In the light of your understanding of tragedy and the tragic hero, how is Oedipus the King a tragedy?

One of the
earliest and most influential of all
definitions ofwas proposed by the ancient Greek philosopher
Aristotle in his
work known as The Poetics. Aristotle greatly admiredplay

the King (), and indeed he seems to have
considered
it the finest tragedy in existence. Certainly the play exhibits a
number of traits that
Aristotle considered crucial to a successful tragedy,
including the following:

• The play exhibits a
  reversal of the sort Aristotle admired, as when he
  writes,

Reversal of the Situation is a change

by which the action veers round to its opposite, subject always to our rule of
probability or
necessity. Thus in the Oedipus, thecomes to cheer Oedipus and
free him from his alarms about his
mother, but by revealing who he is, he
produces the opposite effect. (Butcher
translation)

• The play exhibits recognition,
  which
  Aristotle defines as a change from ignorance to knowledge. He also writes
  that
  

The best form of
recognition is coincident
with a Reversal of the Situation, as in the
Oedipus.

• Aristotle thought
  that the best tragic figure would be highly renowned and
  prosperous, as
  Oedipus is initially.
• Aristotle thought that the tragic
  
  effects of pity and fear could be produced simply from hearing the plot of a tragedy, so
  that a
  tragedys success did not necessarily depend on being staged with
  spectacular means. He felt that
  hearing the plot alone of Sophocles
  Oedipus could produce pity and fear,
  thus indicating
  Sophocles skill as a dramatist.
• Aristotle felt that a
  good
  tragedy usually involved some deed of horror occurring between friends
  or between members of
  the same family, as in
  Oedipus.
• Aristotle felt that a
  
  tragedy should exclude the irrational element, either from its plot or from its
  presentation
  on stage. He thought that the latter exclusion occurred in
  Oedipus,
  particularly concerning Oedipuss ignorance
  about the manner of Laiuss death.


• Aristotle believed
  that

of all
recognitions,
the best is that which arises from the incidents themselves, where the
startling
discovery is made by natural means. Such is that in the Oedipus of
Sophocles.

• Aristotle
  commended Oedipus for
  being neither too long nor too
  short. He considered it exactly the right size to be an effective
  
  tragedy.

Above all, Aristotle believed that

Oedipus revealed all the key elements of an effective tragedy €“
elements
that Aristotle explained succinctly when he wrote that

Tragedy . . .is an imitation of an action that is
serious, complete, and of a certain
magnitude; in language embellished with
each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being
found in separate
parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity and

fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions.

Aristotle's definition of tragedy is perhaps the
most influential that has ever been
proposed.  In formulating his definition,
he seems to have had Sophocles' play in mind and to
have tested his
definition at practically every point to make sure that Oedipus

Rex would be the perfect illustration of his theory.

Proles / Party Why did the party appeal to prole patriotism? What was the party slogan about proles?

The Party
slogan that specifically references the proles is "Proles and animals are free." The
slogan cited above is aimed more at Party members than at the proles. Indeed, there is very
little effort expended to maintain the loyalty of the proles. The Party prefers to keep them
distracted through such means as the lottery, cheap trashy literature, and the pubs. Assays in
Chapter 7:

To keep them in control was not
difficult. A few agents of the Thought Police moved always among them, spreading false rumours
and marking down and eliminating the few individuals who were judged capable of becoming
dangerous; but no attempt was made to indoctrinate them with the ideology of the
Party.

Patriotism, as it exists in
, is not as relevant to the proles as it is to Party members. Proles are
more or less left alone to live their lives in dreary poverty in the squalid streets of
London. 

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How did Congress make certain that Southern states followed the laws of Reconstruction?

Maureen Powlowski

Through the so-called Black Codes, Southern elites sought to keep the status quo and
provide loopholes to the Thirteenth Amendment and the abolition of slavery. Owing to President
Andrew Johnson's policies and Southern white interests, enforcement even of congressional
legislation was elusive until Ulysses Grant won the presidency in 1868.

The
Civil Rights Acts, sometimes called the Enforcement Acts, passed in 1870€“71, sought to
guarantee equal protection under the law, the right to vote, the ability to serve on juries, and
the right to hold office for all American citizens regardless of race. Various breaches of
legality, including the use of terror and bribery, were expressly banned. Meanwhile, the
president was granted the right to use the army for purposes of enforcement. These federal laws
also provided for central government monitoring of local and state elections. Finally, officials
who stood in the way of enforcement of the acts were made liable in federal court.

Historians...

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How does Shakespeare use language to present Juliet?

One
quality that makesremarkable is her use of language, as one would expect in a Shakespearean
hero.

In , we enter a world in which language is
incredibly debased. Samson, , andespecially speak in vulgar terms, making joke after joke about
rape and masturbation. Everything that comes out of their mouths seems designed to proclaim that
the world is a dirty, bestial place. Even the Nurse offers this view. These are the people who
create Juliet's sheltered world.

may be less base, but his use of language
is filled with...

What are the similarities and differences between Daniel and Joel throughout the novel The Bronze Bow?

