is reminded
by the King of Norway's resolve that he has been cowardly in pursuing his dead father's wishes
for revenge regicide against . The King of Norway has shown, through his determination and
desire for honor, that he is indeed kingly. By contrast with's lack of resolve, he has made
Hamlet realize how difficult all decisions are and yet how important it is that he follow
through with his dead father's ghost's request to murder King Claudius. Hamlet berates himself
for not using his God-given powers of reason; by not doing so, he wonders if he has sunk into a
"bestial...
Friday, December 31, 2010
What is the meaning of Hamlet's soliloquy, "How all occasions do inform...," in Act 4, Scene 4?
Thursday, December 30, 2010
What are the advantages of a market economy?
The major
advantages of a market economy are that such an economy provides the greatest personal freedom
for its people, gives them with the greatest possible variety and quality of goods and services,
and offers those goods and services at the best possible price. By doing these things, the
market economy allows a country to be richer and freer than it otherwise would be.
In a market economy, people have the right to do more or less with their property as
they wish. The government allows people to start businesses doing whatever they want (outside of
illegal things like drug dealing). It does not tell them what they must do with their money and
it does not create companies of its own that prevent private enterprise from growing. If we
believe personal...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
In A Christmas Carol, what business is Joe in and who is the woman to whom he is speaking?
Old Joe is a pawnbroker,
someone who buys used
items cheaply and then sells them at a higher price for a profit. He
speaks
to the charwoman, a woman who is employed to clean houses and office spaces, as well
as
the laundress (named Mrs. Dilber) and the undertaker's assistant. These
individuals enter right
around the same time, each carrying a heavy bundle,
and "they all three burst into a
laugh" when they realize that they each had
the same idea to steal from Scrooge and then
sell his belongings. The
charwoman and laundress likely worked for Scrooge and the undertaker's
man
probably assisted with Scrooge's body after his death. They all easily justify
their
actions; to this end, the charwoman says of his possessions
If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a
wicked old screw, . . . why wasn't he
natural in his lifetime? If he had
been, he'd have had somebody to look after him when he was
struck with Death,
instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself.
They feel that Scrooge basically compelled them to steal
from him
in death because he was so stingy and mean during his life. He had
no one to sit with his body,
to protect him from such thieves, because there
was none who loved him enough to do so; he
pushed everyone away. Because he
was not "natural" during his life, he died all alone,
vulnerable to thieves
and to people like old Joe, the pawnbroker, who could profit from
Scrooge's
death.
What do the images lilke the bead-curtain, white hills, dry plains, etc.,convey about the incident in the short story? Mainly the subjective uses...
The most
interesting and most touching image in
the story has to do with the bead-curtain. At one point
Jig reaches out and
rolls a couple of these wooden beads back and forth between her fingers. It
is obvious that she is reminded of the wooden beads that are so common on infants'
cribs,
play-pens, strollers, and toys. The poor girl is thinking how much she
would enjoy having a baby
and doing all the things that mothers do with their
babies.
The landscape is
desolate. It seems to symbolize
the isolation of these two people in an enormous, indifferent
cosmos. In a
few minutes they will board the train and leave--but the landscape will remain
here
for millions of years after their little drama has been forgotten, just
as it had been there for
millions of years before they passed through. They
are just a man and a woman having a baby--or
not having a baby. I am reminded
of Adam and Eve getting evicted from paradise.
Jig doesn't
really care about the hills. She is just trying to make conversation. That
has been her function and concern since the beginning of their relationship. She loves
the man
and wants to keep his interest and his love. She will do whatever he
wants. What he wants from
her is to be a bright and cheerful companion. These
qualities were what attracted him to her in
the first place.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
What does the Finch house look like in To Kill a Mockingbird, with direct quotes?
As
mentioned in previous educators' answers, the Finch house is elevated, with a large porch. One
can easily picture it as a wrap-around porch, wide enough to accommodate chairs and tables.
Though the story doesn't state it explicitly, the porch is most likely enclosed by mosquito
netting. There is a living room off the front part of the porch, and the kitchen is off the back
part. A swinging door separates the dining room and kitchen. It is a one-story house, with four
bedroomsone for , one for , one for , and one for guests.
The fence
surrounding the yard is wire, and the child protagonists duck through it easily. There is a
backyard treehouse, which rests between "giant twin chinaberry trees" and overlooks
the school. It is on Maycomb's main residential street, which isand quiet; the business core of
the small southern town is a fair walk away.
Compare the three Reconstruction Plans: Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan, Johnson's Reconstruction Plan, and the Congressional Reconstruction Plan, in...
There
were three plans of . President Lincoln had a plan, President Johnson had a plan, and there was
the Radical Republican plan.
President Lincolns plan called for several
things to occur. His plan called for ten percent of the voters to take an oath of loyalty to the
United States. New state governments could form. These governments had to ban slavery when they
wrote the new state constitutions. His plan would offer amnesty to all white southerners, except
Confederate leaders, if these people pledged loyalty to the United States.
President Johnsons plan was different from President Lincolns plan. His plan called for granting
amnesty and returning people's property if they pledged to be loyal to the United States.
Confederate leaders had to apply directly to President Johnson in order to request amnesty. Only
people who promised to be loyal and who were pardoned could vote for delegates to the
conventions in each state that would write the new state constitutions....
In Flannery O'Connor's short story "Good Country People," what ironies does Joy/Hulga not realize about herself?
Joy Hulga
Hopewell is one of the most ironic characters ever created by Flannery OConnor, an author who
lovedof almost every kind. One of the most ironic aspects of Hulga (one of the main characters
in ) is that she understands herself so little, even though she prides herself on her wide
reading and deep knowledge. Examples of such irony include the following:
- Hulga realizes that she has a weak heart physically, but she has no idea just how
weak her heart is spiritually and in terms of compassion and concern for other
people. - At one point, Hulga exclaims to her mother,
Woman! Do you ever look inside? Do you ever look inside and see
what you are not? God!
The irony here is exceptional: of
course, it is really Hulga who never looks inside and Hulga who has no idea what she is not. It
is also Hulga who fails to realize that she isn't God -- aO'Connors' phrasing here
permits.
- Similarly, Hulga also quotes Malbranche as saying We
are not...
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