What is the meaning of Hamlet's soliloquy, "How all occasions do inform...," in Act 4, Scene 4?

is reminded
by the King of Norway's resolve that he has been cowardly in pursuing his dead father's wishes
for revenge regicide against . The King of Norway has shown, through his determination and
desire for honor, that he is indeed kingly. By contrast with's lack of resolve, he has made
Hamlet realize how difficult all decisions are and yet how important it is that he follow
through with his dead father's ghost's request to murder King Claudius. Hamlet berates himself
for not using his God-given powers of reason; by not doing so, he wonders if he has sunk into a
"bestial...

What are the advantages of a market economy?

The major
advantages of a market economy are that such an economy provides the greatest personal freedom
for its people, gives them with the greatest possible variety and quality of goods and services,
and offers those goods and services at the best possible price. By doing these things, the
market economy allows a country to be richer and freer than it otherwise would be.

In a market economy, people have the right to do more or less with their property as
they wish. The government allows people to start businesses doing whatever they want (outside of
illegal things like drug dealing). It does not tell them what they must do with their money and
it does not create companies of its own that prevent private enterprise from growing. If we
believe personal...

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In A Christmas Carol, what business is Joe in and who is the woman to whom he is speaking?

Old Joe is a pawnbroker,
someone who buys used
items cheaply and then sells them at a higher price for a profit. He
speaks
to the charwoman, a woman who is employed to clean houses and office spaces, as well
as
the laundress (named Mrs. Dilber) and the undertaker's assistant. These
individuals enter right
around the same time, each carrying a heavy bundle,
and "they all three burst into a
laugh" when they realize that they each had
the same idea to steal from Scrooge and then
sell his belongings. The
charwoman and laundress likely worked for Scrooge and the undertaker's
man
probably assisted with Scrooge's body after his death. They all easily justify
their
actions; to this end, the charwoman says of his possessions

If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a
wicked old screw, . . . why wasn't he
natural in his lifetime? If he had
been, he'd have had somebody to look after him when he was
struck with Death,
instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself.

They feel that Scrooge basically compelled them to steal
from him
in death because he was so stingy and mean during his life. He had
no one to sit with his body,
to protect him from such thieves, because there
was none who loved him enough to do so; he
pushed everyone away. Because he
was not "natural" during his life, he died all alone,
vulnerable to thieves
and to people like old Joe, the pawnbroker, who could profit from
Scrooge's
death.

What do the images lilke the bead-curtain, white hills, dry plains, etc.,convey about the incident in the short story? Mainly the subjective uses...

The most
interesting and most touching image in
the story has to do with the bead-curtain. At one point
Jig reaches out and
rolls a couple of these wooden beads back and forth between her fingers. It

is obvious that she is reminded of the wooden beads that are so common on infants'
cribs,
play-pens, strollers, and toys. The poor girl is thinking how much she
would enjoy having a baby
and doing all the things that mothers do with their
babies.

The landscape is
desolate. It seems to symbolize
the isolation of these two people in an enormous, indifferent
cosmos. In a
few minutes they will board the train and leave--but the landscape will remain
here
for millions of years after their little drama has been forgotten, just
as it had been there for
millions of years before they passed through. They
are just a man and a woman having a baby--or
not having a baby. I am reminded
of Adam and Eve getting evicted from paradise.

Jig doesn't
really care about the hills. She is just trying to make conversation. That

has been her function and concern since the beginning of their relationship. She loves
the man
and wants to keep his interest and his love. She will do whatever he
wants. What he wants from
her is to be a bright and cheerful companion. These
qualities were what attracted him to her in
the first place.

 

What does the Finch house look like in To Kill a Mockingbird, with direct quotes?

As
mentioned in previous educators' answers, the Finch house is elevated, with a large porch. One
can easily picture it as a wrap-around porch, wide enough to accommodate chairs and tables.
Though the story doesn't state it explicitly, the porch is most likely enclosed by mosquito
netting. There is a living room off the front part of the porch, and the kitchen is off the back
part. A swinging door separates the dining room and kitchen. It is a one-story house, with four
bedroomsone for , one for , one for , and one for guests.

The fence
surrounding the yard is wire, and the child protagonists duck through it easily. There is a
backyard treehouse, which rests between "giant twin chinaberry trees" and overlooks
the school. It is on Maycomb's main residential street, which isand quiet; the business core of
the small southern town is a fair walk away.

