In A Streetcar Named Desire, how is Belle Reve significant ?

Belle
Reve is the name of Blanche and Stella's previous twenty-acre estate in Laurel, Mississippi.
Belle Reve, which means "beautiful dream," is the prestigious plantation home that
symbolically represents the Old South throughout the play. Blanche mentions that Belle Reve was
lost due to her ancestors' "epic fornication," and she was forced to vacate because
she could not afford the payments. Much like the Old South, Belle Reve has become a figment of
the past and is no longer the glorious, thriving estate. However, Blanche continually references
Belle Reve and compares it to the urban, lower-class French Quarter. Blanche cannot fathom how
Stella has forgotten Belle Reve and believes that she is living well below her standards in New
Orleans. Belle Reve also represents Blanche's unblemished past before she was forced out of town
for her scandalous behavior. To Blanche, Belle Reve represents her adolescence before her young
husband committed suicide. Similar to Blanche, the history of...

In the book "The Egypt Game," what are the rising and falling action? I am working on a plot line, and there was so much that was rising and falling!...

follows the story of
Melanie Ross and April Hall, along with several other neighborhood children. They begin to play
a game about the Egyptians in the Professor's backyard. While there are many rises and falls
within the plot, there is an obvious rising action, , and falling action within the story. The
rising action of a story is when excitement builds, the conflict increases, and suspense rises.
In The Egypt Game, the rising action is when the boys join the game.
Additionally, the rising action includes when the questions written in the oracle are
mysteriously answered. The final aspect of the rising action is when it is discovered that a
murdered in town has taken the lives of two children. The climax of a story is the point where
the plot reaches a turning point. In The Egypt Game, this is when April is
attacked by the serial killer. The falling action of a story is characterized by the resolution
of the climax and by the wrapping up of loose ends. In The Egypt Game, the
falling action is when the serial killer is captured, April and Marshall escape with their
lives, and the professor is cleared of blame. The children find out that the professor has been
watching their game all along, and receive keys to the gate.

What word does the speaker wish to be the last spoken between him and the bird?

In , the
titular bird flies into the narrators chamber and speaks the word nevermore over and over
again. This is the word that the narrator hopes is last spoken between them. Over the course of
the poem, the narrator grows weary of the Raven's constant refrain of "nevermore," and
he wishes it will be the last word said so that the Raven can finally leave his life. The bird
keeps repeating the word and ending the hope that the narrator feels, which drives him
insane.

The narrator of the poem is a troubled man who is mourning the loss
of his love, . The Raven, who can only speak one word, tells the narrator that he will see
Lenore nevermore.

Tell this soul with sorrow laden if,
within the distant Aidenn,

It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels
name Lenore

Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name
Lenore.

Quoth the Raven Nevermore.

The Ravens prophecy about heaven drives the narrator further into grief and detaches
him from reality. The repetition of the word nevermore builds the anxiety of the narrator and
starts to break down his psyche. He falls into madness because of the way the bird closes him
off from the possibility of hope, even that he will meet his love in heaven.

At the conclusion of the poem, the narrator asks that the Raven let the last
nevermore be the final word spoken between them, but it doesnt end. The narrator
says,

Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend! I
shrieked, upstarting

Get thee back into the tempest and the Nights
Plutonian shore!"

However, the bird does not return
to the Plutonian shores, a reference to the god Pluto who was in charge of the underworld in
Roman mythology. Instead, the Raven continues to sit on the bust of Athena, called Pallas in the
poem, and loom over the narrator's life,

And the Raven,
never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

On the
pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

Despite
the narrators hope that the Raven will leave and let its last nevermore be the parting words,
he isnt so lucky. The Raven looms like a shadow over his life, continuing to say
nevermore.

Why is the setting in The Outside Shot by Walter Dean Myers important to the story?

In my
opinion, the setting of this book is important because it helps to set up the main conflict in
the book.  This is, in my opinion, a sort of "fish out of water" book as well as a
"coming of age" book.  The setting helps with both of these.

The
setting is Montclare, a college in the Midwest.  Lonnie is a black kid from Harlem.  This means
that he is totally out of his element out at this small school so far from home.  He has to
figure out how to live with all these new pressures of being away from home, in a new setting,
and having to play big-time basketball.

Because the setting is so different
from where Lonnie grew up, it helps force him to grow up.

How is the setting of "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" related to its theme?

This
story is set in a cafe late at nightor,
more specifically, at a little after two o'clock in the
morning. An old man
sits at a table in the otherwise empty terrace of the cafe "in the
shadow the
leaves of the tree [make] against the electric light." For the old man who is

alone and suicidal, the cafe terrace represents (as the title of the story suggests) a
clean,
well-lighted, and pleasant place to sit and drink.

The predominant themes of
the story are loneliness and despair, as
well as the absence of meaning and purpose which often
goes hand-in-hand with
them. The old man who sits at the table is lonely andas indicated by his

reported suicide attemptsdespairing: without hope. The older of the two waiters is
likewise
lonely and (although not to the same degree) also seemingly without
much hope.

