How does Hawthorne feel about Hester Prynne in the book The Scarlet Letter?

Hawthorne seems,
largely, to sympathize with . He is incredibly critical of the Puritans, calling the women ugly
and characterizing them as "self-constituted judges" that mercilessly call for
Hester's death or branding. The men wear "sad-coloured garments and grey steeple-crowned
hats." He is clearly not a fan of the Puritans. Hester, on the other hand, is described
quite differently. In describing her scarlet letter, the narrator says,

It was so artistically done, and with so much fertility and gorgeous
luxuriance of fancy, that it had all the effect of a last and fitting decoration to the apparel
which she wore, and which was of a splendour in accordance with the taste of the age, but
greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony.

While the Puritans are characterized as looking ugly and sad,
Hester is described with words that connote vitality and life. Words like
"artistically," "fertility," "gorgeous," "luxuriance,"
and "fancy" all set her...

What are the implications of Self-Reliance for religion, government, traveling, art, and property ownership?

Ollie Kertzmann, M.A.

The implications of "" stem from 's belief that people are responsible for
their own lives and should spend time developing themselves, accepting control of their lives,
and forging their own path rather than following the paths of others.

"Self-Reliance" rejects the idea of institutionalized religion. Emerson
believes that religionlike marriages, arts, and occupationswere chosen by society. It's as if
people have been funneled into those things rather than confidently choosing them as a
reflection of their own beliefs and desires. He believes that nothingincluding religionbrings
peace but one's own self. However, that doesn't mean he thinks religion is inherently bad. He
just thinks that it can stifle self-reliance and encourage a dangerous group mentality that
doesn't make a person figure out their own answers.

Emerson is very clear
that people control the government because the citizens of the country are the ones who give the
government...

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Greeks, the Romans also had four basic pieces of clothing
which would befit
both males and females. 

Ancient Rome's basic fashion

styles came in the form of tunics, stolas, sandals and belts. 

Tunics were
the basic pieces. It is generally known that a tunic is a long
piece of clothing that goes past
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What are the differences between East Egg and West Egg citizens?

Fitzgerald has
used East Egg and West Egg to represent old wealth and prestige versus new money and
bourgeoisie. The people in East Egg, such as the Buchanans, have come from families who have
always had money; they have been well educated at Ivy League colleges such as Yale. Those in
West Egg, on the other hand, like , are newcomers. They don't come from wealthy backgrounds;
rather, they have made their own fortunes. Instead of Ivy League college degrees, people in West
Egg are more likely to have work experience gained while they made their money. The people here
tend to build ostentatious houses; Gatsby's is unbelievably huge, luxuriously furnished and
decorated.

Generally speaking, those in East Egg look down on the people in
West Egg as brash newcomers. Fitzgerald reinforces the contrast with the difference in values
between those who live in the American East and the Midwest. Although , a native of the Midwest,
lives in West Egg, he merely rents a cottage. 's cousin, Nick is more like those in East Egg
because of his background, but he chooses to live in West Egg because he's trying to make it in
the bond business and doesn't have much money of his own. The East Egg citizens are portrayed as
corrupt and jaded while those in West Egg are seen are less sophisticated, more
innocent.

What does it mean that the parrot is called foul-mouthed?

When Mattie
calls the parrot, named King George, foul-mouthed, she means it likes to curse. Mattie also
calls it rude. It was won in a card game, and it lives in a cage in the coffeehouse. It no doubt
hears bad words it imitates when sailors and other rougher characters come into the
coffeehouse.

Mattie calls it the foul-mouthed parrot after it goes missing,
which is when she finds the coffeehouse has been broken into. Someone smashed a window and
looted the shop, taking the pewter, the coffee, spices, meat, beans, and onions. Broken crockery
is everywhere, and King George's bird cage is on the floor, smashed to pieces. The looters have
fortunately not taken the linens or the money in the money box. However, Mattie's mother and the
parrot have disappeared.

Discuss the language employed by Edgar Allan Poe in "Annabel Lee."

s poem
ranks as one of the saddest, love poems in literature.  This was one of the last poems that Poe
wrote and was even published after his death. His personal life speaks to the death of his own
wife Virginia who had died two years before.  The poem is an intense, fascinating testament to
an undying love.

Narration

The narration of the poem is first person point of view.  Poes narrator expresses his
passion for this young girl who died to soon. The speaker laments this death and expresses his
obsession about her.

Form

The
form of the poem Poe begins with six stanzas. The stanzas include pairs of long and short lines.
The most important aspect of the poem is the rhyme scheme.  The short lines always end with a
word that has a long e sound or ee: sea, Lee, we, and me.

Language
The language of the poem offers an
emotional experience.  The loneliness and sadness that pervade the poem express a lost love.
Every thought and all the dreams he has -- everything has to do with this dead lover.

The language andthat Poe chose gives the poem a lyrical flow and strength of emotion. 
Annabel Lee provides a story of a man and a woman who loved so much that the angels were
envious of them.  Every thought and all of the speakers dreams have everything to do with the
death of his love.

Carefully choosing the words that would evoke a dreamy
fantasy , the poet echoes his love repeatedly.  The poem takes place in a kingdom, suggesting
chivalry and romance. The young woman is described as a child, a maiden, and his darling.
Addressing her burial chamber, the word sepulcher is first used; however, later he calls her
resting place a tomb which implies a more deathly, funeral ring.

Imagery

The imagery that Poe uses
implies a light and dark mood.  When Annabel Lee was a child and the speaker and she were young,
the poem takes a lyrical, almost happy mood. The mood becomes dark when she dies and the speaker
is refused access to her by her kinsman. In the readers mind, the picture is clearly painted of
the kingdom by the sea and the beautiful sepulcher built to hold her corpse. 

On the other hand, the narrator says he remains in a realm of light, for his soul and
the soul of Annabel Lee are one. When Poe describes the angels who try to separate him from her
after her death, he uses one of the most beautiful lines of poetry to denote that nothing will
take them from each other:

And neither the angels in
Heaven above

Nor the demons down under the sea

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee

Every thought and all the dreams he has -- everything has to do with this love that was
lost.

This is a poem that cries to be read aloud to listen to the wonderful
combinations of words and alliterative phrases that bring such strong emotions from the speaker
to the reader. How much more can a man love a woman than to sleep with her dead body every night
in her tomb!

 

 

Examine this statement as it relates to Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway: "If Jig really loved the American man, then she would listen...

Joaquin Ebert

Hemingways story seems to argue
the opposite of the statement that Jig would have gone
through with the
abortion if she really loved the American man.

Hemingway

depicts the man as rather callous, selfish, and immature.Throughout the entire
discussion, all
he focuses on is convincing Jig to have an abortion.Despite
her constant pleas to stop talking
about it, he continues to bring up what he
deems to be reasons why the procedure is an
acceptable one.Calling it an
awfully simple operation€¦not really an operation at all, the man
tries to
manipulate Jigs decision.He tells her she wouldnt mind it, as if the procedure were
a
simple everyday occurrence with no consequences.He does not consider Jigs
feelings or the childs
life.

The American man clearly
does not want the responsibility of caring
for a family.He sweet-talks Jig,
agreeing with everything she says in hopes that she will go
along with his
wishes.When she is upset, he falsely assures her...

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How does Shakespeare build tension in act 3, scene 6 of Macbeth?

In
act 3, scene 6, of ,
Lennox, a Scottish thane, is meeting with an unnamed
rebel lord.

The scene occurs directly after a scene withand , in which Hecate

tells the witches that she has "great business" planned forthat will confuse him
and
cause him to "spurn fate, scorn death, and bear / His hopes bove wisdom,
grace, and
fear" (3.5.30€“31).