Compare the three Reconstruction Plans: Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan, Johnson's Reconstruction Plan, and the Congressional Reconstruction Plan, in...

There
were three plans of . President Lincoln had a plan, President Johnson had a plan, and there was
the Radical Republican plan.

President Lincolns plan called for several
things to occur. His plan called for ten percent of the voters to take an oath of loyalty to the
United States. New state governments could form. These governments had to ban slavery when they
wrote the new state constitutions. His plan would offer amnesty to all white southerners, except
Confederate leaders, if these people pledged loyalty to the United States.

President Johnsons plan was different from President Lincolns plan. His plan called for granting
amnesty and returning people's property if they pledged to be loyal to the United States.
Confederate leaders had to apply directly to President Johnson in order to request amnesty. Only
people who promised to be loyal and who were pardoned could vote for delegates to the
conventions in each state that would write the new state constitutions....

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In Flannery O'Connor's short story "Good Country People," what ironies does Joy/Hulga not realize about herself?

Joy Hulga
Hopewell is one of the most ironic characters ever created by Flannery OConnor, an author who
lovedof almost every kind. One of the most ironic aspects of Hulga (one of the main characters
in ) is that she understands herself so little, even though she prides herself on her wide
reading and deep knowledge.  Examples of such irony include the following:

• Hulga realizes that she has a weak heart physically, but she has no idea just how
  weak her heart is spiritually and in terms of compassion and concern for other
  people.
• At one point, Hulga exclaims to her mother,

Woman! Do you ever look inside? Do you ever look inside and see
what you are not? God!

The irony here is exceptional: of
course, it is really Hulga who never looks inside and Hulga who has no idea what she is not. It
is also Hulga who fails to realize that she isn't God -- aO'Connors' phrasing here
permits.

• Similarly, Hulga also quotes Malbranche as saying We
  are not...

In Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond, what happened if someone did not adhere to religious laws?

In Puritan
Connecticut, religion and laws were closely intertwined.  Most laws in Puritan societies were
based on Biblical principals.  Punishment for law breaking was often severe.  In the town of
Wethersfield, there was "a pillory, a whipping post, and stocks"
(, Chapter 5).  All of these...

What does Bruno think of Eva?

In
,gives an interesting perspective on Eva Braun that contrasts with the
typical historical understanding. On the night that Bruno's family is expected to have "the
Fury" over for dinner, Bruno's father is very on edge. He expects for Bruno and Gretel to
be on their best behavior and to stay in their room while the adults eat dinner. They are not to
speak unless spoken to, but are to answer respectfully if they are. With all this build up,
Bruno thinks that the Fury must be an impressive man indeed. When it is finally time to meet
him, Bruno is sorely disappointed. He is, however, completely enamored with the Fury's
companion, who Bruno knows only as Eva.

The first thing that Bruno notices
about Eva is how much taller she seems in comparison to the Fury. He immediately is struck by
her, calling her "the most beautiful woman in the world." While the Fury completely
ignores Bruno, Eva stays to talk to the children for a short period of time, until the Fury
snaps at her to join him at the table. In a moment of cool defiance, Eva rolls her eyes and bids
the children farewell. Bruno does not care for the Fury at all, and Eva's beauty and
unwillingness to conform to the former's every whim makes her seem almost
divine.

With reference to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, discuss the Lomans' favorite game of escaping reality.

One of
the primary themes of byis the idea of illusion and reality. Every member
of the Loman family spends time and energy clinging to illusions, primarily because facing
reality would be too painful for them.

Willy is undoubtedly the worst
offender and pays the highest price for it. He is a traveling salesman who believes many untrue
things about his job, about people, and about life. He believes that success in life is based on
how well people like him and how much money he makes. He claims to be a successful salesman, but
all the evidence we have--most of it through his own mouth--suggests that he is a miserable
failure at his job and has never been successful at it. He obviously still needs the money or he
would not still be on the road at his age. The evidence is clear: he fails miserably on both
counts, which is why he eventually takes his own life. 

Almost as bad, Willy
believes his sons are fine young men based on the same flawed standards. Once...

