What are the two things that are being compared (metaphor) in Emerson's, "to draw a new circle"?

Did you mean
Emerson's essay, entitled "Circles"?

In "Circles" Emerson
compares the eye and horizon to circles with all of nature following this pattern:"The eye
is the first circle; the horizon which it forms, the second; and, throughout nature this primary
figure is repeated without end."

Emerson also states that "our
culture is the predominance of an idea which draws after it this train of cities and
institutions.For example, the Puritan culture of Colonial America had its concept, or idea of
God being actively involved in one's life; the Puritans built their colleges for the instruction
of young men in the ministry of this faith.The cities and institutions were citadels of this
faith: "one circle leads to another with the primary figure repeated." The original
ideology is the first circle; the "train of cities and institutions" are cultural
horizons, the second circle.

The emanaitng self becoming a widening circle is
the .Emerson writes that the key to every man is his thought; all his facts are clarified by a
"certain helm" of thought.The central beliefs of a man are the "helm" of his
thought that lead him to the widening circles of thought and culture.

Why did M. Loisel expect his wife to be pleased to receive the invitation from the Minister of Education?

M. Loisel
expected his wife to be pleased at the invitation from the Minster of Education because they
were invited to a grand dress-up event, and M. Loisel knew how much his wife loved luxury and
finery.

To his great surprise, she is not pleased, and he says to her that he
thought she would be happy because:

You never go out, and
this is such a fine opportunity. I had awful trouble to get it. Everyone wants to go; it is very
select, and they are not giving many invitations to clerks. The whole official world will be
there.

Madame Loisel is unhappy, however, because she
feels she has nothing suitable to wear and will, therefore, be looked down upon by the other
women at the ball. She cannot bear the thought of not shining and standing out against other
people. She is also unhappy that she has no jewels to wear. When her husband suggests flowers,
that is not good enough. Madame Loisel is not content to go to the ball and be able to look at
other people and enjoy the event: she wants others to admire her. That is why she makes the
fateful decision to borrow the diamond necklace.

What are the symbols in the novel and what do they mean? for example like when nat symbolizes kit as the small little bird that has gobbled up a...

As the novel
progresses, the ship called the Dolphin becomes an important symbol. At first the Dolphin
symbolizes Kits home in Barbados. Indeed, it is a link to the beautiful island where she lived
with her grandfather. To her the Dolphin means home and happiness and freedom. Later in the
story, the Dolphin comes to represent Nat, the one person who championed her at the inquiry. At
the end she finds herself looking for the ship to come to Wethersfield.

Explain the use of enjambment in Thomas Lux's poem "A Little Tooth." In other words, what is the effect of Lux choosing to break the lines in his poem...

The
enjambment in Thomas Lux's poem, "A Little Tooth," serves several purposes. For
example, in the phrase, "It's all / over," beginning on the last line of the first
stanza and concluding on the first line of the second stanza, the word "over" is
emphasized because of the pause that precedes it, created by the line break. This emphasis helps
to convey the finality of the phrase, and, in the context of the poem, the finality of the end
of the baby's first stage of life. The pause between "It's all" and "over"
might also suggest the speaker's reluctance to let go of their baby's first stage of life. It's
as if the speaker, as the baby's father, wants to hold in his mind for as long as possible the
memories of those precious first years of his baby's life.

In the second
stanza, there is enjambment of the phrase, "she'll fall / in love." The enjambment
here suggests the sense of time seeming to pass so quickly, from the perspective of a parent
watching his child grow up. At one moment the child is still a toddler, learning to walk and
falling over when she loses her balance, and the next moment the child is a teenager, falling
"in love with cretins." When the clause, "she'll fall / in love" is
interrupted after "fall," having followed the clause, "she'll learn some
words," the reader will naturally assume that the "fall" describes the fall of a
toddler learning to walk. However, the word "fall" immediately takes on a completely
different, metaphorical meaning when it is continued on the next line, and followed with the
words, "in love." Thus, in the time it takes to read the full clause, the reader will
have processed both interpretations, mirroring the feeling that the father has, in hindsight,
that his daughter has grown up so quickly.

There is another example of
enjambment in the third stanza, where the phrase, "rue / nothing" begins at the end of
the first line and continues at the beginning of the second. The pause at the end of the first
line, after the word "rue," implies for a moment that the parents regret the time that
has passed. However, when the phrase is continued on the next line, the reader understands that
the parents actually regret "nothing." The initial surprise of the completely
different meaning, in combination with the slight pause created by the line break, helps to make
the idea that the parents have no regrets all the more emphatic.

What are some motifs and examples of symbolism in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

If we were to compare symbols and motifs
between byand Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, there
would be quite a few intriguing overlaps! Both novels share the motif of fantasy: characters in
both Ishiguro and Shelley's stories imagine themselves in alternate realities in order to cope
with their current circumstances. Ishiguro's Ruththe best friend of the novel's ,
Kathyfrequently encourages her friends to embark on make-believe adventures that serve to
distract them from their inescapable futures of becoming donors, the clones that exist merely to
give their originals healthy, functional organs.

The Monster in
Frankenstein understands himself to be grotesque and frightening after
attempts to interact with humans go awry from their reactions to his physical appearance. To
cope with his inability to interact with humans, the Monster hides in a hovel that is attached
to the small home of the De Laceys. From this hovel, the Monster is able to fully observe the
family and their whereabouts. The Monster observes immense love and care within this family and
in turn imagines himself to be loved and cared for. The Monster states,

The gentle manners and beauty of the cottagers greatly endeared them
to me; when they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoiced, I sympathised in their
joys.

Through intense observation, the Monster is able to
envision himself as existing amongst the family.

