What are three ways in which Gertrude is portrayed as a strong character in Shakespeare's Hamlet?

There is
some debate among critics as to whetheris played as a "strong" character in
Shakespeare's . The mainin the play is, of course, , and the mainis .
Gertrude's actions before the start of the play are an essential element in the plot, but during
the play itself, she plays a subsidiary role. She does not even have a majorand during the first
few acts of the play mainly appears relatively passive, simply acceding to the schemes of
Claudius.

Critics also debate whether she was a passive accomplice to
Claudius in the murder of her husband, taking a traditionally passive and feminine role, or an
active schemer motivated primarily by lust. The second possible version of her character makes
her more evil but stronger.

Another aspect of her character that could be
considered strong is her growth in self-knowledge over the course of the play. At first, she
minimizes the gravity of her actions but in the final scene grows in self-understanding and
repents, acknowledging the evil of her acts.

Finally, another attribute of
her that might be described as strong is her intelligence. While many otherin the play lack in
awareness of themselves and other characters, she makes several intelligent comments which show
her understanding of the nature of other characters (such as the foolishness of ) and their
actions.

Based on the quote below, what change has the protagonist of "Araby" by James Joyce undergone? "Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a...

The referenced
quote is a signaturemechanism
used to show the revealing loss of innocence hisendures. The young
boy, who
is on the cusp of his adolescent years, begins a quest to prove his love to an
older
girl. The adolescent girl expresses a desire to visit a local bazaar
called . However, due to a
prior commitment, she cannot go. The young man
promises to pick her up a gift from Araby market,
and he begins his quest to
fulfill his promise to the young lady.

The boy has
a
romanticized idea of what love is; moreover, it is his own self-importance that crashes
down
around him. He arrives at the fair as it begins to close, and the bazaar
is not as he had
envisioned it. It is rather gloomy and
uninspiring.

An older girl tending a
stall interrupts
her...

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What does Holden like about his sister Phoebe in The Catcher in the Rye?

enjoys
spending time with his younger sisterthroughout the novel and goes out of his way to talk to her
after flunking out of Pencey Prep. In , Holden elaborates on the positive personality traits of
his younger sister by mentioning that she is extremely intelligent and funny. Interestingly,
Holden says,

I mean if you tell old Phoebe something, she
knows exactly what the hell you're talking about (Salinger, 37).

Phoebe's ability to understand and connect with Holden is what he
cherishes the most. Throughout the novel, Holden's immaturity and cynicism
prevent him from developing authentic relationships with people his own age. Unlike the
"phony" adults, Phoebe is genuine and innocent. 

If there is one
fear that Holden has throughout the novel, it is entering the world of adulthood. Fortunately,
Phoebe embodies everything that Holden values about childhood, and she is one of the fewwho
truly understands him. Unlike Holden's sagacious professors, selfish peers, and superficial
associates, Phoebe is a sensible, naive child who cares about her older brother's
well-being.

Holden not only appreciates the fact that they share similar
tastes in entertainment but also values her listening skills. She is not overly judgmental, and
she even looks up to him. Holden also enjoys her red hair, which reminds him of . Overall,
Phoebe is an intelligent, sympathetic younger sister who truly cares about Holden. Holden values
his younger sister because she is one of the few people he can have a genuine conversation with
and not feel like he is being judged.

Postcolonial Literature Themes

Postcolonial literature
addresses the
problems and promises of decolonization, the process of non-western countries
in
Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the
Caribbean becoming
independent from western control. It is the literature of
people trying to reclaim their freedom
and their new identities after
struggling for independence.

Some of the
themes of
postcolonial literature include re-asserting the identity of the indigenous
culture,
revisiting and revising colonial history, and providing fuller
descriptions of the people
created by colonialism and the way in which their
lives reflect both cultures. Many postcolonial
authors also use hybrid
dialects to reflect the intertwining of western and non-western

languages.

Jean Rhys's 1966 novel Wide Saragasso
Sea is
an example of postcolonial literature. Rhys, who was born
in Dominica, imagines the earlier
marriage of Mr. Rochester of Jane
Eyre. The main character, Antoinette
Cosway, is torn between her
identity as a white creole in Jamaica and her married life in
England. The
author writes about the confusion of having a mixed identity. Antoinette is

declared mad, a comment on the tendency of western cultures to identify what they
don't
understand as mental illness and the tendency of colonialism to
produced fissured and
conflicting identities. Things Fall
Apart by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe
is another example of a
postcolonial work in which the main character, Okonkwo, witnesses the

dissolution of the traditional Igbo culture with the introduction of Christian
missionaries. In
both novels, the protagonists are raised in the non-western
cultures and are exposed to the
confusion of dealing with a western culture
that does not recognize their values or
identities.

Describe how the setting impacts the mood of the text. Use textual evidence and quotes to support your explanation.

Let's
start by getting the overall mood of the poem before taking on how the setting contributes to
that. Mood refers to the feelings that a text gives readers as they read a particular piece of
literature. The mood of this particular piece could be described as morbid, mysterious, ominous,
fearful, and/or melancholy. Over the course of the poem, readers realize that the narrator is
thinking about the death ofwhile at home alone with a creepy raven that he believes is talking
to him. That is an overly simplistic overview of the poem, but it's sufficient to convey the
intended mood.

Poe conveys the mood of the poem in a variety of ways, but the
question specifies setting. The first line gives readers an initial time setting. The narrator
tells us that he is reading at midnight. This detail helps set a scarier mood because people
innately know that creepy and bad things happen at night. Humans have a natural fear of
darkness, and placing the poem at midnight means that there is no chance for a friendly face
dropping by with good news for tea time. The late hour is further highlighted by a knocking at
the door. Readers are meant to immediately question, "Who on Earth would be visiting at
midnight?"

