How many common points have the curve entities?2x-y+1=0 and x^2+x-y+1=0

We notice that the curve entities are a line and a
parabola. We'll re-write their equations:

y = 2x + 1, line
equation

y =x^2 + x + 1, parabola
equation

The common points, which are located on the line
and parabola in the same time, are the intercepting points of the line and
parabola.

So, the y coordinate of the point verify the
equation of the line and the equation of the parabola, in the same
time.

2x+1=x^2+x+1

We'll move
all term to the left side and we'll combine like
terms:

x^2-x=0

We'll factorize
by x:

x*(x-1)=0

We'll put each
factor as
zero:

x=0

x-1=0

We'll
add 1 both
sides:

 x=1

Now,
we'll substitute the value of x in the equation of the line, because it is much more
easier to determine
y.

y=2x+1

x=0

y=2*0+1,
y=1

So the first pair of coordinates of crossing point:
A(0,1) 

x=1

y=2*1+1=3

So
the second pair of coordinates of crossing point:
B(1,3).

So, there are 2 common points and
they are: (0,1) and (1,3).

log(x+1) (x^2+3x-14)=2

Supposing that x + 1 is the base of logarithm, we'll
impose the constraints of existence of logarithms:

x+ 1
>0

x + 1different from
1

x different from
0

x>-1

x^2+3x-14
> 0

x^2+3x-14 = 0

x1 =
[-3+sqrt(9 + 56)]/2

x1 = (-3 +
sqrt65)/2

The range of admissible values of x for the
logarithms to exists, is: ((-3 + sqrt65)/2 ;
+infinitte).

We'll solve the
equation:

x^2+3x-14 =
(x+1)^2

We'll expand the square from the right
side:

x^2+3x-14 = x^2 + 2x +
1

We'll eliminate x^2:

3x-14 =
2x + 1

We'll subtract 2x + 1 both
side:

3x - 2x - 14 - 1 = 0

x -
15 = 0

x =
15

Since the value of x belongs to the
interval of admissible values, we'll accept as solution of the equation x =
15.

What would be a good thesis statement that can be used for "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke?I always seem to get stuck on thesis statements!

I usually encourage my students to pick two or three
closely-related poetic elements on which to focus in a thesis,
like:

1. Speaker, Audience, Tone


2. Metaphor,
   Imagery, and Theme


3. Prosody: Meter and Sound
   Effects

"My Papa's Waltz" presents a quandary
among readers: younger readers fear the father, while older readers see him as
relatively harmless.  Do you see him as an alcoholic child-abuser or a fun-loving,
though rowdy, father?  So, take a position and, using approach #1 or #2 above, support
it with textual support.

I find the poem interesting from a
structural level: the first two lines of each stanza seem to be carefree, but the last
two lines have slight turns to a darker side.  Why does Roethke do this?  Is there a
musical or metrical connection to this approach?

Also, look
what other editors have said about how to analyze the poem.  The TPCSTT method always
leads to a good thesis as well.  Again, only focus on two or three of
these:

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Title: Ponder the
title before reading the poem

Paraphrase:
Translate the poem into your own
words

Connotation: Contemplate
the poem for meaning beyond the literal
level

Attitude: Observe both
the speaker’s and the poet’s attitude
(tone).

Shifts: Note shifts in
speakers and attitudes or
form

Title: Examine the title
again, this time on an interpretive
level

Theme: Determine what
the poet is saying

What are some love and madness' characteristics that Shakespeare explores and their impact on Helena and Demetrius?Are these same characteristics...

A recurrent theme in “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” is love,
and we may say that the magic potion used to anoint the eyes of the characters, may
symbolize it. We see that Puck squeezing the love potion into the wrong characters
provokes confusion or even madness. As a result, everything goes wrong. Lysander stops
loving Hermia and becomes in love with Helena. Titania falls in love with Bottom, who
has been transformed into an ass.
However, the characters in the play see
love differently. For Lysander, “the course of true love never did run smooth” Act1.1
34, meaning that love is too complicated. In fact we easily understand this, as the
woman he loves is forbidden to marry him. Similarly, Helena’s infatuation for Demetrius
just causes unhappiness to her.
Conversely, if we look at the kingdom of the
fairies Oberon, the king, and Titania, the queen, seem to be rather unfaithful, as it
shows in the following lines:

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 “Then I must be thy lady; but I
know

When thou hast stol’n away from fairy
land

And in the shape of Corin sat all
day,

Playing on pipes of corn, and versius
love

To amorous Phillida.” Act 2.1
65-68

Or in

“How canst thou
thus for shame, Titania,

Glance at my credit with
Hippolyta,

Knowing I know thy love to Theseus?” Act 2.1
74-75

On the other hand, the
artisans have a tragic vision of love, since they rehearse a play about unhappy and
unfortunate love, which reminds us of Romeo and Juliet. As for Theseus, the Duke of
Athens, love turns out to be a rational matter-he has battled the Amazons and captured
their queen. Logically, she has to become his wife.
Hence, we may associate
love with madness in that the transformations that induce the characters to love the
wrong person, provoke disorder. In fact, the idea of this play reminds us of the
so-called “Midsummer madness”, in which madness would invade earth during the longest
day and the shortest night. On the other hand, we may consider that the wood in which
the "Dream" and madness take place, functions as a world of folly, chaos and fantasy,
which contrasts to the world of reason, law and hierarchy of the
court.

Johne Donne is a typical metaphysical poet.Discuss the features of metaphysical poetry in two of Donne's poems.

John Donne's poetry has two major
phases:

Early Donne: poetry is
about physical love and the physical union of the male and
female

Late Donne: poetry is
about sin and guilt and the spiritual union between man and
God

He uses metaphysical
("above," "beyond" the physical; spiritual; erotic; supernatural)
conceits: elaborate and extended metaphors about the
following subjects: alchemy, horticulture, astronomy, navigation, neo-Platonism,
military, microcosm/macrocosm, law, and
mathematics.

• "The Flea" uses the conceit of
  blood exchange to represent physical union (sex).  The poem is a grand pick-up line:
  he's trying to convince her to go to bed.  The conceit compares physical death to a kind
  of orgasm.


• "Forbidding Mourning" uses the conceit of a
  compass (geometrical instrument).  The female is the fixed point and the male is the
  traveling pencil.  He is away while she is at home, but if she waits for him, he will
  come "full circle" to form a symbol of love: the
  ring.

In the story "A Problem," with which character in the story do you sympathize most strongly?

You have picked an excellent story to study! This short
story asks us the haunting question about when it is best to show tenderness or
judgement to someone who has gone off the straight and narrow. Of course, any question
that asks which character you feel most sympathy for is going to receive many different
answers, depending on the person giving the answer, so you might want to move this to
the discussion post section of this group.

However, for me,
I think the character that I feel most sympathy for is actually Ivan Markovitch, Sasha's
uncle. He throughout the story argues for Sasha's side, because he believes in Sasha and
also thinks that he is just acting as a normal young man. However, after being the
reason why the family saves Sasha from imprisonment, he is forced to face his folly as
he sees Sasha once again fall into the same temptations as he fell into before. Notice
how Ivan Markovitch responds to Sasha's demand for
money:

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Petrified, muttering something incoherent in his
horror, Ivan Markovitch took a hundred-ruble note out of his pocketbook and gave it to
Sasha.

At the end, the uncle
has no choice but to give in to his nephew's demands, for he has already shown him too
much lenience. The story shows that sometimes it is better to be cruel than to be
kind.

Where did Jay Gatsby go to college?I know that he said he was an Oxford man. But is it true or did he go to a small college in Minnesota? If you...

Gatsby keeps using the term "Old sport" which he claims he
picked up at Oxford. He wants people to think that he is an Oxford man. His business
associate Meyer Wolfshiem tells everybody, including Nick, that Gatsby is an Oggsford
man. Late in the novel Tom Buchanan confronts him about his so-called Oxford background
when Tom, Daisy, Nick, and Jordan Baker are spending a hot afternoon in a suite at the
Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. Gatsby tells him:

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"It was in nineteen-nineteen. I only stayed five
months. That's why I can't really call myself an Oxford man....It was an opportunity
they gave to some of the officers after the Armistice," he continued. "We could go to
any of the universities in England or
France."

This appears to be
the straight truth, since Tom does not question him further, and Nick
writes:

I
wanted to get up and slap him on the back. I had one of those renewals of complete faith
in him that I'd experienced
before.

