September 2009

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

What happens in chapters 22 and 23?

In chapter
22 of by, Daniel goes to a Day of Atonement celebration to watch Thacia
dance. Although she has invited him, he feels out of place among the wealthier young people in
the group, so he leaves. Thacia runs after him, and as they converse, Daniel reveals his
feelings for Thacia but also tells her that they have no future together, as he is bound by his
oath to fight against Rome. Back at home, he tells Leah about the dancing, and Leah seems bright
and interested. However, during the meal, she serves a basket of fruit that Marcus,
the...

I need help with writing a comparison essay about "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan and "Hills Like White Elephants" by Hemingway. Can you give me some guidance?

For
a comparison essay on two pieces of literature, you'll want to compare the
literary elements and the literary
techniques. Literary elements are things that all
narratives (literature) have in common. All have things like a point of view (is a character
talking for themselves or is someone else talking for them?), narrator (who is telling the
story), chronology (the time sequence of events), tone (the emotion the narrator feels for the
characters and events) and mood (the emotionalwithin the characters and events themselves).
Literary techniques are things that authors choose to include that
may be the same as or different from what other authors choose. Techniques include things like
symbolism,and ,and .

To start your comparison between "" and
"Two Kinds" you can analyze the element of
point of view. In Hemingway's, someone is telling the story about the two characters.
This is a...

What is John Proctor's role and significance in The Crucible?

John Proctor is a
morally ambiguous character: on one hand, he cheated on his wife and still seems to have some
feelings for his one-time mistress; on the other hand, he feels intense contrition and did
confess his sin to his wife when she approached him with her suspicion.He does not go and tell
the court what Abigail told him in secret, that the girls' activities in the woods were
"only sport" because he doesn't want to hurt her, but this delay ultimately endangers
his own wife, when Abigail accuses her of witchcraft, and, then, himself when he ends up going
to court to defend his wife.

John has committed sins; he is already a
"fraud" in his own eyes, and this leads him to consider confessing to witchcraft
because that will, at least, preserve his life.What's one more sin? he figures.However, he ends
up unable to go through with the lie.Instead, he says, "You have made your magic now, for
now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor.Not enough to weave a...

In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," how does Bierce prepare the reader for the final outcome of the story?

The author
doesn't make clear whether Peyton Farquhar is dreaming that he escaped or if he really escaped,
but there are hints. For example, I started to realize that the whole escape was a dream
sequence when Farquhar was able to avoid being shot by all the soldiers who were aiming at him.
He succeeded in swimming away, without being killed.

When Peyton Farquhar
is running, and running, and running, trying to make it to the safe part of the state, to get
home, he is tireless, he does not stop, after swimming, he is able to run, until finally he sees
his...

What makes Oedipus a tragic hero? What makes his predicament fascinating rather than merely horrifying?

is a
tragic hero because he is a person of noble birth who has a flaw that causes his downfall. His
flaw is his , or pride.

What makes his predicament fascinating as well as
horrifying is that he does not know he has murdered his father and married his mother. In fact,
he fled Corinth because he heard that he was fated to kill his father and marry his mother
and...

Monday, September 28, 2009

What are two examples in the text of Douglass exaggerating or self-glorifying?

I found
Douglass's autobiography to be a
brilliant, moving, and impassioned piece of abolitionist
literature. I can
not say that I have found his autobiography to contain elements of

exaggeration or self-glorification. Indeed, Douglass mentions times in which he fought
back
against slave owners, and some readers may find this difficult to
accept. However, slave
rebellions, on an individual and collective level,
occurred consistently throughout the
centuries of slavery. In fact, many
slave owners feared the power and number of the human beings
that they held
in bondage and used many torturous means to prevent uprisings and individual

resistance. However, these tactics did not always work, and there were certainly times
when
slave owners were unable to maintain full control. Douglass describes
the slave owners by whom
he was held in bondage in Baltimore as far less
physically torturous than previous slave owners.
It is certainly possible
that Douglass was able to intimidate the Baltimore...

In the poem "The Tyger" written by William Blake in 1794, what does this text suggest to you about the ways in which individuals take responsibility...

The
"fearful symmetry" could apply to the
ferocious physicality (and geometrical
proportions) of the tiger. However, in
this first (and last) stanza, the speaker wonders how an
"immortal hand" (God
or gods) could create something so innocent and gentle (the lamb)
while also
creating something as fierce as a tiger. The lamb, here and more specifically
in
Blake's poem "The Lamb," represents the generous and peaceful nature of
Christ. So,
that "symmetry" is also understood as a balancing of opposites:
lamb/peace and
tiger/violence. But the speaker does not understand how or why
a divine creator would create
this symmetry of opposites. Why create
something so loving but then something so
ferocious?

Given this opposition in symmetry, the question about individual

responsibility would take the form of a similar question that the speaker originally
asks. In a
world where each person has the potential to be peaceful or
harmful, why would one ever choose
the latter? Or, to address the divine more
directly, "if God is benevolent, why is there
suffering in the
world?"

Since your question is more about individual

responsibility, this perspective puts the onus on the individual rather than God
(the
"immortal hand"). In this interpretation, the suggestion seems to be
that individuals
can make tigers or lambs. In other words, each individual
can create peaceful situations and
loving gestures. Or he/she can wreak havoc
(the tiger). This is one of the binary oppositions
people experience in the
world. Each has the choice to create peace or create violence. If one
creates
or initiates harm, the speaker in this poem would then ask the one who has created
that
strife, "Did he smile his work to see?"

This is more
of an
existential take on this poem. Other, more canonical interpretations
tend to focus on Biblical
allusions and that the oppositions of Lamb and
Tiger are the result of The Fall. But this
existential notion is interesting
because it frames the poem in terms of personal responsibility
to one's self
and to others.

How does Elizabeth change throughout The Crucible?

In Act II of , Elizabeth still appears to be angry with John over
his affair with Abigail seven months earlier. John reproaches her with coldness, saying that she
is constantly judging and condemning him, and that her "justice would freeze beer." We
should be careful of agreeing with him too completely. It seems that the Proctors have had a
difficult and uncommunicative relationship since John's affair and the actress playing Elizabeth
will have to decide whether she is a harsh, unforgiving woman (albeit with a legitimate
grievance) or someone who finds it hard to talk to her...

Sunday, September 27, 2009

What is the difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence?

Just to add
a little more detail about compound sentences, there may be two or more
independent clauses:

"I was very thirsty, and I wanted
something refreshing; the lemonade stand a block down the street seemed more and more
enticing."

In this case, there are three independent clauses.
Two of them are separated by the comma and the conjunction and. The third
is set off by the semicolon, which can also be used to separate independent clauses.

Variety is important, and good writers learn to manage their sentence structure using
any combination/number of independent and dependent clauses. Just be sure to use the tools to
separate them correctly, and strive for clarity.

In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, when characters quote from or reference the Bible do they tend to allude to a consistent theme?

weaves
religious allusions throughout the play because religion would have been a
part of theevery day lives. , who tends to challenge societal norms, often uses sarcasm to
challenge her parents beliefs. In act one, scene one, she is slapped for telling her mother that
there is no God.will not let her daughter move until she acknowledges "In my mother's house
there is still God." For Lena Younger, God and religion are an important part of her life.
While shell allow Beneatha to question many things, she will not let her question the existence
of God. Later in the play, Beneatha alludes to the story of Adam and Eve as she scoffs at the
possibility of marrying : George Murchison! I wouldnt marry him if he was Adam and I was Eve!
(133)

When needed, the Younger family comes together as one. As the family
unites to react to Karl Linders offer in act three, Beneatha supports their argument with
a...

