How do the allusions in Octavia Butler's novel Kindred relate to historical context?

The main
character in the novel, Dana Franklin, discovers that she has the ability to travel back in time
to the nineteenth century. Dana has mixed white and African American ancestry and, the first
time she is thrown back into the past, it is to save the life of her white...

How does Ralph change in Lord of the Flies?

At the
beginning of the story,is a composed, optimistic leader, who has faith that the boys can create
a civilized society on the island before they are eventually rescued. Ralph trusts that the boys
will follow his directives and does not initially have any concerns about being elected chief.
With 's help, Ralph makes a list of priorities and tries his best to organize the group of boys.
During assemblies, Ralph gives the boys instructions, creates several rules, and allowsto be in
charge of the hunters.

As the novel progresses, Ralph notices that the boys
have gradually begun dismissing his directives and neglecting their agreed-upon duties. He also
becomes aware of Jack's jealousy and antagonistic nature. After the signal fire goes out and the
boys miss a rare opportunity to be rescued, Ralph becomes frustrated, angry, and stressed
out.then claim to have witnessed the beast at the top of the mountain, and hysteria quickly
spreads throughout the group.

As Jack's...

Explain Aristotle's four causes by applying them to some objects in the room. Then explain how this would be like or unlike Plato's own account of the...

The table I am
sitting at can be described in the terms of Aristotle's four causes. It has a material cause of
wood, and, secondarily, of metal, glue and polyurethane finish, because these are the materials
that cause it to exist. The formal cause of the table is design, because it was intentionally
shaped in precisely the way that it is now: the designer gave the table its form. It's efficient
cause is industrial carpentry, because it was mass produced in a factory using the methods of
carpentry, and these practices brought the table into being. It's final cause is work, because
this particular table functions as a multi-purpose work desk, and its use for this purpose also
defines the existence of the table.

In terms of Platonic conceptions of form,
this table is merely a shadow of the ideal table. All the scratches and the chunk that's missing
from the left leg are imperfections that define the particular table but also separate it from
the true platonic form of a table.

To Aristotle, the table is defined by its
characteristics, origin, and use, whereas to Plato a table is defined externally, and the table
I'm using can merely be compared to that ideal.

Compare and contrast the grandmother and the Misfit in "A Good Man is Hard to Find".

The grandmother has
enjoyed privilege in her life, the privilege associated with her social and economic class.  The
Misfit has not enjoyed such privilege, and he is bitter.  When the grandmother readies herself
for a road trip, she wears a dress with matching hat and gloves because she wants to make sure
that, should she be in an accident, any person who sees her dead on the side of the road would
know that she's a lady.  She judges society for having lost its manners, and she mourns the fact
that people are no longer honest and good in her view.  However, she doesn't seem to have
any...

What does Tybalt mean when he says, "I'll not endure him"?

In
act 1, scene 5,has spottedMontague at the Capulet feast, and he cannot believe that the sworn
enemy of his family would dare to make an appearance.himself reaches out to Tybalt, telling him,
"And, to say truth, Verona brags of him / To be a virtuous and well-governed youth"
(72€“73). Further, Lord Capulet tells Tybalt that his acting so unwelcoming and angry is not
festive. That is when Tybalt delivers these lines:

It fits
when such a villain is a guest.
Ill not endure him. (I.v.80€“81)

Tybalt is saying, in modern English, "I won't stand for
this." He sees Romeo as an intruder and an enemy and refuses to stand idly by and allow his
enemy to enjoy a great party at his uncle's expense. This fits with Tybalt's persistently
quarrelsome personality, which is ultimately his demise.

Lord Capulet
effectively puts Tybalt in his place in the next lines, reminding him that he (Lord Capulet) is
the master of this house and makes the rules there.

Why is Norton so curious about Mr. Pignati in the book The Pigman? How does John react to Norton's questions? Why?

Norton is
curious about Mr. Pignati because he wants to exploit the old man.  He wonders if the Pigman
"has...got anything worth stealing", and is excited when John tries to divert his
interest by telling him that all the old man's got "are some tools and stuff".  Norton
associates with "this lunatic man on Richmond Avenue who makes believe he's the leader of
organized crime on Staten Island", who will give Norton money for stolen goods.  Norton
wants to know more about what Mr. Pignati has because "there's a big market for
electronics".

John reacts to Norton's questions with annoyance.  At
first he tries to be evasive, hoping that Norton will get the idea that there would be nothing
to gain by harassing the old man.  When that doesn't work, and Norton insists on knowing why he
and Lorraine, whom he calls a "screech owl", go over to Mr. Pignati's place so much,
John changes the subject, getting angry and challenging his lowlife friend for calling Lorraine
by that derogatory name.  John and Norton exchange words, and the confrontation ends with Norton
threatening to "pay (the Pigman) as visit real soon".

John reacts
as he does because he doesn't want Norton to hurt the Pigman.  Norton has a long history of
getting in trouble, and John recognizes that "he's the type of guy who could grow up to be
a killer".  John really likes Mr. Pignati; the Pigman treats him with a love and respect
that he has never experienced before, "and always with a big smile so you (know) he mean(s)
it". has become a dear and important person in his life, and John is protective of him.  He
knows "(he'd) kill Norton if he tried to hurt the old man" (Chapter
9).

Should alleged "terrorists" be tried in civilian courts with full protection of their civil liberties or should they be tried by military tribunals as...

I feel like
this is something of a matter of opinion, but I believe terrorists should be tried in a military
tribunal or something akin to one. Because they are actively attacking the society in which they
are being tried and are going directly against their peers who would serve as the jury, they
should be denied some of the protections offered by the traditional justice system.

The main issue here is that I believe they have sacrificed many of their freedoms by
actively advocating against and acting to destroy the very system that would be protecting them.
In denying that system, they should therefore be denied its protection. Some may argue that the
system itself does not regard whether or not someone denies it, but there should be some sort of
retribution for that person's crimes.

This is not a traditional civil or even
criminal case, where an individual has a conflict with a corporation or another individual. The
judicial system is meant to discern between individuals and concerned parties. However, when the
very same justice and democratic system is one of those parties and the person in question has
no regard for human life or liberty, they should have those rights and protections
refused.

Describe Pearl in disposition in The Scarlet Letter.

The
incarnation ofand 's sin of
adultery,has an other-worldliness about her. She is capricious and
the
Puritan children do not like her because she is so different from them, "she
never
created a friend." Indeed, she is more symbol than she is human;
moreover, it is not until
her father kisses her on the scaffold at the
novel's end that Pearl becomes truly human as
"a spell was broken" and her
"errand as a messenger of anguish was
fulfilled."

Before
this part of the novel, Pearl is described as an
"elf-child" and an
"airy-sprite" who plays an active role in reminding her
mother of her sin. 
Often she pelts Hester's breast with some flowers or seaweed.  In Chapter
VII
at the mansion of , she laughs at the distortion of the scarlet A in its reflection in
the
breastplate of the suit of armor. Her repeated questions about the
scarlet letter cause her
mother in Chapter XV to deny the letter's
significance.  In Chapter XIX, Pearl refuses to cross
the brook after her
mother has tossed away the letter: she shrieks in a fit of passion and will

not cross until Hester reattaches the symbol to her garment.  Truly, throughout the
narrative,
Pearl acts as the conscience of her mother: "Above all, the
warfare of Hester's spirit at
that epoch was perpetuated in
Pearl."

What objects do the animals take the most pleasure in destroying in Animal Farm?

's
is a satirical novel about government.uses animals to criticize the Soviet
Union and Communism in this story.

Power is a huge theme in this novel. The
animals in this novel want to have power over their own lives and take this power by running the
humans off of the farm. After the animals run the humans off the farm, they rename it and create
rules for themselves.

Another thing the animals do after taking over the farm
is destroy things that the humans used to run the farm. The animals on the farm most enjoy
destroying the chains, whips, halters, and whips. These are the things that the humans used to
control the animals and force them into service. By destroying the things that were used to keep
them in subservience to the humans, the animals are exerting their power and
freedom.

How does Macbeth react to the witches' predictions, and what strong feelings is Banquo experiencing in Macbeth?

is interested inpredictions,
andis suspicious.

When the witches first meet Banquo andon
the heath, Macbeth is just a valiant soldier and Banquo is his friend.  They have just come from
a battle where they were in charge, and very successful. 

