In Kate Chopin's The Awakening, how does the sea symbolize rebirth?

The sea symbolizes rebirth because, first, it was one of
Edna's first accomplishments that set her aside from co-dependence: the fact that she
would swim.

Second, the sea would always be a focal point
of relaxation for her.

Third, when the end came and Edna
realized that her hopes and illusions were never going to be fulfilled her way, she
opted to bare herself completely and take a long swim. In the nursing waters of the
ocean, she was able to realize her fate, and she figured that in order to end a life of
dissatisfaction she could give herself to the waters as if in a form of baptismal
redemption.

She had no fear when she realized that she was
too tired to return to shore. Equally, she was too worn out in emotion to return to life
as she knew it. She had awoken to her real self and it was nearly impossible to go back
to a life she utterly disliked.

Hence, the ocean was Edna's
way to give herself to the ocean, die embraced in the ocean that signifies freedom, and
perhaps be reborn into a free spirit. Which, is what Edna really
was.

How does William Shakespeare use disguise and deception to create action in Much Ado about Nothing?

Much Ado About Nothing is full of
duality, foils, doubles, and two-face
deceivers.

• In Act II, scene i there is a
  masquerade ball.  Don Pedro pretends to be Claudio and woo Hero for him.
  


• Beatrice pretends to be another woman when she talks to
  Benedick in order to find out his true feelings for
  her.


• Don John pretends to be a legitimate brother and
  soldier.  In reality, he is a villain and a bastard, a dispossessed
  son.


• Don John and Borachio talk to Claudio, knowing he
  will pretend to be Benedick in order to hear their
  secrets.


• Dogberry and the Watch pretend to be more ("more
  learned") than they really are.  Really, they are a bunch of
  clowns.


• Borachio woos Margaret but says Hero's name to
  deceive Claudio and Don Pedro.


• Ursula and Margaret bait
  Beatrice, saying that Benedick loves her.


• Don Pedro,
  Claudio, and Leonato bait Benedick, saying the Beatrice loves
  him.


• Leonato pretends that his daughter Hero is dead in
  order to investigate her slander.


• Hero pretends to be her
  sister in order to test Claudio at the
  wedding.

The point (1;2) is on the line that is perpendicular to the line x+y-1=0. Determine the equation of the perpendicular line?

We know that 2 lines are perpendicular if the product of
their slopes is -1.

We'll put the equation of the given
line in the point slope form:

y =
mx+n

For this reason, we'll keep y to the left side and
we'll move the rest of terms to the right side:

y = -x +
1

Comparing, we'll get the slope of this line: m1 =
-1

The slope of perpendicular line is m2 =
-1/m1

m2 = -1/-1

m2 =
1

The equation of the perpendicular line, that has the
slope m2 = 1 and it passes through the point (1;2) is:

y -
2 = 1*(x - 1)

y - 2 = x - 1

x
- y - 1 + 2 = 0

x - y + 1 =
0

The equation of the perpendicular line
is:

x - y + 1 =
0

Regarding Shakespeare's Hamlet, can someone please help me with this question?Why is Hamlet so disturbed by watching the actors weep on stage as...

One of Hamlet's main problems is that he cannot seem to
get up the emotion or the necessary spirit to carry out the revenge he feels so strongly
that he must carry out.  He knows that his father was murdered and he grows more and
more sure of his uncle Claudius being behind the whole
thing.

So he is ashamed of his own inaction when he sees
the way the actors are moved to tears over this entirely false production of Hector and
Priam.  He sees their tears and their seemingly real emotion and wonders why he feels
nothing of the sort due to his very real problems.

What did Della want to buy for her husband for Christmas and how much money did she have to start with?

In the story "The Gift of the Magi"  Della wanted to
purchase a watch bob for her husband Jim.  Della thought that Jim looked very nice and
prominent with his watch and wanted him to have a nice platinum fob chain.  Della only
has a dollar and eighty-seven cents.

Della has a possession
hat she loves very much.  It is her lovely hair.  To get money she knows that she will
have to sell her pride and joy, hair.  Della wants to give her husband the gift more
than her own vanity so she goes to a woman and sells her
hair.

Della the takes her money and goes to the jewelers. 
The man does not think that she has the money for the fob at first, but she is able to
buy it for her husband and can hardly ait to surprise him.

What are three ironies that are found in "The Lady with the Pet Dog" by Anton Chekhov?

If you want to find examples of multiple ironies in this
excellent story, you need look no further than the relationship between the two central
characters, Gurov and Anna, his mistress. Gurov starts off the story as an idle
dilletante who is endowed with the ability to casually seduce women. He sees Anna as
just another diversion or dalliance, wanting to have his fun then return to his life
back in Moscow. However, little does he know that ironically this relationship will
develop into something much more serious, not just a dalliance at
all.

Likewise, this relationship will actually be the
source of Gurov's transformation. Note how at the start of the story he patronisingly
dismisses women as "the lower race." Yet as we can see through his developing love and
friendship for Anna that he is transformed and accepts her as an
equal.

Lastly, it is ironic that Anna and Gurov only find
each other when they are both already married and Gurov himself is aging and not getting
any younger. Note what Gurov thinks about his
relationship:

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He and Anna Sergeyevna loved one another as
people who are very close and intimate, as husband and wife, as dear friends love one
another. It seemed to them that fate had intended them for one another, and they could
not understand why she should have a husband, and he a wife. There were like two
migrating birds, the male and the female, who had been caught and put into separate
cages.

How ironic that Anna
Sergeyevna, who was viewed just as one of many "diversions" for Gurov, should develop
into so much more, should be responsible for Gurov's moral transformation and should
actually be the "wife" of Gurov that he has been waiting for all his
life!

What quote best shows that Jordan is a 1920's flapper in The Great Gatsby?

It is going to be a challenge to find a quote that
personifies Jordan as a flapper.  Part of this is because Jordan never really strives to
articulate or represent anything that is beyond herself or beyond the surface of what is
there.  She is centered on her own needs and desires and possess a psyche that lacks
morality or a guiding structure outside of self interest.  Probably one of the most
telling quotes might be the introduction we have to her.  The fact that her opening
comment to Nick centers around the extramarital affair between Daisy and Gatsby might be
proof enough of Jordan being a flapper.  It is salacious and predicated upon social
gossip.  At the same time, it is the type of comment that is made to socially hoist one
person over another.  In this moment, we see Jordan as the flapper of the time period,
and the characterization never leaves her throughout the novel.

In Brave New World analyze the character of Lenina. Discuss how she started a simple lab tech and how she developed into a dynamic character.

At the beginning of the novel, we see her as a classic
Beta, one who is programmed and genetically modified to do her job well, to have a lot
of shallow relationships with people, and to be fixated on activity and pleasure. 
However, it is through Bernard and John that her character is given depth.  First of
all, she goes out with the antisocial Bernard; this indicates possibly a level of
maturity not found in her group of women.  Then, when John comes onto the scene, we see
her become completely turned upside down over him.  She experiences, for the first time,
real love and desire to be with someone, deeper than the shallow relationships she's had
in the past.  We see her struggle with those feelings and that change, and try to fit it
into her realm of thinking.

John is the real force for her
dynamic status; otherwise, she would have remained a flat, stereotypical character that
is highly predictable because of her social class.  John in fact does a lot of
interesting things to the main characters of the novels; once he comes on the scene, he
is a force that changes all of their lives.  I hope that helped a bit; good
luck!

Compare and contrast globalization and regionalization.

Since you have put this in the Business group, I assume
that you are talking about these terms from an economic point of view.  From that point
of view, globalization is the process of making the world's economy more integrated--the
process of bringing more and more parts of the world together into one seamless
economy.  Regionalization is a process that is generally similar to globalization, but
can compete with it to some degree.

The main similarity is
that, in both cases, there is a movement towards economic integration of more than one
country.  In regionalization, you have the countries of a region (say the EU) integrate
their economy.  In globalization, more than one region is
involved.

Although the two are similar, regionalization can
be opposed to globalization.  This occurs when a region tries to integrate itself, but
then puts up barriers against the rest of the world.  This would be the situation if,
for example, China and the countries of SE Asia integrated but then prevented extensive
integration with the rest of the world's economy.

How do you "breathe your troubles away?"I want to know all the information about this.

In the practice of yoga, pranayama is
the ancient art and formal practice of controlling the
breath.

The basic technique includes settling the body and
the mind in a quiet place and in a position of rest (either sitting, lying down, or even
standing).  The idea is to take a full 6-7 seconds to breathe in and a full 6-7 seconds
to breathe out.  During this time, it is recommended that the participant clear his
thoughts by focusing on mentally following the breath to certain areas of the body. 
Spiritually or emotionally speaking, it is the same thing as meditation.  This calming
of the heart, mind, and spirit lowers the heart rate, provides "active rest," and is
said, if practiced with regularity, to provide a host of health
benefits.