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Debate topic: The education system in India should be different for all boards. It's a debating topic and I have to speak for the motion on this...

I agree with
the above post. Having everything the same is not generally a good idea in a diverse country
like India. Equality is not the same as fairness. I do think everyone should have equal access
to a quality education, but definitely not the exact same education.

What are some oxymorons used in Act III of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

Karyth Cara

There are two common kinds of :
the phrase and the sentence. An oxymoron combines words that are
contradictory to each other in order to express an idea, whether humorous
or tragic, that seems too profound, too big, to express in normal language, such as the idea of
hurtful love, deep love that gives emotional or psychological pain. An
oxymoron (pluralized correctly as "oxymora" but popularly as "oxymorons") is
similar to but different from a in that a paradox is longer in
construction (constructed as one or more sentences versus a phrase or one sentence), and a
paradox seems to contradict its own idea while actually supporting a truth: e.g., Overtime pay
may kill your enthusiasm while vacationing may increase your rewards.

Oxymoron phrases are often constructed with an adjective and a noun, such as
princely fool, painful jest, tearful laughter, although not always,
sincesays in III.ii "serpent heart" to mean false heart or
false love. These, like price fool are noun phrases,
with a noun modifying a second noun. Sentences containing an oxymoron have contradictory words
within different parts of the same sentence, for example (this example actually presents two
oxymoroa, one associated with night and one with
fire): e.g., The pitch night became glaring brightness in the shadow of the
dancing fire.

In III.ii, Juliet's full line
about the "serpent heart" presents a sentence oxymoron along with two phrase oxymora:
"O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!" The key contradictory words in the
sentence oxymoron are heart and face, and each is part
of its own noun phrase oxymoron: (1) "serpent heart" (2) "flowering face." A
useful paraphrase of Juliet's sentence oxymoron, which will illuminate her meaning, is: O cruel
heart, hid with a happy face! Her emotion is horror, and the
oxymoron expresses the meaning thatdeceived her but showed his true
self when he slew .

Other oxymoroa in this same
speech by Juliet are a bit more obvious, although the sentence oxymoroa are still rather subtle,
like "Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave." Look for contradictory words like
fiend and angel, dove and
raven:

    Beautiful
tyrant! fiend angelical!
    Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!

Despised substance of divinest show!
    Just opposite to what thou justly
seem'st,
    A damned saint, an honourable villain!

Shakespeare uses the literary technique of oxymoron for a
number of different purposes. In , Act III, it is often to evince (clearly
show) unbearable grief, shock, remorse, horror, in other words, to evince strong negative
emotional responses, although in some places and in some woks Shakespeare may opt to use the
oxymoron for different purposes, such as for humor. In Act III, some of the characters most
notable for the use of the oxymoron are , Juliet and . Romeo and the Nurse also have dialogue
that employs the technique of the oxymoron. Examining some of these will reveal the
emotion evinced and the meaning
revealed by the oxymoron spoken.

III.i

Prince: "Mercy but murders, pardoning those that
kill."

The Prince is lamenting the fate of Romeo after Romeo has
slain Tybalt. The Prince has decreed that any who engage in street "bandying" (verbal
quarreling or physical quarreling, including sword fighting) will be executed, but after
learning fromthat Tybalt slew , while Romeo tried to subdue the quarrel, and that only after
Tybalt returned to the scene of his crime did Romeo slay Tybalt, the Prince shows mercy to Romeo
and exiles, or banishes, him instead of demanding his life: "the prince will doom thee
death...." The Prince speaks a sentence oxymoron to evince an
emotion of deep lament and strong remorse. The
meaning revealed in the contradictory phrases (mercy/pardon,
murder/kill) is that the Prince knows that exile, although an act of mercy, is a cruelty because
the exiled person is all but dead: their loves and lives are left behind and their new place
will be one of estrangement and deprivation. So the mercy of exile will surely be like a living
death to Romeo (living death is also an oxymoron; it seems some ideas are
bound to be expressed in an oxymoron).

III.iii

FRIAR LAURENCE
    Romeo, come forth; come forth, thou fearful
man:
    Affliction is enamour'd of thy parts,
    And thou art wedded to
calamity. [...]
    There on the ground, with his own tears made drunk

In these oxymoron-laced lines, Friar Laurence is
evincing the emotion of dismay; his
meaning is in his intent to show Romeo (who is listening to
Laurence talk with Nurse) a true picture of himself in the hope of bringing him to a state of
sensible thought; he wants Romeo to stop seeing the horrible side of events and instead see the
happy side (in fact, Laurence virtually quotes what Juliet says to herself to change her focus
from Tybalt's death to Romeo's life). Laurence says that "affliction" (pain and
suffering) is in love with Romeo. This oxymoron employs the contradictory ideas of
pain and love to describe Romeo's state. He then says
that Romeo is married to "calamity" (a terrible and damaging
event) to further identify Romeo's condition by employing the ironic and contradictory ideas of
marriage (as he has just married Juliet) and disaster.
Laurence then describes Romeo's physical state by using the contradictory ideas of
tearful sorrow and drunkenness to say that Romeo is
lying on the floor, as he would be if passed out drunk, crying unrelentlingly over his sorrows;
of course tears cannot make drunk, a contradiction that adds significantly to the
oxymoron.

III.iii

Nurse replies to Friar Laurence by exclaiming "O woful
sympathy!" The emotions evinced are strong pity and
mournfulness. The contradictory ideas in the oxymoron are enormous sadness
and deep pitying compassion. These are contradictory ideas because one is
self-oriented (woe), but one is other-oriented (compassion). Nurse's oxymoron
means that, even though she is torn by sorrow for her beloved
Juliet and for "Tybalt, the best friend I had!" (which are feelings in opposition to
feelings of compassion for the killer of Tybalt), she nonetheless has a deep sympathy for Romeo,
the husband of her Juliet.

These are some of the
examples of the literary technique of oxymoron in Act III of Romeo and
Juliet. As you look for more, be sure to keep in mind (1) contradicting words and
ideas, (2) two-word phrases and (3) full sentences, each of which are important elements of the
oxymoron.]]>

What is the nuance emotion most closely related to Claudio and why?

If you sum up all of
the emotions displayed by Claudio in the play, perhaps "passion" would be the nuance
to which you refer. Claudio is extreme in his emotions. He falls in love with Hero very
quickly and just as quickly decides he wants to marry her. He shows extreme gullibility in
believing what is told to him by Don John pretending to think Claudio is Benedick. Claudio has
no proof; he just has the words of Don Pedro's half brother who is known to be, at best,
sullen. Still, Claudio is ready to believe that Don Pedro is...

What would be a good thesis for an essay about who is responsible for Duncan's death in Macbeth? My teacher assigned us an essay about: Who is...

Any
answer to this question would have to begin by looking at , Scenes 5 and 7. In Act I, Scene 5,
Ladyrecieves a letter from her husband describing his meeting with. She resolves then to do what
is necessary to push her husband toward his destiny, no matter what it takes. Fearing that her
husband is too full of the "milk of human kindness," she asks the...