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What are some words to describe Kit from The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

Katharine
Tyler, or "Kit," is the sixteen year-old heroine of 's . She is
best described as fiercely independent, intelligent, and curious... perhaps even a little too
curious for her own good! After sailing to Wethersfield, Connecticut, from her home in Barbados,
Kit finds herself to be a bit of a "fish out of water" in this new and strange land.
She is not used to the customs of a Puritanical society and her lavish lifestyle and attitudes
are not received well in a settlement that is predicated on humility and hard work. It takes
awhile for Kit to acclimate to the routines of Wethersfield, and even after she does, her
curiosity about the world, rebellious nature, and cheeky spirit often get her into loads of
trouble!  

What are the possible positive benefits of following a religion?

Being a member of an organized religion
offers several benefits. Some are intangible, while others have been proven by the medical
community and scientists to be favorable to physical, emotional, and mental health. The most
obvious is the social benefits derived from membership in organized religion. Most religions
encourage members to fellowship or to meet regularly in and out of religious services. Members
can make connections resulting in long-lasting relationships and friendships. Social contacts
made lead to business referrals or assistance in finding new employment. The financial aspects
of being part of a religion cannot be underemphasized.

A study by Harvard
Business School concluded religious affiliation resulted in benefits to improving health and an
increase in longevity as compared with non-religious people. Religious affiliation seemed to
improve the overall mental attitude of members resulting in a more positive feeling about the
future as well as improved self-esteem. These findings were substantiated by the National
Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), who also reported lower levels of stress and an increase in
feelings of self-empowerment.

Here is an offbeat benefit you wouldnt expect
reported by Live Science. Apparently, being affiliated with a religion helps you resist junk
food and is tied to lowering your blood pressure! Live Science compiled their list from research
done by other health institutes. These findings are pretty consistent across several platforms
and several research studies.

Finally, and probably the best reason to
affiliate with religion, is most religions engage in a significant amount of charitable work.
There is no higher calling than to serve others. The benefit derived from helping someone less
fortunate provides purpose and meaning to life. These are just a few of the positive benefits of
religion or spirituality.

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I need an explanation of the poem "Cat!" by Eleanor Farjeon: Cat! Atter her, atter her, Sleeky flatterer, Spitfire chatterer, Scatter her,...

The poem
describes a dog chasing a cat up a tree. The persona the poet takes is that of a dog, so the
entire poem is written from the dog's point of view and in the dog's own words.

The first line of the poem is simply, "Cat!" We can imagine a dog out in the
yard and suddenly spying a cat. "Atter her, atter her" is probably just another way to
say, "After her!" either in aor in rushed speech. If you say the words out loud, they
sound like a panting dog, and we get the idea that the dog breaks into a run here.

Why doesn't the dog like the cat? It is a "sleeky flatterer"that is, one that
can't be trusted. Cats have a less direct way of seeking attention from humans compared to dogs,
who directly ask for love from their owners. The dog, however, sees the mean side of the cat; it
is a "spitfire chatterer" when it hisses and meows. These are reasons enough for the
dog to want to "scatter her."

The next stanza provides the dog's
internal commands to himself. "Git her" means "get her."...

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In act 3, Eliza's first test is a "precious bit of drama". In what respects and aspects is this true?

It is quite
acceptable to deem Eliza's first test in Act 3 as a "precious bit of drama" in many
respects.

In this Act we find Mrs. Higgins at her in-house, around 4 to 5 in
the afternoon expecting visitors who have send in their calling cards to visit her that
afternoon. In this case, it was the Eynsford-Hill duo of Mrs. Eynsford and her daughter, Clara. 
Mrs. Higgins, like Mrs. Eynsford, belong to a sophisticated and conservative middle class which,
in Victorian England it would translate to our American equivalent of an upper-middle class.
This is the reason why Higgins chooses to test Eliza'sand poise in that environment.

The only person who is out of place there, however, is none other than Higgins. He is
pedantic, abrupt, cynic, mean, sarcastic, obstinate, selfish and indifferent to the presence of
others. He will speak, say, and act whichever way he pleases, making his mother quite
uncomfortable.

In comes Eliza Doolittle. The moment she enters the scene the
description is so comical that one can almost see her, a flower girl, posing in the most
imperious, exaggerated, and insufferably snobbish way. It almost brings the audience back to
every comedy of manners in which one character stands out for its extreme posh behavior. A
character that stands out is Lady Bracknell from Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being
Earnest.Being that Shaw and Wilde are contemporaries on stage, one cannot avoid
sensing each other's influences in the creation of their character.