How does Lee use humor to change the tone of Atticus's conversation with the children about the jury verdict?To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In Chapter 22 of Harper Lee's To Kill a
Mockingbird, Jem asks his father how it has been possible that with the
evidence before them a jury could bring in a verdict of guilty against Tom Robinson.  It
is a somber and discouraged Atticus Finch who answers, "I don't know, but they did
it...seems that only children weep."  After this, he says "Good night" and goes to bed. 
Scout narrates that things are always better in the morning, and
Atticus, nevertheless, "rose at his usual ungodly
hour."

Anotherhumorous remark occurs after
Calpurnia shows Atticus all the gifts of food that the black community has brought
Atticus in appreciation of his sincere and thorough defence of
Tom:

....The
kitchen table was loaded with enough food to bury the family....Atticus
grinned when he found a jar of pickled pigs' knuckles.  "Reckon Aunty'll let me eat
these in
the diningroom?"

By
means of two of Scout's descriptions, and by Atticus's tongue-in-cheek remark about his
sister's "persnickety" personality, Harper Lee injects humor into a melancholic
situation.

In Macbeth Act IV scene i, describe the role of the supernatural elements of the scene.

In addition to the excellent answer above, the
supernatural in act 4.1 of Macbeth serves functions such as
contributing to the play's imagery and adding
unity.

Blood is often present in
Macbeth, from the description of the battle by the bloody Captain
in Act 1.2 to the bloody dagger Macbeth envisions in Act 2.1 to both Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth obsessing over blood on their hands, etc.  In Act 4.1, blood
imagery is contributed to in the form of the Bloody Child. This Second
Apparition also adds to the play's imagery of children: 
most notably, the slaughter of Macduff's son in Act 4.2, in which imagery of blood and
imagery of children come together, just as they do in Act
4.1.

Repetition adds
unity to any work, of course, and this play is no
exception.  The theme of the supernatural is repeated in
Act 4.1, after having been first introduced in Act 1.1, as is the capacity of the
witches for making predictions.  The theme of
equivocation is repeated here, as well, which will become
evident later in the play.  The idea of Banquo's heirs
reigning is repeated and made concrete by imagery, as well.  And, of
course, the imagery of blood and children adds
unity.

These are some of the roles, or functions, of the
supernatural in this scene. 

How does Alice Walker use literary techniques to express the theme of how innocence is lost in "The Flowers"?

Even though "The Flowers" is not a long story, it is
filled with amazing descriptions and details, and contains a profound message of lost
innocence at the end.  One way that Alice Walker emphasizes that messages is through
contrast.  Myop and her happy jaunt through the forest is described using very long
sentences filled with flowery details of the beautiful day and Myop's happy mood.  For
example, take this sentence:

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"She found, in addition to various common but
pretty ferns and leaves, an armful of strange blue flowers with velvety ridges and a
sweet suds bush full of the brown, fragrant
buds."

Here we have a long,
descriptive sentence, that describes in detail a type of flower along Myop's path.  The
story is filled with such calm, happy descriptions.  Contrast that with the final line
of the story:  "And the summer was over."  The stark contrast is startling, noticable
and points out the import of the message:  Summer, happiness, and Myop's meandering
innocence was over, and very abruptly.

Another tool that
Walker uses is symbolism.  Note that Alice Walker doesn't say "And Myop lost her
innocence and realized what a horrible place the world can be" at the end.  What she
DOES say is that "the summer was over."  Summer, in the story, symbolizes the innocence
of childhood.  So do the flowers; right before "the summer was over" comes the line,
"Myop laid down her flowers," which symbolizes Myop setting aside her innocence and
happiness.  As she walks through the forest earlier, she gathers a lot of flowers; her
arms were filled with them.  They were various and beautiful, as described in the line
above.  So too was her happiness and innocence.  But at the recognition of evil in the
world, that innocence was no longer possible.  Walker symbolizes that through the
flowers and the summer.

I hope that those thoughts help to
get you started; good luck!

Why does the author leave it unclear whether Goodman Brown's experience is a dream or real?How is this noted in the story or what does the author...

It does matter that Hawthorne leaves it in ambiguity.
Hawthorne leaves it up to the reader to decide. Let’s say it was real. Brown went into
the woods and learned that all those he thought were pious and religiously devout were
actually hypocrites: as full of sin as anyone. It was like a nightmare. It completely
changed the way he looked at his community. This changed his outlook on faith and
life.

Let’s say he dreamt this. It was such a powerful
dream that it changed the way he thought about the world. The dream introduced doubt
that he never before considered. A dream is an abstract thought process. Although it
occurred at night, it could have been more like a daydream: a more consciously directed
conception of things. If this dream, daydream or serious contemplation was powerful
enough, it could also change the way Brown thinks about the world and thereby, the way
he acts in the world.

Either scenario works. One is an
actual physical experience that changes him. The other is a mental realization. Brown’s
problem is that he cannot reconcile the fact that good people are fallible. He also
cannot forgive the ultra-religious for being so hypocritical. So, he’s being
unreasonable but also astute in his observation of those who preach but do not
practice.

In either case, Brown has metaphorically and then
literally lost his faith. The obvious pun is on his wife’s name. In losing his faith, by
dream or reality or thought, he loses his trust and connection with others. This
includes Faith.

Brown cannot accept the good/bad duality of
human nature. Thematically or formalistically, this story also has an inescapable
duality. We don’t know if it is a dream or if it is real. Potentially, it could be both.
The story itself is an inescapable duality.

How would the story be different if Joyce had not used the participant narrator in writing "Araby"?

"Araby" is a poignant initiation story told from the
first-person point of view by the boy who experiences the events. It is an example of
what might be called an interior plot--the heart of the story lies in the boy's thoughts
and emotions rather than in the series of external events. For example, the external
events are very simple: He watches Mangan's sister, he tells her he will buy a souvenir
for her at the bazaar; he manages to get to Araby, but arrives late. It is instead his
emotional journey, ending in disillusionment and despair, that drives the narrative and
develops its theme.

Joyce could have examined the boy's
feelings by writing the story in the third-person omniscient point of view, but it would
not have been as effective. No point of view brings the reader closer to a character
than the first-person point of view, and the power of "Araby" is developed through the
reader's understanding of this boy's deepest needs and desires. To really understand his
environment and his feelings, the reader must experience them as he does, and that is
best achieved by listening to him tell his own story.

How did Republican pro-business policies encourage economic growth in the 1920s?

The 1920s are considered to be a time when the government
pretty much got out of the way of business and allowed it to operate as it pleased. 
Conservative historians, in particular, believe that this laissez-faire attitude is what
encouraged economic growth.

For example, the Republican
governments of the '20s did not do much to enforce the antitrust regulations that had
been put in place by the Progressives.  This allowed businesses to increase in size and
to, therefore, become more efficient.

In addition to this
sort of "hands-off" attitude, the Republican administrations also cut taxes of all
sorts.  Economic historians argue that this gave people more of an incentive to work and
to invest.  By doing so, they argue, the government promoted
growth.

The 1920s are seen, especially by conservatives, as
a time that shows how important it is for government to cut taxes and regulations. 
This, they say, caused the economy to grow in the 1920s.

In The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, whose good opinion of Charlotte gains her the license to be liked?Also, what does Charlotte decide to...

In the novel The True Confessions of Charlotte
Doyle by Avi, the member of the crew who tells the rest that Charlotte
"believes in honor" and is "the vey soul of justice" is  Zachariah.  Fisk later tells
Charlotte that Zachariah said this.  Charlotte decides to apologize and to help the
crew. She believes she has left them short of help when she told Captain Jaggery about
the round robin that she found, and Captain Jaggery punishes Zachariah harshly.  The
crew aks her climb to the top of the main mast to prove that she was serious and to gain
the respect of the crew, which she does successfully.

In The Great Gatsby, which actions reveal Nick to be immoral?

Throughout the course of the novel, Nick is involved in
several activities that would be considered immoral by
many.

1. He breaks the law by drinking
alcohol.

2. Jordan Baker implies that she and Nick were
quite "involved" when she accuses him of using her at the end of the novel. This could
mean that they had a physical relationship of some
sorts.

3. Most significant is that Nick is privy to many
activities and conversations that are immoral and does nothing to speak up. He knows of
Tom's mistress and says nothing to Tom about his infidelity. He helps Gatsby reconnect
and have an affair with Daisy, a married woman. And, he knows the truth about Daisy's
being responsible for Myrtle's death, and does nothing to set the record
straight.

Thus, while Nick is certainly a likable
character--especially in comparison to Tom and Daisy--he is not particularly
moral.

In Act 1 of The Crucible, why does Abigail tell John Proctor the truth about the other girls being in the woods?

