Describe Alfred Doolittle's entry and his interaction with the two gentlemen in Act 2 of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion."

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What are the advantages of television as a socialization agent?

Television
can be used to socialize children. Television reaches a wide audience. Most people have some
kind of access to cable and satellite television, and if one does not, one can always watch
network television that is streamed for free. Most families have a television regardless of
their income.

Television shows are also relatively short. This is important
in that children's attention spans are often short. Most of a television show's storyline can be
finished in thirty minutes or less. Many shorter children's cartoons often have two complete
stories, with each one lasting fifteen minutes. A lot of children's programming teaches values
such as hard work, honesty, and caring. Though the children do not realize it, they soon start
to internalize these values.

Television also does not involve the constant
attention of parents. Parents can used television as a "babysitter," as many children
can sit enraptured by the programming. Though television is not a substitute for active
parenting, it can be used as a reward for children or to give busy parents a break. Given the
right programming, children can learn passively through television. Some of the newer television
programs have the main characters address the children directly, thus giving the children
opportunities to be participants in the show.

Television, if used correctly,
can transfer many societal values to children. Children can learn about friendship, sharing, and
responsibility before they ever start school. Good children's television is important, and its
value should not be overlooked when it comes to raising well-rounded
children.

Is there any irony in A Raisin in the Sun?

Mr.
Lindner's visit to the Younger house is an example of dramatic and situationalin
. Once the neighborhood learns of Mama's intentions in purchasing a house
in their neighborhood, Mr. Linder arrives as a representative of Clybourne Park's Welcoming
Committee to let the family know about their new neighborhood.

I am from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association and we have had it brought to our
attention at the last meeting that you peopleor at least your motherhas bought a piece of
residential property.

Clybourne Park is an all white
neighborhood, and though he arrives saying he's come to welcome the Younger family to the
neighborhood, it becomes clear to the audience his visit is not about making them feel welcomed
(dramatic irony). He trips over his words and stutters as he tries to explain the reason for his
visit.

Wellit's what you might call a sort
of...

Does Capote attempt to show the effects that prison life has on any of In Cold Blood's figures? A quote, or even just general explanation would be...

He
does, especially in regards to Perry Smith. In Part IV of the book, Capote discusses at length
Smith's desire to sound intelligent to others. When other prisoners threaten Smith's self-image,
he talks about them as if they are...

What are the three basic ingredients of paint?

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Paint is defined as a liquid chemical compound that
becomes solid and opaque after application to a surface. Paint is commonly used for art and
decoration, but new formulations have been used for insulation, reflectivity, and electrical
transmission.

The three basic components of paint are:
Pigment, Binder, and
Solvent.

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   Pigment is the color of the paint. It is normally derived from
   another... ]]>

What main point does Edwards want his listeners to understand?

Confronted
in a Colonial setting where materialism and commerce began to supplant zealous religious
worship, thinkers like Edwards were confronted with a disturbing reality.  The mishap of justice
through the Salem Witch Trials also helped to decrease the passion of religious worship
throughout the colonies.  In response to this waning was the Great Awakening.  The premise of
this movement was that the Colonial lack of intensity regarding religion had made God angry, and
this anger could only be abated with consistent and driven spiritual worship.  Thinkers like
Edwards used large outdoor revivals as setting to raise the awareness of the audience as to how
they have sinned in the eyes of God and how these transgressions have made God angry and this
form of anger will result in a display of Biblical and cataclysmic proportions.  The main point
of these sermons, most famous being "," was for individuals to recant and change their
ways and move from a commercial based frame of reference into a religious one to provide meaning
into their lives.  It also served to make men like Edwards assume power as the moral center or
leader throughout these individuals' lives.

What does Odysseus learn from his conversation with Achilles?

In book
11, Odysseus and his men sail to Oceanus, where they proceed to make sacrifices in order to meet
the shades of death. After Odysseus speaks with the shade of Teiresias, who instructs him to
leave Helios's cattle unharmed, he meets the shade of Achilles. Odysseus initially attempts to
comfort Achilles by commenting on his revered legacy, but Achilles responds by saying that he
would rather be a slave than remain among the dead. Achilles then asks Odysseus about his family
and comments on his desire to defend his father against people who disrespect Peleus's
home.

Odysseus responds by telling Achilles that his son, Neoptolemus,
fought bravely in battle and played a significant role in their victory over Troy. After
Achilles listens to Odysseus elaborate on his son's exploits, his shade swiftly moves away,
rejoicing and celebrating his son. Through Odysseus's interaction with Achilles, he discovers
that the underworld is an awful place where comfort and pleasure do not exist. From...

What is the purpose and central message of Jonathan Edwards' sermon?

The purpose
of ' sermon was to reinvigorate the faith of believers and convert nonbelievers to Christianity.
 As inhabitants of the colonies were becoming more diverse in their beliefs and others more
secular and commercially-minded, the Puritan faith was beginning to lose followers. Edwards'
sermon was part of the largely unsuccessful (First) Great Awakening, a religious revival
movement.

The central message of the sermon is that God is filled with wrath
for the sinners who have fallen away from the church and is ready to cast them all into the
eternal suffering of Hell.  Edwards preaches at length in very vivid and evocative language to
terrify his listeners.  Near the end of the sermon, he modifies his tone and suggests that if
people act quickly to rededicate themselves to God, there is a chance for salvation.

 

 

How much progress has been achieved in securing equality for all Americans since the 1960s?

It's hard to quantify progress, but America
has definitely moved in the right direction since the 1960s.

Brown vs. Board
of Education was a landmark Supreme Court decision which called for the desegregation of all
schools in the United States in 1954. Unfortunately, the decision gave no strict timeline, so
the 1960s saw some efforts toward integration and areas of strong resistance. It is a common
misconception that this decision provided one sweeping cure for integration in public schools,
but lots of work had to be done all over the country to make that decision a reality. In fact,
one district in Mississippi didn't integrate for another 50 years. Today schools aren't
segregated by governmental policies but are still segregated because of housing availability and
opportunities. Full integration in education would also require housing integration, so there is
work yet to be done and progress yet to be made.

