Why Does Oedipus Blind Himself

Confronted with the horrific truth on many levels,is placed in an impossible reality.
 He acquires a sense of the pathetic because he is exposed to be a frail human being.  He
understands that the truth and his role in it are both horrific.  He has married his mother and
killed his father. Oedipus has also recognized that he has experienced a painful reversal.  From
the king who swore to go to the ends of the earth to find the source responsible for the plague
that has besieged his people, he has realized that he is the source of their pain.  Oedipus as
both man and ruler has been exposed as a frail human on both professional and personal levels.
 This instant, a threshold of painful revelation, is a reality from which he cannot
escape:

For he removed from her garment the
golden
brooches which she was wearing; he lifted them
and struck the sockets
of his own eyes,
shouting that they would not see either the evils
he had
suffered or the evils he had done,
now only in darkness...

When comparing the eastern United States, New Guinea, and the Fertile Crescent, what, according to Guns, Germs, and Steel, caused such a great...

The
difference that accounted for this discrepancy in food production was the fact that many
different crops that were ideal for food production were native to the Fertile Crescent. The
climate selected for crops that were easy to store and that produced edible seeds, like wheat
and barley, two plants cultivated fairly early in human history. These two plants also did not
have to be significantly modified to be useful. Put succinctly, eastern North America and New
Guinea did not have these plants. Corn, for example, which became the crucial crop for North
American societies, had to be tremendously modified from its wild form in order to be
domesticated and edible. There were other features of the Fertile Crescent--diversity of plant
species, long growing seasons, and others. North America nor New Guinea had these features, and
they also lacked the large animals that could be domesticated for food and labor. For these
reasons, the Fertile Crescent witnessed the development of...

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In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, what are some quotes that describe Kit's character?

Kit is
quite a well rounded character. Readers get to see all kinds of different sides to her
throughout the book, but one characteristic that remains true throughout the story is that Kit
is unafraid to meet a challenge. This stems from a few smaller character traits of hers. She's
willing to try things, she's stubborn, and she's impulsive. Readers get to see this side of Kit
early in chapter one, when we learn that Kit essentially refused to spend her sea voyage below
decks with the rest of the passengers.

Certainly she had
not spent the voyage groaning and retching like some of the passengers.

"You're not afraid of the wind and the salt, any- way. At least, you haven't spent
much time below."

"Not if I could help it," she laughed. Did
he think anyone would stay in that stuffy cabin by choice?

Early in the book, Kit is presented to readers as somewhat materialistic. She has fancy
dresses, and she isn't quite sure what to make of the lack of stuff that the Puritans seem to
get by with; however, Kit learns to appreciate the simplicity as well. In fact, Kit shows that
she might even have a bit of a minimalist tendency. We see this in chapter nine when we are told
that she finds a sort of inner peace in Hannah's simple home.

"Tis a pretty room, she said without thinking, and then wondered how that could
be, when it was so plain and bare. Perhaps it was only the sunlight on boards that were scrubbed
smooth and white, or perhaps it was the feeling of peace that lay across the room as tangibly as
the bar of sunshine.

What enables the father's mind to change in "Marriage is a Private Affair"?

Part of
Achebe's descriptive strength in the short story is that he does not inundate the reader with
the reasons as to why Okeke changes his mind. He enables the moment within which the change
happens and allows the complexity of this instant of change, what Kushner would call "the
threshold of revelation," wash over the resolution of the story and the reader. It is here
where I think exploration is needed. In terms of the story itself,Okeke receives a letter from
Nene , his rejected and ostracized daughter-in-law, informing him that he has two grandsons who
wish to see their grandfather and that she is sending them along with their father to see him
while she is not. In this, a moment is created in which Okeke realizes that he has moved past
being a father and into the realm of grandfather. He begins to recognize, for a brief instant,
that the disagreement with his son over choice of wife is moot with the present of two
grandsons. Yet, even then, the father wishes to hold on to his resistance, his defiance over his
son's disobedience. However, in a moment, he looks out the window and his resolve to his anger
diminishes:

The sky was overcast with heavy black clouds
and a high wind began to blow, filling the air with dust and dry leaves. It was one of those
rare occasions when even Nature takes a hand in a human fight. Very soon it began to rain, the
first rain in the year. It came down in large sharp drops and was accompanied by the lightning
and thunder which mark a change of season.

In this
connection between the natural world and Okeke's condition, the change of seasons almost
indicates a maturation. It is here in which Okeke realizes that this change also means that
there could be a dark side in that he might never get to see his grandchildren. With only one
son, this is a decision that haunts him, terrifying him and filling him with regret as to both
rejecting them for so long and not getting the chance to do right by them. With the ending of
the story as one in which Okeke "hardly slept- from remorse", it becomes clear that
the combination of this instant, a revelation that goes along with it, and the reflection of its
implications caused by nature all collude to create a condition in which Okeke recognizes his
own folly and seems to be running from his own actions to ensure that such mistakes are not long
term ones.

How do Hester, Dimmesdale and Chillingworth change physically, emotionally, and spiritually in The Scarlet Letter?

To add on
to the previous response:

1.begins the novel almost immediately.  In the
second chapter of the novel, she is talked about by the women of the town as a
"hussy," and only one of the gossips encourages the other women to consider that all
are sinners; Hester just happened to be caught.  When one is immediately seen as such a pariah,
one naturally acts as such.  Yet Hester, though she boldly embroiders the scarlet letter on her
bosom, does not actually act that bold throughout the novel.  Instead, she takes on her sin and
attempts throughout her life to atone for it.  In , Hawthorne comments on the fact that Hester
could have fled town and returned to England, but instead, she stayed (although at the edge of
town) and used her needle-work skills to make a living: 

Her needle-work was seen on the ruff of the Governor; military men wore it on their scarfs, and
the minister on his band; it decked the babys little cap; it was shut up, to be mildewed and
moulder...

I need quotes for Lord of the Flies that describe the different places of the island. Can anyone help?

Mikayla Bruen, M.B.A.

, by , is about a group of British school boys stranded on a
deserted island who must fend for themselves. In chapter 1, the reader is introduced toand , two
main characters in the book. In fact, when the boys ultimately break into factions, Ralph
becomes the leader of one group.

Their first view of the island comes in that
first chapter, when they want to get a better look at their surroundings. The author
writes:

Ralph disentangled himself cautiously and stole
away through the branches. In a few seconds the fat boys grunts were behind him and he was
hurrying toward the screen that still lay between him and the lagoon. He climbed over a broken
trunk and was out of the jungle.

The shore was fledged with palm trees.
These stood or leaned or reclined against the light and their green feathers were a hundred feet
up in the air. The ground beneath them was a bank covered with coarse grass, torn everywhere by
the upheavals of fallen trees, scattered...

