How is Winston's life ruined after falling in love with Julia? The question says it all

Brayan Effertz

Untilfalls in love withhe is able, more or less, to outwardly conform to the Party and
keep all his rebellious thoughts hidden. Of course he is under no illusion that eventually he
will be caught even so, but when he falls for Julia his rebellion inevitably becomes somewhat
less discreet.Mr Charrington's shop, where he meets her secretly, also becomes the place of his
capture, as Mr Charrington turns out to be a member of...

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Describe the opening scene of George Orwell's 1984.

The
opening scene of 's is intended to introduce the reader to three main
elements of the novel.

The first element is the context, an imaginary
dystopian future world. By having the narrator look out over London as it has changed under its
new regime,provides thenecessary to explain the context of the story to readers. We learn of Big
Brother, the government agencies that enforce social rules, ubiquitous surveillance, and
impoverished bleak surroundings. We see the narrator's home, Victory Mansions, as depressing and
dilapidated. 

The second element we are introduced to is the narrator of the
novel, , a minor bureaucrat working for the Ministry of Truth. We learn about his job and his
personal life.

Finally, we are introduced to the beginning of the major
conflict in the novel, that between Winston and the society in which he lives. The first
stirrings of his rebellion appear as he reacts to the errant thought that he actually hates Big
Brother. 

What was the subject matter of early Islamic art?

Early
Islamic art is almost exclusively decorative in nature.  It refers to the work specifically
created to adorn the furnishings and walls of the mosques created for the new Muslim faith which
started in the year 622.  There was some figurative work made for secular purposes or for the
purpose of illustrating Muslim texts.   For the most part, however, artists were discouraged
from creating an image of any living thing because that was seen as something that God alone
should do.

It was acceptable for artists to work figuratively, if the figures
were part of a decorative pattern and not the focus of the whole picture.  Other than these
figurative patterns, there are 3 major trends in the designs of early Islamic art: calligraphy
patterns, vegetal patterns, and geometric patterns.

Calligraphy patterns were
entirely composed of letters that oftentimes spelled out blessings or the name of the current
sultan.  There are some pieces of early Islamic art in which a written name seems to be the
major subject matter itself, and that name is itself adorned with calligraphic blessing
patterns.

Vegetal patterns were composed of decorative lines that resemble
flora and fauna, vines and leaves.

Geometric patterns were created by
layering geometric shapes into balanced symmetrical patterns that sometimes resemble flowers or
sunbursts.

In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," how is our perspective of this event manipulated by the contracting and expanding of time and through the...

When Peyton Farquhar is
awaiting the fall that will snap his neck in the noose, his perception of time changes, and,
therefore, ours seem to as well since it is his thoughts and feelings that the narrator
relates.  At the end of Part I, Farquhar feels that the time in between the ticks of the second
hand on his watch are getting longer and longer, and the sound the hand makes gets louder and
louder.  His perception of time slows down so much, and then thein Part II distracts us from
what's happening in the present with Farquhar, so that when we get to Part III, we don't
necessarily realize that the events being narrated are happening in his imagination. 

Details like the way he can see the dew glistening on each flower petal or the buzzing
of an insect's wings alert us to the fact that something odd is going on, but other more factual
details like the rope burn and swelling around Farquhar's neck seem realistic enough that
readers might assume what's happening is real.  Our perspective is manipulated by details like
these that leave us in some doubt as to what, exactly, is happening to Farquhar in these
moments; because his sense of reality is skewed, ours is too.

In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, what is meant by the phrase "then I defy you stars"?

This quote is actually set up in the , when thetells the audience that this play will
focus on "A pair of star-crossed lovers" (Prologue, 6). Describing the lovers as
"star-crossed" is another way of saying that an inescapable fate brings them together
and, therefore, brings them to their tragic ends.

In act 5, scene 1, the
readers hear this "star-crossed" idea come up again in 's line,

Is it een so? Then I defy you, stars!

Romeo has learned of 's "death" just before this line, and he believes
himself to be defying destiny as he quickly decides to join his beloved in death:

Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight.
Lets see for
means. O mischief, thou art swift
To enter in the thoughts of desperate men!

The dramaticis that, in making this choice, Romeo runs straight
toward the destiny whichpredicts in the Prologuehis own deathwhich then also prompts Juliet to
kill herself as well.

Romeo's actual defiance of the "stars" would
have been...

Comment on Agha Shahib Ali as a patriotic poet with reference to "Postcard from Kashmir."

Agha
Shahid Ali is a poet from India. He was born in 1949 and grew up in Kashmir. In 1975 he moved to
America. In his poem, "Postcard from Kashmir," published in 2019, Ali implies that his
memories of India, and specifically of Kashmir, have become idealized. Those memories are
encapsulated in a postcard, "four by six...

Why do you think Winston likes (or loves) Julia?

Even before
he meets her or learns her name,is sexually attracted to the beautiful. He sees her in passing
at his office building and during Two-Minute hate sessions. At first, because he thinks she is
off limits to him, and because he has been conditioned to think in terms of hate and violence,
he has fantasies about hurting her. Once she approaches him, however, and they begin an affair,
they connect. Winston, we know, is starved for real companionship, and Julia offers him that. He
can say anything...

What makes Sophocles' Oedipus the King a tragedy? Refer to Aristotle's definition of tragedy.