The 1960s saw increased
efforts to improve educational opportunities for special education students. In 1975, children
with disabilities were given the assurance of a free, public education, and IDEA in 1997
established Individualized Educational Plans for these students. Students who require special
services to receive an appropriate education have greatly benefited from these changes in
society. As we educate more of these students in ways that prove meaningful and beneficial to
their own goals and abilities, there is still a need to reshape our communities to provide
worthwhile employment opportunities for these students and to validate those educational efforts
they have made.

Title IX was passed in 1972 and states that educational
programs cannot discriminate on the basis of sex. This opened up the doors for many female
athletes whose programs were often cut as money was appropriated for their male counterparts,
often not leaving enough money in the budget for women's athletics. In 1972, just 1 in 27 girls
in high school played sports. Today, about 2 out of 5 do.

Social reform is
often reflected in educational policies, and there have been positive shifts to allow more
opportunities for all people, regardless of differences. There is a continuous need for further
progress as Americans listen to those who feel marginalized speak up about their experiences and
the need for change.

What are the hard questions that Calvin asks about Megs father in A Wrinkle in Time?

Calvin asks
Meg hard questions about her father's disappearance, a touchy subject in the Murry family. He
first repeats the rumor going around town that her father ran off with another woman. He says he
knows that isn't true, but then probes Meg more deeply about her father's disappearance. Meg
responds that all she knows is that her father had a top secret clearance with the government.
Calvin asks if her father might be dead. Meg replies no, or they would have gotten a telegram.
However, he has stopped writing letters. Calvin then asks if she thinks that the government
doesn't know what happened to her father. Meg admits that's what she fears. 

It takes courage for Calvin to ask these questions, because Mr. Murray's disappearance
is such a sensitive subject. Meg is hurt, misses her father and is deeply worried about what has
happened to him. Calvin shows his maturity in being able to question her on such a sore subject
in a way that Meg can accept. 

What are some decisions made by Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird?

In , , ,
and Dill unwittingly interrupt a confrontation outside Maycomb jail between their father and an
angry group of men.is there to protect Tom Robinson from a lynch mob, and the children intervene
just in time to diffuse the situation. Atticus tells Jem to go home and to take Scout and Dill
with him. Jem, however, decides to refuse his father's instruction. He stands still,
facing...

Explain how Religion is a distinctive response to the human search for the meaning of life.

This is a
very profound question.  In speaking in the most broad of senses, I think that religion is a
response to the human search for the meaning of life because of its stress on a divinely
ordained set of value systems.  In all religions, faith in the divine and the path that the
divine has set for individuals is what provides meaning, as human beings see the fulfillment of
these edicts as a way to develop meaning in their own lives in submission to the will of the
divine.  In being able to assign meaning to the divine, human beings feel that there is a
meaning to existence through religious worship.   Meaning of one's life is seen as following the
will of the divine. Different religions speak to different elements within it, but in the
general notion of adhering to a set of values and ideas that constitute faith in that religion
helps to provide meaing to individuals.  At the same time, religion is seen as a way to help
understand and comprehend the various sufferings that are a part of consciousness.  In adherence
to this, there is a response to the human search for meaning, according to Anthropologists John
Monoghan and Peter Just:

It seems apparent that one thing
religion or belief helps us do is deal with problems of human life that are significant,
persistent, and intolerable. One important way in which religious beliefs accomplish this is by
providing a set of ideas about how and why the world is put together that allows people to
accommodate anxieties and deal with misfortune.

In this
idea, the need to find paths to address issues of suffering, pain, and loss are ways in which
religion offers a distinct response to the human search for the meaning of
life.

What affects the meaning of the poem "Richard Cory" as a whole? What is the circumstance that Richard Cory projects through the poem?

The famous
poem "" bytells of an aristocratic man who seems to be the ideal that the rest of the
townspeople strive for. However, one summer night this same man goes home and commits suicide by
shooting himself in the head. Above all else, what affects the meaning of the poem is the
contrast between how other people perceive Richard Cory and how he perceives himself.

In the first three stanzas of the poem, Richard Cory projects such an air of elegance,
grace, and superiority that the poor hungry townspeople wish that they were in his place. He is
a slim, attractive, well-dressed gentleman. He speaks politely to those he passes. Additionally,
he is rich, whereas those who admire him so much are stricken with poverty.

Through this poem, Robinson means to express the fact that often those we admire and
think better off than ourselves are suffering inside. Their wealth and good looks may only be
coverings for their destitution and despair. You can't evaluate a person's happiness by how he
looks or what he owns.

CRITICISE THE SCIENCE FICTION AS IT PRECIEVED FROM CAMMERON' S STORY AVATAR ? HOW HE UES THE SCIENCE FICTION ?

I thought
Avatar on the whole was not as original of a movie as everyone made it out
to be.  As I watched, I had deja vu in so many scenes from other movies.  It seemed to me a
combination of The Lion King, Fern Gully,
Jurassic Park, and ET.

On the other
hand, there were several cool scienceelements that made it worth seeing.  Keep in mind,
"science fiction" as a genre typically (although not as a rule) takes...

Provide summaries for Chapters 1-3 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

:narrates the story in retrospect of how her brother broke
his arm when he was nearly thirteen years old. Scout then elaborates on her family history. She
describes how her ancestor, Simon Finch, established a homestead on the Alabama River, where her
father, uncle, and aunt grew up. Scout then provides a brief description of her family, which
lives in the small, tired town of Maycomb, Alabama. She proceeds to give a vivid description of
her hometown and its inhabitants before beginning the story: Charles Baker Dill Harris arrives
from Meridian, Mississippi, to spend the summer with his aunt. Scout (who is five years old at
the time) and her brother introduce themselves to Dill, andproceeds to elaborate on the rumors
surrounding their reclusive and mysterious neighbor,. Scout describes the unflattering gossip
surrounding Boo Radley, and Dill becomes obsessed with getting a good look at him. The chapter
ends with Jem winning a bet by slapping the side of...

