In "Americanized" by Bruce Dawe what extended metaphor (conceit) does Dawe use?

To express
the relationship between American consumer dominance and Australian emergence into such a realm,
Dawe uses theof a mother and child.  The mother is emotionally distant from the child.  She is
able to spout of self indulgent notions of identity that have been carved out of Madison Avenue
brand of consumerism such as "I think young, I think big, therefore I am." She is
unable to emotionally connect with her child except for when the child engages with her toys.
 All of these are American name brand items like soft drinks, hot dogs, and chewing
gum.

The Australian identity in this relationship is the child.  The child is
shown to be emotionally adrift in the poem, "a vague passing spasm of loss."  The
emotional estrangement compels it to see any attention, even a consumerist manufactured one, is
better than no attention.  For the child, being able to embrace what the mother does is almost a
tradition being passed down.  There is something jarring about how this is a passing of the
consumerist torch from one generation to another, with nothing emotional remaining.  It is in
this light where the metaphor of mother and child serves to heighten Dawe's critique of
American consumerism on Australia.

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How can I compare Fragonard's "The Swing" to Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party"? How are they similar?

These paintings,
though painted more than 100 years apart, have many similarities. Both are now considered to be
masterpieces of their respective art-historical eras, Fragonards of the Rococo period and
Renoirs of the Impressionist. Both Rococo and Impressionism were artistic movements that, in
their early years, drew scorn from the general public and the traditional art community. Both
paintings combine elements of landscape, portraiture, and still life into one artwork.  Both are
joyous and celebratory rather than overly serious or historical. Both present scenes that
highlight the cultural values of their times. Fragonard shows the love of classical themes by
placing cherub and Cupid sculptures in the painting and has the lady wearing a traditional
shepherdesss hat, a very conventional theme of poetry and painting. In the postures and clothing
depicted, along with the location deep in a forest, there is a hint of the generally secretive,
unspoken-of nature that portrayals...

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How does Dr. Rank's illness tie in with Nora's situation in the play A Doll's House?

The disease
from which Dr. Rank suffers from is tuberculosis of the spine. Within the play's setting, this
disease is seen as a result of some form of over-indulgence. In the play,discusses the potential
indulgences that may have brought about Dr. Rank's development of his illness, which he
inherited as a result of the "sins" of his father.

This may be
significant because here we have a decent and kind man suffering and dying from his backbone. A
good man dying by the backbone may signify the end of the image of men, as Nora knows it. As a
woman of her time, Nora believes that men take a superior and dominant role because...

What location did the title character in Robinson Crusoe first sail from?

was born in
York to immigrant trader parents, and so was raised near the Hull shipping yards. Because of his
lust for adventure and his desire to sail the ocean, he visits the shipyards regularly, and
eventually gives in to impulse and jumps a ship sailing to London:

But being...

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In Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, what did Leo see Stargirl place in somebody's mailbox?

In  by, Leo observes
Stargirl placing an envelope in someone's mailbox. When Stargirl is out of sight, Leo opens the
mailbox and finds a card inside. It is homemade, and it says "Congratulations" on it.
The card is not signed. Leo later finds...

Analyse the character of Sharon Pollock's title character in Walsh.

In 's
play,
Walsh, what most defines Walsh's character is summed up by
his
realization late in the play:

Honour, truth, the
lot...They're just words...They don't exist. I
gave my life to them and they don't
exist.

James Walsh, a superintendent of the NWMP (the
North West Mounted
Police--of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) is in charge of a group of

military men in Canada. He is a man of conscience and strong character. Canada is home
to Native
Americans (called Indians in the play) who are native to the area,
as well as some that have
moved from the United States.

When General George Custer attempts (as is his
custom) to attack Indians at
4:00 am at Little Big Horn (known to the Sioux as Greasy Grass),
his 500 men
are greatly outnumbered by 4,000 Sioux warriors. Taking eight hours before he

actually engages the Sioux (having given his men orders of "take no
prisoners"),
Custer and his men are all killed. The Sioux are tired of the
lies of the American government
that have...

In which form of municipal government do voters have the most impact on the executive branch?

Andrew Fernandes

Municipal governments in United States cities, counties, and towns operate on only a
few different models. The "strong mayor" model is probably what most US citizens are
familiar with, which is when the mayor is directly elected by the people. Other forms of
municipal government are usually some variation on an elected city council, who then appoints or
elects a "manager," effectively the chief administrative officer for the
municipality.

There's a well-considered argument that, in a "strong
mayor" system, because a given candidate is directly elected by the people, the executive
branch is therefore more responsive to citizens.

In the other most common
model (and remember, these are not the only two)let's call it the "city manager"
modelmembers of the city council are directly elected to serve their given district, which is
generally some form of political...

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What does Charlie do when he realizes he will lose his intelligence?

In Progress
Report 13, when Charlie first knows definitively that he will lose his intelligence, he decides
he will write down his thoughts for as long as possible, saying it is one of his "few
pleasures." As his intellect and memory deteriorate, he records that he will fight as long
as possible to hold on to them.

Sadly, Charlie, as he knew he would, rapidly
falls back to his old state. Because he needs money, he asks for and gets back his job as a
janitor. To a small extent, he manages to hang on to some of his memories from being more
intelligent. For example, he remembers he shouldn't get upset if the people he used to know make
fun of him, because he now realizes they aren't as intelligent as he used to think they
were.

Imagery In The Odyssey

There are several
examples ofin just the first few stanzas, actually. Odysseus describes how his ship leaves
"the Ocean River rolling in her wake" and the "open sea with its long
swells." He describes the "low sloping shore" of the island of Aeaea, where his
men take their rest. All of these constitute visual images, description that is meant to convey
visual sensory experiencewhat one might see, specificallythough imagery can also be auditory
(what one might hear), olfactory (what one might smell), tactile (what one might touch), or
gustatory (what one might taste). Odysseus also describes Dawn's "rose-red fingers,"
which is both(of Dawn as a woman with fingers) and visual imagery. In addition, he uses imagery
to describe the tomb of Elpenor, constructed by the men for their friend who had died on Circe's
island during their prior stop there. He says,

Once we'd
burned the dead man and the dead man's armor,
heaping his grave-mound, hauling a stone
that coped...