Tensions are rising, and
the audience is already
wondering what Hecate and the witches are going to do
to Macbeth when the scene with Lennox and
the lord begins.

The tension increases because a question arises in the scene
as to
whether Lennox, and others like him, will remain loyal to Macbeth or joinand 's son, ,
in
rebellion.

The scene opens seemingly in the middle of
the conversation
between Lennox and the lord, with Lennox reiterating all
that has happened so far in the play
related to Macbeth's acquisition of the
throne. Lennox remarks, "Things have been strangely
borne" (3.6.3).

During his lengthy speech, Lennox seems to support
Macbeth and gives
him benefit of the doubt regarding the events surrounding all of the deaths

that have swirled around him.

LENNOX. ...So that,
I
say,
He has borne all things well. (3.6.16€“17)

Interesting, however, is how Lennox refers to
Macbeth at the end of his
speech.

LENNOX. ...For from broad words, and cause he
fail'd
His
presence at the tyrant's feast, I hear,
Macduff lives in

disgrace.

Lennox refers to Macbeth as
a
"tyrant," which is not a word that a nobleman like Lennox would use if he
truly
thought well of his king.

The lord echoes Lennox's
sentiments toward Macbeth
when he tells Lennox what is happening in
England.

LORD.
The son of Duncan
[Malcolm],
From whom this tyrant holds the due of
birth, />Lives in the English court and is received
Of the most pious
Edward...
(3.6.25€“27)

The lord
accuses the tyrant, Macbeth, of
usurping the throne and tells Lennox that
Macduff has gone to England to enlist the aid of
saintly King Edward in their
rebellion against Macbeth. The Lord says that Macbeth has heard
about
Macduff's defection and Malcolm's solicitation of King Edward in the name of the
rebels'
cause, and Macbeth is preparing for war.

Lennox
makes up his mind to join the
rebels and makes his thoughts about Macbeth
perfectly clear.

LENNOX. Some holy
angel
Fly to the court of England and unfold
His

message ere he come, that a swift blessing
May soon return to this our
suffering
country
Under a hand accursed! (3.6.48€“52)

Now
that Lennox has made his decision, the
tension is released momentarily, but it rises again
almost immediately with
the reappearance of the witches in the next scene.

Why does Okonkwo kill Ikemefuna in Things Fall Apart? I need two good reasons.

I'll offer up
two possibilities, neither of which I feel are exhaustive or all-encompassing, but do both
coincide with his tragic flaw:

(1) 's belief in and reliance upon tradition.
When the elders decide thatshould be killed, Okonkwo does not second guess or challenge their
decision, just as he did not challenge the decision to place Ikemefuna with his family three
years before. Okonkwo sees his adherence to the wishes of the village elders as part of his
responsibility to his culture and tradition. We can juxtapose this to the warning of the eldest
member of the village who...

What is April's nickname given to her by Ken and Toby?

Melanie is
worried about starting school because she fears that April will not make friends easily in sixth
grade. April is quirky, and although Melanie gets along well with her because they both have
creative imaginations, she doesn't think the other sixth graders will accept April's
idiosyncrasies. When Ken and Toby gave April the nickname "February," Melanie
"knew everything would be all right." Some nicknames are teasing and have a hurtful
tone to them. This nickname, however, isn't a belligerent way of calling someone by an
unfriendly name; rather, it is an innocuouseven friendlyway of rubbing April the wrong way
without meaning to be unkind. It's like the greetings Melanie's father gives April when she
comes over, saying that "the cruelest month is here." It acknowledges April's unique
name and personage without calling out any of her quirks in an unflattering way. The nickname
Ken and Toby give April shows that they accept herat least, as much as they accept any girl
their age.

Why does John think Norton acts so tough in The Pigman?

Readers should look near the beginning of chapter 9 for this answer. Chapter 9 is one of the
chapters that is narrated by John, and John admits that Lorraine is correct about John's
feelings toward Norton. John hates Norton. John then attempts to explain why Norton has become
such a complete jerk. John thinks it has something to do with the fact that Norton used to play
with dolls when he was kid. Norton...

Describe Bruno's feelings towards Lieutenant Kotler in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

Bruno takes an
almost immediate dislike to Lieutenant Kotler from the second chapter when he is suddenly
accosted by the soldier with "very blond hair" who looked the boy up and down as
though "he wasn't quite sure what he was supposed to do with one." His brutal look and
coldness unnerve Bruno and his antipathy for the nineteen-year-old lieutenant increases. Then,
in Chapter 7 Bruno again encounters the Nazi officer who

...came in and out as though he owned the place.... There was anaround him that made
Bruno feel very cold and want to put a jumper on.

This
time he is talking to Gretel, who laughs too loudly at his pleasantries. Bruno is appalled that
she would flirt with this young man, and when she disparages him before the officer, Bruno
reveals that she is only twelve, embarrassing Gretel, who has pretended to be older so that the
lieutenant would be interested in her. But, Bruno must ask him for a tire because he wishes to
make a swing. Teasing Bruno, the officer tells him about a fat sergeant who has a
"tire" around him; however, when Pavel, the old man who serves dinner in the evenings
approaches, Lt. Kotler acridly orders him to take Bruno to a shed where there are old tires.
Then, he orders Pavel to be sure to wash his hands, "you dirty
jude---," causing Bruno and Gretel to blush at his cruel .

Again in Chapter 13 Bruno talks with his friend Shmuel who is brought to the house to
work. Little Shmuel is greatly frightened of Kotler--even his name causes the boy to tremble.
Later that same evening, Lieutenant Kotler joins the family for dinner and old Pavel is so
nervous as he serves the lieutenant that at one point he drops a bottle of wine and some of it
spills on the young officer's lap; Lt. Kotler calls him names and beats him, but no one says
anything.

Bruno later makes a list of all the reasons he dislikes the
blond-haired officer: He never really smiles; Gretel flirts shamelessly with him; he acts as
though he is "in charge" when his father is gone and he whispers to his mother in an
inappropriate manner and she calls him "precious," while he is somehow already in the
house in the early morning; he once shot a dog for barking; he was brutal to Pavel. Once as
Bruno reads Treasure Island, the lieutenant snatches it from him, refusing
to return it.

A similar incident to that of Pavel occurs in Chapter 15 when
Shmuel is brought to the house to clean the glassware for dinner because he has such small
fingers. As Bruno eats some cold chicken from the "fridge," he notices that Shmuel
watches him, so he offers the meat to his friend, who greedily devours it, but somehow Kotler
knows he has eaten something. When poor Shmuel denies stealing any food because Bruno is his
"friend," the lieutenant asks Bruno is he knows the boy. Terrified, Bruno denies
Shmuel. Afterwards, he is ashamed of his cowardice, and goes to the fence to see Shmuel, but
does not see him for several days. Shmuel's face is badly bruised, and Bruno knows that the
sadistic Kotler is responsible.

What is Atticus's opinion of the n-word in To Kill a Mockingbird?

This is a
good question. In order to understand 's point of view, we need to know something about his
culture. 

We need to remember that Atticus is culturally situated in the
south during a time when racism was common. Therefore, to expect Atticus to have our view of
race now is to be anachronistic and unfair. That said, we can say that Atticus was far ahead of
his time by defending Tom Robinson. 

Second, we can say that Atticus did not
care for the word. When Scout used it in front of him, Atticus forbade her to use that word. The
reason he gives is interesting though. He does not forbid her to use the word based on
principle, but because it is "common." He feels as though he is "higher" or
better than the people around him. 

