How is time used in the movie Run Lola Run?This is the 1998 German film originally titled Lola Rennt.

Time is shown in the frame of the 20 minutes in which Lola
needs to help Manni out with securing the money.  I think that much of what is featured
the film is related to the Butterfly Effect, which states that small differences in a
patterned sequence can result in large scale changes.  For Lola, small incidents help to
set off a chain of other events which are all impacted by time.  For example, when she
leaves her home after Manni's call, her encounter with the dog on the stairs helps to
alter the events in each of the runs.  Time is shown as a constant variable.  Yet, what
happens in it is dependent on the events and actions taken in response to them.  Very
similar to the soccer game that opens the film, there are actions and reactions that
help to define individual identity and action all on the canvass of
time.

What is Mercutio's relationship to the play Romeo and Juliet?

Mercutio is Romeo's best friend.  He is also a kinsman of
the Prince.

As for the relationship to the play, he
functions as the comic relief.   Shakespeare realized that in a tragedy, it was
necessary to relieve tension created by the circumstances in the story.  The best way to
do this is through comic relief.  Until his death, Mercutio is a jokester.  He doesn't
seem to take anything seriously.  Life seems to be a lark for
him.

The fight between Mercutio and Tybalt is just playing
around for him. The reality that he or anybody could be killed doesn't enter his mind,
it is all just blowing off steam.  I think he is very surprised that he has been morally
wounded.

Of course his death is important for several plot
reasons.  Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished although earlier the Prince had declared
that if any broke the peace they would die.  Since it was Tybalt who started the whole
thing and Romeo was avenging the death of his friend and the Prince's kinsman, the
Prince relents and banishes Romeo.

Mercutio's relationship
to the play is important because his death triggers the resulting deaths of both Romeo
and Juliet.

Given x+y=3*square root3 and x*y=3 calculate x^2+y^2 and x^4+y^4.

We'll complete the sum of squares, x^2 + y^2, by adding
2xy and creating a perfect square.

x^2 + 2xy +
y^2

Since we've added the amount 2xy, we'll subtract it. In
this way, the result of the sum of squares, will remain
unchanged.

(x^2 + 2xy + y^2 ) - 2xy = (x+y)^2 -
2xy

We'll substitute x + y and xy by their values given in
enunciation:

x^2 + y^2 = (3sqrt3)^2 -
2*3

x^2 + y^2 = 27 - 6

x^2 +
y^2 = 21

Now, we'll create the perfect squares
for:

x^4 + y^4 + 2x^2*y^2  - 2x^2*y^2 = (x^2 + y^2)^2 -
2x^2*y^2

x^4 + y^4 = 21^2 -
2*3^2

x^4 + y^4 = 441 - 18

x^4
+ y^4 = 423

So, the requested sums are: x^2 +
y^2 =  21 and x^4 + y^4 = 423.

How does Lyrical Ballads represent a summary of the Romantic Age?

I think that one could argue that the opening shots of
Romanticism against the Neoclassical Age are present in Lyrical
Ballads. Part of this would lie in the preface, which essentially states the
purpose of the Romantic movement.  The Preface argues the tenets of Romanticism,
defining in stark oppositional terms to its predecessor.  Poetry as an emotional
movement, written about the basic elements of society, and one that seeks to broaden the
subjective experience into the universal one are critical elements to both the movement
and how Romantic thinkers would come to see their work.  The Romantic Era's ideas did
not deviate that much from what was featured in both the work and the Preface to it. 
This helps to bring to light how important the collaboration between Wordsworth and
Coleridge was in ensuring that individuals understand the movement's aims and remain
true to them.  In this light, I think that a summary of Romanticism can be contained in
the work.  While other thinkers like Byron, Shelley, or Keats might have taken
Romanticism into their own directions, much of their work can be seen in
Lyrical Ballads in terms of poetic theme, devices used, and overall
timbre.

ONLY CHAPTER 5,at this point for whom do you feel sympathy? Lennie or Curley's wife?

Your question about Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
is very much an opinion question.  I'll tell you my answer and give you some
reasons for my opinion, but you really have to answer the question for
yourself.

I feel sympathy for both.  Curley's wife is
ignorant and uneducated and she uses what she's got.  She is also a misfit in the
novel.  She is isolated and mistreated, and is a woman in a man's world.  What options
does she have?  And, of course, she's killed.

Lennie
doesn't mean to kill her, of course, and you can't help but feel sympathy for him.  Like
Curley's wife says, all he talks about is rabbits.  That's pretty much all he thinks
about, unless he thinks about something else that he can pet--like mice or puppies of
Curley's wife's hair.  Society in the novel has no real place for him.  He tries not to
talk to Curley's wife, but of course she won't let him get out of it.  She doesn't
understand the danger.    

Briefly Compare and Contrast Walter Cunningham&Burris Ewell.Briefly Compare and Contrast Walter Cunningham&Burris Ewell. Indicate how they are...

The only thing that these two characters really have in
common is that they are both poor.  Walter, for example, is too poor to have a lunch to
bring to school.

But they are really quite different, as
are their families.  Walter is a respectful kid who knows how to behave.  He is clean
and he is willing to come to school and try to learn.  Burris is filthy and lousy and
does not care about coming to school.

I think that the
author is trying to make the point that people should be judged by their character and
not by their economic status or anything else.

In the 1920s how was "the new woman" defined?

First and foremost, the "new woman" was one who had shed
the old ways that said that women should stay at home and be invisible or (when out in
public) be very demure.  Instead of staying at home all the time, many of the new women
worked outside the home.  These were not always good jobs, but they did put women out in
public.  While out in public, women did not act demurely as the old ways demanded. 
Instead, they dressed and acted in new and more "forward" ways.  They wore shorter
skirts and lighter clothing.  They wore more makeup and they were willing to smoke in
public.  All of these things would have been unthinkable in the
past.

In short, the new woman was a more aggressive and
outgoing person than women had been in previous generations.

In chapter 8 of Animal Farm, what the theme and what is the mood?

The theme is that of replacing a corrupt system with an
equally oppressive system. The mood is one of forced optimism as the animals are
determined to finish the second windmill. When they engage in the war with Frederick
(after he has robbed them), he blows up the windmill. So, the mood is also one of
despair and uncertainty since Napoleon (via Squealer) still continues to change the laws
to suit his wishes. The latest is that ‘no animal shall drink alcohol to excess.’
Napoleon continues to spread lies about Snowball (that he was not a great hero in the
battle of the cowshed) and continues his attempts to ally the animals by pitting them
against others (Snowball and Frederick). For Napoleon and his retinue, the mood is
surely optimistic, despite the setbacks because he and his court have all the power and
privilege. For the rest of the animals, the mood is more despondent than it ever was
under Jones.

Explain the symbols that represent the theme of "loyalty versus betrayal" in the play Othello?

In Othello, the major symbols that
represent the dualities of loyalty and betrayal are the rank of Lieutenant, the
handkerchief, and, quite simply,
words.

• Rank of
  Lieutenant:

Iago is insanely
jealous that he was passed over for this rank.  How could Othello give the rank to a
younger, less experienced bureaucrat like Cassio?  As a result, Iago hates the Moor and
vows revenge.  In his plan, Iago gets Cassio drunk and into a fight so that Othello
strips Cassio of the rank, leaving it an open position for Iago to fill.  So, by the
end, the disloyal Iago aligns himself with Othello, and they plot to murder both the
loyal Desdemona and loyal Cassio.  Dramatic irony at its
finest.

• The
  Handkerchief:

"There's magic in
the web of it."  The handkerchief is a symbol of morbid love and jealousy to Othello.
 Whoever is in possession of it is also in possession of Othello's extreme emotions.  It
is a magical kind of puppet-master that controls loyalty and betrayal throughout the
play.  Everyone has his hands on it: Othello, then Desdemona, Emilia, Iago, Cassio, and
Bianca.  It goes from a loyal lady to a prostitute, and when Othello sees it in
possession of a woman other than Desdemona, he vows to kill his wife for
infidelity.