This
aside, Eliza's description reads:

Speaking with pedantic
correctness of pronunciation and great beauty of tone] How do you do, Mrs. Higgins?
[She gasps slightly in making sure of the H in Higgins, but is quite
successful]. Mr. Higgins told me I might come.

So here we see Eliza, inhaling and exhaling her H sounds, cutting her sentences to a
bare minimum to demonstrate familiarity with the current situation, and imperiousness to
separate herself from the rest..as if she already were a Duchess.

However,
although at the beginning things seem to go OK Eliza begins to slip in semantics, not so much in
her intonation. Her strength in expressing frustrations is so strong that she cannot keep it in
check even under monitoring. This is precisely when Freddy finds her to be a unique and precious
individual aside from everything else. Here is Liza explaining how her father is an alcoholic
but that the drink has not really harmed his life all that much.

LIZA:Not a bit. It never did him no harm what I
could see. But then he did not keep it up regular. [Cheerfully] On the
burst, as you might say, from time to time. And always more agreeable when he had a drop in.
When he was out of work, my mother used to give him fourpence and tell him to go out and not
come back until he'd drunk himself cheerful and loving-like. There's lots of women has to make
their husbands drunk to make them fit to live with. [Now quite at her ease]
You see, it's like this. If a man has a bit of a conscience, it always takes him when he's
sober; and then it makes him low-spirited. A drop of booze just takes that off and makes him
happy. [To Freddy, who is in convulsions of suppressed laughter]Here! what
are you sniggering at?
FREDDY:

The new small talk. You do it so awfully well.

After Eliza
leaves, her imprint is official in Freddy. Yet, she is able to be herself and talk the way she
truly wishes to express herself. For this, she charms most, if not everyone, she comes across
with.

What is the difference between monism and polytheism?

Monism is not
a religion or a faith per se.  Instead, it is a metaphysical way of looking at the world.
 Monism holds that everything in the universe is really part of one substance or one nature.  A
monistic religion would hold that there is a god and that all of creation is really part of that
god.  Most scholars see Hinduism as an example of such a religion because Hindus believe that
everything in the world is part of Brahman.

Polytheism can be monistic as
well.  In polytheism, there are held to be many gods.  However, it is possible that these gods
can all be seen as part of one overarching nature.  Hinduism is also an example of such a
religion.  As this link shows, many Hindus believe in many gods, but see those gods' separate
beings as somehow illusory since the gods are really part of one overall being.

But there are also purely polytheistic religions.  A religion is polytheistic so long
as it believes in many gods.  It can believe that the many gods are all truly separate entities
and therefore it can be polytheistic without being monistic.

Why is it important to study literature?

As a history
teacher, I encourage my students to read books from the time period that we are studying because
literature is a window into the past. Any study of the Great Depression, for example, is brought
to life by reading Steinbecks Of Mice and Men because although it is a
fictional story, it is a product of that time and place. We learn so much about the lives of
migrant workers and attitudes toward women and African-Americans in this novel. Similarly,
Orwells Animal Farm might be called a fairy story, but it reveals a lot
about British attitudes to the Russian Revolution and development of the Soviet state.

I also encourage a study of literature because reading and comprehending a text
improves literacy rates. By encountering both familiar and unfamiliar words, students not only
improve their own vocabulary but also their cognitive skills, as shown in this article from the
Reading Agency (See Reference 1).

Of course, studying literature also fires
the imagination and promotes curiosity, which will help students in every subject they study and
every path they take in later life.

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What details in Act I of Pygmalion suggest conflicts that might follow?

Some
conflicts that are foretold in Act I of are foreshadowed in Liza's
hysterical encounter with Higgins, The Note Taker; her encounter with Pickering; her encounter
with Freddy, Higgins encounter with Pickering; and Clara's encounter with ... herself. Liza and
Higgins begin on a high pitched note and they stay there throughout the play. Higgins offers
Liza a chance for a transformation of their relationship to one of "fellowship" but
she doesn't believe him and their conflict persists throughout the Sequel.

Liza's encounter with Pickering of a different sort. She speaks civilly, not
hysterically, with him and he responds in kind with returned civility. He then responds with
courtesy and spare change when she asks him to buy a flower and he cannot. Contrast this to
Higgins who responds with discourtesy but tosses her a fistful of considerable money, enough
money for her to treat herself to two taxi rides and language lessons (or so she thought
...).

