Simplify the fraction [(a+i)^3-(a-i)^3]/[(a+i)^2-(a-i)^2]

We'll re-write the difference of cubes from
numerator:

(a+i)^3-(a-i)^3 = (a + i - a + i)[(a+i)^2 +
(a+i)(a-i) + (a-i)^2]

We'll combine and eliminate like
terms:

(a+i)^3-(a-i)^3 = (2 i)(a^2 + 2ai + i^2 + a^2 - i^2
+ a^2 - 2ai + i^2)

(a+i)^3-(a-i)^3 = (2 i)(3a^2 +
i^2)

(a+i)^3-(a-i)^3 = (2 i)(3a^2
-1)

We'll re-write the difference of squares from
numerator:

[(a+i)^2-(a-i)^2] = (a + i - a + i)(a + i + a -
i)

We'll combine and eliminate like
terms:

[(a+i)^2-(a-i)^2] =
2i*2a

We'll re-write the
fraction:

 (2 i)(3a^2 -1)/2i*2a = (3a^2
-1)/2a

3a^2 -1  = (a*sqrt3 - 1)(a*sqrt3 +
1)

[(a+i)^3-(a-i)^3]/[(a+i)^2-(a-i)^2] =
[(a*sqrt3 - 1)(a*sqrt3 + 1)]/2a

given f(x)=2x-6 and g(x)=9x^2-7x-4. Find (f*g)(-6).

In order to find the value of the composition of 2
functions, in our case f and g, we have to follow the
steps:

Step 1: First, we have to find out the expression of
the composition of the 2 functions:

(f*g)(x) =
f(g(x))

To find f(g(x)) we have to substitute x by g(x) in
the expression of f(x):

f(g(x)) =
2*(g(x))-6

Now, we'll substitute g(x) by it's
expression:

2*g(x)-6 = 2*(9x^2-7x-4) -
6

We'll open the
brackets:

2*(9x^2-7x-4) - 6 = 2*9x^2 - 2*7x - 2*4 -
6

f(g(x)) = 18x^2 - 14x  -
14

Step 2:

Now, we'll
calculate the value (f*g)(-6), substituting x from the expression of (f*g)(x), by
(-6).

(f*g)(-6) = 18(-6)^2 - 14(-6)  -
14

(f*g)(-6) = 648 + 84 -
14

(f*g)(-6) =
718

What is the change in internal energy and work to be done in the following case:1. A gas expands when 849 J of energy is added to it by heat. The ...

According to the law of conservation of energy the total
energy in a system is constant. Any work done to introduce energy into the system
increases the potential energy of the system and any work done in a process that expels
energy out of the system decreases the internal energy in the
system.

1. Here we have 849 J of energy added to the gas in
the form of heat. This makes the gas expand and it does 702 J of work on its
surroundings. The change in the internal energy is the difference 849 - 702 = 147
J

The internal energy of the gas increases by 147
J

2. When the gas does work equal to 890.6 J, the same
amount of energy must be added to it, else there will be a fall in the internal
energy.

To keep the internal energy at the end of the
process the same as the internal energy at the start of the process 890.6 J of energy
has to be added.

What does Scout think of current fashions in education?

Scout certainly had a big letdown after attending her
first day of school in To Kill a Mockingbird. Although Miss
Caroline is fresh out of college, she seems to have few social skills when dealing with
her students. Scout stood up for Walter Cunningham Jr. when Miss Caroline
unintentionally offends him. The students didn't understand the "imaginative literature"
of Mrs. Cat and the drugstore, and Miss Caroline didn't bother to explain it. Miss
Caroline made Scout feel as if she had committed a crime by learning to read before the
first grade. When punished later by a ruler-spanking of her hands, Scout found Miss
Caroline's action more amusing than academic.

Jem does not
help matters. He tells Scout to be patient about the new teaching method being initiated
by Miss Caroline. "'It's the Dewey Decimal System,'" Jem tell Scout, who "never
questioned Jem's pronouncements." However, Jem was also confused: Miss Caroline's new
teaching style was based on the educational reformer John Dewey (1859-1952)--not the
library system of organizing founded by Melvil Dewey. 

In "Young Goodman Brown," what statement does Hawthorne make about facing fears?I have to write an essay on whether the characters do or do not...

Of course, when we think about fears in this excellent
short story, the biggest fear that Young Goodman Brown faces is the way that his
experience or dream or vision presents his youthful and innocent wife Faith as being
involved with the Devil in the same way that all the other good and holy people of his
village are involved with him. However, what will be of interest to you is how Goodman
Brown reacts to facing his fear. The story is very careful to maintain the ambiguity of
what Goodman Brown sees in the woods, and we are unsure whether it is a dream or not.
However, what is clear is the way in which Goodman Brown is transformed by his
experiences in the woods for the rest of his life, and not for the better. He seems
unable to face and accept his fear of the way his dream shows the inherent evil that is
present in everyone, even his wife, Faith. Note what the text says about his
transformation in the final paragraph of this story:

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A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a
distrustful, if not a desperate man did he become from the night of that fearful
dream... And when he had lived long, and was brone to his grave a hoary corpse, followed
by Faith, an aged woman, and children and grandchildren, a goodly procession, besides
beighours not a few, they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his dying hour
was gloom.

So, whilst Goodman
Brown is shown to witness his fear, the way in which he faces it and stands up to it has
to be questioned. We might conclude that he lets this fear dominate him and the rest of
his life, sucking all joy out of his existence and transforming him into a serious, grim
and joyless individual.

I need help figuring out this quote from a Shakespeare book of quotations I got for Christmas: "A French song and a fiddle has no fellow."

This quote is from Act I, scene iii of Henry
VIII.  Here's your quote, in the context of the
scene:

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CHAMBERLAIN
.
. .Now I would pray our monsieurs
To think an English courtier may be
wise,
And never see the
Louvre.

LOVELL
They
must either,
For so run the conditions, leave those remnants
Of fool
and feather that they got in France. . .
And understand again like honest men.
.
..

CHAMBERLAIN
What
a loss our ladies
Will have of these trim
vanities!

LOVELL
Ay,
marry,
There will be woe indeed, lords; the sly whoresons
Have got a
speeding trick to lay down ladies.
A French song and a
fiddle has no
fellow.

SANDYS
The
devil fiddle 'em! I am glad they are going,
For, sure, there's no converting
of 'em.

This exchange is in
reference to a "proclamation" that English courtiers reform their French-i-fied ways and
begin to behave like honest Englishmen, unsullied by the debauched ways of the French. 
The "French song and a fiddle" is reference to the smooth moves that the right music and
atmosphere can produce for seducing a lady.  This is why Lovell, above, refers to use of
these two things as a "speeding" or successful "trick."

The
English and French, during Shakespeare's day, enjoyed a rivalry of culture.  Shakespeare
is making fun of how focused on silly entertainments and seducing women the English
young men who travel to France become.

For more on this
play, please follow the links below.

What did Hitler think of the Jews?

Basically, Adolf Hitler hated the Jews with a passion. To
him they were not even human. Hitler had a dream of an Aryan nation and Jews were not a
part of this nation. He believed in racial purity. He wanted to kill off "life unworthy
of life."

He thought that Jews would do nothing more but
drag the country down. During this time, Germany was economically unstable. They were
experiencing an economic Depression. He promised the Germans that he would save them
from this economic Depression, the Treaty of Versailles, communism, and other
undesirable minorities. In his mind, the Jews needed to be
extinguished.

Discuss Keats's and Robert Browning's use of imagery in their poetry. I am interested in Browning's "Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess."

I'll answer concerning the Browning poems you are
interested in, and let another editor compare them to Keats'
imagery.

In "Porphyria's Lover," Browning is addressing the
obsession the outwardly polite and prudish Victorian society had with sensational
stories of horror and depravity.  The themes of sex and violence and madness in this
dramatic monologue speak to this obsession.

Browning turns
the conventional presentation of these issues and themes, however, by making them seem
natural and beautiful.  Porphyria glides (line 6) in amidst the rain and the wind and
shuts out the cold and the storm (line 7).  She builds a fire that warms the cottage
(line 9).  She bares her shoulder (line 17) and lays her hair upon his cheek (line 19). 
These are all images that create beauty and comfort.

At a
poignant (a feeling of specialness) moment, she totally gives herself to her lover, and
he, trying to preserve the moment, strangles her with her own hair, painlessly,
according to the speaker. 

Browning forces readers to
contemplate the relationship between sex and violence and power and complex madness, as
well as beauty. 

Browning uses imagery to a different
effect in "My Last Duchess."  The portrait of his murdered wife may be beautiful, as may
his other works of art, but beauty is not the issue, and isn't what's meaningful to the
Duke.  His wife is now, in the present of the poem, in a perfect state.  She is the
perfect work of art, reflecting back on him.  He kills her because she does not behave
as a work of art.  As a portrait, she does.  The Duke is interested in how works or art
reflect back on him and his 900-year-old name. 