Abigail likes to stir up trouble. Obviously this scene
reveals that they actually had an inappropriate relationship together in the past. These
types of relationships elicit a certain amount of trust, even beyond the actually term
of the relationship. However, when Abigail says,

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"We were dancing in the woods last night, and my
uncle leapt in on us. She took fright is
all,"

she is trying to
downplay what actually occured in the woods. The girls were actually trying to conjure
up spirits. Abigail tries to make it seem like it was just a little bit of fun, but the
entire truth doesn't come out between Abigail and Proctor at that moment. In fact, she
changes the subject back to their relationship.

Later in
the act more pieces of truth come out from other girls and are revealed to the reading
audience. The townspeople do not have all of the information we
do.

What is an appropriate tag line for the character Hamlet in Hamlet, with an explanation?

I assume you want a tag line to describe
Hamlet?

I would say, "Hamlet: a man with a plan...kind
of."

He knows that he needs to take revenge on his uncle,
so first he makes a plan to see if his uncle is really guilty.  He tries to get Ophelia
to tell him, but just ends up treating her really badly, leading her to kill
herself.

Then he has the players act out his father's
murder.  That goes okay and he does find that his uncle killed his father.  After that,
the plan goes somewhat off the path he has chosen.

Hamlet
cannot seem to bring himself to actually kill his uncle, even when he knows he is
guilty.  Hamlet tries to stab Claudius, but he does so through a curtain (not the plan)
and ends up killing Polonius!

No matter what, Hamlet seems
to make a plan, but he can never actually follow through all the way.  He is a man with
a plan, but it never works out for him and he dies tragically.

What is x for lg(x)+lg(x+1)=(1+lg9) to exist?

We'll impose the constraints of existence of
logarithms:

x > 0

x + 1
> 0

x > -1

The
interval of admissible values for x is (o ;
+infinite).

We'll re-write the equation and we'll put lg 10
instead of value of 1:

lg(x+1) + lgx = 1 + lg9 is changing
into lg(x+1) + lgx = lg 10 + lg9

Since the bases are
matching, we'll use the product rule of logarithms both
sides:

lg x(x+1) = lg 90

Since
the bases are matching, we'll use one to one
property:

x(x+1) = 90

We'll
remove the brackets:

x^2 + x - 90 =
0

We'll apply the quadratic
formula:

x1 =
[-1+sqrt(1+360)]/2

x1 =
(-1+19)/2

x1 = 9

x2 =
(-1-19)/2

x2 =
-10

We'll reject the second solution, because
it's negative. We'll keep the valid solution, x =
9.

What is the tone of each line of "I felt a Funeral In My Brain"?

In the first line we are surprised that the funeral is
‘felt’ rather than experienced, and this creates a tone of depression or a terminal view
of the imagination coming to an end. The second and third lines show no peace in this
‘death’ with the mourners repetitive ‘treading’ which seems to add pressure to this
catastrophic brain event. ‘Sense… breaking through’ in the fourth line implies that
despite the funeral metaphor it may not mean a death, that there is hope of resurrection
from this torpid state.

The second stanza continues the
tone of desperate tension in that the beating sounds suggest a pulse, or a regular life
rhythm that has not yet been thwarted despite the ‘Service’ – the process of the funeral
and acknowledging the death – continuing. The poem has been said to be connected to a
mental breakdown, but here we may interpret hope; that not all is lost at this
point.

The contrast of being part of the funeral and yet
experiencing sensation in the third stanza shows that the narrator is not yet departed
the physical world –

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And then I heard them lift a Box
And
creak across my Soul

She is
cut off from the mourners, but experiencing still. There is an exciting contrast in the
death not being literal, but being experienced as if it were
so.

There is obvious isolation in the fourth stanza as the
narrator is ‘solitary’ in ‘silence’ as Dickinson uses the synecdoche of the bell to
approximate all sound, which the narrator is cut off
from.

The final stanza has been interpreted as the point of
mental breakdown-

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 And then a Plank in Reason,
broke,

However, as the
narrator does not fall into an abyss, or the fires of hell, but
–

hit a World,
at every plunge,

I feel that
she is not leaving the human world, but entering it. She is catapulted not out of the
world but into it. Dickinson was quite a recluse, and felt human contact more keenly and
sensitively than most.  I feel she is emerging into the world rather than out of it. The
incomplete final line

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 And Finished
knowing—then—

Marks the
unknown, the future of life, which perhaps doers not have the comforts of the clear
rituals of death that the narrator can adhere to. The future is uncertain, unwritten and
unknown. There is both excitement and trepidation in these
lines.

Define the term "PERSONALITY"?The term is has been derived from the Greek language -"persona" , it means mask on face. but I think it something...

While our informal assessments of personality tend to
focus more on individuals, personality psychologists instead use conceptions of
personality that can apply to everyone. Personality research has led to the development
of a number of theories that help explain how and why certain personality traits
develop.While there are many different theories of personality, the first step is to
understand exactly what is meant by the term personality. A brief
definition would be that personality is made up of the characteristic patterns of
thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make a person unique. In addition to this,
personality arises from within the individual and remains fairly consistent throughout
life.

fundamental characteristics of personality include:
Consistency - There is generally a recognizable order and
regularity to behaviors. Essentially, people act in the same ways or similar ways in a
variety of situations.Psychological and physiological -
Personality is a psychological construct, but research suggests that it is also
influenced by biological processes and needs.Impact behaviors and
actions - Personality does not just influence how we move and respond in
our environment; it also causes us to act in certain
ways.Multiple expressions - Personality is displayed in
more than just behavior. It can also be seen in out thoughts, feelings, close
relationships and other social interactions.personality is a result of interaction
between the individual and the environment.

What are x and y if (x-1)/i + (y+1)/2 = (x+2)/3 + (y-1)/i ?

What are x and y if (x-1)/i + (y+1)/2 = (x+2)/3 +
(y-1)/i

(x-1)/i +(y+1)/2 = (x+2)/3 +(y-i)/i. We bring both
sides to x+yi form.

(y+1)/2+(x-1)i/i^2  = (x+2)/3
+(y-1)i)/i^2.

(y+1)/2 - (x-1)i = (x+2)/3 - (y-1)i , as i^2
= 1.

We equate real parts on both sides and then equate
imaginary parts on both sides:

Real parts: (y+1)/2 =
(x+2)/3

=>3(y+1) =
2(x+2).

=> 3y-2x =
1....(1).

Imaginary parts: x-1 =
y-1.

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

So putting x= y in (1), we get: 3x-22x = 1. So
x= 1.

Therefore x= 1 . From (2),  y = x=
1.

So x= 1 and y = 1.

How does the novel The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo J. Cela describe the political and social stuggles of Spain at the time of writing?The...

The second most popular novel after Don Quijote
de La Mancha, and one of the most controversial novels in Spanish literature,
La Familia de Pascual Duarteby Camilo Jose Cela was written in
1942. This was a year marked by the ruling of the so-called "Generalisimo" Francisco
Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo, also known as Francisco
Franco.

Francisco Franco was an authoritarian fascist.
After the overthrow of the Spanish monarchy in 1931 he ruled as the de  facto
un-crowned King. The problem was that his government oppressed everyone who
belonged to the opposition. Therefore, his government was one of fear and tension
characterized by the consistent presence of the Civil Guard everywhere. After Franco's
death the monarchy was renewed, and the current King Juan Carlos took over as its
ruler.

La Familia de Pascual Duarte
is a novel that reflects the general consciousness of the time. It presents violence as
a way to solve problems. Its main themes include oppression, war, abuse, and injustice.
It basically opens a window in to the society of the time and presents it under the
reality of its misery. This is why it caused such an uproar and was banned for years
after it was written.

In terms of Cormac McCarthy's novel, The Road, what evidence is there that the Father's dreams are nostalgic?

I think it is pretty straightforward to judge the Father's
dreams as nostalgic. What he thinks of are times before the cataclysm that has changed
the world as we know it, and he recalls moments of intimacy with his wife that clearly
show his desire to return to those times, before the life and death struggle that life
for him has become. Consider the daydreams that he has towards the beginning of the
story as he and the boy endlessly walk on together:

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From daydreams on the road there was no waking.
He plodded on. He could remember everything of her save her scent. Seated in a theatre
with her beside him leaning forward listening to the music. Gold scrollwork and sconces
and the tall columnar folds of the drapes at either side of the stage. She held his hand
in her lap and he could feel the tops of her stockings through the thin stuff of her
summer dress. Freeze this frame. Now call down your dark and your cold and be
damned.

