What are the two similes Bradbury uses to describe Peter's and Wendy's physical traits? What is ironic about these choices of similes?

Here are the
two similes thatuses to describe Peter and Wendy:

1. They have
   "cheeks like peppermint candy."
2. They also have "eyes like
   bright blue agate marbles."

What is ironic about these
similes is that they are in sharp contrast to the reality of the children's natures. These
descriptions connote innocent cherub-like children with wide eyes and rosy cheeks--the children
out of fairy tales, as their names also suggest. But, in the story the natures of Peter and
Wendy are much more ominous than they are innocent. For, when George tells the children that he
and Lydia are considering...

Compare and contrast Julia and Winston. How does each rebel against the party? Are these rebellions at all effective?

and s differing attitudes to the Party and the ways in which they rebel against it are
outlined in chapter 3 of . Julias view is straightforward:

Life as she saw it was quite simple. You wanted a good time;
they," meaning the Party, wanted to stop you having it; you broke the rules as best you
could. She seemed to think it just as natural that "they" should want to rob you of
your pleasures as that you should want to avoid being caught.

goes on to say that Julia has no interest in politics and regards any organized revolt
against the Party as stupid and certain to fail. The clever thing to do is to break the rules
and get away with it. Julia enjoys her sexual defiance of the Party for its own sake, as well as
for the sake of breaking the Partys rules.

Winstons rebellion, by contrast,
is political and cerebral. Like Julia, he does not believe the Party can be beaten and says that
it is better to regard yourself as dead as soon as you begin to rebel....

How does Mr.Hooper respond when the parishioners first react to his veil in "The Minister's Black Veil"?

The members of
the congregation of Mr. Hooper are filled with astonishment when they see their minister with a
black veil covering the lower part of his face as he steps out his door. But, Mr.
Hooper continues on his way deliberately, bending somewhat to look at the ground, yet
"nodding kindly" to the members of the congregation who remain on the steps of the
meeting-house.

After Mr. Hooper dons the black veil and steps
out his door, the sexton who watches because the minister's presence is the signal to ring the
church bell, cries out in amazement, "But what has good Parson Hooper got upon his
face?" The others are so shocked to see that he has covered all but his eyes with a black
veil that when he passes them and nods with gentleness toward them, few return his
greeting.

This reaction toward the Reverend Mr. Hooper intensifies the longer
that he wears the veil because people wonder if he is trying to hide something or if he sees in
their faces some secret sin and, lest he reveal to others this sin, he shields his face. At any
rate, they are threatened by the wearing of this veil, and sense a growing discomfiture around
him. For this reason, Mr. Hooper is not invited to share Sunday dinners or attend weddings any
more.

Therefore, rather than causing his congregation to become open about
their human sins, the veil serves only to isolate Mr. Hooper himself. In fact, on his deathbed
when he is asked by an attending minister to remove his veil so that others may see his
"triumphant aspect" as he goes to "his reward," Mr. Hooper adamantly
refuses, 

When the friend shows his inmost heart to his
friend, the lover to his best-beloved; when man does not vainly shrink from the eye of his
Creator, loathsomely treasuring up the secret of his sin,then deem me a monster for the symbol
beneath which I have lived and die. I look around me, and, lo! on every visage a black
veil!" 

And, so, Mr. Hooper is buried with the veil
upon his corpse, having desired to teach a moral lesson by wearing this veil as a symbol of the
veil of falseness that each man and woman wears to conceal secret sins.

How has Sebold written "The Lovely Bones" so that it leads you to personally sympathize with the characters?

In my
opinion, yes.The literary technique is called first person omniscient.It is unusual because most
first person narratives are limited.That is, they don't know what is going on in the minds of
others and...

Describe the room in which the narrator is kept in "The Pit and the Pendulum." How does he discover the shape?

is about a
man sentenced to death during the Spanish Inquisition, who awakes in the depths of a dungeon
cell.  At first it is pitch black in the vault, dank and cold, and the man can ascertain
details of his surroundings only by touch.  He assumes that the walls are made of stone, with
many corners and angles around, and that the room is fifty paces in circumference.  The only
thing he knows for certain is that the floor is damp and slippery, hazardous to walk upon.  Walk
upon it he does, however, and discovers a deep pit in the middle of the floor, a circular well
into which the Inquisition had intended him to fall.  Having discovered the plan, however, the
man retreats to the perimeter and is given a draught of some sleeping elixir.  Upon awakening,
he finds that he can see, and also that his assumptions about the shape and make of his room had
been incorrect.

In reality, the room was square and half the size he had
imagined, the walls made of iron panels, the ceiling about thirty or forty feet high.  Hideous
and repulsive devices to which the charnel superstition of the monks has given rise€¦overspread
and disfigured the walls.  These paintings are faded and musty as if with age.  The floor, the
narrator confirms, is made of stone.  It is only later, after he once again thwarts the
Inquisitions sick, slow, torturous attempt to murder him, that he notices why he can see:  the
walls are not attached to the floor, but are separated by a gap of an inch or so, through which
a dim light issues.  The significance of this detachment soon becomes clear, as the walls begin
to bend and tighten, pushing him in toward the well in the middle of the cell at the same time
as they begin to glow with an unbearable heat.  It is this latter fate that the narrator would
prefer over falling into the well, for in the light he can see what lies within €“ and within is
a terrible thing.

In The Great Gatsby, how does Daisy Buchanan represent the American Dream? Daisy may be considered Gatby's American Dream, but how does...

One can
only considerto embody the American dream if you see her as merely an object of desire, or of
the male gaze, rather than as a human being with her own life, goals, and individual existence.
In fact, from a feminist perspective, one could argue that itself shows
women mainly as objects of male sexual desire and as rewards for malerather than as genuine
people with their own needs and stories. 

himself, of course, embodies the
American Dream in his reinvention of himself and his portrayal as a self-made man who gets rich
by his own hard work and cleverness. His aspirational goals include not just wealth but being
accepted by the powerful and aristocratic families of East Egg. One is never sure whether Gatsby
loves Daisy for herself or for the old money she represents. While she is part of Gatsby's
dream, she herself represents the precise opposite of the American Dream. 

Daisy is descended from wealthy "old money" and married to...

Why does Jem become angry when Scout tries to ask him about Miss Gates' opinions in To Kill a Mockingbird? Any quotations to back up the response are...

The above
answer is good, but more context is important.andare both furious at Miss Gates, but for
different reasons. Scout is angry at Miss Gates, because Miss Gates does not see something very
clearly. In other words, she has enormous blind spots. She is able to see that Hitler is an evil
leader because he persecutes the Jews, but she is not able to see how those of Maycomb persecute
blacks - especially in the case of Tom Robinson. 

Here is what she says in
class. Her blindness is clear as day. 

We said it. Then
Miss Gates said, Thats the difference between America and Germany. We are a democracy and
Germany is a dictatorship. Dictator-ship, she said. Over here we dont believe in persecuting
anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced. Prejudice, she enunciated carefully.
There are no better people in the world than the Jews, and why Hitler doesnt think so is a
mystery to me.

