In Shakespeare's Hamlet, how many chances did Hamlet have to kill Claudius? Why didn't Hamlet do it?

In his
play , Shakespeare really only gives us one
moment prior to the final scene in which had an
opportunity to kill King . That moment is in Act III, scene iii, and happens soon
after Claudius has seen the play in which his murder is pantomimed.

In
Act III, scene iii, Claudius informsthat he is sending Hamlet to
England and they are to supervise him. Claudius's purpose is to have England execute Hamlet.
Later in this scene, when Claudius is alone, he delivers aconfessing his murder. He also kneels
to pray to ask for forgiveness. It's while he is praying that Hamlet happens upon him and, since
Claudius is alone and unaware of...

What are four language techniques used in Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scene 2: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a...

This
question provides a particular passage from the play; however, it does leave open the
possibility that it is asking about language techniques from the entire act and scene.

Based on the passage provided, a reader can see a fairly good example of the iambic
pentameter that Shakespeare so frequently employed throughout many of his pieces. Most of the
lines follow an unstressed/stressed syllable pattern and contain a total of ten syllables. Each
unstressed/stressed unit is an iambic foot, and five of them gives readers the pentameter. The
quote in question is also an example of . Blank verse has consistent rhythm and meter, but it
doesn't have rhyme.

The provided quote also has a couple of examples of
enjambment. Enjambment is a device that a poet will use when one line of verse spills over into
the next line without any kind of punctuation mark that would make a reader pause at the end of
the line.

Nor arm, nor face, nor any other
part

Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!

It is used again about a line later.

That which we call a rose

By
any other word would smell as sweet.

A general rule of thumb with enjambment is that it usually is combined with caesura.
A caesura is a pause within a line of verse, and it is usually marked by some kind of
punctuation. Readers can see a good example with both rhetorical questions thatasks. Those
question marks force a reader to pause, and they occur in the middle of a line.

Whats Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,

Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part

Belonging to a man. O,
be some other name!

From "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathanial Hawthorne, how do the following lines foreshadow and symbolize the main theme of the story? It was all...

" "
is a character who ventures out in the
night to go to a meeting in the forest. He's leaving
behind his wife, Faith,
which also symbolizes the fact that he is straying from his religious
beliefs
that he was taught as a child and has always upheld until this moment. Little does
he
know that he will be shocked and disheartened by who he also sees on the
path to sin; he sees
all of the people in his life who had taught him about
living a good Christian/Puritan life.
After...

How can I write another ending, an alternate ending, of Emmaby Jane Austen? The story is already perfect and has a happy ending, but I have to write...

You
are correct when you suggest that you need to materially alter the plot
to develop a different ending. The way Austen constructs her novel,
there is no ending but the one she has written. There are one or more changes to the plot that
might be made that might lead to one or more alternate endings, arising as they will do from
alternate plots. Some characters that might undergo plot changes might be: Jane Fairfax, Harriet
Smith, and Mr. Knightley. Of course, plot changes to one of these characters would redound upon
and involve other characters.

Jane Fairfax:
Starting with Jane Fairfax, she might become permanently disillusioned with Frank Churchill and
abandon him and their secret engagement to actually take on governess duties for the Sucklings.
In this case, Frank would be free to be paired with , who might pity him, or with Harriet
Smith,. whom he might pity, especially after he comes into his fortune upon his aunt's death. As
a side not, secret engagements were so very bad because there was nothing to prevent other
eligible persons from paying court to either party and thus finding themselves dishonored and
possibly disgraced once the secret became known. The reason for this is that once a courtship
reached a certain consistency and state, an engagement followed by a marriage was expected in
order to preserve the moral purity of the parties courting.

Harriet Smith: Aside from the possibility mentioned above
stemming from a plot change to Jane's fortunes. Harriet might undergo her own plot change by
truly casting off Farmer Robert Martin and attaching her heart and hopes to Mr. Knightley. This
might end one of several ways. She might end alone after rejecting Martin in London and
unfruitfully attaching herself to Knightley. She might actually persuade Knightley or her
worthiness and love. In order for this latter one to occur, Knightley would have to undergo his
own plot change.

Mr. Knightley: Mr Knightley
might truly see Emma as a different sort of person than he had always imagined (or hoped) her to
be. The outing to Box Hill might very well bring about such a changed perception. He already
scolds her for her disrespectful ill-treatment of Miss Bates. He might see more in Emma's
insensitive behavior and flirtation with Frank and become deeply disgusted with and repulsed by
her so that his scolding was more than that, so that it was in fact a breach from her because of
her breach from that which is worthy and admirable. This might then drive Knightley to
appreciate and embrace the innocent, unspoilt simplicity of Harriet Smith. For Knightley, having
the high social position and prestige that he does, this connection could not demean him in
Highbury the way it would demean Elton, who is lower in status and prestige.

