MANY MOVIE THEATRES CHARGE A LOWER PRICE FOR THE FIRST SHOW ON WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS THAN THEY DO FOR A WEEKNIGHT OR WEEKEND SHOW.EXPALIN WHY?IS...

No, it's not diminishing marginal utility.  Really what it is is that these are in a sense different products with different demand curves.

Fewer people are willing/able to go to movies early on weekday afternoons than at the other times you mention.  Therefore, there's going to be less demand at any given price.  So the theaters lower the prices so as to be able to move along the demand curve and get more people to come.

It makes sense for them to sell these tickets cheaply as long as they can make more money than their variable costs (paying a ticket taker, etc).  Because as long as they can make something (even if not as much as they can later) they're better off than if they just let the theater sit empty.

Why doesn't Grendel touch King Hrothgar's throne?

A king is a position that is believed to bring that person closer to God.

Grendel is supposedly the spawn of Cain (from the Bible, Cain is the first man to commit murder by killing his brother). Therefore, in religious terms, Grendel will not dare touch the thrown, because, in turn, that is too close a step to God.

Please give a character sketch for Pamela Dare in the novel To Sir, with Love.

Pamela Dare is one of the female students in Thackeray's challenging class.  She is looked at as the female leader, the girls' counterpart to Denham.  While she is fairly instrumental in the class' early attempts to thwart Thackeray from his hopes, she is immediately won over when Thackeray adopts the new approach of working with the class as young adults.  She seems to develop a crush on Mr. Thackeray, as he becomes one of the first adults to actually develop a sincere approach to her life.  She evolves and begins to rally the girls' in support of Thackeray.  When her mother comes in to speak to Thackeray about her behavior at home, Thackeray's relationship with Pamela is challenged when he suggests that Pamela has to respect the word of her mother. Pamela feels betrayed as she feels he has "sold her out" to the establishment.   In the final analysis, Pamela, as well as the rest of the class, does not stay angry at him for much longer.  They all rally towards him, most notably Pamela, whose crush on Thackeray is evident.  She dances with him in the final dance, and hopes he will stay on as a teacher so that she can come to visit.

Analyze the poem "They" by Siegfried Sassoon.

This poem is a rather sardonic and cynical take on war; some might argue it is a realistic, rather than idealistic viewpoint of war.  In fact, it contrasts the more idealistic, brave, glory parts of war with the harsh, violent, horrific realities of its impact on men.

It starts with a bishop trying to give comfort to men who go to war--he states optimistically that war will "change" all men who fight in it, and then lists all of the positive ways it will change them.  He states that they will have "challenged Death," "fought in a just cause," and "lead the last attack on Anti-Christ."  All of these things are things that the men should be proud of, that will change them for the better for the rest of their lives.  The Bishop represents that attitude that war is a glorious thing, that war shows how brave and noble one is, and that war is the thing that keeps the entire world safe.  And, while true on some levels, in the next stanza, Sassoon contrasts that war-glory with the realities that exist.

Men who have gone to war agree with the Bishop that war does change men, but certainly not for the better.  They list all of their war wounds:  amputation, blindness, syphillis, shot lungs, etc.  The front these wounds as definite evidence that the Bishop is right that change occurs, but not in the way he was stating.  The bishop's rather inadequate and pale response to this awful reality is an ambiguous and dismissive one.  He merely states, "The ways of God are strange!"  This answer, which feels more like a cop-out than a real explanation, shows that even the Bishop, a man of god, is left without answers in the face of the brutal realities of war.  When faced with the true horrors of war, all of the brave, idealistic glory feelings die, leaving behind only the violence, despair and death.

I hope that those thoughts helped a bit; good luck!

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, how did Tom Robinson, the African-American accused of raping Mayella, show acts of kindness?

Tom Robinson's kind actions toward Mayella Ewell is what got him arrested in the first place in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom had visited Mayella quite a few times before he was accused of attacking her. He had responded to Mayella's request that she help him "bust up a chiffarobe," and he even refused the nickel payment that she offered him. On the stand, Tom admits to Atticus that he went to see Mayella "lots of times."

"Seemed like every time I passed by yonder she'd have some little somethin' for me to do... I was glad to do it. Mr. Ewell didn't seem to help her none, and neither did the chillun.

He chopped kindling and toted water for her. On his final visit, she asked him to fix their door but, instead, Mayella kissed Tom, and he left as quickly as possible. Tom's kindheartedness proved to be his greatest weakness.

Paraphrase the last stanza of Thomas Hardy's "On the Departure Platform." —‘And why, young man, must eternally fly A joy you’ll...

Here's a paraphrase:

When you truly love her, why does an elation that you want to replicate have to be gone forever? I cannot explain why nothing recurs exactly.

It's good to note that the final stanza is not told from first person point of view like the rest of the poem.  Hardy switches speakers from the young man in love to an omniscient, wiser observer.

Please answer the following questions about "The Widow's Lament in Springtime":(Regarding "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" by William Carlos...

1- Spring time is poignant because it is a time of birth and new life not death, but the widow is experiencing grief not the joy of spring.

2-Spring time was formerly one of joy and happiness as she experienced the season of renewal.

3-The speaker’s son tells the speaker that he saw trees flowering with white flowers at the edge of the woods. 

4- He wants his mother to realize that there is life beyond her former existence with his father.

5- The yard in the poem is the speaker’s present life with her husband and the meadow symbolizes a new life separate from her previous experiences with her husband.

6- The widow desires to stop feeling so much internal pain from her grief so that she can again enjoy life.  She wants to stop hurting.

7-The two lines 2-3 represent the strength of her internal conflict and are vivid and the flatness in lines 13 and 14 reflect that she is experiencing no joy in the flowers and beauty of the cherry blossom.

