Why might the narrator directly address and question the reader?What are two reasons why the narrator might directly address and question the...

It is unusual for a narrator to address the reader, but
there are instances when the narrator does directly address the reader.  For example,
Charles Dickens often addressed his readers as "dear reader" and spoke directly to
them.  The narrator does this for several reasons.  Two such reasons are to point out
important themes and to directly characterize characters.  I do think this is effective
when it's use is limited.

There are often times when the
author wants to make a thematic point very clear to the reader, so the author directly
addresses the reader.  When the narrator directly addresses the reader, the reader feels
more intimiately a part of the story and this can be a very effective and powerful
tool.  When the narrator is always talking to the reader, the effect is different.  Whe
sparingly used, the author can call attention to what's important this
way.

Another method authors use is direct
characterization.  Sometimes the author wants to share an inside joke with the reader
behind the character's back.  Either way, the narrator sometimes needs to talk directly
to the reader to share some information about one of the characters.  This too can be
very effective, because it draws the reader's attention to what the author feels is most
important.

What was the concern about children and women in the courtroom and how does Judge Taylor deal with this in To Kill a Mockingbird?

The problem is that it is a rape trial.  Some are
concerned that details of rape are not appropriate for woman and children to hear.  The
trial does get fairly graphic, at least as far as the South in the 30s is concerned. 
Judge Taylor suggests that everyone knew full well that details of rape are of course
going to be discussed at a rape trial.  If there are children at the trial, their
parents certainly know that they are there and know what they will hear.  The rape is
the talk of the two anyway, so it is being discussed in much less dignified terms
everywhere, from the streets to the playgrounds.  He does not order the women and
children out of court.

Why are twins not acceptable in the community of The Giver?

Although everyone in the community is the same, and
sameness is a high priority, the people are not EXACTLY the same.  There are no
identical twins.  If a set of identifical twins is born, they are weighed and whichever
twin weighs less is released.  We first learn about the release of identical twins in
chapter 14, when Jonas's father says he has to release one of a set of twin boys once
they are born.

When Jonas requests to view the release in
chapter 19, he comments on why there can't be identical twins.  The Giver says he wishes
they would not release one, and Jonas replies:

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"Well, they can't have two identical people
around!  Think how confusing it would be!" Jonas
chuckled.

Confusion and
discomfort are to be avoided at all costs.  Lily’s story in chapter 14 is an example of
the community’s reaction to identical twins.

How does the accident in the end shows the reckless nature of 1920s America in The Great Gatsby?

I believe the scene in which Gatsby allows Daisy to
quickly drive, hit Myrtle, and then flee the scene demonstrates recklessness in several
ways.

1. Gatsby probably should not have let Daisy drive in
the first place. The uncomfortable parting with Tom in New York before they jumped in
the car likely had Daisy a little jittery to begin with, plus, being a rich woman, she
probably had little road experience. She was angry, and driving like she
was.

2. Myrtle only ran out to the car because she had been
locked up by Wilson as he had discovered she was having an affair. In her effort to
escape and be with Tom (because she thought Tom would be driving this car), Myrtle
rushed to the car without caution knowing he would only slow enough to pick her up.
Unfortunately this mistaken identity cost her life.

3. Any
responsible human being in their rational mind would have stopped the car to determine
how to help a situation like this. Gatsby encouraged her to stop, but Daisy was out of
it and Gatsby let her be and drove on. Gatsby was too swayed by Daisy to do the right
thing at the time.

Each of these reasons for recklessness
demonstrate selfishness on behalf of the character whose flaws contributed to the
reckless death.

What is the molecular formula of the rocket fuel in the following case:Rocket fuel is know to contain carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen, and have a...

The rocket fuel is made up of carbon, hydrogen and
nitrogen. The molar mass of the fuel is 60.1 g/mole.

Let
the molecular formula of the fuel be C(a)N(b)H(c) and let us assume that the nitrogen is
not oxidized when the fuel burns.

When 2.859 g of the fuel
is burnt we have 4.19 g of carbon dioxide and 3.428 g of water
produced.

2.859 g of the fuel is approximately 0.04757 mole
of the fuel

4.19 g of carbon dioxide has (4.19/44.01) =
0.0952 mole of C

3.428 g of water has 2*3.428/18.02 g =
0.3804 mole of hydrogen

We have 0.0952 mole of carbon in
0.04757 mole of the fuel. 0.0952/ .04757 = 2 approximately. This gives 2 atoms of carbon
in one molecule of the fuel.

We have 0.3804 mole of
hydrogen in 0.04757 mole of the fuel. .3804/.04757 = 8 approximately. This gives 8 atoms
of hydrogen in one molecule of the fuel.

The rest of the
fuel is nitrogen, or one molecule of the fuel has (60.1 - 8*1.008 - 12*2)/14.01 = 2
atoms of nitrogen

So the molecular formula of
the fuel is C(2)N(2)H(8).

What are Theseus and Hippolyta looking forward to in the next four days?

They are looking forward to their wedding.  They are going
to be getting married to each other in just a few days.

At
the start of the play, these two are looking forward to their marriage.  In fact, they
cannot wait.  They are talking about how impatient they are for the day to come.  They
are eager even though Theseus apparently first won Hippolyta with his
sword.

By contrast, Hermia is not at all eager to marry
Demetrius, and that will be the reason for the rest of the play to
happen.

how to write cos 2x in terms of cos x?

We'll write cos 2x as the cosine of the sum of 2 like
angles:

cos(x+x) = cos x*cos x - sin x*sin
x

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

We'll write sin x in terms of cos x, applyingthe
fundamental formula of trigonometry:

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

(sin x)^2 = 1 - (cos x)^2
(2)

We'll substitute (2) in
(1):

cos(x+x) = (cos x)^2 - [1 - (cos
x)^2]]

We'll remove the
brackets:

cos 2x = (cos x)^2 - 1+ (cos
x)^2]

We'll combine like
terms:

cos 2x = 2(cos x)^2 -
1

So,the expression of cos 2x, written in terms of cos x,
is:

cos 2x = 2(cos x)^2 -
1

Compare the sentiments of two of Sor Juana's love sonnets to those in "The Response to Sor Filotea." in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz presents very different
sentiments in "Respuesta a Sor Filotea," (a defense to a letter of criticism sent from a
bishop who had been thought of as a friend) as opposed to her sonnets, some of which
deal with love. The letter of response includes her history, her desire to learn, and
her dedication not to offend the Holy Church. She is collected, poised and businesslike,
employing intellectual arguments and humble statements.

In
"Respuesta a Sor Filotea," Sor Juana reports on why learning is so important to
her:

I do not
study in order to write, nor far less in order to teach (which would be boundless
arrogance in me), but simply to see; whether by studying I may become less ignorant.
This is my answer, and these are my
feelings.

Sor Juana has no
desire to teach—she sees this as arrogance on her part, to assume that she knew enough
to imagine she could teach others. On the contrary, her feeling, constantly, of never
having learned enough makes her feel ignorant...uneducated. She studies to become less
ignorant.

However, her love sonnets are much more
emotional, speaking not always of love, but sometimes of hate. Her tone is more
aggressive, much less conciliatory: very emotionally
honest.

In her sonnet entitled, "Reason Prevails Over
Pleasure," she speaks of two men: one who mistreats her that she
adores, and the other who pursues her, and she
ignores. The one who wants her does not appeal, but the more
"diamond-hard" the other is toward her, the more "he gets all my attention." By the end
of the poem, Sor Juana's blatant honesty is surprisingly
timeless:

The
one I don't want I'll use well, / And drop the unloving
scoundrel.

This sentiment
sounds like something out of a soap opera or novel, and not very
nun-like.

Another powerful sonnet Sor Juana titles,
"Abhorrence," and I include the entire poem, for its power comes from the poem's
entirety.

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Abhorrence

Sylvio,
I hate you and still attack,

Abhorring your sting in this
fashion:

As the sharp sword goads the
scorpion;

Stepping in mud leaves a muddy
track.

Like venom stored in a deadly
sack

That wounds if employed without
caution;

Virtue was never your
intention,

You gloat in its obvious
lack.

Your vile face persists in my
memory,

With frightening visions of
passion,

Provoking the pain of my
destiny.

Thus I must face this
contradiction:

Abhorring not only you but
me,

For all the times I wanted you
back.

Sor Juana directs her
comments to Sylvio. The first thing she tells him is that she hates him, and she goes on
to speak of attacking—it would seem one of them attacking and the other answering in
kind.

The imagery is wonderful: the sharp sword vs. the
scorpion, and, "venom stored in a deadly sack." Sor Juana's claws are
showing.

She throws in his face: "Virtue was never your
intention." In essence, she calls him a schemer and a liar, and he
gloats about it. Memories of his "vile" face and "frightening
visions of passion" bring her pain, but...and this is the poem's pivotal point...she
must face the contradiction life has presented: if she hates him, then she must also
hate herself for all the times that, knowing what he was, she still wanted him
back.