These are some possible plot changes the would yield alternate
endings. Another possibility for deriving an alternate ending is
to approach altering the plot through the lens of a particular literary
theory. For instance, you might rework the latter parts of the plot through the
lens of Feminist Criticism, where the women triumph and are independent from men, or through
Marxist Criticism, where wealth is bested by meager income (Jane, Harriet, Miss
Bates).

were [Miss Bates] prosperous, I could allow much
for the occasional prevalence of the ridiculous over the good. Were she a woman of fortune, ...
I would not quarrel with you for any liberties of manner. Were she your equal in situationbut,
Emma, consider how far this is from being the case. She is poor; she has sunk from the comforts
she was born to;...

Explain to what extent the four management functions are related and similar.

The four
main functions of management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Planning
involves the creation of strategies to achieve company objectives. Organizing is whereby the
manager brings together the resources required to achieve the firms objectives. Since the
manager needs his or her employees to succeed, he or she has to motivate them to work towards
those goals. The act of influencing employees is called leading. The final function is
controlling. This is whereby the manager monitors and evaluates the performance of the workers
and the organization. The manager has...

How does the setting play a part in the story?

Walker's
" " reveals a woman surviving against uncaring and indifferent social and political
forces.  No one is consciously out to get her, but the society is uncaring and indifferent.  The
story is only incidentally about race or rudeness or cruelty.  These are just part of the
package that comes with existence.  The boy doesn't shoot her, and the same people in town that
are rude to her also give her the medicine she needs for free.  No one is out to get her, it's
just that nobody really cares and nobody is...

Two similar solids have a scale factor of 3 : 5. If the height of solid I is 3 cm, find the height of solid II.

We are given
that two solids, solid I and solid II, are similar with a scale factor of 3:5. The height of
solid I is given as 3 cm, and we are asked to find the height of solid II.

A
simple definition of similar figures is figures that have the same "shape" but not
necessarily the same size. A more rigorous definition is that a similarity is a transformation
that preserves angles and maps all lengths in the same ratio (often referred to as the scale
factor, the ratio of magnification, or the dilation factor). Another definition is a
transformation that preserves ratios of lengths.

If polygons are similar,
then corresponding angles are congruent, and corresponding side lengths are in the same ratio,
which is the scale factor. "Corresponding lengths" can include the lengths of
corresponding sides, diagonals, medians, heights, and so on.

If we assume
that the scale factor for a pair of similar figures is a:b, then all corresponding lengths are
in the ratio a:b, all corresponding areas are in the ration a² :b² , and all corresponding
volumes are in the ratio a³:b³.

For this problem, we have the
scale factor as 3:5, so all corresponding lengths, including height, are in a ratio of 3:5.
Thus, since the height of solid I is 3 cm, the height of solid II is 5
cm.

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What are the major physical features of North America?

I will go
into more detail about some of the more prominent physical features mentioned in the previous
post.

The western edge of North America coincides with the plate tectonic
boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. The results are several
physical features: the San Andreas Fault, the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the Cascade mountain
range (which includes Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier, both in Washington State), and the
Aleutian trench and Aleutian islands.

In the north, the oldest part of the
continent is the Canadian Shield, a vast horseshoe-shaped area of land around Hudson
Bay.

The Appalachian mountains stretch from Alabama to Maine. They are the
result of a continental-continental plate collision and millions of years of weathering and
erosion. Much of the materials has been washed down to the Mississippi River, which has the
third largest drainage basin in the world. The river ends in the Gulf Coast, characterized by
low hills and deltas of the Gulf of Mexico.

The Colorado Plateau is
characterized by ancient volcanic moutnains, broad plateaus, and canyons, including the Grand
Canyon and the Colorado River.

The Basin and Range region, between the
Colorado Plateau/Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Coast, is characterized by mostly north-south
valleys and mountains. Large lakes often form (the best known of which is the Great Salt Lake in
Utah).

The sedimentary environments of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains
have made them prime sources of oil and gas formation.

How is Tybalt to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

Of all the characters in

,is by far the most enthusiastic about the feud between the
Capulets and
the Montagues. Theannounces that the two great houses "From
ancient grudge break to new
mutiny," and it appears to be Tybalt who leads
the charge, while his uncle, the head of the
family, is quite content to
allowto attend his feast.

In III.i, Tybalt
attempts to
provoke a fight with Romeo. When he fails, Romeo's passivity so angersthat he

challenges Tybalt himself. It is Tybalt's killing of Mercutio and Mercutio's final
reproaches to
Romeo that finally anger him to the point where he fights and
kills Tybalt.