Scientifically speaking, this makes sense. 
Consider the body's process of removing waste from the system.  The digestive system is
not doing all the work.  Many people forget that carbon dioxide is also
waste in the human body.  Inhaling deeply increases the flow of
oxygen to all of the organs (including digestive organs) and exhaling "deeply" removes
waste.  Controlled breathing has been linked to increased respiratory and cardiovascular
vitality, decreased nervous activity, and overall improvement in physical and mental
health.

For more detailed information, see either of the
links below.

Explain the irony found in the Ethan Frome.at least three examples, situations and/or details to support your topic sentence.

This novel is filled with different types and examples of
irony.  The most obvious examples are found within the ending of the novel.  It is great
situational irony that Ethan intends to commit suicide with Mattie, but ends up merely
crippling both of them.  This seems worse than death, especially considering the ironic
change in Mattie's behavior.  Where she once was a light and caring person, she has aged
into a bitter and cantakerous older woman who is miserable her in wrecked body and
wrecked life.

It is ironic that the once very feeble and
sickly Zeena is now the strong and capable woman at the end of the novel. It would seem
that she is very able-bodied when she needs to be.  Once Ethan and Mattie need her to
care for them, she rises to the occasion.  It is a revisiting of the plot element that
brought her to the Fromes in the first place.  She is caring for an invalid
again.

It is ironic that Ethan was unwilling to leave Zeena
and run away with Mattie, but his choice is now a double punishment because he is still
with Zeena, but he also has to daily face the invalid Mattie and a) remember what she
used to be to him, and b) put up with her negatively changed
behavior.

Other ironic
occurances: 

1.Mattie only reveals that she loves Ethan
when he driving her out of town to catch a train.  It seems to suggest a manipulative
nature in Mattie, but it ends up destroying them both. 

2.
Ethan only asks Zeena to marry him because he can't bear to face a winter alone.  If his
mother had died in spring or summer, he would likely have returned to school and left
Starkfield for good.

The list could obviously go on, but
these are a few big and small ideas to get you started! 

Identify and discuss the sports played by the rich, the middle class, and the working class in the early 19th century.What role did women's sports...

For starters, in the Regency period of England, Jane
Austin's era, women did not take part in sporting events as we understand them today.
There were no women's basketball teams, cricket teams etc. P.E. was not taught in
school.

So, women were to stay at home, tend to home making
tasks such as wash-day, cooking, child rearing etc.  Women were allowed to take the air
by walking or bicycling. Women who were part of the peerage (royalty) could be quite
accomplished horse riders and might participate in the fox hunt. The country dance was
also a way that women might be active.

Men on the other
hand had a wide variety of sporting events with which to pass the time. The pugilistic
art (bare knuckle boxing) or as some aficionados called it, the sweet science, was very
popular among the lower and middle class males. The poorer men and boys found a way to
advance their living by winning at boxing events (which were illegal and often held in
secret locations throughout the rural countryside near London and Great Britain). Other
sporting pursuits that men engaged in would be golf (gentlemen only ladies forbidden),
rowing, swimming, running, etc. Most sporting events were exclusive and required
admission to a club, a price that many of the working class and poorer persons could not
afford.

Women and men did not swim or "take the waters"
together in mixed company as a general rule. Women wore full coverage "neck to ankle"
bathing costumes to the shore, and were carried into the water by young men who watched
over the ladies to be sure they did not drown.

Activities
that men and women engaged in together included dancing, walking, bicycling, and croquet
as well as lawn tennis which was a much slower game than the tennis game we know
today.

To what extent is darkness symbolic throughout "Sonny's Blues"?"Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin

In the concluding section of James Baldwin's "Sonny's
Blues"in which the brother accompanies Sonny to the nightclub where Sonny is going to
play, employment of light/dark imagery is significant and plays an integral part in the
denouement.

As the brothers go the nightclub, it is on a
"short, dark street, downtown.  Inside the lights are very dim, and an enormorous man
"erupted out of all that amospheric lighting and put an arm around Sonny's shoulder."
Most significantly, the brother is seated by himself "at a table in a dark corner" and
sees other "heads in the darkness."  As he watches Sonny from his dark corner, the
brother notices that Creole and Sonny are careful not to step into the
small

circle
of light too suddenly:  that if they moved into the light too suddenly, without
thinking, they would perish in
flame.

As the musicians
begin, the brother notices that the atmosphere begins to "change and tighten."  Out of
the darkness, there is an evocation of something of "another order."  As Sonny finally
becomes part of the "family" of musicians and they relate in the song "Am I Blue" how
they have suffered and how they have been delighted, the brother from his dark corner
becomes aware that this communication is "the only light we've got in all this
darkness."

For the brother, there is a birth of truth from
the darkness of misunderstanding into the light of communion with others.  When Sonny
makes the blues his--"Now these are Sonny's blues"--the brothers
says,

Freedom
lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us to be free if we would
listen, that he would never be free until we did.....And he was giving it back, as
everything must be given back, so that passing through death, it can live
forever.

Man cannot carry his
burden alone; he must find an outlet. He must come out of the darkness of
misunderstanding and be in communion with those he loves in order to give meaning to his
life. This is Sonny's catharsis as he finds an outlet for his suffering by coming out of
the darkness into "the circle of light."

What is the danger in Thomas' writing down the instruction for thread dying in Gathering Blue?

The answer to this question can be found in Chapter Nine.
Having met Annabella for the first time, Kira feels completely bewildered by all that
she has to remember and very overwhelmed by what is expected of her. When she confesses
her feelings to Thomas, he comes up with a suggestion. He proposes that he writes the
information down for her so that she can have a record that he can read to her to help
her remember. Writing and reading are presented as important skills that only a few boys
are taught. Thomas, being one of these select few, is able to thus help
Kira.

Note the way that knowledge is presented as being
carefully controlled by the Council. It is "not permitted" for girls to learn how to
read and write, and thus it is potentially very dangerous for Thomas to record this
information and help Kira as Kira might learn how to read herself. Note Kira's response
to seeing Thomas write the words down:

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When he read the word hollyhock
aloud with his finger on the word, she saw that it was long, with many lines
like tall stems. She turned her eyes away quickly so that she would not learn it, would
not be guilty of something clearly forbidden to her. But it made her smile, to see it,
to see how the pen formed the shapes and the shapes told a story of a
name.

Thus the danger lies in
the way that women are not allowed to learn how to read or write or have anything to do
with it. Discovery of what Thomas and Kira are doing could jeapordise Kira's
position.

Are there any teacher materials for Sunrise Over Fallujah?

The web has plenty of resources for Myers' book.  I think
that the link below is a good starting point.  Having said this, I strongly suggest that
these should be only seen as a guide.  While they might have been field tested with
other groups of students, what is out there seems vague and imprecise in terms of
working with specific students.  The teacher knows their students the best, and I think
that being able to use these resources is good, but their use has to be contingent on
being able to fully grasp how the specific teacher's students will understand the book
and the themes or ideas from it.  Certainly, these can be a starting point.  The ideas
of social justice, moral and professional responsibility, and the notion of war, in
general, are all excellent ideas from the book.  Yet, in seeing the lesson plans out
there, I strongly encourage you to modify what is there to match what you have with your
students.

In the following case, how did the prosecution get a RICO conviction?United States v. Fernandez, 388 F3.d 1199 (9th Cir. 2004), cert. denied 544...

A defendant is guilty of conspiracy to violate § 1962(c)
if the evidence shows that he or she knowingly agreed to facilitate a scheme that
includes the operation or management of a RICO enterprise. United States v.
Fernandez, 388 F.3d 1199, 1230 (9th Cir.2004), cert.
denied, 555 U.S. 1043 (2005).   In  Fernandez, the
Prosecution presented evidence the appellants were involved in different aspects of the
Eme's or the Mexican Mafia’s enterprise from drug trafficking by street gangs.
 Testimony was given that the Defendants used fear, force and intimidation to gather
taxes or “contributions” from other gang members from drug sales.  The government
presented hours of taped conversations which corroborated the” appellants' efforts to
organize and tax the drug distribution of street gangs.”

To
get a RICO conviction you must show an enterprise which is “ (1)an ongoing organization,
formal or informal, (2) which exhibits a hierarchical or consensual decision-making
structure beyond that inherent in the alleged racketeering activity, and (3) in which
the various associates function as a continuing unit.”  In this case the Court
stated:

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“Wiretap evidence showed, and
several witnesses testified, that the Eme was a criminal organization of long standing,
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consistent procedures for recruitment and advancement, and the overall goal of
controlling Latino gangs in southern California by maintaining and projecting its power
both inside and outside of
prison.”

Name the four major historical figures in the movie Amistad (1997).Not the stars who portrayed them

The answer to this depends to some extent on who you see
as a "major" historical figure and who is just a minor
figure.