Note the way in which
he attempts to remember happier times with his wife, before she chooses to end her life.
However, in a sense, this nostalgia is potentially dangerous as it threatens to distract
him from the grim and serious battle for survival that he must, of necessity, engage in
to save his son's life. Thus there appears to be no doubt that the Father's dreams are
not nostalgic.

Why would it be extremely difficult to effectively limit campaign spending?If campaign spending limits were effective, who would be hurt more those...

One reason that it would be very difficult to limit
campaign spending is that the Supreme Court has pretty much said that campaign spending
cannot be limited in any serious way.  There can be limits on what is given to
candidates, but you essentially can't limit what people spend on their own (not
coordinating with the candidate).

In general, unlimited
spending helps incumbents.  People who spend money on campaigns generally want something
in return (at the very least, they want access to power).  The incumbents are the ones
who have the power and are more likely to keep the power than the challengers are to win
the power.  So people will generally spend more money to help incumbents than to help
first time challengers.

How does the density of a meteorite affect the size of the crater made on Earth? At school, we are working on craters. We are going to drop balls...

The density of a meteorite will affect the impact made on
the Earth.

If we take two meteorites with the same mass and
travelling with the same velocity, both of them have the same energy. The meteorite with
the higher density will exert a greater pressure on the surface when it strikes the
Earth. This follows from the fact that Pressure = Force/ Area. A higher pressure will
allow the meteorite to go deeper in to the ground. It should be noted that though the
crater here would be deeper its surface area would be
less.

On the other hand the impact made by the less dense
meteorite will be shallow but will cover a larger area. So you have a large crater that
is not very deep.

To measure the density of the balls that
you are using in your experiment, you can weigh them using the electronic balance. For
measuring their volume, take water in a long cylindrical container in which the balls
can fit. Fill water in the container and then submerge the ball completely in the water.
See how much the level of the water rises. Mark the level after submerging them. Then
take the ball out of the water and add water using a calibrated vessel. Measure the
volume of water you have to add to bring the level to where you had marked it earlier.
This is the volume of the ball. Density is mass divided by
volume.

What is the importance of Crooks' character in Of Mice and Men?Please, can you include some quotes as well? I'm really struggling with of mice and...

In Of Mice and Men, Crooks is used to
juxtapose Lennie as the two "weak ones" left behind by the men when they go to the
cathouse.  As such, Crooks and Lennie are the lowest
ranking men in the Social Darwinian hierarchy of the
ranch.

Whereas Lennie the mentally weakest of the men,
Crooks is the strongest academically.  He is surrounded by
books and lives the life of an academic in his spare time.  Crooks repeatedly calls
Lennie "crazy."

Whereas Lennie is the strongest of the men,
Crooks is among the weakest (he's probably stronger than Candy).  As such, he feels
threatened by Lennie.

Crooks, then, is the lowest member on
the ranch: lower than Lennie, Curley's wife, and even Candy.  At least these characters
have partners: Crooks is completely alienated.  As such, he is an
outcast.  Observe:

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"S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you
couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'cause you was black. How'd you like
that? S'pose you had to sit out here an' read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till
it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain't no good. A guy needs
somebody-to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no
difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too
lonely an' he gets sick"
(80).

Whereas
Lennie is the keeper of the dream, Crooks is the realist, killjoy, prig,
straight man: the one who sees through the dream.  He knows the false
idealism of the Dream Ranch:

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"I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an'
on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same damn thing in their
heads. Hunderds of them. They come, an' they quit an' go on; an' every damn one of 'em's
got a little piece of land in his head. An' never a God damn one of 'em ever gets
it. Just like heaven. Everybody wants a little piece of lan'. I read plenty of books out
here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It's just in their head.
They're all the time talkin' about it, but it's jus' in their head"
(81).

Whereas Lennie is an
alazon (thinks he's better able than he really is), Crooks is an eiron,
(one who is capable of more than he has
done).

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Maybe you guys better go. I ain't sure I want you
in here no more. A colored man got to have some rights even if he don't like 'em"
(90).

In Lady Windermere's Fan, explain the expository effect of Act I..

There are events that stand out on the first act of
Lady Windermere's Fan.

The first is
when Lady Windermere's butler asks her if she will be available for visits and informs
her that Lord Darlington will be  stopping by the house. Lady Windermere reacted with
hesitation at this information, leaving the audience wondering what could be
happening.

This may seem unimportant but, as Lord
Darlington enters and begins his conversation with Lady Windermere, we learn that the
night before he had been making uncomfortable comments and paying excessive compliments
to her. The way in which Lady Windermere  tells him that he should not do that
again, makes the audience sense that there is a subtle but mutual attraction between
Lady Windermere and Lord Darlington. However, Lady Windermere is quite clear in her
duties to her husband, and in her dignity as a lady.

Act
I also shows when the Duchess of Berwick visits Lady Windermere and discloses the rumor
that is going all over London: That Lord Windermere is financially supporting a woman
known as Mrs. Erlynne.

These two situations are the factors
that set the plot in motion: First, when Lady Windermere confronts her husband about the
rumors is when we realize that Lord Windermere is secretly trying to get Mrs. Erlynne
back in society so that she can disclose that she is Lady Windermere's
mother.

Second, when Lady Windermere loses her nerve out of
the anger that her husband has caused her she runs straight to Lord Darlington for
comfort and, perhaps, for a romantic meeting with Darlington to get back at her husband.
This directly contradicts her previous behavior in which she showed signs of annoyance
at his advances.

Concisely, the expository events of Act I
present the conflict of the story and also foreshadow what could become of the
relationship of Lady Windermere with Lord Darlington.

Where and when does Holden get the red hunting hat?

You can find the answer to this question right at the
start of Chapter 3.  It's about one page into that chapter (page 17 in my copy of the
book).

Holden Caulfield gets the red hunting hat while he
is in New York City on the day that the novel starts (this is when he is in with the
fencing team and loses all their stuff).  Right after he loses the swords, they get out
of the subway and he sees the hat in the window of a sporting goods
store.

He likes it and buys it for one
dollar.

Where can I find a few good articles about SMOKING on college campuses?

Do your articles need to come from scholarly sources, or
are popular media acceptable sources?  Either way, you can find the sources you need
with a good internet search, using Google or another search engine.  Your question
provided the search terms you need: smoking, college campuses.  If you put these terms
into the search box on Google or another search engine, many good articles, both
scholarly and popular, will come up.

The scholarly articles
usually require a subscription, but most of what you'll find is open and available. 
Here are a few good sources to help you:

"Campus
Smoking Bans? Some Say 'Lighten Up'"
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1945356,00.html

"Smoke
Free College Trend Growing"
http://articles.cnn.com/2007-11-12/health/hm.smokefree.campus_1_smoke-free-college-smoking-indoors-cancer-society?_s=PM:HEALTH

"Campuses
Adopt Anti-Smoking Policies"
http://www.braintrack.com/college-and-work-news/articles/campuses-adopt-anti-smoking-policies-11012501

You
will find many more applicable articles (including the subscription-only scholarly
pieces) using the search terms I've suggested.   I hope this
helps.

What is the meaning of the lline,"the scarlet letter has not done its office"?The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

This phrase comes from Chapter XIII of The Scarlet Letter,
a chapter that many have perceived Hester as, like Ann Hutchinson, a rising feminist. 
For, while she has subjugated her independence of thought to the care and safety of her
child, she has not achieved repentance for her sin with a renewal of Puritan faith. 
Instead, she feels a cold despair, wondering if

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it were for ill or good that the poor little
creaature had been born at
all.

In fact, the same
question arises in Hester's mind regarding "the whole race of womanhood." She ponders
the "hopeless task" of independence for women who must abandon the priorities of the
heart if they are to be able to achieve any recognition as individuals and who must see
an entire reform of society if there are to be "mightier reforms."  Certainly, they
cannot be a part of the Puritan community with its denial of the spirit of woman. 
Ironically, then, it is Hester's mark of the scarlet letter and isolation from the
Puritan community that has drawn her farther away from the thought of her sect as it has
afforded her the distance and independence necessary to such ponderings.  Indeed, the
scarlet letter has not done its office of molding Hester into a true
Puritan.

Identify and give a brief description of four key requirements for a healthy diet for adolescents.