The second stanza continues to give readers reasons to feel
scared. The season is winter, which could be pleasant; however, Poe tells readers that it is
"dreary." Furthermore, the man is wishing it was already morning. This tells readers
that he is not currently in a happy and cheerful mood, so readers assume the opposite. Finally,
the fourth and fifth stanzas enhances the dark creepiness of the setting by having the narrator
open the door. He is greeted with nothing but complete darkness and silence.

That I scarce was sure I heard youhere I opened wide the
door;

Darkness there and nothing more.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering,
fearing,

Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream
before;

But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no
token,

Discuss the character of Ulysses as painted by Tennyson and indicate the contrast between him and Telemachus as pointed out by Tennyson. please give...

The title
character of the poem "" has ruled Ithaca for several years after his return from
several years of adventure. Now, as he is growing old, he is determined not to die at home, of
old age, but as he lived his life, with his old comrades, sailing off in search of further
adventure. Ulysses is not cut out for the administration of a kingdom, which he finds boring. In
the second stanza, he leaves his kingdom to his son Telemachus, who is

Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfill 
This labor, by
slow prudence to make mild 
A rugged people, and through soft degrees 
Subdue
them to the useful and the good.

Telemachus, it seems,
has the patience to do the hard work, often drudgery, of kingship. Ulysses is made for
adventure, Telemachus for administration. As Ulysses says, "He works his work, I
mine." He leaves the kingdom secure in the knowledge that Telemachus will do a good job,
better, perhaps, than he would have done. 

How does what Dr. Lanyon says about Dr. Jekyll increase the mystery? From the chapter: Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon

Utterson
goes to visit his old friend Dr. Lanyon, who is dying. When Utterson comments on Lanyon's
illness and brings up that Dr. Jekyll is ill as well, Lanyon says: I wish to see or hear no
more of Dr. Jekyll," and mentions that he considers Dr. Jekyll as "dead" to him.
Dr. Lanyon then repeats that he doesn't want to hear any more on the "accursed
topic."

This greatly surprises Mr. Utterson because the three men were
the closest of friends when they were younger. He mentions to Lanyon that they are too old to
form such strong friendships anymore. He wonders why Lanyon doesn't want to see Jekyll before he
dies.

After Lanyon dies, he leaves a mysterious letter with Mr. Utterson,
which is only to be opened after Mr. Jekyll dies or disappears. All of this fills Utterson with
intense curiosity about what is going on.

What is the simile that Hawthorne uses to describe the emotions on the face of the stranger as he spots Hester in chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter?

The
importantabout the stranger'sface in chapter three is the following:

A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake
gliding swiftly over them

A simile is a comparison using
the words 'like' or 'as.' In the simile above, Chillingworth's face is distorted as if a snake
glides over it.

The simile is important because it connects Chillingworth to
a serpent. He will behave like the serpent in the garden of Eden, cozying up toand pretending to
be his friend but in reality having no good intentions towards him.

Chillingworth is a devious, deceptive figure throughout the novel. Like Satan, he
disguises his true identity and holds hate in his heart. Like Satan, too, he is a very proud
figure. He doesn't want people to know, for example, that he is married to an adulteress, as
this would shame him.

What are some quotes showing Alexandra, Jem, and others accepting of Scout for who she is in To Kill a Mockingbird?

is
portrayed as a rough tomboy, who enjoys playing outside and is always hanging out with her
brother and Dill.and Uncle Jack demonstrate their acceptance of Scout inwhen they purchase her
andair rifles for Christmas. Scout mentions,

We decorated
the tree until bedtime, and that night I dreamed of the two long packages for Jem and me. Next
morning Jem and I dived for them: they were from Atticus, who had written Uncle Jack to get them
for us, and they were what we had asked for. (Lee, 82)

Both Atticus and Jack do not attempt to force Scout into behaving like a quintessential
Southern Belle and accept her as a playful tomboy. By getting Scout an air rifle for Christmas,
Atticus and his brother reveal that they love and accept Scout for who she is.

Towards the beginning of the novel, Jem and Scout get into several altercations and
tend to get on each other's nerves. As the novel progresses, both children mature and Jem
accepts Scout's personality and interests. In , Aunt Alexandra tells Scout that Walter
Cunningham Jr. is trash and Jem can sense that Scout is about to retaliate. Scout then
mentions,

I dont know what I would have done, but Jem
stopped me. He caught me by the shoulders, put his arm around me, and led me sobbing in fury to
his bedroom. Atticus heard us and poked his head around the door. €˜s all right, sir, Jem said
gruffly, s not anything. Atticus went away.(Lee, 229)

Jem's ability to sympathize with Scout and understand her emotions demonstrates that he
accepts his sister for who she is. Jem recognizes when Scout is about to lose her temper and
intervenes at the perfect time. Jem accepts that Scout is an emotional, passionate girl and
appreciates her character and strong beliefs, which is why he prevents her from getting into
trouble.

Following Bob Ewell's vicious attack,carries Jem home and Aunt
Alexandra comes to Scout's aid when she walks through the door. After Alexandra makes sure Scout
is okay, she proceeds to give Scout her favorite pair of overalls to wear. Scout
mentions,

She [Aunt Alexandra] brought me something to put
on, and had I thought about it then, I would have never let her forget it: in her distraction,
Aunty brought me my overalls. (Lee, 268)

Aunt Alexandra's
gesture reveals that she accepts that Scout is a tomboy. Instead of attempting to conform Scout
into becoming a sensitive female, Alexandra allows Scout to wear her favorite overalls, which
represent Scout's rough, tomboy personality.