There are two people portrayed in the film who are
clearly major historical figures, at least in the United States.  These are the two
presidents who are portrayed in the film.  They are Martin Van Buren and John Quincy
Adams.

Past that, it is less clear who is a major
historical figure.  Queen Isabella II of Spain is seen in the movie.  So is the
important abolitionist figure Lewis Tappan.  Roger Sherman Baldwin was a governor and a
US Senator.  Cinque himself can be seen as a major historical figure because of his role
in the Amistad incident.

You will need to decide for
yourself which of these people are "major" figures in history.

What is the process to legally have a body exhumed and undergo an autopsy that has already been buried?This is for the state of New York. The...

Contact the police in the jurisdiction and relay your
concerns in regards to the suspicious manner of death. Law enforcement will then
investigate the case and determine if they think a postmortem exam is appropriate. If
the police agency finds this is necessary, they will petition the court to order an
exhumation and autopsy. In other words, the exhumation and autopsy must be court
ordered. You mentioned that the husband does not want this to occur. He has absolutely
no say in the matter and his wishes are not relevant in a criminal
investigation.

Can you explain subjectivity in English poetry from 1780 to the 1970?

Subjectivity encompasses a
broad scope and is defined as:

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belonging to the thinking subject rather than to
the object
pertaining to or characteristic of an individual;
personal
placing excessive emphasis on one's own moods, attitudes, opinions,
etc (Dictionary.com)

The
story of subjectivity in English poetry between 1780 and 1970 is a long and twisting
one. Around 1780, poets like Thomas Gray and Robert Burns reacted against the
Augustinian period typified by Dryden and Samuel Johnson in which the Roman and Greek
ideals were emulated, especially as exemplified during the time of Caesar Augustus. Gray
and Burns introduced an emphasis upon the poet's subjective sentiments and
feelings.

This new subjectivity led to the Romantic period's deep
expressiveness of the poet's subjective experience and feelings as was exemplified by
Wordsworth and Coleridge along with others like Shelly and Byron. Milton replaced the
Roman and Greek ideals as the source of inspiration. This newly developing subjectivity
was carried through to and accelerated by Victorian poets like Robert and Elizabeth
Browning. Robert Browning illustrates the deepened subjectivity in dramatic monologues
like "Porphyria's Lover." This trend toward the subjective took deepest root during the
1890s in the work of the Pre-Raphaelites and the decadent poets, when
fin-de-siecle depended upon the French symbolism
model.

Georgian poets reacted against the decadent movement and turned
toward sentimentalism, which is a different form of subjectivism, as was seen earlier in
Gray and Burns. Robert Graves and D. H. Lawrence are two such Georgian poets. Another
branch of poetry during this period is represented by such as Kipling and Henley. Their
poems, with subjective sentimental elements, inspired people during the World War I era.
Kipling wrote of traditional British virtue, like stoicism, in "If," while Henley wrote
of the unconquerable soul in "Invictus." Modernism
followed.

From here, the story of subjectivity becomes more
complicated and twisting, as everything became more complicated and twisting following
two world wars. Modernism, with its fragmented subjectivity best exemplified by Eliot,
led to the highly personal, therefore subjective, political criticisms of poets like W.
H. Auden. These were followed by New Romantic poets like Dylan Thomas who, in reaction
against an earlier emphasis on French classicism by New Country poets, wrote highly
personal subjective poems like "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good
Night."

Poets like Philip Larkin followed. They wrote from an extreme
dislike of modernism and used Hardy's earlier subjectivism as a model. After this,
poetry embraced new expressions in performance poetry, sound poetry, and concrete
poetry. Their subjective expressions often turned to protests against the social order
and nuclear threat. Once subjectivity entered poetry as a reaction against Johnson's and
Dryden's Roman Classicism, it never left; it deepened in nature until the present
era.

To what extent did developments between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution?

As is often the case with "to what extent" questions, the
answer to this is "to some extent."   In other words, the developments that happened
between 1860 and 1877 were a revolution in some ways, but not in other
ways.

The major way in which the events of this era were a
revolution is in the area of federalism.  Before the Civil War, states had more rights. 
Most notably, of course, they had the right to decide on whether to have slaves.  The
Civil War and the Civil War Amendments ended slavery and also forced the states to give
up some of their "rights."  For example, the 14th Amendment said that the states had to
treat all their citizens equally.

However, the events of
this time did not really constitute a revolution in terms of the rights of African
Americans.  Of course, they were freed from slavery and that was a huge change.  On the
other hand, the end of Recontruction saw blacks returned to a subordinate position both
economically and socially.  This meant that the end of slavery was not as revolutionary
as it might otherwise have been.

Find the x intercepts of the graph of y = -x^2 + 3x + 18

y= -x^2 + 3x + 18

We need to
find the x-intercept of the curve y.

The x-intercept is the
point where the curve y meets the x-axis.

Then the values
of y would be zero.

==> -x^2 + 3x + 18 =
0

==> We will factor
-1.

==> -(x^2 -3x -18) =
0

Now we will
factor.

==> -(x-6)(x+3) =
0

==> x = 6  , -3

There
are 2 values for x. Then, the curve y meets the x-axis at two points ( 6,0) and
(-3,0)

Then x-intercepts are (6,0) and
(-3,0)

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, how does Victor's lab look?

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Modern
Prometheus, Victor Frankenstein leaves his home to attend school. He begins
by listening to lectures of different professors with ideas that are diametrically
opposed to one another. One of Victor's favorite instructors is Waldman, who opens a new
world of thought to Victor, however in retrospect, Victor recalls that these lectures
set him on his path to self-destruction.

Victor studies a
great many subjects, including philosophy. Ultimately, he begins to study death as it
relates to life and the animation of flesh. He visits charnel-houses, where the dead are
kept, and even graveyards. However, to achieve his purpose, he must conduct his
experiences with the utmost secrecy: playing "God" is not a welcomed activity at the
university.

Victor sets up a laboratory of sorts. He lives
in a house, and on the top floor of that house, in what he describes as a chamber or a
"cell," he keeps his "workshop of filthy creation" which is carefully separated from the
rest of the house. It is in this place that he brings the fruits of his labors in
gathering materials for his experiments: bones, flesh and body
parts.

Also in his work
area:

I
collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into
the lifeless thing that lay at my
feet.

In Chapter 17 of To Kill a Mockingbird, why does Atticus keep asking Heck Tate to repeat what he says in court?

Heck Tate's courtroom testimony occurs in Chapter 17 of
the novel. After the prosecutor has finished questioning Sheriff Tate, Atticus asks Heck
Tate several times if a doctor was called to the Ewell house after the "attack" on
Mayella Ewell.

More significantly, when Tate begins
describing Mayella's injuries, Atticus asks him repeatedly which side of the face
Mayella's injuries were on. When the sheriff replies that the injuries were on Mayella's
left side, Atticus asks him to clarify if that is his left side or the actual right
side of a person standing across from him. The sheriff realizes his error and says that
it was Mayella's right eye. Atticus wants the court record to be accurate because the
fact is pertinent to his defense of Tom Robinson, so he asks the court reporter to read
back what Sheriff Tate said. The court reporter
reads,

" 'Mr.
Finch. I remember now she was bunged up on that side of the face' "
(225).

Atticus's persistence
gets Heck Tate to testify clearly that Mayella's right side was the bruised side. If you
have not read past Chapter 17 in the novel, I do not want to give anything away. But
consider Heck Tate's testimony when you read the chapters featuring Atticus's
questioning of Bob Ewell and Tom Robinson.

In what ways are the condemned man's perceptions of time and motion distorted as he is waiting to be hanged?

Farquhar's perceptions of time and motion begin to become
distorted while he is waiting to be hanged. He is looking down at Owl Creek, which is
described as "racing madly," but to him it seems "sluggish." He sees a piece of
driftwood which should be moving swiftly in the "swirling water," yet to him it is
drifting slowly.

       How slowly it appeared to move! What a
sluggish stream!

Then when he falls between the ties with the noose
around his neck, he has only a few seconds to live, and yet in his imagination he
experiences a whole series of events which could take hours. When he finally imaginies
that he has reached his home, which we are told is about thirty miles from the Owl Creek
bridge,

          All is as he left it, and all bright and beautiful
in

          the morning sunshine. He must have traveled
the

          entire
night.

His perception of time has been so
altered that his imagined escape and journey back to his home all take place within a
few seconds. It has often been said that a man's whole life can flash before his eyes in
a few moments when he is dying, and Ambrose Bierce's story makes this seem
credible.

From Lahiri's The Namesake, how can I analyze the first two chapters in accordance to my project?