In Aristotle's
Poetics, written in the century after the appearance of ' the
King, the author examines genres such as , comedy, and epic poetry. The surviving
text of the Poetics makes it clear that Aristotle regarded Sophocles' Oedipus the King as a
tragedy in its finest form.

In Poetics Chapter 13, for
example, Aristotle says that tragedy should not focus on people who are "eminently good and
just" and someone whose misfortune is a result of "some error or frailty".
Aristotle goes on to list Oedipus as one of those who fits these requirements.

In the same chapter, Aristotle says that in tragedy there should be a reversal of
fortune from good to bad. Again, Aristotle sites the story of Oedipus as one of those that
provides the basis for "the best tragedies." 

In Poetics 14,
Aristotle says that tragedy ought to stir up feelings of pity and fear in the audience and he
singles out Sophocles' play as a prime example of this ("from hearing the story of the
Oedipus"). Later in that chapter, Aristotle again cites the story of Oedipus as an example
of a tragedy in which the horrific events are "done in
ignorance."

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Is the ending in "Araby" open or closed?

The
narrator conflates his religious/spiritual side with his romantic affection for Mangan's sister.
With this combination, his ideas about her and his role rise to idealistic heights. He allows
himself to get caught up in this increasingly majestic world of himself as a knight seeking
treasure for the object of his affection: 

Her name sprang
to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand. My eyes
were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to
pour itself out into my bosom. 

In The Little Clay Cart, who killed Vasantasen?

Just to
clarify, Vasantasen is only believed to be dead in the story. She is attacked when she goes to
the park to meet her lover Chrudatta. She is choked by Samsthnaka, who is jealous that she loves
another. Vasantasen is assumed dead...

What are corresponding themes for Frankenstien by Mary Shelley and Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishigiro?

Both 's and Kazuo
Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go present conflicts between science and humanity.
In Frankenstein,infamously creates a living being out of assorted body
parts from cadavers. Victor is motivated by his excessive ambition to be remembered for a
groundbreaking scientific discovery. He brings this being to life but then abandons it, as he is
horrified by what he has done.is inherently good but becomes evil due to his abandonment and
rejection over several attempts to interact with humans. Shelley's novel illustrates the
dangerous lack of forethought in Victor's project; he doesn't think about how the being will
live or what the implications of his project will be. This leads to tragic consequences for all
involved and for those associated with Victor. In this novel, scientific developments do not
necessarily yield positive results for humanity.

In Never Let Me
Go, our mainare basically human clones who are used to grow organs for
"real" humans. They serve as donors who undergo phases of transplants until they
finally "complete," or die. The donors grow up in an idyllic environment in the
Hailsham boarding school. When they get older, they move out to apartments and have more
freedom, but they also officially become organ donors at that point. As we know from the
narrator, Kathy, these "clones" certainly experience human emotions and hope and
expect more from their lives. They are ignorant to the truth of their condition until they begin
the donation process. In Ishiguro's novel, the scientific development of cloning willfully
ignores the issue of the clones' humanity. There doesn't seem to be much care or concern for how
they will feel about this choice already having been made for them. They have no say in the
outcome of their lives.

Again, both novels bring up the dangers of
scientific development that ignores the human question. While these developments may seem
beneficial to some, they are also shown to be careless and even callous to others. The subject
who is developed through these revolutionary experiments is not considered fully
"human" and so is not treated with the dignity or respect they reveal themselves to
deserve.

What are some of the criticisms of interest groups?

Interest
groups are often criticized for being
"single issue." This means they will support
whichever political candidate
promises to champion their one issue. The political candidate
could have a
terrible platform regarding every other issue, but as long as he or she
supports
the issue the interest group is promoting, the candidate will get
the group's money and
votes.

To use a non-partisan
example, a powerful, well-funded interest group
might decide they will only
support a candidate who agrees to ban green hair dye. The honest
candidates
might say, well, that is completely ridiculous, and I will not support that,
because
I stand for creating jobs, cleaning up corruption, etc. The interest
group, however, could
easily use its money to defeat these sensible
candidates. The person who got elected might
destroy jobs, be corrupt, and
not even believe in democracy, but he or she would get elected
because of
supporting the hair dye ban. He might even do grave damage to the economic
interests
of the people who voted him into office. 

Many
therefore say that groups
should support candidates not on the basis of
single issues but based on a broad range of issues
that might work together
to make the world a better place. 

According to Jonathan Edwards's sermon, what is a constant threat to all human beings?

According to
"," hellfire and damnation are a
constant threat to all human beings.

The sermon
emphasizes, using vivid , the extremely insecure situation of every living

person. None of us realize how close we are to the eternal fire. It is as we are going
happily
across a bridge while not noticing that the bridge (life) itself is
rickety and full of holes
and that beneath it is a horrible, flaming inferno
that we can plunge into forever with one tiny
slip of the foot.

Only through the grace of God are we not all already
screaming in
that pit of eternal fire. We cannot keep out of it by our own acts: only God
can
protect us. Therefore, we need to make God the focus of our lives,
especially through
unremitting faith in Jesus Christ, so that we can hope to
be saved from everlasting
torment.

In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards, is the author asking or telling the audience?