What makes her blindness even greater is
that Scout, a mere child, sees her inconsistency. 

Jem is angry when Scout
mentions Miss Gates because he is reminded of the case and how ugly it was. Here is the
text:

Well, coming out of the courthouse that night Miss
Gates wasshe was goin€˜ down the steps in front of us, you musta not seen hershe was talking
with Miss Stephanie Crawford. I heard her say its time somebody taught em a lesson, they were
gettin€˜ way above themselves, an the next thing they think they can do is marry us. Jem, how
can you hate Hitler so bad an€˜ then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home

Jem was suddenly furious. He leaped
off the bed, grabbed me by the collar and shook me. I never wanta hear about that courthouse
again, ever, ever, you hear me? You hear me? Dont you ever say one word to me about it again,
you hear? Now go on!

For Jem, Miss Gates represents the
sheer racism of the town. For this reason, Jem is angry. 

Can more than one religion be true? There are thousands of religions in the world, and those religions are each broken into hundreds of sects. Is...

There's
no objective way to answer this question... We all rely on our own perceptions of faith,
religion, and God as influenced by our upraising, our personal experiences, and what we as
individuals feel to be true. In fact, there's no objective, scientific way
to prove that there is any type of higher power or afterlife. It's a matter of faith, of
believing in a sight and truth unseen that makes religion possible at all. Throughout the
centuries, there have been so many interpretations of religion; however, it's interesting to
observe how the core of common beliefs in what makes "goodness" pop up again and
again. Perhaps that is the essence of "truth" in faith...

I am
heartened to see the examples of tolerance set by the posters above and have to add my two cents
to the mix. I do consider myself a spiritual person, but I live by the idea that there is one
truth, many paths to it. If God truly is God, then the human mind has not the slightest prayer
(nointended) of actually comprehending and delininating all the complexities and nuances of
something so much more vastly infinite and powerful than ourselves. It's likely that none of us
has it exactly right. But our attempts to make a connection to something more make us aspire to
be the best humans we can be, according to our own approximations of
godliness.

What are some elements found in Emma that could justify some critics in suggesting that Austin is a conservative?

The
idea ofas a conservative--morally, as a political Tory and as part of the male literary
tradition--comes from the 1975 critical publication by Marilyn Butler, Jane Austen and
the War of Ideas. In it Butler asserts that Austen is following in the footsteps of
traditional English Literary cannon and is "programmatically conservative" instead of
a "non-partisan liberal moralist." Subsequent criticism in Feminism, especially by
Showalter and Gilbert, disputes Butler's early opinion, yet echoes of "conservative"
still can be heard.

is one that most easily accepts the
mantle of conservative because the deep level,...

Based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, describe the character of Ichabod Crane. Based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, describe the...

One of the
famous characters of American , Ichabod Crane is best remembered for his lanky appearance and
his gullibility and fear as he believes he is chased by the headless horseman.  In 's charming,
humorous, and slightly terrifying tale, "," Ichabod Crane arrives from Conneticut in
Sleepy Hollow, the enchanted land and "place of nature." His featues befit his surname
Crane:  He has a long neck and legs; his head is small and flat at the top;
he has large ears, large glassy eyes, and a long nose.  His likeness to a scarecrow, too, is
remarkable. Irving describes him,

To see him striding
along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and flutering about him,
one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some
scarecrow eloped from a cornfield.

Crane is the
schoolmaster, and a harsh one at that.  But, he

administered justice with discrimination rather than severity; taking the burthen off
the backs of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong.

He always tells the boys that he whips that they will long remember it and thank him
for the whipping later on. Yet, when school was finished, Ichabod Crane was the playmate of the
larger boys.  But, he was known for accompanying the smaller boys home if they had pretty
sisters or a mother who could cook.  To assist his salary, he would help the farmers to make
hay, and he was not against letting the children play with him or hold a little one on his
knee.

As the schoolmaster and singing instructor, Crane holds a respectable
position in the community.  The ladies consider him erudite and he is certainly knowedgeable in
the history of New England Witchcraft.  He loves to feed his imagination with his book on
witchcraft and with the wives' tales.  But, after he exchanges tales, Crane is fearful as he
walks home until he encounters Katrina Van Tassel.  So, desirous of marrying her, Ichabod visits
her home where there is always "wonderful food" on the table.

However, when Crane decides to court Katrina, Brom Van Brunt, "the hero of the
county round," becomes his foe.  So, Ichabod pretends that he is giving Katrina singing
lessons and visits the farm frequently.  But, the redoutable Brom Bones, as he was called,
becomes Ichabod's rival; for a while, Brom plays practical jokes on Ichabod in order for him to
turn into a figure of ridicule.

 Ichabod vows to ask Katrina to marry him; he
borrows a ghastly looking horse named Gunpowder, who, though old and broken down, has a
"lurking devil in him." Toward evening he sees that Brom Bones has ridden his own
horse named Daredevil.  After the meal, people gather and tell stories of the headless horseman
of Sleepy Hollow.  All the tales affect Ichabod, who tries to talk with Katrina before leaving. 
But, mysteriously, Ichabod leaves looking desolate and dejected at "the very witching
hour."  With no signs of life, Ichabod fearfully recalls all the ghost stories he has heard
as he approaches a gnarled tree that is connected to a tragic story of a Major Andre who was
taken prisoner nearby. Then, when his horse will not run over the bridge, Ichabod sees something
"misshapen, black, and towering."  The headless horseman rides alongside Gunpowder.
Ichabod holds on and outruns the horseman, who hurls his head at ichabod.

For
days, people search for Ichabod.  But, no trace of him can be found.  The old wives say Ichabod
was "spirited away."

Please discuss "The Tyger" by William Blake.

In
"," Blake takes time to ruminate on what kind of God could make a creature as fearsome
as a tiger. In doing so, he employs an eighteenth-century concept known as "the
sublime." The sublime refers to those aspects of nature that both fill us with awe at their
beauty but also with terror at their power. Standing at the edge of a tall mountain peak and
seeing both the majesty of the mountain while recognizing the smallness and weakness of humans
in comparison to the God who could create such grandeur would be an example of the
sublime.

Blake describes the tiger in terms of the sublime: it is both
beautiful and terrifying. As Blake asks:

What immortal
hand or eye,

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Behind this question lurks another: what kind of God could
unleash such destructive power on the earth? The tiger is beautiful, but its
"symmetry" is used to pounce on the victims it will devour. Blake explicitly contrasts
it to the lamb, asking "Did he who made the Lamb make thee?"

If we...

What are some quotes that show that Friar Lawrence is a father figure to Romeo?

Just as we
should consider the Nurse a parental figure tothe same could be said for the Friar and .not only
shows his affection for Romeo but he also gives him fatherly advice on more than one
occasion.

In , the Friar, as a father would, chastises Romeo for being out
all night and for falling in love with another girl after so soon being in love with Rosaline.
The Friar comments:

Young mens love then
lies
Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.