Liza's encounter with Freddy shows a conflict of a different kind. she
tells his mother that she called him "Freddy" just like anyone would do wanted to
speak pleasantly to a stranger. When Freddy falls in love with Liza, his love isn't fervently
returned, which presents a conflict of a different sort for Liza and for Freddy. However, Liza
marries him anyway, which is the fulfillment of her "pleasant" feelings for him
foretold in Act I.

Higgins' and Pickering's encounter establishes from the
very start that Higgins is a bachelor and will remain a bachelor because he wants to be a
bachelor and because he won't change his nature or his manners for anyone. This introduces the
central conflict between Liza and Higgins: She may not be romantically in love with Higgins--or
she may have taught herself not to be (there is some ambiguity in her behavior in Act V)--but
she wants to be treated like a lady and with kindness. Higgins counters with the idea that he
may not treat her the way Pickering does, but the real question is whether he treats anyone
better than he treats her.

And Clara--well--the Sequel makes it clear that
all throughout the time period of the play, Clara has been in conflict with most people and with
most elements of society. Her mother could not manage to buy her an education, as the Sequel
says, and so she is not intellectually or culturally at one with the social groups she thinks
she ought to belong to. One day, she chances upon H.G. Wells, has the good fortune to meet him,
and has her own life transformed (more of Shaw's belief in Life force) and new avenues of
possibility opened up to her.

What gave Vera confidence to weave her story about the tragedy in "The Open Window"?

If
theVera intends to tell Framton Nuttel had actually happened, it would certainly have been known
about and talked of all over the county. She has to establish that Framton is a complete
stranger to the area; otherwise, he might wonder why he never heard anything about the incident.
If Vera's aunt had been driven insane by the gruesome tragedy, that would also be the talk of
the families for years. Vera first has to establish that Framton knows nothing of
any...

In "The Minister's Black Veil: A Parable," why do the parishioners have such an intense response to seeing the minister's veil?

Mr. Hooper's
parishioners have an intense reaction to his black veil, at first, because it is extremely
off-putting.  They are very confused by it because it is so uncommon a thing for a person to
cover up their face in this way; we especially like to see the eyes of any person to whom we
speak.  They first wonder if it is even their minister behind the veil, and then one old woman
says that "'He has changed himself into something awful, only by hiding his face," and
another man cries, "'Our parson has gone...

How would you characterize American foreign policy in the 1920s and 1930s?

I would say
that American foreign policy in the 1920s was rather different from that of the 1930s.  In the
1920s, the US undertook diplomatic endeavors that were meant to make another war impossible or
unlikely.  In the 1930s, the US largely gave up on this approach and turned to
isolationism.

In the 1920s, the US tried to use diplomacy to reduce the
chance of another major war happening.   The two main undertakings that are associated with this
effort are the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 and the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-22.  At
the naval conference, the US and other nations set limits on...

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In "The Giver", what new information does Fiona give Jonas about the treatment of the old?

Once the
twelves are given their assignments
in , Fiona is assigned to the House of
the Old.  We
already know that the rules and awkwardness about nudity are
not...

What is the significance of Mrs. Ochuba and Amalile in "Marriage is a Private Affair"?

Nnaemeka's father,
Okeke, is completely opposed to his son's marriage to a woman who does not come from their
people and who is not an Ibo. The father's friends recommend that the son be administered a
medicine called Amalile, which apparently allows straying husbands to be attracted to their
wives again. Mrs. Ochuba intended to give this medicine to her husband for this purpose, but it
was given to the herbalist instead, who died as a result. Some of the men around Nnaemeka's
father refer to Mrs. Ochuba as a murderess. 

Okeke refuses to administer this
medicine to his son. At the end of the story, Okeke regrets having distanced himself from his
son's family when he learns that his son and his wife have two sons who want to meet him. It is
then that he begins to relent, and it is the sons who are truly the Amalile, or the medicine
that will bring Okeke to reconcile with his son and his son's family. 

Agents of globalization are such things as: trade, migration, mass culture, and communications. How much do these differ from previous centuries? How...

We often
think that globalization has only come into being in the last few decades.  This is, however,
not the case.  Globalization has been going on for centuries.  The agents of globalization today
are essentially the same as agents of globalization in past centuries.  The only real
differences are differences of speed and scale.