I think that more specific detail about what your project
is to contain is going to be critical.  In the first two chapters, I think that focusing
on the fundamental different experience of child birth in both traditional Bengal India
and the cosmopolitan vision offered in America.  I think that contrasting the experience
of childbirth in both settings might be an appropriate point to examine in the first two
chapters.  For example, in America, the hospital as the setting in birth is in stark
contrast to Bengal, where the woman would be surrounded by other women in the family. 
The clinical approach to child birth collides with the ceremonial notion.  Along these
lines, the naming of the child as something that has to be done rather immediately in
the West, as opposed to holding a specific ceremony after some time has passed would be
an additional point of difference brought out early in the text.

What was different about the fire Montag saw after leaving the river?

I'll answer the first part of your question and let
another editor answer the second.

In Fahrenheit
451, after escaping the city and the mechanical hound brought in to hunt him,
Montag follows railroad tracks after getting out of the river.  The fire he sees is a
campfire, and he notes that it is different from fire as he had experienced it, it was a
"different thing."

This fire was warming, not destroying. 
He sees hands near the fire, being warmed.  He never realized that fire could give back,
not just take.  He notes that even the smell of the fire is different from what he was
use to. 

What are the major principles of writing according to E.A. Poe? Refer them to The Raven.

I am not too sure which "principles of writing" you are
referring to, and you might want to post them to help editors like me answer your
question. I do believe, however, that I can respond as to how Poe tried to create
something new in this excellent poem, and, as the fame of this poem gives testament,
succeeded with great aplomb.

In writing "The Raven," Edgar
Allen Poe deliberately planned to create a verse form that was original and to invent
new effects using alliteration and rhyme. You might want to consider how he does this
using internal rhyme, which can be defined as rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
or repetition of an end rhyme within a line. Note how "dreary" and "weary" present this
phenomenon in the first line of the poem, swiftly supported by three more examples in
"napping," "tapping" and "rapping" just a couple of lines further on in the poem. You
might also want to consider the way that he creates remarkable rhymes in ways that are
completely unexpected. Note how "window lattice" is made to rhyme with "what thereat is"
in lines 33 and 34.

Likewise we see ingenious use of
alliteration to create an onomatopoeic effect. Note how this operates in line
13:

And the
silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple
curtain...

The repetition of
the "s" sound helps create the rustling of the curtain
here.

So, it is clear that Poe was trying to achieve
something new and distinctive in this poem, and we can see that he was successful in
this goal.

Find the tangent and the normal to the curve y^2 – 6x^2 + 4y + 19 = 0 at the point (2, 1).

To find the tangent and normal to the curve y^2 – 6x^2 +
4y + 19 = 0 at the point (2, 1).

We know that the tangent
and normal to the curve at (x1,y1) is given by. y-y1 = m(x-x1)..(1) and y-y1 =
(-1/m)(x-x1)...(2), where m is the dy/dx at
(x1,y1).

(x1,y1) = (2,1)..

We
differentiate y^2 – 6x^2 + 4y + 19 = 0  to find the value of dy/dx at the point (2,
1).

=> 2ydy/dx -12x+4dy/dx =
0.

= (2y+4)dy/dx = 12x.

dy/dx
= m = (12x)/(2y+4) = 12*2/(2*1+1) = 8, as  (x,y) =
(2,1).

Therefore m = 8. Substituting in the equation of the
tangent and normal at (1) and (2), we get:

Tangent : y-1 =
8(x-2). Or y = 8x-16+1 .

Or y = 8x
-15.

Or 8x - y - 15 =
0.

Normal: y-1
(-1/8)(x-2).

8y - 1 =
-(x-2),

x+8y -3 =
0.

Find the equation of the line passes through ( -3, 4) and parallel to the line 2y-4x + 2 = 0

If 2 lines are parallel, their slopes have to be
equal.

We'll put the given equation of the line in the
point slope form.

y = mx +
n

For this reason, we'll have to isolate y to the left side
and we'll add 4x and subtract 2 both sides:

2y = 4x -
2

We'll divide by 2:

y = 2x -
1

Comparing, we'll get the slope of the first line: m1 =
2

The slope of the parallel line is m2 =
2.

The line is passing through the point  (-3 , 4). The
equation of the parallel line is:

y - 4 = 2(x +
3)

We'll add 4:

y = 2(x + 3) +
4

We'll remove the brackets:

y
= 2x + 6  + 4

We'll combine like
terms:

y = 2x +
10

The equation of the parallel line is:

y = 2x +
10

What comments does Hecate make that suggest Macbeth has free will in Macbeth?

One of the central issues that you need to think through
when approaching this play is whether Macbeth was destined to do what he did or whether
he had a choice. This is a central question in many works of literature, and how we
respond will shape our whole view of this work. In particular, how you decide to answer
this question will greatly impact the way you view the role of the witches: are they
just reporters of what is going to happen, or do they deliberately manipulate and
obfuscate Macbeth, tantalising him with possible futures to get him to act against his
better conscience?

Hecate appears for the first time in Act
III Scene 5 of the play, where she berates the other witches for not consulting with her
about their dealings with Macbeth. It appears that Hecate regards their work with
Macbeth as "riddles, and affairs of death," which would suggest that what they have said
to Macbeth is not fated. However, later, Hecate remarks that Macbeth will come tomorrow
"to know his destiny," which perhaps suggests that the witches are able to tell him what
is fated. However, the end of her speech definitely suggests that the witches and Hecate
deal in spells and illusions and not reality or
destiny:

And
that, distill'd by magic sleights,

Shall raise such
artificial sprites,

As, by the strength of their
illusion,

Shall draw him on to his
confusion.

He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and
bear

His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and
fear...

Therefore, as a
result of the "artificial sprites" that Hecate will produce, Macbeth will be led on in
his "confusion," leading him to "spurn fate." These comments therefore suggest that
Macbeth is not fated to do what he does, he has a free will that the witches seek to
manipulate.

Define cognition, examing simple, complex, and natural concepts.

Cognition (lat. “to know”) is the term for the mental
process, roughly akin to “thinking”.

The human thought
process has many components, some of which are as
follows:

Attention = alertness and awareness of incoming
stimuli

Memory = ability to
recall

Language = ability to produce and understand
language

Problem solving = ability to deal with life as it
is encountered

Decision making = ability to chose a plan of
action

Perception = ability to correctly recognize stimuli,
e.g. recognize a face

Information processing = ability to
assemble and understand incoming information

Simple
cognition is defined as the most basic form of thinking, such as being aware of a noise
and responding to it.  An example would be the startle response on an infant to a loud
noise.

Complex cognition involves problem solving or
decision-making requiring retrieval of earlier learned knowledge, and application of
reasoning and judgment.  Examples of complex cognition would be the ability to solve a
mathematical problem or find an address on a
roadmap.

Natural cognition is defined as any form of
thought process that appears to develop at an early stage without instruction.  An
example of natural cognition is teaching.  Children will teach each other about the
environment and expected behavior without being instructed to do
so.

Cognition impairment (deficit) has several
forms:

Global deficit of intellectual performance, i.e.
mental retardation

Specific deficit such as learning
disorders and dyslexia

Drug-induced deficits, e.g.
alcoholic intoxication

Brain
injuries

Mental
disorders

Neurologic disorder, e.g. Alzheimer’s
disease

Note:  Cognitive deficit due to neurologic disorder
is called dementia.

What are some similarities between George and Lennie? I need a quote from the book Of Mice and Men as support.

In Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie
are peas in a pod, two sides of the same coin, too sides of a man's brain.  They are
foils of each other: one big, one small; one naive, the other experienced; one a child,
the other a parent.  To use Freud's terms, George is the Superego (the social, moral
side), Lennie is the Id (the hidden desire side).  As such, they are
inseparable.

Both have a strong work ethic, are good
workers (though Lennie is better), and are believers in the American dream.  George
defines them in the first person plural: "we" and "us."  They are team; their dreams are
shared:

"Guys
like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in
the world.  They got no family. They don't belong no place....With
us it ain't like that. We got
a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn
about us." Chapter 1, pp.
13-14

Explore hubris, hamarita, and how these apply to Hamlet's death and the fall of Denmark.