What is the symbolism of the stripper in "Battle Royal"? Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

The
"magnificent blonde" with the yellow hair of a kewpie doll" is simultaneously a
symbol of the oppression of the young black men in the groupshe becomes the tool of their sexual
humiliation and possible punishment, if they dare to return her gaze. She is also an object of
the white men's sexual exploitationthe white male spectators place her in the ring to arouse
their own lust and to arouse that of the young black men while also forbidding the young men
from expressing that lust.

In this scene, Ellison luridly illustrates the
sexual hegemony of white menthat is, the way in which they ensured their own sexual dominance
through the violent control of black male sexuality and exerted control over white female
sexuality through the promise of racial privilege. 

The blonde is a
caricature of femininity, with her heavily made-up face, and, as a blonde, an exemplary form of
white womanhood. In the era in which   was published (1952), the most
celebrated Hollywood...

Identify and describe the four types of suicide that Emile Durkheim delineated. Include in your description the particular way in which people who...

‰mile
Durkheim was a French sociologist who was attempting to situate suicide in cultural and social
context rather than understanding it primarily as an individual psychological phenomenon. He
articulates this understanding in his 1897 book Suicide (Le
suicide). He distinguishes four types of suicides, all of which he sees as ultimately
rooted in social forces and especially in deficits in social integration:

• Egoistic suicide: This type of suicide is rooted in a sense of
  separation or alienation from a social group. This motivation explains why single people are
  more likely to commit suicide than married ones and how social isolation can lead to suicide in
  the elderly. 
• Altruistic suicide: Durkheim sees this
  as parallel to military service in which people might sacrifice themselves to help society as a
  whole. This might include the Japanese tradition of Seppuku or the Buddhist practice of
  self-immolation as a form of social protest or someone in an emergency offering a place on a...
  

How is William Blake's poem "The Tyger" a by-product of the Romantic era and still relevant today?

Though
Blake is often considered part of the Romantic movement, his work is unique and does not wholly
fit in with the trends of his time. Much of his poetry predates Wordsworth and Coleridge but
cannot even be classified as belonging to that transitional period in English poetry between the
classical (or neo-classical) and Romantic eras. Still, "," as a representative poem
from his Songs of Experience, does express themes not inconsistent with the
late eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century Zeitgeist.

Blake often deals with dichotomies of human thought and feeling. He also tends at
times to use an inverted vocabulary in which words take on the opposite features of their
conventional meaning. That which is characterized in seemingly negative terms is often a
positive symbol for Blake. In his life as well as his work, he was an iconoclast and a rebel,
and this part of his character marks him as typical of the Romantics. The tiger/tyger of his
poem stands for that defiant,...

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, evaluate dreams and illusions.

The
concept of dreams and illusions is important in 's .

Perhaps the greatest problem in the novel is Gatsby's inability to separate his dream
true love withwith the reality that she is, before everything else, still married to with a
child. The true love he believes they share is an illusion. Daisy indicates
her difficulty with the pressure Gatsby places on her in terms of what he wants from
her.

Oh, you want too much! she cried to Gatsby. I
love you nowisnt that enough? I cant help whats past. She began to sob helplessly. I did love
him oncebut I loved you too. 

Gatsbys eyes opened and closed.

You loved me too? he repeated.

This reflects the appearance vs. reality . Gatsby cannot believe that Daisy loves Tom
too. For he can only see what he wants. This is
illusion. 

Gatsby also...

What are some changes from the Norse version of Thor and Loki to the modern versions in Marvel?

There are
many differences between Thor and Loki as portrayed in the Marvel Universe, and how they are
characterized within Norse mythology. In the Marvel Universe, Thor and Loki are brothers (though
later it is revealed that Odin adopted Loki, who was the son of a frost giant.) In Norse
mythology, Loki is indeed the son of a giant named Farbauti, but Odin does not adopt him nor are
he and Thor ever brothers in any sense of the word. Alternatively, Loki and Odin do become
blood brothers, by nicking their own veins and holding them together as a sign of their
bond.

In Norse mythology, Loki and Thor are often companions. They travel
around as partners in many myths together. Loki might sometimes get on Thors nerves, but they
never directly compete or try to kill each other. Lokis fall from grace in real mythology has
nothing to do with Thor. It involves him murdering Balder, the god of purity and
light.

In the Norse canon, Thor is married to Sif, a goddess known for her
long, golden hair. Thor also rides on a chariot pulled by goats, can only wield his magical
hammer Mjolnir using iron gloves, and wears a belt that doubles his strength. He is also never
cast out of Asgard. He dies during Ragnarok, fighting the Midgar Serpent. Loki also dies during
Ragnarok, after he had turned on the Aesir, while fighting Heimdall. Also, Thor, Loki and the
rest of the gods do agethey are only kept young by eating golden apples that restore their
youth.

There are many other differences from the characters as they are
portrayed in film, and the characters from Norse mythology. These are only a few of them. If
youre interested in learning about Norse mythology, DAulaires Book of Norse Myths is a wonderful
place to start. It has pictures and is meant for children, but is a good jumping off point for
kids and adults alike.

Help w/ Essay on Conflict Between Labor and Management Essay presenting the conflict between labor and management from the perspective of big...

I think that
your essay would be strengthened by a hypothetical case or imaginary (or real) case study. 
Invent a company and an example of each of your points.  This will reinforce your points and
show your instructor that you really do know what you are talking about.

What type of mood does "the moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas" set up in the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes?