One of the
key images in this dramatic monologue is his wife's countenance, her face, its depth and
passion revealed in her glance as captured in the portrait (lines 7-21).  But the image
isn't important for its beauty, but for how it's interpreted and twisted by the Duke. 
Almost anything could have brought that "spot of joy" to her face, says the Duke.  His
wife had the audacity to be polite when anyone showed her "courtesy," according to the
Duke.  She was "too soon made glad" (line 22). 

The images
that follow, the daylight, cherries, the white mule, all reveal that which might make
his wife smile.  And that is no good. 

The Duke is much
happier now that she is truly a work of art and, therefore, behaves like one.  Now she
smiles only when he pulls back the curtain and allows someone to look at her--someone
like his silent listener. 

What arguments can be made for the statement that "no other subject taught in school is as important as moral science"?

One argument for the primacy of teaching moral science
(ethics) in school is that ethical grounding is necessary for healthy individual and
community life. Those who are ethically grounded suffer fewer personality disorders than
those who are not, and thus are able to contribute a great deal more productivity to
their communities and society. Also, since human societies are constantly changing, we
face new and unexpected ethical dilemmas to which there are no answers yet. One example
of this is the current status of machines like robots that have "artificial
intelligence." It is speculated that if such beings become intelligent enough, they may
be due certain rights and privileges similar to those granted to human beings. Teaching
ethics in schools ensures that community members seriously engage these
questions.

Discuss the ways in which America was both conservative and liberal during the 1920s.

In some ways, the 1920s was a time much like today, one in
which there were conservative and liberal sectors of the United States and something of
a culture war going on between the two.

The cities of the
United States tended to be culturally liberal during this time.  This was seen in the
"Jazz Age" culture of the cities, especially in the new atttitudes towards women's
proper behavior (the flappers) and towards sex.

At the same
time, however, there was a strong conservative backlash, especially in the country. 
This was an era when the KKK grew strong by pushing for a more traditionally "American"
set of values.  It was an anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant group that was very conservative
in its desire to protect a pure "Americanism."

So, much
like today, you had a liberal trend in urban areas opposed to a very conservative,
traditionalist strain of politics, especially in more rural
areas.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what promise/understanding exists between Scout and Dill?

The most important promise or understanding that exists
between Dill and Scout is the fact that they are committed to be engaged
to one another. Dill sort of proposes early in the book with the
innocence of a child and it is understood from that point on that they will be together
eventually even though at this point, they do not even understand
love.

Throughout the text, a few interestingly ironic
events happen that promote this idea. In chapter 14, the two children lie in bed
together talking about where babies come from. At this point, they are likely both too
young to know where they come from. Scout also has many moments throughout the text as a
whole where she thinks fondly of him and misses him like a child misses a friend. Their
relationship grows throughout the text as they age and Jem is interested in increasingly
mature things.

In Macbeth, what does Lady Macbeth's soliloquy reveal about her state of mind?"Nought's had, all's spent, / Where our desire is got without...

Lady Macbeth, in Shakespeare's
Macbeth, echoes an idea also stated by her husband.  They have
power, but they do not safely have power. 

Lady Macbeth
expresses discontent with her situation.  She has fulfilled her desire (Macbeth is
king), but the fulfillment has brought no contentment.  She's figuratively spent
herself, but achieved nothing for her efforts.  Any joy she feels is
contaminated. 

Lady Macbeth would rather be that which they
destroyed (Duncan) than to live with the uneasy power they've achieved.  At least Duncan
has peace. 

In short, Macbeth has shut her out of the
decision-making process and shunned her since the assassination.  He continues to foul
up their cover up by doing things like ordering the killings of Banquo and Fleance. 
Macbeth has become a tyrant and people are beginning to suspect him/them of treachery. 
She has power (or at least Macbeth does, since he's replaced her as adviser with the
witches), but that power is not solidified.  She has no peace, which the dead Duncan
does.

I am doing research on a 20th century British poet, but can find no biographical details. His poem - 'Our Love Now' - is much-anthologized.

Brief biographical information about Lowery can be found
in the following source:

International Who's Who
of Poetry, 2005 edition.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/International-Whos-Poetry-2005-Europa/dp/185743269X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1310137117&sr=8-7#reader_185743269X

He
is identified there as a "College Lecturer and Poet" who was born on 8 July 1961 in
Rochdale, Lancashire, England. He received his B.A. degree in English in 1982, his M.A.
degree in English in 1984, and his Ph.D. in English (from the University of Exeter) in
1990. No current contact information is provided.

Always,
when seeking information of this sort, a good place to begin is www.worldcat.org. Also
useful is a search of google books.

I'm sorry that I can't
provide further information.  Good luck in your search!

What house plants produce the most oxygen?I just moved and want to start my new house plant collection with those plants that produce the most O2...

Basically, due to photosynthesis, all plants release
oxygen into the environment. However, during respiration, they will also use oxygen as
plants are aerobic. That said, while I was unable to locate the best oxygen producers, I
will give a list of hardy plants that are excellent to grow in the home. Begonia, zebra
plant, spider plant, ficus, philodendron, orchids are all excellent plants to grow in
the home. Any succulents that you find in your local gardening store are also quite easy
to propagate. Remember, pot size is a factor as you don't want your plants pot-bound,
adequate light, temperatures between 60-80 degrees Fahrenheit and specialized houseplant
soil which contains the proper nutrients.

What are the important things/points of the Victorian age/period ?as an outine or summary ..

Part
2:

Karl Marx brought the concept of
socialism to London in 1870, and Germany was a threat in the political sector. It was a
time of rapid changes in social and economic sectors that had no parallel in earlier
history.

"The
pace and depth of such developments, while they fostered a mood of nationalist pride and
optimism about future progress, also produced social stress, turbulence, and widespread
anxiety about the ability of the nation and the individual to cope, socially,
politically, and psychologically, with the cumulative problems of the age.” -
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M. H.
Abrams.

Because of the
invention of steam and steel, industrial revolution occurred, which led to the growth of
urbanization, production of great wealth for the expanding middle class, massive
poverty, and deterioration of rural England. Besides, a huge conflict occurred
especially because of Darwin's evolution theory between science and religion. Darwin
suggested that humans are actually originated from the apes. This struck the Orthodox,
and moved the faith of people in religion. Besides, the industrial revolution caused
rapid growth of factories, mills, industries, and people began to yield to mammon while
capitalism enveloped spirituality. Human race became calculating and materialistic.
Science brought new inventions and these inventions, while doing well to humans, was
making them more mechanized. They were more interested in business than religion, were
busy in working and making money.

This chaotic state
especially the conflict between science and religion is wonderfully depicted in the
poems of those poets who were extremely worried because of the conflict; Matthew Arnold
is one of those. Poets like Arnold of nineteenth century started to hold a very
pessimistic view about the Victorian crisis, and in almost all his poems including
Dover Beach, The Scholar
Gypsy, he seems to express only a negative attitude toward his
contemporary age. But we see a quite dissimilar attitude in the poems of his most
renowned contemporary, Alfred Lord Tennyson. Unlike Arnold, he expressed a compromising
attitude to his age and its intricate problems. Tennyson, we find, in his
Ulysses, The Lotos Eaters,
The Charge of the Light Brigade, holds such a sort of view
which is supposed to find a middle ground. He is neither too melancholic like Arnold nor
too optimistic like Robert Browning, another contemporary, in terms of the tone, mood
and theme of his poetry. He tries to portray in his poems a real and clear picture of
the problems of contemporary age in an implicit way, and then shows positivity or a ray
of hope at the end of almost all his poems. In fact the poem 'The Charge of the Light
Brigade', which is based upon the Crimean War, describes the marvelous courage of the
British soldiers and pays homage to them.

More or less, one
thing is common among almost all the poets of the Victorian era (1837-1901); they have
dealt with the Victorian crisis.

In lines 110-115 of the poem "Snowbound"(Whittier), what details help you imagine the isolated quality of farm life in the 19th...

To answer this, you need to look at the words and try to
think which of these words convey loneliness -- which of them would make you think that
the people feeling these things are completely cut off from other
people.

We can see this quality of farm life in how well
the people had come to know the brook.  To them, the sound of the brook had been a
companion.  It had become so familiar to them that it came to seem almost
human.

Think about this -- what must your life be like if
you think of a brook as your friend, if you think it's almost human.  That would
indicate to me that you are really cut off from other people and do not have any actual
people to be your companions.

What was the framers' opinion on who should be selected for the highest offices of leadership?

If you go by what is actually in the Constitution, the
Framers did not have any clear opinions as to who should be selected for the highest
government offices.  They set out very few qualifications for the holding of
office.

Clearly, the framers assumed that only white men
would be elected to high office.  There are no provisions in the Constitution protecting
the voting rights of non-whites or women.