Can you offer suggestions for a thesis statement for a critical essay on "Archaic Torso of Apollo" by Rainier Maria Rilke? My thesis statement (and...

You are off to
a great start with your thesis idea. A formal thesis statement encompassing this idea could be
worded as follows:

Through his unambiguous interpretation
of the subject matter at hand, Rilke both expresses appreciation for the beauty of the human
form and acknowledges the idea that art comes to life through observation.

A thesis on this subject might be organized according to the four
stanzas of the poem, each of which expounds on the central idea in the thesis statement. For
example, the first stanza suggests that although only the god's torso is presented in the
sculpture, it holds a life of its own. This life is described by Rilke as "a lamp, in which
his gaze, now turned to low, gleams in all its power." This clever use ofillustrates theof
the torso that characterizes this poem. By isolating his subject matter, Rilke proves that
facial expressions and literal eyes are not required to experience the "gaze" of the
sculpture.

In the second stanza, Rilke...

In 1984, how much do Winston's strengths and weaknesses lead to his success or failure?

There are many
ways to look at it. The last part of that question is the first thing to consider: does he fail
or does he succeed? Further, what is...

In "Hills Like White Elephants," why does the woman say "It isn't ours anymore"?

Jig's
statement about that which has passed encompasses so much about the relationship she shares with
the American and her own life.  The point in the story in which she says this is the point where
she has brought out her own hesitation towards "the procedure" and where the American
has shown himself to be the one advancing Jig to have it.  At the same time, Jig has already
indicated that she "does not care about" her own state of being.  The exchange that
follows between them is a reflection of the supposedly positive ideas of the American (actually
seeking to simplify and reduce the complexity of the situation) and her own despair.  Jig's
assertion that freedom and the ability to "have the whole world" in the shared dreams
with the American is impossible because there has been some barrier crossed, some frontier in
their relationship passed, a demarcation where all has changed.  It is at this moment in the
dialogue between them where some level of change has happened.  The optimism and the freedom
with which both the American and Jig travelled the world over, as seen with the stickers on
their suitcases, and the sense of self- absorption in which both lived for and with one another
has become replaced with a sense of uncertainty and a lack of clarity.  This vision of the
future, where what will be is pushed into the realm of insecurity, is something that motivates
Jig to speak out of a position of despair, and in stark contrast to the
American.

How does Dimmesdale feel about his role as the much-respected minister in the community, and why doesn't he thrive amid the people who admire him?

feels terrible about
himself, and so the community's adoration and love for him only makes him feel so much more
hypocritical and sinful. When they hear him talk about his sinfulness and guilt, they talk about
him as a "saint on earth." The narrator says that Dimmesdale

well knewsubtle, but remorseful hypocrite that he was!the light in
which his vague confession would be viewed . . . He had spoken the very truth and transformed it
into the veriest falsehood. And yet, by the constitution of his nature, he loved the truth, and
loathed the lie, as few men ever did. Therefore, above all things else, he loathed his miserable
self!

The people revere him, thinking him a saint and
believing that his soul is so much cleaner and purer than theirs, and this increases his guilt
more and more. He ends up reverting back to more ancient practices for expunging guilt, like
beating himself with a scourge, fasting, and keeping late-night, sleepless vigils. He does not
thrive among the people who so admire him, because he feels that their admiration is misplaced
and that he is all the more hypocritical for seeming to accept it.

What does Nenita feel for her husband?

It is telling, I think
that when Nenita is first introduced, she is described as "the wife." She is not the
loving wife, the dutiful wife, the
good wife: just the wife. Earlier, she'd taken a nap
that she hadn't meant to take. We learn that her husband's siblings had spoken down to her,
criticized her, but they are mostly dead now. She continues to pray for their souls but she
isn't sad that they're gone. She has lots of work to dorice cakes to make for an order, a tea to
make for her hungover grandson, her husband's medicinal teaand so she gets to it. She hears her
husband singing at a party, even from her home, and she really cannot understand the big fuss
over his singing. It makes her happier to listen to him talk about music with her
grandson.

In other words, it's a life. Nenita neither feels extravagant love
for her husband nor hates him. He's unfaithful, and she goes about her life. He takes the money
his relatives sent for his medication and spends it with another woman, and Nenita goes about
her life. She seems to be relatively contented in her sphere, and so she continues in it. She
even has the means to poison him and escape this life, should she choose to do so, but she knows
she never will. She is content, and she lives life on her own terms, and this is good enough for
her.

In "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," why is the delay from the Vatican symbolic?

Despite the
general agreement that the old man is an angel, letters from Rome show disinterest, and even a
certain amount of mockery. It seems that the Vatican is not convinced, and so they delay until
they stop receiving letters, not wanting the expense of sending a high-ranking official
out:

...the mail from Rome showed no sense of urgency.
They spent their time finding out in the prisoner had...

What were the beliefs and purposes of the Puritans? Did they consider themselves better than others?

The term
Puritan was originally used as a term to mock deeply committed Protestants who wanted to
purify the Church of England and move its theology further away from the theology of Roman
Catholicism. One reason that so many Puritans emigrated from England to New England was that
so many people in England found Puritanism difficult to accept. Puritans were strongly
influenced by the teachings of the Protestant theologian Jean (or John) Calvin. Calvin taught
that a persons salvation was entirely dependent on Gods grace. There was (he believed) no way to
earn salvation by doing good deeds or being a good person. Only God could decide who would
be saved from hell, and since God knows everything that happens at all times, including the
future, God knows who will ultimately be saved. The minority of people who will be saved are the
elect (the chosen). Puritans often believed, after examining their consciences, that there
were among the elect. Many of them, however, were never entirely sure that they were among
this chosen group, although they hoped that they would be. Puritanism thus encouraged a great
deal of individual psychological self-examination, and in fact many scholars believe that the
rise of Calvinism helped encourage the outburst of autobiographical writing that occurred
throughout the seventeenth century.

