In the story "The Black Cat" by Edger Allen Poe, what happened when the narrator tapped on the brick?

Toward the
end of the story "" the narrator
does more than just tap on the brick. He describes
his actions as "rapping
heavily" upon the brick wall with a cane. 

At this point,
the narrator has clearly lost his mind. He is ridden by guilt, anger,
the
toxicity of alcohol, his own personal demons, and the fear of being found out. He is
feeling
all of this at the same time. 

Yet, as the police
comes to visit and check
the premises "four days after the assassination",
the cellar is checked and all clears
out, but the
main...

What five humorous puns are delivered between Mercutio and Romeo and then Mercutio and the Nurse in act 2, scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet?

In this
lively scene,runs intoand . Although both friends think Romeo is still pining for Rosaline, he,
of course, has fallen in love with . Therefore, he is in cheerful spirits, no longer moping
around. Here we see two wordsmithsRomeo and Mercutiocross not words but swords. The puns
aboundand we get a deep insight into the friendship that holds these two together.

Mercutio wonders what happened to Romeo after the Capulet party the night before.
Mercutio says "you gave us the counterfeit last night." When Romeo asks what
counterfeit, Mercutio replies "the slip, sir, the slip." Slip is aon Romeo slipping
away from them and also slang at that time period for counterfeit money.

Romeo says that in such a "case" as his, he had a right to slip away. Case
here means both "situation" and "physical condition," meaning pining both
mentally and physically for a woman.

Mercutio catches that lust was part of
Romeo's "case" and makes a joke about Romeo having a worn-out "pump,"
punning on pump as meaning shoe and sexual organ. Romeo responds with the exclamation that this
is "single-soled jest," sole a pun on the sole of a shoe and one's soul.

As we can see, the two match each other word for word.

When he meets
Juliet's nurse, Mercutio puns on "hare" as meaning whore and then puns on the word
"hoar" as meaning both moldly and a whore. He thus implies that the nurse is both old
and a whore.

All of these explanations of puns come from footnotes found in
the Bevington edition of The Complete Works of
Shakespeare.

Compare and contrast realist and naturalistic theatrical styles.

These two terms
are best used to discuss two
separate but related aspects of the theatrical experience:  form

(naturalistic) and content (realistic).   The late 19th-early 20 century changes inwere
both
thematic and stylistic.  Dramas began to deal with realistic,
down-to-earth characters and
dilemmas (A Dolls House )
as opposed to kings, heroes, mythic characters,
etc. in larger-than-life
scenarios.  On stage, the teacup school began to draw...

`int t sec^2 2t dt` Evaluate the integral

`inttsec^2(2t)dt` 

If f(x)
and g(x) are differentiable functions, then

`intf(x)g'(x)dx=f(x)g(x)-intf'(x)g(x)dx`

If we write f(x)=u and
g'(x)=v, then

`intuvdx=uintvdx-int(u'intvdx)dx`

Now using
the above method of integration by parts,

`inttsec^2(2t)dt=tintsec^2(2t)dt-int(d/dt(t)intsect^2(2t))dt`

`=t*tan(2t)/2-int(1*tan(2t)/2)dt`

`=1/2t*tan(2t)-1/2inttan(2t)dt`

Now let's evaluate `inttan(2t)dt` by
using the method of substitution,

Substitute `x=cos(2t),=>dx=-2sin(2t)dt`

`inttan(2t)dt=int(sin(2t)/cos(2t))dt`

`=intdx/(-2x)`

`=-1/2ln|x|`

substitute back `x=cos(2t)`

`=-1/2ln|cos(2t)|`

`inttsec^2(2t)dt=1/2t*tan(2t)-1/2(-1/2ln|cos(2t)|+C`

C is a
constant

`inttsec^2(2t)dt=1/2t*tan(2t)+1/4ln|cos(2t)|+C`

 

Compare and contrast the Flood stories of the Bible and The Epic of Gilgamesh? What are some differences in the story and what are some similarities?...

Evans Daniel

Similarities between the biblical account of the flood and the flood of
Gilgamesh:

In the Bible, Noah is told to build an ark, a type
of boat, out of cypress wood. Specific measurements of the ark are also given to him directly by
Yahweh, the living God. In , Utnapishtim is similarly instructed to build a boat, by one of the
gods, Ea. He is given specific measurements to use in building the boat.

Noahs ark is supposed to carry two of all living creatures. Similarly, Utnapishtims
boat is supposed to carry all living creatures.

In the Bible, Noahs ark
finally rests on...

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What is an example of "plain folk propoganda" in Animal Farm by George Orwell? If there is any quote and/or page number, that would be helpful.

I would
select 's speech to the animals, at the very start of the story, as a perfect example. , of
course, uses the terminology of real-life socialism by having Old Major address the others as
"comrade." The aging pig also uses the fact that he has not much time left on earth as
an element of persuasion. He has seen more of life than the other animals and has concluded that
Man is the source of all evil. "Man," he says, "is the only creature that
consumes without producing." This is Major's key point, although (as with much propaganda
in the real world) it is a falsehood, in spite of the element of truth in it from the animals'
perspective.

The most interesting thing about the speech, in my opinion, is
that it is capped off with a song, "Beasts of England," which, we are told, has a tune
somewhere between "Clementine" and "La Cucaracha." This is the
equivalent, one presumes, of the "Internationale," the anthem of world
Socialism. Any persuasive message in the...

In the following scenario, do you think it's fair that some qualify for these services and some don't? Is this ethical? What do you feel the criteria...

I would
argue that it is fair and ethical to
offer these services for some and not for others so long as
the people
running the program use appropriate criteria to decide who gets the services and
who
does not. 

You could argue that the fairest situation
is one in which
everyone gets exactly the same sorts of services when it
comes to health care.  However, the sad
truth is that not everyone gets the
same health care in this country.  A person who has no
health insurance, for
example, is not going to get much health care at all.  This is not fair,
but
it happens.  Therefore, it does not seem right to say that denying extras like the
program
discussed in this question to some...