When Hester notices how feeble Dimmasdale has become, what does she intend to do? I thought she intended to tell Dimmesdale who Chillingworth really...

You're
correct that eventually she does decide
to tellthe truth, but not yet.  In is startled when she
realizes how weak
Dimmesdale has become.  She realizes that keeping 's idenity a secret is

partly to blame for his condition, so she decides to go and speak directly with
Chillingworth.
In

What is Atticus's defintion of real courage in To Kill a Mockingbird?

One of
's most memorable moments throughout the novel involves his definition of "real
courage." In ,loses his temper and destroys Mrs. Dubose's camellia bush. As a punishment,
Atticus makes Jem read to their ornery neighbor for an hour each day, six days out of the week,
for an entire month. While reading to Mrs. Dubose, Jem notices that she gradually remains
coherent at longer intervals to chastise him during each reading session. Shortly after Jem's
punishment is finished, Mrs. Dubose dies, and Atticus says that she was the bravest person he
has ever met. Atticus then explains to Jem andthat Mrs. Dubose suffered from a painful chronic
illness but wished to break her addiction to morphine before she passed away. Jem learns for the
first time that his reading allowed Mrs. Dubose to keep her mind off her pain just long enough
to prolong the time between her morphine injections. Atticus then shares his definition of
"real courage" with Jem, and he explains his...

What is the symbolic significance of the mountain? Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The
mountain allows the boys to maintain some semblance of contact with the outside world, a world
they've inadvertently left behind. The top of the mountain provides the boys with a perspective
on their new world and their previous one. Symbolically, the mountain represents the two
elements of the human soulthe imminent and the transcendent.

The mountain,
like all human beings, is a part of the natural world, but at the same time rises above it.
During their sojourn on the island, the boys must make a choice as to which side of themselves
they will express. Those such asaspire towards...

What is the climax of the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and why is the climax important?

Theof The
Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock can be found near the end of the poem in stanza 15. The poem
revolves around the question that Prufrock is considering asking, but he is an indecisive man.
Lets review the poem to discuss the importance of the climax and realization in stanza
15.

The poem begins with an epigraph in Italian. The epigraph is a direct
quotation from The Inferno byAllegirhi presented in the original Italian.
Eliot doesnt translate it, but the lines are spoken in the poem by Guido de Montefeltro, who is
in the eighth circle of Hell. Guido is in the eighth circle because of sins he committed during
a war and having the audacity to ask for forgiveness before committing the sins (that's not the
way it works).

In the epigraph selection, he is telling Dante that he would
typically not speak of his sins because he wanted to keep his reputation intact on Earth but
that he will tell Dante because its unlikely he can go back to earth from Hell. The...

Why was the bombing of Hiroshima necessary? Why was the bombing of Hiroshima necessary?

Judgments
made concerning the dropping of the atomic bomb must be based on research, rather than
sentimentalizing the loss of Japanese lives.  If one did not live in July and August of 1945,
then before making a decison on the validity  behind the atomic bombing, look at the reasons for
the determination.

In the first place, America did not want to enter World

War II.  However, after the surprise attack onf Pearl Harbor,  killing over 2,000
Americans and destroying almost the entire Pacific fleet, it was forced to respond.  There was
no justification for that bombing!

After the war began,
in the European and the Pacific theaters, approximately, 450,000 American lives were lost. 
Furthermore, 240,000 were wounded.  There was no justification for the
killing of these American soldiers who had been forced into battle.

In 1945,
the Japanese, through diplomatic channels, told the American government that it was unwilling to
concede to the allied forces.  When the decision was made to drop the bomb, the American
President and government warned Japan on several occasions and by several mean. The Japanese
were told:   the United States had a new bomb beyond all present capabilities and would use it
to end the war if Japan did not surrender. No response. The Japanese would never
surrender.  They were willing to fight until the last woman and child were
dead.

During 1945, America and the allied forces, had been bombing Tokyo and
other cities constantly.  The dead and wounded tolls from these bombings far exceeded the loss
of life in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, yet, the conventional bombing failed to persuade
Japan.

Japan's latest effort to destroy American forces was the kamikaze
strikes.  Japanese pilots, willing to commit suicide to kill Americans, would bear down on US
ships crashing into them at full speed. Tthe kamikaze suicide attacks on Allied ships just at
Okinawa alone had produced  horrifying numbers:

34 Allied
warships sunk

368 Allied ships damaged

4,900 Allied
sailors killed;

and 4,874 Allied sailors wounded.

Japan would never surrender!

What choices did the US have in ending this brutal war?

Yes,
civilians were killed.  If the bomb were to be dropped,  it had to make an impact.  Hiroshima
was an industrialized city. In addition, it had a huge army base in the vicinity.  Remember also
that the aircraft of the times were not pinpoint accurate as they are today, so the shape of the
city and the weather also played a part in the decisions. The Japanese had to be shown that
America was ready to end the war. Japan had to be shown that it had no chance of winning the
war.  It along with the allies faced more devastation loss in lives.  Even though the cost was
terrible, the atomic bombs used against Japan were justified.  The war had to end to prevent
further American and allied loss of life.