Friday, September 25, 2009

In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, what rules does the community have?

Mikayla Bruen, M.B.A.

byis about a dystopian future society that is governed by an
extensive and strict set of rules. For instance, it was against the rules for Pilots to fly
over the community. There are also rules against nudity: And the nakedness, too. It was
against the rules for children or adults to look at anothers nakedness; but the rule did not
apply to newchildren or the Old. There are even rules governing rudeness.

The rules dictate how one person interacts with others, both in public and within the
family unit, and even how families are formed. For instance, within this society, couples no
longer marry and bear children together. Children are essentially bred by a group of underclass
women whose job is solely to reproduce. Theof the book, , thinks about the rules and the
punishment of release. Lowry writes,

One night at the
dinner table, Jonas sister Lily recounts her dream, in which she had, against the rules, been
riding her mothers...

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What does Harrison's rebellion reveal about his character and his values?

The reader
knows he is exceptionally strong, intelligent, and good-looking based on his handicaps, at only
fourteen years old.

In his television takeover, Harrison is almost a
caricature. He removes all of the fortified handicaps as easily as one changes clothes. He also
boldly declares himself the emperor and implores the first woman who dares to rise to her feet
[to] claim her mate and her throne. This quote is honestly ridiculous, even within the context
of the story. Based on Harrisons age, one might suggest that he is performing for the cameras in
an over-the-top, nearly comical manner. The studio workers and performers fear, however,
suggests they believe Harrison is a threatening presence.

As far as his
values, one could argue that Harrison is certainly willing to risk his life to stand up for what
he believes is right. He is actively protesting the handicapping system in the most public way
he can. This bold choice reflects his emotional strength as well. Living in a totalitarian
state, Harrison had to have known that his actions would have dire consequences. For Harrison,
the reward of exposing the government is worth his life.

Monday, September 21, 2009

What aspect of the novel The Lovely Bones do you connect with the most? What aspect of the novel The Lovely Bones do you connect with the most?

As this is a
personal opinion question, I would say that the aspect of the novel that I relate to the most is
the pain, angst, and frustration of Susie. Here is someone young and innocent; she has never
hurt anyone and is too young to even hold grudges. Still, crime and evil came for her and
destroyed her life. Now she lingers in thestill wondering why.

As someone
who has also been a victim of crime and the cruelty of others, I can attest to the fact that, to
a non-victim, it would be terrifyingly haunting to experience the things that we go through on
a daily basis. Once crime touches you, you are never the same again. You develop anger,
frustration, pain, guilt, and all the sentiments that Susie Salmon describes in the novel.
Sebold did a fantastic job at transferring the emotional mess that results from being a crime
victim.

Finally, the fact that Susie longs and wishes for a life, knowing
that a criminal chose for her not to have one, is perhaps the part of the novel that most
strongly gnaws at the soul of the reader. To have someone violate your human rights is bad
enough; to have them end your life is deplorable. This is why the law prescribes the ultimate
punishment for it.

Therefore, the aspect of "living in death" is
haunting, terrifying, and, at the same time, painful. This aspect elicits empathy and compassion
from the reader and an understanding that any of us could be Susie Salmon: anyone can be a
victim of someone else's inner turmoil.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Who is the hero of the story Rappaccini's Daughter?

There
is not a definitively correct answer to this question.The answer is subjective and best left to
an individual reader to choose the heroic character and support it.In my personal opinion, this
particular story does not have a hero.My view of a hero could be narrow, but no character
emerges as having purged an evil from the world.

If you have
to pick a hero, then picking Beatrice might be an okay option.She is the one
character that is least self seeking.A typical heroic trait is that they give of themselves
selflessly.Beatrice doesn't ask for anything other than for Giovanni to judge her based on her
words and not solely on what he sees.She is content with who she is and what she can do.She
doesn't have any hidden agenda.She is the most "pure" character of the group, and that
could be a basis to call her heroic.

Another hero option is Giovanni.I don't
particularly like him as a hero, but he does try to cure Beatrice.He sees what her father has
done to her, and he tries to fix that.It is a seemingly noble action, but he is trying to fix
Beatrice for his own personal romantic inclinations.Giovanni has good intentions, and you could
support a damsel in distress motif with his actions; however, I personally think that is too
much of a stretch.

What is ironic about the face that Julia saw Winston's rebellion from his physical expression? This is a question for chapter two of book two in 1984.

The majoris
thatthought that he could hide his journal, writing, thoughts, hatred of Big Brother, whatever,
by hiding his activities and putting on the proper face at the "Two Minutes Hate." he
irony is that, no matter how you hide your actions, you can't hide from the thougt police
because they can read your rebellion in your face. Probably the best example of this is Mr.
Charrington. ...

Friday, September 18, 2009

Why did Truman Capote title his book "In Cold Blood"? Was it because of the characters' upbringing, which in their minds may have justified their...

Capote's
journalistic novel chronicles the robbery attempt by Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward
Smith, a plan that Hickock devised while incarcerated. While in a Kansas prison Hickock had
heard from another inmate that Herb Clutter for whom he had worked at one time, kept large
amounts of cash in his home safe. With Smith, Hickock planned to rob the Clutters of their
money.

On November 14,1959, after driving across Kansas, Hickock and Smith
attempted to rob Clutter, but upon learning that he paid all his bills by check and had
virtually no money in the house, Smith coldly slit his throat and then shot him in his head.
When interviewed, Perry Smith said,

I didn't want to harm
the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman. Soft spoken. I thought so right up to the
moment I cut his throat.

After Smith shot Clutter, he put
a single shotgun blast into the heads of the remaining family members. This was the first mass
murder of such brutality committed in the United States. Smith's senseless and brutal,
cold-blooded killing of the Clutter family and Smith's obvious detachment of feeling and
psychoses, Capote was prompted to use the phrase "cold blood" in his title.

During Perry's incarceration after his trial, Capote visited him constantly, having
bribed the officials into giving him carte blanche to
come and go as he wished. Smith, a child of institutions had many stages of his development
arrested in the infantile stage: he wet the bed, sucked his thumb, and cried out for
"Daddy" in his sleep. He prefered root beer to beer or coffee. Being of mixed
heritage, Indian and Irish, Perry had many psychological problems that Capote found fascinating,
and, perhaps, felt were the cause of Smith's detached, cold killing of his
victims.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Importance Of Business

Businesses
range from one-person enterprises to huge global corporations and from those existing in the
informal barter economy to vast state-owned enterprises. They can be for-profit, with an avowed
purpose of making money for shareholders, or not-for-profit, with the purpose of trying to
improve the world. A teenager earning some spare cash by babysitting or shoveling driveways is
as much a business as a huge oil corporation or a chain of big box retail stores.

The reason businesses are important is that they are a vehicle for the exchange of
goods and services. Especially in complex modern societies, we cannot rely on ourselves and our
families to survive. Farmers raise food, but buy farm equipment, clothing, cell phones, and
other consumer goods. People who work in factories need to buy food and rent or buy houses. We
depend on universities and schools for education and doctors for medical care. Even direct
barter would not fully enable us to exchange all the things we need for modern life.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

How does he meet Victor Frankenstein?