8-The use of the word “masses” creates a visual of the beauty and plentitude of the flowering cherry blossoms that create an exquisite beauty that would normally fill one’s heart with joy.  They are a symbol of abundance of new life which surrounds her.  She is also feeling overwhelmed by her own grief and the word “masses” creates this as the second emotion.

What are the subject, tone, and mood of "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe?

The subject of the poem "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe is the death of the narrator's love, Annabel Lee.  The narrator tells us about how the two of them were childhood sweethearts who loved each other and (presumably) got married.  He then tells how she died and how devastated he continues to be by her loss.

I would say that the tone and mood of the poem are somber.  His attitude toward Annabel Lee and her death is clearly a sad one.  He continues to miss her and sleep in her tomb.  I don't think you could say that that is anything but sad and somber.

Two balls, each with a mass of 0.813 kg, exert a gravitational force of 8.38 x 10^-11 N on each other.How far apart are the balls? The value of the...

Let the distance between the two balls be d and their masses be m1 and m2. Then by gravitational law, the force of attraction F,between them is:

F =G*m1*m2/d^2 .

By data,F = 8.38 *10^(-11)N,  m1 = m2 = 0.813 kg , G =6.673 x 10^-11 N m^2/kg^2 and d is to be determined.

Therefore,

d =sqrt( G*m1*m2/F ). Substituting the values from data,

d = sqrt{(6.673 x 10^-11)(0.813)^2/(8.38*10^-11)}

=0.725486104 m is the required distance between the two masses, where the gravitational attractional   force  between them  is as given.

Proof that sin a + sin b= 2sin [(a+b)/2]cos [(a-b)/2]i need it very urgent please

Imagine that a is the sum of 2 angles, u and v, so u+v=a, and b is the difference of the same 2 angle, so b=u-v

If we'll add a+b=(u+v)+(u-v), we'll reduce the similar terms v and (-v) and the result will be a+b=2u, so u=(a+b)/2.

If we'll make the difference between the 2 terms 

a-b=(u+v)-(u-v) and we'll reduce the similar terms, the result will be  a-b=2v, so v=(a-b)/2

Let's substitute  what we have found:

sin (u+v) + sin (u-v)=2 sin u*cos v

In the right side of the equal, we'll open the paranthesis in this way:

sin (u+v)=sin u*cos v+ sin v*cos u

sin (u-v)=sin u*cos v- sin v*cos u

If we'll substitute the sin (u+v) + sin (u-v) with what we've found out, the result will be:

sinu*cosv+sin v*cosu+sin u*cosv-sinv*cosu=2 sin u*cos v

We'll reduce the similar terms (-sinv*cosu) with (sinv*cosu) and the result will be:

sinu*cosv+sinu*cosv=2 sin u*cos v

2 sin u*cos v=2 sin u*cos v

q.e.d!

What is a matrix structure in an organization? Please explain.

Matrix organization, sometimes also called project organization or grid organization, is a type of organization structure where the whole organization is divided into separate according to two independent criteria. In a typical matrix organization, one of the department division is according to functional specialization. For example, a project organization may be organized in different technical departments such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and civil engineering. In addition, project teams or departments are formed drawing required people from the technical departments. Typically, the employees may move from one project team to another as new projects are started but their parent technical department remains same.

In matrix organization each employee has a dual reporting relationship. An employee reports to the project manager for all maters relating to planning and executing project activities. The project manager also exercises administrative authority over the people in the team in matters such as sanction of leave. This ensures that the project activities are carried out smoothly in a coordinated way.

Employees also report for technical matters to their technical department heads. This ensures that the employees also receives adequate technical supervision and support from qualified people.

Does the vertical file contain almanacs?

Vertical files tend to contain current information while others hold older, historical information. Vertical files are most often information about a given area, such as a county, city or state. The files are often organized in alphabetical order and provide reference librarians and others quick access to information, usually about quick reference questions. Items contained in a vertical file often include but are not limited to: newspaper clippings, obituaries, press releases, etc. Since almanacs are a resource material, they would be included.

How to increase efficiency in your work?

The following reference gives ten tips to top efficiency. The things I personally find most helpful are these:

- Establish your priorities and stick to them. Do things in the order of importance, respecting a comfortable "deadline" as well. Work steadily and regularly towards your goal and don't put off things until the last minute.

- Don't let outside interference fritter away both your energy and time. Let people know you are not available all the time and that you don't appreciate being interrupted with your work. This includes useless chatter with colleagues and reiterating points you have already made with clients. Keep your contact short, simple and to the point during work time.

- Establish a schedule allowing time off for leisure, family life, hobbies and other things which "recharge" you physically, mentally and emotionally.  You are not a workaholic machine; you are first and foremost a human being. Learn to pull the plug from work responsibilities and do whatever is needed to "get away."

- Delegate tasks whenever possible to responsible people. Take on your part of responsibility, but don't hesitate to share it, too.  As Huckleberry Finn, whitewash the fence with enthusiasm, then pass the brush and paint around.

- Whenever possible and necessary, drop your investment in non-productive activity (and people, as the case may be!). Instead of wearing yourself to frazzles, better to throw in the towel, declare forfeit, and move on to something else. Learn to acknowledge parasite activity, and then learn to say 'no.'

Discuss the transformation of Eliza.

    Eliza Doolittle makes the transition from uneducated Cockney flower girl to elegant duchess in George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion. Eliza's transformation from a girl of the streets to a beauty whose manners and appearance inspires awe--from just about everyone except Henry Higgins, that is--is complete, up to the end of the experiment. After Higgins wins his bet, his job is over, and Eliza's allure proves to have worked on everyone except the man who has shaped her new persona. She realizes that her new life has come to a standstill, since she feels she can no longer return to her flowers. However, her capacity for learning and change is still in its infancy, and Eliza still has enormous room to grow. It is Higgins who has reached his limits, and he is the one with a lack of inner growth capabilities. Meanwhile, Eliza discovers that appearances and social graces are not necessarily a means to an end, for in Higgins she sees that perfection is only skin deep. She has been become a lady in nearly every respect, but Higgins still fails to treat her as one. Consequently, her intellectual growth is not a completely happy one since her new independence repels Higgins and, in the end, she sees that he is far from the perfect man. And, in turn, she finds her new identity, her new class status, a mystery as well.