Hamartia is a fatal fault in hero's  character which leads
to his tragic end. In case of Hamlet ,his tragic death is the result of a fatal fault in
his own character. In the play we see that Hamlet gets many chances to kill Claudius but
he thinks a lot about whether to kill him or not.And everytime his noble and philosophic
nature stops him from killing Claudius and because of which finallyhe had to fight but
then everything is planned by Claudius which results in Hamlet's death and death of all
other major characters.These fatal faults in Hamlet's character are : he thinks too much
(his over thinking tendency ),His honesty ,and goodness.All these results in Hamlet's
death and finally the fall of Denmark.Hubris is the presence of excessive pride and
arrogance in the character.One of the major reason   his death is his arrogance and his
pride in his father.Hamlet's indecisiveness is the result of hubris.Throughout the play
he is not able to overcome the death of his father which brings him into the state of
deprression.His great pride in his father prevents him from attending and accepting the
re-marriage of his mother.He pride in his parents leads him to mental conflictsand
depression when he sees his mother marrying his uncle.His pride is hurt when he finds
thatsoon after the death of his father,his mother marrying his uncle.He feels that blood
of such woman is there in his veins and this makes him feel very low.Because of this he
develops a kind of hatred towards women and thus never proposes Ophelia (who truly loves
him ) for marriage.His arrogant treatment of Ophelia makes her feel betrayed and she
commits sucide.Thus losses innocent Ophelia and his love as a result of his
arrogance.His arrogance also prevents from getting people in his favor though he is a
Prince. When Hamlet kills Polonius by mistake,there is no guilt in him for this act.It
is because of his arrogance that Laertes turns out as his opponent.All these things
finally leads to his death ,leaving no Prince for Denmark and thus results in the
downfall of Denmark.

In Environmental Bio, Chapter 4, Pg 105.....Describe how animals and angiosperms depend on each other.

There is a definite relationship between angiosperms or
flowering plants and animals. A very simple one is that of herbivore and producer. An
angiosperm produces flowers, fruits and seeds. Its leaves, stems and roots may be eaten
as well. Therefore, if an animal is an herbivore, the angiosperm, an autotroph, is
producing food that the animal can consume. However, the population of the herbivore
depends on the carrying capacity of the producer. If large amounts of angiosperms are
consumed, this will it turn, affect the size of the population of herbivorous animals.
Once their population is low, the plant population will recover, and the herbivores will
increase. There is a definite relationship between the two.  Sometimes, when an animal
consumes a fruit, the seeds inside may avoid digestion and become ejected in the feces.
This provides an environment with nutrients for the germination of the angiosperm's
seeds. Therefore, an animal inadvertently may aid the angiosperm with its seed
dispersal, perhaps over a long distance.

How does the inspector in The Chrysalids use power/authority to make others suffer injustly and why?

It is the Inspector's job in this district to ensure that
any deviations are discovered and mercilessly destroyed according to the regulations
laid out in the law. This may mean sacrificing animals or burning crops, or, more
disturbingly in the case of humans, sterilising and exiling them into the Fringes and
away from acceptable society. Of course, the "justice" that he administers is entirely
based on a wrong understanding of the Bible and God's laws, that have somehow been
twisted to argue that deviations such as Sophie are dangerous and not actually human. Of
course, the biggest victim that we are introduced to in the first few chapters, that
foreshadows the kind of treatment that David and others in the group will experience, is
Sophie, whose extra toe warrants all the "justice" that the Inspector can bring to bear.
Note how he justifies his position to David:

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"The Devil sends Deviations among us to weaken
us and tempt us away from Purity. Sometimes he is clever enough to make a nearly-perfect
imitation, so we have always to be on the look-out for the mistake he has made, however
small, and when we see one it must be reported at
once."

From the Inspector's
point of view, therefore, he is merely upholding the purity of the human species as
prescribed in law, but we as readers share David's scepticism of whether this is
"justice" or not.

In Book 13 of The Odyssey, what does Poseidon and Zeus's decision to punish the Phaeacians reveal about the gods?

Let us remember what has happened to get Poseidon so
angry. Poseidon has been the god who has been opposed to Odysseus, just as Athena has
been supporting him. In Book 13, we are presented with a Poseidon who is incredibly
angry about Odysseus's rescue yet again. Thus he goes to his brother, Zeus, king of the
gods, to ask for permission to punish the Phaeaceans for the help that they gave
Odysseus. Zeus agrees, though not allowing Poseidon to go as far as he would like in his
punishment.

Essentially, therefore, the gods are shown as
vengeful, fickle and capricious in this book. Note how the Phaeaceans are punished even
though it is destined for Odysseus to arrive home safely. Thus although they are giving
a helping hand to destiny, they are still punished by the gods because of spite and the
fact that Poseidon is working against Odysseus. Yet again, humans are shown as the
playthings of the gods who suffer randomly according to the whims of their
masters.

What does the tree Melinda spends the year on creating symbolize? does any one know what the tree symbolizes

In Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, the
tree symbolizes Melinda. In the end of the book, when Melinda finds her voice to speak
once again and confront her past and her attacker, she is finally able to create a tree
in leaf, a springtime image of rebirth after a long winter, just as Melinda herself is
being reborn after her almost year-long ordeal. In the many false starts and variations
of the tree Melinda creates, we see the range of emotions and reactions she has to her
situation. From the leafless tree, to the "ugly" tree, etc. all of the thoughts and
emotions Melinda shares with us about her creation are also descriptions of herself. The
tree is a reflection of her.

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 2 centimeters more than the longer side of the triangle.The shorter side of the triangle is 7 centimeters...

Let the sides be x, y and the hypotenuse
h.

Given that h is 2 more than the longer
sides.

Let the longer side be
x.

==> h =
x+2...............(1)

The shorter side (y) is 7 less than
the longer sides.

==> y= x-7
..............(2)

But we know that
L

h^2 = x^2 + y^2

==>
(x+2)^2 = x^2 + (x-7)^2

==> x^2 + 4x +4 = x^2 + x^2
-14x + 49

==> x^2 + 4x +4 = 2x^2 -14x +
49

==> x^2 -18x + 45 =
0

==> (x-3)(x-15) =
0

==> x1= 3 ==> y= 3-7 = -4
(impossible)

==> x2=15 ==> y2= 15-7 =
8

==> h= 15+2 =
17

Then, the length of the hypotenuse is 17
cm.

What is the largest muscle in the human body?

According to most online sources, the gluteus maximus or
buttock muscle is the biggest of the 639 named muscles in the human
body.

The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius. This
narrow muscle of the thigh passes obliquely across the front of the thigh and helps
rotate the leg to the position assumed in sitting
cross-legged.

The strongest muscle depends on how
you measure strength. A good case could be made for the
heart!

Information from
ehow.com:

In terms of absolute force, the strongest muscle
in the body is the masseter, the prime mover of the jaw for chewing. It can create force
of 55 lbs. on the incisors or 200 lbs. on the molars.

The
hardest-working muscle in the body is the heart. It pumps 2 oz. blood at every
heartbeat, at least 2,500 gallons daily.

The muscle that
can pull with the greatest force is the soleus, underneath the calf muscle. It is this
muscle that keeps us from falling backward while standing up, and it is essential to
running, walking and dancing.

The largest muscle in the
body is also one of the strongest--the gluteus maximus. This large muscle in the
buttocks keeps us standing upright and fights against gravity when we walk up
stairs.

The most flexible muscle is the tongue, which can
take many shapes and also is always moving, even in
sleep.

The most active of muscles is the eye muscles.
Muscles of the eye are constantly moving. In an hour's worth of reading, they can move
10,000 times. Unlike the heart, however, eye muscles can get fatigued
easily.

What are your thoughts on raising a child with having no soul mate to support you?How would you cope up with the situation and what possible...

This is, of course, a very personal question and your
answer, as a 12th grader, would surely be different than
mine.

If my wife were to die now and leave me with our two
children, it would be very difficult to say the least.  I think that it would be at
least somewhat easier if the children had never known their mother.  As it is, my
children would miss their mother so much and their sadness and mine would surely
interact to make things harder for both me and the
children.

As an older person, I assume that I would have
the maturity to be able to deal with the grief, but I think that I would need to seek
support from family members to help keep me emotionally stable so that I could get
through all the emotions that raising a child can bring to a
parent.

Where does James Joyce use the word epiphany in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?

Oddly enough, I don't recall ever seeing the word
"epiphany" in Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. His
work is famous for its epiphanies, as is Dubliners, but I don't
believe he actually uses the word.

That being said, Joyce
writes epiphanies into many of his stories and Portrait is no
exception. If you look closely, you will find that Stephen has an epiphany as each
chapter closes. The epiphany is subtle and difficult to verbalize and there are many
interpretations of these epiphanies, but they are most certainly
there.

For example, at the end of Chapter 4, Stephen runs
into a young woman on the beach. He doesn't talk to her, but he watches her and realizes
a lot about his own life. He mind cries out:

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To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to
recreate life out of life! A wild angel had appeared to him, the angel of mortal youth
and beauty, an envoy from the fair courts of life, to throw open before him in an
instant of ecstasy the gates of all the ways of error and glory. On and on and on and
on!

Here, Stephen is
realizing that he wants to be an artist and that he doesn't want to dedicate his life
falsely to the Catholic church. He doesn't actually say this, but that is the result.
This is his epiphany at the end of Chapter 4. Look at the ends of the other chapters for
more!

What are the most important themes in The Odyssey?