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, what contributes to things falling apart in Umuofia?

The
Igbo tribe begins to break apart when the Christian missionaries arrive and upset their balance
of life. After the missionaries survive in the Evil Forest, the clan members of Umuofia begin to
take notice, and several outcasts join the Christian church. As the church continues to grow,
the European colonists begin establishing institutions and trading posts, which attract more
members of Umuofia who wish to become educated and earn money. Under Mr. Brown's leadership,
more and more clan members join the church, which creates dissension among the Igbo
people.

The situation for the native Igbo members takes a turn for the worse
when the zealous Reverend James Smith replaces Mr. Brown. Reverend James Smith is intolerant and
encourages his more zealous converts to oppose the heathen clan members. After Enoch unmasks an
egwugwu , the villagers retaliate and burn the church. The Europeans end up
arresting the elder clan members and abuse the leaders of Umuofia before they are bailed
out....

How might non-Islamic cultures influence the practice of Islam? For example, could Islamic worship begin to adopt regular congregational music of some...

I think
that when Islam is exported from its
roots, to other countries in which the prevailing culture
is not Islamic,
some assimilation is typical, but not necessarily inevitable.  To some
degree,
this is going to depend upon the nature of the "host" society, its
tolerance for other
religions, its political climate, the nature of the
prevailing religion or religions, and the
nature of the law of the country. 
Another factor of great significance is the quality of
religious observance
of any given person of the Islamic faith.  In any religion, there are
levels
of observance, with some people adhering strictly to a faith, while others are not
so
compliant with its rituals. I am able to comment upon all of this, as it
plays out in the United
States, the culture with which I am most
familiar.

The United States used to
consider itself a
melting pot, and people were strongly encouraged and usually internally

motivated to blend in as much and as quickly as they could. So, historically, I think
that those
of the Islamic faith, and there were not really all that many in
days past, far more Christian
Arabs than Muslim Arabs, probably did as other
immigrants did and maintained what customs they
could in the new world, but
gave up some customs in the rush to assimilate.  Many of these
immigrants
were likely to be unaware of the First Amendment and came from countries in which
one
would never raise or question whether one had one's rights.  For example,
in times past, I think
it is quite unlikely that new immigrants insisted in
the workplace upon being able to pray five
times daily on a prayer rug. There
was no way to maintain a halal diet, which involves a ritual
slaughtering of
meat and adherence to other rules.  Halal butchers were likely to be few and
far
between.  Alcohol, which is prohibited in the Islamic faith, was probably
the downfall of many
an Islamic teen in the new world, and likely some
adults, too. In my late teens and early
twenties, I knew many Muslim people
of my age who drank alcohol.  So, many of the offspring of
earlier waves of
immigration are likely to be quite assimilated, with the practice of Islam

diluted.  However, it is amongst that group that jihadists recruit, preying on the
notion that
assimilation and neglect of Islam is evil and must be corrected
by youth. 

Prior to 9/11, but after the earliest waves of
immigration, the prevailingfor
immigrants in the United States began to be
more of a salad bowl than a melting pot. I think
really this began with the
civil rights movement, in which African-Americans embraced their
culture and
paved the way for other groups to do the same.  Thus immigrants began to
celebrate
their customs and cultures, and this included their religions.
Where I live, there are three
Hindu temples, all of which were built during
this period, as well as at least three mosques. 
Ethnic food places sprang up
all over the place, including many middle-Eastern restaurants.  So
in this
era, with a greater concentration of Muslims, particularly in urban centers, it
was
easier to maintain religious practices, and there began to be a greater
awareness and more laws
that reinforced this.  Employers are required to
accommodate the religious practices of
employees, as long as it does not
cause undue hardship on the business or on other employees. I
would say that
during this period, those who wished to be strict practitioners of Islam had
the
greatest opportunity do so.  

Post 9/11, the picture
is very different and
has two opposing consequences.  There are those of the
Islamic faith who are trying to
assimilate more once again, in order to keep
a low profile and avoid the incredible prejudice
that has been the result of
the attacks on the World Trade Center and the subsequent rise of
ISIS and
other fanatic Islamic groups.  There is no use even trying to explain to some
Americans
that not every person of the Islamic faith is a terrorist.  Some
people just cannot hear this. 
On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are
people who become more determined to practice
their faith undiluted by the
prevailing culture.  A common "enemy" can do this to a
culture, to be sure,
uniting those in it against those who wish to destroy it. 

As far as cultural aspects such as music or art are concerned, there are strict
rules
on both in the Islamic faith.  For instance, lyrics about the material
world are forbidden and
representations of people are forbidden, too.  I
doubt any Muslim is ever going to be so
assimilated that one will be able to
find statues in a mosque.  As far as singing is concerned,
I can imagine
western music and lyrics devoted to Allah, with all in a mosque singing in a

service, a way that western culture could creep into Islam, but I have yet to see any
evidence
that this is happening. My guess is that this would take generations
and generations to
occur. 

Finally, throughout any era in
history in which one examines this
issue, it must be noted that there are
Islamic practices that are against the laws of the United
States and most
other countries.  Polygamy is the most significant of these, permitted in
Islam
and even encouraged in some countries.  It is my understanding that
this is done quietly amongst
some Muslims in the United States, but this is
hardly the norm here, and legal authorities can
and do intervene.  So, there
are some aspects of Islamic law that must be forgone if one wants
to live in
the United States.  For those Americans who are worried about Sharia law taking
over
American law, this is an absurdity. We are far more likely to destroy
Islamic culture and
religion with our ignorance and prejudice than Islamic
culture and religion are likely to
destroy our legal system.
 

Write a short and comprehensive summary of Austen's Emma.

