How do Telemachus and Penelope handle the problems caused by the suitors and Odysseus' absence, and how does Athena assist them?

One of
the main elements of Book I of the Odyssey is the conflict between the
suitors who are infesting Odysseus's house, on one hand, and Telemachus and Penelope, on the
other.  At this point in the poem, Odysseus has been gone twenty years, and almost everyone
assumes he has died on the journey home.  The suitors spend their days eating and drinking,
wasting Odysseus's household wealth, while they wait for Penelope to decide which suitor to
marry. Although their ostensible goal is to marry Penelope, they are interested mainly in
obtaining Odysseus's land and wealth by marrying Penelope.  Penelope does her part in delaying
the decision.  She has told the suitors that she will make her decision when she has finished
weaving a piece of cloth, but at night, she undoes the day's weaving.  Telemachus, on the other
hand, is too immature to challenge the suitors, most of whom are older than he is.

Athena, acting on Zeus's command that it is time for Odysseus to get home, visits
Telemachus in the form of a trusted friend and counselor of Odysseus named Mentes.  She
encourages Telemachus to get rid of the suitors, and although he tries, he his over-ruled by the
town council.  More important, however, Athena tells Telemachus to go look for his
father:

As for yourself, let me prevail upon you to take
the best ship you can get, with a crew of twenty men, and go in quest of your father who has so
long been missing. Someone may tell you something, or (and people often hear things in this way)
some heaven-sent message may direct you (Book I. 130 and following).

This is the beginning of Telemachus's growth in Books I-IV from an
insecure youth to a more mature young adult with some confidence in himself and the belief that
his father is indeed alive and trying to return to Ithaca.  He has felt utterly alone up to this
point; now, with the help of Athena-Mentes, he has what is known as a "coming-of-age"
experience.  He is clearly in command of his ship and has a growing awareness that he has
responsibilities that extend far beyond himself.

Athena is undoubtedly the
most important character in Books I and II because she constantly encourages and guides
Telemachus as he traverses unknown territory.  When, in Book III, Telemachus meets Nestor, his
confidence grows quickly because he is treated with the respect he did not have on Ithaca.  By
consulting with Athena, and watching Nestor and his family, Telemachus begins to feel confident
in his ability to meet his father's friends on equal terms and, more important, learn as much as
possible about what might have happened to Odysseus.

In Book IV, when
Telemachus visits Menelaus to learn whether Menelaus has any news of Odysseus, Telemachus
conducts himself with courtesy and discretion, behavior that impresses Menelaus:

Your discretion, my friend, answered Menelaus, is beyond your
years. It is plain you take after your father. One can soon see when a man is son to one whom
heaven has blessed both as regards wife and offspring.  (Book IV 147 and following)

Aside from his experience with Nestor, Telemachus has never been
accorded such respect, and it is reasonable to argue that Telemachus's confidence has increased
exponentially during his visits with Nestor and Menelaus.  We get the sense that, whatever
happens from this point on, Telemachus will conduct himself as we would expect from the son of
Odysseus.

The narrative essentially leaves Telemachus's story here and moves
briefly back to Ithaca and then to several books devoted to the adventures of
Odysseus.

What are Physical Jerks and Doublethink and why are they used?

In
, Physical Jerks are an exercise regime that Party members must carry out.
These exercises are taught early in the morning, via the telescreen, and are organized by age
group.is in the thirties to forties group because of his age. While carrying out these
exercises, Party members are expected to have a look of "grim enjoyment" on their
faces because that is considered the "proper response." (See Part One, Chapter Three,
for a full description.)

Doublethink refers to the practice of believing and
accepting two contradictory ideas at the same time. In Oceania, the Party professes to be a
Socialist government ("Ingsoc") and claims that democracy is "impossible,"
but at the same time, the Party calls itself the "guardian of democracy." This is an
example of doublethink since these two ideas contradict each other.

These two
practices are significant because they demonstrate how the Party controls its members. On one
hand, the Physical Jerks provide an example of the Party's control over the body, while the
practice of doublethink is all about control of the mind. Together, these practices ensure that
the Party has complete control in all areas of a person's life.

Retell a major event in Lyddie from a different character's point of view.

This
is a really neat writing assignment. You
could have a lot of fun with it, depending on which
character you pick.
Remember, no matter which character you pick, write from the first-person

perspective. If you want to make this assignment easier on yourself, you might want to
consider
writing from Brigid's perspective. She andbecome quite close, so
there is a lot of source
material there. I would recommend picking
Brigid's...

