires. 
Hector is on an ethical level that might have him not particularly relate well to Helen,
but also one that compels him to understand that regardless of his feelings towards her,
his primary responsibility is to defend Troy, its citizens, and its
soldiers.

Given the Keynesian consumption function, how would a cut in income tax rates affect consumption? Explain your answer.

A cut in income tax rates would be one part of a classic
Keynesian fiscal policy approach to combatting a
recession.

Keynesians emphasize the importance of aggregate
demand in macroeconomics.  That means that, to them, an income tax cut is important
because it will increase aggregate demand.

It will do this
by increasing consumption.  A tax cut will give people a higher disposable income.  By
definition, looking at the equation for the consumption function, an increase in
disposable income makes for an increase in
consumption.

This is because C = a + c Yd
where

a is autonomous spending, c is mpc and Yd is
discretionary income.

If Yd goes up and everything else is
constant, C (consumption) must go up as well.

Describe the event that touched off the Watergate scandal and explain the White House's reaction to it.u.s history

Watergate was one of the biggest ever political scandals
in United States.  It included various illegal activities that helped President Richard
Nixon in presidential election of 1972. This scandal was particularly serious because it
represented attack on free and open elections, which is one of the main supporting
pillar of a democracy.

The illegal acts of Watergate
scandal involved burglary, telephone tapping, violations of campaign financing laws, use
of government agencies to harm political opponents. About 40 people were charged with
various crimes associated with this scandals, and most of these were convicted. It also
resulted in resignation of Nixon from presidency in
1974.

The scandal derived its name from the Watergate
complex of flats and office buildings in Washington,where police arrested five men for
breaking into the Democratic Party's national headquarters there. Later press found
evidence of White House aides helping to finance sabotage and spying operations against
candidates for the 1972 Democratic presidential
nomination.

Nixon claimed that he had no part in Watergate
break-in or covering it up. But the enquiry by a special prosecutor appointed for the
purpose, clearly established involvement of may people closely associated with Nixon. In
April 1974, Nixon was served with a subpoena (legal order) to furnish certain
information relating to this scandal. When Nixon disputed the right of the enquiry
proceeds to ask for such information the case was referred to Supreme Cour which ordered
Nixon to provide the materials.

In light of the Watergate
scandal experience, in 1974, Congress approved reforms in the financing of federal
election campaigns.

Regarding In Memoriam A. H. H. by Tennyson: What are the Victorian elements in this poem?

In Memoriam A. H. H. by Tennyson is a
vast work that reveals characteristics of Victorian poetic theory in myriad ways. A
small sampling here that will give guidance as to Tennyson's implementation of Victorian
poetics in In Memoriam is drawn from the early sections from I to
LXIII. To start with, two of the major characteristics of Victorian poetry that are
apparent within In Memoriam are the themes of love and nature,
shared with the preceding Romantic period but given a different
slant.

Love isn't necessarily idealized and "romanticized"
in the Victorian period; it may be shown with fangs and claws as in Browning's
"Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess," while nature is revealed as having a dark
side, not romanticized and inspirational. In keeping with this dark side, emblematic
nature is used, especially by Tennyson, to symbolize emotions; melancholy and Medieval
Gothic allusions take precedence over heroism and Classical
allusions.

Since the Victorian period was face-to-face with
new and unsettling science on all sides, Victorian poetry adds the new dimension of
psychological studies of poets and poetic personas and narrators. Partly as a reaction
to this science and partly as a reaction to the unwelcome rise in immoral and criminal
behavior accompanying the rush of urban immigration, Queen Victoria emphasized a
stringent return to Christian morality.

In keeping with
Queen Victoria's appeal, In Memoriam opens with a Christian appeal
instead of an appeal to the Classic Muse of poetry:

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Strong Son of God, immortal Love,
Whom
we, that have not seen thy face,
By faith, and faith alone,
embrace,

The Christian appeal
continues and is seen again later, as in:

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Forgive what seem'd my sin in me;
What
seem'd my worth since I began;
For merit lives from man to man,
And
not from man, O Lord, to
thee.

Later, Sections III and
LVI have Medieval Gothic allusions and tones that are in contrast to Classical Greek
allusions.

O
Sorrow, cruel fellowship,
O Priestess in the vaults of Death,
O
sweet and bitter in a breath,
What whispers from thy lying
lip?

Section V highlights the
use of emblematic nature as a symbol for emotions:

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In words, like weeds, I'll wrap me
o'er,
Like coarsest clothes against the
cold:

Section LX illustrates
the prominence of melancholy, while Section LXIII shows nature, love, and melancholy
combined, with the addition of psychological study:

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Yet pity for a horse o'er-driven,
And
love in which my hound has part,
Can hang no weight upon my heart
In
its assumptions up to heaven;

And I am so much more than
these,
As thou, perchance, art more than I,
And yet I spare them
sympathy,
And I would set their pains at ease.

So
mayst thou watch me where I weep,..
.