From the start,
Macbeth is curious about the witches, and Banquo is suspicious.  He immediately questions their
wild attire and their looks, saying they have beards but otherwise look like women.  He starts
by asking not who they are, but what they are, and says they look not like the inhabitants
o' the earth (Act 1, Scene 3).

Live you? or are you
aught

That man may question? You seem to understand me,

By
each at once her chappy finger laying

Upon her skinny lips: you should be
women,

And yet your beards forbid me to interpret

That you
are so. (Act 1, Scene 3)

Macbeth asks them to talk, if
they can, and also asks what they are.  They dont answer that question, but immediately begin
hailing him as the thane of Glamis, which he is, proving they know him.  Thus establishing
their identity, they proceed to give him and Banquo prophecies. 

The
different reactions Banquo and Macbeth have to the prophecies are telling.  It shows their
different personalities. 

Macbeth is told three prophecies.  The first two
are told to him by the Second and Third Witch.

Second
Witch

All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!

Third Witch

All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter! (Act 1,
Scene 3)

Macbeth has a funny reaction to those.  He
starts, or is so surprised that he seems almost afraid.  Banquo completely misinterprets that,
asking him why he sees to fear the predictions.  Macbeth is not afraid. He is completely
shocked.  There may be a little projection going on here.  Banquo is probably afraid of the
thought of Macbeth being king!  He is worried that Macbeth is taking these prophecies too
seriously, and trying to get him to lighten up.

While Banquo ponders the fit
of fantasy Macbeth seems enraptured in, the witches have a prophecy for him too.  He will be
both lesser and greater than Macbeth.

Third
Witch

Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none:

So all
hail, Macbeth and Banquo! (Act 1, Scene 3)

Banquos sons
will be king?  Macbeth asks the witches to stay, and tell him more, now that he has regained his
senses, but they leave.

Once the witches leave, Banquo and Macbeth discuss
the prophecies a little.  Banquo tells Macbeth they are silly, and they have lost their reason
if they pay attention to them.  He is hoping Macbeth will forget all about it.  Then they go
appear before King .  There, they learn that Macbeth is not the heir to the throne, as he was
led to believe.  It is Duncans son, .

Duncan has two sons, Malcolm and . 
Macbeth well knew this.  Macbeth is just a distant relative of Duncan, and he knew that he would
never be next in line for the throne unless something happened to both of the sons first.  The
witches have really gotten into his head though!  When he finds out that Malcolm is officially
named the heir, he loses it!  In an aside, he displays his angry ambition.  He rails against
Malcolm, the Prince of Cumblerland.

The Prince of
Cumberland! that is a step

On which I must fall down, or else
o'erleap,

For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;

Let not light see my black and deep desires€¦ (Act 1, Scene 4)

From here on, Macbeth will stop at nothing to be king.  Banquos
protests fell on deaf ears.  Later, he will secretly wonder if Macbeth killed Duncan.  Macbeth
will also wonder if Banquo is suspicious of him, and have him killed.  Their friendship is at an
end.

Banquo was a good person.  He did not have ambition.  He was suspicious
of the witches, and it got him killed.  He tried to help his friend, and warn him not to listen
to the witches, but it did no good.  Macbeth was too tempted by what they offered him.

The witches did not turn Macbeth into a murderer, or make him into a tyrant.  If he
hadnt had the slumbering beast of ambition inside him for them to awaken, their prophecies would
have been nonstarters.  All they did was pass Macbeth the ball.  He is the one who took the game
into extra innings.

What irony is present in "Araby"?

I think this
story is filled with , but you'll
need to decide which type(s) of irony you wish to identify and
write
about.

** verbal irony -- for example, when a character says one
thing
but means another

** dramatic irony -- several
possibilities, including when
"the character expects the opposite of what the
reader knows that fate holds in
store"

** situational
irony -- "in which accidental events occur
that seem oddly
appropriate"

See the lit_terms link below and scroll
down
to Irony to read about various types of irony in

detail.

What is the significance of clothing in part 4 of Gulliver's Travels?

In Part
IV of clothing comes to have great symbolic significance. It represents
the preconceived ideas and notions that Gulliver brings with him to the land of the Houyhnhmns,
the horse-like race of creatures who dazzle Gulliver with their intelligence and calm
rationality.

The Houyhnhmns are naked, implying that they have no
preconceptions, entirely in keeping with their seemingly inexhaustible capacity for rational
thinking. When they see Gulliver for the first time they immediately assume that the clothes
he's wearing are a part of his body. In symbolic terms, this highlights the fact that Gulliver
brings the preconceptions of Western man with him wherever he goes.

Once he's
understood that clothing is something that Gulliver puts on, the master horse concludes that he
wears clothes in order to hide the unattractiveness of his body. The implication, from the
rational perspective of the Houyhnhmns, is that creatures such as Gulliverwho are not really all
that different to the unspeakable Yahooshave separated themselves from their innately rational
nature by adopting, or "putting on" as it were, customs, opinions, and traditions that
are decidedly irrational. Gulliver may like to think of himself and his fellow man as being a
cut above the Yahoos, but the master horse gently disabuses him of such a notion.

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Napoleon is very interested in the education of the young. Why do you think he took the nine puppies to educate on his own?

wants a
police force all his own and loyal only to him. He knows it is in the nature of dogs to run in
packs and look up with complete obedience to one leader. He knows if he makes the puppies
believe in him as that leader from an early age, they will be firmly on his side and do whatever
he tells them to do. Being dogs, they will have to ability to attack fiercely and bite with
their strong teeth. Dogs are also intelligent creatures, if not as intelligent as the pigs, and
therefore are good candidates to bring into his elite world. Napoleon would certainly not want
them as his enemies.

Napoleon is right to think that the dogs will be useful
to him as tools to consolidate his control over the other animals.

What advantages did the North have over the South in the U.S. Civil War?

I would place
the US Navy as the number one
advantage, with the manufacturing capability as second and the
population
advantage as third.

The existence of a Navy meant the Union
could
blockade the ports of the Confederacy.  it took a while to effect this
blockade to the point it
was a stranglehold but it was key to the defeat of
the Confederacy, just as Winfield Scott
predicted it would be in his Anaconda
plan.

The industrial capacity of the
North and the
advantage in railroad mileage allowed the North to take advantage of its

industrial advantage.

Population was critical, the Confederacy had 9
million
citizens, but 3,500,000 of these were slaves, and 110,000 involved in
industrial production.  
Union had 22 million people with 1.3 million
involved in industrial production.

The U.S. had some
military technological advantages, although gatling guns were not
used
sufficiently to make a difference, breach loading repeating rifles made a difference in
a
number of battles such as Gettysburg, and the US had an advantage in rifled
muskets over smooth
bores.  There were more telegraph capabilities in the
Union than Confederacy.  The confederacy
did launch manage to use submarines,
but they had limited effect, and while the Confederacy had
the first
ironclad, it was quickly overwhelmed on that score by the Union, and the recapture
of
the Norfolk naval yards by the Union pretty much ended the Confederacy's
efforts in that
area.

Finally the Union had a stronger
conception of a nation, the
Confederacy less so, which meant it was forced to
try and defend all of its sprawling territory
rather than trying to
prioritize, stretching its already thin manpower resources even

thinner.

The confederacy prided itself on having better battle elan,
and
espirit de corps, but if you actually look at the battle spirit of Union
forces, you will see
that they rivalled that of their southern
adversaries.

How many characters are in "The Pit and the Pendulum"? Who are they?

The
characters of the "Pit and the Pendulum" are as follows. We can confirm only two, plus
an unknown number of captors and rats:

The
narrator: The narrator has no name, but he has been arrested and imprisoned by
the Inquisition and will be subjected to torture meant, ultimately, to kill him. He is kept in a
dark room with a deep, round pit in the center that is filled with water and rats.

His captor(s): These are shadowy, elusive figures, whose
existence is primarily confirmed by what they do while the narrator is passed out. He finds they
have left bread, water, and meat that he can eat. He also finds himself bound by straps to a
board. A pendulum, obviously set in motion by his captors, swings lower and lower, threatening
to slice through his body.

The rats: When he
rubs meat on his straps, the rats come and chew the straps off, which allows him to escape the
pendulum.

General LaSalle: At the end of story,
General LaSalle, who has come to liberate people from the Inquisition, saves the narrator from
falling into the pit and drowning.