This, of course, is not to say that
Atticus was not noble; he was in many important ways. All I am saying is that Atticus was a
product of his time. Here is the text:

Cecil Jacobs made
me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that s daddy defended niggers. I
denied it, but told .

Whatd he mean sayin€˜ that? I asked.

Nothing,
Jem said. Ask Atticus, hell tell you.

Do you defend niggers, Atticus? I
asked him that evening.

Of course I do. Dont say nigger, Scout. Thats
common.

From now on itll be everybody less one

What does Okeke do when his son sends him a wedding photo?

In 's short story,
"Marriage is a Private Affair," when Nnaemeka's father, Okeke, receives the wedding
photo from his son, he rips the picture in half. After ripping out the image of Nnaemeka's
bride, Nene, he sends the photo back to his son with a terse message:

It amazes me that you could be so unfeeling as to send me your
wedding picture. I would have sent it back. But on further thought I decided just to cut off
your wife and send it back to you because I have nothing to do with her. How I wish that I had
nothing to do with you either (para 54).

Unfortunately
for Nnaemeka, Okeke had previously arranged a marriage for him as is the Ibo tradition. It was
unheard of for a son to find his own bride, much less a bride from a different tribe who is a
school teacher. When Nnaemeka rebels against the planned marriage and weds Nene anyway, his
father is overcome with grief. Eight years later, Nene sends the father a letter imploring him
to meet his two grandsons. The old man is beset with guilt caused by shutting out his son's
family. At the end of the story, he hopes that it is not too late to make up the years that he
lost and knows he must accept his son and his family.

Where Is Napoleon During The Battle

For much of
the early part of the story,is not a key player in the revolution personally, other than to
criticize .  Napoleon is conspicuously absent at the battle.  This should not be a surprise, as
the day after the revolution, he disposed of the cow's milk which logically should have gone to
the calves or to the animals as a whole. Snowball leads the charge against the humans and is
even wounded for his efforts.  Napoleon rewrites history when he decides that Snowball is too
much of a threat, and places himself in Snowball's place and even makes Snowball the leader of
the humans.  This is characteristic of Napoleon's leadership style.  He rewrites history so that
he is always the hero and he uses fear and browbeating to make the other animals fall into line.
 

Why won't Dee bring her friends to visit the family's new house?

Dee's mother knows how
much Dee hated their first house. It's curious, isn't it, that Mama and Maggie got caught in the
flames when the old house burned downMaggie actually did sustain burns which have left scarsbut
Dee was already outside watching the house burn? One might wonder if Dee actually burned that
house down. Mama seems to associate Dee with fire (whether intentionally or not): she says that,
as a child, Dee "burned [them] with a lot of knowledge we didn't necessarily need to
know," and she even compares Dee's orange and yellow dress to "the light of the
sun." Maggie, on the other hand, wears a "pink shirt and red blouse": the colors
of skin that has been burned. It's as though...

How is Hester different in physical appearance from other women in The Scarlet Letter?

Inof
, Hawthorne uses homely names to describe the typical women of the village.
He subtlety implies by using names as "matronly", and "ruddy", and by
describing them as 

 ...the beef and ale of their native
land, with a moral diet not a whit more refined, entered largely into their
composition

that they are essentially women of little
sophistication, more rudimentary origins, and perhaps even less attractive than . We know this
because the author juxtaposes Hester's description by using much more complementing and less
primitive words.  

The young woman was tall, with a
figure of perfect elegance, on a large...

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What other symbols are used throughout "Fever 1793" other than the color yellow?

The flowers
that Nathaniel gives to Mattie
represent hope. Nathaniel doesn't want Mattie to forget him, and
it's
Mattie's memories prior to the breakout of yellow fever that keep her going through
the
hard times.  When Mattie's mom, Lucinda, contracts yellow fever, she's
brought to the
coffeehouse in a wheelbarrow, representing the fear people
felt during this epidemic. For some,
a crisis such as this brings out the
worst in society, such as throwing the dead bodies in the
streets.

This story is about Mattie's maturation into adulthood, and some
of
the characters help Mattie to become a woman. Although Lucinda, Mattie's
mom, is hard on her,
Lucinda gives Mattie perseverance, the ability to never
give up, to keep going no matter what
the odds are. Mattie's grandfather
symbolizes self-confidence, giving Mattie the power to
believe in herself and
to do what's right. Eliza, Lucinda's friend, picks up where Mattie's

grandfather left off, allowing Mattie to realize her own value to those around her.
Nell, the
little girl Mattie finds and decides to take care of, symbolizes a
better future for all of
them. She depends on Mattie as a mother, and this
symbolizes Mattie's completion of her journey
into
adulthood.

In Stargirl, for what three things is Hillari Kimble famous?

The
answer to this question can be found in chapter 4. In fact, the first sentence of chapter 4
tells readers the answer to this question:

At Mica Area
High School, Hillari Kimble was famous for three things: her mouth, The Hoax, and Wayne
Parr.

The narrator then goes on to explain each of the
three listed things. We are told that her mouth "spoke for itself." Hillari Kimble
loves to complain, and readers will get to see this throughout the text. It culminates when she
tellsthat Stargirl ruins everything. Hillari then slaps Stargirl.

Shortly after, as the Serenaders gratefully played Stardust, Hillari Kimble walked up
to Stargirl and said, You ruin everything. And she slapped her.

"The Hoax" happened Hillari's sophomore year of high school. She tried out
for the cheerleading squad, and everybody assumed it would be a decent fit.

Her face and hair and figure were right enough, and she surely had
the mouthshe made the squad easily.

Hillari then shocked
the entire school by turning it down. She said that she hated sports and had no intention of
jumping around screaming in front of empty bleachers.

Wayne Parr is her
boyfriend. She is famous for being the girlfriend of the school's resident
"hottie."

By both girls and boys standards,
Wayne Parr was gorgeous.

What's odd about Parr is that
he's only got his looks going for him. He doesn't play sports, doesn't join school clubs, hasn't
won any awards, and is not a great student. He's described as being quite apathetic about
everything.

What is the story of the Baker in The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho?

The baker's
story is Melchizedek's life lesson
to Santiago about the fleeting nature of life and the need to
"seize the day"
while one still has the passion to experience fulfillment. Melchizedek
warns
the boy to persist and pursue his Personal Legend (his destiny, his fate, or the story
his
life is supposed to follow). Santiago must make decisions about his
future and act in the
present. The baker chooses to play life safely: he
saves his money for travel and will wait
until he is old, despite his strong
lifelong desire to see Africa. This theme is echoed later in
the story in the
shape of the crystal merchant, who knows he must visit Mecca as an obligation

to Islam. He hesitates to go, because once his dream of Mecca becomes real, he will have
no
"reason to go on living" (Coelho 55).

The boy is
exposed to these
stories and characters so that he will fulfill his desires
and become the man he is destined to
be.

Coelho, Paolo.
. San Francisco: Harper Collins.

1993.

Why is sampling so important to the success of sociological research? Why is it so important to get the size of a sample as close as possible to what...

In
sociology, sampling is defined as the process of choosing a subset of the population that is
being studied, in order to gain statistical data on which the research will be based on. It is a
way to collect information about a certain demographic without having to analyze and study the
entire population. Sampling is a widely used method among sociologists, mainly because it is a
rather simple, convenient and cheap research technique.

The population that
is being studied is called a target audience, while the population within the sample is known as
the sampling frame. The researchers must make sure that the characteristics of the population
from which the sampling frame is taken must be representative of the target audience; in other
words, the people in the sample must follow the same rules and norms and must have the same
beliefs and opinions as the society in general.

