In Macbeth, why do Duncan's sons flee, and how does this help Macbeth?

Concerning Shakespeare's Macbeth,
Malcolm and Donalbain flee after their father's assassination because they fear for
their lives.  As Donalbain tells his brother:  "Where we are / There's daggers in men's
smiles" (Act 2.3.140-41).  Whoever killed their father is still in the castle, and they
are obviously targets:  "The near in blood, / The nearer bloody," concludes Donalbain. 
In other words, the closer their relationship with Duncan, the more likely they are to
be murdered, and just because the thanes act sad that Duncan is dead and act like they
are loyal to the brothers, any one of them could be lying and
pretending.

Remember that Malcolm has just recently been
designated as Duncan's heir by Duncan, and also that Duncan warned Malcolm that you
cannot tell what a person is thinking by looking at his/er face.  The brothers are prime
targets, and they know it.  Thus, they flee.

This,
unfortunately, casts suspicion on them, and makes it less likely that anyone would
assume Macbeth is guilty.  Other characters assume that the brothers assassinated their
father, and that they flee in order to escape prosecution, all but Macduff,
anyway.

Ironically, Macbeth might have gotten away with the
assassination, except that he varies from his wife's plan and kills Duncan's grooms. 
This makes Macduff suspicious, and leads to rebellion.

What is a "cause of uneasiness” of the family that the monster observes?

On chapter 4, volume II of the novel
Frankenstein the creature analyzed the behaviors of the De Lacey
family members, and concluded that something was really bothering them to the point of
tears.

In the creature's
words:

They
were not entirely happy. The young man and his companion often went apart, and appeared
to weep. I saw no cause for their unhappiness; but I was deeply affected by
it.

As the creature continued
to observe those reactions, he identified what he refered to as "one of the causes of
their uneasiness." The cause of uneasiness was poverty.

The
poverty that the De Lacey family suffered caused them a lot of pain particularly because
of their need for food. The creature was very sympathetic of their sadness and was
amazed at how the younger De Laceys sacrificed their food rations to be able to feed
their father.

The monster expressed his sympathy by
noticing how much the family members were willing to do for each
other:

Their
nourishment consisted entirely of the vegetables of their garden, and the milk of one
cow, who gave very little during the winter, when its masters could scarcely procure
food to support it. They often, I believe, suffered the pangs of hunger very poignantly,
especially the two younger cottagers; for several times they placed food before the old
man, when they reserved none for
themselves.

As a result, the
monster began to feel guilty because he had a habit of taking food from the family
storage at nights. Acting as if he were a part of the De Lacey family himself, he also
went through a similar period of abstinence in which he was content with finding
nourishment in the berries that he found in the forest, all for the sake of helping the
De Laceys somehow. This was a way for the monster to feel as if he were one of them, and
it was an imaginary way to attempt to feel the warmth of love in his
life.

Write an essay outline/plan on the poem "On the grasshopper and the cricket" that discusses and explains the use of imagery in 5 paragraphs."On the...

I suggest choosing a theme from the poem and writing an
essay explaining how imagery supports this theme.  I would suggest three uses of
imagery.  Here is an example theses:  In “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket” Keats
expresses the idea of nature’s unending beauty through imagery of warmth, renewal and
joy.  I would outline the essay this
way:

1.  Introduction (use the thesis I gave
   you)


2. Warmth Imagery: “the birds are faint with the hot
   sun” (2), “That is the Grasshopper's--he takes the lead/In summer luxury” (5-6), “from
   the stove there shrills/The Cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever”
   (12-13)


3. Renewal Imagery: “The poetry of earth is never
   dead” (1), “And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run/From hedge to hedge about the
   new-mown mead” (3-4)


4. Joy Imagery: “he has never done/With
   his delights; for when tired out with fun/He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed”
   (6-8)


5. Conclusion (restate
   thesis)

Can you give an example of a speech of acceptance for the award of "Most Outstanding Student of the Year"?short but with depth

I assume from your question that you are receiving the
"Most Outstanding Student of the Year" award and must give a short acceptance speech. 
To be perfectly honest, no "example" could provide you with the best ideas.  My best
advice is that you speak from your heart, keep it short, and make it
personal.

Often, award acceptance speeches are times when
the recipient has a moment to reflect on the achievement and thank the people who made
it possible.  Here are a few ideas of things that would be perfectly
appropriate to say (in addition to "thank
you"):

• How you did you feel when you heard you
  won, or how do you feel at the moment you are receiving the
  award?


• What person or people were the most influential
  this year?  Who could you personally thank for helping your journey to receiving the
  award?  *If the list is long, pick one or two and tell briefly something specific they
  did for you.


• What have you learned this
  year?


• What are you most grateful
  for?

If you brainstormed answers to any or all
of the above questions, you would have more than enough material for a speech.  The best
speeches are those that are long enough to be genuine, but short enough to make an
impact.  I would encourage you to aim for about a 3 minute
speech.

I hope this helps.

In the ballad "Bonnie George Campbell," what is the theme of dramatic contrast?Also, what is the implied contrast with the grain fields in lines...

Contrast is comparing or juxtaposing two things which are
very different. An example in visual art or poetry is the contrast of light and
dark.

The general dramatic contrast in this ballad is the
contrast between images of life and death. The image of death is symbolized by the
absence of Bonnie George Campbell. "Bonnie" means physically attractive or excellent.
That image of death is contrasted by the images of life symbolized by George’s mother,
his bride, the lush meadow and finally, his horse.

Lines
13-16 represent the contrast between the life of nature and death. The grass of the
meadow is alive and the corn has not even been shorn (harvested or shuck). The world
George’s horse comes back to is teeming with life. This is in dramatic contrast to the
death of George. George’s absence and the bloody saddle convey that George has died in
battle.

“The
meadow lies green,

 the corn is
unshorn,

But bonnie George
Campbell

 will never return.”
(13-16)

This is a ballad but
it also could be called a lament.

This may be a reference
to a fallen soldier, last name of Campbell, at the battle of Glenlivet in October
1594.

What two specific forces do all the characters have to face in "The Outcasts of Poker Flats"?

Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" presents a
number of characters on the margin of society.  As such, they are expelled from the town
by the self-righteous members of the "secret committee" in who wish to rid the town of
"certain other objectionable characters" because from them they have suffered the lost
of several thousand dollars.

After they leave town, the
pariahs have two forces that they must face, that of nature, and that of each other and
themselves:

Man vs.
Man/Himself

As the party sleeps the
profligate Uncle Billy untethers the mules, stealing them and disappearing in the snow. 
Mr. Oakhurst discovers this fact early in the night, but leads the others to believe
that Uncle Billy accidentally stampeded the mules and not left them bereft
intentionally. 

When the winter storm continues, "Mr.
Oakhurst settled himself coolly to the losing game before him."  Leaving the women after
sending Tom to Poker Flat, Oakhurst walks out toward the canyon and shoots himself,
surrendering to his bad luck as the "strongest and yet the weakest of the outcasts of
Poker Flat."

Man vs.
Nature

As the outcasts have slept, a heavy
snow has fallen; and, without mules they cannot travel. So, they must hope that they
have enough provisions until the snow melts sufficiently.  Although the sun appears, the
outcasts are surrounded by "drift after drift" of snow. After a week, the provisions run
low;  Mother Shipton calls to Oakhurst and tells him to reach under her pillow where she
has cached her provisions and starved herself to save others.  "Give 'em to the child,"
she tells the gambler. 

Oakhurst, who has fashioned snow
shoes for Tom Simson, instructs the young man to walk to Poker Flat for help; then he
kisses the Duchess and says he will accompany Tom as far as the canyon. Night falls and
the Duchess find firewood as fuel to last a few days longer.  She and the other women
draw together against the furious storm that "invaded the very hut."  Nature defeats the
women as they freeze to death.

What is Jerry Cruncher's secret nighttime activity?

There was a long-practiced method of getting bodies for
the scientists and doctors to practice on, and it didn't involve getting the consent of
the deceased prior to them kicking the bucket.  Jerry Cruncher goes out at night and
digs up bodies so that he can sell them to doctors, professors of medicine, etc. for use
in classes, examinations, studies, etc.

The interesting
part of this is that Jerry considers what he does to be an absolutely productive and
important part of society and of life in general while he regards prayer and other such
religious activities as a waste of time.

But don't fret, he
does of course, like many of Dickens' characters, vow to change his life before the
story runs out of time.

How does the book Animal Farm relate to Collective Agriculture?