"" byis a sermon delivered to a
congregation in Enfield, Connecticut on July 8, 1741. The sermon was composed in the context of
the Great Awakening, a strongly Calvinist religious revival that occurred in mid-eighteenth
century United States, and was concerned with the growth of more moderate forms of Christianity,
especially Latitudinarianism and deism.

In the wake of the religious wars and
upheavals of the seventeenth century, many Christians felt that rather than be divided over
minute points of dogma, Christians should emphasize the reasonable and moral aspects of
Christianity, avoiding the "enthusiasm" and religious zeal which had led to the
horrors of religious wars. Edwards, Whitfield, and other preachers of the Great Awakening,
however, saw this form of moderate rationale belief as a slippery slope leading to religious
indifference or atheism.

Edwards' sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God", is intended to terrify the audience into abandoning their complacency and
returning to a passionate and zealous faith, based, among other things, on being terrified of
the horrors of eternal damnation. Edwards does not ask his audience anything, but
tells them what to believe and how to believe. The sermon is dogmatic rather than
dialogic and harangues its hearers with great power and confidence. Rather than exploring
alternative readings of the Bible or religious traditions, Edwards in this sermon takes the
substance of his beliefs for granted, and uses them as a foundation to exhort the readers to an
intense emotional commitment to their religious faith. 

What is the author's background in the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

was born in
East Windsor, Connecticut in 1703.
He was a fourth generation Protestant minister. His father
was the Reverend
Timothy Edwards and his mother was Esther Stoddard Edwards. Her father

(Jonathan's grandfather) was the Reverend Solomon Stoddard of Northampton,
Massachusetts, one of
the most famous religious leaders in New England. With
this family background, Jonathan Edwards
was groomed to be a minister
himself. 

He was a dutiful student, studying up
to 13
hours a day, and he went to Yale in 1716. He married in 1727. Solomon, his
grandfather,
died in 1729 and Jonathan succeeded him as minister in
Northampton. Influenced by John Locke
(English philosopher, 1632-1704),
Edwards believed that people must do more than just know and
read religious
philosophy. They must be emotionally moved by religious doctrine and beliefs.
He
wanted to bring back the original zeal practiced by early Puritans in the
New World. Edwards and
his grandfather, Solomon, were leaders of the first
"Great Awakening," a movement
designed to encourage people to have a deeper
connection with Jesus Christ. The idea was to
"wake" them up and encourage
them to take their faith much more seriously and
personally. 

Edwards' most famous sermon, "" is designed to do just
this. He
tries to put the fear of God into his listeners to motivate them to have a
genuine
conversion experience, a transformative personal connection with
God. 

In the story "The Necklace", what were the changes in Mme Loisel before and after she lost the necklace?

Prior to the
loss of the necklace, Madame Loisel is famously described at the very beginning of the story
as

...one of those pretty and charming young creatures who
sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks.

Although she is pretty enough, and should be thankful to have a
decent husband who keeps her at home with a young, peasant Breton girl for a maid, Mathilde is
quite unhappy.  She isn't satisfied with any of her surroundings. She has huge dreams of fancy
and elaborate ceremonies, dinners, tea parties, and the likes of that.

Not
only is she sad, but also ungrateful. When her husband finally manages to get them to a ball
sponsored by his workplace in the Ministry of Education, she is sad that she does not have a new
dress, or jewels, to go.

Here is when her husband proposes the borrowing of
the necklace. When she gets her hands in that huge, flamboyant and shiny piece of pure
extravagance, she realizes that this is it for her.  At the party, she is ravishing, and wants
to make sure she shines as brightly as her borrowed necklace. All the excitement is over after
the ball ends, and she realizes that the necklace is gone.

After
the loss of the necklace

Since the Loisels decide to hide the fact
that the necklace is lost, they had to make up for it in a short period of time. After they
found the replica to purchase it, they had to sacrifice their entire lifestyle to be able to
afford paying for it.

Now, Madame had every reason to complain. This is the
first time she came to know what it is to really sacrifice and what true problems really look
like. If she was ever angry and disillusioned about her life, things were just about to get
worse. We know this in the way that she changes physically, socially, and even behaviorally,
after so many years working cleaning floors, moving to a smaller place, haggling the prices of
things, and having to live like the lowest peasant she could have ever imagined to
become.

Madame Loisel looked old now. She had become the
woman of impoverished households--strong and hard and rough. With frowsy hair, skirts askew and
red hands, she talked loud while washing the floor with great swishes of water.

She was no longer cute; no longer dainty, nor
delicate. She was "loud", and rough, having lost the flower of femininity that is so
unique to a fragile woman of the household. She even had the courage of showing herself up to
Madame Forestier, who was less than pleased to have seen her, but was equally shocked at the
state of her friend's appearance.

Perhaps this was not too bad for Mathilde.
After all, she did learn to appreciate the value of money, in the end. Her vanity is presumably
gone and certainly there are no more dreams of exquisiteness ruling her day. We never get to
know what is her reaction when she finds out that the necklace was fake, but it is quite easy to
imagine that her shock was quite intense.

 

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should schools teach the students by giving them activities only besides making them learn i think teachers and the school administration should take...

As others
have said, your definition of "activities" greatly impacts this question. Also
important are factors like the subject being considered, the age and ability level of the
students involved, the preferred learning styles of the students and the preferred teaching
style of the instructor, the availability of time and space and materials, etc...