In 'the importance of bing earnest,' what makes algy a dandy figure?i want to know also how wilde makes use of algy to show that people may be dandy

The Victorian Dandy is described as
a bachelor which has the following
characteristics:

a. Living above their
means

b. Over- preoccupied with aesthetics and fashion
rather than social responsibility

c. In Wilde's words "wake
up near 3 in the afternoon, dine at 5, then the opera, and go to bed near 3 in the
morning"

d. Surrounded by the likes, hating on anything
ugly, completely oblivious of human emotion.

Algernon
comprises ALL of those characteristics. Opulent, he has creditors running after him.
Excessive, his hunger and eating habits represent the way he lives life: Excessively and
always wanting more. Flamboyant, as he always expects the best champagne, the best
restaurants, and always dresses to the part. Immoral, as he leads a double life and does
not mind meddling in that of others. Fascinating, because he simply admits it and does
not care.

Post Note: Oscar Wilde was a
fanatic of the ideal of the Victorian dandy, and for this reason he ensured that there
was a dandy in most of his works:

In The Picture
of Dorian Gray, the dandy takes the shape of Lord Henry
Wooton

In A Woman of No Importancethe
dandy is Lord Illingworth.

In An Ideal
Husband, the dandy is Lord Goring.

Hope this
helps!

How do you think the sniper feels about what he is doing?im talking about the book the sniper by liam o'flaherty

In my opinion, he is pretty ambivalent about what he is
doing.  By that, I mean that he cannot really make up his mind.  At times I think he is
fine with what he is doing, at times I think he is not.

I
think he is fine with what he is doing, for example, when he kills the woman who has
been informing.  He would not have needed to do that and no one would have known if he
had not.  So he must have done it because he really approved of what he was
doing.

But then after he shoots the other sniper, he gets
all freaked out and feels remorse.  That makes it clear that he doesn't always approve
of what he's doing.

And I imagine that at the end of the
story he's pretty unhappy with it...

Why did the US enter WWI and what effect did its entry have?

The US had supplied weapons to the Allies exclusively
during the war, to the tune of several billion dollars worth.  The German sinking of the
Lusitania in 1915 was largely due to the fact that German spies had
reported there were arms shipments on board. So one has to say that American support of
the Allied Powers with weapons shipments was one reason why we eventually entered the
war.

I think the situation in 1917 was actually closer than
the above post suggests, which was one of the factors leading the US into
war.

The Russian Revolution in 1917 had given the Germans
victory on the Eastern Front with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, allowing the Kaiser to
concentrate his entire army on the Western Front, which had stalemated into bloody
trench warfare with both side bled white.  A final offensive by a reinforced German army
might capture Paris and end the war for good.  This was a real possibility when the US
came in on the Allied side.  In fact, one of the major effects of our entry into the war
not yet discussed here was the American Army's role in breaking up that much of that
last offensive at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood.

The US
had supplied weapons to the Allies exclusively during the war, to the tune of several
billion dollars worth.  The German sinking of the Lusitania in 1915
was largely due to the fact that German spies had reported there were arms shipments on
board. So one has to say that American support of the Allied Powers with weapons
shipments was one reason why we eventually entered the
war.

The second to last link below refers to Chateau
Thierry, which was also called the Second Battle of the Marne.

In Chapter 10, why do people laugh when John calls the director "my father" ?in chapter 10 of Brave New World, Linda and John come in the room....

In Huxley's Brave New World's  a
return to Chapter 3 will provide clarification as in this chapter, Mustapha Mond, the
Resident Controller for Europe and one of the ten World Controllers sits down on a bench
beside the Director who speaks to children, who have been cavorting in sexual games.  He
tells the children that the old world did not allow people to take things "easily," it
did not allow them to be "sane, virtuous, happy":

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What with mothers and lovers, what with the
prhibitions they were not conditioned to obey, what with the tempatations and the lonely
remorses, what with all the diseases and the endless isolating pain, what with the
uncertainties and the poverty--they were forced to feel strongly.  And, feeling
strongly...how could they be
stable?

The word
mother becomes obscene and dirty for these children as it is
associated with pain, fever, groaning,--emotion--old age and poverty. Mond tells
them,

"Our
ancestors were so stupid and shor-sighted that when the first reformers came along and
offered to deliver them from those horrible emotions, they wouldn't have anything to do
with them....

"And home was as squalid psychically as
physically.  Psychically, it was a rabbit hole, a midden, hot with the frictions of
tightly packed life, reeking with emotion.  What suffocating intimacies, what danterou,
insane, obscene relationships between the members of the family group!  Maniacally, the
mother brooded over her children...lke a cat over its kittens...Yes, you may well
shudder!"

The idea of parents
is funny in a "scatological" way.  If someone calls another "Father," it is actually
an deprecating joke since the Trobriands conception has done away with natural
childbirth.  Nobody has ever heard of a father or
mother, words whose connotations are humorous in a "bathroom joke"
sort of way, and smutty.  However, there is nothing humorous about old age which is
anathema to the conditioned citizens of the Brave New World. Linda's appearance is
repulsive; she reminds them of the dying people at the hospital.

Briefly analyze this selection from Peace Like a River, exploring how Enger allows the reader to experience and appreciate the quality of...