Daniel
and Joel are both committed young zealots, determined to drive the hated Roman occupier out of
Israel. They both display considerable courage throughout the story, showing a willingness to
risk their lives for others and for the Jewish people as a whole.

Their main
difference lies in their respective backgrounds: Joel comes from a wealthy family, whereas
Daniel grew up dirt-poor. Also, Joel's more cerebral than Daniel, a thinker more than a doer.
Nevertheless, that doesn't prevent him from actively getting involved in the armed struggle
against the Romans. But his forte is intelligence-gathering rather than hand-to-hand combat. We
see this when Joel dresses up as a servant and sells fish in the market place to get as much
information...

What is the primary theme in "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri?

s story
forces the reader to examine the difficulty of communication between adults. The characters in
the story must fight isolation, guilt, separation, and misunderstanding.

Mr.
Kapasi, the travel guide and interpreter of maladies, finds no comfort in his marriage.  Mr. and
Mrs. Das fail to interact and show no connection to each other or their children. This failure
to communicate extends into the relationships within the story with hurtful
consequences.

Mr. Kapasis life has been impacted by the death of his young
son which is the turning point in his life and marriage.   Not only does he suffer from the loss
of his son, but now his wife resents him because his job working with the doctor reminds her of
the death of her son.  

His wife separates herself from Mr. Kapasis job and
makes him feel like a failure because he has to work in this position. She does not talk to him
or even listen.  Her separation from him has left him...

Who are the "three mockingbirds" in To Kill a Mockingbird? Atticus says that it's a "sin to kill a mockingbird," and he uses the mockingbird as a...

says to
his children:

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can
hit €˜em, but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird.

As Atticus has never said before that it is a sin to do something,is curious, so she
asks Miss Maudie why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Miss Maudie explains:

Mockingbirds dont do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They
dont eat up peoples gardens, dont nest in corncribs, they dont do one thing but sing their
hearts out for us. Thats why its a sin to kill a mockingbird.

In other words, mockingbirds are a symbol in this novel of innocent people who do no
harm in the world and try to do good and who therefore shouldn't be persecuted.

The two obvious mockingbirds in the book are Tom Robinson and . Both are the objects of
fear and prejudice. Neither do any harm in the world, and both try to do good. Tom Robinson does
helpful tasks for Mayella Ewell and Boo saves Scout andfrom Bob Ewell's attempt to kill them.
When...

The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions. She regards with sincere reverence those ways of conduct and of life,...

What is
important about this statement is that it marks a change in the Church's stance towards the
adherents of other religions. The statement itself opens the door for the Catholic faithful to
pursue mutually satisfying relationships with people of other faiths, notably those of the
Jewish faith.

The document itself (although 50 years old) paved the way for
an improvement in Catholic-Jewish relations. It argued that, although "the Jewish
authorities and those who followed their lead pressed for the death of Christ," all Jews
should not be held...

In The Color of Waterby James McBride, what does James value (find important) in his life? Include quotations from the book to support ideas. This...

Three
things thatvalues are his mother, his siblings, and learning the truth about his biracial
identity. The entire book, as the subtitle indicates, is a tribute to his mother.

One place where McBride reveals how much he values his mother is in a part of her
narrative that he includes. While she and his father were married, she never traveled to North
Carolina, because they feared the family would be attacked. After his death, she takes his body
home to be buried. She later tells James,

I sat on that
train and said to myself, Im gonna take him home. I...

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Essay Topic What would be a good essay question comparing and/or contrasting some aspect of The Alchemist and Macbeth?

My favorite approach
to a compare and contrast essay is to choose a theme and discuss how it is explored in each
book.You want to choose a quotation from both books for each of your points.To do this, first
make a list of all of the themes in each book and see if any would also apply to the other
book.Then, start your essay!]]>

Are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States still important in American society today?

This is, of
course, a matter of opinion.  There is no objectively correct answer to this question.  My own
view is that only the 14th Amendment is still relevant.  However, many people would argue that
the 15th Amendment is as well.

I do not think the 13th Amendment has any
relevance today.  There is no one who would seriously argue that we would be in danger of having
the institution of slavery reappear in the US if the 13th Amendment were not part of the
Constitution.  This was an important amendment when it was written, but it is no longer
important.

I also do not think that there are many people who are interested
in depriving people of the right to vote because of race.  It may be true that Republicans are
pushing bills that might end up reducing the number of minorities who vote (picture ID laws, for
example), but I believe that they are typically doing this for partisan reasons.  I think they
are trying to deprive people of the right to vote because they are Democrats, not because they
are non-white.

The 14th Amendment, however, remains important.  It is
important mainly because it applies to people other than African Americans.  I do not think the
government is seriously interested in reinstituting segregation.  However, I do think the 14th
Amendment remains important for such things as gay rights. 

I would argue
that most rights of non-whites are no longer in danger from the government.  Therefore, I think
that these amendments are not as important as they once were.

In "Eveline," what is the pattern or structure of the development of the plot?