Another significant motif in
both novels is that of the unreliable narrator. Kathy, Ishiguro's protagonist, tells her story
from thirty years' remove, detailing her childhood as she now sees it as an adult. This time
lapse forces the reader to question how much Kathy truly remembers from her childhood and what
biases she has accumulated over the years that may color her view of the past. Kathy is also the
only character who is able to tell her story firsthand; therefore, we do not fully know the
stories of the surrounding characters.

Similarly, in
Frankenstein, Shelley layers the novel such that we hear the entire story
of Victor and his Monster through a mere observer, Robert Walton, who happens to be working on a
ship alongside Victor. So, while we read the story of Victor and his monster, and we hear from
both Victor and the Monster, the reader must remember that the narrative is
all filtered through Robert's interpretation of the story.

A symbol both
novels share is that of the artificial body. Ishiguro creates a world in which clones are
produced in order to prolong the lives of the original humans. Kathy and Ruth, along with their
friend Tommy, have been artificially produced for the express purpose of benefiting other human
beings. These characters struggle to feel autonomy over their own bodies as they realize they
merely exist for their viable organs. The Monster, too, understands his body to be
"artificial" when he learns his originsthat he was created in a lab by
Victor.

The artificial body in both novels represents a wide array of ideas
and themes. Firstly, both authors use the artificial body to explore questions of control. Who
owns our bodies, and who is allowed to control them? Who are we if our body is not ours? Both
authors also use the artificial body to explore questions of ethicsin Ishiguro's case we wonder,
to what end do we strive for longer lives? At what cost? In Shelley's we may ask, to what end do
we seek to demonstrate our mastery and genius over a certain subject? And what lives will we
sacrifice to explore our craft?

imagine you are given the opportunity to travel back in time, but only to a point in time within the Roman Empire (approximately 500 BCE - 500 AD)....

How you answer this question really depends
on your interests and, to some extent, your personality. The latter point is simpler: do you
wish to live in exciting, tumultuous, dangerous times? These are not in short supply, but if you
are the type of person who thrives on adrenaline, I think I would choose the end of Julius
Caesar's career and his assassination. The aftermath of this was actually not as chaotic as, for
instance, Shakespeare depicts. Brutus and Cassius were not driven out of Rome by an angry mob.
It would still, however, be fascinating (and far from safe) to see for oneself how these events
unfolded. Or you might want to join Pliny the Younger to see the eruption of Vesuvius for
yourself. If you prefer something less sensational, then there are plenty of relatively peaceful
periods under such emperors as Trajan, Hadrian or Marcus Aurelius, or in the middle years of the
Republic, from which to choose.

If you are interested in Christianity. I
would not choose Bethlehem at the birth of Jesus. There is considerable dispute about whether
Jesus was even born in Bethlehem (some scholars argue that he actually came from Nazareth, where
he grew up, others say Jerusalem) and even if he was, there would probably not be much to see. I
imagine it would be far more interesting to go to Galilee when Jesus was preaching there, or
even to be present at the crucifixion. Or you might follow Paul and Barnabas to witness the
development of the early Church or take a seat at the Council of Nicea.

My
personal choice, for what it is worth, would be to go to Rome at the height of the Augustan Age.
Perhaps around 25 BCE. At this point, Virgil was still alive and working on the
Aeneid. Horace had published some of his major works and Augustus, secure
in his power after the Battle of Actium, ruled over a flourishing city, every aspect of which
would be of interest to historians and anthropologists, to say nothing of the discoveries to be
made in architecture, art, literature, music and thousands of aspects of daily
life.

In A Wrinkle in Time, what does Mrs. Murry mean when she says, . . . just because we dont understand doesnt mean that the explanation...

Mrs
Murrays comment gets to the heart of the books theme. First, the quote suggests that the
universe is bigger than what we know about itthat while things might happen that seem
inexplicable, or impossible, they simply serve to point out that there is so much we dont
understand. They may seem impossible now, but thats only because we havent figured out the
reason yet. In this sense the quote can be understood as an expression of faith in human
rationality and understanding. Second, it could mean that there might be other kinds of
explanations beyond the rational or scientific. In this sense, the quote affirms that their are
different kinds of intelligences required to fully understand the universe, and that rationality
might not be able to offer the true explanation. In this case, the quote is a kind of
affirmation of faith.

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what does money symbolize?

Money
represents different things to different people in the novel.

For thewho
don't have money, particularly , money represents security. A large part of his attraction tois
her affluence: all her life, from childhood on, she has lived in a household with enough money
and has never known want. It's Gatsby who notes she has a voice "full of money," the
truth of which hitslike a revelation. He realizes that to Gatsby she is "the king's
daughter, the golden girl," the one who represents the financial security he longs for.
Daisy exudes the kind of easy assurance of a person who has always assumed her material desires
would be satisfied. Gatsby wants to be joined with that, because for all the wealth he later
acquires, he carries the scar of early poverty.

Myrtle, too, wants money to
erase the grim, restricted life she leads with George in Valley of the Ashes. She would love to
marry, although that will never happen, and in the meantime, she derives a sense of...

In Candide, how does Voltaire show that greed is one of the main causes of evil in the world?

's
commentary on greed mostly arises from the "El Dorado" section
of  . The streets of El Dorado are littered with precious gems and stones.
Candide and Cacambo are surprised to learn that the citizens of El Dorado are not impressed with
those valuable stones and treat them as though they are just rocks in the street. A wise old man
who lives in El Dorado but who, unlike its other citizens, has experienced the outside world,
tells Candide and Cacambo, "as we are surrounded by inaccessible mountains and precipices,
we have so far been protected against the rapacity of the European states, with their irrational
lust for the pebbles and mud of our land, for whose sake they would kill every last one of
us" (46). This is the most blatant condemnation of European greed. The old man fears that
if Europeans were able to get into El Dorado (and we know they have tried to find this legendary
"city of gold"), they would murder the citizens for the sake of taking their
treasures....

