is a comparison of two unalike things where one thing is said to be the other; a
is a comparison which is of somewhat lesser strength because it depends upon
the use of the words like or as.
The ebony clock in the seventh and final room, all hung with black, is
compared, via metaphor, to something living. The narrator says that, each
hour, "there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound which was clear and loud and
deep and exceedingly musical." Obviously, a clock does not actually have lungs; neither can
it be considered to be "brazen," as this adjective implies purposefulness. The cabinet
in which the chimes hang is compared to lungs.
metaphor when the narrator describes the dancing figures that stalk "To
and fro in the seven chambers" as "a multitude of dreams." They are living people
dressed so fancifully and fantastically that they seem like something out of a dream. They would
certainly add to the surrealism of the decor itself and affect the
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
In chapter 3 of Of Mice and Men, cite three examples of foreshadowing.
1) At
the beginning of the chapter, Slim tellsthat he is impressed with 's strength and
says,
Say, you sure was right about him. Maybe he aint
bright, but I never seen such a worker. He damn near killed his partner buckin barley. There
aint nobody can keep up with him. God awmighty, I never seen such a strong guy (20).
Slim's comments regarding Lennie's strength foreshadows his
impressive display of power during his fight with Curley at the end of the chapter. During the
fight, Lennie ends up breaking Curley's hand by simply squeezing it. Slim's comment also
foreshadows Lennie accidentally murdering Curley's wife. Lennie "damn near killed his
partner" while working and accidentally breaks Curley's wife's neck while petting her
hair.
2) When George tells Slim what happened to Lennie in Weed, he
foreshadows Lennie's deadly interaction with Curley's wife later in the story. Similar to his
situation in Weed, Lennie attempts to pet Curley's wife's hair but breaks her neck...
How is radical mediocrity achieved and enforced in "Harrison Bergeron"?
In 's
"," "radical mediocrity" is a byproduct of the push for universal equality
that has finally come to fruition in 2081. This equalityin which "Nobody was smarter than
anybody else... Nobody was better looking than anybody else... Nobody was stronger or quicker
than anybody else..."was instituted through the 211th, 212th, and 213th Constitutional
Amendments and enforced under the iron rule of Diana Moon Glampers, the United States
Handicapper General, and her dedicated group of agents.
"Handicaps" are provided to any person who shows some sort of exceptional
ability in order to bring them back down to the "standard." Those with beauty must
wear grotesque masks. Those who are strong receive sashweights and bags of birdshot to hinder
their movement. Those with great intelligence are forced to wear radios connected to a
government transmitter that emits sharp, disruptive noises.
George,
Harrison's father, must wear forty-seven pounds of birdshot and a radio. He mentions that the
punishment for adjusting one's handicaps is, "[t]wo years in prison and two thousand
dollars dine for every ball I took out."
Harrison himself is provided
with thick glasses to obscure his vision and give him headaches, earphones to block his hearing,
three hundred pounds worth of weights to slow him down, and a red rubber ball nose, tooth caps,
and shaven eyebrows to cover his good lucks. His attempt to rebel and overthrow the rule of the
government results in the ultimate punishment: execution.
In other words,
not only has excellence and talent been completely stripped of its worth within this society,
but so has the value of human life.
How does seeing the five old pieces of fishing line on the fish's jaw impact the speakers view of the fish in "The Fish"?
Whereas prior to this
the speaker sees the fish both as something to be feared and as something to catch, when the
speaker notices the evidence of all the other fishermen that the fish has outwitted or survived,
the attitude towards the fish is shown to change dramatically. Notice how the speaker talks
about the fish after noticing these...
Monday, May 27, 2013
What are 3 rising actions in "Charles" by Shirley Jackson?
The rising
action in a story are the events which lead up to the , or turning point. In 's ","
the rising action is the daily description of Charles's behavior which gets him into trouble
with the teacher, until the turning point, which has Charles change into a model student,
teacher's pet.
-First, Laurie tells his parents that Charles was
fresh.
-Then, getting worse, Laurie tells them that Charles hit the
teacher.
-Then, worse still, Laurie tells them that Charles hit a girl in the
head with the seesaw and she was badly hurt and bleeding.
-Then, Laurie says
that Charles was yelling so loud that he was kept after school, only the whole class stayed with
him.
-When Laurie tells his parents that Charles had kicked the teacher's
friend and would probably be kicked out of school.
-Charles is established in
the household as a terror of a child. Laurie's mother can't wait to go to parent-teacher night
to meet the child's mother.
Fortunato is hesitant to follow Montresor into the vaults. Why do you think Poe included this detail?
The
classic horror short story "" bytells of a
man named Montresor, who plots elaborate
vengeance on someone he supposes is
an enemy. His motivation is summed up in the first sentence:
"When he
ventured upon insult I vowed revenge." Sane people might possibly want to
repay insult, but not with murder. Montresor prepares a far chamber in his family vaults
with
the tools and materials he needs, makes sure that his servants will be
gone from the house, and
then comes up with a story about a hidden case of
Amontillado, a type of sherry wine, to lure
Fortunato...
Sunday, May 26, 2013
What is meant by this quote? "The American Negro has the great advantage of having never believed that collection of myths to which white...
African
Americans have never needed to subscribe to dominant myths because they were born into a harsh
reality of oppression, marginalization, and prejudice. The creation of myths is a privilege of
power; as African Americans have never exercised power in the United States to any great
degree, they have not been able to generate the kind of galvanic, power-enhancing myths that
entrench white dominance.
Such myths, however, are seldom consciously
constructed. They develop over time, serving the needs of those who come to believe in them in
various different ways. As successive generations of white people are raised under these myths,
they lack the wider perspective on American history necessary to understand the nature of racial
oppression. In blunt terms, they have been brainwashed. People who have been brainwashed tend
not to be held responsible for their beliefs.
This is not to suggest that
white people are in any way unaccountable for racist actions; I simply mean to point out
that...
Give at least 2 reasons why Hester does not leave the colony in The Scarlet Letter.