The framers
believed that only people who were in some way truly connected to their constituents
should be able to hold office.  People elected to Congress had to live in the state they
represented and had to have been American citizens for either 7 or 9 years.  The
President had to be born an American.  So clearly, the Framers did not want outsiders
running for office.

Other than that, the only thing that
you can clearly see in the Constitution is that the Framers believed that the higher
offices ought to be held only by people who were relatively mature.  This is why,
presumably, there is an age limit on each house of Congress and one for the President
(25, 30 and 35 for the House, Senate, and Presidency,
respectively).

Most of the Framers assumed that only rich
and educated men would run for the highest offices, but this was not put in the
Constitution.  They probably assumed that only Christians would run, but they explicitly
said that there could be no religious test for office holding.

What is the common point of the line AB and the first bisector if A(2,2) and B(1,3)?

We'll have to determine the intercepting point of the line
AB and the line that represents the first bisectrix. For this reason, we'll have to
solve the system formed from the equations of the line and the
bisectrix.

The equation of the 1st bisectrix is y =
x.

We'll have to determine the equation of the line
AB.

We'll apply the
formula;

(xB - xA)/(x - xA) = (yB - yA)/(y -
yA)

(1 - 2)/(x - 2) = (3 - 2)/(y -
2)

-1/(x - 2) = 1/(y - 2)

-y +
2 = x - 2

We'll subtract 2 both
sides:

-y = x - 4

y = -x +
4

The system that has to be solved is formed from the
equations:

y = x (1)

y = -x +
4 (2)

We'll put (1) = (2):

x =
-x + 4

We'll add x both
sides:

2x = 4

We'll divide by
2:

x = 2

y =
2

We notice that the intercepting point is
the point A(2 , 2).

Whom does Steinbeck feel is noble in The Grapes of Wrath?

Writing in and about a time period where there is little
in way of social solidarity, I think that Steinbeck holds a great deal of nobility for
those who advocate what should be instead of what is.  Tom Joad and Jim Casy would be
amongst these individuals.  At a time where individuals were more concerned about their
own self interest, Steinbeck provides a literary hue or enlightened state to Casy and
Tom Joad.  When Joad speaks of the idea of connection between all individuals, one can
detect Steinbeck's nobility transferred to such words:  “Well, maybe like Casy says, a
fella ain’t got a soul of his own, but on’y a piece of a big one—an’then—"  The lines
that follow stress the fundamental precept of the novel in that there is a sensitivity
to human suffering that transcends condition and specific context.  This is something
that appeals to Steinbeck and something he sees as quite noble, which is why Joad leaves
his family to join a larger community and carries out the words of Casy in stressing
that social solidarity and collective notions of the good are universal and timeless
qualities, the personification of nobility.

What does "Third World" mean?

The term "Third World" is somewhat out of date now for at
least a couple of reasons.  However, it is generally used to refer to countries that are
very poor and underdeveolped.

The term was first used back
in the Cold War.  At that time, it referred to countries that were not part of the First
World (the rich, capitalist/democratic world) or the Second World (the poorer communist
world).  The rest of the world was all lumped together under the term "Third
World."

From there, the term gradually evolved to refer to
those countries that were poor and underdeveloped.  Social scientists are somewhat
reluctant to use the term today because it seems judgemental.  The more common term for
what used to be called the Third World is "developing world."

In the Gospel of Matthew and Luke. What is significant similarity and how they diferent?

Matthew and Luke are two of the three synoptic gospels;
that is they are very similar to each other and also the Gospel of Mark. John's Gospel,
has an entirely different description of the life and teachings of Jesus. Both Matthew
and Luke contain stories of the birth of Christ; however Matthew describes the Magi
searching for the King of the Jews; whereas Luke describes the announcement by the
Angels to the Shepherds. Matthew's Gospel is written to the Jews, and makes frequent
references to the Old Testament, to show that Jesus was the promised Messiah, the son of
Judah. Luke's gospel was written for the poor; and contains more stories involving the
poor and women than any of the other Gospels. The miracles, Sermon on the Mount, and
stories of the Crucifixion are very similar. although Luke is the only one who describes
Jesus speaking to the women mourning at the foot of the cross..

What is the limit of the function sin x/squareroot(x^2+1), x->+infinite?

We cannot calculate the limit of sine function if
x-> +infinite.

We'll calculate the function based on
the property of product of 2 functions, if the limit of one function is 0 and the other
function is bordered.

By definition, the sine function is
limited by the values -1 and 1.

|sin
x|=<1

Now, we'll calculate the limit of the fraction
1/sqrt(x^2+1):

lim 1/sqrt(x^2+1) = 1/infinite =
0

We'll write the given function as the product of 2
functions:

lim [1/sqrt(x^2+1)]*(sin x) = 0,
if x->infinite

In the film, Pursuit of Happyness, discuss the theme of belonging, Will Smith wants to belong to world of wealth and Wall Street.

The theme of belonging presented is an interesting one. 
Consider what Linda Chavez said about the film:  "...this film provides the perfect
antidote to Wall Street and other Hollywood diatribes depicting the world of finance as
filled with nothing but greed."  Indeed, I think there are definite desires to belong to
an economically successful state of being in the world.  His internship at Dean Witter,
a Wall Street caliber business, is noteworthy.  He does not apply to work at a school or
at an institution that is primarily concerned with social transformation.  Instead, he
is committed to a business driven end and he wishes to belong to it.  However, if one
accepts the mythology of the American Dream to which the film itself strives to belong,
the ultimate notion of belonging exists between Gardener and his son.  There is a hope
of belonging in which father and son hope to be together despite the financial
challenges and besiege them.  I think that there is a theme of emotional belonging as
well as the financial or professional notion that is present in the film, provided one
accepts its presence in the film.

Please give an example of dialogue peculiarity of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party?

Harold Pinter uses silence, stream of consciousness, empty
repetition and confusion in his dialogues. He does this to mirror the unreliability of
language and truth. This goes for truth in general. He would say that what is true for
someone may be false for another. This also illustrates how conversational language can
be confusing. In everyday language, there are pauses, incomplete sentences and
unfinished thoughts. Pinter tries to capture this not only to be realistic but also to
show how language can psychologically represent ideas and
feelings.

For example, in The Birthday
Party, repetition is a work when Meg serves Petey corn
flakes:

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Meg. Are they
nice?

Petey. Very
nice.

Meg. I thought they’d be
nice.

They carry on friendly
conversation but it is empty. There is no need to repeatedly confirm that the corn
flakes are nice. They’re just corn flakes. This reflects the emptiness of their lives
and their relationship. “Nice” is repeated in each line. There is no substance to this.
It is empty speech like answering “How are you” with an obligatory and automatic “Good,
how are you?” The speech is just ritual repetition. Neither of them cares about the corn
flakes. Meg particularly seems to always speak
absent-mindedly.

McCann uses repetition to symbolize his
own problem with what he and Goldberg must do with
Stanley:

Let’s
finish and go. Let’s get it over and go. Get the thing done. Let’s finish the bloody
thing. Let’s get the thing done and
go!

There is also the scene
where Goldberg and McCann harangue Stanley with an endless series of advice, most of
which are clichés. “You’ll be a success.” “You’ll be a mensch.” They are mocking
Stanley, psychologically playing with his mind. Just as Meg and Petey did not care about
the corn flakes, McCann and Goldberg do not intend to help Stanley “get better.” Meg and
Petey were in denial. But McCann and Goldberg are engaged in psychological mind
games.

Stanley appears to be stuck in the boarding house.
It is comforting but somewhat of a prison. This paradox is paralleled by Goldberg and
McCann’s intentions. We can’t ever really say for sure if they intend to hurt or help
Stanley. Are they hit-men or avant-garde therapists? Pinter shows how language can
prevent rather than facilitate meaning.

On the other hand,
the rising intensity and increasing confusion might symbolize Stanley's rising anxiety.
Conversely, when the dialogue is simple and slow, Stanley is calm. If this is the case,
then Pinter is showing how language is unreliable in the words themselves but can
occasionally communicate through intensity and emotion.

Describe how organizational culture impacts on business success. travel and tourism

Organizational culture greatly impacts business success,
particularly in the industries of travel and tourism.

When
any organization shares a specific mission and vision based on a common goal, each
member of the organization becomes compelled to become a part of the process of bringing
success of the organization.

When individuals feel
motivated to share a common goal, they are more likely to influence each other and they
also bring their differences together to a common ground. Any cultural, ethnic,
political, religious and idiosyncratic difference will be welcome into a  healthy
organizational culture because each individual is considered as an essential part of the
goal. In the industries of traveling and tourism a good organizational culture will
produce great media, propaganda, media relations and much more because of the great
networking that often comes as a part of a healthy organizational
culture.

What does "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring" mean in "O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman?I know what a keel...