In Pygmalion what is it that Higgins learned from Eliza even though he was her teacher?

One might be
tempted to say that the pig-headed Henry Higgins learned nothing from Eliza Doolittle, but
that's not entirely true. While he continues to treat her rudely and orders her around as if she
is his errand-girl, by the end of the play he has developed a grudging admiration for her
newfound spunk. She is no longer afraid to fight back against him. He says, "I like you
like this." He also praises her strength of character. He even tells her she is throwing
herself away on Freddie, saying she could marry a king if she wanted.

Higgins
also expresses surprise when Eliza informs him that she learned how to be a lady from
Pickering's example, not from Higgins, indicating that Eliza's good opinion means something to
him. 

In the end, Higgins has, in fact, brought a statue to life, as in the
original Greek myth: Eliza becomes her own person, independent of her "creator." His
behavior may not change, but he has possibly developed an awareness that Eliza is a human being,
not just an experiment in linguistics. 

Discuss the significance of drawing as an art medium during the Renaissance.

Giorgio
Vasari, a famous Renaissance painter and art historian from Florence, considered drawing
"the father of all fine art." According to Vasari, drawing was the foundation of an
artist's work because it encompassed both design and expression.

Many
drawings executed during the Renaissance were preliminary sketches of other types of artistic
works such as paintings, sculptures, buildings, mosaics, tapestries, and stained glass. However,
artists such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci helped to transition drawing into an
autonomous independent artistic activity.

Renaissance artists usually drew on
canvas, tinted paper, linen, and vellum, which is the treated skin of calves, goats, or pigs. To
compose, they used styluses, metalpoint, charcoal, chalk, and quill or reed pens with
ink.

Some of the Renaissance artists who created famous drawings included
Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. For instance, Botticelli drew
Abundance or Autumn on pink-tinted paper using pen...

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In A Christmas Carol, what does Scrooge initially value the most in his life? How does his view contrast with Fred or Bob Cratchit?

In Stave One of ,
Dickens makes Scrooge's priorities in life very clear to the reader. He is greedy, for example,
and places a high value on creating and maintaining his personal wealth. We see this through the
fire in Bob Cratchit's office which is so small that it appears to consist of only "one
coal." Scrooge is too miserly to pay for additional coal so Bob has to warm himself with a
"white comforter." In addition, Scrooge's miserliness is also expressed by his refusal
to donate any money to the men seeking a charitable donation. Scrooge would rather see the poor
in a prison or the "Union workhouse" than hand over of any his money.

Secondly, Scrooge highly values his own company and does not enjoy spending time with
others. He is the only resident of his apartment's building, for example, and turns down Fred's
offer to dine with him on Christmas Day. This is one of the most striking differences between
Scrooge and Fred: Fred enjoys the company of his others, especially at Christmas. For Fred, this
season is about being grateful for what you have and considering those in need (which further
contrasts with Scrooge):

Christmas...the only time I know
of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their
shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were
fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other
journeys.

Similarly, Bob Cratchit does not share
Scrooge's desire to be alone, preferring to spend the whole of Christmas Day at home with his
family.

But meeting with the spirits will change Scrooge dramatically and he
will soon come to value friendship and family above all things, just like Fred and
Bob. 

How does Robinson Crusoe act as Defoe's contribution to English literature?

Whether
literally first or not, is often considered the first English novel. As
such, it models what would become mainstays of the modern novel: , character development, and
plot development.

Unlike romances or fabulistor drama,
Robinson Crusoe occurs very much within the parameters
of the real world. No fairies or supernatural sprites appear to help Crusoe, and no supernatural
events help him along. He has to rely solely on his wits and ingenuity. The novel goes to great
lengths to realistically depict how and what Crusoe salvages from the marooned ship, and to
outline what he finds, builds, and cultivates that helps him to survive. Given the level of
realism and detail, a reader can easily...

Using the following poems, what is poetry's purpose in the political field? "The Market Economy" by Marge Piercy "The Great Society" by Robert Bly

Poet Amiri Baraka once said that "art
and social commentary cannot be divorced." This is true of the poetic medium. In fact, the
Beat poets of the mid-20th century made political and social commentary popular within the field
of poetry. Many literary movements were interlinked to political movements, such as the Beat
Generation and Proletarian .

In "The Market Economy," poet Marge
Piercy criticizes the capitalistic system of the West using rhetorical questions as a poetic
technique. She laments the rise of consumerism in America and how it has created a culture of
exploitation.

In "The Great Society," poet Robert Bly mocks the
Great Society theory of liberalism in his title. While he's not critiquing the theory itself,
Bly wonders if America really is a "great society." Like Piercy, Bly offers commentary
on society and the flaws of capitalism. However, "The Great Society" is wider in scope
than "The Market Economy." The former is more politically charged, with Bly casually
but sardonically stating that "the President dreams of invading Cuba."

Like the Beat poets during the mid-20th century and contemporary spoken word poets
associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, Bly is critical of the government's
questionable policies.

In this regard, poetry is not just about expressing
one's emotions or constructing beautifulthrough words; it is also used to express social and
political commentary. Poetry is then elevated to the same level as op-ed journalism, in which
the medium can be used to articulate opinions regarding current events and political
issues.

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How can Marquez's "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" be interpreted as an "Eastertide" story?