There are two main types of
sampling techniquesthose that are based on probability or probability sampling...

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In Macbeth act 1, scene 5, explain how various literary devices are used in this scene.

The
literary devices thatuses in act 1, scene 5, include , , and apostrophe.
The combination of parallel structure and several types of repetition is also effectively
deployed.

Metaphor is direct comparison of two apparently unlike things for
effect. Ladyaddresses her husband in absentia, describing his nature using a metaphor equating
kindness with milk: "It is too full o' the milk of human kindness."

Alliteration, the repetition of initial consonant sounds, appears in numerous places:
"you murdering ministers, / Wherever in your sightless substances."

When she summons up her courage and resolution to act boldly, she does so using by
calling upon the spirits...

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How does the United Nations support/enhance globalization?

The United
Nations (UN) supports globalization in a number of ways.

First, the very
existence of the UN promotes globalization. It is the quintessential global organization.
Founded in 1945, it has endured far longer than its relatively unsuccessful predecessor, the
League of Nations. The failure of the League of Nations in the 1930s was a key reason for the
failure to prevent World War II (1939€“1945). There have not been any world wars since the UN
was founded, and the UN is at least partly responsible for that.

Second, the
UN promotes and practices international law. This is done through the International Court of
Justice (ICJ). The idea behind it is to reduce the likelihood of war by giving an international
and impartial body judicial powers. Moreover, the UN works hard to prevent war crimes. For
example, in September 2019, it issued a report stating that the US, the UK, and France may have
been complicit in war crimes in the war in Yemen.

Third, the UN seeks to
protect the global...

What causes the change in the Loisels' financial situation in "The Necklace"?

The change
in the Loisels' financial situation
is caused when Madame Loisel borrows what she thinks is a
very costly diamond
necklace from a wealthy friend for a party. She then loses it. It takes
every
penny the Loisels have to finance the replacement necklace, which costs 36,000
francs.
Monsieur...

Is the Bermuda Triangle really a mystery, or just a conspiracy?

An
examination of the happenings in and around
the Bermuda Triangle show that this supposed
mysterious area is not
necessarily a myth or a conspiracy. In fact, the happenings in the
Bermuda
Triangle are not much different from the events that happen in other parts of
the
ocean. 

However, it is true that there has been much
more discussion about
the mysteries and unexplained circumstances at the
Bermuda Triangle. For the most part, this can
be explained by the publication
of multiple...

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Evaluate the limit of the fraction (f(x)-f(1))/(x-1), if f(x)=1+2x^5/x^2? x->1

We are given
that f(x)=1+2x^5/x^2 = 1 + 2x^3.

We have to find:  lim x -->1 [(f(x) -
f(1))/(x-1)]

=> lim x...

In The Importance of Being Earnest, who is Egeria, and why might Chasuble refer to Miss Prism in this manner?

Act II of 's
shows the flirtatious relationship between the reverend Dr. Chasuble and
the prude Miss Prism as they meet during one of Chasuble's presumably usual visits to the
Worthing country estate.

At the time that the reverend enters the home, Miss
Prism is with Cecily performing her duties of governess. After a brief dialogue, Chasuble,
referring to Laetitia Prism says

But I must not disturb
Egeria and her pupil any longer.

He does this as a flirty
way to play on the similarities between the name "Laetitia" and  the name
"Egeria". There are two different postures as far as the use of Egeria goes.

Similarly to the historically-known pagan character of the mythical
"Laetitia" (Prism's first name), "Egeria" is likewise a Roman
goddess.

Egeria is said to have been nymph of water and springs, and an
adviser, as well as lover, to the second King of Rome, according to the pagan legend. This would
have been quite a saucy, yet,  subtle mischievous remark from Chasuble to Prism, who is the
epitome of the prudent and prudish woman.

Also the name of Egeria belongs to
a female writer from the (pagan) Roman times who is thought, thus far, to be the first
ever-published woman in the history of the world. As we know, Miss Prism proudly calls herself a
female writer, and also claims to have completed a novel.

Hence, the
connection is two-fold between the two names. "Egeria" and "Laetitia" are
both Roman goddesses. The connection of the name "Egeria" with the character of Miss
Prism is also that Egeria is a pilgrim writer whose writings have made history, while Miss Prism
also boasts of having written a novel, whose manuscript she claims to have "lost" or
"misplaced".

It is this precisely the loss of this
manuscript that incites the action in the play, for this misplacement results in the leaving of
baby Jack Worthing inside of a handbag at the cloakroom of Victoria Station...the Brighton Line.

Why are common criminals and political prisoners treated differently in the temporary lock-up?

I
will add to the answer provided above.  First
of all, common prisoners are typically small-time
criminals from the prole
neighborhoods. The government in the novel does not seem to worry much
about
the prole criminals, asdescribes them inas "drug-peddlers, thieves, bandits,

black-marketeers, drunks, prostitutes."  One example of a prole criminal who is all
but
ignored is the the heavily intoxicated and overweight woman who sits on
Winston's lap.  Winston
also notes that the overall relationship between the
guards and the common criminals was less
intense than the highly abusive
treatment that the "polits" received.

In addition, this
treatment seemed to extend beyond the holding cell.  Only the
political
prisoners seem to be taken to Room 101 while the common prisoners were allowed
to
curse and joke and offer bribes to the guards.  

Finally, when in the labor
camps, discrepancies continued to exist:
"The positions of trust were given only to the
common criminals, especially
the gangsters and the murderers, who formed a sort of aristocracy.
All the
dirty jobs were done by the politicals."  This treatment seems contrary to what
one
might expect and is because the political prisoners, Outer and Inner
party member, are much more
dangerous to Big Brother's regime. 

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Why do the clan decide to grant the request of the missionaries and give them some land on which to build a church?

In, the
missionaries arrive in Umuofia and ask for a plot of land to build their church. The village
elders do not want the missionaries near the clan and decide to offer them a plot of land
located in the Evil Forest. The Evil Forest is a forbidden, ominous place, where the clan buries
individuals with diseases and is also used as the dumping ground for the powerful...

In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," who is the most morally responsible for the six deaths of this family? Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to...

Within the
framework of O'Connor's Christian concept of "grace," that a divine pardon is granted
by God simply for the asking, the Misfit must be the one held morally responsible for the
killing of the six family members. For, it is the petty, selfish, and forgetful grandmother who
attains grace at the end of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" as, at the moment of her
death, she reaches out to the Misfit exclaiming, "Why, you're one of my
children."

In the context of O'Connor's narratives, grace is something
often undeserved, a force outside of the character that generates an epiphany.  The grandmother
has such an epiphany and receives grace as her spiritual blindness is removed.

Please help me by suggesting a magazine title for my school. I amsearching for a school magazine title for my school magazine. As the name should be...

What is your school's
mascot?You could come up with something creative related to that.For example, if you are the
wolves it could be Wolf Tracks.A more literary option might be related to a notable author from
your area.For exampe, in Salinas the title might be Steinbeck related.

What does McBride learn from Eddie Thompson in chapter 20 of The Color of Water?

Chapter
20 of 's book is an account of his journey to discover his mother's past.
To do so, he must journey back to the place she left her family, Suffolk, Virginia. He arrives
in town with nothing but a hand-drawn map his mother made for him and which is obviously not
particularly accurate after so many years have passed. James discovers the spot where the
general store his mother's family owned and ran used to be, and there is an old house. When he
knocks on the door, an old man named Eddie Thompson answers; James has a chance to ask him many
questions about his mother's family, and his grandfather, in particular. When Eddie sees James
and finds out who he is, he laughs outrageously at theof the situation--a man who hates black
people has a black grandson.