I think that the issue of collective agriculture is
addressed in the statement rendered by the work regarding political authority.  The fact
that Orwell shows a political setting that is completely "top down" in terms of the pigs
running the farm with no check or limitation reflects how issues like collective
agriculture embolden the state over its people.  The central thesis behind collective
agriculture is that government is able to exercise control over agriculture and the
means of production.  This is seen in the pigs' determination as to how life on the farm
will run.  At the same time, one of the realities that have to be navigated in such a
condition is what will happen if there is no limitation to such centralized notions of
power.  I think that the issue of collective agriculture and the risk that is run when
government has far too much power over the lives of its citizens is seen in Orwell's
work as how the pigs display their power without any voice of
dissent.

What is the first derivative of cos^3(x^3+13) ?

We'll use the chain rule to differentiate the given
function:

f'(x) =
{[cos(x^3+13)]^3}'

We'll calculate the first
derivative applying the power rule first, then we'll differentiate the cosine function
and, in the end, we'll differentiate the expression
x^3+13.

f'(x) =
3[cos(x^3+13)]^2*[-sin(x^3+13)]*(x^3+13)'

f'(x) =
3[cos(x^3+13)]^2*[-sin(x^3+13)]*(3x^2)

f'(x)
= -9x^2*[cos(x^3+13)]^2*[sin(x^3+13)]

We can
re-write [cos(x^3+13)]^2 = 1 -
[sin(x^3+13)]^2

f'(x) =
-9x^2*[sin(x^3+13)]*{1 - [sin(x^3+13)]^2}

In what time period is A Doll's House set?

The setting of Ibsen's A Doll's House
is in the late 1800's Norway. The play was published in 1879 and caused immediate
controversy with its portrayal of housewife Nora and the decisions she makes that shook
her family as well as the country.  The story unfolds in the livingroom of the apartment
of Torvald and Nora Helmer. The opening scene begins on Christmas Eve and ends two
evenings later as Nora exits, slamming the door behind her.

Why do textbooks have so many pictures? no

In the past two decades or so, there have come to be more
and more pictures included in textbooks from all grade levels and in all subjects (at
least in the United States).  This has happened for at least two
reasons:

• From the pedagogical point of view,
  textbooks now include so many pictures because that is supposed to make them seem more
  interesting and less intimidating.  It is said that books with lots of pictures and
  other illustrations don't seem like as much work to read (not so many words on each
  page, not so many big blocks of text with nothing to break them
  up).


• From an economic point of view, the textbook
  publishers welcome the use of more pictures because it gives them the ability to charge
  more for their books and make more profit.

So,
pictures are used more and more in textbooks because of both educational and economic
reasons.

Which theories of conditioning subscribe to the idea of "spontaneous recovery"?

Both classical conditioning and operant conditioning
subscribe to the idea of spontaneous recovery to some degree.  However, the phenomenon
is generally referred to as "resurgence" in operant
conditioning.

Spontaneous recovery is something that can
occur in classical conditioning when the conditioning has been stopped for a period of
time.  The behavior that the subject learned through the conditioning may come back on
its own (it may be spontaneously recovered) even after the conditioning has stopped. 
So, in the example of Pavlov's dogs, this could happen after Pavlov stopped giving the
dogs food when the bell rang.  If, after a long time of him not giving them food, the
dogs started salivating again when the bell rang, that would be spontaneous
recovery.

How do things become even more complicated for Hamlet and his family?Consider Acts 4 and 5 of the play.

Up until the "play-within-a-play" that Hamlet has done in
the hopes of catching Claudius's guilty conscience, Claudius has no idea that the ghost
has come and told Hamlet what Claudius did, and Hamlet doesn't really have much to
fear from Claudius.  Claudius certainly wants Hamlet's lunacy to be
under wraps because it reflects badly on his kingship, but Hamlet is not regarded as a
direct threat.

After the play, Claudius realizes that
Hamlet DOES know the whole truth, and that completely changes the threat level.  Once
Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius, the danger to Claudius seems even more imminent.  He
even comments that "so it would have been with us had we been there."  He knows full
well that Hamlet is ready to murder to avenge his father's death. What makes the
situation complicated for Claudius is that A) Hamlet is well-loved by the people of
Denmark and Claudius thinks they will forgive him of any of his crimes.  B)  Gertrude
will be out of her mind with grief should anything bad happen to Hamlet.  Claudius's
marriage to Gertrude will not be pleasant situation if anything happens to Hamlet and it
is perceived as Claudius's fault.  Claudius must get rid of the threat of Hamlet while
not having any direct blood on his hands.  His first plan is send him to England so that
his craziness isn't a negative reflection on Claudius, but Claudius amends that plan and
sends a letter asking for Hamlet to be killed upon his arrival in England.  When that
plan fails and Hamlet returns home, plan C is to manipulate Laertes's hatred and want of
vengeance.  Hence, those two devise the plan of a fencing match with poisoned swords and
poisoned wine.  It is ultimately a plan that backfires miserably killing everyone
involved.

From Hamlet's perspective, his life becomes more
complicated after he decides NOT to kill Claudius while he appears to be praying and
again after he accidentally kills Polonius.  By allowing Claudius to live, he lets him
live on to create the threats that follow.  Killing Polonius gives Claudius room to seek
punishment for that dangerous and malicious action.  Hamlet has "tipped his hand" that
he knows the whole truth and that he is more than ready to kill in order to exact his
revenge for his father's death.  He is perceived as dangerous, and now Hamlet must act
with much care and caution.  He steals the letter to England away from Ros and Guil and
then changes it in order to save his life.  He makes a deal with pirates to return to
Denmark.  He cautiously enters in the fateful sword fight in Act
5. 

The climatic moments of Act 3, lead to the falling
action and complications of Act 4, and to the final, deadly, resolutions of all of the
complications in Act 5. 

Please give examples showing how deduction is related to social science research.

Ideally, deduction is the basis of research in the social
sciences.  Deduction is the process of taking a theory and testing hypotheses based on
that theory.

There are many examples of how deduction can
be used in social science research.  Here are two
examples:

• In the field of International
  Relations, there is a theory that says that democracies are inherently more peaceful
  than other types of governments.  One can deduce from that theory that democracies would
  be less likely to fight with one another.  Researchers have, based on that theory,
  looked at all the wars in recent history to try to evaluate that
  hypothesis.


• In the field of economics, there is a theory
  that minimum wage laws are bad for less-skilled workers.  From that comes a hypothesis
  that an increase in the level of the minimum wage would lead to a decrease in employment
  among those types of workers.  Economists have done research to evaluate that hypothesis
  by looking at employment in states before and after they raise their minimum
  wages.

In Chapter 8, Ma says that if all people who are shoved off the land get mad together, they can take action.When asked by Tom if others are mad,...

Woven throughout the narrative of The Grapes of
Wrath by John Steinbeck is the concept of the Oversoul, a concept introduced
by Ralph Waldo Emerson.  This concept holds that every individual is connected with
every living thing in the universe. Jim Casy underscores this idea when he describes his
experience out in the wilderness after being asked to say grace at
breaksfast:

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"There was the hills, an' there was me, an' we
wasn't separate no more.  We was one thing. An' that one thing was
holy.

"An' I got thinkin', on'y it wasn't thinkin',...how
we was holy when we was one thing, an' mankin' was holy when it was one thing.  An' it
on'y got unholy when one mis'able littl fella got the bit in his teeth and run off his
own way, kickin' an' draggin' an' fightin'.  Fella like that bust the holiness.  But
when they're all workin' together, not one fella for another fella, but one fella kind
of harnessed to the whole shebang--that right, that
holy."

While a man is not
able to progress very far alone, with others he can achieve much.   Casy reiterates what
Ma has said, that with a fellowship of men, a fraternity, there is a holiness that
accomplishes something good.

This concept of the strength
of many together is what Ma expresses; she understands that in unity there is strength. 
When Tom, who has just arrived asks if others are "mad," "Many folks feel that way?" Ma
replies,

I
don't know.  They're jus' kinda stunned.  walk aroun' like they was half
asleep."

Ma's keen
observation indicates that people are shocked by the destruction of their homes by the
bulldozers and by their forced uprooting, suggesting that they may later
become "mean-mad," the way Pretty Boy Floyd did as she tells Tom, or they take action as
she hopes. 

How did Carnegie and Rockefeller exemplify the changes that took place in American Business from 1865-1900?

The major change in American business during this time was
the fact that companies started getting bigger and bigger.  By the end of the century,
the US was in the middle of the era of "robber barons" and the monopolies or near
monopolies that they and their companies enjoyed.  Men like Rockefeller and Carnegie
exemplified these changes with their creation of huge oil and steel
companies.

The two men also later exemplified the idea of
the social gospel.  Both men gave huge amounts of money later in life to charitable
causes.  This showed their dedication to the idea that the rich had a duty to spend
their money to improve their society.

Explain as fully as you can the causes of the gang’s delinquency in "The Destructors," taking into account the setting.