Since the question
doesn't specify which "he," I will focus on Captain , who meets Victoron an expedition
to the North Pole. He is there in the hopes of finding "a passage . . . to those countries,
to reach which at present so many months are requisite" as well as to learn the
"secret of the magnet": in other words, a scientific expedition of discovery.
(Althoughspoiler alertthe Northwest Passage does not exist. There is no easy or quick route
above North America that links the Atlantic to the Pacific, only difficult and hard-to-navigate
passages through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.) One morning, Walton goes up on deck and sees
his men talking to someone who is, apparently, on the ice beside the ship. He sees that a
fragment of ice has drifted toward the ship during the night, and it carries one sled containing
a very sickly man and his one surviving sled dog. This stranger's body is "dreadfully
emaciated by fatigue and suffering"; in fact, Captain Walton says that he has never seen
"a man in so wretched a condition." This man is . Victor starts to narrate his story
at the beginning of Chapter 1, where he states, initially, "I am by birth a Genevese . . .
."

What are some similes in To Kill A Mockingbird?

Ais
a form of figurative language used by an
author to create a more vivid impressionwhich might be
visual, or aural, or
sensoryof the scene being presented in the text. It is different to ain
that
the thing being described is not presented as another thing, but
is
simply compared to another thing, usually using the words "as" or "like."
An
example would be saying that somebody's face shone like the sun, which
would convey a sort of
inner light or happiness emanating from someone. In 's
To Kill A Mockingbird,
this type of figurative language
is used from time to time, because it fits well with
the relatively
colloquial style of the narration. It is fairly usual for similes to be used
in
regular speak, as whenreports how Stephanie Crawford had thought 's head
"like a skull
looking at her."

An example of a simile
which engages more senses than
just one can be found in the description of
Miss Caroline, who "looked and smelled like a
peppermint drop."

What is the conflict in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe?

The
conflict at the heart of s is culture clash. There are different types of
conflict in literature: sometimes it is a conflict between two parties; other times, it is
aagainst nature. In this story, however, the conflict is the future against tradition.

Igbo cultural traditions play a major role in the novelfor example, the parades, the
sacrifice of , and ritual exile of. However, the arrival of Christian missionaries changes the
culture. Achebe clarifies that it is not the religion that is the enemy, as the first leader of
the missionaries is well received and attempts to interact with the culture instead of
destroying it. However, after a new missionary comes, the society unravels. The Igbo people are
encouraged to give up traditions and customs. This threatens their cultural identity and incites
a violent response. The climactic revolt and attack on the mission house shows the tradition and
modernity conflict come to a...

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

What is the background of the story Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe?

It is thought that the
story in is based on the life of Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721), a Scottish
sailor and buccaneer known for being quarrelsome as a youth, as he beat up his father and
brothers and left two women claiming to be his wife. Selkirk spent four years alone on an island
in the South Pacific before he was rescued. In 1704, he was on a buccaneering expedition and
asked to be let off the ship on an island that was part of the San Juan Archipelago, 400 miles
from Valparaiso, Chile. He predicted that the ship he was traveling on would founder, which it
indeed later did off the coast of Colombia. While on the island, which was not inhabited, he
constructed huts out of pepper trees and hunted wild goats and drank their milk.

In 1709, after four years and four months of solitary living, he was rescued by William
Dampier, the same privateer whose boat Selkirk was on when he was marooned on the island. The
Captain of the Duke (the ship that rescued Selkirk), Woodes Rogers, found
Selkirk's ability to live independently amazing, and Rogers later wrote about Selkirk in his
book on his own adventures called Cruising Voyage Round the World,
published in 1712. Later, Richard Steele also wrote about Selkirk in The Englishman in 1713.
Selkirk went on to a life of continued fighting, and he later joined the Royal Navy and died of
yellow fever while on a journey with the navy.

Evaluate the title of the novella. Why did Camus choose The Stranger?

In
French, the language in whichwrote,
©trangermeans both stranger and
foreigner. Both meanings
fit well with themes of distance and separation that dominate the
book. The
concept especially applies to the central issue: the alienation that
Meursault
experiences...

Explain how freedom is an essential characteristic of ethics.

The idea
of freedom is fundamental to the idea of ethics, but it is also controversial. Ethically,
individuals have to be conscious and free to make their own decisions. If they are not free in
their decision-making, then the ethical value of their decision is tainted. Imagine the infamous
trolley problem, where you have control over a switch that changes the tracks a trolley is
traveling upon. On one track lies an incapacitated man; on another track, which the trolley is
currently on, lie five individuals. You have the choice to switch between the tracks, choosing
to kill one person with action or five people with inaction.

At the root of
this question is an issue: there is little freedom. The freedom to choose what to do is
compromised because you will have to kill one set of individuals, regardless of your choice. Can
it be considered unethical in that situation to willingly kill one person if your only other
choice was to kill five? In terms of absolute truth, you have still caused...

Monday, September 14, 2009

How is the story " The Devil and Tom Walker" an example of Romanticism? Need 3 reasons why its an example of romanticism.

Romanticism
was a movement in the arts that began as a revolt against the scientific rationalism after the
Industrial Revolution. Possessed of a distrust of industry and the city life,
Romanticism encouraged the use of intuition, imagination, and emotion as superior to reason;
Romanticists felt that contemplation of the natural world is a means of discovering the truth
that lies behind mere reality. In addition, the Romantics fostered an interest in the more
"natural past" and in the supernatural.

In the story of the
Romantic, , "," there is clearly evidence of elements of Romanticism. One prominent
element is

THE SUPERNATURAL

The main plotline
revolves around the bargains ofwith 's wife and Tom himself. In fact, this story has been
referred to as the "comic New England Faust."

NATURE,
AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY AND INDUSTRY, AS A SOURCE OF TRUTH

The
moral lesson of the story that greed is evil evolves from the narrative of Tom Walker in a rural
area. For example, even though he becomes rich, Tom is so stingy that he still does not
properly feed his horses.
The beautiful natural landscape of New
England with its bluffs is the setting for the preternatural experiences of Irving's
narrative.

EMOTION AS SUPERIOR TO REASON

Tom Walker loses his life because he tries to outwit the devil. Had he had
love (true emotion) for his wife and his fellow-men, he might not have met the end that he has
from his greed and hypocrisy.

In Arabyby James Joyce, define the narrator's feeling for Mangan's sister. To what extent is she the cause of those feelings? What, as they say, does...

Angie Waters

byis one of the short stories from theseries in which Joyce
explores various life stages or potentially transformative events which stand to change the
lives or circumstances of the characters.

The boy in
Araby is infatuated by Mangan's sister and is apparently coming to an age
where awareness of, in this case, girls, is still bewildering. Even the boy does not really
understand his feelings, his "confused adoration." He has barely ever said a word to
her and yet he idolizes her. Thoughts of her invade all his activities and he takes every
opportunity to watch or think...

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In Animal Farm, what aspects of the "memorial banquet" for Boxer are ironic?