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One integer is chosen at random from the numbers 1 to 100. What is the probability that chosen number is divisible by 6 or 8?

Maybe
this is just a quibble, but it seems to me that any integer would be divisible by 6 or 8 if the
requirement was not for a positive whole number (integer) as the product. For instance, 30
divided by 8 is 3.75. 6 divided by 8 is .75.

Argue that President Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was justified.

The
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki gave the Japanese an excuse for surrendering unconditionally.
Otherwise, they seemed prepared to fight for every inch of their homeland. Furthermore, once the
United States had the atomic bomb it had to show that it was willing to use it. And after
dropping the bomb on Hiroshima, it was necessary to drop another one in order to prove that the
U.S. had a supply of such bombs. The U.S. wanted to prove this not only to Japan but to the
world at...

What does the Maycomb County Jail look like from the outside in To Kill a Mockingbird?

The Maycomb
county jail has apparently been constructed as an experiment in design by its architect:
"It was certainly someone's dream." Out of place with the utilitarian designs of the
other public buildings, the jail is described byas "a miniature Gothic joke" with its
flying buttresses on a narrow building wedged between two others.

This is the
same jailhouse in which Arthur Radley spent some time in the basement when he was an
impressionable youth who went around with the Old Sarum group. But the building's design is so
unorthodox and impractical for a jail that few would suspect its use. For instance, the building
is so narrow that there is only space enough for one cell, and it is only tall enough for two.
In addition, the windows appear to be more like those of a church than a jail. Then, too, on the
evening thatdecides he must protect Tom Robinson from falling into the grip of an angry mob, the
children notice that the building has inadequate lighting because Atticus has had to run an
extension cord down the center of the building, at the end of which is only one bare
bulb.

What are the differences between Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic civilization?

The
distinction, to the extent it exists, would
be between the earliest residents of the Indus River
valley, the Harappan
people; and the later Aryans who moved into India and spread far beyond the

Indus valley.

The Harappan people, also known as Dravidians, are the
earliest
known of the Indian civilizations. Because the remains of the cities
are underwater and because
their language has not yet been deciphered, most
that is known of them is speculation. It is
known that they were fairly
advanced with class distinction, and eventually encompassed a large
area
larger than Mesopotamia, in fact covering all of present day Pakistan and much of
Northern
India. Their religion is not completely understood, but appeared to
center on fertility with a
mother goddess and a horned god of fertility which
resembled a bull. The closeness of this god
to Baal, the Mesopotamian god of
rain and the storm, has led some scholars to speculate that
there was
trade/interaction between the two societies.

The Vedic
civilization
was comprised primarily of the Aryan people who moved into India
c. 1500 B.C.E. They were
Indo-Europeans, but called themselves Aryan meaning
"noble people." They were not
indigenous to India, but apparently originated
in the Eurasian steppes and overspread much of
Europe and parts of Asia
excluding China, Korea, and areas to the far East. Whereas the
Dravidian
people had been primarily agricultural, the Aryans were primarily shepherds,
although
they did practice some degree of agriculture. They did not conquer
the Dravidian people, but
apparently mingled and eventually absorbed
them.

The name "Vedic
Age" derives from the earliest
collection of Aryan sacred writings, known as the
Vedas.
written in a sacred language known as Sanskrit.
The term
"veda" means "wisdom" or "knowledge." The
Vedas has been an important source
of information on this time in Indian history. More detailed
information is
provided in the links below.

Where in James Joyce's "Araby" do we find references to religion?

There
are two direct references to religion in 's "." The first reference is to a priest who
used to live in the unnamed narrator's house. The second way the unnamed narrator references
religion is the way he talks about Mangan's sister, the object of his affection.

In the first two  stories, "" and "An
Encounter," references to priests are primarily negative. In this story, however, the
reference to the priest is positive. This priest "left all his money to institutions and
the furniture of his house to his sister." References to priests in "The Sisters"
and "An Encounter" focus on the strict religiousness of these men; in
"Araby," the "very charitable" priest reads possibly anti-Catholic and
secular books such as The Devout Communicant and Vidocq's The
Memoirs. 

The second reference the unnamed narrator makes in the
story is conflating Mangan's sister with religion. As if being a Christian crusader, he imagines
himself bearing his "chalice safely through a throng of foes." In addition, her name
"sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not
understand." These ideas could both be seen as blasphemous in Dublin at the time
"Araby" was published.

Why did the North go through several commanders while Robert E. Lee remained in command of his troops for the whole war?

There are at
least two reasons for this.

First, Robert E. Lee was simply a very talented
general.  He was very good in terms of tactics and strategy, which meant that he was able to
pick the right battles to fight and to fight well in the battles he chose.  He was also
inspirational to his men,...

Compare the Kushite civilization with the Egyptian civilization.

Being
neighbors, the kingdoms of Kush and Ancient Egypt shared many similar characteristics. They also
had a number of distinct differences. Let's look at some of these below:

Similarities

Both kingdoms monarchies
ruled by a single ruler with his (and occasionally her) nobility as well as priests who managed
the bureaucracy and affairs of state.

Both kingdoms built monumental
pyramids. While these pyramids differed somewhat in style, they required a large degree of
sophistication, organization, and division of labor to construct. They both utilized these
structures as royal tombs for mummified rulers and their families.

The
Kushites and the Egyptians were also both polytheistic. They even worshipped some of the same
gods, such as Isis, Thoth, and Osiris.

The Egyptians and the Kushites also
had their own forms of writing.

Differences

The Egyptian pharaoh was
seen as a god on Earth. He had total and supreme control and the final word on everything. The
Kushite monarchs on the other hand were still considered human and subject to the divine laws as
interpreted by their priests.

While both kingdoms relied heavily on the Nile
river for their agricultural needs, their relationship with it was different. By occupying the
upriver highlands, the Kushites were able to take advantage of the more predictable rains which
kept their section of the river well fed. The Egyptians occupied land with little rainfall and
therefore relied extensively on the annual flooding of the Nile.

Power in
Egypt was passed directly from the pharaoh to his eldest son. In Kush, the king's authority went
to his eldest brother upon his death.

Kush had access to more mineral wealth
than Egypt. Their kingdom had numerous iron mines as well as gold and other precious metals.
They also had good access to timber sources. Egypt, on the other hand, grew cash crops that did
not grow as well in Kush. This included papyrus and linen as well as grain. For this reason,
there was usually a thriving trade between the two kingdoms.

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What does Juliet mean when she says, "I have no joy of this contract tonight./It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;/Too like the lightning, which...