Unfortunately, you are not allowed to respond to multiple
questions, so I have had to edit your question down to focus on one element. Please
remember to only ask one question in the future.

Setting is
absolutely key to this great and rather shocking short story by Graham Greene. Let us
remember the context: the story is based in London, and set nine years after the end of
World War II. London, much more than other European cities, had been regularly blitzed
or bombed by German planes which destroyed large tracts of buildings, making London
resemble a bomb site. The rebuild took many years to carry out, so for a long time after
the end of the war, the people of London still lived in
rubble.

Many were concerned about the moral destruction of
society rather than the physical destruction however. An entire generation of children
had grown up knowing nothing but war and destruction, and the collapse of hope. This is
the kind of gang that we are presented with in the form of T. and Blackie. Note how the
setting is described in the story:

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The gang met every morning in an impromptu
car-park, the site of the last bomb of the first blitz... On one side of the car-park
leaned the first occupied house, number 3, of the shattered Northwood Terrace--literally
leaned, for it had suffered form the blast of the bomb and the side walls were supported
on wooden struts. A smaller bomb and some incendiaries had fallen beyond, so that the
house stuck up like a jagged tooth and carried on the further wall relics of its
neighbour, a dado, the remains of a
fireplace.

Thus we can see
that the place where the gang meets already mirrors the internal "destruction" that has
gone on within the boys in terms of their values and morals. Bomb blasts have demolished
the buildings, and number 3 is poorly supported and isolated. In the same way the boys
engage themselves in acts of vandalism and destruction without a care for concepts such
as "right" or "wrong."

In the play The Glass Menagerie, are the characters failures just because they didn't reach their goals?

Your question presumes that each of the characters had a
goal and that they either clearly did or did not reach those goals. Let's see if that's
true:

Amanda's goal for Laura seems to be to help her be
self-sufficient, either through a career or through marriage. In the end she has neither
a career nor a husband. Is that failure?

Amanda's goal for
Tom is less clear, as she relies heavily on him to achieve the goal for Laura. What is
the goal?

Amanda's goal for herself is buried in her
ambitions for her children. Does she succeed?

Tom's goal is
clear from the start--to leave his miserable life and be free. He succeeds at half the
goal; does he succeed at the other?

Laura's goal seems to
be to avoid most human contact, which she does until Jim arrives. What happens after
their "date" is not as clear.

Jim's goal is more like his
ambition--to be more than just a shoe warehouse foreman. Does he make something of
himself?

Think about those questions, and once you have the
answers from your own observations and perhaps some class discussion you'll be able to
write your essay.

How is the introduction in "Araby" related to the theme, mood and the conflict of the story?

Certainly the introductory paragraph of this great story
is essential in establishing something of the mood in this story of innocence and
maturity. This is achieved mainly through the personification that is employed in
describing the house on the narrator's dead-end
street:

North
Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian
Brothers' School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two stories stood at the
blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the
street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown
imperturbable faces.

Note how
the diction employed in this paragraph, in particular the words "conscious," "gazed,"
and "imperturbable faces" combine to create a somewhat ominous and gloomy atmosphere as
the houses are described as faces looking out without expression. Note how this mood is
sustained in the following paragraphs through the use of such words as "sombre,"
"musty," "damp," "muddy," "dark" and feeble."

All of these
effects serve to create a somewhat restricted atmosphere in which the characters are
trapped in their gloomy and oppressive lives and routines. In the quote above we have
the example of the school "setting the children free." Thus we can understand the
attraction of the boy to the word "Araby" with all of its promise of mystery, gold and
exoticism, linked to his attraction to Mangan's sister.

In the "Everday Use"; how would describe the narrator's feelings about her daugther Dee? About her daughter Maggie?

Given that the story is told through the mother's
perspective, we see two very different women through her eyes, and certainly two very
different impressions of these women.

Dee is the ambitious,
beautiful, popular, and driven daughter.  Mrs. Johnson's day dream of meeting Dee on a
TV show and having her daughter pin an orchid on her dress (a gesture of thanks and
acceptance) show that she both loves her daughter very dearly, and resents her a
little.  She feels rejected by this daughter for not being "feminine" enough, or "smart"
enough, or simply not "enough."  But given the way she treats her (allowing her to come
home and eat, taking an interest in Dee's new boyfriend, imagining a time when their
relationship is mended) it is obvious that the narrator does love
her daughter Dee and even takes pride in her intelligence, beauty, and
ambition.

On the other hand, Maggie is just as rejected as
the narrator.  Mrs. Johnson loves her unconditionally, perhaps because no one else
does.  It seems like Mrs. Johnson and Maggie only have each other.  Mrs. Johnson
provides the love and protection that this daughter would otherwise never receive. 
Though her sister Dee has clearly been the dominant personality in the house for years
(and likely both mother and sister have allowed it), in the end, the narrator stands up
for Maggie by giving her the quilts.  This simple act of devotion and protection shows
the narrator's unconditional love for Maggie.

f(x)=x^2-3It's for Functions. How is this done?

(Sice this to be a college level subject from your
address, I would like to cover the answer analysing the perspective of the function and
tracing it by the properties of the function).

f(x) = x^2-3
as a function represents parabola. It is a function of  second
degree.

Also we can write y =
x^2-3.

Symmetry: The curve is symmetrixcal about y axis as
for x and -x  the function gives the same positive y
value.

Vertex : The vertex of the cuve is  (0,
-3)

The cuve is open upwards and goes for positive ifinite
values on both left and right as x becomes large and
large.

The curve, obviously ,has a value of -3 lowest when
x=0. And that y= -3 ids the intercept value of the cuve on the Y
axis.

The curve as crosses the x axis at equal distances of
sqrt3 on the right and -sqrt3 on the left.

The curve y=
x^2-3 Or x^2 = y+3or parabola has Could be compares to
a

X^2 = 4aX a standard parabola. So we can write x^2 =
4(1/4) (y+y). So a= 1/4 is the focal length and (0, -3+1/4) or (0, -11/4 ) are the co
ordinate positions of the focus. And the equation of the directrix is  y = -3-1/4 . Or y
= -13/4 a parallel line to X axis .

How has Chaucer used his persona to create irony in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales?answer in detail

The primary way Chaucer's persona creates irony is his
naivete.  He seems to accept and praise each of his fellow pilgrims, and in this
acceptance and praise, the reader is able to gather some unflattering information.  We
see this type of irony first in the description of the yeoman who is a "proper forester,
I guess."  The "I guess" at the end throws suspicion on the fact that the yeoman really
is all that experienced.  In contrast to the knight's clothing and equipment, the
yeoman's tools are shiny and bright as if they have never been used.  Later we see this
same type of irony used when the narrator describes the nun's table manners and French
(not the Paris style) rather than the virtues that nuns should have such as piety and
charity. We see this same type of naivete in the descriptions of the friar and monk whom
we learn through the narrator's seeming praise are quite despicable
characters.

In what ways is the traditional grammar approach inadequate in studying a language? Discuss with examples.

When I was in college ('99-'03), phonics was out and the
holistic approach to teaching reading was in.  Since then, I think the pendulum has
swung back toward phonics again.

Anyway, the "traditional
grammar" approach is a lot like teaching phonics.  It is teaching grammar by isolating
parts, rather than looking at how grammar works inside of sentences and paragraphs (and
conversations).  This type of teaching is inadequate when it is never brought back to
looking at the whole.  There needs to be a balance between "traditional" grammar lessons
and big picture "why is this important"
lessons.

Traditional grammar by itself is like teaching
vocabulary lists without any context.  Students may be able to learn rules and
regurgitate answers for a quiz or test, but ultimately, without application (or a reason
to care), they lose it.

I've also
found in teaching writing that students are often able to pick out major grammatical
mistakes without knowing exactly how to fix them, or worse, they cease to catch the
major mistakes.  Again, traditional grammar (isolated focused lessons) makes it hard to
see multiple problems going on at the same time.  However, without the traditional
grammar lessons, problems are identified simply by "it sounds wrong" rather than by an
actual understanding of how the language works.

Why do you think Ralph is elected chief, despite Jack's leadership position in the choir?

Jack's choir boys were outnumbered by the other kids on
the island. Although "with dreary obedience the choir raised their hands" for Jack, the
other boys all voted for Ralph. It was obvious to them that Jack's "simple arrogance"
was not a quality of leadership.

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... there was a stillness about Ralph as he
sat that marked him out: there was his size and attractive appearance; and yet most
obscurely, yet more powerfully, there was the conch. The being that had blown that, had
sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was
set apart.

It may have been
more than just choosing the lesser of two evils, since the boys saw something in Ralph
that inspired their vote. His bearing and his possession of the conch were the deciding
factors.

What is a Quarter penny worth in Crispin:The Cross of Lead?