Keep in mind
that the literary term mood, is very similar to the term
emotion.  As it is by
definition combined with setting, the mood can also be analyzed as
.

"The Highwayman" establishes within the very
first stanza a distinct, ghost-story-like quality to the atmosphere.  First, it is night time
and we know that it is not only windy, but dark and cloudy.  The moon as a "ghostly
galleon" is acomparing the moon to one of those old large sailing ships from the 16th
century we now see most often represented in paintings.  Such ships were very large, and knowing
that the moon itself does not move, you can imagine the way the wind is blowing the clouds that
the illusion of a sea is created.  I also get the distinct impression that this moon is
full.

All of this intentionally sets up a somber and somewhat eerie mood. 
Keep in mind, however, that as the opening stanza of what is ultimately a poem about love, in
addition to death and revenge, there is also an element of mystery established in these lines. 
The use of the word "ghostly" certainly suggests ghost story, but
a full moon (or at the very least, the bright moonlight on an otherwise ominous night) is also
suggestive of romance.

As the action in poem picks up in future stanzas, you
will notice that this original eerie, romantic, but mysterious mood, created in the very first
stanza, seems to remain mostly constant.

 

What tactics did Progressives use to cause social change? Explain each in detail.

The
Progressives employed two major tactics when it came to effecting substantive social change. The
first thing they sought to do was to shine a light on the social problems of the day. They had
their own newspaper publications, such as McClure's, and investigative
reporters, known as muckrakers, went into disenfranchised communities to research and write
about what they discovered. Photojournalists, like Jacob Riis, took his camera into the
tenements to show the public the human side of poverty. Like the journalists, authors, such as
Upton Sinclair, wrote popular books aimed at exposing the horrid conditions of working-class
Americans and the ineptitude and callousness of the politicians that allowed for such squalid
conditions. With these images and descriptions, it became impossible for the public to ignore
the conditions of the poor in the United States.

The next step was to lobby
politicians for new Progressive laws. Coalitions of activists put pressure on politicians,
usually at...

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Provide a summary of chapter 5.

There is
confusion in the word market following a fight between the Spelling Bee and the Humbug that has
resulted in the latter tripping into a stall, thereby knocking to the ground all the remaining
stalls and spilling the words all over the square. The chaos in the marketplace attracts the
Dictionopolis police force led by Officer Shrift. From the Humbugs incomplete account of events,
Officer Shrift mistakenly concludes that Milo is the cause of the chaos in the word market. He
then goes on to enumerate the crimes committed...

How do Wiesel and the prisoners resist the Kommandos in Night?

It's
important to get the wording right here. In death camps such as Auschwitz, Sonderkommandos were
work units composed of Jewish prisoners who were forced by the Nazis to aid with the disposal of
gas chamber victims. Kapos, on the other hand, were Jewish prisoners in charge of
Sonderkommados. They were also given responsibility by the Germans for...

How can the Silk Road be described as a social system rather than just a trade route?

If this is a
question your teacher has asked you, or that is asked in your book, there are probably specific
facts that you will be expected to know.  I would suggest you look for them in case the ones we
provide aren't the ones in your book.

The general idea here is that the
peoples along the Silk Road interacted with one another in ways that gave them something thin
common.  So a person in what is now Uzbekistan would have the culture of the Silk Road in common
with a person in China (assuming both were in cities on the Silk Road.)

The
most obvious example of this can be seen in the Buddhist religion.  The religion was founded in
India but spread along the road from there to China.

So the idea is that
there are cultural ideas that would have spread along the road and that all the peoples along
the road would have come to have in common.  Look for ideas like that in your book or
notes.

In Kindred, what are some similarites between Dana's realtionship with Rufus and her realtionship with Kevin?

Dana cares about both Kevin and Rufus, even though she grows to fear what
Rufus is becoming.

Kevin is Danas husband, and Rufus is the
boy that keeps dragging her back to the past whenever his life is in danger.  Dana and Kevin
have a closeness that comes from understanding time travel.

We didnt...

What is the purpose of the grandfather's deathbed scene in "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison? What those the narrator's speech is , and the narrator's...

The story
opens with the narrator remembering his grandfathers death.  At the end of the story, he wonders
if the dream is prophetic.

The narrator reflects on how his grandparents were
lied to when they were told they had been freed.  They are not really free because of the way
they are treated by the whites.

"Son, after I'm gone
I want you to keep up the good fight. .....

How are Nadia and Noah related in View From Saturday?

Nadia
Diamondstein and Noah Gershom are not related, although their lives are connected in a couple of
interesting ways.  Nadia's paternal grandfather, Izzy Diamondstein, chose to marry Margaret
Draper late in life at the senior community of Century Village.  Nadia's father, Allen
Diamondstein, was supposed to be the best man for his father...

How and what does Euripides' Medea teach us?

I
believe the play should teach us to recognize the reality that some women can be so filled with
resentment and hatred for a man who has abandoned or otherwise mistreated them that they will
turn their anger on the children he fathered. If the children are boys, the mother can merely
reject them or go so far as to abuse them mentally or physically, or both. Some mothers may
disguise verbal or physical abuse as discipline or instruction. Young children are easy victims
because they trust their mothers and want their mothers' affection. They are likely to believe
that they are responsible for the rejection or abuse they receive; they can develop lifelong
guilt or inferiority complexes as a result. If the children are girls, the mother may condition
them in various subtle or overt ways to feel a hatred of men which could make the girls' lives
as unhappy as their mother's. Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens' novel Great
Expectations is an example of how a mother-figure can teach a girl to share her
hatred and desire for revenge against the male race. Another good example is the mother in D. H.
Lawrence's short story "The Rocking-Horse Winner."