There are
many ironies in and the removal ofis a significant one.had warned Boxer
early in the novel that his hard work would count for nothing. Ironically, it is the pigs who
now dispose of him:

You, Boxer, the very day that those
great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will cut your
throat and boil you down for the foxhounds

Benjamin, the
cynic who chooses to watch as the pigs take over and is more like an observer than a
participant, is unable to help his friend Boxer when he realizes what will happen to him. His
call to the animals is too late and Boxer is unable to free himself. The animals allowto
convince them, a few days later, that

Boxer died in the
hospital after receiving the best care

and it was all a
misunderstanding. Squealer explains away the fact that the cart displays a disturbing
sign

Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler,
Willingdon, Dealer in Hides and Bone-Meal. Kennels Supplied

by making up a story about the 'new' owner - the vet. The animals fears are allayed and
the pigs take pains to show their appreciation of Boxer by claiming that they will lay a wreath
on his grave. There is NO grave! A memorial service, for their fallen "comrade" will
be held in Boxer's honor. Seemingly insignificant occurences containing much , revealing the
pigs ultimate deceit and betrayal.

wastes no time and, as an opportunist,
uses it to reinforce the principles the animals should live by. All the animals respected Boxer
so reminding them of Boxer's mantra to "work harder" and "Comrade Napoleon is
always right" is the perfect platform to promote his form of 'animalism.'

The pigs will have been paid for Boxer's remains and the crate of whisky that arrives
is doubtless purchased with the funds - the ultimate betrayal which adds to the irony
surrounding Boxer's death and the significance of the memorial service.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Write a 100-150 word essay about one Classical artist or musician and one Romantic artist or musician. Include the following criteria in your essay:...

I don't
think that you are going to get the essay written from this site. However, there are some basic
points in which you can find a starting point in how to construct an essay on both composers and
be able to find some convergent aspects in the analysis of both.

For the
most part, the full name, birthplace, and educational training can be obtained though basic
research. Along with, date and place of death, these are factual elements that will require
some level of research. The Internet can be a great source of information for this
material.

I think that in examining some of the other items, research will
still be needed, but also simply listening some of the respective composer's music will help
generate sufficient responses. Obtaining that feel for each will be critical in writing about
them. For example, Carpentier was strongly associated with Baroque music. His music featured a
very ornate and decorated style to it. The artistic movement was his primary inspiration. This
can be seen in the tendencies of his music. There is extensive ornamentation in Carpentier's
music. For example, in Te Deum, the presence of a polyphonic melody as a
style characteristic is dominant. At the same time, the use of five soloists confirms the
work's complex nature. This tendency can also be seen in how he composed work that was
difficult to categorize because of its ornate and intricate nature. Such musical style is
reflective of his contribution to the time period: " [Carpentier was responsible for
the] evolution of musical language, where the modality of the ancients and the emerging tonal
harmony coexisted and mutually enriched one another. Carpentier's collection of work is so
detailed and intense that it is difficult to pull out any definitive works. He is more known
for the style within his body of work. Yet, his Sacred music is distinct, as it seeks to
originally and uniquely combine French and Italian traditions. This context becomes critical in
understanding Carpentier's function in the history of Baroque music. At the same time, his
Operas function in the same manner, bridging both modes of expression into an elaborate new
form. An example of this is Carpentier's Les plaisirs de Versailles. It
can be seen as definitive in how it was written for Louis XIV in Carpentier's employment as
composer for Louis, le Grand Dauphin.

Schumann is a bit different in his
focus as a Romantic composer. He appears in the context of musical history after Carpentier and
is different in his approach to music. Whereas Carpentier was rather direct in his ascension
towards musical stature, Schumann reflected a divergence intrinsic to Romanticism and rejecting
external categorization. Schumann was driven by a philosophical need to represent literature
and music through his art: "My whole life has been a struggle between Poetry and Prose, or
call it Music and Law." It was something that drove at him intellectually and
aesthetically, and is a dominant idea in his art. Such philosophical agony is not as present in
the Carpentier's constructions. Schumann's influences were not solely musical. The works of
Goethe, Byron, and the Greek tragedians played vital roles in the development of his work. This
can be seen in Papillions, in which literature played a vital role in his
musical construction: "...read the last scene in Jean
Paul's Flegeljahre as soon as possible, because
the Papillons are intended as a musical representation of that
masquerade." Schumann ensured that we can see this in the music, as piano chords obtain a
level of activity that parallels the flight of the butterflies. Schumann's Romantic traits can
also be seen in Carnaval. Schubert felt that "deciphering my masked
ball will be a real game for you," something reflected in how each movement has its own
story to it where the music seeks to illuminate that which is shrouded in darkness. Reflective
of Schumann's Romantic
tendencies, Carnaval features "chordal
passages" within "its use of rhythmic displacement." The desire to break
previous conventions is a significant part of Schumann's style of music. Schumann himself
acknowledged this in the musical crytopgram that opens each section of the music
in Carnaval. Schumann's style was reflective of a desire to reconfigure
music into something never seen before. Envisioning his role as artist and visionary becomes
one of Schumann's major contributions to music. Brahms was one of his most important students
or proteges, and Schumann established himself as a transformative Romantic figure in how he
established new contours in both music and composing it.

In writing this
essay, it might be good to keep the primary focus on the music that the respective composers
established as their name. The informational items can be easily obtained, but the real focus
of this paper is going to be the work of the composers. Listening to the music of each itself
will help establish in your own mind how their theoretical perspectives to music should come
across in the report about them.

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How did the government in Fahrenheit 451 gain control over the people?

Near
the end of Part 1, Beatty explains to Montag how the government gained control over the society,
including why reading literature is banned. He explains that the people gave up their rights in
the name of equality. But, according to Beatty, the move away from books came with the advent of
mass mediamovies, condensed versions of novels, etc.and the need for citizens to have
information so "you can read all the classics; keep up with your neighbors."

In addition, this movement resulted in the desire to forbid people, regardless of their
ethnicity or minority status, to feel sorry for themselves. Today, this would be called
"political correctness," but according to Beatty, the new laws were instituted because
"we can't have our minorities upset and stirred."

Beatty goes on
to explain how and why minorities have been upset and speaks about Little Black Sambo and Uncle
Tom's Cabin, but he continues to discuss how society, in total, would rather not think about
these things. He says society would rather focus on other ideas, such as mass media and
sports.

The end game, in regards to the new government controls, was to have
firemen be "custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful
dread of being inferiors; official censors, judges, and executors." At the end, Beatty
says that government did not take control of the people, rather the people gave the government
control.

Friday, September 11, 2009

What is the man vs. nature conflict of the short story "The Necklace"?

"" short story by Guy De Maupassant
is also concerned with humanity and spirituality and nature on a deeper level.

The necklace was thought to have value, but turned out to be fake and valueless,
possibly like the ambitions of shallow social climbers who value the materialistic things of
this life over spiritual aesthetic ones.

Man, and humanity,is flawed - as the
necklace turned out to be.

Nature can be stunningly beautiful and awesome
when it is genuine such as the elements of a genuine priceless diamond. When it is copied,or
imitated, it suddenly becomes "paste" - cheap and worthless and tacky, maybe like the
morals of the superficial "nouveau riche."

The Loisels risked
everything of integrity that they had, even though it didn't seem much to them, for
nothing.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

What do most world religions have in common?