I think one of the most important themes in The
Odyssey is responsibility. If you take a look at Odysseus, he exhibits it and
tries to demand it of his men.

Another would be loyalty.
Both Penelope and Telamachus had to have borne much discouragement from the suitors and
townspeople for waiting so long for Odysseus. Odysseus himself was working hard to get
home, but his loyalty could be questioned even though he said of the goddesses that in
his heart he never gave consent.

You could say
self-identity is a theme as Odysseus reclaimed his rightful place and held fast to his
role as king, defender and soldier.

Finally, you might
consider choice and consequences. Many characters in this story reap trouble for sowing
trouble and triumph for hard work.

I need some character profiles after reading Chapter 1 of Lord of the Flies on the characters of Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon, Sam, and Eric.

From just the first chapter we know the following
things:

Ralph wants to be a leader and is interested in
maintaining some kind of order among the boys.  He wants to go along with Piggy's
proposals to have the boys vote on things, to use the conch as a symbol of who has the
right to speak, etc.

We know that Piggy is fat and wears
glasses and that he has been made fun of for as long as he can remember.  He is not
comfortable putting his ideas forward on his own but feels comfortable working through
Ralph or someone else.

We know that Jack wants to be a
leader but doesn't have the confidence of the boys yet.  He also wants to hunt but
really doesn't know how to do it yet.

We know that Simon is
important even though it isn't quite clear yet but having been chosen for the
exploration we know that he will become integral to the
story.

We just know the twins are really friendly and
relatively mature.

need to calculate sum of 3 consecutive terms of arithmetic sequence x+4,3x,13x-2

If  x+4,3x,13x-2, are the consecutive terms of an
arithmetical progression, then the middle term is the arithmetical mean of x+4 and
13x-2.

3x=(x+4+13x-2)/2

3x =(14x-2)/2

By
cross multiplying, the result will
be:

6x=14x-2

We'll subtract
14x both sides:

6x-14x =
-2

-8x = -2

We'll divide by
-8:

x = 2/8

x =
1/4

The consecutive terms
are:

x + 4 = 1/4 + 4 = (1+16)/4 =
17/4

3x = 3/4

13x - 2 = 13/4 -
2 = (13-8)/4 = 5/4

The sum of terms
is:

x + 4 + 3x + 13x - 2 = 17x +
2

17x + 2 = 17/4 + 2

17x + 2 =
(17+8)/4

x + 4 + 3x + 13x - 2 = 17x + 2 =
25/4

What is the universal theme of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

The overwhelming theme to my mind concerns the
relationship between fiction and fantasy. Note how the story itself is called a "legend"
by Washington Irving. This introduces us to this thematic concern. Legends by their
nature are stories that may have an original basis in truth but have been elaborated and
exaggerated over the years to become a very different kind of tale. It is important to
realise how Irving creates a setting that stimulates the imagination of all those within
it to such a great extent:

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Certain it is, the place still continues under
the sway of some witching power that holds a spell over the minds of the good people,
causing them to walk in a continual reverie. They are given to all kinds of marvelous
beliefs, are subject to trances and visions, and frequently see strange sights, and hear
music and voices in the air. The whole neighbourhood abounds with local tales, haunted
spots, and twilight
superstitions...

If ever
there were a place that could be used to explore the tenuous relationship between fact
and fiction, then this imagination-saturated location is
it.

Ichabod Crane, as an outsider to the community, is
shown to be completely seduced by the powers of the imagination and his dreams. Note
how, when he first visits the Van Tassel home, he is entranced by the bounty that he
sees and falls victim to "sugared suppositions" of his future life being married to
Katrina Van Tassel:

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...and anon he passed the fragrant buckwheat
fields, breathing the odour of the beehive, and as he beheld them, soft anticipations
stole over his mind of dainty slapjacks, well buttered and garnished with honey or
treacle, by the delicate little dimpled hand of Katrina Van
Tassel.

He is a man who, as
his dreams of his union with Katrina Van Tassel show, is unable to distinguish between
fact and fantasy. Likewise, he is unable to see the story of the headless horseman for
what it really is: a story. This makes his downfall easy in both situations. He has
clearly got so far ahead of himself that his rejection by Katrina comes as a complete
surprise, just as he believes in the reality of the headless horseman that haunts him.
Thus the tale acts as a cautionary story, warning us to make sure that we keep very firm
boundaries between fact and fantasy and never try to blur them.

Write the quadratic that has real coefficients and complex solutions z1=1+i, z2=1-i.

The quadratic equation is: ax^2 + bx + c =
0

We could determine the real coefficients a,b,c, using
Viete's relations:

z1 + z2 =
-b/a

1 + i + 1  -i =
-b/a

We'll combine and eliminate like
terms:

2 = -b/a

z1*z2 =
c/a

(1+i)(1-i) = c/a

We'll
apply the formla of difference of squares:

1^2 - i^2 =
c/a

1^2 - (-1) = c/a

1 + 1 =
c/a

c/a = 2

The
quadratic equation is: x^2 - 2x + 2 = 0.

What are the benefits of urbanization?its for sociology

There are a number of benefits that
can come from
urbanization.

First of all, urbanization can improve a
country's overall economic prospects.  This is partly because an economy can benefit
from having a large number of people together in one place.  This allows factories, for
example, to have a large work force from which to hire.  It also allows there to be many
firms that act in a symbiotic relationship with one another (in other words, you can
have a big firm be near to its suppliers and work closely with them).  Because of this
sort of thing, urbanization is often linked with economic
growth.

Second, there can be benefits to the lifestyles of
the people in the cities.  Cities are much more likely than rural areas to offer
cultural amenities such as museums that give people options for what to do in their
leisure time.  Cities are also able to provide more educational opportunities than rural
communities can.

Finally, there are those who argue that
cities are better for the environment.  The argument goes that people in cities have to
drive less, can use mass transit more, and generally have smaller houses and yards. 
These things mean that they use less energy than rural people
do.

What is the influence of the parents in Romeo and Juliet?

For the most part, the parents' role are one of
antagonists.  The Montagues might be more in tune with their son's behaviors, but they
do little to lessen the rivalry with the Capulets that create the climate that forces
the two young people to have to hide their love away from others.  The intense
antagonism offered in the role of the parents have to rest with the Capulets.  Both Lady
and Lord Capulet are shown to represent the force of authority that does not heed the
intent of the subject, in this case Juliet.  The stance that both Lord and Lady Capulet
take in demanding that Juliet marry Paris and the hard position taken on Juliet's own
future is noteworthy. Even after Juliet has indicated that she does not want to marry
Paris and Lord Capulet has essentially disowned her, he continues with plans for her
marriage.  In the end, the parents' roles are not that of nurterer or caretaker, as much
as antagonist or obstacle that stands in the way of both childrens'
happiness.

Does anyone know 3 examples of Romeo's tragic flaws from Romeo and Juliet?

I think it is important to understand the characteristics
of a tragic hero to write your essay.

A tragic hero will
often be noble, not necessarily in social status, but in
terms of character. Romeo fulfills this as he puts the feud of the families behind him.
He asks Benvolio in the first act about the "fray" that he missed. He tries to give
Tybalt reason in Act 3 for loving, rather than calling him a villain.  Sometimes this
nobility turns out to be a flaw as we saw Tybalt take advantage of it in Act
3.

A tragic hero will also experience
consequences based on his own errors. Romeo ends up returning to Juliet's
tomb and killing himself because he was not patient enough to wait for the Friar's
messages. It was certainly a problem that the message could not get through, but Romeo
did not need to rush into killing himself. This impulsive behavior was a flaw that
plagued Romeo throughout our experience watching him on
stage.

A tragic hero often
knows that his fate is sealed by doom and
downfall. This flaw is a problem because it is a self-fulfilling
prophesy. Both Romeo and Juliet foreshadow their own and each other's deaths throughout
the text. The reason this is a problem is because it is like because they say it, they
begin to believe it. Juliet mentions this when she says her goodbye to Romeo in Act IV,
Romeo mentions it in his dream in Act V, scene i. They both seem to reference death in
Act I scene v and Act II scene ii.

Explain the significance of the imagery in each poem: William Wordsworth's "We are Seven," and Shakespeare's Sonnet 12.

The imagery used in William Wordsworth's "We are Seven,"
and Shakespeare's Sonnet 12 both deal with age and
death.

In Wordsworth's poem, the poet refers often to the
images of youth regarding the
child:

She was eight years
old, she said;
Her hair was thick with many a
curl
That clustered round her
head.

And...

And
there upon the ground I sit,
And sing a song to
them....
Together round her grave we played,

My brother John and I.

These
stanzas describe the child in appearance or behavior.

Death
is also an ever-present theme in this poem.

"Two of us in the
church-yard lie,
My sister and my brother...
Two of us in the
church-yard lie,
Beneath the church-yard tree."
"Their graves are
green, they may be seen,"
The little Maid replied...
[and regarding
the little girl's sister:] Till God released her of her pain;
And then she
went away.