One might argue that Romeo should have
refused to fight Tybalt even after Mercutio's
death, but he has shown
remarkable patience anyway and everything in his background and
upbringing
would make him see such a course of action (or inaction) as cowardly. Tybalt
forces
him to fight, which leads directly to his banishment and the death of
both lovers.

If Romeo had not killed Tybalt and been
banished there is, of course, no guarantee that
matters would have proceeded
smoothly. Capulet would still presumably have insisted on 's
marryingand his
conduct in III.v does not suggest that he would be easy to persuade.

Nonetheless, the time and manner of the lovers' death in the play was clearly caused by
the
events directly set in motion by Tybalt's
aggression.

Please help me to answer this question from A Streetcar Named Desire. Would Blanche's traits and behavior render her as a parody of the Southern belle?

In order to
determine whether the character of Blanche Dubois is rendered as aof the Southern Belle, the
first thing to analyze is whetherintended to use her character traits to serve this purpose.

A "parody", is used specifically to ridicule something and to
cause a comedic effect. It is true that, in the literal sense, the character of Blanche does
over-use her Southern Belle traits to desperately block her dark secrets. However, Williams does
not use these behaviors to cause mirth, but to draw out the pathos of Blanche's tragic flaws as
a character.

If Blanche were to be a parody, the reader would find her
actions funny. Contrastingly, all of Blanche's actions instill a sense of loss and nostalgia, as
well as of pity and even commiseration. This is because Blanche is not really mocking her
Southern Belle roots, nor is she laughing at herself for retaining the behaviors that she once
used to exploit her good looks among the boys.

Theis that Blanche is unable
to move away from the same manipulative behaviors that would have helped her back in the day,
when she was young and vibrant, and money was not an issue. She was, indeed, a glamorous and
boy-crazy girl who had any man that she wanted and never lacked friends.

As
the series of unfortunate events that lead her to lose herself completely continued to unravel,
Blanche stuck staunchly to what she knew to do best: to create an appearance of over-the top
personality, and to manipulate the men around her. The problem is that she did not know how to
control this once-powerful skill and now it is falling on deaf ears. No longer can she show her
charm around millionaire and powerful friends; she is now in the closest thing to a ghetto,
living in an apartment with a rude and ape-like man and her abused sister. Blanche is very far
from where she came from. This is not a parody, but an .

Even when Stanley
tries to make a parody out of Stella it is hard for the reader to connect nor agree with
Stanley. He comes out too strong and rude for any of this comedy to make any sense to the
reader

Take a look at yourself here in a worn-out Mardi
Gras outfit, rented for 50 cents from some rag-picker. And with a crazy crown on. Now what kind
of a queen do you think you are? ...you sprinkle the place with powder and you spray
perfume...and, lo and behold, ...you are the Queen of the Nile, sitting on your throne, swilling
down my liquor...Ha ha! Do you hear me? Ha ha ha!

This
would have been a humorous moment had Blanche's character been made to be a parody of a Southern
Belle. However, the fact that Blanche is NOT a parody is what takes away the humor from the
quote. Therefore, this supports the argument that what Blanche actually is, as a character, is
an antithesis of what she once was, but not a parody.

Are there any missing parts from Pygmalion in the etext version on this site? In other words, is it the entire play?

Well, I have just
quickly checked through it and it seems all there to me. It even includes's afterword at the end
of Act V in which he attempted to clear up a few misconceptions that audiences were left with
after watching the...

Did Reconstruction successfully solve the problems caused by slavery and the Civil War?

While
Congress, as led by the Radical Republicans, sought to ameliorate the ravages wrought by the
institution of slavery and the Civil War, its legislative agenda, which included the 13th, 14th,
and 15th amendments, resulted only in exacerbating these problems. Theirprogram was far more
severe than President Lincoln's and was opposed by President Johnson (who was impeached and
almost convicted in the Senate). It resulted in a backlash from whites in the South, that in
many ways made life even worse for the newly freed slaves and gave rise to the Black Codes,
which disenfranchised blacks for almost a century.

One of the early
Reconstruction programs, the Freedman's Bureau (which was initially instituted by Lincoln), was
a well-intentioned and generous program to provide aid, including economic and medical help, to
the newly freed slaves. However under the auspices of the U.S. War Department, it quickly became
rife with corruption and was stymied by Southern legislatures as...

What's ironic in "Everything that Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Connor?

Christopher Jerde

Anotherin the story is Julian's own attitude regarding race. Julian criticizes his
mother for her outdated, racist attitudes towards black Americans, but his own views and desires
are not as enlightened as they seem.

For one, Julian wishes he could return
to the life of ease and privilege afforded his family through their race and class. He thinks
back to their old mansion, which was once owned by their slave-owning ancestors, with longing.
He speaks with a black man on the bus, not to be genuinely friendly, but to annoy his
mother.

