In the short story, "The Cask of Amontillado", how does Edgar Allan Poe use the 5 senses of literature?

As with most stories, sight is the sense most frequently
invoked. Poe gives the reader
a visual description of Fortunatoin his fools
motley with absurd cap and bellsand makes
Montresor a more elegant, sinister
figure in his black silk mask and
roquelaure. The vast
catacombs of Montresors house, with walls of piled
bones, casks, and
puncheons are described as crusted with niter which hangs like moss on the

walls, lending a suitably gothicof decay to the narrative.

The
description of
niter also employs the sense of touch when Montresor says in a
chilling physical image that the
drops of moisture trickle along the bones.
Sound is used to similar effect in Fortunatos
incessant cough and then in the
succession of loud and shrill screams, mockingly echoed and
redoubled by
Montresor. At last, there is the feeble attempt at laughter by a man whose
spirit
has been broken.

Ironically, the two senses
missing from the story are those
of taste and smell, the
very...

Which symbols in "Young Goodman Brown" represent evil and create gothic or gloomy tone?

Themes in
thethat contribute to the gloomy or evil tone is the woods. The woods, in christianity,
reresents the unknown,...

In "Hills Like White Elephants," how does setting reveal aspects of the plot?

In
Hemingway's "," the setting consists of a caf© at a train station where the woman and
man are drinking and a compelling, attractive background landscape that is dominated by hills,
which the girl describes as looking like "white elephants."

Nothing
really happens of significance, in terms of overt plot developments, but something significant
is about to happen. Whatever is about to happen constitutes the
"elephant" in the setting. Yes, there are the hills, but the figurative elephant in
the story is the surgical procedure that the woman is about to have. The characters are on their
way to somewhere, as indicated by the...

Describe the experiences of African-Americans during the Great Depression and as they took part in World War II.

The economic
advances that almost all Americans made during the 1920s, including some African-Americans,
might have been enough to kickstart a civil rights movement, if the Depression hadn't
immediately destroyed the tiny black middle class and distracted the nation for more than a
decade.  Blacks were hit especially hard during the Great Depression, struggling through with
sharecropping in the South, and relegated largely to the service industry elsewhere and hard
labor in northern factories.  While the economics of the rest of the country prevented social
advancement, it also for the most part kept racism, unlike how it had been in the 1920s, at a
less violent level.  That is not to say the Ku Klux Klan was not still active.

As the Depression gave way to World War II, large numbers of African-Americans joined
the military or were drafted, just as it was for the rest of the country's population.  While
fighting in segregated units, and rarely sent into combat, black soldiers served honorably and
fought well in units such as the Red Ball Express (blacks made up 75% of transport units), the
Tuskegee Airmen, and armored units.  They served primarily in Europe and North Africa.  They
also experienced difficulties adjusting back to a civilian life after the war in a society that
still, legally and socially told them they were second class citizens.

Jack vs. Abigail: Methods of Grief My heart went out to Jack during the course of the novel. Jack: loving father endlessly devoted to finding and...

Wow! 
Such great posts!  Thank you so much for responding, especially for allowing me to see the other
side of the issue (which was the reason for my post in the first place).  Now it's time to
re-read and re-explore!!!  : )

How is Crooks's character marginalized in Of Mice and Men? John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

Crooks
is the African American stable hand, who takes care of the horses and lives by himself in a
small room attached to the barn. Being that Crooks is the only black employee on the ranch, he
is discriminated against and marginalized throughout the novella. Unlike the other white
workers, Crooks is forced to live by himself and not allowed to room with the other men in the
bunkhouse. In ,enters Crooks's room uninvited, and Crooks reveals the extent of his loneliness.
Crooks tells Lennie that there is only one black family in Soledad, and says that nobody listens
to anything he has to say because he is a Negro. Crooks tells Lennie,

"If I say something, why it's just a nigger sayin' it."
(35)

Crooks then tells Lennie that he needs someone to
keep him company and feels left out because he's not allowed to stay in the bunkhouse or play
rummy with the white workers. Later on, Curley's wife enters Crooks's room, where she makes
everyone feel uncomfortable and is asked to leave. After Crooks tells her to get out of his
room, she replies,

"Listen, Nigger . . . You know
what I can do to you if you open your trap?" (39)

Curley's wife marginalizes Crooks by threatening him and treating him unfairly. Crooks
knows that he is defenseless against Curley's wife's accusations and is forced to keep quiet.
Overall, Crooks lives an isolated, lonely life, where he is excluded from certain activities and
privileges.

Who is the doctor in "The Scarlet Letter"?

The older, slightly
deformed man who presents himself asis actually 's husband, the man who has been missing for two
years.He is not actually a physician, but he feels that his past education and the knowledge he
has gained from the Native Americans has prepared him to act as a doctor.To this end, he tells
Hester,

"My old studies in alchemy [...] and my
sojourn, for above a year past, among a people well versed in the kindly properties of simples,
have made a better physician of me than many that claim the medical degree."

No one has seen Chillingworth for two years because he has
evidently endured a shipwreck (he says "mishaps by sea and land") and was then
captured and kept a prisoner ("held in bonds") by the Native Americans who live south
of Boston.One of his captors has brought him to Boston in order to "redeem" him out of
his captivity.(This was actually a not uncommon practice among Indian tribes; they might kidnap
a colonist and then ransom that person back to their community for goods or
food.)

Have anyone heard of Louise's Labe sonnet 23? If so what techniques does she use?

Louise Labe's
Sonnet 23 is a Petrarchan, or Italian, sonnet.  A sonnet always has 14 lines, written in iambic
pentameter (10 syllables per line, with alternating unaccented and accented syllables), but
Petrarchan sonnets can follow different rhyme schemes. 

A Petrarchan
sonnet is divided into two parts: an octave (the first 8 lines) and a sestet (the next 6
lines).  Usually, the octave follows an A-B-B-A-A-B-B-A rhyme scheme, but in the case of this
poem, it is A-B-B-A-C-D-D-C.  The sestets' rhyme schemes can vary - for this poem, it's
E-F-F-E-G-G.

Most Petrachan sonnets deal with unattainable, or unrequited,
love.  They also often speak of the beloved (usually the woman) in exaggerated, or hyperbolic,
terms.  In this sonnet, however, the woman is the speaker, and she is recalling how her lover
USED TO speak of her this way.  She states:

     You used to pour out lavish
praise
     For my fair face, my honey-colored hair,
     My deep, blue eyes,
and for my striking flair.
     And O, my dearest one, I miss those days! (Labe
1-4)

Now, it seems, their loves has taken a turn for the worst as the result
of an argument.  Still, though, in this sonnetplays a big role: as a result of their separation,
the speaker says she "thought the sun had dropped down from the sky" (Labe
8).

Why did Norton play a big role in The Pigman?

Norton Kelly
is a kid who is headed for real trouble. While John and Lorraine toe the line and get into
problematic situations, they are basically good and well-meaning at heart. Norton, however, is
hard core, and John ascribes to him sociopathic characteristics. John says about
Norton,

"now his eyes even drift out of focus when
you're...