Actually there is a specific answer to this question in
the book.  It is in chapter 3 when the narrator who we later learn is Crispin is giving
us his history.  When at first, Crispin is telling us what a difficult life he and his
mother led, he tells that his mother's wages were.  Hers were a penny a day and she
could buy full loaves of bread on this.  So specifically. a quarter of a penny would be
worth a loaf of bread.

Why does Huxley choose to introduce his 'Utopian' society in such a manner?Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

In one criticism of Aldous Huxley's Brave New
World, the author writes that the New World is an "unsettling, loveless, and
even sinister place."  And, it is because the New World is such a place that Huxley
begins his satiric novel in the manner that he does--to purposely alienate his
audience.  For, Huxley seeks to elicit in his audience disturbing feelings that the
futuristic society has eliminated.  Having described the New World as "a nightmare" in
his Brave New World Revisited, Huxley wants his disutopia to
disturb, not provide any "joyful anticipation."

In his
novel, Huxley hopes to excite his contemporary audience of the 1930s and work on the
complacency of his bougeois audience regarding Communism and "Fordist American
Capitalism" with its concept of mass production.  In addition, Huxley touches on his
audience's revulsion of the Pavlovian behavioral conditioning with the hypnopaedia of
the citizens in the New World.

In short, Huxley seeks to
alert and warn his audience of the dangers of technology, biological and mechanical.  In
his introduction to his novel, he overtly states his
theme:

The
theme of Brave New world is not the advancement of science as such; it is the
advancement of science as it affects human
individuals.

The opening
chapter gives the audience a shocking intoduction to this theme, one that, hopefully,
will move his readers from their bourgeois complacency.

Did Roald Dahl use figures of speech in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Most definitely. Figures of speech are comparitive
literary devices that are used by nearly all authors to describe and explain. You might
want to consider how Dahl presents characters and uses figures of speech to paint
humorous pictures of them and suggest their characteristics. One of my favourites in
this great novel is in Chapter Six, when we are introduced to the first winner of the
Golden Ticket, Augustus Gloop. Consider how he is
presented:

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Great flabby folds of fat bulged out from every
part of his body, and his face like a monstrous ball of dough with two small greedy
curranty eyes peering out upon the
world.

Note here how his face
is compared to a "monstrous ball of dough" with a simile, suggesting his face looks like
a massive ball of uncooked bread. Likewise a metaphor is used to compare his eyes to
currants, emphasising his greed and suggesting that he really is not a pleasant
character at all. Dahl's figures of speech are always exaggerations of character
appearances and traits that are immensely amusing to identify and analyse. Hopefully
this example will help you find others. Consider other descriptions of
characters.

How would you summarize the last chapter "The Lives of The Dead" in the novel The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien?

The Things They Carried begins with
death (Lavender's), and the theme hangs over the book like Hamlet's father's Ghost.
 Indeed, O'Brien keeps revisiting Lavender's death, so much so that the reader
understands he is still haunted by it.  Cross and Tim are the most affected by the
deaths that occur, especially Lavender and Kiowa's
respectively.

"The Lives of the Dead" is O'Brien's first
encounter with death.  As such, Linda becomes a Lavender-like symbol, a ghost who haunts
the narrator.  He feels guilty in the way he treated her, and his guilt reawakens during
war.

Some critics even believe Linda is O'Brien's ideal
audience:

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O'Brien's character appropriates the feminine,
becoming an androgynous fusion of pre-adolescent Timmy and
Linda.

The Things
They Carried is an exercise in memory and storytelling, in bringing haunting
memories and ghosts back to life.  Remember, story-truth is truer than happening-truth,
so the truths in this story are more agonizingly wrought than a bearing out of facts.
 Believe it: Linda is real, and her death has real impact.  O'Brien believes in the
paradoxical title of this chapter: the dead live on in his fiction.  And Linda is
O'Brien's first muse.

Where does the climax of the play "A Streetcar named Desire" occur?

To add to what the previous respondent has stated, this
scene is clearly the climax of the play, but Blanche's sanity has been in question long
before this. This is the final straw that finalizes her break from reality that began
when her husband killed himself. His suicide was a reaction to Blanche's discovery of
his homosexuality, but it also led Blanche on a path of self-doubt. She feels that the
only way she can give herself worth is to be attractive to men, and she leads them on in
order to bask in the glow of their affections. This does not work with Stanley. He sees
through her and takes what he wants to take from her, leaving her shattered when the
only illusion that she had to keep her going, her beauty and desirability, is thrust in
her face.

What is admirable and flawed about Romeo in Romeo and Juliet?

Certainly, Romeo is a complex character.  I think that his
willingness to be so brazen with his emotions and feelings makes him an admirable
character.  In a setting where most men are one dimensional or driven by partisanship,
Romeo is the opposite.  Shakespeare's Verona are filled with men who are driven by
loyalties to party lines (Capulets or Montagues) or men who are tools of such divisions
(Tybalt or Mercutio).  I think that Romeo is one who allows his feelings to transcend
such distinctions with his pursuit of Juliet and his overall feelings that indicate
escape from Verona is the only viable option.  At the same time, I think that a case can
be made that this is the very source of his failures and his flaws.  His emotional
sensibility becomes the overriding and dominant force.  Simply put, his emotion adds
more to a situation that could use less of it.  Romeo lacks the judgment and clarity
that Juliet possesses.  Whereas she possesses the surmise that allows for thought and
rumination, he is the function aspect that simply responds.  While both suffer in the
politicized climate that is Verona, in the end, his failures are quite evident in how he
acts and carries himself.

In Frankenstein, what is Justine’s one piece of evidence against her for which she has no answer?

On chapter 8 of Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein, Justine Moritz is accused of murdering little William
Frankenstein. William is Victor’s young brother and, by default, Elizabeth’s cousin
(although she explains that she feels as if he were her brother as
well).

Justine had no alibi. In fact, the night of the
murder she was given time off. She then went to visit an aunt in a nearby village.
Therefore, nobody could have known exactly what Justine was doing that night.  However,
the one piece of evidence that Justine could not explain in order to proof her innocence
was how the child’s locket ended up in her possession. Justine had placed a locket with
a picture on William’s neck hours before he went missing. The fact that she had it in
her possession after his death had occurred made the jury conclude that Justine must
have been near the dead body. Yet, not even Justine could explain this occurrence and
begged the jury to consider her character and the flawless way in which she has always
lived her life as proof that she would be incapable of doing such a
thing.

What is x if loga x= loga 7+loga 3-loga 11?

To determine x, we'll  apply the product and quotient rule
of logarithms:

log(b*c) = logb +
logc

loga 7+loga 3 = loga(7*3) = loga
21

The expression will
become:

loga x= loga 21 - loga
11

log(b/c) =  logb -
logc

loga 21 - loga 11 =
loga(21/11)

The expression will
become:

loga x =
loga(21/11)

Since the bases are matching, we'll apply the
one to one rule:

x =
21/11

"The Wedding Guest beat his breast” is repeated in lines 31 & 36 in "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner." Why is this important?

Repetition in poetry is used for emphasis.  These lines
appear at the beginning of the poem.  The Wedding Guest has been detained by the ancient
mariner for reasons he does not yet understand.  The mariner's tale begins, and the
Wedding Guest can simultaneously hear the music and envision the guests moving into the
hall. 

The key to the line you mention is that the Wedding
Guest is extremely frustrated.  He is going to be late to the wedding or miss it
altogether because of this mariner.  Why doesn't he just leave?  He cannot.   Consider
the following stanza:

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He holds him with his glittering eye -

The Wedding-Guest stood still,
And listens like a three years'
child:
The Mariner hath his
will.

For some reason the
Wedding Guest is compelled to remain and hear the story.  Thus, the beating of his
breast, his frustration at being powerless is emphasized in the lines you
mention.

What are the vales learned in reading about Heracles?

Like so many Greek characters, I think that one of the
most powerful values grasped from the myth is the idea of humility.  Even though
Heracles is blessed with superhuman strength, he is not able to act without regard or
reverence for the powers of divinity.  The fact that he has to pass through tests that
are designed to humble him despite his extraordinary strength would reflect this.  Along
these lines would be the value of everyone having to endure suffering and challenge. 
Heracles' strength does not absolve him from feeling pain, from experiencing suffering,
and from not having to endure significant regret for his actions.  While he might
possess the brawn of a god, Heracles' plight reminds the reader in the most painful of
ways that he is "only human" and must endure what all humans have to
endure.

How would you format a comment analysis article on this topic: Who is responsible for civility?There needs to be a lead, 3 paragraphs and a closing.