These
lines are spoken inof Shakespeare's . The scene is usually referred to as
the balcony scene ashas gone into the Capulet orchard to catch another glimpse of , and the
scene plays out with Romeo standing below the balcony speaking with Juliet. He just met Juliet
at the party in Act I and has already fallen head over heels in love with the girl. Likewise,
Juliet has fallen instantly in love with Romeo, but here she expresses her misgivings over the
speed of their courtship. Because she is a Capulet and Romeo a Montague there are problems
because their families are mortal enemies.

At the end of the party in , the
two have discovered each other's identities, but this does not stop Romeo from pursuing his
emotions and his encounter with Juliet at the balcony confirms his suspicions that Juliet shares
his feelings. Unlike Romeo, Juliet is reticent to engage in something that would be forbidden by
her parents and family. The relationship is "too sudden" and she realizes that it may
lead to trouble. The audience is already well aware of the enmity between the two families as
the play opens with a street brawl instigated by the servants of Juliet's family and her cousin
. When Romeo appears below her balcony, she is instantly aware that his presence could mean his
death because of the hatred her relatives have for the Montagues. Ultimately, however, she
cannot hide her feelings and she pledges her love for Romeo, despite her reservations about the
hasty nature of their love.

Composing poetry: writing with pen and paper or composing on a computer? When I compose a poem or even a short story, the weapon of choice is...

Pen and paper
are my starting points, but then
I transfer my drafts to computer, particularly if it is poetry.
When using a
computer to generate a first draft, the mind, I have found, is more tempted
to
self-edit and withhold the raw emotions of a rough draft.

The personal act
of setting pen to paper forms a type of intimacy
with the mind. Computers reek of business and
efficiency, while pen and paper
give you the creative space to "breathe," so to speak.
But that's just one
guy's opinion. Kwoo1213 is correct in asserting that each writer has his or

her own way of doing things; do what works for you.

In Of Mice and Men, how and why does Lennie kill Curley's wife?

accidentally kills Curley's wife by shaking and breaking her neck. He doesn't mean to do it; as
always with Lennie, he doesn't know his own strength. But he's drawn to Curley's wife by the
softness of her hair as well as her overpowering sexuality. Over the years, Lennie has developed
an obsession with stroking soft objects, whether it's a fluffy rabbit or a dead mouse. It was
this strange quirk of his that got Lennie andinto serious trouble back in Weed, after Lennie
terrified a girl by touching her dress.

Unfortunately, Lennie isn't mentally
developed enough to have learned from his mistakes. So he instinctively reaches out and starts
stroking Curley's wife's hair. Curley's wife immediately recoils from Lennie's touch. She may be
lonely; she may be happy to sit down and pour her heart out to Lennie; but that's about as far
as she's prepared to go. Her understandably horrified reaction at Lennie's touching her hair
unnerves Lennie, so much so that he loses control and ends up killing Curley's
wife.

What are the ways the government protects consumers against exploitation?

The government
uses laws, called "consumer protection laws," to help prevent the exploitation of
consumers by fraudulent businesses and unfair business practices. Consumer protection laws are
responsible for food labeling standards, prohibitions against knowingly deceptive advertising,
and statues requiring the fair collection of debts. In the United States, these laws are
enforced by a number of agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Trade
Commission, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Many states also have their own
Department of Consumer Affairs, which handles complaints about fraudulent or misleading business
practices and is in charge of enforcement. It is also permissible for consumers to directly sue
businesses they feel have defrauded them and to include legal fees in the desired settlement
amount.

What were the domestic policies of William J. Clintons during his first term as president?

During his
1992 campaign for President, Clinton's staffers were frequently reminded that "it's the
economy, stupid," a mantra that urged them to focus on this issue as a talking point in the
campaign. He campaigned as a fiscal moderate, offering balanced solutions to the problems caused
by an economic downturn in the early 1990s. One of his first domestic policies was a series of
tax reforms that helped to balance the nation's budget--actually leading to surpluses--by the
late 1990s. In keeping with his moderate stance, Clinton also took aim at the welfare state,
promising to "transform a broken system that traps too many people in a cycle of
dependence" by placing restrictions on welfare eligibility. This policy had much in common
with conservative proposals. He also enjoyed several other legislative victories in his first
term, including raising the minimum wage. But on his signal domestic policy initiative,
healthcare reform, he suffered a humiliating setback. He appointed a panel led by the First
Lady, Hillary Clinton, to assemble a healthcare plan that would provide health insurance for all
while preserving free market principles. The plan presented to Congress was derided as
excessively complex, overly expensive, and ultimately a threat to people who already had
healthcare insurance plans. Conservatives mocked what became known as "Hillarycare,"
capitalizing on the unpopularity of the First Lady among many voters. Not only was this fiasco a
major domestic policy setback, it also helped propel the "Republican revolution" that
saw the GOP gain majorities in both houses of Congress in the midterm elections of 1994.

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What is Stargirl's old name in Jerry Spinelli's book Stargirl?

's old name
is Susan Caraway. 

Although "Susan" is the name her parents gave
her, Stargirl has changed what she is called many times.  She first renamed herself "Pocket
Mouse", then "Mudpie", "Hullygully", then finally,
"Stargirl".  Stargirl says that she changes her name when the old one "doesn't
fit anymore".  She explains,

"I'm not my name. 
My name is something I wear, like a shirt.  It gets worn, I outgrow it, I change
it".

Stargirl reveals her original name while she is
being interviewed by a panel of her peers on the Hot Seat, a student-run
video show.  Although in typical fashion, she does not seem to notice, the questioning from the
panel has a hostile tone.  One of the students asks accusingly, "What was wrong with the
name your parents gave you?", and another demands, "So what do your parents think? 
Are they sad you didn't keep Susan?"  Stargirl's parents, however, are apparently
comfortable with her attempts to express her individuality in this respect, and she
replies,

"No.  It was almost their idea.  When I
started calling myself Pocket Mouse when I was little, they called me that, too.  And we just
never went back" (Chapter 13).

What is the main theme of The Epic of Gilgamesh, and what is the historical background of Gilgamesh? Is it a believable story?

The
historical figure Gilgamesh, if he existed as many scholars believe, was a Sumerian king who is
thought to have ruled over the city of Uruk circa 2800-2500 B.C. (in modern-day Iraq).

 is incomplete.  Fragments of tablets of the epic date from 2100
B.C., and what is widely read today is a nineteenth-century translation.

The
epic contains many themes consistent with man's journey through life; it could be said that the
earliest tablets are concerned with man's desire for power and how he faces limitations imposed
by the gods.  The relationship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu could be seen in psychological terms as
the struggle between the id and the ego.  Many of the epic's stories correlate with biblical
stories (i.e. the deluge) and are also reminiscent of episodes from Homer's The
Iliad  and The Odyssey.  