Significance Of Pearl Harbour

This attack was
considered very sneaky as there was no warning that it was going to happen what so ever. America
was very surprised by this attack and Americans wanted to fight back afterwards. It is
significant because Japan's intentions were to prevent the U.S. Pacific Fleet from opposing
Japans planned conquest of other areas. There was a great loss of life. Ships went down and
there was a lot of damage but the Pacific aircraft carriers did not sink and there was not a lot
of fuel lost. The United States joined the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Needless to
say, Japan's plan backfired.

Lady Macbeth tells her husband to "look like the innocent flower/ But be the serpent under it." Explain what she means.

Essentially, this line is Lady 's warning
to
her husband in how to engage in immorality to get what they both want. 
She says this to him in
, sc. 5, when he tells her thatis coming. 
Ladyrecognizes this as the perfect opportunity for
Macbeth to kill Duncan and
seize power.   In order to become King,realizes that Macbeth must
kill
Duncan.  She also understands that he lacks the vocabulary and full understanding to
do
so.  As a warrior and a fighter on the battlefield, murder is done in name
of King and country
and there is little duplicity involved.  The slaughter is
understood.  Lady Macbeth shrewdly
realizes that her husband might need some
level of guidance in how to murder for personal gain. 
It is in this where
she advises him to "beguile time," and put on pretenses as if he
is a
gracious host, and devoid of any malicious intent.  The "serpent under it" is
how
she believes Macbeth will best understand what needs to be done in how
the murder should be
executed.  In this line, Lady Macbeth's initial
deviousness is evident, something that will
change over the course of the
play.  At the same time, Macbeth's overall innocence is also
evident,
something that will also change over the course of the play.

What are the major events, crises and complications in Journey to the Centre of the Earth?

Otto Lidenbrock finds an old journal with
instructions on how to get to
the center of the Earth and follows them,
facing and overcoming many dangers but not actually
getting to the
center.

One of the significant events is
when
the scientist Otto Lidenbrock discovers a coded journal left by Arne
Saknussemm, who wrote it
during the fifteen hundreds.  Ottos assistant Axel
decodes the journal and learns of a secret
passageway to the center of the
Earth, deep into the Earths core. 

Otto
hires a guide,
Hans. They follow Saknussemms directions, and begin at a crater on Mount

Sneffels.  The journey is more treacherous than they...

You are the new CEO of a large, well-known company. It has been deemed that an occupational hazard of your company is sexual harassment, physical and...

The best
way to approach this is to start with the final issue of why one should take action. Obviously,
sexual misconduct harms the company in several ways including opening up the potential for
lawsuits and reputational risk (as recently exemplified by the travails of Uber). Another major
issue though is its effect on human resources. Recruiting highly skilled workers is extremely
competitive and a company which has a reputation as a place with a toxic workplace culture will
not be able to attract the top talent.

The first thing to note is that this
company seems to have a large number of women reporting incidents of sexual harassment. Given
widespread under-reporting, if 20 percent of women report having experienced sexual harassment,
the actual incidence may be much higher.

Since change starts at the top,
probably the most important change one can make is empowering women in the company by promoting
women on all levels. Sexual harassment reflects power inequalities. A company with a dominantly
straight, white, male leadership is one which disempowers women and minorities. By working
towards gender equality, in which half of the Board of Directors, the executive suite, and upper
management is female, the company would create a more diverse workforce where a culture of
sexual harassment was less prevalent. An immediate step in this direction might be identifying
top female talent in your company and starting to mentor and groom outstanding women managers to
be promoted to executive roles.

href="https://www.nsvrc.org/ending-sexual-assault-and-harassment-workplace">https://www.nsvrc.org/ending-sexual-assault-and-harassmen...

In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, what is the significance (including the literary devices) of Hamlet's first soliloquy?

, by , explores 's
journey from the loss of his father to his final act of revenge against his father's murderer.
The first time we meet Hamlet is in Act One scene two, and he is not happy. His mother has just
gotten married--to , her brother-in-law and the man who murdered --only a month or so after her
husband, the man she seemed to have loved so desperately, died.

Both Claudius
and his mother scold Hamlet for acting so mournfully, and Hamlet says he will try to please
them; however, as soon as he is alone we hear his thoughts in his firstof the play. 

The first thing he wishes in thisis that he could just die, that his "too too
solid flesh would melt /Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!" His second wish is that God
had not said that it was a sin to commit suicide, or obviously he would already have killed
himself in his misery. Hamlet is a man who is concerned about the afterlife, which is one of the
reasons he does not quickly kill Claudius, as Hamlet knows what God says about murder,
too.

