In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, what are Kit's first impressions of America and what do they reveal about her background and character?

Kit is initially
unimpressed with America. She finds the towns of Saybrook and Wetherfield to be small and
dreary. She had expected to see established and bustling towns, with large buildings made of
stone. Instead, she finds unpaved streets and small wooden structures. Kit is disappointed
in...

How do you determine a linear function from a table and graph?

You are
asking how to determine a linear function from a table and a graph.

Linear
functions graph as a straight line, no curves allowed. So, if the graph is a straight line, it
is the graph of a linear function.

From a table, you can verify a linear
function by examining the x and y values.  The rate of change for y with respect to x remains
constant for a linear function. This rate of change is called the slope.

We'll use this table for the example.

x        y

0        2

1        3

2        4

3        5

4        6

In this example the rate of
change between the x and y values is always 2.  This function could be written with the linear
equation y = x + 2.

A linear function graphs as a straight
line.

A table of values for a linear function
shows a constant rate of change between the x and y values.

 

In Oedipus Rex, what does Oedipus mean when he calls Teiresias a "child of endless night"?

Be
careful to note the line number when referring to a specific quote from
(or any other Greek

What sights continue to amuse Dillard in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek?

Dillard
reminisces about a couple of summers ago when she was walking along the edge of the island. She
wanted to see what was in the water as well as scare some frogs. She notices that the frogs have
this strange habit of jumping into the water from seemingly invisible positions...

In "Ulysses", what does Ulysses think he and his mariners can do before they die, even though they are old?

This poem is famous for
its spirit of
unyielding adventure in the face of old age and stability. It's narrator, ,
is
famous for his journeyings back to his island kingdom of Ithaca, and now
we are presented with a
much older Ulysses who grows tired of the stability
and boredom of his life and has a desperate,
almost frantic desire to have
one last adventure before he dies. He does not want to dwindle or
wither away
living a life that is marked by its absence of excitement and adventure. His

determination to exact the most out of life is evident in a number of places in
the
poem:

I cannot rest from travel; I
will drink

Life to the lees.

His commitment to adventure
pushes him to take his faithful sailors
and go on, seeking that one last big adventure before
death itself claims
them for eternal rest. Note the words of Ulysses as he calls his mariners to

him:

'Tis not too late to seek a newer
world.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for
my purpose holds

To
sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western
stars, until I die.

In these
famous
words, Ulysses calls for uncompromising action and asserts his determination to
continue
pursuing adventure and the unknown in life until his very
death.

Read this poem and see if you can find literary elements. For example, tone, style and diction (if I use sarcastic as the tone). "next to of course...

I definitely
see a few literary devices at work here.

"worry in
every language" =
"my country tis of--" =
"by gorry by
jingo by gee by gosh by gum" =+ /slang ()
rushed like lions to the roaring
slaughter =+ personificataion

If you are looking for
general feedback on your poetry, there are a few more pieces of writing advice I offer beyond
recognizing your literary elements, however.

One important thing to note
about poetry, is that although the form and technical (or formal) rules of writing can be
bent ,...

In the beginning of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll is in control of Mr. Hyde, and at the end of the novel Mr Hyde is in control...

There
are two main reasons as to why Dr. Jekyll lost control of Mr. Hyde. The first is that Dr. Jekyll
essentially became addicted to Mr. Hyde, in much the same way as a drug addict becomes addicted
to drugs. Being Mr. Hyde gave Dr. Jekyll such a thrill, and made him feel so liberated that he
couldn't resist taking the potion again and again. He says, in chapter 10, that the
transformation "braced and delighted (him) like wine." The more often he became Mr.
Hyde, the stronger Mr. Hyde became.

In chapter 10, Dr. Jekyll remarks that
when he first transformed, he was, as Mr. Hyde, "so much smaller, slighter and
younger" than he was as Dr. Jekyll, and he accounts for this by explaining that the part of
him which became Mr. Hyde, had, over the course of his life, "been much less
exercised." In other words, because Dr. Jekyll, as a Victorian gentleman, had had to
exercise his respectable public self much more often than he had had opportunity to exercise his
much less respectable private...

What did Gale's breath smell like?

In
Katniss's memory, Gale's lips and breath have a pleasant citrus scent. This is her main memory
of the single kiss they shared, at a time when, due to political reasons, she had to appear to
be head over heels in love with Peeta Mellark.

Katniss comments that there is
no reason to compare this kiss with the many that she has shared with Peeta, because it was a
totally different experience, not based on acting, trying to stay alive in the arena, or playing
a part insisted upon by President Snow.

The next time Katniss and Gale saw
each other, both acted as though the...

What is the foreshadowing and symbolism in the short story "Thank You M'am"?

When she takes him home after he attempts to steal from her, Mrs. Jones tells this
boy,

"When I get through with you, sir, you are going
to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.

Although
the story ends with this mugger never contacting Mrs. Jones again, it is clear that she has made
a kind impression on him at a time when he deserved no empathy or compassion. Surely Roger will
remember this kindness forever. This comment in the moments after the attempted
mugging foreshadows the kindness that Mrs. Jones will show to this
boy, although she delivers the line with a touch of verbal .

In the end, Mrs.
Jones offers Roger enough money to purchase a pair of blue suede shoes. These shoes
symbolize a certain wealth that he longs for but cannot obtain.
Mrs. Jones offers this desired luxury to Roger even after he attempts to steal the money from
her. This gift shows the generosity Mrs. Jones is capable of and symbolizes forgiveness and
compassion.

What are some positive and negative aspects of interest groups?

Interest groups
play an important role as the voice of the people to advocate for their rights and push
forward their agenda. Thus, without some interest groups or pressure groups, the voice and the
rights of the people can easily be stifled by a rogue administration.

Certain
interest groups are strong enough to influence legislation by convincing legislators to pass
laws that protect public interests.

Interest groups also have a
responsibility to exercise oversight over decisions made by those in authority. They monitor and
take corrective action to address oppressive decisions or actions by the
administration.

Although interest groups are essential in any democratic
society, they can also pose some challenges to the same society and the government.

Some interest groups are established to protect interests of the powerful. In such a
situation, the interest group can use its influence and available funds to corrupt the system to
ensure the environment remains favorable for their activities.

Powerful
interest groups can also compromise the ability of the government to make decisions, including
progressive decisions.