There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had
no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had bonny children, yet she felt
they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them. They looked at her coldly, as if
they were finding fault with her. And hurriedly she felt she must cover up some fault in
herself. Yet what it was that she must cover up she never knew. Nevertheless, when her children
were present, she always felt the centre of her heart go hard. 

A really harrowing story of abuse of a child by a mother is the memoir A
Child Called "It." (See the reference link to the e-Notes summary of this
book below.) Extreme hatred can lead to insanity, and insanity can lead to anything, including
murder. is not just a story about one woman but an extreme example of a
fairly common type of human behavior, much of it hidden behind closed
doors.

How can I tackle the theme of good and evil in "Young Goodman Brown"?

Another
element of the theme of good and evil to consider is found toward the end of the story, at the
end of the witch meeting in the woods.  The Devil is speaking to the congregation gathered there
and is speaking of a variety of evil acts such as wives murdering their husbands, sons killing
their fathers, and young women killing unborn children.  His list of "secret crimes"
is shocking, and it is this kind of knowledge, to "see the inmost secrets of man" that
he promises to those who follow him.  By this point in the story, Goodman Brown has had his
faith in the goodness of others pretty well destroyed, and while he is tempted to join, he
rejects the offer. 

While this act seems as if it would save Brown, it is
revealed in the end that Brown never looked at his neighbors and townspeople the same way after
that night.  Even though he rejected the gift of "sight" he still ends up being able
to see what he now preceives as everyone's inherently evil nature.  He can see no
goodness...

What is the significance of Cunegonde's loss of beauty in Candide?

Cunegonde's
loss of beauty is yet another proof that Pangloss's theory (from Leibniz)that "all is for
the best in the best of all possible worlds"is absurd.

Cunegonde loses
her youthful beauty as a result of the trials and tortures she undergoes in what is supposedly a
wonderful world and the best place ever. She is gang-raped, disembowelled, orphaned, left for
dead, made a prostitute, enslaved, and displaced. These events leave her disfigured and
exhausted; what is done to her is horribleand so exaggeratedly over-the-top that we laugh as
well as cry at her fate, asintended.

It is also hardly what a young man
dreams of whenfinds his beloved in an ugly and embittered state. Candide sticks with Cunegonde
despite her looks and comes to realize that it is better to withdraw from the world
and...

Write the main elements of Mozart's music, the most important genres he developed as a composer, and describe briefly the plot and main characters of...

Mozart's style
helped define the Classical period of music. He adapted Baroque techniques, such as
counterpoint, and integrated them into newly popularized genres of pieces. However, Mozart
carefully balanced these Baroque techniques with maintaining the relative simplicity of the
Classical period, in contrast with the extreme complexity of the late Baroque period.

Mozart left an incredible legacy in music across a wide array of genres, but his
influence is especially clear on operas, piano sonatas, piano concertos, and
symphonies.

One of Mozart's most famous operas is The Marriage of
Figaro. This operas picks up two years after where The Barber of
Seville left off. It centers on Count Almaviva, a bullying elite; Rosina, the
relatively kind countess; and their servants Figaro and Susanna. As Figaro and Susanna are about
to be married, Almaviva uses his power to delay the wedding and seeks to steal Susanna against
her will. Ultimately, Susanna, Figaro, and the countess are able to outwit the count, restore
the count and Rosina's love for each other, and go through with Figaro and Susanna's
wedding.

How does the Prologue in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet relate to the features of traditional prologues?

The
purpose of a
is to introduce to the reader
background
information that is pertinent to
understanding
the story. A lot of times such background information can be

introduced in the actual narrative of the story; however, sometimes doing so can slow
down the
story, or sometimes it's impossible to relay the background
information without making use of a
flashback in time. Therefore, adding a
prologue is a useful way to introduce such information,
as well as introduce
characters and . The Prologue to , like all prologues,

certainly does introduce the pertinent background
information that
would have been especially difficult to relay
in the story in its...

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When did the American Civil War end?

You could
answer this one in a number of ways.

First, and most obvious, I would say
that the American Civil War ended on April 9, 1865 -- almost 4 years to the day from the day
that it started.  This was the date on...

Please give a discussion of symbols in the story.

There
are numerous symbols in s story. If we
look at Gregor Samsas transformation in relationship to
his normal daily
life, then we can see the insect itself as a symbol of dehumanization that he

suffers from his job and his indifferent family. Gregors feelings of self-worth have
declined so
far that he can no longer think of himself as a human
being.

Because Gregor
has made many sacrifices for his
family, he is often seen as a Christ figure. One detail
supporting that
interpretation is his mention of painful sensations:

he felt like he was nailed down and stretched
out.

Other crucifixion-related symbols
can be found in the apples that
his father throws, which echo the crowds
abuse of Christ en route to Golgotha. In contrast,
apples can be a symbol of
knowledge, as in the Biblical Book of Genesis, so Gregor being
bombarded with
apples could symbolize his being forced to accept the knowledge of his
fathers
antipathy toward him.

In "The Pit and the Pendulum" why might the narrator feel that he must find out about his surroundings, and how does he determine its size?