A shopper in a supermarket pushes a cart with a force of 38 N directed at an angle of 25 ◦ downward from the horizontal.Find the work done by the...

Work done is equal to the the straight distance (s) moved by the multiplied by the magnitude of the force (f) in the direction of movement.

In the given question the cart moves by a distance of 48.6 m in horizontal direction.

The force applied (F) is 38 N in a direction making angle (A) of 25 degrees with the horizontal.

We can resolve this force in two equivalent components, one along the direction of movement of cart, and the other at right angles to it

The force along horizontal is given by:

f = F*(Cos A) = 38*(Cos25) = 38*0.9063

As the cart moves only in horizontal direction and there is no other movement in any other direction, the total work done (w) is that due to movement of cart.

Therefore: w = s*f  = 48.6*(38*0.9063)
= 1673.7548 J

Answer: Work done by the shopper on the cart is 1673.7548 J

Summary and conclusion of "The Guest".Put some quotes from the text and support it

In the story, "The Guest," Daru, a teacher living alone on a desert plain in a French province, is required (as this is a time of rebellion in his country) to escort an Arab who has committed murder, to the nearby jail.

Daru does not want to be involved in the politics, the hate, and fighting of men.  He simply wants to abide in peace, living a spartan and humble existence, teaching his small class of students.

Daru admits he will fight for his country, but refuses to take the man to jail.  In fact, while the Arab stays with him, Daru treats him more like a guest than a criminal.

At the end of "The Guest," Daru packs provisions for the man and takes him to the crossroads, telling him in which direction the jail lies, and what he will find in the other direction: most importantly, his freedom.

However, the Arab finally chooses the road to the jail.  When Daru returns home, he finds a threat on the chalkboard because the Arab's comrades blame Daru for taking the Arab to jail, when, ironically, Daru has treated him like a brother and done what he was able to do in order save him.

Who said this quote in Jane Eyre: "I have one word to say of the whole tribe; they are a nuisance." Thanks :D

This is Blanche Ingram speaking, the woman Jane thought Mr. Rochester would marry. This is a very uncomfortable moment for Jane, as Blanche is speaking about governessess, in the middle of a party in which they are both in attendance. Essentially, Jane has to sit with her student and listen to supposedly upperclass womendiscuss how they "know the faults of her class"-meaning Jane.

This is yet another example of class conflict in the book, and the hypocrisy/downright cruelty of the upper class in the society. This is not the first time Jane has experienced such blatant discrimination; it began when she was an orphan in the Reeds' household. Since then, her life has been a continuous cycle of oppression and contempt based on her social class. While Bronte is criticizing this aspect of the culture, it is important to note that Jane only becomes truly whole when she is independently wealthy. This may suggest something about the state of working class women at the time.

Can anyone find a good topic sentence for all of the topics below?The job of waiter Restaurants in our town The worst meal I've ever eaten

Before writing a topic sentence, it is often advisable to consider the types of support that you can use.  Asking yourself how you can make an interesting paragraph is also helpful in composing a paragraph that will not be banal.

To create a topic sentence ask "What about it [the topic]?  For instance, with the topic of "the job of waiter," ask what about the job of waiter?  Your answer is the topic sentence.  An example may be something like this:  Patience, alacrity, and politeness are three qualities essential to the job of waiter.

One for the restaurants in town:  There is little variety in the restaurants of our town.

One for the worst meal I have ever eaten:  The first meal I ever cooked myself was probably the worst meal that I have ever eaten.

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What is your reaction to Sonnet 75?

This Spenserian Sonnet is very similar to Shakespeare's "Sonnet 118," ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day") in that both are meta-poetry (poetry about poetry).  Both poems' speakers believe, as was common in the pre-Romantic era, that art--as much as love and beauty--makes us immortal.  Spenser's speaker says, "My verse your vertues rare shall eternize, / And in the heavens wryte your glorious name."  Shakespeare ends his sonnet in similar fashion: "..and this (the poem) gives life to thee..."

Sonnet 75 is set up in the typical problem-solution format, with the volta (or turn) in line 9.  In the octet, the waves speak that they can wash away mortality:

Vayne man," sayd she, "that doest in vaine assay.
A mortall thing so to immortalize,
For I my selve shall lyke to this decay,
and eek my name bee wyped out lykewize.

Line 9 (the volta) begins the sestet in which the speaker offers his (and Spenser's, Shakespeare's) counter-argument:

Not so," quod I, "let baser things devize,
To dy in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse your vertues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens wryte your glorious name.
Where whenas death shall all the world subdew,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.

The irony, of course, is that the speaker immortalizes the thing (the waves) that originally tries to "wash away" his footprint in the sand.

Solve the following reactions: Au2 S3+H2 -> Hg(OH)2+H3 PO4 -> SiO2+ HF-> B2Br6 + HNO3-> KOH + H3PO4-> (NH4)3PO4 + Pb(NO3)4 ->

The following reactions are balancing reactions, so:

Au2 S3+H2 -> Au + H2S

In order to balance the equations, we have to have 2 atoms of Au, both side of the equation, so for this reason we have to multiply Au with 2, the result being:

Au2 S3+H2 -> 2Au + H2S

We'll verify if the number of atoms, both side of the equation, is equal and we'll notice that we have 1 atom of S on the right side, instead 3 atoms of S, entered in the equation, so, we'll multiply on the right side, 3*H2S, the equation becoming:

Au2 S3+H2 -> 2Au + 3*H2S

The last step is to balance the number of H entered into equation, for this reason multiplying 3*H2, the final result being:

Au2 S3+3*H2 -> 2Au + 3*H2S

Knowing the rule, now we can balance the following equation.

