When Hester notices how feeble Dimmasdale has become, what does she intend to do? I thought she intended to tell Dimmesdale who Chillingworth really...

You're
correct that eventually she does decide
to tellthe truth, but not yet.  In is startled when she
realizes how weak
Dimmesdale has become.  She realizes that keeping 's idenity a secret is

partly to blame for his condition, so she decides to go and speak directly with
Chillingworth.
In

What is Atticus's defintion of real courage in To Kill a Mockingbird?

One of
's most memorable moments throughout the novel involves his definition of "real
courage." In ,loses his temper and destroys Mrs. Dubose's camellia bush. As a punishment,
Atticus makes Jem read to their ornery neighbor for an hour each day, six days out of the week,
for an entire month. While reading to Mrs. Dubose, Jem notices that she gradually remains
coherent at longer intervals to chastise him during each reading session. Shortly after Jem's
punishment is finished, Mrs. Dubose dies, and Atticus says that she was the bravest person he
has ever met. Atticus then explains to Jem andthat Mrs. Dubose suffered from a painful chronic
illness but wished to break her addiction to morphine before she passed away. Jem learns for the
first time that his reading allowed Mrs. Dubose to keep her mind off her pain just long enough
to prolong the time between her morphine injections. Atticus then shares his definition of
"real courage" with Jem, and he explains his...

What is the symbolic significance of the mountain? Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The
mountain allows the boys to maintain some semblance of contact with the outside world, a world
they've inadvertently left behind. The top of the mountain provides the boys with a perspective
on their new world and their previous one. Symbolically, the mountain represents the two
elements of the human soulthe imminent and the transcendent.

The mountain,
like all human beings, is a part of the natural world, but at the same time rises above it.
During their sojourn on the island, the boys must make a choice as to which side of themselves
they will express. Those such asaspire towards...

What is the climax of the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and why is the climax important?

Theof The
Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock can be found near the end of the poem in stanza 15. The poem
revolves around the question that Prufrock is considering asking, but he is an indecisive man.
Lets review the poem to discuss the importance of the climax and realization in stanza
15.

The poem begins with an epigraph in Italian. The epigraph is a direct
quotation from The Inferno byAllegirhi presented in the original Italian.
Eliot doesnt translate it, but the lines are spoken in the poem by Guido de Montefeltro, who is
in the eighth circle of Hell. Guido is in the eighth circle because of sins he committed during
a war and having the audacity to ask for forgiveness before committing the sins (that's not the
way it works).

In the epigraph selection, he is telling Dante that he would
typically not speak of his sins because he wanted to keep his reputation intact on Earth but
that he will tell Dante because its unlikely he can go back to earth from Hell. The...

Why was the bombing of Hiroshima necessary? Why was the bombing of Hiroshima necessary?

Judgments
made concerning the dropping of the atomic bomb must be based on research, rather than
sentimentalizing the loss of Japanese lives.  If one did not live in July and August of 1945,
then before making a decison on the validity  behind the atomic bombing, look at the reasons for
the determination.

In the first place, America did not want to enter World

War II.  However, after the surprise attack onf Pearl Harbor,  killing over 2,000
Americans and destroying almost the entire Pacific fleet, it was forced to respond.  There was
no justification for that bombing!

After the war began,
in the European and the Pacific theaters, approximately, 450,000 American lives were lost. 
Furthermore, 240,000 were wounded.  There was no justification for the
killing of these American soldiers who had been forced into battle.

In 1945,
the Japanese, through diplomatic channels, told the American government that it was unwilling to
concede to the allied forces.  When the decision was made to drop the bomb, the American
President and government warned Japan on several occasions and by several mean. The Japanese
were told:   the United States had a new bomb beyond all present capabilities and would use it
to end the war if Japan did not surrender. No response. The Japanese would never
surrender.  They were willing to fight until the last woman and child were
dead.

During 1945, America and the allied forces, had been bombing Tokyo and
other cities constantly.  The dead and wounded tolls from these bombings far exceeded the loss
of life in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, yet, the conventional bombing failed to persuade
Japan.

Japan's latest effort to destroy American forces was the kamikaze
strikes.  Japanese pilots, willing to commit suicide to kill Americans, would bear down on US
ships crashing into them at full speed. Tthe kamikaze suicide attacks on Allied ships just at
Okinawa alone had produced  horrifying numbers:

34 Allied
warships sunk

368 Allied ships damaged

4,900 Allied
sailors killed;

and 4,874 Allied sailors wounded.

Japan would never surrender!

What choices did the US have in ending this brutal war?

Yes,
civilians were killed.  If the bomb were to be dropped,  it had to make an impact.  Hiroshima
was an industrialized city. In addition, it had a huge army base in the vicinity.  Remember also
that the aircraft of the times were not pinpoint accurate as they are today, so the shape of the
city and the weather also played a part in the decisions. The Japanese had to be shown that
America was ready to end the war. Japan had to be shown that it had no chance of winning the
war.  It along with the allies faced more devastation loss in lives.  Even though the cost was
terrible, the atomic bombs used against Japan were justified.  The war had to end to prevent
further American and allied loss of life.

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Beowulf Characteristics

is
depicted as the most ideal of leaders. His most immediately recognizable characteristics are his
prodigious strength and endurance, which more often than not fall directly into the category of
the superhuman. Indeed, he is able to defeat the vile Grendel single-handedly and go on to
defeat Grendel's mother immediately afterward. He does all of this for his people and purely on
a volunteer basis, demonstrating his steadfast devotion to his people and his courage in the
face of danger.

Furthermore, Beowulf even fights a dragon at the end of his
life, against incredible odds, going above and beyond the call of duty for his people. Perhaps
most telling of his character is his unfaltering faith, as he thanks and consults God in all
that he does, asking that he show him the right course of action and give him the strength
needed to pursue justice.

What role did Dorie Miller play during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Through
his brave actions on that terrible day, Dorie Miller became the first African American recipient
of the Navy Cross, which at that time was the third-highest honor in the United States
Navy.

During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Miller, despite having no
formal training in their use, manned an anti-aircraft gun which he used to fight off enemy
dive-bombers....