I would think that the dietary guidelines for adolescents
must include an educational component to it.  Adolescents need to understand why they
are ingesting what they are taking in their bodies and also understand the dangerous of
malnutrition in their diets. They also need to understand the implications for future
health  For example, adolescents need to understand that poor Calcium intake during
adolescents could result in poor bone structure and substantiation as they get older.  I
would also think that most adolescent diets have to control the excesses that come with
the age.  Minimizing "snacking" on unhealthy foods or teaching them how to snack
properly might be part of a set of dietary guidelines.  Instead of reaching for a candy
bar, teaching adolescents to reach for fruit or cheese is vitally important.  When
thirsty, drinking water over carbonated drinks is another essential element.  The idea
of providing balance in a diet and to ensure that there is sufficient representation of
vitamin intake as well as education as to why these eating habits are so important are
essential to any adolescent diet.

In "The Cold Equations" Barton waits until last possible minute to jettison Marilyn because.....

....he can't really believe that he is going to have to do
what he knows he has to do. When he first discovers that there is a stowaway on board,
he sets out to deal with the problem quickly and efficiently. However, when he realises
that it is a young girl, who, what is more, is completely unaware of her necessary fate
and the seriousness of her actions, he is completely torn by the inevitable. Note what
it says when Marilyn is first discovered:

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He stared without speaking, his hand dropping
away from the blaster, and acceptance of what he saw coming like a heavy and unexpected
physical blow.

He
deliberately delays telling her the truth and even calls his superior officer to see
what can be done, even though he knows that it is a "vain hope." He says he will not
place her in the air lock until he has exhausted all possibilities. However, when he has
received his expected answer, he does what he can to help Marilyn accept her fate by
letting her speak to her brother and giving her a bit of time and space to accept the
inevitable. At the end of the day, we need to accept that Barton's decision to let her
live until the last possible moment reveals more about his compassion than anything
else.

What is the meaning of the book's title, "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston?

I tend to see the title of Houston's work as a statement
about her own consciousness in the world.  The fact that she is writing the book,
bringing out her own experiences through the intense pain of internment at Manzanar
might be a fitting way to say "farewell" to such a horrific experience.  Her "farewell"
is not a rejection or a pretending that these instances are over, but rather a way for
her to fully understand how the implications of her experience play a role in her
identity and to place it in its proper context.  "Farewell" might be a statement of more
psychological condition than anything else.  At the same time, perhaps there is a
socially redemptive message to the title.  Through bringing out her own experiences at
Manzanar and life after it in America as a young Asian woman and a woman of color,
perhaps Houston is wishing that through her narrative, others might not have to endure
or inflict others to endure the same experiences that she did.  In this way, she is
bidding "farewell" to her experience of Manzanar through others'
narratives.

In Great Expectations, after his sister’s funeral, what promise does Pip make?

This section of the novel comes in Chapter 35. After
returning to his old house to spend the night once more, Pip chats with Biddy. During
this conversation, in which he displays the customary arrogance that unfortunately we
have come to associate with the new Pip, he declares to Biddy that he "will be often
down here now. I am not going to leave poor Joe alone." Interestingly, in response to
this statement, Biddy remains silent, showing her wisdom, foresight and understanding of
Pip, as she obviously doubts the truth of his words. Of course, at the end of this
chapter, as Pip returns to go back to London and his great expectations, he is forced to
see how wise Biddy actually is:

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Once more, the mists were rising as I walked
away. If they disclosed to me, as I suspect they did, that I should not come back, and
that Biddy was quite right, all I can say is--they were quite right
too.

We can see this episode
then as yet another instance when Pip is struggling with the relationship between his
humble upbringing and the fine London life that he leads now. His inability to connect
the two in his life in any meaningful way suggests the negative impact that his
expectations have had on him.

What is Gatsby's dialogue like in this chapter? (Chapter 5) And what does it tell us about Gatsby?

One of the most striking aspects of Gatsby's conversation
in Chapter five is the secretive nature of much of it.  When he talks to Nick about
getting him a job or putting him in a good position to make more money (having seen the
rather humble circumstances Nick is living in) he can't tell him anything about it,
avoiding questions and saying it is a rather confidential
thing.

He is magnanimous and withdrawn at the same time,
totally afraid of what will happen when he meets with Daisy again.  He extends himself
to Nick and then completely withdraws once he thinks that Daisy isn't going to show
up.

So we learn that he is involved in some shady business
that he can't tell anyone about up front, and then once Daisy shows up, we see that he
is buoyed by what he sees as the possibility of their future
romance.

How does the setting of Mrs. Jones's home contribute to your sense of who she is in Thank You, Ma'am?Connect: How does the setting of mrs jones...

One of the major themes in this story is that people
should retain their dignity and their morals even in trying circumstances such as
poverty.  This is what Mrs. Jones is trying to teach Roger -- she is trying to give him
the sense that he can be trusted, that he has dignity.  The aspects of her home that you
mention reinforce this theme -- they show us that she, herself, is not well-off.  Even
so, she retains immense dignity.

All of the things you
mention are things that show that Mrs. Jones lives in very modest circumstances.  She
only has a hot plate -- not a real stove.  She is eating ham and lima beans and cheap
cake.  She cooks in a screened off corner of her room, not in a kitchen.  She is clearly
not very wealthy at all.  Even so, she is clearly a very moral woman who retains her
dignity and values.

By putting Mrs. Jones in such a modest
home, Hughes emphasizes the fact that she is living her life the way she wants Roger to
live his.

To what extent are the other characters in A Doll's House responsible for Nora's downfall?

I think we can safely conclude that the other characters
of this excellent play, in particular Krogstad and Mrs. Linde, are most definitely
responsible for Nora's downfall. It is clear in Act Three of this realist drama that
things are catching up with Nora. Krogstad is threatening to reveal the truth about her
spending habits fo Helmer, and there appears to be no escape. However, Mrs. Linde does
have the ability to stop Krogstad from sending the letter, but she believes that Helmer
should know the truth about Nora and her actions. Note what she says to
Krogstad:

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Helmer must know the truth. This unhappy secret
of Nora's must be revealed. They must come to a full understanding. There must be an end
of all these shiftings and
evasions.

Mrs. Linde clearly
feels that the artificiality and deceit of the relationship of Helmer and Nora must come
to an end, and she sees Krogstad's letter as an excellent way of bringing things to a
head and forcing Nora to grow up and mature. Clearly, therefore, Nora's downfall, if you
choose to call it that, can be said to be the responsibility of other characters who are
choosing to act in a way that they thing will help Nora.

Evaluate and write in standard form: (-3 + 2i)^2 - 3(3 - i)(-2 + 2i),

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

We need to write into the standard form z= a+
bi

Let us open the
brackets.

==> (-3+2i)^2 = (-3)^2 +2*-3*2i +
4i^2

But i^2 = -1

==>
(-3+2i)^2 = 9 - 12i - 4 = 5- 12i

(3-i)(-2+2i) = -6 + 6i +
2i -2i^2 = -6 + 8i +2 = -4 +8i

==> 5-12i - 3(-4+8i)
= 5-12i + 12 - 24i = 17 - 36i

Then the answer is
:

z= 17 -
36i

explain each in terms of natural selection1.convergent evolution and the similarities among species in a particular biome. 2. insecticide...

Convergent evolution is the
same biological trait in two species derived from different ancestry, within a biome. If
that trait provides an advantage to the organism, it would be fit and could potentially
reproduce and pass it down to offspring. It could also be called an
analogous trait. For example, a bird has a wing and a
butterfly has a wing however, bird wings contain bones and muscle and butterfly wings
are more membranous. Although both can fly, their traits were not arrived at from common
ancestry. Insecticide resistance is due to the fact that
not all individuals in a species are exactly alike, according to the natural selection
theory and due to pressure in the environment, for example, an insecticide, those with
the best adaptations will live and pass on those adaptations. Perhaps when spraying
insecticide, most insects will die, but a few will have a natural resistance in their
genetic makeup. Those individuals will survive and pass this resistance gene to their
offspring. Speciation and isolation has to do with the fact
that if two species are separated geographically, for example, for a long period of time
and then, if they should at some point, be reunited, if they can no longer produce
viable offspring, they are considered two different species. While they were separated,
different environmental adaptations would be selected for in each different environment
the two populations inhabited. Therefore, after a long period of time, they may have so
many differences, they can no longer interbreed. An example is the Galapagos Island
finches. The theory is that an ancestral group of finches emigrated from Ecuador to the
Galapagos and over a 2 million year separation, evolved into several new finch species.
Heterozygote advantage illustrates why some genetic
mutations persist in a population although they seem to be detrimental. An example of
this is the gene for sickle cell anemia. The gene for sickle cell is codominant to
normal red blood cells. There are three genotypes then, NN(normal) ss(sickle cell
anemic) and NS(trait). The people in countries with malaria, who are heterozygous or
have sickle cell trait (NS) actually have an advantage. They don't usually get the
disease malaria. Thus, the heterozygotes have an advantage that people with normal red
cells or sickle cells, don't have.