In "Richard Cory" what is the meaning of "irony of situation" in the poem?

Situationalis created
when something happens, often to someone, that is the opposite of what we would expect to
happen. For example, the firehouse burning down or a police officer getting robbed would be
typical examples of situational irony. We would not expect the firehouse to burn down because
the fire fighters and all their equipment are there, and because its burning defies expectation
in such a significant way, situational irony is created. The poem, " ," presents an
individual who seems to have it all, and we would, therefore, expect him to be very happy and
contented with his life. However, instead of being happy, Cory must be tragically unhappy
because he takes his own life. He is described as "a gentleman from sole to crown, / Clean
favored, and imperially slim." He has perfect manners and charm, and he even looks rather
regal. He actually "fluttered pulses" when he speaks to people and "glittered
when he walked." In other words, he must be extremely...

In "To Kill a Mockingbird", why did Aunt Alexandra come to stay with the Finches?

Aunt Alexandra decides
to stay with the Finches
to give"some feminine influence" (Chap 13). However, it has
become apparent
that there is more to the reason...

How did the process of Romanization of the empire occur?

Romanization refers to the assimilation of conquered territories into the Roman
Republic and later Empire. In an attempt to create a cultural link between the Romans and those
they conquered, it was encouraged to assimilate and acculturate conquered peoples into
Rome.

There were different ways of romanizing the provinces. Sometimes it
would happen from the top down; upper Patrician classes in Roman provinces would adopt Roman
culture, and it would then filter down to the peasants and those further from the cities.
Occasionally, children would be taken from outlying region and be educated in city-centers with
Roman values; we could see this as either the children were wards of Rome or captured hostages
meant to keep Roman provinces from rebelling.

Other ways Romanization
occurred was by sending Roman citizens to the outlying regions of the Empire, such as retired
soldiers who were given plots of land throughout the empire. These soldiers would then encourage
Roman laws, customs, and...

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Is this story successful in living up to Hemingway's assertion that the "dignity of movement of an ice-berg" has to do with what is submerged?

Hemingway
believed that the omission of certain
facts about characters or plot helped strengthen his
stories. He hoped that
readers would bring their own interpretations and abilities to infer

important details. For example, in the novel , Hemingway never
overtly
tells his reader that Jake Barnes is impotent because of a wound
suffered during World War I,
yet the fact is implied and acts as afor the
impotence of his generation.

On
the surface, the short
story " " appears to be about a casual conversation between two
lovers as
they travel through Spain. Hemingway, however, immediately signals that there is
a
problem in the first paragraph with his...

What lines from Juliet's soliloquy (act 3-scene 2) show: joy, impatience, passion, innocence & her love for Romeo? Please include the line numbers :)

There
are numerous lines showing 's impatience. For example, in the first four lines of the , Juliet
is saying, "Night, hurry up and get here!" In lines 17, she urges night and  to come,
and in lines 20 and 21, she repeats this urging. In lines 28-31, she compares herself to
"an impatient child" who has new clothes she is not allowed to wear until the festival
begins. I think it would be fair to say that her impatience show her...

Why was Utnapishtim selected? Who selected him?

Utnapishtim is a major character in the final
section of the anonymous Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh, after the
death of his friend Enkidu, is seeking personal immortality and meets Utnapishtim on this
quest.

The story of Utnapishtim forms a backstory to the section of the epic
revolving around Gilgamesh's quest for immortality. As many critics have noted, the tale of
Utnapishtim is similar to the Biblical tale of Noah and the ark.

The god
Enlil was irritated by the incessant noise made by human beings and decided to annihilate all
human life by sending a giant flood. The god Ea disagreed with this choice and selected
Utnapishtim to build a giant boat and preserve his family, animals, and possessions through the
flood. The reason for this choice was because Utnapishtim was considered pious and virtuous, but
few other details are given. In Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim is portrayed as
wise, loyal, modest, and pious, and thus deserving of the immortality he was granted.

Why is Mrs. Who's quote in chapter 12 relevant to Meg and IT or to good and evil?

The
quotation that Mrs. Who gives to Margaret in chapter 12 is 1 Corinthians
1:25-28:

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men;
and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not
many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen
the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the
world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which
are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that
are.

This "gift" makes sense when it is combined
with the gift that Mrs. Whatsit gives Margaret: something that she has that IT does not. That
thing is love, which is foolish and confounding to IT (to confound means to frustrate). The
"weakness of God" is the ability to forget yourself and love the other person, which
is how Margaret defeats IT and rescues Charles Wallace.

How is the theme of otherness presented in Never Let Me Go?

Though we
come to knowKathy and her friends Ruth and Tommy as real, feeling people, the story unfolds to
reveal the strange lives they live as not-quite people. Kathy and her friends are clones who
have been raised in a home for children and go on to become organ donors and caregivers in
adulthood. As readers, we know that they have thoughts and feelings like any other person, but
we must also accept (as they have done) that Kathy and her peers have very little agency in
their lives. Despite their innate human qualities and capacities, they have been brought into
the world and raised for the sole purpose of harvesting their organs. For this reason, I think
that the rest of society has chosen...

In Animal Farm, how does Snowball's scapegoat status benefit Napoleon and the pigs?

Makinginto a scapegoat is very handy forand the pigs because from then on, every time
something goes wrong on the farm they can blame it on him. It doesn't even matter that
Snowball's no longer around;can make up some ridiculous story about Snowball sneaking back to
the farm at night and committing acts of sabotage like wrecking the windmill.

So long as Snowball's still alive, Napoleon's determined to place him at the center of
a gigantic counter-revolutionary conspiracy in which the banished pig is working in cahoots with
Mr. Jones to overthrow the Animalist regime and restore human control to the farm. It's all a
total lie, of course, but it's a very...

What is the Pygmalion myth?

The
originalmyth derives from Ancient Greece. The most famous version is told by the Roman poet Ovid
in his Metamorphoses.

In Ovid's story, the sculptor
Pygmalion creates a statue of woman that is so beautiful he wishes it would come to life so he
could marry it. He prays to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, to give him a living woman as a wife
who is just like his beautiful statue. When he arrives back home, he kisses the statue and
realizes it has come to life. Aphrodite has answered his prayer, and he is able to marry the
statue-turned-woman, which he does. The statue/woman is named Galatea.

If the
story seems to reduce a woman to the status of an objecta statue come to lifethat would be a
valid observation and one Shaw perhaps had in mind when he wrote his play, as Henry Higgins
regards Eliza as little more than a "thing" he can experiment with and treat however
badly he wishes.

Can someone give me an explanation of what the following quote from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydemeans? "The fog still slept on the wing...

Literally,
the quote is describing what London looks like outside the window of Mr. Utterson's home, where
he sits by the hearth with his friend Mr. Guest. The passage is saying that the city is covered
("drowned") in fog, which would not be uncommon for London. All that can be seen is
the glow of the many (at this time) gas lamps around London that look to Utterson like pustules
or pus-filled boils under human skin. Beneath the fog, though he can't see anything, he can hear
the sounds of London, which reassure him the life of the great city is going on. Traffic through
the arteries (main...