On the other hand, Sonnet 12's
images regarding age deal with the end of one's long life, in appearance and the
approach of death due to age.

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And sable curls all silver'd o'er with
white;
When lofty trees I see barren of
leaves...

Borne on the bier with white and bristly
beard

Since sweets and beauties do themselves
forsake
And die as fast as they see others grow; 
And nothing
'gainst Time's scythe can make defence
Save breed, to brave him when he takes
thee hence.

The imagery in
the second poem points to silver hair, the "bristly beard." The beauty of youth passes
quickly as possessors of such things watch others grow, and "Time's scythe" refers to
the timeless march of aging that draw each person on the earth closer to death, saved
only by what is left behind in one's children
("breed").

Imagery is presented from opposite ends of the
aging process—and death, and so the mood for each poem is extremely different.
Wordsworth's little girl has seen the passing of two siblings, but in her mind, they are
no farther "gone" than siblings who have gone to sea or moved to another town. The
speaker is mystified as to her insistence that they are not "gone" at all. While he is
perhaps saddened for the little girl, her separation from her siblings is a detail that
she dismisses, insisting to the end that they are right there, and she spends time with
them, communing in spirit with them at their gravesides while she eats or
sews.

However, in Sonnet 12, the mood is decidedly
different. Death comes not to the young, but to the old, and there is regret in the
passing of youth and beauty. Death is personified as relentless, a shadow ever looking
over one's shoulder, and the mood of the poem is much
darker.

For two poems dealing with the same topic of death
and the age accompanying it, there is a certain irony that the child suffers no regrets
or fears of death, even though her siblings have died young, whereas there is dread and
seeming regret as time overtakes those who have lived longer, and the aging brings
sadness not only because of the impending loss of life, but the "vanity" in losing the
bloom of youth on that journey.

Would like help from teacher to improve my skills in essay writing.Hello, As part of my studies, I have to write essays, on both British and...

When writing an essay on a particular work of literature,
it is important to have read the piece at least two times to be familar with
it.

You will either have to pick a topic on which to write,
or you will be given a topic by your instructor.  It is important that you re-form your
topic into a question that needs to be answered by the essay. Break the topic down into
3 basic ideas that will answer the question.  Then search for support through literary
analysis articles.

Take a position on your particular topic
and use the original work of literature and various scholarly articles to support your
assertions.  Be sure to follow all essay format guidelines (MLA, APA, etc).  Be sure
that you answer the question posed by your topic.

Write a
strong introduction stating your topic and 3 or 4 details that you will cover in the
body of the essay.  Each paragraph of the essay should reflect back to the
introduction.  Is the detail mentioned in the introduction?  Yes, continue, No, decide
if you need to rewrite the introduction or eliminate this
detail.

Finally, Write a strong conclusion that leaves the
reader with the most important assertion that you made in the body of the paper.  Again,
refer back to your original topic and the question that you created. Does your
conclusion answer that question?

Cite your references in a
bibliography or works cited page.

There are several
examples of essay writing available on the Internet. Please see the links
below.

verify if the relationship is true? (a+b)^5-a^5-b^5=5ab(a+b)(a^2+ab+b^2)

We'll expand the
binomial:

(a+b)^5=a^5+5a^4*b+10a^3*b^2+10a^2*b^3+5b^4*a+b^5

We'll
subtract a^5 and b^5 from expansion and we'll
get:

5a^4*b+10a^3*b^2+10a^2*b^3+5b^4*a

We'll
combine the middle terms and the extremes and we'll factorize
them:

5ab(a^3 + b^3) +
10a^2*b^2(a+b)

But the sum of cubes
is:

a^3  +b^3 = (a+b)(a^2 - ab +
b^2)

5ab(a+b)(a^2 - ab + b^2) +
10a^2*b^2(a+b)

We'll factorize by
5ab(a+b)

5ab(a+b)(a^2 - ab + b^2 +
2ab)

We'll combine like terms inside
brackets:

5ab(a+b)(a^2 + ab +
b^2)=5ab(a+b)(a^2 + ab + b^2) q.e.d.

How does Macbeth show more than one tragic flaw in Act 5 of Macbeth?

In Act 5 of Macbeth, Macbeth's
remaining time as king has grown short, and he realizes that both his time as king and
his life are coming to an end.  However, even though Macbeth has this realization, he
fails to make amends for his villainy and instead chooses to fight until the last
moment.

First, Lady Macbeth has confessed her role in the
murders, and she commits suicide because she feels guilty.  But Macbeth says that there
is no time to grieve over her death and feels that the approaching English army is more
important than the death of his own wife.

Next, most of the
Thanes who have been in Macbeth's charge have fled to join Malcolm and the English
army.  Macbeth knows that good kings have friends and loyal servants in their old age,
but he realizes that now he is all alone.  Again, Macbeth resolves to fight alone rather
than make amends.

When Macbeth sees that Birnam wood is
indeed "moving" toward Dunsinane, he does not respect the witches' warning and instead
focuses on his own blinded interpretation of the third apparition which told him to fear
one who is not of woman born.  Macbeth's misinterpretation causes him to be arrogant
when deciding to continue in this fight. 

Finally, even
after Macduff reveals that he was ripped from his mother's womb, Macbeth says that he
will not fall on Malcolm's feet and he resolves to fight until the bitter end.  This
combination of ambition, greed, arrogance, and foolhardy willpower is the tragic flaw
that leads Macbeth to his end.

What aspects of Sidney Lanier's life are being discussed in Andrew Hudgins' "Appetite For Poison?"

Sidney Lanier was a man born in Macon, Georgia, who fought
with the Confederacy during the Civil War and was captured and held prisoner in a Union
prison for several months. He found his way to Alabama and lived and worked there for
several years. He was a writer, musician and lawyer as well. He left to return to
Georgia, and later moved his family to Baltimore. His health was adversely affected when
he contracted tuberculosis while in prison during the war. This plagued him for the rest
of his life. He was married to Mary Day of Macon, and they had several children
together. Sources are unclear as to Lanier exact age when he
died.

Realistic aspects of Lanier's life as presented in
Andrew Hudgins' "Appetite For Poison" include reference to the musical portion of his
life. He was the first flute in the Peabody Orchestra in Baltimore, Maryland. In this
piece of writing, the reference to this is:

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At work, I asked the second flute what his wife
would do if she found out...He grinned, nudged, winked, and slashed his index finger
across his throat...

Hudgins
mentioned Lanier children. There is nothing available as to his children's names, but in
the narrative, his wife, also called Mary, gives birth to the Lanier's first child;
later in the piece, Mary is pregnant with their second
child:

We'd
been out almost an hour when a sharecropper left his mule and walked beside use for a
quarter of a mile before he spoke. He asked me if "the lady" felt like planting his
first handful of seed corn. It is good luck, apparently, to have a pregnant woman start
your crop...But Mary was meticulous. She spaced the kernels carefully and pinched the
red clay over them.

It is
documented that Lanier was survived by his wife and their
children.

Lanier also had tuberculosis which he contracted
while in the Union prison where he was kept for some months—after being caught running a
blockade. He had the illness for the rest of his life, and died between thirty-eight and
forty (depending upon the source).

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...The last time we made love, I had a spasm in
my lungs and spit blood on the pillow case. Not
much.

All of these pieces
from Hudgin's "Appetite For Poison" are documented in Lanier's life in the
1800s.

Can someone explain the message of this story?"The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio" (What are the underlying messages about death,government, and...

Despite its title, the main character of Hemingway's "The
Gambler, the nun, and the Radio"--if there truly is a main character--is Mr. Frazier,
who acts as a recording consciousness of what one critic calls "the essential
disfranchisement" of the residents in the hospital, whom "They brought...in around
midnight."

Among the injured brought into the hospital,
there is a fatalistic resignation in the Cayetano, the gambler, shot in the stomach, who
decides that he simply has no luck and accepts his
injury,

"I am
a poor idealist.  I am the victim of illusions.....I am a cheap card play, only
that."

The first bullet
intended for him has been intercepted by the Russian.  So, it seems that he has no luck,
either. 

When the nun, who prays to be a saint and is
separated from the world in her spiritual alienation, invites Mexicans to visit Cayetano
at the hospital, they later come into Frazer's room.  He offers them drinks, but one
refuses saying that he would suffer a headache if he were to drink.  Then, he tells
Frazer that he does not trust those in the religious life such as the nun, saying that
he believes in nothing, and quoting Marx,"Religion is the opium of the people."  His
statement gives Frazer cause for thought after everyone leaves, even though he has the
radio on to keep from thinking.