To
get a short and comprehensive summary of is a bit of a trick, especially
if all characters are of importance. Peripheral characters will of necessity be omitted, yet you
can fill them in in your own summary, which this summary will only be a guiding reference
for.

Almost twenty-one years old, Emma loses her friend and governess, Miss
Taylor, when she marries and becomes Mrs. Weston. Emma, having "rather too much her own
way" and thinking a "little too well of herself," finds a replacement for Miss
Taylor's lost companionship in the newly befriended Harriet Smith whom Emma decides to groom for
a higher social class. Though Harriet is romantically attached to farmer Robert Martin, Emma
decides she should instead be attached to the vicar Mr. Elton. Mr Knightley, Emma's neighbor,
friend and the patriarchal overseer of Highbury as owner of Donwell Abbey (and benefactor and
friend of Robert Martin) warns Emma that she is inappropriately relating to Harriet while
ignoring other relationships that are worthy of her notice.

Just as Mr.
Knightley predicted, Emma's efforts with Harriet backfire when Mr. Elton, who has long been in
love with Emma--humoring Harriet only to please Emma--proposes to Emma in her carriage on their
way homeward through the snow after a party at the Weston's home. Emma rejects him. Emma is
shocked.

"You have made yourself too clear. Mr.
Elton, my astonishment is much beyond any thing I can express."

Elton is outraged. Harriet is heartbroken. Elton goes off to Bath
and later brings back to Highbury a bride. While Harriet is beginning her protracted period of
weeping, Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill (Mr Weston's natural son raised by the deceased wife
and mother's family) both make their appearance in Highbury. Even though Jane receives a
mysteriously delivered pianoforte while Frank is inexplicably in London, no one has reason to
connect the two.

The entrance of Mrs. Elton and her bustling friendship with
Jane leads to a strawberry party, an outing to Box Hill and a ball, which all result in the
revelation of secrets between Jane and Frank, Harriet and Mr. Knightley, and Frank and Emma,
while Mr. Knightley has secret plans for farmer Martin. At the strawberry party, Mrs. Elton
pressures Jane to accept a governess position (putting Jane in a compromising position) and Jane
and Frank quarrel. The quarrel is slyly continued at the Box Hill outing while Emma thinks Frank
is showing a romantic interest in her. Emma insults Miss Bates thus earning a scolding from Mr.
Knightley, who shows his manliness by dancing with Harriet at the ball after she is scorned by
Elton.

The story soon after resolves with the truth about Frank and Jane's
secret engagement coming to light following Mrs. Churchill's death. Emma realizes Mr. Knightley
was again correct in warning her that Frank was insincere in his attentions. Mr. Knightley
facilitates the engagement of Harriet to Robert Martin, and Emma realizes she loves Mr.
Knightley and that he mustn't marry anyone but her, which is convenient because he knows he
mustn't marry anyone but Emma.

In Sophocles' Oedipus the King, what does Oedipus say when he stabs his eyes?

In 'the King,
the title character discovers that he has killed his father, Laius, and married his mother, .
When Oedipus is on the verge of discovering the truth, Jocasta rushes back into the palace
because she realizes that Oedipus is about to learn his true identity.

After
Oedipus learns the truth, he also rushes back into the palace in search of Jocasta. When he
finds her, she has hanged herself. Oedipus then takes her down, removes the brooches that
Jocasta was wearing on her dress, plunges them into his eyes. When he does this, he cries out to
his eyes:

"You will no longer see

all those atrocious things I suffered,

the dreadful things I did!
No. You have seen

those you never should have looked upon,

and those I wished to know you did not see.

So now and for all
future time be dark!"

(A.S. Kline translation)

 

 

What elements in "Rappaccini's Daughter" characterize the romantic movement?

Just as some Romantic
writers were interested in portrayals of love and sublimity, some Romantic writers were
interested in portrayals of other kinds of intense emotion: darker, rougher, or more evil
emotion.  Hawthorne, rather than focusing on the parts of humanity that seem to connect us with
the divine, preferred to focus on the darker aspects of our nature, the aspects that might
horrify or unnerve us to see laid bare. 

We see, in Giovanni Guasconti, both
an ability to love (or at least to feel something which is the "cunning semblance of love
which flourishes in the imagination, but strikes no depth of root into the heart") as well
as an ability to despise and destroy.  Worse yet, he can despise and ultimately destroy the one
he loves.  One implication of the story is that this dark side of his nature, of human nature in
fact, is the stronger of the two.  At the very least, this darkness is bound up with our nature
in such a way that we must cease to exist without it; this is...

What is the difference between a society and a community?

The
difference between a society and a
community comes down to two main characteristics: size and
interaction.  A
community and a society can be any size that you want.  There isn't a

"minimum" number of people needed for either (as long as you don't take extremes
like
2-3 people).  What is generally understood as a key size difference is
that a community is
smaller than a society.  

The size
factor is of secondary importance, if you
ask me.  The level of interaction
is more important.  A society could be huge, and span hundreds
or thousands
of miles.  The population of the United States could be considered a society --
the
American society.   Within that society though are many, many smaller
communities.  The key
factor with a community is that the people within it
must have some level of
interaction with each other.
 

Let's use a city as an
example.  I live in San Diego.
 San Diegans are all part of the San Diego city and SoCal
culture.  If you
live here, you know what I mean.  That is my society.  Within that society, I

teach at a small school.  That would be a community, because there is a high level
of
interaction between me, my co-workers, and my students.  I am not part of
the accounting firm
across the city.  That's a different community of people.
 I am a member of my neighborhood
community, but I am not a member of my
brother's neighborhood community.  But I do belong to the
American society
that my brother is also a part of.  

Ram gets rid of his lucky coin at the end of the novel Q & A. What does this gesture mean?

In Vikas
Swarup's novel Q&A, which was later adapted for the screen as the
Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, the , Ram, has a coin which he
flips whenever he needs to make an important decision. Ram thinks that the coin is lucky, even
though he's an orphan living in the most wretched of conditions in the world's biggest
slum.

