Saturday, July 2, 2011

Im finding it a bit hard to write a thesis for my 1984 vs v for vendetta (movie) comparative essay, i have a topic which is fear, can anyone make up a...

Here is a
guiding questions to think about that definitely relates to both the book and the
film:

  • Can a government effectively use fear as a means of control?
    If so, how and why does this work?

This question can ABSOLUTELY
relate to both, but can also be connected to current issues in society. Also, it can be examined
from many angles. For example, you could look at it through a political lens (focusing on the
leaders and their intentions) or a psychological lens (focusing more on the emotional affect it
has on individual characters/victims).

Hope that helps!

Explain why Pygmalion is a Shavian play.

The word
"Shavian" was coined specifically to refer to the ideas and writings of . As a play
written by George , obviously falls into this category.


First presented on stage in 1913 in Vienna, it is a comedy about a phonetician named
Henry Higgins, who makes a bet that by simply changing the way a cockney woman speaks, he can
transform her into duchess material. His prot©g©e is Eliza Doolittle, and upon the successful
completion of his experiment, Higgins leaves Eliza in the lurch....


href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pygmalion-play-by-Shaw">https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pygmalion-play-by-Shaw
href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shavian">https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shavian

What is the integral of `int sin^2(3x)*cos^2(3x) dx`

`int sin^2 (3x)
cos^2 (3x) dx`

`` We know that:

`sin(3x)= 3sinx -4sin^3 x
`

`cos(3x)= 4cos^3 x -3cosx `

`==gt int (3sinx-4sin^3 x
)(4cos^3 x -3cosx) dx `

`==gt int (12sinxcos^3 x-9sinxcosx -16sin^3 x cos^3 x
+12cosx sin^3 x) dx `

`==gt 12int sinxcos^3 x dx -9int sinxcosx dx`


`-16int sin^3 x cos^2 x dx+ 12int cosx sin^3 x dx`

`==gt 12int sinx
cos^3 x dx `

`==gt u= cosx ==gt du= sinx dx `

`==gt 12int
sinx u^3 du/sinx = 12int...

Friday, July 1, 2011

Satire In The Importance Of Being Earnest

Wilde
targets several social institutions for his .  One of the most obvious in the play is Wilde's
satrical view on marriage.  He does this by giving the girls (Gwendolen and Cecily) silly
prerequisites for marriage: only the name Ernest.  Nothing else matters to them, other than the
name Ernest.  Lady Bracknell, when inquiring as to Jack's suitability as a potential husband for
Gwendolen, asks about his income, his politics and whether his owns land and house--not if he
truly cares for her.  Wilde is satirizing marriage, showing these people thing it nothing more
than a social adventure rather than a loving union.

Another element of
society that Wilde satirizies is the upper class.  All of the characters (except for the
butlers) would be considered upper class, and each shows a sense of frivolity toward life and
serious issues.  Jack uses his brother's "death" as a way to excuse his Bunburrying;
Alergnon seems to take nothing seriously, except eating.  Gwendolen wants only to look
fashionable--and requires Jack to propose in "the proper way".  Lady Bracknell chases
after her daughter to the country, all to prevent a marriage.  At a time when there were
thousands of poor people suffering and barely making a living in England, these are trivial
concerns.

How does art reflect and inform the culture from which it emerges?

While we typically
look at literature as a means of humankind to tell its story through words, really this same
thing holds true for the visual arts, for music, for drama and performance.  Going back to the
paintings in the caves at Lascaux (in France) and Altamira (in Spain), or even looking siimply
at the hieroglypics found in the pyramids of ancient Egypt, one can see how humans used shape
and color to depict the things that were important to them.  The hunting and gathering lifestyle
of the prehistoric Europeans depicted at Lascaux and Altamira might be contrasted, for example,
with the paintings done thousands of years later by artists of the same part of the world: 
the affluent, and generally attractive folks depicted by the French artist Renoir, or the
numerous portraits of the royal court done by the Spanish artist Valezquez.


Mankind's desire to tell his/her story can be interpreted as much through what he or she doesn't
capture on paper or canvas, as what he or she...

What were the major problems facing the nation in April 1865? What factors stood in the way of a solution to those problems? Provide examples (

This period
from 1865 to 1877 is usually called .

The obvious problem for America in
April 1865 is the assassination of a President: Abraham Lincoln was murdered on April 14, 1865.
The sudden death of a country's leader can only bring turmoil even in the best of times---and
this was certainly not the best of times.

The United States had just emerged
from its one and only civil war, the first major war US soldiers had fought in 50 years. One
major problem that arose was what to do with these Southern states: They had started part of the
US, seceded to form their own Confederacy, and now were occupied by Union troops at the
conclusion of the war. The question of how to re-integrate them into the United States loomed
large, and raised a number of sub-questions about whether and how much they should be penalized
for their rebellion, what sort of reforms they should be required to undertake, what sort of
governance the newly re-integrated states should have. After taking office...






Wednesday, June 29, 2011

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, how many chances did Hamlet have to kill Claudius? Why didn't Hamlet do it?

In his
play , Shakespeare really only gives us one
moment
prior to the final scene in which had an
opportunity
to kill King . That moment is in Act III, scene iii, and happens soon
after Claudius has seen the play in which his murder is pantomimed.

In
Act III, scene iii, Claudius informsthat he is sending Hamlet to
England and they are to supervise him. Claudius's purpose is to have England execute Hamlet.
Later in this scene, when Claudius is alone, he delivers aconfessing his murder. He also kneels
to pray to ask for forgiveness. It's while he is praying that Hamlet happens upon him and, since
Claudius is alone and unaware of...





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...