In The Merchant of Venice, how does Antonio feel about Shylock, being a christian and how does Shylock feel about Antonio, being a Jew?Act I scene...

It is clear that there is little love lost on both sides
of this relationship. Clearly Shakespeare intends Shylock to be a representative of the
Jews, and likewise, to Shylock, Antonio becomes a representative of Christianity and the
way that it has consistently mistreated Jews down through the ages. Note what Antonio
says to Bassanio after Shylock tells the story about
Jacob:

The
devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

An evil soul
producing holy witness

Is like a villain with a smiling
cheek...

He goes on to say to
Shylock that he should lend the money to "thine enemy" rather than to his
friend.

Shylock is even more overt about his feelings
towards Antonio. Note how, as he watches Antonio draw near, he says, in an
aside:

I hate
him for he is a Christian.

He
plans immediately to "feel fat the ancient grudge I bear him" and somehow to get his own
back for the way that he lends money without charging interest and also for the personal
wrongs that Antonio has committed against him.

In this
scene, therefore, Shakespeare introduces us to the main conflict of the play and we can
see its roots and its development in the "merry bond" that Shylock proposes and Antonio
accepts.

Regarding Chronicles of a Death Foretold, what is the critical comment listed below based on?A critic states that, "It was not chance but malice...

The story that unfolds in Chapter 1 of
Chronicles of a Death Foretold, is wrapped in the irony of Santiago
Nasar going to meet the Bishop at the pier. In another layer of irony, which doubles as
foreshadowing, the Bishop does not disembark from the boat as Santiago stands,
expectantly waiting, on the pier. This is both irony and foreshadowing because the
Bishop's passing by can be metaphorically understood as the withholding of blessing. The
reason for Santigo's death, which may be interpreted as a withheld blessing, involves
the twins' sister Angela who is returned to her father after her wedding because her
groom discovers she is not a virgin. This represents many kinds of outrage. Angela is
humilated and cast aside by her groom as worthless. The Vicario family is dishonored and
humilated. Angela's (note the irony of the symbolism of her name linking her to angel)
twin brothers must act in revenge. The town becomes co-conspirators in the
revenge.

The story reveals that it is Santigo who is
responsible for Angela's loss of virginity and thus must die by an act of fatal revenge.
The critic you quote posits that chance did not enter into the absence of a warning
because essentially the whole town was complicit in (i.e., indirectly participating in)
the carrying out of the Vicario's revenge against Santiago. This complicity attests to
malice, which is shared outrage at his violation of Angela's womanhood and of her
family's honor. The critic may even go so far as to say that it was part of the
complicity that the town kept Margot from learning of the impending revenge act because
they knew she would try to warn him. Therefore the critic's comment is based upon the
nature of the village moral system and upon what the critic calls the "socio-economic
causes" that drove the revenge, the complicity, and the silence.

Write the symbol for a cation and an anion that are isoelectronic with Krypton.Is it possible for a cation to be isoelectronic with an anion from...

Krypton has an atomic number 36, so it has 36 electrons.
Bromine with an atomic number of 35 acquires one electron to attain 36 electrons. This
makes it isoelectronic with krypton. The anion of bromine is
Br-.

The element rubidium has an electronic number 37. It
loses one electron to gain a positive charge and change to Rb+ which has 36 electrons
and is a cation that is isoelectronic with krypton.

It is
not possible for a cation to be isoelectronic with an anion with both the elements from
the same period. This is due to the fact that an element gains electrons to form an
anion and attain the electronic configuration of the noble gas that has an atomic
number higher than it; while a cation is formed by an element losing electrons to attain
the electronic configuration of a noble gas with an atomic number lower than
it.

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, what diversion does Henry suggest to raise Victor’s spirits?

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Modern
Prometheus, after Victor's illness, a number of incidents prohibit Victor
from returning home immediately.

While the weather makes
the roads to Geneva impassable, Clerval suggests that he and Victor go on a walking
tour:

...in
the environs of Ingolstadt, that I might bid a personal farewell to the country I had so
long inhabited. I acceded with pleasure...I was fond of exercise, and Clerval had always
been my favourite* companion in the rambles of this nature that I had taken among the
scenes of my native
country.

With regard to the
success of this plan of Clerval's, Victor was already much improved in his health,
but...