Hamlet describes his unhappy and unprofitable life (in the form of a )
as 

...an unweeded
garden,
That grows to seed; things rank and gross in
nature
Possess it merely.

 

For the rest of the soliloquy, he is angry with his mother for
seeming to love her husband so well that she cried "Niobe's tears" (anto the Greek
goddess Niobe who cried in her grief even after being turned into a stone statue) and then so
quickly marrying Claudius. He compares his father to Hyperion and Claudius to a satyr; then he
says Claudius is as much like King Hamlet as Hamlet is to Hercules--which means they are not at
all alike (more allusions to Greek mythology).

Hamlet says, "Frailty,
thy name is woman!" and compares his mother to an animal, saying a dumb beast "would
have mourn'd longer." He is disgusted that she is sleeping on "incestuous
sheets," and knows "it is not nor it cannot come to good." Despite his heartbreak
and anger, Hamlet knows he cannot speak his sorrow to these two people: "But break, my
heart; for I must hold my tongue."

This is the first time we hear
Hamlet's thoughts, and it is clear that he hates his current life. He does not like Claudius
because he is an inferior man to Hamlet's father, and he is angry with his mother for making
such a terrible choice after seeming to love her first husband so much. Anyone in Hamlet's
position would undoubtedly be thinking the same things and feeling the same way, another example
of Shakespeare's universal . 

 

 

What is the figurative language that, in your opinion, Thoreau uses most in Walden?

Thoreau makes the
greatest use of metaphors and similes in his writing. For example, at the beginning of
, he writes about people who have inherited land and who must farm it to
live. He refers to them as "serfs of the soil" (serfs are workers who must work on the
land in the service of lords), and he likens them to souls being crushed under their loads, much
as a beast of burden might be.

These forms of figurative language allow him
to make his point more vivid. He later writes that men who are crushed under these types of
burdens can not pluck the fruits of life. This is also ain which he compares men who must till
the soil to people who are unable to savor fruits or pick them off their vines. The fruit stands
for the joys of life.

Why do you think Daisy sobs when Gatsby shows her his shirts? It is in Chapter 5 in the Great Gatsby

cries
whenshows her his collection of tailor-made shirts because she knows it is vulgar to be showing
her the shirts in the first place and bragging about how he has them specially made and
imported. The shirts themselves are in bad taste because they are too colorful and ostentatious.
Furthermore, Daisy cries because she understands that Gatsby doesn't even realize he is being
vulgar. She understands that he is trying to impress her with his wardrobe and is doing just the
opposite. She may have been infatuated with him once when he was a handsome young officer, but
she cannot love the man he has become. She is crying for herself and for him and for the cruelty
of life and the remorselessness of the passage of time. She probably feels that she does not
deserve the worship that made Gatsby spend so much of his life trying to become worthy of
her.

What can you infer about IT as a character in the novel A Wrinkle in Time?

Before
Meg Murry finally confronts IT and discovers that IT is a disembodied brain that controls the
thinking of all the people on Camazotz, there are pieces of evidence that suggest IT is a
malevolent, authoritative force. When Meg, Charles, and Calvin initially arrive on the planet
Camazotz, they discover that everyone is obsessed with uniformity and lives in a perpetual state
of fear. The citizens of Camazotz also lack personality and behave like robots.

When Meg, Charles, and Calvin meet the man with red eyes, it becomes apparent that IT
is controlling his thoughts and is a manipulative, authoritative force. IT controls others by
reading their minds and hypnotizing them to share the same views. The audience can infer that IT
is obsessed with conformity and control but does not anticipate that IT is a disembodied,
pulsating brain. The audience also infers that IT is a powerful, manipulative force that desires
complete uniformity throughout the planet and represents universal evil.

Was the Civil war inevitable?

No war is
inevitable, so no, the Civil War was not inevitable and not the only way the crisis over slavery
could have been resolved. Proponents of slavery, for example, could have more readily
acknowledged what most people understood: that labor-intensive agriculture was giving way to the
industrial revolution. They could have been willing to work with the North and start taking
proactive steps to begin dismantling slavery and...

How long did George and Emily have together before Emily's death in Our Town?

From the
time they got married, Emily and
George had just nine years to enjoy together until Emily died
while giving
birth.

The story takes a supernatural turn, when Emily is

welcomed to eternal rest by others in the afterlife. She fights the notion of rest that
they
suggest, and against the advice of the others, she chooses to relive her
12th birthday. Armed
now with the knowledge of thethat lies ahead, this
relived birthday proves to offer her no
joyjust an immensely heavy feeling of
sadness.