I think that the standard 5 paragraph essay is what you
are describing.  The first paragraph is an introduction, where you begin with a hook
asking a question or listing a statistic about your topic.   You might start with: When
did you learn the difference between right and wrong?  The idea is to set the tone for
your reader and get your reader thinking about the
topic.

Next comes a thesis, where you state in one simple
clear sentence what your essay is about.  Decide who you will argue is responsible for
civility.  You want to avoid statements of opinion like "I think" or "I believe" and
instead say something like: Parents are responsible for their children's civility.  Then
you want to list 3 clear, succinct reasons why.

Begin each
of the next three paragraphs with a transition word, such as To begin with, First, Next,
Also, In addition, and so on.  Then include a clear topic sentence with the reason for
that paragraph.  For example, your first paragraph might begin
with:

First of
all, parents are responsible for setting their children's moral
compass.

Then go on to
explain, with concrete and specific examples.  Continue this format for all three
paragraphs.  You'll want to include 2-3 examples and pieces of evidence for
each.

End your essay with a clear conclusion.  In the first
sentence, return to your hook statement by answering your question or adding to your
statistic.  Then restate your thesis statement in mostly the same words.  List your
three topic sentences from the middle paragraphs.  Finally, end with a call to action or
concluding thought to lead your reader thinking about your
essay.

Anticolonialism has often been regarded as a constitutive feature of “postcolonial literature”. Do you agree?

The rejection of colonialism and its exploitation of the
subjects of the Empire is certainly a feature of postcolonial fiction. However, critics
from a New Historicist perspective often argue that rejection and rebellion often hide a
complicit attitude. Thus, some texts produced by Europeans but that could be considered
postcolonial because they were influenced by imperialist discourse such as E. M.
Forster's A Passage to India or J. Conrad's Heart of
Darkness have been subjected to increasing critical scrutiny as far as the
representation of the empire and the natives is concerned. Such analyses have aimed to
bring out the authors' complicity with the system that they apparently
challenged. 

A general strategy common to postcolonial
texts is the technique that critic Abdul JanMohamed has called "writing back".
Postcolonial writers use literary modes and devices from the Western tradition to create
a counter-hegemonic discourse. As JanMohamed has argued in Manichaean
Aesthetics (1983), the rejection of the colonial past always involves
admitting the enduring influence of that past in the construction of postcolonial
identities and discourses.

What are state governments doing to address the immigration problem? 

In the last year or so, state governments have taken some
of the most high-profile actions on the issue of immigration (especially on the issue of
illegal immigration).  They have done so in large part because the federal government
has been unable to come up with any serious policy to reduce the levels of illegal
immigration.

The best-known state action on immigration was
the law passed by the state of Arizona.  This law gave police officers in Arizona the
power to stop people who they suspected of being illegal immigrants.  The police could
demand identification and detain those who could not prove they are in the US legally. 
The passage of this law has created a political uproar and has led to a great deal of
litigation as well.

Other states and some localities are
considering laws similar to the Arizona law and/or are taking other steps to curb
immigration (such as ending food stamp eligibility for legal immigrants, which my state,
Washington, is currently considering).

Solve for x : (x+1)^2 = 2x^2 - 5x + 11

The first step is to expand the square from the left side,
using the formula:

(a+b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab +
b^2

(x+1)^2 = x^2 + 2x +
1

We'll re-write the given
equation:

x^2 + 2x + 1 = 2x^2 - 5x +
11

We'll move all terms to the right
side:

0 = 2x^2 - x^2 - 5x - 2x + 11 -
1

We'll combine like terms and we'll use symmetrical
property:

x^2 - 7x + 10 =
0

We'll apply quadratic
formula:

x1 = [7 + sqrt(49 -
40)]/2

x1 = (7+sqrt9)/2

x1 =
(7+3)/2

x1 = 5

x2 =
(7-3)/2

x2 =
2

The quadratic equation has the following
solutions: x1 = 5 and x2 = 2.

What does Sor Juana say about men, and who are the men she seems to admire in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz?

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz had a good deal to say about
men, and was obviously not shy about being extremely honest in the face of an age-old
social hypocrisy:

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In her poem Redondillas
she...criticizes the sexism of the society of her time, poking fun at and revealing the
hypocrisy of men who publicly condemn prostitutes, yet privately pay women to perform on
them what they have just said is an abomination to God. Sor Juana asks the sharp
question [regarding] the purity/whoredom split found in base male mentality: "Who sins
more, she who sins for pay? Or he who pays for
sin?"

The above quote refers
to the idea that without men willing to pay prostitutes, there would be no prostitutes.
However, while men were vilifying these "fallen women," they were also paying for the
"pleasure of their company."

We know that Sor Juana had
several proposals, which she declined; she admitted she had no interest in marriage. (We
can thereby assume that a life of matrimony did not appeal as much as a life of pursuing
knowledge.)

In one poem that she wrote, she criticized men.
In summary:

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From the first, her writing expressed her strong
belief in the moral and intellectual equality of women and their right to an education.
A famous quatrain accuses “Stupid men who accuse/ Women without any grounds,/ Without
seeing that you are the cause/ Of the very thing that you
blame.”

In this poem (much
longer in its entirety), she accuses men for blaming women
and making women the very creatures they then unfairly
criticize.

At the same time, there are men we can assume
she admired.

Perhaps the first man Sor Juana would have
admired was her paternal grandfather, Pedro Ramirez, who was primarily responsible for
raising her during her early years. (It was his library she
"devoured" as a child.)

The viceroy in Mexico City in 1664,
identified (in one source) as the Marquis de Mancera, wanted to test Sor Juana's
knowledge among a widely notable group of intellectual men. I would think, based on what
I have read of Sor Juana, that she would  have welcomed this challenge, and appreciated
the Marquis' part in arranging it.

The Bishop of Puebla,
Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz was considered a friend for a long time, as they carried
on correspondence. (However, he betrayed Sor Juana's trust by publishing a criticism of
the sermon of a famous Jesuit scholar many years before—without her consent. It was
published under the Bishop's pseudonym, and accompanied by a letter criticizing her for
turning her back on matters of the church and spending too much time on worldly
matters.) This "attack" was responsible for eliciting from Sor Juana perhaps her most
noteworthy writing, "Respuesta a Sor Filotea," which some consider the first "feminine
manifesto," in which she vigorously defended herself, and especially her
writing.

Sor
Juana’s famous response to him defended her right to an intellectual life, even as a
woman and a
nun.

Additional
sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana_Inés_de_la_Cruz

http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/271-the-remarkable-life-of-juana-inés-de-la-cruz-1651–1695

What's the power of entertainment industry according to Barthes, Freud and Adorno?

I would start my answer by pointing out that you're
dealing with three thinkers belonging to different time periods. Freud's
psychoanalysis was one of the sources of inspiration for Adorno and the Frankfurt School
in the 1920s and 1930s, the others being Weber's suspicion of rationality and Marx's
ideology. Freud's idea that the social order works through pyschic obliteration and his
notion of the unconscious were influential in the critique of society produced by Adorno
and other members of the Frankfurt School, including their criticism of the culture
industries. In Dialectics of Enlightenment, Adorno denounces the
power of the entertainment industry to manipulate its consumers and make them passive,
rather than critical observers. In this way, the entertainment industry becomes a
dangerous tool of propaganda for totalitarian regimes.

In
Mythologies, Barthes too commented on popular culture as a "myth"
which can work to legitimize bourgeois ideology as natural. As in the critique of the
Frankfurt School, Barthes finds that the mythologies of mass culture can pass off their
representations of reality as the reality itself. Modernist art, on the contrary, can
resist this totalizing claim by making the reader/spectator an active producer of the
text's meaning.

Examples of collocationusing food related terms.

In linguistics, collocation is a
sequence of terms or words that co-occur often enough to deem that it does not simply
happen by chance.  In more layman's terms, collocations are typically common
adjective-noun or adverb-adjective pairs that are used so often, they are now commonly
accepted as the "correct way" of saying something.

Some
food examples
are:

• Strong (or weak)
  coffee.  While it might work to say "watery-coffee" or "thick-coffee" the
  collocation is strong or
  weak.


• Fast food.  Americans
  would never say "quick food."


• Eating for
  here or to go.  I would consider this an
  America collocation.  In England they say "take-away" when eating
  "to-go."


• This sauce is
  soupy.  When describing a sauce that is too watery (or should be
  thicker), "soupy" is most often used, but of course we'd never describe watery
  paint, for example, as
  soupy.


• Melt in your mouth
  delicious/good. This might be more of an
  idiom but melt-in-your-mouth is used to describe decadent or savory
  things to eat, particularly if chocolate is a key
  ingredient.

Compare/contrast outcomes of French REvolution and Napoleonic Empire. In terms of French society, economics and politics, which was more successful?

The French Revolution was more successful in improving
French society, economics and politics than was Napoleon's rule over
France.