Yes, Frazer decides, he
believes that

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religion is the opium of the people....and music
is the opium of the people....now economics is the opium of the people; along with
patriotism the opium of the people in Italy and Germany....But drink was a sovereign
opium of the people,...Althugh some prefer the radio, another opium of the
people...Along with these went gambling, and opium of the people if there ever was one,
one of the oldest....But was was the resl, the actual, opium of the people?...Of course;
bread was the opium of the
people....

Bread is symbolic
of life.  For Frazer, then, life itself is an illusion, an opium. Only death is real,
for it has no intermediaries to help with the futile operation of existence.  All are
but patients, who wait for the end with drink, and gambling, prayer, and music as opiums
to soothe their way to the final injury after life that is itself an
injury. 

In Frankenstein, what specific details show what kind of student Victor is?

One detail that shows the kind of student that Victor is
comes from Victor himself. He describes how he was so hungry to learn at the university
and how sometimes the teachings of his professors were of no interest to him because
Victor was always ahead of them in his readings, but also because Victor had a penchant
for reading discarded literature that his teachers would have disagreed
with.

Yet, Victor admits to his hunger for learning when he
says on Chapter 3

I read and studied the wild
fancies of these writers with delight; they appeared to me treasures known to few beside
myself. I have described myself as always having been imbued with a fervent longing to
penetrate the secrets of nature. In spite of the intense labour and wonderful
discoveries of modern philosophers, I always came from my studies discontented and
unsatisfied. Sir Isaac Newton is said to have avowed that he felt like a child picking
up shells beside the great and unexplored ocean of truth. Those of his successors in
each branch of natural philosophy with whom I was acquainted appeared, even to my boy's
apprehensions, as tyros engaged in the same pursuit.

What were some of the most well known leaders of the world in the Baroque era ? (1600-1750)

Many to choose from. Here are
three:

Louis XIV reigned in France from 1643-1715, 72
years, during which he rose France to one of the largest European powers, centralizing
the government more on economic, trade and colonization, giving more power to the Crown
than to the aristocracy or the Church.  This was a move to a more modern
State.

Peter I (Peter the Great) reigned from 1682 until
1725. He modernized Russia dramatically and quickly (by studying in Europe, which at the
time was considered treasonous) and changed the country into a major international power
by implementing progressive government reforms.

Charles I
ruled England from 1625-1649. His reign ended with his execution, the English Civil War.
In the aftermath, Oliver Cromwell would lead England in a short lived republican state.
Charles’ impositions with taxation and his overriding Parliament led to the English
Civil War, which led to the 10 years England would exist as a Commonwealth. Although the
monarchy was restored in 1660, this series of events were major in the gradual
transformation from absolute to constitutional monarchy.

In Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, what does Elizabeth write in her letter to Victor in Chapter Six?

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, after
Victor creates the monster and becomes ill, Elizabeth (his adopted cousin and
sweetheart) writes to him.

In Elizabeth's letter she first
asks after his health, telling him that he should not even attempt to write because of
her concern for his fragile health. Elizabeth also comments on how much his brother
Ernest has grown, that Victor's father's health is strong, and that even the youngest of
them, William, is growing tall, laughing and handsome. (There is a great deal of
foreshadowing in this letter, a good bit is this
section.)

Elizabeth then draws Victor's attention to
Justine Moritz, who had been brought into the Frankenstein home through a gesture of
charity on the part of Victor's mother. Justine had been less a servant and more a
companion to the children. Elizabeth shares how Justine had, with sadness at her
necessary departure, returned home to care for her invalid mother who had been very
unkind to her as a child. It was a difficult time for all: for Justine in caring for her
difficult mother, and the Frankenstein household for missing Justine, as one would miss
a member of the family. When Justine's mother passes, Justine returns again to Geneva,
and there Elizabeth has welcomed and cared for her. (There is a great deal of
foreshadowing here, as well.)

Elizabeth describes Geneva,
and even shares some town "gossip." In closing, she now begs one penned line from Victor
to know that he is well, sending along her deep appreciation to Clerval for his care of
Victor during his serious illness.

Victor does indeed write
back to her, and this moment seems to signal a significant improvement in his
recuperation.

Demonstrate the equality: 1^2 + 2^2 + ... + (2n-1)^2 = n(4n^2-1)/3

For demonstrating the identity, we'll use the method of
mathematical induction, which consists in 3
steps:

1) verify that the method works for the number
1;

2) assume that the method works for an arbitrary number,
k;

3) prove that if the method works for an arbitrary
number k, then it work for the number k+1, too.

4) after
the 3 steps were completed, then the formula works for any
number.

Now, we'll start the first
step:

1) 1^2=1*(4*1^2-1)/3 => 1=3/3=1
true.

2) 1^2 + 2^2 + ... + (2k-1)^2 = k(4k^2-1)/3 ,
true.

3) If 1^2 + 2^2 + ... + (2k-1)^2 = k(4k^2-1)/3,
then

1^2 + 2^2 + ... +(2k-1)^2 +
(2k+1)^2=(k+1)(4(k+1)^2-1)/3

Let's see if it is
true.

For the beginning, we notice that the sum from the
left contains the assumed true equality,1^2 + 2^2 + ... + (2k-1)^2=k(4k^2-1)/3. So,
we'll re-write the sum by substituting a part of it with
k(4k^2-1)/3.

k(4k^2-1)/3 + (2k+1)^2 =
(k+1)(4(k+1)^2-1)/3

4k^3-k+3(4k^2+4k+1)=(k+1)(4k^2+8k+4-1)

4k^3-k+12k^2+12k+3=4k^3+8k^2+3k+4k^2+8k+3

4k^3+12k^2+11k+3=4k^3+12k^2+11k+3
true.

4) The 3 steps were completed, so the identity is tru
for any value of n.

1^2 + 2^2 + ... + (2n-1)^2 =
n(4n^2-1)/3

what is the theme of this poem?You were my first...

The funny little Romantic lyric is addressed to the moon
but it can be read as making some serious points nevertheless.  It is a love poem,
written in a typical and cliched eulogistic rhetoric with a tone of romantic effusion
and exaggeration.

The poem is a classic example
of visually charged pattern poetry where the placement of the lines create a visual
image in a calligraphic way that harmonizes with the major theme of the poem. The
alignment of the lines here typographically evokes the image of a half-moon in its
perfect slice-shape.

The poem in terms of expressing a love
of moon and ending on the word 'luna' may be read as an expression of lunacy or a kind
of madness, supposed to be caused by the moon.

Evaluate the definite integral of the function f(x) if f(x)+f(-x)=1 and x=-a to x=a.

Given the data from enunciation, we conclude that the
domain of definition of the function is the closed interval [-a ;
a].

f(x):[-a;a]->R

If f
is a continuous function over the closed interval, then the identity is
true:

Int f(x)dx (x=-a -> x=a) = Int [f(x) +
f(-x)]dx, (x=0 -> x=a)

We'll apply this sentence to
the given function:

Int f(x)dx (x=-a -> x=a) = Int
[f(x) + f(-x)]dx

But, from enunciation, [f(x) + f(-x)] =
1

Int [f(x) + f(-x)]dx = Int 1*dx = x (from x = 0 to x =
a)

We'll apply
Leibniz-Newton:

Int 1*dx = F(a) -
F(0)

Int 1*dx = a - 0

Int 1*dx
= a

Int f(x)dx (x=-a -> x=a) =
a

In Book 16 of The Odyssey, how does the reunion between Odysseus and Telemachus anticipate what is to come?

It is important to realise that the revelation of Odysseus
to be who he really is at key points in this text is a central motif that we see again
and again. When Odysseus does reveal himself to be who he really is, it is normally done
in a very dramatic manner and in such a way as to amaze his audience, which of course we
see in this book when Telemachus thinks he is in the presence of a god rather than a
mortal. However, this scene foreshadows the long-awaited reunion of the entire family of
Odysseus, including Penelope as well. Odysseus has waited for so long to return to his
wife and son, and throughout the tale he is presented as a man who just wants this
reunion and is willing to sacrifice everything else to gain it, so in this scene we see
a taste of this eventual reunion and the happiness that it will
give.

What is Douglass's opinion of the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence?explain

In 1852, while living in Rochester, NY, Douglass, a former
slave turned editor and public abolitionist speaker, was asked to speak for a fourth of
July celebration. Instead of delivering a speech glorifying and celebrating the nation's
independence, he delivered a massive attack against a country that violates its own
declaration of independence by allowing so many people to remain enslaved. He poses a
key question as to whether or not the rights are given to
all:

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Are the great principles of
political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence,
extended to us?

It is clear
that they are not given to all, and Douglass sees and calls America out on the hypocrisy
of these words. He notes that the founders crafted a document to afford equal protection
and rights to all when they drafted the constitution, but those rights are not actually
extended to all human beings. Slavery, as long as it exists, nullifies the declaration
of independence as a a statement of rights extended to
all.