Puritanism could
encourage a sense of superiority in some Puritans.  Puritan beliefs could
lead some Puritans to assume that they were among the elect while most other persons were not.
Anyone who resisted Puritan doctrines (especially Roman Catholics or conservative Anglicans)
might well be among those destined for damnation.  After all, Puritans believed that if God had
chosen a person to be saved, that person was more likely than others to be good and to do good. 
(Being good and doing good could not obligate an all-powerful God to grant
a person salvation, but persons chosen for salvation were likely to be good and do good.)
Opponents of Puritanism often considered Puritans to be holier-than-thou. They often regarded
Puritans as smug and egotistical, and they also often considered Puritans to be hypocrites.
Opponents of Puritans believed that Puritans were intolerant and extremely self-assured. In
short, opponents of Puritans often felt that Puritans were guilty of spiritual and intellectual
pride €“ an extremely serious failing in any Christian. Opponents of the Puritans oftend
considered Puritans to be, in the words of Satan in 's ","

"more conscious of the secret guilt of others, both in deed and
thought, than they could now be of their own."

Of
course, not all Puritans deserved the criticism they received from their opponents, but the idea
that Puritans were proud, self-righteous hypocrites arose early and lasted long.

 

 

 

 

Is the following quote from "Hills Like White Elephants" situational or dramatic irony? €˜Its really [a] . . . simple operation, Jig, the man...

In a sense, I suppose
we could argue that the statement above might be a form of both. If we knew more, it might be
dramatic irony because we would be aware of what Jig
and her partner are talking about. The "simple operation" could be anything, but it
becomes clear to us afterward from the conversation between these two characters and the way
that the man insists that firstly the operation is very easy and secondly it will repair
everything in their...

Why are the carrousel ride at the end of the book and the Museum of Natural History so important to Holden?

The
visit to the Museum of Natural History is brief and of no special importance toexcept possibly
to remind him that he is no longer a child and no longer frightened or impressed by the mummies
and other ancient artifacts. He is just killing time. The carousel is a different matter. He
doesnt ride on it himself because he realizes he is too old to get much...

Is a metaphor found in the poem "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath?

In ,
poetskillfully mixes a number of metaphors into the text along with the major literary device
she employs, . As the speaker is a mirror, many of the features it (or perhaps she) uses to
express aspects of identity or action are metaphors, or direct comparisons of apparently unlike
things.

I am not cruel, only truthful€š

The eye of a little god. . . .

The
mirror-speaker is not a gods eye, so saying I am . . . the eye . . . is a .

In the second stanza, I am a lake is both a metaphor and personification. Because a
lake can function...

Please give examples of theme and style in Marilyn Dumont's poem "Not Just a Platform for My Dance."

The most
important rhetorical device used in
Marilyn Dumonts poem Not Just a Platform For My Dance is
repetition. The line
this land is not is used in half of the eight stanzas and is prevalent in

both the first and the last. It is important when analyzing poetry to identify who the
speaker
is; it is also significant to note that the speaker and the author
are not automatically the
same entity.

The speaker in
this poem is evidently someone who loves their
land. The word land likely
refers to their country or a specified area. We know they love
their land
because of the repeated line this land is not. If the speaker is someone who
did
not care about the land, they would not place so much emphasis on it. In
addition, the use of
the word my is important. The stanza this land is / my
tongue my eyes my mouth and the
phrases my prayer, my medicine, and the
others in which the speaker uses the word
my...

In "The Crucible" why does Parris try to stop Mary Warren's testimony in court? Act III.

Mary Warren
is about to reveal information about Betty and Abigail that might shed a negative light on him
and his role as a minister of God in the town.  Mary is going to tell the judges that they were
caught dancing in the woods, and in order to not get in trouble for that act, lied about being
prompted to do it by "witches."  Her continued testimony will assert that this entire
time, Abby, Betty and all of the other girls have been lying, and that the accused women are not
witches at all, just victims of scheming and evil girls who didn't want to get in
trouble.

Here are the problems that Parris has with that testimony.  First of
all, Betty is his daughter, and Abigail is his niece, who he's been caring for for years now. 
If it gets out that they wer liars, and have been knowingly condemning people to their deaths,
that will look REALLY bad for him.  First of all, it will be known that they were dancing in the
woods and casting spells (all forbidden), and then it will be known that they were basically
killing people in order to get out of trouble for it.  So far, the fancy judges know nothing
about the dancing, and Parris holds an upstanding reputation with them.  If the judges discover
the dancing, the judges, and the entire town, will turn against Parris and throw him
out.

Secondly, Parris has been a key figure in all of the court proceedings
that have occurred so far.  He has almost been like another judge, being helpful and questioning
people, and giving the judges necessary background information on all of the people.  He has
been instrumental in the accusation of many women.  So, if it is discovered that the women are
innocent, and that the testifiers have been lying, it will mean that Parris too is guilty by
association.  It will mean that he has been condemning innocent women to death also--not a good
position to be in, for him.

I hope that those thoughts help to clarify
Parris's position a bit; he wants to protect his reputation as a man of god who raises good
children, and as a member of a court that has ousted witchcraft.  Mary's testimony will
undermine all of that for him.  Good luck!

I need a good hook for my essay on Animal Farm, my thesis is: "The utopia of Animal Farm fails because of Squealer's propaganda, fearful animals, and...