In this question, you say
that agents of globalization include mass culture, trade, migration, and communications.  All of
these things existed in past centuries.  Let us look at a few examples.  The United Kingdom was
trading with India 300 years ago.  There was migration from Germany and Ireland to the United
States in the 1840s.  The first cable to link North America to Europe by telegraph was completed
in 1858.  All of these things helped to create globalization. 

However, these
agents of globalization work faster and on a larger scale today.  Instead of communicating by
telegraph between stations, we communicate by internet or telephone directly with one another. 
Instead of having trade or migration that goes by sailing ship, we now use airplanes or much
larger and faster ships than in times past.  Our mass culture is disseminated across many
countries very quickly through movies, TV, and the internet. 

From this, we
can see that the agents of globalization have not changed over the centuries.  They have simply
become faster and allowed for globalization on a much larger scale.  This has changed the
structure of civilizations by making them more similar.  In the past, different civilizations
could be structured very differently and rulers could keep their societies from interacting with
the outside to a much greater degree.  Today, this is much less possible, which means that
rulers in any given civilization lack the ability to maintain their civilizations separation
from the rest of the world.

What are some good topics for research in the classroom or educational field? What are some good topics for research in the classroom or educational...

I would add
that if you intend to do this project again, ask THIS YEAR's students what would have helped
them with this assignment.  What could YOU have done differently? What would THEY have done
differently?  What would they have found helpful?  Have them look at the assignment sheet and
find out what was confusing.  Have them tell you what worked--directions, topics, time, anything
they found that worked well for them.  This can be a real eye opener and the approach must be
that you and the students are working together to improve a necessary
assignment.

In A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, why does Blanche say that she has left her teaching job to visit Stella?

play
focuses on an aging Southern belles attempt to find a place for herself in
her sisters life.  Her encounters with her aggressive brother-in-law force her to retreat into a
place in her mind that can handle the horrors she faces. All of the characters are flawed and
psychologically fragile.  But it is Blanche DuBois who loses her last hope for
survival.

At one time, Blanche was the belle of her plantation and town. When
her husband killed himself, Blanche never recuperated from his loss.  Stella, her sister, left
Belle Reve and moved to New Orleans where she married a brutish man, Stanley. 

Now, Blanche comes to New Orleans in hopes that she can find a life with her sister.
Stella is all that Blanche has left.  As an English teacher, there has been some
scandal.

Blanche: €¦You havent asked me how I happened to
get away from the school before the spring term ended. 

Stella: Well, I
thought you would volunteer that informationif you wanted to tell me.

Blanche: You thought Id been fired?

Stella: No, I thought you might
have---resigned

Blanche: I was so exhausted by all Id been through
my---nerves broke.  I was on the verge oflunacy, almost! So Mr. Graves suggested that I take a
leave of absence€¦

Blanche tends to stretch the
truth. Although she does not tell her sister, Blanche has lost her job. Blanche has always been
delicate; she has suffered a bit of a breakdown.  This is the excuse that Blanche uses to
explain why she leaves her job. Her nerves are broken. She also tells Stella that the plantation
has been lost to bankruptcy.

Actually, Blanche resents that she had to stay
at home and take care of the family.  Stella has made a new life for herself and is now
expecting a baby.  Blanche is also horrified that her sister is living in a dump like this one
when they both come from such a wealthy, elite background.

Blanche is her own
worst enemy.  She does not mince words about her displeasure in Stella or herself having to stay
in such crummy accommodations. Stanley does not like Blanche intruding on his life; he is
infuriated when he hears that Stellas part of the plantation has been lost.

It is obvious that Blanche has a drinking problem. This fact and her attempt to create
a fa§ade of southern comfort annoy Stanley.  He determines to find out the truth about what
happened to their plantation.

Stanley does ask around and discovers that
Blanche has been lying about what happen in her hometown. Apparently, she was fired from her job
as a schoolteacher after she was discovered having an affair with one of her high school
students. She then sank further into scandal, entertaining gentlemen callers at a place called
the Hotel Flamingo until she was asked to leave town.

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? What impact did it have on American support for intervention in World War II?

The Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor because they
wanted to knock the US Navy in the Pacific out of action long
enough to allow
them to consolidate their empire.  When they did, they swung American opinion
on
WWII.  Where Americans had once been reluctant to join the war, they were
now eager to do
so.