Why didn't Holden want to have sex with Sunny?

In
,solicits a prostitute named, who comes to his hotel room and begins undressing. Instead of
having sex with Sunny, though, Holden hesitates and makes up an excuse to avoid sex by telling
her that he has recently had an operation on his "clavichord." Holden's excuse is
ridiculous, and he proceeds to get into an argument regarding the amount of money he owes Sunny
for her time. Holden's refusal to engage in sex with Sunny aligns with his character and should
come as no surprise to the reader. Although he describes himself as "quite sexy,"
Holden is notorious for not acting on his beliefs and continually contradicts himself. The real
reason Holden does not have sex with Sunny is because he is still an inexperienced, innocent
child, who is more afraid than he is curious. Holden's mind is in another place, and he is not
genuinely attracted to Sunny. He is also deeply depressed and seeking companionship more than he
is seeking a sexual partner. Overall, Holden does not...

When Sam and
Eric come racing down from the
mountain, terrified at having seen what they thought was the
beast,responds
with what could certainly be considered bravery. While others are asking

questions and delaying, he says "Thisll be a real hunt! Wholl come? Though it may
be
detrimental to the boys in the long run, this immediate reaction to fight
back against their
fear and this thing they think is a beast demonstrates a
type of courage on his part.

Once they discuss where the
beast might be and decide to go down to the castle rock
part of the island
where they think the beast might live. When they get there, they hesitate

butsteps up. Golding writes:

"Something deep in Ralph spoke for him. 'Im chief. Ill
go. Dont
argue.'"

Ralph had long before accepted the
responsibility of being
chief but here he demonstrates the willingness to
also be a leader when others were
frightened.

As Ralph
goes out to the narrow neck of rock connecting the
outcropping to the island,
Golding writes that "he forced his feet to move until they had
carried him
out onto the neck of land." This ability to overcome the fear that would keep

him immobile is important in demonstrating Ralph's courage.

Thoreau's prose has statements of proverbs or epigrams. Select a statement that's proverbial in nature and explain how its meaning can apply to our...

One of the
greatest thinkers in American history, , a Transcendentalist, perceived nature as the doorway to
the mystical world holding important truths.  For this reason, he went into the woods
"deliberately" so that he could arrive at certain truths. Certainly, his work,
, expresses profound truths which Thoreau arrived at by means of his
contemplation of nature.  One of these truths, or epigrams is found in the chapter entitled
"Economy":

Most men, even in this
comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the
factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked
by them.

Thoreau continues,

....He has no time to be anything but a machine....The finest
qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate
handling.

Probably now, more so than in his time,
Thoreau's observation is true, as people are so occupied with work and the acquisition of
material goods that, while they provide material things for themselves and their children, they
neglect the nurturing of their souls through walks in nature, through listening to real music,
to visiting art museums, attending plays, etc.  In short, they neglect the aesthetic part of
life found in the fine arts.  Most importantly, they do not devote enough of their lives to the
nurturing of the family bond between them and their children through meaningful activities with
their children, real engagement with their families in vacations, family outings such as
picnics, boating, etc.  People must nurture the "fruit" of life, their souls, if they
truly wish to feel fulfilled and happy and loved.

What evidence is there that the "headless horseman" is a trick played on Ichabod to scare him from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? The author gives...

In 's short story "," Ichabod Crane, the New England interloper and village
schoolmaster, vies with local man, Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt for the affections
of the rich farmer's daughter, Katrina Van Tassel.

We are led to believe that
the headless horsemen who terrifies Ichabod and leads him to flee from Sleepy Hollow is really
Brom Bones in disguise by several details.

1. Ichabod is highly
   superstitious and Brom Bones is a notorious practical joker, whose preferred target is
   Ichabod.
2. Brom has every reason to wish Ichabod would leave the
   neighborhood, since he seems, initially, to enjoy some success in his courtship of
   Katrina.
3. Brom Bones tells stories in which he makes light of the of the
   Hessian trooper, while at the same time ensuring that the legend remains in circulation, and in
   the forefront of Ichabod's mind: "He affirmed that, on returning one night from the
   neighboring village of Sing Sing, he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper;...

What are the main themes of Shattered by Eric Walters?

In this
bildungsroman, or coming-of-of-age novel, the main themes are homelessness (and its causes) as
well as globalism.  It is the main character, Ian, through which we learn about these
themes. 

The theme of homelessness (and the causes of that homelessness) is
presented early on in the novel.  Ian is only fifteen and is required to finish some community
service hours at "The Club."  He is aghast to learn that it is a soup kitchen serving
only homeless people.  Being in an unsafe neighborhood at an ungodly hour, Ian narrowly escapes
a mugging because another homeless man saves him (by attacking Ian's muggers with a pipe).  Ian
is absolutely terrified and disgusted at his job at "The Club." ...

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Is "...until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!" suggesting the author reached an epiphany because she saw herself reflected in the fish in...

The section of the poem
that you refer to does form part of the epiphany that the speaker of the poem experiences once
she truly looks at the fish and sees the evidence of the previous struggles for victory that the
fish had endured and triumphed over. Once she sees this aspect of the fish, her immediate
response is just to "stare and stare" as "Victory filled up / the little rented
boat." The quote you have highlighted indicates the way that even nature in the form of oil
and bilge water in the boat and sunlight combining together parallels this moment of inner
insight and epiphany with the rainbow that they form.

There definitely does
seem to be a sense in which this epiphany is related to the speaker seeing something of the
condition of humanity in the situation of the fish. Let us remember that the fish is being
lifted "half out of water," occuping a kind of liminal location between his natural
environment and the environment that will kill him. This situation is paralleled by the way that
the speaker is on water, not her natural environment, and in a boat that is "rented."
Perhaps she sees another parallel in the way that the fish has had to struggle so hard for life,
just as we as humans face grim struggles in our own lives for survival. It is this that causes
the speaker's identification with the fish, which is in turn mirrored by nature in the form of
the rainbow that is created. Her act of letting the fish go seems to challenge the idea of
victory entailing a winner and a loser by letting both the speaker and the fish share the
victory at the end of the poem.

How would you describe the relationship between Rufus and Dana in Kindred?

Dana and Rufus have an extremely complex relationship because when Dana travels into
the past, she is a slave while Rufus is the plantation master, but she also later finds out that
she is biologically related to Rufus. Dana's relationship with Rufus is typical of slave-master
relations in many ways. 

Dana is an adult woman living in the 1970s when she
is inexplicably transported to the antebellum South. As a black woman, she is automatically
considered a slave in the past, even though she is a professional writer in her "real
life" in 1976. While she is a slave on the plantation, she is mistreated and beaten, as the
other slaves are. However, because of her historical knowledge and intermittent returns to the
1970s between trips to the past, she is better equipped to survive the hardships she must
endure. Even though Rufus is very young when Dana first arrives, on later trips, he has grown up
and become the master of the plantation. He can often be cruel, exerting the full force
of...

Discuss the problem of pain and how this relates to Solomons writings in Ecclesiastes in the Bible.

One of the repeated
themes that is echoed again and again in the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible is that pain and
suffering unfortunately seem to be an integral part of life, and those that are good do not get
the kind of treatment that they deserve through their actions. In the same way, those who are
bad do not receive punishment. In fact, in our world, as the author of this book of Wisdom
teaching suggests, the opposite is true, as Chapter 9...

What are some examples of conflict within the novel Frankenstein?

The
key conflict in is the conflict between man and his creator. This is, of
course, represented in a twofold manner: in the conflict betweenandhe has given life to, and in
the conflict between Victor Frankenstein and God himself. You might read the relationship
between Frankenstein and the creature as a microcosmic representation of the relationship
between man and God.

We can see this very clearly in the sections of the book
in which the Creature expresses his own thoughts, particularly his distress as to why he was
created only to feel so rudderless and without purpose. The Creature is something that should
never have been born, but, Frankenstein having created him, he feels that Frankenstein has a
duty of carehe should create a companion for him and care about his wellbeing. This mirrors the
Biblical creation story, in which God creates a companion for the man he has made and then the
two creatures rebel against him.

The problem is that...

Why is his singing heard on a "distant hill"?