The overarching
theme of the epic centers on man's rejection of his mortality and his consequent desire for
immortality.  Since life as man knows it is not eternal, if he wishes to be remembered, it must
be for kindness and love, not the attainment of the power to oppress others.

To answer the last part of your question, if one reads the epic's episodes as
metaphors, it is "believable."  The acquisition of wisdom and acceptance of one's
humanity are lessons that apply to us all, even if some of the trappings of the stories
challenge our credulity.

What are similarities and differences between an immanence religion and Sikhism?

One example
of an immanence religion is Christianity. While Christianity
teaches that God cannot be seen or approached, through God's incarnation as Jesus Christ, a man
who is both fully God and fully man, God becomes immanent, meaning an inherent presence among
man. Christianity also teaches that God is immanent through the Holy Spirit, which acts as an
ever-present manifestation of God.

Sikhism, on
the other hand, teaches that while God would never incarnate human form, He is immanent through
his presence in the world. In this way their belief in an immanent god is comparable to the
Christian belief in the Holy Spirit. As Guru Arjan, Nanak V once said, "God is beyond
colour and form, yet His/Her presence is clearly visible" ("Sikhism,"
fantastico.herobo.com).

Another similarity between Sikhism and Christianity
is that both teach that there is only one God and that salvation is the mergence of the soul
with God, which is achieved through an honest and sin-free life.

Which quote from Romeo and Juliet shows that Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

Even
thoughwarnsnot to move so quickly with his love for , he marries them anyway. This isnt the only
time that the Friar makes a hasty decision. In fact, the Friar makes several decisions
throughout the course of the play that can be connected to the deaths of- for example, he
supports Romeo in his banishment, he sends a letter to Romeo that Romeo never receives, he
covers up the death of Juliet, he leaves Juliet alone in the tomb, just to name a
few.

However, the one quote that really connects the Friar to their deaths is
in Act IV, Scene I.

Take thou this vial, being then in
bed,

And this distilled liquor drink thou off,

When
presently through all thy veins shall run

A cold and drowsy humor, for no
pulse

Shall keep his native progress, but surcease.

No
warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest.

The roses in thy lips and cheeks
shall fade

To paly ashes, thy eyes windows fall

Like death
when he shuts up the day of life.

Juliet has just learned
thathas died, Romeo is banished, and that she must marryon Thursday. Desperate for a solution or
shell commit suicide, she pleads for the Friar to help her. The Friar then realizes what a mess
this hasty marriage between Romeo and Juliet has caused. In an attempt to cover his tracks, he
comes up with an elaborate plan: Juliet will drink a potion that makes her appear dead so that
she is buried in her familys tomb, and when she wakes up the Friar and Romeo will be waiting for
her so that they can run away together in Mantua. Supposedly, Romeo will hear of all of this
through a letter.

I chose the quote in which Friar hands Juliet the vial of
potion as the quote that is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because it is that vial
that causes confusion and suicide. Upon making it to the tomb (without receiving the Friars
letter), Romeo believes that Juliet is in fact dead. This is reason enough for him to commit
suicide and drink the last of the potion. When Juliet wakes up from the potion, she sees Romeo
and uses a sword to kill herself. Without that vial of potion from the Friar, the deaths of
Romeo and Juliet could have been avoided.

How does the Trail of Tears affect the U.S. today?

It is easy to
assume that long-ago events dont have much of an impact on our lives today, or that they arent
meaningful, unless affecting us personally, as the previous answer implies. However, modern
Native Americans (Cherokee and otherwise) have a lot to say about how the removal still affects
their lives, nearly 200 years later.

Issues like suicide
and poverty are affecting over a million Native Americans at this very moment €“ a direct result
of decades of failed policies and generations of mistreatment toward the tribes. ( href="http://blog.nativepartnership.org/always-remember-native-history-affects-today/">Murray
Lee)

The Native Tribes lost their families,
their homes, and much of their cultural heritage and traditions when they were forced to
relocate to the West. Imagine what it must be like to be born and raised in thisof loss and
hopelessnessthese feelings of anger and resentment dont just go away in a generation or
two.

The federal government and corporations still readily seize land for
their own purposes (consider the recent href="https://time.com/4548566/dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock-sioux/">Standing
Rock

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Why is this story titled "Hills Like White Elephants"?

A white
elephant is a possession that is useless or no longer wanted by its owner. It's also a
high-maintenance item or property that brings little or no profit. According to old legends,
white elephants were gifts kings would give to courtiers who were no longer in favor. The
expense of maintaining the white elephant would financially ruin the courtier.

The baby Jig is likely carrying is carrying is a white elephant, as far as Jig's
boyfriend is concerned. It is the kind of "gift" that he feels is not worth the cost.
He wants Jig, therefore, to get an abortion, but he also wants her to go along with it. He wants
her to at least pretend the abortion was a joint decisionand, of course, for it to happen, she
has to agree. Jig, however, wants to keep a the baby.

The term "white
elephant" also connects to the idea of "the elephant in the room," a big problem
or issue that everyone in a room is aware of but nobody wants to talk about. Jig and her
boyfriend keep talking around the abortion, not calling it by name. A further elephant in the
room is their strained, angry relationship. Neither one, at this point, is willing to talk
frankly about their problems. Their relationship is both a white elephantno longer worth the
cost of maintenance to either of themand the elephant in the room they won't
discuss.

What are the two things Katrina Van Tassel is most known for and what does she wear to show these qualities?

According to
the narrator, Katrina Van Tassel is known for her beauty. She is eighteen with a voluptuous
figure and "rosy" complexion. Katrina is the only child of a very successful farmer
with lots of land and wealth, and she is a bit of a flirt.

She has "vast
expectations," which likely means that as the young and beautiful daughter of a wealthy
man, she expects to be pursued by men of substance. She would expect proposals of marriage from
men who could keep her in the style to which she is accustomed.

The way that
Katrina dresses befits her personality. She has some pure, yellow gold antique jewelry that her
great-great grandmother had brought to America from the Netherlands. She wears a modern, stylish
"stomacher," a triangular-shaped cloth panel meant to be decorative, and it fits in
the front of a dress. She also wears a short petticoat that shows off her shapely ankles and
feet.

How does Charles Wallace's relationship with Meg change throughout the novel?

When the
novel opens, Charles Wallace is Meg's caretaker. He seems to always be one step ahead of her and
his mother. This is shown early in the book, when he knows that both Meg and his mother will be
woken up by the storm and come down to the kitchen for a snack in the middle of the night. He is
waiting for them. He also meets Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which before Meg does. He is an
unusually intelligent and wise six-year-old who has insights that Meg doesn't.