The Friar is often giving guidance to Romeo (unfortunately Romeo doesn't listen)
about how the young man should handle his new love for Juliet. In the marriage scene, , he urges
Romeo to take things slow and to be patient. He says,

Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.
Too swift arrives as tardy as
too slow.

The Friar is at
his most fatherly after Romeo has killedand is distraught over being banished. Romeo is acting
quite immaturely as he cries to the Friar about having to leave Verona and lose access to
Juliet. The Friar reminds Romeo that he is actually fortunate.could have sentenced Romeo to
death for fighting in the streets, as he promised in Act I, but instead he exiles
Romeo.

 

The Friar tells Romeo to be patient and
to go to Mantua and let things calm down. Once some time has healed a few wounds, the Friar
tells Romeo the two lovers can once again be reunited. In :

Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed.
Ascend her chamber.
Hence and comfort her.
But look thou stay not till the watch be set,
For then
thou canst not pass to Mantua,
Where thou shalt live till we can find a
time
To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends,
Beg pardon of the Prince,
and call thee back
With twenty hundred thousand times more joy
Than thou
wentst forth in lamentation.

As with a father (Friar means father), Lawrence loves Romeo and wants what is best
for him. This love, however, blinds the Friar to the true consequences of his indulgence of
Romeo's impetuous actions. The Friar should have consulted with the parents at some point to
avert the final .

What are some of the things people say about Stargirl in Leo's presence?

Becauseis eccentric and refuses to conform to
the status quo of Mica Area High School, a lot of the more "popular" girls, like
Hillari Kimble, don't like her and attempt to put her down. 
 
Leo, on the
other hand, has a strange type of infatuation with Stargirl. First, he's merely curious about
her, then they become friends, and not too long after that, they enter a romantic relationship.
It doesn't last long, though, because people start ignoring Leo the same way they do Stargirl.

 
Unable to handle the rejection from his peers, Leo asks Stargirl to try to
be more "normal." She tries for a while but, ultimately, breaks up with Leo when she
realizes she can't, and doesn't want to, be normal. 
 
That said, while Leo is
still in the friendship phase of his relationship with Stargirl, he asks her to appear on the
school's television show, Hot Seat, as a result of mounting pressure from his peers, especially
that of his best friend, Kevin. Eventually, Leo gives in to the request and asks Stargirl to
make an appearance on the show. Being Stargirl, she agrees. 
 
While
Stargirl's actual interview on Hot Seat goes well, things start to get uncomfortable when
Hillari Kimble and her friends start criticizing her on-air. Hillari refers to her as
"goofy" and "crazy" while her friends ask her questions about why she
dresses the way she does and why she doesn't wear makeup. They refer to her as "weird"
and question why she can't just be "normal."

The group continues
to harass her until the faculty adviser, Mr. Robineau, steps in on her behalf. Soon after, he
destroys the tape and Stargirl's Hot Seat episode is never
aired.
 

According to Douglass, a person's conscience "must stand entire, or it does not stand at all." What did Douglass mean by that statement?

What Douglass
means by this is that a person cannot be truly bad in some circumstances and still remain good
overall.  A person who acts in evil ways in any part of their life will soon see their entire
conscience fall apart and they will be evil in all parts of their life.  This is, in a sense, a
similar idea to that expressed by Martin Luther King, Jr. when he said that injustice anywhere
is a threat to justice everywhere.  Douglass is saying that injustice in one part of your
conscience will eventually threaten all parts of your conscience.

We can see
this from the context in which Douglass places this passage.  He is telling the story of a woman
who owned him.  He says that the woman was, at first, a perfect Christian.  But then, as she
enforced the rules of slavery on Douglass, she lost her good nature.  She came to be even worse
to him in some ways than her husband, who had previously been worse than she was.  Douglass is
saying that accepting slavery eventually destroyed her conscience and allowed her to become a
much worse person than she had been.

What Douglass is saying, then, is that
we cannot compartmentalize our consciences.  We cannot be evil towards some people and then turn
around and be good to others.  We may manage it for a little while, but not for
long.

Can art be considered Literature?

This is an
interesting question. I would say
that the answer is yes and no. It all depends on how you
define literature.
If you define literature as a written piece of work, which most people do,

then art (without text) is not literature. If you take a strict view, literature is
usually
divided intoor non-fiction, and between prose and poetry. So, from
this point of view, art is
not literature. 

If we define
art as the communication of content, then sure
art can be literature. As
people say, a picture is worth a thousand words. In the end, the key
is how
you define literature. 

Friday, November 21, 2008

Write a summary of the controversy and ethical issues of current events within the last one to five years in bioethics.

Bioethics
is an area in which new technologies have led to many recent controversies. As changing medical
technologies allow people more choices and control over their lives, new ethical issues
arise.

One important area of controversy over the past five years has been
euthanasia and end-of-life care. Advances in medical technology make it increasingly possible to
prolong life in cases where that would have been impossible in the past. Many people, however,
argue that just because it is possible to prolong life does not necessarily mean that prolonging
life at all costs is the right choice. Many countries and regions either have or are discussing
right-to-die legislation and how various procedures, such as resuscitation, should be a subject
of discussion, rather than automatic.

Gene editing technologies such as
CRISPR and advances in cloning raise the possibility of "designer babies" or of
creating babies simply to serve as a source of transplant organs. These both have obvious
ethical implications. Early genetic testing of embryos raises the specter not just of
sex-selective abortions (already a problem in China, for instance) but of eugenics.

The increasing numbers of extremely expensive treatments also raises the ethical issue
of resource allocation. Whether insurance schemes (public or private) should pay for very
expensive treatments, especially those with modest success rates, is a major ethical
issue.

Another increasingly important ethical issue is organ donation. One
area of debate is whether one should be required to opt in or opt out of organ donation,
especially in light of a shortage of organs.

Finally, as the age of the
viability of fetuses continues to decrease, controversies continue to swirl around the issue of
abortion.

What can be inferred about Odysseuss leadership style by analyzing his approach to his crew while they are on the Island of the Cattle of the Sun?

In book 12
of the Odyssey, the enchantress Circe warns Odysseus of a number of dangers
he will encounter during his long trip home. Among them are the Sirens, the straits of Scylla
and Charybdis, and Helioss cattle on the island Thrinacia, of which Circe warns,

if you harm them, then I forewarn you of the destruction both of
your ship and of your comrades; and even though you may yourself escape, you will return late,
in bad plight, after losing all your men.

Odysseus and
his crew reach the island exhausted from their many perils, but Odysseus immediately tells his
crew they should continue, relating to them,

how carefully
Circe warned me to shun the island ... for it was here, she said, that our worst danger would
lie.

His second-in-command, Eurylochus, calls him cruel
and made of iron, saying the men are worn out and need to rest for one night before they set
sail in the morning. The men approved his words, and Odysseus sees no recourse but to relent
that heaven meant us a mischief, but still making his men swear not to kill any of Helioss
flock.