He who controls language controls others.  Like
the devil in the Garden of Eden, Iago uses words to tempt his subjects.  His words
publicly seem to be honest, but privately we and Roderigo know they are lies.  Othello
calls Iago "honest" throughout the play, a word synonymous with loyalty.  By baiting
Othello toward jealousy and murder, Iago successfully takes away language from the Moor
and causes him to become a mute beast.  This "Beauty and the Beast" is no fairy tale
that ends happily ever after.

Where had Gatsby met Daisy, according to the story he tells Nick?

According to what Gatsby tells Nick, he met Daisy during
World War I.  He was stationed at a camp near to Louisville, Kentucky.  That was the
city where Daisy (and Jordan Baker) lived.  While he was there, he and many other of the
officers at the camp would come into town.  Many of them were very interested in
courting Daisy.

Daisy and Gatsby were really quite
interested in one another.  But she ended up rejecting him because of his lack of
money.  This was why he became so obsessed with making money.

How do Macbeth's soliloquies position the audience?

If I understand your question, Macbeth's soliloquies help
develop pathos for a character who otherwise we would simply view as a villain.  From
the beginning we are allowed inside Macbeth's mind as he contemplates the image of the
slaughtered Duncan and shudders.  Later we see him agonizing over the ethical reasons
that Duncan should not be killed:  Duncan is a good king, he is Macbeth's kinsman, he is
Macbeth's guest.  Even after he commits the murder of Duncan, Macbeth's soliloquies show
us that this murder has only made Macbeth paranoid, fearful that his ill-gotten gains
may be taken away, and so the unhappy Macbeth plans a further murder.  Throughout the
play, Macbeth's soliloquies show the audience that the murders have not brought Macbeth
any degree of happiness, security, well being.  Instead, they have caused him to lose
his wife, his honor, his friends, the respect of his countrymen.  In one of his most
eloquent soliloquies, Macbeth's reflection shows his
despair:

My
way of life

Is fall'n in to the sere, the  yellow
leaf;

And that which should accompany old
age,

As honour, love, obedience, troops of
friends,

I must not look  to have (Act 5, scene
3)

This keen awareness of the
consequences of his actions, the misery that has resulted, make us understand the
workings of a guilty conscience.  While we do not condone Macbeth's actions in any way,
we do to some extent understand his pain and this understanding makes the audience
somewhat more sympathetic than we would be without the soliloquies.  Don't get me wrong,
Macbeth's actions are horrific, and he should feel pain and remorse.  But the fact is
that many murderers do not feel the agony that Macbeth feels throughout the play. In
this way, we can identify much more easily with Macbeth who succumbs to temptation, digs
himself deeper, and suffers greatly than we can to other villains, such as Iago in
Othello, who feels no such guilty pangs.

Why did the Federalists fall from power in late 1790s?

I would say that the Federalists fell from power because
their policies got to be unpopular among the people.  there were quite a few policies of
theirs that contributed to them losing power.

First, people
were unhappy about the Alien and Sedition Acts.  Those laws made it seem as if the
Federalists were against freedom.

Second, people were
unhappy about the power of the federal government.  They worried that the Federalists
wanted a monarchy and they pointed to things like the Whiskey Rebellion as proof that
this was the case.

Finally, people were unhappy because
they felt that Jay's Treaty had given up too much to the
British.

In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, why does Antony describe Casca as envious in his funeral oration?

In Act 3, Scene 2, when Antony is addressing the mob he
shows them the torn and bloody cloak covering Caesar's body in order to stir them up
even further than he already has done. Antony, of course, has no idea which of the many
holes and tears in the cloak was made by which conspirator, but he pretends to know who
was responsible for each of them. At one place he
says:

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Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger
through:
See what a rent the envious Casca
made:
Through this the well-beloved Brutus
stabb'd;

No doubt Shakespeare
needed an adjective to make an iambic pentameter line out of the reference to Casca and
he chose the word "envious" more or less at random. Casca was probably no more or less
envious than the other assassins, but by calling Casca envious Antony can suggest the
idea of envy as applying to all of them. Evidently Antony is pointing to an especially
large tear in the fabric when he mentions Casca. The "rent" could be made to symbolize
an unusually vicious intention based on some especially reprehensible motive such as
envy.

Antony was showing the mob Caesar's torn and bloody
cloak rather than the body itself. There was probably no body under the cloak, because
it would have been awkward for Antony to carry it in and difficult for the audience to
see, since it was in a coffin and surrounded by the members of the mob. When the stage
directions state:

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Enter ANTONY and others, with CAESAR's
body

they
are probably carrying a dummy covered with a bloody cloak. They then place the dummy in
the coffin still concealed by the cloak.

What Shakespeare
actually did was to have two identical cloaks as regular properties for the performances
of this play--except that one was in good condition and the other was all shredded and
bloodstained.

In Act 2, Scene 2, Caesar decides to go to
the Senate house in spite of his wife's warnings. He
says:

How
foolish do your fears seem now, Calpurnia!
I am ashamed I did yield to
them.
Give me my robe, for I will
go.

The scene does not end
there. Caesar has considerable additional conversation with his visitors while the good
robe is brought to him and the audience can see him putting it on. Then when Antony
holds up the other robe (or cloak or mantle) to supposedly reveal Caesar's body, it
appears to be the same robe the audience saw in Act 2, Scene 2, but now all torn and
covered with dirt and blood. The audience never sees the body because it isn't
there--but the mob supposedly gazes at the body in the coffin and reacts accordingly to
the sight of the mutilated Julius Caesar.

The bloody robe
is effective because Antony can hold it up for everyone in the theater to see, whereas
the body, if Shakespeare had tried to show an actual body, would have been horizontal,
hidden inside a coffin, and concealed from view by all the members of the
mob.

What are the differences between Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca in their ideas about men and their relationships with their lovers?

Emilia is a very strong willed woman, and while she was
willing to get involved with her husband's machinations to a point in order to please
him, when she saw the completely terrible things he had done, she was willing to call
him out on it publicly, even when he was threatening to kill her.  Emilia is cynical and
worldly and is distrustful at best of her husband.

On the
other hand, Desdemona is so in love with her husband, she's willing to take whatever he
dishes out to her, no matter how much it hurts or humiliates her.  She loves him to the
point of complete blindness that it is often inferred that she doesn't struggle too much
when he kills her.  If you want to see a truly heart breaking rendition of this, rent
the 1995 movie version of Othello.

Bianca is a courtesan,
which is sort of similiar to a prostitute so she sees most men accordingly, though she
has a soft spot for Cassio.  She allows Cassio to repeatedly tease her with the promise
of marriage, though she should know better.

What does Gatsby really want out of his life within the context of the novel?The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

As Jay Gatsby stands in his yard looking at the green
light on the dock of Daisy Buchanan's property in Chapter One of The Great
Gatsby, there may be some doubt as to what all he desires; however, there is
no doubt about what Jay Gatsby does not want.  He does not want to be a poor farmer like
his father.  And, once he is called over to Dan Cody's boat, Jay Gatsby knows that he
does want, what he perceives as "The American Dream."  This American Dream is, of
course, illusionary.  But, Jay Gatsby pursues it as one does the Holy
Grail.

For Jay, his perception and pursuit of the
noveau riche is constant.  He vies for lavish parties against those
at East Egg; his house is resplendent; his pool as beautiful as a glacier lake.  When
Daisy comes to his house, he open drawers and pull out shirts of every color in order to
impress her with his material acquisitions.  His car is so magnificent that it takes on
mythological proportions.  But, above all this, as Nick remarks in Chapter Eight, Jay
pursues Daisy as the chilvaric knights have sought the Holy Grail.  For, in Gatsby's
eyes, Daisy in her white car and dresses, is a purity personified and that which he
seeks.  In fact, it is the discrepancy betwen Jay's illusion of Daisy and all that she
stands for and the reality of the Jazz Age which kills Gatsby. 