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Beowulf Characteristics

is
depicted as the most ideal of leaders. His most immediately recognizable characteristics are his
prodigious strength and endurance, which more often than not fall directly into the category of
the superhuman. Indeed, he is able to defeat the vile Grendel single-handedly and go on to
defeat Grendel's mother immediately afterward. He does all of this for his people and purely on
a volunteer basis, demonstrating his steadfast devotion to his people and his courage in the
face of danger.

Furthermore, Beowulf even fights a dragon at the end of his
life, against incredible odds, going above and beyond the call of duty for his people. Perhaps
most telling of his character is his unfaltering faith, as he thanks and consults God in all
that he does, asking that he show him the right course of action and give him the strength
needed to pursue justice.

What role did Dorie Miller play during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Through
his brave actions on that terrible day, Dorie Miller became the first African American recipient
of the Navy Cross, which at that time was the third-highest honor in the United States
Navy.

During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Miller, despite having no
formal training in their use, manned an anti-aircraft gun which he used to fight off enemy
dive-bombers....

What is the theme of the movie Saving Private Ryan (1998)?

One
could make the argument that the main theme of Steven Spielbergs World War II film
Saving Private Ryan is the ambivalence of morality. Much is made during the
course of the films opening sequences about the suffering inherent in war and the sacrifices
made by individuals and families.War involves sacrifices. Many of those sacrifices are idealized
as made in the interest of the preservation of liberty, and that is fair and usually accurate.
Many of those sacrifices take place out of love for ones fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen or
Marines. In other words, the broader national goal is subordinated out in the field to the more
personal goal of getting him alive while helping ones colleagues similarly return alive to their
families. At the films core, however, is the question of the morality of sacrificing ones life
for the preservation of that of another when that other is a complete stranger and the number to
be sacrificed for the benefit of the one is many....

What love does Odysseus and Penelope share in Homer's Odyssey?

If you are
writing a paper on this topic, it might be interesting to argue that the love that Odysseus and
Penelope share is not the same. Let me explain.

Penelope has been a model of
faithfulness. There is no doubt about this. She waited twenty years and she was faithful all
throughout. She was under enormous stress to marry one of the suitors and all indicators pointed
to the fact that Odysseus was dead, but she still held out in hope. She even concocted various
schemes to ward off the suitors. In a word, her love for Odysseus was true and it showed in her
faithfulness.

When it comes to Odysseus. His twenty years was a bit more
complicated. He stayed with Calypso for seven years as a love slave - somewhat willingly.
Eventually he had to go through great struggles to get home, but the Calypso episode could be
seen as a blemish.

In the end, I suppose that you can say that Penelope and
Odysseus share the love that is found in marriage and it is evidenced in
sacrifice.

What are the sins that Arthur Dimmesdale made in the novel the scarlet letter?

 

What is the importance of the musicality of the rhythm in "The Raven"?

One of the reasons why
this poem is so incredibly well known and famous is the way that it is almost song-like in its
rhythm and music. It can be compared to many songs because of its evocative rhythms, , rhymes
and other sound effects that make it memorable. Remember that unless we hear poetry we are often
not able to fully comprehend what the poet is really doing through the sound of the words and
their rhythm.

In...

Between Romeo and Juliet, whose love do you think is more passionate and intense?

This
sort of thing is hard to measure, since both characters are passionate about one another from
the moment they first meet.

One could easily argue that 's love is the more
passionate. He does far more reckless things than the comparatively level-headed , such as
risking his life by sneaking into the Capulet garden at night only to glimpse his love, or
threatening to kill himself after he has been banished from Verona and, by extension, Juliet's
company. His final decisionto commit suicide after he believes Juliet has diedis the result of
quite an intense passion.

And yet, one could also argue that Juliet's love
is more intense because it proves more ennobling for her character. Even though Romeo's love is
powerful, Romeo himself never quite matures as a result of it; Juliet, on the other hand, is
forced to grow up over several days. While the world remains "broad and wide" for a
young man like Romeo, Juliet is limited socially as a young woman. She is far more
dependent...

Why does Bruno enter the camp where Shmuel lives in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?

Bruno
agrees to enter the concentration camp in order to help Shmuel find his father, who has recently
disappeared. Bruno takes pride in his exploration abilities and has become extremely close
friends with Shmuel.

On the day before Bruno leaves for Berlin, he offers
his...

Was The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde influenced by Frankenstein thematically?

It is
impossible (unless Stevenson left notes to the effect) to know if Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein had a direct influence on his writing of
.

In terms of the social components of the time,
Shelley was greatly affected by the Romantic movement, growing up in the company of writers and
philosophers of that time, and even marrying Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the most noted of the
Romantic writers. Romantic writers extolled nature and supported the plight of the weak.
Stevenson was writing during the Victorian era, where conflicting views of Christian morality
and hedonism waged war throughout English society. Utilitarianism was focused on the greatest
good for the largest number. This "school of thought" concentrated on seeking out
pleasure foremost, and avoiding pain whenever possible. Evangelicalism was much more rigid and
Church-centeredmoving far to the other extreme searching "for every moral blemish."
However, it also is credited for...