A good hook draws in the
reader and compels him or her to continue reading your essay. One way to attract the reader's
attention is to include a short anecdote, or story, at the beginning of your essay. For example,
you could begin this essay with a story about something or somewhere that seemed utopian or
perfect until its flaws were exposed. For example, did you attend a camp that seemed great until
you found out that the counselors were cruel and the food was spoiled? You can come up with such
an anecdote using your personal experience. You could also begin by asking a broad question
along the lines of "Are utopias possible?" or "What lies behind the perfect
appearance of an apparent utopia?" Another option is to begin with a vivid description,
such as what a utopia might look like. You could then contrast this type of utopia with . These
are just some of the options for beginning your essay. The idea is to capture the reader's
attention before you introduce the overview of the book and your thesis. 

What are important examples of figurative language in Lord of the Flies?

Laurine Herzog

There isnt anyone to help you. Only me. And Im the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the
Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didnt you? Im part of you? Close,
close, close! Im the reason why its no go? Why things are the way they are?

In this first quotation, taken from chapter 8, the beast,
otherwise known as the , appears toin a vision and seems to threaten and taunt him. The beast,
however, is a symbol of the evil within all men. As it says, Im part of you. The beast
addresses Simon with several rhetorical questions. Aisnt supposed to be answered, but a
rhetorical question always puts into the listeners mind an implied answer. When the beast says
to Simon, You knew, didnt you? the implied answer is yes. Simon did know that the beast was
part of, or inside of himself. For much of the story, the boys on the island live in fear of the
beast. The fact that the beast is a symbol for the evil within us all suggests that the boys are
afraid only of one another.

The breaking of the
conch and the deaths ofand Simon lay over the island like a vapor. These painted savages would
go further and further.

This second quotation,
from chapter twelve, also uses symbolism, in this case in the form of the conch. In the novel
the conch symbolizes civilization, or at least the civilizing instinct. The boys use the conch
to bring order to their meetings, and to allow everybody a voice. When the conch is broken, this
symbolically represents the end of the civilized impulse on the island. This second quotation
also includes a smile, where the deaths of Piggy and Simon are said to hang over the island
like a vapour. Thissuggests that the pain and the immorality of these deaths is so
all-encompassing as to pervade the very air. It also connotes a sense of suffocation, implying
that the evil which has led to their deaths will, metaphorically, suffocate the remaining boys
on the island.

He looked in astonishment, no
longer at himself but at an awesome stranger. He spilt the water and leapt to his feet, laughing
excitedly . . . He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling. He capered
toward Bill, and the mask was a thing on its own, behind whichhid, liberated from shame and
self-consciousness.

In this third quotation,
from chapter 4, Jack sees his reflection in the water, having painted his face with charcoal.
When he looks at his reflection and sees, in his place, "an awesome stranger," this
vision foreshadows the drastic transformation that his character undergoes during the rest of
the story. Indeed, the person he is by the end of the story is arguably, in any sense that is
meaningful, a stranger to the person he is at the beginning. Also in this third quotation, the
animalistic language used to describe Jack ("bloodthirsty snarling") alludes to the
emergence of his animalistic, primal self.

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Why were the Americans justified in fighting the British?

The
Americans were justified in fighting the British. There are several reasons why this is true.
One reason was that the British began to violate the rights of the colonists. When the British
passed the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts, the colonists didnt have representatives in
Parliament that could speak about and vote on these taxes. This is a right all British citizens
have. However, the Parliament still passed these laws without the colonists having
representation in Parliament.

The colonists were concerned that the British
were trying to control them. The Proclamation of 1763 restricted the colonists from moving to
the new lands that the British had gained from France in the French and Indian War. The British
also required the colonists to provide housing for the British troops that were enforcing this
unpopular law.

Eventually, events became more violent. Five colonists were
killed in the Boston Massacre in March 1770. When the colonists destroyed the tea that was on
the ships in Boston Harbor by throwing the tea into the harbor, the British responded with the
Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts were designed to punish the colonists, mainly those in
Massachusetts, for the Boston Tea Party. The colonists began to form their own militias. When
the British marched to Lexington and to Concord in April 1775, fighting occurred with both sides
suffering casualties. After this event, many colonists believed it was only a matter of time
before they would declare their independence from Great Britain. This would lead to the
Revolutionary War.

The colonists were justified in fighting the
British.

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How can we reduce our government spending?

It would,
of course, be possible to reduce the deficit by eliminating medical care and pensions for the
elderly and disabled, while continuing to let multi-millionaires exploit loopholes in the tax
code to pay less taxes than many people working at minimum wage, but this is not only a bad
solution but a cruel and inhumane one.

A major way to reduce the deficit is
to look at tax breaks for corporations and the very rich as subsidies to the rich and
concentrate on eliminating them. Also, by allowing US companies to offshore financial activities
and reduce the taxes they pay, we are essentially subsidizing the export of...

Who killed Allie?

In
Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye,('s
younger brother) was not killed by anyone; he died of leukemia in the summer of 1946. Allie was
eleven years old when he tragically passed away, and Holden was only thirteen. Allie's death
traumatized Holden, who broke all the windows out in his parents' garage and was forced to miss
his brother's funeral because he was hospitalized from the injuries he suffered following
Allie's death.

Holden still loves Allie and continually speaks to his
deceased younger brother at various moments in the story. Whenever Holden is losing touch with
reality, he calls upon Allie to not let him disappear. Allie's tragic death has clearly
traumatized Holden, who has not properly coped with or healed from the traumatic event. Holden
also keeps Allie's baseball glove as a keepsake. He expresses that he regrets not taking Allie
with him to the lake, and he speaks highly of his deceased younger
brother.

In commenting on the Year of the Four Emperors, Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus says that the overthrow of Nero revealed the Secret of the...

In all
likelihood Tacitus, in the Histories, is saying that the secret was the
issue of power. This is what the principate had been founded upon from the
beginning, though it was unacknowledged, and the official propaganda had depicted the situation
differently.

After Nero's suicide Rome was basically thrown into confusion
and four men were to have the role of Emperor over the next year (69 CE). The first of these,
Galba, was a military commander in the provinces. There was no legitimate reason that Galba
should have become Emperor, and he was himself murdered a short time later. The Empire had
already become a free-for-all in which leadership was based on brute force and the military
rather than civil rule as had existed in the Republic.