It is true thatwill not
leave the colony because she loves her fellow sinner, 's father. Furthermore, his gaze seems to
provide her with the only relief she can ever feel. The narrator says that she sometimes
"felt an eye -- a human eye -- upon the ignominious brand, that seemed to give a momentary
relief, as if half of her agony were shared." Thus, Hester's only opportunity to experience
any relief from the shame of the scarlet letter is when her co-sinner looks upon it.
Moreover, Boston "had been the scene of her guilt, and here should be the scene
of her earthly punishment; and so, perchance, the torture of her daily shame would at length
purge her soul, and work out another purity than that which she had lost; more saint-like,
because the result of martyrdom." Hester seems to accept the Puritans' idea that she has
committed a sin for which she must atone. She feels that she ought to remain in Boston and
endure the punishment that is designed to offer her a chance to...
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Calculate the current ratio based on the dataCompany Income Statement For Year Ending December 31 2011 2010...
The current
ratio is given by current assets/currents liabilities. Current assets include receivables, cash
and inventory that can be liquidated quickly to make payments. Current liabilities
include...
What are the similarities and differences between the three plans for Reconstruction? (Lincolns, Johnsons, and Congresss Plans.) Why were...
The Lincoln,
Johnson, and Congressplans were similar in that they all sought to restore the Union to the
pre-war period.
- The three plans required oaths of loyalty to be
taken by those seeking pardon. - High Confederate officials were barred from
being granted pardons. - Each state was required to abolish slavery and
comply with the prevailing law.
The differences between the
Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress Reconstruction plans include:
- Although both the Lincoln and Johnson plan were open to readmission of the southern
States, Congress claimed that the two administrations were too lenient and sought stiffer
punishment for the States. - Congress rejected representatives accepted by
the Lincoln and Johnson plans.
Johnsons plan was similar to
Lincoln's. He was hoping to achieve what his predecessor had set in motion. However, Congress
remained strongly opposed to both plans in trying to assert their authority and
interests.
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Mercerism
As
is already addressed in the previous answers, Mercerism is the dominant religion, in 's novel,
following World War Terminus, whose central tenets encourage empathy between humans in a world
where that empathyand the understanding of what it means to be humanis being eroded. The figure
Dick chooses to represent the "Christ" persona in the religion is deliberately in the
same mold as most savior archetypes. Mercer is an ordinary person who has suffered for no real
reason, and for whom his followers can feel empathy because they know he doesn't deserve to be
discriminated against.
It is true that, ultimately, "Mercerism" is
exposed as a "scam," something created in a television studio with the goal of uniting
people in empathy and communal feeling. However, the fact remains that regardless of the truths
behind it, the religion generates the intended feelings in its followers, and it is very real to
them. One of the questions Dick poses in...
In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, how is Marley's chain a symbol?
In Stave
I of ' , the reader is introduced to the character of Ebenezer Scrooge, a
bitter, miserly figure whose priorities -- business first, last, and always -- receive an
unexpected reprioritization after he is visited in his bed chamber by a series of ghosts.
Scrooge is depicted as "a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous,
old sinner." Dickens emphasizes, and reemphasizes, that hisis completely lacking in
humanity, not even able to offer a positive comment at the funeral of his long-time business
partner Jacob Marley. One night, however, upon retiring for the evening, Scrooge is disturbed
while sitting before his fireplace in his bed gown, slippers and nightcap. It is the sound of
chain being dragged across the floor. Now, Scrooge had already, upon arriving home from another
day at the office, been momentarily startled by the image of his now-deceased business partner
in the brass knocker on his front door. Now, in the warmth of his home, he is disturbed by a
spirit or ghost dragging the chain that must have made the sound that first disturbed Scrooge.
Dickens provides the following description of the chain that is being dragged by the ghost of
Jacob Marley:
"The chain he drew was clasped about
his middle. It was long, and wound about him like a tail; and it was made (for Scrooge observed
it closely) of cashboxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in
steel."
Note these details: cashboxes, ledgers,
deeds, heavy purses. These are the items associated with Scrooge, and his former partner's,
business. "Scrooge and Marley" was the accounting business that now rested in the
solitary grip of the surviving partner, Ebenezer Scrooge. The "tight-fisted"
businessman lived a lonely existence, preferring to keep others at arm's length and content only
to make more money while treating his loyal and diligent assistant, Bob Cratchit, like a
veritable slave. Now, we move on to the conversation between Marley's ghost and Scrooge, and the
symbolic importance of the chain is made even clearer. As Scrooge looks in horror at this
apparition, the ghost of Jacob Marley explains the metaphorical meaning of the chain:
I wear the chain I forged in life, replied the Ghost. I made it
link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I
wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?
What Marley's
ghost means, of course, is that Scrooge's long-time business partner has come to recognize in
death what he failed to understand in life -- that one's soul is weighed down by the materialism
that marginalizes the human contacts that really give meaning to one's life. Marley has come to
warn Scrooge that, unless the latter changes his life, he, Scrooge, will similarly be condemned
to an eternity of dragging the chain of cashboxes, business ledgers, etc.
In "Ulysses," by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, how does the line "There is the port; the vessel puffs her sail" (and onward) relate to discovery?
You refer, I
take it, to the entire last stanza of the poem. In order to understand how this stanza relates
to discovery, you need to understand the context of the poem and the beliefs of the
Greeks.
Odysseus ( here) fought with Achilles (a half-god) at the siege of
Troy, and had ten years of adventures on his way home to Ithaca from the war. While his goal was
to get back home to his wife and son and kingdom in Ithaca, he enjoyed the challenges presented
to him along his journey. For example, he was warned that no man had ever heard the legendary
Sirens sing and live to tell the tale, so he commanded his men to block their ears with wax, tie
him to the mast, and row past the sirens so that he could hear. He loved his homeland, but was
addicted to adventure and discovery.
The Greeks believed that if they sailed
far enough, they could reach The Happy Isles where their friends and heroes lived in infinite
summer, their version of heaven.