What James discovers is that his grandfather was
a bigot who hated blacks and cheated them at every opportunity. He learns that his kind
grandmother used to sneak her customers candy or pieces of fruit when her husband was not there,
as she was afraid of him. James learns that Eddie knew his mother and her siblings when they
were young, and he finds out his grandfather left his wife for a fat gentile woman, despite the
fact that he was a rabbi and supposedly lived by Jewish law. Finally, when James says he wishes
he could find his grandfather, Eddie tells him he is dead and then points to the ground, perhaps
indicating hell. It was an enlightening conversation for James as he researched his Jewish
heritage.

Discuss the inevitability of the collapse of the Roman Republic. Why was the civiliangovernment of the original Republic unable to survive Romes...

Its many
wars of conquest were one of the factors that led to the collapse of the Roman Republic. One
reason behind this is that their government was ill-equipped to properly handle the sudden and
vast incoming wealth from Roman overseas conquest. Wealth that was supposed to be distributed
equitably ended up in the hands of the senatorial upper class. The prospect of garnering profits
from war also led to 1) abuse of power from officials in the field, and 2) electoral bribery,
which stemmed from increased competition for high office.

Another reason
behind this is that there was a need for sustained military presence in the provinces Rome
conquered. This led to a high demand for conscription into the Roman militia. There was,
however, little to no profit to be found in being drafted for 16 to 20 years outside Italy, as
the soldiers themselves received minimum wage pay for their military service. Additionally, some
of Romes conquered regions €“ such as Sardinia, Spain, and Corsica €“ proved to be highly
hostile. And so, more and more men fled their land and property to escape conscription. Military
conscription relied on the Roman census property assessments, so the abandonment of ones
property would make one ineligible for recruitment.

The event that led to the
end of the Roman Republic was the assassination of Julius Caesar, one of the members of Romes
first triumvirate. When Caesar had assumed power in Rome, he appointed himself as its
de facto king or ruler. He attempted to fulfill numerous roles of
constitutional power €“ Plebeian Tribune, consul, Pontifex Maximus, and dictator in
perpetuo. As the Romans themselves were hostile towards this type of tyranny,
however, Caesar was murdered as a result of a conspiracy involving more than 60 Roman senators.
The Roman Republic's legal end, however, came with the Roman Senates endowment of the title of
Augustus to Octavian, Caesars great grandnephew, which marked the end of
the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.

Does the narrator of "Araby" succeed in his main purpose at the end of the story?

The answer
is two-fold:  yes and no.  The narrator's purpose is (in part) to get to, the church-run bazaar
that is occurring.  Of course, his reason for going to Araby is to pursue Mangan's sister, an
older girl who has captivated his attention.  The narrator believes that if he gets...

What are the general characteristics of Elizabethan poetry?

The Elizabethan
age ushered in a period of literary freedom and provided grounds for experimentation for the
poets. The age was a break away from the tumultuous socioeconomic events of the previous period.
The general society was more at peace and enjoying political stability during the Elizabethan
age.from this time feature romanticism ideals and . The works would combineand comedy as seen in
some of Edmund Spensers poetry. Poetry during this age also featured imagination and intense
emotions. This made the base nature of such works to emanate from the poets' own feelings which
were then developed into art. The literary works also adhered to some form of rhyming meter and
structure as experienced in the sonnet which is also a feature of Elizabethan poetry introduced
by Thomas Wyatt.

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How does Defoe show irony in Robinson Crusoe?

Defoe
showsin Crusoe's fate on the desert
island. Crusoe heads out impetuously looking for riches,
only to find himself
alone with next to nothing but what he can salvage from the sunken ship.
Yet
ironically, in the stark simplicity of his life on the island, he finds abundance
unlike
what he experienced when far more material goods were available. This
causes him to reflect on
life, writing,

All our discontents about what we want
appeared to me to spring from
the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Crusoe is in a situation which would to outside eyes seem

an...

Critically examine the Fielding-Aziz relationship in A Passage to India.

Fielding is
an outsider among the other British in India. He doesn't view the Indians as an inferior race,
just different. He really believes that people of different cultures and beliefs can bridge the
gap of understanding "by the help of good will plus culture and intelligence." He
values friendship above any differences that people may have, and he tries to prove this with
Dr. Aziz. He's the only British person who believes in the innocence of Aziz and doesn't
hesitate to...

Consider recent changes in American culture how would a power-control theorist explain recent drops in the US crime rate? Can it be linked to change...

Sociologist John Hagans research on crime and
gender resulted in his formulation of what is known as power control theory. Under Hagans
purview, criminologists, sociologists, and others began to examine crime rates against a
backdrop of traditional or historical patterns of gender distinction. Specifically, males were
or are more likely to commit crimes because boys were afforded greater freedom to act outside of
the home than girls, who were more protected and whose mothers were relegated to household
responsibilities while men/fathers left the house every morning for jobs. The greater latitude
afforded boys provided far greater opportunity for risk and experimentation, which sometimes led
to criminal behavior.

So, the questionhow recent changes in American culture
would affect crime rates through the prism of power-control theorycan be examined as one in
which feminism and fundamental changes in family structure have caused downward trends in crime
rates. Power-control theory suggests that the liberation of girls and women has radically
increased their role in society at large and somehow precipitated a decrease in crime.

Women, according to Hagan, are less likely to commit most types of crime (petty theft
being one exception), so the increased presence of women in the workplace and in many social
environments has a depressive effect on rates of crime. Female empowerment has altered
perceptions of family structure, as men are expected to increase their participation in
household chores while women are freer to pursue outside interests, whether in sports,
education, or simply socializing.

The Hagan school of thought posits that
fundamental gender distinctions exist that directly affect crime rates. One could suggest,
however, that transformations in culture and family dynamics or structure are less determinative
of crime rates than other factors, such as poverty rates and quality of community policing. The
increased role of women in society may have little or nothing to do with crime rates. Changes in
American culture may or may not have affected crime rates, as low unemployment levels and other
macroeconomic indicators might be more important than the evolution in traditional gender
roles.

The basic point is that power-control theory may have little or much
to add to discussions of crime rates and patterns. Women commit crimes. Purview a county jail
roster and the currently incarcerated will include a fair number of individuals who identify as
female, especially when drug-related crimes are factored into the equation. Broader societal
transformations that may have little to do with gender distinctions and roles as well as
transformations in how societies view categories of crime might be more important.

A major problem with theories that purport to explain patterns of activity is that too
much emphasis tends to be placed on such theories at the expense of alternative explanations.
Almost always, transformations do not take place because of a single cause or explanation.
Multiple variables are usually involved. Power-control theory plays an important role in the
study of criminology, but so do other theories like those that posit causal relationships
between socioeconomic levels and crime or ethnicity and crime, the latter related to levels of
substance abuse as well as macroeconomic levels).

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What are Assemblage and Collage? What are the similarities and differences?