All activities need to be developed based on how they will help to further the learning
process for the students. This opens a wide variety of possibilities from which teachers may
draw, depending on their needs and goals for a particular class at a particular point in the
learning process and the particular needs of the students.

What role does Virgil serve in the Inferno?

Virgil's
primary role is to serve as Dante's guide through the hell. Dante, at 35, is halfway through
life and feels he has lost his way. With the help of Beatrice, Dante gains what no mortal man
has: entry into Hades. Virgil's guiding him through the inferno at the request of Beatrice is
meant to help Dante return to a faith-centered life. Yet Virgil warns him that the trip will not
be easy:

I have come to lead you to the
other
shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice.

Virgil represents reason, and this makes him a wise and knowing guide who Dante very
much looks up to as he explains the meaning of the various circles of hell. He also acts in many
ways as a literary device, moving Dante and the action onward when they threaten to get bogged
down in one place. In addition, he helps Dante, and therefore the reader, understand how to
interpret hell, scolding him, for example, for being sorry for the damned for the punishments
they are suffering.

Yet Virgil also has his limitations. He is the pinnacle
of reason, but he is from the pagan world, so he does not fully understand matters of faith. He
is a great sage when it comes to human reason, but he pales beside Beatrice when it comes to
divine knowledge. Although he been blessed by God for the good life he lived on earth, and has a
place in Limbo in the Hall of Kings, he is not a Christian, and therefore, cannot lead Dante
into Paradise.

In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", how is Brom Bones' horse, Daredevil, similar to him in its apperance and actions?

The narrator
makes explicit the similarity in temperament of Brom Bones and his horse by describing Daredevil
as "a creature, like himself, full of mettle and mischief."Irving stops short of
vilifying Brom Bones, as the narrator asserts "he was always ready for either a fight or a
frolic; but had more mischief than ill-will in his composition."The truth behind the prank
of the Headless Horseman should have been obvious to a man as intelligent and educated as
Ichabod Crane, but his fearful and superstitious nature makes him the perfect victim for Brom
Bones' practical joke.

Brom Bones is both a joker and a risk-taker, and
Daredevil is the perfect companion/accomplice for him.Brom Bones tells a story of racing the
headless Hessian, in which "Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow."

When Brom Bones and Daredevil first harass Ichabod Crane, Daredevil stays
intimidatingly close to Crane's horse, Gunpowder, and bullies him in the same manner that Brom
Bones is bullying Ichabod. The narrator describes Ichabod Crane's panic at Daredevil's pursuit
just before Brom Bones removes his pumpkin head and hurls it at the schoolmaster: "the
black steed panting and blowing close behind him."Brom Bones and Daredevil are both
physically imposing and aggressive, perfect foils for the effete Ichabod Crane and his skittish
horse.

Describe the relationship between Hollis and Lespere.

After their rocket was
cut "up the side" as though it was cut "with a giant can opener," the men
inside are cast out into the universe in different directions, doomed to float through space
until they die. As the astronauts drift farther and farther away from one another, some of them
speak to each other. Some men panic and say upsetting things or just scream, but Hollis
considers his feelings about the others. He "wanted more than anything at this moment to be
able to do something to Applegate," and Applegate expresses his own hatred of Hollis.
Applegate tells Hollis that he'd had Hollis blackballed from some organization to which they'd
both belonged years agoit's mean of him. Then, the narrator says,

That one man, Lespere, went on and on with his talk about his wife on Mars, his wife
on Venus, his wife on Jupiter, his money, his wondrous times, his drunkenness, his gambling, his
happiness. On and on, while they all fell. Lespere reminisced on the past, happy, while he fell
to his...

Report on Hinduism. Need 3 work cited sections€”MLA format. Should at a minimum include the following: An expansion on the bullet information...

Hinduism is often considered the oldest religion ever, and
the third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. Hinduism originates on the Indian
subcontinent and some parts of Southeast Asia and has over a billion followers who are known as
Hindus. There are four main branches of Hinduism,
Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism, and all of them are
pretty much based on the concepts of kindness, compassion, patience, honesty, self-discipline
and self-control, duty, virtue, and prosperity.

Unlike many
monotheistic religions, Hinduism does not have a founder or
Creator, and it is, essentially, a combination of many old Indian traditions, cultures, beliefs,
rituals and philosophies; in fact, in many textbooks, Hinduism is referred to as the
"eternal tradition" or the "eternal law"Sanātana
Dharma. Thus, many Hindus claim that Hinduism is not actually a religion, but a
way of life.

Hinduism is traditionally considered a
polytheistic religion , as it recognizes over 300 million
gods....

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Why is Muhammad a role model for Muslim life?

Queen Langosh

Muhammad's actions and recorded sayings are considered by Muslims to be guidelines for
proper behavior. The Qu'ran, which was dictated to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel, is, of course,
the most important of all religious texts in Islam. But the hadith, a
collection of Muhammad's sayings and actions, is also very important to many Muslims, though
some reject it as not completely authentic. From these texts, Muslims derive a sense of what
Muhammad the man was like and how his actions can be used as an example to them.

