Was the character of Faber in Eye of the Needle based on a real-life German spy that MI5 was desperately trying to capture to save the D-day plans?

The plot
of 's spy thriller does have a historical basis. In order to provide a
diversion from the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II, Alliied counter-intelligence
developed Operation Fortitude which was designed...

What were the influences that transformed Liza Doolittle in "Pygmalion"?

A couple
of influences that transformed Liza Doolittle inare Higgins, obviously, and Liza's desire to
please him.  Higgins made Liza his experiment, simply to prove he could turn a rather rough
around the edges lady into a proper, classy lady.  As he worked with Eliza, he found that his
feelings changed and it became more personal instead of experimental.  Also, Liza, in the
beginning, wanted to please Higgins and she tried very hard to make the...

Compare and contrast Gulliver's life in Lilliput and Brobdingnag.

Ironically,
although Gulliver is initially charmed by the attractive looks of the tiny Lilliputians, they
end up treating him badly. They show themselves, much like Swift's idea of the British, to be
vain, nasty, and petty. Rather than appreciate how Gulliver, with the advantage of his large
size, helps them, they grow angry at him for not destroying their enemies and for peeing on a
fire to put it out. They are morally "little people," and Gulliver is glad to escape
them.

In contrast, Gulliver is at first horrified by the ugly appearance of
the Brobdingnagians, who are gigantic compared to him. He is repulsed, for example, by their
large skin pores. However, they turn out to be much kinder to him than the Lilliputians, and
their king is one of the most sympathetic characters in the entire work. His country is not
perfect, but it is less corrupt than either Lilliput or England. Gulliver fares well there,
despite feeling vulnerable because of his small size.  

In Coelho's The Alchemist, what are the obstacles that a young man might face in pursuing his personal legend?

This book suggests that
the three most significant barriers or obstacles that must be overcome by a young man trying to
achieve his personal goals are as follows. Firstly, he has to learn that those who have known
him since childhood and try and persuade him that he will never achieve his dreams or be special
are not telling the truth. Secondly, he needs to conquer the fear of failure that anyone trying
to achieve anything in life must defeat. Finally, he has to understand that the most terrible
thing you can do in life is to ignore or deny the dreams that you have.

How does Newspeak help the Party to maintain control in Part One of 1984?

Newspeak was
developed by the Party to replace Oldspeak, the traditional English language. In Part One of the
novel, 's friend, Syme, explains that Newspeak involves "cutting the language down to the
bone" so that all "vagueness" and "useless shades of meaning" are
destroyed.

But Newspeak is about more than clarifying meaning. Its purpose,
according to Syme, is to "narrow the range of thought" so that thoughtcrime becomes
impossible. This is based on the idea that a person cannot feel discontent with the Party if
there are...

What are the 12 most important events of 1984 by George Orwell, ordered chronologically?

In a book
like 's, you will find it difficult to break it down to 12 events. At the same time, there will
be so many different voices clamoring for other events to be included as opposed to the ones
that I include.  The more voices present, the better.  Yet, as with all issues of choice, it
will be difficult and rather intense to reduce the intricate events of the novel into 12
events.

Event #1:   writes the diary.  I think this would have to be one of
the most important events in the novel because it sets into motion Winston's
"awakening" and sense of resistance that makes him so fundamentally different than
others in Oceania.  In contrast to Winston's job at the Ministry of Truth, one recognizes the
rebellious act of writing in the diary because it seeks to reconfigure language as something
subjective and personal.  At the same time, the mere act of writing the diary showcases the
extent of centralized control in Oceania.  

Event #2:  Winston's First
Experience with...

How would you describe the characters in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

In the
American man, and the woman, Jig, are a couple sitting outside a caf© drinking beer while
they await a train.  These characters are discussing a pregnancy and an abortion.  The
relationship is very unstable at the moment because the couple is unable to connect with each
other.  Jig seems to want to have the baby but the man wants her to have an abortion.  He is
very selfish and independent.  He tells her he loves her but the reader does not feel that from
him.  He appears to be very cynical and unfeeling toward Jig.  His words do not match what we
feel from him.  There seems to be a sense of aloofness between them because they cant agree on
which direction to go concerning the baby.  They do not understand one another. Their though
processes are nowhere near close to each other and this is what drives the story toward what
appears to be a no win situation for the relationship.  Jig doesnt speak Spanish but the man
does, this indicates that she is extremely dependent on her lover and she must consider his
feelings more than if she were not dependent. This has a big effect on how they interact during
their relationship. He is in control and continues to suggest that this decision is an easy
one.

In "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Minister's Black Veil," how does Hawthorne describe human nature in these two stories? How would one write an essay...

William Delaney

Hawthorne paints an ugly picture of human nature in "" by showing a large
number of humans revealing their true natures at a devil-worshiping orgy in the forest. He only
implies the evil in human nature in "The Minister''s Black Veil"
by having a single character, the Reverend Mr. Clark, covering his face with a black veil to
demonstrate that he has a dark side to his nature which he keeps hidden, and by implication to
accuse all his parishioners of being just as bad, or worse. This makes all his parishioners
realize that they too are hiding their wickedness and should also be...

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Calculate (1/x1)+(1/x2)+(1/x3), where x1,x2,x3 are the solutions of the eq. x^3 -3x +1=0

You need to
remember that Vieta's formulas provide the relations between coefficients of equation and its
roots.

The problem provides an polynomial equation of third order,`x^3 -3x
+1=0` , hence it needs to have three roots.

You should use Vieta's formulas
such that:

`x_1 + x_2 + x_3= -0/1`  (coefficient of term that contains `x^2` 
is 0, since this term is missing) => `x_1 + x_2 + x_3 = 0`

`x_1*x_2+x_2*x_3+x_1*x_3 = -3/1 = -3`

`x_1*x_2*x_3 = -1/1 =
-1`

You need to evaluate the sum `1/x_1 + 1/x_2 + 1/x_3` , hence you should
bring these terms to a common denominator `x_1*x_2*x_3`  such that:

`1/x_1 +
1/x_2 + 1/x_3 = (x_2*x_3 + x_1*x_3 + x_1*x_2)/x_1*x_2*x_3`

You need to
substitute -1 for `x_1*x_2*x_3`  and -3 for `x_1*x_2+x_2*x_3+x_1*x_3`  such that:

`1/x_1 + 1/x_2 + 1/x_3 = (-3)/(-1)`

`1/x_1 + 1/x_2 + 1/x_3 =
3`

Hence, evaluating the sum `1/x_1 + 1/x_2 + 1/x_3`   yields
`1/x_1 + 1/x_2 + 1/x_3 = 3` .

How did the narrator of "The Pit and the Pendulum" measure the circumference?

In
Edgar Allen Poe's short story "," the
unnamed narrator is sentenced to death by the
Spanish Inquisition. Upon
hearing the sentence, he faints and is carried away
unconscious.

He gradually comes to his senses and finds himself lying on his

back, unshackled. He opens his eyes, only to find himself in total darkness.
(Interestingly, he
never considers that he might be blind.) He thinks he
might have been put back in his former
dungeon cell, but the cell was never
entirely devoid of light.

He slowly
stands up and puts out
his arms in all directions but doesn't feel anything. He hesitates to
take
any steps away from where he's stranding, fearing that he might have been buried alive
in a
tomb.