The setting of the cafe reflects the loneliness
of these characters in part because,
except for the old man and the waiters,
it is empty. This impression of emptiness and loneliness
is also compounded
by the time of day. Two o'clock in the morning is a very quiet, lonely time.

Everybody else has gone home, and nobody else (except for the passing soldier and the
girl) is
awake yet.

The light in the cafe is also an
important aspect of the setting
and is described often throughout the story.
The light symbolizes a source of solace. Indeed,
the older of the two waiters
says that he likes to stay late at the cafe to be with "all
those who need a
light for the night." The light is a the solace that the lonely characters

rely on to subdue their despair.

Compare and contrast the North and the South at the start of the Civil War.

There are
quite a few major differences between the North and the South at the beginning of the Civil War.
These differences were economic, political, and geographic in nature and were major factors in
the coming war.

The South was largely an agricultural nation, focusing on
growing and cultivating crops. The North, on the other hand, was much more industrialized, with
factories to produce industrial technology and machinery.

In terms of
politics, the South favored the states rights, which is why they held fast to the issue of
slavery, believing the Federal government should not intervene in the States decision making in
regards to their rights. The North was more comfortable with a powerful federal government and
focused less on states rights.

Geographically, the South was a much larger
area, encompassing about twice as much land as the North. This actually was detrimental to the
South, because they had to have much longer supply lines and transportation to reach
contested...

In The Epic of Gilgamesh, what does Endiku teach Gilgamesh?

The most
important lesson that Enkidu teaches Gilgamesh is the value of humility. At the beginning of
The Epic of Gilgamesh , the king of Uruk is described
as a tyrannical ruler, with some versions of the story going so far as to say that he partook of
prime nocte rights with the citys women. The goddess Aruru, answering the prayers of the people,
molded Enkidu from clay and water, and put him in the forest where he grew into his own as a
wild man. Later, Enkidu becomes somewhat domesticated by sleeping with the temple prostitute
Shamhat. It is described as a loving relationship, although...

In "Charles," what are some of the characteristics of Laurie? (verbs, adverbs and/or adjectives that indicate his actions and attitude)

's use of descriptive
language offers readers a vivid view of the character Laurie in the short story "."
The following descriptors offer insight into the character of the narrator's son.

Swaggering- Seems to define Laurie as a little older than
he really is. Readers may picture a boy with a chimp on his shoulder by this
description.

His "voice suddenly become
raucous." Here, readers can picture a boy running into the
house, unconcerned with anything which is going on. Therefore, this shows his self-centered aura
of the typical kindergartner.

At lunch he spoke
insolently to his father, spilled his
baby sisters milk, and remarked that his teacher said we were not to take the name of the Lord
in vain.

If readers are to infer, the previous passage
states that Laurie was the one who took the Lord's name in vain given she uses the pronoun
"we." Also, the spilling of his sister's milk and speaking rudely to his father show
is lack of concern for others.

He sure did, Laurie
said. Look up, he said to his father.

What? his father said, looking
up.

Look down, Laurie said. Look at my thumb. Gee, youre dumb. He began
to laugh insanely.

In the dialogue above, one can infer
that Laurie is disrespectful of his parents. A child should not call a parent dumb. While
seemingly harmless, when put together with all of the other indirect characterizations, Laurie
is far from the "sweet-voiced nursery-school tot" he used to be.

What does Juliet say she'll do if her family tries to force her to marry Paris in Romeo and Juliet?

In act
3, scene 5,informsthat her father has
arranged for her to marryon Thursday. Juliet is astonished
and disheartened
by this news and informs her mother that she cannot marry Paris because she

does not know him that well. Lady Capulet then informs her husband of Juliet's response,
which
infuriates , who threatens to disown Juliet for her insolence and
disobedience. At the end of
the scene, the Nurse leaves the room and Juliet
says:

Ill
to the friar to know his
remedy.
If all else fail, myself have power to die
(Shakespeare,
3.5.243€“244)

Juliet's comment reveals
that
she is willing to take her own life to avoid marrying Paris.

In act 4, scene
1, Juliet visits 's cell, where she begs for his
advice and help. Juliet then reveals a dagger
and declares that she is ready
to commit suicide if they cannot come up with an alternate plan.
Juliet tells
Friar Laurence:

If in thy wisdom thou
canst
give no help, Do thou but call my resolution wise,
And with
this knife Ill help it
presently (Shakespeare, 4.1.53€“54)

Juliet's entire
speech to Friar Laurence
emphasizes her willingness to kill herself if he is not able to come up
with
a foolproof plan to prevent the upcoming marriage. Friar Laurence recognizes
Juliet's
desperation and comes up with a plan for Juliet to take a strong
sleeping potion, which will
make it appear like she is dead. He also plans on
informingof the situation and instructing him
to save Juliet from the Capulet
tomb before she wakes up. Although Juliet is hesitant, she
courageously
agrees to follow through with the plan and takes Friar Laurence's sleeping

potion.