What is the mass of 25 mL of water (measured at 4° C)?(Hint: the density 1.000)

`Density =
(mass)/(volume)`

`Mass = Densityxxvolume`

At `4^0C` the
density of water is 1.000g/ml

 

So:

mass of 25ml of water

= 1.000g/ml*25ml

=
25g

 

So 25ml of water will gave
25g of water at `4^0C` .

`int_1^18(sqrt(3/z))dz` Evaluate the integral.

Evaluate `int_1^18(3/z)^(1/2)dz`

`=int_1^18sqrt(3)z^(-1/2)dz`

`=sqrt(3)int_1^18z^(-1/2)dz`

Integrate the function. 

`=sqrt(3)[z^(1/2)/(1/2)]=sqrt(3)[2z^(1/2)]` 

Evaluate the function
from 1 to 18.

`=sqrt(3)[2(18)^(1/2)-2(1)^(1/2)]`

=11.233 

 

In Chapter 2 of Animal Farm, what do the animals do after they drive the humans from the farm?

After the
humans are gone, the animals begin establishing their societyon their
terms. They destroy the humans' tools of oppression like whips and reins, rename the farm , and
make rules, like no wearing clothes and no sleeping in the
house. In fact, they decide to turn the farmhouse into a museum. The pigs take things
a step further and create Seven Commandments for Animalism, which they paint on the wall for all
to see.

Then, just as quickly as the animals start setting up a new regime,
we see cracks in their communist paradise. The pigs, who have established themselves as the
ruling class, milk the cows. When the other animals ask what they're going to do with the
milk"they" most likely referring to all of the animalsthe pigs
suggest that they'll mix it into the animals' mash. In actuality, the pigs (presumably) drink
the milk themselves, setting the stage for conflict to come.

What are the five minds of the future that Subroto Bagchi talks about in his article on Social Responsibility?

The article
begins with Bagchi's speculation on what it takes to be a professional. He is an experienced but
amateur photographer and wonders if, in the future, people will considers themselves
professionals of some discipline simply because they have the same equipment and software most
career professionals have. The rest of the article illustrates that it will take much more than
that to be a professional, currently or in the future.

The first mind of the
future is the mind of discipline. Bagchi notes the many empirical studies which suggest that at
least 10 years of practice are required to become a professional.

The second
mind is that of synthesis. The future will require a professional to be able to correlate and
compare ideas from many different...

Compare and contrast Maya's process of awareness in two key moments in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

Two
important but very different points that show Maya (then Marguerite) gaining self-awareness
relate to her ideas about power, autonomy, and independence.

The first event
and associated ideas have to do with young Marguerite's initial understanding of power. While
she came to see what had been taken from her through sexual abuse and rape, she also understood
that she had a role in Freeman's death. Despite the superstitious aspect of this analysis, it
brought awareness of the power of words in general and of her voice specifically: she stopped
speaking.

A later episode relates to Maya's movement away from her mother.
This builds on her growing distance from her brother as he moves away from the family. After
Bailey leaves, Maya realizes how much independence she also requires. Getting a job and
balancing work and school help her see the dimensions of the larger world. She describes the
difference between of her ignorance of ignorance and how that changed to "being aware of
being aware."

What does Howard's attitude towards Willy, in his office, show in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman?

When
Willy goes to Howard's office to ask for an easier position, the audience sees an important
aspect of Willy's dilemma. While the posting cited below offers a strong interpretation of the
dynamics of this scene, it's possible to add additional commentary. We can presume that Willy
was a sufficient salesman in his younger days. He was able to provide his family with the
American Dream, if what that meant was a house of their own and opportunity for the younger
generation to do better than its parents. At the same time, in the Requiem, Biff claims that
Willy "had the wrong dreams." The crux of the play is to evaluate those, and our own,
dreams.

Essentially, Willy's dream was to be "remarkable," by
which he mean "well liked." He looks down on Charley and Bernard for their material
success but lack of being "well liked." For all of Willy's unrealistic exaggeration
and lies and delusions, what Willy seems to most seek is love and dignity. This is what Linda
seems to acknowledge in him,...

With regards to just language, how did Shakespeare keep readers engaged with Romeo and Juliet, even though they know what is going to happen? With...

Although we know what is going to happen, we dont know exactly how it
will happen.  Shakespeares beautiful and hilarious speeches keep us
engaged.

There is a lot of beautiful language in the play. 
Some of it is very romantic and enthralling.  Consider s first encounter.

Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,

Which mannerly devotion shows in this;

For saints have hands that
pilgrims hands do touch,

And palm to palm is holy palmers kiss.(105) (Act 1,
Scene 5, p. 32)

This exchange is part of the lovely
conversation betweenand, which some scholars have considered...

What are the symbols in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Some of
the interesting symbols that appear in 's novella are the drug, Jekyll's and Hyde's hands, and
the written letters and reports.

While the drug Dr. Jekyll created was meant
specifically to separate the good from the evil part of man, it symbolizes addiction to anything
that brings out the worst in someone. Jekyll finds himself coming more and more under the
influence of Hyde and the drug; eventually, the drug is not required to turn Jekyll into Hyde.
Jekyll's struggles to keep Hyde at bay mirror an addict's struggle to remain sober or in
control.

Stevenson contrasts Jekyll's hands with Hyde's hands. When Jekyll
returns to his own home, falling asleep as Jekyll but waking up as Hyde, he confirms his status
by viewing his hand. Hyde's...

In "How Body Modification Ended the War Against My Body," why does Haywood decide to remove her belly ring?

In Sharon Haywoods article, How Body

Modification Ended the War Against My Body, the author describes her motives for
piercing her
navel. She had suffered for years from anorexia and bulimia. Her
image of her body as too fat,
the target of her own disgust, started when she
was only ten and the particular focus was the
rolls of fat she perceived
around her belly.

Getting a navel ring seemed like
an
appropriate gesture to show herself that she had made peace with her belly. She was
now
decorating the part of her body of which she had always been most
ashamed, and which she had
taken great care to cover up. Hayward describes
such body modifications as a form of therapy, a
way of accepting ones own
body and healing from trauma.

According to Haywood,
the
therapy worked. When her husband expressed surprise that she has removed the ring, she
says
It was time to come out. Haywood is now kinder to herself and has been
transformed by the act
of self-love the ring represented. She no longer needs
the ring itself.

Why does Charley say Willy hasn't grown up in Death of a Salesman?

In Act II of
's  we find Willy Loman and his friend and neighbor, Charley talking to
each other during one of Willy's hallucinatory memories. 

During this
particular flashback, Willy is getting ready for Biff's biggest game in Ebbet's Field. We know
how Willy lives vicariously through Biff's personal accomplishments in football. To an average
person, this game should be about seeing Biff accomplish the goal of playing in a big field. To
Willy, judging from his extremely agitated mannerisms, we can tell that this event signifies the
beginning of Willy's own American Dream.