How would you explicate "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell?

In Andrew Marvell's poem, "To His Coy Mistress," the
speaker is trying to convince a woman he desires to give in to
him.

He begins with the idea that if it were possible, they
could take all the time they want. She could be coy and flirtatious—no big deal. They
could go their separate ways: she to the "Indian Ganges' side" to find rubies, and he to
complain of Humber (where he grew up). He would love her ten years before the Flood (of
Noah, in the Old Testament of the Bible), and she could continue to refuse him until the
Jews were converted to Christianity. He would praise her eyes for a hundred years; each
breast for two hundred years, "but thirty thousand to the rest." He would devote "an
age" to every part, the last being her heart. She would deserve this and he would give
her no less.

However, in the second stanza Marvell
introduces the theme popular with the Cavalier poets: Carpe Diem, which literally means
"seize the day," or let's live for today." Basically the speaker is saying, "time is
wasting," for:

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...at my back I always hear / Time's winged
chariot hurrying near...

Tine
is rushing up behind us; our lives are flying past. The future holds nothing but
"eternity." She will lose her beauty. In her "marble vault" where they bury her his song
will not be heard. The worms will do their work, and her virginity and honour will "turn
to dust." And the passion he feels for her will burn itself out till nothing but ash
remains. The grave is all well and good, he says, but people don't hug
there.

So, he says in the third stanza, let's make the most
of this moment: let's not waste time...not while your skin is young "like the morning
dew," while her willing soul is pouring itself out of her pores with the fires of her
passion. While we are still young, let us make the most of our time together and use all
of our time to its best advantage. Let's roll strength and sweetness together and take
all our pleasure as we may. We may not be able to stop the sun (time), but we can make
the sun "run to keep up" with us.

Which of the following have the same number of atoms?a. 2 grams of lead and 2 grams of carbon, b. 2 moles of lead and 2 moles of carbon, c. 2 moles...

Science is not my specialty, but I think I have an answer
for you.  Based on what I understand about chemistry, the correct answer to your problem
would be: B.

Let's look at
why.

A) This answer cannot be correct.  Though 2 grams of
lead and 2 grams of carbon would weigh the same, they would not contain the same number
of atoms because they have different atomic weights.  Only 2 grams of the same elements
would have the same number of atoms.

C) This answer is not
correct because of the definition of "mole."  A mole is a specific number of atoms,
roughly 600,000 billiion billions.  A gram is a measure of weight, not
atoms.

D)  Same type of wrongness.  Both are using carbon,
but one is double the weight.  It couldn't have the same number of atoms and still be
twice as may grams.

That leaves us with B.  Because a mole
is a measure of the number of atoms, it doesn't matter that one is carbon and the other
is lead.  If you have one of each, you have the same number of atoms because a mole
isn't a measurement of weight.  One mole of "this" is the same as one mole of
"that."

Hope this makes sense!

I'm finding it really hard to analyse Lorca's poem "La guitarra." I understand the flamenco influence but I'm struggling after that. Any suggestions?

La Guitarra has not much to do with the flamenco influence
except in form, not essence. What I mean by this is that he chose the guitar
metaphorically to represent the imminence of life and death, love and hatred, joy and
happiness, and how the guitar can represent all these things that just do not stop
happening throughout one's existence.

The guitar playing as
the goblets crash

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Se rompen las copas de la
madrugada
     It rends the chords of the
sunrise
Empieza el llanto de la guitarra
    
When the crying of the guitar begins
Es inutil callarla,
es imposible callarla.
     It is useless to hush it, it is
impossible to hush it
up.

In here, the
guitar is the feeling of life, the drunkenness of joy, and happiness, but that also can
be interpreted differently since the drunkenness can also be brought in by
disappointment, and intense pain- Either way does not matter: What matters is that life
goes on- just like the guitar keeps playing.

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Llora monotona como llora el
agua,
     It cries monotonously like the crying of
water,
Como llora el viento sobre la nevada.
    
The way wind weeps over the snow.
Es imposible
callarla,
     It is impossible to silence
it,
Llora por cosas, lejanas.
     It cries for
distant
things.

Here
is another allusion to life and our own dreams of having that we cannot have, or trying
to reach goals that we may never get. It is another one of those sad realities that,
when they hit, they hit hard. And, like the guitar, it may be impossible to avoid.
Another allegory is nostalgia and remembrance for, as we age, we lose friends along the
way, and we end up basically alone- another sad reality. And, again like the guitar, it
is inevitable- it just won't stop its tune.

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Arena del sur calliente
    
The hot sand of the south
Que pide camelias
blancas
     Thirsty for the white
camelias
Llora flecha sin blanco
     It
decries the arrow shot wide of the target
La tarde sin
manana.
     The darkening of the hour without the promise of
morning.

This
one is easier to debunk because he looks back into his own life and his nostalgic
memories of his hometown (sands of the south) and its yearning for peace (white
camelias), and hating the destructions caused by war. By this Lorca also means how music
is a universal art of peace. The guitar could here represent pure nostalgia, as he
remembers his past.

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Y el primer pajaro muerto
    
And the first dead bird
Sobre la rama.
guitarra
     Fallen from the branch.  Oh,
guitar,
Corazon malherido por cinco espadas.
    
Your heart cruelly wounded by five sharp
swords.

Here
the five sharp swords are the fingers of the guitar banging at the center of it as the
intensity of Lorca's work becomes more, and then-death- the first dead bird meaning the
ending of life, and the sound of the guitar represents the beating of our hearts, coming
to a stop.

It may not make a lot of sense, but remember
that Lorca comes from a literary period in which the sad and the nostalgic were always
summoned. His prose is no different,and it is not surprising to sort of see how he is a
bit hyperbolic and extreme in trying to touch on the audience's heart. It is part of the
movement, and the style of his generation.

Solve the system x+y+2xy=-11 2x^2y+2xy^2=-12

We have to solve

x+y+2xy=-11
...(1)

2x^2y+2xy^2=-12
...(2)

(2)

=> x^2y +
xy^2 = -6

=> xy(x+y) =
-6

(1)

=> x+ y + 2xy =
-11

If we take the variables x+y and xy together as A and
B, we get

A*B = -6

2A + B =
-11

A( -11 - 2A) =
-6

=> 11A + 2A^2 - 6 =
0

=> 2A^2 + 11A - 6 =
0

=> 2A^2 + 12A - A - 6 =
0

=> 2A ( a + 6) - 1(A + 6) =
0

=> (2A - 1)(A + 6) =
0

=> A = 1/2 and A =
-6

=> B = -12 , 1

B =
x+y = -12

A = xy = 1/2

From
this we get the equation

x^2 + 12x - 1/2 =
0

=> 2x^2 + 24x - 1 =
0

x1 = [-24 + sqrt(576 +
8 )]/4

=> x1 = [-24 + sqrt
584]/4

=> x1 = -6 + sqrt 584 /
4

=> y1 = -6 - sqrt 584 /
4

x2 = -6 - sqrt 584 / 4

y2 =
-6 + sqrt 584 / 4

Now, for the values -6 and 1 we
have:

x^2 - x - 6 = 0

x^2 - 3x
+ 2x - 6 =0

=> x(x - 3) + 2( x - 3)
=0

=> (x + 2)(x - 3)
=0

x1 = -2

y1 =
3

x2 = 3

y2 =
-2

So the solutions for x and y are (-2 ,
3),( 3, 2), (-6 + sqrt 584 / 4, -6 - sqrt 584 / 4), ( -6 - sqrt 584 / 4 , -6 + sqrt 584
/ 4)

What were the functions of the Directory in the French Revolution?The aims, roles and influence of the Directory in the French Revolution.