When they get to Camazotz, however, their roles reverse. IT takes over Charles
Wallace's mind, taking advantage of a streak of arrogance in his personality, so...

How does Hawthorne characterize Reverend John Wilson? Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Just as he
uses true historical figures asin his story ","writes into his narrative of
"" the "stern divine" , a minister who came to America in 1630.  A strong
figure of Puritan intolerance he appears in Chapter III in the first scaffold scene. However,
Hawthorne describes him in such a way as to suggest his Puritanical ineffectiveness and punitive
nature:

withal a man of kind and genial spirit....an
attribute [that] was...a matter of shame than self-congratulation with him....There he stood,
with a border of grizzled locks beneath his skull-cap; while his gray eyes, accustomed to the
shaded light of his study , were winking, like those of 's infant, in the unadulterated
sunshine.  He looked like the darkly engraved portraits which we see prefixed to old volumes of
sermons; and no more right than of those portraits would have to step forth, as he now did and
meddle with a question of human guilt, passion, and anguish.

Alluding to the judges of the witchcraft trials, Hawthorne suggests the Puritanical
sanctimony in the Reverend Wilson who admits that he overrides the concern of Mr.that it is a
wrongdoing to question her in "such broad daylight, and in the presence of so great a
multitude." But, Mr. Wilson, continues, he has explained to Dimmesdale that the wrongdoing
is in the "commission of the sin, and not in the showing of it forth."  He, then, bids
the Reverend Dimmesdale to step forward and question Hester.  But, despite his pleas, Hester
refuses.  Mr. Wilson cries "more harshly than before,"

Woman, transgress not beyond the limits of Heaven's mercy!

The Reverend Mr. Wilson appears again at the mansion ofand
questions Hester about her right to raise the little girl.  When he askswho "made
thee," Pearl astonishes him by replying that she was plucked from the wild rose bush by the
prison.  After this response, the Reverend Wilson feels the child should be taken from Hester,
believing the mother wishes to "make a mountain bank of this child."

Whensuggests that they guess the father of the child, the "good Mr. Wilson"
suggests that it would be "sinful" to pursue the matter; better to "pray and fast
upon it."  Mr. Wilson does not appear again until the second scaffold scene in Chapter XII,
and then he does perceive Mr. Dimmesdale through the darkness even though Dimmesdale barely
restrains himself from speaking:

The venerable Father
Wilson continued to step slowly onward, looking carefully at the muddy parthway before his
feet.

And, finally, in the third scaffold scene,
"the venerable John Wison,...stepped forward hastily to offer his support" to Reverend
Dimmesdale, but the young minister "repelled the old man's arm."

Symbolic of Puritanism and its ineffectiveness in assuaging the soul, the Reverend Mr.
Wilson is part of the tableaux that present the punitive character of Puritanism and its
ineffectiveness.

 

Why does Mr. Linder come to the Younger apartment in A Raisin in the Sun?

comes to the Younger apartment to convince them to sell the house they've purchased in Clybourne
Park.

The Younger family receives money from their father's death. Their
mother uses some of it to put a down payment on a home in Clybourne Park; it's a safer
neighborhood and predominately white. The Younger family is black.

When
Mr....

Why does Montresor want revenge on Fortunato?

Montresor
never makes specific what Fortunato has done to him, suggesting that the "thousand
injuries" he may or may not have suffered are less important than Montresor's
perception of injury. 

We do get a hint that Fortunato
considers himself superior to Montresor. When Montresor says he is a mason, Fortunato takes this
to mean a Freemason, a group which apparently Fortunato is a part of--and Forunato exclaims
"You! Impossible!" He "recoils" when Montresor shows him the trowel, and
says "You jest." Then his mind returns to his quest for the Amontillado, and he urges
Montresor on.

This dialogue, though short and merely suggestive, speaks
volumes in a compact story. It hints that Fortunato considers that he is lowering himself to be
with Montresor, a man he cannot seriously consider a fellow Mason, and only condescends to do so
because of the bait of the rare wine.

On the other hand, Fortunato's snobbery
is not stated directly as fact by either of the characters. One of the most interesting facets
of this story is its porousness, the way it leaves itself open to construction and
interpretation. 

What is the common and least multiples of 3 and 6? i want to know how to answer the question!

In arithmetic
the least common multiple (LCM) of two numbers a and b is the smallest positive integer that is
a multiple of both a and b. So, the multiples of 3 are : 3, 6, 9, 12, ...The multiples of 6 are
: 6, 12, ...So 12 is the first , that is least, common multiple between 3 and 6.

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Name 12 progressive goals of The Progressive Reform Era.

There were
many goals of the Progressive movement, some of which were realized. One goal was getting
women the right to vote. This was made possible with the Nineteenth
Amendment. Another goal was outlawing the use and sale of alcohol.
This started with the Volstead Act but proved to be a failure. Another was a graduated
income tax. Still another progressive goal was ending
child labor. This was made possible later in the New Deal. Another Progressive
goal was to end business trusts . This happened with the Sherman
Anti-trust Act. The Food And Drug Act regulated what businesses could sell to...

According to The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, what is the role of the church in slavery?

In
Douglass' mind, if the church does not speak out in an active and defiant way about slavery,
then it is as responsible as those who profit from it.  Douglass is quick to point out that
there is a difference between "true" Christianity and a more "false" view of
it.  The "true" essence of Christianity, of which he is a believer, is one that would
denounce the practice of slavery in the strongest of terms.  There is little that can be
reconciled between a valid expression of Christianity and the enslavement of...

What are some good reasons for and against reading The Alchemist by Coelho?

One very good reason
for reading this book is that simply so many others have read it and obviously found it useful
and helpful to read. This book concerns a number of key themes that are all based around the
self-improvement of humans and character development, and as a result it is worth reading in
terms of the reader's own development and the lessons that can be learnt from this book. One
example is the theme of fear. Santiago experiences fear in many different guises on his journey:
a fear of loss of wealth by going to Tangier, a childish fear of having his dream interpreted,
and the fear of being killed in the battle at...

What did Rappaccini want to do? Why had he grown poisonous plants in his garden?

Doctor
Rappaccini is said by Professor Guasconti to have a great devotion to science, a greater
devotion to science than to people, and he is willing to sacrifice people, including himself,
for what he considers the greater good of the advance of knowledge.  All of his plants are a
kind of experiment, as he looks for cures for diseases and adds to the body of scientific
information. He has a theory that plants contain within themselves not just poisons, but also
potential antidotes for illnesses. And in fact, Doctor Rappaccini's daughter, the beautiful
Beatrice, is herself one of his scientific experiments. She has been raised to be nurtured by
the poisonous plants he grows, and Rappaccini has created a daughter who is now impervious to
their poisons. It is implicit that Rappaccini has meant to confer on her some form of
immortality, since the plants seem to protect her from illness. At the end of the story,
Beatrice rejects this, dying rather than living with the poisonous evil her father has
wrought.  