Discuss the contrast between Claudius's smooth facade and his crimes in Hamlet.

A good example of the contrast between Claudius's smooth
facade and his crimes is Act IV, scene iii of Hamlet in which
Claudius' double-dealing nature is immediately evident. Polonius has just been murdered.
King Claudius is alone (except for his attendants) and speaking to himself out loud in a
short speech, which doesn't really qualify as a
soliloquy.

Claudius is saying that Hamlet is "dangerous"
and must not be allowed free reign in the castle: "How dangerous is it that this man
goes loose!" Claudius is weighing the wisdom of not treading harshly against Hamlet as
he is beloved in Denmark and harsh treatment would redound against himself, Claudius. He
decides upon dissembling and appearing to "bear all smooth and even" to avoid causing a
revolt. He will send Hamlet away--to all appearances--speedily yet
gently:

This
sudden sending him away must seem
Deliberate
pause

When hamlet enters,
Claudius does an about-face, so to speak, and expresses nothing but solicitude for
Hamlet's well being. Hamlet of course replies with bitter
witticisms:

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Where is Polonius?
At
super
At super! where?
Not where he eats, but where he is eaten:
....

After pinpointing where
Polonius's body lies, Claudius dissembles and expresses great concern for Hamlet, for
his "espcial safety-- / ... as we dearly grieve / ... must send thee hence / With fiery
quickness ..."

Once Hamlet has left "For England!" Claudius
reveals his intention of having England (a metonymy for the King of England and his
lieges) kill Hamlet the moment he alights at the end of his journey--England must comply
with this demand in order to continue the treaty of peace that tribute payments have
secured with Denmark: “and thy free awe / Pays homage to
us.”

This scene shows that Cluadius's smooth facade has
behind it the heart of a man who is unethical and immoral; who is the "monster" Hamlet
declares him to be; who is manipulative; and who is an eloquent "villain." The facade
derives from the skill of appearing to be what he is not. It is thus that Claudius's
character best depicts Shakespeare's universal theme of reality versus appearances in
which Claudius's behind-the-scenes actions like his crimes of murder and usurpation are
the reality, while the facade of his kingly grace and loving devotion to his queen is
but the shadow of appearance.

What strategy did the Allies use to defeat Japan?

My history class just went over this last week
:)

Since naval confrontation with Japanese war ships proved to be too
costly for the US and its allies, they eventually resorted with aerial assults on enemy
ships. Ofcourse, the Japanese had their kamikaze planes to take out destroyers or
aircraft carriers. It was primarily that reason the campaign in the Pacific led to
mostly bombing Japanese ships while US destroyers would go after Japanese
subs.

In 1946, when Truman came into office, even he wasn't
aware of the atomic bombs production nor was he sure they would even work. But in his
decision to end the war, he gave the go ahead to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Air strike
was the way to go since the Japanese had bigger and better guns than the
Allies.

Are the characters in A Raisin in the Sun stereotypes?

In my mind, a stereotype reduces complexity in
characters.  It is a caricature, a way to represent someone without the intricacies and
full layers to what it means to be human.  I don't think that the characters in
Hansberry's work are stereotypes because they are shown to be round and fluid,
individuals who endure a great deal of change and make critical decisions at pointed
moments.  Walter is struggling, and like many other men of color, finds that the
personal and private worlds he inhabits possess challenge.  Yet, when faced with the
critical decision, he acts in the interests of family, rejects quick money, and stands
up for the emotional bonds that connect him.  This would defy the stereotype.  Ruth does
not have the abortion, defying the stereotype again, and recognizing that there is hope
for the new child entering the world.  Mama Younger does not disappear from the family's
decision making process, but rather invests in its future.  These are characters that
are placed in stereotypically challenging situations.  However, their actions reveal
unique individual responses to these contexts.

Based on what Edith Wharton writes, what illness or "trouble" do you suppose Ethan Frome's mother has?

Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome is the
story of a very unfortunate man. Ethan Frome lives in a place called Starkfield, a city
which tends to suck the very life out of those who live there. Ethan has lived there too
long.

His troubles begin at home. He is away at college
when he is called back to his family because his father was kicked in the head by an
animal and started giving "money like bible texts." After he died, Ethan's mother became
"queer." No specific disease or ailment is named, but we do know her symptoms. She
suffered from rheumatism (arthritis) and was not able to be particularly active. So
she used to enjoy watching people pass by outside their window; when the traffic pattern
changes and she is isolated, she is silent for long periods of time. She also suffers
from rheumatism. Ethan says it this way:

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...after the trains begun running nobody ever
come by here to speak of, and mother never could get it through her head what had
happened, and it preyed on her right along till she
died.

It appears she suffered
some form of depression in addition to her arthritis. Turning "queer" is a common
euphemism for those who undergo a dramatic change such as depression or other mental
illness.

Explain the irony contained in chapter 10

I think that the most likely irony that you are referring
to is the irony of what the Director is saying and what the director has
done.

Before Bernard Marx is brought in to be publicly
humiliated and punished the Director is giving this big speech about how bad it is to be
unorthodox.  He says that unorthodoxy of behavior destroys
society.

But even though he is talking about this, we know
(and everyone else will know soon) that the Director himself has been completely
unorthodox.  The proof of that is Linda and she will be revealed
soon.

x^2-20x+75=y (x-100)^25=y vertex= (100,-25)COMPLETE THE SQUARE CORRECTLY and show the mistake in the above work.

For the equation x^2-20+75=y, we see that there is no term
with x. If we are to complete the square there has to be a term with
x.

I take the equation as

can
rewrite it as: x^2 - 20x + 75 = y

=> x^2 - 20x + 75
+ 25 = y + 25

=> x^2 - 20x + 100 = y +
25

=> (x - 10)^2 = y -
(-25)

Therefore the vertex is (10 ,
-25)

What is so shocking about the guest who appears at midnight in "The Masque of the Red Death"?

It is interesting that in such an environment of "infinite
decorum" and "masquerade license" that any figure manages to evoke such responses of
"terror, of horror, and of disgust." Yet we are told that the figure had "out-Heroded
Herod" in his appearance, going beyond the bounds of what is acceptable and showing that
it is always possible to offend everyone if you know
how.

Let us consider how this guest is
described:

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The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from
head to foot in the habiliments of the grave. The mask which concealed the visage was
made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest
scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat. And yet all this might have
been endured, if not approved, by the mad revellers around. But the mummer had gone so
far as to assume the type of the Red Death. His vesture was dabbled in
blood--and his broad brow, with all the features of the face, was
besprinkled with the scarlet
horror.

What is so shocking
and incredible about the appearance of the stranger is therefore his choice of disguise.
As it says, the resemblance to a corpse would have been approved of by the assembled
masses, but what is unforgivable is the way that the masked guest has deliberately
disguised himself as a corpse that has been killed by the Red Death. To have such a
reminder of what Prospero and the others have fled from and also to frighten them with
what their future possibly holds for them is beyond the realms of acceptable social
behaviour, which explains why Prospero is quick to react in the way that he
does.

What is the connection between the narrator and the ship in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?

It is clear from the poem that the link or connection
between the Mariner and his ship is illustrated in the way that when the Mariner kills
the fated albatross, the whole ship, including all of its crew is punished for the deed
of this one man. It is this act that results in the disappearance of the wind that had
been ensuring their good journey, and the other sailors make this link
explicit:

And
I had done a hellilsh thing,

And it would work 'em
woe:

For all averred, I had killed the
bird

That made the breeze to
blow.

Ah wretch! said they, the bird to
slay,

That made the breeze to
blow!

As a result, in one of
the famous stanzas of this poem, the ship and all its crew are left stranded in the
middle of the sea without any wind to help them on their
way:

Day
after day, day after day,

We stuck, nor breath nor
motion;

As idle as a painted
ship

Upon a painted
ocean.

Note how the
repetition and the comparison to a picture of a ship intensifies the feeling
of claustrophobia and of being trapped in this situation. The Polar Spirit, a spirit
that represents nature itself, thus punishes the entire ship, including the Mariner, for
his transgression. Even at the end, after the curse has apparently been expiated, the
ship is still completely destroyed in a whirlpool, leaving no trace of it left on the
earth.

In Much Ado About Nothing, what literary techniques can I compare in Act II scene 3 and Act III scene 1?