The Directory was the successor government after the
collapse of the Committee on Public Safety which had been controlled by Maximilien
Robespierre. The National Assembly wrote a new constitution by which the populace were
to vote for a series of Electors, all of whom were wealthy men of
influence. The electors then voted for a five man committee known as the
Directors.  These five men constituted the
Directory. Their function was to run the Country and prevent yet
another Revolution. It was no more successful than the previous governments. A number of
demonstrations and protests led to an attempt by the Royalists to regain control. That
attempt was ended by Napoleon's "whiff of grapeshot" and was telltale evidence that the
army--under Napoleon--would ultimately control the government.

Apart from the matter of usury, why does Shylock bear such hatred for Antonio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice?

The answer posted January 9, "The hatred is mutual," might
help one to understand why Portia's "The quality of mercy" speech is regarded as the
keynote, so to speak, in the play.  One might also note that each of three occurrences
of the word "hate"  in Shylock's speech is linked to passages in ROMEO AND JULIET.  The
first, "I hate........but more," is linked to Romeo's "Here's much to do with hate, but
more with love"(ROM1.1).  The second, "But yet I'll go in hate"(MV2.5), is linked to Act
1, scene 4 in ROMEO as both Romeo and Shylock express misgivings about going to the
respective social gatherings.  The third, Shylock's "lodged hate"(4.1), is linked to to
Romeo's "As if that name" speech(ROM3.3).  Therefore yet another love triangle, Shylock,
Leah and Antonio is suggested.

Who was the Communist leader in Vietnam who wanted to unite both north and south under Communism?

Ho Chi Minh, a founding member of the French Communist
Party after World War I, hoped to work from within to end France's dominion over
Vietnam.  His father was a strong Vietnamese nationalist, and Ho Chi Minh followed the
same political path.  During the 1920s and 1930s, Ho Chi traveled to China, where he
familiarized himself with Mae Tse-sung's anticolonial revolutions; returning to Vietnam,
he helped organize the IndoChina Communist Party in
1929.

In the South Ngo Dinh Diem defeated three separate
groups to unite South Vietnam.  Knowing that the emperor, Bao Dai, was too weak, he
assumed rule of the South. So, in 1954 Bao Dai gave Diem dictatorial powers in South
Vietnam. In 1955 the Eisenhower administration helped create a new nation, the
Government of the Republic of Viet Nam.  Diem was elected president in a dubious
election the following year.  However, he was assasinated in 1963 by young military
leaders who believed that he no longer possessed the confidence of the Vietnamese
people.  By this time, the United States became involved supposedly in order to prevent
a Communist takeover.  Beginning in 1959 troops were deployed; in 1960, because of the
unpopularity of the Diem regime, Hanoi authorized the creation of the National
Liberation Front as a common front controlled by the Communist Party. North Vietnam
became infiltrated and troops and military supplies from the north came in by the
infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail. Diem's paranoia, repression and incompetency eventually led
to his defeat as a significant number of Vietnamese of the South began to support
Communism and the Viet Minh.

In 1965 U.S. combat units
began arriving.  Ten years later, the capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese in April
1975 ended the Conflict that was never officially deemed a war.  58,000+ Americans died
and thousands of others were wounded physically and mentally in this civil war of
Vietnam.

What are examples of materialism shown in this novel?i need as many examples as possible please

In addition to the above answer, there are also the
following examples of
materialism:

Cars: Tom and
Gatsby sport the most expensive autos on the market.  Wilson wants to buy Tom's car, but
Tom won't sell it to him.  As a result, Tom holds his superior car status over
Wilson.

Women: They are status
symbols, too, just like cars.  Men like Tom collect mistresses like model-Ts.  In the
end, when they're an old model or dead, he gets a new one.  Remember, Myrtle is killed
by a car.

Liquor: This novel
takes place during Prohibition, a time when alcohol was banned from public consumption,
but that doesn't stop it from flowing to excess during the parties.  Champagne and Mint
Juleps are in nearly every chapter.

Describe a subplot (i.e., a secondary plot or minor conflict) in the novel.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

While Boo Radley is an important character who figures
into the entire narrative of To Kill a Mockingbird, the subplot
that involves the superstitions of the children and their attempts to overcome them
figures in as a minor episodes. 

As Scout and Walter walk
home for dinner after school, she tells him "this is where a haint
lives."  Later, Dill dares Jem to do such things as run up to the Radley house and look
in the window and they are involved in play-acting in which they recreate the defining
scissor scene.

This subplot focuses on the games and tricks
that Dill, Jem and Scout engage in as they toy with the fear and excitement of
a "haint." 

One minor conflict that helps support the major
racial conflict is that of Mr. Dolphus Raymond, who has chosen to live with the blacks. 
In order to help the whites reconcile their feelings about this situation, Mr. Raymond
feigns alcoholism by carrying around a bottle of Coca-Cola wrapped in a brown paper bag
as one would wrap a bottle of beer or liquor.

Without written records, how do we know that Polynesian sailors traveled to Hawaii, and even South America?

Here is a quote from the document linked
below:

Abstract Examination of an extensive literature has
revealed conclusive evidence that nearly one hundred species of plants, a majority of
them cultivars, were present in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres prior to
Columbus' first voyage to the Americas. The evidence comes from archaeology, historical
and linguistic sources, ancient art, and conventional botanical studies. Additionally,
21 species of micro-predators and six other species of fauna were shared by the Old and
New Worlds. The evidence further suggests the desirability of additional study of up to
70 other organisms as probably or possibly bi-hemispheric in pre-Columbian times. This
distribution could not have been due merely to natural transfer mechanisms, nor can it
be explained by early human migrations to the New World via the Bering Strait route.
Well over half the plant transfers consisted of flora of American origin that spread to
Eurasia or Oceania, some at surprisingly early dates. The only plausible explanation for
these findings is that a considerable number of transoceanic voyages in both directions
across both major oceans were completed between the 7th millennium BC and the European
age of discovery. Our growing knowledge of early maritime technology and its
accomplishments gives us confidence that vessels and nautical skills capable of these
long-distance travels were developed by the times indicated. These voyages put a new
complexion on the extensive Old World/New World cultural parallels that have long been
controversial.

What would be the age group of the target audience for this story?

I agree with pohnpei that this Ray Bradbury short story is
one that should appeal to all ages. The themes of the story, concerning the nuclear
destruction of life on Earth, is certainly pertinent to all humans--especially at the
time it was written, 1950, just five years after the atomic bombs were dropped over
Japan. I have taught this story in high school (a combined 9th-10th grade science
fiction class), and I believe the text in which it was included was from that
approximate age group. The title was borrowed from a 19th century poem by Sara
Teasdale.

How do the people (victims, the Jews) in Night overcome the genocide done by the Nazis?I've got any difficulties to get some theories to support my...

One of the problems with your thesis is the word
"overcome" and its connection to the memoir Night and genocide.  It
would be almost impossible to demonstrate from Night that the Jews
overcame genocide; in fact, Wiesel thoroughly discusses is struggle with losing his
faith and recognizing his emotional death at the end of his Holocaust
experience.

That being said, you could discuss how the Jews
cope with the horrors of deportation and the concentration camps.  Below are several
examples of their coping:

1. Akiba Drumer, who becomes
Elie's spiritual mentor in the camp, makes a point of trying to encourage others
spiritually.  He prays the traditional Jewish prayers and manages to maintain a hopeful
gaze almost until his death.  Even after his eyes have lost hope, he asks Elie and the
others to remember to pray the death prayer for him, demonstrating that he still clings
to his faith.

2. Many of the Jewish prisoners, including
Elie's father, do their best to honor their traditional holidays.  This demonstrates not
only a longing to identify with better times in the past but also a hope that if they
adhere to their religious customs, perhaps God will see fit to rescue them.  Elie finds
this practice extremely difficult.  He resents his father for continuing the traditions
and cannot bring himself to eat in celebration when he is supposed
to.