Later, when George arrives at
Emily's grave, he
is stricken with grief, and the pity that Emily feels for him is palpable.

This pity stems from her newfound knowledge of how limited his appreciation of the
miracle of
life really is.

Explain the following quote from Mr. Stevenson's grandmother in Just Mercy: "Keep close. You can't understand most of the important things from a...

While
he was growing up, Bryan's grandmother was the undisputed matriarch of the family. She was his
guide, his mentor, and the woman who, more than anyone else, set him on the path of educational
and professional success. One of her many pieces of advice to Bryan...

How does Bruno's mother react to her husband's job in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?

When Bruno
comes home from school in chapter 1 and sees the family is packing up to move, he asks his
mother about it. She explains they have to move because of his father's job: it is very
important for his work that he take on the new assignment.

While Bruno's
mother acts brave and grows sharp with Bruno when he protests that he likes Berlin, her sadness
breaks through when he asks if they are moving more than a mile away. She responds as
follows:

"Oh my," said Mother with a laugh,
although it was a strange kind of laugh because she didn't look happy and turned away from Bruno
as if she didn't want him to see her face. "Yes, Bruno," she said. "It's more
than a mile away. Quite a lot more than that, in fact."

We can see that the mother is distressed by the new job that is causing them to have to
move, but she has no more choice in the matter than Bruno does. She is not aware at first of
what her husband's job at Auschwitz entails, but when she does later find out that he is
participating in exterminating Jews at the concentration camp, she gets very upset and angry at
him and returns to Berlin with her children.

What are retail store chain Costco's target customers, its core competencies, and its strategy for delivering value?

The
Costco Wholesale Corporation, established in 1983 is, as the New York Times
article the link to which is provided below, attests, considered among retail industry experts
the anti-Walmart because of its strategy based upon providing the highest quality products at
the most reasonable €“ which does not necessarily mean cheapest €“ cost, while treating
employees like respected members of the company.  While this answer is not intended as an
indictment of Walmart, which has been heavily criticized for its low wages and low-quality
consumer goods, any discussion of Costcos success has to include some level of comparative
analysis with regard to other similar chains. 

In addition to the
aforementioned New York Times article, the Washington
Monthly article also linked below summarizes...

href="https://washingtonmonthly.com/2013/06/09/the-secret-of-costcos-success-revealed-hint-no-mbas-need-apply/">https://washingtonmonthly.com/2013/06/09/the-secret-of-co...

Describe the first ghost in A Christmas Carol.

The first ghost represents the
past, and flickers in and out while glowing but is neither old nor young while neither male nor
female.

When Jacob Marley comes to visit his old partner, he
tells him he will be visited by three ghosts on three nights.  His word is true.  Scrooge
awakens to find a strange looking ghost in his house: the ghost of the past.  The ghost is
described as having bare skin, with bare feet and arms.  He or she is neither old nor young, and
dressed in white.  The contradictions continue in the fact that he or she has both winter holly
and spring flowers. 

But the strangest thing about it was,
that from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light, by which all this was
visible; and which was doubtless the occasion of its using, in its duller moments, a great
extinguisher for a cap .... (Ch. 2)

The ghost is kind
most of the time, explaining to Scrooge that he is going to show Scrooge the past, but not just
any pastScrooges past.  The past that The Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge begins with his
childhood and progresses to the more recent past.  Some of the visions are hard for Scrooge to
see.  Sometimes the ghost goads Scrooge, but almost mostly gently. 

He felt the Spirit's glance, and stopped.

What is the matter?
asked the Ghost.

Nothing particular, said Scrooge.

Something, I think? the Ghost insisted. (Ch. 2)

The ghost seems to be able to see into Scrooges thoughts, and know when he is feeling
something.  He watches him, and leverages those emotions into helping Scrooge see how he affects
the people in his life.  These feelings are crucial to Scrooges development into a better
person, and the other ghosts will use them to continue his growth.

At the end
of the chapter, Scrooge finally can't take it anymore.  He has seen Belle leave him, and then
seen her with her family.  He extinguishes the ghost because he can't take the idea that he
could have had a family, when he ended up alone instead.  Scrooge is finally realizing that all
of the money in the world means nothing if you have no one to share it
with.

Who is Santiago in Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist?

Christopher Jerde

Santiago is theof 's , though he is referred to as such only once
in the text. He is a Spanish shepherd boy who goes on a quest to find treasure near the Egyptian
pyramids. He undergoes great personal transformation as he makes his journey, meeting strange
characters who help or distract him along the way.

