Elucidate on the theme and provide a critical overview of the poem, Our Casuarina Tree by Toru Dutt.

has used
the image of the tree which she
fondly remembers in recalling memories of her childhood where
"Beneath it we
have played." The tree is strong and "... gallantly The giant
wears the
scarf," which is significant as she has identified with the tree and its
ability
to withstand even the harshest creeper which has the capacity to
choke the tree "LIKE a
huge Python." In understanding the tone and theme of
, the reader
sympathizes with Toru Dutt's words as she
longs to revisit memories without the painful
association, as it is not only
the tree that is "deep with scars."

To the narrator, the
tree represents nature and nature shares feeling and emotions and,
in fact,"
the trees lament" comforts the narrator as she "saw thee, in my own
loved
native clime." This also links to the tree as representative of her culture as she
is
far away in "distant lands," but is safe in the knowledge that the tree
shall "be
ever dear" due to her recollections of her childhood and her loved
ones "Who now in
blessed sleep for aye repose."

The tree
represents all life as
"all day are gathered bird and bee"and "to their
pastures wend our sleepy
cows" and it has the capacity to unite all things
together to the point that this theme of
unity with her past and therefore
her family, her beloved country and even the future as she
wishes that
"may Love defend thee" is confirmed. When she is dead, the tree is so
strong
and represents so much that she hopes it will be saved from

"Oblivion." 

What were the effects of European exploration and colonization on the nation-states(Spain, Portugal, France, England, and Holland) who carried it out...

Put
simply, this idea is best summarized through the Columbian Exchange. Foods, ideas, cultures and
diseases were all exchanged between the nation-states and the native cultures. The likes of
Spain, England, Portugal and France all played vital roles in the European exploration on places
such as the Americas, Canada and Africa.

For the nation-states, the positive
impacts were mainly found through cultural enrichment and economic advances. For instance,
bringing sugarcane and tobacco from the Americas sparked a gigantic economic improvement for
England, Spain and Portugal. In fact, sugar and tobacco became staples of the world economy
because of this exploration. Politically, the growth of the economies of England and Spain
essentially bolstered their position as world powers.

The situation for the
natives was much more grim. Although there were some positive effects, such as democratic forms
of government, religion and food, disease and death defined this relationship. Natives did not
have the proper immunity built up for the diseases that the explorers brought. Politically,
these native areas took on the leadership style of the nation-state. Moreover, these natives
were often caught and held as captive slaves. The demographics of these areas changed as
Europeans began to settle into the native areas and, sometimes, reproduce with the
locals.

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What would happen to Ichabod when he would walk home at night after spending the afternoon reading?

"" byis set in a small, isolated
valley
renowned for its legends of ghosts and haunted places. Chief among these
spectral
apparitions is a "figure on horseback without a head" that many
people believe is the
ghost of a Hessian trooper. Belief in these
supernatural entities fills the minds of the locals.
As the tale tells us
early on:

They
are
given to all kinds of marvelous beliefs; are subject to trances and visions; and
frequently
see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air. The
whole neighborhood abounds with
local tales, haunted spots, and twilight
superstitions...

Into this valley beset with superstition comes the new

schoolteacher, an odd-looking man named Ichabod Crane. Besides playing with the
children,
helping local farmers, and singing with the church choir, he likes
to go off by himself
sometimes and read until the evening dusk has settled so
that it is hard for him to see. At this
time he walks back to whatever
farmhouse he is at the time residing. However, Irving describes
Crane's
weakness:

His appetite
for
the marvelous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally
extraordinary; and both had been
increased by his residence in this
spellbound region.

In other words, Crane is susceptible to supernatural stories and
influences,
and living in Sleepy Hollow has made him even more sensitive to
them. As he walks home in the
darkness after his reading sessions, he
imagines ghostly sources for natural sounds around him
of whip-poor-wills,
tree-toads, screech-owls, and flocks of birds. He is startled by the sight
of
fireflies and the shadows of beetles. His walks home are very frightening experiences.
He
attempts to alleviate his fears by singing psalm tunes out loud, but these
walks leave him even
more vulnerable to terror later on when, on the way home
from Van Tassel's party, he believes he
sees the ghost of the headless
horseman.

In Interpreter of Maladies, what is the impact of cultural displacement on the characters in "Mrs. Sen"? Thanks for your help!

Hello! You
asked about the impact of cultural displacement on the characters in "Mrs.
Sen." 

1) Mrs. Sen

It is
obvious to Eliot that Mrs. Sen misses her home in India. She finds it difficult to adjust to the
cherished notion of western individualism and the concept of personal space in American culture.
Mrs. Sen misses just being able to call out when she needs something: in India, an expression of
any kind, whether of sorrow or joy, would immediately bring around concerned neighbors willing
to minister comfort and/or extend needed companionship. It is not so in America.

Mrs. Sen resorts to personal rituals such as wearing saris and painting the bridal
vermillion powder on her forehead in order to hold on to her Indian identity. Despite this, it
depresses her that there are no suitable occasions to wear her most cherished and beautiful
saris. Despite Mr. Sen's insistence that she learn how to drive, Mrs. Sen is not overly
enthusiastic about the...

Was the invasion of Poland in WWII a walk in the park like Austria and Czechoslovakia were?

The invasion
of Poland was not difficult for the German army.  However, it was not as easy as the German
occupations of Austria and Czechoslovakia.

The Germans did not actually have
to invade either Austria or Czechoslovakia in any serious way.  In the case of Austria, there
was no military component.  In Austria, there was an internal coup detat in March of 1938.  This
was carried out by the Austrian Nazi...

In act III of The Crucible, how does John Proctor stand up for other citizens' rights? This is in the court, when Proctor says that he can't drop...

When Danforth asks John Proctor his purpose in coming to court, he simply replies: I
would free my wife, sir. However, when Danforth offers a years stay of execution for Elizabeth
on the grounds that she is pregnant (pointing out that a year is long and hinting that this
delay might save Elizabeth permanently), John refuses, saying:

These are my friends. Their wives are also accused.

When John presents his deposition to Danforth, it is one that testifies to the good
character of Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey as well as Elizabeth. This demonstrates his concern
for and solidarity with his neighbors and foreshadows his refusal to save himself by implicating
them in Act IV. The number of names he has collected, ninety-one landholding farmers in a small
community of a few hundred, demonstrates the amount of public support he has.

Johns personal mission to free Elizabeth quickly becomes a public matter, in which he
has to stand up for his friends and neighbors and the...

Which characters of Hamlet and 1984 have the same experiences? Please explain.

Whileof  is certainly no Hamlet, and the genres of these two works
are so disparate, perhaps the reader can, at least, find in the two protagonists some
commonality in their conflicts of Self vs. Society.

• Both Hamlet
  and Winston feel a certain malaise in their worlds.

In his first
, the deep melancholy of Hamlet is evident as he expresses his disappointment in his
world,

How wear, stale, flat, and
unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!....
....Things rank and
gross in nature
Possess it merely (1.2.133-136)

This disappointment is, perhaps, not so directly stated by Winston Smith in theof
1984; however, it becomes apparent that he is quite unhappy with his life
in Oceania. For, life is a pretense; he must set his face in 

an expression of quiet optimism which was advisable to wear when facing the
telescreen.

Winston dreams of his childhood, a vague
memory in which he is not certain what has happened to his mother, but he remembers love.
His...