In time, he works up the courage to take a step
forward, then another,
until his outstretched hands touched what he perceives
to be a wall, "seemingly of stone
masonryvery smooth, slimy, and cold." He
walks along the wall for a time, feeling his way
in the darkness. Lacking any
frame of reference, he's unable to determine the dimensions of the
space in
which he's been imprisoned.

He tears off a strip of the serge
robe
he's wearing in place of the clothes he was wearing when he was taken
into trial. He puts the
strip on the floor, perpendicular to the wall, so
he'll be able to know that he's made a circuit
of the space when he again
encounters the cloth. Then, he starts walking on the slippery floor,
counting
his steps. He counts fifty-two paces before he stumbles and falls to the
floor.
Physically and mentally exhausted, he falls asleep.

Upon
awaking, and stretching forth an arm, I
found beside me a loaf and a pitcher with water. I was
too much exhausted to
reflect upon this circumstance, but ate and drank with avidity.

He resumes his circuit of the wall from where he fell,
and
eventually he returns to the cloth he laid on the floor. He had counted
fifty-two paces before
he fell and forty-eight paces to the cloth since he
resumed his walk, for a total of one hundred
paces.

There were in all, then, a hundred paces; and,

admitting two paces to the yard, I presumed the dungeon to be fifty yards in
circuit.

Later, the narrator discovers
that his calculations about the size
and composition of the "vault," as he
calls it, were incorrect, and he also discovers
that even greater horrors lie
ahead for him.

What are the differences and similarities between "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe?

Both of
these stories have narrators that murder someone and bury them in a part of their house.  Both
of the narrators are caught by the police.  Both have supernatural events occur to them (or, at
least, a hallucination of their senses)--in "" the man thinks he sees the cat
everywhere, and in "" he thinks he hears the dead man's heartbeat.  Both narrators
have been put into confinement--one in jail, about to be executed ("The Black Cat"),
and the other one is some other indeterminate form of confinement, from which he is eager to
prove he is not insane.  Both are written in the first-person point of view.

Differences between the two are in the narrator's intent in the murders--in "The
Tell-Tale Heart" he planned his murder for a long time, stealthily waiting for the right
moment, whereas the narrator in "The Black Cat" killed his moment with no forethought,
but in a moment of blind rage.  The narrators were found out in different ways too; in "The
Tell-Tale Heart" the narrator confessed openly, when he was afraid of being found out, but
in "The Black Cat," the police found out not through a confession, but through
discovering the body themselves.  The narrator in "The Black Cat" was an alcoholic,
which led to his temper and problems, but the narrator in the other was not--he just claimed to
have a "heightened sense of hearing" from a "disease."  Granted, that
disease could have been alcoholism, but it isn't specified.  The supernatural thing that drives
these men crazy in the stories is different--in one it's a cat, in the other it's a heartbeat. 
And, the purpose in telling their tales also differs.  In "The Black Cat" the narrator
says it is just his way of unburdening his soul before he dies; for "The Tell-Tale
Heart" the narrator tells his story in a desperate attempt to prove that he isn't
insane.

I hope that those thoughts helped a bit; good
luck!

What answer to the Queen's riddle is the knight given in "The Wife of Bath's Tale"?

A knight
must find the answer to the Queen's riddle: What do women desire most in all the world? If he
doesn't, then he'll be executed as a rapist and will lose his head on the block. The knight has
no choice, then, but to venture far and wide in his epic quest to keep his head where nature
intended it. He traverses the length and breadth of the kingdom, stopping numerous women along
the way, young and old, to ask them what it is that women desire most of all.

Unfortunately for the knight he gets several different answers from the women he asks.
Some say women want money most of all, others say sex. Still others insist that happiness is the
thing, whereas others are equally adamant that it's good looks, remarriage, flattery, or the
freedom to do as one pleases.

It's not looking good for the knight as he
approaches an ugly old crone, who promises to give him the answer to his question on condition
that he pledge himself to her. The knight reluctantly agrees, and the hag accompanies him
to...

Who is Chaucer?

is an
English poet and writer who lived from about 1342€“1400 in London. This was the high Middle Ages
and the period in which the Black Death devastated the European population. Chaucer is
considered by many the greatest English writer before Shakespeare, largely on the basis of his
masterpieces: and . He also worked as government
official for several kings.

Although he is known for his humorous and bawdy
writing, such as is often used in The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's first
claim to fame came with a 1370 poem called , a dream vision which
commemorated the death from the plague of Blanche, the first wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of
Lancastera son of King Edward III with whom Chaucer was friends.

Chaucer was
much influenced by the Renaissance, which brought the classical works of Greek and Roman authors
to the forefront of European thought. One of his most famous works, Troilus and
Criseyde, is based on the Trojan War, and Chaucer is known to have read such
Classical authors as Ovid and Aesop.

Chaucer's versatility in many styles of
writing and his ability to draw from many sources is on display in The Canterbury
Tales. The work is famous for being secular and trying to
present people as they really are rather than as types or in idealized forms. The work is
written in Middle English, a precursor to modern English, that can be difficult but (notably)
not impossible to read in the original.

In chapter 13 of Lyddie, why doesn't Lyddie sign the petition?

is a very
determined girl, focused on reuniting her family on their farm. Her plan, which she pursues
relentlessly, is to earn enough money to pay off the debts on the farm, then return there with
Charlie, her sisters, and her mother. Lyddie views the petition as a threat to those plans. The
petition being circulated by the Female Labor Reform Association seeks to force the textile
manufacturers to reduce the work days at the factories from thirteen hours per day to ten.
Lyddie is pleased with how much money she is making compared to what she made at the tavern, and
she believes that in just a year or two of working and saving, she "could go homehome
free." To her, the petition threatens to "meddle with the system and bring it all
clanging down to ruin." Lyddie has become very competent at running the machines, even when
they speed up, and she has not had any health problems yet, unlike many of the girls who have
worked there longer than she has. Because she has a specific goal in mind that she thinks the
long work days will help her achieve, and because she herself has suffered no ill effects from
the poor working conditions yet, she refuses to sign the petition.

What does Winston remember about why his mother and sister died? (Or about the last time he sees them.)

does
not actually know what happened to his
mother and sister after they left home when he was a boy,
and he never saw
them again. He had made things impossible for the two of them by constantly

bullying them, demanding increasing portions of the little food available and taking
his
sister's portions from her. The fact that he, in effect, forced them to
abandon him haunts
Winston. His dreamlike memories of them are thus permeated
by his feelings of guilt. One scene
in particular that he remembers is a
bittersweet one of a single day when his mother bought a
game for them, a set
of snakes and ladders, and all three of them were for once happy as they

played it...

What emotion is Jonathan Edwards trying to invoke in order to motivate people to live a good Christian life in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?...

In this sermon, Edwards strikes a chord of terror in his audience in order to convince
them to accept Christ and therefore avoid the nightmares of Hell. He uses numerous images in
order to elicit this emotion:

The Devils watch them; they
are ever by them, at their right Hand; they stand waiting for them, like greedy hungry Lions
that see their Prey, and expect to have it, but are for the present kept back; if God should
withdraw his Hand, by which they are restrained, they would in one Moment fly upon their poor
Souls.

In...

In "Marriage is a Private Affair," where are the points of similarities and differences between Nnaemeka and Okeke?