Michael Del Muro

"" is broken up into two parts: the first part consists of Eveline sitting at
her window, reminiscing on her childhood and on her family, and the second part consists of her
attempted escape with Frank. The first part of the story explains why her attempt to flee
Ireland fails and highlights one the main themes of Joyce's :
duty.

In the first part of the story, the third-person narrator describes
Eveline as she "leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of
dusty cretonne. She was tired." Then the narrator goes on to describe the changes to
the...

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How do imagination and reality interact in "Young Goodman Brown"? I want it in a type of introduction.

's
story is precisely about the relationship between imagination and reality. Goodman Brown may
have a powerful imagination, or strange things may have happened to him in the forest. It is
also possible that these strange things happen to him precisely because he is sensitive to
supernatural forces (through his imagination) that less sensitive people would not notice; that
is, Goodman is a visionary.

Hawthorne may be telling a story about one person
and his walk through the woods. He may also be relating anof a spiritual journey that includes
temptation and...

Point out and explain the figures of speech used in Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose?"

The most
importantin this poem is the , which compares two different things using the words
"like" or "as." In the first stanza, the speaker compares his love
("Luve") to a "red, red rose, / That's newly sprung in June." That is to say
that his love is like the rose at its most vibrant state in summer, its "reddest"
color (this is why the word "red" is repeated). As the rose is at its reddest color,
his love is at its fullest feeling. The speaker uses another simile to compare his love to a
melody that's played in tune. 

In the second stanza, the speaker uses a
simile again. He notes that his love is as deep as his lass is beautiful ("bonie"). If
she is very beautiful, his love is very deep. 

In the second and third
stanzas, the speaker uses(exaggeration) to say that he will love her until the seas go dry and
until "rocks melt wi' the sun." Although this seems like an eternity, it does have a
limitation: "until" the seas dry and rocks melt with the sun. 

O I will love thee still, my Dear,

While the
sands o' life shall run. 

These lines are ambiguous. He
could be saying that he will love her beyond the end of time, which is another example of
hyperbole. He might suppose he could love her beyond the end of time (love being beyond time)
but the best way he can express this is with this exaggeration. These lines could also mean that
he will love her until the end of time; still, an example of hyperbole since the end of time
seems so far away. 

In the last stanza, after professing his love, the
speaker notes that he is leaving for a "while." He promises to return even if it were
ten thousand miles. Quite difficult to travel ten thousand miles in 1794; therefore, this is
also hyperbole. Burns uses these exaggerations (hyperbole) and similes to show the depth and
degree of love. 

1984 describes a society in the future where every aspect of human life is controlled by the party in power. How true is this in real life?

The
dystopiadescribes in indeed has great relevance to our lives, as other
responders have pointed out. In fact, the correspondence between the book and our lives today
has so captured the imaginationand political commentarythat an entire web site has been devoted
to it. See trivia-library.com for lots of information on this topic. One example at that site
compares the Oceanic methods in the novel to those used by the US government through the FBI and
CIA. Certainly all of the press recently concerning the prison at Guantanamo, not to mention Abu
Ghraib in Iraq, suggests that representatives of our government have used unconstitutional not
to mention inhuman methods (contrary to the Geneva Convention) to obtain information when they
deem it necessary. Popular culture makes this seem heroic (if not sexy) in the television show
24. Find trivia-library on 1984 at

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In 1984, what makes Winston believe that proles are immortal?

is caught up
looking at the woman in the yard below the room over Charington's shop and he is caught in the
reverie of trying to imagine what her life must have been.  He is also struck by what he
perceives as her beauty even though she is old and reddened and fat and hardened over
time.

But it is because of her apparently eternal optimism, still evident in
her singing after years and years of bearing and then caring for children and then grandchildren
and even now as she toils unceasingly she sings.  And so Winston believes that the proles or the
concept of them is eternal, what could ever destroy this stalwart woman and her
kind?

Which metaphors and similes in the sermon were probably the most persuasive?

Figurative
language abounds in s famous 18th century sermon, . As a Puritan minister,
Edwards was mostly concerned with salvation, and this sermon specifically concerns itself mainly
with mans personal responsibility for sin and with Gods response to it. Through the use of a
number of literary devices such as , , and , Edwards makes his message clear.

Edwardss perspective of God is perhaps most evident in the, "The God that holds
you over the pit of Hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the
fire€¦" Here Edwards suggests Gods omnipotence and mans smallness in comparison. The choice
of spider, though, along with the...

Describe the most significant characteritics of the 6 major world religions (Cofucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism).

Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Hindusim are considered world religions
for two reasons. First, these religious traditions influence a large portion of the world's
population. These faith traditions are shared by several million people and...

What are some ways to maintain ownership??? Hi i was thinking of starting a business but, there has been alot of different ways to start one but, i...

Forming a sole
proprietorship is one way to maintain ownership. You could also form an "S"
corporation. If you are considering taking the company public by selling shares of stock you
could maintain ownership by limiting the number and type of shares. You could have preferred
stock and common stock. You could also limit stock options.