This particular passage in Enger's Peace Like a
River is, indeed, an amazing description of something so mundane we rarely
give it any thought. Breathing is one of those things we pay little attention to until
something interrupts this rather involuntary body function. To write your assignment
based on this model, you will need to think of something which you do with little
thought or effort but something which you need to do in order to function in everyday
life--or something you take for granted, whether you use it often or not. We can
probably all relate to having a hangnail, for instance. We have skin around the edges of
our fingernails, but we rarely give it much thought until we get a hangnail and it seems
like everything we do involves that tiny little spot on one finger. Losing the full
range of motion in a knee or shoulder joint works similarly to breathing; when it is all
working well, we take it for granted. Not being able to bend an elbow or a wrist or an
ankle might be interesting to think about, as well. Your writing model, of course, is
Enger's passage; you will be able to write your own version once you select the
activity.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, how are Dill and Tom Robinson similar?

Dill and Tom Robinson are similar in that they are both
disenfranchised.  Neither has any power in society.  As a child, Dill is at the mercy of
his parents.  As a black man, Tom is at the mercy of
whites. 

Dill leads an elaborate fantasy life to cover up
the fact that he is unwanted in his family.  His father is gone, and his mother
remarried and does not have time for him.  His only refuge is Maycomb in the summer with
the Finches.

Tom Robinson is a kind man who helped
Mayella.  His biggest crime was feeling sorry for her when he saw how she was treated. 
This was unacceptable in his society, because blacks were supposed to be inferior to
whites and by feeling sorry for her he raised himself above her.  Once accused, there is
nothing Tom can do.  Even though he physically could not have committed the crime, he
knows he will be convicted because it is considered improper for a white woman and a
black man to have a relationship.

What is the difference in buffering capacity between a buffer comprising 0.1mol/L acetic acid and 0.1mol/L acetate, and a sample of distilled water?

To know the difference in the buffer capacity of the two
liquids, we have to know their pH's.

Distilled
water:

pH =
7.00 

Acetic acid - acetate
buffer:

We shall use the Henderson-Hasselbalch
Equation:

`pH = -log K_a + log ([Sal
t]/[Acid])`

OR

`pH = -log K_a
+ log ([acet ate]/[acetic
acid])`

OR

`pH = pK_a + log
([acet ate]/[acetic acid])`

• pK_a_acetic acid =
  4.76


• [acetate] = [acetic acid] = 0.1
  mol/L

`pH = 4.76 + log
([0.1]/[0.1])`

pH =
4.76

So
it is pH 7.00 versus pH 4.76 and the difference would be pH 2.24. This only means that
the acetic acid buffer has more buffer capacity than that of distilled water. Upon the
addition of strong acid or strong base, the acetic acid - acetate buffer will tend to
prevent dramatic change of pH whereas distilled water will show great change of
pH.

Evaluate the limit of the fraction f(n+1)/f(n) if n-->infinite and f(x)= x^3+3x+2.

First, let's write f(n+1) and f(n), substituting x by n+1
and n:

f(n+1) = (n+1)^3 + 3(n+1) +
2

f(n+1) = n^3 + 1 + 3n(n+1) + 3(n+1) +
2

f(n+1) = n^3 + 3(n+1)(n+1) +
3

f(n+1) = n^3 + 3(n+1)^2 +
3

f(n+1) = n^3 + 3n^2 + 6n + 3 +
3

f(n+1) = n^3 + 3n^2 + 6n +
6

f(n) = n^3 + 3n + 2

Now,
we'll evaluate the limit of the ratio:

lim f(n+1)/f(n)  =
lim (n^3 + 3n^2 + 6n + 6)/(n^3 + 3n + 2)

We'll factorize by
n^3:

lim f(n+1)/f(n) = lim n^3(1 + 3/n + 6/n^2 +
6/n^3)/n^3(1 + 3/n^2 + 2/n^3)

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

lim f(n+1)/f(n) = lim (1 + 3/n + 6/n^2 + 6/n^3)/(1 +
3/n^2 + 2/n^3)

Since lim 3/n = 3/infinite =
0

lim 6/n^2 = 6/infinte =
0

lim 6/n^3 = 6/infinte =
0

lim 3/n^2 = 3/infinite =
0

lim 2/n^3 = 2/infinte =
0

we'll get;

lim f(n+1)/f(n) =
lim (1+0+0+0)/(1+0+0)

lim f(n+1)/f(n) = lim
1

lim f(n+1)/f(n) = 1, if n ->
+infinite

What are Roman Jakobson's main points in "From Linguistics to Poetics"?

In short, Jakobson is attempting to show how a linguistic
expert should study poetics. 

Poetics, of course, is about
verbage and not about the rhyme scheme or makeup of poetic lines.  Linguistics, of
course, is the science behind that verbage, so poetics and linguistics merge in this
way.  Further, because linguistics is truly a science of words, literary criticism (or
the judgement of a piece of literature as "good" or "bad") has no power here.  Instead,
what is preferred is objective analysis, not opinion due to the depth of
components. 