Imagine
yourself in his position. Just imagine how you feel when you are in the total dark in a strange
place.  Don't you just wish that you could turn the lights on just to see where you are and what
is around you? At first, he is, just like we would be, scared.  It is pitch black, he doesn't
know where he is, and because of the "thousand vague rumors of the horrors of Toledo"
that he has heard in the past, he fears coming tortures.  Of those rumors, being buried in a
tomb alive terrifies him, and that thought "suddenly drove the blood in torrents upon my
heart" and he begins to explore, trying to determine if he is, in fact, in a tomb.   But,
he doesn't have the convenience of a light switch to throw on.  So, to gather some information
about where he is, he uses what has been provided to him. He "cautiously steps" about,
with "arms outstretched" to try to feel his way around and get his bearings.  As he
wanders about though, he realizes that he could be walking in circles, and he is not gaining any
useful information about the dimensions of his prison.  So, he

"tore a part of the hem from the robe and placed the fragment at full length, and
at right angles to the wall"

so that if he feels it
again, then he'll know he has come full circle.  As he walks, holding on to the wall, he counts
his steps, and is able to estimate that his prison is "fifty yards in circuit" but
still has no idea of its shape because there were lots of angles.  He decides to walk across the
prison but trips, with the tip of his head landing on the pit; that is how he discovers its
presence.  So, through walking, counting, and using his robe, he is able to explore, and at
least feel a little bit in control of his circumstances.  To know that little bit, even if not
very useful, is very important in such a stressful situation.

In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," when in the story did you realise that Peyton was hallucinating?

This is a rather strange
question to ask somebody else to answer for you, because really it depends so much on what you
think as you read the story. All I can do is provide you with my answer, but you will have to
read the story yourself to come up with your own personal answer to this question.

When I first read the story, I wasn't too sure what was going on, especially towards
the end. I did believe he had escaped, but then the descriptions we were provided with became
increasingly bizarre and somewhat surreal. Consider this description in the last few paragraphs,
once Peyton has supposedly "escaped":

At last he
found a road which led him in what he knew to be the right direction. It was as wide and
straight as a city street, yet it seemed untravelled. No fields bordered it, no dwelling
anywhere. Not so much as the barking of a dog suggested human habitation. The black bodies of
the trees formed a straight wall on both sides, termination on the horizon in a point, like a
diagram in a lesson in perspective. Overhead, as he looked up through this rift in the wood,
shone great golden stars looking unfamiliar and grouped in strange constellations.

Because we see what is happening through the eyes of Farquhar, we
would expect the landscape to be familiar, especially because he is not far from home and he
knows this road. Instead, note how words like "rift," "unfamiliar,"
"strange" and "black bodies" possess a nightmarish, surreal quality. These
kind of details made me suspect that something was going on, though I hadn't actually guessed he
was hallucinating until I reached the final paragraph.

Analyze a central question & if the play offers answers. Explain how the answers, if any, affect the understanding of the work as a whole. Oedipus...

The ancient
Greeks were convinced that the gods knew everything that would happen in the future.  The Fates
carried out the plans of Zeus by drawing lots and tying the resulting allotments into threads of
life for each mortal.  These threads are woven together and knotted at different points in
different ways.  At death, this fabric of life is cut off.  Thus, the fate ofis set despite his
parents' attempt to kill him and despite his leaving his home after the prediction of the oracle
so that he would not kill his...

Is Girl By Jamaica Kincaid a short story or a poem and why?

According to
it is a short story.  I think it tries to avoid classification.  Many critics call
"" prose poetry or a lyrical
vignette.

Prose poem:

Work in prose that has some of the technical or literary qualities of poetry (such as
regular rhythm, definitely patterned structure, or emotional or imaginative heightening) but
that is set on a page as prose.

Lyrical
Vignette:

the expression of the writer's emotions in an
imaginative and beautiful way in a brief evocative...

In Julius Caesar, Antony's servant brings a letter to Brutus. What does he say?

I
suspect you are referring to Act III, scene i, just after the Conspirators have murdered
Caesar.  Antony has made himself scare and sends his servant ahead of him to ask the
Conspirators if he might speak with them.  There is no letter, that I can see, involved.  Also,
when you say "he," I'm assuming that you mean the servant, but will also look at what
Antony says upon his entrance into the scene at line 147.

Here is the upshot
of the servants words:

Thus, Brutus, did my master bid me
kneel,
Thus did Mark Antony bid me fall down,
And, being prostrate, thus he
bade me say. . .
Say I love Brutus and I honor him;
Say I fear'd Caesar,
honor'd him, and loved him.
If Brutus will vouchsafe that Antony
May safely
come to him and be resolved
How Caesar hath deserved to lie in death,
Mark
Antony shall not love Caesar dead
So well as Brutus living, but will follow

The fortunes and affairs of noble Brutus
Thorough the hazards of this untrod
state
With all true faith. So says my master Antony.

So Antony, by way of his servant, says a few things.  First he directs the servant to
prostrate himself before Brutus, something one would usually do before royalty.  In this way, he
flatters Brutus as a "kingly" figure.  The servant then describes how Antony loved
Caesar, but will devote himself to Brutus and his cause if the
Conspirators can satisfy him as to why Caesar "deserved to lie in death."  In effect,
he pledges to be a loyal follower of Brutus as he was a loyal follower of Caesar.  The rest of
the play and history lets us know that this is simply not true.  It must be a ruse, a ploy, and
part of Antony's scheme to overcome the Conspirators and gain power himself.

Upon his entrance after Brutus and Cassius agree to hear Antony, he has a speech in
which he bids goodbye to Caesar and all but dares the Conspirators to kill him also if they
wish, saying:

I do beseech ye, if you bear me hard,

Now, whilst your purpled hands do reek and smoke,
Fulfill your pleasure.
Live a thousand years,
I shall not find myself so apt to die.

When they do not, Antony proceeds to "bloody" his own
hands by shaking the bloody hand of each conspirator, all the while plotting his own ascension
and revolt against Brutus and his co-conspirators.

For more on Antony and
this scene, please follow the links below.