What were the reasons for the revolts and rebellions that occurred in the American colonies?

There were
many factors that led American colonists to rebel against the British, but the French and Indian
War (1756€“1763)or the Seven Years War for Europeansis a good starting point.

American colonists believed they played their part well in the fight against the French
and the Indians. So when the British Parliament, and King George III, began imposing new laws
and taxes (Sugar Act, Currency Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act) on the colonists, to pay for the
war and to reduce British debt, the colonists felt betrayed and proceeded to try to reduce the
effect of these laws. They generally succeeded in doing so. But the British didn't quit, and
they began to impose even more laws on the colonists.

Acts of resistance,
like the Boston Tea Party, were small but significant gestures meant to demonstrate to the
British that the colonists were resolved not to be taxed to pay off British debt. Moreover,
there were no colonial representatives in the British Parliament representing
colonial...

What does the Ghost share about Tiny Tims future?How does Scrooge react, and what does this show about him?

The
Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge how the Cratchits celebrate Christmas. It's a happy,
jolly scene, full of warmth and laughter. But there's no getting away from the fact that Tiny
Tim's not in the best of health. He's so severely disabled that he has to be carried home from
church by his father. And when at home, he can only...

Product Line Example

Product
Line

A product line can be thought of as a brand. In other
words, it is a collection of products grouped together and sold by a company. Companies will
utilize different product lines for different purposes. For example, a company might sell
different product lines in different regions or at different price points.

Product Mix

A product mix or assortment
is the grouping of all product lines sold by a company. These can be understood according to
four dimensions:

• Width €“ The number of product lines a company
  sells.
• Length €“ The total number of products a company sells.


• Depth €“ The measure of variations among all products a company sells.


• Consistency €“ The measure of how closely related a companys product lines are to each
  other in terms of use, production, and distribution.

Product Extension

A product
extension is the method a company uses when new products are added to an existing product line
or brand (think of all of the variations on Coke that Coca-Cola has implemented). This strategy
helps bring variety to a product line and attracts new customers.

Product Filling

A product filling is
the extension of the number of products to meet demand. This is not the addition of new products
(like a product extension is), but rather the increase in the amount of a particular product
sold in order to adjust for demand. This could be based on sales trends (a particular product
selling better or worse) or seasonal offerings.

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What does Mrs. Murry's treatment of Mrs. Whatsit tell you about Mrs. Murry?

Mrs. Whatsit
is a somewhat eccentric older woman. Mrs. Murry has never met her. At the opening of the novel,
while Meg, Charles Wallace, and Mrs. Murry are having a late night snack of sandwiches around
the kitchen table, unable to sleep because of a violent storm, they hear the sound of someone at
the back door of Mrs. Murry's lab.

Meg thinks it is a tramp, but Mrs. Murry
nevertheless fearlessly goes to see who is there.

Mrs. Murry brings Mrs.
Whatsit back to the kitchen and offers her a cup of hot chocolate. She then offers her a
sandwich. She also helps her take off her boots and urges Mrs. Whatsit to spend the night with
them. Overall, Mrs. Murry treats her strange guest with dignity and hospitality.

This shows that Mrs. Murry is a kind and compassionate person. She is willing to take a
risk with a stranger rather than shut the door against her in fear. Her welcoming behavior
therefore reveals her courage. She also instinctively trusts Mrs. Whatsit, even though Mrs.
Whatsit has confessed to having stolen Mrs. Buncombe's sheets. This shows Mrs. Murry is a good
judge of character.

In A Wrinkle in Time, how is Charles Wallace finally freed?

Meg returns
to Camazotz to free Charles Wallace from the clutches of IT. She knows that if she is to
succeed, she needs to find a strategy that IT doesn't understand. At first, she feels anger and
then hate, but realizes that IT comprehends hate and is using it to pull her into its orbit. But
when IT, through Charles Wallace, says that Mrs. Whatsit hates her, Meg knows that is a lie. She
also recognizes at that moment that love, which is what Mrs. Whatsit feels for her, is what IT
doesn't understand, and she uses love to reclaim Charles. "Charles. Charles, I love you. My
baby brother who always takes care of me ... I love you..." she says to him.

This love talk, as well as the emotion behind it, penetrates into a place within
Charles that IT can't infiltrate and breaks the spell. Charles suddenly regains a sense of self
and rushes into Meg's arms, sobbing and clinging to her. The two are then whirled away from
Camazotz and land back home on earth.

Quote the line from the poem "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou that shows the caged bird has lost the will to survive.

The
poem bycontrasts what life is like for a free bird compared to the life of a caged bird. The
poet uses a wide range of negative expressions in order to highlight how suppressed the caged
birds life is, compared to the life of the bird who lives in freedom. For example the lines
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied," clearly emphasizing the lack of freedom to
move in stark contrast to the free bird, who leaps ... and floats.

These
negative descriptions culminate in the author subtly suggesting that the caged bird has in fact
lost his will to live. This can be most clearly seen in the fifth stanza, namely in the line
but a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams. Here, the poet tells the reader very clearly
that the caged bird has no dreams left. He does not have any hope that his life might ever
change. The caged bird accepts that he is unable to leave his cage, and he has had to resign
himself to the fact that he will never be able to leave his prison. He will never experience the
life in freedom that he is longing for.