Remember!

The number of atoms entered into equation has to be the same at the exit from the equation!

2) Hg(OH)2+H3 PO4 -> Hg3(PO4)2 + H2O

Now, all we have to do is to balance the equation:

3Hg(OH)2 + 2H3 PO4 -> Hg3(PO4)2 + 6H2O

3) SiO2+ HF-> SiF4 + H2O

Balancing the equation, we'll have:

SiO2 + 4HF-> SiF4 + 2H2O

4) B2Br6 + HNO3->B(NO3)3 + HBr

We'll do the balance of the equation:

 B2Br6 + 6HNO3-> 2B(NO3)3 + 6HBr

5) KOH + H3PO4-> K3(PO4) + H2O

Balancing the equation, we'll have:

 3KOH + H3PO4-> K3(PO4) + 3H2O

6) (NH4)3PO4 + Pb(NO3)4 -> Pb3(PO4)4+ NH4NO3

Balancing the equation, we'll have:

 4(NH4)3PO4 + 3Pb(NO3)4 -> Pb3(PO4)4+ 12NH4NO3

What is the sequence of events in The Fall of the House of Usher?

The narrator receives a letter from his ailing old friend Roderick Usher and makes the requested journey to the Usher House. He arrives at the house and notes that the mansion is run down, as it is discolored by age, covered in fungi, and has a crack running through it from the roof down. He first encounters the family physician who appears perplexed. He then greets Roderick Usher and notices how Usher’s appearance is almost corpse-like, and that he suffers from severe nervous agitation. Usher proceeds to explain the nature of his illness, which includes an extreme sensitivity of his senses, to the narrator. Usher states that his own condition is worsened due to his concern for his sister, Madeline, who is suffering from a strange and debilitating malady that baffles her doctor. He mentions that one of her symptoms involves temporary partial paralysis. Usher explains his devastation at the thought of Madeline’s passing because it will leave him the last of the Usher race.

On the night of the narrator’s arrival, he sees only one glimpse of Madeline before her illness worsens and she is bed ridden. The narrator spends the next few days reading and painting with Usher and listening to him play his guitar, all in an attempt to buoy Usher’s spirits. Usher informs the narrator one night that Madeline has died, and that he wishes to place her in a vault downstairs until she can be buried. The narrator helps Usher place Madeline in a coffin, and they take her to the iron-doored vault. The narrator sees Madeline briefly before the coffin lid is secured, and notes both her resemblance to Roderick and the faint blush on her cheeks and smile on her lips that have been preserved in death. They secure the coffin into the vault and return upstairs.

Usher’s condition worsens as he grieves the loss of Madeline, and, over the next few days, the narrator fears Usher is going mad. The increasingly bizarre behavior of Usher and the melancholy gloom of the house begin to affect the narrator as well, and he begins to feel a sense of terror that prevents him from sleeping one night several days after Madeline’s death. The narrator begins to hear some sound from within the house, partially masked by the sounds of a storm ravaging outside. As he is pacing his floor, Usher comes in and throws open the window, letting in the violent winds and allowing the narrator to see the unnatural light from the storm. The narrator shuts the window and tries to calm Usher, and decides to read one of Usher’s favorite books to him.

As the narrator reaches the climax of the story, he hears the sound of a hollow, metallic reverberation, and jumps up. He rushes over to Usher, who proclaims that he believes the sounds are coming from Madeline’s vault, and that he has been hearing them for days. He jumps up and shouts that Madeline is standing at the door. The door opens and there stands Madeline, bloodied and fatigued from her ordeal. She begins to sway, and falls upon her brother, and they both fall to the floor dead. The narrator runs from the house in a horrified panic, and as he looks back at the house, he sees a strange light emanating from the crack, and the house collapses upon itself.

The poem "To the Ladies" by Mary,Lady Chudleigh, ends with the couplet, "Value yourselves, and men despise,/ You must be proud, if you'll be...

Mary, Lady Chudleigh's poem, "To the Ladies" strongly argues that a woman should not give herself up to marriage, for when she does, the individual she was will cease to be: she will belong to her husband, subject to his every pleasure, displeasure or whim.

She begins her poem by stating—with direct purpose—"Wife and servant are the same." It takes little imagination to guess the direction for the rest of the poem. Freedom disappears behind matrimonial promises to "obey." The last two lines of the poem press the author's point home again, warning women that they must protect themselves and "despise" men if they are wise and wish to hold on to the essence of who they are without a husband.

Value your selves, and Men despise,
You must be proud, if you'll be wise.

In Christina Rossetti's poem, "No, Thank You, John," it seems that the speaker is able to follow the advice put forth in "To the Ladies."

The speaker makes no apologies to the ardent and persistent John. She states that she does not love him and has never told him that she did. She insists that there is nothing between them, though allows that other women might welcome his attentions.

The speaker seems to answer his accusation of being heartless, but she does so without apology, stating that he is crazy to ask for a love she does not feel for him.

I have no heart?--Perhaps I have not;

But then you're mad to take offence

That I don't give you what I have not got...

The speaker desperately tries to reason with John, offering a hand of friendship, but she refuses to back down or be intimidated by his tenacity.  She asks that they stop arguing or "playing games," and flatly refuses his offer of love.

In open treaty. Rise above

Quibbles and shuffling off and on:

Here's friendship for you if you like; but love,--

No, thank you, John.