What amazing poetry from a Mexican nun in the late
1600s. Sor Juana's letter of response is like a business letter, reporting essential
details. Her sonnets include condemnation of self and others, and painful honesty about
her humanity. And we see how people, even nuns, can be many-sided
creatures.

What is the predominant theme in Hemingway's "Fathers and Sons"?

A strong proponent of the power of nature, Ernest
Hemingway sets his story, "Fathers and Sons," amid the beauty of cleared fields and
thickets.  For Hemingway, there was a healing power to nature as well as the opportunity
for man to dominate it, which both serve to make one a better person.  With a story
named after the book by Ivan Turngenev, a nihilist who wrote of the growing divide
between generations in Russia, Hemingway draws parallels in his narrative as Nick Adams
reflects upon his ambivalent relationship with his father.  For, while his father has
imparted to Nick his great love of nature and the ability to conquer
it--

When you
have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying...and the last one is as good
as the first.  He could thank his father for
that--

he has also left Nick
with resentful feelings:  "He was always disappointed in the way I shot."  Nevertheless,
Nick tries to conquer his sentimentality, a sentimentality he has inherited from his
father.  Because he was sentimental, Nick's father was both cruel and abused, he
reflects.  So, when Nick's own son awakens and asks him about hunting and visiting his
grandfather's grave, Nick stoically represses his sentimentality, agreeing:  "I can see
we'll have to go."  For, the relationship of father and son is one of paramount
importance; it constitutes much of what makes the man. As Nick feels gratitude for what
his father has taught him of hunting and fishing, he conquers his negative feelings,
finding strength in the power of nature and his stoic
masculinity, two prevalent theme in "Fathers and
Sons."

Given sin x + cos x = 1, what is tan(x+x)?

We'll start by square raising the constraint from
enunciation:

 sinx + cosx =
1

(sinx + cosx)^2 =
1^2

(sinx)^2 + (cosx)^2 + 2sinx*cosx = 1
(1)

But, from the fundamental formula of
trigonometry:

(sinx)^2 + (cosx)^2 =
1

We'll substitute (sinx)^2 + (cosx)^2 by
1:

The relation (1) will
become:

1 + 2sinx*cosx =
1

We'll eliminate like
terms:

 2sinx*cosx =
0

But  2sinx*cosx = sin
(2x)

We'll write the formula for tan(x+x) =
tan 2x:

tan 2x = sin 2x/cos
2x

Since sin 2x = 0, we'll
get:

tan 2x = 0/cos
2x

tan (x+x) = tan 2x =
0

In "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Emerson, what does the following quote mean?"With consistency a great soul has simply has nothing to do. He may as...

What Emerson means here is that you should not get too
caught up in making sure that you have the same ideas one day as you had the day
before.  That is what he means by consistency -- it is looking like you do not change
your mind a lot.

Emerson thinks that it is stupid to be
afraid to change your mind.  This is what he means when he says that "a foolish
consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."  He says that we should change our minds
whenever we think that it is the right thing to do.  That is part of the idea (a big one
for the Transcendentalists) that we should always follow our consciences and do what we
think is right at any given time.  Here's my favorite quote on that
idea:

Else if
you would be a man speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and
tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every
thing you said today.

Why did the client not want to listen to the idea of the woman's being in his life? What was he in search of?

It is in human nature to sort out the priorities of their
life. For guru nayak his main priority was to find the person who had tried to kill him,
for the simple reason of taking revenge. Also, he always doubted most people (as is
evident from the story), so he wanted to test wether the person really did know
astrology. He considered the 'there is a woman in your life' quote to be one of their
catch lines(commonly used lines to please people), which it was. So, he did ot want to
listen to the idea of the woman's bieng in his
life.

Either way, we don't know wether the
author has potrayed guru nayak as a married man, so we cannot exactly state that one
would like to hear somebody else's advice in extremely personal
matters.

How to find x and y in simultaneous equations? y^2-4xy+4y=1 3x^2-2xy=1

We have to solve the simultaneous
equation

y^2 - 4xy + 4y = 1
...(1)

3x^2 - 2xy = 1
...(2)

We see that it is not possible to isolate x in terms
of y or y in terms of x using any of the equations.

In (1)
we get y = 1/(y - 4x + 4)

In (2) we get x = 1/(3x -
2y)

As this is the case, we cannot the solve the system of
simultaneous equations. Using a random solution of (1 , 1), we do get
both

y^2 - 4xy + 4y = 1 and 3x^2 - 2xy =
1

The required solution of the equations is
(1, 1)

What decision did the appeals court make in the case of Lionel Brogden v. State of Maryland?

Lionel Brogen was convicted of "wearing, carrying and
displaying" a handgun in public and sentenced to three years in prison on that charge. 
He was also convicted and sentenced for burglary, but the appeal and subsequent ruling
on the appeal did not affect the second charge or sentence, only the possession of a
handgun charge.

The court basically held that the trial
judge exceeded his authority and discretion when he gave supplemental instructions to
the jury that the burden to prove the gun was licensed rested with Brogden.  Since the
licensing status of the weapon was not an issue at trial, and was not brought up during
it, the appeals court ruled the judge had no discretion to introduce the point to the
jury.  So it overturned the verdict and sentence on that one
charge.

A car travel 45 mph at 9:00 pm, then another car leave 30 minutes later at 65 mph. When will they meet?

Let the distance both cars travels before they meet is
D.

The time need to for car 1 is
T1

The car needed for car 2 is
T2

But car 2 leaves 30 minutes ( 0.5 h) after car
1

==> T2 = T1 - 0.5
..............(1)

Let us use the speed
formula.

For the first
car:

==> S1 =
D/T1

==> 45 =
D/T1

==> D=
45*T1..............(2)

For the second
car:

s2 = D/T2

==> 65 =
D/ (T1-0.5)

==> D= 65*(T1-0.5)
..............(3)

Now from (2) and (3) we
have:

45*T1 = 65*(T1 -
0.5)

==> 45T1 = 65T1 -
65/2

==> 20T1 =
65/2

==> T1 = 65/2*20 = 13/8 hours= 1 5/8
hours

We will convert 5/8 hour to
minutes.

==> 5/8 * 60 = 37.5
minutes

Then the time needed for car 1 to meet car 2 is
1:37.5

But car 1 leaves at 9:00
pm

==> 9:00 + 1:37.5 =
10:37.5

Then, the cars meets at 10:37.5
pm.

Evaluate the indefinite integral of the fraction 1/(16x^2+24x+9)?

We recognize that the denominator of the fraction is a
perfect square:

16x^2+24x+9 =
(4x+3)^2

We'll re-write the
integral:

Int f(x)dx = Int
dx/(4x+3)^2

We'll change the
variable.

We'll substitute 4x+3 by
t.

4x+3 = t

We'll
differentiate both sides:

(4x+3)'dx =
dt

So, 4dx = dt

dx =
dt/4

We'll re-write the integral in the variable
t:

Int dx/(4x+3)^2= Int
dt/4t^2

Int dt/4t^2 = Int
[t^(-2)/4]*dt

Int [t^(-2)/4]*dt = t^(-2+1)/4*(-2+1) + C =
t^(-1)/-4 + C = -1/4t + C

But t =
4x+3

Int dx/(4x+3)^2 = -1/4(4x+3) +
C

What is the importance of the rock motif in Lord of the Flies?We're reading Lord of the Flies at the moment and I've been assigned to track the...

The rock motif is quite significant to the novel as a
whole.  So your assignment is a good one.  You probably have already noticed several
examples of rock rolling or throwing.  The first major example occurs in Chapter 1 on
the first expedition that the boys take to check out the island.  Jack, Ralph, and Simon
are on this expedition.  During this adventure, they come across a big rock and send it
rolling down the mountain. The boys are united here in their joy and sense of
adventure:

Not
for five minutes could they drag themselves away from their
triumph.

Rock rolling will be
repeated two more times in the novel.  As it is repeated, the boys' savagery will be
more intense.  You will be able to see how this seemingly innocent act becomes much more
sinister as tension among the boys increases and they splinter into two
groups.

The other example of rock
throwing occurs at the beginning of Chapter 4, in which Roger is
throwing rocks at Henry, but "threw it to miss."  Golding explains that Henry is
protected by the teachings of "parents and school and policemen and the law."  Roger has
been taught that throwing rocks directly at someone is wrong, so he will only throw to
irritate, not to harm.  What is particularly chilling about this scene is the fact that
Roger only has to realize that on the island there are no repercussions if he should
throw to hit.  As you read, you should pay attention to Roger's devolvement into
savagery as well as his later involvement with rock rolling.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, why isn't Miss Caroline popular with the children?