This is ironic because Julian praises himself for being "free
of prejudice and unafraid of face facts" compared to his old-school mother. But he really
is not as free of these negative attitudes as he thinks. He does not seem to see black people as
other human beings much more than his mother does, but as...

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Why does the average variable costs curve first rise, then fall? Why is it shaped like a "U"?

The Average
Variable Cost Curve represents the correlation between the average cost a business incurs for a
product and the quantity of the product produced. The initial rising and subsequent falling of
the Average Variable Cost Curve can be reflected in three phases. The first phase reflects the
increase in returns and decrease in costs. This means that small quantities of the product are
being produced at increased prices. The second phase involves the constant returns to the
variable factors. The third...

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What is the most important conflict of Fever 1793?

The most important
conflict in this novel is the internal conflict that Mattie has to face with death. As the
events in the novel clearly demonstrate, humans are very frail creatures who can die very
quickly indeed. Mattie has to realise, along with other characters, her own mortality, and she
has to come to terms with the fact that she will die one day. She does this through encountering
the deaths of those around her, and particularly those she loves and cares for, such as her
grandfather. Note how the following quote describes death:

There could be no running from this. Hiding from death was not like hiding from Mother
when she wanted me to scrub kettles, or ignoring Silas when he begged for food. I was the only
one left.

Death is personified as a pursuer who, Mattie
realises, will eventually track her down and claim her for his own, whatever she does. With this
quote, Mattie begins to come to terms with her own mortality. However, this would be a rather
depressing book if it just featured death, and the author is careful to intertwine life into its
pages. In fact, as Mattie realises, death and life are so inextricably linked that even when
death is present, there is opportunity for new life. This is evidenced when the death of her
grandfather is juxtaposed to the entry of a new life into her family through the orphan,
Nell. 

What is the setting in chapter 1 of Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men?

s
takes place during The Great Depression in Salinas, California.opens
withandSmalls walking down beside the Salinas River. The beauty of the opening description
starkly contrasts the lives of the friends. From the way the two interact, it is clear that they
have been traveling companions for some time and that George is the leader of the pair. The two
travel from ranch to ranch looking for employment and a place to stay.

The
two men pass the time talking about their plans for the future: their version of the American
Dream. They want to be able to have their own piece of land to own and work; George will take
care of everything except the rabbits which will fall under Lennies charge. As George reminds
Lennie of how to act at the new ranch giving the reader the impression the search for a new job
is the result of Lennies actions at the previous ranch.

The Great Depression
has an impact on the course of the book. George and...

What conclusions can be made about the contradicting opinions in "Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe?

The
opinions of Nnaemeka's father, the village men, and the women of Lagos are simply a product of
prejudice and fear of the other. It is the same fear that gripped America (and still does in
many households) over interracial marriage. Nnaemeka is an Ibo man and Nene an Ibibio woman. In
past times the tribes did not mix and may have been, at one point in history, enemies. In modern
times, however, these ethnic groups live amenably in areas of Nigeria, especially the large city
of Lagos. Yet even in Lagos there is prejudice against these interethnic
relationships.

Achebe's story is an attempt to break down these barriers.
Twice in the story he suggests that the marriage will be ultimately accepted. In Lagos, the
initial prejudice toward Nene by the Ibo women begins to evaporate and they are impressed by the
orderliness of her home as she gains friends and acceptance. Nnaemeka's father too begins to
relent after receiving a letter from Nene informing him that he has two grandsons who would very
much like to see him. In the closing lines, Achebe suggests that the father will give in and
accept Nene and the children of the mixed relationship. Children are often a good reason for
families to put aside old disagreements and grudges.

What does the devil represent in "Young Gooman Brown"? What effect does Hawthornes background have on the interpretion of the devil?

The devil has
been around in life and literature for a long time.  Sometimes his appearance is frightening
("The Divine Comedy" or "Paradise Lost") and sometimes his appearance is
much more suave and subtle, perhaps representing the multiple ways that we are confronted with
temptation in life.  The devil in "" tends to fall into the more casual.  He is not
presented as a frightening threat, but more as the casual friend of many of the town's leading
citizens, including members of Brown's own family.  Even at the key moment in the story, the
"Black Mass" in the forest, he does not present anything that is
particuarly...

What are the principles of Liberalism?

Liberalism can
sometimes be a misunderstood concept in contemporary politics, party because modern liberalism
can have different meanings, depending on where you are. In the U.S., we are so often accustomed
to hearing about the conflict between conservative and liberal political ideas that we assume
that the term liberalism means something other than what it really means.

Liberalism as a political concept has its roots in seventeenth century England, with
the theoretical work of Enlightenment philosopher John Locke.