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From Dante's presentation of Francesca and Paolo, we are encouraged to consider the place of moral responsibility in depictions of love, sex, and...

This is
an incredibly tricky question, and I believe there is a very multi-layered answer. Who is
ultimately responsible for the consumption of sexual and violent messages from media? Is it the
recipients, who choose to partake in it, or is it the industry and professionals who are
promoting it?

I believe there is responsibility on both sides of the issue.
The creators of this type of content certainly bear some blame for the rampant violence and
sexuality in media and entertainment. From a moral perspective (depending on how one views sex
and violence), peddling inappropriate content to the masses could be seen as a form of
corrupting and demoralizing them. The media are participating in the spread of immoral messages,
promoting them simply because they profit from them.

Therein...

Why Did George Kill Lennie

killsfor multiple reasons.

•       The reason most commonly offered
  is that he wants
  to save Lennie from being tortured by the pursuing lynch mob. This is
  probably
  valid, but it does not explain why he doesnt help Lennie escape.
  Lennie is hiding on the bank of
  a shallow river. They could wade across and
  climb into the Gabilan Mountains. The lynch mob
  might never even think of
  looking for them up there. Even if the mob finally guessed they had
  fled into
  the mountains, George and Lennie would have too much of a head start, and it
  would
  soon be getting dark. According to Lennie, the mountains have many
  caves. A mob would have to
  search each cave, and in the meantime the
  fugitives could be getting farther away.


•         George
  didnt intend to help Lennie escape. This is proved conclusively by the
  fact
  that he stole Carlsons Luger from under his bunk at the ranch. He intended to kill
  Lennie
  as painlessly as possible. When he saw the body of Curleys wife in the
  barn, he assumed, like
  all the other men, that Lennie had tried to rape her
  and had unintentionally killed her while
  they were struggling. George
  realizes that Lennie is becoming a menace to society and that he
  would
  probably kill other girls if allowed to live in freedom.
•        
  This
  is the first time Lennie has killed a human being (although he has
  killed lots of animals).
  George is in some danger of being charged as an
  accessory to second-degree homicide. He told
  Lennie where to hide if he got
  into trouble. If he tried to help his friend escape, he would
  definitely be
  an accessory to murder.
•         George feels guilty for
  the
  death of Curleys wife. In fact, he really is guilty because he brought
  Lennie to that ranch and
  the girl would still be alive if he hadnt brought
  Lennie there. He is Lennies caretaker. He is
  responsible for any kind of
  trouble Lennie gets intoand he is beginning to realize that Lennie
  is growing
  into more of a problem than he is competent to handle.


•        
  George wants to rid himself of a big burden. He cant handle
  the stress anymore. When he kills
  Lennie with the Luger he has mixed
  feelings, which include pity, sorrow, and remorse, but also a
  vast relief. He
  frequently abuses Lennie verbally, telling the childish giant that he could
  
  enjoy a much happier life if only he were free of him. Lennie is a burden because he is
  always
  getting into trouble and also because he has to be watched all the
  time. Lennie has caused
  George to lose jobs, and jobs are hard to come by.
  Lennie almost got both of them lynched by
  assaulting a girl in
  Weed.
•         George is angry at Lennie. He feels
  sorry
  for Curleys dead wife. She was just a dumb girl. She should have had a chance to live
  out
  her whole life and not have it snuffed out the way Lennie had killed his
  puppy and so many other
  small animals. George kills Lennie for the same
  reason that the lynch mob wants to kill him.
  George is really fed up with his
  companion.
•         George cant turn Lennie
  over to the
  authorities with the hope that they would put him in an asylum. He doesnt have
  the
  power to determine Lennies fate. If he could manage to get Lennie
  arrested rather than lynched,
  the authorities would be likely to charge
  Lennie with murder. There would be plenty of evidence
  that he had killed
  Curleys wife, and there would be plenty of witnesses to testify that he was
  
  guilty. The motive would be attempted rape. Nobody saw what happened in the barn. Lennie
  would
  be incapable of defending himself, and he wouldnt have much of a
  defense anyway. He wouldnt let
  go of the girl, she started screaming and
  struggling, and he killed her.


•         Lennie is showing
  many signs of rebelling against Georges control. He lies to
  George, threatens
  to run away and live by himself, doesnt follow Georges instructions,
  sometimes
  deliberately disobeys. (For example, George told him to have
  nothing to do with Curleys wife.)
  George may be a little bit afraid of
  Lennie, and with good reason. A time might come when Lennie
  might
  accidentally kill his keeper.

Steinbeck was a
realist.
His characters are not all good or all bad. George shows his good
side by looking after Lennie
for a long time. He shows his darker side by
verbally abusing Lennie, by wanting to be rid of
him, and finally by
executing him. Lennie himself seems like a gentle, likeable characterexcept

that he kills everything he touches, including his little puppy. Lennie is developing
an
interest in sex, and because of his feeble mind and giant strength he is
potentially a monster
who needs to be destroyed.  Slim is probably the most
faultless character in the story, but he
is a member of the lynch mob. He
wouldnt be present at the ending if he hadnt come along with
the mob. And
there is no indication that he had any intention of giving Lennie any kind of

help.

Is a manager has a power to take decision? Tell me to what extends this statement holds true?

It really depends on
the company how much power a manager has.Generally, most managers have the power to make...]]>

In Ch. 5-8, what has happened to Meg's father in A Wrinkle in Time?

Megs father was captured by It
on the planet Camazotz.

Megs
father has disappeared and no one knows where he is.  Megs father is a famous scientist who
worked for the government, but he inexplicably disappeared.  No one will tell Meg where her
father is, and there are rumors that he simply ran off with another woman.  Meg and her mother
know better.  They know his work as a scientist got him into trouble.

It is
not until Meg meets Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which that she understands what is going
on.  They talk to her about the Black Thing, the evil that threatens Earth and other planets in
the system.  She asks Mrs. Which if this is what her father has been fighting when the Tesser,
or travel through space and time, on different planets.

"Hhee iss beehindd thee ddarrkness, sso thatt eevenn wee cannott seee hhimm."
(Ch. 5)

Meg and the committee of Charles Wallace, Calvin,
and the three women/witches/aliens go on a mission to rescue Megs father and save the universe. 
When Meg asks where her father is, Mrs. Whatsit replies like this.