Miss Caroline may have good intentions but in her
inexperience and insensitivity, she doesn’t listen to what Scout has to say. It doesn’t
help that Scout has a bit of trouble communicating to the much older Miss
Caroline.

Scout has an intimate knowledge of the social
structure and mentality of Maycomb. Miss Caroline is an outsider. When Scout tries to
tell Miss Caroline that Walter won’t take the quarter because he is a Cunningham, Miss
Caroline has no idea what this means and thinks that Scout is just trying to challenge
her. Walter won’t take the quarter because he comes from a poor but hard working family.
He just doesn’t want to take a handout. This is also why Walter doesn’t like Miss
Caroline at the start.

Miss Caroline also scolds Scout for
reading with Atticus, which is just contrary to whole spirit of education. The fact that
Miss Caroline is an outsider adds to her problems communicating with the class. She
tries but is impatient and this results in a basic lack of communication between her and
the children. Miss Caroline did not take into consideration that she might benefit from
the advice of the children.

How do ideals determine the decisions of the characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen?

Most of the characters in Pride and
Prejudice have a perspective of what a person's ideal
character, meaning main traits of a person's nature, should be like. This
is especially true of our hero and heroine, Elizabeth and
Darcy. Both know and understand that there are
ideal character traits and not so ideal character traits,
and both feel ashamed when they learn that they have not been acting in line with their
own ideals. Hence, both Elizabeth's and Darcy's ideals
shape their decisions to change their
behavior.

For
Elizabeth, part of what makes up an ideal
character is the ability to accurately judge
others. We see Elizabeth criticizing her sister Jane for Jane's inability to see
anyone's faults. As Elizabeth phrases it, "All the world are good and agreeable in your
eyes. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life," and Jane concedes that
she "would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one" (Ch. 4). However, Elizabeth is
right in thinking that the disadvantage of Jane's perspective is that Jane is incapable
of judging people's actions correctly, which can lead a person to make bad decisions,
such as deciding not to expose Wickham in case he is trying to re-establish his
character. Hence, Elizabeth values her own abilities to judge and
discern, thinking that they are far better than her sister's. Yet,
Elizabeth soon discovers that her abilities to discern are really not what she thought
they were, despite the fact that she considers the ability to discern an
ideal character trait. In reality, she misjudges Wickham to be the best
man she's met simply because he is friendly and conversational and misjudges Darcy to be
a despicable person simply because he is reserved and was spoken ill of by Wickham.
Elizabeth, seeing how she has fallen short of her ideal, soon amends both
her opinions and her
actions.

Darcy
also believes in ideal character traits. He values having
pride in one's ethical conduct and "superiority of mind" (Ch. 11). As he
tells Elizabeth later on in the book, he also values good
principles. One of the principles he holds is that he must always speak
the absolute truth, which is one reason why Darcy talks about how inferior he believes
Elizabeth and her family are to himself and how marrying her would be a "degradation" of
his pride during his first proposal. Also, since he believes he has upheld his
principles, he is absolutely shocked when Elizabeth calls him arrogant, conceited,
selfish, and accuses him of not behaving in a "gentleman-like manner" (Ch. 34). In
addition, he believes that his ideal character trait is to uphold his
principles; therefore, he is absolutely ashamed and mortified by
Elizabeth's chastisement and, later, by the things he said to her during his proposal.
Later, Darcy makes an effort to act with less pride and less conceit. Therefore, even
Darcy's ideals make him change his
behavior.

On what side of the Periodic Table are metals located?nope

If you look at the convenient chart located just under the
main periodic table on the study guide pasted below, you see that the metals extend from
the far left side all the way over to the right side extending just up to the metalloids
and leaving only about 1/5th of the chart for other nonmetals and the Halogens, etc.  Of
course you may have been asking just for metals and metalloids don't quite count
(depending on who is asking) so you will have to look carefully to see which answer
works for your question.  Of course, I am assuming you are talking about the more widely
used Mendeleev periodic table and not some of the alternative
ones?

Point out some way in which the denoument contributes to the overall theme of "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.

The denouement or resolution of Kate Chopin's "The Story
of an Hour" occurs at the very end of the story with surprising
force.

Mrs. Louise Mallard, who has heart trouble, has been
told that she is free from the restrictions of her marriage by the untimely death of her
husband. Without having realized it before, she soon understands that her will has not
been her own, but has been controlled by her husband, who had generally been kind and
whom she had sometimes loved.

However, now Mrs. Mallard's
new sense of freedom gives her a renewed interest in her life. Whereas the day before
she had worried that life would be long, now she prays that life
will be long because she realizes that she has been set "free."
"Body and soul, free."

When, at the story's conclusion,
Louise Mallard finally leaves her room and goes down the stairs with her sister-in-law,
a key in the door announces the arrival of...her allegedly dead husband, Brently. He was
not killed in a railway accident as reported. In that moment,
rather than being overjoyed at his "resurrection," Louise loses the
promise of freedom widowhood would have brought her.

The
denouement is the doctors' diagnosis:

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When the doctors came they said she had died of
heart disease—of joy that
kills.

The irony is, of
course, that she did not die from the joy of seeing her husband  alive, as
they believe, but of disappointment at the loss of her dreams for a
life all her own. The story reflects the importance of the title—that within an hour
Louise's life changes enormously: she gains a life and loses it. The story also
perpetuates the sense of society (then) that a woman's happiness depended upon having a
husband. Independence was not something women needed:  why would they with a husband to
make the important decisions?

Overall, the theme throughout
the story is Louise's discovery of the value of independence for a woman. The denouement
reflects society's inability to understand this concept: the doctor's blame her death
not on disappointment, but on ill-health, something only the reader would be able to
pick up on.

What is the angle x if the identity sin2x-(cos 2x)/2 -1/2=cosx-2cosx*tanx?

To determine the angle x, we'll have to solve the
equation.

We'll write the first term of the equation as the
function sine of a double angle.

We'll apply the formula
for the double angle:

sin 2a = sin (a+a)=sina*cosa +
sina*cosa=2sina*cosa

We'll replace 2a by 2x and we'll
get:

sin 2a = 2sin x*cos
x

We'll re-write the
equation:

2sin x*cos x - (cos 2x)/2 -1/2 =
cosx-2cosx*tanx

We'll factorize by -1/2 the last 2 terms
from the left side:

2sin x*cos x - (1-cos 2x)/2 =
cosx-2cosx*tanx

But (1-cos 2x)/2 = (cos
x)^2

2sin x*cos x - (cos x)^2 = cosx-2cosx*sinx/cos
x

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

2sin x*cos x - (cos x)^2 = cosx -
2sinx

We'll factorize by cos x to the left
side:

cos x(2sin x - cos x) = -(2sin x - cos
x)

We'll move all the terms to the left
side:

cos x(2sin x - cos x) + (2sin x - cos x) =
0

We'll factorize by (2sin x - cos
x):

(2sin x - cos x)(cos x + 1) =
0

We'll set each factor as
zero:

cos x + 1 = 0

We'll add
-1 both sides:

cos x = -1

x =
arccos (-1)

x = pi

2sin x -
cos x = 0

We'll divide by cos
x:

2tan x -  1 = 0

tan x =
1/2

x = arctan
(1/2)

The angle x has the following values: {
pi ; arctan (1/2) }.

tanx + tany/ cotx + coty = (tanx)(tany)

(tanx + tany)/(cotx + coty) =
(tanx)(tany)

We will start from the left
side.

We know that:

tanx =
sinx/cosx 

cot(x) =
cosx/sin(x)

==> (tanx+tany)/(cot(x)+cot(y)) =
(sin(x)/cosx + siny/cosy)/(cosx/sinx + cosy/siny).

 =[ (
sinx*cosy + siny*cosx)/cosx*cosy]/ (cosx*siny+sinx*cosy)/
sinx*siny)

    Now we will reduce like
terms.

==>  (1/cosx*cosy) /
(1/sinx*siny)

==> sinx*siny/
cosx*cosy

==> sinx/cosx * siny / cosy = tanx * tany
..............q.e.d

How does chapter 18 of Brave New World reveal John's character?Mostly focus on this passage: The Savage had chosen as his hermitage the old...

John the Savage has asked to be allowed to go with
Helmholtz to the islands, but he is denied because Mustapha Mond wishes to continue the
experiment with the Savage.  So, since Mond will not grant him exile, John chooses exile
himself where he can be alone and  experience what he calls "the slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune," using the words from Hamlet.  As his
hermitage, John selects a lighthouse, an isolated spot that affords him the view of
nature and solitude from the horrible masses of Deltas and
others.