You are completely right in focusing on the way in which
this poem compares and contrasts the victory of the people with the death of their
leader. This is the big contrast that drives the poem. However to focus on the quote you
have selected, Whitman imagines a naval force returning to their home country, having
been successful in battle and conquering their enemy. Thus it is that in the first
stanza we have a description of the ship:

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The port is near, the bells I hear, the people
all exulting, 
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and
daring;

Note how the scene is
created: the ship is near port and the people are all celebrating and exulting. They are
all watching the "steady keel" of the boat, that is described as "grim and daring"
because of its exploits in warfare. Thus this description helps to support the idea of
the victory celebration, as the people are recgonising how brave and daring the boat,
and by implication, the soldiers have been in going out and fighting and coming back
victorious. Note how immediately after this statement of victory the contrast is brought
in with reference to the dead Captain.

What have been three of the most important factors that have fueled globalization in recent decades?

1. The fact that United States has become a consumer
nation, rather than one that manufactures has also contributed to globalization. 
When President Clinton gave more support to the North American Trade Agreement, the
textile industry, founded in the South, virtually ended in America and opened trade with
several countries, including Vietnam, Nepal, and such.

2.
The lower prices for which products can be bought from other countries strongly
contributes to global trade, also.  Certainly, after President Nixon opened trade with
China, the consumption of products less expensive thab in the U.S.
began.

3. Another factor that immensely contributed to the
increase in globalization is the ease with which trade can be conducted now.  After the
cancelling of the gold standard in the U.S. in 1971, money was printed and it flowed
overseas to pay debts.  This ease of transfer of money certainly expedited trade, etc.
Nowadays, electronic transfers of money have replaced slower methods.  Transaction among
countries are much easier, also, since the Euro has been accepted
as currency in the continent of Europe.  With a common unit of money, the value of
products can easily be ascertained, so that countries can quickly make judgments
regarding trade and business. Access to the value of the yen, or
other units of money can be completed with ease. as well.

What are some quotes from chapters 1 and 3 that have to do with George and Lennie's relaitionship in John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men.If...

As the exposition of Of Mice and Men,
Chapter I introduces the reader to the dynamics of the relationship of Lennie Small and
George Milton. Clearly, George is in charge of situations and is the decision maker. 
For instance, he scolds Lennie about drinking out of the green pool that may not be
fresh. Also, he chides Lennie for hiding a mouse in his pocket, and
cautions,

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"O.K. now when we go in to see the boss, what
you gonna do?"

"I....I," Lennie thought.  His face grew
tight with thought.  "I...ain't gonna say nothin'.  Jus' gonna stan'
there."

"O.K.," said George.  "An' you ain't gonna do no
bad things like you done in Weed,
neither."

Here George refers
to an incident to which he later alludes.  As they gather willow sticks for a fire,
Lennie declares, "I like beans with ketchup."  George, tense from having to walk so far
from where the bus has stopped, explodes, "Well, we ain't got any."  After having had to
scold Lennie for catching another mouse, George is tense and speaks sharply to
Lennie,

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"...Whatever we ain't got, that's what you
want.  God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy.  I could go get a job an'work,
an' no trouble.  No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my
fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want....I could eat any place .....Get a
gallon of whisky....An; whatta I got, " George went on furiously. "I got you!  you can't
keep a job and you lose me ever'job I get.  Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country
all the time....An' that ain't the worst.  You get in trouble.  you do bad things and I
got to get you out."

George
makes his voice high-pitched as he repeats Lennie's words, "Jus-wanted to feel that
girl's dress.  But, when he looks at Lennie's pitifully anguished face, George is
ashamed.  Then Lennie tells George that he can go off somewhere.   When George asks him
where he would go, Lennie says,

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"Some place I'd find a cave....An' if I foun' a
mouse, I could keep it.  Nobody'd take it away from
me."

George looks
inquisitively and guiltily at Lennie, "I been mean, ain't
I?" 

Like an older brother and a younger one who argue,
George and Lennie settle their little differences as the childlike Lennie requests that
George recite the mantra of their dream.  Afterwards, George cautions
Lennie,

"...if
you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right
here and hide in the
brush."

This older/younger
brother-like relationship is displayed in Chapter III, as with a fraternal pride George
boasts that Lennie can do anything that he is told:  "He can't think of nothing to do
himself, but he sure can take orders." When Slim remarks that it is odd that "a cuckoo"
like Lennie travels with George, George defends Lennie, as a big brother would:  "He
ain't no cuckoo,...he's dumb as hell, but he ain't crazy.  I ain't so bright
neither...."  He then explains to Slim that he has promised Lennie's aunt to care for
him.  George explains to Slim that he used to tease Lennie, but he stopped because once
he almost killed Lennie by telling him to jump into the
water.

Summing up the relationship, George points to its
value in a time when men are disfranchised,

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I ain't got not people...I seen the guys that go
around on the ranches alone. After a long time they get mean.  They get wantin' to fight
all the time."

"'Course Lennie 's a ...nuisance most of the
time..But you get used to going' around with a guy an'
you

Express the perimeter P of a square as a function of the area.

We need write the area of a square as a function of the
perimeter.

Let us write the equation of the
perimeter.

Let the side of a square be
x.

Then the perimeter P =
4x.

==> x = P/4

Now we
will write the equation of the area.

==> A =
x^2

Now we will substitute with
(1).

==> A = (P/4)^2 = p^2
/16

==> A(p) = p^2/
16.

What was the significance of the Townshend duties?

The taxes that were imposed by the Townshend Acts of 1767
were important because they helped to reignite anger in the colonies against
England.

Just the year before, Parliament had repealed the
Stamp Tax after heated protests from the colonies.  In 1767, however, Charles Townshend
decided to impose new taxes.  These new taxes, which were import duties on things like
glass, paper, and tea, made the colonists angry all over again.  In response, the Sons
of Liberty reorganized, new boycotts were called, and tax collectors were assaulted
again (as they had been over the Stamp Tax).

By imposing
these taxes, Townshend made the eventual revolution more likely besides making the
colonists angry all over again.

if you were Romeo or Juliet, would you pursue a relationship with the other? explain

Keeping in mind that I am no longer young and am hopefully
less controlled by hormones than people their age, no, I would not pursue a relationship
with the other once I found out who the other was.

When you
have only seen someone for one evening, you have not committed to them for your whole
life.  You can surely get over them pretty easily.  So when the two of them found out
they were from enemy families, they should have realized that it was not going to work
out.  They should have known it would cause more problems than it was worth.  They could
not have been so in love that they could not live with anyone
else...

In Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," to what brotherhood did Fortunato ask Montressor if he belonged, and how did Montressor prove his membership?

The Brotherhood is the Masons or Freemasons, a powerful
secret brotherhood that still exists.  Fortunado  asks Fortunado if he is a Freemason. 
When asked if he is in the Masons, he replies with a gesture the narrator considers rude
because he is not in the Masons and does not understand it.  Although it does not
specify what the grotesque movement is, it seems to be some kind of sign.  Fortunado
does not believe that the narrator is actually a
Mason.

  “You
are not of the masons.”

“Yes, yes,” I said; “yes,
yes.”

“You? Impossible! A
mason?”

“A mason,” I
replied.

“A sign,” he said, “a
sign.”

“It is this,” I answered, producing from beneath the
folds of my roquelaire a
trowel.

Fortunado
does not take the narrator seriously.  They leave it at that, and continue.  This is a
sign that the narrator has some evil plans however.  Why else would he bring a trowel? 
Fortunado does not realize the significance of the trowel.  Its presences, and the
discussion of the Masons, foreshadows Fortunado’s untimely end.  The narrator uses the
trowel to brick him up in the crypt.

Describe several events from Ethan Frome that demonstrate the positive and negative aspects of the lack of communication.For example: Ethan gets...

The lack of communication is a major motif in the novel.
Wharton explores it in terms of both literal physical communication and the more subtle
aspects of emotional communication between and among the characters. The severe winter
storms break communication among those of Starkfield and the outlying rural areas;
people are isolated by geography and nature. When the primary characters are in each
other's physical presence, however, they often talk without really communicating. Truth
remains buried or unspoken; many conversations exist on two levels simultaneously--what
is said and what is truly felt.  One major theme developed in the novel is that
isolation and loneliness, very destructive forces, result when people cannot communicate
in meaningful ways, for whatever reason. As a result, it is difficult to find in the
novel any positive aspects of the lack of communication.

In
regard to the examples you have cited, the only positive results that might have accrued
from them is that they served to temporarily avoid pain or conflict, to postpone it for
a while. So long as the truth remained unspoken, life could continue without major
emotional disruption. This, however, did not solve problems or eliminate the emotional
conflicts that boiled under the surface. By avoiding their expression, they were
deepened and magnified, leading directly to the novel's tragic conclusion. Had the
characters communicated their feelings and thus acknowledged the truth, a "happy ending"
might not have resulted in their lives, but the horrendous misery their lives became
might have been avoided.