Something that
the five major world religions (Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam) have in
common is a sense of community. A sense of community provides group cohesion and identity, as
well as a way for rituals and traditions to be passed down from generation to generation. For
Christians, this community most often centers around a church. For members of the Jewish faith,
the synagogue and yeshiva (Jewish school for the study of the Talmud and Torah) serve as focal
points for the community. The sangha, which refers to a monastic community of monks or nuns and
the lay community that supports them, is the central cohesive force in Buddhism. For Hindus,
communities can form among devotees of a specific guru or deity, or among those who attend a
specific shrine or temple. In Islam, a community can form within a local mosque or among
followers of a particular imam. In addition, all Muslims consider themselves to be part of the
worldwide community of Islam which is referred to as the ummah.

Differences between accrual-basis financial statements and cash-basis financial statements Discuss the differences between accrual-basis financial...

In accounting,
there are two methods of recording the revenue and expenses of a business entity. The
"cash basis method" is a method that records revenue when cash is received and records
expenses when cash is spent. The "accrual basis method" is a method that records
revenue when it's earned (whether or not it's been received) and expenses when they are incurred
(whether or not they've been paid).

For accounting and tax purposes, the
accrual basis method is generally considered to be the most accurate and give the most useful
information. Therefore, accrual basis financial...

Who is Mayella Ewell's lawyer in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Mayella
Ewell and her father, Bob, were the ones who brought the charges against Tom, so Mr. Gilmer, the
prosecutor, was actually their attorney. Mr. Gilmer was the one who was to prove that Tom was
indeed guilty. He had the easy job.

, on the other hand, was the one who had
to prove to everyone that Tom was innocent. Atticus does prove this, but because Tom was a black
man, accused of a crime against a white woman, he was bound to be found guilty. What Atticus
does prove is that Tom is innocent and Bob is the one who was guilty of hurting
Mayella.

Mr. Gilmer does his job. Tom is found guilty. Being the prosecutor,
Mr. Gilmer was working for the state, yet he was also working for Mayella. He had the job of
convincing the jury that Tom was the guilty party, and Mayella was innocent and had nothing to
do with what happened. Living in Maycomb, his job was easy.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

What is metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-boobology ?

is a , and the term "metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-boobology" is 's way of
poking fun of and mocking abstract philosophy. This specific wording is invoked in reference to
Voltaire's introduction of Pangloss, who is himself a mocking caricature of Leibniz. This should
give you some idea as to how Voltaire, at least within the context of
Candide, views abstract philosophical inquiry.

Each of
these terms (save for the last) refers to specific topics of abstract inquiry. Metaphysics is
one of the cornerstones of philosophy, and it tends to point toward abstract questions as to the
fundamental nature of reality and existence. Theology involves questions as to the nature of
God. Cosmology refers...

Monday, September 7, 2009

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, why does the creature kill Henry Clerval?

has
foolishly made a promise to create a companion for the monster. However, he soon gets cold feet
over the idea. He's already starting to realize the full moral implications of creating the
original monster; the last thing he wants to do now is create another one. A further
consideration is that, if the monster has a mate, then together they'll be able to create a new
race on their own without any involvement on Frankenstein's part. Not only does that present a
future for the planet too horrible to contemplate, it also undermines 's original plan to have a
race of creatures who'd worship him like a god, owing their existence to him and him
alone.

So Frankenstein reneges on his promise to the monster. Not
surprisingly,is furious and seeks revenge. The monster still wants a mate, and he knows that
Frankenstein is the only man capable of doing so. It wouldn't, therefore, make much sense to
kill him. So he's not going to attack Victor directly, at least, not yet; he's going to get at
him through the people he cares about. That's why he threatens to turn up on Victor's wedding
night if his demands aren't met. And it also explains why he kills . He's punishing Frankenstein
for going back on his promise to create a companion. In doing so, he's adding to the crushing
burden of guilt which is already weighing heavily on Frankenstein's
shoulders.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

When does Hawthorne show Pearl beginning to show a remarkable degree of intuition?

In
,uses the youngto enhance the characterizations of bothand Reverend . She
is presented as an extraordinary young child, possessing an uncommon physical beauty along with
an untamed nature. She is also intelligent and intuitive.

Her intuition is
manifested in her behavior toward Reverend Dimmesdale, who is, unbeknownst to her and the
community at large, her father. The reader first sees this intuitive behavior in: The
Elf-Child...

What is a suitable literary theory that can be used to analyse "Games at Twilight"?

I think using any
theory based on psychology would be a good response to this question. There are of course many
other possible theories that you could use to analyse this tremendous story, but, from my
reading of it, its central message concerns the epiphany of a young boy who discovers a sense of
his own meaninglessness and as a result grows up.

Let us remember what
happens to Ravi. Hiding himself away in an excellent hiding place, he imagines the glory he will
receive when he wins the game. However, when he rushes out, notice how the children...

What is the third book of the Bible?

The third
book of the Bible is Leviticus. Its Greek (and thus English) name is derived from the Tribe of
Levi, the Hebrew tribe that, unlike the others, did not possess any land of its own and was
instead tasked with the clerical and religious duties of the Hebrew religion. The Book of
Leviticus, unlike the two previous books of the Bible (Genesis and Exodus), is concerned more
with law than narrative.

As the Levites were the priests of ancient Israel,
Leviticus can be seen as representative of their law code (their laws are also found throughout
Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Traditionally, the Jewish people have seen themselves being
obligated to follow 613 commandments; many of these can be found in Leviticus.

In addition to laws on sacrifice, the priesthood, and ritual cleanliness, Leviticus
also contains the Holiness Code, which details practices designed to keep the Israelites
distinct from their neighbors and is distinguished in style by the repeated affirmations of God
as "holy."

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What are the responsibilities of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government?

The
primary purposes of a government are to create laws, enforce laws, apply laws to the citizens,
and protect the citizens. In some forms of government, all of these functions are subsumed under
a single branch of government. Other forms of government have multiple branches of government
that divide up these functions. Many current governments divide these functions into three
branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.

The legislative branch's
role is to create the laws. In some systems the legislature can self-enact laws whereas in
others the executive branch must approve and enact the laws. The legislative branch is often
charged with providing for the sustainability of the political entity through creating laws to
raise revenue and budgeting that revenue.

The executive branch is
responsible for enforcing the laws and for protecting the citizens of the political entity from
external and internal threats. Typically, the executive branch does not create laws, although it
may be able to create regulations for how laws will be enforced as well as set priorities for
the enforcement of the laws. The executive branch also collects and administers the revenue of
the political entity.

The judicial branch is tasked with applying the law to
the citizens of the political entity. The judicial branch may also determines the penalty for
violations of the law if those penalties are not specifically manifest in the laws themselves.
In some systems the judicial branch may interpret the meaning and application of the laws
whereas in others the judicial branch may be limited to applying the law to individual
situations. Finally, the judicial branch may have the power to review, and even overturn, the
laws passed by the legislative branch and the regulations and actions of the executive
branch.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Is it a case of explicit or implicit subjectivity in a poem if "the poet" is mentioned, as in the last stanza of Bill Manhire's poem, "Summer"? Last...

To
start with, let's define our terms.

subjective/-ity: internal; personal; an
individual's thoughts, moods etc
explicit:
clearly and fully stated
implicit: indirect,
not clearly stated

So when you ask if a poetic reference is
subjectively explicit or subjectively implicit, you are really asking whether the
poet clearly states their personal presence in the thoughts, ideas, moods, etc of
the poem (explicit) or whether the poet only suggests their personal presence by
implying an indirect, not clearly stated presence
(implicit).