3. The prisoners also cling to what remains of their
family and friends.  While the camps certainly encourage self-preservation over family
commitment, Elie and his father seek to stay together.  Even when Elie is frustrated
with Chlomo's physical ineptitude, he still looks out for him.  Similarly, when Elie
first arrives in the camp, his distant relative Stein questions him about news from his
family, hoping that they might have possibly survived.

How does the Pepsi company help to protect the environment? What things are they doing to protect the environment?

I examined in detail the below referred website of Pepsi
describing achievements of Pepsi in the area of environment protection. This site speaks
of many award and recognition it has won for environmental protection. It also talks
about the signing various agreements and making announcement which show its intention to
do something for environment protection.

However, I think
it will be proper to point out that on going throughout the details the only concrete
achievement is using solar energy for some of the processes for some of the products in
a few specified plants. There is no concrete data on the extent of use of solar power
either in absolute terms as a percentage of total energy consumed by the
company.

Also there is mention of solar power for
advertising. Again without any supporting data.

Claims to
plant, in collaboration with National Arbo Day Foundation, also on closer examination
turns out to be announcement to distribute plants (50,000), seedling (50.000), and plant
trees (200,000). Information on actual progress is not
provided.

The company has listed purchase of renewable
energy certificates as one of its achievement in the are of environmental protection. I
do not understand the logic of such claims. Such certificates are generally purchased by
companies form other less polluting companies, to compensate for their inability to keep
environmental pollution within acceptable limits.

I think,
any claims to protection of environment should be limited to only those achievements
which are beyond the minimum acceptable requirements.

Why should tobacco (cigarettes) be banned in America?

The primary reason for a ban on smoking in restaurants and
bars the effects of second hand smoke on other people.  It is
considered such a great health risk that many states have legislated to protect those
who do not smoke from incurring one of the many dangerous side effects of being in an
enclosed area with other smokers.

A secondary reason for
such laws goes to the idea that by regulating public areas where people are allowed or
not allowed to smoke, this will somehow deter people from smoking.  The idea is to help
people quit (or not start) smoking.  By reducing the number of smokers, the health
side-effects are reduced, and the overall cost of health care, in the long run, is
reduced.  In theory.  This is of course assuming that by taking away a place to smoke,
the smoker decides it is too much work to keep up the habit and
quits.

I live in NC, where there is a smoking ban in
restaurants and bars.  While I love this laws for purely selfish reasons (I'm not a
smoker and I hate the smell of second hand smoke), I do not think it will be successful
in lowering the amount of smokers in the state.  If nothing else, the biggest complaint
is that many bars are losing business because the crowd of those who smoke AND drink is
dwindling.

Banning smoking all together would probably have
the same effect as prohibition had.  And we all know what that did for actually reducing
drinking in America.  Hah.

in The Great Gatsby, Nick thinks he's one of the few honest people he knows, why?

Nick is honest and he prides himself on this attribute. He
comes from the Midwest and honors the simplicity and honesty that is (sometimes
stereotypically) characteristic of small town America.

The
book begins with Nick’s description of his father’s advice about honesty and
objectivity. His father warned him about criticizing others who have not had the
advantages he has enjoyed. These advantages are not jus monetary. He is referring to
being born into a family and society that stressed honesty. Consequently, Nick says that
“I’m inclined to reserve all judgments” (1). From the very beginning of the book, the
narrator declares that he is as honest and objective as he can be. There are limits to
his objectivity, but the first few paragraphs of the novel definitely establish Nick as
an honest guy and a reliable narrator.

Within the context
of the novel, Nick stands out because he is surrounded by dishonest people. So, Nick
thinks he’s one of the few honest people, because beyond the world of small towns, he
has found few honest people.

Transition metals from period 7 that are placed at the bottom of the periodic table are commonly referred to as what?i need this answer to help me...

The elements at the bottom of the periodic table are
placed there because the process of building up the atoms is different than those in the
rest of the table above.  The atoms in the first two columns are alike because they are
constructed by filling the next available s-sublevel with electrons.  Those in the last
6 columns are constrructed by filling the next available p-sublevel with electrons.  The
transition elements in the upper part are formed by filling up a d-sublevel.  Those in
the bottom are constructed by filling an f-sublevel.

Not
every shell has all sublevels.  The first shell has only an s sublevel, the second an s
and a p, the third has s, p, and d, the fourth,  has s, p,d and an f sub levels.  The
fifth and sixth shells haves,p,d,f,and theoretically a further sublevel that would be
called g, except that such  atoms would be so complex that they don't exist in nature. 
L ikewise the seventh shell only has s and p
sublevels.

When filling shells with electrons the order in
which levels are filled jumps around. They are filled in the following order:
1s,2s,2p,3s and 3p.  Seems like an easy pattern so far, but then things get more
complicated.  Before a 3d level is filled the 4s is filled first (K, Ca) then the 3d (Sc
through Zn) then the 4p (Ga though Kr).  Then it is 5s, 4d, and 5p gives us the next
row.  The 4f level doesn't get filled until the sixth s is filled (Cs and Ba) and 5d has
one electron (La).  Then the 4f level is filled (Ce through Lu) before the next 5d
electron (Ha).  Since all the elements 58 through 71 share a Lanthium-like configuration
they are called lanthanides.  Likewise in period 7 Fr and Ra are formed by filling the
7s sublevel, adding one electron to the 6d level to produce actinium, the filling the 5f
level Th through Lr, before adding a second 6 d electron.  This second set are called
the actinides because they share an actinium-like structure.

What is a clear definition of the Korean War?

Korean War refers primarily to war between North Korea and
south Korea that began on June 25, 1950 and ended on July 27, 1953. This is the first
war in which United Nations Played a Military Role. On behalf of UN 16 countries sent
their troops to fight on in this war in support of South Korea, and 41 countries sent
military equipment, food and other supplies.

However, USSR
supported North Korea by supplying them military equipment. China fought this war on the
side of North Korea.

The primary causes of the Korean war
was the division of Korea in North and South, after World War II. The North Korea was
occupied and controlled by USSR while South Korea was controlled by USA. This division
of the country came in way of forming a unified government for the whole country.
Instead separate governments in each part were formed that claimed control over the
entire country. This resulted in war between the two
side.

The Korean war ended with the signing of an armistice
between the two sides. However till date there is no permanent peace agreement between
them.

What is the point of view of William Shakespeare's "All the World's a Stage"?

Modern behavioral scientists will tell you that, although
we assume that people go about their lives taking second by second decisions they
are usually following a pattern based on the "role" they are performing, it's as if they
are following a script they have memorised.

Problems arrise
when they encounter an unexpected situation  which their "role" cannot accommodate. As
an example, consider a person doing their weekly shopping at a supermarket and the fire
alarm sounds. They find it very hard to give up the role of being a shopper and take on
the role of saving their own life and sometimes leave it to
late. 

People who have learned a role which involves
reacting to emergencies, such as a casualty ward nurse or a police officer, react well
to such situations because they are like an actor with two characters to play and are
able to "switch roles" quickly. On the other hand the reaction of most shoppers to a
fire alarm is to carry on being a shopper for a considerable time.  Many people die in
fires because the instinct to continue acting out their role does not allow them to
react quickly enough to the new situation and unfortunatelty some of them die because of
it.

If, for example, an accountant in a factory is given
training as a fire warden, he will quickly change roles if an alarm sounds. If other
employees are asked to particupate in fire "drills" they too will develop the capacity
to change rolls in the event of a fire.  This is not something that people do naturally,
they have to be taught it just like an actor has to learn a new
script.

Shakespear understood that people act out their
lives in a series of roles rather than making decisions about what to do on a second by
second basis. He also added over one hundred new words to
the English language.Quite a clever fellow!

Is Weena necessary to the story of the Time Machine?