"On a planet that has given in. So you must prepare to be very strong." (Ch.
5)

Camazotz has a militarized sameness.  Everyone is
afraid of not fitting in.  They have to bounce balls in exactly the same way, and do exactly
what they are supposed to, or they will risk re-education.  It is on this planet that Megs
father has been trapped.  The children are forced to go to the planet alone, because the women
cannot go there.  They enter the CENTRAL Central Intelligence and see a man with glowing red
eyes who can read their minds and talk to them without speaking.  He seems to speak to Charles
Wallace, putting a spell on him.  Calvin and Meg escape through willpower and intelligence, but
barely.

Meg finds her father and uses her knowledge of Shakespeares
The Tempest and special glasses given to her by Mrs. Who to get him out of
an unusual glass prison. 

In this section, we see how Megs faith in her
father and her strength helps her get out of sticky situations.  Yet she has always lacked
confidence.  She wants to find her father, because he has always been the one person who
understood her.  She loves her brother, but he is a complete mystery to her and completely out
of her league.  Yet what makes Charles special, also makes him vulnerable to It's manipulation,
just as what makes Meg special makes her strong.  She is the only one who can save her fatherand
her brother. 

Please provide a character analysis of one of the characters in the prologue to Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer's
Generalis a robust celebration of human diversity, yet it also engages in social stereotypes. As
an Estates , its purpose is to show the various members of the medieval feudal estates and to
mock members of society in terms of their deviation from the ideal of their estate. The feudal
society claimed that society is strongest when every member stays in place and fulfills the
duties of the place into which he or she is born. Chaucer the Pilgrimthe naive narrator of the
Prologueclaims everyone is "worthy," yet it becomes clear quite soon that the reader
must find ways in which worthiness is compromised by individual pilgrim's tendency to want to
rise to a higher status or to abandon the standards of behavior assigned to a specific way of
life.

Those who fight must protect the state from harm through battle, but
they should do so only for noble causes and by fighting according to the chivalric ideal. Among
the knight, the squire, and the yeoman, it seems that the knight most upholds these ideals yet
also seems to have become something of a mercenary in the era's crusades. Terry Jones'
book Chaucer's Knight details some of the nuances in the sketch the
prologue offers, and "The Knight's Tale" is certainly marked by the knight's
complicated relationship to love and war. The Squire is motivated more by romance than political
idealism, using the tools of chivalry to achieve courtly attention, and the Yeoman is even
further removed from the ideal.

Similarly, those who praythe Prioress, the
Monk, and the Friarcreating a descending scale in terms of those who pray on behalf of others.
While the Prioress seems to care more for social than spiritual grace, the Monk himself seeks to
ignore his order's rules, and the Friar is downright sinful in his practice. The simple parson
is the pilgrim who most exemplifies the ideals of his place and is least ironically
portrayed:

He was a shepherde and noght a mercenarie. And
thogh he hooly were and vertuous, He was to synful men nat despitous, (Gen Prologue, lines
514€“16)

Among those who workthe majority of the
pilgrimsChaucer offers a range of figures who skirt the demands of honest labor. The Miller, for
instance, keeps his finger on the scale when measuring wheat. The Cook has a nasty open wound on
his leg. The Clerk from Oxford studies by living off of others' money. The Shipman seems more
pirate than noble wayfarer.

The game in the General Prologue is to read the
details offered casually about each pilgrim and see in what ways they are drifting from their
estate's ideal. Chaucer's own poetry is lively enough to suggest a complex , but the poem does
not fully realize round characterization such as one finds in Shakespeare. , the juxtaposition
of characters among each other, and the linking of pilgrim to tale told creates a more
interesting mode of characterization than one expects in medieval
literature.

How is "Good Country People" related to Marxist criticism?

According to
Lois Tyson, "[Marxist critical theory] attempts to reveal the ways in which our
socioeconomic system is the ultimate source of our experience." Marxist critical theory
often interrogates economic systems by looking at relationships between classes.

The primary relationship in the story is between overeducated and unemployed Joy/Hulga,
who is middle class, and her nemesis, the enterprising Bible salesman Manley Pointer, who is
working class. Hulga thinks her education and background make her superior to Manley, but since
"[t]rue genius can get an idea across even to an inferior mind," she decides to seduce
him out of boredom or perversity. However, Manley teaches her a real lesson by stealing her
prosthetic leg and her glasses.

Another relationship is between Hulga's
mother Mrs. Hopewell and her tenant farmer's wife, Mrs. Freeman. A Marxist criticism of this
story would find this relationship equally interesting because of the unequal power dynamic
between Mrs. Hopewell and...

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What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau believe in?

Contrary
to popular belief, Rousseau did not advocate turning back the clock to some primitive golden
age. At no point in his voluminous writings does he argue that men and women should leave behind
their modern towns and cities and adopt the kind of simple lifestyles associated with our
distant ancestors. However, he did believe that a more natural existence, one shorn of the
trappings of an increasingly corrupt modern society, could act as a moral ideal to which we
should aspire.

Rousseau (in)famously believed in man's innate moral goodness
which was corrupted by his entry into society. In a sweeping indictment of man's social life,
Rousseau argued that society was the source of all evil as it tore man away from his natural
condition, forcing him to be selfish, competitive, and envious of others' property.

In his critique of modern society, Rousseau is especially scathing of the notion of
private property, which he sees as the source of so many of humankind's ills. Once we start
dividing the natural world into "mine and thine" (i.e., this piece of land is mine,
and that's yours) then we no longer see nature as a dwelling place but as an object to be
possessed, a source of exploitation, which in turn leads to the exploitation of man in the
pursuit of more property and the power that it brings.

In Death of a Salesman, what is the conflict between Willy and Biff?

Mikayla Bruen, M.B.A.

In href="">Arthur
Millers play href="">Death of a
Salesman, Willy Loman is the eponymous salesman. Willy is disappointed in
his son Biffs lifestyle. Biff has never found steady employment and Willy is extremely
disappointed. In one exchange with his wife Linda, Willy explains his feelings about Biff to
her:

Willy: When the hell did I lose my temper? I simply
asked him if he was making any money. Is that a criticism?

Linda: But, dear,
how could he make any money?