...[my
health and spirits] gained additional strength from the salubrious air I breathed, the
natural incidents of our progress, and the conversation of my friend....Clerval called
forth the better feelings of my heart...I became the same happy creature who, a few
years ago, loved and beloved by all, had no sorrow or
care.

For a short time, until
the creature reappears in Victor's life, he is much the man he was before his
experiments, finding joy in the life around him, a great deal because of Clerval's
dedication to seeing Victor through this dark time in his
life.

Clerval's diversion is a "walking tour," which is
like hiking and sight-seeing, and Clerval's plan does work in
making Victor even stronger, and much like his old
self.

*favourite - British spelling of
"favorite"

For an essay to persuade someone that Caesar would've been a better ruler, what are some things that can be used against Cassius & Brutus? The...

In writing a persuasive essay, the writer must be sure to
provide reasons for his/her points as well as refute the possible counterarguments.  [Be
sure to quote from the play, citing lines and passages as support for your reasons.] 
Here are some traits on Cassius and Brutus that can be considered in your arguments
against
them:

BRUTUS-

• too
  idealistic:

Easily persuaded by Cassius to be
conspirator (Act I)

Brutus is too impractical; he is flawed
in his philosophical commitment to principal.  When he should listen to Cassius
regarding battle strategies, he does not (Act
IV).

• poor political
  judgment

Makes a bad judgment in allowing Marc
Antony to address the Romans after Caesar's death (Act III),thus unwittingly causes the
civil strife in Rome.

Does not listen to Cassius, who tells
him to kill Antony (Act III); later, Antony hurls insults at him and Cassius and leads
the triumvir in defeating Brutus and Cassius (Act
V).

CASSIUS

• self-serving
  and envious

Cassius is self-serving and does
not have the good of Rome in mind when he seeks to have Caesar killed.  He is envious of
Caesar's power, speaking of how Caesar is a "Colossus" and he and the others must walk
underneath him. (Act I) Even Caesar notices this "lean and hungry" look on Cassius.  In
the "seduction scene" where he convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy, he offers no
concrete evidence of Caesar's tyranny and ambition, instead speaking of the stature he
has attained and his physical weakness.

After speaking with
Brutus in Act I, he plans to further convince him by sending forged letters, ostensibly
from Roman citizens attesting to Caesar's alleged
ambitions.

• weak in military/political
  action

Cassius is too emotional; his love for
Brutus causes him to defer to Brutus, whose political decisions are clouded by idealism.
(Act III-Antony) (Act IV, iii)  When Brutus disagress with him about waiting in Sardis
and making the Philippi use their energies and resources by coming to them, Cassius
defers. This act brings about the defeat of their
troops.

• inconsistent

While
he scoffed at Brutus for believing in fate in Act I, Cassius later becomes
superstitious, thus making poor decisions. (Act V)

I need to be able to identify functions of nutrients and food.

The most accepted concept in nutrition is that it serves
three main functions:

a) To provide energy (through the
consumption of carbohydrates, some fats, and protein).

b)
To regulate body functions (through the consumption of water, fiber, lipids,
carbohydrates, and protein, among others).

c) To help the
body develop (through the consumption of minerals, vitamins, protein, and carbohydrates
that aid in our body's different metabolic processes).

In
conclusion, nutrients and food help nourish our bodies. They help our bodies become
energized, as well as develop, grow, and stay healthy.

Good
luck on your quiz!

Compare the way authors have used the pronoun "you" in stories "How" by Lorrie Moore and "The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe.

In both short stories, the use of you
is a hint that there is an unreliable and possibly not quite sane narrator.  In each
case, the second person point of view is used in unusual ways.  Second person is by far
the rarest point of view.

In “The Cask of Amontillado” by
Poe the use of you is intended to be disarming.  In the beginning
of the story, the narrator directly addresses the reader as an intimate
friend:

The
thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon
insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of
my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a
threat.

Throughout the rest
of the story, he addresses Fortundao with you, reinforcing the idea
that they are just two friends going on a stroll.  This is intended to put Fortunado at
ease and off guard, so he will be easier to kill.

In “How”
by Lorrie Moore, you is used as a character, a woman.  This unusual
use of you breaks assumptions about the role of the reader and the
use of the pronoun.  This intimate and unusual use of you makes the
reader part of the story, whether male or female, but also makes it harder to discern
the reliability of the narrator.