Weena is the only representative of the Eloi that the Time
Traveler becomes very familiar with.  She represents all that is good and bad about this
future race of people that is bred like cattle by the Morlocks.  It is through observing
her behavior that the Time Traveler learns about the relationship between the Morlocks
and the Eloi.

In the story, Wells only gives names to
characters that are important, and Weena is one of them.  We are given an emotional
attachment to Weena and begin to care about the Eloi through her. Without her we might
not care enough about the Eloi or what the Time Traveler tries to do, and the story
would not have the emotional impact that it has.

How do Pip and Joe's relationship change from the start of the novel to the end?Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

While Pip's relationship and view of Joe's friendship
does, indeed, undergo changes as Pip's values alter, from Joe's perspective, there is
absolutely no alteration in feelings or attitude toward Pip.  Even while Pip is a child,
Joe has respect for Pip, complimenting him on being an "oncommon scholar."  He protects
and cares for Pip at every turn.  When Pip bemoans being "common" and having coarse
hands and boots, Joe explains that Pip is not at all common in his heart.  Then, when
Pip is embarrassed by Joe on his London visit and neglects to visit when he is near the
forge, Joe's love is constant.  Rushing to aid the burned Pip, who expresses his
guilt--"Tell me of my ingratitude"--this friend
replies,

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"Which dear old Pip, old chap,...you and me was
ever friends.  And when you're well enough to go out for a ride--what
larks!"

Constant in his
friendship for Pip, Joe's words of love echo like a refrain through the entirety of
Great Expectations by Charles
Dickens.

Where in the story does Coelho describe the setting in detail in order to add meaning to the events in The Alchemist?

As I expect this question is based upon opinion,
I feel that Paulo Coelho's descriptions of the desert in
The Alchemist add meaning to the events at the
oasis.

The young boy (Santiago) has already learned about
his Personal Legend and the Language of the World by the time he embarks on his trip
across the desert with the Englishman. At the beginning of this journey, the boy
observes the quiet of the desert, very different than the scene of confusion and noise
present as the caravan got organized.

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'I've crossed these sands many times,' said one
of the camel drivers one night. 'But the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant,
that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain
silent.'

The boy understood intuitively what he meant, even
without ever having set foot in the desert
before.

The boy first learns
to listen quietly, which is part of Coelho's concept of the Language of the World. One
must listen in order to hear what nature has to say. Coelho also describes the wind that
never stops.

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...the boy remembered the day he had sat at the
fort in Tarifa with this same wind blowing in his
face.

This detail provides a
sense of connection between all things in the world. The descriptions of the landscape
of the desert parallel life. In some places there were obstacles that needed to be
traveled around; some sand was too soft for the camels, so firmer sand needed to be
found; the camels would not travel across the dried seabeds, so the men had to carry
their burdens themselves and reload them when that space had been crossed: but in every
instance, the caravan stayed on course.

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But all this happened for one basic reason: no
matter how many detours and adjustments it made, the caravan moved toward the same
compass point...the star that indicated the location of the
oasis.

This description
describes life and the traveler. Despite the obstacles life places in one's path, each
person must stay on course to discover his or her
destiny.

Another description of the setting of the desert
adds meaning to the events presented in the story.

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...'There are rumors of tribal wars,' he told
them.

The three fell silent. The boy noted that there was a
sense of fear in the air, even though no one said anything. Once again he was
experiencing the language without words...the universal
language.

The description
here speaks of a sense of fear that is almost tangible. Everyone feels it. There is
foreshadowing in this, as danger will visit them at the oasis—as
life often presents us with difficulties and/or dangers. However, in terms of the
story's themes, the fear parallels the concerns people experience in life from threats
known and unknown. This passage emphasizes Coelho's belief that one must listen to the
Language of the World, the universal language, in order to find one's way even when that
language introduces an element of fear.

I believe Coelho's
descriptions of the caravan's journey through the desert add meaning to the events with
which the author hopes to instruct his reader.

What causes the fight between the Capulets and the Montagues in Act I, scene 1?

What really causes the fight is the fact that the
Montagues and Capulets hate each other.  They hate each other so much that even their
servants hate one another.

It is these servants who are the
immediate cause of the fight.  Sampson and Gregory (Capulet servants) are walking along
when some Montague servant come out.  Sampson insults them and they start fighting after
a bit of a verbal argument.

When Tybalt comes in, he makes
the fight worse.  Benvolio has been trying to break the fight up.  But Tybalt decides
that he wants to fight Benvolio because he hates Montagues so
much.

What were the circumstances of Myrtle Wilson's death?

The important detail concerning the accident that kills
Myrtle in The Great Gatsby is that Myrtle is hailing the car,
because she thinks Tom, the person she is having the affair with, is driving the
car.

Earlier in the day when Tom stops for gas at the
Wilson's business he is driving Gatsby's car.  From the room in which she is locked,
Myrtle sees Tom and the car. 

When she sees the car coming
her way that night, she runs out to flag it down, assuming Tom is inside.  That's how
she gets hit. 

Of course, Daisy--Tom's wife, which is
convenient--is driving and Gatsby is the passenger.  Tom is not in the
car. 

Apparently, Myrtle assumes Tom is driving the car and
that he will stop for her.  She is trying to escape "captivity" at the hands of her
husband, Wilson.  Daisy, though, an inexperienced driver, runs her over instead,
presumably by mistake.

What ironies arise in Scene 1 of Oedipus Rex?

It is vital to realise how dramatic irony runs throughout
the entire play and is essential to its effect. Thus it is no surprise therefore that
there are a number of ironies that appear in the first opening scene of this classic
tragedy, and it is important for you as you study this work to pay attention to these
various ironies and how they develop throughout the play as a whole. My own personal
favourite, however, is when Oedipus receives word from Creon about what is causing the
plague, and pledges himself to find the murderer of Laius, all the time not realising
that he is engaging on a search for himself:

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Then once more I must bring what is dark to
light.

It is most fitting that Apollo
shows,

As you do, this compunction for the
dead.

You shall see how I stand by you, as I
should,

To avenge the city and the city's
god,

And not as though it were for some distant
friend,

But for my own sake, to be rid of
evil.

It is important to note
the reference made to dark and light, which are two key symbols throughout the play, and
also give rise to a final terrible irony. For it is by bringing "what is dark to light"
that Oedipus condemns himself to darkness when he blinds himself because of the awesome
reality of the truth of his tragedy.

How is the perception of reality portrayed in readings by Don Quijote and Sancho?

The perception of reality is actually the mockery that
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra intended to emphasize in the story of Don Quixote. This is
a quite tri-dimensional story, almost magical, which has led to countless of thesis and
dissertations on how the reader becomes "quixotized" by ending up trusting Don Quijote
more than his former self.

The perception of reality is
portrayed in two very important ways. The first, is through Don Quixote's eyes. He has
read countless of chivalry medieval novels and has become absorbed with them to the
point that he had stopped eating and sleeping and his brain "dried out". However, that
is not a counterargument that what he felt and re-created in his mind was NOT true.
After all, the stories were real to him. And to Sancho. So, why not accept that he had a
point?

He attacked the mills thinking they were giants. He
donned upon himself a rusty old armor shield. He declared Dulcinea del Toboso as his
damsel in distress. He even declared sancho and his burro as his steeds. He made all
that happen! True. His perception may have been outdated...but didn't it fulfull a
purpose which he very well trusted?

One thing to remember
is that Cervantes based his mockery upon chivarly on the writings of El Cid Campeador.
El Cid is quite cheesy for the modern reader and reflects the mentalities and feelings
of the early Middle Ages reader. Cervantes was literally doing the same thing as
futurists as Jules Verne did which was to challenge the traditional ideas and satirize
them.

For this reason you will see that ,in El Quijote,
there is a lot of satire, sarcasm, irony, mockery and comedy that can be fished out of
the delicious baroque vocabulary.