This death of hope implies therefore
also the death of a reason to livewhich leads to the conclusion that without a reason to live,
the bird has also lost the will to live.

As seen in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, explain the influence of Romanticism in the characters of Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein.

's novel
was written during the Romantic period (1789-1832). Written in 1818, the
novel possesses characteristics true to both the Romantic and Gothic traditions. In regards to
the Gothic tradition, the novel contains elements of the supernatural, decaying scenery, and
mystery. In regards to the Romantic elements, nature is by far the most prominent
characteristic.

The Romantics adored imagination over reality, individualism
over society, and elevated the power of nature. Many times, authors personified nature (giving
nature the power of mankind). As for the influence of Romanticism over theofand , much can be
readily seen.

Victor Frankenstein

Victor's life in science began with a lightening strike to a tree. The lightening
strike utterly demolished a tree on the Frankenstein property. After bearing witness to the
power of nature, Victor picked up the works of Cornelius Agrippa. From this point forward,
nature's impact on Victor was sealed. For example, each time Victor became ill, nature cured
him. It was the promise of spring and the renewal of life which would bring Victor hope of good
to come. In the end, it was nature which ended up taking Victor's life--given he sought out his
creature until half frozen to death (only dying once he is able to pass his story onto Walton).

Robert Walton

Robert Walton,
like Victor, is a highly ambitious man. His one desire, to find the seat of magnetism and
establish new trading routes, leads him to the North Pole on a scientific expedition. During
this expedition, Walton finds his ship stuck amidst the ice of the North. For him, nature is his
enemy. The ice is the one thing which forces his travels to cease. It is nature which holds the
power over the man wishing to make a name for himself.

In the end, both
Victor and Walton are subject to the power of nature. Nothing is found to be more powerful than
nature itself. Outside of the power of nature, the imagination and individual goals of both men
prove to be Romantic. That said, it is the power of nature which proves to be the most forceful
element in the novel.

 

What is the name of the building where April comes to live in The Egypt Game?

Written
in 1967 by , is an award-winning novel that tells the story of six
children who create an imaginative game about Egypt.

April Hall is in the
sixth grade, and she is sent by her mother Dorothea to live with her paternal grandmother
Caroline Hall. Caroline lives on the third floor of Casa Rosada in apartment 312. Casa Rosada is
a run-down, three-story, 1920s apartment building located on Orchard Avenue in the university
town of Berkeley, California.

The building is described as being Spanish in
style with a pink exterior, arched doorways, stained glass, and tiled floors. One of the
buildings tenants calls it "The Petrified Birthday Cake." It is situated between some
small shops on one side, including a florist and a doughnut shop, and an antique shop called A-Z
Antiques, Curios, and Used Merchandise on the other side.

The Egypt Game
takes place in a storage yard at the back of A-Z Antiques. The antique shop is owned by a man
known as The Professor. As well as Caroline and April Ross, the building houses the landlady,
Mr. Bodler the janitor, the Barkley family, the Ross family, and the Chung
family.

What was the importance of Medea to Greek society?

The story ofand her
dangerous passion for Jason, and the extreme actions she commits as a result, represent a
warning to the original audience of Euripedes. One of the central themes is that of passion
which can overwhelm our common sense and reason. In ancient Greece, passion was thought to be a
very dangerous emotion, and theat various stages of the play makes reference to this idea. Note
what they say after Medea refuses Jason's offer of financial aid:

Love with too much passion

brings with it no fine
reputation,

brings nothing virtuous to men.

But if
Aphrodite comes in smaller does,

no other god is so desirable.

To love "in moderation," as the Chorus continue, is the
ideal. However, an excess of love is precisely Medea's central issue. She has abandoned her home
and family, even killing her brother, showing that she loves Jason with a dangerous excess of
emotion. It is this excess of emotion that is shown to curdle and sour, and lead to Medea's
slaughter of her own children out of anger and grief. The character of Medea therefore
represents the danger of extremes of passion and how it can lead humans to commit acts that are
beyond the pale of acceptable actions.

How can you differentiate between neo- classicism and romanticism?

Neoclassicism was a deliberate return to the themes, subjects, and values portrayed in Greek and
Roman art, architecture, and to some extent literature. These included things like a focus on
proportion, portrayal of ideal human bodies, and balance. They also included, especially in the
late eighteenth century, themes of classical, austere republican virtue associated with the
Roman Republic. Much of what we consider Neoclassical art...

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In "Everything That Rises Must Converge," to where does Julian withdraw?

On the bus, Julian's
mother is engaged in a conversation with another woman, and she tells this woman that Julian
wants to be a writer but that he is selling typewriters for now, until he's able to get his
writing off the ground. Julian finds their conversation inane, and he resents being examined by
this other woman, who said earlier that the black people on the bus the other day were
"'thick as fleasup front and all through.'" He finds her repulsive, and so he gives
her a dirty look when she looks at him. In order to escape the conversation of his mother and
the woman, he

. . . with[drew] into the inner compartment
of his mind where he spent most of his time. This was the kind of mental bubble in which he
established himself when he could not bear to be a part of what was going on around
him.