How and why did the US become a superpower as a result of World War II? What were (and still are) the positive and negative implications of superpower...

None of
the epic battles ofhappened on American soil. (Hawaii, which is where the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor took place, was not yet an American state). This meant that the United States did
not suffer the appalling devastation meted out to European cities on both sides of the conflict
during the War. As such, the country didn't need to embark on any painstaking economic
reconstruction after the War ended. With its cities intact, and with its economic strength
considerably enhanced, not least by full employment, the United States was able to establish
itself as one of the world's two superpowers.

In addition, the position of
the United States was further enhanced by its possession of the atomic bomb. The devastating
attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had alerted the world to the fact that
the United States not only possessed weapons of mass destruction, but was prepared to use
them.

Being a superpower entails certain responsibilities. In positive terms,
this means that the United States can use its superior economic and military power to good
effect. Whether it's through humanitarian intervention or diplomatic peace initiatives, American
power has the unique ability to make the world safer, more peaceful, and more
prosperous.

The downside of such huge responsibility, however, is that it can
so easily be abused. And there's no doubt that, at various times since the end of World War II,
American power has been used for nefarious ends. All too often, successive American governments
have used the country's immense economic, military, and diplomatic power to prop up unsavory
regimes in places like Latin and Central America. Critics of the United States have also
highlighted sharp trade practices that enrich American businesses, many of them billion-dollar
multinationals, at the expense of domestic producers in the developing
world.

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Wiesel states I was the wrong person to survive the holocaust if I survived this place it was because my...

href="">Elie
Wiesels book href="">Night
chronicles the horrors he endured in the Nazi death camps. Elie was with his father for much of
the time in the camps. In telling Oprah that he survived because he wanted his father to
survive, it seems that Elies father kept Elie going even when he wanted to quit and die. First,
Elies father protected his son whenever it was possible. Moreover, knowing that if he died, his
father would give up too also kept Elie going.

There are instances in the
book that make it clear that the fathers actions contribute to Elie's ability to survive the
camps. For instance, when another prisoner strikes Wiesels father, Elie writes:

All I could think was: I shall never forgive them for this. My
father must have guessed my thoughts, because he whispered in my ear: "It doesn't
hurt." His cheek still bore the red mark of the hand.

The father does not want to scare Elie and so he tells him that his cheek does not hurt
even though it is clear that the blow was hard. On other occasions when Elie wants to rest, his
father intercedes and rallies all of his strength to help his son:

My father shook me. "Not here€¦Get up €¦ A little farther down. He also tells
Elie, "Don't let yourself be overcome by sleep, Eliezer. It's dangerous to fall asleep in
snow. One falls asleep forever. Come, my son, come€¦Get up."€¦I got up, with clenched
teeth. Holding on to me with one arm, he led me outside. It was not easy.

Elies father also gives his son his food and other items to help
him maintain his strength. In another instance, Elie, his father and others are being crushed
together and gasping for air. As soon as he can speak, Elie calls out for his father, fearing
that he might have died, "Father, are you there?"

Moreover, despite
all the horrors they have endured, Elie wants to live. He writes:

I tried to rid myself of my invisible assassin. My whole desire to live became
concentrated in my nails. I scratched, I fought for a breath of air ... I prevailed. I succeeded
in digging a hole in that wall of dead and dying people, a small hole through which I could
drink a little air.

Staying alive to help keep his father
going was likely a catalyst for Elies survival. The negative aspect of this is that once his
father dies, Elie might give up, as well. When the father is too sick to continue and has given
up hope, he gives Elie the few belongings he has:

"Here, take this knife," he said. "I won't need it anymore. You may find
it useful. Also take this spoon. Don't sell it. Quickly! Go ahead, take what I'm giving
you!"

Perhaps spurred by that plea or commandment
from his father, Elie did survive.

Will someone please explain what, "We are determined to starve before we are hungry" means, along with, "Men say a stitch in time saves nine, and so...

I'm
assuming that you don't quite understand the phrases and need some interpretion?  If that's the
case, I will try to help.  "" byis a very thought-provoking account of all of the
things that he learned while living on his own in a tiny shack on a friend's pond.  The quotes
above are just two of the profound sentiments that he expressed as a result of being close to
nature, doing his own work for sustenance, and spending a lot of time in solitude.

The first quote, "We are determined to starve before we are hungry" refers to
the fact that many people miss all of the meaning of life; they don't take time to "suck
the marrow out of life," but rather rush about feeling unhappy and unsatisfied.  And
instead of working to fill the unhappy voids in their lives, they complain and claim that they
are destitute and miserable. However, most people live pretty comfortable, nice lives, and have
never really, truly been in dire need of anything.  And yet we still complain and whine like we
are starving to death.  Really, we are just unhappy, and too lazy to figure out why, or to make
changes in our lives that will help us to be happy.  Thoreau is saying there that in order for
us to truly fill the gaps in our lives, we have to first of all hunger after things that really
matter--knowledge, relationships, love, wisdom, instead of money, power, and comforts.  Then, we
have to work hard to get the things that matter, instead of being upset when we don't have
absolutely everything.  Instead of whining about how awful our lives are (when they are really
not), focus on what is good, and work to make them better.