Jakobson delves deeper into linguistics in
this text than I have seen in any of his other works.  There are further points Jakobson
makes in his text, specifically about "synchrony and diachrony" as well as "ideation and
emotiveness" and the survey of language in question.  In short, it is a perfect read for
a person who wants to be well versed in the science of
linguistics.

What are some similarities and differences between the movie Dead Poets Society and the novel Catcher in the Rye?

I find that the most significant similarity between both
works is their emphasis on authenticity of character.  Mr. Keating strives for his
students to "seize the day" and listen to their own voices in the construction of
reality.  Holden seeks to do much of the same and rails against the conformity in his
world.  The avoidance of "phonies" is a driving force in both works.  The cultural time
period of both works is also significant, as the decade of the 1950s is put "on trial"
in both.  I would also say that the indictment of the preparatory school culture is
something that both works feature in a fairly strong fashion.  At the same time, there
are significant points of divergence.  Salinger's work is much more bleak in its
forecast or hope for human redemption than Weir's film.  The depiction of adults in
Salinger's work is also much more dire and dour than the liberating figure of Mr.
Keating, who truly does care for the well- being of his students.  This is in stark
contrast to the adults at Pencey Prep, who are more concerned with increasing the
endowment of the school and making money or are thoroughly withdrawn from students. 
Finally, there is a stronger message of social solidarity in the film than in Salinger's
work.  The closing moments of each testify to this.  When the boys stand on their desk,
in opposition to the principal, and honor Mr. Keating with "O Captain, My Captain,"
there is a distinct and real feeling of social solidarity.  The last line of Holden's
narrative indicates that there is little hope for social connection and solidarity with
others.

In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, what is the second station, and who is the the main character?

In Joseph Conrad's story, Heart of
Darkness, when Marlow leaves England, and traveling in a French ship, down
the coast of Africa, he enters the "mouth" of the Congo; from there he travels to the
Lower Station.

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Marlow must wait at the Lower Station for ten
days before setting out two hundred miles overland in a caravan to where his steamer is
waiting up the river at the Central
Station.

Marlow's job is to
travel into the heart of the Congo to find and bring back Kurtz, an employee of the
company who does amazing work in shipping back enormous amounts of ivory—no one has
heard from him in nine months: they only sense the company has that Kurtz is still alive
is based on the fact that the ivory continues to
arrive.

When Marlow lands at the Central Station (his
second stop), he finds the ship that he is supposed to command is under water. So begins
the extensive task of repairing it so that Marlow can continue his journey to fulfill
the task at hand.

The third and last stop on Marlow's trip
is the Inner Station, where Marlow eventually finds Kurtz. When he finally is able to
get Kurtz on board, he turns the ship around with the intention of returning to
England.

What is the limit of the fraction tan4x/tan2x, x-->0 ?

We'll create the remarcable
limits:

lim tan x/x = 1, if
x->0

We'll re-write the
function:

lim [4x*(tan 4x)/4x]*[(2x)/2x*tan 2x] = lim
4x*lim [(tan 4x)/4x]*lim[(2x)/tan 2x]*lim (1/2x)

We know
that lim [(tan 4x)/4x] = 1 and lim[(2x)/tan 2x] = 1

lim
[4x*(tan 4x)/4x]*[(2x)/2x*tan 2x] = lim 4x*lim (1/2x)

lim
[4x*(tan 4x)/4x]*[(2x)/2x*tan 2x] =
(4/2)lim(x/x)

The limit of the given function
is : lim tan4x/tan2x = 2, if x -> 0.

Shaw's denounce social snobbery and class distinction in Pygmalion?

Shaw denounced social snobbery and class distinction in
Pygmalion primarily by presenting the aristocracy as people who can "be made" and can be
spoofed by just imitating their mannerisms, and by pretending to be bigger than you are.
In other words, "anyone", even a nobody, can pass as an
aristocrat.

The making of a peasant girl with a cockney
accent into a posh duchess is in itself the central idea of the story, where Shaw
admittedly mocks the effrontery and silliness of it all. Even the fact that the girl
herself in the beginning was trying to rid herself of her accent, and willing to pay for
it, is a laughable action that reflects the people's mentality over the fashionable
society versus those who were humble and simple.

The use of
titles, the names used, the fact that there were "phonics" professors, Liza's father
becoming rich after (in the beginning) pitching fights over money- all these are symbols
of Shaw's bringing down the high airs of the aristocrats, showing that they may not be
as unique as they see themselves.

How accurate is The Great Gatsby in its reflection of the early 1920s and Fitzgerald's own experiences/attitudes?Essay help for a student. Thanks!

I think that there might be a fundamental fear or
challenge in using literature to teach about a particular time period.  I would not
possess this in using Fitzgerald's work to teach about the 1920s.  Simply put, I think
that Fitzgerald's framing of the decade helps it to be seen in a very compelling and
thoughtful light.  The manner in which Fitzgerald constructs "the flapper era" in the
Buchanans and in Jordan Baker helps to explain how so much greed and self interested
dominated the time period.  When Fitzgerald describes how these individuals "destroyed"
everything and then retreated back into their "worlds of wealth" as a response, it helps
to explain how lack of vigilance and government regulation ensured that each supposed
step of historical progress led to future destruction.  Fitzgerald's characterization of
individuals as people who only thought of the present and failed to see past anything
else brings to light how disastrous financial practices were beyond risky, almost
guaranteeing the reality of the Crash of '29 and the depression that followed.  In the
end, the construction of the world that Nick and Gatsby observe are domains where there
is almost a roar of deafening silence.  In the end, this hollowness is brought out
vividly by Fitzgerald.  In this light, I think that the work can serve as a good
historical guide to the time period and to the historical analysis of
it.