In this poem, Ulysses has returned
home...
Friday, May 24, 2013
What is the literal and figurative meaning of "raw" in the following excerpt from the first chapter of The Great Gatsby? The one on my right...
The literalof the word "raw" in this passage is new and therefore sparse. The
ivy on Gatsby's walls is compared to the wispy beard of an adolescent boy, as the thin covering
merely serves to accentuate the newness of the building. The connotations of the word
"raw" (and its literal meaning in other contexts, when not referring to ivy) are
"unpolished" and "unfinished."In North America, even the
old money is not very old. Ivy is therefore a plant of some importance, since it covers
buildings quickly, lending them an air of ancient distinction. A faux gothic mansion can look
centuries old within a few years. It is no accident that the most prestigious group of
universities in the United States is called the ivy league. Nor is it a coincidence that ,andare
all ivy league alumni, whereasis not. The point of the ivy's rawness is that Gatsby's money is
not just new, it is brand new. The ink on the banknotes is barely dry.
Given a few years, the fake...What are some pieces of direct text that prove "Hills like White Elephants" is about a man and woman debating an abortion?
While there is no
direct text that definitively proves that the man and woman in the story are debating a possible
abortion, there are clues that allow a reader to reasonably interpret the story in this way. For
example, the title's reference to white elephants is such a clue. A "white elephant"
has a figurative meaning as well as a literal one, and it can be symbolic of something that
might seem like a gift but is actually a huge burden. It can be either terribly costly to keep
or difficult (or impossible) to get rid of. An unwanted child could fit this bill. People often
think of children as gifts, but if a baby is not wanted, then one's feelings about a pregnancy
would be dramatically different. In addition, during the era in which this story was written,
abortions were not yet legal in the United States. This illegality could be another reason, too,
that the couple never explicitly says the word "abortion."
Further, the man says, "Well, let's try and have a fine time," implying
that...Thursday, May 23, 2013
Why does Hester worry about Pearl's personality?
Throughout
,makes it very clear thatloves her daughter, , very dearly. Hester seems
to be fully aware of the gifts with which Pearl has been graced, including beauty, grace,
passion, and intelligence.It is important to note, however, that Hester was
not only aware of Pearl's gifts, but also the traits that Pearl possessed that were likely to
lead her into trouble. Hester was especially aware of her daughter's imperfections in
personality and mindset due to the fact that Hester's punishment had caused her to be
continually and painfully aware of the fact that Pearl was conceived sin; this truth meant that
Hester "could have no faith, therefore, that its result (Hester's adultery) would be for
good."To some degree, Hester's fears are not completely unfounded,
since Pearl does exhibit some undesirable characteristics.
The child could not be made amenable to rules. In giving her existence, a great law
had been broken, and the result was a being whose elements were perhaps beautiful and brilliant,
but all in disorder; or with an order peculiar to themselves, amidst which the point of variety
and arrangement was difficult or impossible to be discovered.
Of course, no child is perfect, but Hester blamed the heightened emotions that she
experienced during her pregnancy for Pearl's fluctuating moods and sometimes
disobedience.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
In Just Mercy, Stevenson remarks on several physical actions he takes during the trial. What are they, and are they effective?
Steven Hinkes
was written byas a memoir. He tells the accounts of his
experiences as a lawyer. Some of the stories he tells are about his actions in the courtroom. In
particular, the actions are activist in nature, and he shows much more than the minimum level of
respect for justice which is expected to be shown by most lawyers. The reader can tell that
Stevenson does his job for much more than a paycheck, despite the fact that his efforts and
actions to correct the system's biased ways are not particularly effective.]]>
At trial, Stevenson seeks to appeal Walter McMillian's...What is the easiest way to make money from the stock market?
The
fluctuations of the stock market are largely unpredictable. Indeed, there is a theory called the
efficient market hypothesis which says that they are
completely unpredictable, because all publicly-available information about
future stock prices is automatically incorporated into the current price by the functioning of
the market.Personally I consider the efficient market hypothesis far too
strong. Human beings are not completely rational, and we often engage in behaviors like
following the herd or being overconfident that can lead to systematic distortions in the prices
of stocks and other assets. Thus, stock prices are not completely
incorporating all available information, and it is possible for investors with very detailed
knowledge and sophisticated forecasting methods to predict the stock market at least with
accuracy better than chance. (An example of someone doing this successfully is
Warren...
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Whilefocuses on Brunos interpretation of life
in Auschwitz, which has some elements of tension, he also offers a glimpse into other characters
experiences. Overall, the novelsis tense, as the reader knows that the environment into which
Brunos family moves is not just inconvenient for them but lethal for most of the prisoners. This
type of tension crates suspense in the readers' minds, as we wonder if Bruno will also become a
victim.One specific instance of tension is Hitlers visit. This occasion
causes tension within Brunos family, which the boy picks up on but does not completely
understand, as he only knows that Hitler is his fathers boss. Bruno has a tense personal
relationship with his sister, Gretel, who is captivated by the superficial trappings of
militarism. This tension extends into his attitudes toward the young officer, Kotler, who
fascinates Gretel but irritates Bruno. There is also tension in his relationship with his
parents, as he disregards their instructions, as well as the posted signs, and explores the
forbidden areas of the camp. The parents marriage also includes tension, as Bruno's mother
objects to the purposes of the camp and strongly desires to return to Berlin. Once Bruno
befriends Shmuel, a tense situation arises in their house when the imprisoned child appears as a
servant; the reader wonders if Bruno will speak out against Kotlers
mistreatment.Tuesday, May 21, 2013
What are the three major areas of cost associated with white-collar crime? How does that apply to healthcare fraud and computer crime?