Father and
son possess some basic similarities.  One particular connection is that both are passionate
about their beliefs.  Okeke is adament about his son following his wishes about marriage. 
Nnaemeka is committed to his relationship with Nene.  When the conflict between both emerge,
neither really surrenders their original point of view.  There is a lack of acquiescence in
both.  This is exactly where I think that Achebe's characterizations are strong.  They both do
not experience full authenticity in their beliefs, but they don't back down from them.  Nnaemeka
does not really feel comfortably in angering his father, but he does.  Okeke does relent in his
feelings about his son and grandsons, but he still refuses to accept Nene as his daughter in
law.  In this, both father and son possess ambivalence about their choices, but neither one
changes their choices despite such obvious apprehension.  In terms of specific differences, I
think that Okeke is more representative of cultural tradition, while his son is more of
modernity.  The former remains in his village with elders, adhering to tribal codes of conduct,
while the son is in the city and more able to prove willing to embrace the modern condition. 
This helps to bring out a fundamental theme of the short story in the collision between
tradition and modernity.

 

In Of Mice and Men, what is Steinbeck's overall message at the end?

We cannot
say that there is a single message at
the end of the novella. In any masterful work of
literature, there are many
meanings. Moreover, different aspects of the work impress different

readers.

With that said, I believe that the main message is that the
world of
the migrants workers is such a broken one that some people cannot
even survive.  

If we look at the book, we see that there
is hardship after hardship. As soon
asandarrive at the ranch, the boss looks
at them with suspicion. Once they settle in, Curley has
it out for Lennie. At
one...

Why did the Union change policy in 1863 to allow black men to serve in the Union Army?

The basic
answer for this is that the war was not going well and so the Union had a much greater incentive
to allow African Americans to fight.

In 1861 and 1862, the North had been
losing a lot...

Did Mr. Harvey kill Ruth? Is that how Susie comes to use her body?

No, Harvey did
not kill Ruth. We don't really ever find out why Susie...

In "Oedipus Rex," how do Oedipus, Creon, and the Chorus view Jocasta?

In the
play, , , and theviewas a wise and level-headed queen. To Oedipus, Jocasta is more trustworthy
than Creon, her brother. When Creon questions how Oedipus treats Jocasta, Oedipus contends that
he gives his queen equal share in the government of Thebes. It is obvious that Oedipus has great
respect for Jocasta's judgment in all things.

Even thelooks to Jocasta for
assistance when a quarrel arises between Oedipus and Creon. In the play, Oedipus accuses Creon
of plotting withto subvert him. Oedipus calls for Creon's execution, while Creon questions
his...

What details reveal George's character in "Harrison Bergeron"?

The tremendous
influence of technology is easily apparent to readers as the entire plot centers upon what 's
parents, George and Hazel Bergeron, perceive on the television. In fact, their names are
reminiscent of a very successful television program of the 1960s about a very successful
corporate lawyer. George Baxter, and his maid, Hazel. This medium of television is desensitizing
and thought-shifting rather than thought-provoking, and certainly, it has an effect upon George
Bergeron.

• When his son Harrison is taken away by the
  police"on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government," George has offered no
  resistance. Later when George tries to think of him, a "twenty-one gun salute " in his
  head prevents him from doing so.
• When his wife suggests that he remove his
  handicaps that cause him such pain, George refuses, saying, "I don't notice it any more.
  It's just a part of me." He is submissive to this government.
• In fact,
  he is  convinced that his discomfiture is appropriate.

"If I tried to get away with it...then other people'd get away with it--and pretty
soon we'd be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else.
You wouldn't like that, would you?"

• George has been so influenced by the new society he lives in that he tells
  his wife that society falls apart if people cheat on the laws. But, with all the noise going on
  in his head, George loses track of where he is and what he was thinking.


• When his son comes on the television screen, George identifies his son on the
  television screen, but experiences more pain in his head until the television tube burns out.
  George simply goes to the kitchen for a can of beer.
• As he returns, George
  tells his wife to "Forget sad things" when she mentions the sight of Harrison's
  shooting that they have just witnessed on the television. Then, he again shudders under his
  submission to pain of his mental shocks. 

 George Bergeron, a
naturally intelligent man, is greatly repressed by his society, a repression to which he now
offers little residence.

In The Pigman by Paul Zindel, what does John write on the table?

In the first
chapter of 's , John is the narrator and he is typing on a typewriter in
the school's library. He introduces himself by giving examples of rebellious things that he has
done in school. The first example is being the Bathroom Bomber. He claims to have set off
twenty-three bathroom bombs, but now he is bored with that. His next high school claim to fame
is organizing what he calls "fruit rolls." This is when he gets every kid to buy an
old apple at lunch on Wednesdays to roll at substitute teachers during the next class period.
Ironically, he says the following right before writing on the desk before him:

"But I gave up all that kid stuff now that I'm a sophomore. The
only thing I do now that is faintly criminal is write on desks. Like right this minute I feel
like writing something on the nice polished table here. . ." (6).

John does a lot worse than writing on desks for sure. He's a liar,
smoker, drinker, partier, and a swindler. The way he and Lorraine get to know Mr. Pignati is
because he cons the poor man out of $10.00 by claiming he and Lorraine work for charity. On the
other hand, John is also a pretty funny guy and he writes the following on the library
desk:

"HELP ME!!! A rotten science teacher has given
me a drug to change me into a teeny weeny mosquito. . . Please help me. . . Please help me"
(6).

In "The Black Cat," why did the narrator kill the cat ?

Reading the story
carefully reveals the answer to your question. After the narrator had become possessed by
"the fury of a demon" and cut out the black cat's eye, the narrator explains how the
"spirit of PERVERSENESS" overpowered him, causing him to do what he knew to be wrong.
Note how he elaborates on this "spirit":

Yet I
am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive
impulses of the human heart--one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which give
direction to the character of Man. Who has not, a hundred times, found himself committting a
vile or a silly action, for no other reason than because he knows he should not? Have we not a
perpetual inclination, in the teeth of our best judgment, to violate that which is Law, merely
because we understand it to be such?

Thus, the narrator
argues that he killed the cat because of this spirit of perverseness, and how it encouraged him
to do what he knew he should not, just because of man's natural inclination to do what we know
goes against what is right. The narrator thus goes against his "best judgement" and
chooses to "violate that which is Law" because of his perverseness, resulting in him
finishing the job that he had started, and hanging his poor cat.

Describe the transition of Rome from a republic to an empire.

The Roman
Republic was established around 509 B.C.E. The government they developed at the time and
determined by existing conditions sought to establish laws that would limit power in the hands
of a few. Thus, power was divided between the Senate (Roman Senate) and the general Roman
citizenry (Plebeian Assembly). Divisions in the Republic were brought about by conflicts between
the Senate and the Assembly.

The Senate was threatened by the growing
strength of the Plebeian Assembly. This further degenerated into conflicts between the
aristocracy and the common citizens. Roman expansion and existing conflicts led to a shift
towards self-interest by various parties, causing a situation that the Republic sought to
suppress. 

This led to the onset of civil wars, emboldened by the march on
Rome by Sulla, who was later proclaimed dictator by the Senate. He, in turn, strengthened the
Senate at the expense of the assemblies, permanently affecting the balance of power established
earlier. More revolts followed, led by the likes of Marcus Lepidus, Pompey Magnus and Julius
Caesar, all of whom marched on Rome to assert their authority.