He comes to this area to be purified, to make
amends to himself and to Linda; he wishes to "escape further contamination by the filth
of civilized life." There he focuses on the "immensities of death and deity," regaining
a sense of the spiritual.  However, when the Deltas discover him and Darwin Bonaparte
films him, John's life becomes part of a feely, and he is again exploited.  His efforts
at penance leave him bereft, and he still feels his sexual desire for Lenina when she
arrives.  For, even though he hurls his Shakepearean epithets at her and
self-flagellates, his lust overcomes him and he falls into the orgy-porgy that the
viewers begin.

John is sickened by his weakness in giving
in to sins of the flesh.  His efforts at self-penance have failed as he engages in the
orgy.  There is no penance left for him but self-destruction.  Like the figure in
voluntary crucifixion that he was previously, John hangs himself in his despair of
freedom and purity, making himself an example of how no one can be "unstable" and
survive for Mustapha to use for his utopian society.

Why were politicians unable to find a political solution to this crisis when the South seceded?

Politicians were unable to find a political solution to
this crisis because the enmity between the North and the South had gone to far to be
resolved.  There had been all sorts of political solutions that had been tried in the
past and now there were simply no more solutions that had much of a hope of solving the
crisis.

The history of the United States for the 40 years
before the secession was one of compromises and political solutions between the two
sections.  There had been the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.  There had
been the Kansas-Nebraska Act.  Things like these had been tried as ways to find a
political solution to the sectional issue.

By 1861, there
were no more ideas.  Compromise had been tried and had failed (and the Dred Scott case
made it harder to be able to compromise).  The degree of animosity between the two sides
(built up over at least 40 years) had also increased to the point where political
solutions were impossible.

So the politicians couldn't find
a solution because A) the two sides hated each other so much and B) all the good ideas
for solutions had been tried and had failed.

After the story of Priam's slaughter, what does Hamlet ask the actors to do and why?

After everyone departs, Hamlet holds back the First Player
and asks him if he can play the Murder of Gonzago. When he acknowledges that he can,
Hamlet directs that it be presented "tomorrow night". He then asks if the First Player
could study some lines that would be inserted into the play. The First Player accepts
that as well.

As we shall see in the soliloquy to follow,
Hamlet is going to use this little production to catch the conscience of the King. But
it is more than that. The twist he is putting into the play of the additional lines will
turn the play into "The Mousetrap". Foremost in his mind is his mother's fall from grace
and he intends to catch her too. If, that is, she had a part in the poisoning of King
Hamlet.

When the players and audience are assembled in 3.2,
the whole first act is taken up with probing the conscience of the Queen. She appears to
pass the test. When the Murder of Gonzago appears however, the king does rise and leaves
the play. It would seem Hamlet has caught a rat! The irony of course is that Hamlet has
run his mouth a little too much at the end and given the audience the notion that the
play is about a nephew killing the King.

What is polythene? What are examples of sports materials made from polythene?

Polythene or Polyethylene or polyethene is a polymer made
of units of ethene or ethylene. Ethene has the molecular formula C2H4 with the two
carbon atoms linked together by a double bond as H2C=CH2. When ethene is made into a
polymer there are carbon atoms linked to each other with a single bond in long chains;
each carbon atom has two hydrogen atoms attached to
it.

Polyethene is the most widely used plastic in the
World. It has a very long life as the bio-degradation of polyethene takes 250- 300
years.

In the field of sports, polyethene has several uses.
Nets used in soccer, basketball, badminton etc. are made of polyethene. The plastic
finds extensive use in making protective gear for all sports. Polyethene is also used in
making sports clothing, shoes, etc. along with other fabrics.

Does planning play a role in the allocation of resources in a modern mixed economy?

A mixed economy is whereby an economy consists of both the
private firms running in the market as well as the public sector—which is the
governments. They share the limited resources in the country, and the private sector
would produce goods that are demanded majority as wants from the economy, and try to
achieve a profit maximization by selling at the cheapest prices and lowest costs, they
produce a lot of demerit goods. Whereas the government will produce goods that they
think are needed by the country and that the citizens would benefit by consuming them,
they produce mainly merit goods. Resource allocation is the efficiency in allocating
products of goods and services to their right areas and firms, so that they can be sold
efficiently. Resource allocation is however, influenced by both the private and public
sectors.

Recent developments suggest the superiority of
market over planned economies, they may be explained in terms of inefficient resource
allocations of planning failures and inefficiencies. Private sectors will always be
causing externalities in which the government would plan to get rid of them, and always
find ways to correct the faults being caused by the private sectors. Mixed systems will
however employ some degree of regulation or planning to correct market failures and
improve social welfares, these are usually all provided by the
government.

Who was the greatest king in India, and what did he do for India so that he is called famous?

There are a couple of ways to answer this.  One
possibility would be the Emperor Ashoka, who ruled most of India from 269BC to 232BC.
His empire was the largest India knew until recent times, although he expanded his rule
in a series of violent conquests. After he stopped warring he converted to Buddhism and
adopted a philosophy of peace and nonviolence. Under Ashoka’s rule, Buddhist teachings
were spread far and wide across India and beyond.

Another
possibility would be the Mughal Emperor Akbar, who ruled from 1555 to 1605. He engaged
in conquest during his reign as well, and also consolidated and strengthened Mughal rule
in India. Though Mughal rule was Muslim, Akbar maintained policies of religious
tolerance over Hindus and others in his empire and he encouraged religious and
philosophical debates at court. His own religious views bordered on the heretical, as
later in life he promoted a sort of “cult of personality” centered on himself and
encouraged nobility and others to treat him as a semi-divine
being.

This is admittedly a subjective question. I don’t
know whether we want to consider conquest a mark of greatness. I chose these examples
because they did later embrace ideas and values that promoted peace (in Ashoka’s case)
and tolerance (in Akbar’s case), and whose legacies included increased stability over
the parts of India they ruled.

How does Milton create the elevated, epic style that gives Paradise Lost its power?

Milton's Paradise Lost's epic style
results from several techniques:

(1) Milton uses an
unconventional syntax and lengthy sentences, making his lines difficult to read.  But in
so doing, he engages the reader in the text.

(2) Biblical
and classical allusions that lend formality to the
lines.

(3) Powerful lines that are easy to remember because
of their alliteration, assonance, and parallel
structure:

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"Better to reign in Hell than serve in
Heaven."

or

"The mind is its
own place, and in itself

Can make a Heaven of Hell or a
Hell of Heaven."

(4) The
creation of such a fascinating character as Satan, who in his pride and unconquerable
will, provides a riveting antagonist:

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"What though the field be
lost?

All is not lost; the unconquerable
will,

And study of revenge, immortal
hate,

And courage never to submit or
yield:

And what is else not to be
overcome?"

(5) Imagery that
creates indelible impressions on the reader:

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Him the Almighty
Power

Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal
sky

With hideous ruin and combustion
down

To bottomless perdition . .
.

In "The Fall of the House of Usher," what does the narrator discover about the brother and sister after viewing Madeline in her coffin?

[Please note:  you are not permitted to ask multiple
questions. You are only allowed one question, so I have edited your original question to
focus on the first question that you asked. Please remember this in
future.]

Apart from a glimpse of Madeline that the narrator
catches on his first night in the House of Usher, which is enough to fill him with doom,
dread and perturbation, he only really gets to "meet" her when she is lying, supposedly
dead, upon the tressels in the crypt, which rather disturbingly lies beneath the room of
the narrator. So this is the first time that the narrator is able to see her face and
have a chance to consider her appearance. It is then that Roderick shares the
information that you are after. Consider what the text tells
us:

A
striking similitude between the brother and sister now first arrested my attention; and
Usher, now divining, perhaps, my thoughts, murmured out some few words from which I
learned that the deceased and himself had been twins, and that sympathies of a scarcely
intelligible nature had always existed between
them.

This special
relationship between the twins perhaps explains the need for them to be reunited in
death at the end of the tale, and the way that Roderick is able to discern that it is
his sister who is coming and making the terrible noise that he
perceives.

"Interest rates,kept at record lows during the financial crisis to spur lending, may also rise." How could this spur lending?when interest rates...

First and foremost thing to understand in this matter is
that the amount of net lending and net borrowing in an economy is always same. It is not
as if amount of one of these has to increase as the amount of other decreases. Both
these variables (lending and borrowings) increase and decrease simultaneously and by
same amount.

Next thing to understand is that interest
rates are affected by many variables other than the demand and supply of funds for
borrowing.In particular the interest rates are affected substantially by the fiscal and
monetary policies of the government.

Also the lowering of
interest rates has two fold increase on the lending institutions such as banks. While
they earn lower interest on the money they lend, they also incur lower cost by way of
interest they pay to their depositors.

Finally, when the
market interest rates are low as a result whatever factors, the industry and business is
encouraged to borrow more, which in turn enables the lending institutions to lend more.
This increase in lending and borrowing, which always move in tandem, contributes to
increase economic activity.

What is the difference between semantics, semiotics and symbolic anthropology? Also what's the difference between a sign and a symbol?For an...