The next morning, the sea is impassable and remains so for a whole
month, until Odysseus and his crew run out of food. Odysseus consistently reminds his crew of
their oath, and even prays for thembut he falls asleep while doing so, during which time the men
slaughter some cattle and begin to feed. Shortly afterwards the sea becomes passable again, the
crew sets sail, and they are all drowned in a tremendous thunderstorm.

At
this point in the poem, Odysseus seems to be a man resigned to the workings of fate. One might
expect him to try to force his men to leave the islandsimilar to how he clasped the mouths of
his fellow warriors shut inside of the Trojan horseor trick them into leaving the island of
their own accord, a tactic often utilized by one of Western literatures most reliable
tricksters. Instead, he attempts to lead his men on the island of Thrinacia with piety: through
humility, oaths and prayer. It is unsurprising that Odysseus has turned pious by this point in
his personal journey. After his own display ofin boasting his name to the Cyclops Polyphemos,
Poseidon turned against Odysseus, who seems now to have learned his lesson. Odysseus seeks to
fulfill every prophecy and undergo every trial for the rest of his journey.

One darker reading of Odysseuss conduct on Thrinacia is that he has ceased to care
about the lives of his crew. It is important to remember that this portion of the
Odyssey is being narrated by Odysseus himself. It would come as no
surprise, therefore, for the wily king to paint himself in the most pious light possible. The
question might not be what we can infer about Odysseus the leader, but rather if we should trust
Odysseus the narrator.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

How is Winston's telescreen different from most?

In1984,
the telescreen is the Party's most valuable tool in the monitoring its citizens.  The
telescreen's purpose is two-fold, for it allows the Party to keep a close eye on its subjects
and unleash...

What are the Pros and Cons of the 2012 Presedential election? What are some major Pros and Cons of OBAMA becoming president again. What are some major Prosand

The election in
November presents the country with two clearly different candidates:  one who wants a bigger
government and one who wants a smaller government.  The cons of re-electing President Obama
include that he does not have a plan for helping our country out of our economic woes.  Instead
of bringing our country together he is dividing us.  He does not tell us his plans for the
country, he only bashes his opponent.  He came to be President without any real management or
political experience.  The President's job is not a place for on-the-job training.  However, our
country voted him in and we should respect his position.  It is unfortunate that under his
leadership unemployment and underemployment has risen, the number of people on food stamps is at
an all time high, our national debt has soared, and internationally, and the U.S. has lost
respect from other leaders (recently shown in a poll and by the actions of other
countries).

I would disagree with the poster that...

In Animal Farm, does power lead to corruption and exploitation?

In , power almost always leads to corruption and exploitation, and
we see evidence of this in both humans and animals.

Through the character of
Mr Jones, for example, we find that his successes as a farmer have done little to soften his
feelings towards the animals. When he loses a lawsuit, he becomes miserable, turns to alcohol
and begins to mistreat the animals. This reaches ain Chapter Two when he leaves the animals
hungry all day and they revolt against him. Arguably, had he not abused his position and given
in to...

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

In The Lovely Bones, what did Mr. Harvey cut Susie's body up with? A straight razor? A knife?

The
torturous and murderous Mr. Harvey cuts up
young Suzie's body with a knife. He dismembers her in
order to hide her body.
The rape and murder of Suzie is made all the more horrific by the

dismembering of her body, as Harvey slices her body with a knife. He violates her in
life thrugh
rape and in death through the dismembering of her corpse, and
this makes her murder even more
particularly gruesome. Harvey mistakenly
leaves her elbow behind, which is an immensely blatant
mistake for a serial
killer to make. Due to his carelessness, a neighborhood dog finds the poor

girl's elbow, and this eventually leads to an intense and complicated investigation into
Suzie's
death. If Harvey had not cut up her body with the knife, it is
possible her death would have
remained a tragic
mystery.

Define hubris and describe which actions of Oedipus and Jocasta demonstrate hubris in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

A short
definition of the wordis generally presented in two words: excessive pride. In the literary
world and the world of the Greeks, this was also true but had one added element. This overblown
pride was the very thing that caused the character's downfall. So hubris might be defined as
excessive pride which causes one to fall from a high place, often taking others down, as well.
Of course this is exactly what happens to bothandin by , and neither of
them can blame anyone other than themselves.

Jocasta's two primary displays
of hubris are connected and are also the cause of her eventual shame and death. First, we learn
that Jocasta and Laius received an awful prophecy about their son: he would one day kill Laius
and marry Jocasta. Of course this is unacceptable to the couple and Jocasta cruelly sends her
son away to die a painful death in an effort to thwart the plans of the gods. Of course thinking
that one can outwit the gods is the supreme...

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Monday, November 17, 2008

After reading the chapter "Hemispheres Colliding" in Guns, Germs, and Steelby Jared Diamond, you should address the following issues: Why was Europe...

Europe's
superior development ensured that it had many advantages in comparison with the indigenous
American societies when the two encountered each other in 1492.

First, Europe
had an advantage in food production. It had thirteen species of big domestic animals, while the
Americas had only one. European agriculture was also more advanced.

Second,
Europe's experience with livestock enabled Europeans to develop resistance to lethal diseases.
Native Americans had not developed antibodies and were devastated by European germs.

Third, Europe enjoyed technological superiority in numerous spheres. Europe had metals
and superior military technology. Also, water, wind, and animal power were employed to operate
machinery in Europe, but not in the Americas. Wheels were used in Europe for a variety of
purposes. A final area of technological superiority was in sea transport.

Next, Europe had numerous empires, but the Americas had only two: the Aztecs and the Incas.
Writing was widely used in Europe...

As illustrated by The Scarlet Letter, can love, compassion, and forgiveness have the power to overcome evil and sinful deeds?

Sadly, I don't believe
this novel illustrates
the idea that love, compassion, and forgiveness have the power to
overcome
evil and sinful deeds. Despite 's love for , the father of her child, he
tortures
himself with guilt and eventually dies before they can run away
together. If their plan to
escape Boston and their neighbors' judgment had
become a reality and if they'd been able to get
away and finally enjoy one
another's company and love, then the book would have conveyed this
idea.
However, the fact that they never get this opportunityin part because Dimmesdale is
too
dependent on what the community thinks of him and their values in
generalseems to me to show
just the opposite.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Government As An Academic Field Of Study

Government as an
academic field of study is a
vast subject, encompassing political institutions and political
theories.
There are several sub-disciplines within the field, including public
administration
(the human management of governmental institutions),
international relations (the study of
diplomacy and the relationships among
countries), political theory, political economy (the way
governments handle
fiscal matters), and comparative politics (comparing the way different

nations are governed). The study of government, also called political science, is
important
because it allows students to understand their role in our system
as citizens and to understand
the ways in which our government operates. This
knowledge helps students become well-informed
citizens who can make
knowledgeable choices about how to vote and how to participate in the

democratic system. In addition, the study of comparative government allows us to
understand how
our government is different than others and to study what
makes government effective and
ineffective in different
contexts.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Is social class or gender more important in shaping the life of an individual born in the United States today? Is social class or gender more...