Ram's estimation of the coin seems to be vindicated when he goes on a
TV quiz show and becomes the biggest winner in the show's history. However, Ram's luck soon runs
out as he's accused of cheating on the quiz questions and ends up being arrested by the police
on a charge of corruption.

Thankfully, due to the efforts of his lawyer, Ram
is released from police custody. It is then that Ram realizes that luck comes not from so-called
lucky coins or charms but from within. Besides, the coin was double-headed, and so it was never
really much use in the first place. So Ram throws it away. From now on, he'll make his own
luck.

How does Victor describe his early childhood? How does he describe himself as a child?

In some ways,describes
his childhood as idyllic. In chapter one, he says, "My parents were indulgent, and my
companions amiable." There really was no disciplinary figure in the home, but neither did
such a figure seem necessary at the time. Victor continues, 

My father directed our studies, and my mother partook of our enjoyments [...]; the
voice of command was never heard amongst us; but mutual affection engaged us all to comply with
and obey the slightest desire of each other.

There seems
to have such a general sense of accord and love that no one fought, everyone read what they
loved, and all got along without incident.  

On the other hand, it seems that
Victor's imagination really did require more direction than he received. Although he was
"calm and philosophical [...,] [his] temper was not so yielding" and he felt keenly a
desire to "discover" the world's secrets. He began to study the work of writers like
Cornelius Agrippa (writers whose work focused on the fantastic, not the realistic at all). When
he told his father what he'd been reading, rather than instructing him further, his father
simply told him, "do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash."  Now, as an
adult, Victor says, 

I cannot help remarking here the many
opportunities instructors possess of directing the attention of their pupils to useful
knowledge, which they utterly neglect [....].  If, instead of this remark, my father had taken
the pains to explain to me, that the principles of Agrippa had been entirely exploded [....,] It
is even possible that the train of my ideas would never have received the fatal impulse that led
to my ruin.

Victor censures his father for his lack of
education, and he actually blames his father for not curbing the impulses that eventually lead
to his own catastrophic mistakes, ruin, and death. Thus, even though his childhood appeared
ideal in many ways, it becomes obvious that adult Victor sees it as a liability rather than a
blessing.

What is the summary of A Passage to India written by E.M. Forster (1879-1970)?

by
E.M. Forster is the tale of Hindus, Muslims and the British in India and the efforts of the
characters in the story to build a friendship that genuinely encompasses all three. At social
gatherings, all efforts at friendship meet with failure, but a couple of chance meetings between
individuals lead to mutual warm feelings. Then at a tea party there is a general sense of
fellowship and Aziz...

Why does Nene want her fianc© to write to his father?

In the
opening of 's short story " ," Nene is urging Nnaemeka to write a letter to his father
informing him about the couple's upcoming marriage. Nnaemeka is hesitant and believes he should
wait to talk to his father in person. He isn't sure whether his father will approve of the
marriage. Nnaemeka is from the Ibo ethnic group of...

What did Jem learn from his encounter with Mrs. Dubose in "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

From his
encounter with Mrs. Dubose,learns that
there is more to people than just what they show on the
surface.  He also
learns the value of self-control.  Mrs. Dubose is rude and cantankerous,
cruel
to the children and openly and vehemently critical of 's defense of Tom
Robinson.  Jem hates
her, and destroys her flowers in retaliation of her
treatment of him and his family.  When
Atticus punishes Jem by making him
read to Mrs. Dubose every day for a given period of time, Jem
must discipline
himself, bite his tongue, and be civil to the old lady.  By learning to
control
his impulses and show kindness even though he may not necessarily
feel it, Jem takes a giant
step towards adulthood.  He also discovers that
Mrs. Dubose is in reality a woman of extreme
courage, and he comes to respect
her determined strength.  Mrs. Dubose is battling morphine
addiction, and
facing the challenge with tremendous bravery and tenacious will

power.  

How did western powers use diplomacy and war to gain power in Qing china? (I know some causes, but I need more.) -Opium trade disrupts economy....

Chinas self
sufficient economy posed a challenge to western powers at the time because although they needed
some products from China such as silk, China did not need anything from them and payment for
Chinese products was in silver which was limited in the Western territories. This forced the
Western powers to use diplomatic techniques such as free trade to establish economic relations
with the Qing dynasty. At one point, the British sent a delegation to discuss and establish
economic relations with the Qing dynasty. This attempt by the British at establishing diplomatic
ties failed when the Emperor declined their proposal.

After the First opium
war and the subsequent defeat of the Chinese military by Britain, China was forced to open up
its ports to British trade. The Chinese in return received military support from Western powers
when the dynasty was suffering internal revolts.

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What are ten major events in To Kill a Mockingbird, and why are they important?

In no particular order, here are some of the events I always discuss most with
students:

Bob Ewell signs his name during trial:
At this moment, we learn that he is left-handed. Equally important here is the fact that Tom's
left arm has been so injured that he can no longer use it. Therefore, it is impossible that Tom
caused Mayella's injuries, making Bob the likely suspect.

Bob
threatens : After the trial, Bob Ewell is not happy with Atticus for defending
Tom and bringing his family's true nature to the forefront of town knowledge. He stops Atticus
on the post office corner one morning, spits in his face, and swears to "get him" if
it takes the rest of his life. Atticus doesn't seem overly bothered by this and never seems to
consider that Bob will choose to "get him" by going afterand .

Scout and Jem are attacked : After the play, Bob makes
good on his threat and tries to kill Atticus's children. The children have no idea who he is in
the dark, and Bob would have succeeded if...

How would I write an analysis essay for Lady Sings the Blues. I am being asking to analyze the context of the story.

It seems
to me that one of the major sticking points I see in this is the idea of "analyze the
context."  I think that more here is needed in order to better understand how this essay is
to be written.  If the question is seeking to analyze the social context of the narrative, then
I think that...

In chapter 5, what do we learn about Miss Maudie?