Interestingly, throughout
the majority of the narrative, Coelho calls him "the boy," referring to his proper
name, Santiago, only once. As mentioned in the previous answer, this could fit in with the
novel's status as a coming-of-age narrative, showing how "the boy" has not
yet...

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What factors led to the rise of the Nazis and their power?

The
primary reason for the Nazi party's rise to power was economic desperation. Before the Great
Depression hit Germany and put millions out of work, the National Socialist party of Germany was
a fringe party on the far political right. Many people equated the depression to Germany's
defeat in World War I, and general consensus, particularly among the working class, was that the
Parliament was impotent to solve any economic crisis.

Hitler was a powerful
and charismatic master of oration and , and he won the working class and the disenfranchised
middle class over to his cause by promising to restore Germany to its former glory by
reinstating traditional values as well as providing jobs and economic stability for all. The
Nazi party played on the insecurity of being defeated in the previous world war, and promised to
restore the country to a land with a grand destiny.

What is the narrator's point of view in "Araby" by James Joyce?

Ollie Kertzmann, M.A.

The narrator of "" is written with a first-person perspective. 

The boy in "Araby" is a singular, first-person narrator. He tells the story
from only his perspective, rather than including the perspective of a group.

He's also a limited narrator. A reader is unable to know the thoughts and feelings of
others from his perspective. Readers have to rely on the narrator's beliefs and opinions rather
than receiving corroborating evidence from outside sources. 

Most
first-person limited narrators are, to some extent, unreliable. Since they're telling the story
as they see it, there's no way for a reader to know whether the narrator's perspective is
accurate. This style of narration also limits what the reader can see. Nothing can happen that
the narrator does not witness or hear about -- which limits the stories and perspectives of side
characters. 

For example, the narrator in "Araby" develops a crush
on Mangan's sister -- and she's never actually given a name. If the narration was...

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What is the theme of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

The
previous thoughts were very well articulated.  I think that the overall theme is to bring fear
into the hearts of Edwards' listeners.  The vision of God presented is one where the time is now
to repent and fall into his favor.  This is something that Edwards was deliberate in
constructing.  If we examine theme as a message of a work, I think that to be in fear of God and
to immediately strive to be in his favor becomes the theme of the sermon.  Edwards aims his
message at those who fail to believe and those who are actively participating in spiritual
transgressions.  There is little in the sermon that is intended to reassure those who are
following the path.  In fact, Edwards' hope seems to be to strike fear in all of his listeners,
to ensure that even those who are spiritually intact do not become complacent and stray.  In the
end, the theme of being afraid of the divine is something that resonates in a lucid
manner.

What are elements of the Romantic period in Shaw's Pygmalion?

The
Romantic era emphasized, in brief, the appeal of the natural--nature, shepherds,life, etc--over
the sophisticated and urbane. The Romantic era also emphasized the common language and speech of
common people. In addition, in the Romantic era, the spiritual and the emblematic (nature
providing symbols for meaning in life) and subjective is valued over the practical and
objective.

Shaw's actually emphasizes the opposite of
these qualities. (1) The Flower Girl represents the natural country life and she is not
considered worthy to speak to her social betters except in accord with strict laws governing
street sellers' behavior. (2) Her...

What literary techniques are used in the novel Animal Farm?

Above
all, is an . An allegory is a literary technique in which the author uses
a fictional tale to make a serious political or moral point. In this case,fairly transparently
intends for the story of the animals to represent the course of the Russian Revolution, which,
like the uprising on Animal Farm, began as a reaction to tyrannical rule, and, motivated by an
ideology (communism) that emphasized economic and social equality, attempted to establish an
ideal society. Like the Russian Revolution, the leaders of the revolution, the pigs, are
instrumental in corrupting its ideals and claiming tremendous power for themselves. By the end
of the book, Animal Farm, like Stalin's Soviet Union, has become as brutal and tyrannical as the
society that preceded it. Orwell means to make a serious political point using the story of the
animals as an allegory for what happens when power is left unchecked, even when its aim is the
promotion of equality.

The end of Animal Farm
is...

Describe atomic structure. Include the following terms: protons, neutrons, electrons, nucleus, atomic mass, atomic number.

An atom has
two major parts in its structure. They are the nucleus and the
electron cloud.

The nucleus is formed by
protons and neutrons. Protons are
positively charged, but they are bonded together through neutrally charged neutrons. The
atomic number of an atom is the number of protons in the nucleus.
The number of neutrons in an atom is usually equally to the number of protons or
greater...