These two
terms, applied to works of visual art that eschew traditional paint-on-canvas techniques, are
related in their attention to physical objects arranged in visual, even symbolic, patterns and
shapes.  Art is looking at things carefully, according to Saroyan, and these forms of art make
the viewer look with fresh eyes at patterns, shapes, shadows, etc.   Differing from pure
sculpture in that they are still meant to be viewed from a face-front position, albeit having
some three-dimensional form, they are both visual collections; the main difference between the
terms is in the sameness or differences of the assembled objectsa collage (from French
coller-glue), probably coined by Picasso, uses similar patches of material or colorful
two-dimensional shapesphotos, for example, or swatches of cloth or paper, and either repeat
patterns or build a pattern of their own; an assemblage on the other hand, uses
three-dimensional objects, often found objects, either alike in theme or shape, or purposely
varied, to create a new arrangement of familiar materials.  Joseph Cornell is perhaps the
assemblage artist with the strongest reputation for the form; earlier artists of the 20th
centuryPicasso, Dubuffet, Duchamp, etc. did not separate these two terms with any
regularityDubuffet, for example, referred to his collection of butterfly wings as a collage,
but named the piece assemblage demprientes.  The other complication is that these artists
sometimes combined traditional oil painting on canvas with objects attached, calling these
pieces assemblages (the most famous of these might be href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg" title="Robert
Rauschenberg">Robert Rauschenbergs Canyon( 1959), officially described in
the National Gallery of Art as Assemblage: oil, housepaint, pencil, paper, fabric, metal,
buttons, nails, cardboard, printed paper, photographs, wood, paint tubes, mirror string, pillow
& bald eagle on canvas.  So the difference between the terms, both of which are used rather
loosely, might be stated as collages are pieces of flat material, glued into basically
two-dimensional patterns, and framed like an oil painting while assemblages are a gathering of
small three-dimensional objects, either found or collected into patterns with new relationships
among them.  As is the case with many post-facto art terms, they are not perfectly descriptive,
nor are they used with much differentiation or discrimination by historians and
scholars.

In Animal Farm, what promise does Animalism hold for the animals? Does it sound like a good thing? What does it represent?

Animalism offers the animals a utopian
existence. A life free from slavery, exploitation and abuse. Essentially, it offers them a life
liberated from the tyranny of man. The concept is based on the principles of freedom, equality
and brotherhood. Each animal will have the same rights and privileges as any other animal. All
animals will be equal and no one animal will be superior to another.

The
basic principles of Animalism were contained in 's speech when he addressed the animals and
shared the dream he had with them. In essence, he told the gathering that Man was their greatest
enemy and that if they should be rid of him, the produce of their labour would belong to them
and they would become wealthy and free. He urged the animals to prepare for rebellion and be
finally rid of Man's oppression. 

When Old Major taught the animals the
lyrics of a song, "Beasts of England," which had come back to him in his dream, it
becomes clear how grand a life without humans would be. The song promises 'a golden future
time.' that 'the fruitful fields of England shall be trod by beats alone.' All forms of
repression and abuse shall disappear and there will be more than enough produce for all to
share. The song also urges all the animals to work towards their ideal.

After
the Rebellion, the animals worked hard to ensure that the principles contained in Old Major's
speech were established and understood. It was essential that every animal knew exactly what was
required and, therefore, the pigs, who were the most intelligent and had assumed leadership,
formulated seven commandments to which every animal had to adhere. The commandments were created
based on the principles of Animalism and were there to ensure that the animals did not adopt
Man's vices and to provide safeguards so that they would never experience such oppression ever
again.

It is ironic, though, that the pigs did not share the ideals contained
in Animalism. They consistently altered the rules and ensured themselves certain privileges, to
the exclusion of all others. A good example of this is when they claimed the milk and windfall
apples for themselves. They did not perform any physical labor and chose to supervise, instruct,
and command.

The pigs eventually lived a life of exclusive privilege whilst
the other animals worked even harder than they had done in Jones' time. In fact, they were worse
off than before. Only the pigs were much better off. The end result was thatcreated a
dictatorship once he had gotten rid ofand anyone who challenged his authority was severely
punished or even executed.

In the end, the animals could not see the
difference between the pigs or the humans. Life on the farm had gone full circle. The only
difference was that instead of humans being the tyrants, the pigs had now taken over that role.
The other animals though, were too stupid to realise that or to remeber how things had been
during Jones' time. They had also been fooled and misled so many times in the past by deception,
manipulation and the savagery of the pigs that they were utterly confused and unable or too
apathetic to rebel.    

 

In 1984, what, according to Winston, would be the ultimate way to betray himself and Julia?

According
to , the ultimate betrayal would be forand Winston to betray one another. As Winston tells
Julia, it is inevitable that once they are captured they will confess everything they have done
against the state because the human body is not built to withstand torture. Even so, he says,
they can stay true to their love for each other and never betray the other one. As long as have
that, the state can't own them.

In the Ministry of Love, Winston clings to
his love for Julia. One night, longing for her unbearably, he cries out her name in his sleep.
He knows this will have bad consequences, and not long after this he is taken to the dreaded
Room 101. There, he has to face his worst fear, which is of rats. When a cage with a giant
ravenous rat is put over his head and the trap door releasing the rat is ready to be sprung, he
betrays Julia. He is so desperately afraid that he puts his own survival ahead of her, and cries
out that they should spring the rat on Julia instead of...

To what extent does Knowles make the reader sympathize with Gene when confronted by Brinker in the Butt room scene (chapter 7) in A Separate Peace?

Since the
story is told by Gene, we tend to sympathize with him. People are most often the heroes of their
own stories. However, Knowles also uses ominous description and dialogue in this scene to
encourage our sympathies to lie with Gene.

The butt room itself is described
in ominous terms as a place of entrapment. It is likened to a "dungeon," and because
it is the place the boys go to smoke, the school administration tries to make it as unpleasant
as possible. We learn it is small, has a low ceiling, small dirty windows,
"mutiliated" tables, ashy colored walls, and a concrete floor. This gives us a sense
of unease, as does Brinker's aggressive move as they enter the room:

Heres your prisoner, gentlemen, announced Brinker, seizing my neck
and pushing me into the Butt Room ahead of him.

While
Brinker taunts Gene about Phineas and threatens him with a trial, the boys in the room grill
Gene in an ominous way about what he did to Finny. One student, for example, states:

So, you killed him, did you?

Gene tries to laugh it all off by telling absurd and exaggerated stories, but we fully
feel his unease. The boy who asks if he killed Finny is described as sounding "tense."
He also "uncoiled" from the couch, as if ready to spring at Gene. Although Gene tries
to stay joking and cool as he informs them of things they know are untrue, such as giving Finny
arsenic, the many ellipses (...) that show him pausing and hesitating testify to his unease.
When it comes to joking about pushing Finny out of the tree, Gene says "I could feel my
throat closing."

Over all, a sense of danger that builds our sympathy
for Gene hangs over the butt room, both because of its dungeon-like appearance and the pointed
way the boys grill Gene. On the other hand, we know Gene is guilty of purposely shaking the
tree, so despite our sympathy for him, we wonder if his guilt should or will be
exposed.

What is remarkable about the scarlet letter Hester makes? What do you think Hawthorne is suggesting by having Hester make such a letter?

There are
a number of things that are remarkable about the letter thatcreates. First, it is something that
is meant to symbolize her shame. Puritan society, in all its "good" sense, has decided
that Hester should be humiliated for her sin. In fact, a large number of people have gathered
outside of the prison, in anticipation of seeing her humiliation and shame. However, when Hester
finally emerges they grow enraged, in part because of how much care she has put into the
construction of the scarlet letter, "so fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon her
bosom. It had the effect of a...

In My Bondage and My Freedom, why does a "silent slave" make masters and overseers uncomfortable?

tells us
that slaves were expected to sing as
well as work. The sight of fields of happy slaves
cheerfully toiling away in
the cotton fields while singing Negro spirituals was one that
slave-owners
were keen to promote as part of their idealized image of the peculiar
institution.
If slaves are silent or sullen, then they are inadvertently
challenging the romanticized
conception of slavery held by their owners and
overseers. It's important, then, for the slaves
to make some noise as they
work. Douglass says that silent slaves are always told to "Make
a noise
there! Make a noise there!"