Willy [worried and angered]: Theres such an
undercurrent in him. He became a moody man. Did he apologize when I left this morning?

Linda: He was crestfallen, Willy. You know how he admires you. I think if he finds
himself, then youll both be happier and not fight any more.

Willy: How can
he find himself on a farm? Is that a life? A farmhand? In the beginning, when he was young, I
thought, well, a young man, its good for him to tramp around, take a lot of different jobs. But
its more than ten years now and he has yet to make...

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In Lord of the Flies, what causes Ralph to understand the thrill of the hunt? Do you think his attitude toward hunting will change in the future?

In
chapter seven, the boys begin hunting a pig while they are looking for the beast andexperiences
the thrill of hunting for the first time. During the hunt, Ralph throws his spear at a pig and
barely manages to wound its snout. However, the pig manages to escape but Ralph expresses his
excitement and pride by telling the others that he wounded the pig. Shortly after the pig
escapes,and the hunters form a circle and Robert plays the role of pig as the boys begin to
mercilessly stab and beat him. Ralph once again experiences bloodlust and participates in the
violent game. Golding writes,

"Ralph too was fighting
to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt
was over-mastering" (164).

Ralph's excitement
during the hunt and his participation in the ensuing game illustrates his bloodlust and inherent
savage nature. Although Ralph is a proponent of civilization, he is also in touch with his
inherent primitive nature. Golding uses this...

Why does Framton think that Mrs. Sappleton is mad?

Framton Nuttel thinks
that Mrs. Sappleton is mad because he believes the totally fictitious story that her niece,
Vera, tells him about dead relatives and her aunt's refusal to accept the deaths. Once Vera
learns that Framton does not know her aunt at all, she concocts a story of ain which her aunt's
husband and brothers went out shooting and drowned in the bog. Vera explains that her aunt
"'always thinks that they will come back some day ... and walk in at that window just as
they used to do." She tells Framton that this is why the big window is left open even on an
October afternoon. When Mrs. Sappleton enters, she explains that her husband and brothers are
expected home soon, and her eyes continue to stray away from him and toward the window. He finds
her apparent inability to move on from this tragedy and her insistence on talking about it quite
"ghastly" and he tries to change the subject.

Who is the "great American" in Martin Luther King's speech?

Just after welcoming the crowd in his "I Have a Dream" speech, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. delivers this line:

Five score years ago
a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation
Proclamation.

This "great American" is a
reference to former President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the Emancipation Proclamation on
January 1, 1863. Lincoln said that this effort to free all slaves from their places of bondage
was the right move and noted that he never felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do
in signing this paper. Lincoln later became known as the Great Emancipator.

King alludes to Lincoln's efforts to grant all slaves the freedom they deserved in
order to share another truth about African Americans living in August 1963. In many ways, they
remained enslaved:

But 100 years later the Negro still is
not free. One hundred years later the life of the Negro is still badly crippled by the manacles
of segregation and the chains of discrimination.

King...

In his novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck indicates that this conversation has happened many times. Find three quotations from the extracts that show...

I
believe the conversation you are referring to is that which takes place betweenandinwhen George
tells Lennie about why they're different to most itinerant workers and about how they have a
future to look forward to. Indeed, during this conversation, Steinbeck writes that George
"repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times
before."

One quotation from this conversation which indicates that it
has taken place many times before is when Lennie says, "That's itthat's it. Now tell how it
is with us." The phrase, "That's it," implies that Lennie has heard George's
words many times before. When Lennie then says, "Now tell how it is with us," the
implication is that he knows what is coming next because he has heard George tell him so many
times before.

A second quotation that indicates that this conversation has
taken place many times before is when George tells Lennie, after one of Lennie's interruptions,
that he knows the story already "by...

Why is it important that Santiago dreams of a child who tells him of his treasure in this particular setting?

The
recurring dream is important because it foreshadows what happens later in the story. In the
dream, Santiago is told by a little boy that he will find treasure at the foot of the pyramids
in Egypt. This comes to be afor the long journey that Santiago makes during the story. He does
indeed find treasure on his travels, but it's the treasure of self-discovery that he findsthe
most valuable thing in life.

Ironically, Santiago does indeed find treasure
of a more literal variety. But he doesn't find it in Egypt; he finds it buried beneath the
ruined sacristy near his home. The treasure...

Art grant idea? I'm in a class where we have to apply for an art grant for a work of art, project, or cultural event. Any ideas?? The highest grant we...

You might propose to use
the art grant money to host a sculpture and/or natural sculpture contest in a public space, or
in partnership with a local business (or businesses). The sculpture or art can be donated to the
space where the contest is held. 

This is a nice way to build community, get
exposure for local arts and artists, and to beautify a neighborhood. 

Based on his response to the Cyclops, what can be inferred about Odysseus?

In the
ninth book of 's
Odyssey, Odysseus tells the Cyclops that his name is

Noman. 

€˜Cyclops, you ask my name and I will tell
it you;
give me, therefore, the present you promised me; my name is Noman;
this is what my father and
mother and my friends have always called
me.

This is an
example of the keen
intelligence for which Odysseus was noted. It was Odysseus who reputedly

thought of the idea of building a wooden horse to enable some Greek soldiers to get
inside Troy
and open the gates for the entire army. This led to victory in
the Trojan War after many years
of siege. Odysseus knows he cannot trust
Cyclops and that his life as well as the lives of all
his followers are in
extreme danger. He actually has the foresight to anticipate that Polyphemus

will be calling his fellow Cyclopes for help after he had blinded him. This turns out to
be the
case, but when the other one-eyed giants ask what is troubling him,
Cyclops shows he has fallen
for Odysseus' trick.

But Polyphemus shouted to them from
inside the cave, €˜Noman is
killing me by fraud; no man is killing me by force."

Because the blinded Polyphemus is left to deal with
Odysseus and
his men all by himself, most of them manage to escape from his
cave. So Odysseus not only had
the intelligence to get Polyphemus drunk and
to put out his single eye with a heated stake, but
he also had the foresight
to realize that Polyphemus would asks the other one-eyed giants to
help him
and that he would have to find some way to escape from the cave when the only exit
was
blocked by an huge boulder. Odysseus knows that the giant will have to
remove the boulder next
morning to let his sheep out. He thinks of the ploy
of having his men get out with the sheep by
hiding them underneath the
enormous sheep.