However, in the flashback, Willy's
high spirits are being subdued by Charley's composure. This makes Willy very mad, since in
reality Willy is absolutely secure in the idea that this night would be legendary for Biff, and
that he will become a famous football player from that moment on. 

This is
the reason why Charley, in view of Willy's ridiculous, and almost out of control behavior,
finally asks Willy 

Willy, when are you going to grow
up?

To which Willy answers: 

Yeah? Heh? When this game is over, Charley, you'll be laughing out of the other side of
your face. They'll be calling him another Red Grange. Twenty five thousand a year. 

Charley: (Kidding) Is that so?

Willy: Yeah that's so

Hence, we can see how Charley downplays Willy's behavior and
basically laughs at Willy's immature behavior practically to his face. Willy, far from
recognizing himself and his behavior, continues the childish talk with his annoying, almost
bratty and catty behavior toward Charley. It really makes us agree with Charley and question
ourselves as to when Willy will grow up. We realize, until the end, that Willy really never
does. 

What quote should I use to support the theme in the short story "Cranes" by Hwang Sunwon?

In "," two childhood friends find themselves on opposite sides of the Korean
War, with most of the conflict occurring at the 38th parallel, which is referenced in the story.
Friendship is certainly a theme and has been referenced here. Also worth noting is another
theme: War creates ideological conflict based on circumstances that may not
represent individual beliefs.

After all, these two boys are
childhood friends. They intimately know each other's families and the struggles they have
overcome. They share memories, like sneaking out to smoke dried gourd leaves, hidden from the
adults. They also share a time when younger Tokchae plucked chestnut needles out of Songsam's
bottom. Yet here they are under governments that tell them that they have nothing in common and
that any person on the opposing side of war deserves death.

One quote that
illustrates this:

They made me vice-chairman of the
league because I was one of the poorest and I was a hardworking farmer. If that constitutes
a...

Why is the supply curve upward sloping because of marginal cost?

The
fundamental point with the supply curve is that the marginal cost must be equal to marginal
revenue. At that location, there is economic equilibrium because you will not be wasting revenue
nor incurring extra marginal cost. Because of this, marginal cost and marginal revenue are
intrinsically linked; therefore, the slope of the supply curve will move accordingly.

As supply increases, you will produce more. Initially, below equilibrium, the marginal
cost will decrease with each piece produced. However, at the point where firms produce, the
marginal cost increases for every product. At this point, marginal revenue increases as well,
but slower. The point where the two cross is equilibrium, and it is at this point where you will
want to produce.

The curve increases because, once you have produced a
certain amount, it is not as valuable to continue to produce above thatso the marginal cost
increases for each piece produced. To counter this, firms will raise prices if there is
sufficient demand.

Is there a map available that shows the places that Charles Dickens lived from birth until he left the shoe blacking factory?

I am not sure
if this website will help. This is a list of Dickens residences, and...

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What does Mrs. Jones do when Roger tries to steal her purse?

Mrs.
Jones's immediate reaction is one of violence, giving Roger, the would-be thief, a good hard
kick in the pants for daring to snatch her purse. Straight away, we realize that we're dealing
with a tough, no-nonsense character in Mrs. Jones. Yet she surprises usand Rogerby her
subsequent actions. We might reasonably expect her to grab the young boy by the scruff of the
neck and march him off to the nearest police station, but she chooses not to. She's already
shown Roger her tough side; now it's time for some love.

She takes Roger
home, gets him cleaned-up, gives him a bite to eat, and hands him $10 to buy a new pair of
shoes. Perhaps Mrs. Jones figures that Roger's learned his lesson, and that having experienced
such a violent reaction from a potential victim, he'll give up any notion of pursuing a life of
crime.

How does the title of "A Clean, Well-lighted Place" relate to its theme?

In
Hemingway's "," that is what one can hope
for:  a clean, well-lighted place like the
little cafe.

The story presents a realistic--some might say bleak--picture of

reality and existence.  In this world, the story suggests, one finds meaning in small
ways. 
Bits of kindness or courtesy, peace, contentment, and comfortable
surroundings are what one can
hope for.  The place where the old man drinks
his brandy is all he has. 

The
world, as the speaker sees
it, is bleak.  The old man "Last week...tried to commit
suicide."  Why, or
what about?  "Nothing."  Yet, though he is cut off and told he
is "finished"
by the inconsiderate of the two waiters, he...

In "Eveline," how does Eveline's mother's death relate to her decision not to go with Frank; why did Eveline refuse to go?

The
night before the ship's departure for Buenos Ayres,experiences and recalls several events that
help her determine to go with Frank to Buenos Ayres. She hears a sreet organ grinding and is
reminded of her promise to her mother to keep the family together as long as she could. She
recalls the last night of her mother's life, in which it closed in "final craziness."
Finally, she recalls her mother's voice "saying constantly with foolish insistence:
"Derevaun Seraun! Derevaun Seraun!"" This is seemingly a nonsense
"foolish" statement, whether of a Gaelicor only gibberish.

The
recollections Eveline has that are associated with her mother's death sway her one way and then
the other: she doesn't want to continue in a life of abuse; she owes a duty to fulfill her
mother's last wish; she doesn't want a life that ends unhappily in "final craziness";
she wants to fulfill her promise to "keep the family together." Finally, it is the
recollection of her mother's "foolish" repetition of a seemingly nonsensical phrase
that triggers Eveline's independent resolve and determines her on seeking a life of freedom with
Frank.

At the dock, when she and Frank are awaiting time to embark, her fears
and confusions--the same ones that vacillated through her mind and heart the night before--rage
around her as fiercely as the sea to which Joyce symbolically links them. Her duty to her mother
and father and religion and moral purity are all subsumed in her prayer to be shown her duty, a
desire undoubtedly heightened by her death-bed promise to her mother.

What is Winstons job in the novel 1984 and how does it relate to partys actions in regard to language and control?

works as a clerk in the Records Department of the Ministry of
Truth.

It's not enough that the Party controls the present and
the future; it must also control the past. Otherwise the past and the memories they invoke could
inspire people to challenge the official version of the truth put out by the state, with
potentially destabilizing consequences for the regime.

Winston plays a part
in this systematic distortion of the past by revising old newspaper articles and historical
documents to keep them in line with changing Party policy. His job literally involves rewriting
history. This includes doctoring photographs by removing "unpersons," those deemed
enemies of the state. All historical artifacts that no longer serve any useful purpose are then
thrown...

What causes Brown to exclaim, "My faith is gone!"?

In the
forest one night, Goodman Brown witnesses a Black Mass, full of individuals worshipping the
Devil. He is surprised to see pious townspeople in attendance, including Goody Cloyse, his
catechism teacher when he was a child.

He holds on to his own faith and
stands strong against the Devil, however, until he realizes his wife Faith is one of the
attenders at this Satanic Mass. She appears to be asking the Devil to grant her some dark favor,
with encouragement from the others. When Goodman Brown sees her pink hair ribbon floating down
from a tree branch, he cries out: "My Faith is gone!" This...