What net force is required to accelerate a car at a rate of 3 m/s^2 if the car has a mass of 2890 kg

Kyleigh Macejkovic

Force is given as a product of mass and acceleration and is given by Newton's second
law of motion as:

F = m x a

where, F is the...

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What is the difference between product oriented and process oriented evaluation?

When
evaluating student work and assessing for
learning teachers tend to choose two trends of
appraisal: product or
process.

Current research is partial to
process-oriented
rather than merely product-oriented evaluations for many reasons.

Process-oriented evaluations
are
based on observing the development of the learning
processes as they occur in the student
throughout the lesson. It is a
step-by-step interaction where there is input and output at all
times between
the teacher and the student. During a process-oriented evaluation the student
is
allowed to make mistakes, as they constitute an important part of the
entire exercise. An
example of a process-oriented evaluation is the teaching
of writing. Time and patience are worth
the investment in this type of
evaluation because the teacher can really see how much the
student is
actually learning.

Product-oriented
evaluation
seeks to assess performance through a finalized product
that
should meet specific requirements. The teacher may or may not choose to engage in
the
process that will bring about the final product, because that is not what
is being considered.
Rather than through interaction, the product-oriented
evaluation is often accompanied by a
rubric that the student evaluates
himself to see if the expectations of the final product are
being met. It is
a summative, and not a formative type of evaluation that could work as a

short-term solution, for specific projects. An example of a product-oriented evaluation
is, for
instance, a writing homework due the next day that must include
certain things to achieve a good
score.

In all,
both evaluations will eventually result in a product, but only
in
process-based the teacher gets to actually work one on one with the

student.

What did the ancient Greeks contribute to Western civilization?

It might
earnestly be easier to ask what of our modern society was not influenced by the ancient Greeks.
The thriving culture of Greece developed over thousands of years, and many historians consider
it to be the pioneer of modern Western culture.

Most importantly, the Greeks
developed many of the governmental procedures and practices that we could scarcely imagine life
without in this day and age. Democracy, jury trial, and equality in the eyes of the law can all
trace their origins back to ancient Greek culture.

Ancient Greece was also a
haven for intellectual thinking. The Greeks developed scientific pursuits such as mathematics,
biology, and medicine. They also focused their intellect on the arts. In fact, much of Greek art
and theater sets the standard for how we judge art today.

Why didn't the Indian want Omri to touch the horse?

In my copy
of the book, the answer to this can be found on page 36.  This is the page that is the next to
last page in Chapter 3 so you can find it in your...

Who is the most tragic character in Of Mice and Men and why?

The most tragic
figure in is Crooks. Crooks is a symbol of the oppression and the
segragation that was present during the 1930s Depression Era. He is in a situation where his
status will never change. He lives in the barn with the horses. The men don't want him in the
bunk with them because he is Black and because they say he stinks. Crooks is disabled physically
because a horse bucked him.

Also, there is no indication that there are other
African-Americans living in his town. He tells the story of the farm his father owned and how he
played with "white children." Nevertheless, Crooks is not married and does not appear
to have children. This is a status he shares with the other men. However, if he is one of the
few Blacks in town and racial intermarriage is illegal at this time, he is faced with no dating
options. Those facts add to his loneliness and anger at no opportunity to socialize or have love
in his life.

Despite the fact that he is educated, he is considered inferior
and unworthy of company. There is no way for Crooks to elevate his status and receive equal
treatment. For example, Crooks has a Civil Code (Law Book) in his room, dictionary and other
books. Nevertheless, his status as under class citizen will never change despite his
intelligence. Hope is an essential part of the American Dream. When there is no hope for
social/economic progress or love a character becomes TRAGIC.

Is Browns experience a dream or is it real (and does it matter)? It is about the story "The Young Goodman Brown" by Hawthorne.

Whether
Brown's dark experience in the forest actually happened or was simply a terrifying dream is
purposely ambiguous as Hawthorne encourages the reader to exercise their own interpretation of
the events at the end of the story. While there are certainly elements of Brown's experience
that could actually take place, which include him seeing certain individuals in the forest,
there are other paranormal events to suggest that Brown's experience was simply a bad dream. For
example, Goody Cloyse magically disappears after the mysterious traveler throws his serpentine
staff to the ground. Regardless of whether or not the Black Mass actually took place in the
wilderness, Goodman Brown becomes jaded and suspicious towards the religious leaders in his
community and his young wife. Brown's experience, whether real or imagined, has the same effect
on his perspective as he becomes enlightened to the inherent wickedness inside...

What are the effects of floods on different people?

Floods have
a great impact on their surrounding ecosystem, including the plants, animals, and people who
live there. Some people reap a benefit from flooding, while for others it can be catastrophic.
For example, Ancient Egyptian peoples relied on flooding of the Nile river to grow their crops.
In contrast, the flooding that resulting from an earthquake off the coast of Japan in 2011
destroyed miles of homes, schools, and public buildings.

In places where the
only major source of natural water is rivers, annual river flooding was often celebrated. The
Nile river floods yearly and deposits lots of nutrient-rich, damp soil as the water retreats.
These flooded areas were cultivated for growing crops like sugarcane, millet, and barley. Mud
from flooded areas could also be carried and deposited in areas where crops were beginning to
dry out. Animals, too, would...

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What is the symbolic meaning of the walking stick or staff in "Young Goodman Brown"?