The second quote
refers to the fact that people are always toting how much time they can save by doing this or
that, but then, they don't ever use the extra time for anything good.  Instead, they fill their
extra time with more "time-saving" techniques.  We expend so much effort on
time-saving technology and activity that it becomes the main thing we do in our free time.  If
you do the math of Thoreau's quote, it doesn't make any sense, and wastes time.

I hope that those thoughts help a bit; good luck!

Who is Frederick Douglass' intended audience in his autobiography, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass? I'm doing a rhetorical for class. I...

's intended audience was
white people, mainly in the north, as he wanted to convince them of the damaging effects of
slavery and to convince them that slavery should be abolished. The two prefatory letters in the
book, one written by Wendell Phillips and one written by William Lloyd Garrison, were intended
to make sure the white readership of the book knew that Frederick Douglass was trustworthy.
William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips were white abolitionists who had a lot of
credibility among white audiences in the north, and their blessing to Douglass went a long way
in making sure white northern readers took Douglass seriously.

Douglass's
autobiography was intended to let his white audience know about the damage that slavery not only
inflicted on slaves but the damage it also inflicted on white slave owners. For example, in
telling the story of his slave owner, Sophia Auld, Douglass illustrated how slavery degraded a
woman who was formerly kind to slaves (as she had never held slaves before). The white audience
that read this account would, Douglass hoped, determine that slavery was contrary to their
religious values and that slavery made the white people associated with it amoral. These
arguments would, Douglass hoped, convince people to push for the abolition of
slavery.

I Wanted You To See What Real Courage Is

Page numbers
will vary by edition, but as the other answer states, the quote can be found at the end of
.

The key point is that throughout the novel,is trying to teach his children
a new definition of courage. Part of this is through his reticence to let them know he is a
sharpshooter until he has no choice but to display his great skill by killing a rabid dog with
one shot. He wants them to understand, however, that there is no courage in such a God-given
talent. This is what he means when he says that he doesn't want his children to get the idea
that "courage is a man with a gun in his hand."

With the quote in
question, he also wants the children to know that beneath her mean and nasty facade, Mrs. Dubose
is a woman of great courage because she fights off a morphine addiction before she dies. It
doesn't change anything, as she still dies, but it matters to her to die free of her addiction.
She displays courage in facing the pain of withdrawal even though she is "licked before . .
. [she] begin[s]." Courage, in other words, is doing the right thing because it is the
right thing to do, not because there is a reward or "win" at the end.

This connects to Atticus's courage in mounting a real defense of Tom Robinson even
though he too "is licked" before he begins. Like Mrs. Dubose, he does the right thing,
all the way through to the end.

How do values established during the writing of the Constitution apply to the United States and Texas today?

First, we
must recognize that not all people in
the US or even in Texas share the same values.  In
addition, not everyone
agrees as to what exactly the values of the Framers of the Constitution

were.  Therefore, it is not always easy to determine which of our values reflect the
Framers
values and which do not.

That said, there are
some basic values that are
still clearly reflected in our attitudes
today. ...

What is the definition of the following concepts? Give two examples of each in Voltaire's Candide. Antithesis, Antagonist, Couplet, Digression,...

is a literary device or technique in which two opposite
clauses or ideas are presented together, in a parallel grammatical structure, in order to
present a contrasting concept. More broadly, it can also refer to a direct opposite (e.g., href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antithesis">"Her temperament
is the very antithesis of mine").

In ,
countless philosophical claims are, basically, presented as an antithesis to kindness and
goodness. In fact, the entireis, essentially, an antithesis to the popular philosophical theory
of Liebniz, who spoke and wrote about metaphysical optimism. An example of this would be the
contrasting opinions between Candide and Martin, a young scholar whom Candide befriends on the
way. At one point, they have a constructive argument about the existence of happiness. While
observing a young, cheerful couple, Candide says to Martin that "at least they are
happy."

Martin replies, "I wager they are not." He does not,
however, have any particular reason to think that the couple is truly...

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In "A Worn Path," what do the following represent: eyes, barbed wire, the dress, withered cotton field, the scarecrow, trees silver in their dead...

Like many
of her stories, s , first published in 1941, is a portrayal of life and characters in the
American South. It is a deeply symbolic story, describing the hardship of a difficult journey to
talk about wider struggles. As with any use of symbolism, interpretation can differ depending on
the reader, but if we take into account the connections between the plot, characters, and
setting, and the symbols used to portray them, some meanings become clear.

Eyes as a symbol are often connected to vision, seeing, the future, and the idea of a deeper
meaning. Here we learn that Phoenixs eyesight is failing: "her eyes were blue with
age," we discover at the start. The mention of her eyes is a way to show her age and
frailty while also suggesting there are things to see underneath the surface, that there are
ways to see beyond what is in front of our eyes. Phoenix, for example, uses memory as a way to
see, working her way along the familiar tracks. Eyes as a...