Discuss the relationships between parents and children in "Romeo and Juliet".

Let
us first examine the relationship betweenand his parents and what their actions reveal. We
learn, at the beginning of the play, that both Lord andshare a deep concern for
the welfare of their son. At the end of the brawl between the two feuding
families, lady Montague desperately enquires about her son's whereabouts. She asks :

O, where is Romeo? saw you him to-day?
Right glad I am he
was not at this fray.

makes it clear that
he has been observing his son, taking note of his actions. Truly the acts of a caring
father . He mentions how Romeo had been keeping...

What is the doctrine of the incarnation? Why is it important to the Christian faith?

In
Christianity, the doctrine of the
Incarnation is the idea that God became human in the person of
Jesus Christ,
his son. All forms of Christianity believe in some fashion that Jesus is the
Son
of God. The precise nature of his connection to God has never been
universally agreed upon, but
the orthodox position held by Catholic,
Orthodox, Protestant, and Anglican Christians is that
God was incarnated
equally human and divine in Jesus. Two church councils can help to shed light

on the development of the precise relationship between God and Jesus behind the
Incarnation: the
Council of Nicaea emphasized the Trinity and the equality
between three persons of the Trinity
(Father, Son, Spirit), while the Council
of Chalcedon emphasized the equality of a human and
divine nature united in
the single person of Jesus.

Nicene

Christianity

The first Council of Nicaea was held in
325 AD.
As the first ecumenical council of the church, it was especially
important in defining the
beliefs held by todays Catholic, Orthodox,
Protestant, Anglican, and Oriental Orthodox churches.
The Nicene Creed, a
basic outline of Christian belief, professes belief in God, Jesus, and the

Holy Spirit. While the original creed does not explicitly define God as a trinity of
three
persons, one purpose of the Council of Nicaea was to defend Trinitarian
belief.  

Chalcedonian
Christianity

The Council
of Chalcedon was
held in 451 AD. Among the churches who hold Chalcedonian theology are the

Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Anglican churches. The Chalcedonian Definition
declared that
after the Incarnation, Jesus possessed two natures (human and
divine) in one person or
hypostasis. This has since become the orthodox
teaching of Christianity, referred to as
dyophysitism, though some churches
such as the Oriental Orthodox reject the Chalcedonian
Definition. These
churches follow miaphysitism, the position that after the incarnation Jesus

had only a single nature.

Significance

The
decisions of the two councils support the dominant position of the
Incarnation
today: specifically, God exists as a Trinity of three distinct
persons who are all of the same
essence; the second person of the Trinity,
the Son, then became a human called Jesus Christ who
in his singular
personhood contained two natures, human and divine.

This
is
significant to Christianity because by affirming the completely human and
divine natures of
Jesus, as well as his unification with God through the
Trinity, he is equipped in the realm of
Christian theology to be both savior
(from his divinity) and relatable (from his humanity). The
Christian God is
able to understand humans, because he became one, while also being capable of

delivering salvation, thanks to his divinity.

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What are two main arguments Edward Said makes in his book Orientalism?

Edward Said's
seminal work , first published in 1978, makes two important arguments about
the ways in which the East, or the non-Western world, is portrayed both in academic texts and
area studies and in discourse more broadly.

First, Said argues that Western
texts have constructed the Orient as an exotic other. This scholarship, produced largely in
the Western world, serves to reinforce monolithic notions of the Orient. The result is a canon
of literature that reifies and exoticizes the Orient, casting populations as others.

Second, Said argues for the importance of understanding discourse as a system of
power. According to Said, colonialism was not only a form of military rule that dominated the
non-Western world but is also a powerful discourse that reinforces colonialist relations. This
happens in part through the powerful textual representations produced in Western texts. Said
contends that we cannot separate the production of knowledge from the exercise of...

What is the point of view of the short story "Araby"?

The first
person objective point of view is ideal for "" because it allows Joyce to explore his
themes more effectively. The unnamed narrator is looking back on the death of his innocence, on
that miserably frustrating, disappointing day at the bazaar when all his boyish hopes and dreams
came crashing down about him. The narrator understands the importance of what happened that day,
but now that he's older and wiser he's able to look back on his boyhood with a degree of
detachment that puts things firmly into perspective.

The first person element
of the narrative is important because Joyce is telling someone's story. At the same time, the
objective element gives the story a ring of truth, making the reader more empathetic to the
young boy. It also provides a wider perspective on things, acting as the perfect vehicle for
Joyce's withering critique of the cultural paralysis of contemporary
Ireland.

Discuss the role of Big Brother in Oceania and in Winston's life. Does the phrase "Big Brother is Watching You" have an application in today's society

Big Brother
is many things in their world.  The most important thing he is is the provider of all good
things to the citizens of Oceania.  Of course, he might not even exist, but that is not
important.  In a world where war is a fact of every day life, the citizens need protection.  Big
Brothers is the opposite of Goldstein.  The people are taught that he is the enemy, that he is
the threat that they are most to fear.  After the two minutes hate, the appearance of BB sooths
the people.  Ironically, he is also the symbol of the surveillance and total
control...

What ultimately changes Okekes mind? What mental picture keeps him awake?

In ,
Okeke is the father of Nnaemeka. They are Ibo people living in Nigeria. Okeke is determined that
his son will marry an Ibo bride, whom he has chosen as is the custome. The young man, however,
has been living in Lagos, the capital, where he met and fell in love with Nene, who is not Ibo,
although she is Christian as is their family. Much of the story concerns the conflict between
son and father, as Nnaemeka rejects his fathers chosen partner and marries Nene, which Okeke not
only refuses to endorse the marriage but even to meet Nene. After the couple has two children
and several years elapse, she takes the initiative to contact her father-in-law and tell him
about his grandchildren. Disturbed by a storm brewing outside and tormented by the idea that he
would die without seeing his only heirs, Okeke will now relent.

Note: This
answer pertains to content in Marriage Is a Private Affair by , in which Okeke is a character.
The question was incorrectly posted under The Ultimate Safari by Nadine
Gordimer.

What is the moral of the story "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov?

proves that if a person achieved the highest wisdom he wouldnt care about money or material
things at all. He would be like Buddha or Jesus, both of whom owned nothing and wanted nothing.
This moral seems to be enhanced by the fact that the banker, whose whole life is devoted to
handling money and accumulating wealth, is not happy or enviable but has deteriorated morally
over the years.

When it comes time for him to pay the two million roubles, he
is so attached to his dwindling capital that he is actually contemplating murdering the prisoner
to get out of paying him for enduring fifteen years of solitary confinement. The story is told
from the banker's point of view, so he may not realize how low he has sunk in that period of
time, even though he was rich and had complete freedom.