The term
white-collar refers to the professional working class. The implication is that they can wear
white-collared shirts because their jobs do not involve manual labor and will not get dirty at
work.White-collar crime refers to nonviolent crime committed by such
professionals.There are many types of white-collar healthcare crimes. They
can involve doctors, patients, and frauds who present themselves as doctors. In one type of
fraud, a criminal organization will steal a medical provider's ID number and set up a fake
practice of their own. They then bill Medicaid for phony services and receive payments. There
are several victims in this type of crime: the doctor being impersonated, as he still has to pay
taxes on all the income he did not really receive as well as the entire Medicaid program,
because money is disbursed for no reason, no one is treated. This is a significant loss of the
funds meant to help the less fortunate receive care.In another type of
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healthcare fraud,...
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Why did George Willard leave?
As a
recurring character in 's anthology of short stories Winesburg,
Ohio, George Willard is a small-town boy who seeks a broader life
experience than Winesburg can offer.As "Departure" opens, the
season is spring and the time is dawn: two aspects of a symbolic time-setting that implies that
George's existence is undergoing rebirth. The narrator notes that, as George's father carries
George's bag to the railway station, "the son had become taller than the father." This
observation is meant to imply that George has outgrown his father's life in their small town and
is destined for something more.The narrator describes George as "going
out of his town to meet the adventure of life," and when he looks out the window of his
train car, "the town of Winesburg had disappeared and his life there had become but a
background on which to paint the dreams of his manhood."To fully
understand George Willard's reasons for leaving Winesburg, another story in the collection,
"Who is Mrs. Williams in Just Mercy?
Mrs. Williams
is an elderly woman who has spent much of her life involved in Civil Rights struggles. She is
described as "elegant" and gives Stevenson fond memories of other women he has
known.Both Mrs. Williams and her daughter...
Sunday, May 19, 2013
What is the tone of the poem "Ode to American English" by Barbara Hamby?
The tone
of Barbara Hamby's "Ode to American
English" could be described as affectionate and
whimsical, with a hint of
nostalgia.The entire poem is essentially a list of
American English words and phrases which the narrator particularly enjoys. The British
are much
too proper, too cultured, and this narrator wants to hear something
else.
Oh, the English
know
their delphiniums, but what about
doowop, donuts,
Dick Tracy,
Tricky Dick? With their elegant
Oxfordian
accents, how could they
understand my yearning for the
hotrod,
hotdog, hot flash
vocabulary of the U. S of A.
Notice
theand the onomatopoetic words, words that just trip off the tongue and bring
delight just in the saying.It is more than just words, though.
She
misses...
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How does hubris cause Oedipus' downfall in Oedipus Rex?
Excessive pride is 's tragic flaw, which blinds him to the truth and leads to his
demise. Initially, Oedipus is guilty offor attempting to defy the gods and overcome his fate by
fleeing Corinth. As a young man, Oedipus was told the prophecy that he would one day kill his
father, which is why he fled Corinth to avoid murdering Polybus. Unfortunately, Oedipus could
not overrule the gods or alter his fate and unknowingly slaughters his biological father, King
Laius, at the place where the three roads meet while traveling towards Thebes. Oedipus once
again demonstrates hubris during his interaction with , who initially does not want to divulge
the harsh truth to Oedipus. Oedipus goads Teiresias into telling him who murdered Laius and
immediately accuses him of conspiring within order to usurp the throne. Oedipus pridefully
denies Teiresias's prophecy and refuses to believe him.In addition to
thinking that he could overcome his fate and refusing to accept...Have there been any attacks using botulinum toxin in the US? If so, where and how many affected? If not, why?
According to the CDC, there have not been any
bioterrorism attacks using botulism in the United States that they know of. They also cite
around 200 different botulism cases per year in the US. All of this aside, it is still a very
dangerous and real threat to the United States.While it has not been used
against the United States, there are several countries that have been found to have possessed
it. The Soviet Union and Iraq both contained the botulinum toxin with the obvious purpose of
bioterrorism warfare. Iraq, for instance, had enough of the toxin to kill the entire earth's
population times three.The United States, however, is not innocent. During
the 1940's and the rush of World War II, the US developed the toxin as a bioweapon as well. At
the time, ally troops were given a botulism vaccine as it was assumed that both Japan and
Germany were prepared to use the bioweapon. In fact, there was evidence that Japan had used it
on prisoners of war before the conflict.Luckily for the United States,
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counterterrorism agencies and the CDC keep an extremely close surveillance on any case of
botulism. Every case is investigated to ensure that it wasn't involved in any bioterrorism.
However, to this day no known instance exists of the botulinum toxin used as a
bioweapon.
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To understand the
significance of this quote, you need to look a little further back in the story. Remember that
just before this change, the pigs find a case of whisky in the farmhouse cellar. That night,
they drink the whisky and get very drunk, so drunk thathas a hangover the next day. Instead of
telling the animals that Napoleon has a serious hangover, the pigs realize that this is a great
opportunity to further blacken s reputation. As a result,declares that Snowball has tried to
poison Napoleon. So, on the one hand, this quote is proof that the pigs have lied to the other
animals about Napoleons hangover.This quote is also significant because it
demonstrates just how corrupt and increasingly human the pigs have become. In the beginning, it
was declared that no animal should drink alcohol because alcohol is associated with human
behavior. Now, the pigs are replicating this human behavior and, even worse, changing the
commandments so that they can...Friday, May 17, 2013
In A Raisin in the Sun, what values do the family members associate with Mama's late husband?
Mr.
Younger's values were those of thrift, hard work, and family responsibility. There's something
hugely symbolic, therefore, about his son's profligacy in losing the insurance money: he's
effectively turning his back on his late father's values. 's not prepared to work hard for the
good things in life he wants it all, now hence his readiness to engage in all manner of shady
get-rich-quick schemes that underline just how much he's departed from his old man's value
system.Mr. Younger's values can also be seen to live on in the shape of. Her
desire to go to medical school and become a doctor is very much in keeping with the ethos she's
inherited from her father. However, she too ends up departing from his example after Walter
loses the money that would've paid for her education. Once her dreams of making it as a doctor
go up in smoke, Beneatha starts entertaining thoughts of starting over with Asagai in Africa.
Such an exotic fantasy is far removed from the kind...When Juliet awakens in the tomb, what does Friar Lawrence want her to do?