The
answer in this case, as it is with most poems, really depends on the way you choose to interpret
it. That's not to say that every interpretation has a sound basis in the work itself, but the
symbols of 's "" don't offer an easy, singular answer. I'd offer you a few ideas and
musings on what it could mean.

For one, as you read the poem you might notice
that the free bird never sings. It "leaps" and "floats" and thinks of food,
but it does not sing. Every reader is welcome to disagree, but personally I don't think it's
accidental on the author's part. So why does the free bird not sing? It's possible he doesn't
need to. Maybe he doesn't want to, or perhaps he's forgotten how to. In contrast, the caged bird
does sing. That's pretty much all he can do, because:

his wings are clipped and his feet are
tied

So why is the caged bird's song heard on
"a distant hill?" It's very likely that it has to do with desperation and passion. The
song is everything the caged bird has; freedom is all he thinks about. The "bars of
rage" stand between him and everything the free bird experiences. The caged bird doesn't
even know what he is missing, because he sings:

of things unknown

but longed for
still

We can imagine that kind of longing
gives the song the power to be heard far away on the distant hill. Now this could mean that the
song itself is powerful, but it could also mean that the message itself is. After all, Angelou
says that the song is heard:

for the caged bird

sings of freedom

So we could interpret that as saying it's heard because
he sings of freedom. It's possible the message is that freedom songs carry further
than others. After all, most of us are free, but we can imagine being trapped and wouldn't wish
that fate on others. The free bird isn't just symbolic of being freehe's also symbolic of being
a bird. He does the things a bird is supposed to do, while the caged bird is trapped in an
unnatural state. Therefore you could say that the caged bird's song is heard, since we care to
hear to hear it.

What is the use of internal records available in marketing information systems?

First, let's
define what is a MIS, or Marketing
Information System. 

The literal
definition from Kotler
(1988), author of the textbook Marketing Management:

Analysis Planning and Control, a MIS
is: 

... a continuing and interacting
structure of people, equipment, and
procedures to gather, sort, analyze,
evaluate, and distribute pertinent, timely and accurate
information for use
by marketing decision-makers to improve their marketing planning,

implementation, and control.

In other words, and
as the
name implies, a MIS is a program in place that sums up all data on
generated profits,
demographics reached, products sold, equipment used, and
processes followed during a marketing
campaign. The purpose of having all of
this information is to determine whether the marketing
program in place is
working and producing the desired effects. 

The MIS, as

stated previously, produces a myriad of different information, including data and,
most
importantly, internal records. When you think about the word "records"
in any context,
you are talking about past and present history of
performance. Therefore, part of the data
contained in the MIS will include
how the product sales and movement did in the past and
present. This is how
you can establish a correlation of whether the marketing intervention needs

to be looked at again, or whether it can remain the same. 

Kotler
(1988) also
defines the internal records as the most important indicators of
marketing performance, as they
derive their value from the actual sales
invoices. Therefore, the internal records are of
absolute value to the MIS
and include the following: 

• orders
  received for
  the product
• sales invoices



• stockholdings

Internal records are also super
important
because look at all the information they provide based on these
indicators:

• type of product sold by industry,
  by size and pack type


• average value of product sold by
  total volume of sale by country


• average amount of
  product sold by pack type, by country, by customer



• average value of product sold compared to industry as a
  whole


• average value of the product sold by specific
  salesperson

These are just some of the
plethora of variables internal records can
generate and analyze. The
breakdown of information helps the industry see where to move and what

changes to make in marketing systems. Hence, this is one of the most important
indicators of
sales and marketing quality. 

 

Is Christopher Columbus a villain or a hero?

This is, of
course, a matter of personal opinion.  My own view is that Columbus is neither.  He was not a
hero and he was not a villain.

Columbus should not be seen as a hero because
he did not really do anything heroic.  He went looking for a new route to Asia and he thought he
had found it.  He died believing that he had made it to Asia.  His discovery of the New World
was not really something that he meant to do.  It is hard to say that someone is a hero because
he discovers something while he was looking for something else. 

On the other
hand, Columbus is not a villain who was responsible for all the bad things that happened to
Native Americans.  If Columbus had never sailed west, someone else would have.  The Europeans
would have found the New World and it is likely that the Native American population would have
been decimated by disease and by the actions of the Europeans.  It is not as if Columbus was the
one who conquered the Aztecs or the Incas.  He just happened to be the one who found the New
World and made those conquests possible.

Thus, Columbus is really an
accidental figure in history.  He is not a hero or a villain.

Explain the events that led to the end of the French monarchy and how they effected France after the revolution.

The process
by which France began with a King and ended with an Emporer is a political phenonmena now known
as a "Thermidorean Reaction."  The ruler is deposed, but the revolution becomes so
radical that eventually few support it, and the radical elements are overthrown in favor of
reactionary ones.  Most revolutions follow this pattern and end up worse from when they
started.  The Reign of Terror was overthrown in July, 1794.  However, back then 1794 was
considered as the second year within the French Revolutionary Calendar, and July/August were now
a new month known as "Thermidor."  This attempt to dechristianize the calendar did not
last, and Napoleon reinstitued the more familar one shortly into his
reign.

How does a fall in interest rates impact coupon rate, coupon yield, and yield to maturity for a bond that was issued at par value?

A fall in
interest rates results in a fall in the coupon rates of bonds that are issued after the fall in
interest. The coupon rate of a bond is an amount that the issuer is willing to pay the buyers of
the bond for lending their money....

Summarize the major similarities and differences between the forms of drama, poetry, and short stories. In your response can you include at least one...

The
differences of these three types of writing are easier to understand than perhaps their
similarities. 

Drama is often written in the form of a play.  It is divided
into acts, which are further subdivided into scenes.  Drama can be comedic or tragic, but only
includes the dialogue the characters are saying, sometimes accompanied by stage directions,
which indicate what the characters are doing.  Some people consider drama or plays difficult to
read because the reader needs to use his/her imagine to find out what's going on, rather than
the author's descriptions.  Drama is alos meant to be acted out or read out loud, rather than
read on the page.  SOme examples of drama are any of Shakespeare's plays, Oedipus
Rex and Antigone by Sophocles, The Importance of
Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornotn
Wilde, and The Glass Menagerie by Tennesee Williams.

Poetry stands out in its form--that...

How would I cite the following movie and cereal names in an essay? Movie: Ghosts of Mars Cereal: Lucky Charms I don't know if I should put these...

Film titles
are usually italicized or underlined, but not both; italics are preferred for all titles (of
books and films, as well as television shows). Normally quotes are used for titles of poems,
short stories or songs (whereas the title for an album or collection of poetry would be
italicized). Cereal or other product names should be capitalized but need not be italicized or
underlined. It should be Lucky Charms cereal, not Lucky Charms Cereal.

Should Johnson & Johnson prevail in its appeal of an Oklahoma's judge's finding that it created a public nuisance in the opioid crisis?

Johnson
& Johnson has been ordered to pay
well over half a billion dollars as a response to the
ruling that they
created a public nuisance that has contributed to the growing opioid crisis
and
that their products promoted addiction and facilitated the epidemic.
Naturally, they have
appealed this verdict, as all businesses likely would
have done.

There are
fundamentally two questions here:
whether the company should prevail from a legal standpoint,
and whether it
should prevail from a moral standpoint. If you think it is responsible for

contributing to the crisis, then from a moral...

What is the exposition, rising action, turning point, falling action, and denouement of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

Creating the standard plot chart for this story isn't quite as straightforward as it is
for other short stories. The reason for this is because the story isn't told chronologically. A
fairly substantial flashback occurs in part 2, so a reader has to decide whether or not that is
part of the , rising action, or both.

I don't feel comfortable saying that
the exposition is entirely in section 2. Readers are introduced in section 1 to a man being
hanged. The story begins en medias res; however, that still counts as an exposition. This
starting format is a standard "how did we get here" approach, and we aren't given many
details of who the main character is before being hit with rising actions involving the soldiers
moving into their final positions before dropping the man from the bridge.

I
would claim that part 2 is a big rising action in and of itself as well. It doesn't fit
chronologically because it gives exposition details about who Farquhar is and why he was on the
bridge;...

Please help me write an opinion paper on the benefits of public, charter, private, or home schools. This is supposed to be my view based on where I...