Julius Caesar
was later assassinated by members of the Senate. This led to the formation of the second
triumvirate (Octavian, Antony and Lepidus) and marked the end of the Roman Republic. Fallout in
the second triumvirate saw the rise of Octavian to absolute power. Under a new name referring to
his new position, Caesar Augustus (Octavian) ushered a period of peace under Pax
Romana that instituted remarkable growth of the Republic into the Roman
Empire.

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Consider Walter LaFebers argument in Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism that the power of American culture and capital and the commitment...

The main
reason this question is so complicated is that it is exceedingly nonsensical. Walter LaFeber
has, for many years, represented a left-leaning, revisionist school of thought that meticulously
(and, occasionally, successfully) advanced the notion that the emergence of the United States as
a major force in world affairs has led to the demise of every foreign culture the United States
has touched. As with many critics of globalization, he views the spread of American culture
through a neo-imperialist prism. The United States, unlike the great empires of the past,
especially the British, does not need to physically occupy foreign nations; it gradually,
somewhat imperceptibly, comes to dominate foreign nations through its economic and cultural
dominance. 

Whereas LaFeber's work has traditionally focused on foreign
policy and, specifically, the history of U.S. foreign policy, Michael Jordan and the
New Global Capitalism cpnsiders the more subtle, if equally effective, form of the
new...

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What is the situational irony in "Young Goodman Brown"?

Situationaldescribes an
occurrence that is the
opposite of what we expect. In this kind of ironic situation what
actually
happens is so contrary to our expectations that it mocks our human intentions and
the
confidence we have in our ability to plan our futures and take control of
our lives. An example
might be a haughty rich man who will come begging from
us tomorrow, or a woman who is dreading
the party she is going to that night
but actually meets her future husband there.

In ""
therefore there is a whole load of situational irony. Goodman Brown
sees the
people he suspects least of having an involvement with the devil to be actually
witches
and involved in meeting with the devil. For example, Goody Cloyse,
Brown's "moral
advisor" has a conversation with the devil about a witch's
brew. Just at the point when
finally Brown decides to go no further so he can
face his minister and deacon with a clear
conscience, his minister and deacon
pass in a carriage discussing the meeting they are going to
have to worship
the devil. And of course, finally, his wife, Faith, is going to be at the

meeting too. How ironic!

What is Eveline's home life like in Joyce's "Eveline"?

is one of
"the tragic Irish." Caught in a repressive environment to which she eventually
surrenders pitiably, Eveline feels trapped.

Looming over Eveline is the
yellowing photograph of the priest--suggestive of moral corruption--and the colored print of
Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, to whom Eveline has promised to care for her younger brother.
Burdened with this obligation, Eveline also must endure the violence of her father. When she was
younger, he went after her brothers, but now that they are gone, he has begun to threaten her.
Further, on Saturdays Eveline is forced to hand over to her father the money she earns from
working under the oppressive Miss Gavan at the Stores. Then, later, when her father comes home
from the pub, he finally gives her money so she is forced to rush to the market before it
closes.
In addition to her working hard at her job, there is much for Eveline to do at
home: She must cook and clean, along with caring for two young children left to her
charge. 

It was hard work--a hard life--but now that she
was about to leave it she did not find it a wholly undesirable life.

She is tempted to go with a young man with whom she is in love, but
her oppressive father has forbidden her to see him. Having seen her man secretly, Eveline
contemplates escape from her oppressive life with her sailor. At the same time, however, Eveline
remembers the promise to her mother to "keep the home together as long as she could"
and to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque  to take care of her young brother; consequently, because
of the stormy, violent home life she has, she is torn between running away from this home-life
and staying to struggle with it. 

How is leadership shown throughout the story Animal Farm?

Leadership is shown in as something that can so easily be abused.
The Animalist revolution was supposed to have been carried out in order to emancipate the farm
animals from human oppressionyet no sooner hasachieved power than he starts treating the other
animals far worse than Mr. Jones ever did.

He likes to portray himself as a
strong, decisive leader; however, in actual fact, as well as being a ruthless, bloodthirsty
tyrant, Napoleon is also completely incompetent, unable even to ensure that the farm produces a
regular supply of food.

Whatappears to be driving at here is the idea that a
fanatical attachment to ideology all too often results in the rise to power of those singularly
incapable of exercising it responsibly. In totalitarian societies such as the one constructed by
Napoleon, a premium is placed on leaders who are ruthless and fanatical rather than skillful,
inspiring, or competent.undoubtedly displayed all three of these positive...

In Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Ulysses," what do the title character's references to his wife and son suggest about his underlying feelings toward...

In s poem ,
the title character makes comments about his wife and son that seem a bit surprising. Thus, in
line 3 of the poem he mentions that he is Matched with an ag¨d wife. This, ironically, is his
only reference to the woman from whom he suffered an enforced absence of twenty years! Penelope
was (and is) usually considered the ideal wife €“ emotionally loyal, sexually faithful, wise,
clever, and supremely determined to resist the blandishments of the many men who tried to court
her while Ulysses was away for two decades. The fact that Ulyssses thus dismisses her with one
word €“ ag¨dseems somewhat shocking. Perhaps he means to suggest that she has lost her
youthful spirit. Perhaps he is regretting that he did not take better advantage of his erotic
opportunities when he was younger. The fact that he expresses no regrets about leaving his loyal
wife also seems unusual. Even more unusual is the fact that he apparently takes no time to bid
her farewell or even to explain to her the reasons for his leaving. Surely he cannot be
addressing her in this poem; if that were the case, he would be a true cad. Thus Tennysons poem
gets off to a surprising start, to say the least.

Ulysses comments on his
loyal, brave, resilient son, Telemachus, can also seem unexpected:

This my son, mine own Telemachus,

To whom I leave the sceptre and
the isle

Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil

This
labour, by slow prudence to make mild

A rugged people, and through soft
degrees

Subdue them to the useful and the good.

Most
blameless is he, centred in the sphere

Of common duties, decent not to
fail

In offices of tenderness, and pay

Meet adoration to
my household gods,

When I am gone. He works his work, I mine.

Ulysses acknowledges the political skills of Telemachus as well as
his moral virtues, but there seems a bit of a tone of condescension in his remarks. This is
especially true when he refers to common duties. It is as if Ulysses is more than willing to
let his son do the everyday job of ruling the kingdom while he, the father, goes off in pursuit
of new adventures. This is the son, by the way, who was merely a small boy when Ulysses left to
go off and fight at Troy. This is the son who essentially grew up without a father. This is the
son who also had to deal with scores of greedy potential stepfathers while his real father was
absent.

In short, by contemporary standards, Ulyssess behavior and attitudes
seem hard to comprehend.

What is a the theme of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird,and any symbol in the novel that helps to develop the theme or reflect it? Try focusing on...

One of
the of the novel concerns the idea of looking past the surface and
past first impressions.

is the primary example of a person who is
misunderstood as a result of a popular set of rumors.

Boo
Radley is labelled as a monster and outcast because he is not seen outside his home.

Asandmature, they realize that the rumors are not true and that Boo
Radley is...

Why does Edwin Arlington Robinson, in his poem "Richard Cory, use the phrase "sole to crown" instead of "head to toe" and the phrase "imperially Slim"...

In his famous
poem ,uses careful phrasing in highly effective ways.