But Tacitus's point
was that this had always been the case since the Republic had come to an end through Augustus's
absorption of the power of all branches of government into his personal rule, the principate.
This was the secret that no one wanted to acknowledge: that even from the start of the
Julio-Claudian dynasty, it was all based on power lust. Though Augustus himself had kept things
under control, from his successor (and stepson) Tiberius forward, the Julio-Claudian family had
been a disaster for Rome, in Tacitus's view. In the Annals Tacitus focuses
especially upon the fact that Nero was an absolute degenerate, and from this point on nothing
would have been surprising about the power-grabbing the Empire was based upon. The Flavian
dynasty stabilized things somewhat, but Vespasian really had no legitimate claim to the throne
either, other than his military leadership in the East, and his successors were his own sons
Titus and Domitian. Thus in less than a century after Augustus's perhaps necessary power grab,
Rome had by this time (69 CE) become a state ruled by military leaders whose only claim lay in
the power of their troops supporting them.

I need as many quotes as possible that show/refer to the "dangerous/forbidden knowledge" in Frankenstein.

From an
early age, is attracted by the allure not of science but of alchemy, with its forbidden fruits
and promises or dreams of omnipotence. For instance, when he arrives at his university, he is
disappointed that his researches into alchemy are pooh-poohed, stating:

I had a contempt for the uses of modern natural philosophy. It was
very different when the masters of the science sought immortality and power; such views,
although futile, were grand ...

He wants not science but
grandeur and glory, by whatever means it takes.

Earlier, when Victor is
disgusted by a natural scientist...

How does Dickens present the effect of poverty in A Christmas Carol stave 1?

Dickens
presents the effects of poverty in a number of ways in Stave One of . The
entire story is predicated on the idea of greed and its effects, particularly as related to the
rampant poverty of 1840s London. One of the main reasons for the plight of the London poor is
the discrepancy between the "haves" and the "have-nots" of the time, and
Dickens is clear in his belief regarding the responsibility of the rich in regards to the poor.


Both Jacob Marley and Ebenezer Scrooge are miserly characters. They are
beyond unkind to the poor; in life, they were both, in some ways, completely ignorant to the
plight of the poor. They didn't even notice the poor around them. This results in an afterlife
of isolation and torment for Marley, and others like him, and will result in the same for
Scrooge if he doesn't change his ways. When Marley's ghost visits Scrooge, he laments his
fate:

O! captive, bound, and double-ironed[...]not to
know that ages of incessant labour, by immortal...

What exactly is the epiphany in "Araby"?

is famous
for creating characters who undergo an epiphanya sudden moment of insightand the narrator of
"" is one of his best examples At the end of the story, the boy overhears a trite
conversation between an English girl working at the bazaar and two young men, and he suddenly
realizes that he has been confusing things. It dawns on him that the bazaar, which he thought
would be so exotic and exciting, is really only a commercialized place to buy things.
Furthermore, he now realizes that Mangan's sister is just a girl who will not care whether he
fulfills his promise to buy her something at the bazaar. His conversation with Mangan's sister,
during which he promised he would buy her something, was really only small talkas meaningless as
the one between the English girl and her companions. He leaves Araby feeling ashamed and upset.
This epiphany signals a change in the narratorfrom an innocent, idealistic boy to an adolescent
dealing with the harsh realities of life.

In Ch. 23 of To Kill a Mockingbird, why does Atticus say they should do away with juries and what does Atticus suggest as an alternative?

It is notwho
says that they should do away with juries, it is.  Atticus doesn't agree with the idea of going
that far.  But he is willing to think about...

What are the similarities and differences between photosynthesis and respiration?

Kyleigh Macejkovic

Photosynthesis is the
processes by which plants convert carbon dioxide and water, in
the presence
of sunlight, into glucose and oxygen. The relevant chemical equation for the

process can be written as:

`6CO_2 + 6H_2O + sunlight -> C_6H_12O_6
+
6O_2`

Respiration or cellular respiration is the
process by which organisms
convert glucose to
energy....

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What satire can be found in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

In
","satirizes or makes fun of the effete, European-style intellectualism of
schoolmaster Ichabod Crane. Crane lives in the folktales and legends of the past. He is not a
"manly" man and does not get along well with other men, surrounding himself with a
cadre of women who are impressed with his knowledge. The key point about Crane's book learning
is that it has not given him common sense or made him a good person. He wants to marry Katrina
for the wrong reason, which is to get his hands on her wealth. Also, for all his erudition, he
is outwitted and scared off by the uneducated ox of a young man, Brom.

In
satirizing Crane, Irving contributes to creating the mythos of the superiority of the practical,
down-to-earth American way in contrast to the over-educated, backward looking European
mindset.

Explain the importance of each of Hitler's achievements. -Economic recovery-National Unity-National expansion -Collective Organization

Anytime
the term "achievements" is used with Hitler, I tend to cringe.  Nevertheless, Hitler's
consolidation of power allowed he and the Nazis to accomplish their goals.  One such goal was to
create a centralized authority structure that fostered national unity by being "the only
game in town."  When the Nazis burn down the Reichstaag, the historical and symbolic
meaning of the burning of the Reichstaag marks the end of parliamentary style government for
some time.  Certainly, while it has not been proven that the Nazis set the fire for the
Communists were blamed for it, Hitler and the...

What important lessons does Kit learn from Hannah in The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

In s
novel of Puritan colonial New England, Hannah Tupper is the titular witchor such is the
townspeoples accusation. Kit, the nickname of Katherine Tyler, is an orphaned teenage girl who
feels out of place in her new home with her uncle in Connecticut. Hannah, who is a Quaker, lives
alone on the outskirts of town. Hannah becomes a surrogate mother figure to the lonely girl,
providing a different kind of affectionate welcome than she receives from her Aunt
Rachel.

