Monday, June 27, 2011

How is Tybalt to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

Of all the characters in

,is by far the most enthusiastic about the feud between the
Capulets and
the Montagues. Theannounces that the two great houses "From
ancient grudge break to new
mutiny," and it appears to be Tybalt who leads
the charge, while his uncle, the head of the
family, is quite content to
allowto attend his feast.

In III.i, Tybalt
attempts to
provoke a fight with Romeo. When he fails, Romeo's passivity so angersthat he

challenges Tybalt himself. It is Tybalt's killing of Mercutio and Mercutio's final
reproaches to
Romeo that finally anger him to the point where he fights and
kills Tybalt.


One might argue that Romeo should have
refused to fight Tybalt even after Mercutio's
death, but he has shown
remarkable patience anyway and everything in his background and
upbringing
would make him see such a course of action (or inaction) as cowardly. Tybalt
forces
him to fight, which leads directly to his banishment and the death of
both lovers.


If Romeo had not killed Tybalt and been
banished there is, of course, no guarantee that
matters would have proceeded
smoothly. Capulet would still presumably have insisted on 's
marryingand his
conduct in III.v does not suggest that he would be easy to persuade.

Nonetheless, the time and manner of the lovers' death in the play was clearly caused by
the
events directly set in motion by Tybalt's
aggression.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Please help me to answer this question from A Streetcar Named Desire. Would Blanche's traits and behavior render her as a parody of the Southern belle?

In order to
determine whether the character of Blanche Dubois is rendered as aof the Southern Belle, the
first thing to analyze is whetherintended to use her character traits to serve this purpose.

A "parody", is used specifically to ridicule something and to
cause a comedic effect. It is true that, in the literal sense, the character of Blanche does
over-use her Southern Belle traits to desperately block her dark secrets. However, Williams does
not use these behaviors to cause mirth, but to draw out the pathos of Blanche's tragic flaws as
a character.

If Blanche were to be a parody, the reader would find her
actions funny. Contrastingly, all of Blanche's actions instill a sense of loss and nostalgia, as
well as of pity and even commiseration. This is because Blanche is not really mocking her
Southern Belle roots, nor is she laughing at herself for retaining the behaviors that she once
used to exploit her good looks among the boys.

Theis that Blanche is unable
to move away from the same manipulative behaviors that would have helped her back in the day,
when she was young and vibrant, and money was not an issue. She was, indeed, a glamorous and
boy-crazy girl who had any man that she wanted and never lacked friends.

As
the series of unfortunate events that lead her to lose herself completely continued to unravel,
Blanche stuck staunchly to what she knew to do best: to create an appearance of over-the top
personality, and to manipulate the men around her. The problem is that she did not know how to
control this once-powerful skill and now it is falling on deaf ears. No longer can she show her
charm around millionaire and powerful friends; she is now in the closest thing to a ghetto,
living in an apartment with a rude and ape-like man and her abused sister. Blanche is very far
from where she came from. This is not a parody, but an .

Even when Stanley
tries to make a parody out of Stella it is hard for the reader to connect nor agree with
Stanley. He comes out too strong and rude for any of this comedy to make any sense to the
reader

Take a look at yourself here in a worn-out Mardi
Gras outfit, rented for 50 cents from some rag-picker. And with a crazy crown on. Now what kind
of a queen do you think you are? ...you sprinkle the place with powder and you spray
perfume...and, lo and behold, ...you are the Queen of the Nile, sitting on your throne, swilling
down my liquor...Ha ha! Do you hear me? Ha ha ha!

This
would have been a humorous moment had Blanche's character been made to be a parody of a Southern
Belle. However, the fact that Blanche is NOT a parody is what takes away the humor from the
quote. Therefore, this supports the argument that what Blanche actually is, as a character, is
an antithesis of what she once was, but not a parody.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Are there any missing parts from Pygmalion in the etext version on this site? In other words, is it the entire play?

Well, I have just
quickly checked through it and it seems all there to me. It even includes's afterword at the end
of Act V in which he attempted to clear up a few misconceptions that audiences were left with
after watching the...

Did Reconstruction successfully solve the problems caused by slavery and the Civil War?

While
Congress, as led by the Radical Republicans, sought to ameliorate the ravages wrought by the
institution of slavery and the Civil War, its legislative agenda, which included the 13th, 14th,
and 15th amendments, resulted only in exacerbating these problems. Theirprogram was far more
severe than President Lincoln's and was opposed by President Johnson (who was impeached and
almost convicted in the Senate). It resulted in a backlash from whites in the South, that in
many ways made life even worse for the newly freed slaves and gave rise to the Black Codes,
which disenfranchised blacks for almost a century.

One of the early
Reconstruction programs, the Freedman's Bureau (which was initially instituted by Lincoln), was
a well-intentioned and generous program to provide aid, including economic and medical help, to
the newly freed slaves. However under the auspices of the U.S. War Department, it quickly became
rife with corruption and was stymied by Southern legislatures as...

Thursday, June 23, 2011

What's ironic in "Everything that Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Connor?

Christopher Jerde

Anotherin the story is Julian's own attitude regarding race. Julian criticizes his
mother for her outdated, racist attitudes towards black Americans, but his own views and desires
are not as enlightened as they seem.

For one, Julian wishes he could return
to the life of ease and privilege afforded his family through their race and class. He thinks
back to their old mansion, which was once owned by their slave-owning ancestors, with longing.
He speaks with a black man on the bus, not to be genuinely friendly, but to annoy his
mother.

This is ironic because Julian praises himself for being "free
of prejudice and unafraid of face facts" compared to his old-school mother. But he really
is not as free of these negative attitudes as he thinks. He does not seem to see black people as
other human beings much more than his mother does, but as...

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Why does the average variable costs curve first rise, then fall? Why is it shaped like a "U"?

The Average
Variable Cost Curve represents the correlation between the average cost a business incurs for a
product and the quantity of the product produced. The initial rising and subsequent falling of
the Average Variable Cost Curve can be reflected in three phases. The first phase reflects the
increase in returns and decrease in costs. This means that small quantities of the product are
being produced at increased prices. The second phase involves the constant returns to the
variable factors. The third...

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

What is the most important conflict of Fever 1793?

The most important
conflict in this novel is the internal conflict that Mattie has to face with death. As the
events in the novel clearly demonstrate, humans are very frail creatures who can die very
quickly indeed. Mattie has to realise, along with other characters, her own mortality, and she
has to come to terms with the fact that she will die one day. She does this through encountering
the deaths of those around her, and particularly those she loves and cares for, such as her
grandfather. Note how the following quote describes death:


There could be no running from this. Hiding from death was not like hiding from Mother
when she wanted me to scrub kettles, or ignoring Silas when he begged for food. I was the only
one left.

Death is personified as a pursuer who, Mattie
realises, will eventually track her down and claim her for his own, whatever she does. With this
quote, Mattie begins to come to terms with her own mortality. However, this would be a rather
depressing book if it just featured death, and the author is careful to intertwine life into its
pages. In fact, as Mattie realises, death and life are so inextricably linked that even when
death is present, there is opportunity for new life. This is evidenced when the death of her
grandfather is juxtaposed to the entry of a new life into her family through the orphan,
Nell. 

How is Joe McCarthy related to the play The Crucible?

When we read its important to know about Senator Joseph McCarthy. Even though he is not a character in the play, his role in histor...