The Japanese wanted an empire in Asia
and the Pacific.  They felt it was
their due as a powerful nation and they
also felt that they needed it so they could have a
guaranteed source of
natural resources.  However, they realized that the United States would

oppose their attempts to get an...

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What are the main themes in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

I would say
there are a great many themes to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
One of the major ones is discovery. For most of his life, up to this point, Harry is raised by
his magic-hating Aunt and Uncle, in ignorance of the magical world and his own place in it. In
the course of the first book, he will be introduced to an entire secret world of magic, a world
in which he is viewed as a hero.

In addition, there are broad themes of good
and evil introduced in this book that will be woven throughout the larger series that follows.
Harry Potter's confrontation with Lord Voldemort at the end of the book will only be the first
in a series of battles, with Voldemort being the main villain of the series as a
whole.

Additionally, I would note that also addresses
themes of privilege (which is represented by Harry's school rival, Draco Malfoy), and
friendship, with Harry forging friendships with fellow students Hermione Granger and Ron
Weasley. These...

In Hamlet's "look here upon this picture" speech, how does Shakespeare use language to characterize Hamlet's relationship with his mother? I need help...

This is
probably the main scene in that caused Freud, allegedly, to have first
considered naming the "Oedipus Complex" afterinstead.

Hamlet pours
out his rage against his mother ostensibly over her having chosen to marry his uncle . His point
initially seems to be that Claudius is so far below Hamlet's father in appearance thatmust have
been insane to be attracted to him. Yet Hamlet's speech is itself an instance of
"protesting too much," to use his own mother's words in a different context. Not only
does he go on and on, but his language is exaggerated and inflated beyond all
expectations:

Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove
himself,

An eye like Mars to threaten and command,

A
station like the herald Mercury

Thus in three lines
Hamlet likens his father not to one or even two or three but four mythological figures.
Claudius, by contrast, is a "mildewed ear," a "moor" (in comparison with the
"fair mountain" Hamlet's father was). Hamlet then launches into insulting his mother
by saying that at her age, she can no longer feel actual love because

The heyday in the blood is tame.

After she attempts a response he gets to the point of what is really inflaming him
most:

Nay, but to live

In the rank
sweat of an enseamed bed,

Stewed in corruption, honeying and making
love

Over the nasty sty

Much of the
wording makes one think of D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers. Thefocuses
upon the unsavory physical detail with which Hamlet conceptualizes his mother's love
life.

The enormous gulf Hamlet sees between his father's qualities as a man
and his uncle's is what he uses to rationalize this condemnation of his mother. But nothing else
in the play objectively supports Hamlet's view. We might ask if at this point Hamlet is still
engaging in his ruse to make people think him insane. If not, the frenzied
quality of his tirade would prove that he has genuinely gone over the line into psychosis. His
resentment of his mother as a sexually active woman is, arguably, what has provoked this. Even
afterhas appeared to warn him, Hamlet continues his criticism of his mother and her intimacy
with Claudius:

Good nightbut go not to my uncle's
bed.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

The explicitness of this scene is shocking in its way. Yet the extremity of emotion and
the inflated language are the essence of Shakespeare. Whether or not these lines are evidence of
Hamlet's unbalanced mind, they are overwhelming as sheer poetry.

How Can Supreme Court Decisions Be Overturned

There are
three major ways in which a Supreme Court decision can be overturned.

If the
decision is based on a law that Congress has passed, Congress can simply change the law.  The
Court sometimes has to rule on how they think laws made by Congress apply to certain cases.  If
Congress thinks the Court has gotten it wrong, they can change the law to make things
clearer.

If the decision is based on the Constitution, the Constitution can
be amended.  For example, the Supreme Court has said that the Constitution bans school-sponsored
prayer.  If enough people wanted to, they could pass an amendment allowing such
prayers.

Finally (and this is the most common way of overturning Court
decisions) a later Supreme Court can decide that a certain decision was wrong.  For example, the
Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education effectively
overruled the decision in made 58 years before in Plessy v.
Ferguson.

Examine how prejudice is expressed in Romeo and Juliet. I'm having trouble finding quotes to support the prejudice between the two families.

The reason for the enmity between the households of the Montagues and the Capulets in
Shakespeare's isn't explained anywhere in the play. There aren't any
tantalizing clues, no subtle hints, and no hidden meanings in the dialogue as to why or how the
feud began.