Hannah and her husband, now deceased, had been forced out of the
neighboring Massachusetts colony in a religious purge. Understanding that her presence is
tolerated but not welcome in the town of Weathersfield, she lives on its outskirts near
Blackbird Pond. Hannah and her open-hearted welcome to other outcasts makes her the conceptual
opposite of Puritans, who the author depicts as narrow minded and intolerant.

Hannah supports Kits love of reading and encourages her to be an independent thinker.
Among the others marginal town residents are a younger girl, Prudence, whom both Hannah and Kit
support in part by teaching her to read. As the Quakers are opposed to slavery, Hannah also
opens Kits eyes to the injustices of considering other people as property.

In reference to the Restoration Era (around 1700), what are the advantages to narrating a periodical (or newspaper) through a female persona? If...

Women and men traditionally occupied very
different spheres during the Restoration Era in England. The government, economy, military, and
the arts were primarily dominated by men. In fact, it is likely that the Female
Tatler was written by men as well as women, though it is presented from a woman's
perspectivethat of the imaginary Mrs. Crackenthorpe, a Lady that knows every
thing.

One advantage to presenting the female perspective is that
it attracts female readers. Although limited in many ways, educated upper-class women still had
their own money to spend, and they wished to be entertained. The Female
Tatler fulfilled this need by providing articles in a witty tone on subjects that
appealed to the female audience.

In addition, while men could be expected to
remain somewhat serious and attuned to the events of the time, a "women's publication"
could allow itself to be frivolous. Funny, lighthearted articles were welcome, such as pieces on
gossip, fashion, and beauty, and amusing stories. This is not to say that all the articles were
shallow or without relevance; "Mrs. Crackenthorpe" also tackles such weighty issues as
marriage, suggesting that women wait until they are older and ready to marry. In addition, she
offers articles on the value of education for women.

All of this is more
compelling for readers, especially female readers, when written by one of their own. That is the
real advantage of writing from a woman's persona during the Restoration
Era.

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How would you describe the boy's temperament and personality in James Joyce's short story "Araby"?

The boy in s
short story is characterized in a number of ways, including the following:

• He has a growing appreciation of feminine beauty, as when he says of
  Mangans sister

I stood by the railings
looking at her. Her dress swung as she moved her body, and the soft rope of her hair tossed from
side to side.

• He becomes increasingly
  obsessed with Mangans sister, as when he reports that Every morning I lay on the floor in the
  front parlour watching her door.
• He is a bit shy or embarrassed about his
  obsession, as when he notes that The blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so
  that I could not be seen.
• He is emotionally stimulated by Mangans sister,
  as when he reports that When she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. She becomes the
  focus of his life.
• He feels awkward and self-judgmental when contemplating
  his feelings about Mangans sister, as when he characterizes himself as foolish.


• He thinks and feels like a Romantic...
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      • 
        

Why does the narrator come to hate his cats so much? Support you answer with evidence from the text.

The
narrator's hatred for his black cat comes
about over a period of time.  At first, the cat was
the narrator's "favorite
pet and playmate" for several years, but that began to change
one night when
the narrator came home intoxicated and believed that the cat was avoiding
him;
angry that his beloved pet would shun his company,
the...

What is said about religion in Robinson Crusoe? Describe Crusoe's path to finding faith and explain how his departure from the island impacts his...

In
theof , Crusoe's father does everything to discourage his son from his
adventurous dreams, telling him, Crusoe narrates, "God would not bless me." Moved by
his father's words, he remains home for a year; however, nearly a year later when Crusoe learns
that a friend is taking a voyage from Hull to London, the temptation is too great. In
retrospect, Crusoe reflects upon his foolhardy actions made

...without asking God's Blessing, or my Father's, without any Consideration or
Circumstances or Consequences, and in an ill Hour.

Certainly, Crusoe's adventures are life-changing. On this boat there is a terrible
storm and Crusoe prays and promises God that he will never go on a ship again if he is saved.
However, he soon breaks his vow and succumbs to "that evil influence" which caused him
to disobey his father: He boards a vessel bound for the coast of Guinea. Then, when this voyage
proves profitable, Crusoe goes on another towards the Canary Island and the African shore;
unfortunately, Turkish pirates of Sallee chase them, kill some of the crew, and Crusoe and taken
prisoner and made a slave to the captain. But, after a while, Crusoe manages to throw the Moor
overboard on their outing with the fishing boat, and he and a slave name Xury make their escape.
And, yet Crusoe still abandons his faith. Having made enough money to be middle-class as he
could have been had he stayed in England, Crusoe agrees to sell to Africa to purchase slaves
with thirteen others on board and the cabin boy. As he sails away in 1659, he remembers the
words of his father, but greed propels him forward. After a dozen days a tremendous storm
arises; the crew tries to make shore in a boat, but the waves are twenty feet high, and two or
three of these carry Crusoe forward, dashing him against rocks. But, he makes it to the shore,
and thanks God that his life has been saved. It is only later that he realizes he is the only
survivor. The next day he begins salvaging what he can from the ship before it sinks.

Like a good Puritan of the work ethic, Crusoe builds himself shelters, fences his area,
and arranges his possessions as safely as possible. Further, he decides to count the good things
against the bad in columns in a journal. He notes that God has singled him out of the crew to be
a survivor and 

God wonderfully sent the ship in near
enough to the shore that [it has] enabled me to supply myself as long as I live.

When he has first arrived on shore, Crusoe is not grateful to God,
but, instead, he exclaims upon his misery, crying out that he has been "undone." Now,
however, Crusoe returns to the Protestant faith of his father, by reading from the New Testament
each day and by working hard to improve his existence. He writes,

In a word, as my life was a life of sorrow one way, so it was a life of mercy another;
and I wanted nothing to make my sense of God's goodness to me, and...[let that] be my daily
consolation.... 

Rather than boldly acting as he has
before, Crusoe resigns himself to the will of God whereas he has hitherto been himself willful;
moreover, he throws himself "wholly upon the disposal of His providence." In fact,
Crusoe finds that prayer is far better than the enjoyment of human society. (This conversion
follows the pattern of narratives in Defoe's era.) Still, he does enjoy the company of his man
Friday.

