Find the perimeter of the triangle whose sides are (1,2) , (3,4) and (-1,5)

Given the perimeter whose edges are the point A(1,2),
B(3,4) and C(-1,5)

We need to find the perimeter of the
triangle.

First we need to find the length of the
sides

==> We will use the distance between two
points formula to calculate the length of the
sides.

==> AB = sqrt( 3-1)^2 + (4-2)^2 = sqrt(8) =
2sqrt2

==> BC = sqrt(3+1)^2 + (4-5)^2 =
sqrt(17)

==> AC = sqrt(1+1)^2+(2-5)^2 =
sqrt(13)

Then the perimeter
is:

P = AB + BC +
AC

  = 2sqrt2 + sqrt17 +
sqrt13

= 2.83 + 4.12 + 3.61 =
10.56 ( approx.)

Chaucer describes the Knight, Friar, Merchant, and Wife of Bath as worthy.What are the varying senses of worthiness that the characters...

In Chaucer's Prologue to The Canterbury
Tales, Chaucer provides the reader with a variety of insights into these
characters of diverse backgrounds: from the very wealthy to the poor and
humble.

In this case, we will look at Chaucer's
descriptions of the Knight, Friar, Merchant and Wife of
Bath.

The Knight and the Wife of Bath are
truly worthy.

The Knight is a man who
has fought for king and country. He has returned from war, and his first thought is to
go on this holy pilgrimage to thank God for sparing his life. Beneath his armor we see
that the clothing he wears to protect his skin is marred with wear and tear associated
with battle, and the condition of his clothes attests to how hard he
works.

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...from the day on which he first began / To
ride abroad had followed chivalry, / Truth, honor, generousness and courtesy...He was of
sovereign value in all eyes., / And though so much distinguished, he was wise / And in
his bearing as modest as a maid. / He never yet a boorish thing had said / In all his
life to any, come what might; / He was a true, a perfect
gentle-knight.

Chaucer points
out that the Knight does not just say the right things, but the proof of his sterling
character can be found in what he does.

The Wife of Bath is
a totally different kind of person. She is bawdy (tells jokes and sings songs that are
inappropriate for a woman), but she is a good person at heart. This is one of several
holy pilgrimages she has made. She has had five husbands and is looking for another. She
supports marriage and enjoys it. She is a successful merchant of fabrics, has a very
upbeat personality, and while she is larger than life, her heart is good. She is
desirous of a sixth marriage, for she is a woman who enjoys sex, but only in the
confines of marriage.

The Merchant's description is a brief
one. He is dressed very nicely. He is solemn in his demeanor, wishes trade lanes were
protected against pirates. He is an expert with all things related to money, however he
has also learned to hide the true secret of his financial
situation:

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This estimable Merchant so had set / His wits to
work, none knew he was in debt, / He was so stately in negotiation, / Loan, bargain and
commercial obligation.

The
Merchant does not let the world see the truth about him—he pretends to be wealthy and
implies he is knowledgeable and successful, but he is in debt. He helps no one: having
money and keeping it is everything. He is unworthy.

The
Friar (unworthy) represents those of the Church's clergy who Chaucer believes have
stopped serving God. The truth is that the Friar fools around with the young girls and
then arranges marriages for them. He will hear a sinner's confession—but for a
price.

He is a Limiter, a begging friar, but he makes more
than a beggar. The more people give him, the more he forgives them. He is more familiar
with bars and barmaids, than the poor he is supposed to serve:
lepers, beggars, etc. Rather than praying, people should give him silver. For the woman
without shoes, he take her last coin. He settles arguments for a fee. He has time for
the rich if they can help him, but no time for those who suffer in his
parish.

While the Knight and the Wife of Bath are honest
and admired by Chaucer, the worthiness he ascribes to the last two characters is ironic:
he may say that they are well-versed in what they do, but they are
not honest people. They do only for themselves. Reading between the lines exposes
Chaucer's true feelings.

What is A.E. Housman's attitude towards life as seen in his poem "Loveliest of Trees"?

In this poem, Housman shows a "carpe diem" attitude
towards life.  He realizes that life is short and, because of that, he believes that we
should try to live life to the fullest.  We should go out and enjoy everything life has
to offer because life will end too soon (even if we live to an old
age).

In the poem, Housman uses the idea of looking at
cherry blossoms to stand in for experiencing everything life has to offer.  He talks
about how even fifty more years of life is not enough to "look at things in bloom" --
that is, to do all the things that he would like to do.  Therefore, he says, he will go
out and do as much as he can.

As this shows, Housman's
attitude towards life in this poem is that life is short and that people should,
therefore, grab it with both hands and enjoy it while they can.

What is the contrast between Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart and Woolf's "A Haunted House"?

In comparing Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Tell-Tale
Heart," and Virginia Woolf's "A Haunted House," the mood of the stories is strikingly
different.