Finally, when Ethan raised the
subject about Mattie's leaving them, he did so in the context of Mattie's possibly
getting married. It was his way of dealing with that painful thought. Perhaps he wanted
to hear her say that she would never marry, meaning that she would never leave him, even
though he had no right to ask her to make that sacrifice.

What is happening to Macbeth's sense of mortality in Act 3 of Macbeth?

Macbeth examines his own mortality much more in Act 5 of
Shakespeare's Macbeth than he does in Act 3.  That's when his wife
dies and when he discovers the witches have been manipulating him.  He knows he's going
to die at that point.

In Act 3, I suppose, he indirectly
speaks of mortality when he exclaims, after the appearance of Banquo's ghost, that there
was a time when you could kill a man and the man would stay dead.  I suppose mortality
doesn't seem so permanent to Macbeth at this point. 

We
don't see much of Macbeth's view of mortality here, however, because he deflects the
trouble he's in and changes his focus to Macduff.  He employs what today we would call
defense mechanisms.  Lady Macbeth seems to realize his fit in the presence of the thanes
signals their failure, but Macbeth just directs his attention to Macduff.  He is
persistent and he is a survivor. 

He does seem to be more
at ease with killing others, however, in Act 3.  He orders the deaths of Banquo and his
child, Fleance, with much more ease than he kills Duncan in Act 2.  The value of life
seems to have lessoned for Macbeth.

Find the equation using the points (2,3) and (5,8)

The equation of the line that passing through 2 given
points is:

(x2 - x1)/(x - x1) = (y2 - y1)/(y -
y1)

We'll identify x1 = 2, x2 = 5, y1 = 3 , y2 =
8.

We'll substitute them into the
formula:

(5 - 2)/(x - 2) = (8 - 3)/(y -
3)

3/(x - 2) = 5/(y - 3)

We'll
cross multiply:

5(x - 2) = 3(y -
3)

We'll remove the
brackets:

5x - 10 = 3y -
9

We'll add 9 both sides:

3y =
5x - 10 + 9

3y = 5x - 1

We'll
divide by 3:

y = 5x/3 -
1/3

The equation of the line that passing
through the points (2,3) and (5,8) is:

y = 5x/3 -
1/3

What are some characteristics of the modernist movement and who are its major representatives?

The modernist movement developed in the first half of the
twentieth century, influenced by the impact of Freud's psychonanalysis and the shock of
the carnage of the First World War. T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf
are usually cited as the major British modernists, while William Carlos Williams,
Hernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and John Dos Passos are considered American examples
of the movement.

As with all the labels that we apply to
literary movements, Modernism includes a wide variety of texts and tendencies. The
movement was far from homogeneous. However, a few common element also emerge such as the
importance of the human unconscious, a sense of fragmentation both in society and within
man's psyche, a constant effort to experiment with and innovate narrative techniques.
Modernism thus rejects linear, logical developments and the conventional chronological
expostion of events in favor of more complex structures that can better reproduce the
depths of the unconscious. One of the literary techniques that some modernists authors
adopted to this end was the stream of consciousness which strives to record the
apparently inconsequential flow of associations passing through a chacter's
mind.

According to 1984, what does "empirical" mean??1984>Book 2> Chapter 9> Book of the Brotherhood>Chapter 3:WAR IS PEACE

The definition of this word is hard to understand given
the context in which you mention it.  The word refers to a scientific way of thinking
that is based on evidence rather than on simply believing what others tell you.  So you
might say that someone with an "empirical habit of thought" (as the book says) is
someone who likes to experiment and find the truth for themselves based on the evidence
they find.

You can see where this would not happen much in
what the book calls a "strictly regimented society."  In a society like the one where
Winston lives, people are not supposed to think for themselves and find evidence for
themselves.  Instead, they are simply supposed to believe what the Party tells them, no
matter if there is evidence to support it or not.

So, the
word empirical in this context refers to a way of thinking that demands proof and
evidence before it will believe in something.

Who was the father of Portia?

Portia Catonis (70 BC-43 BC), usually known simply as
Portia, was the second wife of Marcus Junius Brutus, the friend and assassin of Julius
Caesar. Portia was the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis and his wife, Atilia.
Portia's suicide is also well known, supposedly as a result of swallowing live, burning
coals. Before her marriage to Brutus, she wed an ally of her father, Marcus Calpurnius
Bibulus. They had a son, Lucius Calpurnius Bibulus, but there is some doubt that Portia
actually gave birth to him, since she would have been between the ages of 11 and
17.

What is "willing suspension of belief"? How does having a willing suspension of belief help Mrs. Murry?

I think you mean the "willing suspension of disbelief".
The romantic poet Colleridge came up with the phrase to explain how a reader can engage
with a text even if the events or themes are not strictly realistic. The reader is
encouraged to overlook the plausibility of events and just appreciate the story outside
of reality. So, happily leave off what you know to be
true.

As a scientist, this would allow Mrs Murray to be
open to ideas that current science might not have answers for. She would be more willing
to entertain the idea of a tesseract, for example.

Discuss how Keats' "Ode On A Grecian Urn" reflects his concern for the longing of the permanent in a world of change.

It is important to note how the Grecian urn that Keats
contemplates acts symbolically in the poem. Throughout, it is regarded as a symbol of
eternity or what is beyond time. Note how the speaker addresses the urn at the beginning
of the poem:

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Thou still unravished bride of
quietness,

Thou foster child of silence and slow
time,

Sylvan historian, who canst thus
express

A flowery tale more sweetly than our
rhyme...

It is worth
analysing these images carefully to see how the urn operates in the poem. It is compared
by a metaphor to an "unravished bride of quietness," indicating the way that, although
it is so ancient, it is still pure and unsullied by the corrupting influence of time. It
is described as a "foster child" of "slow time" and a "Sylvan historian." Clearly what
the speaker admires and is seduced by is the way that it represents the eternal through
the way that it has not been damaged by time and how it preserves
history.

After the descriptions of the pictures of the urn,
the final stanza cements the importance of it to the mind of the
reaader:

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Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of
thought

As doth eternity: Cold
Pastoral!

When old age shall this generation
waste,

Thou shalt remain, in midst of other
woe

Than ours, a friend to
man...

I love the phrase
"dost tease us out of thought / As doth eternity." It is as if viewing the urn is
contemplating eternity, which in turn leads to peace or sadness as that causes us to
think about the brevity of our lives. Thus ironically, the contemplation of the urn or
of art can lead to an experience of the timeless or and at the same time the ephemeral
nature of our own earthly existence. The poem can be thus said to have a bittersweet
tone as these two contrary reactions are balanced together. Thus the longing for the
permanent is expressed alongside the sombre recognition of our transient
state.

In "Ulysses," who will rule the island when Ulysses retires?

It is important to realise that Tennyson is using the
Odyssey by Homer to write this poem. Ulysses is the Latin name for
Odysseus, one of the Greek heroes who fought in the Trojan War and was actually
responsible through his cunning and guile for conquering Troy and ending the conflict
through his idea of the Trojan Horse. Homer's Odyssey tells the
tale of the return of Odysseus back to his beloved wife and son, to take up his rightful
rule of Ithaca once more. However, in this poem, Ulysses is now imagined as an old king,
desiring one last adventure before his ultimate death. It is clear if you read the poem
carefully that Ulysses plans to leave the kingdom in the safe and capable hands of his
son, Telemachus. Note what Ulysses says:

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This is my son, mine own
Telemachus,

To whom I leave the sceptre and the
isle,--

Well-loved of me, discerning to
fulfill

This labour, by slow prudence to make
mild

A rugged people, and through soft
degrees

Subdue them to the useful and the
good.

Ulysses thus presents
his son to the population of Ithaca as a worthy replacement, as a man who will work hard
at his job of ruling them and will patiently maintain stability and encounter every
problem that could arise.

I need a "catchy" title for my science fair project: Do white candles burn faster than colored candles?

Combustion, or burning is an exothermic chemical reaction,
resulting in the production of light or heat or both. The reactants include a fuel and
oxidant. In this case, the problem that you are exploring is if color
affects the rate of combustion? This problem could serve as a title that
immediately points out what direction your experiment is going to take. Will a white or
a colored candle burn at a different rate? Obviously, the composition of each candle may
vary in terms of whatever additive is in the colored candle; this additive will not be
present in the white candle. This would be a variable that could result in a different
rate of combustion. Good luck with you experiment/project!

Why does Jessica run away and steal from Shylock in The Merchant of Venice?