"There was
to be a man
under the middle sheep, and the two on either side were to cover him, so that
there
were three sheep to each man. As for myself there was a ram finer than
any of the others, so I
caught hold of him by the back, ensconced myself in
the thick wool under his belly, and hung on
patiently to his fleece, face
upwards, keeping a firm hold on it all the time."

The blind giant felt each sheep as it passed outside, but
he did
not touch any of the men, including Odysseus, who were clinging to the
thick wool underneath the
animals. In addition to displaying Odysseus'
cunning and foresight, the episode exemplifies his
great
courage.

What are some puns in Romeo and Juliet?

anddevelop atogether in act 1, scene 4:

ROMEO: Well, what was yours?

MERCUTIO: That dreamers often lie.

ROMEO: In bed asleep
while they do dream things true.

(I.iv.54€“56)

The
pun here centers on the word "lie." Dreamers do lie in bed, physically reclining, and
they also lie to themselves through their dreams.

Another pun is found in
this same scene whenis trying to persuade Romeo to attend the Capulet party. Romeo
responds:

Give me a torch. I am not for this
ambling.
Being but heavy, I will bear the light. (I.iv.11€“12)

Here, Romeo says that he is heavy in spirit. The pun is on the word
"light," which both refers to an attempt to lighten his spirit and also refers back to
the light of the torch used in the previous line.

offers some puns of her
own, like the following:

Be not so long to speak. I long
to die (IV.i.68)

At this point in the play, Juliet speaks
toabout her fears that she will be forced to marrydespite already married Romeo...

What are some clues that Charles is actually Laurie in the story "Charles?"

Elizabeth Stover, M.A.

The author included some clues in the story that help the reader to believe that maybe
Laurie andare the same person. For example, on the first page of the story, Laurie speaks to his
parents about Charles however he is not looking at them, he is instead "addressing his
bread and butter." When his parent's ask about the boy's name, the author states that
Laurie has to think about it for a few minutes...

What are the advantages and disadvantages of capitalist democracy?

A capitalist
democracy is a combination of a capitalist economic system and a democratic political system.
Thus, advantages and disadvantages of the hybrid system can be derived from the two systems
forming the capitalist democracy.

Advantages of a capitalist democracy
include the following:

• A capitalist democracy establishes a price
  system that ensures resources are conserved by producing what is needed in the market and
  anticipating consumer preferences.
• The market increases the need for useful
  skills and motivates individuals towards acquiring these skills for the benefit of the
  economy.
• Competition between the different organizations helps reduce costs
  and improve overall efficiency.
• Socially and politically, the interests of
  the general public are protected through their elected representatives.


• Policies will be established for the benefit of (ideally most of) the
  citizens.

Disadvantages of a capitalist democracy include the
following:

• Businesses may engage in unscrupulous activities,
  including hiking prices to drive up profits.
• Due to complete reliance on
  the factors of demand and supply, a strong class distinction between the rich and the poor is
  established.
• At the social and political level, decision-making and
  implementation may become a slow process due to bureaucracy.

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Do you find in Defoe's apparently artless style a cunning deliberation, a power of irony and conscious mastery of narrative? Substantiate your answer.

Defoe was
a very talented writer.  He makes this story a fictional autobiography in order to increase the
importance of Crusoe's life.  To support the illusion that it is an autobiography, Defoe writes
it as a journal, as if the "real" Crusoe is recording his life story.

This illusion of a real Crusoe is established by the presence of a preface to the
journal.  In that, Crusoe...

What is the tone and style of "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"?

The tone
of "" by American writer href="https://www.biography.com/writer/ernest-hemingway">Ernest Hemingway
is a matter-of-fact, direct tone. It is an unbiased reporting by Hemingway of this story stored
in his mind, as if it was a real incident and he was relaying Just the facts maam. (With
apologies to Jack Webb on the TV series Dragnet).

Hemingway is reporting,
dryly and without emotion, a moment in time in a caf© one night. The tone is almost deadpan, as
if told by a poker player with a straight face not wanting to reveal anything, especially
emotion or any sense of real concern.

The style of "A Clean,
Well-Lighted Place" is one of unembellished discourse. It is a factual account of what is
happening in this clean caf©. It does not mean that this is a true account, though.

Hemingway, through the eyes of the two waiters is giving a factual account of what is
happening in the moment in the cafe. Nevertheless, do the waiters really know the whole truth
about this old man? Do they really know the truth of his life and what brought him to this
point? Do they really understand his life with his niece? Do they know for sure what caused this
old man to try and kill himself?

This unadorned style of writing makes the
reader concentrate on the heart of the story. There is no flowery language to distract the
reader from the harshness of this story. The harshness is the way the old man is confronting and
dealing with old age €“ all its challenges in what can be a very cruel world.

Furthermore, this plain style mimics the austereness of this simple caf© on a dusty
street. The austere writing also mimics the stark reality of a man in his eighties having to
drink alone in some caf©/bar and having to stumble home somewhat after hes imbibed too
much.

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What is the conflict in James Baldwin's story "Sonny's Blues" that troubles a major character?

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There are
a lot of conflicts at work in "." The overarching conflict in the story is that
between black existence and white society, and this has strongly influenced how the narrator
views the world. He describes the struggle of growing up in Harlem, where many succumb to drug
use, and many never escape. He has dedicated himself to teaching because he believes this is the
only way to overcome the difficulty of being black in the sort of white world where a black man
can be murdered with few repercussions. The speaker describes how badly affected his father was
by his brother's murder, and this has reverberated down to the narrator as well.

The conflict between the narrator and Sonny, then, derives
from the fact that they negotiate their black existences very differently. Sonny has chosen to
devote himself to music, which the narrator does not understand. He is also critical of Sonny's
drug use, which he thinks is symptomatic of the people he associates with in the music...]]>

Monday, July 11, 2011

Why did many Northerners oppose Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

(1865€“1877)
is the term used to describe the historical period after the end of the Civil War(1861€“1865).
Because Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, he did did not actually preside over this
contentious post-war era.

Only by late 1864 did it become obvious that Union
victory in the war against the South was inevitable. Opposition to Lincoln during the
presidential campaign of the first half of 1864 was formidable. Potential challengers to
Lincoln, John Fremont and Salmon Chase, emerged among Republicans. The Civil War had lasted for
years and was far bloodier than anyone could have imagined, and Lincoln's reelection became
likely only after the Union captured Atlanta in September 1864.