Why the families were feuding seems to be of
no consequence whatsoever to Shakespeare. The only thing that matters to him, and to the play,
is that the families are feuding. The feud drives the play forward from the very first scene to
the tragic end of the star-crossed lovers who get caught in the middle of it.

: Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona,
where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny . . .
(1.Pro.1€“3)

It's an "ancient grudge." That's
the only thing we're told about the feud. How did it start? Nobody says. There's no discussion
about it. Maybe nobody even remembers how the feud started.

Perhaps the feud started in much the same way that the recent brawling in
the...

Is Rufus Dana's great grandfather or her great great grandfather? I want to know their relation to each other

I would
say that Rufus is her great great Grandfather."" is set in two eras: Present day 1976
and the 1815.

The

What role does catharsis play in the play Oedipus Rex?

In terms
of Ancient Greek drama,refers to the
purging, or purifying, of the audience's emotions by the
provoking of fear
and pity. In the Poetics, the Greek philosopher
Aristotle
argued, in contrast to his mentor Plato, that there was nothing
wrong per
se with the expression of emotion by an
audience. Excess emotions, however, were a
different matter. They put the
various elements of the soul out of balance, and thus needed to
be purged and
purified by pity and fear, which Aristotle regarded as wholly rational

emotions.

For Aristotle, provided the classic
example
of how catharsis should work.excites pity because he is basically a
good man who comes to grief
through actions whose consequences he could not
reasonably have foreseen. Yes, Oedipus can be
criticized for certain of his
actions, such as willfully ignoring the prophecies of . But
ultimately
Oedipus is a victim of fate, and this excites pity among the
audience.

As well as pity, we also experience fear as the
action unfolds. We immediately grasp
that what's happened to Oedipusnot to
mention is an appalling , which cannot but incite feelings
of terror. The
gruesome nature of Oedipus's final actions in the playgouging out his own
eyesis
designed to inspire fear among the audience, providing them with an
emotional release which
curbs excess emotion.

Should schools be allowed to block cell phone voice and data service?I am trying to help my middle school debate team get ready for their first...

Interesting
question...however, let me rephrase
it just a bit and see if any opinions change.

As
educators, think of the costs associated with provided technology in
secondary
education. The capital expense, the upkeep, network costs, damage,
loss, etc. Computers become
outdated, damaged, obsolete. Most school
districts are required to run levys or bonds to acquire
computers that become
outdated before they are even installed and running. Most schools can only

provide computers in special computer labs and maybe schools have 2 or 3 labs for use.
It's even
worse in each classroom where perhaps there are half a dozen units.
Certainly not enough for
each student. Using them becomes a management
nightmare.

Now consider this:
what if I showed you a way
where EVERY student can have their own computer in class? What if I
told you
there would be no cost to the school district? No updating, no maintainance costs,
no
liability for damage or loss? Sound too good to be true? Well, that's
exactly what a smart phone
is. A computer more powerful than most desktops of
only a few short years ago.

The challenge, of course, is
helping students (and parents) understand the appropriate
use of this
technology. Like it or not, as long as there is electricity, students will have
cell
phones. Trying to limit their use is as fruitless as trying to eliminate
gum chewing. Better to
establish the proper way to use them than trying to
limit them. Get on board or be left behind,
I think.

How does Odysseus search for his identity in the Odyssey?

Odysseus seeks
his identity in several ways.

The first is that in his literal searchfor a
way homehe is also searching for himself. Hes been away from home for years. Hes been out having
adventures, but hes also been places where people dont know him, or where they meet him for the
first time. At home, his wife and old dog, who knew him before his travels, wait for
him.

A second search is for Penelope. Yes, thats another person, but shes
his wife, and the great love of his life. She is...

What source does Douglass rely on to learn how to read and write as explained in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave?

Mrs. Auld is a weaver by trade and has never had slaves "under her control
previously," so she treats Douglass with kindness initially, just as she would do for any
other human being. She realizes that he cannot read and first teaches him how to recognize
letters and then how to form short words. This basic instruction completely changes Douglass's
life, as it gives him the needed tools to begin to build a sense of order in the printed world
around him.

Mr. Auld's reaction solidifies the importance in continuing this
journey. When he tells his wife that she cannot give Douglass any further instruction because
Douglass "should know nothing but to obey his masterto do as he is told to do,"
Douglass realizes the power of literacy. His quest to further his literacy instruction becomes
his passionate desire, and he gets pretty creative in following up on that...