The speaker in Rossetti's poem does, indeed, seem to be able to follow the advice given by Mary, Lady Chudleigh.

How is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie different from traditional and conventional literature?

Muriel Sparks wrote The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as a postmodernist novel which is dissimilar to traditional and conventional forms of literature. Traditional and conventional novel construction, among other things, relies heavily on the omniscient third-person narrator which could alternately tell each character's thoughts, feelings, motives, perceptions in addition to their conversations and actions. There is also a reliance on continuity of chronology: For example, the end comes at the end, it doesn't obtrude into the narrative as it progresses. There is also a reliance on communications of moral value, representation of classic aesthetic, detailed description of characters and environments.

Postmodernist novels, like Muriel Sparks' novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, break with the elements listed above and instead follow the modernist traditions, however, postmodernism even goes beyond the boundaries of modernism. Modernism and postmodernism both reject the traditional and conventional distinction between high and low literature, preferring to view common people and common issues, problems and dilemmas as of equal importance with characters from the elite of society with refined moral dilemmas and noble conflicts. Modernism and postmodernism also view time as fragmented with discontinuity, which opposes traditional chronological literature. This fragmentation and discontinuity leads to a-chronological ambiguity, simultaneous occurrences, and destructured, decentralized, dehumanized characters.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie provides an example of this kind of character construction. Miss Jean Brodie's inner life is never revealed, which dehumanizes her; she is identified by the mottoes she repeats more than by her thoughts, feelings and experiences, which decenters her and gives the reader a destructured character. Finally, where traditional conventional literature presupposes a logical, coherent world in which aesthetic is universal and morals are edifying, modernism emphasizes the presence of fragmentation and a resultant void that literature can fill. On the other hand, postmodernism denies that the void, in individual characters or the world at large, can be filled and is willing to celebrate the void and make use of the nonsense of a fragmented modern world.

Discuss the effect of the Industrial Revolution on the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth.

Romantic thinkers like Blake and Wordsworth were impacted by the Industrial Revolution on a couple of levels.  The ascension of the Industrial Revolution had a couple of effects that flew in the face of Romantic thinkers like Wordsworth and Blake.  The growing embrace of conformity and materialism disturbed both thinkers, who were more about a subjective expression of the good that was rooted in distinctive authenticity.  Both thinkers were concerned about this particular rise of materialism and conformity in terms of silencing people's voices as to the dangers inherent in the increase of industrialization.  For example, when Blake writes about young boys who are exposed to the horrors of their occupations in "The Chimney Sweeper," a definite statement is made about how industrialization poses specific dangers which Romantic thinkers felt was their obligation to identify.  Thinkers like Wordsworth echoed similar sentiments in their own works:

Romantic writers were aware of these changes [caused by Industrialization], which presented such a contrast between the hellish life of the city laborer and the purity and peace of nature. The industrial changes convinced many romantics the natural world was purer than the industrial one, and that nature was a place of spiritual truth, release, and renewal. In "The Excursion," Wordsworth applauds the advances in science and technology that made the mills possible, but also criticizes the exploitation of women and children, the dehumanizing work shifts, and the all-encompassing greed of the factory owners.

In the end, the Industrial Revolution left an impact on Romantic thinkers like Blake and Wordsworth, and actually helped to give voice to their intellectual pursuits because it allowed them to identify what specific elements existed in society that necessitated change and transformation.

What made Sir Henry Clinton focus on the south in his battle strategies?please help w/ this history question.

What Great Britain could get from the South that it could not from the North was raw materials for its burgeoning industry.  In fact, the Northern states were competing (although on a small scale) with industrial Britain as they themselves began to industrialize. Culturally, the South had the stronger tie to Britain since the early Southern colonists were from the English gentry or from Scotland or Ireland; the population was much more homogeneous than in the North, where colonists came from all over.

As far as Britain was concerned, the Northern colonies were all settled by religious extremists with whom the British elite had nothing in common (they are in fact, one of the many reasons religious differences forced many to flee to the New World.) By the time Henry Clinton (1738-1795) began his Southern invasion in 1779, Northern battles had already yielded only questionable British victories, and he decided to try his luck elsewhere.  Unfortunately, the same guerrilla tactics that were successful in the North were successful in the South as well, even though the British had captured the major cities.

What is the conceptual background of Paradise Lost in accordance with Islam?

Fundamentally, The Islamic text describes Adam and Eve's leaving paradise as an opportunity for redemption by denying the notion of Original Sin. The Christian text, on the other hand, calls the banishment of Adam and Eve as the consequence of their eating of the forbidden fruit which, it considers, an Original Sin. Milton, in Paradise Lost, also works within the Christian tradition EXCEPT that in this epic poem two interesting things happen, one of them perhaps inspite of Milton: characterization of Satan, and the humanizing of Adam and Eve. The second was intentional; the first, most probably, was not.

Milton's purpose of writing Paradise Lost was "to justify the ways of God to man." The problem with this justification is not the justification itself but how to portray God! If God is Infinite then how does a poet depict the Infinite. Further, if God is Infinite, then what conceptual form can the idea of revenge and punishment (both finite notions) be justified in Milton's poem? He overcame this dilemma by  developing the character of Michael who works as a kind of mouthpiece for not only God, but Milton himself. Over and over again in his speeches to Adam, Michael mentions the difficulty of depicting God to them, and says, that he gives form to all things in paradise primarily to make Adam understand who has no conception of the Infinite.

BUT: having wriggled himself out of this dilemma, Milton walked into another trap -- and this time he may not have been very aware of it. Trying to create Satan as God's worthy opponent, Milton, perhaps unintentionally, made him a bit too heroic -- and in a literary sense, grand -- in his opposition to God, persuading critics such as William Blake to write that "Milton was of the Devil's party without knowing it."

Undoubtedly, Milton would have disagreed.