For example, rather
than calling Cory a gentleman from head to toe, Robinson instead calls him a gentleman from
sole to crown (3). If Robinson had written head to toe, the phrasing of the poem would have
seemed hackneyed and literally pedestrian.  There would have been nothing special about it;
Robinson would have been guilty of using a clich©. Such a flaw would have been especially
blameworthy in a poem about a man who seems so unusual and uncommon.  Cory is considered a kind
of aristocrat in the town in which he lives; he seems to live a loftier, happier, more exalted
life than those of most of the other townspeople. He is regarded almost as a kind of royal
figure, and so the word crown seems especially fitting (and also foreshadows the word
glittered in line 8).  Likewise, the word toe would have seemed not only clich©d but also
somewhat crude.  A toe is not, after all, an especially distinguished part of the human body,
whereas sole at least refers to Corys (probably expensive and attractive) shoes. To walk
around with ones toes exposed implies extreme informality, and Cory is anything but
informal.

In the same way, and for many of the same reasons, Robinson uses
the phrase imperially slim (4) rather than very thin.  The word very is, well, very
common and undistinguished.  It is perhaps the most over-used intensifying word in the English
language.  To have used the word very would have implied a lack of imagination on Robinsons
part, whereas imperially is not only highly unusual and attention-grabbing but is also
perfectly appropriate to the otherin this poem that associates Cory with a kind of small-town
aristocracy.  Such imagery includes not only the reference to a crown already discussed but
also the subsequent use of king (9).

Finally, slim is a better word than
thin because thin might have suggested that Cory (like other people in the town) was
undernourished.  It might have suggested that he was unattractively skinny, when in fact he is
anything but unattractive.  The word slim, on the other hand, suggests a man who is young,
healthy, physically fit, and (most important) in control of his life. For all these reasons, the
word slim helps make Corys death by suicide at the end of the poem seem all the more shocking
and ironic, not only to the townspeople but also to Robinsons readers. Cory, apparently, was not
very much in control of his life after all.  He may have been physically fit, but apparently he
was troubled by mental demons of which the townspeople were completely unaware, for

. . . Richard Cory, one calm summer night,

Went
home and put a bullet through his head. (15-16)

Think back over the story "The Veldt." What do you suppose is Bradbury's opinion of children? Of humanity? Provide at least one line of text that...

Bradbury seems to
conceive of children as very intelligent, capable, and potentially manipulative creatures. Wendy
and Peter Hadley, the children of George and Lydia Hadley, have manipulated the nursery in their
Happylife Home in ways which their parents really cannot conceive. George continues to insist
that the lions it generates on its walls are not real and cannot really hurt them, though the
children have obviously figured out how to bring the creatures to real life and to get the
beasts to do their bidding.

The children are likewise adept at manipulating
their parents. Of Peter, George says, "You know how difficult Peter is...When I punished
him a month ago by locking the nursery for even a few hours -- the tantrum he threw! And Wendy
too. They live for the nursery." Bradbury seems to feel that we often underestimate
children to our own detriment.

Adults in the story really do not want to have
to do much. George and Lydia discuss the fact that they "bought this house, so [they]
wouldn't have to do anything." Lydia feels that the house is the "wife and mother now,
and nursemaid." She feels obsolete, unnecessary, and without purpose. She wanted a life of
easethe very reason one would buy a Happylife Homebut now that she has it, she is dissatisfied
with it.

This also shows that, for humanity, we often think the grass is
greener on the other side; in other words, we want what we don't have, but when we get it, it no
longer seems as desirable as it did before we got it.

Is March: The Difficult Journey from Innocence to Experience an essay, and is it a work of literary criticism?

The
literary work titled : The Difficult Journey from Innocence to Experience
is a work of , a novel, that is based on an earlier novel, Little Women, by
Southern writer Louisa May Alcott, and it explores the life of John March, a character in
Alcott's novel, while he is a Union soldier after the time at which Alcott's novel ends: in
other words, March is a spin-off of Little
Women.

A novel by definition cannot be a literary criticism. What
a novel can be, as this one shows, is an accurate presentation of the historic, social,
economic, and cultural conditions of the time and location in which the novel is set.
March gives a vividly correct portrayal of conditions in the South during
the Civil War and therefore can be used to confirm and expand solid history of the
period.

A literary criticism, on the other hand, is by definition a work in
which the elements of a work of literature, fiction or nonfiction (such as Wordsworth's
"Preface to Lyrical Ballads"), are examined in minute detail relating to every aspect
and part of literature from structure through to symbolism and authorial style and all the way
over to audience reception--and everything in between. Literary criticism is based on deeply
educated and scholarly analysis and thinking. The best place to find literary criticism is to
ask your librarian to direct you to and guide you through the collected volumes of criticisms in
the Reference section of your school and county libraries.

In Eveline, from Dubliners by James Joyce, is there any evidence to suggest that Frank was from Ireland?Explain.

is one of the short
stories from 's . Eveline dreams of escaping her hard life where she has
little prospect of a successful future. She is nineteen but is still afraid of her father's
harshness and worries that he may hit her. Frank gives Eveline some hope for a better life,
where she will be respected and "would not be treated as her mother had been."
Eveline's mother had died when she was a child and she has shouldered much responsibility since
then.

Frank is a good man who Eveline gets to know and, as a sailor, he has
had many experiences at sea and in foreign countries. She feels happy to have "a
fellow" and is planning to go away with him to Buenos Aires where he has been before and
has set up a life. He has "come over to the old country just for a
holiday." 

The "old country" refers to the fact that Frank is
from Ireland but he, too, knows there are no prospects there and is confident that he can take
his "Poppen" away to a better life.  

What is the setting of "Eveline" by James Joyce ?

"," like other stories in Joyce's
, foregrounds the city of Dublin almost as a character in itself. It is
also portrayed as a city people are unable or unwilling to leave, even when the opportunity is
presented. The greater part of the story takes place by Eveline's window. From here, she looks
over the street and contemplates the miseries of her life. The story both begins here and ends
here: the reader almost believes that Eveline will succeed in leaving Dublin, as she plans to go
to the docks to leave with her sweetheart, Frank. Ultimately, however, Eveline is not able to
embark on the journey to Buenos Airescharacterized as somewhere almost as far from Dublin as it
is possible to beand the end of the story sees her immobile at her window. It is poignant that
what keeps Eveline from leaving is the song of an organ grinder that makes her remember a
promise she made to her mother: the secondary implication of this is that Eveline's life will be
exactly like her mother's: with no hope of advancement or escape.

"Eveline" was first written in 1904 and seems to be set contemporaneously
with the time in which it was written.

What does Claudius reveal in his soliloquy in act 3, scene 3 of Hamlet?

has spent much of the play thus far trying to determine whether to believeclaiming to be his
father who has made claims thatmurdered him.

In this , Claudius confesses
everything, andis within earshot. He feels intense guilt for his crimes and ponders
aloud,

What if this curs¨d hand
Were thicker
than itself with brothers blood?
Is there not rain enough in the sweet
heavens
To wash it white as snow. (III.iii.46-49)

Hamlet has his answer. Claudius's hands are covered in his brother's (who is therefore
Hamlet's father) bloodand he questions whether heaven can wash these sins "white as
snow" or if he can possibly be forgiven since he still retains all that he gained by
committing the murder. His confession further acknowledges his motives:

I am still possessed
Of those effects for which I did the
murder:
My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. (III.iii.56-58)

Claudius wanted the crown, wanted Queenas his own, and sought to
fulfill his own ambition...