After years of deprivation while he is "lost in the
wilderness" in keeping with Puritan-conversion tales, Crusoe, the prodigal son, who has
employed the Puritan creed of reason, work, and religious faith, returns home repentant and
finds the forgiveness he seeks although his parents have died. He compensates the poor widow who
has kept his papers and money safe, and he sails for Brazil to check on his plantation. It has
done well and the captain has taken care of everything. Crusoe considers staying, but it is a
time of persecution of Protestants, so he departs, not wanting to practice Catholicism as he has
done in the past. So, he will retain his Protestant work ethic in line with England's Puritan
roots. 

How is Our Town a modern American play?

's
is not only a masterpiece of American drama but one of the earliest and
finest works of modernism in theatrical plays. The play, which is set entirely in Grover's
Corners, New Hampshire, focuses heavily on the passage of time and the infinite transience of
life.

Our Town finds its roots in modernism through many
characteristics of the play itself, most predominately its minimalist stage settings and
theatrical style, its focus on the universality of ordinary American life, and the narrator's
frequent engagement with the audience.

At the beginning of the play, the
narratoralso...

What is so important about the setting in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

"" is a story about the "lost generation," a term used by Hemingway
explicitly in his novel to describe the young adults of the period
immediately following the first world war. The characters in his works about this period
exemplify this by being rootless expatriates, lacking close and permanent ties to other places
or people. 

The setting of "Hills Like White Elephants" in a
railroad station exemplifies this sense of being "lost." A railroad station is not a
permanent place anyone inhabits but a place one passes through in transit to somewhere else.
This lack of permanence is emblematic of the relationship between Jig and the man. Rather than
getting married and raising their child, Jig is preparing to have an abortion, and the couple is
drifting apart. Their efforts to be free of anchors to place, community, and person have left
them adrift and unmoored, constantly in transit between places but never becoming part of those
places. 

List some of the themes found in "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe.

The unique
aspect of bycomes from its genre: poetry.  This is a horror story but in the form of a poem. 
To add more interest, the poem was written in 1845.  It is interesting to think that even in the
middle of the nineteenth century people like to be scared.

The confrontation
between the raven and the nameless narrator creates anof evil, remorse, loneliness, and death.
As the man sits in his room languishing over his lost love, his privacy is invaded by this
strange black bird that seeks harbor from the storm.  If the raven is real and not an
hallucination, then he probably has escaped his cage. He has been taught one word:
nevermore.

Thematically, the poem abounds with contemporary concepts.
Evaluating the human minds ability to cope with
loss pervades the poems atmosphere.  The narrator suffers from the loss of his
love . His loneliness has debilitated him.  He is depressed, spiritually overwrought, and
emotionally over loaded. The ravens repetition of the word nevermore indicates that the speaker
may have crossed the line to insanity.  Life is moving on without the narrator; but in
the narrator's mind,  the raven will never leave him because it understands the dark side of the
human mind.

In literature, the raven represents evil and
death. When the bird enters the mans chamber, the narrator reacts by pulling up a
chair and observing the bird.  Self-pityingly, the speaker tries to befriend the bird but feels
that he will leave him as others have left him.  The raven brings an important question with
him.  Is this real or a hallucination? "Death is one of the few things that cannot be fixed
or reversed, and the enormity of it is therefore entirely appropriate for the exaggerated
emotions in Poes work."

Ghastly grim and ancient
Raven wandering from the Nightly shore €“
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the
Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."

The unhappy narrator begins to lose control as the bird seems to
have no emotion but repeatedly says the word nevermore.  He begins to think that the raven
represents a sign from God telling him to forget Lenore. Finally, he asks the raven if he will
ever be united with Lenore in heaven; of course, the raven answers, nevermore.

The natural world signifies the mans lost dreams.  Nature
is what it is.  Man can only experience nature; man cannot change nature.  Nature will not
intentionally hurt man; however, it will not interfere with his destiny.  The man imagines
aggressive natural forces at work against him.  His room has been invaded by darkness, sounds,
the wind, and the inclusion of the raven. 

The raven breaks into his world as
an arrogant entity. The mans conflict becomes man versus nature [the raven]. The raven and the
rest of the natural world do not want to hurt or destroy the narrator at all. In fact, it is
only his growing madness that makes the raven appear evil.

How does an unnamed topic work in "Hills Like White Elephants" and "Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat"?

Ross Leckie
calls these stories "Plot-resistant narratives," which is aand an .  Both stories are
told in a bare-bones, plain/tough style: a volley of intimate conversation with few dialogue
tags.  Baker and Hemingway are masters of subtext: what is not said is more important that what
is said.  Both stories are told : the reader is propelling into the middle
of them.  What's happening is just as important as what has happened and will happen.  We, the
readers, wantand resolution, and these authors are reluctant to give it to us.  We are
eavesdropping on major conflicts, discussed in very subtle ways.

How many
times did you have to read them to figure out what they were about?  In fact, as Leckie points
out, the topic is not as important as the language used to avoid it:

Banks, however, refuses to narrate them [the sexual encounter or
abortion], and, as events alluded to only in passing, they remain events that cannot be talked
about, too pregnant with possible meaning to be controlled by the conflicting plots of social
constraint that the black man and the white woman alternately wish to apply. The result is that
the sexual encounter and the projected abortion are represented as little more than another
instance of trailerpark mundanity. It is not, in fact, the sexual episode that interests Banks;
rather it is the manner in which the black man and the white woman respond to a potentially
explosive violation of trailerpark complacency, or better, the manner in which each fashions a
plot that will secure him or her a satisfactory relation to a conventional social
network.

Focus in the dialogue below is on the woman's
body:

"Im already putting on weight," she
said.

"It doesn't work that way. You're just eating too
much."

"I told Mother."

The man stopped
rowing and looked at her.