It is clear that Shylock kept Jessica effectively locked
up. Note how he tells her in Act II scene 5 to "fast bind, fast bind" the house in his
absence. Clearly, life with Shylock could not be pleasant bearing in mind his character
and nature. Jessica herself describes life with her father as a "hell" in Act II scene 3
and Launcelot is quick to find an alternative employer. However, we see that in Act II
scene 6 she leaves her father's house to elope with her love, Lorenzo. She makes clear
her plan in Act II scene 3 when she says:

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O Lorenzo,

If thou
keep promise, I shall end this strife,

Become a Christian
and thy loving
wife.

Interestingly,
Jessica's robbing of her father's wealth seems to find its mirror in the wealth that
Bassanio gains when he "wins" Portia. Marriage is shown to not just be an affair of the
heart in this play: it is also a business deal as well, with a woman bringing wealth to
the husband. Certainly Bassanio, in spite of all his comments of love, would not have
been so interested in Portia if she was not "richly left" by her father. Lorenzo profits
greatly because of his union with Jessica, and Shakespeare, by having Jessica rob her
father, makes the mercantile element of marriage clear in this play that is so much
about money.

What are three qualities that best highlight General Zorrof's personality?

It is easy to dismiss him as creepy.  General Zorrof is
ambitious, civilized and intelligent.  He is ambitious because he wants to be the best. 
Hunting is so important to him that he had to choose the most difficult game, man. 
Although he has hunted all over the world, he became so good at it that he needed to
find more challenging prey.

Zorrof is also civilized. 
Although he kills human beings, he considers himself civil.  He lives like a gentleman
and behaves like one even while hunting.  He is careful in his speech and mannerisms. 
He follows rules while hunting, and is not just murdering
people.

Finally, Zorrof is intelligent.  He has figured out
how to hunt human beings, realizing that they will offer him a challenge.  His island is
set up specifically to entrap people.  When he does entrap Rainsford, he is able to hunt
him even though Rainsford eventually wins.

Discuss the use of humor in Pride and Prejudice.

It is generally known that Jane Austen uses humor in a
subtle (yet effective) way in her writings.  Humor is infused into the story through the
actions of specific characters whose traits are quite salient from the rest. These
characters are often obnoxious (Mr. Collins, Mrs. Bennet, Mary), “full of themselves”
(Miss Bingley, Mrs. Hurst, Darcy, Lady Catherine, and Mr. Collins), or foolish (Lydia,
Charlotte, Sir Lucas).

These secondary characters’ traits
often clash with the main character, creating with their actions a remarkable contrast
that results in humor. A good example of this would be the visit of Mr. Collins to the
Bennet household.  After the reader witnesses his mannerisms and his fixation with Lady
Catherine De Bourgh, his aristocratic patroness, it is evident that Mr. Collins and the
main character, Elizabeth, are complete opposites. When he then proposes marriage to
Elizabeth, the weirdness of it all creates a very funny situation in which both
characters end up in a very awkward conversation. The result was that Elizabeth rejected
Collins, and his ego was hurt tremendously.

Therefore, Jane
Austen does not openly break from the flow of the narrative to create a funny situation.
Instead, she presents specific characters whose behaviors are curious, interesting, and
funny. It is through their actions that humor occurs in the
story.

What kind of equation is z^4-3z^2+2=0 ?

This equation is called biquadratic equation and it is
easy to solve.

This equation is reduced to a quadratic
equation when doing the substitution z^2 = x.

We'll
re-write the equation in x:

x^2 - 3x + 2 =
0

We'll apply quadratic
formula:

x1 = [3+
sqrt(9-8)]/2

x1 = (3+1)/2

x1 =
2

x2 = (3-1)/2

x2 =
1

But, we'll have to find
z1,z2,z3,z4.

z^2 = x1

z^2 =
2

z1 = sqrt 2 and z2 = -sqrt
2

z^2 = x2

z^2 =
1

z3 = -1 and z4 =
1

The solutions of the biquadratic equation
are: {-sqrt2 ; -1 ; 1 ; sqrt2}.

Show how spying is important in the play Hamlet.

Spying is a recurring event in the play that brings about
the death of Polonius as well as the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. In Act 2,
sc. 1, Polonius even has his son spied upon when he tells Reynaldo spy on his son,
Laertes.  Later, in Act 3, sc. 1, both Polonius and Claudius spy on Hamlet during his
"To be or not to be..." speech.   Act 3, sc. 4, Polonius again decides to spy on Hamlet
in Gertrude's room.  He wants to find out why Hamlet has been acting they he's been
acting and he hides behind the arras.  Hamlet, in his anger with his mother over
Claudius' actions and her possible involvement, realizes someone is behind the tapestry
and stabs it, killing Polonius.  When Hamlet is sent to England, he manages to get the
letter that Claudius has sent with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and by employing his spy
techniques (opening the letter, rewriting it, resealing it), he changes the order in it
to save himself and have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern put to
death.

Identify any five literacy devices in chapters 1,2 and 3 of The Catcher in the Rye.

In The Catcher in the Rye, the
following five literary devices are prevalent in Holden's narration.  In sum, they
contribute to the humor and alienation in his voice and comment on the disillusionment
of his episodic misadventure in post-war America:

A.
Anaphora: (repetition at beginning of sentence) : “It
rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his
stomach.”

B. Metaphor: “Or
you’d just passed by one of those puddles in the street with gasoline rainbows in
them.”

C. Alliteration: “crazy
cannon”; “we can smoke till they start screaming at us.”

D.
Verbal Irony (sarcasm, understatement,
overstatement): "It’s really ironical, because I’m six foot two and a
half and I have gray hair.”

E.
Hyperbole: “The one side of my head—the right side—is full
of millions of gray hairs.”

P.S.
Actually, hyperbole is an example of verbal irony, as it
is overstatement, but I think it still counts...

Please can you give me a summary of "Thank You, M'am"?

The story is set in a poor neighbourhood in an American
city. As the action opens, Roger, a thin teenage boy, tries to steal the bag of Mrs.
Jones, but fails. Mrs. Jones drags Roger to her house, talking to him all the while and
not giving him an opportunity to get away. Once inside the house, she lets him wash
himself, gives him a good meal and talks to him about his actions and what he did. Then,
when Roger tells her that he was trying to rob her so that he cold get some money for
some "blue suede shoes," she gives him some money and tells him to buy some for him,
sending him on his way before he is able to say "thank you" for her
kindness.

It is clear if you look at the conversation
carefully that Roger is a very poor child from a neglected household. He is described as
"frail and willow-wild" and he himself says that there is nobody at his "home" to care
for him and look after him. Thus the act of Mrs. Jones is one of incredible kindness and
understanding. She empathises with Roger and his position, saying, "I was young once and
I wanted things I could not get," and yet also shows tremendous sensitivity to Roger's
position:

The
woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else
that would embarrass him. Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job in a hotel
beauty shop that stayed open
late...

Her act of self-less
generosity in looking after Roger and teaching him a valuable life-lesson rather than
taking him to jail as so many others would have done, challenges us in terms of how we
deal with those less fortunate than ourselves, and also ensures that we, like Roger,
will never forget the character of "Mrs. Luella Bates Washington
Jones."

"A guilty conscience never feels secure"~Plubius Syrus: What is the meaning of this quote?

"A guilty conscience never feels secure" by Publius Syrus
is a maxim that is true of many characters in literature. One such example is Fyodor
Dostovesky's novel, Crime and Punishment in which a young student
named Raskolnikov murders an old woman money lender who lives above him to prove his
theory that extraordinary men are above the law since in their brillance they "think new
thoughts" and, thus, contribute to society.  He determines to prove his theory by
murdering a cynical old pawnbroker and her sister.  However, he does not consider his
conscience in his equation.

After Raskolnikov kills the old
woman, he reads the newspaper the next day--nothing is in it about a murder on his
street.  Still, he is watchful, attentive to any prolonged glance at himself or any
policeman passing by.  Days pass without incident, and this pattern continues until one
day, he can stand it no longer.  Raskolniknov's comes into contact with his conscience,
and he is made wretched by his guilt.  He begins to believe that the police officer in
charge of the murder watches him.  Raskolnikov becomes paranoic, imagining that the
officer suspects him.  And, the more Raskolnikov intellectualizes, the more imprisoned
he becomes.  When the officer does notice that Raskolnikov is acting strangely, the
sergeant then follows him and eventually arrests
him.

Constant worry that he would be found out is actually
what has caught Raslkolnikov because he begins to act oddly from his imaginings that the
sergeant suspects him.

In Shakespeare's
Hamlet, for instance, the same is true.  Claudius, who has murdered
Hamlet's father, the king, assumes the throne and marries Hamlet's mother.  But, because
Hamlet begins to act strangely, Claudius worries that he will be found out as one of the
murderers.  He devises various plans to rid himself of Hamlet, whom he suspects knows
much about him.  His final plan fails, however, and he himself is killed along with his
victims.

Find the equation of the line perpendicular to y=x and passing at a distance 3sqrt2 from (4,1).