I think the main approach you can take would be to look at
the role of irony and how it is played out in these two scenes. Of course, both of these
scenes show the complete turn around of Beatrice and Benedick, and how easily they are
persuaded that they are in love with each other. The irony here is two-fold: firstly,
the massive irony comes from their mutual hatred and the way that they swear they will
never become emotionally involved. Secondly, there is dramatic irony as we and the other
characters know that they are presenting a fabrication of the truth to Beatrice and
Benedick, who just happen to be listening to this carefully staged
ruse.

Note the intense irony of Benedick's words at the
beginning of Act II scene 3:

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I do much wonder that one man, seeing how much
another man is a fool when he dedicates his behaviours to love,k will, after he hath
laughed at such shallow follies in others, become the argument of his own scorn by
falling in love. And such a man is
Claudio.

Benedick is so swift
to bemoan the impact of love on Claudio's character, but by the very end of this scene
all it takes is a few overheard comments to turn himself into that very kind of
individual. Likewise, we see with Beatrice exactly the same situation. For all of her
fine words and witty retorts, she is swift to fall in love and believe what she hears.
Irony abounds from start to finish.

In "The Open Boat," what does the shark symbolize?

You are only allowed to ask one question so I have had to
edit down your question. Please do not ask multiple questions in
future.

You might want to think how the presence of the
shark ties in with a wider theme in this excellent short story, which is the age-old
conflict between man and nature. Crane seems to emphasise the incredibly precarious
situation that the men are in by showing how helpless they are in the face of the might
of nature. In the context of the times, mankind had experienced the Industrial
Revolution and the age of Reason, where more and more about science was being
discovered. However, in spite of all the power that mankind had discovered, the men in
the "open boat" are still shown to be incredibly powerless in the face of
nature.

One way that this is manifested is by the presence
of the shark. Note how it is described:

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But the thing did not then leave the vicinity of
the boat. Ahead or astern, on one side or the other, at intervals long or short, fled
the long sparkling streak, and there was to be heard the whirroo of
the dark fin. The speed and power of the thing was greatly to be admired. It cut the
water like a gigantic and keen
projectile.

Note how the
narrator focuses on the beauty and strength of the shark. It is shown to be elegant,
graceful and all-powerful in its environment, like a "gigantic and keen projectile." The
men are forced to realise that this is yet another example of how puny they truly are in
the face of nature, where at any moment, a wave or a shark could be the end of
them.

Why was the Step Pyramid built?

Pyramids are big structures which looks like a big heap or
a a hill with a square bases and four sloping sides. These sloping sides are triangular
and meet at a point at the top.  Several ancient peoples used pyramids as tombs or
temples. The Egyptians thought that a person's body had to be preserved and protected so
the soul could live forever. The pyramids could have smooth sides or stepped sides.
Stepped pyramids are pyramids with stepped sides. Also "step pyramid" is a proper name
assigned to a specific pyramid.

The first known stepped
pyramid was built in Egypt for King Zoser at Saqqarah about 2650 B.C. It was built by
Imhotep, a great architect and statesman. The tomb rises about 60 metres in six giant
steps and is called the Step Pyramid. This pyramid is still
existing.

Several ancient peoples of Central and South
America also built pyramids.  They built stepped pyramids that had flat tops.  They used
the flat tops as platforms for their temples.

The Mochica
of Peru built pyramids made of large bricks. The ancient Maya of Central America built
pyramid-shaped mounds of earth with temples on top. The Toltec of central Mexico also
built big stepped pyramids.

Is Scout's life enriched by Atticus' influence concerning education?

Introduced at an early age to the written page by her
father, Scout is certainly enriched through reading in her preschool years.  For,
Atticus does not embrace what he feels the people who run public education
do.  According to him, they

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"promote the stupid and idle along with the
industrious--because all men are created equal in the sense some would have us
believe."

Instead, Atticus
teaches his children at whatever age they are ready for new concepts--whether they are
in the "proper" grade, or not.  He introduces them also to new ways of thinking about
things, such as telling Scout that she needs to consider things from others' points of
view.  As a result of this method of education for his
children, the Finch children's thinking is much more expansive than that of others of
their age groups.

In addition, Atticus teaches his children
many a lesson that is not in any textbook.  And, he teaches by example.  For, instance,
he has Jem read to Mrs. Dubose, and Jem witnesses his great shooting as he kills a rabid
dog.

Explain the solving of the equation 3x+15=0?

In order to solve the linear equation, we'll have to find
a value for x so that the equation to hold, even after the substitution of the unknown x
with the found value was made.

A proper manner to solve
this type of equation would be to subtract, both sides of the equation, the opposite
value of the one of the left side, so that, in the end, the left side to contain only
the unknown x.

3x+15-15 =
0-15

3x=-15

Now, to move 3
across the equal sign, we need to divide both sides of the equation with
3.

3x/3 =
-15/3

x =
-5

What is a balance of payments?

The Balance of Payments refers to the sum of all
transactions that are made between a nation and the rest of the world. These
transactions can be recorded as entries in the current account or the capital
account.

The current account includes items that can be
classified under exports and imports and the funds that are spent by citizens of the
nation in other countries and by foreign citizens in that
nation.

Capital account includes foreign direct investment
made by foreign entities into a nation and direct investment made by entities of that
nation into other nations.

When the current and capital
accounts are added together, the result is usually not equal to zero. The difference,
which may be positive or negative has to be balanced. If there is a net outflow of funds
it is displayed as a decrease in the foreign reserves and is usually compensated by
borrowing funds from abroad. A net inflow of funds increases the foreign exchange
reserves and the nation is in a position to lend money to other
nations.

Identify 2 approaches to helping a client using Person Centered Therapy.Counseling

Since its introduction in the 1940s, "Person Centered
Theory" in counseling and therapy has been utilized in many more current therapeutic
practices.  Generally speaking, Person Centered Theory takes the focus off the counselor
(listening, making decisions, and prescribing behavioral change) and puts it back on the
client.  In this way, the client is trusted as someone who is both
competent and independent.  He is considered to be someone who can bring about his own
change.

The most important approach to helping in Person
Centered Theory is to build a personal relationship with the
client. This is also a practice in "Reality Therapy"
(a more modern idea that utilizes many ideas of Person Centered Therapy).  The client
must know the counselor trusts him to make decisions that lead him toward positive
change and growth.  He must also, in turn, trust the therapist to listen to, encourage,
and support him.

In the process of building a personal
relationship (and therefore trust) with the client, the next approach in Person Centered
Therapy is to create a safe environment in which the client can practice making
changes.  This means the counselor must provide acceptance and care for the client.  The
client, in this approach, is allowed to make mistakes and process through them, rather
than be told exactly what to do.

Two essential elements for
Person Centered Therapy to be effective are time and communication.  More recently, this
therapy has been utilized in group therapy situations.  Though each client may be
working toward a different goal, as they process through the behavioral changes
necessary in achieving that goal, they can receive feedback, encouragement, and support
from others doing the same thing.

How could Mrs. Bennet's character be described in Pride and Prejudice?

In this masterful study of society, Austen seems to
reserve much of her scorn for the character of Mrs. Bennet. Austen wastes no time in the
first chapter in introducing her as:

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...a woman of mean understanding, little
information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented she fancied herself
nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was
visiting and news.

Thus Mrs.
Bennet is presented as a woman who is obsessed with getting her daughters married. She
is shown to be so focussed on this that the actual nature of the men in question appears
to be forgotten, exemplified in her delight in Wickham as a son-in-law. Likewise she is
shown to be a woman with little understanding of how to behave properly in society. Poor
Elizabeth and Jane are constantly embarrassed by their mother's inappropriate comments
in society and schemes to try and get them married off, such as when Mrs. Bennet insists
that Jane goes to Netherfield on horseback because it "looks like rain" and therefore
she will have to stay the night.

Mrs. Bennet is also shown
to have a negative influence on Kitty and Lydia in particular, who are allowed to run
around without discipline or moderation, acting as flirts and with little regard for
others. As Lizzie says to her father when she appeals to him to not let Lydia go to
Brighton with the militia, Lydia is in danger of being "beyond the reach of amendment"
and "the most determined flirt."

Provide a character sketch of any good character in Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

A delightful character, the pony named Merrylegs is, like
most ponies, very clever. When the Vicar Blomefield's children visit along with their
father, it is Merrylegs who is called upon to entertain them. Round and round they are
all ride up and down the fields and all around the orchard.  After a couple of hours,
the boys think that they should ride Merrylegs and fashion whips out of large hazel
sticks to make him go as fast as possible.  However, little Merrylegs is too smart to
allow them to abuse him.  So, when they whip him, he simply rears up and they slide off
his back.