Though he was human, Muslims believe that Muhammad was divinely chosen to be God's
Prophet to man. The Qu'ran says in various places that Muhammad, as the Prophet, is to serve as
an example for right thought and action. Therefore, his actionsbroadly, submitting to God and
spreading the faithand his sayings represent the divine will for man. So when Muhammad says in
the hadith that believers should not "turn away a poor man," or
that they should "show courtesy and be...

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What is the lesson of the story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson?

Essentially, the
message of the story is that the creation of a personal identity is a difficult
and complicated process, regardless of age. This is shown clearly through the
character of Laurie, a young child who begins kindergarten. Jackson argues that this is a very
important time for Laurie because it affects his development as an individual. She makes this
clear in the first paragraph when she describes the physical changes he undergoes: he starts to
swagger, for example, and no longer waves goodbye to his mother.

Laurie's
creation of an alter-ego calledcomes as a great surprise to his mother and, in fact, provides
the final plot twist. But it also shows that there are important mental and emotional changes in
Laurie's development which mirror the physical changes that he has experienced. For the first
time, he is testing boundaries, as shown by his various antics in class, and learning that his
actions have consequences, as demonstrated by his various punishments.

That
Jackson offers no explanation for Laurie's actions suggests that she believes them to be a
natural part of growing up. For her, forming a sense of identity is a complicated process which
parents and teachers just have to accept.

Which is more important - that a student demonstrates knowledge of the material presented in a course, or that the student completes the...

I find
myself looking for balance. If a student understands the material, he/she should be able to do
well on tests. It is certainly true that many students play a game of chance when they are
bright enough to retain what they hear and test well, while doing no homework at all. Many of
these kids are good at this game, and are happy with C's.

Unless homework is
weighted more than test grades, it's hard to battle this kind of educational
"strategy."

I also know some students struggle with test anxiety.
My own daughter, in high school now, experiences text anxiety, but only with Scantron and
standardized tests. The format of all the bubbles makes scatters her ability to focus. I used to
think this was an excuse with some kids, but my daughter is bright and not looking for sympathy
(she'd never tell her teacher) or a free ride. (As she continues to grow, I
learn to look differently at teaching.)

For the student who struggles with
testing, maybe a verbal test can be given, he/she should be tested for learning disabilities,
etc., or a test (in terms of regular class tests) be given with answers placed on the test or on
a blank piece of paper. This can take care of anxiety issues.

Homework
provides students with practice that reinforces what is being taught in school. However, it also
asks students to often use higher level skills and answer questions that are more meaningful
than something measured by an incorrect or correct answer.

Some kids can
skate with this. Others won't or cannot because of test grades. And still others won't (God love
them) because they demand it of themselves or their parents demand it of them.

I do believe that both are important.

What is James Joyce's short story "Araby" like? Please describe some of the major points of the story.

's
"" is an intriguingly subtle story, and its overall meaning is not immediately
apparent. However, in general, the story can be said to be about the deconstruction of romantic
childhood illusions. 

The story follows a pretty basic plot. It follows a
little boy who plays with other children who live on his street and is interested in the exotic
books left behind by the previous tenant of his aunt and uncle's house. He also has a huge crush
on a girl (known only as "Mangan's sister") who lives nearby. He idealizes the girl,
and so he is understandably thrilled when she asks him if he will attend a local bazaar called
"Araby." The boy promises to buy Mangan's sister something from the bazaar, but, due a
series of misfortunes, the boy gets to the bazaar too late to buy anything. The tale ends with
the haunting image of the disappointed boy standing alone in the deserted bazaar.

Though a simple story, "Araby" relates first the romantic illusions of
childhood, followed by their destruction. The little boy is entranced not only by his exotic
illusion of Mangan's sister, but also by the exotic, "oriental" theme of Araby itself.
However, his childish illusions are exposed as follies when the boy actually visits Araby, and
the story ends with the boy comprehending his foolishness. As one would expect,
"Araby" is a sad story of dashed childhood hopes, but it also relates common childhood
experiences (the imagination of exotic adventures, young love, etc.) that many readers can
identify with. In that sense, "Araby" is worth reading in full.

What is the role of the minor characters in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles?

This is a
great question. Often only the mainget attention and the minor ones get left out. This always
impoverishes the work in view, espeically alike .

There are two minor
characters worth noting. First, there is Laius. In fact, he is never mentioned in the play,
but...

Why does Atticus ask Bob Ewell to write out his name? What does the jury see when he does this?

While
Bob Ewell is on the witness stand,asks him to write his name on a piece of paper. The reasoning
behind Atticus' request is to show the jury that Bob Ewell is left-handed. The fact that Bob is
left-handed is significant because it suggests that he may be responsible for the injuries
inflicted upon Mayella's face. A man leading predominately with his left hand would more than
likely inflict injuries to the right side of a person's face, which is exactly where Mayella's
bruises were located. Also, Tom Robinson had his left hand permanently damaged in a cotton gin
accident, rendering his left arm completely useless. Therefore, Tom Robinson would probably not
have been able to inflict damage to the right side of Mayella's face. By proving that Bob Ewell
is left-handed, Atticus implies that Bob was Mayella's attacker.

Why is poetry often figurative?

appeals to the
heart as prose appeals to the mind. The poet uses figures of speech to extend the literal sense
of a word so that it affects the emotions and feelings of the reader. Most often, poetry
expresses a personal concern or a serious observation which must be given due care and
attention. If these things are overtly expressed, they won't have the desired effect on a
reader. A critical response from the reader can be elicited only when he is subjected to deep
contemplation through the use of figurative language.