Locke espoused
a form of the social contract theory that says that government earns the right to govern by
the consent of the people. This was a sharp break from the traditional British way of looking at
governmentto them the monarchy ruled by divine right, and the people they ruled didn't have much
to say about it. This might be the most important principle of Liberalismthe government has to
meet with the approval of the people or it will be removed.

Other important
principles of Liberalism sound like the Bill of Rights in the United States
Constitution.

People should be free; free to speak, gather, worship, vote,
etc. Liberalism, in its classic sense, is about putting political power in the hands of the
people, who possess natural rights that the government may not infringe upon.

What we (in the United States) call liberals partly refers to a political philosophy
that promotes the idea of using government to solve social problems. Ironically, today's
liberals call for a bigger, stronger government than conservatives. That is because they want to
use the government to deal with difficult issues, rather than relying on private persons and
organizations.

 

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Is there a theme of virtue in the story The Fire Next Time?

byis composed of two
separate essays. Both essays contain themes of virtue. The first essay is written in form of a
letter to Baldwin's teenage nephew. The writer's nephew is filled with youthful angst and fiery
energy. Baldwin plays the role of the righteous and wise uncle to his nephew. Baldwin is a kind
of old sage who is helping the adolescent boy navigate through complex emotions.

Baldwin also guides his nephew through the equally complicated history of black in
America, especially with regards to race relations. He advises his nephew to channel his anger
toward compassion and understanding for the black experience in America, and that his youthful
energy would be best served toward political action and social consciousness.

The second essay is an examination of Baldwin's own religious beliefsparticularly
growing up in the Christian traditionas well as the Islamic beliefs he encountered whilst living
in Harlem. This essay has a theme of virtue as well, but more so in a philosophical context.
Virtue, after all, is a Christian belief. Baldwin compares and contrasts his personal version of
morality with that of the Christian version.

Why would the Party allow the vices described that the Proles partake in in 1984 by George Orwell??

The Party
is arrogant enough and sure enough of its own power to feel it can ignore or manipulate the
Proles. It really doesn't concern itself with what the Proles think or do, regarding the Proles
as lesser beings, not quite fully human. Their vices include prostitution and thought crimes,
but the Party doesn't care.

, however, understands the Party's disregard of
the Proles as a big mistake. As he falls in love withand sets up a secret domestic life with her
in the room over Mr. Charrington's shop, his view of the Proles softens. He realizes that they
are superior to Party members because they still live in the traditional, old-fashioned human
way. They still have real...

Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between Grandma Lynn and Buckley in regards to how they deal with Susie's disappearance or death.

Before
Susie goes missing, Grandma Lynn rarely visits the Salmon family, and when she does, she tends
to create conflict. Despite her flaws, particularly self-absorption and alcoholism, Grandma Lynn
cares deeply for her daughter and grandchildren, which is reflected in the aftermath of Susie's
disappearance. When she learns of Abigail's affair, she attempts to make her daughter promise to
break it off in order to spare the family from experiencing more pain. After Abigail leaves her
husband and children for California, Grandma Lynn moves into Susie's room and does what she can
to help care for her grandchildren.

Susie's youngest sibling, Buckley, is
four years old when he learns that Susie has died. Grandma Lynn...

What is the impact readers receive after reading the satire in Gulliver's Travels? Specifically, the voyage to the country of Houyhnhnms.

Gulliver encounters
the Houyhnhms in his final voyage in a world where there are the Houyhnhms and the Yahoos. It is
clear that the former group are greatly civilised compared to the Yahoos, who are shown to be
savage and vicious. The Houyhnhms have established a world that greatly appeals to Gulliver as
they live a life where reason is ther guiding compass rather than emotion. The advantages of
such an approach are shown to be very...

Are Goodman Brown's experiences reality or a dream?

I'm not sure
there is a definite answer to this question, and it depends on how you look at it. There are
definitely dream-like qualities throughout the story. There is one point during the story that
the reader could assume that Goodman Brown has fallen asleep. It is after he decides not to go
further with the "devil" and sits on a stump

applauding himself greatly, and thinking with how clear a conscience he should meet the minister
in his...

What do the eighteen hundred brothers represent in A Christmas Carol?

When Scrooge tells the
Ghost of Christmas Present that he has never met anyone like the ghost before, the spirit is
somewhat incredulous.  The spirit is quite large, and he has a "genial face," a
generous nature, and a "joyful air"; he wears an evergreen wreath atop his long, curly
hair, a long green robed trimmed with white, and an "antique scabbard" without a sword
and only a rusty sheath.  His symbolism looms large, and it helps us to understand the
implications of Scrooge's alienation from the spirit's "eighteen hundred"
brothers. 