In your
question, you state that this essay is to be based on your own experience.  Because we do not
know what your experience is or what opinions you have about this experience, we cannot craft an
answer that is specifically designed for you.  What I will do in this answer is to list what
people commonly see as the benefits of each of these types of schooling.  I would suggest that
you look at the list and determine which of the benefits of your type of school seem to fit with
your experiences.

Most people in the United States attend public schools. 
One of the major benefits of public schools is that they do not cost money.  You do not pay
tuition and the books are provided for you.  Another benefit of public school is that you go to
school with all different kinds of people.  You are not just going to school with rich people or
people who share your religious beliefs.  This makes it possible for you to become acquainted
with a broader variety of people.  This experience can...

Can you tell me the dreams that Winston has in the book 1984?

's
dream is about his mother and sister.  He dreams that his mother and sister are on some kind of
ship.  The ship is sinking, and Winston knows that they are going to die on board that vessel.
Winston is watching this from an outside view because he himself is not on the ship (he is
somewhere sunny and nice and safe), but still able to watch them die.

"He was out in the light and air while they were...

Name three eruptions that the guards are worried might happen to "the state" in Hamlet(from the quote: "Bodes some strange eruption to our state")....

In act 1, scene 1,and Marcellus discuss the repetitive appearance of a ghost. They
believeresembles the former king and that he wears "the very armour he had on / When he the
ambitious Norway combated" (1.1.72€“73). They believe that the continuing appearance of
this ghost (who appears ready for battle) foretells of an upcoming disaster for the
country.

There are several things that this battle-ready ghost could be
warning of.

First of all, it could be a portent thatwill eventually have to
face his uncle to avenge his father's death. Sincemurdered his brother, the former King, in
order to obtain the crown, he has committed regicide, the most traitorous act possible.will need
to prepare for battle with King Claudius in order to seek the justice his father's ghost
desires.

Second, it might be a warning that Denmark will eventually fall to a
young prince from Norway,. In the end, both Hamlet and his uncle die. This opens the stage for
an...

How does the conclusion of "The Pit in the Pendulum" impact its overall meaning?

The final
paragraph of 's 1842 story is

"There was a
discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh
grating as of a thousand thunders! The fiery walls rushed back! An outstretched arm caught my
own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss. It was that of General Lasalle. The French army had
entered Toledo. The Inquisition was in the hands of its...

What did F. Scott Fitzgerald achieve by using Nick's point of view to tell Gatsby's story?

By using
a so-called "minor character as narrator" point of view, the author is able to inject
his own commentary on theand events in the story without interfering with the dramatic movement.
In other words, the author does not become an "intrusive author."has plenty to say
about everything and everybody in the novel. He is a judgmental type of person, although he
claims to be very broadminded. Fitzgerald's only other alternative would have been to use the
"omniscient third person" point of view, because he could hardly tell the story from
's, or 's, or 's point of view. If the author had tried writing his story as the invisible
omniscient narrator, he would either have had to leave out a lot of the commentary on his own
story, or else he would have had to be an old-fashioned intrusive author. That might have made
the novel longer and more episodic and slower-paced. Fitzgerald was a young genius and might
have written a brilliant novel in that alternative manner, but Nick Carraway as the minor
character narrator seems like the right choice.

What is the central idea (thesis) of Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey?

In writing
, Abbey places his work alongside other major texts of the environmental
literature movement. Most important is Henry David Thoreau's Walden,
published in 1854, which documents that writer's experience living in voluntary poverty in a
small, remote cabin. Like Thoreau, Abbey is both humorous and cantankerous, with a wide-ranging
intellect. The stories in Desert Solitaire describe adventures during his
time in the canyonlands, and he argues for the fragility of nature, man's requisite humility
when approaching wildness, and his affinity for rural life and self-sustainability.

Abbey documents the steady and nefarious creep of civilization into the wilderness,
which he lampoons in "Havasu," noting how the local natives have decided against
allowing the Department of the Interior to bulldoze a road right up to their spectacular
waterfalls. There is value in being remote, in being hard to reach, suggests Abbey. Easy access
is not always a good thing.

In his...

What is the true definition of straight photography? Is it photos that are least manipulated? Or is it photos that emphasize contrast, sharp detail,...

Like many
things in this world, our understanding of what characterizes straight photography
has evolved.

Our first definition of straight
photography emerged as a result of George Eastman's invention of the Kodax box camera
in 1888 that made snapshot photography possible. As millions of snapshots became produced, it
became necessary to define how photography could be seen as art. In 1890, English photographer
Peter Henry Emerson first developed the concept of
straight photography in his book titled Naturalistic Photography for
Students of the Art. In his book, he proposed the idea that photography as art should
create sharp images of scenes exactly as they appear without
manipulation or staging. He termed what we call straight photography
naturalism and related naturalistic photography to naturalistic art. Using
a tree as an example, Emerson explained that the naturalistic painter "would endeavour to
render the impression of the tree as it appeared(it) to him" (p. 25). So, too, would
a...

Need suggestions for "sports literature" class 10-12 grades. Novels? Short stories? Thematic units?

It is
difficult to find a sports novel that will interest the girls.  Not much is written in that
genre for them.  However, when it comes to the boys, I have found that there are definite
authors the students like. 

Gary Soto: He has written a book of
short stories titled Baseball in April.  He
has also written a novel titled Taking Sides
about a basketball star moving to his rival's school and having to play against his former
teammates. 

I agree with the person above who suggested Walter Dean Myers. 
He has written many good sports books mostly about basketball.  Four of his
novels about basketball are Slam, Hoops, Game,
and The Outside Shot.  His novel, Kick, is about
soccer and he wrote that with a teen.

Cris Crutcher wrote short
stories in his book Athletic Shorts. However, he also
addresses issues like homosexuality.  Depending on your comfort level and your parents, you
might want to peruse the book first.

I think it is VERY important that if
you have a mixed...

Was Voltaire ever optimistic or was he always a pessimist and angry at everything?

Perhapswas not
so much a pessimist as a disappointed idealist.  Such is usually the case with satirists:  They
see what problems exist in their society and they ridicule them with the hope that a remedy of
the ills of the society can be fixed.

The 1600's were a period of literary
criticism.  With the establishment of L'Academie Francaise, France had the first official
"court" of usage and literary taste.  Voltaire was a man of his times.  He also was
imprisoned and beaten on more than one occasion.  His imprisonment was unjust, done in the name
of preserving the prerogatives of the aristocracy.  So, Voltaire's criticism was often to
undermine the corrupt system. 

For one thing, in he
writes that the group continue their search for the right place despite finding a Utopia in El
Dorado.  Voltaire portrays the human condition and ridicules man's insistence on believing in
things despite the contradictions of Nature and "the system."  In short, Voltaire
satirizes the insitence that "all is for the best.," the maxim of some of his
contemporary
optimists.

 

What are the advantages of being autistic according to Thinking in Pictures: Autism and Visual Thought by Temple Grandin?

Temple Grandin is not shy about expressing
the challenges of a person with autism. In social situations, as we know, autistic people often
struggle to understand and respond to others. Due to their specialized brains, however, people
with autism can also have unique strengths. In addition, because people with autism tend to be
very focused and able to stay attuned to a single topic for extended periods of time, their
strengths can be translated into many successful careers.

Grandin lists three
types of specialized brains that can often be found among people with autism or Aspergers
syndrome. Some, like Grandin herself, are visual thinkers. These individuals are able to see and
visualize the world in a way language-based thinkers are unable to do. This special way of
thinking is what enables Temple Grandin to do so much good work for animal welfare, because she
can see the world as animals do and design thoughtful solutions for their comfort and calm.
Visual thinkers can excel in any field, such as drafting or design, that allows them to use
images rather than words.

Others are mathematical thinkers, whose brains work
to form patterns. These individuals make excellent computer programmers, engineers,
statisticians. Music often appeals to them, due to its mathematical qualities. Once again, they
do not need words in order to apply their expertise, only patterns themselves. Finally, she
mentions verbal logic thinkers. These people notice details in language, which could make them
excellent translators or librarians, for example.

So long as each person's
specialized brain is recognized, their talents can bloom.

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In the beginning of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," why is Pelayo throwing crabs into the sea?