In the inner sanctum of his brain, Julian feels safe
from whatever is going on outside himself, though he can still see out and judge those around
him. This is where he goes, mentally, to be "free of the general idiocy of his
fellows." He apparently goes to this mental space often when around his mother; she cannot
follow him there but he can still "see her with absolute
clarity."

In Into the Wild, what are some quotes that support the idea of Chris McCandless as hero?

This
question could be somewhat difficult or even problematic to answer if a reader doesn't at all
agree with calling McCandless a hero; however, McCandless is very similar to men from American
history who were quite revered for their eccentricities and passion for nature and isolation.
Men like Henry David Thoreau and John Muir would be good examples, and Krakauer does not shy
away from those comparisons in his text.

His ambivalence
toward sex echoes that of celebrated others who embraced wilderness with single-minded
passionThoreau (who was a lifelong virgin) and the naturalist John Muir, most prominentlyto say
nothing of countless lesser-known pilgrims, seekers, misfits, and adventurers. Like not a few of
those seduced by the wild, McCandless seems to have been driven by a variety of lust that
supplanted sexual desire. His yearning, in a sense, was too powerful to be quenched by human
contact. McCandless may have been tempted by the succor offered by women, but it paled
beside...

In Oedipus Rex, what is the message from the oracle of Delphi?

sendsto Delphi
to consult the oracle, or priestess, there, about the cause of the plague in Thebes. Creon
reports that the gods have caused this plague in response to the murder of Laius, the previous
king of Thebes, and they demand...

How might one paraphrase Sylvia Plath's poem titled "Mirror"?

s poem titled
is almost a riddle, in which a mirror describes itself, its functions, and its role in the
life of a particular woman.  The title of the poem, of course, immediately announces the object
the poem is describing; a true riddle would have left that identity ambiguous €“ something to be
guessed.

Line 1 refers to the silver backing that makes mirrors reflective.
The mirror is exact in the sense that it provides an accurate, precise reflection. The mirror
has no preconceptions in the sense that it, unlike people, has no prejudices or biases: it
merely reflects, exactly, whatever is put in front of it. The mirror consumes but also
immediately gives back whatever is placed in front of it (2). It never distorts or obscures,
either because of affection or hatred (3). The mirror does not try to hurt; it is simply honest
(4). It resembles God in the sense that it sees and reflects things exactly as they are
(5).

During most of each day, the mirror simply reflects the wall on the
other side of the room (6). That wall is pink, with speckles (7). The mirror has looked at the
wall for such a long time that it feels a kind of affection for (or at least comfortable
familiarity with) the wall (7-8). Yet the wall flickers in the sense that people sometimes
move between the mirror and the wall, and also in the sense that the wall is sometimes hidden in
darkness, when night comes (7-8).

In line 10, the mirror compares itself to a
lake into which a woman looks (10). The woman is trying to peer deeper than a mirror usually
allows one to see; she is trying to search in the mirror to discover some sense of her true
identity:

Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me, 

Searching my reaches for what she really is. (10-11)

The woman then turns away from the mirror, looking towards more attractive, more
romantic sources of light €“ sources of light that, according to the mirror, are attractive but
deceptive (12). Nevertheless, even while the woman looks away from the mirror, the mirror
accurately shows the womans back (13).

Apparently the woman is emotionally
distraught, perhaps by what she sees €“ that is, herself €“ in the mirror. Even so, the woman
feels drawn to the mirror and finds the mirror significant in her life (15). She comes and
goes in the sense that she probably looks in the mirror, at least briefly, each day.  When the
sun rises in the morning and the woman awakes, she looks in the mirror (16). In the mirror she
sees how much she has changed from the young girl she once was (17), and in the mirror she also
sees intimations of the old woman she is slowly becoming (17). This image of herself as old
woman seems closer and closer each day, like an ugly fish rising toward someone looking into a
lake.

 

In The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, why does Lady Brett lack self-respect?

This is
an interesting question, since Lady Brett Ashley spends most of the novel demonstrating that she
does, indeed, lack self-respect. Most of what we see is evidence of this condition, however,
rather than any long discussion or many thoughtful introspections about why
she acts as she does. 

Brett is the only significant female character in
by , and she has connections, of one sort or another, to every male
character in the novel. Undoubtedly she does not have a healthy respect for herself or her
body.

Brett is "damned good looking" and has no trouble attracting
men. In fact, every major male character in this novel claims to love her, or at least desire
her. Just like the men, she smokes, drinks, and is never criticized for her provocative clothing
or her promiscuous behavior. She is strong and independent in many ways, and we see that as she
maintains the control in her relationships. Despite all of these things, however, she is clearly
a lost and wounded soul who knows she is hurting others but is unmoved by this fact. She is
careless of things (her cigarette ashes on Jake's rugs) and of people (too many examples to
cite), which is a clear indication that she places value on nothing--including
herself. 