Desperate gambling on the Stock Exchange, wild speculation and the excitability which
he could not get over even in advancing years, had by degrees led to the decline of his fortune
and the proud, fearless, self-confident millionaire had become a banker of middling rank,
trembling at every rise and fall in his investments. "Cursed bet!" muttered the old
man, clutching his head in despair. "Why didn't the man die? He is only forty now. He will
take my last penny from me, he will marry, will enjoy life, will gamble on the Exchange; while I
shall look at him with envy like a beggar, and hear from him every day the same sentence: 'I am
indebted to you for the happiness of my life, let me help you!' No, it is too much! The one
means of being saved from bankruptcy and disgrace is the death of that man!"

Not only is the banker seriously thinking of killing his prisoner,
but he is actually considering having the watchman implicated in the crime and possibly executed
for it or sent to Siberia.

"If I had the pluck to
carry out my intention," thought the old man, "suspicion would fall first upon the
watchman."

Fortunately for the banker, he finds a
note describing what his prisoner has learned in studying books in solitary confinement, as well
as what conclusions he has arrived at through his own meditations. Part of the note contains
this indictment:

"You have lost your reason and taken
the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty."

The most important part of the note, as far as the banker is
concerned, comes at the end:

"To prove to you in
action how I despise all that you live by, I renounce the two million of which I once dreamed as
of paradise and which I now despise. To deprive myself of the right to the money I shall go out
from here five hours before the time fixed, and so break the compact ..."

A complementary moral to the principal moral regarding the vanity
of materialism is that life imprisonment is a more humane form of punishment than the death
sentence. It was the young lawyer who argued in favor of life imprisonment fifteen years earlier
and the banker who said:

"I don't agree with you. . .
. I have not tried either the death penalry or imprisonment for life, but if one may judge
a priori, the death penalty is more moral and more humane than imprisonment
for life."

The lawyer has not only proved that he
could endure fifteen years of solitary confinement, but he has proved that life imprisonment is
indeed more humane because it permits study and meditation, thereby enabling at least some
criminals to develop completely new characters.

In The Epic of Gilgamesh, why does Gilgamesh seek out Utnapisthim?

Gilgamesh is distraught over the death of Enkidu. He is forced to face his own mortality in the
death of his friend. Seeing that someone equal to himself in physical strength could succumb to
death, Gilgamesh is shaken to his core. He seeks Utnapishtim "whom the gods made
immortal." He wants to ask him "how he managed to...

Describe the character of Harrison Bergeron in terms of both his physical qualities and personality traits.

There is
something unrealistic, it should be noted, at the heart of 's character: everything about him is
larger than life. He is only fourteen years old, and yet he is already an enemy of the
stateseven feet tall with superhuman strength, genius-level intellect, and the grace and
coordination of a trained ballet dancer. Much like the world he inhabits, he pushes the limits
of plausibility (and that may be entirely the point).

In this story, Vonnegut
crafts a world in which the ideal of equality has been pushed beyond all rational limits, in
which those who exhibit above average or exceptional ability must handicap themselves so that
they would no longer stand out from anybody else. It is a society that would impose mediocrity
through the government's monopoly of force. Harrison (on the other hand), with his almost
superhuman abilities, is the absoluteof everything this society values and represents. In taking
over the television studio and dancing with the ballerina, he is engaged in a significant act of
rebellion against the State (and for that act, he is executed at the end of the
story).

In terms of personality traits, one of the most extraordinary factors
to keep in mind is his age: he's only fourteen years old, and yet he's already engaged in an act
of political resistance, and has a coherent political ideology which he espouses. At the same
time, he displays fearlessness in his willingness to defy this imagined United States of the
year 2081 and no small degree of brashness in how he goes about doing so.

What is your opinion of Paul Coelho's idea that when you pursue your destiny, all the universe conspires to help you.? What is your opinion of Paul...

There is a
piece called "Desiderata" that was written by Max Ehrmann in 1927. It is considered
"prose poetry," and it experienced a great deal of popularity during the 1960s and
1970s. Part of this poem reads:

You are a child of the
universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be
here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is
unfolding as it should.

So the idea of the universe
conspiring for our benefit is not new. As a person of faith, I believe that our paths can be
directed if we are open to God's will. In essence, this is what Coelho's book is aboutoneness
with the universe: and his Christian references are really hard to miss.

This is a very "hippie-esque" attitude, but also very spiritual, regardless of the
faith one follows or does not. The concept that...

What is the main point of "Leadership That Gets Results" by Daniel Goleman and what element of it is surprising or unusual?

Goleman used a sample
of over 3,000 executives and found that the most successful leaders don't use just one
leadership style. Instead, even in the span of a single week, the most productive leaders employ
different leadership styles and are able to choose the style that is most effective for that
situation. All of these styles build on components of emotional intelligence. The six styles are
coercive (getting people to agree to demands), authoritative (getting people to buy into one's
vision), democratic (building agreement among people), affirmative (building people's emotional
commitment to the organization and each other), pacesetting (getting people to do their best),
and coaching (helping people reach future goals).

The most surprising
element of Goleman's work is that emotional intelligence is necessary in all kinds of successful
leaders. This means that leaders must be aware of their own emotions and capabilities and be
aware of others' emotions and skills and how to bring them...

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What theme does Lucille Clifton present in her poem "Miss Rosie?"

The time and
circumstance are volatile in nature. The change of fortune and the old age shouldn't deprive one
of his or her deserved regard and honor. Miss Rosie or Georgia Rose, as she was called when she
was young, must have been popular and admired in the prime of her life. But, in her old age,
shes turned into a wretched and neglected old woman.

The three-worded clause
I stand up, repeated twice, encapsulates the main theme of the poem. Its about paying respect
and homage to a lady who has shrunk into an insignificant and ugly-looking old woman.

By repeating I stand up, the poet honors an old woman whos a representative of every
old person who once really mattered, and so was respected and cared for in his or her best
years.

With age, Miss Rosie has grown infirm and physically unattractive. She
is of no worth to the society and the people around her. To them, shes just a "wet brown
bag, and one whos wrapped up like garbage.

In her unique manner, the
poetcondemns the neglect of old people, who ought to be looked after and cared for, by
standing up for them through their
"destruction."

How did people in the United States respond to the attack on Pearl Harbor? i need to know how services responded, how the average citizen responded

Of course,
not everyone in the United States reacted in the same way to this attack.  However, the main
reaction to the attack was great anger and great patriotic fervor. 

The
clearest example of this was the rush by men to volunteer for the armed services in the days
after the Pearl Harbor attack.  Recruiting stations were overwhelmed in those days by people
wanting to get revenge for Pearl Harbor. 

Another example was the almost
complete backing that the idea of war gained among the American people.  Americans had been very
reluctant to join WWII before the attack.  After the attack, polls showed that only 2% of
Americans opposed American involvement in the war (Source: Bailey, The Home Front:
U.S.A, p. 23).

Of course, there was a great deal of trepidation
among some people.  There were fears of the consequences that war would bring.  But the overall
feeling was that war was the only choice and that essentially all Americans should and would do
whatever they could to help win that war.

Why did George Orwell use allegory in Animal Farm?

To understand
whywrote as an , it is useful to look at his explanation in the
Preface to the Ukrainian Edition in which he outlines two key
reasons.