Gender is important,
but social class is more important.A woman born to the right class will have more opportunities
than a man born to the wrong class.Women have fewer opportunities because they are women.That
has not changed so far.However, the poor don't have any.]]>

What are three of the lessons that Scout learns throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, and their effect on the maturation of her character?

First,learns her own lesson in prejudice through her interactions with . Without
knowing him at all, she, Dill, anddecide this reclusive soul is a monstrous and frightening
bogeyman. Even with evidences of his kindness staring her in the face--the blanket he puts
around her shoulders on the cold night of Miss Maudie's fire and the gifts he leaves for her and
Jem, for example--she persists in being frightened of him as a creepy and malevolent being. Only
after he saves her and Jem by stabbing Mr. Ewell, who is trying to kill them, does Scout come to
realize Boo's goodness.

Second, Scout learns throughthat one should not
flaunt gifts that are merely granted one through the grace of God. After she looks down on
Atticus for not being as young and athletic as her schoolmates' parents, she discovers he is an
expert sharpshooter when he kills a rabid dog plaguing the neighborhood. This helps teach her
that people can be more than they seem on the outside--as does her...

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

What is the setting of "Araby"?

The
setting of "" is Dublin, capital city of Ireland and hometown of . The unnamed
narrator lives in a place called North Richmond Street, which is described as "blind."
We get a sense of Joyce is referring to as blindness in his description of this respectable but
bland part of town. The street is closed off from the wider world, both geographically and
culturally. This is a place where nothing much ever happens except for when school is out for
the day.

Though outwardly respectable, the boy's family could be described as
shabby genteel, that is to say they have come down in the world. One suspects that their
relative poverty has forced them to lead an itinerant lifestyle, constantly moving from one
rented place to another. It's small wonder, then, that the boy should feel the need to escape
from such a chronically unstable existence, that he craves the kind of excitement that only the
Araby bazaar promises to give. The boy, like the pupils of the Christian Brothers' school on the
street where he lives, wants to be set free, if only for a short time. He wants to leave behind
him the stifling, constricting world in which he's forced to live out his formative
years.

How could I compare Jean-Honor© Fragonard's The Swing to Darkytown Rebellion by Kara Walker and Preying Mantra by Wangechi Mutu?

At first
glance there are not many factors to connect these three very different works of art, but you
could say that all three artists use light and shadow in their creations to tell a story in
their artwork.

Fragonards The Swing (1767) depicts a
young woman in a swing, light shining upon her; she is the center of our focus, with her bright
pink skirts standing out among the dark foliage that surrounds her. Secondary to our attention
are the two men, her supposed husband and lover, concealed from one another in the shadow of the
young lady.

Darkytown Rebellion by Kara Walker (2001) is
an art piece radically different from the more traditional European painting and subject matter
of The Swing. However, Walker also uses light to create a scene where the
true subject matter is hidden from us at first glance. The silhouettes of Darkytown
Rebellion seem benign until one notices some of the more macabre details, such as
figures with severed limbs.

Lastly, Preying Mantra by
Wangechi Mutu (2006) most actively plays with light. The womanly creature is spotted with
sunlight, as through leaves, and is simultaneously a bright and dark figure in the piece. Her
evocative pose at first seems welcoming, but at second glance, one notices the praying mantis
stance of the womanwhich calls to the mind the female praying mantis notoriously eating the male
after mating.

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What symbolism does the weather have in "Sorrow-Acre" in relevance to Adam and Anne-Marie?

Izak
Dinesen is the pen-name for Karen Bliksen (nee Dinesen) who is famous for her biography
which was adapted by Kurt Luedtke and made into a movie that won Academy
Awards (Oscars) in various categories.

"," part of Dinesen's
, recognizes a mother's unconditional love for her son, encourages
compassion, and recognizes the cruelty of the world and the huge sacrifice that is often
required and which cannot be conceptualized because, as Adam says about Anne-Marie's efforts, it
is "too sweet for words." The weather, in its own beauty, harshness, and complexity,
is able to reinforce what the reader already knows: that sometimes a new start can only come
after in this case, Anne-Marie's death.  

Returning to his family
(ancestral) home, Adam arrives in the summer. It is key that...

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

How does Stevenson use language in €˜the Carew murder case to create an impression of horrific violence and gothic horror?

In the story's opening
paragraph, the narrator describes one witness's experience of the crime, saying,

A maid servant living alone in a house not far from the river, had
gone up-stairs to bed about eleven. Although a fog rolled over the city in the small hours, the
early part of the night was cloudless, and the lane, which the maids window overlooked, was
brilliantly lit by the full moon. It seems she was romantically given, for she sat down upon her
box, which stood immediately under the window, and fell into a dream of musing. Never (she used
to say, with streaming tears, when she narrated that experience), never had she felt more at
peace with all men or thought more kindly of the world. And as she so sat she became aware of an
aged and beautiful gentleman with white hair, drawing near along the lane; and advancing to meet
him, another and very small gentleman, to whom at first she paid less attention.

Here, we have lots of description, visualmeant to help us to really
see...

Monday, November 10, 2008

How did the Townshend Act lead up to the Revolutionary War?

The Townshend
Acts of 1767 grew out instability in London's government. William Pitt was named prime minister
in 1766, but he no longer had his full cognitive abilities. Because of Pitt's inability to
govern, Charles Townshend (1725€“67), chancellor of the exchequer, emerged as the leading voice
of the cabinet. Townshend was erratic and had a great deal of contempt for Americans. He sought
to reassert London's control...

What is 2/5 times 3/5?

2/5 x
3/5 = (2x3)/(5x5) =
6/25

Since we are
multiplying
the fractions, the numerators will be multiplied with each other and
denominators
will multiply with each other, yield the result.

Hope this
helps.

Considering their struggles and obstacles, how does the grandmother from the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" compare to Connie from the story...

When
answering this question, you must discuss each characters unique traits and overlapping ones.
The grandmother in OConnors story and Connie in Oatess certainly share similarities and
differences based on their .

The biggest similarity is their vanity. This
refers to each characters preoccupation with her physical appearance. For instance, the
grandmother dresses in her formal Sunday best for a road trip with her family. She does this so
that if she were to die on the side of the highway, anyone who saw her would know at once that
she was a proper lady. This shows that the grandmother is vain because she only dresses up
because of how she might be perceived.

Connie is similarly vain in that she
enjoys the attention she gets from boys based on her looks. She even stays home from a family
event so that she can wash and dry her luxurious hair, which indicates that she values herself
over others.

Beyond on obsession with looks, each character also values the
appearance of something over actually possessing it. The grandmother, for example, wants other
people to think she has manners, but she often lies. Connie wants her friends to think she is
enviable and experiences, when she is actually quite innocent. Both characters lie in some
capacity to those around them.

However, these characters also have many
differences. The most obvious, of course, is their age. Connie is a young teenager, while the
grandmother is elderly. Beyond superficial distinctions, the grandmother is responsible for
placing her family in harms way while Connie sacrifices herself in order to save her
family.