The spirit is cheerful and goodqualities which are foreign to
Scrooge.  Further, he wears an evergreen wreath; evergreen is associated with Jesus Christ
because he represents eternal life (evergreens stay green all year and do not lose their leaves
and seem to die in winter).  Scrooge does not seem to be a spiritual man. At least, he certainly
does not act in a Christian manner to his fellows.  The ghost's lack of a weapon, his bare
chest, and even his want of shoes seems to show that he is gentle and that he has no need of
protection from the world because he would not engage in any kind of aggression. He is peaceful,
loving, and generous. 

Scrooge is none of these things.  Therefore, when
Scrooge declares that he has not known any of the spirit's brothers (one for each Christmas
since the birth of Christ), it is not only a relationship with the spirits that he denies, but a
complete understanding of what it means to be a good person. He possesses zero of the qualities
represented by the spirit himself.

Explain how the theme of loneliness affects Candy, Crooks, and Curley's wife in Of Mice and Men.

In this
novella, Steinbeck illustrates ways the every-man-for-himself ethos of capitalism isolates
people and causes them to be lonely and fearful.

Candy is lonely and fearful
because he is old and disabled. He cannot save enough money for retirement. When his bunkmates
want to shoot his old, blind, smelly dog, Candy mourns losing his companion. More than that, he
sees in the killing of a creature that is no longer useful a picture of his own end.

Curley's wife, a newlywed teenaged girl already dissatisfied with her marriage to a
swaggering bully, is lonely and isolated as the only woman on the ranch. She wants to be admired
as a sex object, yet the ranch hands wish very much to steer clear of her because of fear of
tangling with Curley. She has utterly unrealistic dreams and fantasies of going to Hollywood and
getting into movies. In the meantime, she dresses up in tawdry ways with no one to admire
her.

Crooks is a more complicated case, as he is a victim of racism. He is
lonely because...

In "Annabel Lee," how does the speaker react to Annabel Lee's death?

The
speaker's reaction is certainly one of
undying dedication. 

"" can
be read in the context of
American Romanticism. It employs language to evoke mood and emotion;
it uses
elements of the supernatural (e.g., angels, winged seraphs of heaven, and demons)
to
illustrate the extraordinary nature of the narrator's love for the
subject.

Because you are focused on the narrator's
reaction, I would look to the last three
stanzas. In the fourth stanza, we
learn how Annabel Lee died: "That the wind came out of
the cloud, chilling /
And killing my Annabel Lee." Exposure to cold and dampness (she lives
by the
sea) was a concern in the 19th century. Perhaps it was pneumonia that took

her. 

In the fifth stanza, the narrator expresses what was different
about
his love for Annabel Lee. They were spiritually connected spiritually
long before her
death: 

But our love it
was stronger by far than the
love

Of those who were older
than we

Of many far wiser
than we

And
neither the angels in heaven above

Nor the
demons down
under the sea,

Can ever dissever my soul from the
soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:

In the first three
lines, you have the voice of
a youth who believes that no one can understand the depth of his
emotion,
another characteristic of Romantic literature. For him, their love transcended age,
and
notions of good and evil. His evocation of demons and angels also
suggests the possibility that
their love transcended the boundaries of
religion and the church.

In the
final stanza, the narrator
describes how Annabel Lee is present in his memory:

For the moon never beams without bringing me
dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise but I see the
bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

She has thus become a part of everything in death. She belongs not only to
the
narrator, but to the universe. 

The last few lines are
less spiritual. The
poem becomes dark, even morbid:

And so, all the nighttide,
I lie down by the
side

Of my darling, my darling, my life and my

bride,

In her sepulcher there by the sea

In her
tomb by
the side of the sea.

Here, it
seems that the narrator
wishes to join her in death: He lies down by his
"bride" in
"her sepulcher," in "her
tomb."

Depending on how one wishes to read the poem, this
could be affirmative to Annabel
Lee's memory: the speaker will never forget
her. Or it could be dark: he is trying to climb into
the grave with her. The
latter reading would make it more explicitly Gothic, and much of Edgar
Allen
Poe's work is in the early American Gothic tradition.

The
narrator's
reaction can thus depend on one's choice of how to read the
poem.

What are two comparisons between the role of women during the Paleolithic Age and in Mesopotamia?

Perhaps the
easiest comparison to be made
between women in the Paleolithic and Mesopotamian eras is that
they were both
responsible for the vast majority of child-raising. This is due to the work

distribution of the sexes. In the Paleolithic era, men were primarily focused on hunting
large
game, including giant woolly mammoths, which could provide enough food
for their tribe for weeks
or even months. In the ancient Mesopotamia era, men
were primarily farmers and would work
year-round in the fields due the fact
that there was always a growing season. Women would be
held primarily
responsible for raising children until they were old enough to help with
hunting
and gathering (in the Paleolithic) and farm
chores...