The Revolution saw the issuance of the Declaration
of the Rights of Man; adopted the metric system, and established religious tolerance for
Jews and Protestants. Although women did not gain the right to vote, they did gain the
right to seek divorce, own property, and seek support from the fathers of children born
out of wedlock.

The Napoleonic Empire did little for the
French people other than institute the Code Napoleon and give them stability after the
uncertain days of the Revolution; however there was a price for this stability. Women
lost most of their rights gained under the Revolution; freedom of the press was severely
limited, such that only four newspapers remained in publication in Paris, all of which
were propaganda machines for Napoleon. A ruthless police state was instituted under one
Joseph Fouche, since Napoleon himself was often away at war.

Why is global warming not a threat?

I think that there are couple of ways to make this
argument.

First, you can argue that it is not really
happening.  Some scientists try to make this
argument.

Second, and I think that this is an easier
argument to make, climate change is not necessarily a bad thing.  Let's say that the
world warms up a few degrees.  This might mean that some crops can no longer grow where
they now grow.  But maybe those crops could be grown somewhere else and new crops that
can deal with the warmer weather can be grown where they used to
be.

In other words, so what if now we have to grow grain in
Alaska and we can grow bananas in Kansas -- there will be somewhere for everything to
grow even so.

Alternately, maybe the growing season will
get longer -- you can grow more crops per year because it will get warm earlier in
spring and stay warm later in fall.

In addition, as one of
the links below argues, people enjoy warm weather more than cold and warm weather is
healthier for people than cold

What would make your hair and nails all of a sudden start to grow rapidly? There has been no change in diet.

One reason for sudden hair and nail growth could be due to
an improvement in your overall health.  There are many vitamin deficiencies that can
cause your hair and nails to grow slowly.  Sometimes these vitamin deficiencies are due
to underlying medical conditions that may have resolved
themselves. 

Some of the important vitamins for hair and
nail health are vitamin C, vitamin E, and B-Complex
vitamins.

One condition that can be difficult to pin down
medically is thyroid disease.  This illness presents with many random symptoms that make
detection a drawn out process.  Some of the symptoms of this are slow growing hair and
nails.

Always keep in mind that your hair, nails, and skin
are key indicators of overall health.  If you ever have concerns I would recommend that
you see a medical professional.

What is the Plane-Sphere Intersection in the Cartesian Coordinate System in the following case?The plane y= 3 is tangential to a sphere given by...

I really cannot comment on how the earlier teacher
explained things.

Instead, I'll try to explain the concept
of a sphere starting from a circle. The equation of a circle drawn in the x-y plane is
(x- a)^2 + (y- b)^2 = r^2. This circle has a center (a,b) and the radius is r. It is
equivalent to taking a string with  length r, anchoring one end at (a,b) and tracing a
curve with the other end. This distance of any point on this curve from the center is r.
If the same is done in the x-y-z plane or in 3 dimensions, we get the equation of a
sphere. Each point on the surface of a sphere has a distance of r from the
center.

The use of <= implies that all points within
the sphere are also being considered. So (x-a)^2 +(y-b)^2+ (z-c)^2<=r^2 is the
equation of a solid sphere. The sphere has a radius r and the center is
(a,b,c).

Now when we try to find the point of intersection
of a plane with the solid sphere we are looking for points which are present both in the
solid sphere as well as on the plane.

If the equation of
the plane is x = a, it implies that all points which have an x-coordinate equal to a,
form the plane irrespective of what the y and z coordinates are. You have to always
remember that all things being discussed here are in 3 dimensions, not just in 2
dimensions as you would with a circle drawn on a sheet of
paper.

If a plane is tangential to a sphere, the plane and
the sphere touch each other at just a single point. The plane in the problem is y=3 and
it is tangential to the sphere (x - 1)^2 + y^2 + (z - 3)^2 <= 9.

So this is a solid sphere. Now the y-coordinate of the
point of intersection is y=3 as that is y-coordinate of any point on the plane. You will
also notice that 3 is the radius of the sphere. So the point of intersection has the
x-coordinate as 1 and the z-coordinate as 3. substituting these values in the equation
of the sphere we get (1 - 1)^2 + 3^2 + (3 - 3)^2 = 0+9+0 = 9. Precisely what we want!

In Hedda Gabler, Hedda's faults are glaringly apparent. What factors have caused her to act the way she does?

Hedda Gabler is a fascinating woman, and the flaws in her
character are obvious and dramatic. She is narcissistic, willful, and manipulative,
acting beyond the bounds of ethical behavior. Cold and destructive in her relationships,
Hedda ultimately destroys herself, as well. As her character is developed in the play,
Hedda victimizes others, while seeming to be a victim herself of social forces beyond
her control.

Hedda Gabler's behavior is more masculine than
feminine, as femininity is generally defined. She is aggressive and domineering,
although by necessity she masks these traits through deception and deliberate
role-playing. Growing up under the influence of her father, a stern general, Hedda
pursued masculine activities, riding and shooting. She did not have a nurturing female
presence in her life and did not identify with the feminine role or develop womanly
traits or values. There is nothing soft or maternal in Hedda; she rejects her identity
as wife and despises the idea of being a mother, viewing both of these roles as
impediments to her personal freedom, violations of her sense of
self.

Hedda is a prisoner of her time, hemmed in by strict
social mores and rendered powerless by a society that limits her growth. As a young
woman, she was sexually repressed, afraid to express or experience this part of her
nature for fear of social repercussions. A psychiatrist would no doubt attribute at
least some of Hedda's later hostility to the anger and frustration that resulted when
her sexual and emotional needs were thwarted in her early relationship with
Eilert.

As a woman in her society, she is dependent upon
men and has no means to make her own way in the world. For a woman with an independent
mind and spirit, this would be an especially stifling condition. Hedda marries George
only for financial security and social respectability, then hates him for being her
husband. When George experiences financial difficulty, Hedda feels bitter and betrayed,
trapped in yet another way.

Hedda Gabler's youthful
personality and upbringing do not prepare her in any way for the life she will be
expected to lead in her society. The terrible conflict between who she is and who she is
expected to be causes her selfish and destructive behavior. Her anger and frustration
are directed at those closest to her. When she is finally trapped by Judge Brack in
circumstances she can no longer manipulate, she takes her own
life.

What would a person coming to America in the late 1700s, but before the Revolution, see when the boat docked?

Much is going to be dependent on where the boat docked. 
For example, if a boat docked in the Northern Colonies, I think that there were several
components of colonial life that were distinct.  Even in the early stages of the nation
formation, cities were present.  This concentration of population helped to bring about
the idea of the Northern colonies being more densely populated.  If a person landed in
the Southern colonies, I think that the wide and vast space intrinsic to these areas
would greet the visitor.  Along those lines, the growth of slavery was something quite
evident in the Southern portion of the nation, even in its earliest of days.  The
openness of space in the South in contrasted to the urbanized conditions of the North
(urban for pre- Revolution times) would be the initial encounters of the individual
docking into ports of either portion of the colonies.

In what type of rock are fossils most likely to be found : Igneous, Metamorphic or Sedimentary ?

Fossils are more likely to be found in sedimentary rock
and here are the reasons why.

Contrary to igneous and
metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks do not change. Their name itself indicates that
they pretty much have remained in the same place and state for
centuries.

In the same line of thought, igneous rocks often
are remains of volcanic eruptions or have been transformed by heart and erosion.
Metamorphic rocks are like igneous rocks in that they have mixed with other rocks, have
been crushed and mixed and also have been affected by extreme
temperatures.

Therefore sedimentary rocks, either because
of their location and the fact that they do not come from any volcanic activity, are
more likely to remain the same and therefore whatever fossil that will be imprinted in
it will undoubtedly do it easier in such a type of unchanging
rock.

How is the stream of consciousness exemplified in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?

Stream of consciousness narrative is characterised by a
point of view which goes beyond a simple account from one character's perspective and
attempts to capture their internal thought processes, particularly the free associations
and strange links they make between topics. The poem captures this narrative style by
focusing on the thoughts and feelings of the persona, who is of course named in the
title. He is walking to meet a woman for tea and is contemplating the question he is
going to ask her, which we can infer is a proposal of marriage. However, there is no
arrival or meeting in this poem. Instead, it consists of the internal and rather chaotic
thought process of J. Alfred Prufrock. As he walks along, he casts himself in the role
of various characters, including Lazarus and Hamlet, to name a
few:

To say:
"I am Lazarus, come from teh dead,

Come back to tell you
all, I shall tell you
all"--

As we follow his
thoughts, we realise that he is debating the question he is to ask the woman he is to
meet and contemplating his future life depending on the answer that he receives. It is
this access that is given to the internal thought processes that make this poem such an
excellent example of the stream of consciousness narrative.