Opposition
to Lincoln's nascent plan for Reconstruction came from Congressional leaders. Lincoln's plan for
Reconstruction was promulgated in December 1863. Known as the Ten Percent Plan, states that had
left the Union could be readmitted when at least ten percent of their prewar...

What does Daniel Defoe mean by this sentence from his essay "The Education of Women"? "A woman of sense and breeding will scorn as much to...

Defoe argues
in this essay that women are just as intelligent as men but without education, are not anywhere
near the perfect companions they could be. As a matter of fact, he adds, there isn't a problem
with women that education couldn't improve. The only reason he can imagine that men deny women
education is that they are afraid that women will compete with them. He cannot conceive of a God
who would create such wonderful, witty creatures as women to only be "Stewards of our
Houses, Cooks, and Slaves."

Then he says:

Sunday, July 10, 2011

What did Nicolaus Copernicus contribute to science? Did he futhered human knowledge of the solar system or did he futhered human knowledge of the...

Nicolaus
Copernicus is not famous for his contributions to reproductive
science, but rather for his contributions to ASTRONOMY. (Although he did work as a physician for
a time, studying medicine, as well as many other things such as economics, classical history,
linguistics, and politics.) 

His famous theory was that it was the sun at the
center of the universe, rather than the earth. Although there were limitations to the Copernican
model, it was an absolute breakthrough idea. One such limitation was the fact that he still used
a universe-based model, rather than a solar system based one. In fact, our sun is at the center
of our solar system, and definitely not the universe, or even the galaxy. 

His theory was heliocentric (sun-centered) rather than geocentric (earth-centered). The
geocentric model is also called the Ptolemaic model, after the Greek philosopher Ptolemy.
Decades after he first came up with the heliocentric theory, Copernicus published his ideas in
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (In English: On the
Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres). It summarized the theory. Besides the idea that
everything orbited the sun rather than the earth, the significant parts included the idea that
retrograde and direct motion could be explained by the rotation of the earth, the idea that
there is no one center of all the celestial circles and spheres, and the idea that the earth has
more than one motion (orbiting the sun, as well as rotating around). Most of these ended up
being true, as they were later proven by other great scientists. 

Copernicus's heliocentric theory began what became known as the Copernican Revolution,
sparking the ideas and experiments of later scientists like Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler.
Most significantly, Kepler modified Copernicus's theory from perfect circles to ellipses, and
thus solved many issues with the original model--especially the ones having to do with
retrograde motion.  

Why did the United States get involved in World War I?

An excellent
answer, the sinking of shipping and the Zimmerman telegram were the overt reasons America got
into the war.  The Lusitania incident was the most widely publicized, a
little ironic when you consider that the Amercian government and the major newspapers all knew
that the ship had been carrying 200 tons of munitions to Britain, thus making the
Lusitania a legitimate military target under the laws of naval warfare. 
But further shipping losses and the lives of civilian passengers, including both American and
other neutral citizens, led to widespread outrage.

The underlying reason for
eventual American involvement , however, was the same thing that led Britain into the war.  The
British recognized it even before the war began, and President Wilson reluctantly shared the
same view; a German victory over France would leave Europe dominated by a militarist power, and
that simply could not be allowed.  The long-term consequences would have been too
dangerous.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

How does George Orwells 1984 explore the representation of how the human experience are bound and defined by social and political worlds?

The
simple answer to your question is thatdoes this in almost every way. From the point of view ofin
regard to his own life to the behavior that he observes in others, the totalitarian regime of
Oceania infects almost every aspect of the human experience.

The chief
effect that ideological oppression can have on the human experience is the complete eradication
of unique and independent thought. The Inner Party is even complete with a "thought
police" that monitors for not only crime, but even intention of crime or anti-party
sentiment.

In comparable novels such as Fahrenheit
451,this anti-intellectualism is perpetuated in the name of peace. This is quite
curiously not the case in . Violence abounds as Oceania is in a constant
state of war, and citizens are even encouraged daily to direct their hate at enemies of the
state in vocal and even physical displays of contempt. Indeed, the "two minutes' hate"
is probably the plainest example of how political worlds can affect the human experience.
Winston remarks that the most disturbing thing about the ritual is the absolute inability to
avoid it. People are filled with a violent and genuine rage that they themselves to not
completely understand. In a country like Oceania, human emotion is completely
manufactured.

A ladder 20 feet long leans against a vertical building. If the bottom of the ladder slides away from the building horizontally at a rate of 3...

Let `x` be
the distance from the wall, and let `y` be the height at the top of the ladder.

Then from the pythagorean theorem we have `x^2+y^2=20^2` .

We are
given that the rate of change of the bottom of the ladder away from the wall is
3ft/sec,...

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In Fahrenheit 451, how does the Mechanical Hound represent government control?

The
Mechanical Hound is the government's technological enforcement. Like a real dog, the hound can
sniff out things; in this case it is used to sniff out books. Using a sense of smell rather than
visual monitoring, the hound is still a means of surveillance, giving new meaning to the term
"watch dog." The hound also represents the oppressive use of technology. In this way,
the hound functions like the parlour shows. The shows are a technological advancement that have
become used to create a passive thoughtless public. The hound is used to hunt and kill those who
attempt to challenge their passive, oppressed lives. Both enforce the government's
agenda. 

In trying to create a public that does not think critically, a
public that goes through the motions of their lives mechanically, the government in Montag's
world is essentially trying to make the public into a thoughtless machine. This is what the
Mechanical Hound is. Although it is described as living and not living, it is a machine. As
Beatty says: 

"Come off it. It doesn't like or
dislike. It just 'functions.' It's like a lesson in ballistics. It has a trajectory we decide
for it. It follows through. It targets itself, homes itself, and cuts off. It's only copper
wire, storage batteries, and electricity." 

The
government uses the hound to enforce its policies. The government wishes to command the public
as it commands the hound. The government uses the hound to enforce the "trajectory"
they have for the entire society. This shows an interesting intersection of using technology to
control life. With such stringent control, the effect is that society becomes like a machine,
like the hound: thoughtless and less sentient. 

Friday, July 8, 2011

What are some descriptive words about the bird in "The Raven"?