The grandmothers lie about the old plantation, her lapse in memory,
and her hysterical tendencies all lead to the family members deaths. When the grandmother
identifies The Misfit, she immediately pleads for her own life rather than for the lives of her
family. This indicates that she remains selfish even after it becomes clear that she has sealed
the familys fate.

On the other hand, Connie has a choice between going with
Arnold Friend or waiting until her family returns from the barbecue. Friend promises that
choosing the latter will put her family in jeopardy. Instead of potentially endangering the
lives of her family, Connie gets into Friends car and leaves.

This key
difference between the two characters is just one example of how literary figures with similar
personality traits can be portrayed differently.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

How many moles of Na+ ions are in 20 mL of 0.40 M Na3PO4?

`Na_3PO_4` will
ionized as follows in an aqueous solution.

`Na_3PO_4 rarr
3Na^++PO_4^(3-)`

As we can see from the balanced equation one `Na_3PO_4` will
give us three `Na^+` moles.

Amount of `Na_3PO_4 = 0.4/1000xx20 =
0.008mol`

 

Mole ratio

`Na_3PO_4:Na^+ =
1:3`

 

Amount of `Na^+` `= 0.008xx3 = 0.024mols`

 

So we have 0.024 moles of `Na^+`
ions.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Why does Parson Hooper leave the wedding early in "The Minister's Black Veil"?

Mr. Hooper leaves the
wedding reception early because he caught "a glimpse of his figure in the looking-glass,
[and] the black veil involved his own spirit in the horror with which it overwhelmed all
others."  He panicked, dropping his wine on the floor, and runs out into the night.  Upon
seeing himself in the mirror, Mr. Hooper was struck with the same terror that he strikes into
the hearts of others who look upon him.  

Even during the ceremony, "the
bride's cold fingers quivered [...] and her deathlike paleness caused a whisper that the maiden
who had been buried a few hours before was come from her grave to be married."  This is the
reaction that Mr. Hooper inspires in others, and his appearance inspires the same reaction in
himself.  The reason for this may be, as he said in his sermon, that though we all possess
"secret sin," we long to hide it from our loved ones "and would fain conceal [it]
from our own consciousness" as well.  We want to put the knowledge of our sinfulness out of
our own minds, and when Mr. Hooper sees his reflection wearing the veil, it forces him to recall
what the veil means, and he is horrified anew.

Friday, November 7, 2008

What are Bill Joy's background and achievements in the book Outliers?

This story
comes in Chapter Two, The 10,000-Hour Rule. Here Gladwell shows us that even people with
innate talent have to practice or work on their craft for a long time in order to become
knowledgeable and proficient. 10,000 hours turns out to be the right amount to gain expert
status.

Bill Joy was interested in science when he got to the campus of the
University of...

What are some quotes about racism from To Kill a Mockingbird?

In
,tries to instructin processing the derogatory terms she's been hearing people use to describe
her father:

"Scout," said Atticus,
"nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anythinglike snot-nose. It's hard
to explainignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and
above themselves. It's slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a
common, ugly term to label somebody."

"You aren't really a
nigger-lover, then, are you?"

"I certainly am. I do my best to love
everybody ... I'm hard put, sometimesbaby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody
thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt
you."

Atticus's explanation is forthright and
honest. He explains what types of people use these types of terms and how those sorts of labels
become part of a common dialogue. Scout understands that people are using this term to insult
her father, so she tries to clarify by clearing him of the label. Atticus's reply reinforces to
his daughter that he loves people regardless of race and urges her not to care what kinds of
labels people affix to her when she is doing the right thing. Derogatory, racist insults reflect
on the speaker, not the recipient.

In ,and Scout are trying to figure out (in
their childhood innocence) how race is determined:

"Well how do you know we ain't Negroes?"

"Uncle Jack
Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but
for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old
Testament."

"Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too
long ago to matter."

"That's what I thought," said Jem,
"but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all
black."

They pose a great question, particularly in
the great melting pot that is America. Which race is the race that
people claim when any person in America must have ancestors from a variety of races and
backgrounds? They do see a core truth in Maycomb: If any part of a person's ancestry can be
traced to African Americans, that is all that matters.

In , Atticus tries to
summarize Mayella's ultimate crimes (which her father absolutely could not tolerate):

She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in
our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro
man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her
afterwards.

Mayella, a white woman in a racist Southern
town, made advances toward a black man. She crossed an unspoken line with severe social
consequences. Her father concocts incredible lies to accuse Tom of raping her, and the town is
willing to convict him even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the
contrary.

In The Bronze Bow, why does Daniel feel that he is unfit for marriage?

 

Daniel has lived his entire life in pursuit of one goal: revenge against the Romans who
killed his father and uncle. Because of this, he doesn't see himself as a worthy prospect for
marriage, not for himself or for any one else. Daniel believes that his goals in life make him
undesirable, and that he would end up making a wife unhappy. In this sense, his belief is
altruistic; he wants to suffer alone, not to drag anyone else into it.

"I only know one...

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

To what extent was the late nineteenth-century and late twentieth-century United States expansionism a continuation of past United...

It can
certainly be argued that the turn to imperialism by the United States in the late nineteenth
century was of a piece with expansionist policy that dated back to the founding of the nation.
Many of the justifications were similar, including a civilizing mission, expanding economic
opportunities, competition with foreign powers, and others. Additionally, the anxieties that
resulted from the closing of the frontier (most famously expressed in Frederick Jackson Turner's
1893 essay The Significance of the Frontier in American ) are often cited as driving forces for
continued expansion as a way of maintaining American vitality in a modern world.

Yet imperialism marked a major departure from previous US policy. For more than a
century, political leaders had emphasized American isolation from the problems of the world. By
mid-century, however, the desire for new markets for United States manufactured goods had
resulted in increasing involvement in foreign affairs. This trend began most conspicuously in
1854, when Commodore Matthew Perry concluded the Convention of Kanagawa, which forcibly opened
Japanese markets to trade.

Over the next fifty years, the United States,
driven by fears of industrial overproduction, moved increasingly toward a policy that emphasized
the acquisition of secure markets, and a military policy that sought naval bases around the
world. This policy, in many ways, was taken to its extreme conclusion with the Spanish-American
War, and the acquisition of the Philippines and Puerto Rico, as well as frequent interventions
on behalf of US investments in Central America before World War I.

What are some of Piggy's characteristics in Lord of the Flies?

has many
characteristics that explain why he isn't a favorite among the boys. He is overweight and has
asthma, so he can't be as physically active as the others. He speaks with a lower-class , often
using improper grammar despite his obvious intelligence. He wears glasses to correct his vision.
Piggy is socially awkward. He clings toand fishes for responses from him without being assertive
enough to simply state what he wants. He often refers to his "auntie," which makes him
sound childish. In addition, he can whine at times; after Ralph divulges his name is Piggy, he
nearly cries when he confronts Ralph about that betrayal.

Despite these less
attractive characteristics, Piggy has some clear strengths. He often thinks of ideas that the
other boys never consider. For example, he is the one who thinks of blowing the conch to call a
meeting. He is the only one to think of taking attendance and gathering names at the first
gathering. He tries to create a sundial, and he confronts the idea of ghosts with logic rather
than fear. When other boys seem paralyzed and at a loss about what to do, Piggy's logic shines
forth: "Only Piggy could have the intellectual daring to suggest moving the fire from the
mountain."