Miss Maudie
lives across the street and down a
few houses from the Finches. She is the complete opposite of
the gossip Miss
Stephanie Crawford. Miss Maudie minds her own business and doesn't get caught
up
in other people's lives.absolutely loves Maudie for her strength of
character and integrity.
Scout first describes her as follows:

"Miss Maudie
hated her house: time spent indoors
was time wasted. She was a widow, a chameleon lady who
worked in her flower
beds in an old straw hat and coveralls, but after her five o'clock bath she

would appear on the porch and reign over the street in magisterial beauty"
(42).

Miss Maudie not only allows the
children to run around in her yard,
but she also bakes them little cakes and
treats them like friends. As a result, Scout feels safe
enough to ask her
what she thinks about therumors.

Fortunately, Miss Maudie

dispels some of Scout's fear by telling her that she knew Boo when he was a child, and
that he
was very soft-spoken. She also mentions to Scout that Boo had a very
difficult and strict
father, so life probably wasn't easy for him at home.
Therefore, Miss Maudie is a lot
likebecause she shows Scout how to look at
people in a different way and not to listen to
gossip. Miss Maudie is a good
woman and a good example of kindness and integrity for the

children.

What is the climax of the story Harrison Bergeron?

Theof a
story comes when the conflict or tension reaches the highest pitch. In " " this comes
when Harrison appears on TV, calls himself an "Emperor," rips off the devices that
make the ballerina and him "equal" to others in his society, and starts
dancing...

What are some examples of foreshadowing in "The Open Window" by Saki?

In
"" by , Vera first provides detailed clues of the men who have gone hunting when she
says the following:

"Poor dear aunt, she has often
told me how they went out, her husband with his white waterproof
coat over his arm, and Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing,
'Bertie, why do you bound?' as he always did to tease her . .
."

The white waterproof coat must be what her uncle
has with him that day, so Vera mentions it to prepare Mr. Nuttel with a visual hint that
validates her story later when the men come back. Another visual description includes
"the little brown spaniel" that is with them. By
mentioning these specific visual images, Vera provides accurate details to solidify her story in
the guest's mind later on. 

Another description Vera uses to help Mr. Nuttel
identify the men in question is of one man singing "Bertie, why do you bound?"
Mentioning this fact before it happens provides an audible clue for Mr. Nuttel when they come
home later. The paragraph...

What is a description of the power of Edgar Allan Poe's landscapes in his poem The Raven?

The
students questionwhat is a description of the power of landscapes in s poem
can, perhaps, best be answered with reference to a broader examination of
this particular authors works of literature. The reason for the reticence to limit the answer to
The Raven, a poem that is certainly heavy in , is that much of Poes more
famous works take place inside confined spaces, whether homes, castles, or, in the case of the
unnamed narrator of The Raven, a chamber or library. Poes macabre stories
and poems, most often, involve the terror of the mind; in other words, psychological
deterioration that results in paranoia and insanity. The outside world is usually uninvolved in
terms of settings. Indeed, in one of Poes more popular stories, , the
outside world is only alluded to for the purpose of marking the contrast between the sanctity of
the interior of Prince Prosperos abbey and the horrible scenes...

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In The Bronze Bow, what happens when Jesus asks Daniel to follow him?

Near the end
of the book, Daniel travels to see Jesus and deliver a warning about the local teachers and
Rabbis, who are upset with the sermons and reinterpretations of religious law as Jesus preaches
it. While there, he comes to terms with some of his feelings about his own life and his purpose
in the world. Daniel has spent so much of his life fighting and feeling rage that he cannot see
the possibility that there are...

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In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, what was Bruno's impression of the new house?

When
Bruno first sees his new home at "Out-With," he is astonished and depressed by the
fact that it is the complete opposite of his comfortable, warm home in Berlin. The new house at
Out-With is in a desolate, empty place with no neighboring homes or lovely town streets. Bruno
feels that he is in the loneliest place on earth in the middle of nowhere. He also feels like
there is no laughter or warmth in his new home.

In contrast to his enormous,
spacious home in Berlin, the new house at Out-With is relatively boring, cold, and mundane.
There are no nooks or small rooms to explore, and there is no large banister to slide down like
there was at his home in Berlin. However, there is a mysterious camp encircled by a high fence,
which Bruno can see from his back window. Bruno is too young and naive to realize that his home
is just outside of a horrific Nazi concentration camp, which explains its desolate location and
depressing .

Overall, Bruno hates his new home and desires to move back to
Berlin immediately. He finds his new home to be boring, cold, and uncomfortable. As the story
progresses, Bruno becomes close friends with a Jewish prisoner named Shmuel and seems to adjust
to life at Out-With.

Name one aspect of modern life that serves to increase global competition or conflict and explain why it has this effect.

There are
many aspects of modern life that increase global competition.  Perhaps the most important is our
materialism.  The fact that we all want so many material goods helps to create competition and
conflict in the world.

Because we are so materialistic, we demand plenty of
material goods at...

Explain the meaning of the "Double V" campaign and describe what changes it achieved.

The Double
Victory campaign was announced on February 7, 1942, about two months after the attack on Pearl
Harbor had thrust the United States into , in an African American newspaper called the
Pittsburgh Courier. Its catalyst was a letter written by a reader from Kansas named James
Thompson titled "Should I Sacrifice to Live Half-American?" Thompson questioned
whether colored Americans would see any improvement in their lives or be forced to suffer the
same indignities in the future that they suffered at present. In the military, African Americans
were relegated to the most menial tasks, and segregation among troops was an official policy.
The Double V represented the V for victory that was so popular among the Allied countries and an
additional V to stand for a victory over the prejudices against people of color that threatened
the freedoms of all American people.

The Pittsburgh
Courier was the most popular black newspaper in the country at the time. Well into 1943,
the...

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What is the difference between paraphrasing and quoting?

The difference between
paraphrasing and quoting is that when quoting you use the authors exact words, and when
paraphrasing you use the authors ideas but put them in your own words.