In the story "Hills Like White Elephants" how is the word "fine" used? What does this say about the girl's emotional state? Also how do the...

"" is a short story where the dialogue and the words are extremely important.
The plot/situation is revealed through the dialogue. The tone and personality of the characters
is also revealed through word choice and dialogue.

When Jig, the girl,
concludes the conversation by saying she is "fine," she is trying to end the
conversation because it is useless. If she keeps the baby, she supposes she will lose the
American. If she aborts the baby, she supposes she could keep the American. However, either
scenario is a guess. Since she...

On page 21 of Night, Elie states that "The stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. Were this conflagration to...

Elie makes this
observation as Jews are being deported, and his family has settled into the ghetto where the
deported had been living. Promptly, the Jews who are new to the ghetto have forgotten about
those who formerly lived there. It is clear from these words that Elie is becoming hopeless. He
sees stars not as distant sources of light or as something that is eternal and undying. Instead,
he only sees them as an extension of the death and suffering around him. His suffering and the
world he is caught in have extinguished his sense of hope and his sense that there is a wider
world. Instead, his world has only become that of Nazi occupation and the pain and suffering
that await him, his family, and the Jews around him.

He believes that if the
"conflagration," or fire, around him dies out, the stars will be extinct. He no longer
believes that stars can be lit on their own; instead, he believes their light is only an
extension or expression of fire and death. He also believes the heavens are populated with
"unseeing eyes." His faith in a benevolent God has been extinguished. He believes that
God and the world are blind and indifferent to the suffering of the people around
him.

Why did the Greeks worship and fear Aphrodite?

Aphrodite's place in the pantheon of twelve Greek gods that reside at Olympus suggests that she
is an important deity to the Greeks. There were several reasons the Greeks worshiped her.  She
was the goddess of love and passion, two qualities that all humans share.  She was known to be
the protector of sailors, which was an important endeavor to the Greeks.  As the goddess of
fertility, the Greeks saw her as important to replenishing the population through recreation.
 The Greeks also adored her because of her intense beauty and...

How is Nick's attitude toward Gatsby ambivalent even at the moment when he says goodbye to him?

The
following day after the argument in the city and Myrtle's death,visits Gatsby's home, where he
tells Nick the truth about his past relationship withand provides insight into his background.
As Nick is leaving Gatsby's home, Gatsby mentions that Daisy might call him later before he says
goodbye to Nick. Nick responds by telling Gatsby goodbye but turns around before walking away to
say,

Theyre a rotten crowd . . . Youre worth the whole
damn bunch put together. (Fitzgerald, 164)

Nick
experiences ambivalence when he contemplates 's character after saying goodbye to him for the
last time. It is significant that Nick also mentions,

It
was the only compliment I ever gave him, because I disapproved of him from beginning to end.
(Fitzgerald, 164)

Although Nick is disgusted by Gatsby's
affiliation with the criminal underworld, his ostentatious materialism, and his decision to
cover up Daisy's involvement in Myrtle's death, he has an affinity for Gatsby and believes that
he has a genuine heart. Nick views Gatsby as a hopeless romantic with honorable intentions and a
pure soul. In a sense, Nick feels that Gatsby has become a victim of the "foul dust"
that preys on him and disapproves of the people who take advantage and use Gatsby. Nick's
conflicting feelings involving his love for Gatsby and his disapproval of his life choices
result in his feelings of ambivalence when he says goodbye to him for the last
time.

Identify the main points of the Sherryl Kleinman's article "Why Sexist Language Matters."

Sherryl Kleinman begins by saying that sexist language is one of the least understood
areas of feminist discourse. She singles out the popular expression "you guys" as one
to which most people never give a second thought. However, such expressions, while not intended
offensively, reinforce the idea of "man" as the abstract and default. Kleinman refers
to a thought experiment by Douglas R. Hofstadter in which he substituted racist terms for sexist
ones to show that a sentence such as "All men are created equal" was really as
exclusionary as "All whites are created equal."

Kleinman suggests
that women accept and embrace such terms as "you guys" because they want to be
included. She cites the example of a fraternity which began to accept women, in which the new
female members preferred to be called "brothers" (as all members had traditionally
been called) rather than "sisters." She points out that it is invariably an insult for
a boy or man to be called a woman or a girl. Women should...

The allegory Animal Farm The book Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell published in England on 17 August 1945. According to Orwell,...

's personal
experience played a great role in his political writings.  After being a colonial police officer
in Burma, Orwell returned to England and came in contact with poor, unemployed coal miners. 
This experience swayed Orwell towards socialism.  However, as a Socialist in the 1930s, Orwell
became disturbed by the spread of dictatorships and wrote  in his
disillusionment with Communism. ...

How does the theme of family play out in "Eveline"?

In 's
"," from his short story collection,
, Eveline is faced with a
decision.  Since her mother
died she plays the role of mother to both her younger brother and
her
father.  Her father is abusive, particularly toward the brother, but also toward
Eveline. 
She is stuck and paralyzed, figuratively speaking.

She has an opportunity to
escape Ireland and her terrible life, by
going away with a man to live in Argentina and start a
new life.  The man
even has a house where the two are planning to live. 

Eveline goes through the motions of leaving and is within seconds of doing so,
but at
the last minute freezes and refuses to go. 

There
is much more present in the
story than the idea of family, but as far as that
theme is concerned, what I've written is a
summary of how the theme of family
is played out in "Eveline."

Contrast Ulysses and his son Telemachus in regards to irony in Ulysses.

characterizes himself in the poem as a restless adventurer who is ill-suited for an
adminstrator's job.  As king of Ithaca, he feels as if he has been a poor legislator and an
ineffective king.  His past life as a warrior and a traveller has much more appeal to him.  Now,
he feels as if he is barely living.  He yearns for another adventure, to "seek a newer
world," "to do some work of nobel note," "to sail beyond
sunset."

He appoints Telemachus as his successor.  Telemachus, Ulysses
feels, is much more suited to be a governor of his people than he is.  Telemachus has the
"slow prudence to make mild/ A rugged people, and through soft degreees/Subdue them to the
useful and the good."  Unlike Ulysses who feels as if his people do not even know him,
Telemachus will be able to bring out the best in the people he governs.  Telemachus is a
competent civil leader while Ulysses is a much better military leader.  Ulysses distinguishes
the two of them by declaring that Telemachus "works his work, I
mine."

What is the elegiac tone in "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray?

The
termhas a long history. It originally, in
ancient Greece, had two meanings. The first was a
sorrowful or mournful poem
sung to the accompaniment of aulos (an
instrument
sounding like a modern oboe). The second meaning referred to the meter in which
such
songs were often written, elegiac couplets, which consist of a hexameter
followed by a
pentameter line. One of the best imitations of this form in
English is Coleridge's:

In the
hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column;

In the
pentameter aye falling in melody back.

As
the form originated in songs of lament, and funerals are a common
occasion for lamentation, the
elegy evolved to become closely associated with
funerals or laments over someone's
death.

"" byis not
written in elegiac couplets, but it is set in a
graveyard and expresses
mourning for death. It may have been written on the death of Gray's

friend Richard West in 1742, but is itself a more general lament concerning
human
mortality.

The poem has a sustained melancholic
tone. It begins with the
line:

The
curfew tolls the knell of parting day

This draws a parallel between the end of day and the end of human

life in the graveyard. The elegiac tone is created by a series of terms suggesting
absence,
fading, sadness, weariness, darkness, and departure in the initial
stanzas as well as images of
solitude, twilight, and abandonment.