So, the question of what caused this kind of aimlessness and
self-loathing is a good one, and it seems to me there are only two possibilities. First, she
does seem to be trying to somehow recreate the experience and satisfaction she had with the
lover who dies of dysentery, the man she calls her "own true love." Once she loses
this, she spends the rest of her life trying to somehow recapture it. The closest she gets is
Jake, I suppose, but of course it is not the same. This constant quest for fulfillment is an
indication that something is missing, and it is this lacking thing, this fulfillment, which
seems to be causing her self-hating behaviors.

The other possibility is
connected to the first. Hemingway, of course, was part of what is referred to as the "lost
generation." After World War I, things were changing and the traditional roles of men and
women were being questioned, overturned, and reshaped. The lost generation was searching for
both meaning and identity, and they turned to alcohol, sex, and other forms of pleasure to find
them. Their excessive pleasure-seeking made things worse, of course, because it simply added to
the confusion. 

In this novel, it is clear that both Jake and Brett are
representative of the lost generation. Brett seems to be the epitome of the modern woman, short
hair and all; however, she is trapped by her own need to be in a relationship with a man. Even
when things are going well, her misery is consistently just below the surface. 

"Oh darling," Brett said, "Im so
miserable." 

[Jake] had that feeling of going through something that has
all happened before. "You were happy a minute ago."

It is clear that even in the one relationship which might give her love (though would
certainly not fulfill her completely), she is not content.

The loss of the
one man she loved is a hard blow for Brett and undoubtedly causes her to do things which do not
demonstrate self-respect. This is a personal experience which clearly shapes her future
behavior. Another contributing factor is the general malaise of not knowing quite how or where
she fits into the post-World War I world, something which was not specific just to her. The
combined effect is a dramatic display of self-loathing.

How did the Constitution's Bill of Rights change the view of United States society?

I think
it is undeniable that the presence of the Constitution, specifically the Bill of Rights, changed
the focus of how the government and social setting of the United States viewed itself and is
viewed.  The Bill of Rights guaranteed a certain level of individual focus towards how the
government treated its citizens.  There is a primacy placed on the...

How does Douglass develop a theme of spirituality in Chapter 10?

I think
that the idea of spirituality is something present in Chapter 10 of Douglass' work in the
extreme level of pain and suffering he must endure.  There is a spiritual dimension to this
chapter because it shows how Douglass must endure one last test through his interactions with
Covey before he achieves redemption.  In this, the spiritual dimension is evident in
how...

How do Daniel's parents die in The Bronze Bow?

Just a bit
to add to tthaker's correct answer.  Daniel's mother died not only from grief, but also from
exposure, probably from pneumonia.  The deaths of Daniel's parents have additional health
ramifications.  Daniel's sister, Leah,  who found her mother at the foot of her father's cross,
is so traumatized that she becomes agoraphobic (fear of going out of one's home) and suffers
other fear-induced disabilities.  Although modern readers would probably immediately recognize
the trauma to the young girl, the explanation in Daniel's time was that the girl was possessed
by demons.

Daniel's aging grandmother also suffers physically because of his
parent's death.  Forced to work even harder in the fields, gathering the grains left behind by
the threshers, she eventually wears her body completely out.  Her death is the reason that
Daniel returns from the mountain, where he has been holed up with Rosh, to be with her on her
deathbed.   

From the story, "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, please explain the pharase, "My Faith is gone!"

This
exclamation has a double meaning.  Goodman Brown's wife's name is Faith, and he loves her
dearly.  She is the picture of innocence as she bids him goodbye, with her pink ribbons blowing
in the breeze.  Goodman Brown holds on to this image and his love for his wife as he traverses
through the woods.  By entering the forest, he chooses to leave Faith behind, both literally and
symbolically.  As he tries desperately to resist temptation, he exclaims, "With Heaven
above, and Faith below, I will yet stand firm against the devil!"  Then he hears many
voices he recognizes from the village, among them his own sweet wife.  He then cries, "My
Faith is gone!€¦There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! for to thee is
this world given."  When he realizes that even his wife is a cohort of the Devil, he gives
up not only on her, but also on his religious faith as well. 

What are John and Lorraine like in the novel "The Pigman"?

John is
an artistic, talented, misunderstood, ingenious, and oppressed teen who does what he can to add
a little color to his life. He lives under the control of his father and obsessive mother who
neither understand him or value his talents. He spends his days playing pranks on his parents
and teachers in order to feel as though he controls some part of his life and has even developed
a drinking and smoking habit to escape his dreary life. John is also very sensitive and
compassionate, especially to Lorraine.

Lorraine is John's best friend. She is
intelligent, thoughtful, shy, insecure, paranoid, and emotionally abused by her mother who says
she is ugly and clumsy. She is as sensitive and compassionate as John, and she often writes
moving stories about those around her. Her passions are psychology and
writing.

What law or laws came out of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Great Chicago Fire?

The
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire focused
public attention on the dangerous conditions that
prevailed in many
factories, especially in the garment industry. The 145 victims of the fire

were mostly young women and immigrants, and testimony in the case against the owners of
the
facility pointed to conditions in the factory, particularly the locked
fire doors, as a primary
cause of the deaths.