As the story
opens, the fishing village in which the characters live has been "sad" for three days,
with cold, dark temperatures and constant rain. Because of a crab's life cycle, some species
spend many months hiding in foliage above the waterline, waiting for rain. They live in burrows
in the woods, trying to keep from drying out, and when the rain comes they leave their burrows
and mate, going down to the waterline to lay their eggs. Pelayo's house must be in the middle of
the crab's migration patterns, and since they are poor the crabs are able to get inside the
house, posing a threat to their health.

On the third day
of rain they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched
courtyard and throw them into the sea, because the newborn child had a temperature all night and
they thought it was due to the stench.
(M¡rquez, ","
salvoblue.homestead.com)

Too many dead crabs means
decomposition and rot, which Pelayo blames on the ill-health of the baby. He can't simply kill
and cook the crabs, because there are too many; instead, he takes them down to the ocean and
throws them in. Meanwhile, the crabs are taking advantage of the rainy season to mate and lay
eggs, and this continues until the rains stop. Pelayo's trips to the ocean are what spur his
discovery of the angel, and later he is able to buy a better house for his family, so they can
be safe from the crab migration.

Why is the priest's photo significant, why are his teeth yellow, and is Eveline going to be a prostitute in Buenos Aires?

In Joyce's
"," no, Eveline is not going to Argentina to be a prostitute.  Why would you think
that?  Is that what you think of when you think of Argentina?  There is nothing whatsoever in
the story about Eveline going into prostitution.  She is a 19-year-old woman with a lousy life
who meets a sailor and wants to go away.

The importance of the photo is that
the priest pictured is one more person to add to the list of people who have left Ireland.  The
story is filled with people who leave Ireland, and that is what Eveline wants to do. 

The photo is described as yellow because it's deteriorated; it's old.  And of course
this, by extension, suggests the state of Ireland itself. 

How were the burning sparks formed?

The
burning sparks come from the huge fire that the blacksmith uses in his forge. He creates
objects, such as horseshoes, by forging metal in the flames of the fire, much to the delight of
the many children who come to watch him as he works.

As he goes about his
daily toil, burning sparks fly "Like chaff from a threshing-floor". This can happen at
any time, but especially when the metal in the fire becomes white hot. Under such circumstances
blacksmiths have to be very careful about their safety; flying sparks can be incredibly
dangerous and cause all kinds of injuries. But Longfellow's village blacksmith is such an expert
at his job that this isn't likely to be much of a problem for him.

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What are two examples of Laurie's misbehaving at home?

In
"," most of Laurie's misbehavior at home is
disrespect and bad manners.  Since we only
see him interacting with his
parents, this is directed toward them.  There are several examples
in the
story.

The narrator, Laurie's mother, describes how he comes home
from
his first day of school,

...the
front door slamming open,
his cap on the floor, and the voice suddenly become
raucous shouting, 'Isn't anyone
here?' (1)

Slamming the door,
throwing his cap on the
floor, and disrespectfully shouting in the house are all clearly bad

behavior.

Additional instances of Laurie's bad manners and disrespect
occur
at the dinner table that night. His father asks him what he has learned
and,

Laurie regarded his father
coldly. 'I didn't learn nothing,' he said
(1).

We are told that he was speaking with his mouth full
during this
conversation, and then,

Laurie slid off
his
chair, took a cookie and left, while his father was still saying, 'See
here, young man'
(1).

So, Laurie is
disrespectful to his father, speaks
ungrammatically, probably deliberately,
speaks with his mouth full, does not seem to finish his
dinner but takes a
cookie, nevertheless, and leaves the table without asking to be excused,

while his father is still speaking to him.

These may all seem like
minor
infractions, but it is clear that the "sweetvoiced nursery-school tot"
(1) has come
home a very different child! 

What is the impact that the Indian Removal Act (Trail of Tears) has on the modern Cherokee tribes?

The
Indian Removal Act has had an impact on the Cherokee Tribe to this day. The Indian Removal Act
forced many Native American tribes that were living east of the Mississippi River to relocate to
the lands west of the Mississippi River. The Trail of Tears refers to the path of the forced
relocation and the resulting suffering and death that resulted.

The Cherokee
were impacted significantly by the law and by the Trail of Tears. About...

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In The Alchemist, Melchizedek tells Santiago the fable of the oil and the spoon. Santiago believes he understands the moral of the story. What do you...

Melchizedek
speaks to Santiago and tells him a wiseabout a boy wishing to gain wisdom, so he goes to speak
with a wise man. The man has the young boy carry a spoonful of two drops of oil around the mans
house before he will speak with him. The first time, the boy returns with the oil and is still
refused, so he does it again, this time observing the house in more detail. Santiagos
interpretation of this tale is that, regardless of how much a shepherd may want to travel, he
must still look after his sheep.

The parable, however, seems to convey a
deeper meaning about appreciation and observation than that. I believe that in the parable, the
oil represents small details and things in this life. While there are many important things,
they are often small, insignificant details or events that we cling to, and they cause us to
miss the greater scheme of things around us, much like the boy failed to observe the house the
first time around. In order to be truly happy, then, we must...

`h(t) = ln(t)/t` Find the derivative of the function.

We'll
use the formula of the derivative of a quotient:  `(u/v)' = (u'v-u v')/v^2.`  Here u=`ln(t)` and
`v=t,` therefore `u'=1/t` and `v'=1.` So

`h'(t) = (1/t *t - ln(t))/t^2 = (1 -
ln(t))/t^2.`

What was Romeo's view of love in Act 1, scene 1-3 of Romeo and Juliet?

Montague
begins Shakespeare's
already completely smitten . . . but with a woman who
is not ! In
act I, scene i,and the audience both learn that Romeo is pining over a woman
named
Rosaline, who will not accept his advances, as she has sworn to "live
chaste" (i.e.,
never have sex). Romeo is lovesick and heartbroken and refuses
to let Benvolio "teach him
to forget," as he believes it will be impossible
for him to move on. It is clear from their
exchange that Romeo is a romantic,
in that when he loves he gives himself over to it completely,
but his
position on love at the start of the play is a negative one, as so far in his life
all
love has done is hurt him.

In scene ii, Romeo and
Benvolio intercept an
invitation to the Capulet's ball. Benvolio thinks this
will be a great opportunity for Romeo to
find someone else, but Romeo
disagrees and says he will only go because he knows Rosaline will
be there,
still singing his same tune from scene i.

Scene
iii...

How do lies function in the play Hamlet?

Lies and
deception are an integral part of the
basic premise of and serve key
functions in advancing
the plot. The underlying conflict of the play turns on 's lies about his
role
in killing his brother. The question of whetherwas also involved in King 's death (and
has
been lying about this) is part of what drives her son to learn the
truth.

One
of the cruel ironies of the play is that in
order to uncover these lies and even to stay alive,
Hamlet himself must
become a liar. He decides to feign madness in order to investigate his

father's murder and lets almost no one in on his deception. He writes the fake
instructions
which lead to the deaths of .

Claudius piles
lies atop lies. He summons the
school friends to spy on Hamlet and escort him
to England, lying to Hamlet about the trip's
purpose (i.e., to quietly kill
Hamlet).

, the man who advises his son
"to thine own self
be true," is a hypocrite. He gets his daughter to lie to Hamlet so
he can
help Claudius. In their meeting, Hamlet andlie to each other about their reasons
for
being in that part of the castle and their respective plans.

When the truth
finally comes out, it is too late. The vast web of
lies has ended the royal line and almost
destroyed all of
Denmark.

What are some conceit, oxymoron and sililoquies in Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare? Thanks

I'll
start with .  By definition a soliloquy is a speech that a character says to himself or herself.
 It doesn't have to be long, but it always expresses the inner thoughts, emotions, and/or
motivations of a character.  Probably the most famous soliloquy fromappears in Act 2 Scene 2
whenis standing beneath 's balcony waiting for her to appear. That's the one that starts like
this: 

"But, soft! what light through yonder window
breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."

Anis awhere two contradictory terms...

In "1984", why does Winston find the obese, hardened woman of fifty, who is hanging clothes behind the antique shop, beautiful?

Hamlet Characters and Animals If the characters of Hamlet were represented by animals, what animal would each character be? (Hamet, Ghost, King,...