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What changed politically in countries from different parts of the world from before to after WWII?

The major
change from before to after WWII was that some countries became more democratic while others
became more totalitarian.  This broke down roughly along the lines of the two blocs in
the...

What is the search for the Holy Grail and how is it like the story?

The
search for the Holy Grail is usually referring to the quest for the Goblet that Jesus drank from
during The Last Supper, which if you find and drink from, will bring you eternal life. Certain
twists have been made on this concept, such as can be seen in The DaVinci Code.
Metaphorically, the search for the Holy Grail is the ultimate search, the impossible
search, the hunt for something...

Why is Beatrice happy to die in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter"?

Beatrice is happy to
die at the end of "" because she feels the pain of having been born poisonous. She has
long endured the solitude that her father, a scientist, created for her, but she has felt worse
about being alone since the arrival of her beloved Giovanni. Knowing that she can never be with
him because she is poisonous has made her increasingly feel the harshness of her fate.

As she is dying she tells her father that she would have rather been loved than
feared, and she is happy to die because the memory of her father's evil actions will pass away
from her after her death. She also recalls the cruel words of Giovanni, in which he tells her
that she has made...

What are the various superstitious beliefs related to snakes?

In regards to
legends, folk lore, and superstitious beliefs, snakes seem to be a common element. Beliefs about
snakes branch across a variety of cultures around the globe. Below are some common (and not so
common) beliefs about snakes from a few different cultures and locations. 

1.
St. Patrick banished all of the snakes from Ireland:
Ireland has no snakes and a
popular myth states that this is because when St. Patrick was converting the Irish to
Christianity, he banished all of the snakes from the island. New research shows that Ireland
likely never had any snakes due to its geographic isolation from mainland
Europe. 

2. Snakes hypnotize their prey:
This belief probably came
about when people observed how prey such as mice become frozen with fear when...

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What are the some example of a solution, solvent, and solute?

A
solution is the final product once a solute is dissolved within a solvent.  A very important
example of a solution used in hospitals is saline used in IVs.  Saline is made up of salt and
water.  Salt is dissolved into the water, therefore salt is the solute and water is the
solvent. 

Overall, is life is better or worse for the animals in Animal Farm since the revolution?

With 's having
written following his dillusionment with Communism, it is,
indeed, apparent that the lives of the animals have not been improved, especially afterbecomes
dictatorial. In the end, they suffer. 

• At first when everyone
  works together to get the hay in, their efforts are profitable.  However, after a time the
  animals realize that the pigs enjoy the cow's milk in their mash, and the "windfalls"
  such as the ripening apples are not shared, but brought to the harness room for the pigs (Ch.
  3).
• Then, in , the animals must engage in battle with the humans [the
  Battle of the Cowshed], and some of the sheep are killed.
• is expelled from
  the farm when Napolen has his dogs chase him. After this act,begins his propaganda, telling the
  animals that they must work harder and be very loyal and obedient, beginning his campaign of
  fear and propaganda,

Discipline, comrades,
iron discipline!  That is the watchword for today.  One false step and our enemies would be upon
us.  Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?"

• Craftily, Squealer tells the animals that Napoleon wanted the windmill, but
  he pretended to oppose it as a manoeuvre to rid the farm of Snowball. Unsure of the truth of
  this statement, the other animals do not protest because the three dogs of Napoleon growl at
  them in a threatening manner.
• opens with "All that year the animals
  worked like slaves." In order to build the windmill, they work sixty hours a week; the work
  is strictly controlled.exerts himself so much that he later become debilitated.  Later, all the
  work of the animals is for nought as the windmill is destroyed by raging winds in the
  winter.
• The food begins to run out.  When the hens learn that they must
  surrender all their eggs to be sold for grain in order to sustain the farm, they are outraged
  and roost in the rafters and lay their eggs so that they will smash onto the floor. Some of them
  die.
• When a mild uprising occurs, it is squelched by Napoleon, who forces
  some of the animals to confess, then they are all killed.

When it was all over, the remaining animals, except for
the pigs and dogs, crept away in a body.  They were shaken and miserable.

• By , the animals live in terror from having witnessed
  the execution of their fellow beasts.  Then, they are subjected to another battle against men;
  four animals die and almost all the others are wounded. Again, the windmill on which they have
  worked for two years is destroyed.
• By , Napoleon has begun drinking and
  sleeping in the house. Boxer's split hoof takes a long time, but he works every day.  Whereas
  the retirement age has been set at certain ages for different animals, no animal has yet been
  allowed to retire and draw a pension.

Meanwhile life was hard.  The winter was as cold as the last one had been, and food was
even shorter. 

• Even though the farm has a
  fairly successful year, it remains short of money. The barley is reserved for the pigs only
  while the other animals feel that their lives are "hungry and laborious."


• Having labored so on the new windmill, Boxer's lung collapses and he cannot get up;
  pretending sympathy Comrade Napoleon pretends that he calls a veterinarian, but in reality he
  sends Boxer off to the slaughterer.
• In , years have passed, but "no
  animal had actually retired."  The young animals born on Animal Farm are brainwashed by the
  propaganda and are "very stupid."

 

 

I would like to know about the tradition of fasting in various religions like Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and others if any Let us share...

In
Western forms of Protestant and Catholic practice of Christianity, fasting is an optional-only
practice that is infrequently used and for which there are no longer any governing rules. This
said, there are Western Christian monastic orders that still practice ritual fasting, though
this underscores the fact that ritual, organized fasting has all but vanished (if not completely
vanished)...

In Philadelphia what are some of the social issues that Andrew Beckett have to deal with regarding his sexual orientation "in the community"

Just like
with the social issues that happen at work and with peers, the character of Andrew Beckett has
to endure the following issues regarding his illness:

• lack of
  education regarding his condition
• public stigma associated to his
  condition
• labeling and stereotyping associated to his condition


• unreasonable or irrational fear from the public toward him as an AIDS
  patient
• unfounded or unrealistic assumptions made of him due to his
  disease
• discrimination, prejudice, and illegal action which, in his case,
  resulted in his very unethical firing after being falsely set up to make a major
  mistake.

The script of the movie observes...

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What does Ulysses think of the people of his kingdom in "Ulysses"?

In the poem
"," Tennyson presents the aging monarch back in his kingdom after his numerous
adventures. He longs to take ship with his mariners on one last voyage to accomplish, as he
says, "something ere the end, some work of noble note...not unbecoming men who strove with
Gods." In this respect, Ulysses sees the people of his kingdom as a burden that he would
like to pass on to his son, Telemachus, so that he might be free. It is significant, however,
that though he pines for the opportunity to be gone, Ulysses remains in his kingdom and
successfully overcomes the temptation to abandon his subjects. He must, therefore, see his
people as worthy of governing, as he has stayed with them despite his daydreams of further
adventure.

In the course of the poem, Ulysses describes his people as "a
savage race, that hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me." Later, he expresses the
thought that his son can "make mild a rugged people, and thro' soft degrees subdue them to
the useful and the good." From these lines, we gather that Ulysses considers the people of
his kingdom to be savage, rugged, and perhaps difficult to govern, but he has hopes that with
the right leadership, they will be capable of becoming better, milder, and more
useful.