What is the relationship between Stargirl and the students at Mica High? Did everyone start to like Stargirl in the end?

At the
start of the novel,is approaches with a sense of hesitation by the students at Mica High.  Part
of it is that she is homeschooled, creating a sort of disconnect between she and the student
body.  Another level of divergence between both Stargirl and the students is her eccentricity. 
Her name and its implications, her free spirited demeanor, as well as the way in which she
carries herself creates a sense of difference about her, and one that causes the students to
view her with skepticism and uncertainty at the start of the novel.  The way in which she
embodies the spirit of freedom and non- conformity creates an uneasy relationship between the
students at Mica High and Stargirl.  This dynamic at the start of the year sets the stage for
the exploration what Spinelli will examine between the relationship between the individual and
the social order in which she is immersed.

What happens to Pearl?

At the
end of ,takeswith her to Europe, where they spend Pearl's adolescence
together. Eventually, however, Hester returns, without Pearl, back to Boston from Europe. Pearl
is left with Chillingsworth's riches...

What is the history behind the Anglo-Saxons?

The
Anglo-Saxons were composed of three Germanic groupsAngles, Saxons, and Jutes. England gets its
name from the Angles. Old English developed from Old High German (brought by the Saxons) and Old
Scandinavian, the language that the Angles and Jutes would have spoken.

Anglo-Saxon England, which became firmly established around 597 AD, when St. Augustine
brought Christianity to the region, was a relatively rudimentary civilization compared to how it
would develop after the Norman Conquest, solidified after the Battle of Hastings, in 1066. Court
life existed, for example, but did not have any of the elaborate rituals that it would later
develop. Interests in the arts, cuisine, and the establishment of more organized government
would all come as a result of the French influence. In fact, most of the 1,600-plus
French-derived words in the English language entered the lexicon during the period of 1100-1350
AD, when the French cultural influence overtook that of the Anglo-Saxons. This period is
distinguished from that of the Anglo-Saxon period and is referred to as the Middle English
period. Back, however, to the Anglo-Saxons.

The Anglo-Saxon diet was composed
mainly of grains (e.g., barley, millet), northern fruits, such as damsons and apples, and some
meat, though husbandry was less cultivated than it would become later. Beer was ample in
production; wine, less so.

The Anglo-Saxons lived in homes with thatched
roofs. We know that they told stories for entertainment. Few books of Old English poetry
survived, including the Exeter Book, the Vercelli Book, the Junius Manuscript, and the
well-known Beowulf manuscript.

In The Catcher in the Rye, what are Holden's personality traits (e.g., judgmental)?

Theof
byisCaulfield, a teenager who has just flunked out of another prep school
and is undergoing treatment for mental health issues. He is from an upper middle class
professional family but despite the prosperity of the family, it appears somewhat dysfunctional,
in part due to their grieving over the death ofCaulfield, Holden's younger brother. Holden
describes his parents as emotionally distant.

One obvious aspect of Holden's
character is that he is depressed. He appears to be searching for a direction in life, but has
not really found a sense of purpose.

Another key element of his character is
that he is rebellious. He is very much a typical teenager in that rebellion is in part a way of
trying to develop his own identity. His failures in school have more to do with rebelliousness
than with lack of ability.

Holden is very concerned with authenticity and
objects strongly to phoniness. This is, in part, due to his efforts to find...

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Why did the United States shift its position from neutrality to involvement in World War I?

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When(1914€“1918) broke out in Europe,
the United States planned to stay neutral.
Neutrality had long been a pillar
of American foreign policy.

In 1915, the
American position
started to change to favor the AlliesBritain and France. In that year, a

German submarine sank the Lusitania, a passenger ship, killing 1200
people,
including 128 Americans. The ship was, in fact, carrying ammunition.
In any case, Germany
promised to stop using submarines against passenger
ships because of the subsequent American
protest.

In 1917,
the British intercepted the Zimmermann Telegram. This was a
German message to
Mexico. In it, the Germans offered an alliance with Mexico if the Americans

joined the Allies. The message was published in the American press, and it heightened
pro-war
sentiment.

Also in 1917, a desperate and
hard-pressed Germany resumed
submarine warfare. This led directly to
America's declaration of war against Germany.

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How did social, political and economic factors influence fashion during the ancient Egyptian era?

As a general rule
clothing for the ancient Egyptians was constructed of linen (although there is some evidence of
trading with Rome and the eastern Mediterranean for cotton and silk).  Linen was made through a
labor intensive process of converting the flax plant, which grew along the Nile River in
abundance, into thread; the finer the thread, the more affluent the wearer.  This job was
normally performed at home by less-affluent women, although in some cases affluent men or nobles
owned workshops that performed this process.  It is interesting to note that the invention of
the vertical loom in the New Kingdom period did not, as one might expect, lessen the amount of
labor required, but rather made it such that men were required to operate the heavy machine. 
 Clothing in ancient Egypt reflected the consistent heat and humidity of life along the Nile
River, as well as the Egyptians dedication to maintaining differences in class structure and
appealing favorably to the gods.  The very wealthy wore the finest, thinnest linen which they
were able to keep clean because they didnt do much work; in other words, white linen meant
affluence.  The poorer people normally dyed their linen of necessity, as colors were better for
hiding stains. 