The wondrous
ending of Gabriel Marquez's story proves that the old man, ridiculed and berated by man, is
greater than the fallible people as he finally flies away,

with the ungainly flapping that slipped on the light and couldn't get a grip on the
air.  But he did manage to gain altitude.  Elisenda let out a sigh of relief, for herself and
for him, when she saw him pass over the last houses, holding himself up in some way with the
risky flapping of a senile vulture.  She kept watching him...until it was no longer possible for
her to see him, because then he was no longer an annoyance in her life but an imaginary dot on
the the horizon of the sea.

For, the old man with
enormous wings transcends the foolish superstitions and credulity and greed of man that would
kill him, and, instead, establishes his...

In Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Ulysses," what do you think Ulysses is determined not to "yield" to?

In s poem
, the title character seems determined not to yield to the following temptations:

* Idleness (line 1)

* Simple domestic pleasures (line 3)

* Merely rote political behavior (lines 4-5)

* Mere physical
pleasures, such as sleeping and eating (line 5)

* Settling in (or for) just
one place...

Does the meaning of the hills change as the story progresses?

At the
beginning of the story, as the couple waits for a train while sitting at the bar, Jig remarks
that the hills in the distance "look like white elephants." She seems to be attempting
to make casual conversation with the American. He is, however, a bit testy and irritably replies
to her comments. When she suggests that he wouldn't have ever seen a white elephant, he
responds, "I might have . . . Just because you say I wouldn't have doesn't prove
anything." After a bit of banter about drinks and drinking (typical of a Hemingway story),
the true meaning of the white elephant becomes apparent.

A white elephant is
a burdensome gift. Legend says that the King of Siam would give albino elephants as a gift to
his enemies with the expectation that the upkeep of such a beast would be a serious
inconvenience for the recipient. In Hemingway's story the white elephant is the unborn baby
which Jig carries. The man argues that she should have an abortion ("just to let the air
in"), which she clearly rejects. Thus the hills change from being a simple element of the
setting to afor what the American clearly believes to be something unwanted in the couple's
relationship.

In the article "One Man Explains Why He Swears by Wearing Spanx," what problems does Fanning say diet and exercise can help with?

Look
near the beginning article to find the answers to these questions. Fanning chooses not to dwell
on them for very longafter all, at the end of the article he wryly accepts that choosing to wear
Spanx is a way of avoiding having to confront the real him, while still feeling a bit better
about himself than he might usually. He says that he has never reached a place of
"acceptance" and suggests that his weight has fluctuated a lot since he was in the
fifth grade. From this, we can understand that Fanning is saying diet and exercise can only do
so muchthey can change our bodies, but they cannot ever make us accept ourselves
fully.

He expands upon this in the next paragraph, stating that while diet
and exercise can "fix physical things to varying degrees," the "problem"
that remains is the mental oneeven when we have managed to make our bodies smaller, there are
still feelings which are not "rational" which remain. Particularly for people who have
always been overweight, it can be difficult to see our bodies and like what we are looking at,
Fanning suggests.

What conflicts does Meg deal with A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle?

Meg Murry
is thein by , and she experiences many conflicts throughout the
novel.

The most significant earthly conflict Meg experiences is in school.
She is exceptionally bright and does not fit in; she is an outcast among her peers and Meg often
challenges authority and gets in trouble for it.

One other slight conflict is
with Calvin O'Keefe, a boy who does seem to be anything like her but expresses his interest. Meg
is conflicted about trusting this young man or not. 

Her other-worldly
conflict is much more serious, as she must fight the forces of evil (in the form of IT) to
retrieve her father and save her brother, Charles-Wallace.

IT was the most horrible, the most repellent thing she had ever seen, far more
nauseating then anything she had ever imagined with her conscious mind, or that had ever
tormented her in her most terrible nightmares.

It is a
costly battle and Meg suffers during the showdown; however, she is victorious because she fights
with the help of others, though she must actually face her foe alone. In essence she (and her
brother and Calvin) are the good which defeats the greatest evil.

Perhaps the
biggest conflict Meg experiences is internal. When she goes back to Camazotz alone to rescue
Charles Wallace, one of the "good witches" (Mrs. Which) tells Meg she has a weapon to
fight IT but Meg must discover what it is on her own.

Love. That was what she had that IT did not have. 

She wins her internal battle when she discovers that her greatest weapon is
love.

In The Scarlet Letter, whose character transformation is the most significant?

It is true
that 's actions, as well as those of Arthur Dimmesdales's influenced a number of changes to take
place in the novel .

Unquestionably, the most significant change is Hester
Prynne's own transformation, from a feeble woman, into a strong one. This is because Hester is
the only one of thewhose own story completes a full circle that goes from pain, to shame, then
resignation, acceptance and, finally, closure.

Hester's time in prison made
her a stronger woman. She took the scarlet letter, which was meant to be a symbol of humiliation
and shame, and transformed it into a token of separation which, later on, is seen as a symbol of
distinction. Hester goes as far as stating in Chapter VIII, "The Elf Child and the
Minister", that the scarlet letter has actually made her into a better person

...this badge hath taught me,it daily teaches me,it is teaching me
at this moment,lessons whereof my child may be the wiser and better, albeit they
can...

In Chapter 13 of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond discusses how geography lays a role in the evolution of technology. How does he account for the...

In Chapter
13, (on p. 261 in the paperback
edition) Diamond argues that there are three factors that led

straightforwardly to the observed intercontinental differences in the development
of
technology.  Those factors are the time when the continent started having
food production, the
barriers to diffusion, and the human population.  All of
these, in Diamonds mind, are caused by
geography.

Eurasia, Diamond argues, was much better for food production in
ancient times
than the...