Firstly, Orwell states that he felt compelled to tell the world
about the horrors being committed by Stalin in the USSR:

"It was of the utmost importance to me that people in western Europe should see
the Soviet regime for what it really was."

For
Orwell, Stalin's politics were so far removed from true Socialism that he wanted to tell the
world about it.

Secondly, he wanted to portray this story in a way which made
it easy for people to understand:

"I thought of
exposing the Soviet myth in a story that could be easily understood by almost anyone and which
could be easily translated into other languages."

The inspiration for a farmyard came a short time later when he saw a little boy, aged
around ten years old, driving a "huge cart-horse" and whipping it "whenever he
tried to turn." It suddenly occurred to Orwell that if this animal realised its strength,
it could easily overpower the boy and the rest of our society. From this, Animal
Farm was born. 

To read the Preface in full,
please see the first reference link provided.

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Which of the following countries was most successful in its economic mobilization for WWII: Britain, the USA, Germany, USSR, or Japan?

This is a
very difficult question to answer
without detailed statistical analysis.  It depends to some
degree on what you
mean by "success."  If you are talking about sheer economic output,
then
surely the United States was most successful because it was able to produce such
huge
quantities of war materiel.  However, this seems like an inappropriate
measure because the US
was a much bigger country with much more economic
potential than any of the other
countries.

I would argue
that there is not much to distinguish between the

mobilization...

What is the meaning of this quote below from "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor? "She would have been a good woman ... if there had...

Atthe end of the story, the Misfit and his
criminal associates havedispatched the rest of the family, and The Misfit has taken the
brightyellow shirt with blue parrots that Bailey had been wearing. The onlytwo that are left are
Grandmother and The Misfit. Grandmother is talkingwith The Misfit the whole while trying to
flatter her way into his goodgraces so that he spares her life.

Grandmotheris
a complaining, nagging sort of person who apparently unceasinglycauses trouble for others in her
family through her selfishness andcarelessness, trouble such as insisting they detour to visit
an oldplantation in Georgia that is in reality in ... Tennessee. At the momentthat she realizes
that The Misfit is going to take her life also, shestops being self-centered; she stops her
incessant barrage of words; shereaches out to someone else in some show of compassion:

Sheopened and closed her mouth several times before anything came
out ...she found herself saying, "Jesus. Jesus," meaning Jesus will help
you,

WhenGrandmother reaches out to touch The Misfit
saying, "You're one of myown children!" she confirms the hint that comes earlier,
"his face wasas familiar to her as if she had known him all her life but she couldnot
recall who he was," and we realize Grandmother is in fact theMisfit's
mother.

Itis because she is his mother that he can indirectly assert that
shewasn't much of a good woman and that the shock of facing a violent endto her life has forced
her out of her harmful selfishness and,therefore: "she would of been a good woman ... if it
had been somebodythere to shoot her every minute of her life." In other words, if she
hadhad a similar shock every moment of her life, she would have beensincere, caring and
thoughtful--as she was for a moment just before herend--instead of complaining, nagging,
spiteful and unceasinglytroublesome.

Dou you think Dick should have gotten a lesser sentence than Perry since he did not kill the family? Dou you think Dick should have gotten a lesser...

This is a difficult
question. I don't think I
can answer it purely logically, but I can offer my opinion. 

I think that both men should have received the same sentence. The robbery was
Dick's
idea. The notion of "no witnesses" was also Dick's. An identical
punishment for the
men makes...

Why was Judge Taylor unfair in trial?

Tom
Robinsons trial is very difficult to sit
through because we know he is clearly innocent, but
many people are against
him. We wonder if one of those people is Judge Taylor, who presides over
the
proceedings in the court. We never get inside of his head to know exactly what he
is
thinking, but we can use a few clues to guess.

Although we desperately wish
the judge would stop the proceedings because the
case is a sham, he cannot do so. He must go
through the process. The
townspeople will demand a trial, because they believe that

Tom...

What impact did Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle have on changing the way we look at the food industry?

s
book  changed the way
Americans looked at the food industry. As a result of
his book, Americans no
longer trusted that the food industry had the best interests of consumers
in
mind when they prepared or handled food. The terrible conditions in the meat industry
led to
demands for reform. This book highlighted the terrible working
conditions in the meat
industry and the unsanitary conditions under which the
meat was being handled and processed.
This led to the passage of the Meat
Inspection Act in 1907, which allowed the federal
government, through the
Department of Agriculture, to inspect meat factories.

This
book led to the passage of another law that regulated the food industry in
the
United States. The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in 1906 and called
for the regulation of
the food industry, making it illegal to falsely label
food and medicine. This law also created
the Food and Drug
Administration.

The passage of these laws tried to restore

consumer confidence regarding our food and medicine. The goal was to reassure people
that their
food and drugs were safe.

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Describe a tourism experience you have had and evaluate the service providers you have encountered. Does your experience with them impact your tourism...

A tourist
experience I had was a tour of Washington D.C. The services I remember most favorably involved
the Historical Interpreters...

I have to choose a passage from Hamlet and write an analytical essay about that significant passage that develops and explains my thoughts about it....

I think any of 's
soliloquies would be incredibly appropriate for this assignment, especially because they are not
only significant to the text but because each one presents a development of an idea: often 's
conception of death.

The first such passage can be found in act 1, scene 2,
after Hamlet has requested permission from his uncle/stepfather to return to school in
Wittenbergfollowing the death of his father and the remarriage of his motherand he has been
denied. He begins by wishing that "this too, too sullied flesh would, / Thaw, and resolve
itself into a dew" (1.2.133€“134).

In this passage, he contemplates
suicide and its implications: namely, the fact that God prohibits it. He feels that the world
has become corrupt, "an unweeded garden" that is overgrown with things that are
"rank and gross in nature" (1.2.139, 140). It is as though, to him, Denmark used to be
a paradise, like Eden, but the death of his father and the remarriage of his mother to his uncle
has killed its innocence. This is the first of many allusions in the passage.

Hamlet thinks of his father, who he compares to "Hyperion," the Titan of
heaven's light, and how much he loved Hamlet's mother (1.2.144). He compares his uncle to a
satyr, a mythological creature that is half-goat and half-man, and he condemns his mother as the
embodiment of women's "frailty" due to her remarriage, both in terms of its haste and
in her choice of partner (1.2.150). He compares her to Niobe, a mythological Theban queen who
bragged about her large family only to see Apollo and Artemis kill all her children in
retribution for her pride; she, essentially, weeps forever as a result of this.seemed like Niobe
at first, "all tears," but her grief seemed to depart with alarming alacrity
(1.2.153).

Hamlet uses anotherto Greek mythology when he says that his uncle
is "no more like my father / Than I to Hercules" (1.2.157€“158). In addition to the
introduction and development of his ideas regarding his own lifehis father, mother, and
stepfather/uncleHamlet's use of allusions really makes this a meaty passage; they show, in part,
his extreme conception of these figures. His family members loom so large for him that they seem
mythic in his eyes; their dramas are all-consuming.