The bulk of this question seems to be trying to discover
the links between these different terms and their subtle differences as applied to
anthropology. Discussion of semiotics can be difficult because it is a fairly complex
concept applied to what ought to be a very simple practice, i.e., the discovery of
meaning in objects, mainly via interpreting their visual significance. The use of the
terms "signs" and "signifiers" further complicates the discussion of semiotics.
Semantics simply means the relationship or connection between signs and what the signs
stand for. A "sign" can be an image, a sound, a concept or idea that represents or
refers to an aspect of culture.

To break it down: semiotics
is a mode of criticism or discourse that refers to signs and signifiers and their
meaning. As one critic put it, "Semiotics tells us things we already know in a language
we will never understand." But it need not be this complex. Semiotics can perhaps be
most easily applied to the study of images in media: film, television, and advertising.
The reason or this is that these forms of visual media often contain cultural contexts
that give layers of meaning to the images used.

To use a
specific example: in the TV show "Malcolm in the Middle" which is a comedy about a
dysfunctional family, there is a scene where the youngest child Dewey (who is 8) is
sitting at the table eating cereal. One of his brothers is in trouble and their mother
is about to get very angry. This is a situation the boys try to avoid at all costs
because they don't to be yelled at or punished. Dewey decides to try and hide his face
behind the box of cereal, which looks a bit like the Kellogg's Cornflakes box. This act
of hiding behind the cereal box so his mother won't notice him contains a number of
semiotic meanings: the "sign" is the cereal box but it holds many layers of meaning. But
because this show uses humor to portray a family which is anything but ideal, the
idealistic notions portrayed by this sign carry irony and humor. For example, the box
can refer to the ideal suburban family who eats a healthy breakfast: a cultural sign
referring to the 1950s image of the typical nuclear family. It can refer to a caring
mother who feeds her children nutritious food. The use of the box as a fortress to hide
behind (Dewey is literally hiding behind a symbol of ideal suburban happiness, quite at
odds with his own family situation) gives it another layer of meaning as a signifier.
Finally, the cartoon-like drawing of the rooster on the box has layers of meaning as
well: the rooster's loud crowing and vibrant feathers convey a loud and flamboyant
image, the opposite of what Dewey wants in this moment. The cartoonish nature of the
drawing also conveys lighthearted humor, when the humor is of a darker, more menacing
tone. 

This is one example of how a simple sign, a cereal
box, can carry a number of cultural signifiers and meanings.

What kind of child is Paul? What are his motivations?

Paul longs for his mother's love. We learn early in the
story that his mother "felt the centre of her heart go hard" around her children. She
tries to hide this, but her two daughters and Paul sense she doesn't really love
them. 

Paul's mother, a proud woman, yearns for more money
and likes to keep up appearances. She feels disappointed that her husband has not been
more successful. Paul, a sensitive child, feels an "anxiety in the house" that haunts
it. The very walls seem to cry out, "There must be more money." Everyone feels the
"grinding sense of the shortage of money."

Paul
internalizes his mother's desire for money. Like her, he is proud. He wants to please
her, but his pride is injured when she doesn't believe that God told him that he was
lucky: 

The
boy saw she did not believe him; or rather, that she paid no attention to his assertion.
This angered him somewhere, and made him want to compel her
attention. 

Later, he again
reveals his pride and desire to be taken seriously:

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 And then the house whispers, like people
laughing at you behind your back. It's awful, that is! I thought if I was
lucky—

Paul is also
secretive: "He went about with a sort of stealth, seeking inwardly for luck." When he
wins 5,000 pounds betting, he doesn't want his mother to know he is the source of the
money. He lies to her about why he has his rocking-horse moved to his
bedroom.

He is an angry child too, as might be expected
from someone who senses his mother really doesn't love him. We see this in his eyes. For
instance, "his eyes had a strange glare in them." His eyes "glare" and "blaze." His
voice shows his anger as well: he speaks "fiercely" and at one point his voice "flared."
He rides his rocking-horse "furiously." We see his anger in his determination to "force"
the horse to do his bidding:

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He would slash the horse on the neck with the
little whip he had asked Uncle Oscar for. He knew the horse could take him to where
there was luck, if only he forced
it.

There is also something
odd about this little boy. His eyes "had an uncanny cold fire in them." The word uncanny
is used twice to describe him.

We also learn in the story
that Paul is "frightened."

Despite being a proud, angry,
driven little boy, we feel sorry for Paul at the end, for he is most of all a frightened
child who dies trying to earn his mother's love and approval.

In Of Mice and Men, what has recently happened to Curley to make his behavior worse?("cockier'n ever") section two. arrival at the ranch

At the specific moment you cite, Curley has become more
cocky for two reasons.

First, he and his new wife just got
married two weeks ago. This makes him feel like a pretty big deal around the ranch
because no one else really has anyone special. It also makes him a little leary though
because he thinks everyone likes his woman.

Second, Curley
just walked in and found George and Lennie. Lennie's stature is pretty big in comparison
to Curley. The swamper explains to the reading audience that Curley struggles with big
guys. He seems to have a chip on his shoulder about them. He feels inferior in size and
tries to make up for it by acting even tougher.

In The Great Gatsby, what is the significance of Nick’s taking charge of Gatsby’s funeral arrangements?

In my opinion, Nick's ambition to arrange the funeral is
both shocking and obvious.

Throughout the entire work, Nick
has been judging so many of Gatsby's moves after telling us he doesn't really judge
people. Gatsby's change in lifestyle after the affair and the crazed man Nick describes
to us as readers demonstrates that judgment. So, in that regard, it shocks me that he
would take such responsibility for making Gatsby's life one of
significance.

On the other hand, Nick has been narrating
this story for a reason, likely to show something about Gatsby since the title is named
after him. So, maybe this funeral is the whole point of the story. Nick is realizing
through his pursuit of the funeral that Gatsby's amazing life isn't all that amazing if
no one shows up to honor the life that he lived. 

What assumptions are made by colonials about the native peoples?

In Wole Soyinka's play "Death and the King's Horseman" the
colonials, best represented by the character of Simon(and his wife Jane) Pilkings, does
not understand the culture or the people of the African colony where he has been sent to
govern.  He, and the other British citizens there, are convinced that their ways are
civilized and that anyone should want to adopt those ways and customs. He does not
understand their traditions or their religious beliefs or that they can believe as
strongly in their own way of life as the British do in theirs. Moreover, he insults them
by making a mockery of their traditional dress and cultural practices. Soyinka is
demonstrating what actually happened to the peoples that the British conquered. It was
always their assumption that the natives ought to be grateful and would be happy to give
up their barbaric lives and traditional practices for the ways of the
Empire.

What is the minimum values of the function v(x) = 3x^2 -3x +5 ?

Given the function:

v(x) =
3x^2 - 3x + 5

We need to find the minimum values of
v(x).

First we will determine the first derivative
v'(x).

==> v'(x) = 6x
-3

Now we will calculate the derivatives
zero.

==> 6x -3 = 0 ==> 6x = 3 ==> x =
1/2

Then, the critical value for v(x) is the point x =
1/2

Now we will find the values of
v(1/2).

==> v(1/2) = 3(1/2)^2 - 3(1/2)
+5

                   = 3/4 - 3/2 + 5 = (3 - 6 + 20)/4 =
17/4

==> The minimum value of the
function v(x) is the point (1/2, 17/4)

In Call of the Wild, what compels Dave to remain in the traces despite his falling strength?

There is one thing that makes Dave want to keep pulling
the sled even though he has gotten so weak -- his pride.  Dave has always been a sled
dog and that is his reasoning for being.  If he cannot work, his purpose for living is
taken away from him.  He is like an athlete who does not want to retire even thought it
is clear to everyone else that he can't get the job done anymore.  Here is the quote
that shows this most clearly:

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For the pride of trace and trail was his, and,
sick unto death, he could not bear that another dog should do his
work.

You should note that
Dave's attitude fits in well in this chapter.  Early in the chapter, we see that Buck's
pride will not allow him to see any other dog be the leader.  He knows that is
his place.  Similarly, Dave's pride will not let him be
taken out of the team.  He knows that his place is pulling the sled and he does not want
to be depirved of that duty.

How do you write a sentence that refutes solar energy? At least 1-2 sentences please.

Solar energy including light and heat from the sun is a
renewable resource and only a small portion of the available energy is harnessed. Solar
energy is limited by the technology that is available to harness it. Currently, solar
panels may be expensive to install for some people. Also, depending on the geographic
location of the area in question, solar energy may be feasible or not. Obviously, the
closer one is to the equator, the more hours of insolation would be available for solar
energy technologies. Also, if several cloudy days in a row occur, this would interfere
with the collection of solar energy and its storage and use for electrical generation,
home heating, etc.

What is the duality of experience represented in Irene and Clare in Larsen's Passing?