In the wake
of the , the state of New York passed
several laws in response to the
recommendations of a special committee appointed to investigate
the fire.With
the urging of a host of Progressive reformers, several state laws aimed at

addressing some of the issues raised by the fire were passed. The most important in the
short
term was called the Sullivan-Hoey Act. This law established mandatory
inspections aimed at
establishing fire safety. In future years, the New York
state constitution was amended to allow
for the creation of a workers'
compensation law.

The Great Chicago Fire of

1871...

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What's the problem and solution?

Ollie Kertzmann, M.A.

The main problem in is that Kit doesn't fit into the society and
her differences make others accuse her of witchcraft. The solution to this is for her to
recognize the requirements for her to fit into her new society and adapt to life in Connecticut.
However, her solution for her unhappiness in society is to find a way out of it.

Kit lives a completely different life in Barbados than she does in Connecticut. This is
clear when she arrives in the state and leaps into a river to recover a child's toy; the water
is shockingly cold, and people aren't pleased that she knows how to swim. It's one thing that
signifies someone might be a witch. This foreshadows that later in the story, Kit will be put on
trial for witchcraft.

She tries to adapt to her new life but isn't able to
do so at first. It...

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What is ironic about the subject Ichabod likes to read about?

In , Ichabod Crane is esteemed for his
erudition by the local women for he had read several books quite through. This in itself is
ironic as the urbane, well-read Irving satirizes the simple, easily-impressed rural people.
Ichabods favorite book, however, of which he is said to be a complete master, is Cotton Mathers
History of New England Witchcraft. Ichabods continual study of this volume
is ironic firstly in view of his own superstitious and fearful nature, as he must be continually
terrifying himself. Indeed, it almost seems as though this is his object, since it is his habit
to read these direful tales in the gathering dusk:

Then,
as he wended his way to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered, every sound of nature,
the boding cry of the tree toad, the dreary hooting of the screech owl, fluttered his excited
imagination.

It is also ironic that the schoolmaster,
charged with bringing education and enlightenment to Sleepy Hollow, chooses as his favored
reading material a compendium of superstitious tales rather than a more rigorous academic work.
Mather himself left a legacy of scientific discourses, including his work on inoculation, as
well as sermons and theological writing, but it is his work on witchcraft, essentially a book of
childish stories, that Ichabod reads over and over again.

What does Thoreau talk about in the conclusion to Walden?

Thoreau brings
up all circumstances of men. He encourages his readers to not necessarily compare their own life
conditions to other men, but to value the circumstances they have themselves for the features of
what can be learned from them.

He says:

However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard
names.

I feel at times as if he is simply referring to a
similar adage that our society sometimes notes today: "Don't worry, be
happy."

He encourages man to consider what one's current situation has
to offer and think to make the most of it. He encourages the common man to think, who knows what
lies ahead?

Thoreau's Conclusion tois specifically optimistic after having
his period of reflection. This period leaves room for him to consider that others might benefit
from such experiences.

I would encourage you to read the last paragraph
again. Often an author saves a nugget of strong truth for that last paragraph.

 

How are Islam and Christianity alike and different?

    
Christianity and Islam share much more as religions than most people realize.  The two religions
are tightly interwoven because of the shared ancestry, not only geographically but
historically.

     Both religions are based on the same monotheistic
principle of one supreme entity.  Christians refer to God and Muslims to Allah.  Many of the
important figures for each religion are also shared, but their roles are vastly
different. 

     Christians believe Abraham was a favored man of God who had
many sons and whose lineage included Jesus of Nazareth, who is also called Christ.  Jesus is
believed to be the direct son of God through the immaculate conception of a virgin, Mary. 
Jesus became a preacher and died on the cross at the hands of the Romans to be resurrected three
days later to ascend to Heaven, the place of God.  They believe Jesus will return in a final
judgment of man.

     Muslims also believe...

In the poem "Having Lost My Sons, I Confront The Wreckage of the Moon: Chistmas, 1960" by James Wright, whai is the context and history behind this...

A careful
survey of's biographical information may shed some light on the context of his poem "Having
Lost my Sons, I Confront the Wreckage of the Moon: Christmas, 1960."  The title of the poem
itself really illuminates the poet's frame of mind.  He frames the poem with the fact that he
has lost his sons and the fact that it is Christmas time.  Wright's marriage to his first
wife...

How do I write an essay on why Lyddie should not sign the petition in Lyddie?

It's
clear from the question that your initial premise is thatshould not sign
the petition that pushes the factories toward treating employees better. Whatever your reason is
that is entirely up to you. There isn't a one, perfect reason for why Lyddie should not sign the
petition, but your goal should be to defend a reason that makes sense for who Lyddie is as a
character. I think one defensible reason for Lyddie to not sign the petition is that she enjoys
making money enough to put up with just about any kind of horrific working conditions. Her life
on the farm at the beginning of the book was tough, and her working conditions at the tavern
were rough too. Her work on the factory floor isn't any better, but she is being paid far
better. That monetary income and the ability it gives her in terms of purchasing power is
something that Lyddie feels as empowering. She should not sign the petition and risk being
blacklisted. If she becomes blacklisted, she will lose her ability to have...

What advantage does the tesseract have?