What is the plot of Act 3, scene 1? I know the climax are the two deaths, but is the rising action the fight?

Yes, rising
action will be anything that occurs before theof the play.  Shakespeare had a very specific plot
diagram for...

Is this story about an inward psychological journey where Goodman Brown discovers evil in himself but refuses to acknowledge it?

I
respectfully disagree with the previous poster.

In my view,does not exhibit
the ability to confront the evil and hypocrisy around him and, for all his troubles, does not
emerge any stronger or wiser at the end of the story.

Rather than confront
the evil and hypocrisy around him, the title character hides from that very confrontation. See,
for example, this instance of an encounter in the woods:

"Goodman Brown
heard the tramp of horses along the road, and deemed it advisable to conceal himself within the
verge of the forest, conscious of the guilty purpose that had brought him thither, though now so
happily turned from it."

As I see the matter, at the end of the story
Young Goodman Brown is much worse...

How does the setting of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas relate to events in the plot and the characters?

There
are two settings in . While the novel begins in Berlin, Germany, the action
soon moves to Auschwitz, Poland. Both settings make important contributions to the plot and the
characters. An important part of the plot is the move that Brunos makes from their Berlin home
to the concentration camp, which is occasioned by the fathers appointment as the camps
commandant. This relocation is directly relevant to the characters of Bruno and his new friend,
Shmuel; his father; and his sister, Gretel.

In Berlin, Bruno lives with his
upper-middle-class family in a comfortable, nicely furnished five-story house; they employ a
maid, a butler, and a cook. His grandparents, who live nearby, are a constant, affectionate
presence in his life. Bruno enjoys its location near the citys center, with the bustle
of...

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Explain the concepts of Pax Sinica and Pax Romana. How did Han and Roman Leaders promote long periods of peace and prosperity in eastern and western...

A bad peace is even worse
than war.-Tacitus

The
Pax Sinica was a
period of Chinese history between 221 B.C. and 200 A.D. with relative peace
and
economic prosperity. The period saw five different dynasties rule, with
the Tang Dynasty being
considered the golden age. The period saw the
unification of China under one rule for the first
time and brought an end to
centuries of warring between the states. During the Pax Sinica, trade
with
the West was opened through the construction of the Silk Road, but ironically, China
became
culturally homogenous at the same time.

The Pax
Romana was a period of Roman
peace and prosperity that began with the rule of
Augustus Caesar in 31 BC and ended with the
death of Marcus Aurelius in 250
A.D. The period is marked by an end to expansionism and a growth
in commerce
and trade. The Pax Romana is a seen as a move away from Romes militaristic
origins
to a more keen interest in culture and the arts. The diffusion of
Roman culture throughout
Europe was an...

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How do "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and The Things They Carried relate to each other? Please use examples from the texts.

Mikayla Bruen, M.B.A.

Both "" and The Things They Carried are stories of theof
unnecessary deaths during wartime. While they reflect different time periods and different wars,
they relate to each other by conveying the emotions, thoughts, fears, desires and coping
mechanisms of men potentially facing their premature deaths. They also relate to one another
because they reveal what these men hold dear.

In An Occurrence at
Owl Creek Bridge by , a southern plantation owner named Peyton Farquhar is being
executed by a unit of the Federal army. His crime is that he is evidently a southern
gentleman.

The man who was engaged in being hanged was
apparently about thirty-five years of age. He was a civilian, if one might judge from his habit,
which was that of a planter. His features were gooda straight nose, firm mouth, broad forehead,
from which his long, dark hair was combed straight back, falling behind his ears to the collar
of his well fitting frock coat. He wore...

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When everyone starts tending the garden, are they escaping the evil of society or is there a deeper meaning?

Yes, in a way
it is a cloistering from the harsh realities of the that left their literal marks onand his
friends. In a world of self-centered, greedy, and thoughtless people, one must be able to find
solace in something personal and comfortable.

Consider Candide's garden like
your home. Where are we most at ease, the most comfortable? Where can we truly be
ourselves...

What perspectives can be compared in Animal Farm and Julius Caesar?

In both
and Julius Caesar, we're presented with elite power
struggles in which the masses are largely bystanders. In 's story, a radical revolution takes
place which is supposed to result in the empowerment of the poor benighted farm animals. Yet as
soon asand his gang have achieved power they proceed to repress, starve, and kill the very
creatures in whose name the Animalist revolution was carried out. One elite has simply been
replaced by another. Ultimately, neither man or beast has the interests of the ordinary farm
animals at heart.

In Julius Caesar, each side in the
elite power struggle tries to get the Roman plebs on their side. Brutus makes an impassioned
speech at Caesar's funeral in which he tries to justify his assassination, knowing as he does
how much the common people loved him and how restless they are in the wake of his murder. In his
own speech, Mark Antony then uses the love of the plebs for their fallen leader to turn them
against Brutus and the...

Identify important features of Cleanthes's and Paley's arguments and how the two differ from each other and articulate objections raised against each.

To begin,
it's important to note that Cleanthes is not actually a real person but a character invented by
David Hume in his Dialogues Concerning Natural . In this work, Cleanthes is
in conversation with Philo, a skeptic, and Demea, who adheres to a more Orthodox brand of
Christianity. So, the objections and criticisms to Cleanthes's arguments are raised in the very
same work that his argument is presented.

Both Cleanthes and Paley advance
versions of an argument known as the Argument for Design. Cleanthes claims that the existence of
a Creator is the rational conclusion that arises from study of the universe itself. He compares
it all to a "great machine, subdivided into an infinite number of lesser machines, which
again admit of subdivisions to a degree beyond what human faculties can trace and explain"
(book 2). In Cleanthes's view, nature's mechanical quality compares closely with the mechanical
creations of human beings, though nature achieves levels of sophistication no...

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y = - 1/2 - 4

It
looks like you are trying to collect like terms in order to solve for y. This can be tricky when
both numbers you are working with are negative. And working with fractions can be tricky, too.
So let's look at each of those separately.

You're beginning with a negative
number. In this case, it's negative 1/2. I tell students whom I tutor to think about negatives
in terms of money. So if I have a negative number, that means I'm in debt. In this case, I owe
you 1/2 (which converted to a decimal would be .50).

So I'm starting out
already "in the hole," over in the negatives. And then I go further into the negatives
by borrowing 4 more dollars from you. I was sitting at negative 1/2 and then went further
negative, so now I have a combined negative total of -4.5 or -4 1/2. (These are equal, but pay
attention to directions as sometimes teachers ask that answers be left as proper fractions and
other times you are directed to convert fractions to decimals.)

If asked to
convert to a decimal, you can again think of the fraction in terms of money. 1/2 of a dollar
(which is worth 100 cents, so it works well with thinking about fractions this way) is .50. Or
you think of it as a division problem (1 divided by 2), which will also equate to .50.

For my kinesthetic learners, it sometimes helps to learn to navigate the number line
into the negative numbers in order to determine how negatives are affected by both negative and
positive numbers. To do this, I draw huge number lines in chalk from about -20 to +20, with 0
being right in the middle. I then give my students problems like this one and let them stand on
the number line to work out the problem. For this one, I would ask a student to stand on -1/2,
making sure she understood where that is located on a number line. And then I would ask her to
subtract 4 from that negative number. She should then move to the left, ending up at -4.5. It
helps sometimes to practice working out problems like this with number lines, both big and
small, to learn how negative numbers work.