's plan
is that whenwakes from her slumbers, she'll be whisked off to safety by , just arrived from his
exile in Mantua. But the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and this particular case
is no exception.The problemand a very big problem it is, toois that Romeo
doesn't know about the plan. Friar Laurence sent him word, but because of a sudden outbreak of
plague in Mantua, the messenger with the friar's letter wasn't allowed into the city, so Romeo
remained unaware of what was going on.When Romeo finally arrives at Juliet's
tomb and sees her lying there, he naturally assumes that she's dead. That's exactly what
Juliet's family was supposed to thinkbut not Romeo. Wracked by anguish at what he wrongly
believes is the death of his beloved, Romeo kills himself, ingesting the poison he brought with
him from Mantua for just such a purpose. And if this weren't tragic enough, when Juliet wakes up
and sees Romeo's (real) dead body, she follows suit, plunging a dagger into her
chest.Thursday, May 16, 2013
Describe Hitler and the Nazi Party in the late stages of World War II.
Basically,
the main thing that can be said about Hitler and the Nazi Party in the late stages ofis that
they were both more or less falling apart. It was clear that the war was going really badly and
that led to the deterioration of both Hitler and his party.By this point,
Hitler was suffering badly from Parkinsons disease. He was also suffering from the stress of
trying to run the war and from his realization that the war was being lost. Hitler essentially
gave up any real hope of winning the war by this time although he did, at times, seem to be
delusional about things like the makeup of his forces and his ability to continue to resist.
Hitler also became rather easily enraged at this time, feeling that the German people had
failed him and his vision.The Nazi Party had always depended heavily on
Hitler as its leader. As he failed, and as the war was clearly being lost, it lost its clout.
Many of its less convinced members started to distance themselves from the party. Regular
Germans came to hate the party, blaming it for their desperate situation. In short, both the
party and Hitler lost their power and their prestige as the war was clearly being
lost.Wednesday, May 15, 2013
What does sepulcher mean?
I assume
you are asking for the definition of a sepulcher. A sepulcher is a place of entombment--a place
where a dead body is buried or placed as in a grave, or set apart as for burial. It is most
often a type of burial vault or mausoleum, but it can also refer to a standard earthen grave.
The word sepulcher can be used as a noun (as above) or as a verb. The verb form more
specifically means "to be buried or interred." Sepulcher is an old fashioned word,
often found in the writings ofand Edgar Allan Poe.Monday, May 13, 2013
Explain the factors involved in the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire both before and after the conversion of Constantine.
Before Constantine
issued the Edict of Milan in
313 CE, making Christianity an accepted religion in the Roman
Empire, the
religion spread in part because its message of salvation appealed greatly to
people
who lived disenfranchised lives, particularly on the borders of the
Roman Empire. Women,
children, and slaves were particularly drawn to
Christianity, as it promised equality that was
not present in the social
hierarchy of the Roman Empire. For example, women could serve as
deaconesses
in the early Christian church.In addition, apostles such as
Paul
journeyed across the Roman Empire, preaching to poor people in cities
such as Ephesus and
Athens, where the poor were particularly receptive to his
message. Paul hastened the spread of
Christianity by preaching not only to
Jews, but also to non-Jews, broadening the base of
potential converts. In
addition, Christianity relaxed many of the Jewish laws regarding diet and
other religious practices, making it more appealing to converts. Upheavals during the
third
century CE continued to enhance Christianity's appeal, as Rome was
rocked by invasions and
political problems.After
Constantine converted to Christianity and made
Christianity legal, he
constructed churches and promoted Christians to high offices. He was a
patron
of the religion and used the power of the state to spread Christianity. He also
provided
incentives, such as tax breaks, to members of the Christian clergy.
Though Christians still
faced persecution after Constantine, Christianity
eventually became the religion of the Roman
Empire.
After World War II how was Germany able to reconcile with the victors?
First of
all, please remember that Germany was split into four parts after the war. One part was ruled
by each of France, Britain, the US, and the USSR. The first three of these eventually merged
their sections into one section. Each of these resulting two sections...Describe the features of Anglo-Saxon Poetry in detail.
Anglo-Saxon poetry,
covering the period from the mid fifth century until the Norman Conquest of 1066, was based on
oral tradition. Poems were meant to be recited aloud, and they emphasized devices that would aid
listeners' memories, including the repetition of names and the use of an appositive style. The
subject matter covered in the poems included songs and myths, and the poems combined both pagan
and early Christian ideas. An example is the epic Beowulf. Beowulf is given
a Christian burial, but the Danes make offerings at pagan shrines to entreat their gods to get
rid of Grendel. These idiosyncrasies are thought to have been introduced by the Christian monks
who transcribed the oral tale.The rhythm in the poems is provided not
through the use of rhyme or meter but through the use of frequent , or words starting with
similar sounds. Alliteration provides a kind of musical quality to the poems. The poems feature
many metaphors, including kennings, which are compound words that have a metaphorical meaning.
Examples of kennings include "battle-sweat" for blood and "whale-road" for
the ocean.Find the indefinite integral `int x sqrt((2x-1)) dx` using integration by substitution `int x sqrt((2x-1)) dx` Substitute `u = 2x -1` Gives `x =...
`int x
sqrt((2x-1)) dx``u = 2x - 1` (so `(du)/(dx) = 2` not `2x`)
giving `x = (u+1)/2` ` and (dx)/(du) = 1/2`
Now we have
`int x sqrt((2x-1)) dx =...
Friday, May 10, 2013
What does March like about Grace and Marmee?
is first drawn
to the slave woman named Grace. He meets her when he is a young man working as a peddler in the
southern United States. Grace is a slave to Mr. and Mrs. Clement, who are plantation owners.
She is literate, which is unusual for a slave. Grace has learned to read by a sort of
necessity, because her mistress had wanted someone to read poetry to her. March admires her
kind and...What made the ideologies of communism and fascism appealing in the 1930s?
In the
midst of the Great Depression, it seemed to many that the old ways of doing things had failed.