The equation of the line perpendicular to y = x is y = -x+
constant  or x+y+k = 0....(1)

If ax+by+c = 0 is any line ,
then its distance d from a point (x1,y1) is given by:

d =
(ax1+by1+c)|/(a^2+b^2).

Therefore if the the point (4,1)
and the line x+y+k are at distance of 3sqrt2,
then:

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

3*2^(1/2) =
(5+k)/2^(1/2).

3* 2(1/2)*2^(1/2) =
5+k.

3*2 = 5+k.

k = 6-5 =
1.

So we substitute k = in (1) and get : x+y+1 =
0

Therefore the required equation of the line
is x+y+1 = 0.

Remember that a function is a rule that assigns to each element in the domain one and only one element in the range. If f(x) = 8x+4, find the...

In other words, we'll have to determine what is the x
value that whose correspondent y value, through the given expression of the function, is
1.6.

We know that f(x) = y, where the rule that assigns to
x a y value is f(x) = 8x+4.

8x + 4 =
1.6

We'll subtract 4 both sides, in order to isolate x to
the left side:

8x = 1.6 - 4

8x
= -2.4

Now, we'll divide by 8 both
sides:

x = -2.4/8

x = -0.3 or
x = -3/10

Since the value of x that makes y
to be 1.6 is denoted as a, then a = -0.3.

In Romeo and Juliet, when Tybalt and Mercutio first begin arguing, what does Benvolio try to get them to do?

In Act III scene i, which charts the fight between Tybalt
and Mercutio and Mercutio's unfortunate demise, it is clear that from the very first
entrance of the Capulets, Benvolio plays the role of peacemaker. His main speech comes
before Romeo enters and Mercutio and Tybalt have begun to insult each
other:

We
talk here in the public haunt of men.

Either withdraw unto
some private place,

Or reason coldly of your
grievances,

Or else depart. Here all eyes gaze on
us.

Note how his speech
attempts to diffuse the explosive situation by reminding both parties of the public gaze
upon them all. Given this audience, it makes sense to withdraw to "some private place"
or to speak rationally and reasonably to each other about the "grievances" that exist
between them.

Thus Benvolio plays the role of rational
observer, trying to stop the potential explosion from breaking out and limiting the
damage.

Which perspective in psychology, either historical or current, makes the most sense and why?

Psychology is the study of mental function and behavior.
This is my opinion but I would say that the most effective perspective in psychology
would be multi-faceted. This perspective would include neurological, historical, social
and cultural data. Such a perspective could also be augmented by studies in
anthropology, physiology and the humanities.

Two examples
of psychological
schools:

Behaviorism is
efficient in its description of all events and behavior in terms of physiology and
stimulus response, but it does not account for the complexity of
consciousness.

Cognitive
psychology attempted to include neurology and philosophy of mind (which
drew on computer science) to make up for the behaviorists lack of ability to describe
behavior, like language acquisition, which was not completely determined by learned
response to stimuli.

I think the most effective perspective
is the biopsychosocial approach because it acknowledges the
biological, psychological and social influences on the psyche. This approach is
interdisciplinary which means it relies on multiple disciplines to form a theory of
thought because all these aspects (biology, psychology and social studies) impact an
individual’s (or a group’s) mental configuration. This approach also acknowledges he
mind-body connection (the internal/external
connection).

The
biopsychosocial approach makes the most sense because it
accounts for all the things that affect and influence mental function and
behavior.

Why does Creon give Antigone a chance to claim she wasn't aware of his proclamation? Does Creon have some doubts about the justice of his action?

When Antigone is brought before Creon to account for her
crime of burying her brother contrary to Creon's decree, Creon asks her: "Did you know
it had been announced not to do this?"

As you suggest,
Creon may have had some lingering doubts about the correctness of his decree.  In fact,
near the end of the play, his doubt is shown because he is persuaded by the seer
Teresias, and by his own royal council to free Antigone from her prison.  This is partly
because Creon fears the punishments that Teresias prophesies for him; it is also,
however, because Creon begins to see the correctness of Antigone's position that one
must always obey the divine requirement to bury the dead.  As Creon
says:

I bound
her and I will go and release her,
for I fear that it is best to keep

the established laws as long as one
lives.

Please can you give an analysis of "Church Going" by Philip Larkin.

This is an incredibly important poem from the works of
Philip Larkin, the famous English poet. One of his hobbies was visiting old churches in
the countryside of Britain of which there are many, but interestingly he was a devout
atheist. In this poem he talks about the possible future of churches and also comments
on the kind of need that they fulfil even for the cynics like
himself.

The poem starts with the speaker entering the
church he is visiting once he is sure "there is nothing going on." He finds the
"unignorable silence" of the church to impact him, and he takes of his bicycle-clips as
a sign of "awkward reverence." As he looks around the church and then leaves, he
reflects that the place "was not worth stopping for." However, in the third stanza, he
addresses this dilemma talking about why he did stop:

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Yet stop I did: in fact I often
do,

And always end much at a loss like
this,

Wondering what to look for; wondering,
too,

When churches will fall completely out of
use...

Larkin thus addresses
the paradox that causes him to keep stopping and visiting churches, and then begins to
consider the future of religion and churches in England, which he saw as being phased
out by changes in culture. To his mind, church was becoming "A shape less recognisable
each week/A purpose more obscure." However, in spite of these musings about the
extinction of churches and the fact that Larkin views this church as an "accoutred
frowsty barn," it nevertheless pleases him to "stand in silence here." This leads us to
the final stanza, where he talks about the way that religion and churches will always
have a role in the future:

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A serious house on serious earth it
is,

In whose blent air all our compulsions
meet,

Are recognised, and robed as
destinies.

And that much never can be
obsolete,

Since someone will forever be
surprising

A hunger in himself to be more
serious,

And gravitating with it to this
ground,

Which, he once heard, was proper to grow wise
in,

If only that so many dead lie
round.

Thus, according to
Larkin, churches will always have some kind of role, because all of our "compulsions"
meet together in this "serious house on a serious earth." Churches satisfy the
unexplainable "hunger in ourselves to be more serious," that comes to all of us, even
the most hardened atheist such as Larkin. This "hunger" leads us to places like
churches, which were "proper to grow wise in." It is typical of Larkin that he ends the
poem with an ironically humorous note, suggesting that churches are only good to "grow
wise in" because of the dead that there are there.

Finally
it is important to note the multi-layered meaning of the title. "Church going" is about
going to churches and visiting them at one level, but also it is talking about the
passing of churches from culture and this present time, considering their extinction and
what possible uses they will be put to in the future. This is a great poem so I hope you
enjoy it!

What is the theme of the poem "The Little Dancers" by Robert Laurence Binyon?

The theme to "The Little Dancers" might be that
each person can make their own happiness, no matter what their circumstances.
In the poem, the two children are standing in an alley, at night, outside of
a tavern. Binyon sets a very lonely tone in the first lines: "Lonely, save for a few
faint stars, the sky/ Dreams; and lonely, below, the little street/ into its gloom
retires, secluded and shy." The only light that shines on the children is from the high
windows of the tavern. This makes us question why these children would be out in an
alley at night. The answer might be that their father, mother or both parents are in the
tavern. It seems they are too young to understand that this is wrong, as they "dance
sedately...Their eyes shining, grave with a perfect
pleasure."

Further, we can tell that they are poor by their
clothing, which is described as "tattered frocks." Going along with the idea described
above, their parents might be spending their money - the money that could be used on new
clothing for the children - on drink. This would help explain that the children are used
to this activity and that they are making their own fun, as described
above.

If a:b= 5:6 and b:c= 3:7, what is the value of (3c+2a):a? Express your answer as a common fraction.

Given a:b = 5: 6 and b:c =
3:7.

We have to find the value of
(3c+2a):a.

Solution:

We
rewrite fractions as below:

a/b = 5/6. So a =
5b/6

b/c = 3/7. So  b = =
3c/7.

Therefore  a = 5b/6 = (5/6)(3c/7) =
5c/7.

Thus we expressed a = 5c/7 and  b = 3c/7 in terms of
c.

Thererore (3c+2a):a = {3c+2*5c/7}:(5c/7) . We multiply
both terms on the right side by 7.

=> (3c+2a):a =
7(3c+2*5c/7): (5c)

=> (3c+2a):a = (21c+10c):
5c

=> (3c+2a):a = (31c):5c. We divide the terms on
the right by c.

=> (3c+2a):a = 31:5. Or (3x+2a)/a =
31/5 .

So (3c+2a)/a =
31/5.

Why does Athena end the epic with unanswered questions?This is in book 24, The Odyssey by homer, Translated by Robert Fitzgerald.

I have looked at three different versions of Homer's
The Odyssey, Book 24, and have found questions by Athena (Athene)
to her father Zeus, but they are not unanswered, at the end of the book. Fitzgerald's
translation is not available on line that I can find, but the three translations I have
read tell the same tale.