In 1984, what do these 3 slogans mean: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength?

This
novel is constructed throughand contrasts. These three slogans of the Party reflect these
aspects, in that the way the Party controls Oceania is actually the opposite of the propaganda
it produces. Thus, according to the Party, "war is peace" means that
theycontinually "fight" wars in order to keep peace at home. During
times ofwar, nations generally unite. Of course, if the people are focused on acommon enemy,
they are much less inclined to notice how unhappy theyare in their own lives. So they make less
trouble for their government. "Freedom is slavery" can be thought of
in...

Why does Nick think Gatsby is a victim in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby?

considersa victim
becauseanduse him. After Gatsby has been killed, Nick sees Tom and speaks to him. Nick asks Tom
why he toldthat Gatsby had killed Myrtle. Tom lies and says that it was Gatsby who had killed
Myrtle, but it was really Daisy. Tom tells George Wilson that the car that ran overbelonged to
Gatsby. While this is true, it was Daisy who was driving and who hit Myrtle and killed her. It
is then that Nick realizes that Tom and Daisy use people and toss them aside. He thinks the
following:

They were careless people, Tom and Daisythey
smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their
vast...

What are the major advantages and disadvantages to globalization?

There are
as many advantages and disadvantages of globalization are there are different types of
globalization, and many people disagree on what aspects of the phenomenon are advantageous or
disadvantage to whom.

On the most general level, globalization means
increased global communication. Most people think this is a good thing, as it allows people to
understand and get to know other cultures, and is one small step on the long and arduous journey
towards world peace. The more one has friends and colleagues from other cultures, the better one
can begin to understand their ideas and needs and positions rather than just dismissing them as
alien. On the negative side, global communication can mean "winner takes all" in the
cultural marketplace, with world culture growing more uniform, and more powerful languages and
cultural phenomena such as film and music crowding out smaller languages, traditions, and local
cultural productions.

Global supply chains and business can reduce costs
and...

How are gender stereotypes illustrated in Emma?

An
example of gender stereotyping is provided by the relationship betweenand Mr. Knightley. Mr.
Knightley is presented as unfailingly calm, rational, and sensible, in contrast to Emma's
immaturity and self-confessed foolishness. Knightley takes Emma in hand, adopting a
paternalistic attitude towards her, acting as a kind of surrogate father and teacher.

Their relationship reflects the prevalent understanding of gender roles at the time,
with men placed in a position of control over their womenfolk. Throughout the novel, Emma has
been presented as something of a free spirit, slightly unconventional in her behavior. Yet, the
message seems to be that there's a limit as to how much freedom a woman should have.

What Austen appears to be suggesting here is that at some point in a woman's life she
needs to settle down with a nice husband and devote herself to his well-being. Although
Knightley is a kind and honorable man, it's clear he is the dominate partner in his relationship
with Emma,...

Is Jake Barnes from The Sun Also Rises a representation of Hemingway's life?

As the
other answers note, Jake Barnes does represent aspects of Hemingway and his life: Hemingway was
on the World War I battlefields in France (though as an ambulance driver), he did live in Paris,
he did base some of Jake's friends on real figures in his life, and he did go to Pamplona. He
too drank heavily and enjoyed being in nature, just as Jake does.

Jake
Barnes represents aspects of Hemingway's interiority as well, and this, chiefly, is what
Hemingway wished to show. Hemingway wanted to convey the sense of being lost or aimless that he
and so many people in their twenties felt after the war. World War I was traumatic for many who
could not understand how Western civilization, which seemed to be progressing so well, could
fall back into the pointless carnage of a war like the First World War. Jake, like Hemingway and
others, felt unmoored from the past and alienated and alone. We see Jake in the novel trying to
go church and...

What is the difference between a closed shop and a single union agreement?

There are
certainly things that closed shops and single union agreements have in common.  However, they
are different things.  They are different enough that, in the UK, closed shops are illegal but
single union agreements are common.

A closed shop is a company or a workplace
in which membership in a particular union is compulsory.  Anyone who wishes to work in that
particular firm or workplace must belong to that union.  This precludes the possibility of any
other unions representing workers and it also precludes the existence of any workers who simply
do not belong to any union at all. 

By contrast, a worker in a workplace with
a single union agreement need not necessarily belong to a union.  Under such an agreement, only
one union is recognized by the employer.  The employer will not bargain with any other union. 
However, the workers are not legally required to belong to that union.  They may belong to any
union they wish or to no union, but only the one union that has made the agreement will be
allowed to bargain for them.

Should the needs of society (the common good, majority rule, minority rights) take precedence over rights, desires, needs and values of the...