In "The Crucible" is John Proctor a hero or do you see him as foolish when he might easily have saved his life?

This depends on your own personal opinion, but let's look
at some different angles from the play itself.  At the end of the play, Reverend Hale is
going to all of the prisoners and telling them that not confessing is committing the sin
of pride, at the cost of their own lives.  And, this can be seen in John.  He tells his
wife at the end that one reason he hasn't confessed is because "it's hard to give a lie
to dogs."  He admits that he doesn't want to give his accusers something that they want,
because he doesn't like them.  So, that is pride, or foolishness on his
part.

On the other hand, he is a hero in the sense that he
doesn't lie, and refuses to defame his friends when he almost confesses.  They want him
to name others when he signs his confession, and he refuses; that is the right choice. 
Also, they want to post his confession on the church door; he knows that this will ruin
his children's lives--they will forever be known as the sons of a witch who sold out his
friends.  And, when he finally rescinds his confession and goes to the gallows, he feels
good about himself for the first time in forever.  He says, "I do think I see some shred
of goodness in John Proctor."  He feels that one act of integrity wiped out previous
sins.

So, it can be argued either way, and  I hope that
those thoughts helped a bit; good luck!

What is a good thesis statement for Oliver Twist and how can it be defended?

I think that you could also look at the use of disguise
and misrepresentation in the novel. The most obvious is Oliver, the "twist" who is
mistaken for rags when he actually comes from riches. The Monk's perpetuate this
mistaken identity in order to serve their own aims of claiming Oliver's inheritance for
themselves. Nancy pretends to be Oliver's sister by putting on middle class clothes in
order to get Oliver back to Fagin. Clothes as a means of identifying social class are
important. Oliver is stripped of his clothes and pout into pauper clothes. If I were
writing a thesis for a paper on this work, I would consider looking at the outward
representations of class and status as displayed by clothes and manner of speaking, and
the way that these "disguises" can and are used to meet individual
desires.

Dickens, in fact, uses this theme as a means of
satirizing class structure in Victorian England. You could even gop on to look at other
class representations that are symbolized by dress, such as the way in which the Fagin
boys almost worship handkerchiefs which they like to steal. These are symbols of
affluence. If you carry a handkerchief, you are assumed to be a member of the upper
class. If you wear the clothes of a workhouse person, you are seen as a pauper. Again,
this is a way Dickens uses outside appearances as a means of denoting class differences
from the perspective that people are viewed by society and judged by society by the
clothes that they wear.

What is an example of a compound sentence in Romeo and Juliet?

Compound sentences can be found in almost any literary
work of considerable length.  A compound sentences is formed when two independent
clauses (one that is "strong" or complete enough to stand on its own) are joined to
become one longer sentence.  A compound sentences can be created by joining the two
clauses using a comma and conjunction, a semicolon, or a semicolon and conjunctive
adverb.  It is extremely important to note that a conjunction MUST accompany a comma
when it is used to make a compound sentence; otherwise, a comma splice is
formed.

There are many examples of compound sentences in
Romeo and Juliet.  In the first scene of Act I, Benvolio
anticipates Romeo's approach and tells his parents, "...So, please you step aside; I'll
know his grievance, or be much denied."  Many of the compound sentences found in the
play are complex, so this is one of the more basic examples to be
found.

I am doing a project on how to be safe in your car. any tips please give me some tips or ideas and please give me a catchy title

Two title ideas first:

"More
Careful Than You Think You Need To Be"

"Assume Everybody
Else Is Crazy"

The above titles are also my tips on safe
driving. First, always drive more carefully than you think you need to. Never speed.
Never drive under the influence of any chemical. Don't worry if the guy behind you is
showing his impatience; pull over and let him pass. Don't listen to anything on the
radio or other device that demands your attention. Never talk on a cell phone while
driving. The problem with cell phones and driving is not that one is using a free hand;
the problem is that when you talk on a cell phone when driving you are not paying full
attention to driving. Last two points: never be in a hurry; leave plenty of time to get
where you have to go and always know where you are going before you get into the
car.

So much for what you can control... now about other
people on the road. Although it's probably not true, assume everybody else behind the
wheel is either a terrible, dangerous driver, a newbie to driving, or completely nuts.
That way, you will always be understanding, courteous and warily defensive of all the
other cars on the road. Keep a good distance from any car in front of you and, if you
can, to your right and to your left. Make sure to leave at least 10 feet from you and
the car in front of you for every 10 mph you are moving. That way, you'll have enough
room to stop. And remember to be extra extra careful at night and in bad weather. Always
be prepared for the unexpected.