According to the Declaration of Independence, who gives the goverment power to govern/rule?

borrows
heavily from the ideas of the Enlightenment to explicitly state the source of a government's
power. During the 17th and 18th centuries, European philosophers, such as John Locke and
Voltaire, wrote treatises on the basis of governmental power. , John Adams, and Benjamin
Franklin, the principal drafters of the Declaration of Independence, were very familiar with
Enlightenment thought and philosophy.

The Declaration of Independence
explicitly states the source of a government's power in its second paragraph. After stating that
people all have the God-given rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,"
it states that it is a government's main responsibility to secure and protect those rights for
its citizens. Furthermore, if a government cannot do this, it is the right and the
responsibility of the people to abolish the old government and create a new one.

...when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably
the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it
is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future
security.

The Declaration of Independence provides a long
list of abuses by the English King and Parliament. This is given as evidence that the rights of
the colonists were not being protected. Therefore, according to the framers of the Declaration
of Independence, the people are forming a new government to secure those rights.

In short, the Declaration of Independence says that the source of a government's power
comes from the citizens. They should have the power to decide who governs them, and it is up to
those in government to respect the most fundamental rights of the governed or risk being
overthrown and replaced.

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What does Mrs.Gibbs ask her husband to talk to George about at the beginning of Our Town by Thornton WIlder?

byis set in the
imaginary
"everytown" called Grover's Corners, and the two "everyman"
families in the
play are the Gibbses and the Webbs. On the morning the play opens, we meet

Doctor Gibbs who has just come home from delivering twins.

WHen he
gets home,
his wife greets him and worries about him, but then she tells her
husband that he has to give
their son a little talking-to about not doing his
household chores. She says, "Seems like
something's come over him lately.
He's no help to me at all. I can't even get him to cut me some
wood." While
George has not been "sassing" his mother, he has been whining and
mooning
around thinking more about baseball than the chores he is supposed to do for his
mother.
George is a teenage boy, and it is not surprising that he would have
to be reminded to pay
attention to his household chores because he is
completely absorbed only in the things he likes
to do.

Doctor Gibbs does a masterful job of getting his son to do what Mrs.

Gibbs wants without lecturing and without completely bribing him to do the
right
thing:

Well, George, while I was
in my office today I
heard a funny sound€¦and what do you think it was? It
was your mother chopping wood. There you
see your mother€¦getting up early;
cooking meals all day long; washing and ironing and still she
has to go out
in the back yard and chop wood. I suppose she just got tired of asking you.
She
just gave up and decided it was easier to do it herself. And you eat her
meals, and put on the
clothes she keeps nice for you, and you run off and
play baseball€¦like she's some hired girl we
keep around the house but that
we don't like very much. Well, I knew all I had to do was call
your attention
to it. Here's a handkerchief, son. George, I've decided to raise your
spending
money twenty-five cents a week. Not, of course, for chopping wood
for your mother, because
that's a present you give her, but because you're
getting older and I imagine there are lots of
things you must find to do with
it.

The truth is that
George has been
thinking about more than baseball. He has been mooning a bit over the girl
next
door, Emily Webb, and he has also been feeling the need to have more
money.

Doctor Gibbs plays on his son's guilt a bit and is
justified in doing so because what
he says is the truth. All George needs is
a gentle reminder and a small bribe. His father makes
the proper assumption
that an extra twenty-five cents a week is a small price to pay to ensure
that
both his wife and his son are happy--and that the chores will get

done. 

Does a price ceiling imposed by the government result in a shortage or surplus?

A price
ceiling imposed by the government will always (according to economists) result in a shortage of
the good or service whose price is being capped.

The reason for this is that
the price will be capped (presumably) at a level below the market equilibrium.  At this price
point, the quantity demanded will be greater than the quantity supplied.  This will result in a
shortage.

Perhaps the classic example of this (used in many textbooks) is the
case of rent control.  When rents are capped, landlords tend to get out of the rental business
even as more tenants wish to rent at the capped prices.  This leads to a shortage of
apartments.

Please follow the link for an excellent discussion of this
complete with an interactive graph.

In Nathanial Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown", is Young Goodman Brown's reaction to his wife and others upon his return to Salem justified?

Stephen Holliday

Whenreturns from his experience in the forest--whether that experience was real or a
dream vision--he is a changed man.  He left the village the night before as a typical young
married man in his village, full of life and with a pretty wife named Faith.  Unfortunately, on
his return his attitude toward the people of his village, as well as his wife, was completely
changed--fearful, suspicious, and, more important, perceiving evil in everyone around
him:

[when Goodman Brown passes his minister] He shrank
from the venerable saint as if to avoid an anathema [a curse].

Goodman Brown saw, or thought he saw, his minister,  Deacon Gookin, Goody Cloyse (the
woman who gave him religious instruction) in the forest...

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In Oedipus Rex, what writing style and dramatic devices and conventions does Sophocles use?

In
, the mainspeak largely in extended prose
monologues while thechant their lines
in a Strophe (turn) and Antistrophe (turn back) structure.

Overall,
dramatic is dominant dramatic device used by .  We, the audience,
know thatkilled his father and murdered his mother, but Oedipus andremain oblivious, despite
in their own dialogue, Tieresias' warnings, and testimony by
first-hand witnesses.

related to sight and
blindness, metaphors for knowledge and ignorance are also used frequently.  "Sight" is
used 14 times; "See" is used 19 times; "Eye" is used 16 times;
"Blind" is used 16 times.  For example, Oedipus tells Tieresias:

Thou knowest, though thy blinded eyes
see naught,
What plague infects our city; and we turn
To thee, O
seer, our one defense and shield.