In Nella Larsen's Passing, the
central characters of the novel Irene and Clare live varied lives even though they are
both African American.  Irene lives in an African American community in Harlem and is
characterized as being proud of her ethnic heritage.  Clare, on the other hand, is quite
fair-skinned, and as a result, has chosen to live her life posing as a white woman.  She
marries a man who is racist and is thus forced to hide her true race and ethnicity.  But
Clare's fiction creates a lonely life, and even though she has slighted her once close
friend Irene, she seeks her help to reconnect with the African American community that
she has abandoned.  But Clare will not step out of her fake "white" identity, and she
does not fully realize the potential dangers that might be caused in her quest to gain
companionship and belonging.  So the two women appear to be polar opposites in terms of
their experience.

In Chapter 16 of To Kill a Mockingbird, what does Maycomb's turnout for the trial imply about human nature?

In my opinion, what this says about human nature is that
we are sort of drawn to the gruesome things in life.  It's like people slowing down to
check out a nasty car crash on the freeway.

In Maycomb, the
trial of Tom Robinson was going to be sensational for sure.  It had everything that
reality TV has and more.  It had sex and it had violence, for example.  In addition, it
was likely to show someone getting put back in his place and people like to watch
revenge taken on people they think are bad.

So it was like
an interesting show with sex and violence and race but it was also like a car wreck
because people could watch someone on trial for his life and likely to
lose.

Can you summarize the progress made in civil rights for minorities between 1950 - 1970 for me please.

Civil rights are freedoms and rights of individuals in a
society. Many countries, explicitly grant such rights to their citizens which include
rights such as freedom of speech, of the press, of religion, right to own property, and
to receive fair and equal treatment from government, other persons, and private groups.
Though, in USA the bill of rights theoretically granted equal rights to all, in practice
many discriminatory practices against minorities continued to exist even after abolition
of slavery. It became the main domestic issue in USA in
1960's

Though there was a gradual movements towards greater
equality in USA the progress was rather slow. The period between 1950 to 1970 is marked
in US history is a period of increasing struggle for civil rights of minorities and
resultant achievements in this direction.

One of the main
leader of this movement was Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), who championed the
cause of equal civil rights in a peaceful way almost throughout these two decades. His
movement won support from a wide section of American population including whites. This
movement led to abolition of laws that had barred integration in southern states. In
1956 Supreme Court ordered provision of integrated seating in public
buses

Major progress in civil rights for minorities was
made with passing of Civil Rights Act in 1964, which was the result of initiatives taken
by President John F. Kennedy, and his successor Lyndon B. Johnson. This act prohibited
racial discrimination in voter registration, access to public places such as parks,
public lavatories and buses, and provided for equal opportunity in employment and
education. Similarly, the Act of 1968 prohibited racial discrimination in other areas
such as the sale and rental of housing. It also made provision of financial aid for the
needy.

What does Joseph Nye's concept of soft power mean?

In the field of International Relations, power is often
defined as the ability of one country (Country A) to get other countries to do what
Country A wants (or to refrain from doing things that Country A does not want done). 
One way to accomplish this is through "hard power."  Hard power is usually defined as
the use of military and economic might to gain power -- to make a country do something
by threat of military or economic force.

Soft power, by
contrast, is the power of Country A to get other countries to
want to do what Country A wants.  If Country A can persuade
other countries to do what it wants on their own, that is soft power.  So soft power is
more of persuasion.  It is the ability to get other countries to have the same goals
that you do so that they will want to do what you want them to
do.

What are the main points in Adorno and Horkheimer's "From The culture industry: Enlighenment as Mass Deception"?

The chapter, contained in Dialectic of
Enlightenment (1944), is representative of the Frankfurt
School's mistrust of popular culture. Through technological improvements, the products
of mass culture are becoming increasingly standardised and aim to make their consumers
more and more passive and easier to manipulate. Mass culture sacrifices "the idea" in
favor of "the effect" and technological perfection. This allows mass culture to pass
itself off as reality, while, in fact, it is only a representation of reality: "Real
life is becoming indistinguishable from the movies." Adorno and Horkheimer cite
avant-garde art (the chapter makes explicit reference to Picasso, Dadaism and
Expressionism) as a possible resistance to the tendency of privileging style over
matter.

Analyze Bernard in every aspect of his character (actions,behavior...), and please give examples.Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

In his admiration of Helmholtz, Bernard Marx, in
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, desires to
be a maverick but lacks the fortitude to be one.  As an indication of his character, his
physical defect symbolizes his inner nature as well.  In Chapter 3, Henry Foster and the
Assistant Director of Predestination

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rather pointedly turned their backs on Bernard
Marx from the Psychology Bureau:  averted themselves from that unsavoury
reputation....Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising.  The smile
on Bernard Mrx's face was
contemptuous.

Clearly,
Bernard has an inferiority complex, and he tries to compensate for his hairy body and
shorter stature--attributed as a mistake of adding alcohol into his
blood-surrogate--by being intellectually independent:

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One hundred repetitions three nights a week for
four years, thought Bernard Marx, who was a specialist on hypnopaedia.  Sixty-two
thousand four hundred repetitions make one truth. 
Idiots!

In his resentment for
being considered physically inferior, Bernard asserts himself in small rebellious acts
that mimic one of America's great individualists:  Henry David Thoreau. Bernard takes
trips out to see nature, he seeks solitude, and he attempts "to march to the beat of a
different drummer" by conscientious objection in  returning to culture.  His taking
Lenina to the Reservation is such an act. 

However,
Bernard's complex about having a baser appearance prevents him from following Thoreau's
path other than in theory.  When he discovers Linda and John on the reservation, Bernard
demonstrates his petty nature as he makes a move to attain the power he has pretended to
scorn:  he offers to take Linda and John back with him.  And, after he becomes popular
for having brought back John the Savage to the New World, Bernard flaunts his
unorthodoxy for attention, proving himself a hypocrite.  For, he reneges on his promises
to John and simply exploits him and Linda for his own ends of popularity and revenge
against the Director.

In contrast to Helmholtz and John,
Bernard remains shallow and uninteresting, despite his loneliness and anguish.  When the
riot occurs in Chapter 15, Bernard is indecisive and
craven.

urged
by a sudden impulse, [Bernard] ran forward to help them [the Deltas]; then thought
better of it and halted; then, ashamed, stepped forward agains; then again thought
better of it, and was standing in an agony of humiliated indecision--thinking that
they might be killed if he didn't help them, and that
hemight be killed if he did--when (Ford be praised!) goggle-eyed and
swine-snouted in their gas-masks, in ran the police....He shouted,
'Help!'

Unlike Helmholtz, an
authentic man who anticipates eagerly the experience of cold and deprivation in his
exile, Bernard whines about his sentence, trying to deflect any blame onto
others:

Send
me to an island?....You can't send me.  I
haven't done anything.  It was the others. I swear it was the
others.

In "a paroxysm of
abjection," Bernard throws himself upon his knees before the Controller:  Oh please,
your forship, please...."  Bernard persists in his grovelling, so the Controller has him
vaporized with soma.

Nevertheless,
Bernard, in his genuine unhappiness, does go the Falkland Islands more of a real human
being than he has been
before.

What is x if 11^(5x-6)=1/11^(-x-10)?

First, we'll use the negative power property of
exponentials:

1/11^(-x-10) =
11^-(-x-10)

Now, we'll re-write the
equation:

11^(5x-6) =
11^-(-x-10)

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

5x - 6 = x +
10

We'll isolate x to the left side. For this reason,
we'll subtract x both sides:

5x - x - 6 =
10

We'll combine like terms and we'll add 6 both
sides:

4x = 10 + 6

4x =
16

We'll divide by 4:

x =
4

The solution of the equation is x =
4.

German invasion of the USSR (Operation Barbarossa), What is the significance of this event?/What resulted from it?

Agreed with the above post. Hitler made a grave mistake by
invading the Soviet Union, which outnumbered him three to one in population, and had
massive distances and areas to contend with.  It's unconquerable without nuclear
weapons, much as the US is.  By staging the attack, it guaranteed that he would lose the
war.

It was also one of the most destructive, brutal and
bloody wars in human history.  20 million Soviets died and 3 million Germans were
killed.  Entire cities and states were laid waste.  There were massive refugee
populations, 1.5 million Jews were murdered and thousands of war crimes were committed
by both sides in the war.  Stalin refused to trade for his POWs (including one of his
own sons), and refused to give back any German POWs.  Most of them died in Soviet labor
camps.

What is the structure of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

Based on Freytag's plot structure pyramid, the structure
of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice begins with an inciting action
in the first pages of Chapter One wherein Mrs. Bennet announces that Mr. Bingley has
rented a neighboring manor and is taunted by Mr. Bennet who insists he shall never
strike up a family friendship with the new tenants, leaving his wife and five daughters
to fend for themselves in meeting the new young man and his friends at the upcoming town
sponsored ball.