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What is Creon's reason for not wanting to be king?

Whenaccusesof conspiring to depose him and take over the rule of Thebes, Creon explains
that he already gets all the benefits of being king without any of the downsides. Because he is
so close to Oedipus, people fawn over him, wishing him "Godspeed." They try to gain
his favor. He has a voice in policy, in fact, what he calls "boundless influence," but
without any worries. He tells Oedipus:

Why should I leave
the better, choose the worse?
That were sheer madness, and I am not mad.
No
such ambition ever tempted me ...

Creon is saying that he
has no ambitions of becoming ruler. He has everything he wants. This rings true, because when
Laius was killed, Creon could have had the thronein fact, that was what Laius wanted. Instead,
he offered it to anyone who could free Thebes from the Sphinx by solving its riddle. Oedipus did
so, and Creon had him crowned and gave himas his wife. Creon has not shown any resentment of
Oedipus since. It is clear that Oedipus's accusations...

What life questions does the book "The Face on the Milk Carton" deal with? (love-hate, peace-war), etc.

The most
serious question that this book addressees is the concept of self identity.  This concept,
knowing who you are is central to building healthy relationships and living a successful and
fulfilling life. 

The main character experiences an identity...

In 1984, what does Winston conclude is Goldstein's final message ?

At the end of Part
Two of , just a short time before his arrest,comes to realise Goldstein's
final message. It is, in his words:

The future belonged to
the Proles.

This is a turning point
in 1984: without finishing Goldstein's book, Winston has learned the true
meaning of rebellion. That is, that the Proles will eventually become conscious of the Party's
absolute power and they will rise up and overthrow the state. 

There are a
number of reasons which account for Winston's realisation. One of these lies in Goldstein's book
when Goldstein makes a contrast between the Proles and Party members. Unlike the latter, the
Proles do not live under the watchful eye of Big Brother: they are free to live their lives
according to their own desires and needs. They love, have children, wear make up, and sing,
whenever and however they want to. In contrast, Party members live under the constant
surveillance of the Thought Police and the telescreens, and are subjected to the Party's control
on all aspects of life, from history to marriage and dating.

This, in turn,
leads to a second important point about Goldstein's message: "Where there is equality there
can be sanity." In other words, the Prole's freedoms ("equality") will eventually
contribute to the consciousness of their children. These children will have "sanity"
because they will realise the negative influence of the Party and they will rebel. They will
succeed in this task because they have the physical strength to do so, as shown by the Prole
woman that Winston observes in this chapter, and they will have the freedom of thought to do so,
because the Party does not control them. 

Sadly, Winston learns this message
too late: moments later he is arrested by the Thought Police where he is tortured by . His
rebellion has failed, though he was fortunate enough to understand its true meaning.
 

How is Dimmesdale a victim of a hostile society?

, a
clergyman and the father ofwith , is a victim of a society that he knows will react harshly and
punitively to his sin of adultery. Because he knows how judgmental Puritan society isafter all,
he has seen how they have treated Hesterhe is afraid to come forward and confess.

His buried sin and intense guilt therefore eat at him, destroying his health, although
his guilt makes his sermons more inspiring and heartfelt. He is also left to the mercy of , who
has guessed his secret, and, rather than expose him, torments him psychologically.

In many ways, Dimmesdale is worse off than Hester. Once her sin is exposed, she can
move forward, atone, and win the respect of her community with her good works. Dimmesdale can
only suffer in silence, which we know, from a psychological perspective, is the worst thing a
person can do. His confession ultimately frees his soul, but it is too late for his weakened
body, which dies.

Dimmesdale would have done better in a society that allowed
people to make mistakes and was, especially, more forgiving of sexual
transgressions.

In "Hamlet," why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius in the "prayer scene" of Act 3, Scene 3?

As soon
asexits the scene,laments about his inability to pray and the guilt he is experiencing after
murdering his brother. As Claudius proceeds to contemplate his sin and wonder whether or not he
can ask God for forgiveness, he kneels down assilently enters the room. Knowing that he has a
perfect opportunity to kill King Claudius,draws his sword. However, Hamlet hesitates and
says,

"And so he goes to heaven. And so am I
revenged.That would be scanned. A villain kills my father, and, for that, I, his sole son, do
this same villain send To heaven. Oh, this is hire and salary, not revenge" (Shakespeare,
3.3.75-80).