Lastly: Be ever vigilant
and make sure your car is in good working order, especially the brakes, that your tires
are properly filled, that you have enough fuel for the journey, and that you are wide
awake. If you you are feeling even in the least bit sleepy, pull over
immediately.

Outside of being in an unmoving car parked in
your driveway or at the curb, these pointers should keep you safe. I said should because
no matter how safely you drive, some things can come at you out of absolutely nowhere.
It's rare, but it happens and no one need be to blame.

According to the law of conservation of mass,mass can neither be created nor be destroyed.so why every equation is not a balanced equation?for...

I believe you are talking about balancing of chemical
equation. When a chemical equation is not balanced it means that that is is not
representing the reality correctly. An incorrect equation may or may not conform the law
of conservation of mass. It makes no sense in drawing conclusion about validity of law
of conservation of mass or of any other law based on an incorrect
equation.

Taking specifically the chemical equation
referred in the question, that is

Mg + O2 -->
MgO

The equation is incorrect because it implies that 1
atom of Mg combining with 2 atoms of oxygen will produce 1 molecule of MgO, which
contains 1 atom of magnesium (Mg) and 1 atom of oxygen (O). Thus the left hand side of
equation has 2 atoms of oxygen while right hand side has only 1 atom of oxygen.
Obviously this equation is incorrect. To make the equation correct, we will need to
balance it in such a way that atoms of each of magnesium and oxygen are same on both the
side. We do this by changing the equation to:

2Mg + O2
--> 2MgO

Please note that when a chemical reaction
is represented in the form of a chemical equation, the equation must be balanced. An
imbalanced chemical equation is as improper and incorrect as word written with wrong
spelling or a sentence with incorrect grammar.Imbalanced equations should not be used of
representing chemical reactions.

What does Nick mean in Chapter 9 when he says, "I'm thirty. I'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor"?The Great Gatsby by F....

As the moral pivot of the novel The Great
Gatsby, the narrator, Nick Carraway, declares himself fair and honest,
stating in the first chapter that he is "inclined to reserve all judgments."  Now, in
the final chapter, he recognizes that he has been influenced by the hollowness and
deception of the "careless people" such as Jordan Baker and Daisy and Tom Buchanan who
no longer have any interest in Jay Gatsby now that he is dead--"that intense personal
interest to which everyone has some vague right at the
end."

It is this realization of the "quality of distortion"
to East Egg that precipitates Tom's decision to return home to the Midwest.  But, before
he departs, Tom wishes to "put things in order," so he meets with Jordan Baker, who
tells him that like her he is "a bad driver"

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"I thought you were rather an honest,
straightforward person.  I thought it was your secret
pride."

"I'm thirty," I said.  "I'm five years too old to
lie to myself and call it honor."

She didn't answer. 
Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned
away.

As "a bad driver" like
Jordan, Nick has not considered the consequences of his actions and how they affect
others around him.  But, with his statement that he is too old to lie, Nick now admits
his failing to be as non-judgmental as he has professed to be in the first chapter. 
Perhaps, Nick realizes that to be judgmental is inevitable, for only the ingenuous are
so.  Now, in Chapter Nine, Nick evinces a spiritual growth; he knows that it is human to
pass judgment, and he does so as he states that Tom and Daisy are "careless
people."

Transcribe phonemically the following words indicating primary stress.Engineering, appointment, presidential, fundamental, examination, conversion,...

English words can have variable stress depending upon the
variety of English begin spoken. While there are many varieties of natively spoken
English in the world, such as in India and Malaysia, I'll focus on American English and
English English, which now and then have some interesting stress differences.
Interestingly enough, the stress differences extend to sentence stress as well, to the
extend that, on occasion, a perfectly good English English sentence will seem to have no
or a confused meaning to an American listener solely because of sentence stress
differences, and vice versa.

The first word in your list
"engineering" has the same stress in both American and English English: engi 'neering,
with a phonemic difference: UK /ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪə.rɪŋ/; US /ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr.ɪŋ/. Similarly with
"appointment," which is ap 'pointment /əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/. For the third in a row, the
pronunciations of "presidential" are the same for both: presi 'dential
/ˈprez.ɪ.dənt/.

Well this isn't a very exciting list yet.
"Fundamental" is also the same in both: funda 'mental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/. And again, for
"examination, both are exami 'nation /ɪgˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/. "Conversion" for both is con
'version /kənˈvɜː.ʃən/. Last chance: "Opportunity" is oppor 'tunity /ˌɑː.pɚˈtuː.nə.t ̬i/
in American English as well as in English English, although there is a phonemic
difference; UK /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nə.ti/; US /ˌɑː.pɚˈtuː.nə.t ̬i/. And there you have
it.

[American English pronunciation from title="Dictionary.com"
href="http://dictionary.reference.com/">Dictionary.com; English English
pronunciation and IPA spelling from href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/">Cambridge Dictionaries
Online.]

How does President Lincoln's night at Fords's Theater relate to the Civil War?ho it relates to the civil war

President Lincoln's night at Ford's Theater is, of course,
relevant because that was the night on which he was assassinated.  Because the killing
happened after the Civil War was over, it did not really have any effect on the war
itself.