Perhaps the best way to clarify this is to
compare Manhire's subjectivity to another poet's subjectivity and
see what the difference indicates.

A good poem to compare Manhire's to is
William Wordsworth's "A Few Miles above Tintern Abbey." In the first, second and final
stanzas, Wordsworth writes:

... Once again
Do I
behold these steep and lofty cliffs,
That on a wild secluded scene
impress
Thoughts of more deep seclusion; (1st)

.. Once again I
see
These hedge-rows, hardly hedge-rows, little lines
Of sportive wood run
wild (2nd)

We stood together; and that I, so long
A worshipper of
Nature, hither came ... (final)

Here, Wordsworth
clearly identifies himself as being subjectively present in the
poem with the first-person pronouns "I" and "we"; since he clearly
identifies his subjective presence, this is a case of explicit
subjectivity.

Your quotation is
the ending of Bill Manhire's poem "Summer." This is a metafictional poem that
discusses the creative poetic process while it is being undertaken: "Supposing this page is
a paddock / under snow ...." The last stanza speculates about what metaphoricthe words
being written on the page might represent. In this speculative or imaginative contemplation,
Manhire suggests the word might be a boulder for "the
poet" to sit upon:

[This]
word might be a boulder,
or ...
... a stone,
on which the poet sits,
somewhat alone,

Compare
Manhire's subjective reference to Wordsworth's subjective reference. While
Wordsworth clearly states his subjective presence with
"I", Manhire is less clear: Manhire
implies his presence with "the
poet"; he does not directly state his presence, rather he
indirectly suggests his subjective presence.

Our
conclusion, then is that there is a great difference between how
Wordsworth and Manhire approach revealing subjective presence. Therefore, if Wordsorth's direct
approach is a case of explicit subjectivity (and it is), then Manhire's must be a case
of implicit subjectivity. Is this true? Yes, it is: his
is implicit because he does not clearly state, rather he implies and indirectly
suggests his presence as "the poet."

Look at this from
the other direction for extra clarity: If Manhire had said "on
which I sit, somewhat alone," this would
have been explicit subjectivity like Wordsworth's, but he didn't, he said
"the poet," which is an
implicit expression of subjectivity.

What are the different levels of market segmentation?

In
terminology that I am familiar with, there
are four levels of market segmentation.

At the highest
level is mass marketing. This is where you do things like buying ads on

national TV broadcasts or in major newspapers. It is aimed at the whole
population

Second, there is niche marketing where you try
to reach...

In The Alchemist, when Santiago is robbed in Tangier, he has to take a menial job with the crystal merchant. There, Santiago learns many lessons on...

How do you
explain how a book can be viewed? First, look for central themes or repeated motifs (that is,
ideas that the writer thoroughly investigates). Second, support your explanation using textual
evidence and analysis. This is only possible if you spend time with the book.

Here you must provide evidence and analysis that supports the idea that
is a story of self-education and soul-searching. So, begin by finding
passages that explore those themes. Since this book is concise, examples abound in every
chapter.

In fact, Coelho wastes no time in delving into these themes. On page
1, he begins hinting at Santiagos obsession with self-education:

He [Santiago] swept the floor with his jacket and lay down, using the book he had just
finished reading as a pillow. He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books:
they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows. (p. 1)

When you analyze the text, look not only at what is said, but what is implied. The fact
that Santiago often uses books as pillows implies that he has a book at his side at all
times.

Only a few pages later, on page 9, Coelho explores the theme of
soul-searching:

If I [Santiago] became a monster today,
and decided to kill them [his sheep], one by one, they would become aware only after most of the
flock had been slaughtered, thought the boy. They trust me, and theyve forgotten how to rely on
their own instincts, because I lead them to nourishment. (p. 9)

Obviously, he is reflecting upon his own soul when he considers the idea that he could
become a monster. But analysis requires you to look deeper. What do his conclusions about the
sheep imply about his own inner workings?

Lessons:

Like the explanation, your
conclusions about the lessons must be supported by textual evidence and analysis. However, take
time to note how the themes of self-education and soul-searching tie into the idea that
Santiagos life is filled with lessons. How? If you are intent on learning to understand yourself
and the world better, you are going to tend to look upon all the experiences in your life as
lessons.

As with the themes, the lessons abound, and Coelho begins the
lessons in the first few pages. In fact, he ties those lessons into soul-searching. On pages 8
and 9, can you find evidence for the assertion that Santiago is tempted to stay in one place?
Who is the teacher in this lesson? What does Santiago learn? Notice that the lesson deals with
temptation and, therefore, ties into the theme of soul-searching.

Legend:

To identify the lessons that
are crucial to the pursuit of Santiagos Personal Legend, you have to identify where that quest
begins. Who tells Santiago that he has identified his Personal Legend? What sentence in the text
proves that the boy never recognized his Personal Legend before? To help you find it, locate the
quote below where this same person proves to Santiago that his vision of the boys life can be
trusted:

There, in the sand of the plaza of that small
city, the boy reads the names of his father and his mother and the name of the seminary he had
attended. He read the name of the merchants daughter, which he hadnt even known, and he read
things that he had never told anyone. (p. 23)

Friday, September 4, 2009

How did Hester and Arthur find freedom that they sought?

finds freedom in her
ability to think critically and question authority, at least internally. It is ultimately
her choice to remain in Boston and then, later, to return, wearing the
scarlet letter and offering counsel to those in need of it. She could have remained in Europe
with , but her choosing to come back honors her love for Arthur and her own desire to choose her
path.finally finds freedom when he confesses to being Pearl's father. It is only then that he
escapes the malign machinations of , Hester's husband, as well as the sharp barbs of his own
conscience. His body spent, he dies shortly after his confession, achieving final freedom in
death.

In "Why We Diet" by Abigail Saguy and "My Soul To Keep, My Weight to Lose" by Alice Randall, in what ways do Abigail Saguy and Alice Randall agree and...

In her article
"Why We Diet," Abigail Saguy tells us that a group of women were interviewed and asked
whether they would take a pill to reduce their weight even if such pill also reduces their life
expectancy by 5 years. Over 90 percent of these women responded "yes," which was a
testament to the way society perceives obesity. Essentially, these people were saying that they
would rather be dead than fat.

In the article by Alice Randall, "My Soul
to Keep, My Weight to Lose," she also talks about the shame of being overweight. While she
does not directly ask women how they feel, she talks about the way she feels herself: ashamed,
insecure, unworthy, and ugly. She feels that her weight gain is a remnant of her slavery past.
Imagine how badly she feels to bring up slavery and connect it to weight gain, when, in reality,
weight gain is just an innately human bodily response to an excess of calories.

The fact that both articles say that obesity is seen as a "bad" thing by
society is where both articles agree.

The part in which the articles disagree
is that Randall talks about weight gain with a racialand under the parameters of race. She also
keeps it as a negative thing.

I'd always thought that
weight was a White girl problem, or a "less serious-woman-than me problem."

Saguy, who has written about obesity in other articles, approaches
the topic from a more universal perspective. She says that people should stop seeing obesity or
weight gain as a bad thing. She even asks society to stand up against the issues with obesity,
and she also invites us all to defend those who are overweight and obese.