Both men and women wore loose tunics that might be adorned
with fringe or pleats.  In the Old Kingdom, men typically wore short linen wrap skirts, which
were deemed easier for working in.  During  the Middle Kingdom, these tunic type skirts tended
toward calf-length for men, and were ornamented with pleats by the time of the New Kingdom. 
Children typically dressed as adults, although they didnt begin wearing clothes until around age
sixand sometimes, they never dressed at all. 

Jewelry, animal skins and
feathers were other products of the region that Egyptians used to express their interest in
fashion as well as demonstrate their social class; generally, the wealthier people had more
jewelry that was more ornate and personalized, and often made from gold or what we would call
now precious stones; the less affluent typically made their jewelry of beads.  Both classes of
people orchestrated their jewelry wardrobes in a way that they thought would please the gods
by increasing their personal attractiveness on the earthly plane.   Priests and pharaohs, those
thought to be in closest contact with the gods, sometimes donned animal skins while kings and
queens might ornament their costumes for important ceremonies with
feathers. 

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Both the
average physical product (APP) curve
and the marginal physical product (MPP) curve are
ultimately based on the
total product curve.  All three curves are shown in the graphs

below.

The total product curve (left graph) measures the output of
production
(vertical axis) as measured against the amount of a particular
input of production (horizontal
axis).  An input of production can be a raw
material, machinery, labor, or capital.  The peak of
the curve (labelled
point A on the graph) represents the maximum production output based on the

variable input.  Additional input results in diminishing returns, or a drop in the
output
despite increasing input.

The APP curve measures
the specific amount of
output obtained from each additional unit of input. 
Mathematically, it is obtained by drawing a
straight line from the origin
(where the two axes intersect at point (0,0)) to each point on the
total
product curve and plotting the slope of each line.  Since the slopes of these lines do
not
change radically, the APP is actually a rather flat looking
curve. 

The MPP
curve is the measure of the change in
output per unit of input.  Mathematically, it is obtained
by plotting the
derivative of each point on the total product curve (slope of the tangent
line
to the curve at each point).  This is why the MPP hits the horizontal
axis at the peak of the
total production curve (because the tangent line at
the peak has a slope of 0).

So the relationship between
the two is that the MPP measures the rate of change of
output while the APP
measures the actual output levels.  So the MPP acts as a driver for the APP

since the rate of change will directly affect the average output.  This is why the MPP
curve
drops off so much more quickly than the APP.  In order for the average
output to drop, the rate
of (negative) change in the output must change even
more so to have that
effect.

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How was a literary device used in the story "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"?

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"" is noted for its rich and complex symbolism. However, although most of the
symbolism seems to represent something about faith, Marquez offers no easy, concrete conclusions
or messages to his readers. Instead, the audience is left with a lot of opportunity for rich
dissection and debate and will perhaps walk away with rather personal conclusions and
connections.

The most obvious symbol is the old man himself. He is clearly in
the physical form of an angel, but due to his battered and aged state, the townspeople debate
whether he really is one or not and treat him largely as a freak. For some, this symbolism
parallels the way most religions, as ancient institutions, are perceived and handled in modern
cultures. Other readers see the angel as representing faith and the way it is treated by
neglectful modern worshippers.

The old man is soon locked up in a chicken
coop so that visitors far and wide can come gawk at him and watch him perform
miracles....

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In Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, describe the theme of good versus evil and how it relates to us as people in today's society.

The
theme of good and evil in Stevenon's story relates to us today because there exists the eternal
human dichotomy between good influences and evil influences, good impulses and evil impulses,
good choices and acts and evil (or just bad) choices and acts. So whether today or the 19th
century or post-2012, a story exploring the ultimate consequences of this dichotomy, and the
dichotomy driven choices and actions, is always relevant.

The theme of good
versus evil is explored in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde through the dual
personas of Dr. Jekyll. Jekyll's friend, Dr. Lanyon, split ways with Jekyll long before the time
of the story because he disapproved of Jekyll's "unscientific" experiments:

"But it is more than ten years since Henry Jekyll became too
fanciful for me. He began to go wrong, wrong in mind; .... I see and I have seen devilish little
of the man. Such unscientific balderdash, ... would have estranged...

What are the limits on individual freedom in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

In one
sense, thein byhave all the freedom they could want, since we know they
can leave this Puritan community at any time. Evencould have left, taken off the scarlet letter,
and gone to a new community or back to New England--and no one in Boston could have or would
have stopped her. Hester had

the world before
her,--kept by no restrictive clause of her condemnation within the limits of the Puritan
settlement, so remote and so obscure,--free to return to her birthplace, or to any other
European land, and there hide her character and identity under a new exterior, as completely as
if emerging into another state of being,--and having also the passes of the dark, inscrutable
forest open to her, where the wildness of her nature might assimilate itself with a people whose
customs and life were alien from the law that had condemned her....

What command did Mrs. Which give Meg, Charles, and Calvin on Camazotz?