The relationship between the two is that Lincoln
was killed because of his actions during the Civil War.  John Wilkes Booth was angry
about the ways in which Lincoln had helped to defeat the South in the war.  Booth was
bitter about the fact that the South had lost and he wanted to take
revenge.

So Pres. Lincoln's was killed because of the Civil
War, but his death had no impact on that war.

What are the motives of the ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna)?I've been doing a little research on the ETA, and I know that they're a terrorist group,...

The goals of ETA can be pretty well summed up by the
English translation of the group's name.  The name, in English, is Basque Land and
Liberty.  That is exactly what ETA believes that it is fighting
for.

The Basques are an ethnic group without their own
country.  They are native to the Pyrenees Mountains which are partly in Spain and partly
in France.  Basque people live in both countries but are ethnically different than
either the French or the Spanish.  In fact, their language is not even an Indo-European
language and is, therefore, not related to any other language in
Europe.

Because of their ethnic and linguistic differences,
the Basques have long wanted to be separate from the countries in which they live.  This
desire is especially strong in the larger Spanish part of the Basque country.  ETA has
been conducting a terrorist war in an attempt to get the Spanish government to grant
independence to Euskadi--the Basque country.

What does Atticus Finch do for a living in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Atticus Finch's occupation is incredibly important to this
fabulous American novel.  Considering your words are what Atticus does "for a living," I
assume you are referring to what he does to "bring home the bacon" for the family (i.e.
how he makes his money); therefore, I'm afraid being a dad (although just as important,
and probably more important) can't be considered what he does "for
a living."  He is a lawyer and, as such, agrees to defend Tom Robinson in court against
the Ewell family who accuses poor Tom of both assaulting and raping Mayella Ewell. 
Atticus Finch is not only a lawyer, but a good lawyer at that.  He uses, as evidence,
the fact that Tom Robinson doesn't have use of his left arm to prove that the injuries
to Mayella could not have been committed by Tom.  In fact, they were committed by Bob
Ewell, Mayella's father.  Unfortunately, despite Atticus' noble efforts, Tom is
convicted anyway.

What are two internal and external conflicts of the main character?A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A common criticism of Charles Dickens's A Tale
of Two Cities is that many of the characters are undeveloped.  Even Sydney
Carton, considered the main character, lacks the introspection that is frequent in such
important characters.  In addition, the reader knows little of his past.  However, as
the main character, he does experience conflicts.

EXTERNAL
CONFLICTS

1.  As the "Jackal," Sydney is exploited by the
"Lion," C.J. Stryver who uses his brillant mind to win legal cases.  Stryver also mocks
Carton as he forces him to work long hours into the night.  In Chapter 5 of Book the
Second, Styrver ridicules Carton:

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'The old Sydney Carton of Shrewsbury
School....the old seesaw Sydney.  Upon one minute and down the next; now in spirits and
now in despondency.'

2.  In
Book the Third Sydney Carton comes into contact with the spy John Basard, whom he has
learned from Jerry Cruncher has used the alias of Roger Cly in England.  He is the
"witness" to Charles Darnay's purportedly treasonous remarks about the King.  Since
Jerry has told Carton that this spy faked his death as Cly, Carton uses this information
to coerce Basard, who is involved with the incarceration of the prisoners in France, to
allow him to switch places with Charles Darnay and allow Darnay to leave the
prison.

INTERNAL CONFLICTS

1. 
Sydney Carton is a man with great potential as he has a brillant mind.  But his
dissipation and self-deprecatory nature will not allow him to succeed.  Although he
loves Lucie, his feeling of inferiority regarding Charles Darnay prevent him from
competing for her love. After his evening with Darnay, Carton looks at him in a mirror
asking himself,

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'Do you particularly like the man?...why should
you particularly like a man who resembles you?  There is nothing in you to like; you
know that. (Bk.II,ch.4)

With
this sense of inferiority, Carton resigns himself to being allowed to be Lucie's
friend.

2.  This sense of lack of accomplishment in
life--"summoning no energy and purpose" as Stryver tells him--and his depression keep
Sydney from making anything of himself.  Disturbed that his life has been
worthless, Sydney seeks to achieve something worthwhile.  Thus, his act of sacrifice
will, he hopes, redeem his worthless life:

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'It is a far, far betting thing that I do, than I
have ever done....'

How does the heating of a resistor have an effect on its resistance?

The resistance of a resistor is given by the
formula:

Rt = Rref (1 + A*(T - Tref)), where Rref is the
resistance at the reference temperature, usually taken as 20 degree Celsius. And A is
the temperature coefficient of resistance of the material the resistor is made
of.

The resistance of a resistor can either increase or
decrease with the temperature based on the value of A. It is usually positive for
metals.

To maintain the resistance as close as the
reference resistance it is essential to keep the temperature as close to the reference
temperature. The heat generated when current passes through the resistor should be
allowed to escape. It may also be beneficial to turn off the current at regular
intervals and use ways of cooling the circuit like fans.

What is the correct format to use for a physical education lesson plan for grade five?