"I told Mother," she repeated. Her eyes
were closed and herface was directed toward the sun and she continued to stroke hercheekbone and
lower jaw.

"When?"

"Last
night."

"And?"

"And nothing. I told
her that I love you very much."

"That's all?"

"No. I told her everything."

"Okay. How'd she take
it? As if I didn't already know." (99)

The body, not
the topic, is the topic.  Abortion, as you know, is a topic that has been hotly debated since
time immemorial, and both sides use loaded language and pathos (highly
charged emotional language) that brings out the worst in the speakers.  So, Baker and Hemingway
are too smart to have their lovers fall into the topic's trap.

So, Baker and
Hemingway subvert Aristotle's classic logos (text),
ethos (author), and pathos (audience) triangle.  The
topic, or text, is never mentioned, but the couple is so intimate with each other, and the story
so thinly narrated, that the audience must play the role of author.  As we read the subtext, we
must fill in the text.  Or is it: as we read the text, we must fill in the subtext?  It's
confusing.  It puts the audience in a predicament.  It makes us feel like we're vested in this
conversation, like we're one of the two characters (depending on our gender), like that baby
might be ours.

I suspect that the gender differences are polarized in your
class discussion of both stories.  Good luck, and if your girl/boy-friend is in the class, be
careful what you say...

What is the nature of divine justice in Oedipus the King? Are the gods fair or unfair?

's
tragic fall in 's was through no fault of his ownup to a certain
point.

Laius andtry to circumvent the will of the gods by giving baby Oedipus
to a shepherd with instructions to abandon him on a mountainside. The shepherd, unaware of the
prophecy, takes pity on the child and gives Oedipus to another shepherd, who takes him to
Corinth. There, he is adopted by King Polybus and Queen Merope, who raise Oedipus as their
own.

When Oedipus discovers that Polybus and Merope aren't his birth parents,
he goes to the Oracle for advice, and the Oracle tells him about the original prophecy. To avoid
killing his father, who he thinks is Polybus, and to avoid marrying his mother, who he thinks is
Merope, he leaves Corinth for Thebes. He does this solely out of consideration for Polybus and
Merope, not out of pride or for any other reason. The gods can hardly blame him for
that.

On the way to Thebes, he is run off the road by Laius's chariot.
Oedipus doesn't...

What are some similes in Book 5 of Homer's Odyssey? The Odyssey translated by Robert Fagles

There are several
similes in Book 5 of . In line 14 of Book 5, Athena says that Odysseus was
"as kindly as a father to his children" as a leader of Ithaca. Later, as Odysseus is
in a storm, his craft is tossed about in the following way: "Pell-mell the rollers tossed
her along down-current/wild as the north wind tossing thistle along the fields/at high
harvest" (lines 360-362). In this , the way in which the waves are tossing Odysseus's boat
is compared to the way in which grain is tossed in the wind. When Ino spies Odysseus in the
waves, "she broke from the waves like a shearwater on the wing" (line 371), or like a
bird in flight. Poseidon sends a wave towards Odysseus that is "hard as a windstorm
blasting piles of dry parched chaff" (line 405). In this simile, the waves that toss
Odysseus are again compared to a windstorm blowing about grain. The waves are so powerful that
they make Odysseus seem as light as a handful of grain.

Emerson and Thoreau. Despite their different backgrounds and experiences, Emerson and Thoreau shared a number of ideas. How can I compare their views...

For
individualism and conformity, I would start with Emersons essay and Thoreaus Civil
Disobedience. You can find elements of individualism, nature and conformity in their other
writings, but these two directly address individualism and conformity. In Civil Disobedience,
Thoreau wrote a response about why he went to jail. He refused to pay a tax as a protest against
slavery. In other words, he would not support a government that endorsed slavery. He expresses
his...

What is a good quote about Boo Radley being a mockingbird?

In ,and
Sheriff Tate have a conversation
concerning Bob Ewell's attack and mysterious death. Sheriff
Tate insists that
Bob fell on his own knife, while Atticus believes that his son was
responsible
for Bob's death. However, Sheriff Tate implies thatkilled Bob
Ewell and explains to Atticus why
he will not inform the community about
Boo's heroics by saying,

"Know whatd
happen then? All the ladies in Maycomb includin€˜ my wifed be knocking
on his
door bringing angel food cakes. To my way of thinkin, Mr. Finch, taking the one man
whos
done you and this town a great service an€˜ draggin him with his shy
ways into the limelightto
me, thats a sin. Its a sin and Im not about to have
it on my head" (Lee, 280).

listens to
Sheriff Tate's explanation, and Atticus asks if she
understands his
reasoning. Scout metaphorically applies Atticus earlier lesson concerning

mockingbirds by saying,

"Well, itd be sort of
like
shootin€˜ a mockingbird, wouldnt it?" (Lee, 280).

Throughout the novel, mockingbirds symbolically
represent innocent, defenseless
individuals, who bring nothing but joy to the
world. Boo Radley is a symbolic mockingbird
because he is a compassionate
neighbor who protectsand Scout from Bob Ewell. Sheriff Tate's
explanation
also illustrates how Boo Radley is a defenseless person who needs protection
from
the community's limelight. At this point in the novel, Scout is mature
enough to understand the
delicate situation and metaphorically compares Boo
Radley to an innocent, defenseless
mockingbird.

Do you think heven and hell are real?i don't realy know but i geuss it's real

I do not
think that heaven and hell are real -- I believe they
are. Belief requires faith, and faith requires using a more earnest portion of the self; one
that is beyond the grey matter within our skulls.

Asserting the rationality
of mental logic and reason does not exclude the potential for human spirituality. In answering
questions of eternal magnitude, using one's brain in the place of one's heart is much like
trying to hammer a nail with a crescent wrench -- you may initially think it's getting the job
done, but isn't there a better answer? 

All this to say that yes, heaven and
hell (as described biblically) are very real to me personally. To each their own, as the old
saying goes.