Another important quality of Piggy's is his loyalty. He
sticks by Ralph when most others desert him, and he consistently encourages Ralph in his role as
chief. He also has a strong sense of justice, which unfortunately becomes his undoing.
Determined to get his glasses back from , he confronts him with uncharacteristic bravery:
"Which is betterto have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?" That brave speech,
however, proves to be his last.

Piggy, while having some irritating
qualities, has many good characteristics that make him a "true, wise
friend."

How did the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu begin in Gulliver's Travels?

brilliantly satirizes conflicts in the Western world through the Lilliput - Blefuscu war in his
novel, . Though the war is bitter and violent, the conflict between the
nations of Lilliput and Blefuscu started because of an absurd disagreement: Lilliput believes an
egg should be broken from the small end, while Belfuscu believes it should be broken from the
big end. 

This war is an importantfor one major reason: it pokes fun at the
contemporary wars and conflicts of Swift's day. Though our wars might seem to be based on
rational reasons, Swift says, they're ultimately as silly and absurd as the debate over how to
break open an egg. The truly insignificant nature of the conflict is mirrored by the size of the
citizens of Lilliput and Blefuscu; just as they are physically small, people from Lilliput and
Blefuscu are wrapped up in tiny disputes blown way out of proportion. Thus, through this
humorous depiction of a war, Swift suggests that Western conflicts are small-minded, absurd, and
ultimately unnecessary. 

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Why is the subtitle of the play "A Romance"?

This play is based on an
ancient Greek myth about a woman-hating sculptor, named , who created a statue of the perfect
woman and then proceeded to fall in love with it. He named her Galatea, and his feelings for her
were so sincere that the goddess of love, Aphrodite, took pity on him and brought Galatea to
life. Therefore, we might consider the myth a kind of romance, since it ends with a couple
apparently in love with one another. However, the play itself does not. It seems probable that
Eliza and Henry have feelings for one anotherthey fight with lots of passion, to be surebut she
promises to marry Freddy and Henry only laughs at the thought. Therefore, calling this play
"A Romance" seems to be a bit of : either because the two main characters fight like
cats and dogs or because Shaw is, perhaps, commenting on the nature of romance in his era. We
never learn of Galatea's feelingsperhaps she doesn't want to marry Pygmalion but cannot say
sobut we certainly learn Eliza's. It is no longer simply a matter of what the man
wants.

In the play, the discovery, reversal of fortune and catastrophe all occur at the same moment. When is this moment?

This
moment has to be at the end of the drama.  Act IV is the point wherelearns of his true heritage
in that he is Laius' son.  The fact that thespeaks at this moment is quite telling:

Alas, o child of Laius,
if only, if only we had
never
set eyes on you!(1250)
My grief is like a libation poured from
mymouth.
But to speak the truth, becauseof you I could breath again
and
becauseof you I sink my eyes into sleep.

This is the
reality that Oedipus grasps at the end of Act IV. This "sleep" is something that ends
up continuing into Act V, where the disastrous end of the play is where eyes need to be closed
in "sleep."  Oedipus' search for truth that lived outside of the palace walls was an
internal one.  This reversal is initiated at this point and then continued on into the drama's
final act when he recognizes the full extent of the wrong committed and the consequences it
brings onto both his kingdom and his name.  The full catastrophic moment is seen when his wife/
mother hangs herself and he blinds himself.  This is the moment in Act V where the reversal of
fortune is complete.  The intial discovery is one that is seen in Act IV's end and the
implications of it come to fruition in Act V. 

In A Christmas Carol, why does Scrooge say that Fred should not be happy?

In the first
chapter, or stave, of  , Ebeneezer Scrooge receives a visit from his nephew
Fred. Fred has come to invite Scrooge to Christmas dinner. Before Fred can issue an invitation,
however, he must first answer to Scrooge's confrontation about whether Fred has any cause to be
merry at this time of year. Fred arrives with the shout, "A merry Christmas, uncle! God
save you!" Scrooge responds to this with his famous catch-phrase, "Bah! Humbug!"
Fred then questions whether Scrooge really means to call Christmas a humbug, and this is what
opens the door to Scrooge's rant about people who are poor not really having any reason to be
merry. Fred points out the flaw in this logic by asking Scrooge how he can be so dismal and
morose since he is rich. Scrooge continues his explanation of the faulty logic of being merry
while poor, saying that Christmas is "a time for paying bills without money; a time for
finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and
having every item in 'em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you." Fred
very eloquently rebuts Scrooge's speech, and Bob Cratchit applauds him from the other
room.

Fred is not the only one who Scrooge believes is too poor to be merry.
Upon hearing Cratchit applaud Fred's speech, Scrooge scolds him with the threat of being fired.
After Fred exchanges season's greetings with Cratchit and departs, Scrooge continues to mutter
about the lunacy of being happy while poor. He specifically cannot understand how Cratchit can
talk of a merry Christmas while only earning fifteen shillings per week and having a wife and
family to support. In Scrooge's view of the world, poor people (a group to which Fred and
Cratchit would supposedly belong) have no cause for joy and do not deserve charity. They can go
to established facilities such as prisons and workhouses. His feelings about charity for these
people are summed up in the statement, "I don't make merry myself at Christmas and I can't
afford to make idle people merry."

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Write a story about "Hills Like White Elephants" after the original story ended.

This is a really
interesting assignment. The way you write it depends on what you think Jig, the , will do after
she gets on the train for Madrid. At the end of the story, it is unclear whether she will get an
abortion or not, in spite of the fact that her boyfriend seems to be urging her to do so. She
has reservations about the subject, but she seems to be leaning in that direction.

When you write the story, you can write the conclusion to this question. Will Jig get
an abortion or not? If she does, how will she feel about it? Will she be able to continue in a
relationship with her boyfriend? If she does not get an abortion and has the baby, will her
boyfriend stand by her? How will she raise the baby? You can go in a lot of interesting
directions with this story.

Be sure to stay true to Jig's personality, which
is conflicted and self-effacing (she tells her boyfriend that she does not care about herself).
Has she grown as a character since the end of the original story? If so, explain in which ways
(for example, has she become more self-assertive?).

In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, why does Kit end her relationship with William?

After Kit
is arrested and tried for witchcraft and the charges against her are dropped, William comes to
call at her home. He stayed away during Mercy's illness out of consideration for the family, he
says. Kit is cool toward him because he did not support her during the trial; he didn't even act
as a character witness for her. When Kit shows him out that evening, they have a private
conversation. Although he says he missed her, he makes it clear that he expects her to put her
unpredictable ways...

Monday, November 3, 2008

Why has the popularity of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" lasted?