Hamlet refuses to kill
Claudius while praying, because he believes that Claudius's spirit will go to heaven since he is
in the process of asking God for forgiveness. Hamlet knows that his father never had a chance to
repent for his numerous sins before Claudius murdered him and does not think that sending
Claudius's soul to heaven would be adequate revenge. Essentially, killing
Claudius is not enough for Hamlet, who wishes to send Claudius's soul to hell for eternity.
Hamlet hopes to kill his uncle while he is excessively drinking alcohol, gambling, or "in
th' incestuous pleasure of his bed" in order to ensure that his soul will suffer in
hell.

How did white Southerners attempt to limit the freedom of their former slaves? I am writing an essay on why the Southerners' attempts to control...

As the
previous educator mentioned, former slave owners tried to continue to force labor out of black
people. There were two ways in which this was accomplished in the late-nineteenth and
early-twentieth centuries: convict-leasing and sharecropping. The sharecropping system was one
in which there may have been a contract to work. Unlike indentured servitude, in which one
promised to work for a certain number of years in exchange for money or property, sharecroppers
could live on a planter's property for life. They labored in exchange for a share of the harvest
and a share of the earnings. It was not unusual for planters to cheat those who worked for
him.

Another way in which whites limited the freedom of blacks was through
disenfranchisement or, in other words, finding ways to prevent black people from voting. During
Reconstruction, numerous black men from Southern states became representatives and senators.
This new political power presented a profound threat to white supremacy in the South.
Disenfranchisement prevented the development of black political power in the South, which has
only recently changed with the elections of black, conservative politicians, such as former
Representative J.C. Watts of Oklahoma and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.

Poll taxes and, later, citizenship tests became methods of preventing black men from
exercising the right to votea right guaranteed in the Fifteenth Amendment. When this did not
work, racists resorted to terrorism. The Ku Klux Klan was formed during the Reconstruction years
and was resurrected in the 1920s. The KKK kidnapped and hung blacks who disrupted white power.
They also torched people's homes in the middle of the night. Cross-burnings in front of one's
home served as a warning.

I would argue that many of these methods were,
unfortunately, successful. When one measures the quality of life and household income of black
families versus those of white families in the South, the differences are stark. This is due to
decades of political and economic oppression, which included the destruction of viable black
communities (e.g., Greenwood in Tulsa and Rosewood, Florida).

What is the major situational irony in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex?

I think an
argument can be made that the major ironies of are dramatic ironies more
than situational ones. Keep in mind, the story ofwould have been famous among the Ancient
Greeks, and so ancient audiences would have been well aware of the intricacies of Oedipus's own
history and . They would have known that Oedipus murdered his father and married his mother long
before Oedipus himself learns that truth, and this, I would suggest, is the chief ironic tension
that hangs over the play.

In any case, rather than reiterate what has already
been written by earlier contributors, one example of SituationalI find quite interesting is the
play's use of blindness as a motif. When Oedipus is investigating the murder, he summons , the
famous blind prophet of Greek mythology. The situational irony of this scene lies in the
realization that it is the blind man who has the clearest vision as to the reality of Oedipus's
own life, about which Oedipus himself is blind.

significance of the opening scene in 1984

The opening
scene begins with Winston entering
the doors of the Victory Mansions, the apartment building
where he lives, and
ends with him starting to write in his diary.

This
opening
scene is significant because it lays out in brief strokes the contours of Winston's
(and
since he is a representative figure, almost everyone's) life.
Specifically, it focuses on the
constant surveillance and fear Winston (and
almost everybody else in Oceania) is subjected to
and their miserable
standard of living.

The low standard of living comes

across vividly in the broken elevator, which we are told is usually broken, forcing
Winston to
climb seven sets of stairs, and through Winston's ill health--he
has to rest on the stairs
because of an ulcer above his right ankle, as well
as through his small apartment, and the
meagre supply of poor food he has, a
bit of dry bread and Victory gin.

The
surveillance and
fear under which he lives is also vividly illustrated in this opening. Twice
he
sees the poster that says "Big Brother is Watching You," reinforcing the
ominous
message that everyone is under surveillance. We experience the
television screens which can't be
turned off and are used to spy on people.
We learn about the Thought Police, and find out as
well that because there
are no laws, anything could be construed as a
crime. We
are introduced to terrifying the Ministry of Love, and learn that the least
deviation
from orthodoxy can and will lead, at the very least, to 25 years in
a hard labor camp. By the
time Winston writes in his diary, his world has
been so well rendered that we understand how
risky and subversive the mere
act of writing has become.