In writing, we often have to use other peoples ideas. There is nothing wrong with this.
We are often researching, or writing about what other people think. Obviously in order to write
about what people think, you need to use their ideas. It is important, however, when you use
another persons ideas that you give that person credit for the ideas.

Giving
credit where credit is due is a complicated business. How do you know when it is better to use
an authors words, or when to paraphrase the authors ideas? You do not want to overuse quotation.
First of all, quotations should be short. A quotation should not be longer than twenty or thirty
words in an essay in most cases, because your goal in an essay is to use the quotation only as
evidence. Lets say you are writing about To Kill a Mockingbird, for
example, and you want to quote Atticuss views on courage.

I wanted you to see
what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway €¦(Ch. 11)

This is a direct quotation. In this case, if we were to use this quotation, we would be
using the authors words directly. For example, I might write this:

Atticus tells the children that he wants them to see that real courage is when you
know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway (11).

You can see that I used some of the words from the quotation, and introduced.

It is very important that when you paraphrase you still credit the author. You are
still using the authors words, even if it is not a word for word quotation. Lets say that
instead of the above, I had written this in my essay:

Atticus tells his children that he wants them to understand that real courage is not
having a gun in your hand. Real courage is when you know youre beaten before you even begin, but
you begin anyway (11).

In this case, I still included the
citation. (You should be citing with page numbers, not chapter numbers, but every book is
different so for simplicitys sake I am using chapter numbers.) It is extremely important to give
an author credit in your essay, which is known as in-text citation, and at the end of the paper
in a Works Cited page, in order to protect yourself from plagiarism and to be an honest writer.
After all, you want your words to be your own. You want to be your own writer, and you want your
words to stand out.

When quoting, you want to choose those few words that
will best support your argument and help your reader make sense of what you are trying to say.
When paraphrasing, you want to use your own words, but the author's
meaning.

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How can you analyze "Hills Like White Elephants" from a feminist point of view?

From a
feminist point of view, Hemingway's "" supports gender norms, specifically the gender
norm of female weakness, in several ways. Although it is true that Jig wants to discuss her
pregnancy more than the man and could be seen as braver because of that, Jig's continual
questioning and signs of reliance on the American man demonstrate a sense of female dependence
and subservience. This dependence is what ultimately supports traditional gender roles in the
story, rather than challenging them.

Jig's questioning of her companion
shows a lack of confidence. Even when ordering drinks, she...

What actions can senior managers take to repair the damaged reputations of their organizations after scandals become publicly known?

There is a
fairly standard prescribed action plan for if/when scandals become public. Once they are
revealed and become known, the most important thing becomes fixing the problem and repairing the
public image of the company; they will likely bring in marketing professionals to ensure that
the problem is corrected and that they are perceived positively after the fact.

The first step a company will usually take is to clarify their ethical stance and
distance themselves from the individuals involved. For instance, in the recent NCAA scandal
concerning the corruption perpetrated by college coaches and advertisers, the first step for
each school involved was to show that they were either no longer in contact with those coaches
or executives or immediately severed ties with them.

Once this...

What legal paper did Ruth keep on her person for over 25 years in The Color of Water?

is 's autobiographical
story. It is told in alternating chapters, first by his mother Ruth and then by James himself.
The story is a result of the author's quest to find his place in the world after growing up with
a lot of ambiguity regarding his mother's life and heritage.

James's father
was a black man, and the family lived in every way as a black family in Brooklyn; however, his
mother was clearly not a black woman. She did not talk about race or answer any questions about
her family or the heritage which came to James and his many brothers and sisters from her side
of the family. When he finally gets Ruth to talk to him, she starts her story from the
beginning.

In chapter three of the book, Ruth explains to her son that her
father used his wife's connections to come to America. He eventually sent for his family, but he
was a cruel man and told them all that he was the only true American citizen in the family and
the rest of them could be deported back to Poland any time. because of that, Ruth kept her
transport papers with her at all times for the next twenty years--out of fear created by her own
father that she could be sent back to her home country

In regards to The Scarlet Letter, why does Hawthorne not tell us what the scarlet letter means as he does with many of his other color symbols?

It is in his
use of symbols in that Hawthorne has made one of the most significant
contributions to American literature.  Certainly, his novel is regarded by many as the first
symbolic novel to have been written in the United States.  In fact, it is Hawthorne's use of the
symbols of the scarlet A andthat have come to define symbolism as we know it:  A symbol means
what it is and more; it functions both literally and figuratively at the same time.  Thus, the
symbol is the richest and at the same time the most difficult of the literary devices.  For both
its richness and its difficulties result from its imprecision. It is this very imprecision which
Hawthorne has created with his two major symbols.  With this imprecision, his scarlet
A defines an area of meaning and interpretation that falls within that
allowed area.

The scarlet A takes on various appearances
and meanings as Hawthorne's narrative develops.  Of course, the first meaning of the
A is that of adultress...

What is the theme of "The Necklace", and how does the author use symbolism and irony to explain this theme?

The main themes
of first and foremost, in my opinion, is Class Conflict as Madame Loisel, a member of lower
class strives to appear to be in a higher class than she actually is, which causes conflict, but
it also hints at another theme of Appearances and Reality.  Madame Loisel is determined to make
herself appear to be at a higher level on the social ladder than she actually is; however her
desire to attain this goal leads to a display of Generosity on the part of Madame Forestier as
she loans a very expensive necklace to the Greedy Madame Loisel who looses it.  The necklace
actually seems to be a symbol of her life, the insincerity of her character, and how her greed
leads to her ultimate misery in life because she is forced to give up her own goals in life to
repay Madame Forestier for the necklace she has lost, effectively ending her feeble climb up the
social ladder. is best demonstrated in the fact that she wastes her life to pay for a cheap copy
of the original necklace, while she herself is nothing more than a cheap copy. Check the links
below for more information.