The capitalist economic system had delivered the most serious economic catastrophe the world had
ever known, and liberal democracy, the dominant system of government in the West, had failed to
respond adequately to the growing crisis. All the old certainties had been swept away, and
inevitably people started looking for alternatives, both economic and political.
This created an ideal opportunity for the ideologies of Fascism and Communism to
exploit. Both provided relatively simple solutions to seemingly intractable problems. Communism,
for its part, offered a rational economic system based on planning and government control.
Instead of the production and distribution of goods being subject to the anarchy of an unstable
market, they would be based on the needs of society. Communism promised an end to unemployment,
an attractive proposition to the millions without...What are the five basic properties of language?
There is
much disagreement over what specifically defines language. Some scholars define it by six
properties: productivity, arbitrariness, duality, discreetness, displacement, and cultural
transmission. (I have found some lists of five, but these often combine two of the various six
into a single characteristic.)Productivity means
language has some purpose beyond making sounds, gestures, or markings. Language helps us
accomplish tasks and share information.
Arbitrariness acknowledges that the words we speak, gestures we
make, and markings we use in writing do not really represent what we are talking about. For
example, the word "apple" is not really an apple, just a word we have assigned for
discussing the fruit. There is an exception to this in speaking, though: onomatopoeic
soundslike crash, bang, and plopdirectly mimick an
actual sound.Duality is the property of language that
is at work when we create words or gestures which have meaning out of sounds which are otherwise
meaningless. An easily recognized instance of duality is the use of prefixes and suffixes. For
example, the sound re- on its own does not have any meaning, but when it is
added to the beginning of a word in English, it means to do something again, as in
revisit, retry, and
review.Discreetness of language
is somewhat connected to duality. The many sounds and symbols we use in language (like the
sound re-) are understood to be separate entities from one another. We use
the letter A when we mean to convey a certain sound, and we don't use other letters in place of
it. Different languages may have different sets of sounds or symbols to work with, but it is
this set of symbols and sounds which acts like a palette of distinct colors to make words
from.Displacement is at work when we talk about people,
things, or ideas which are not presently happening around us. This flexibility is highly
distinctive of human language. Most other animals are only capable of creating call sounds in
response to present stimulifood, danger, or a desire to mate, for instance. As humans, we can
say things like, "I wonder what I'll have for dinner later," even if we are not
presently hungry.Finally, cultural transmission is a
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vital part of human language. While other animals are born with an understanding of their bodily
and vocal languages, humans learn language through the process of enculturation. This aspect of
learning language is of interest to many psychologists, and href="https://www.verywellmind.com/genie-the-story-of-the-wild-child-2795241">studying
people who have not been exposed to language can provide deeper understanding of human
development and the role language plays in our lives.
href="https://www.sltinfo.com/key-properties-of-language/">https://www.sltinfo.com/key-properties-of-language/In Romeo and Juliet, what does "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny" mean?
"From
ancient grudge break to new mutiny" means that an old feud is breaking out again with a
renewed wave of violence. The feud referred to is one between the Capulets and the
Montagues.Members of the two families have started brawling in the streets
with swords, causing bloodshed. This is upsetting to the citizens of Verona, so much so that
Prince Escalus appears at the scene of the fight that opens the play. He tells the Montagues and
the Capulets that he has had it. They have to stop the fighting, because it is making the other
citizens fearful of going out.decrees that anyone who is caught fighting will face the death
penalty.This is the backdrop against whichbegin their love affair.
Hostilities between their two families are at a high pitch, which does not bode well for their
love.Wednesday, May 8, 2013
How does the primary source in the beginning of chapter 13 connect with the events of the story?
Each chapter
of the book opens with a quote from a famous person of that period. Chapter 13 opens with an
excerpt from a letter from the first lady Abigail Adams to her husband the founding father John
Adams. It is as followsI desire you would remember the
ladies and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors... Remember all men would
tyrants if they could... But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title
of Master for the more tender and endearing one of friend.
In terms of the chapter, the tyrant is Mr. Lockton. Returning to the house after his
arrest, he goes straight upstairs to his wife and beats her. Most likely because he has no other
way to express the anger and frustration he feels. The reader then sees the effect this has not
only on his wife, but everyone in the household. When Isabel goes upstairs to Mrs Lockton she
blames Isabel for her wound because she says she had slipped on candle wax that Isabel had
dripped on the floor.This shows that the only way people living in a tyranny
feel they can regain their pride is by lording over someone else. Mr Lockton is arrested so he
beats up his wife, which in turn moves Mrs Lockton to blame Isabel. Perhaps the only reason
Isabel doesn't react in a similarly negative way is that she is already spying on the Locktons
for the rebels.The reader can then see the positive effect men can have if
they resist their instinct of embracing tyranny when Isabel is at the pump collecting water. The
slaves there all seem to have given up "the harsh title of Master for the more tender and
endearing one of friend." First of all, she meets a kindly old man who says "I'm the
grandfather of everybody and everything" and then she has a conversation with Curzon where,
with patience and kind words, he steers her away from the idea of running away.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phil K. Dick The distinctions between animal, human and android (cyborg) are important in the world of...
What is so fascinating
about the
world that Dick creates in this novel is that initially binary opposites between
human
and android are created and set up, but these are only torn down later
on in the novel as
Deckard finds it more and more difficult to establish the
difference between humans and
androids. The question of identity in this
dystopian world seems to be so important, with
androids being treated at best
as second class citizens, and humans enjoying mastery over them.
However,
what challenges this binary opposition is...Monday, May 6, 2013
How much did it cost to build the Palace of Versailles?
Louis XIV
wanted to increase his power. To do this, he knew he had to undermine the independence of his
top aristocrats, who lived far away on their own estates. They lived like mini-kings, ruling
their domains without asking for input from the king. In fact, they wanted to maintain their
independence. This, Louis thought, must change.To effect this change, Louis
transformed a hunting lodge or chateau into a magnificent palace outside of Paris, in the
village of Versailles. He wanted his nobles to be forced to come to Versailles and stay there
for long periods in order to get patronage from him, and knew his palace had to be a magnificent
showcase for this to occur. He also needed to rely on state funds as well as his private wealth
to build such a lavish place.The palace cost upwards of two billion dollars
to construct. Most of the expense was in materials, as labor costs were very low in those days.