Can we consider "The Cherry Orchard" as a work which presents "Naturalism"?

Since we are only allowed to answer one question at a
time, I edited your multiple questions and will answer the main one: Is Cherry Orchard
considered a naturalist piece of literature?

The answer is
yes. The Cherry Orchard represents naturalism in that it presents
the reality and inevitability of what life can bring onto someone who has not made right
choices, and will present to you with no aesthetic or stylistic devices the cause and
effects of things. Naturalism also indicates the presentation of characters who suffer
from personal deficiencies and problems that lead them to their fates. You see that even
Firs, the poor manservant,  was so behind his times that he was literally left behind
when the family moved.

However, it is in the sadness that
comes with the cutting down of the cherry orchard that the naturalist aspect of the
story comes. All is measured, decided, planned-ahead, and will be carried on. No matter
how much love or decadence the orchard represents, its symbolism and beauty will not
dictate its salvation like it would in a neoclassical or pre-raphaelite work. If it has
to go down, it will go down and no matter who cries, despairs, or suffers as a result,
life is life, and all is fair.

What are some Naturalist examples that demonstrate how Blanche, Stella, and Stanley are trapped by circumstance, genetics, and environment?I am...

I would venture to say that part of your challenge is that
it is difficult to link Williams' work to naturalist ideas.  Take this fundamental
description of Naturalism:  "Naturalist writers believe that truth is found in nature,
and because nature operates within consistent principles, patterns, and rules, truth is
consistent."  If we apply this to Williams' depiction in Streetcar,
we can see that not much of this is present.  There is little structure to the world
that embraces Stanley, Blanche, or Stella.  If there were objective rules and
structures, it would be easier for these characters to function.  The challenge that
Williams brings out is the idea that the modern setting is one where freedom is the only
absolute.  Yet, with individual conceptions of freedom comes ambiguity, uncertainty, and
doubt.  These ideas are the diametric opposition to scientific patterns and rules.  We
could use the ideas you pose, though, to help explain some of the characters'
motivations.  For example, Blanche is trapped by her own genetic background in being a
belle from the "old South."  This crushes her because she is incapable of being able to
adapt to how the new South functions.  Stella's environment has had profound effects on
her character in that she has become more pragmatic and practical concerning life and
how it is led.  Finally, I would say that Stanley is a product of his circumstance, a
setting where white men find themselves having considerable more power than others
around them.  It is this power that enables him to rape Blanche and not endure social
repudiation for his actions.  In this light, we can apply principles found in Naturalism
to Williams' work.  Yet, I think that there might be some challenges in trying to assert
that Streetcar is a naturalist work.

What causes the permeability of a sediment deposit to decrease as it is buried deeply and turned into a sedimentary rock?

The permeability of a sedimentary deposit is due to the
small spaces between the particles that make up the deposit. These pores allow water to
pass through the deposit.

As the deposits are buried under
layers of deposits and the pressure on the layers lying right at the bottom increases,
the particles are forced to come closer and the spaces between them decrease. An
increase in pressure also leads to several transformations in terms of the physical and
chemical properties of the particles. Many chemical reactions start to take place that
increase the temperature and lead to a release of minerals that act like cement and help
unite the small particulate matter. In many cases biological factors also play a part in
the formation of sedimentary rocks.

Can somebody give me quotes relating to the themes of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights?Please provide quotes that pertain to the themes of Passion...

There are many examples of thematic quotes in Emily
Brontë's Wuthering
Heights.

Passion and
Love: in Chapter Nine, Catherine is speaking to Nellie of her feelings
for Heathcliff, and why she cannot marry him. She also speaks to her
lack of love for Edgar Linton.

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'I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton
than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there [Hindley] had not brought
Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it. It would degrade me to marry
Heathcliff now; so he shall never know I love him: and that, not because he's handsome,
Nelly, but he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are
the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from
fire.'

Cruelty
(also in Chapter Nine):

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[Hindley] entered, vociferating oaths dreadful
to hear; and caught me in the act of stowing his son away in the kitchen cupboard...and
the poor thing remained perfectly quiet wherever I chose to put
him.

'There I'e found it out at last!' cried Hindley,
pulling me back by the skin of my neck, like a dog. 'By heaven and hell, you've sworn
between you to murder that child!...But with the help of Satan, I shall make you swallow
the carving-knife...I want to kill some of you: I shall have no rest until I
do!...

'...I see that hideous little villain is not
Hareton: I beg your pardon, Nell. If it be, he deserves flaying alive for not running to
welcome me, for screaming as if I were a goblin...Kiss me, Hareton! Damn thee, kiss me!
By God, as if I would rear such a monster! As sure as I'm living, I'll break the brat's
neck.'

Poor Hareton was squalling and kicking his father's
arms with all his might, and redoubled his yells when he carried him up-stairs and
lifted him over the
bannister...

Hindley actually
drops the child inadvertently, but Heathcliff, providentially, just happens into the
spot below—unaware of the difficulty—until a child falls into his
arms.

Class
Conflict:

In Chapter Three, after Mr.
Earnshaw has died, Hindley has become the "lord" of the manner, returning with his wife.
He is cruel to both his sister Catherine, and his "foster brother"
Heathcliff.

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'Poor Heathcliff! Hindley calls him a vagabond,
and won't let him sit with us, nor eat with us any more; and, he says, he and I must not
play together, and threatens to turn him out of the house if we break his orders. He has
been blaming our father (how dare he?) For treating H. too liberally; and swears he will
reduce him to his right
place—'

Supernatural:
in Chapter Thirty-Four, reports of seeing Heathcliff's ghost, and "a woman," abound in
the area where he lived and died.

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But the country folk, if you ask them, would
swear on the Bible that he walks: there are those who speak to having met him near the
church, and on the moor, and even within this house...that old man by the kitchen fire
affirms he has seen two on 'em looking out of his chamber window on every rainy night
since his death...

...I encountered a little boy with sheep
and two lambs before him; he was crying terribly; ...'What's the matter, my little man?'
I asked.

'There's Heathcliff and a woman yonder, under t'
nab,' he blubbered, 'un' I darnut pass 'em.'

I saw
nothing...

The quotations
provided are what actually represent the themes you have identified: passion and love,
cruelty, class conflict and the supernatural. There are, of course others—such as
"revenge" and "nature," but these provide a well-rounded glimpse of the story's
plot.

In Of Mice and Men, why does George want to do all the talking with the boss of the ranch himself?Section two. arrival at the ranch

In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men,
the main characters are George and Lennie.  We know that they have lived
together most of their adult life and that George is basically Lennie's caretaker even
more so than just being his friend. The reason for this is because Lennie has cognitive
problems that affect his social skills. He has a strength that he cannot control which
has led to the accidental death of some animals. Lennie also has a tendency to speak out
of place, say unintelligent things, basically betraying the fact that he is not very
smart.

Therefore, when George spoke on Lennie's behalf he
was desperately trying to ensure that Lennie would not speak and give away the fact that
he was different, with a simple enough mind, and that he wouldn't be hired for that
reason. Plus, they would also judge George by association.

How does the narrator's attitude change toward her dead sister in "The Leap"?

Are you referring to the baby that the narrator's mother
lost when she had her accident in the circus? Of course, the narrator never actually
knows this "sister," and the baby dies we are told when her mother is taken to hospital
and she hemorrrhaged, and she is kept in bed for a month and a half before giving birth
to the stillborn baby. Although the narrator interestingly says that she never thought
of this child as a sister, she still acknowledges that she used to go to where her dead
half-sister was buried just to sit:

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Sometimes I used to walk there just to sit. She
was a girl, but i rarely thought of her as a sister or even as a separate person really.
I suppose you could call it the egocentrism of a child, of all young children, but I
considered her a less finished version of
myself.

Clearly, the grave of
her dead sister is important to her, however, as the narrator imagines that "the statue
is growing more sharply etched, as if, instead of weathering itself into a porous mass,
it is hardening on the hillside with each snowfall, perfecting
itself.

The narrator feels therefore a strong attachment to
her sister, which seems to only grown and become more important as the years go by,
instead of just fading away as perhaps you might expect.

How does the housing market affect the economy? (I want lots of material)I know a lot, so don't take time to explain anything unless you yourself...

To look at things from somewhat of the opposite
perspective, other than the loss of construction jobs, if you have a booming housing
market, some of the following happen:

• The first
  is that people generally feel that the equity in their home is increasing, making them
  more comfortable with the idea of home equity loans to pay for various things they don't
  have the cash for.


• People also feel like they don't have
  to worry about tomorrow since tomorrow their house will be worth more, so if things
  really go south, they can sell and be ok.  This generally leads to decreased saving and
  again, increased spending.