The above controversy has a heavy bearing on the question: what was Milton's ideological position regarding the Fall of Adam and Eve, and their Original Sin.

I will try and answer that question via a discussion of Al Q'Ran regarding this same issue.

As I said above, Al Q'Ran does not accept the notion of Original Sin. Adam and Eve asks God's forgiveness and He forgives them totally. He sends them to earth, not as punishment, but as an opportunity to prove themselves worthy of being back in paradise. This is the position of Al Q'Ran.

The Bible also implies the same but the stigma of the Original Sin remains. Milton is from this tradition but he presents in his poem a far more humane, complex and touching rendition of the epic struggle between celestial quartet of God, Satan, Adam and Eve:

1. In either hand the hastening Angel caught


2. Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate


3. Led them direct,...


4. They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld


5. Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,...


6. Some natural tears they dropt, but wiped them soon;


7. The World was all before them,...


8. with wand'ring steps and slow,


9. Through Eden took their solitary way.

Sorry, for the longish quote, but I couldn't help it. The lines highlight the typically post-New Testament spirit that Milton wanted his poem to embody. By so doing, I think, he lifted the poem right out of didactics, into the realm of poetry.

What are some similarities and difference between Nathaniel Hawthorne's book The Scarlet Letter and his short story Young Goodman Brown?

The primary similarity between Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and "Young Goodman Brown" is that both stories deal with the basic conflict of good versus evil.  In each story, an innocent person is faced with the temptation to sin; in The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale give in to temptation and are faced with the consequences of their actions, which are different for each of them.  In "Young Goodman Brown", Brown is tempted, but does not succumb.  Both stories include main characters who witness the presence of evil in those who are commonly accepted as good and moral people, but are actually the opposite.

What does Claudius dream about?it is for a poem I dream-

There are two kinds of dreams: waking and sleeping, right?  The waking kind of dream has a positive connotation: "I dream of Africa; I dream of genie..."  It links the speaker with a goal.  This is Claudius' use of the term.  His dreams are political, materialistic.  Before the play, he dreamt of the crown; he dreamt of having the queen for his wife.  As the play begins, he has achieved both.  His dreams are ambitious.  And now he dreams of settling the score with Fortinbras in Norway.  In Act.ii, Claudius addresses the state:

For all, our thanks.
Now follows, that you know, young Fortinbras,
Holding a weak supposal of our worth,
Or thinking by our late dear brother's death
Our state to be disjoint and out of frame,
Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,

Claudius has no internal dreams, no altrustic goals.  He doesn't dream of being just or honest.  Why would he?  He's a murderer, an adulterer, a symbol of incest.  Here's what Claudius doesn't dream about: others, namely Hamlet (his immediate enemy).  Speaking to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, he says:

Something have you heard
Of Hamlet's transformation; so call it,
Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man
Resembles that it was. What it should be,
More than his father's death, that thus hath put him
So much from the understanding of himself,
I cannot dream of:

He doesn't understand the motivations of others.  He doesn't understand why Hamlet acts "crazy" or why he might want to kill him.

By contrast, Hamlet dreams of only the internal, only the sleeping kind of dream.  In fact, Hamlet's dream imagery is about eternal sleep.  It is all about death.

Notice what Hamlet says of dreams:

O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count
myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I
have bad dreams.

Guildenstern says, "Which dreams indeed are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.  Hamlet responds: "A dream itself is but a shadow."

Later, Hamlet says,

O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!
Is it not monstrous that this player here,
But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,
Could force his soul so to his own conceit

And in the famous soliloquy:

To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come

Do we know the name of the Ravensbrueck Camp Guard Corrie Ten Boom met in Berlin after the war? After the war, Corrie Ten Boom travelled the...

In The Hiding Place, ten Boom does not name the guard, but only says that she recognized him as the first SS jailer she encountered at Ravensbruck.

In other speeches and in biographies, she retells the story, but never uses the man's name. I suspect there are multiple reasons, including protecting him from harm, but, knowing Corrie ten Boom's heart, I think the primary reason she omits his name is that she wants the focus to be on how God can forgive through us--even when we are resistant.

In a 1972 interview for Guidepost magazine, she related:

And still I stood there with the coldness clutching my heart. But forgiveness is not an emotion — I knew that too. Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. "Jesus, help me!" I prayed silently. "I can lift my hand, I can do that much. You supply the feeling."

That truly is the essence of the encounter and of her life's work: Forgiveness is a choice, and God is faithful to honor those who forgive.

Why does Jack say that they don’t need the conch any longer in Chapter 6 of Lord of the Flies?

At an assembly, the boys talk about the supposed beast that Sam and Eric saw.  They try to decide what they should do about it.  Piggy asks what they should do if, while Ralph, Jack, and some of the other older boys are off hunting the beast, it should attack Piggy and the younger boys.  At that point, Jack bursts in with a negative comment toward Piggy and Jack is reminded he does not have the conch.  Then he says they don't need the conch any longer because everyone knows who should and who shouldn't talk, "...It's time some people knew they've got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us."  Jack represents the dictatorial type of government that Golding implies is the result of letting man's inner evil come out because of a lack of society's restrictions.  Golding tries to point out, in this book, that man has a basic inner beast that, if the conventions of a civilized society are removed, will emerge and take over.  His book is a caution to people to recognize this beast and stop it before it takes over.  Jack does become the dictator of the boys, leading them with cruelty and prejudice.  It is typical of a dictatorial government to presume that it knows what is better for people than the people themselves know.  Jack says the conch is no longer necessary because "they" know who to listen to and who to allow to speak because he is worth listening to.  He insinuates that only a chosen few (himself and a few of his henchmen) are the only ones worth listening to because only his ideas are right.

Can you give me a critical analysis of the poem "The Owl" by Edward Thomas ?