But if you are trying to change your body to shield against
discrimination and stigma, consider making a different kind of New Years resolution: to stand up
to intolerance and bigotry in all its various forms, whether racism, sexism or
fatphobia.

In conclusion, Randall sees obesity as a
problem that she needs to fix because it may be linked to her racial and social past. She sees
it as a negative aspect of who she is. Saguy, on the other hand, wants to break the stigma with
obesity and wants people to see it from another perspective that is not
negative.

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

What makes Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski different from each other in A Streetcar Named Desire?

There are
a number of major differences between between Blanche and Stanley that generate a good deal of
animosity. Blanche's arrival disrupts the rhythm of Stanley's home life. He's used to being
number one, master in his own house. But now that Blanche has arrived, he's no longer the center
of Stella's attention, and he's insanely jealous of Blanche for taking away that attention from
him.

Blanche is a tad too refined for the hulking, brutish Stanley. Although
she's not quite the paragon of Southern refinement and respectability she'd have us believe, her
superior demeanor and ladylike mannerisms drive Stanley up the wall. Stanley's an uncomplicated
man; he certainly hasn't much in the brains department. But what he lacks in formal education,
he makes up for with street smarts, and this allows him to see right through Blanche's delicate
facade.

The two characters are like chalk and cheese. There was never the
remotest chance that they'd get along. Though a thoroughly disreputable character, Blanche still
clings to her rarefied social background as the one thing in life that gives her pride and a
sense of who she is. She looks down on Stanley, contemptuously describing him with ancommonly
used against Polish-Americans. She's better-educated and more book-smart, in stark contrast to
the unlettered Stanley, and this further adds to her sense of superiority. Stanley hates being
patronized, so he doesn't take Blanche's airs and graces too well. With him, what you see is
what you get, and he doesn't have time for anyone who isn't the same. Blanche isn't like that at
all; to Stanley, she comes across as artificial, affected, and phony. This evaluation of
Blanche's character inspires Stanley to find out the truth about her past and destroy her
credibility in the eyes of Stella.

I need a 5-paragraph essay on the following questions: was Lady Macbeth responsible for King Duncan's death? Who was more evil: Lady Macbeth or...

A
five-paragraph essay has an introductory paragraph that states your thesis (whether or not your
think Lady Macbeth is responsible for Duncan's death), then three body paragraphs, then a
conclusion.

I would argue that Lady Macbeth is not responsible for Duncan's
death. I would use the second paragraph as my "admittedly" paragraph and, in it, list
reasons why people might think she is responsible. For instance, she goes to great lengths to
goad Macbeth into killing Duncan by implying she is more fearless and masculine than he
is.

Then I would offer evidence for why Lady Macbeth is not primarily
responsible for Duncan's death. I would argue that Macbeth himself is. He did not have to allow
his wife to push him into the murder. He could have said no. But he wanted this: he wanted to be
king. He was the one who actually performed the murder, not his wife. She was hardly standing
over him with a dagger to his heart, forcing him to do this.

I would argue,
too, that Macbeth is more evil than his wife. After all, he does the deed of killing his
monarchand then goes on a killing rampage that takes the lives of his close friend Banquo and
Macduff's young children. Lady Macbeth does nothing like this. Furthermore, Lady Macbeth, for
all her brave words, cracks and goes mad, ultimately committing suicide because she can't bear
the guilt she feels at having pushed her husband to murder the king. Macbeth, in contrast, grows
harder and harder as evil takes him over.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

In Animal Farm, what does the struggle for power between Snowball and Napoleon represent historically?

From a historical
perspective, the power struggle betweenandrepresents the relationship between Leon
Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Just as Snowball and Napoleon overthrew Mr Jones,
Trotsky and Stalin both took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917 in which they overthrew Tsar
Nicholas II. In the years following the rebellion, however, the differences between the two men
started to emerge.

Just like Snowball, Trotsky was an idealist who believed
that Communism (represented here by the windmill) could really improve the quality of life for
everyone. Stalin, represented by Napoleon, was less concerned with such ideals and was instead
focused on the selfish pursuit of power. The tension between the two men came to a head in 1928
when Stalin banished Trotsky from the USSR and this event is portrayed byin Chapter Five, when
Napoleon runs Snowball off the farm. In fact, Napoleon's pack of guard dogs represent the KGB,
Stalin's secret police.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

What is the role of destiny in Oedipus Rex?

Destiny
plays a very strong role in . The play's central theme is that people can't
escape their destinies.

tries to evade his tragic destiny, which he learns
is to kill his father and marry his mother. When he discovers this is what he is fated to do, he
leaves his home in Corinth, not knowing that the parents who have raised him are not his real
parents. On the road to Thebes, he unknowingly kills his real father. When he arrives in Thebes,
he unknowingly marries his biological mother, .

Oedipus has the pride () to
believe he has beaten the destiny the gods assigned to him, as does Jocasta, who knows she was
fated to marry her son. When Oedipus learns from the oracle that an unpunished sin is causing
the plague in Thebes, it never occurs to him that he could be the cause.

The
message the play delivers is that humans can't hope to defy what the gods have
decreed.

What where some virtues of personal traits and characteristics of Andrew Jackson that affected what he did as President?

Andrew
Jacksons virtues and personal traits affected some of his actions while he was president. Andrew
Jackson grew up in poverty and had very little schooling. By the time he was fourteen, he had
lost both his parents and both his brothers; he was left to support himself. He read law and
eventually became an attorney. He also served in the military and led the United States in a
great victory over the British in the War of 1812, during which he also led military campaigns
against some Native American tribes.

Andrew Jacksons upbringing led him to be
an advocate for the common man and to develop a strong personality with strong opinions on
issues. Andrew Jackson believed that the common man had been shut out of playing an active role
in the government. When he became president, he worked for changes to give the common person
more of a role in government. Property rights were beginning to be phased out as a requirement
for voting, and he gave many government jobs to those individuals who supported his bid to
become president, including many common people. Additionally, nominating conventions were
replacing party caucuses. He also had a strong dislike of the Native Americans and wanted them
removed to areas that were west of the Mississippi River.

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what are the handicaps the ballerinas on tv must wear

In
Vonnegut's celebrated short story "," the United States Constitution has been amended
to ensure that each citizen is completely equal in every facet of life. In the year 2081, agents
of the United States Handicapper General have successfully developed a uniform society by
requiring any talented, intelligent, or physically attractive individual to wear handicaps. The
function of the handicaps is to limit the abilities of exceptional, talented members of society.
For example, George Bergeron has above normal intelligence and is forced to wear a tiny mental
handicap radio in his ear, which emits a loud noise every twenty seconds that interrupts his
thoughts and prevents him from thinking deeply about any subject.

In the
story, George and Hazel are watching ballerinas on television and cannot help but notice their
oppressive handicaps. The ballerinas are forced to wear sashweights, bags of birdshot, and masks
that cover their faces. Since the ballerinas are physically gifted and athletic, the heavy
sashweights and bags of birdshot limit their physical mobility and prevent them from displaying
their athleticism. Similarly, the ugly masks hide their beautiful features and make them equal
to the unattractive, mundane population. Once Harrison Bergeron takes over the television
studio, he proceeds to strip the cumbersome, ugly handicaps off the ballerinas as they
gracefully float into the air.

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