In the seventh stanza,
the speaker describes the raven as "stately" and as having the "mien of lord or
lady." In other words, the bird has a certain elegance and holds itself as though it were
of high status and privilege. In the eighth stanza, the bird is said to be "ebony" and
"beguiling" as well as "grave and stern"; the narrator is fascinated by the
bird's serious and somber demeanor. In the ninth stanza, he describes the bird as
"ungainly" and a few stanzas later, he calls it "grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt,
and ominous"; in other words, then, the bird is kind of frightening and awkward and strange
and menacingthe word "ominous" implies that the narrator sees the bird as an omen of
sorts, perhaps something associated with the supernatural. The narrator feels as though the bird
knows something he does not. Later, still, he calls the bird a "prophet" and seems to
believe that it does bring him some kind of news from the underworld or afterlife, or even the
devil.

In "Battle Royal," how can you interpret the last words of the grandfather to his son?

The
grandfather's final words to the story's narrator tell the narrator that his grandfather has
been at war his entire life. The grandfather also wants his grandson to know that the war is
ongoing, and it is the grandson's turn to continue the fight. The grandfather also says that it
isn't a war of open combat. The war is something more akin to the Cold War that existed between
the Soviet Union and the United States. War wasn't declared, but tensions existed, and each side
was always working to undermine the other's power. The grandfather wants the narrator to be a
similar kind of spy, but the fight is a fight against racism. The grandfather says that the way
to fight is to appear one way and fight in secret. Let white people grow calm and complacent
about black people. The grandfather tells the narrator to never be seen as a threat. That will
give him the power, time, and ability to undermine whatever racist power structures are in
place.

Son, after I'm gone I want you to...

Thursday, July 7, 2011

How should a thesis statement of "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant be written?

A thesis
statement is designed to present an argument (the thesis) and offer support for it that will
outline the remainder of your essay. It is useful to think of the thesis statement as a
miniature encapsulation of the essay as a wholean argument followed by supporting reasons
(typically three) around which the subsequent paragraphs will be modeled. So the first piece to
figuring out your thesis statement is crafting your argument.

The primary
argument could be something such as Madame Loisel learns an important lesson through the story.
Then, you would have to find supporting factssuch as that her vanity caused her dissatisfaction,
that her greed led her into destitution, or that her need to please others caused her to be
blind to easier solutions to her problems. Then, you craft the thesis statement together with
these elements:

Madame Loisel learns an important lesson
as her vanity causes her dissatisfaction, her greed leads her family to ruin, and her need to
please others...

Outline the processes of mitosis and meiosis and when each type of cell division might occur.

Students can often be confused about the
differences between mitosis and meiosis.Perhaps it is because the names are so similar or
because the processes share the same phase names as the process occurs.

The
end product of mitosis is to produce diploid cells that have the full genetic complement.For
example, humans have 46 chromosomes.Mitosis will produce cells that each have 46
chromosomes.This kind of cellular division is the much more common type of cellular division,
and it occurs when the body needs to make more of a specific cell type.If you get a cut, your
body will use mitosis to make more skin cells.

Meiosis, on the other hand, is
a form of reduction division.This is because the finished product has fewer chromosomes than a
regular body cell.Meiosis will produce sex cells called gametes.This occurs
because meiosis will go through an additional cell division and four gametes are produced that
each have 23 chromosomes (if we are talking about humans).This reduction division is necessary
in order for sexual reproduction to be successful.The two haploid gametes will come together
during fertilization and that will produce a diploid zygote that will then begin undergoing
mitosis in order to produce the trillions of cells present in humans.

Is Stephen T. Badin Catholic High School of Hamilton, Ohio, a state actor?

A state
actor is a person or organization acting on behalf of the government. In the United States, this
has a very specific legal meaning and specific legal implications. Whether a specific school can
legally be classified as a state actor under certain circumstances is something which would
require the opinion of a lawyer or even a court. This answer is not professional legal advice
and should not be taken as such. Instead, it provides background information for a student
interested in learning about the issue for educational purposes.

The main
issues at stake is that state actors are responsible for adhering to a range of federal laws
that are not applicable to private actors. The specific differences pertain to applying the
First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the Bill of Rights. For example, private
organizations can designate people persona non grata and eject protesters
without violating their rights to free speech.

In public schools, which are
definitely considered state actors, students have rights to freedom of speech and assembly and
freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. Students are also entitled to due process in
matters such as expulsion or suspension. This is not the case in private schools. Whether
charter schools are considered state actors is still an area of legal controversy. In general,
private and religious schools are not considered state actors. When such schools offer
educational services via voucher programs, they act as private contractors rather than as
instruments of the state. However, individual cases may vary, and legal thinking about some of
these issues is still in flux.

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

What are the main preoccupations of the novel Emma by Jane Austen?

One of
the main thematic preoccupations of(the novel and the character) is appearance versus reality. 
She begins the story by taking under her wing a rather hapless young woman, Harriet, whom she is
determined to "make over," so that her...

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

On a certain sum of money, the difference between the compound interest for a year, payable half yearly, and the simple interest for a year is Rs...

The
formulae for compound interest and simple interest:

`A= P(1+i)^n`     and 
`A=P(1+ i n)`

A is the future amount. P is the present amount (which is what
we need) i = interest and n= months/ years.

By using a form of simultaneous
equations, we will be able to deduce the amount borrowed.

1. Compound
   interest: `A = P (1 + 0.08/2)^(1times 2)`

Remember that the
interest is a percentage so always divide by 100 (`8/100= 0.08` ).We have divided by 2 because
the interest is compunded half yearly (ie twice a year) and we have multiplied n (1 year) by the
same 2 that we divided the interest by.

(In other words had it been
compounded monthly we would have divided the interest by 12 and would have multiplied n by 12)
 

    2.  Simple interest: `A= P(1+0.08 times 1)`

we are
working with only 1 year  and there is now compounding so n=1

Now we know
that the difference is Rs 16. So if we subtract the simple interest from the compound interest
formula (ie 1. - 2.) we can deduce the amount originally saved:

`P (1.0816) -
P(1.08) = 16`

`therefore 0,0016P = 16`

`therefore P = 16 /
0.0016`

`therefore P = 10 000`

Therefore the
amount that was lent out is Rs 10 000

What happens to Winston and Julia in 1984?