Athena's questions are, based on
www.ellopos.net, are as follows:

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Now Athene spake to Zeus, the son of Cronos,
saying: 'O Father, our father Cronides, throned in the highest, answer and tell me what
is now the hidden counsel of thy heart? Wilt thou yet further rouse up evil war and the
terrible din of battle, or art thou minded to set them at one again in
friendship?'

In essence,
perhaps Athena is looking for her father's guidance, approval, or both. He is, after
all, father to all of the gods, and to mankind itself (according to Greek mythology).
Perhaps she also realizes that at this point of Odysseus' very long journey home from
the Trojan War, that Zeus' help might be necessary to guarantee that Odysseus' trials
finally come to an end.

Zeus responds to his daughter,
reminding her that she has been leading the affairs of Odysseus,
guiding him and interceding for him for all these years. Zeus does
offer advice that the "better" way to end the fighting that is threatened by the family
members of the unwelcome suitors Odysseus killed is try to make get both sides to form a
covenant (promise) to bring harmony between them so that Odysseus may reign in peace for
the remainder of his days.

Athena does
assist Odysseus in reaching this goal, while also minimizing further
bloodshed.

Why do you think Shakespeare gives Caesar so few lines and so little stage time, even during the scene in which he appears in Julius Caesar?

Julius Caesar simply isn't a main character in
Shakespeare's Julus Caesar.  Brutus is the tragic figure of the
play, and the central conflict is between Brutus and Antony.  Caesar is simply the focal
point of the conflict between Brutus and Antony.

Actually,
in fact, Caesar's assassination is the focal point, not even Caesar
himself.

Also, the question of whether or not Caesar would
have become a tyrant if crowned emperor must remain ambiguous, or up in the air. 
Shakespeare was probably limited in how much he could reveal about Caesar.  The
reader/viewer must not have a definite idea about Caesar's future.  If Caesar is
characterized as either definetely a tyrant, or definitely not a tyrant, a clear villain
emerges.  If he is definitely tyrant material, Brutus and the conspirators do the moral
and necessary thing by assassinating him, and Antony is a clear villain.  But if
Caesar is definitely not tyrant material, then Brutus is clearly evil and ignoble
(instead of noble) and clearly a villain. 

In other words,
if Caesar is thoroughly characterized the play is not a tragedy and Brutus is not a
tragic figure.  Caesar has to be a little realized figure for the play to work as it
does.

Find the points on the graph of y= 1/3 x^3 - 5x - 4/x at which the tangent is horizontal.

Given the curve y= (1/3)x^3 - 5x -
4/x

We need to find the horizontal tangent line to the
curve y.

==> The equation of the line
is:

y-y1 = m(x-x1) where m is the
slope.

But we know that the horizontal line has a slope of
zero.

==> y= y1 ( y1 is the point of tendency ( 0,
y1)

Now we will differentiate the curve
y.

==> y' = x^2 - 5 +
4/x^2

Now we will find the point of tendency where the
slope is zero.

==> x^2 - 5 + 4/x^2 =
0

==> We will multiply by
x^2

==> x^4 - 5x^2 + 4 =
0

Now we will
factor.

==> (x^2 -4)(x^2 -1) =
0

==> (x-2)(x+2)(x-1)(x+1) =
0

Then the point where the curve has tangent line
are:

x1= 2 ==> y1= 8/3 - 10 - 2 =
-28/3

x2= -2  ==> y2 = -8/3 +10 +2 =
28/3

x3= 1==> y3= 1/3 -5 -4 =
-26/3

x4= -1 ==> y4 = -1/3 + 5 +4 =
26/3

Then the points where the tangents are
horizontal are:

(2,-28/3) ,
(-2, 28/3), (1, -26/3) , and (-1, 26/3)

Write the fraction (3x-2)/(x-3)(x+1) as partial fractions.

We'll decompose the rational function in partial
quotients:

(3x-2)/(x-3)(x+1) = A/(x-3) +
B/(x+1)

We'll calculate LCD of the 2 ratios from the right
side.

The LCD is the same with the denominator from the
left side.

LCD =
(x-3)(x+1)

We'll multiply both sides by (x-3)(x+1) and the
expression will become:

(3x-2) = A(x+1) +
B(x-3)

We'll remove the
brackets:

3x - 2 = Ax + A + Bx -
3B

We'll combine like terms form the right
side:

3x - 2 = x(A+B) +
(A-3B)

We'll compare and we'll
get:

3 = A+B

-2 = A -
3B

We'll use the symmetric
property:

A+B = 3 (1)

A - 3B =
-2 (2)

We'll multiply (1) by
3:

3A+3B = 9 (3)

We'll add (3)
to (2):

3A+3B+A - 3B =
9-2

We'll eliminate like
terms:

4A = 7

We'll divide by
4:

A = 7/4

We'll substitute A
in (1):

A+B = 3

7/4 + B =
3

We'll subtract 7/4 both
sides:

B = 3 - 7/4 => B = (12-7)/4 => B =
5/4

The fraction (3x-2)/(x-3)(x+1) = 7/4(x-3)
+ 5/4(x+1), where 7/4(x-3) and 5/4(x+1) are partial
fractions.

Write a note on the description of hell in Milton's Paradise Lost.

Milton's Paradise Lost is filled with
very imagery in all of its many books, but Milton's descriptions of hell are especially
vivid, and keep in line with our general understanding of hell as being a place of fire
and punishment.

In Book 1, Milton describes what happened
to the fallen angels who dared to challenge God in Heaven.  He states that the angels
were all

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hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky /
With hideous ruin and combustion down / To bottomless perdition, there to dwell / In
adamantine chains and penal fire ... his (Satan's) horrid crew / Lay vanquished, rolling
in the fiery gulf.

This first
description of hell is very clearly a place of terror and torment.  The rebel Angels
were thrown from the beautiful sky of heaven down to an unending hell of damnation. 
There they are suffering in the fires that they cannot escape
from. 

From there, the descriptions goes on to reinforce
the above mentioned description.  Hell is described as
a

dismal
situation waste and wild / A dungeon horrible, on all sides round / As one great furnace
flamed, yet from those flames / No light but rather, darkness
visible. 

This description is
especially interesting in the final image.  Normally we think of fire and picture the
warm lighted glow that is emitted from the flames, but this fire is so intense and
other-worldly no light comes forth.  It is actually darker than seems possible.  It is
in incredibility frightening description.  From there, the description continues with
interesting and powerful word choices and short phrases.  There is a mention of the
"fiery deluge" which suggests a flood of fire -- a flood is usually thought to be
overwhelming and unstoppable.   When Beelzebub tries to rally the angels to be strong in
the midst of this torture he acknowledges the "dreary plain" that is "forlorn and
wild."  He calls it a "seat of desolation" and describes the flames as "livid."  That is
an interesting word choice because the reader might expect "vivid" meaning bright and
lively, but he uses "livid" to draw the connotation of anger and power.  Even though
this hell is an awful and frightening place, Satan wants his followers to "toss off the
fiery waves" and overcome this "dire calamity."  He rallies the other angels to try to
rise from the firey pit they are in and to embrace the idea that even though they are
damned

The
mind is its own place, and in itself / Can make a Heaven of Hell, or a Hell
of Heaven. 

 The angels may
be eternally in this place, but they can still have great influence in the world.  They
can embrace the idea that they are "in charge" of hell and no longer have God in charge
of them.  The rest of Paradise Lost is about how Satan sets about to get his revenge on
God.  As we know from the Bible, he sees his opportunity in the characters of Adam and
Eve in God's Garden of Eden.  As they are brought down by sin, so is all of
humanity.

if you're standing on ice-skates and throw a basketball forward. how your motion after you throw it compares with the motion of the basketball?

To determine your motion when you throw a basketball while
you are standing on ice-skates; we use the principle of conservation of total
momentum.

Let us assume the
following:

your mass: M

the
mass of the ball: Mb

the velocity of the ball when it is
thrown: Vb in the horizontal direction

your velocity:
V

We have assumed that the ball is thrown in a horizontal
direction. The total momentum of the system which includes you and the ball was 0
initially, after you threw the ball it became Vb*Mb -
V*b

So we arrive at Vb*Mb - V*b =
0

=> V = Vb*Mb / M

This
means you are pushed back with a velocity equal to the product of the mass of the ball
and the velocity of the ball divided by your mass.

The ball
is pulled downward by the gravitation force of attraction equal to Mb*g after it is
released. If it was held at a height of d when it was thrown, the time taken by the ball
to strike the ground is sqrt (2*d/g). During this duration the ball has moved in the
horizontal direction by a distance Vb*sqrt (2*d/g).

You
follow a horizontal path after the ball is released, whereas the ball initially follows
a parabolic path downwards. If we take the force of friction to be negligible, you
continue to move in a straight line, and the ball after it strikes the ground starts to
move in a straight horizontal line too.