The poem "The Owl" by British Poet Edward Thomas deals with the after effects of a soldier escaping the horrors of the front lines of war, with his life. However, many of his fellow soldiers have not escaped. They have paid the ultimate sacrifice – giving their lives for their fellow brothers-in-arms who could escape, and also giving their lives for their country and fellow citizens.

The solider who is the narrator of this poem talks of a ‘blessed tiredness’ so-to-speak. He is tired from battle, but the rest he can now partake of is to him “…the sweetest thing under a roof.”

This soldier is cold and hungry but he has persevered somehow. Nonetheless, there is a cost to his surviving in that mental anguish over the fate of his compatriots is something that will eat at him for the rest of his life. He now enjoys creature comforts at an inn and all seems well; he has survived; he can make plans for the future, hopefully a brighter one for him and for all.

What catches his attention is the lamenting cry of a lone owl. It is as if the owl is speaking directly to him. It is a direct cry to this soldier, “long and clear upon the hill.” The owl is letting him know that he is one of the fortunate ones in the theatre of war. He escaped when other could not. This soldier has loved ones and a previous lifestyle to return to. The soldiers who died have left this all behind and their blood soaks gruesome battlefields.

The owl’s cry has awaken him to the reality of his situation. He is a survivor and can rejoice somewhat that his life carries on, albeit significantly changed. The plaintive cry from the owl reminds him that many soldiers cannot express joy now, nor can their loved ones.

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Why is it impossible to write a net ionic equation for any mixtures that did not form a precipitate?

The net ionic equation shows the ions that have participated in the reaction. All other ions are spectator ions. If an ion starts out aqueous, and remains aqueous, it hasn't done anything. It is a spectator. Actually a net ionic equation can show the formation of a precipitate, a gas, or water. Reactions where these products form are end reactions. Reactions where none of these products form are reversible and are simply a mixture of spectator ions.

What are the 3 most important lessons that Atticus teaches his children?The main lesson is -don't judge a man until you have walked around in his...

Atticus Finch is the voice of morality in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and the wisdom and guidance he gives his children, and the rest of the community, shows throughout the novel. Three of the major lessons that he teaches his children are having a strong sense of justice, morality, and racial equality.

When Atticus takes on the defense of Tom Robinson, he demonstrates all three of these important lessons. Defending a black man during this time in history wasn’t a “politically correct” thing to do, but his strong sense of justice demands that he does, because he knows that Tom is innocent, and he should have a fair trial no matter what race he is. To turn his back on this case would also go against everything his moral standards are built on.

Atticus teaches these lessons to his children in the best possible way: not just by his words, but by his actions.

Solve: x/x-1 = x/2 - (x+1)/(x+2) Simplify: x^2+x-20/ (5x-20) Multiply: (x^2-x-6)/(x^2+4x+3) *(times) (x^2-x-12)/(x^2-2x-8)Please show step- by-...

Solve:

x/-1=x/2-(x+1)/(x+2).

Go by pririty rules operations PEDMAS. RHS convert the fractions under the common denominator:

1-1={x(x+2)-2(x+1)}/(x+2)

Mutiply by the denominator, (x+2) both sides:

0={x(x+2)-2(x+1)

0=x^2+2x-2x-2

0=x^2-2

x^2=2

x=sqrt(2)  or  x=-sqrt(2)

Simplification:

To simplify :x^2+x-20/(5x-20)= x^2+x-20/({5(x-4)}

=x^2+x-4/(x-4). There is no further simplification.

But if you intend x^2+x-20 is to be divided by (5x-20),Then it requires that you should write it like: (x^2+x-20)/(5x-20)

Then, x^2+x-20=(x+5)(x-4) is dividendo

(5x-20)= 5(x-4) is divisor. Therefore x^2+x-20 divided by 5x-20

is (x^2+x-20)(5x-20)= (x+5)(x-4)/{5(x-4)}=(x+5)/5 or x/5+1

Multiplication:

(x^2-x-6)/(x^2+4x+3)*(x^2-x-12)/(x^2-2x+3)

(x-3)(x+2)/[(x+3)(x+1)] * (x-4)(x+3)/[(x-3)(x+1)]

(x-3)(x+2)(x-4)(x+3)/ [(x+3)(x+1)(x-3)(x+1)]

=(x+2){x-4)/(x+1)^2=(x^2-2x-8)/(x^2+2x+1)

How is chemistry helpful to a criminologist and what are some chemical formulas or equations?Im doing a career report for my chemistry class, on a...

Yes,Chemistry is helpful in criminology in many ways.Criminology is the study of crime,criminals and corrections.Criminalistics is the forensic science of analyzing and interpreting evidence using the natural sciences.Criminalists examine physical evidence to reconstruct a crime scene. Physical evidence can be saliva ,tears,semen ,a weapon, a piece of clothing, a bloodstain or drugs. Fingerprints, bullets and shoe impressions are some of the important clues that criminalists analyze to ascertain the crime.In this technique DNA will be isolated from blood stains,semen stains or hair roots and will be subjected to southern blotting and DNA hybridization with the help of specific DNA probes.

Since the 1980s, DNA techniques have begun to be applied to forensic cases. Any tissue from the body carrying DNA may be used to identify a person. Increasingly, innocent people have also been released from prison based on DNA evidence analyzed by criminologists. Blood is also often analyzed and can tell criminalists a lot about a crime.

Criminalists use their knowledge of chemistry to identify controlled substances in drugs and body fluids. A criminalist may be called to a drug lab where illegal drugs are produced to analyze what police have found.

In this technique there are many approaches available for the synthesis of genes.When the detailed structure of a gene is available,this gene can be synthesized by a purely chemical method for the synthesis of a gene.

Shakespeare's work and its distinctive features.What are some distinctive features of Shakespeare's plays?