's
"" depicts the comical and superstitious Ichabod Crane's attempts to woo the beautiful
Katrina Van Tassel, followed by his apparent run-in with the Headless Horseman. The story's
legacy has lasted for a variety of reasons, but I believe that Irving's vibrant depiction of the
culture, , and superstitions of early American settlements is one of the primary reasons the
story has remained popular.

Irving does an amazing job of bringing the world
of his story to life. Consider, for instance, Irving's description of Sleepy Hollow in the third
paragraph of his story:

A drowsy, dreamy influence seems
to hang over the land, and to pervade the very. Some say that the place was bewitched by a High
German doctor, during the early days of the...

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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Who were the Aryans that Hitler constantly referred to?

I agree with
the first post.

There are actually a kind of people that are referred to as
Aryans.  However, many of these people are not the sort that Hitler would have called Aryan.  In
fact, the Aryans are originally from India.

So Hitler essentially used the
word "Aryan" to refer to something that he made up.  In Hitler's racial terminology,
Aryans were the only people who could actually create a true civilization.  He believed that all
civilizations had been created by these Aryans who roamed around Eurasia creating
civilizations.  In modern times, Aryans had settled in Northern Europe.  As the first answer
says, they tended to be blonde and blue-eyed.  They lived in places like Germany, the
Scandianavian countries, Holland and England.

 

Analyze and compare" the road not taken" Robert Frost with the poems and styles of Emily Dickenson, Walt Whitman and William Carlos Williams.

Robert Frosts poem The Road Not Taken has
the
simple, declarative sentences, regular meter, and ruralwe associate with his work.
The
complexity of the poem lies in the figurative meanings the reader brings
to it, since the
description itself is straightforward. Two roads diverged in
a wood and the poet, unable to
travel both (and doubting if he would ever
have the chance to return) took the one marginally
less traveled by. This has
made all the difference, though the reader is left to decide just
what the
difference is.

Emily Dickinson, a fellow New Englander, also
wrote
mainly in four-line stanzas, though the lines are shorter, pared down
to a few terse images.
Like Frost, Dickinson often wrote about the natural
world, but the tone is quite different,
mystical, and ecstatic, as in the
avian imagery of "Hope is a thing with
feathers."

Walt
Whitman was above all a city poet, celebrating the
magnificence and vibrancy
of his "high-masted Manhattan." His style of writing is very
different from
either Frost or Dickinson although, as with the latter, it takes only a glance
at
the page to discern who the poet mush be, before we have read a single
word. Whitman generally
writes in long, loose lines and is rhetorical and
theatrical in his style, often addressing the
reader directly and writing
about himself and his experience of life.

William
Carlos
Williams is perhaps the most difficult poet of the four to identify, since he writes in
a
wider range of styles than the others. His poems tend to be unrhymed and
are often without
formal meter. They often feature vivid concrete imagery and
visual description from which, as
with Frosts poems, the reader can
extrapolate differing ideas and
emotions.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

What are the elements of orientalism in the film Lawrence of Arabia directed by David Lean?

Despite
the meticulous craftsmanship that went
into David Lean's Lawrence of
Arabia, much of the film
is dated and portrays typically stereotyped and
"orientalist" attitudes about
"the East" and the Arab world.

Much of the detail of the
film is unrealistic, showing Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), though
a flawed
person, as also in some ways a nearly superhuman character, riding through the
desert
without a pith helmet, evidently because Lean wished to emphasize his
courage and his blondness.
The sudden ways in which Lawrence arrives at his
inspirations on how to defeat the Turks are
also a bit hard to
take.

Apart from Omar Sharif as Sherif Ali, nearly all of

the major roles are played by western actors. Regardless of the historical veracity of
much of
the script, the impression one gets from watching the film is that a
European was required to
lead the "easterners." Other epic films from the
same period (the 1960s) show a
similar approach, such as
Khartoum , starring Charlton Heston as

General...

What is the meaning of the title "Everyday Use"?

The title of
's short story, "," is pulled from the text and pertains to functional handiwork as
opposed to static artifacts. In her story, Alice Walker writes about the "creative legacy
of ordinary black women" which is a valuable part of real African American
heritage.

The central conflict of this story revolves around the mother's
refusal to give her daughter Dee (now calling herself Wangero) two quilts that the women of the
family pieced together from scraps of family members' clothing. These quilts, which three
generations of women of the family have fashioned from scraps of old clothes, are thus composed
of memories stitched together lovingly. There is a faded blue piece of a Civil War uniform worn
by Great Grandpa Ezra, pieces of Grandpa Jarrell's old paisley shirts, and other pieces of old
dresses worn by Grandma Dee. Whereas Mama and Maggie perceive these quilts as objects that have
both function and sentimental beauty, Wangero perceives them only as static objects meant for a
framed display of African American artifacts.

Mama believes that the family's
heritage should be allowed "everyday use" and be part of daily life, not viewed as an
artifact. Her daughter Maggie agrees but Dee does not. Having rejected her mother's offer of the
quilts before she left for college, calling them "old-fashioned" and "out of
style," Wangero (the new persona of Dee) now perceives them as priceless objects that
should be framed and put on display as part of African American heritage.

Feeling "something hit [her] in the top of [her] head," the mother reacts to
this hypocrisy and does something she has not done before. She hugs Maggie and pulls her into
the room where Wangero stands with the quilts in her arms. Then, the mother grabs the quilts
away from "Miss Wangero" and drops them into Maggie's lap. "Take two or three of
the others," she says to Dee. Angered, Dee goes outside to where her boyfriend waits by
their car.

"You just don't understand," she
said, as Maggie and I [the mother] came out to the car.
"What don't I
understand?" I wanted to know.
"Your heritage," she said.

After Dee/Wangero and her friend Hakim-a-barber depart, the mother
and Maggie sit outside "just enjoying" the moment. Contrary to what Wangero believes,
Mama and Maggie do, indeed, understand heritage because they know that the creative legacy of
their family should not be framed or put on a shelf. Instead, such items should be handled with
love and sentiment and be put to "everyday use."

What are the three categories of sin that Dante used in classification of sin (from Dante's Inferno)?

Hollis Sanders

Inferno consists largely of a description of Hell and the various
ironic punishments that await sinners of every variety. There are many different horrendous
torments that await sinners, all representing some varying degree of agony. So numerous are
these sins that they comprise the nine circles of hell, with some circles being broken up into
sub-categories. However, each and every one of them falls, according to Dante, into one of three
categories of sin.

The first type of sin is the sin of incontinence, also
known as wantonness. Essentially, these are sins that are committed in moments of weaknessone
gives into temptation and sins, even though the sin was not directly harmful to others. These
sins include lust, gluttony, wastefulness, and other sins that typically revolve around an
inability or unwillingness to control one's appetite.

The second type of
sin is violence, or bestiality. This type of sin revolves around crimes that are committed due
to wrath or anger, and as they...

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Analyze what the penguin symbolizes

In s
, the narrator Susie Salmon recounts her murder and the effects it has on
her family, friends, and community. She narrates from a purgatory-like place she describes as
her heaven, an idyllic paradise she will eventually transition from when she is ready. In
order to be ready, however, she must accept her fate and make peace with how...

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