Louis XIV succeeded in increasing his power through building the palace and could justifiably
say, as he did, "I am the state."
In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, who suffers the most?
s novella
evokes many emotions from the characters and the readers. From the
beginning of the story, it is apparent thatandwill have to face something tragic. Lennies
retardation, his temper, and his powerful physical strength are a time bomb. George knows that
Lennie must be protected, but he cannot be with him every minute of the day.
When Lennie is left to his own devices, he breaks the rules that George has set for
him. His love of petting soft things overwhelms his need to please George. When Lennie kills
the puppy and Curleys wife, there is no way that George can fix this for him. George suffers
the most when he is forced to kill Lennie.Curley cannot be reasoned with
about this murder because he already hates Lennie. George assumes that if Curley catches Lennie
he will hurt him...Sunday, May 5, 2013
What is a summary of Emma by Jane Austen?
Thecharacter ofis introduced in such a way
that
she might beconsidered a reluctant heroine. The narrator, who possesses
Austen'sironic
voice, says:
EmmaWoodhouse, ... seemed to unite some of
the best blessings of
existence;.... and had, ... been mistress of his house from a very early
period.... Emma doing just what she liked ... . The real evils ... were thepower of
having
rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think alittle too
well of herself;
Therefore, the
conflicts Emma gets into come from "having too
much her own way" and thinking
"a little too well of
herself."
Emmais devoted to her
father and their caring but
straight-talking neighborMr. Knightley. Her
dearest friend is Miss Taylor who has just
becomeMrs. Weston and thus
retreated from center stage to the wings of Emma'slife. To replace
her, Emma
befriends Harriet, a young woman of modestintellect and position in the world
whom
Emma determines to raise inimportance.
Emmadoes
this by discouraging her from
accepting a marriage proposal fromthe man of
hopes, farmer Mr. Martin, and by encouraging her to
focus onthe imagined
affections of a man who deems Harriet too far beneath himfor notice, the
clergyman Mr. Elton. When that scheme backfires, Emma issurprised to find that Harriet
fancies
herself in love with and lovedby Mr. Knightley himself. This
possibility sets Emma's heart
aflame asshe realizes it will break her heart
if Mr. Knightley attaches himselfto
anyone.
/>Meanwhile,Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax provide Emma with other
projects asEmma seeks to avoid Jane's company--helped out by Jane's efforts toavoid
Emma's
company!--and seeks to ascertain just how deeply Frankloves her, as
she must certainly refuse
him, thus breaking his heart, asshe is devoted to
her father and refuses to even contemplate
leavinghim for a marriage and home
elsewhere.
Thingsgo from bad to worse for
Emma after
Mr. Elton's surprise proposal ofmarriage, which she earnestly rejected, sends him
to
Bath to bring back abride in the person of Mrs. Elton who proceeds to brag
and arrangeoutings to
Mr. Knightley's strawberry patch and Box Hill. The
strawberrypatch and Box Hill are disasters
for different reasons, one of
which isthat Emma and Frank offend both Jane and Miss Bates, so
much so
thatMr. Knightley chastises Emma on their behalf.
In the end,
as
things go spiraling from bad to worse, all discover that Jane and Frank
are secretly
engaged,Butit is even so.
There has been a solemn
engagement between them eversince Octoberformed at
Weymouth, and kept a secret from every
body.
andHarriet accepts Mr. Martin with Mr. Knightley's
blessing and
Emmaaccepts Mr. Knightley's bashful proposal of marriage and Mr. and Mrs.Elton
...
well €¦ remain the same.Do we need to change the way we raise boys? I need 4 arguments to support my viewpoint.
The short
answer is yes. Obviously, there is a major problem with sex discrimination and differences in
the world today, and there are some clear indications of this.First, men are
more frequently the perpetrators of sexual abuse and violence. The only way to properly rid
society of these perils is to raise boys to be more respectful and caring individuals and to
show respect and protection to women instead of seeing them as objects or to be taken advantage
of.Second, men who experience anxiety and depression frequently go
unreported or without diagnosis, and this leads to high rates of suicide or drug abuse among
men. This is a perilous situation that is tamped down because of society's expectations of men
being strong and not showing weakness.Third, there is a simple lack of
equality in the world today. Regardless of who is in leadership or who earns more money, men and
women are simply not treated equally. It is vital to teach boys to be respectful and show equity
to girls so that they grow up into a more equitable society.Finally, men
typically respond more violently to bad situations, leading to violent acts of crime. Boys
should be raised to avoid physical violence and to share their emotions in a healthy
manner.Saturday, May 4, 2013
When they want me to show evidence of the theme and then they want me to link that evidence. What are they looking for?
The poem is
narrated by a man who loved a girl
who died young. Thus, the poem's main theme is
love. Depending on one's reading of the poem, one could
interpret
the narrator's devotion to , even in death, as romantic, or as
morbid and unhealthy.
In the first stanza, the narrator
gives us an idealized and insular portrait of his
romance with Annabel
Lee:It was many and many a year
ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there
lived whom
you may knowBy the name of Annabel Lee;
And this...
How does Chinua Achebe use flashbacks to reveal different aspects of Okonkwo's life in Things Fall Apart?
In
literature, flashbacks are usually used to learn about the past of a character, andis no
exception. At the beginning of the novel, we learn that Okonkwo is famous throughout the region
for his accomplishments, but it wasn't always that way. Through flashbacks, we learn that
Okonkwo's father was lazy, skinny, in massive debt, and an overall failure in the eyes of
society, which gives us a glimpse into Okonkwo's past.There is also a
flashback to Okonkwo's famous wrestling victory, which proved him as a true "man"
because he was able to defeat a powerful opponent. There's also a flashback to Okonkwo when he
first started his crop business. It shows that Okonkwo wants to make money, so he won't be in
debt and have to live in poverty like his dad.His father's failures in life
help the reader understand why Okonkwo works so hard in life and is afraid of failing. He
doesn't want to repeat the mistakes his father did and pushes his family to work hard. Through
flashbacks, we are able...In John Edwards's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon, why does Edwards want his listeners to feel or experience what eternity is?