Hope this
helps!

According to Atticus, what was the difference between the Cunninghams and the Ewells? (Chapters 19-22)Why did Atticus select a Cunningham for the...

I don't believe Atticus makes any personal comments about
the Cunninghams or Ewells during Chapters 19-22. However, he talks with Jem and
Alexandra about Ewell in Chapter 23. He explains to Jem that
he

"destroyed
his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with. The man had to
have some kind of a comeback; his kind always
does."

Atticus reassures Jem
that Bob "got it all out of his system that morning" when he spit in the attorney's
face.

Concerning the Cunninghams, Atticus only hints that
one of them was on the jury. He did go on to say that

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... the Cunninghams hadn't taken anything from
or off anybody since they migrated to the New World... once you earned their respect,
they were for you tooth and nail. Atticus said he had a feeling... that they left the
jail that night with considerable respect for the Finches... it took a thunderbolt plus
another Cunningham to make one of them change his mind. "If we'd had two of that crowd,
we'd've had a hung
jury."

Atticus says that "On
a hunch, I didn't strike him" (the Cunningham "connection") from the jury
selection.

Earlier in the novel, Atticus claims that "the
Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations." As for Walter Cunningham
Sr., Atticus knows he would eventually be paid for his legal services. "... before the
year's out, I'll have been paid. You watch," he told Scout.

What kinds of literary devices are represented in "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury?

The opening paragraphs of Bradbury's short story give a
good sampling of the kinds of literary devices that are represented in "A Sound of
Thunder." He opens right at the start with sensory imagery, which uses language evoking
images of sights, sounds, feelings, textures (touch) and smells. In the first line, the
protagonist swallows and we are told about the "muscles around his mouth" and he waves a
hand, while in the background is a "sound like a gigantic bonfire." A few lines later,
there is also "A touch of a hand."

The opening paragraphs
also present the literary devices of flashback and foreshadowing. These are time
manipulation devices that allow the author to weave in and out of past present and
future at will to fulfill her/is intentions for plot and story structure. The opening
lines also show that metaphor is represented in Bradbury's story. A metaphor compares
unlike things. Bradbury compares death to three very unlikely things: freshness, seeds
and greeness: "fresh death, the seed death, the green
death."

Flashbacks step back to a time preceding the
present moment in the narrative. In the present time within the context of "A Sound of
Thunder," the protagonist is at a time travel agency booking passage on a safari. While
there, he recollects an earlier time. This recollection of the past provides a flashback
to previous events. Specifically, in this flashback he tells about the company's
advertisement and, in so doing, provides background information about time travel, the
time travel company and his own interest and
motivation.

Foreshadowing works two ways. The first, often
used in short stories, is the provision of subtle hints about what is to come so that
the surprise endings of short stories are not unprepared shocks. The second is the
provision of what may or will happen in the future. It is this second type that Bradbury
employs in "A Sound of Thunder."

The safari sales agent
tells the protagonist directly that if he violates any instructions, he will face
"possible government action" upon his return. This use of foreshadowing does two things.
First, it indirectly tells what kind of world the protagonist lives in (e.g.,
"government action"). Second, it opens the readers eyes to what kind of adventure he is
going on, which also sheds light on his character traits and
motivations.

What factors/people contributed to the tragic death of Bob in The Outsiders?

We aren't told that much about Bob, except that he is a
leader of the Socs and is clearly rich and handsome. He is also the gangleader who beat
up Johnny so badly before the novel began, leaving him haunted by his experience. He
wears rings to cause more damage when he is fighting.

It is
in Chapter Four when Bob is killed by Johnny. However, any attentive reader will be able
to identify a whole series of factors that caused his death. To merely focus on Johnny
as the cause is to ignore many other different issues. Firstly, the chapter makes it
clear that it was the Socs that picked this fight. Also, Johnny only stabbed Bob to help
Ponyboy who was being dunked in the water. In addition, Johnny would not have been so
nervous and on edge had he not been beaten up by Bob and his gang in the first place.
Equally, if Bob hadn't been drunk, he might not have been so pungnacious. So, even on
face level, we can see that there are a number of different factors to
consider.

However, alongside these issues, we have wider
and deeper societal issues. If there was not such a divide between the rich and the
poor, such conflicts would not occur. If parents were more involved in their children's
lives, perhaps they would not let them go out and get into these dangerous situations.
The novel presents us with many different factors that resulted in Bob's death, leaving
it impossible to point the finger at any one individual or
group.

Why does Daisy hope that her daughter will be a 'fool' in The Great Gatsby?

This is going to be an interpretation, because she doesn't
really state it directly. Daisy specifically reports after this moment
that

"that's
the best thing a girl can be in this world... you see, I think everything's terrible
now... Everybody thinks so - the most advanced people. And I know.
I've been everywhere and seen everything and done
everything."

I find this to
be the most indicative quotes of the book about the era. Daisy has this hope for her
little girl that's rather hopeless. Daisy feels as if she already knows so much about
the world, that it is almost better to not know, than to know the terrible truths about
man that actually exist. You have to think of what was going on in the 20s and how the
extravagance and waste and inhumane treatment of people led to a great downfall. She
would rather her daughter just enjoy life (that's so like a flapper) than know of the
corruption and evil that exists. We come to find Daisy a character with little moral
fortitude herself throughout the book, and hope that she would have wanted more for her
daughter.

I need a debateable thesis about how growing old and deterioration is apparent in "A Rose For Emily."

You might want to think about how, throughout this
excellent and rather chilling short story, Miss Emily is presented as something of an
anachronism in her society. It is clear that she is shown to be some form of remnant of
an earlier, now obsolete age, and there is a great quote in the first section of this
short story that you can use to suggest this idea:

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It was a big, squarish frame house that had once
been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily
lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But
garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that
neighbourhood; only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish
decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps--an eyesore among eyesores. And now
Miss Emily had gone to join the representatives of those august names where they lay in
the cedar-bemused cemetery among the ranked and anonymous graves of Union and
Confederate solders who fell at the battle of
Jefferson.

Note how this
quote links the character of Miss Emily with her house. Both are relics of an age that
has long been passed by and overtaken by more modern equivalents. The decay of the house
can find its parallel with the increasing old age and decrepitude in the appearance of
Miss Emily as she is viewed later on in the story. Lastly, the vision of Miss Emily
joining the graves of those soldiers in the Civil War seem to consolidate the story's
focus on death and decay.

Of course, this is just one
instance in the story. You need to read through the tale again now to identify other
quotes that support this idea. Good luck!

In Book 17 of Homer's The Odyssey, how do the suitors continue to seal their doom?

In Homer's Book 17 of The Odyssey,
Odysseus disguises himself as a beggar, and enters his home. Telemachus instructs
Odysseus to go into the banquet hall where the suitor's for Penelope's hand (much to her
chagrin) remain gathered, eating her food and infringing on her
privacy.

This has been going on for some time. After all,
Odysseus has been gone for twenty years, as the gods have detained him, and most of
these men believe that Odysseus has died, and his great wealth and beautiful wife are
available for the taking.

When Odysseus enters the hall,
many of the suitors take pity on the beggar, but Antinoös and Eurymachus are rude and
disdainful. Antinoös even throws a footstool at Odysseus, in no way suspecting that the
seemingly pitiful creature before them is really the great hero,
Odysseus.

What important lesson does Jem learn from his experience with Mrs. Dubose in To Kill a Mockingbird?