In
,andstart meeting secretly to have sex. However, they end up falling in
love with one another. Winston rents an old-fashioned room over Mr. Charrington's shop where
they can spend time together now and then, like a real couple. Winston's love for Julia helps
rehumanize him.

Winston and Julia believeis part of a conspiracy to overthrow
the state, a participant in an underground dissident movement. They go to his apartment, where
he entraps them on tape saying they are willing to do whatever it takes to bring down Oceania in
its present from.

Not long after this, they are arrested and separated. Each
is tortured and each betrays the other, despite feeling convinced beforehand that, no matter
what...

Monday, July 4, 2011

Explain what you think is the key line in "Ulysses" by Tennyson.

You will undoubtedly
receive a variety of
different answers to this question, as one's reading of poetry is
essentially
a personal affair. For me, one of the key phrases in this poem is the

descriptiongives us of how experience can never be satisfied or
exhausted:

Yet all experience is an
arch wherethrough

Gleams
that untraveled world whose
margin fades

Forever and forever when I
move.

This of course captures the central theme of
this
poem, which is the way in which Ulysses is not able to accept a quiet
life and is determined to
live his life to the full, making the most of every
single second he is given to gain new
experiences and not become stagnant.
Thein this quote is a beautiful rendition of how each new
experience we gain
only leads us on to gain yet more new experiences, and how we are unable to

ever reach the limit or end of experience. It points towards a true questing spirit that
can
never be happy sitting idle, and is a model to all of
us.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Im finding it a bit hard to write a thesis for my 1984 vs v for vendetta (movie) comparative essay, i have a topic which is fear, can anyone make up a...

Here is a
guiding questions to think about that definitely relates to both the book and the
film:

• Can a government effectively use fear as a means of control?
  If so, how and why does this work?

This question can ABSOLUTELY
relate to both, but can also be connected to current issues in society. Also, it can be examined
from many angles. For example, you could look at it through a political lens (focusing on the
leaders and their intentions) or a psychological lens (focusing more on the emotional affect it
has on individual characters/victims).

Hope that helps!

Explain why Pygmalion is a Shavian play.

The word
"Shavian" was coined specifically to refer to the ideas and writings of . As a play
written by George , obviously falls into this category.

First presented on stage in 1913 in Vienna, it is a comedy about a phonetician named
Henry Higgins, who makes a bet that by simply changing the way a cockney woman speaks, he can
transform her into duchess material. His prot©g©e is Eliza Doolittle, and upon the successful
completion of his experiment, Higgins leaves Eliza in the lurch....

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What is the integral of `int sin^2(3x)*cos^2(3x) dx`

`int sin^2 (3x)
cos^2 (3x) dx`

`` We know that:

`sin(3x)= 3sinx -4sin^3 x
`

`cos(3x)= 4cos^3 x -3cosx `

`==gt int (3sinx-4sin^3 x
)(4cos^3 x -3cosx) dx `

`==gt int (12sinxcos^3 x-9sinxcosx -16sin^3 x cos^3 x
+12cosx sin^3 x) dx `

`==gt 12int sinxcos^3 x dx -9int sinxcosx dx`

`-16int sin^3 x cos^2 x dx+ 12int cosx sin^3 x dx`

`==gt 12int sinx
cos^3 x dx `

`==gt u= cosx ==gt du= sinx dx `

`==gt 12int
sinx u^3 du/sinx = 12int...

Friday, July 1, 2011

Satire In The Importance Of Being Earnest

Wilde
targets several social institutions for his .  One of the most obvious in the play is Wilde's
satrical view on marriage.  He does this by giving the girls (Gwendolen and Cecily) silly
prerequisites for marriage: only the name Ernest.  Nothing else matters to them, other than the
name Ernest.  Lady Bracknell, when inquiring as to Jack's suitability as a potential husband for
Gwendolen, asks about his income, his politics and whether his owns land and house--not if he
truly cares for her.  Wilde is satirizing marriage, showing these people thing it nothing more
than a social adventure rather than a loving union.

Another element of
society that Wilde satirizies is the upper class.  All of the characters (except for the
butlers) would be considered upper class, and each shows a sense of frivolity toward life and
serious issues.  Jack uses his brother's "death" as a way to excuse his Bunburrying;
Alergnon seems to take nothing seriously, except eating.  Gwendolen wants only to look
fashionable--and requires Jack to propose in "the proper way".  Lady Bracknell chases
after her daughter to the country, all to prevent a marriage.  At a time when there were
thousands of poor people suffering and barely making a living in England, these are trivial
concerns.

How does art reflect and inform the culture from which it emerges?

While we typically
look at literature as a means of humankind to tell its story through words, really this same
thing holds true for the visual arts, for music, for drama and performance.  Going back to the
paintings in the caves at Lascaux (in France) and Altamira (in Spain), or even looking siimply
at the hieroglypics found in the pyramids of ancient Egypt, one can see how humans used shape
and color to depict the things that were important to them.  The hunting and gathering lifestyle
of the prehistoric Europeans depicted at Lascaux and Altamira might be contrasted, for example,
with the paintings done thousands of years later by artists of the same part of the world: 
the affluent, and generally attractive folks depicted by the French artist Renoir, or the
numerous portraits of the royal court done by the Spanish artist Valezquez.

Mankind's desire to tell his/her story can be interpreted as much through what he or she doesn't
capture on paper or canvas, as what he or she...

What were the major problems facing the nation in April 1865? What factors stood in the way of a solution to those problems? Provide examples (

This period
from 1865 to 1877 is usually called .

The obvious problem for America in
April 1865 is the assassination of a President: Abraham Lincoln was murdered on April 14, 1865.
The sudden death of a country's leader can only bring turmoil even in the best of times---and
this was certainly not the best of times.

The United States had just emerged
from its one and only civil war, the first major war US soldiers had fought in 50 years. One
major problem that arose was what to do with these Southern states: They had started part of the
US, seceded to form their own Confederacy, and now were occupied by Union troops at the
conclusion of the war. The question of how to re-integrate them into the United States loomed
large, and raised a number of sub-questions about whether and how much they should be penalized
for their rebellion, what sort of reforms they should be required to undertake, what sort of
governance the newly re-integrated states should have. After taking office...

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