There's also a practical reason
for
slaves being required to make noise. If they're working somewhere in the
distance, well away
from their overseer, then singing is a way of letting him
know where they
are.

In The Devil's Highway, please describe how the author's opinion changes from the begining to the end, and why. How does Urrea approach the Border...

In the
research for , the author, Urrea, spent a significant amount of time with
the Border Patrol agents, but none with the twelve victims he was nominally and theoretically
telling the story of. Thus, the book represents the Border Patrol's point of view much more than
the workers without papers that they target.

To most Latinos, Border Patrol
are "La Migra" or simply "Migra." They are feared by immigrants because of
their harassment and also because they are above the law in ways other law enforcement are not.
There is little oversight and rare punishment for any abuses they commit. Thus their name is
often said as a curse, "pinche Migra," the first word equaling the F-word in
English.

Urrea is of Mexican ancestry, though light-skinned enough that he
passes for white. He describes himself as bonding with the local Anglo head of the Border Patrol
and even loving him after several days hanging out with him. What may surprise many is that
Urrea did not...

How did Meg's father disappear?

This is one of
the key questions in . Early in the story, no one has any idea what
happened to Meg's father. In chapter three, Calvin and Meg are having a conversation, and Calvin
asks Meg about her dad. She responds,

He's a
physicist.

This is a fact commonly known around the town.
The community also knows about a rumor that he ran away with another woman and left his family.
Meg, however, does not agree with this story and tries to run from their conversation when
Calvin brings up this rumor. Meg decides to continue talking, and she shares that her father
worked for the government and that his work was top secret. Few people know what project he was
working on. Meg tells Calvin that one day the letters her father regularly sent to her family
stopped coming.

Calvin questions whether he might have died, but Meg boldly
denies this. Instead, she holds onto hope that he is okay, trusting what the government told her
mother:

She's been down to Washington and everything. And
all they'll say is that he's on a secret and dangerous mission, and she can be very proud of
him, but he won't be able toto communicate with us for a while. And they'll give us news as soon
as they have it (chapter 3).

Early in the story, no one,
including Meg and her mother, is aware of what has happened to Meg's father. Later, readers find
out that he was taken by It, an evil villain, to the faraway planet of Camazotz. He still deeply
cares for his family. Ultimately, Meg ends up more involved in her father's secret government
mission than she ever dreamed possible.

In George Orwell's Animal Farm, what is significant about how the animals arrange themselves as they gather to hear Major?

The animals
group themselves by species, the dogs together, the pigs together, the hens and pigeons
together, suggesting from the start that the idea that "all animals are equal" will
have to overcome some obstacles based on "class." The dogs and the pigs sit near each
other and near the front, showing their connected and dominant positions in the hierarchy.and
Clover are characterized from the start as caring, as they worry that they will step on some
small animal they don't see in the straw. The sheep and the cows lie behind the pigs, showing
that they will follow the pigs' lead later on. Moses, the raven, stays outside. He represents
the clergy, the voice that pacifies the animals and upholds the current status quo by telling
them stories of a wonderful afterlife, and like the real clergy in Russia, will not take part in
the revolution/rebellion.

The dogs' instinctively going after the rats does
not bode well. The animals, to successfully implement their ideals of Animalism, will need to
overcome many natural tendencies and will need good leadership to do this.can provide that
leadership, though he dies before the Rebellion, but it is equally possible for a more cynical
leader to exploit the natural tendencies of the animals, such as the dogs, for his own gain,
which is whatwill do. 

Write a character analysis of Santiago showing how he changed during the course of the story and how he remained the same.

Santiago,
theof 's , undergoes a process of maturity and spirtual development. He
first rejects the life his father has chosen for him in the priesthood then leaves behind his
life as a shepherd to search for...

What does pink ribbon symbolize, and how does it relate to faith?

The most
common answer to your question is that the pink hair ribbons symboize Faith's innocence and when
she loses it so that Brown finds them on the ground it signifies her loss of innocence.  But I
wonder if the symbolism is as simple as that.  Pink hair ribbons would have been frowned upon if
allowed at all in the austere of Puritan New England.  Most women, married or unmarried would
have covered their hair with a cap.  So here goes my explanation which may or may not be
right.

I believe that one of the theme's of Hawthorne's story is that there is
sin in all of us no matter how pious we are on the outside.  This is what Brown realizes in his
trip (or dream) to visit the devil.  Even though these people have claimed salvation, Satan
still rules their flesh.  Thus the pink ribbons rather than symbolizing purity (they would have
been white if that were the case), symbolize the mixture of good and evil (with white for good
and the red of Satan for evil) in all of us, including Faith. They, I think, also symbolized the
uncertainty of Brown's faith so that when he found them on the ground they represented his loss
of faith, and Faith's apparent abandoment of the good half of her for the pure evil of Satan. 
The fact that the ribbons are in Faith's hair upon his return would signify that she rejected
Satan's total controll and signify Brown's still mixed faith.

What was the set of social legislation programs created by Truman to help the United States adjust to a post-war economy?

World
War II ended with the surrender of Japan to the United States on September 2, 1945. As thousands
of service personnel returned to the United States and the economy readjusted to peacetime
production, countless new challenges arose.

One of the most important
presidential acts occurred before the war ended but has continued to impact American society
ever since. The GI Bill, formally known as the Servicemens Readjustment Act, became law in 1944
under FDR, but its implementation primarily took place in the post-war Truman administration.
The aid extended to millions of veterans covered a broad swath of society, including education
and home purchases with low interest loans.

After the wars end, President
Trumans office used executive orders to create committees and practices related to legal
requirements and protections at the federal, state, and local levels. One of the most important
of these was the Presidents Committee on Civil Rights, created by Executive Order 9808 in
December 1946. The committees report, issued in late 1947, spelled out numerous ways that law
enforcement could improve, with the goal to safeguard the civil rights of the American people.
In regard to the economy, a recommendation was establishing a permanent Fair Employment
Practices Committee and new laws that would enforce fair employment. The following year,
additional executive orders required fair employment practices in the federal government
(civilian) and the armed forces.

Abroad as well as at home, the United States
worked to repair the wars damage. Extending economic as well as military aid to former allies
and countries in the Soviet shadow became a priority during the Cold War. Economic benefits
accrued to US businesses and workers that produced the goods provided as foreign aid; numerous
programs were subsumed under the Truman Doctrine beginning in 1947.

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To what extent do racism and discrimination apply to America's elementary schools?

To the
extent that racism and discrimination
apply here, they apply in subtle ways.  They do not apply
overtly in the way
they did a few decades ago.

Today, discrimination and

racism are not overt.  Instead, they are (one can argue) more subtle.  They exist in the
form of
institutional racism.  This can be seen in underfunded schools that
are majority...

In the book 1984 by George Orwell, how do Winston and Julia share both similarities and differences?

andare both
malcontents; that's about as far as the similarities go.  Julia is unhappy because of the
restrictions their society places on her, specifically on her sexual activity.  She hates the
party, but her hatred is more individual, more concerned with herself.  Winston, on the other
hand, has a more intellectual...

Early in the story, what evidence are we given that the Happylife Home system has not made either of the adults particularly happy? What message might...

Lydia Hadley begins the
story, expressing her concern and desire for her husband, George to take a peek into their kids'
room. She declares that she wants either him or a psychologist to look at it. For her to suggest
that something is wrong with the room and to request that a psychologist examine it certainly
implies that there is a problem; one does not request the services of a psychologist unless
something is amiss. When the couple enters the room, George declares that "'This is a
little too real,'" and they see vultures"'Filthy creatures,'" Lydia calls
themcircling overhead. The lions approach them, and Lydia screams in terror. Both Lydia and
George run from the room, and Lydia feels that the lions almost got them, and she weeps. The
narrator has said that such rooms "occasionally [...] frightened you with their clinical
accuracy, they startled you, [and] gave you a twinge [...].'" Certainly, the level of
concern and fright that Lydia feels must gives us pause.