How does Stevenson create a sense of evil in Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

In addition
to theof Hyde (particularly the repeated mention of deformity), Stevenson uses setting to help
create a sense of evil. Check out the description of the back of what we learn is Jekyll's
residence just before Enfield relates his story to Utterson; or the description of the night of
the Carew murder. Surely Stevenson gives us a full moon so that the maid can identify Hyde, but
a full moon often suggests something sinister.

Further, Stevenson uses events
in the plot to suggest evil and foreboding--for example, the description of Hyde trampling the
girl; the description of the confrontation between Hyde and Carew; the discussion between Jekyll
and Utterson prior to the Carew murder; Dr. Lanyon's narrative; the incident at the window; and
certainly Jekyll's full statement. Since the depravity and evil of human nature is so central an
aspect of Stevenson's theme, he uses all of these and, of course, more to create a sense of evil
in the story.

Where is the "epiphany" in James Joyce's "Araby"?

The boy
in has a crush on the sister of his friend, Mangan. He spends a lot of time admiring her from
afar. He frequently follows her but does not have the nerve to speak to her. When he finally
does speak to her, she is upset that she cant go to the bazaar. So, he promises to buy her a
gift, innocently believing that she will like him if he does so.

He goes
through a lot just to get to the bazaar, but he arrives so late that most of the stalls are
closed. However, he does not have much of a selection of gifts at this late hour, so he becomes
frustrated. His epiphany comes as he looks around at the dark stalls. He realizes that my stay
was useless and theres no point in hoping to get Mangans sisters attentionthe bazaar is closing
so he will not be able to purchase a present. He really does not have a chance with the girl; in
fact, at this point, he recognizes that he never had a chance. This realization is a painful
awakening for the boy. I saw myself...

What big cataclysmic event happens? Thanks :)

's short
story, " " caused a sensation upon its initial publication in 1868. The story featured
a prostitute and her illegitimate child, dubbed "The...

What is an example of allusion in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?"

The
narrator mentions that the town of Sleepy Hollow is quiet and it seems to be isolated, not
affected by the developments in the rest of the country. It paints a picture of Sleepy Hollow as
a town by itself, almost as if it is in another world. This helps to establish its own culture
and the narrator adds that the town's inhabitants are superstitious: 

The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and
twilight superstitions: stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any
other part...

In Animal Farm, what is an example of irony used to show Orwell's concerns with communism?

A good example
ofis the juxtaposition of living conditions on the farm both before and after the Revolution.
While 's philosophy is based on a general sense of exploitation by the humans, the animals are
generally well-kept and only occasionally mistreated by Jones, who is regarded as a
below-average farmer. However, in the spirit of rebellion, they see this treatment as inhumane,
resulting in the expulsion of Jones. After the Revolution, and afterhas fulfilled his destiny as
the Dictator of the , the animals are actually worse-off than before, since Napoleon is
deliberately squeezing them for work without care for their well-being.

...their life, so far as they knew, was as it had always been. They
were generally hungry, they slept on straw, they drank from the pool, they laboured in the
fields; in winter they were troubled by the cold, and in summer by the flies. Sometimes the
older ones among them racked their dim memories and tried to determine whether in the early days
of the Rebellion, when Jones's expulsion was still recent, things had been better or worse than
now. They could not remember.
(, Animal Farm,
msxnet.org)

The irony is that although the animals
believed that their new philosophy would result in a Utopia, it resulted in a Dictatorship. They
would have been better-off accepting Jones and the farm status quo, as it was simply a working
farm instead of a work camp. Their noble ideals led directly, and inevitably, to Napoleon's rise
and rulership, just as Orwell perceived in reality.

"""The Cask of Amontillado" is told in the first person. How does this help to heighten the effect of horror that Poe wishes to produce?""

The first-person point of view allows readers to become intimately familiar with the
brutal and conniving mind of Montresor, a murderer. After all, he tells us in the very beginning
of the story,

I must not only punish, but punish with
impunity.

His vindictive nature is only fully known
because we are able to discern his motives and scheming as the plot progresses. Montresor
explains how he carefully plotted his words and deeds so that Fortunato would not suspect
anything was amiss:

It must be understood that neither by
word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will.

We also become acutely suspicious of the Montresor's motives for murder. Although he
claims he has a grievance with Fortunato, he never specifically outlines what that is. It seems
reasonable that a person plotting murder would provide some sort of concrete motive for such
drastic actions. Interestingly, at one point, our narrator comments to his
soon-to-be-victim,

You are rich, respected, admired,
beloved; you...

What are some quotes from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Which shows the theme?

A
dominant theme of s 1968 novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is
the question of what it means to be human. Human identity is blurred in this futuristic society
because robotics has become so advanced that it becomes nearly impossible to differentiate
between androids and humans.

Philip K. Dicks fictional society decides that
empathy is the defining characteristic of humanity. As the bounty hunter Rick Deckard learns
early in the novel, "Empathy, evidently, existed only within the human community, whereas
intelligence to some degree could be found throughout every phylum and order, including the
arachnida." To test an individuals empathy, a machine-administered assessment called the
Voigt-Kampff Empathy Test is given and, as the plot unfolds, several characters are forced to
take it to prove their humanity. However, Dick calls into question the utility of such an
arbitrary measurement by highlighting uncertainties surrounding the difference between man
and...

Is Napoleon is a good leader in Animal Farm?

On the
surface,appears to be a good leader in . He comes to power with the other
pigs in Chapter Two, after Mr Jones is overthrown. One of his first acts as a leader is to
prioritise the "education of the young" and he puts this belief into action by taking
Bluebell and Jessie's puppies and personally overseeing their education (Chapter Three).
Napoleon also contributes to the development of Animalism through writing the Seven Commandments
and, with , he changes the name of the farm from Manor Farm to Animal Farm, to reflect the
change of ownership (Chapter Two). Along with the other pigs, Napoleon also suggests that one
paddock should be separated from the others, as to provide a retirement facility for older
animals on the farm, once they are no longer fit for work (Chapter Three).

But, scratch a little deeper, and Napoleon's true colours are soon revealed. His
education of the puppies, for example, proves to be no more than the creation of a personal
guard which he uses against(in Chapter Five) and against rebellious animals (in Chapter Seven).
He also contravenes many of the principles of Animalism and, in fact, changes some of the
commandments to suit his selfish, dictatorial needs. The rule about drinking alcohol, for
example, is changed to say that "no animal shall drink alcohol to excess" (Chapter
Eight). Similarly, the reader learns that no animal ever makes it to the retirement paddock. In
the case of , for instance, Napoleon sells him to a horse slaughterer. When the other animals
see the van, Napoleon has Squealer, his propagandist, tell the animals that the van, in fact,
belongs to the vet who has not had time to repaint the sign.

On balance,
then, Napoleon is no better at caring for the animals than Mr Jones. The only difference being
that Napoleon is far more cunning and skilful in his use of propaganda and
concealment.