It is interesting to note that Rappaccini was not exactly wrong,
since we are learning or perhaps rediscovering that there are plants that can hurt us or cure
us.  But one moral of the story is that one can tamper too much with Mother Nature, and this
tampering results in evil and death. Another is that when one elevates science over mankind,
this is another form of evil, and in fact, there have been many unethical scientific experiments
done because of this. The Tuskegee Project is an excellent example, allowing men to die after a
cure is discovered, all in the interests of "scientific knowledge."  
 

What is the mood and the tone of the poem "A Time to Talk"?

The
mood and tone of a poem help us assess both how we are supposed to respond to it, theit creates,
and the attitude the poet is taking towards his subject. In this short poem by Robert Frost, the
poet adopts a tone of acceptance towards "all the hills I haven't hoed," or things he
hasn't donehe is suggesting that he does not, and we should not, waste time agonizing about
everything that is yet to be done, particularly if it means that we miss out on the pleasures of
the current moment.

The mood of this poem is a slow, gentle one: the friend's
horse "slows," as if he too is content to "plod" and indulge in "a
friendly visit." The speaker has determined, like his friend, that now is a "time to
talk." Rather than demanding to know what the friend wants to talk about, as he might if
his intention was to hurry on to his next destination, the poet is content to pause in this
"mellow" spot and engage in some quiet interchange with his friend. There is an
undertone of frustration in the poem, suggesting that if others took such an attituderather than
shouting "What is it?" whenever they are addressed or engaged by someone elseour lives
might also be more "mellow."

In The Odyssey, what internal conflict does Odysseus face in the Land of the Dead?

The visit of Odysseus to
the Land of the Dead occurs in Book 11. It is of course important to realise that Odysseus
confronts not only family members who have died, but also old friends and comrades-in-arms.
Therefore, although the text does not explicitly indicate internal conflict, we can pick up that
being confronted with family members such as his mother causes Odysseus considerable grief and
mental hardship. Consider what Odysseus says about how he tried to embrace his mother after
seeing her but was unable to:

Then I tried to find some
way of embracing my mother's ghost. Thrice I sprang towards her and tried to clasp her in my
arms, but each time she flitted from my embrace as it were a dream or phantom, and being touched
to the quick I said to her, 'Mother, why do you not stay still when I would embrace you? If we
could throw our arms around one another we might find sad comfort in the sharing of our sorrows
even in the house of Hades; does Proserpine want to lay a still further load of grief upon me by
mocking me with a phantom only?

Odysseus is clearly
struggling with his sense of loss and grief and also he is finding it difficult to accept the
finality of death. The phrase "sharing our sorrows" indicates that Odysseus, now that
he is face to face with his mother, is able to express his true feelings of loss and desolation
that he had been unable to before. However, because of the nature of death, he is unable to find
physical comfort through seeing his mother. The internal conflict experienced by Odysseus is
therefore best described as him trying to come to terms with the hardship that he has
experienced and also accepting the terrible finality of death.

What is a good quote in the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" for ethos?

This
sermon is a treasure trove for memorable quotes. Here is one that always struck me: it is the
image of the heaviness of sin. According to Edwards, the wrath of God is upon sinners. Edwardss
text come from the Old Testament, Deuteronomy 32:35. Edwards initially speaks of the wrath of
God upon Israel, but he really applies it to all who are non-believers. He breaks the picture of
a benevolent God on account of our sin. Here is what he says about our sins:

Your wickedness makes you, as it were, heavy as lead, and to rend
downwards with great weight and pressure towards hell, and if God should let you go, you would
immediately sink, and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf; and your healthy
constitution, and your own care and prudence, and best contrivance, and all your righteousness,
would have no more influence to uphold you, and keep you out of hell, than a spider's web would
have to stop a falling rock.

What is striking here is
twofold. First, our sin is heavy. It...

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When listening to composer, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's The Flight of the Bumble-Bee, use the elements of music (melody, harmony, form, rhythm, timbre,...

The orchestral
interlude from Rimsky-Kovsakov's opera The Tale of Tsar Sultan is the close
to Act III, Tableau 1. In this interlude, the Swan-Bird transforms himself into an insect so
that he can fly off to visit his father, who does not know he is alive.

In
the image above, the leitmotif of the flight (1) and the transformation (2), are, of course, the
thematic ideas that bind the work together. So, in drawing a music map, these notes could be
copied and inserted as they tie together the pictorial depiction of sound (as fence posts hold
the wire in place every so many feet). Remembering that music and art are simply different
mediums for the expression of the same concept or feeling, the student may wish to use color and
line to convey the rhythm and melodies and chord progressions of the music. (There are some
people, called "synesthetes," who experience double sensory experiences such as
hearing a sound while also seeing a color.)

Here's another suggestion: Watch
and listen to the video of the links below and try to visualize the sound in lines and imagine
into what color this sound can be translated. For example, as the conductor moves his baton,
imagine it is a sparkler in the dark that creates lines of light and draw this line which then
moves with the progression of the music (vary the thickness, color, etc.). For example, when the
flutes are being played, the line will be thinner; when the cello comes in, the line thickens,
and so forth. Perhaps, the student can conceptualize the leitmotif as the body of the bee, and
the lines emanating from him in his transformation and flight. And, what about flowers? Bees
hover over them often in their flights.

The important thing is to free the
imagination and feel, experience personally, the color and line; closing the eyes and imagining
line and color can be the way to translate sound into other senses--even dance! With regard to
the other link, the Canadian Brass rendition, the tuba has such round, bold notes in contrast to
the sharp, staccato of the trumpet that line can easily express these
sounds. 

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Imagery In Romeo And Juliet

Whenis in 's
garden and she speaks from her balcony (not yet knowing he's there), he says she should speak
again because she is "As glorious to this night" as is "a winged messenger of
heaven." Hishere compares her to an angel. He pursues this conceit: the angel is glorious
"Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes / Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him."
She is an angel above, and mortals look upon her with "wondering" (awestruck) eyes, as
they are unworthy to look upon her. 

He also uses the "her eyes are like
stars!" , but he's a bit more creative in how he presents it: 

Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat
her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.

That is, two actual stars had business elsewhere, so they asked her eyes to stand in
for them while they were gone. 

 

Some people argue that the history of corrections shows an evolutionary progress toward more humane treatment of criminals. Do you agree or disagree...