I also
think that to some degree, one's thoughts on this are likely to be strongly influenced by the
cultural values of the society in which one is raised.  There are societies that value the
common good more than the individual good, communitarian societies, and societies that value
individual rights more than the good of the society as a whole.  From what I have read, many
Asian cultures tend to be communitarian, while my own experience is that American culture is
highly individualistic.  This is playing out right now, in fact, in the tension between those
who want to insist on their right to guns and those who are concerned about general societal
safety.  It is to some degree the "rugged individualism" of the United States culture
that has allowed the former to prevail.  In a communitarian society, this would probably not be
the case.  What makes societies communitarian or highly individualistic makes...

In George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, why do Mr. Frederick's men blow up the windmill?

In s novel
, Mr. Fredericks men attack and destroy the rebuilt windmill. They do so
mainly because Animal Farm is an allegorical , in which Mr. Frederick and
his farm represent Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Meanwhile,and Animal Farm represent Joseph
Stalin and the Soviet Union. In 1941, Hitler, having signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler,
suddenly unleashed a massive surprise attack on the Soviet Union, devastating much of the
country. Fredericks attack on the windmill, therefore, iss allegorical version of Hitlers attack
on the Soviet Union. Orwells account of the attack, and of the events preceding the attack,
closely parallels real historical...

What role do women play in The Odyssey?

Ollie Kertzmann, M.A.

Women in serve as obstacles, guides, and goals.

Calypso and Circe are major obstacles for Odysseus in the story. They're also
temptations he has to overcome. They both keep him from reaching his goal. Calypso is a nymph
who keeps him trapped in pleasure; Odysseus still wants to be with his wife in Ithaca.
Nevertheless, he was stuck there for seven years. Circe was a witch who trapped Odysseus by
turning his men into swine. He freed them, and then they all stayed with her in comfort for a
year before continuing their journey.

Athena is a major guide for both
Odysseus and Telemachus. It is she who convinces Zeus to allow Odysseus to go home at all. She
helps Telemachus resist the suitors who are plying Penelope for her hand. She convinces him to
stay strong and train and to believe that his father is still alive. She helps him figure out
what path to take. Without Athena, the story would have turned out quite a bit
differently.

Penelope serves as a goal in The Odyssey .
She is...

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How does the author respond to people's interest in the news as shown in paragraph 3 of Walden?

Thoreau does
not show much interest in the news. He gently pokes funs at the people who need to read
everything in the newspaper every day. He states that, in contrast:

I am sure that I never read any memorable news in a newspaper.

He calls what is typically reported in the newspaper
"gossip." Once you have read of one person's eyes being gouged out, one person
murdered or robbed, one house burned down and one train wreck, you hardly need to read about
another, Thoreau argues. They are all the same:

If you are
acquainted with the principle, what do you care for a myriad instances and
applications?

To Thoreau, reading newspapers diverts
people's attention from what is truly important in life: it is a distraction. We should
contemplate our souls and the eternal instead. It is preferable, he asserts, to quietly dwell on
what is unchanging rather than seeking the latest newspaper sensation:

When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and
worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence,that petty fears and petty pleasures are
but the shadow of the reality.

How was American culture transformed during the 1920's?

An
argument can be made that the America we know today was forged during the 1920's. The period
that followed the Great War was one of great economic growth and social change. America's wealth
grew because of an industrial boom and the rise of the consumer economy. Americans bought goods
that were not available at an affordable rate for their parents. Automobiles and household
appliances drove this consumer economy and more Americans had disposable income than at any
time...

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Discuss the satire in Minimus's poem Comrade Napoleon in the novel Animal Farm.

is
defined as the use of ridicule, humour,or exaggeration to expose and criticise foolishness,
corruption or the shortcomings inherent in a person, system or institution. In his poem about ,
Minimus writes the following:

Friend of
fatherless!
Fountain of happiness!
Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul
is on
Fire when I gaze at thy
Calm and commanding eye,
Like the
sun in the sky,
Comrade Napoleon!

Thou are the giver of

All that thy creatures love,
Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll
upon;
Every beast great or small
Sleeps at peace in his stall,

Thou watchest over all,
Comrade Napoleon!

Had I a
sucking-pig,
Ere he had grown as big
Even as a pint bottle or as a
rolling-pin,
He should have learned to be
Faithful and true to thee,

Yes, his first squeak should be
Comrade Napoleon!

Considering the conditions and situation on the farm, the entire
poem is ironic. Firstly, Napoleon is not at all a 'friend of the fatherless' or a 'Fountain of
happiness' since the animals, in...

What is Anse's view of Darl in As I Lay Dying?

Early in the novel, Anse seems a bit
resentful toward Darl (and Cash) because they are the ones doing the physical labor to support
the family. Later, as Darl begins to break down during the journey to Jefferson, Anse observes
and comments on Darl's strange behavior. For example, he notes how Darl laughs while in the
wagon with Addie's coffin. Anse is also concerned about how Darl's behavior will make others
think of his family, and by extension, what they think of him. Darl's behavior makes Anse
suspect that Darl does not respect him: "I don't expect you to have no respect for
me." However, what really sets him off is the perception that Darl does not respect
Addie.