What could be a summary of Candide by Voltaire?

is a young
man whose many experiences and life lessons are presented in the story named after him. At the
beginning of the story, Candide is a servant of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh. He loves the Baron's
daughter, Cun©gonde, but shouldn't act on this feeling due to his position. Candide also is a
follower of Pangloss, a philosopher who advocates a belief that their current life situation is
"the best of all possible worlds."

Candide is caught being
romantically involved with Cun©gonde and is sent away. This sets the stage for his encounters
with the larger world and the people in it. Throughout the story, he reconnects with Cun©gonde,
with Pangloss, and with other characters he meets along the way. Candide endures physical,
mental and emotional hardships of every imaginable sort and witnesses others doing the same. He
also experiences the help and kindness of people at times when he most desparately needs it,
only to see them suffer after assisting him.

Traveling throughout the world,
meeting and loosing acquaintances, finding and loosing everything, Candide gradually comes to
deny the optimistic view Pangloss taught him, even as Pangloss continues to feel so in spite of
the immense hardships he has endured.

At the end of the story, Candide
purchases a small farm where he, Pangloss, Cun©gonde, and some of the others Candide encounters
through his travels settle. While they are no longer faced with the physical hardships of their
previous lives, they find the farm boring until a Turkish farmer explains that his family's farm
"keeps us from those three great evils, boredom, vice, and poverty." Pangloss
immediately seizes this attitude as validating his continuing philosophy that they are living in
the "best of all possible worlds." Candide may not quite agree with that thought, but
tells the others that they "must cultivate our garden."

Where does Penelope in the Odyssey gets her powers from and what is the extent of her influence in her culture?

Penelope
is portrayed in 's Odyssey as an intelligent and resourceful woman, skilled
in her household tasks and loyal to her husband. In many ways, she is an ideal of Greek
womanhood, dedicated to her role as wife and mother and displaying loyalty to her
family.

Women in Homeric society had little power of their own, but instead
had limited influence by association with their husbands. Penelope's ability to influence
members of her household had to do with her position as the wife of the king. Thus as long as
her orders were not overridden by her husband, slaves and other members of the household were
required to obey her as a sort of proxy for her husband. Her son, Telemachus, as a young child
would be required to be obedient to her but would grow more independent as he grew
older.

Her lack of authority as an individual leads her to devise stratagems
to ward off the suitors as she cannot simply refuse them as could a woman in a modern culture.

How does the status of women in Tang and Song China compare/contrast with the status of women in other societies.

The women
of the Tang and Song Dynasties held a somewhat higher social position than previous dynasties
and their contemporaries in other places. These women still had a lower status than men, but
they had certain rare privileges as well. However, it is important to keep in mind that these
privileges rarely extended to the peasantry.

For instance, during the Song
Dynasty, empress dowagers were still involved in the affairs of state and domestic policies.
They sometimes used this influence to promote the rights of women. Women emperors even continued
under the Tangs, most notably with Wu Zetian, who raised the status of noble women in China.
During the Tang Dynasty, women were allowed to hold certain positions within the government
bureaucracy....

French Revoltion What caused the French Revolution to start as and when it did and Could its outbreak have been advoided, or possibly postponed? Was...

The counter
example to the French Revolution was the Glorious Revolution in England a century earlier.
 England, having moved away from absolute monarchy, had evolved to be governed by the Rule of
Law -- that every Englishman (and woman) had certain Rights, and that no one, even the monarch,
was above the law.  The factors that brought this situation to fruition are a bit involved, but
nothing like that kind of evolution occurred in France. Having remained Catholic (with its
institutional hierarchy) and absolutist, there came a time when Revolution was unavoidable.
 Certainly if more "English" influences in government had been realized in France,
then the French Revolution might have been avoided, but by the late 1780's it was too late.
 "Those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution
inevitable."

How does the atmosphere throughout the play "Macbeth" change?

In
literature, href="https://literarydevices.net/atmosphere/">atmosphere describes the
feelings a particular work engenders in the reader.can be created through the use of specific
objects, settings, and moods. In , the atmosphere alternates between
supernatural dread and outright danger as the play progresses. By the end of the play, however,
an atmosphere of death and destruction prevails.

In Act One, the appearance
oflends an otherworldly, macabre atmosphere to the play. It is obvious that the witches are the
heralds of doom. They accostand , demanding to be heard. While Macbeth fixates on the witches'
prophecy that he will be thane of Cawdor and king in the foreseeable future, Banquo is more
disposed towards ignoring the three supernatural apparitions. By the end of Act One,emerges as a
malevolent figure who goads her husband into contemplating regicide (killing a
king/monarch).

Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth and her malignant nature to
inspire an atmosphere of fear and danger in...