Characteristics Of A State

People
have tried to define a state going at least as far back as the days of Plato. In 1933,
representatives from a number of countries gathered in Uruguay to define what makes a state, in
what became known as the Montevideo Convention. They came up with four defining characteristics
that make up a state.

1. A state must have a clearly defined
   territory. It needs to be clear where that state is geographically. Its territory can have
   natural borders, like a seacoast, or border the territory of another state.


2. A state must have a permanent population. Antarctica has a clear territory, but since
   it has no permanent population, it cannot be considered a state.
3. A state
   must have a functioning government. A state needs to be administered by a governing body with
   rules and laws that are applicable within the defined border of that state.


4. A state must have the capacity to enter into relations with other states. This
   essentially means that a state is recognized by other states. In a sense, this is the...
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In traditional Igbo culture in Things Fall Apart, how are the deaths of children explained?

The
problem of infant death is explored inof . While there are many possible
causes for death at a young age, the concept of the ogbanje figures into
one common Igbo explanation for an infants death. Okwonko and...

What are some similarities and differences between haiku and free verse? I need at least three points for each.

First,
neitherorrely on end rhymes or a set meter for their effect. Second, both are often used to
convey emotion. Third, both often have longing or a love of nature as themes.

A main difference, however, is that haiku is a very formal, rigidly proscribed poetic
form. It must be exactly seventeen syllables (at least in the English haiku traditionJapanese
haiku can have different forms). While it has no set meter, it does require five syllables in
the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. Also, unlike haiku, free verse can
be fully narrativeit can allow the poet to tell a long story. Further, some free verse can be
mistaken for prose, but haiku is always recognizably haiku.

The concision
required by haiku forces the poet to concentrate on one point and remove all that is extraneous,
which can lead to poems of strong emotional impact. Free verse, by liberating the poet from any
artificial constraints of rhyme or meter, can also, albeit through opposite means (lack of rigid
structure), allow the poet the opportunity to write poems of great impact. Interestingly, free
verse poems of the Imagist school, such as William Carlos Williams's "The Red
Wheelbarrow," imitate the concision, if not the exact form, of haiku.

exceptional children - should they be labelled? Advatanges and disadvantages of labelling your students

To speak only on the
notion of applying labels, the trick seems to be finding a way to offer praise and distinction
without also categorizing or creating perceived divisions. We want to communicate status,
recognize abilities, etc., but we don't want to isolate individuals or marginalize
people.

This is not only an educational issue, but a social one. As mentioned
already, this issue is centrally a political correctness issue, however, the problematic nature
of the issue is psychological. The perceptions that are interpreted to have political content
actually, first and foremost, have a psychological content. 

I think the
first question is: How do people respond to labelling, positive or negative?

The next questions then deal with how to weigh the problems of labelling against the
benefits of tracking in education and the political (large scale social) ramifications of
creating policies that actively use labelling.

Being devout, the father set an example for his children in honesty and chastity. Is this true or false?

Absolutely
false, in fact I think the argument would be that he is serving as an example of dishonesty and
certainly being un-chaste as he chases and continues affairs.

He is willing
to cheat anyone who he can...

What types of things did James Mcbride inherit from his mother, Ruth Mcbride?

James
inherits  his intellect, his committment to education as a form of self-empowerment, and his
revolutionary philosophy of race through a spiritualized lense. When McBride honors his mother's
achievement by lifting up the educational successes of her children he reinforces the power of
education. But the most astonishing thing about the book is the way he and his mother bring a
new racial identificationand theory to bear, Ruth in her life and James in his...

What point is Jamaica Kincaid trying to get across in the story "Girl"?

s short story
is told through a list form that
blends dialogue with instructions. Although names are not
used, we can deduce
from the title and some of the instructions that it is most likely a mother

speaking to her daughter. The story takes the form of a single sentence that is strung
together
by semicolons, with each semicolon separating one instruction from
the next.

Despite the storys brevity, this long sentence
quickly becomes overwhelming, and this
overwhelming nature is exactly the
point of Kincaids story. Girl reveals the challenges of
being a woman in a
patriarchal society. It is so challenging, in fact, that even female-female

relationships are unfortunately organized around criticism instead of love.

The quantity and variety of instructionsas the girl is instructed
how to sweep, how to sew, how
to set a table for the different meals, and so
onreveals the role that gender plays in labor.
The titular girl needs no name
because she...

Who is Gulliver's worst enemy at the Lilliputian court in Gulliver's Travels?

After his
initial negative reception in Lilliput, Gulliver soon became a friend to most of the
Lilliputians, and the Emperor especially enjoys his company and respects him. However, Gulliver
has two enemies who in the end force him to escape from Lilliput to avoid severe bodily injury
and death. The Empress became his enemy when he put out a raging fire in her apartments by
urinating on that section of the palace. The Empress was so mortified that she moved out of that
part of the palace and refused to have it...

What is the beef trust mentioned in The Jungle?