Anse's judgement of Darl as disrespectful and insane is somewhat
ironic considering the negative portrayal of Anse throughout the novel. He is seen by most
characters as lazy, and he is always complaining and bemoaning his life and circumstances. Darl,
on the other hand, is given the primary narrative voice in the novel, speaking in the majority
of the chapters. While he is admitted to the insane asylum at the end of the novel, we know it's
partly because the family can't take on the financial burden of Darl burning the barn
down.

Cash understands that sanity and insanity are social constructions, but
that Darl's commitment to the asylum is also a practical necessity. On the other hand, Anse's
behavior at the end of the novelhis stealing his children's money and finding a new wife
immediately after burying the first oneis more strongly admonished.

In the story "Araby," why might Joyce not mention the object of the narrator's affections until well into the story?

In his story,
"," Joyce does not mention the
object of the narrator's affection as Mangan's sister
until the reader is
well into it. One reason that he may have done this is to make sure the

reader is focused on the character of the narrator: how he thinks, how young and
idealistic he
is, how little he knows about the affairs of the heart. Another
reason could be that Joyce wants
to keep the woman anonymous to indicate that
the fact the narrator is "in love" is
more important than the object of his
affections. We see the young woman as an ideal, not a real
person but someone
the narrator has created to suit his own romantic purposes - all the better

to set him up for his inevitable disappointment. By the time the reader knows who the
narrator's
love object is, he/she relates to the main character and is on his
side, rooting for him, even
knowing that he is about to learn a hard lesson
about life and love.

What place does Friedrich Heiler have in religious thought?

Lutheran
theologian and historian of religion Friedrich Heiler (1892-1967) is best known amongst
theologians for his early phenomenological work on prayer (Das Gebet ,
1918), as well as for his commitment to fostering harmonious relations between Eastern and
Western religions and achieving unity...

What are 3 rising actions in "Charles" by Shirley Jackson?

The rising
action in a story are the events which lead up to the , or turning point.  In 's ","
the rising action is the daily description of Charles's behavior which gets him into trouble
with the teacher, until the turning point, which has Charles change into a model student,
teacher's pet. 

-First, Laurie tells his parents that Charles was
fresh.

-Then, getting worse, Laurie tells them that Charles hit the
teacher.

-Then, worse still, Laurie tells them that Charles hit a girl in the
head with the seesaw and she was badly hurt and bleeding.

-Then, Laurie says
that Charles was yelling so loud that he was kept after school, only the whole class stayed with
him.

-When Laurie tells his parents that Charles had kicked the teacher's
friend and would probably be kicked out of school.

-Charles is established in
the household as a terror of a child.  Laurie's mother can't wait to go to parent-teacher night
to meet the child's mother.

 

   

What is the theme of nature in Romantic literature? How do you explain this?

For Romantics,
Nature is often a source of respite, both for body and for soul. Further, it is where the
intuition ignites and leads man to understanding. A tangible expression of the greater soul of
man, Nature nurtures the Romantics.

Why does the story start in April?

As T. S.
Eliot said, "April is the cruelest month."

April is supposed to be
the month of resurrection, rebirth, and rejuvenation.   It's the month of Easter, the holy
celebration of Christ's death and resurrection.  It's spring flowers.  It's mating season.  It's
planting season.

But all of this is for naught in .  The
setting is symbolic of just the opposite: sickness, morbidity, decay, fear, and
suffering.

It was a bright cold day in
April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

It...

Using the Basic Elements Fact Sheet, describe the elements of the song (Organization, Sound, and Motion).

Organization refers to the song's structure
or arrangement. This encompasses both the song's lyrics (generally organized into sections like
verses, stanzas, or choruses) as well as its melody. A song's organization is usually recorded
on a musical sheet so musicians can memorize or refer to its full structure as they
play.

In the most basic terms, a song's sound is the vibration it makes that
can be picked up by a listener's ears. This would encompass the vibrations made by both voice
and/or instruments used in the song.

In musical theory, motion refers to the
movement that the instruments and voice make throughout the song. Motion involves rhythm, tempo,
melody, and other elements that determine how fast or slow the song is.

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Discuss why having current job descriptions is so critical to effective job performance appraisals.

Before you
answer this question, you have to define a job description and performance appraisals.

A job description outlines the expectations of an organization for a specific role. It
describes the duties and responsibilities of that position.

Performance
appraisals are yearly assessments of an employees conduct. Appraisals are done to determine if
the employee has been doing their duties accordingly. It creates an opportunity for the manager
to engage with the employee, give positive feedback, and learn about inefficiencies in the
system. For example, the accountant did not balance the books on time because the management
took long to approve some accounts.

Having current job descriptions is
important for effective performance appraisals because it provides a basis for objective
decision making. The employee is assessed according to facts. For example, if the job
description states that the business development officer should make cold calls and follow-ups,
and they fail to do so, they should be judged based on this data.

Some
managers conduct performance appraisals based on opinions and emotions. Such appraisals often
result in unfair judgments because the manager can be biased towards certain
personalities.