Edwards
uses vivid descriptive language so that his listeners will carry images of eternityor more
specifically, hellwith them long after his sermon has ended.
"Eternity" is an abstract word: what, after all, does "eternity"
look or feel like? It is easy not to think about something so amorphous (not concrete or visual)
while going about our day-to-day lives.But Edwards wants his listeners to
have a strong image of eternity they can't easily shake out of their minds.
Therefore, he paints a picture of the present day lives of non-Christian people lead as similar
to walking across a rickety bridge with rotting planks that you could easily fall through
at any moment into a never-ending pit of fire. This is a frightening visual
people can understand and relate to. As Edwards puts it:
Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering, and there are
innumerable places in this covering so weak that they will not bear their weight, and these
places are not seen.Edwards does this...
Friday, May 3, 2013
After reading 1984, I was asked by my teacher to prove I exist. How can I do so?
After the thorough
brainwashingreceives in this novel, this question is sensible. Winston loses power over his own
thinking which is like losing ownership of his existence and ownership of himself.
Yet Winston, as a character, exists with certainty because he is experiencing the
events of the novel. He has a mind to be brainwashed.This type of proof of
existence is drawn from the famous philosophical treatise of Rene Descartes, the...What is the significance of the fathers uniform ?
Prior to Gregor's
transformation into a bug, his father had nearly been an invalid. He was "exhausted and
buried in bed" when Gregor had been out, traveling around for his job, and making money at
business. When Gregor would arrive home, he would find his father in a "sleeping
gown," ensconced in his arm chair, only able to raise his arm to express happiness. When
Gregor and his mother would take the old man for a walk, his father would always lag behind
them, using his walking stick, bundled in his coat and going so slowly. This was when he was not
working.Now that he is working again, Gregor's father has a smart blue
uniform adorned with golden buttons. He holds his head up now, sticking his chin out
"prominently," and the look in his eyes is "freshly penetrating and alert."
Even his once messy white hair is combed neatly now into a "carefully exact shining
part." He is clearly taking a new sense of pride in himselfas his hygiene and appearance is
so improvedand his uniform, which is a symbol of his employment, seems to have restored him to
some measure of health and wellness that he has not possessed in recent years when he was not
working. Newly employed, Gregor's father has a sense of self, of confidence, of purpose, again.
He even doses off in his chair while wearing his uniform, as though he does not want to take it
off, because it has given him this renewed sense of significance in the
world.In Animal Farm by George Orwell, what aspect of the Russian Revolution does the Battle of Cowshed represent?
The Battle of the
Cowshed in represents the infighting during the Russian Civil War of
1917-1922. During this time, the Bolsheviks (the Red Army) battled the Whites, who were
anti-communist. Some of the forces in the Whites were in support of the tsar, while some were
capitalist.In the Battle of the Cowshed, Mr. Jones, the former farmer,
tries to retake the farm. He symbolizes the former Russian tsar, Nicholas II, who was forced to
abdicate. Jones is annoyed at having had his farm taken away from him, and he spreads fear among
the neighboring farmers about the threat the animals pose to the order of the countryside. This
type of fear is similar to the fear that anti-communist Russians had of the Bolsheviks, and it
explains why they fought in the Russian Civil War. The animals' victory, spearheaded by , is
similar to the victory of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War, when they defeated the
Whites. The animals later create traditions to commemorate the battle, much as the Bolsheviks
commemorated their victory over the Whites.Marx and Nietzsche on human nature: What are Marx and Nietzsches conceptions of human nature and how do these understandings inform their...
Marx
argues that human nature isn't fixed; it's determined by man's material conditions. In
particular, it's the economic system that determines how people behave at any given time and any
given place. That being the case, if we want to change how humans behave, especially towards
each other, then we need to change man's environment, and with it, the economic system of which
he is a part.In practical terms, this leads, or should lead, at any rate, to
the eventual abolition of the capitalist system and its subsequent replacement by Communism.
Under Communism, so Marx argues, there will be no more class division, and therefore no more
exploitation. Everyone will work together for the good of all.Nietzsche
approaches the question of human nature from an entirely different perspective. He sees human
nature as being in a process of long-term decline. Due largely to the development of modern
ideas such as liberalism, socialism, and democracy, human nature in the West has become less
noble, less aristocratic than it was in ancient Greece, which for Nietzsche was the apex of
Western civilization.What is needed, then, is a radical transformation of
human nature, one that rejects what Nietzsche sees as the restrictions on self-fulfillment
imposed by modern ideologies, all of which he despises, and all of which he regards as having
their common origin in Christianity.Successive generations of scholars have
argued over the precise social and political implications of Nietzsche's theory of human nature.
But at the very least one can safely assume that Nietzsche believed that society should be run
by, and for the benefit of, an elite.The precise composition of that elite
remains elusive, however, as Nietzsche was never in the business of providing blueprints for how
society should be organized. However, in decisively rejecting modern social and political ideas,
Nietzsche sought to recall Western man to what he saw as the greatness of pre-Christian
humanity.Thursday, May 2, 2013
What is the neo-slave narrative? Is Dessa Rose a neo-slave narrative?
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What is an analysis of characters of Gangu and Gomti from "The Child" by Munshi Premchand?
In Munshi Premchand's short story "The Child", Gangu, though a servant, is
from the Brahmin caste and is generally regarded as a virtuous and a decent man, superior to
other servants in habits as well as class. The story is narrated by his master, who is surprised
when Gangu asks to leave his job because he wishes to marry Gomti, a poor woman with two failed
marriages behind her.When Gangu...
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