A trust is
any group or organization that controls supplies or commodities of some sort. There are various
trusts that work with conglomerates and organizations to control and maintain the production of
various goods like pharmaceuticals, agricultural products, and similar items. In the book, the
beef trust is a group of organizations with a vested interest in the production and sale of
beef.

There are several major players that all run various packing houses in
Packingtown, and they make up the regional industry of meet production. Because of their
ownership of and interest in the industry, they have become the Beef Trust. Together, they
control all the production of meet in the region of Packingtown and work to ensure that the
market remains stable and in their favor.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, who were the four witnesses at Tom Robinson's trial?

A

witness is defined as anyone who can present evidence in a
case
("Witness," West's Encyclopedia of American Law,
2nd. ed.). In
Harper Lee's , Tom Robinson's trial was
extremely unusual due to
lack of evidence and
the fact that only two out of four people who
testified at the trial can
genuinely be considered witnesses,
though the
plaintiff and the defendant of a case certainly can testify as

witnesses.

In the case, Mayella
Ewell is
considered the
plaintiff, the person who is accusing another of

wrongdoing. Tom Robinson is considered the

defendant, the person who is being accused of a crime or
offense
and is denying involvement (West's Encyclopedia of American
Law, 2nd. ed.).
Both the plaintiff and the defendant certainly
can serve as
witnesses by taking the witness
stand to state their own testimonies of what
occurred; however, their
testimonies are given less weight than the testimonies of actual
witnesses,
and the burden of proof always rests on the plaintiff. In other words, it would
have
been Mayella's responsibility to prove the crime actually took place,
and her own
testimony alone would
not serve as proof. In the
case, both Mayella
and Robinson served as witnesses by taking the stand. While it is more common

for plaintiffs to take the witness stand, it is less common for defendants to take the
witness
stand, and defendants are Constitutionally protected from having to
do so. Often, a defense
lawyer will not call a defendant to the witness stand
should he/she say something that damages
the case under cross-examination by
the prosecuting attorney. However, in this case,felt he had
no witness to
call other than Robinson himself.

One
key
witness in the trial is Sheriff Heck
Tate, who
testifies having seen Mayella looking very beaten
up. Sheriff Tate gives two crucial statements
that give Atticus
grounds to motion to dismiss the case, a motion

he sadly does not make. Sheriff's first crucial statement is that a doctor was not
summoned to
examine Mayella on the evening in question. Sheriff Tate states
the following to Atticus in
defense of having not called a doctor:

It wasn't
necessary, Mr. Finch. She was mighty
banged up. Something sho' happened, it was obvious. (Ch.
16)

However, Mayella isn't just accusing Robinson of

having abused her; she is accusing him of having raped her, and based on the
principle
corpus delicti, meaning body of the crime, it
is illegal to try a defendant
without concrete evidence that the crime
actually took place. A doctor's testimony would be
essential for Mayella's
proof, and without such proof, the case could have legally been
dismissed.
The second crucial statement Sheriff Tate makes is that Mayella was bruised in
her
right eye, which could have only been accomplished by a left-handed
person facing her. Since
Robinson is crippled in his left arm and hand, this
second statement of Sherrif Tate's also
gives Atticus grounds
to motion to dismiss the case, which he sadly
does not
do.

Last, Bob Ewell, Mayella's
father,
serves as the only eyewitness in the
trial. He testifies hearing
Mayella scream inside the house and running up to
the window to see "that black nigger
yonder ruttin' on my Mayella" (Ch. 16).
However, Ewell's testimony is later
contradicted
by Mayella's own testimony, in which says she saw her father
"standing over
[her] hollerin' who done it, who done it?" (Ch. 18). If Ewell had truly

witnessed the event, he would have had no reason to ask Mayella who the culprit was,
which helps
to expose the Ewells' lies.

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Evaluate the domestic and international leadership of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman during World War II. Be sure to include details on how they...

Franklin
Roosevelt was president during the Great Depression and for much of WWII.  He created a system
of public works projects, managed agricultural production, and created worker protections such
as a minimum wage and social security.  He was able to get most of his domestic agenda through
Congress because of the desperation of the Great Depression and his immense popularity.  It was
only when the Supreme Court went against some of his programs did the Roosevelt domestic agenda
lose steam.  

In foreign policy, Roosevelt negotiated lend-lease with
Britain in the early days of WWII. He also sent naval escorts to ensure that war materiel would
reach Britain, thus creating a state of undeclared war with German submarines. Roosevelt enacted
the first peacetime draft in American history. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Roosevelt
administration encouraged industry to create enough munitions for the US, Britain, and the
Soviet Union. Roosevelt also authorized the integration of...

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Is there something different about the way the students at Hailsham seek to conform?

I think
that one way in which the students' conformity is fundamentally different is rooted in a fear of
unknown.  To an extent, perhaps Ishiguro is making a statement about all conformity rooting from
the fear of the unknown.  The students at the school possess this fear to a higher degree in
their condition as being harvested clones.  For the students, conformity is a confirmation that
they are like "everyone else."  Their conformity arises from the condition that there
is something different about them.  If they conform, the psychological comfort offered is that
they are not different, but rather the same "like everyone else."  In the students'
eyes, being different is not a good thing.  Thus, the need to conform is driven by an unsettling
desire to simply be seen like "everyone else."  