How is this experience of reading a dramatization of a Christmas carol different from reading the original story

The experience will vary depending on the
exact dramatization you read, but in general, a dramatization will be shorter and will eliminate
many of the details in the interest of condensing the story for the sake of time. While you may
see Scrooge reacting to the various ghosts who enter his room, you won't gain access to some of
his deeper reflections. You'll miss the details of the original setting like this one described
in the section when the Ghost of Christmas Present appears:

It was his own room. There was no doubt about that. But it had undergone a surprising
transformation. The walls and ceiling were so hung with living green, that it looked a perfect
grove; from every part of which, bright gleaming berries glistened. The crisp leaves of holly,
mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered
there...Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry,
brawn, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings,
barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears,
immense twelfth-cakes, and seething bowls of punch, that made the chamber dim with their
delicious steam. In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who
bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plentys horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its
light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door.

The
descriptive details of the story which give it so much depth are missing from dramatizations.
While you might see some of these types of descriptors in stage directions or in staging
arrangements, you can't possibly take in all the visual cues at once, even in a well-written
dramatization, as is provided in the original text.

In a dramatization, you
also miss some moments of Scrooge's transformation that are more evident in the original text,
such as his feelings after inquiring about whether Tiny Tim will survive. When the Ghost of
Christmas Present tells him that the child will die if the future remains unchanged, the
original text says that Scrooge "was overcome with penitence and grief." A
dramatization could convey that Scrooge is saddened, but to be overcome with
grief is a much more compelling emotion and evidence of character change.

The sense of anticipatory dread which the final spirit brings is also lost in a
dramatization. Consider Scrooge's initial meeting with this spirit:

The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. When it came near him, Scrooge bent
down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter
gloom and mystery.

The original text effectively builds a
tone that is crucial to understanding Scrooge's willingness to obey its commands. The Ghost of
Christmas Yet to Come brings with it the power to make Scrooge feel his own impending doom, and
some of this is lost in a dramatization.

Because of the speed at which
dramatizations must cover the text, much of the depth, detail, and power of character analysis
is lost at the expense of a faster retelling of the story. You will be able to recognize the
basic plot structure and the main characters, but the original text is far superior in language
and literary merit.

Give a short account of British poetic drama in the 20th Century.

I can do
"English Verse Drama in the 20th Century" in four words: it didn't catch
on.

Writers in English tend constantly to hark back to
Shakespeare. And early in the 20th century, everyone was making a lot of fuss about the fact
that Shakespeare wrote in verse. Everyone got very excited about the meaning and the import of
verse, we created the phrase "verse-speaking" (even today, you will hear moronic
theatregoers say entirely meaningless things like "they spoke the verse well") and
there were a lot of articles written.

T.S. Eliot was the first, in an essay
called "The Possibility of a Poetic Drama" in 1920 (linked below), to suggest that
verse drama - drama in which the dialogue is written in a specific poetic meter - could be
reintroduced. Eliot wrote a whole load of poetic plays, including "Murder in the
Cathedral", and "The Family Reunion", that were popular successes. But other
writers didn't really follow where Eliot led.

Later - in the 1930s/40s -
Christopher Fry wrote a host more plays written in verse, including "The Lady's Not For
Burning". They were successful, but again, it didn't catch on.

Even
today, the poet Tony Harrison writes plays in verse, most recently a new play called
"Fram". I could throw in more names before Eliot (Yeats, Synge) and after (Auden,
MacNeice, Beckett) who have written poetic dramas. But, since the 16th century, verse drama has
just never found its way back into the main blood of British Theatre.

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Who is more evil, Macbeth or Lady Macbeth?

Shakespeare
gives numerous clues throughout the
text as to which character truly is the leader in the
conspiracy to kill King
. Even thoughplant the seed of ambition in 's head in Scene 1, he would
never
have the guts to do something as black as murder the reigning king without pressure
from
Lady . She, as his wife, knows him best, and says of him:

"Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What
thou art promised: yet do I fear
thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of
human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst
be great; Art not
without ambition, but without The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst

highly, That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false..." (Act 1 Scene
5).

She states that though Macbeth
may have ambition and...

In the 1850s, what did people belive about sin, morality illegitimacy, guilt, punishment, crime, evil, forgiveness, revenge, and justice? How does...

One of the
things that is important to remember
is that publicly, there was far more of a taboo on an
illegitimate child, on
sex outside of marriage, etc., but these things happened quite
frequently. 
People just didn't discuss them openly and they also were more likely to feel
that
there were real consequences in the form of damnation, etc., that would
be applied to those who
flaunted the religious and moral rules of the
time.

But Hawthorne and other
authors of the time were
interested in challenging some of these mores and some of these
taboos.  So
bringing out the story ofand the reactions of the town and the hypocrisy of many
of
the so called leaders is an important commentary on the social fabric of
the time and
challenging some aspects of it.

What is the most important thing that happened in chapter 3 of Lord of the Flies?

The most
important event of chapter 3 of The might well be something quite subtle.
It is here that the first stirrings of what will later develop into a full-blown collective
paranoid delusion occurs in 's exchange withafter he returns from hunting. Ralph mentions that
the younger boys are having nightmares about "the beast" that they believe inhabits
the island. Although the older boys discount these fears, it provokes Jack to recount a parallel
experience:

"All the samein the forest. I mean when
you're hunting, not when you're getting fruit, of course, but when you're on your
own"

He paused for a moment, not sure if Ralph would take him
seriously.

"Go on."

"If you're hunting
sometimes you catch yourself feeling as if" He flushed suddenly.

"There's nothing in it of course. Just a feeling. But you can feel as if you're
not hunting, butbeing hunted, as if something's behind you all the time in the
jungle."

Jack goes on...

How did land ownership contribute to the American Revolution?

Land
ownership would not be typically considered among the most important causes of the American
Revolution, but it did play a role. Wealthy and ordinary Americans alike were angered by the
Proclamation of 1763, which restricted expansion west to the Appalachian Mountains. This
measure, which was intended to avert conflict with Native people, especially in...

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