For a research project about ancient Egyptians mummies, I need some help.

First of all,
if you live anywhere near a large
city such as New York, Boston, Chicago, or Los Angeles, you
can begin your
research in the art museums there. In the Art Institute of Chicago, for
example,
there are some very interesting specimens in the "basement." At any
rate, do not
forget that virtual field trips are available which will present
a wealth of pictures and
information. In addition, a real library, especially
in a city, will have reference books that
can assist you as well as a living
librarian who can make helpful suggestions and aid your
search since there
are any number of reference books which will provide the history of the

Egyptian culture that produced mummies.

You may wish to begin by
explaining
that the preservation of the human body was important because the
ancient Egyptians believed in
an afterlife, and bodies had to be preserved
for this next life. Interestingly, there is a
theory that the pyramids were
made as a machine for resurrection. Scenes were painted on the
walls of these
pyramids because the Egyptians believed that certain prayers by the priests
would
bring these scenes to life. World Book
Encyclopedia explains,

Many
Egyptians bought texts containing prayers, hymns, spells, and
other
information to guide souls through the afterlife, protect them from evil, and provide
for
their needs....Collections of these texts are known as the Book of the
Dead.

Perhaps, then, you may wish to
organize your research by (1) the
history of the beliefs of the Egyptians and
then (2) an explanation of the mummification
process. (3) If you are allowed
to include power point or a visual explication with your
research, this might
add interest.

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What is the significance in Oedipus the King? What are the significant themes or ideas in the play?

One of the
most profoundin all of literature, the evolution of ' character is probably one of the most
significant aspects of the drama.  His evolution in character from who he is at the start of the
play to who he is at the end of it reflects much of the essence of dramatic depictions of
character development and evolution.  His intelligence and faith in his own sense of self as
well as his immense sense of pride give way to a different understanding of self.  The sight he
gains about his condition in the world is only heightened by his blinding at the end of it. 
Through Oedipus, we learn the truth behind the idea of knowledge being a form of suffering and
the blissful condition of ignorance.  Oedipus demonstrates how the quest for truth is a
necessary part of the human condition, and in the process how its suffering causes inevitable
hardship and emotional turmoil.  Another significant element in the drama is the idea of human
freedom vs. fated destiny.  When Oedipus seeks to overcome the fate that has been destined for
him, we see a fundamental theme that underscores so much of literature.  How does human freedom
fit within a cosmic design?  Are our actions in accordance to our own will or some larger scheme
of which we are a small part?  If there is a destiny, can we overcome it? If this is true, is
there such a thing as freedom within the human condition or is everything predestined?  What
becomes the purpose of possessing freedom if destiny will triumph over it in the end?  These
questions all strike at the heart of ' work, making it extremely
significant.

What is the relationship between a mother and a daughter in the short story "Girl"?

Although
this short story is written in the form of a , spoken by the mother and addressed to the
daughter, there are moments too when we hear the daughter's voice. For example, it is the
daughter's voice protesting, "but I don't sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday
school." The daughter has one more line in the story: "but what if the baker won't let
me feel the bread?"

These two lines tell us quite a lot about how the
relationship between the mother and daughter is perceived by the daughter. Firstly, the fact
that she only speaks these two lines implies that the relationship is very one-sided and that
she, the daughter, isn't allowed to speak very much. The implication is that her voice and what
she might have to say does not much matter to her mother. The daughter is expected to follow
instructions and think in the way she is told to think. She is not expected to think for
herself. The first of the daughter's lines does suggest, however, that the daughter
might...

In act 1, scene 1, who encourages the fighting between the servants from the Montague and Capulet families in Romeo and Juliet?

Kelly Flanigan, Ph.D.

Though several characters could be charged with encouraging the fight that takes place
in act 1, scene 1, of , by , there are three who stand out as contributing
to the fighting with specific verbal threats or actions: , , and the crowd of spectators.


The scene opens with Sampson and , two servants from the Capulet household,
discussing their hatred for the Montagues. As they talk, they cross paths withand an unnamed
servant, both of the Capulet household. Sampson is the first to encourage a fight, by telling
Gregory, "My naked weapon is out. Quarrel, I will back thee" (1:1:34€“35).

Moments later, though, he suggests that the law will look more kindly on the side who
does not instigate the fight. "Let us take the law of our sides; let them begin"
(1:1:39€“40). When Gregory suggests that he will...

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Provide character sketches of the prominent characters in Q & A by Vikas Swarup.

Q & A is a novel by
Vikas Swarup, an Indian diplomat, originally published in 2005 and later made into a film. The
story is set in India, and many of the characters are influenced by their origins in dire
poverty and a need to escape it.