The rising action is based on the
conflict--which is that Mr. Darcy is not overly impressed with Elizabeth and audibly
expresses his opinion, thus setting Elizabeth's mind against him--and its complications,
like Mrs. Bennet's ill-bred behavior and Miss Bingley's fondness for Mr. Darcy. The
climax comes when Mr. Darcy says that he knows that Elizabeth would have told Lady de
Bourgh honestly that she had no interest in Mr. Darcy if that had been true and then
asks Elizabeth for her love.

The falling action is quite
significant because Elizabeth has to break the news to her two parents, which is no
small task because neither one likes him and Mr. Bennet has to be told that he owes
Lydia's salvation to Mr. Darcy. The resolution occurs at the woefully understated
wedding at which everyone who mattered to the couple was present and is followed by a
brief epilogue describing the happiness of the other couples involved in the
story.

Please give an example of a figure of speech in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

Let us recall that a figure of speech is language in which
one thing is compared to something that seems to be completely different. A figure of
speech is never literally true, but a a good example always suggests a powerful truth to
our imaginations by forcing us to see the similarity between two objects that are
completely unassociated. Figures of speech can be similes, metaphors or
personification.

Thinking about this story, therefore,
there are a number of examples of figurative language to identify. My own favourite
example to pick is the description of the doors in the
arena:

The
king and his court were in their places, opposite the twin doors--those fateful portals,
so terrible in their
similarity.

Note the metaphor
in this figure of speech: the doors are compared to "fateful portals," which helps us to
see how these normal doors, because of the use to which they are put, become symbols of
the destiny of the young lover of the Princess.

Describe Macbeth's state of mind in the opening moments of this scene, what gives him a sense of reassurance, a sense of despair?Act V, Scene 3 of...

As Macbeth has rather madly fortified Dunsinane castle, he
tells his men not to bring him anymore reports as he is confident that he will not
be defeated because of what the witches have said to him.  He boasts that the three
sisters have told him that he will be hurt by "none of human born" (4.1.96); nor will he
suffer any harm unless "Birnam Wood remove to Dunsinane"(5.3.2). Reassured that neither
of these unnatural circumstances can occur, Macbeth prepares himself for battle,
saying,

The
mind I sway by and the heart I bear

Shall never sag with
doubt nor shake with fear.
(5.3.9-10)

However, when a
servant enters and tells Macbeth that the English force has taken siege of the castle,
Macbeth begins to feel shaken in his confidence.  His final realization is that he will
not receive the honors that should accompany his age--honor, love, obedience, friends. 
Instead, he is to be cursed by the Scottish lords.  Yet, while his is anxious about the
state of Lady Macbeth, he vows to not fear death and destruction "Till Birnam Forest
come to Dunsinane.

What would be a good thesis statement for a Holocaust essay?What would be a good thesis statement about how inhumane the concentration camps were...

Much of this is going to be driven by what it is you are
going to prove in the paper.  I think that this will be supported by what you have in
your possession in terms of research materials and sources as well as what the task or
assignment is.  If this is for a class, being able to understand the nature and dynamics
of the assignment will assist you in carving out a thesis statement that is aligned with
what is being asked of you.  I think that there are several paths that can be pursued,
but I also feel that this is going to be contingent on what you have, what you need to
do, and with what you feel comfortable writing.  Somewhere between the valences of all
three lies your thesis statement, something that will be up to you to reclaim and
identify.

In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, how is Tellson’s bank affected by the Revolution?

In Chapter 24 of Book the Second, Dickens writes with
witty understatement,

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Monseigneur, as a class, had dissociated himself
from the phenomenon of his not being appreciated:  of his being so little wanted in
France, as to incur considerable danger of receiving his dismissal from it, and this
life together.

Fearing for
their lives, the aristocrats of France have fled across the English Channel. 
Since Tellson's Bank has both a Paris branch and the bank in London, some of these
aristocrats, who have come to England, have transferred their funds to the London
bank. But, even the ones who are "without a guinea haunted the spot where his guineas
used to be."

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As was natural, the head-quarters and great
gathering-place of Monseigneur, in London, was Tellson's Bank....Moreover it was the
spot to which such French intelligence as was most to be relied upon, came
quickest....Tellson's was at thtat time, as to French intelligence, a kind of High
Exchange....so numerous that Tellson's sometimes wrote the latest news out in a line or
so and posted it in the Bank windows, for all who ran through Temple Bar to
read.

Because Tellson's Bank
has served these aristocrats in Paris, it extends courtesy to them in London.  In
addition, those who have lost their money know that the wealthy aristocrats have funds
in Tellson's, so they come in hopes of charity. In addition, it is the place of
sanctuary for the aristocrats where they commiserate and learn
information.

Of course, this setting is one which delights
the pretentious Stryver who shoulders his way among the Monseigneurs who discuss the
state of affairs. It is at Tellson's Bank that the letter for Charles Darnay arrives in
hopes that among the aristocrats who gather there, Monsieur d'Evremonde will be there to
receive the desperate missive of Gabelle.

In The Great Gatsby, why does Nick feel responsible for getting people to attend Gatsby's funeral?

Concerning Nick's feeling responsible for getting people
to attend Gatsby's funeral in The Great Gatsby, Nick likes and
admires Gatsby throughout the novel.  He at one point says that Gatsby is worth more
than all of the other characters in his narrative put together.  He simply feels that
Gatsby deserves a strong showing at the funeral.

Nick also
believes he sees something in Gatsby that others don't.  Psychologically, particularly
if we recognize that Nick is an unreliable narrator, this gives Nick a feeling of
superiority.  He alone recognizes Gatsby's worth.  He comes off as a better person
because he gives Gatsby the worth and homage Gatsby deserves.  He believes he sees the
truth about Gatsby.

Also, the novel is in part a satire. 
Nick's emphasis on the contrast between the hordes of people that used to come to
Gatsby's party with the hordes that stay away from the funeral points to the Jazz Age
self-centeredness, shallowness, and frivolousness.   It also points to the hypocrisy of
Daisy and Wolfsheim. 

Nick's feeling responsible for
getting people to attend Gatsby's funeral also, by the way, reveals Nick's continued
naivete.  Not that he tries to get people to attend, but that he is surprised when they
don't.

Why did Henry James write Daisy Miller?

Henry James wrote Daisy Miller, according to his
biography, after hearing how some European socialites spoke with contempt against the
mannerisms, lack of culture, and lack of social status of a nouveau riche socialite who
was trying to rub shoulders with rich aristocrats during her first grand tour of
Europe.  At the time of James, for an American family to come to money was a
demonstration of how differently Americans and Europeans view the making of a person: In
Europe,  you need peerage and name. In America, money is enough to make you socially
acceptable.

In the case of James, he used this story he
heard to convey a message: How society views a person who has just come from somewhere
else using the assumptions of their current society, and how individuals observe that
person as well.

Therefore, the "study" in two parts is not
only on the views of how society shun Daisy Miller for her nouveau riche behavior, but
also how Winterbourne saw her under his criteria of a man of society, and as a man who
could possibly end up loving a controversial woman like that.

How does Descartes define what it means to be human, and what is the signifcance of the definition?

Descartes claimed that there is an essential distinction
between the mind (or soul) and body. Proceeding from his famous maxim, “I think,
therefore I am,” Descartes concluded that the first thing I can be certain of is my own
existence. Even if I doubt my own existence, the fact that there is an “I” to do the
doubting proves that I exist. I can be certain of my internal self. But I can never be
totally certain of things in the external world. I can’t fully trust my sense
perceptions. This goes along with his separation of mind and body. I am certain that I
have (am) a mind but I must always question the
external.

Descartes supposed that a mind (self) inhabited a
body, like a ghost in a machine, and interacted with the world in that way. To
understand the external world or the universe, I must use my inner consciousness to
contemplate clear and distinct ideas. If those clear and distinct ideas I think of
correspond to things I observe in the external world, I can at least begin to believe
they might be true.

He supplements this with his belief
that God gave us free will which means we can chose truth or falsity. Our senses are
fallible, but God must have given us some ability to trust our sense. Otherwise, we
would not be able to choose correctly. Free will entails that we have the ability to
choose correctly or incorrectly, so we must have the ability to choose
either.

For Descartes, being human means being certain of
one’s self: as an individual. Thought, reason and rationalism are the tools we use to
apprehend knowledge and the world. Each person has a triadic existence: a mind in a body
in the world. This was a significant idea because it stressed the certainty of
individualism. It was also significant because Descartes was able to form a complete
philosophical system based upon this one doctrine of the certainty of the self. This is
not a “self-ish” perspective. It is just Descartes’ view that being human starts with
the self. This would seem to indicate that Descartes meant that knowledge does not
depend on the external world. Knowledge is a product of the rational mind. The mind and
body interact but they are separate.