All
three of the ladies give advice and guidance to the children when they arrive at Camazotz. Mrs.
Who gives hints to Calvin and Charles Wallace and her glasses to Meg. Mrs. Whatsit gives each
child one of their own qualities: to Calvin communication skills, to Meg her "faults"
(which will come in handy later, especially her stubbornness), and to Charles Wallace the
resilience of childhood. Mrs. Which's advice, unlike Mrs. Who's and Mrs. Whatsit's, takes the
form of a very clear command. As you know, Mrs. Which's voice is unclear and vibrates quite a
bit, but this is what she says:

To all three of you I give
my command. Go down into the town. Go together. Do not let them separate you. Be
strong.

This is an important instruction as the children
go forth. Everything about Camazotz is designed to unnerve them, and on several occasions, other
forces attemptand almost succeedin separating them. It is Meg's stubbornness that eventually
prevails. She refuses to allow them to be separated, even when things seem impossible. That
stubborn refusal to break Mrs. Which's command is what eventually leads them to success.
However, all the children will need to use every gift, hint, and piece of advice they have
received before the story is done.

What are some examples of allusion from 1984?

Some of
the allusions thatemploys in  are meant to deliberately contrast the world
of Oceania with the reader's reality.  In employing these allusions, Orwell is able to make
vital statements about Oceania and the condition of what is and what should never be.
 

One set of allusions early in the text can be found in Part I, Chapter 3.
 The first one is anto Shakespeare.   wakes up from a dream in which various images of his
mother and a naked woman, and utters "Shakespeare:"

With its grace and carelessness it seemed to annihilate a whole culture, a whole system
of thought, as though Big Brother and the Party and the Thought Police could all be swept into
nothingness by a single splendid movement of the arm. That too was a gesture belonging to the
ancient time. Winston woke up with the word 'Shakespeare' on his lips. 

The allusion to Shakespeare is deliberate. Shakespeare wrote about
the complexities of emotion and the ambiguities that exist within the human...

Who was a better general, Grant or Lee?

Like any two
generals (or any two people in any profession), Grant and Lee each had their own strengths and
weaknesses.  It is possible to identify these strengths and weaknesses relatively objectively,
but it is not possible to objectively say which was the better general.

Basically, their strengths and weaknesses were exact mirror images.  Lee was a great
tactician.  He was really excellent and knowing how to win battles in creative ways.  He
understood the abilities of his commanders and how to use them.  He was generally able to win
battles even against superior forces.  By contrast, Grant was not a great tactician.  He seemed
to only know how to win battles by having more troops and by having them conduct frontal
assaults on the positions they wanted.

On the other hand, Grant was excellent
at strategy.  He had a much clearer idea of how to win an entire war than Lee did.  Lee, it can
be argued, was too aggressive in attacking the Union army when his own army lacked men and would
have been better off in the long run being more defensive.  By contrast, Grant clearly
understood that the North had more men and supplies and that winning the war involved things
like keeping constant pressure on the Confederates so as to gradually wear them down.

Thus, Lee was better at fighting individual battles, but Grant was better at overall
strategy.  Both were great generals in their own ways.

Quotes About Curley's Wife

Representative
of the temptress, the Eve who ruins the halcyon environment of the Eden-like pond and
surrounding greenery, Curley's wife is pathetically lonely after having had to abandon her
dreams of being a movie-star--"I tell ya I could of went with shows."

Out of this loneliness, much like the loneliness of the bindle stiffs themselves,
Curley's wife comes around the bunkhouse.  However, she holds a power that the men do not:  she
poses as the temptress with

full, rouged lips and
wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up.  Her fingernails were red.  Her hair hung in little rolled
clusters, like sausages.  She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which
were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers. 'I'm looking for Curley,' she said.  Her voice had
a nasal, brittle quality.

...She put her hands behind her back and leaned
against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward.

Whentells her that Curley has not been there, she flirts with him,

"If he ain't, I guess I better look some place else," she
said playfully....She smiled archly and twitched her body.

After this, George expresses his assessment of her and tells ,

"I seen 'em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail
bait worse than her.  You leave her be."

Curley's
wife uses her power as the wife of the son of the boss to be cruel and to intimidate,

"I seen too many you guys.  If you had two bits in the worl',
why you'd be in gettin' two shots of corn with it and suckin' the bottom of the glass.  I know
you guys." 

When she asks Lennie about his bruises
and Lennie just says that Curley had his hand caught in a machine, she laughs and
says,

"O.K. Machine. I'll talk to you later. I like
machines."

"I'm glad you bust up Curley a little bit.  He got it
comin; to him.  Sometimes I'd like to bust him myself."

She later uses her sensuality to threaten Crooks,

"Listen, N--....You know what I could do to you if you open your trap?...I could
get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny."

and to control Lennie,

She looked up at Lennie,
and she made a small grand gesture with her arm and hand to show that she could act.  The
fingers trailed after her leading wrist, and her little finger stuck out grandly from the
rest.

Lennie sighed deeply....

...she ran her fingers over
the top of her head.  "Some people got kinda coarse hair," she said
complacently...."Feel right aroun' there an' see how soft it is."

An attractive woman whom Candy says "has the eye" and
George calls "jail-bait," Curley's wife is seductive, cruel, and intimidating. Her
behavior, born of her terrible aloneness, acts as the Eve in Steinbeck's world of men.  For, it
is she who spoils the dream of George and Lennie, a dream first expressed in the peace of the
Eden-like clearing with the pool.