I would have
agreed with this statement perhaps 30 years ago, but I no longer believe that it is true.  At
least, it is clearly not true that corrections are constantly moving toward treating prisoners
more humanely. 

For part of our history, this statement would have been
true.  American corrections were originally not very humane at all.  We started with
corrections that were...

What is the difference between drama and prose?

Prose
refers to written or spoken language that
is not in poetic form, whether in rhythm, rhyme, or
structure. Drama is a
performing art in which actors use dialogue and actions to tell a story or

convey a message to a viewing audience. In most cases, dramatic works are written down
so that
the performers can memorize and rehearse the lines before performing
them live. The written form
of a drama takes the structure of a script. While
prose is written in paragraph form, dramatic
scripts are written as lines of
dialogue, with the speaker's name clearly designated before each
line.
Instructions for the director about the set or for the performers about their actions
are
written in notes, usually set in italics, before or between the lines of
dialogue. These notes
are usually quite sparse, because the director will
determine a significant amount of the
choreography and will teach it to the
actors during rehearsals. Thus, when one reads the script
of a drama instead
of seeing it performed, one misses out on a great deal of description that

would explain the characters' movements and expressions. Prose allows the author,
depending on
the chosen point of view, to describe inner thoughts and
feelings of characters. Drama requires
that characters' thoughts either be
spoken aloud or portrayed via body language and
movement.

Another factor to consider when differentiating between drama and

prose is that dramatic scripts can be written in either prose or verse or in a
combination.
William Shakespeare wrote much of his drama in iambic
pentameter. However, he often alternated
between prose and poetry in his
plays, with the lines of lower-class characters written in prose
and those of
upper-class characters written in poetry. A scene that contained great import
might
use more obvious rhyme and meter, while a less significant scene would
be written in more
prosaic language.

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Who is Hannah?

In s
, Hannah Tupper is an old, kind-hearted widow, who is outlawed by the
Puritan society. She lives alone in a small house located near the edge of the Blackbird Pond,
after the death of her husband Thomas...

How did the king of Brobdingnag receive Gulliver?

When Gulliver meets the
King of Brobdingnag in
Book 2 of "", the king at first thinks that Gulliver is a small
animal
(splacknuck) or is a clockwork toy.  When the king realizes that Gulliver is neither
of
those, he is astonished and fascinated.  The king then has scholars study
Gulliver to determine
what Gulliver was.  After the scholars studied Gulliver
and still has to simply label him a
"freak of nature", the king treats
Gulliver kindly by ordeing that good care be taken
of Gulliver.  Gulliver
began to learn more about the king as well and he wanted to be in his
good
graces.  Gulliver noted that the king and the entire kingdom lacked some grandeur and,
in
fact, the king was contemptible of excessive human behaviors.  In an
attempt to impress the king
with how advanced and civilized Gulliver's home
land was, Gulliver told the king much about
England, its people, and its
government.  The king was contemptuous of the Englsih snobbery,
English
government, and the English people in general.  The king was one of the most
sympathetic
people Gulliver encountered in Brobdingnag; he was big in heart
as well as stature just as the
Emperor of Lilliput was small in all ways. 
The king tries to understand Gulliver and his
people, but he sees them as
mean, narrow-minded people with warped values.  Despite his opinion,
however,
he never mistreats Gulliver.

Which lines reveal the imagery in "Richard Cory"? Look for the lines that describe a vivid mental picture in the poem.

He was a gentleman from sole to crown

exuded all the characteristics one would assume about a gentleman. He seems refined,
has good taste, and respects other people. He is a man the townspeople look to with admiration,
so this line provides the impression of distinction about the subject of the poem.

Clean favored, and imperially slim

He is also well-groomed, taking great pride in his appearance. He isn't just thin but
"imperially" slim, connoting a sense of royalty in his demeanor. The townspeople look
to him as one would admire a king, with great respect and honor.

And he was always quietly arrayed

Contrasting a
typical image of royalty, Richard Cory dresses in a muted manner, not using clothing to draw
attention to himself. He likely avoids showy fashions and flashy colors. This presents a sense
of humble character, which is reinforced in the following line as the speaker notes that he was
"always human" in conversation, showing kindness in conversation.

And admirably schooled...

The process of establishing a stakeholder orientation impacts business ethics and social responsibility. Describe stakeholder orientation.

Stakeholder
orientation is a state of mind on the part of a company.  It is part of the companys corporate
culture.  It exists when the company is concerned about the impact of its actions on all of its
stakeholders, not just those who own the company.

To understand this, let us
first look at how stakeholder can be defined.  We can say that any person or group of people
is a stake holder if it fits two main criteria.  First, it must be someone who is or can be
affected by the actions of a firm.  Second, it must be able to grant or withdraw some resources
that are important to the firm.  What this means is that any firm has many stakeholders.  These
include the firms owners, its employees, its customers, its suppliers, and even, potentially,
the people of the community in which the firm operates.

The stakeholder
orientation tries to value all of these stakeholders.  It truly commits to taking the needs of
all stakeholders into account when it makes decisions about what to do.  Thus, it is an attitude
that is more focused on doing the right thing by everyone the firm affects, not just on making
money. 

What do you think the "light" is in the first line of the 4th stanza of "Richard Cory"?

So on we worked and waited for the light, 
And went without the meat and
cursed the bread, 
And , one calm summer night, 
Went home and put a bullet in
his head.

In this stanza, the common people work and wait
for the light. This means that they work until it is time to die. The light represents the end
of this life as we know it. Many people believe that the light represents a time when one passes
from this life to another.

The light at the end of the tunnel is a familiar
expression. This expression is based on some people's near-death experiences. There seems to be
a bright light at the end of a dark tunnel. In this poem, the common people who wish to be
Richard Cory work and wait for the light. The common people know only one thing--work. The light
represents hope that one day their hard work will end and a new life will begin. The light
represents a better life. The light represents a time when hard work will end and all will be
joy and peace forever more.

Ironically, Richard Cory ends his life. He
reaches the light before the townspeople. Up until Richard's death, the townspeople had wished
to be like Richard Cory. The townspeople wished to have his money. Richard Cory wished to be
like the townspeople. He was lonely:

If the townspeople
wished they were in his place because of his wealth, he in turn wished he were one of them
because they were rich in one another's company.

The
townspeople still work and wait for the light. One day, death will come for all the townspeople.
Until then, the townspeople have no choice. They must work for the bread they curse. It is no
wonder that they hope for a better life. It is no wonder that they wait for the light which
represents a better life.