When he is returned to the stable, his handler
James scolds him, "There, you rogue, mind you behave yourself, or we shall get in
trouble."  So, when Beauty asks him what has happened, Merrylegs explains.  The pony is
yet another character who illustrates the intelligence of horses and how important it is
to treat animals humanely. 

Why is the relationship between Jonas and the Giver more dangerous compared to the other relationships Jonas has? In The Giver, why is the...

The relationship that Jonas has with The Giver is very
different than his other relationships.  All of Jonas’s other relationships revolve
around careful behavior designed to keep distance between people, and maintaining the
community’s expectations.  These are closed relationships, where closeness is
forbidden.  By contrast, Jonas has an open relationship with The Giver.  Their
relationship stems from the understanding that they are the only two people in the
community with feelings.

Family units in the community are
determined by committee.  Adults are matched for the purpose of raising children.  There
is no sex, as children are bred from birthmothers who then never see them again.  Sexual
feelings, called Stirrings, are repressed with pills.  Children are assigned to adults
in pairs, one boy and one girl.  The mother and father do not love each other, and they
have no love for their children.  When Jonas asks his parents if they love him, they
chide him for inaccurate language usage.  Love is not a concept that exists in the
community.  The absence of love is very important to the controlling of emotion,
critical to the community’s sameness.

By contrast, Jonas
and The Giver have a father-son relationship based on love.  They care about each other,
as The Giver cared for Rosemary.  There is evidence that they are related, since they
have pale eyes.  The Giver shares memories of love with Jonas, such as the memory of
grandparents, because he wants to teach him to experience strong emotions.    The Giver
is forced to share terrible emotions like fear and hunger with Jonas, but since he cares
about him he balances these with memories of love.  The Giver allows Jonas to leave, and
helps him for a plan, because he cares for him.

It is no
coincidence that Jonas’s relationship with Gabriel grows as his relationship with The
Giver grows.  The Giver teaches Jonas how to love, and Jonas comes to love Gabriel. 
Jonas cares about Gabe, and comforts him with positive memories in much the way The
Giver comforts him.  It is Jonas’s love for Gabriel, only made possible by The Giver’s
love for Jonas, which allows the community to transform from
sameness.

In P.B. Shelley's poem "The Triumph of Life," explain the similes in lines 290-324.

In Percy Bysshe Shelley's "The Triumph of Life," there are
several similes used.

Around line 290, Shelley writes about
the Church rising "like shadows" between man and God. I take this to mean that Shelley
feels that instead of drawing mankind closer to God, the Church, specifically Pope
Gregory the Great, is acting more like an obstruction.

The
recurring theme here seems to speak to the conflicts organized religion (Christianity)
has created that separates mankind from God.

Then there is
a shift at approximately line 314: Shelley is describing the coming of spring; the
speaker notes he had fallen asleep under a mountain as the world outside comes to life.
He was in a "cavern deep," there for an immeasurable time,
and...

...from
it came a gentle rivulet / Whose water like clear air in its calm
sweep...

This simile draws
attention to the beauty of all that is natural, that surrounds him, but there is a sense
of the mystical: we find this in...

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I found myself
asleep

Under a mountain, which from unknown
time

Had yawned into a cavern high and
deep

We see it again with the
following:

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And from it came a gentle
rivulet

Whose water like clear air in its calm sweep
315

“Bent the soft grass and kept for ever wet
/

The stems of the sweet flowers, and filled the
grove

With sound which all who hear must needs
forget...

The
sense of the "supernatural" (not in sense of ghosts, etc., but things beyond the
"natural world") would have been anything but unusual in the poetry of Shelley, one of
the three great second-generation Romantic poets in English
literature.

In this mystical place, Shelley describes the
water "like clear air," and sounds like an allusion to Greek Mythology and the the River
Lethe:

...it
was believed that the newly dead who drank from the River Lethe would lose all memory of
their past existence.

So that
the water in the poem, like the sweet air Shelley
describes:

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With sound which all who hear must
needs forget

“All pleasure and all pain, all
hate and love, Which they had known before that hour of rest:
320

A sleeping mother then would dream not
of

“The only child who died upon her breast At eventide, a
king would mourn no more

The crown of which his brow was
dispossest...

Shelley
describes that this water would remove all memory previous, and this included the memory
a mother would have of losing her only baby, but would also comfort the king who had
lost his crown and kingdom.

Given the following quote: "Philosophers have so far interpreted the world. the point however is to change it."What implications does Marx's...

I think that this quote brings out Marx's idea of praxis
that became such a strong part of his thinking and the resultant forces that owe their
source to him.  Marx's thought was different than other philosophical tenets of the time
period because it was rooted in understanding and action as a result of this
comprehension.  Philosophy prior to Marx did not include the dimension of action.  For
example, what action can be taken out of Descartes?  One will always think and always
doubt.  The resultant action of Cartesian thought is in the subjective and in the
internal concsciousness.  For Marx, though, philosophy is only good in terms of the
action that is spurned from it.  The trend of philosophy that remained chained to the
realm of the subjective  was something that was rebuked with Marxist thought.  It is
here where philosophy was moved into the realm of social justice and action. Praxis
became the point where thought and action merged into one.  The "interpretation" of
philosophers that is alluded to in the quote is moved into action with Marx's thought
and his analysis.  In this light, literature and the printed word has to result in some
level of social change or solidarity in order to present a transformative vision of
art.

What do you do when insurance companies don't pay legitimate claims?My mother has been fighting this insurance company for over two years. She...

A suggestion would be to gather all of the medical
documentation which states exactly the time and day in which the final diagnoses was
made. Contact the agent who sold you the insurance and discuss this information, always
keeping the original documents.

There are two ways of
getting help: One is through a lawyer who can directly contact the agency and request a
copy of the contract that you both signed, and that way they can demonstrate the breach
of contract. Some lawyers will only charge if you get money out of a lawsuit against an
insurance company.

The other alternative, which I came to
find out about just recently, is that every state has what is called a "department of
insurance" or an agency that operates under the same concept of investigating claims and
the practices of the insurance company. Search in your state or through law firms within
your city to find where that place is and proceed with all your documentation to make
things right.

Remember that insurance companies are
basically placing bets on our time line when they offer certain benefits assuming that
they will not be used or cashed in. They are also private corporations and they can get
very greedy. Just check below on the link on that info about the department of
insurance, and for lawyers in your area. 

And I truly and
sincerely hope this is of some good use for you.

What point of view is The Boscombe Valley mystery written in?

Almost all of the Sherlock Holmes stories are told from
the first person point of view with Dr. Watson as narrator.  Dr. Watson is Holmes’s
roommate, friend, and assistant.

You can tell first person
point of view by the use of pronouns.  You will see the pronouns I,
me, we, and my.  These
are first person pronouns.  Watson refers to himself.

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We were seated at
breakfast one morning, my wife and
I, when the maid brought in a
telegram.

Watson describes
Holmes’s actions and repeats what he says, sometimes asking him to explain his
reasoning.  However, Watson does not really ever know exactly what is going on.  This
creates more suspense for the reader, because we have to guess and Watson withholds
information.

What role might nature play for Victor in Frankenstein?In regards to the fact that during his summer experiment, Victor admits "his eyes were...

The role of nature, in Mary Shelley's novel
Frankenstein, presents itself as one of the major themes depicted
throughout the novel. While Elizabeth is far more enamored by nature, "She busied
herself with ... the sublime shapes of the mountains; the changes of the seasons;
tempest and calm; the silence of winter, and the life and turbulence of our Alpine
summers," Victor was far more enamored with science.

For
example, when Victor first became overly interested in science, a lightning strike to a
tree was responsible for peaking Victor's interest. Instead of being drawn to the
natural elements of nature, Victor was drawn to the scientific aspects of
it.

I never
beheld anything so utterly destroyed. Before this I was not unacquainted with the more
obvious laws of
electricity.

Unlike
Elizabeth, who would have been intrigued by the power of nature, Victor ignores the
power and, instead, focuses upon the scientific aspects of it. Victor proves, again and
again, that the natural world is of no importance to him. His utter dismissing of nature
proves to be his tragic flaw in the end.

Although Victor
tends to ignore nature, nature does not ignore Victor. it seems that every time Victor
falls into his incurable illnesses (seen after he creates the monster, after William,
Justine and Clerval's deaths), nature is what brings him out of his despair. Therefore,
although Victor fails to recognize the importance of nature, nature never once backs
down from Victor (showing its power to regenerate season after season and remain
unchanged no matter how much time has passed).