Ram Mohammad
Thomas: Theof the novel is a young man who wins a TV quiz show, but rather than
being given his money, he is accused of cheating and jailed. Readers learn in flashbacks that he
was an orphan abandoned in a clothes donation box in a church who has had a colorful and
entrepreneurial life as he struggles to climb out of poverty in a socially unequal and unjust
India.

Salim Ilyasi: The best friend of Ram,
Salim dreams of parlaying his good looks into Bollywood stardom, but he lacks Ram's cleverness
and energy and is more of a dreamer.

Prem Kumar:
The host of the quiz show Who Will Win a Billion?, Prem is a morally
corrupt character who abuses contestants and eventually commits suicide.

Smita Shah: She is a childhood friend to Ram who
eventually becomes his lawyer and is the interlocutor for his flashbacks.

Nita: She is Ram's love interest and has been forced into
prostitution. Ram and Nita marry at the end of the book.

What is the tone in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," and who is the villain, the protagonist, antagonist?

The tone
is one of instruction and caution, like a fairy tale.In fact, if you look at the title, you will
see that its complete title is ":A Tale for Children."Upon first reading, you may
think this is the *last* thing you'd want to read to your child!But think of the stories of the
Brothers' Grimm.Those tales also were gruesome but contained some moral lesson, created not only
to excite but to instruct.

The villain and thecan be considered in two
ways.First, Pelayo and Elisenda treat the angel miserably.They do not appreciate in the least
this miraculous being.They cage him like a farm animal and exploit him for money.The people of
the town are no better.They eagerly come to view the angel and pay for a glimpse at the poor
creature.Even the priest, Father Gonzaga, is more interested in seeing if the angel meets his
prescribed tests, such as speaking Latin, instead of appreciating the miracle.

There is no humanin this story.The angel himself may be considered so, as he does
nothing wrong and finally escapes his mistreatment.

How did Jonass relationship with his parents and friends change after he received his Life Assignment?

Beforeis
selected to be the community's next Receiver of Memory, he has a close relationship with his
parents. Jonas respects and trusts his mother and father and feels comfortable telling them
about his most intimate feelings. He shares his thoughts regarding the ceremony and adheres to
the advice they offer. In Jonas's community, strong emotions are discouraged, which is why he
enjoys a friendly relationship with his parents, who raise him to be obedient and conform to
society's strict standards.

After the December Ceremony, Jonas is selected to
be the community's next Receiver of Memory and immediately feels distant from his family and
peers. When Jonas begins his training sessions, he discovers what life was like before Sameness
and begins to question his society's rules and policies. Since Jonas is unable to speak to
others about his training, he cannot share his most intimate feelings, which drives a wedge
between him and his parents. As Jonas becomes more knowledgeable about the past, he discovers
that he can no longer relate to his mother and father. When Jonas asks his parents if they love
him, they laugh at his question and say that they simply enjoy him, which is devastating to
Jonas.

Jonas finally realizes that he has nothing in common with his
ignorant, emotionally shallow parents and begins to lie to them. Jonas also refrains from taking
pills for his Stirrings and is appalled to discover that his father kills defenseless infants
during release ceremonies. After discovering the truth behind the term release, Jonas completely
rejects his parents and decides to flee the community. Overall, Jonas's relationship with his
parents gradually diminishes after he is selected to be the community's Receiver of
Memory.

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How can I adapt my classroom (physical environment) to accommodate and support learners with emotional problems?

The book
The Inclusive Classroom: strategies for Effective Instruction cites that
the emotionally/behaviorally disabled (EBD) student needs a classroom environment where safety
and security have to go hand in hand with acceptance and flexibility.

The
first thing to consider is proximity. For this reason, the teacher must develop specific seating
charts and make specific arrangements so that the EBD student is placed as close to the teacher
as possible unless the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) states otherwise. Being in close
proximity often aids some students feel safer and less threatened than if left far from the
immediate periphery of the educator.

The second thing to consider is the
removal of sharp, blunt, or small objects that may be used as weapons. The placement of items
such as scissors, glue, sharpeners, even sharpened pencils and pens must be safeguarded.
Depending on the magnitude of the behavior of the student, these objects should have limited
access. Watch out for markers (fumes) or any other substances for Art, Life Skills and other
courses that are not student-friendly.

Identify distractors as well as
motivators. Avoid the first and make full use of the latter. Ensure that the classroom
environment is conducive to tolerance and acceptance, and always opt for small group instruction
based on level of competence and interest. Open rooms where students do not feel compromised to
merely sitting down are always welcome. Make special emphasis on collective and individual
feedback, and in having the student fully communicated with the rest of the class, with the
teacher, his shadow teacher (if applicable) and every available part of the
classroom.