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How is Gothic Literature related to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Gothic
writing tends to be very dark, focus on the evil side of human nature, have supernatural and
unexplained elements to it, and have a lot of suspense and mystery.  All of these can be seen in
the book .  This book is very dark--meaning, it focuses on scary,
mysterious, depressing things.  Murders occur, brutalities are committed, there is a shadowing
workshop, a mystery that is unsolved.  It is very dark.  This novel focuses a lot on the dark
side of human nature, meaning, what we as humans are capable of if we let go of our inhibitions
and...

What is a specific example of the new era of Cervantes time lost that the time of the Knight Errant had? In Don Quixote, Cervantes explores the gap...

I would
say one of the tenets of a chivalric code was the decline in trustworthiness.A Knight Errant
could be counted on unconditionally to be honest in all things:his word, his...

Is 1984 a tragic love story in dystopian setting, or a story of rebellion? .

seems to be trying to be both a love story and a tale of rebellion. The posts above suggest the
complexities that are offered in interpreting this novel in either way, and I agree with much of
what has been posted.

The fact that the rebellion fails as well as the
loyalty between the lovers, does not, to me, mean that the story'sare compromised or that the
book fails to be a "love story" or a "story of rebellion".

There are narrative flaws here that serve to erase or at least diminish the
effectiveness of the love story involved in 1984, regardless of the
potential centrality of this love to the text, and which also skew the
narrative toward its ultimate political statement, compromising the story and characters in
order to do so.

This is not a story, in the end, about people as individuals.
It is a book about how politics influence society, looking at an extreme situation wherein
rebellion is successful only insofar as it is acted upon with passion for a moment. When the
moment is over, the system wins.

What are two major themes of the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote?

It seems
to me that the two main themes of are the very old and traditional theme
of crime and punishment and the more modern theme that nobody is safe anymore in our modern
world. As far as the second theme is concerned, the Clutter family would have been safe in older
times because they lived in such a small and isolated community. But with automobiles and
superhighways we see a pair of desperados drive all the way across the state of Kansas to
intrude into the lives of innocent strangers and then all the way back. There is also the
incident in which the two murderers plan to hitchhike and murder the driver so that they can
steal his car. No one is safe anymore. We see virtually no hitchhikers anymore because everyone
is afraid to pick them up, and for good reason. 

What were Stalin's goals in Eastern Europe?

The ending
of World War II's conflicts in Europe posed a rather interesting situation.  How would the
reorganization of Europe be defined?  For his part, Stalin believed that he wanted to create a
configuration that would prevent, once and for all, another Western threat to Russia.  In
preventing this, Stalin created a block of nations that had featured governments that were
puppets of his Soviet government.  Up and down this eastern corridor of nations, Stalin's
"pupils" and tactics had helped to define governments that were extensions of his own
Soviet government, complete with their own purges such as in Hungary and Bulgaria.  At the same
time, this helped to foster another one of his goals, that being of Soviet Supremacy.  As Stalin
was able to control these nations in Eastern Europe, he also ensured a consolidation of his own
power in these nations, helping to establish him as a dominant world leader until his death in
1953.

Does Oedipus deserve the fate that befalls him? Does Oedipus deserve the fate that befalls him?

I would
say that free will interacts with fate to initiate the curse.  There are free choices made
by Laius, Jocasta and Oedipus that result in the fulfilling the curse's promise. 

When Laius and Jocasta find out from an oracle of Apollo that their newborn son will
one day kill his father, they abandon the child, leaving him in the elements to die.  However, a
kind shepherd takes the child and gives him to the King of Corinth. 

Fate
does rule...

Compare the moral beginning "Be True! Be True! Be True!" to what Pearl said to Dimmesdale on the scaffold in Chapter 12 of Hawthorne's The Scarlet...

's quote
is as follows:

Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to
the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!

At the root of this challenge is telling the truth: being honest.
The quote urges the listener to be honest with the worldif not in sharing one's worst trait,
then by at least hinting that there is an imperfection. This seems to refer to exposing one's
sinful nature, if not the specific sin itself. And
this is especially appropriate for the Reverend .

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's
, one man has engaged in an adulterous relationship withyears before: but
Dimmesdale has never accepted responsibility for his part in their affair.
Hester has given birth to their child and been punished and humiliated before the entire
community, but she has refused to expose the man who has fathered her child, who is also guilty
of the sin.

Dimmesdale is a man torn between wanting to live a
righteous...

What new facts about "Annabel Lee" does the speaker Edgar Allan Poe give? How he describe their love?

The facts
aboutand her relationship with the speaker are related in this poem like a fairy tale. The
speaker begins the poem by speaking of a "kingdom by the sea" many years ago which is
similar to the often used "once upon a time" characteristic of fairy tales. In the
first stanza, all we know is that Annabel lived to love and be loved by the speaker. 

In the second stanza, the speaker notes that their love was so great ("more than
love") that the angels were jealous. 

With a love
that the winged seraphs of heaven 

Coveted her and me. 

In the next two stanzas, the speaker suggests that the jealous
angels sent a chilling wind to the kingdom by the sea and this led to Annabel Lee's death. The
speaker adds that their love was/is so strong that death can not break the bond between himself
and Annabel, that nothing and no one can "dissever" his soul from hers. The speaker
continues to see Annabel in the moon, stars, and the sea; this shows that he continues to have a
spiritual connection to her via the beauty of nature. 

What are the official and unofficial reasons why Chuck was kicked out of school in Chapter 7 of Tisha?

The official
reason why Chuck is kicked out of school is that his enrollment is in violation of the law.  The
unofficial reason for his exclusion is a deeply ingrained attitude of racism and
hatred.

Chuck is the half-breed son of one of the inhabitants of the
settlement of Chicken, Alaska - Joe Temple.  The child has recently been brought from a
neighboring Indian village characterized by squalor and extreme poverty.  Although he can read
and cipher after a fashion, Chuck's ways are different, and he speaks only limited English.  The
denizens of the settlement call him a "siwash", a demeaning...

Use upper and lower sums to approximate the area of the region using the given number of subintervals (of equal width). y=`sqrt(x)` +5 Find the...

The upper sum
and lower sum refer to the sums of areas of the rectangles resulting from breaking up the
interval into smaller segments.

The lower sum is the sum
of the areas of rectangles UNDER the curve (thus, this approximation will be slightly smaller
than the actual area under the curve.) In this case, the first rectangle has vertices

(0,0), (0.25, 0), (0, 5) and (0.25, 5). The area of this rectangle is 0.25*5 =
1.25

The second rectangle is next to the first one and has vertices

(0.25, 0), (0.5, 0), (0.25, 5.5) and (0.5, 5.5). (5.5 is the value of the function y =
f(0.25)). The area of this rectangle is 0.25*5.5 = 1.375

As you can see, the
area...