A tesseract
is a wrinkle in space and time that allows the Murry children, like their father before them, to
leap over great distances in the space-time continuum. As Mrs. Whatsit explains it, if you
wrinkle up the cloth of a skirt, an ant can travel across it much faster. Likewise, by using
wrinkles in time, Mrs. Whatsit, Who and Which can almost instantly arrive at other planets.
Tessering, or using a tesseract, allowed Mr. Murry to get quickly to the planet Camazotz, and it
allows Meg, Charles Wallace and Calvin to follow him there and save him from the power of IT. It
also allows all of them to return to earth in the blink of an eye. This fortunate feature makes
space travel possible for humans.

In The Bronze Bow, what is Daniel's real reason for wanting to take Joel's warning to Jesus?

The warning
that Joel passes on to Daniel is grave: despite their shared interests in rebelling against the
Romans, the teachers and Rabbis in the Jewish Temples are upset with the preachings of Jesus.
They believe that he is changing and reinterpreting God's word instead of continuing with their
own traditions, and because of this perceived heresy, some might be driven to violence. Daniel
takes the warning to Jesus, but not because of the warning itself.

With the door shut against him, Daniel stood in the crowded garden. He wanted
desperately to see Jesus. He knew now that the warning had been only an excuse. If he could have
one word, one sign from Jesus, he might find the strength to go on working.
(Speare,
, Google Books)

This occurs after
Daniel rescues Joel from the Romans, losing Samson and Nathan during the fighting. Daniel is
disillusioned and believes that he has failed the cause as a leader; he does not see in himself
the strength to continue fighting the Romans. Therefore, his visit to Jesus is not really to
warn him about dissent -- Jesus is already aware that his teachings are controversial -- but
rather Daniel wants to find new purpose in his own life and struggles. If Daniel can get
validation of his trials, he will be better able to weatherand lead his men to
victory.

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Please explain the ideas of salvation and dissention in "Robinson Crusoe." how it affected him physically,materially and spiritually

One of the
ways that Defoe addresses salvation through RobinsonCrusoe is in the story being aof sorts for
the way salvationis presented in the Christian theology.  When Robinson decides that hecannot
approach life the way he is expected to within society, he leavesand winds up  on the deserted
island trying to figure out how to livein a very different sense.  This...

What steps in the control process will be important as Starbucks tries to reduce the number of paper cups it uses? How can Starbucks maintain its...

There are
any number of actions Starbucks could take, but out of the control process, the customer
validation and testing step will likely be the most important. In any situation, verifying the
voice of the customer is necessary.

When Starbucks attempts to reduce its
carbon footprint by removing paper cups from stores, it would do best to phase them out. So as
not to alienate customers who arent ready for the switch, it could consider increasing its
discount for using reusable cups or perhaps offering a more recyclable alternative. This would
give it more time to transition away from paper cups while also making a concerted effort to
reduce the number it currently uses, all the while maintaining its current customer
base.

In the end, there may be a financial benefit for the company,
especially if it transitions to primarily reusable cups. By doing this, it would not only help
the environment but also no longer need to purchase millions of paper cups annually.
Additionally, there would...

Did the USSR, Great Britain and the US agree on all of their strategies? What were major agreements or disagreements? Mostly curious about the period...

To some
extent, there was agreement over strategy.  The US and the British, for example, created the
Atlantic Charter, in which they agreed to concentrate first on defeating Germany, and only later
on fighting Japan.

This is not to say that there was complete...

How does Orwell portray women in 1984?

Oceania
replicates the patriarchy of mid-twentieth century England, with women in subordinate and
nurturing roles (although the state would like to stomp out nurturing activities).

fits the traditional stereotype of "woman" as natural, sensuous, material,
and practical. In 's first vision of her, a dream, she is explicitly connected to nature in the
form of the Golden County. His first actual meeting, orchestrated by her, is also in
nature.

Winston, complementing her, is the stereotypical male: an abstract
thinker worried about the "bigger" picture of past and future, the larger questions of
civilization and truth, bent on political change in contrast to Julia's fixation on the here and
now. He represents civilization: as he takes a more active role in the relationship, he is the
one who rents the room in the heart of the city.

Winston romanticizes the
prole washer woman who is always in the courtyard outside Mr. Charrington's room, hanging
endless amounts of wash and singing....

How did the Puritans' view of theater impact Elizabethan society?

As their
name implies, the Puritans were a religious group which, during the sixteenth century in
England, wanted to purify the Church of England. They wanted church leaders to have less power
and the laity to be more directly involved in the affairs of the Church. Above all, the Puritans
wanted the Anglican services and rituals to be simplified and less ornate. Eventually they
defied the authority of the Church leadership and demanded that every congregation should have
the right to manage itself with lay leaders. They were persecuted for their beliefs and
eventually fled first to Holland and then to America. 

The Elizabethan
theater, for most of the sixteenth century, consisted of traveling troupes who would perform
wherever they could. The themes of their plays histories, like the Faustian Chapbook, and
comedies or tragedies emmulating Greek and Roman to add legitimacy (until Henry VIII's break
with the Pope, all plays had been religios ones). For the Elizabethans, these...