Fate imagery is also prevalent.  Imagery related to "oracles,"
"Delphi," "curses," "destiny," and the "stars" show the
cruel suffering Oedipus' choices have caused.

Apostrophe (a speech made directly to a person or thing
not present) is also used often for dramatic effect.  In Oedipus' last , he lists
several:

O Polybus, O
Corinth, O my home...

AND

Why didst thou harbor me,
Cithaeron, why
Didst thou not take and slay me?

Lastly, rhetorical questions are found
in abundance, all related to man's questioning of himself, fate, and the gods:

How had I dared to look you in the face?

What,
born as mine were born?

Say, friends, can any look or voice
Or touch
of love henceforth my heart rejoice?

Is there another theme in Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde that goes beyond good and evil? If so, what is it? How can Jekyll be compared to people of his time...

Science
competed with religion during the Victorian period as a way to explain life. This had begun a
century earlier, but was taking on new importance as industry and science made new discoveries. 
One important aspect of science was Darwin's theory of evolution, which argued human beings had
evolved from less complex organisms. Other scientists and social critics looked at poverty in
the city and what they perceived as the decline of the British empire, and concluded that
humankind were not evolving into something better but degenerating into something
worse--Max Nordau was one person who wrote about degeneration.  Dr. Jeckyll and Mr.
Hyde reflects this controversy and suggests that the...

Why would someone label President Jackson as "King Andrew?"

The use of
caricatures and drawings has always been used to interpret political actions by leaders and
remains popular to date. The press has been known to satirize presidential actions, and cartoons
have always featured in the dailies and weekly magazines. The drawings simplify issues that
would be deemed complex when presented in writing. Thus, cartoons are more accessible to members
of the public who might not readily understand the complex issues presented in a different
format.

In the case of President Andrew Jackson, an unknown artist created a
caricature of the president portraying him as a king in full royal regalia. The picture shows
Jackson trampling the Constitution while holding a veto, which he was known to use as a matter
of policy. The drawing communicated the fear that Jackson was abusing the presidential powers by
vetoing internal improvements of the national bank. Generally, President Andrew Jackson was
viewed as a forceful president, especially by supporters of the...

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what does John Proctor mean in his comment at the end of act three of The Crucible? The Crucible Act threee

When Danforth demands that
Proctor confess to witchcraft, John Proctor responds that God is dead and they will all burn
in hell together.  He says this because the people of Salem are the ones committing sins by
continuing the hysteria of the witch
trials.

At the end of Act 3, Deputy Governor Danforth asks
John Proctor if he is going to confess to witchcraft, saying I have seen your power; you will
not deny it! (Act 3, Scene 3).  Proctor replies that God is dead! and continues while laughing
insanely.

A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot
of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face and yours Danforth! God damns our kind
especially and we will burn, we will burn together! (Act 3, Scene 3)

It is ironic that Proctor is accused of witchcraft, because he was
against the witch trials from the beginning. The play "pits Salems authority structure, as
typified by Deputy Governor Danforth with his smug self-righteousness, against its helpless
individual victims" ( Salem on literature, see third link).  Proctor has tried to
convince the others of the pointlessness and damage of the trials, and they have not listened,
but he has become a victim himself.

Danforth is power-hungry and
incompetent.  His reaction to Proctor demonstrates how low he will stoop.  Proctor realizes that
he cannot get out of this situation, and Danforth will not back down.  Proctors only choice is
to give inbut go down fighting.  He does this by making his harsh comments about the Devil
taking all of them to Hell.  The people of Salem supposedly fear the Devil, but they are acting
in his stead by killing innocent people or ruining their lives.

At this
point, Proctor's life has completely fallen apart.  He has confessed to having an affair, but
his wife has lied.  He has tried to get others to tell the truth, but avoided telling the truth
himself.  Once he finally does, no one believes him.  Proctors maniacal laughing is his breaking
point, showing that he sees the walls closing in and is losing control.

In "The Metamorphosis" by Kafka, is he using animals or nature to show an evolution in the nightmare of Gregor Samsa or is it the opposite: Is he...

What are some specific examples from George Orwell's 1984 that show Winston Smith is a hero?

is heroic
in daring to oppose the
state. As Nafasi writes in Reading Lolita in
Teheran, in
a totalitarian state, the smallest of gestures, such as a woman allowing
a
few strands of hair to fall out from her veil, becomes an act of
rebellion.

Winston's rebellion runs deep. He writes in a
diary, although he knows it will lead
either to his death or twenty five
years at a hard labor camp. He has a forbidden affair withand
even rents a
room above Mr. Charrington's shop so that the two can, every so often, live like
an
ordinary couple. He states tothat he is willing to take great risks to
help overthrow the
current government.

After his arrest,
Winston is heroic in resisting the idea
that two plus two equal five, even
while being tortured, and he tries to hang on to his love for
Julia as long
as possible. If he cannot "win," he at least fights a good

fight.

What are the conflicts in the novel Chains?

One of the
main conflicts in the novel is the conflict between Isabel and slavery.
Not only does Isabel have to deal with the physical and emotional stresses of being in slavery,
but she is also manipulated into thinking she will be set free, which makes the conflict even
more prominent.

In regard to slavery is another conflict, which is the cruel
relationship between Isabel and her owner, Mrs. Lockton. Mrs. Lockton abuses Isabel throughout
the story.

Finally, there is a conflict between the Rebels and the
Loyalists. The Rebels are working toward ending slavery, freeing not only Isabel,
but...

List some of the reforms from the Progressive Era.

There were
all sorts of reforms going on during the Progressive Era.  This was a time when there were
reforms having to do with such things as economics, politics, and society.  