The old
traveler who comes for Goodman Brown is a figure of ambiguity in 's story "."  For, he
resembles the grandfather of Goodman Brown, as well as a demonic figure.  His walking staff
suggests the staffs of the Egyptian magicians of the Old Testament who mocked Moses as they
appeared to turn their staffs into snakes:

...his staff,
which bore the likeness of a great black snake, so curiously wrought that it might almost be
seen to twist and wriggle itself like a living serpent.  This, of
course, must have been an ocular deception, assisted by the uncertain light.

When Goody Cloyse appears on the path, the traveler stays on the
path, and Brown hides lest she see him.  As she approaches, the traveler touches her with his
staff which "seemed the serpent's tail" and Goody
screams, "The devil!" 

When Goody expresses her haste to attend the
witch-meeting,he traveler performs a similar trick:  He gives Goody his twisted staff and it
changes just as the staffs of the "Egyptian magi" changed.

After
young Goodman Brown reaches the forest and he observes  the pink ribbons wafting to the ground,
he grabs them and cries "My Faith is gone!....Come, devil; for to thee is this world
given." Having lost his faith [double entendre], Goodman invokes the devil and now grasps
his staff, going forth and "seem[ing] to fly" he continues on the forest
path, "...rushing onward with the instinct that guides mortal man to evil," all the
while he "brandishes his staff" with frenzied gestures.

For the
most part, the staff represents not the religious staff of Christ, but the serpent of the
devil.  The traveler, the devil, is described as "he of the serpentine staff," Goody
Cloyse travels with the snakelike staff of the traveler and seems to fly above as a witch
while Goodman Brown holds a staff and seems to fly with it. 

What did the Civil War accomplish?

The American
Civil War, which raged from 1861 to 1865, pitted the United States against several secessionist
states united under the name "Confederate States of America." Despite the significant
bloodshed and loss of life, several things were directly accomplished by the conflict. Two of
the most important were the eradication of slavery and the legal settlement of the future status
of the United States.

President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
of January 1, 1863 freed slaves in southern states through executive fiat. This was legally
possible only under Lincoln's inherent war powers. The advancing Union armies put the
proclamation into effect and this, in turn, inspired the adoption of the 13th Amendment three
years later.

The question of the permanence of the American Union was also
decided. In the post-war case of Texas vs. White , which arose out of
monetary claims linked to the Civil War, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the United
States could not be dissolved...

What is a summary of "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe?

The
story starts out with a boy who preferred the company of animals to the company of his peers.
When he grows up, he finds a woman who feels the same way and they get married. One of the pets
they have is a black cat named Pluto, who adored the narrator, at least until the narrator came
home drunk one night and removed one of the cat's eyes. After that, the cat was terrified of the
man, and eventually that enraged the man so much that he hung the cat from a tree, effectively
killing it. That night, the man awoke to his house being on fire, and he, his wife, and their
servants were barely able to escape with their lives. The only thing left over after the fire
was the wall at the head of the man's bed, which had a silhouette of a cat with a rope around
its neck burned onto it. The man brought a cat that was similar to Pluto into their new home,
though it had one difference: it had a white patch on it. Over time, the white patch grew into a
distinctive shape: the gallows (an omen referencing the fact that the man hung Pluto from a
tree). While walking into the basement with his wife, the new cat nearly trips the man; the man
swung out at the cat with the axe, and when his wife tried to stop him, he killed her with the
axe and hid her in the wall of the basement. The police went down into the basement during their
investigation, and just as they were about to leave, they heard a strange sound coming from the
wall. So they took the wall down and found the wife's body, along with the cat, who the man had
accidentally trapped in the wall, too, leading to the man's arrest. We are hearing this story
from the man as he awaits his hanging for the murder.

What is one of the most vivid images from the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," and how did it make you feel?

The
previous post identified a nice (albeit disturbing) excerpt from Edwards' sermon.  One of the
most striking images I take from it would be Edwards' moral clarity.  It seems so powerful to me
that he can articulate a position where there is little ambiguity or vagueness.  Granted, the
Great Awakening was convinced in its sincerity of wanting to reestablish the place of religion
in the colonies.  However, when Edwards dismisses those who refuse to accept the presence of
divinity, it is striking how convinced he is:

They
deserve to be cast into hell; so that divine justice never stands
in the way, it makes no objection against God's using his power at any moment to destroy
them.Yea, on the contrary, justice calls aloud for an infinite punishment of their
sins.

Following such absolutism, Edwards continues with
"The sword of divine justice is every moment brandished over their heads, and it is nothing
but the hand of arbitrary mercy, and God's mere will, that holds it back."  I suppose I am
struck by the ability of any human being to hold so much conviction and dogmatic belief in the
powers of divinity.  Something that is so complex and intricate as the workings of the divine
also seems to be something that lies outside any absolutes.  Apparently, such intricacies did
not apply to Edwards with such .

At this point, O'Brien arrives and questions Winston, who reveals that he hates Big Brother. What is he expecting to accomplish by sending him to room...

In Room
101, prisoners experience their worst fears, which are uniquely tailored to each
individual.takes Winston to Room 101 immediately after he admits that he hates Big Brother. The
mission of the Party is not to murder its political enemies but to convert them into loyal,
loving followers of Big Brother. Room 101 functions as the final place where prisoners
experience their worst fears and eventually succumb to the Party's wishes. O'Brien is expecting
Winston to finally betrayand accept Big Brother into his heart. Winston has already allowed the
Party to brainwash him and conquer his mind, but he has prevented the Party from entering his
soul and capturing his spirit. In Room 101, Winston comes face-to-face with flesh-eating rats
and ends up betraying Julia. By betraying Julia, Winston succumbs to the Party's wishes and
completely accepts Big Brother into his heart. The Party accomplishes its goal by successfully
convertinginto a loyal supporter of Big Brother.