This is a
question that is obviously very subjective to the person being asked. Anyone can have a lot of
fun bouncing around ideas in regard to what animal traits they think that certainmight possess.


would be considered to be a contemplative sort of animal, and perhaps one
that is completely ordinary. Perhaps it is because of his famous quote, but it is easy to think
ofas a sparrow.

could be seen as an Owl, mysterious and ominous, and often
recognized as some kind of harbinger.

no doubt brings to mind a snake or
spider. He is venomous and filled with dark machinations, weaving a web of deception for his own
gain.

could be seen as an elephant. She is emotional and maternal, and
deeply affected by the violence of those around her.

Ophilia is fragile,
meek, and often victim to the machinations of those around her. She is best represented by a
type of animal that is typically game, such as a deer.

Do you believe a jury decision in a criminal case should be unanimous or not? Do you believe a jury decision in a criminal case should be unanimous or...

This is an
interesting question.  I think it is possible for jurors to be bullied and bought since guilty
verdicts must be unanimous.  It is easy to muscle your way to an acquittal than a conviction.  I
would like to believe that all jurors begin with their hearts in the right place, but enough
days or months of missing work and being stuck with 12 people can take its
toll.

Why did Edgar Allan Poe write Annabel Lee?

It is
difficult to know with certainty why an artist picks a certain theme. In "," Poe's
last poem, he continues, however, to explore a subject that has been important to him: the death
of a beautiful young women.

Many critics and biographers have settled on
Virginia, his young wife, as the subject of this poem. She had died of tuberculosis two years
before, so like Annabel Lee, she died young. Like Annabel Lee, she was beautiful. The speaker in
the poem falls in love with Annabel as a child, just as Poe did Virginia, a girl he married when
she was only 13. Annabel was a "maiden" when she died, and some biographers believe
Poe and Virginia never consummated their marriage.

While Virginia is the most
likely candidate as a model for Lee, and while it is likely that Poe was grieving his young
wife's death, it is important to keep in mind that a poem has a life of its own. There is not a
one-to-one correspondence between Annabel and Virginia: a great artist's imagination will
transform a subject.

In a Worn Path By Eudora Welty, How Does Phoenix Distract The Hunter?

Phoenix
Jackson is thein 's "," and in this story she is on a journey. It is a strenuous walk,
especially for a very old lady like Phoenix. She is not steady, but she manages because it is a
familiar, well traveled path (note the title) and love for her grandson motivates
her. 

Though she is an independent woman, Phoenix often needs help and is
willing to take it when it is offered. When she topples into a ditch and cannot get up, she just
waits patiently until someone comes along to help her. 

A hunter
stops...

To what extent did the construction of the Berlin Wall lower the temperature of East-West rivalries?

The
construction of the Wall did a fair amount to lower the temperature (assuming that you mean that
it reduced tensions).  As John F. Kennedy once said, it was better to have the wall than to have
a war.

Before the wall went up, there were literally millions of East
Germans escaping to...

What is Matilda's conflict with her grandfather in Fever 1793?

Matilda,
or "Mattie" does not have much of a conflict with her grandfather in a direct sense.
Compared to her relationship with her mother, Mattie's relationship with her grandfather is much
more nurturing and caring. However, together they face the conflict of fighting against death
that has haunted Mattie her entire life. Grandfather becomes another extension of the war that
Mattie must constantly fight with disease.

When Mattie and her grandfather
are kicked out of the stagecoach, she must do everything in her power to help him fight the
disease. Indeed, she makes many decisions that help provide him with the shelter and sustenance
that he needs. In turn, he helps her return to health when she contracts the fever. This mutual
overcoming of the disease is made even more tragic when, after all of the suffering, Grandfather
is killed by thieves who break into the coffee shop.

What are some possible research questions based on The Epic of Gilgamesh?

This
really depends on the level of the research. A scholar in a postgraduate program would be
reading the tablets in the original language and researching points of meaning or grammar or
perhaps comparing descriptions of objects in the epic with those found by archaeologists. An
undergraduate student in an introductory class might be reading the poem in English translation
and trying to prove to a professor that she had read the assigned text rather than making
original discoveries. 

If you are thinking about a topic for an undergraduate
research paper and reading Gilgamesh in translation, some possible topics
which require research outside the original text would be:

• Material Culture: Various different objects such as weapons are described in
  Gilgamesh. Look at museum websites and published excavation reports to
  compare some one class of objects or architectural features to the objects described in the
  epic. 
• Gilgamesh in Mesopotamian Art: Look at depictions of Gilgamesh in
  Mesopotamian art and discuss what they add to our impression of the epic.


• Related Stories: Choose one character from Gilgamesh, such as the
  goddess Ishtar, and look at how that character is portrayed in other works of the
  period. 
• Law Codes: Several early Mesopotamian law codes are preserved.
  Investigate how they can illuminate our understanding of Gilgamesh.
• Compare
  and contrast Gilgamesh with another work of Mesopotamian literature or a
  work of a related culture such as the Bible or Hesiod's
  Theogony. 
• Investigate how
  Gilgamesh may be metaphorically addressing the issue of deforestation in
  the ancient world.

Who, in your opinion, is the most admirable character in Hamlet? Why do you think that character is the most admirable?

I would argue thatis the
most admirable character in this play because of his intelligence, his honesty, and his
loyalty.

In the very first scene, he serves as the voice of reason in a very
strange situation.  Upon seeingof his friend, 's, dead father, Horatio correctly concludes that
things are not as straightforward as they seem to be in Denmark, and he determines immediately
to bring his friend into the loop.  Further, he is brave.  He is the only person -- though he is
not a sentinel as the others are -- who is courageous enough to speak to the ghost and attempt
to engage it.  The others are all too frightened.

Later,correctly ascertains
thatare in Denmark to spy on him and feed information back to ; they believe they are only doing
this because of Claudius's concern for Hamlet's mental health, but they are being used by him
nonetheless.  Horatio, although he is much closer to Hamlet than they, is never even approached
by Claudius for this purpose.  This leads me to believe that Claudius understands that Horatio
is too smart to be fooled into thinking that Claudius only wants him to spy out of concern. 
Horatio's loyalty to Hamlet and intelligence likely prevent the king from attempting to use him
as he does Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

In the final scene, we once again
see Horatio's staunch loyalty to Hamlet, as he tries to drink from the same poisoned cup that
killedin order to die alongside his friend.  Hamlet insists that he stay alive to tell the story
of what happened to him.  Even after Hamlet's death, Horatio remains steadfast in his loyalty to
and love of his friend, despite his friend's glaring flaws.  He truly loved Hamlet and valued
his well-being, and the same cannot be said for many otherin this .

What is a long term summary for the Shirley Jackson short story, "Charles"? What are four rising actions in the story?

's short
story, "," tells the story of a mother watching her little boy transforming from an
angel to a holy terror right before her eyes. Laurie is the young son of the narrator who is
suddenly becoming unmanagable, due in part, the mother believes, to a new friend at
school--Charles. In the end, the teacher tells the mother

"Charles? We don't have any Charles in the kindergarten."

There is no Charles: It is a wakeup call for the mother, who
realizes that all the bad stories about the non-existent Charles were actually committed by her
own Laurie.

Rising action occurs when:

• Laurie
  comes home from the first day of school, slams the door and screams at his parents.


• Laurie gleefully tells his parents on the second day of school that Charles has hit
  the teacher.
• Laurie is rude and disrespectful to his father, calls him
  "dumb," and then laughs "insanely."
• Laurie reports that
  Charles has finally been good at school and has been rewarded with an apple.

 

Examples of symbolism

The title
of the story, the bronze bow itself, is arguably the most important symbol in the book. It
represents strength and safety, the kind that can only be given to us by Jesus Christ himself.
The words that Joel recites to Daniel are particularly pertinent in this regard:

God is my strong refuge, And has made my way safe. He made my feet
like hinds feet, And set me secure on the heights. He trains my hands for war, So that my arms
can bend a bow of bronze.

In other words, faith in Jesus
gives us the strength to do what was previously thought to be impossible. Bending a bronze bow
requires extraordinary physical strength, just as putting aside prejudice and hatred to follow
Christ requires great moral courage. Yet that is precisely what Daniel does. When we first meet
him, he's eaten up with hatred for the Roman occupiers. As time goes on, however, he comes to
understand the importance of Jesus' injunction to love one's enemies.

Once
upon a time, it would've been unthinkable for Daniel to have comprehended such a notion, let
alone to have acted upon it. But the teachings of Jesus have made such a powerful impression on
the young man that he's rejected his former violent ways to embrace the ethic of peace and love
that will form the basis of a whole new way of life for him. Thanks to Jesus, the impossible has
become possible; Daniel has bent the bronze bow.