In economics, a major reform was "trustbusting."  This was meant to break up
monopolies and reduce the power of big business.  There were also reforms such as the passage of
the Pure Food and Drug Act.  This was meant to prevent businesses from harming their
customers.

Politically, a major effort was made to reduce corruption.  There
was the implementation of recalls and initiatives and the secret ballot in many cities and
states.  Senators came to be elected by popular vote. 

In terms of society,
the main reforms were aimed at getting the poor and immigrants to behave more like the middle
class.  The most important of these reforms was Prohibition.

What if Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist were told in present day 2016? How would that change the events of the story?

If
's  were set in 2016, the middle of the book could stay the same for the
most part, but the beginning and ending could be changed. For example, Santiago would still be
from Spain; but instead of being a shepherd who owns a flock of sheep, he could be attending
college, supported by scholarships. He could also be the owner of a successful app for smart
phones which brings him a good, steady income. Instead of Santiago going to town to sell wool,
he could go to make a business deal for his app and to get a date with a businessman's daughter.
While there, he could still meet with the gypsy about his dream regarding his treasure at the
pyramids. He would have had the dream at his college apartment rather than the dilapidated
church, though. 

Melchizedek, then, would...

What are three themes in Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood"?

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In "The Fish" what clues suggest that the fish might have a symbolic meaning and what could the rainbow at the end symbolize? "The Fish" by Elizabeth...

Elizabeth
Bishop's poem "The Fish" seems at first the telling of a "big catch," but as
the poem progresses the reader discerns that the speaker has a growing respect for this big fish
that is "venerable."  The speaker says that she "admire[s] his sullen face"
and the "mechanism of his jaw."  Upon closer inspection, the speaker of the poem
notices five pieces of old fish line with hooks that have "grown firmly in his
mouth.

These hooks and lines are

Like
medals with their ribbons

frayed and wavering,

a
five-haired beard of wisdom

trailing from his aching jaw.

At this point the speaker senses that "victory" fills up
the boat as she recognizes the five times that the old fish has defeated other fishermen.  Like
ribbons won for this victory, a rainbow caused from the mixing of oil in the bilge of the boat
spreads its colors.  When the speaker says "everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!"
she feels that the old winner deserves to be let go.  Thus, the rainbow reminds the speaker
of winning awards, and, in her release of the old fish, the rainbow comes to symbolize the
renewal of life as it does in nature.

Critics Lloyd Scwartz and Sybil P.
Estes write,

Bishop's poetry is pictorial not only in the
sense of giving vivid description of natural phenomena, but also in it use of artificial object
to relect on the self-referential aspect of art.  Nature is like art...nature speaks.

Nature, the old walleyed pike, and art, the creation of a rainbow
in the bottom of the boat, speaks to the person holding the fish and he/she understands the
venerableness of this fish; out of respect for its having defeated five others who have caught
it, the fish is released.

Of what element does the chorus consistently remind the audience in the choric odes of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex?

Although
theoften speaks situationally, and there is significant variety in the choral odes ofby , it can
be argued that the two most important themes, and ones that are related to each other, are the
power of fate and the necessity of reverence for the gods and their divine laws. Typically,
thestates:

 

... those laws engendered
in the heavenly skies,
whose only father is Olympus.
They were not born from
mortal men,
nor will they sleep and be forgotten.

 

No matter how wise and powerfulis as an individual, he is merely a
mortal, and thus not exempt from fate or divine law. Thus no matter what he does, he cannot
escape the curse on his house. The chorus serves to remind both Oedipus and the audience of
this, and thus emphasizes the role of fate in the plot.

In The Alchemist, what omen does Santiago see in the desert?

There
are two omens mentioned in . The first, for Santiago, is Fatima's smile.
When Santiago first meets Fatima, she smiles at him, and he immediately falls in love with her.
He calls Fatima's smile "the omen he had been awaiting" and "the omen he had
sought to find . . . in the silence of the...

Find the mean absolute deviation for the numbers 30, 45, 52, 48, 100, 45, 42, 45.

To find
the mean absolute deviation, you have to take several steps. The mean absolute deviation is the
average distance away from the mean value of a dataset of each datapoint.

First, you need to find the mean of the data by summing them all and...

"""His bedroom was the simplest room of all-except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold. Daisy took the brush with...""

There is a
strong connection between the green light at the end of the dock and this passage. The moment of
extreme delight asexamines his bedroom represents the high point of the overwhelming
joyexperiences at finally achieving his five-year-long dream of reuniting with Daisy. He shades
his eyes because, asexplains, he has been running at "an inconceivable pitch of
intensity." Daisy is like a brilliant sun to him, and he needs to shade himself from the
reality of her presence, which is suddenly so close.

But this is the high
point. As Nick explains,

in the reaction, he was running
down like an overwound clock.

A little while later,
having shown Daisy the house, Gatsby and Daisy, with Nick tagging along, tour the grounds.
Gatsby mentions to Daisy that if the mist weren't there, they would be able to see the green
light at the end of her dock. Nick understands the poignance of the moment. He states, in a
famous passage,

Possibly it had occurred to him that the
colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance
that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had
seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of
enchanted objects had diminished by one.

What Nick
understands is that achieving our dreams inevitably tarnishes them. A reality, no matter how
wonderful it is, can't match our imagined dream of it. Now that Gatsby has Daisy back in his
life, she will inevitably became more real and less enchanted. She is no longer the longed-for
green light at the end of the dock, but a real person. The high point of a dream, Nick is
saying, comes the moment we realize iteverything else is downhill.

What does Hammurabis Code tell us about the ancient Babylonian way of life?