Bradbury seems to be
laying the groundwork for the idea that we can certainly go too far with our creation of new
technologies; perhaps there's a dash of be careful what you wish for in
this story as well. There also seems to be a theme regarding the proper way to raise children:
when we allow someone or something else to parent them, they will have no respect for their
actual parents.

Discuss the following quotation as it relates to the play, Oedipus Rex: "Odepus is a mere puppet in the hands of God."

struggles against his
fate in this play,
failing at each turn. It is the gods that have created this fate for Oedipus,

yet he is determined to thwart them. His efforts to avoid his fate are based on a
partial
knowledge that can be seen in contrast to the more perfect knowledge
of the gods.

It is only natural that, given what he knows
about his fate, Oedipus would attempt to
find a way to avoid it. He is told
as a youth that he is fated to murder his father and sleep
with his
mother. 

Oedipus struggles against the
oracle
that predicts his hand in his father's death...But the oracle remains
true, and Oedipus is
helpless in the face of its powerful prophecy.

Learning
of this future, Oedipus flees his
parents home, essentially trying to take control of his fate.
On his way to
his new city, Thebes, Oedipus fulfills the first half of the dark prophecy he
is
attempting to escape. He kills his father. Later he marries his mother and
sires
children. 

Theof the Oedipus story is created
entirely from Oedipus' attempts
to evade his fate and from his ignorance. Had
he known that his real parents lived in Thebes, he
never would have gone
there. However, this is a tragedy. Oedipus does not know enough to avoid
his
fate. He knows only enough to propel him into actions that lead directly to the
fulfullment
of that ugly fate. 

Finally he blinds himself,
symbolizing the blindness with
which he has lived his life up to this point.
He no longer will be pushed and pulled by
illusion, by partial knowledge, and
by ideas of fate. 

 

What does Mangan's sister represent to the narrator? "Araby" by James Joyce

Please excuse
typographical error of the name Mangan.

What is an example of personification used in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

is the attribution of
human qualities or traits to something that is not human. Edwards actually uses a great deal of
figurative language to compel his audience to heed his warnings about accepting Christ before it
is too late; he argues that people must be prepared, for at God's appointed time all us sinners
could fall down into hell.

He insists, of course, that we are powerless to
resist God's will and judgment, as:

What are we that we
should think to stand before [God], at whose rebuke the earth trembles...?

In this line, Edwards gives the earth the ability to tremble in
fear as a human being might. If even the mighty earth can only tremble in the face of God's
wrath, then what possible power could one tiny individual possess to bear up or protect
themselves when God's time comes?

What are some examples of imperialism?

Imperialism is
the domination of a land and its people by an external power. It is theof self-determination. It
is closely tied to colonialism, although scholars often distinguish between imperialism, in
which the ruling power remains external to the dominated people, and colonialism, in which the
ruling power sends its people to settle and rule from the conquered colony. Others treat
imperialism as the ideology of expansion through use of force and see colonialism as one way
imperialism looks in practice.

is, unfortunately, full of examples of
imperialism. The British empire engaged in major imperialist endeavors in Ireland, India, the
lands that are now known as the United States and Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and throughout
the Caribbean. We can distinguish between cases such as India, in which indigenous people were
subjugated by a small, ruling British minority (which was eventually repelled), and cases such
as the United States, in which the indigenous people were exterminated to the extent that they
became a small minority in their lands.

We should be careful to distinguish
between European settlers seeking independence from the states that founded their countries (as
happened in the revolutionary war) and the struggle between indigenous people and imperial
powers seeking to dominate them. While conditions for poor British settlers in the colonies that
are now the United States may have included mistreatment and poverty, it would be a mistake to
call this an imperial relationship, as a crucial part of imperialism is that one power is
dominating another people, their land, and their resources.

Centering the
power struggle between European settlers and Britain obscures the fact that both were committed
to the extermination and/or subjugation of the indigenous people of North America in order to
gain access to their land and extract its resources. Such instances can be understood as
examples of settler colonialism, in which a core function of colonies is to provide a place for
members of the ruling colonial power to settler. Settler colonies often experience conflict
between settlers and the colonial power, with both sides competing to wield imperialist power
over the indigenous people of the land where the colonies exist.

While the
specifics of imperialism vary the history of world powers is the history of imperialism: from
the Roman Empire to the Ottoman Empire, European colonial powers, Japan, the United States, and
the USSR. States wielding their power to subjugate others has been nearly omnipresent over the
course of recorded history.

What is the awakening of George Willard in "An Awakening" in Sherwood Anderson's collection entitled, Winesburg, Ohio?

In the
story entitled, "An Awakening," byin his
collection, , George
Willard awakens to his potential in
life. He becomes caught up in a sense of who he
can be,
simply by believing in himself. He speaks words that transform him
and the
world around him. He is so strongly convinced of his power, that he calls at
Belle
Carpenter's house, who is actually in love with someone else. She goes
out with George, and
George believes that his "awakened self" should be able
to change Belle as well, even
though he seems to feel that she has not be
very nice to him in the past.

In the
past when he had been with her and had kissed her lips he had
come away
filled with anger at himself. He had felt like one being used for some obscure
purpose
and had not enjoyed the feeling.

However, even though an
awakening has come to George, it is still
in its "infancy." I do not believe that
George embraces strongly enough the
things that come into his mind about being different

and...

In 1984, is Winston shown as more of a rebel or a hero?

Whiledemonstrates both rebellious and heroic
qualities, one could argue that Winston is portrayed as more of a rebel than a hero. Throughout
the novel, Winston's hatred toward Big Brother motivates him to commit numerous thoughtcrimes,
such as writing his rebellious feelings in his journal and attempting to join the Brotherhood.
While Winston realizes that it is only a matter of time before he is arrested by the Thought
Police, he continues engaging in rebellious behavior by carrying on his affair withand
attempting to become a member of the underground resistance. While Winston's actions and passion
are admirable and even heroic to the audience, his sacrifices are in vain, and he cannot contend
with Big Brother's authority and influence. The fact that Winston ends up becoming a loyal
supporter of Big Brother after being tortured and brainwashed in the ominous Room 101 is the
main reason why one could classify Winston as more of a rebel than a hero. Winston's efforts
against the Party have virtually no effect on Big Brother's omnipotent rule, and he is simply an
afterthought in Oceania's society. Winston's insignificance and his inability to undermine the
Party are the reason he is not a hero. At most, Winston is a disgruntled Party member who
attempts to live an independent life away from Big Brother, and he engages in several rebellious
acts.

In "The Raven" how does the narrator's emotional state change during the poem?

The poem
unfolds in such a way that the author or narrator progresses from mild annoyance to absolute
madness or insanity. He, at first, is rather intrigued by the bird, until he realizes that the
bird's one-word vocabulary (Nevermore) is merely a reflection of his own tortured grief. It is
the repetition of this word that drives our narrator insane by the poem's end, as he recalls and
deeply laments the loss of his one love, .

What news about the human race, specifically, its true nature, does Goodman learn during the very odd event to which happened in the forest?

During Goodman
Brown's journey through the
woods, many strange things occur that foreshadow the end where
Goodman Brown
finds himself in at the Devils altar surrounded by saints and sinners.  The

Devil's congregation is singing sinful hymns, and Goodman...