In Poe's tale of horror, "The Tell-Tale Heart,"
the narrator is insane, though he insists repeatedly that he is not. His insanity drives
him to murder the old man with the "Evil Eye" who lives with him, simply because he
feels the man's eye is a curse on him. The narrator then conceals the body beneath the
floor boards in the house. As his psychosis increases, he imagines he hears the beating
of the old man's heart. His madness finally takes over as the murderer reveals to
investigating police what he has done, as he cannot bear to listen to what he imagines
to be the beating of the dead man's heart.

By comparison,
Virginia Woolf's "A Haunted House" is a very different kind of tale. It is a ghost
story, but there is no horror here. In fact, if anything, the mood of the story revolves
around love. The house is haunted by a husband and wife who very much loved each other
in life. Now as they haunt the house where they lived, they open and close doors and
move things, but never harm the couple that lives there now. The ghosts are looking for
something, and as is the case with Poe's story, there is a "pulse," but this is the
house that is like a living thing, and the pulse quickens as they draw closer to
discovering what they seek.

By the end of the story, the
treasure they seek is the love they shared in life: to find it in someone else. As the
ghosts visit the narrator and her husband as they sleep, the narrator awakens, and in a
moment's time, she realizes that the treasure the dead couple seeks is what resides in
the hearts of the narrator and her husband: it is "the light in the
heart."

Whereas Poe's story is based on the insanity of a
murderer, Woolf's story is based upon loving ghosts who wish to find the love
they had shared, with others who have found that same treasure
themselves.

What other names are given to Napoleon in chapter 8? What do these titles suggest about his character?

Napoleon is called by all sorts of names that make him
sound really good.  The book lists some of them.  Here is the quote where you can find
some of these names.

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He was always referred to in formal style as
‘our Leader, Comrade Napoleon,’ and this pigs liked to invent for him such titles as
Father of All Animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheep-fold, Ducklings'
Friend, and the like

To me,
what this shows is that Napoleon is totally drunk on his own power.  He is starting to
try to put together a "cult of personality" where the whole society is based on revering
him.

So he must have a huge ego and he must really want
everyone to think that he is the next thing to a god.

Please comment in detail about the immorality and hypocrisy of Mr.Wickham in the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.Please reply soon !

Wickham's name is no coincidence for he is, indeed,
"wicked".

As Darcy explains to
Elizabeth,

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Mr. Wickham is the son of a very respectable man
who had for many years the management of all the Pemberly estates; and whose good
conduct in the discharge of this trust naturally inclined my father to be of service to
him; and on George Wickham, who was his god-son, his kindness was therefore liberally
bestowed.

We know that
Wickham was supported by Darcy's father to even attend college at Cambridge. However,
all it did for him was make him a master of illusions, and a deceitful traitor with the
charm and manners that could fool everyone.

Ad the death of
Mr. Darcy (the father) Wickham's true colors came out. He refused to take on any
profession of which Mr. Darcy Senior would have liked, and he demanded that Mr. Darcy
(the son) would support him monetarily in the pursue of other goals. This, he did with
premeditation and haughtiness, using the affection that Old Mr. Darcy had for him as a
way to shove it to  the Young Darcy, who always figured as
much.

On top of it, Wickham proposed himself to Darcy's
sister Georgiana, and they eloped. Using the same charm and wit, he convinced her of a
lot of follies, and she fell for it only to be saved in reputation later by young
Darcy.

In addition to that, he did the same thing with
Elizabeth's sister Lydia. Lydia, who already was the closest thing to a bubble head, was
infatuated with men in uniform and with the idea of marriage. Wickham proposed that they
also eloped, which she did, ruining her reputation and their chances in society. Darcy
intervened one more time by finding them in Brighton and marrying them off, which
allowed Lydia to return with her head held high (and very snobby
too).

The biggest prroblem with Wickham is that he poses to
be, as Elizabeth says, "the most agreeable man" when, in fact, he is deceitful,
ambitious, immoral, and careless. He did not love any of the women he eloped with, and
his effrontery as a military officer was just a way to attract people into thinking that
he was an honorable man.

In Book 14 of The Odyssey, why doesn't Odysseus reveal himself to Eumaeus when the swineherd gives ample evidence of his loyalty?

This is a great question. You might find you get a range
of answers, but my own idea is that we see in this section of The
Odyssey an Odysseus who displays his customary flair for storytelling. It is
as if he loves to weave stories for other people. It is important to note that although,
strictly, the story that he tells Eumaeus is a "lie," actually, Odysseus incorporates
many actual adventures into this "lie," making it a strange commingling of truth and
fiction. Of couse, we must remember too, that Odysseus is returning to his kingdom after
a massive length of time away from his wife and his people, and so we can understand why
he is very wary about being honest and revealing himself, even to the most loyal of his
subjects such as Eumaeus. You always get the sense, though, that Odysseus loves telling
stories so much that he gets somewhat carried away. He could have revealed himself, as
you say, but delights in testing, and telling stories, so much, that he
delays.