Their conformity
is driven by the need for acceptance and not negation.  In this, Ruth's desire to be a mid-
level office worker is understood.  An office worker does not raise flags as to difference.
 Ruth, like the other children at the school, seeks to fight the inevitable difference that
defines her being.  In doing so, conformity is something accepted as an almost automatic notion
of the good.

What role does weather play in Things Fall Apart?

Weather
is important primarily because the Igbo are an agrarian society. As such they are immediately
dependent on weather for their livelihood, and their religious beliefs are connected to the role
of the elements, with the rain-maker conducting rituals at particular times. Achebe likens
severe deviation from the expected conduct of the world to madness. In regard to the novels
plot, a bad year of drought alternating with excessive rain plays an important role. Despite s
tremendous work ethic, just putting in more time cannot save the yams ().

Okonkwo, determined to act on a large scale, obtains 800 additional seed-yams from
Nwakibie and 400 from his father. Initially, he sows his own plants. Unfortunately, this turns
out to be

the worst year in living memory. Nothing
happened at its proper time; it was either too early or too late. It seemed as if the world had
gone mad.

For two months, the people endure a drought,
watching...

How can the included sentence be edited for better wording and expression? "1984 and "The Matrix" were created to challenge the propaganda and...

The original
sentence is this: 

" and "The Matrix"
were created to challenge
the propaganda and control hidden beneath the set of values and ethics
that
are centred towards their respective zeitgeists."

My first
action
would be to consider what the main claim is in the sentence.  The
claim concerns two piece of
art; the book 1984  and
the...

What does the title "Speedboat to Polynesia" imply in Guns, Germs, and Steel?

"Speedboat to Polynesia" is the
title of chapter 17 in 's , a Pulitzer Prize-winning non- book which
examines the causes and consequences of significant historical migrations and thereby explains
the emergence of Europe as a modern, global, cultural, and economic hegemony.

In chapter 17, Diamond describes and explains the period of Austronesian expansion from
the Chinese mainland and to the Pacific, or Polynesian Islands. This expansion began
approximately six thousand years ago and endured for thousands of years thereafter. The
"speedboat" in the chapter's title refers specifically to the sailing canoes without
which this migration would not have been possible.

These canoes were, at the
time, particularly remarkable because, owing to the use of outriggers (logs attached to the boat
to act as floats), they were much more stable than ordinary canoes. These new canoes could,
therefore, sail for longer distances and more quickly than the ordinary, conventional canoes
previously used. The migration would not have been possible, or at least would have taken much
longer, without these new, improved canoes.

The title of the chapter is also
somewhat ironic. These new canoes were obviously not "speedboats" by today's
standards, and the expansion they helped to facilitate in fact took thousands of years, which
ostensibly does not appear to be particularly speedy. Nonetheless, the initial period of
southward expansion was, by contemporary standards, rather rapid.

The
Austronesian expansion also facilitated a rapid spread of technology (stone tools, pottery, food
production, writing) and culture (diet, language). Diamond points specifically to "around
1600 BC" as a time when the Austronesian expansion, specifically as regards culture,
"assumed a speedboat pace." From this moment on, he says, the "bearers of the
cultural package raced eastward into the previously uninhabited Pacific Ocean beyond the Solomon
Archipelago."

Therefore, the title of chapter 17, "Speedboat to
Polynesia," implies firstly the significance of the aforementioned double-outrigger sailing
canoe, without which the Austronesian expansion would not have been possible, at least not at
that time. And, secondly the title also implies the relative speed of the migration (of people,
culture, goods, and technologies) that those canoes were largely responsible
for.

In the story "The Pit and the Pendulum," how does Poe use imagery in the first paragraph?

The narrator employs
auditory imagery that describes something heardwhen he
says,

the sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed merged
in one dreamy indeterminate hum. It conveyed to my soul the idea of
revolutionperhaps from its association in fancy with the burr of a
mill-wheel.

This is particularly interesting in that he
connects something that one might hear with a description of something one might see, using
visual imagery. He describes movement, the revolution or turning of
a mill-wheel, in order to describe the way his inquisitors' voices sound. This combination of
two different kinds of imagery, both visual and auditory, is called
synesthesia.

More visual
imagery follows when the narrator describes the appearance of his judges whose
voices he's just described:

I saw the lips of the
black-robed judges. They appeared to me whitewhiter than the sheet upon which I trace these
wordsand thin even to grotesqueness; thin with the intensity of their expression of
firmness

They...

What is ironic about the last stanza and what does the poem suggest about poetry and poets? What if your english teacher says its time to cast...