The company should encourage managers to use job descriptions
for performance appraisals because it is the best way to assess an employees level of
competence.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, according to Atticus, it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. Scout asks Miss Maudie why. What does Miss Maudie tell Scout?

In , the
children take their air rifles outside to shoot andencourages them to aim at tin cans or blue
jays. Atticus then tellsandthat it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. When Scout asks Miss Maudie
why Atticus said it was a sin to kill a mockingbird, Maudie tells her,

Mockingbirds dont do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They
dont eat up peoples gardens, dont nest in corncribs, they dont do one thing but sing their
hearts out for us. Thats why its a sin to kill a mockingbird (Lee, 93).

Essentially, mockingbirds are peaceful, defenseless birds that do
not harm anyone and only spread joy, which is why people should protect them and refrain from
harming them. In the novel, mockingbirds symbolically represent vulnerable, innocent individuals
like Tom Robinson and Arthur "Boo" Radley, who become the unfortunate victims of the
town's prejudice. Later on, Scout metaphorically applies Atticus's comments regarding
mockingbirds to 's situation after Bob Ewell's vicious attack. She likens Boo Radley to an
innocent, defenseless mockingbird and demonstrates her maturity and integrity by agreeing with
Sheriff Tate's decision to not tell the town about Boo's heroics in order to protect
him.

What is the format for a paragraph in a piece of discursive writing?

In a discursive
essay the paragraphs are written using formal, objective, unbiased language. The intent of
discursive writing is to provide the reader with a balanced examination of a subject or topic.
Often, this type of writing is used by students taking examinations.

The
intent of the first or introductory paragraph is to focus the readers attention through the use
of a question, a quotation, or an attention-grabbing statement.

After the
introduction, paragraphs contain points or counter-points that provide information about the
topic. Discursive writing provides information or teaches about both sides of a topic as opposed
to presenting an argument aimed at persuading the reader that the writer is correct.

Each paragraph begins with a strong sentence providing a sub-topic of the main idea.
Successive sentences support the supposition with the readers knowledge, which may be validated
with research and facts. The paragraph concludes with a sentence that links it to the next
paragraph.

The final paragraph may contain the authors opinion based on the
previously presented information but, it is not written as a strong argument. Often, the authors
opinion is omitted leaving the reader to form their own. The final paragraph generally brings
the reader back to the thoughts presented in the introduction.

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In "The Raven," how does the speaker's state of mind change as the poem progresses and what is its cause?

In the
poem, the speaker moves from melancholy to outright despair. His initial sorrow looks to have
been caused by 's death; however, by the end of the poem, his unhappiness is caused by the
realization that his grief is eternal.

In the poem, the Raven's words
"Nevermore" is significant. Poe uses this repeated word to stress the irrevocable
power of death and its ability to overwhelm one's existence. Interestingly, Poe believed that
enduring melancholy was the highest form of human adulation and that sorrow for the death of a
beautiful woman was closely tied to beauty of expression.

In the early
stanzas, the speaker is dejected and weary. When he hears knocking, he tells himself not to hope
that it's anything more than a stranger seeking entrance to his chamber. The phrases
"nothing more" and "nevermore" stress the permanent nature of the speaker's
sorrow: his Lenore will never grace his presence again, and thus, his soul will never be lifted
from the depths of melancholy.

He prays desperately that nepenthe (a powerful
ancient anti-depressant) will help him forget Lenore, but the raven ominously pronounces that
forgetfulness will elude him: he will "nevermore" forget Lenore. He then pleads for
"balm in Gilead," but the unrepentant raven assures him that he will never know relief
from his melancholy. The speaker then tries a different tactic; he questions whether he will
ever hold the "sainted" Lenore in the presence of the angels. The raven pronounces
that he will "nevermore" know that joy. The despondent tone casts a mood of dark
resignation over the entire poem.

So, in the beginning of the poem, the
speaker is depressed. However, he still entertains a shred of hope in the deepest recesses of
his psyche. He imagines that there might be a hereafter, where he may be reunited with his love.
He even entertains the idea that God will relieve him of his unending, torturous grief. By the
end of the poem, however, the speaker becomes resigned to his inescapable fate. He realizes with
a pang that he will never be free from melancholy and that he is doomed to eternal
sorrow.

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In "The Tyger," what does the image of the tiger burning in the first line suggest?

Besides
the color of the tiger, the use of
burning to describe the animal may have another .

When the
speaker asks What immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry,

the speaker indicates that the sight of the tiger, created by an immortal being,
inspires
terror.

Throughout the poem,
fire-relatedaccompanies the description of the
tiger. The speaker wonders
where the tigers soul comes from in the following lines:

In what distant deeps or skies

Burnt the
fire of
thine eyes?

These lines could
be interpreted as
suggesting that the speaker thinks the tiger might have
come from hell. While the
"skies" refer to heaven, and the word "deeps" is
usually interpreted as
referring to the formless "deep" mentioned in the Book
of Genesisone of the primeval
elements from which God created
the...