In Chapter 11, Jem is forced to read to Mrs. Dubose as a
punishment for destroying her camellia bush. Mrs. Dubose is an ignorant racist who hurls
insults at Jem and Scout as they pass her house. She tells Jem that Atticus is no better
than the "niggers and trash" he works for and insults Scout for wearing overalls. While
Jem reads to her, she continually corrects him and makes negative comments. Later on in
the chapter, Atticus gives Jem a gift from Mrs. Dubose, who recently passed away. Inside
a cardboard candy box is one white camellia in perfect condition. At first, Jem freaks
out and says, "Why can't she leave me alone?" (Lee 148) Atticus
tells him to settle down and explains that it was Mrs. Dubose's way of telling Jem that
everything is alright. Atticus then tells Jem that she was a great lady who had
tremendous courage for battling her morphine addiction. Jem is surprised to hear Atticus
speak so highly of the old, cantankerous Mrs. Dubose. Throughout this
entire experience, Jem learns an important lesson in the duality of human
nature. He learns that even the unfriendly, ignorant Mrs. Dubose has
positive characteristics. Jem's childhood innocence led him to generalize all people as
either good or bad. In Chapter 11, Jem learns that individuals can have
both good and bad qualities. This is one of the many eye-opening
experiences that impact Jem's understanding, growth, and moral development.

What are some pieces of information learned from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn about life in that time?

1- Slaves where made free as soon as they crossed over to
the North

2- Slaves could be made free in their owner's
last wills.

3- It was considered to be morally wrong to
help a slave escape.

4- The poison of a snake was mitigated
by eating a part of the snake.

5- There were people who
lived on the wood and other artifacts that the river brought down when it
rose.

6- There were strong superstitious beliefs among the
blacks.

7- Property that was sold by someone else than its
real owner, had to return to the real owner when it was
discovered.

8- Families of slaves could be sold separately
to different owners.

9 - Captured runaway blacks were
imprisoned till their owners could be found.

10- Runaway
blacks were advertised through pamphlets with their
portrait.

11- The law could take children away from their
partets if they were dangerous or abusive.

12- The coming
of a play to town caused a great sensation.

13- Beds were
mainly made of straw.

14- In some houses, dresses were
hanged on the wall and they were covered by a curtain.

15-
People were very scared of the smallpox, because it was dangerous at that
time.

I need to write an essay and I need advice on how to conclude it.

If you re-post your question and give us additional
information, it will be easier to answer you more specifically. In general, however,
there are a lot of theories about how to conclude an essay. A very basic plan is to
restate your thesis statement from the opening paragraph. At your level, this should be
done in a skillful way, however. If you simply restate what you have already written, it
will be simplistic. Your ending also will depend heavily on the type of essay you are
writing. If the essay is informative, for example, then you could go the "restate the
thesis" route. However, if it is humorous essay, you have more freedom to be creative.
In this case, the ending should have a strong impact - leave the reader smiling or
laughing at the end. If the essay is more philosophical in nature, it can be effective
to end with a dynamite quote that is germane to your topic. Also, some very persuasive
essays can be ended strongly with rhetorical questions.

I
could go on and on. As you see, there are so many possibilities. That is why we need
more information in order to help you.

What does the green dress the prositute wears symbolizes?

In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden
Caufield can't bring himself to have sex with Sunny because he imagines her going into a
store and buying a green dress without anyone realizing she's a prostitute.  In this
way, Holden sees her as a human, with emotional depth, instead of an object for
pleasure.

Sunny's dress is green because she should
symbolize youth, spring, fertility, inexperience.  Because she's a prostitute, she
doesn't, but Holden (green himself) sees her in this
way.

Young soldiers are considered green (untested) until
they've experienced combat.  In the same way, Holden is considered sexually
inexperienced.  He has yet to cross this threshold into
manhood.

Sunny's a kid, like Holden.  Holden has problems
communicating with girls his own age and older.  He feels he has to lie to them in order
for them to like him.   It is only with girls younger than him, like Phoebe and Jane
(when she was younger), that he understands.  Why?  Because they're
green--uncorrupted.

So, her dress is green because he wants
her to be green--a virgin.  He wants to talk to her instead of have sex.  He is in
denial of who she really is.  Maybe her dress was red or black, symbolic of lust and
death, but Holden sees her through rose-colored glasses and chooses green instead.  Just
as he idealizes the younger Jane and is denial of the sexually active Jane who dates
Stradlater, Holden wants Sunny to be like his sister Phoebe instead of the girls in the
Lavender room and the hotel.

Describe the theme of honor in The Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

In Chronicle of a Death Foretold the
murder of Santiago Nasar is motivated and justified by
honor.

When Angela names Nasar as the guilty party and the
reason she has been returned from her marriage bed, her twin brothers must protect the
honor of their family.  After they commit the act, the courts (as well as the priest)
justify the murder because it was committed to protect
honor. 

Also, the murder is allowed to happen by the
townspeople, at least in part, because the situation concerns
honor. 

This warped sense of honor and violence and revenge
is rooted in the dichotomy, or two different ways, men and woman are judged concerning
sexual relations.  Men are praised for making love with as many women as possible, but
women are harshly judged for any sex outside of marriage.  Men can be playboys, but
women must be virgins before marriage.  Angela is, in a sense, an idol or possession. 
When Nasar "defiles" her, he dishonors her family.

What were the political and economic weaknesses of the Otoman empire in the 19th century?

Sultan Ahmed I was the ruler of the Ottoman Empire from
1603-1617. He was concerned about the constant warfare and civil unrest that occurred
when a sultan died. The sons of the sultan would quarrel and inevitably, warfare would
ensue.

Ahmed's curious solution to this problem was that he
would no longer allow sons to become active in government. They were essentially
prisoners in the palace until it was their time to govern. In this spirit, the future
sultans would only learn to enjoy the extravagances of palace life and not learn the
skills needed to run a massive empire. This policy would consistently produce completely
incompetent rulers that could not possibly govern such a large empire. It also meant
that the sultans would no longer lead their armies in battle, which produced an elite
class of military men within the empire.

The lack of strong
central leadership led to corruption and bribery in the government that further weakened
the political system. The rise of an incompetent central government led to regional or
local governments gaining more autonomy and authority. Different regions of the empire
did not trust the sultan to protect their interests so they started to exert their own
authority. This resulted in a stark decline in tax revenue to Istanbul. With less
revenue, the government became more inept, and the military suffered as a result. This
all happened over the course of two centuries and coincided with the rise of the
European empires of England, France, Russia, and Austria.

How does the clothing metaphor in the captain's account foreshadow Macbeth ripping the heart out of Scotland? "Till he unseamed him from the...

Thanks to the Captain's colorful reportage, Shakespeare's
Macbeth begins and ends with a
beheading: 

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Till he unseamed him from the nave to th'
chops,

And fixed his head upon our battlements.  (Act
1.2.22-23)

and a stage
direction in Act 5.8:

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Enter MACDUFF,
with Macbeth's
head.

The
beheadings provide unity, then, enclosing the drama with identical violent acts.  The
connection between the beheadings is so strong that although only the first one
involves skewering the severed on to a spear and raising it above the battlements (in
Shakespeare's text), Roman Polanski's film version features the same being done to
Macbeth's head to powerful effect.

The tailor metaphor,
"unseamed him," echoes other tailor imagery in the drama, most notably the tailor
reference by the Porter:

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...Knock, knock, knock.  Who's there? 
Faith,

here's an English tailor come hither for stealing
out of a French

hose [skimming on expensive fabric and
substituting inexpenseive].  Come in tailor.  Here you may roast your goose.  (Act
2.3.10-12)

This imaginary
character in the metaphorical hell of the castle is by his equivocation connected to the
famous gunpowder plot, as would be the traitor Macdonwald--the traitor that Macbeth
unseams--by Shakespeare's audience.  Macbeth, too, then, comes to be associated with the
gunpowder plot.

Since Macbeth's sword would have obviously
passed through Macdonwald's heart on its way to his chin, one could say that the
metaphor might foreshadow Macbeth's tearing the heart out of Scotland.  That is probably
not the primary focus of the metaphor, however.  Macbeth will trade places with the
traitor Macdonwald, wearing clothes, and a crown, that do not quite
fit.