Greg Jackson

Hammurabi's Code is one of the most helpful windows that we have into examining
Babylonian society. One thing we learn is that reputation was incredibly important as the Code
specifically lays out punishments for slander (Law #127). Committing perjury in court could
result in execution (#3). There are also a number of laws for the protection of business
transactions from fraud. Taken together, we can see that honesty and speaking the truth was an
important value of the Babylonians.

The Code illustrates that property and
ownership were extremely important. The punishment for certain types of...

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What were the main garments, clothing styles, and silhouettes worn by men and women during the ancient Egyptian era? Please don't include information...

Given
the importance of accessories to inhabitants of ancient Egypt, it wouldn't seem logical to
exclude them from a discussion of the apparel worn at the time, but the following should help to
clarify the subject.

Clothing styles obviously varied greatly depending upon
one's status.  Common Egyptians, the lowest on the socioeconomic spectrum, often wore little
more than basic tunics or loin cloths.  Most women wore very basic and bland cloth
dresses...

What is the setting of Journey to the Center of the Earth?

When
setting is broadly discussed, it usually
refers to the physical location and the time period in
which the story is
taking place. The previous post correctly identifies the specific countries

that  takes place in.

The book begins in
Hamburg,
Germany. The narrator, Axel, begins by explaining that Otto
Lidenbrock has discovered a
manuscript written by a 16th century Icelandic
man. The manuscript claims to describe a path to
the center of Earth. Axel
and Otto then travel to Iceland in order to begin their journey to the
center
of Earth. They arrive in Reykjavik, Iceland and then travel to Mount Snaeffels in
order
to begin their descent. From this point forward, the novel's setting
locations are fictional
places within Earth's interior. Then the explorers
finally make their exit through Stromboli's
vent in Italy.

I'd like to point out that the previous post states that the

explorers exited through Etna on the island of Stromboli.   That is incorrect. Etna
and
Stromboli are two different volcanoes located in Italy. Stromboli is a
small island located
north of southern Italy's mainland. That's where Etna is
located. If a reader checks the text,
Axel and Otto are told by a local
shepherd boy that they are on the island of Stromboli. The men
then
look south and see Etna in the

distance.

And those rounded blue hills to the east
were
the mountains of Calabria! And that volcano on the southern horizon was
Etna, terrible Etna
itself!

"Stromboli, Stromboli!" I
repeated.

As for the year that the
book takes place, readers are told that
Otto discovers the manuscript in the
spring of 1863. The journey begins from that
point.

Who came up with the seven commandments in Animal Farm?

In his
speech to the animals in the big barn,expounds certain principles which the animals are to live
by if their rebellion should succeed. Most of these propositions have to do with the animals
treating one another as equals and not adopting human characteristics or behavior. Old Major
feels that everything about humanity is evil and that the animals, once they have gained their
freedom, should never become like their abusive, exploitative, and tyrannical
masters. 

After Old Major's death, , , and , the three leading pigs on the
farm, develop Old Major's teachings into a complete system of thought that they call Animalism.
After the Rebellion, the animals are in complete control of the farm. The pigs, through their
studies over a period of three months, reduce the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments.
These laws will be the foundation on which the animals' lives are based and are unalterable.
Snowball then inscribes the list of rules on the barn wall where they can be clearly
seen. 

The information above makes it clear that the Seven
Commandments are the result of a joint effort by all the pigs. The formulation of the
Commandments is the result of the pigs' investigation and study of all the concepts contained in
the theory of Animalism and is an expression of its practical application.
 

It is ironic, however, that the very same animals who
develop the Commandments are the first ones to alter them to suit their wants and their greed in
spite of the fact that they have said that the rules must be unalterable and permanent. In fact,
by the end of the novel, all the commandments have been replaced by a single, paradoxical
instruction that: 

All animals are equal, but some animals
are more equal than others.

This equivocal statement
becomes a symbolic testament to the unequal equality that the majority of the animals on the
farm are exposed to, and it is a damning indictment of the pigs' manipulation and greed. Old
Major would have been ashamed. 

Using Esther and Mordecai for examples, how should we respond today when our faith is attacked in the way the Jews were attacked by Haman?

The
story of the Persians planned massacre of Jews and the Jews role in eliminating their enemies in
advance offers several possible avenues of interpretation. Esther was chosen as queen in part
because, as advised by Mordecai, she kept her Jewish faith a secret. She uses her influence on
King Ahasuerusin in a concerted effort to have all the Jews lives spared after Hanan plans for
widespread massacre. Her naming Haman as the instigator of the plot in part results in him
getting killed. She convinces the king of Mordecais importance and good counsel. Along with
placing Mordecai in the role of his advisor, the king also invests considerable decision-making
authority in him and Esther.

Ordering that all the Jews enemies be put to
death would have been an exact, mirror-image plan to what Haman had in store for them. Instead,
the cousins take positive steps to improve the Jews social position and ensure their religious
rights. They also place considerable power into the hands of individuals, who may defend
themselves and kill those who directly menace them. The leeway in interpreting that order leads
to the deaths of many thousands of people. However, the story emphasizes the protective aspect
of these killings, and the idea that personal gainsuch as the seizing of goods and property of
the deadwas not the primary motivation for the violence.

There are several
possibilities for interpretation. The possible lessons includes the specific role of Esther, in
bending the law to approach and influence the king, as well as ways to evaluate both the
defensive and the offensive positions that Esther and Mordecai apparently advocated. Some people
will emphasize the message of advocating for religious tolerance and for the rights that had
previously been denied to Jews. Others will emphasize the rights of people living under threat
of violence to engage in pre-emptive strikes before the enemy has a chance to
act.

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