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If you had to present at a school assembly and tell the gathered high school students what the spiritual significance was of this time period...

I
would title this piece something like "Competing Protestant Churches in the Antebellum
Republic."

was a powerful determinant of the distinct regional cultures
that dominated American life between independence and the Civil War. On the right wing, we find
the Anglican Episcopacy favoring a national church, a social and priestly hierarchy, compulsory
church taxes, and formal liturgical worship centered on ritual. It dominated Virginia and later
found favor with much of the Anglo-American social aristocracy, regardless of regional
origin.

Next on the continuum were Presbyterians, who...

Does Pearl sin in The Scarlet Letter or does she just represent sin?

In 's
, the character ofhas different roles in the lives of , , and. Far from
being a sinner herself, Pearl is the extension of Hester Prynne's sin and the agent of change in
the lives of Hester, Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. Her entrance into this world prompted
Hester's punishment, exile, and humiliation. Her existence is Dimmesdale's constant reminder of
his own sin and weakness; a clear proof of the flawed notion that he is a man above
reproach....

Closely examine the passage in "The Necklace" at Madame Forestiers house when Mathilde discovers and borrows the necklace. What symbolic elements...

One
could say that the black satin box in which Madame Forestier keeps the fake diamond necklace is
deeply symbolic. It conjures up images of Pandora's box, an artifact in Ancient Greek mythology
which, when opened, unleashed all manner of evil upon an unsuspecting world. Opening Pandora's
box has come to mean doing something that will cause unforeseen problems, and that's definitely
what happens in "" when Mathilde opens up Madame Forestier's jewelry box.

As far as she's concerned, she's simply borrowing a beautiful diamond necklace that
will make her the belle of the Education...

What was Mr. Pignati's profession in The Pigman?

Angelo
Pignati is a retired electrician, who lives by himself and is
extremely lonely until he meets two teenagers named John and Lorraine. After Lorraine randomly
prank calls Pignati, he agrees to donate ten dollars to their charity, and the teenagers end up
visiting his home. John and Lorraine discover that Pignati is a kind, welcoming old man and
begin to take a special interest in him. Their friendship develops, and the teenagers begin
spending the majority of their free time with Pignati, who desperately needs social interaction
after the loss of his wife, Conchetta. Pignati ends up taking the children to the zoo, buying
them gourmet treats and roller skates, and allowing them to hang out at his home whenever they
want. John and Lorraine begin to view Pignati as a close friend and enjoy the carefree
environment of his home. Tragically, Angelo Pignati suffers two heart attacks, and John and
Lorraine believe that they are in some way responsible for his death.

What are the exposition, complication, climax, and denouement in Sophocles's Oedipus the King?

The plot structure of , written byand first performed around 429
BCE, is fundamentally linked to the essential elements ofand the tragic hero's journey through
the play.

The of a play is the background information
that the audience is given, usually at the beginning of the play, that helps them to understand
the play as unfolds.

In Rex, this information is
provided by the Priest, who represents the people of Thebes who have come to Oedipus to ask him
for his help, and by Oedipus himself. The Priest tells Oedipus that there is a blight on the
harvest and on the animals, and the people are suffering from a devastating plague. The Priest
says that Oedipus saved the city once before, and the people are asking him to do it
again.

Oedipus responds that he knows about the suffering of the Theban
people, and he's already sentto the Oracle at Delphi to discover the reason for the blight and
plague and to find out what Oedipus can do to alleviate his...

According to Shaw, what have readers and audiences assumed about Eliza's future in Pygmalion?

The answer to this
question can be found in the rather lengthy afterward that the author provides us with at the
end of the play which describes the future of the main characters after the curtain falls. In
this afterward, Shaw seems to want to set the record straight about various misconceptions that
audiences and people have come up with regarding the fate of his heroine. Note what Shaw says
about the conclusions that people have reached after watching the play:

Nevertheless, people in all directions have assumed, for no other
reason than that she became the heroine of a romance, that she must have married the hero of it.
This is unbearable, not only because her little drama, if acted on such a thoughtless
assumption, must be spoiled, but because the true sequel is patent to anyone with a sense of
human nature in general, and of feminine instinct in particular.

Thus Shaw writes the afterward to this excellent play to combat the mistaken assumption
that Eliza, as the obvious and impressive heroine of this play, would marry Professor Higgins as
its hero. However, according to him, such a view clearly shows a mistaken understanding of her
character and the play as a whole, as if you understand the characters carefully, you would
never come to such a conclusion. Most amusingly, Shaw argues that Higgins would never marry
because the most important woman to him in his life is his mother, who could never be
replaced.

In Our Town, who is the hero and why when the Stage Manager says: "The real hero isn't on the stage at all, and you know who that is."?

This is
spoken in the context of a wedding, in which the Stage Manager (who plays all kinds of bit parts
in the play) acts as the minister.  Emily and George are about to begin their lives together;
and, despite their last-minute jitters, they are in love.

This line is a
clear reference to God, the one who ordained the rite of marriage.  He makes this reference
before the actual ceremony begins, and he's talking to the audience (us), not the guests or the
happy couple.  A line or two later he says "child born into this world" and
"perfect human being."  Coupled with his role as minister and his colloquial (local,
conversational) language, it's pretty clear he means God is the real hero of every
wedding. 

Remember, the Stage Manager's primary role is that of philosopher. 
He reflects outloud on the things in life that matter--which is the essence of this play.  He
has spent some time on birth, he will spend some time on death, and here we are in the middle,
which is love and marriage--and God. 

Summarize the movie Mask starring Cher.

The Peter
Bogdanovich-directed film Mask (1985) is based
loosely on the real life story of Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis (1961-1978), who suffered from
the rare sclerotic bone disease craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, also known as lionitis (due to the
facial similarities of a lion). Children with the disease rarely live past the age of 10. Cher
stars as Rocky's biker mother, Rusty Dennis. In the film, Rocky (played by Eric Stoltz) is a
kind, sensitive boy who desires to spend a normal life despite his frightening appearance.
Rusty earns the right for Rocky to attend a public junior high school,...

What are some of Oedipus' bad choices and heroic quality? example of an action and statement to proves

As a
character, Oedipus possess many qualities
that animate his spirit of greatness yet feed his self
destruction.  Some of
his bad choices could consist of waging the battle between he and Laius
over
something as trivial as passage rights on a country road.  Certainly, given that he
had
already known of the prophecy that foretold his faith, he could have
exercised more caution in
this instance.  Perhaps, it is, or pride that
motivated him here.  An instance where we see
Oedipus' hubris is when he
proclaims that he, himself, will end the pestilence that plagues
Thebes.  In
not foreseeing that making...

What specifically is Orwell warning us against, and how does he achieve this? What literary techniques does Orwell use in order to convey his themes?

warns
against state tyranny in , and more fundamentally, against attempts by the
government to control thought by controlling language. In this novel, not only do people
continually self-censor to avoid thought crimes, the state is in the process of reducing the
language to the fewest possible words, so that people will have no mechanism or vocabulary for
thinking subversively. Orwell wants us to remember to value and hold on to words and to the full
range of concepts that make human life rich, nuanced, and rewarding. He also wants us to hang
onto the humanity that emerges when two people enter into a caring relationship with each
other. 

To make his points, Orwell uses the literary techniques
of description and narration . He
places us from the first page into an imaginatively realized world, one with posters of Big
Brother plastered everywhere in a decrepit city (based on post-World War II London). We, as an
audience, are immediately pulled into this world because of the...

Describe the relationship between savings, investment, and economic growth.

Economic
growth is fueled by savings and investment. People save money in order to have some sort of
financial safety net for hard times. They may also save for larger purchases, such as cars and
homes. Cars and homes help to drive the economy because these two sectors employ many people.
Banks take money they have on hand and use it to loan to others. Interest on money in savings
also allows money to grow in a safe manner.

Investment also fuels economic
growth, because it gives businesses more capital to expand their operations or to become more
efficient. Investment usually yields a higher rate of return for investors, but there is always
a chance that the market or a particular business will experience a downturn and one will lose
one's working capital. People invest money in order to build wealth faster than through only
savings alone. Many people have their money in both savings and investment accounts in order to
both build wealth and to provide a sense of security for the future....