PE lesson plans need the same essential parts as other
lesson plans.  First, you have to have a clear standard.  Use your standards content
standards for fifth grade.  Then, you use the standard to create a clear objective.  The
objective is the specific goal for that lesson.  In other words, this is what you want
students to learn by the end of the lesson.  Remember that PE lessons are likely to last
at least several days, with most units lasting several
weeks. 

Below I have included a link to a web site that
contains many ideas for PE lessons.  A PE lesson should include the
following.

Stretching/Warm-up- Since physical activity is
going to be involved, it is important to begin a PE lesson with an appropriate warm-up. 
Kids often do not get enough physical activity, so rigorous movement without a warm-up
could result in injury.

Direct Instruction- Too often, PE
consists of letting kids go off and play.  This is recess, not PE.  You need to organize
your curriculum around specific standards and objectives.  Since PE often requires
practice, a short direct lesson and demonstration is
best.

Practice- Once you have instructed students in the
lesson, you need to give them some practice time.  Usually, this can best be done with
students working on the skill in groups while you go from group to group observing and
correcting.

Recap/Cool down- It is just as important to
cool down after vigorous activity as it is to warm up.  It is also just as important to
review at the end of a PE lesson as it is in any other
lesson.

Assessment-  Assessment is different in PE than in
other subject areas, because much of it involves performance and observation.  Often PE
grades are based on participation, but many states also have physical fitness tests and
standards that students need to meet.  There is much informal assessment in PE, so the
teacher has to be aware and observant.

In the beginning of Act 2 of Shakespeare's Macbeth, how do Banquo and Macbeth regard each other?

At the beginning of Act Two of Shakespeare's
Macbeth, Macbeth and Banquo have become very different people than
who they were at the play's start.

It is after the banquet
to honor Duncan at Inverness (Macbeth's home), and Banquo and Macbeth meet by chance.
Banquo mentions that he has dreamt of the witches, and comments that some of what the
witches have said has come true for Macbeth. (This will be a concern to Macbeth because
Banquo was the only one with him to hear the predictions, especially the one about
Macbeth being king...this would make the honorable Banquo suspicious if Duncan were to
die at Macbeth's castle.)

Macbeth lies and says he doesn't
think about the predictions. However, he asks Banquo if they could discuss the situation
again in the near future. Banquo agrees to do so, whenever it is convenient to Macbeth.
(This is clearly just casual discussion.)

With some
foreshadowing for the audience, Macbeth approaches Banquo to see how far he can trust
his friend. Macbeth says that if Banquo will have his back (support him) when the time
is right, Macbeth will make it worth his while (reward
him).

Banquo, unlike Macbeth, cannot be swayed from his
honor and duty to king and his own sense of moral character. He
responds:

So I
lose none/ In seeking to augment it, but still keep / My bosom franchised and allegiance
clear, / I shall be
counselled.

In other words,
Banquo is telling Macbeth that as long as he does not need to compromise his sense of
right and wrong, and as long as he can serve his king loyally, he will consider what
Macbeth might ask of him. Basically, Banquo has told Macbeth that he will remain true to
the things he holds dear and honorable.

This is, of course,
important for Macbeth to know; if Duncan dies on Macbeth's watch, it will be Banquo who
will challenge his friend's part in the murder, most especially because of the witches'
predictions. This also shows the audience how distanced the two men have become, when
they were once both honorable servants to
Duncan.

So although they seem friendly enough, Macbeth is
keeping his ideas of the witches' predictions tucked away, and asking to see how far he
can trust Banquo. Banquo is full of praise for how graciously the Macbeths have
entertained the king, but he is also no fool: he can imagine, I'm sure, that Macbeth is
asking where his allegiance lies, especially with Macbeth's promise of a reward under
the right circumstances. Banquo lets Macbeth know, in no uncertain terms, that he is
honor-bound to support his king and will follow the dictates of his heart to do what is
ethically correct. Each man knows where the other stands.

What is Swift trying to communicate in "A Modest Proposal"?

This is a very interesting question, as this wonderful
satire operates on many different levels. Clearly, one central target of Swift's pointed
treatise is the unsympathetic response and racist attitude of the British towards the
Irish famine, and the way that they appear quite happy to do nothing while thousands of
Irish are dying. This is clearly indicated by the shocking and "modest" proposal that
the speaker makes of breeding Irish children for a possible food source. Swift is
deliberately suggesting the unthinkable and horrific to make a pointed remark about how
the treatment of the Irish famine has been just as shocking up until this
stage.

However, I think it is also possible to detect
another, more subtle message. One of the characteristics of the speaker of this essay is
that he makes every effort to present himself as a reasonable, scientific man, who
reaches his conclusions on the back of logic and serious investigation. Reason and
rationality again and again are hallmarks of his discourse. Swift seems to be
communicating the dangers of relying on these characteristics alone when considering
other human beings. Just as in the case of the speaker, such people who lean to heavily
on speculative reason when trying to find solutions may ignore their own better
judgement and arrive at inhumane conclusions, rather than trusting to their common sense
and human empathy. Likewise there is a massive danger in dehumanising humans and
treating them as statistics or numbers, as this makes it that much easier to treat them
as such and forget the shared humanity that is shared between you and
them.