• The other thing about the
  housing market is that if it appears to be consistently going up (particularly at the
  rates which it appeared to be increasing) the increase in speculation in terms of
  looking at housing as an investment.

All of
these things can also simply help drive money to go around the economy faster, and if
you read up on your economic theory, faster circulating dollars in a way have a similar
effect to there actually being more dollars circulating around.  This has  all kinds of
interesting effects, among them some positive and some negative, but all you have to do
to find all kinds of great and interesting (and at times frightening) examples is read
up on your recent economic history.

What are three factors that hindered food production in Australia?Chapter 15

The answer to this can be found roughly halfway through
Chapter 15, pages 308-9 in my copy of the book.

Diamond
argues that there are three reasons why food production was very difficult in
Australia.  The first of these reasons was the lack of native mammals that could be
domesticated.  Australia lacked these because it had been cut off from the rest of the
world and had only developed marsupials, most of which were killed off when humans came
to Australia.

The second reason is that Australia has
infertile soils and bad climate.  Diamond says that the El Nino weather patterns make
farming in Australia very difficult even now.

Finally,
Diamond argues that there were very few domesticable plants in Australia.  The only one
that modern agriculture has been able to use is the macadamia nut.  Only two of the top
56 wild grass species in the world are from
Australia.

These three factors combined to mean that food
production would be very difficult to accomplish in Australia.  Therefore, Australian
humans remained as hunter-gatherers.

What are some solutions for food security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) so that prices can go down?

First of all, please note that food security is not always
the best way to get lower prices.  Trying to grow enough food in the Gulf Cooperation
Council countries (mostly small countries, all with lots of desert) to maintain food
security could actually lead to higher prices because imports will often be cheaper than
food grown with the help of huge government
programs.

Nonetheless, if you are assuming that it is
important to grow more food in the GCC countries themselves, then the most important
step that could be taken would be to have the governments help with irrigation
projects.  Water is one of the most precious commodities in these countries and there is
a growing demand for water as large cities grow.  Governments need to decide who will
get the water, then need to help get water to farmers if the farmers are going to be
able to grow more crops.

In The Canterbury Tales, does the Wife of Bath wear a sexy attire?

It has always been said that the most interesting tale
within The Canterbury Tales is the connecting tale that starts with
"The Prologue" and continues with the various altercations that go on between the
various characters on the pilgrimage that we are introduced to. They would certainly be
some travelling companions! We are introduced to the Wife of Bath in "The Prologue" and
it becomes evident that she definitely does not dress the way that other women do. Her
character of course manifests itself in her Tale, but we are given a little indication
of what her tale is going to be like when we are introduced to her and her, yes,
particularly risqué attire. Consider how she is
presented:

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Her stockings were of finest scarlet
red,

Very tightly laced; shoes pliable and
new.

Bold was her face, and handsome; florid,
too.

The fact that she was
"so skilled a clothmaker" and wore "handkerchiefs of the finest weave" automatically
distinguishes her. However, her red stockings clearly mark her out as wanting to attract
the attention of other men. Her five husbands that she has worked her way through are
testament that she is not reluctant to put herself forward, and we discover that one of
her motivations for going on this pilgrimage is to find another
husband.

Why was the city of Ember created in the book entitled The City of Ember?Nothing - I just need the answers please.

The city of Ember was created in the aftermath of an
apocalypse, presumably a nuclear war. The war had rendered conditions on the face of the
earth unlivable, so Ember was built far beneath the ground to allow survivors of the war
to continue to thrive. Ember is the sole refuge remaining for the human race. Because it
is located so far beneath the earth's surface, it is completely dark, and it is
sustained by a complicated and ingenious system run by electricity. At the time of the
story, over two-hundred years after the Ember's inception, the city is threatened
because it appears that the electrical system is about to give out. If it fails
completely, the city will be plunged back into complete
darkness.

Ember was not intended to last forever. Its
creators had estimated that, after a certain amount of time, conditions on the earth
would improve to where it would be able to sustain life once again. These founders had
written instructions as to how the people could escape from Ember when that time came,
and the instructions had been placed in a box which was to have been passed down from
mayor to mayor of the city. Unfortunately, after a number of years, the box had been
lost, and ultimately forgotten. Now that the electricity system is threatened, the
people are stuck in the doomed city with no way of escape.

Prove the identity cotx*sinx=cosx/(cos^2x+sin^2x)

We have to prove that cot x*sin x = cos x /((cos x)^2 +
(sin x)^2)

Now we know that (cos x)^2 + (sin x)^2 =
1

Also, cot x = cos x / sin
x

So cot x*sin x = (cos x / sin x)* sin x = cos
x

cos x /((cos x)^2 + (sin x)^2) = cos x /1 = cos
x

Therefore both the sides are equal to cos
x.

We prove that cot x*sin x = cos x /((cos
x)^2 + (sin x)^2).

How can I write a internal monologue from the perspective of Captain Torres in the short story, "Just Lather, That's All," by Hernando Tellz?

If I were to write a monologue from Captain Torres'
perspective in Hernando Teliz's short story, "Just Lather, That's All," I believe I
would familiarize myself with what a monologue is, and then begin by studying the
barber's monologue.

Dr. L. Kip Wheeler
writes:

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MONOLOGUE: An interior monologue does not
necessarily represent spoken words, but rather the internal or emotional thoughts or
feelings of an
individual

With this in mind,
it is understood that your monologue will be similar to the barber's in that it will be
an internal "discussion" that Torres has with himself. However, the barber's monologue
deals with his dilemma of killing an enemy or stopping the chain of violence—refusing to
be like the vicious and violent Captain Torres. Torres' monologue will be totally
different.

If I were completing this assignment, I would
reread the story, making notes or highlighting characteristics and attitude of Torres. I
would try to find a logical place to insert his monologue which is very important based
on the story's conclusion. Torres expected the barber to kill him,
and still he sat in the man's chair, eyes closed and throat
exposed.

This information is well worth noting. Torres is a
murderer; he is violent beyond belief. He is also very brave or extremely overconfident.
These things bear consideration if your monologue is to be
believable.

I would probably begin by thinking of the
success he has just experienced with the band of rebels he has captured. Perhaps he
wonders what he will do with them, or wonders if he will receive a promotion...or if he
should worry about an uprising. Perhaps he is also tired. He might wish for something
cold to drink and a shady, quiet spot. At some point, he might notice the barber's
shaking hands and wonder what kind of man the barber is, beyond his profession. Perhaps
he would wonder about the kinds of things he hears or is told while shaving customers.
The knowledge that he knows about the threat the barber poses and still sits in his
chair would have to come at the very end in order for the story to still surprise the
reader.

If you study the characteristics of Torres and stay
focused on a realistic depiction of the man, you should do fine. Let the story guide you
in this respect.

Good luck!!

I'm trying to understand how (X2 -6x + _) fills as (X2 -6x + 9), also, how (2 + 9 + 1/4 + 9/4) is somehow (X-3)2+ (Y +1/2)2+ (Z - 3/2) and =...

This process is called solve by completing the square. All
you need to to is rewrite the equation so you will create a complete square that you can
write as one term.

For
example:

We have the
equation:

x^2 + 2x + 7 = 0

We
need to rewrite as a completer square.

You will use (x^2 +
2x) and complete the square.

Then you will need to add the
coefficient of x /2 which is2/2 = 1

You will also need to
add 1 to the left side so the equality remains the
same.

Then we will add 1
:

==> x^2 + 2x + 1 + 7 = 
1

==> Now we can write the first three terms as a
completer square.

==> (x+1)^2 + 7 =
1

Now we will subtract 1 from both
sides.

==> (x+1)^2 + 6 =
0

Then we conclude that:

x^2 +
2x +7 = (x+1)^2 + 6

Now we will try and solve the examples
yoy provided.

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

First we will group terms with the same
letter.

==> (x^2 -6x) + (y^2 +y) + (z^2 -3z) -2=
0

Now we will complete the square for each
term

For (x^2 -6x) we will add (6/2)^2 = 3^2 = 9  to both
sides.

For (y^2 +y) we will add (1/2)^2 = 1/4  to both
sides

For (z^2 -3z) we will add (3/2)^2 = 9/4 to both
sides.

==> (x^2 - 6x +9) + (y^2+y +1/4) + (z^2 - 3z
+ 9/4) -2 = 9 + 1/4 + 9/4

==> Now we will rewrite as
a complete squares.

==> (x-3)^2 + (y+1/2)^2 +
(z-3/2)^2  -2 = 9+ 10/4

==> (x-3)^2 + (y+1/2)62 +
(x-3/2)^2  = 9 + 10/4 + 2

==> (x-3)^2
+ (y+1/2)^2 + (x -3/2)^2 =  54/4 = 27/2