It seems
to me thein the last stanza of the poem stems from this line: "to look into your
soul."  The English teacher is finally allowing students the freedom to explore and examine
and reflect (much to the nerdy student's dismay, as he's the one who only loves true and false,
right and wrong).  The second stanza sets the reader up for great things.  It's a sunny day,
students are gleefully cheering, they get to have class outside--and the studies will revolve
around poetry. Everything sounds like it will be a glorious time of reading and writing poetry,
of introspection and discovery.  Only the nerdy student shudders at the thought, perhaps
understanding that what he will soon discover is not going to be pleasant.  That's why the last
stanza is ironic--the much hoped for break from facts and data and the opportunity
for introspection (self-examination) has led to self-discovery, and what they find isn't
pretty.  In fact,

the cheers subside

quicker than you can say

please shoot me

just
shoot me now and put me out of my misery.

The joy is gone
in the face of discovering what lives inside our hearts and souls.  This is, of course, a
one-sided view of the power of poetry, for it also has the power to inspire and create passion
where there was none.  In this poem, though, poetry is used as a mirror into what we'd prefer
not to see in our own souls. 

Please write about Emma's education in Emma.

is, in part, a critique
of upperclass women's education. More than one scholar has
traced Mary
Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women, a
work
which argues for better education for women, as a source for Austen's
novel.

Emma is educated by her governess, Miss Taylor,
who, as the novel opens, has married
and become Mrs. Weston. Miss Taylor is a
kind-hearted woman, but acts more as a companion than
authority figure to her
motherless charge.

We learn that Emma draws up many
plans
for diligently pursuing reading, but never follows through on them. She can read
and
write, paint and play the piano, but she has never been disciplined
enough in any of these
activities to do them well. The novel implies that
Emma's haphazard education contributes to her
half-baked attempts at
matchmaking. Bored and half-educated, she makes what could have been
serious
trouble for Harriet Smith with her interference, except that, like in
A
Midsummer Night's Dream, which Emma misquotes, the
story is a...

How do you think that most people in Edwards's audience responded to his "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" speech?

Edwards
wanted his sermon to have a powerful effect; not just on his immediate audience, his
congregation, but on everyone throughout the American colonies. He wanted his words to enter
into the hearts and minds of all who heard and read them, changing their lives completely, and
for the better.

The immediate response of Edwards' audience was one of fear
and great emotional torment. Edwards' words were so lurid and descriptive, his oratorical skills
so powerful and overwhelming, that many in the audience fainted at what seemed like the very
real prospect of being confined to the raging flames of Hell for all eternity. Those who didn't
pass out and managed to stay the course for the duration of Edwards' sermon will doubtless have
resolved to change their ways there and then. They will have taken to heart Edwards' compelling
message that society was becoming increasingly lax in its adherence to the tenets of Christian
morality, and urgently needed to repent of its sins.

According to Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, what are the eight prerequisites for turning a wild plant into a domesticate?

The answer
to this question can be found in Chapter 7 of .  There, Diamond describes a
number of criteria that make it more likely that a plant will be domesticated.

The first criterion is size. If a plant has larger fruit, it is likelier to be
domesticated because people will be able to get more food for a given amount of effort as they
picked the food.  The second criterion is taste.  Plants that...

Is Susie an unbiased narrator? Does she soften the impact of her mother's infidelity, etc.?

Yes, she does
understand more than a regular first person narrator would understand, but she is in no way
unbiased.  She tries to be understanding, and she generally is, but she does have an opinion on
who is doing what and how that effects everyone else.  For example, she sometimes sends
"prayers down to earth," in hoping for a...

What is Santiago's dream in Coelho's The Alchemist?

The story opens
with Santiago at a dilapidated church where he stays for the night with his sheep. He dreams a
dream for the second time here and decides to go to a gypsy in town to have it read for him. It
is with the gypsy that Santiago describes the details of this dream. First, he is in the field
with his sheep when a child appears to him. The child then plays with the sheep, which causes
him to tell the child to stop. He believes that the sheep don't like strangers. Apparently, the
child ignores Santiago in the dream and continues to play with the sheep for a long time. All of
a sudden, the child gets up, takes him by both hands, and transports him all the way to the
Egyptian pyramids. This is curious to Santiago because in his inexperienced life, he had never
even known what the pyramids were; so, having a dream about something he had never seen or known
before proves that it is not of his own making. In the dream, the child then says to him,
"If you come here, you will find a hidden treasure" (13-14). The dream stops there and
Santiago wakes up. The gypsy then postpones payment for the reading and tells him to pay her ten
percent when he finds his treasure. 

What are some oxymorons in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

There are
dozens of oxymorons in s. Anis a rhetorical device that combines two words
that appear contradictory. In his plays, William Shakespeare frequently employs oxymorons to
reveal conflicting or complex emotions in his characters. Here are some of the more famous
examples from the tragedy ofand .

Whenadvises Romeo to abort his relationship
with Rosalind, Romeo melodramatically replies,

Heres much
to do with hate, but more with love.
Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate . .
.

Shakespeares use of oxymoron here reveals the raging
infatuation Romeo feels for his crush. The strength of Romeos infatuation is emphasized by
pairing hate, one of the strongest negative emotions, with the positive emotion of
love.

Later, when Romeo is rejected by Rosalind, he again uses several back
to back oxymorons to express his tortured emotional state.

Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep that
is not what it is!

One final example of oxymoron is
uttered by Juliet in Act III when she learns that Romeo has killed her cousin . Attempting to
process the fact that the man she loves has murdered a family member, she exclaims,

A damn¨d saint, an honorable villain!

Juliet uses oxymoron to mirror her conflicting emotions of sadness and anger at the
death of her cousin and the love she feels for Romeo. In this moment of distress, Juliet cannot
decide whether to curse or honor her lover, nor can she determine whether Romeo is a saint or a
villain.

These are just a few of the oxymorons in Shakespeares tragedy Romeo
and Juliet. Good luck finding more for yourself as you study the play!

What did Martin Luther King, Jr mean when he used banking metaphors in his speech at the March on Washington?

In his
speech at the March on Washington, best known for his "dream," King described the
United States as having "defaulted" on a "promissory note insofar as her citizens
of color are concerned." By this King meant that the United States was founded on the
promise that all men were created equal, and that everyone in the nation, including
African-Americans, was entitled to equality under the law and equality of opportunity. This
"promissory note" was first issued in the Declaration of Independence and reiterated
in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. But it was one that was clearly not
being honored, as Jim Crow laws, discrimination in voting, and de facto segregation in American
cities effectively made African-Americans second-class citizens. So when King said at the March
that "we have come to...cash a check" he meant that the purpose of the Civil Rights
Movement was to force the federal government, and American society as a whole, to live up to its
promise of equality for all Americans. It was a powerful rhetorical turn, because it emphasized
that for King, the Civil Rights Movement was not about asking for charity. It was about claiming
things that all Americans were entitled to, or forcing (not requesting) the United States to
honor its obligations. In the context of the march, this meant passing federal civil rights
legislation.

What characters are mostly involved with the theme of love versus infatuation in Romeo and Juliet?

The
characters in who are most involved with the theme of true love versus
infatuation are , Rosaline, and . Although Romeo and Juliet have come to symbolize
"true" love, the action of the play does not allow for that interpretation. It is
apparent that both Romeo and Juliet are in the throes of strong infatuation. Romeo simply
transfers his infatuation from Rosaline to Juliet.

As the play opens,tries to
get Romeo to attend the feast at the Capulets' home in order to get his mind off Rosaline,
"whom thou so loves." He's convinced that once Romeo lays eyes on some of the other
pretty women of Verona who will be at the party, he'll quickly forget about his
"love"...

What is Virgil's advice to Dante spoken at the gate of hell?

In3, Dante
and Virgil read the inscription written on the gates of hell: "Abandon all hope, ye who
enter here." These words unnerve Dante, who says to Virgil that the words are
"hard" for him. Virgil then tells him,

Here you
must give up all irresolution.

Virgil warns him he must
be very brave and put all cowardice to "death," because he is about to see very
unpleasant things. The people in hell will be "sorrow laden," because they gave up
goodness.

Dante goes forward toward hell in order to see "things hidden
from the world."

When Charon does not want to take Dante across the
river, not seeing him as one of the damned, Virgil tells him that this is a good sign that he
will not end up in hell after death.

All in all, the entry into hell is a
frightening prospect that Dante recoils from in dread. Virgil advises him that it is not for the
faint of heart. By warning Dante to be courageous because he will see terrible things, Virgil
also warns the reader of what is to come. However, for Dante, knowledge is more important than
fear.

How were Black People prevented from voting despite the 15th amendment?

Though the
1870 Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted African American men the right to vote,
mechanisms like literacy tests and poll taxes prevented many from doing so. Moreover, employers,
white mobs, and organizations like the Ku Klux Klan used threats and intimidation to keep
African American men from the polls.

In Mississippi, for example, a poll tax
had to be paid two years before a scheduled election per the state's Constitution; this
prevented many from voting. Literacy tests included tasks such as reading a part of the state's
Constitution and explaining it to the county clerk, at whose discretion the prospective voter
would be deemed literate or illiterate. Literacy tests for white men were generally much
simpler, to assure their success.

Some states required voters to own
property, and fewer African Americans than whites were able to meet this requirement. Some
states did not allow anyone who had been arrested to vote, and often, African Americans were
arrested on trumped-up charges for this reason. And lastly, some states would occasionally purge
the lists of registered voters, only allowing re-registration after an important
election.

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Who does Goldstein say Big Brother is in Part 2, Chapter 9 of 1984?

comes across
this information during his perusal of Emmanuel Goldsteins book, which he got hold of via
OBriens arrangements. Big Brother is an entity through which the Party has personified itself in
order to elicit desired responses from the people because human beings would relate more to
another human being as opposed to a faceless organization. Therefore, Big Brother is not an
actual person but rather a face that depicts the Partys utmost ideals. Big Brother is the leader
of the Party and positioned at the very peak of the hierarchical structure of Oceania. In this
societys structure, Big Brother is followed by the Inner Party, the Outer Party and the proles
respectively. Big Brother is perfect in all his ways; he is omniscient, omnipresent, and
immortal among other admirable qualities.