This is an ongoing
philosophical debate. What knowledge comes completely from thought? What knowledge do we
get from the world?

What does Chomsky said about "mind body problem"?

Simply put, what Chomsky means to say when speaking of
“Mind-body dualism” is the fact that Empiricism,gazes upon the study of the body as a
natural science,and that it has in some ways embraced Dualism, the  philosophical theory
based on the idea of opposing concepts, especially the theory that human beings are made
up of two independent constituents, the body and the mind or soul,that which is
undoubtedly, in no way natural and as such is clearly going against its original
doctrine;as such he finds it very hard to accept thereby recognizing it as
nonesense.

He goes on to say that Empiricism
also states that “the brain is a tabula rasa, empty, unstructured, uniform at least as
far as cognitive structure is concerned.” Chomsky states that he has no reason to
believe this and that to him there isn’t any way of disproving the fact that ones pinkie
could be the bodies most complex organ. By use of this example he
wishes to
convey that there is no reason to believe that the higher mental division isn’t
connected to the pinkie,which represents the seemingly smallest organ, per
se.

I am writing a thesis paper about The Stranger, and was having trouble thinking of a thesis or thesis ideas? It's about a man whose mom dies and...

The Stranger, the first novel of
French writer Albert Camus, is an example of the existentialism philosophy of the 20th
century. It will help you formulate a thesis if you know something about existentialism,
since Camus was one of the most famous authors who infused his writings with
existentialist thinking. Very basically, existentialists (look it up) believed that we
weren't born with our SELF already in us, as Sigmund Freud did, but rather that our SELF
evolved from our experiences. Also, existentialists believed that each of us is not a
detached observer of life but that we are open to experiences and can see every detail
of life. We are immersed in life! This is one of the reasons that the main character in
The Stranger describes his experiences with such excruciating,
painful detail. Freedom of choice in how we act in life and how we develop in life is
also very important in existentialism. We make life choices all the
time!

Remember that your thesis in the paper is the
one major idea, or argument, that your paper will be
focused on. Once you state your thesis in the introductory (first) paragraph of your
paper, the "body" of your paper (all the other paragraphs in it except for the final
one, the conclusion) must discuss about three examples of how your thesis occurred in
the literary work. Each body paragraph will deal with one of the supporting examples
you'll discuss.

For example, let's say that your thesis, or
major argument, is: "The existentialist philosophy is infused throughout Albert Camus'
novel, The Stranger." Now, can you think of three examples in the
book that support this thesis statement? How about one paragraph to discuss how the main
character was so observant of details in his life? Then how about another paragraph to
discuss how his SELF was not as clear in the beginning of the book as it was at the end,
since he grew from his experiences throughout the book? Then how about a third paragraph
that discusses how the character made choices in life and must now live with those
choices?

Solve for x and y x^3-y^3=7 x^2+xy+y^2=7

x^3 - y^3 =
7..........(1)

x^2 + xy + y^2 = 7
..............(2)

We need to solve the
system.

First we will rewrite equation (1) as a difference
between cubes.

==> x^3 - y^2 = (x-y)(x^2 +
xy+y^2)

But from equation (2) , we know that x^2 + xy+ y^2
= 7

==> 7* (x-y) =
7

Now we will divide by
7.

==> x-y =
1

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

Now we will substitute with either
equations.

==> x^3 - y^3 =
7

==> (y+1)^3 - y^3 =
7

==> y^2 + 2y +
1)(y+1)

==> y^3 + 3y^2 +3y + 1 - y^3 =
7

We will reduce
similar.

==> 3y^2 + + 3y -6 =
0

We will divide by
3.

==> y^2 + y -2 =
0

Now we will
factor.

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

==> y1= -2 ==> x1= -2+1 =
-1

==> y2= 1 ==> x2= 1+1 =
2

Then we have two solutions:
( -1, -2) and (2, 1)

What gains were made by working class communities in the Progressive Era?

The main gains that were made by the working class during
this era came in the form of new governmental protections that were meant to prevent
some of the worst abuses of the previous years.  These abuses were brought to the
public's attention by the muckrakers and this attention helped lead to government
intervention.

For example, early in the Progressive Era,
Theodore Roosevelt introduced his "Square Deal" for labor.  Among other things, he
threatened to seize mines when employers would not bargain with miners' unions.  This
was the first time the government had actually moved to help unions against the
employers.  As another example, Congress passed a law in 1916 restricting child labor
and another one forcing railroads to give their employees 8-hour days with extra pay if
they had to work overtime.

Governmental interventions like
these helped improve the lives of the working class during the Progressive
Era.

What is the significance of The Kite Runner and the historical backround--social and political.

Khaled Hosseini's novel, The Kite
Runner, remains as socially relevant today as it did upon its initial
publication in 2003. The novel is considered the first ever released by an Afghani
author writing in English. It relates to everyday life and events in Afghanistan during
the late 1970s and early 1980s, culminating in the Russian takeover of the country.
After the flight of the main characters (Amir and his father, Baba) to California, the
story resumes with the new lives they have made for themselves in the U. S. When Amir
decides to return to his native soil in the early 2000s, Afghanistan is held by the
Taliban, who gained control after the departure of the Russians. The novel is still
relevant today due to America's continuing military presence
in Afghanistan.

Socially, the novel gives the reader a
glimpse of the class system in Afghanistan: Amir's father is a wealthy, pro-American
businessman; Baba's old friend, Hassan, is poor and illiterate of the lowest social
class. Other characters appear, representing the strict religious views of the nation as
well as the emerging Taliban influence.

Discuss civility in Pride and Prejudice.

Civility, or politeness, is a delicate topic in the novel
Pride and Prejudice. It is presented as an expectation, rather than
a choice, under the perspective of social rank and societal
expectations.

The aristocratic characters in
Pride and Prejudice show their civility through their dry tolerance
of those whom they consider to be of a lower class than themselves. For example, Miss
Bingley and Mrs. Hurst are examples of this type of civility. Their kindness to Jane was
only temporary, and was mostly out of kindness when they felt that Mr. Bingley was
interested.  Once Darcy intervened and separated Bingley from Jane, Miss Bingley ceased
her acquaintance with Jane in a flat and mean way as if Jane was not worthy  of her
friendship in the first place.

Equally, the lower and
middle classes were almost expected to be always civil to the aristocrats no matter what
went on. The best example is the entrance of Lady Catherine de Bourgh in the Bennet
household.  Lady Catherine entered the house as if it were her own property. She
demanded to see Elizabeth with no manners whatsoever, and yet, Mrs. Bennet was quite
civil to Lady Catherine just for the sake of the latter’s social rank. We see the same
form of ridiculous civility in the character of Mr. Collins, who basically belittles
himself in front of Lady Catherine and constantly boasts about her
patronage.

Matters do change with Elizabeth Bennet. Upon
being called by Lady Catherine, Elizabeth drew the line immediately and cared very
little about social civility. She told Lady Catherine off whenever she felt insulted by
her. She did the same thing with Darcy when he proposed to her and exclaimed how “low”
he was dropping by proposing to her. Elizabeth even spoke quite honestly to Wickham, and
used her civility towards him (even after he had betrayed her family) only to make him
feel even more worthless.

Therefore, Pride and
Prejudice presents civility as a social practice that has to be followed in
order to ensure propriety. Yet, Elizabeth breaks with that tradition in speaking out on
behalf of herself and her family, and defending what she believes is
fair.

Choose the best reason du Maurier includes Nat's comment to his wife, "We'd be better off in the old days," in her short story, "The Birds."

In Daphne Du Maurier's short story, "The Birds," Nat's
comment seems to point to the first answer, "Nat's comment foreshadows coming
events."

Nat says:

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"We'd be better off in the old days . . . . when
the women baked twice a week, and had pilchards salted, and there was food for a family
to last a siege, if need
be."

I believe this is
foreshadowing. This is not a comment that refers in any way to a "woman's place" within
the home. Nat's wife will not be predicting what is going to take place, as
Nat is the observant one who is concerned about the birds when no
one else sees the threat. And this is not how an author, generally, presents the setting
to the reader. There is usually description of the location or a mood, not conversations
such as this one...in general.

Knowing how the plot unfolds
the story, one can understand how this would be foreshadowing. The first night, the
birds attack ferociously; Nat eventually has to go out to get provisions (though because
the birds are "full," they don't bother him). He travels to the Triggs' farm to do so,
and finds the Triggs, and Jim (the hired hand) dead.

At
first, Nat's comment is spoken with the idea of how much easier he believes life was in
"the old days" by not having to run out for provisions as they do now. After the bird
attack, his comment is more meaningful: he is fearful to go out,
but must. If they were living as people did in the past, they would not have to face the
deadly birds because they would not have to leave the house for
supplies.