Shakespeare was the greatest playwright that ever lived. He wrote comedies and tragedies; and the comedies are more tragic than the dramatic plays. As You Like It is a comedy while Hamlet is a tragedy.

Ben Jonson said of Shakespeare 'he was not for an age but for all time,'  Shakespeare was Elizabethan and one characteristic of this is his preference for "conceits". In addition he had a habit of never inventing the whole story.

Shakespeare is different from other playwrights because he set out to deal with the deepest problems that resulted from flaws in human character.For example, in 'Julius Casar' an impractical idealist (Brutus) fails; in 'Hamlet' he is split in half psychologically, divided; in 'Othello' the power of jealousy ruins a life; in 'Macbeth' destuction through material ambition.

What is so great about Shakespeare is that he gets at the root of the problem in each character. The most essential qualities of his characters are what brings them down in the end.

Even though he wrote so long ago, the character flaws that his characters display are the same as those that are in the people we encounter everyday in our contemporary lives.

From The Merchant of Venice: How is Shylock's relationship to the dominant Venitian culture represented and/or developed throughout the play?I have...

I agree with you that Shakespeare does not seem to intend for Shylock to be considered completely villainous.  My personal bias is that Antonio's suspect motives do not get the scrutiny that they deserve.  In regards to Venetian culture and Shylock, there are a couple of ways you can view Shylock in regards to the culture of his day.  First, readers must remember that Shakespeare's audience was largely the British; so his characterization of Shylock is also connected to the British culture of Elizabethan times.  Jews have a long history of persecution in Britain. They were forced into ghettos, expelled from the country for years, and prohibited from exercising the rights that many other immigrants had access to.  So, at the play's end, when Shylock loses everything, Shakespeare's general audience would have most likely found his fate humorous and well deserved.  However, I think that Shakespeare was trying to vere slightly away from the stereotypical portrayal of Jews in British works. While Shylock is money hungry and hard-dealing when it comes to business, Shakespeare's inclusion of the powerful "I Am a Jew" speech should evoke sympathy from most audience members, even some Elizabethan British.  Likewise, the play's ending should at least cause the audience to consider the vast unfairness of Shylock's sentence and isolation.

In regards to Venetian culture, even though Venice was a cosmopolitan trading hub accustomed to a variety of cultures and ethnicities, Jews still received unequal treatment during Shylock's time.  At the play's end, if Shylock had not been a Jew living in Venice, he would have most likely received "letter-of-the-law" treatment, but would not have been forced to relinquish his faith or business practice (usury). I also wonder if Venetian culture did not dominate Shylock's sentence if the court would have been so kind to a daughter and son-in-law who absconded with a man's hard-earned money and then preceded to waste it.

I am glad that you're giving Shakespeare a close look.  Merchant of Venice is one of the playwright's best in my opinion because of Shakespeare's ambiguous characterization of Shylock.  If you haven't read Othello (which is also partially set in Venice and hinges upon Venetian culture), it's a nice pairing for Merchant. In it you see a man isolated because of his race, but who has fit into Venetian culture better than Shylock does.

What effect does Hester's information about Chillingworth have on Dimmesdale and how does his reaction change?Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet...

In the "intense seculsion" of the forest, Hester awaits the passage of the Reverend Dimmesdale in Chapter XVII of "The Scarlet Letter."  As she calls to him, the minister wonders if he has heard a voice, or if it is "a spectre that had stolen out from among his thoughts."  But, he does recognize Hester and they walk together:

Thus they went onward, not boldly, but step by step, into the themes that were brooding deepest in their hearts.

Of course, the "theme brooding" in the heart of Hester is her guilt and anguish at not having revealed to her lover that Roger Chillingworth is, in reality, her husband.  When the minister confesses to her that his life is all "falsehood," and he wishes that he could have just one friend to whom he can be honest about her sin, Hester feels that she must "interpose" and be honest herself since she realizes the effects that Chillingworth's presence is having upon Dimmesdale.

The minister looked at her, for an instant, with all that violence of passion, which--intermixed, in more shapes than one, with his higher, purer, softer qualities--was, in fact, the portion of him which the Devil claimed....Never was there a blacker or a fiercer frown than Hester now encountered.  For the brief space that it lasted, it was a dark transfiguration.

The exertion of such emotion, throws Dimmesdale to the ground.  He exclaims, "I might have known it!....Why did I not understand it?"  In addition, he feels shame that the cuckolded husband should be privy to his soul.  Blaming Hester for such exposure he tells her, "Woman, woman, thou art accountable for this!  I cannot forgive thee!"

But, his beloved Hester begs him to forgive her, and he acquiesces:

'I do forgive you, Hester....We are, not, Hester, the worst sinners in the world.  There is one worse than even the polluted priest!  Taht old man's revenge has been blacker than my sin.  He has violate, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart.  Thou and I, Hester, never did so!...What we did had a consecration of its own.

This meeting of Dimmesdale and Hester and his words are pivotal to the theme of the hypocrisy of Puritanism in its excessive punishment for overt sin while secret sins of the vilest character go unpunished.

Explain how the artist has power and give some examples of what tools an artist can utilize to exhibit that power.

Hi Vanessa19!  This is a fascinating question.  I am from a family of writers.  Anyway, in my opinion as well as from much book research and meeting of live artists, the artist has the power to unify the community he/she resides in.  Artists are sometimes not understood right away, but their words, paintings, and music etc. live on long after they leave a community.  They bring joy to the community and a sense of vision to improve that community.  Tools an artist can use to exhibit his/her power are surrounding himself/herself with hopeful art of any kind so that they can see light in the darkness.  Another tool of an artist must be living a balanced life which means eating and sleeping regularly and healthfully, and spending plenty of time exercising in nature.  The artist must care for their body and soul more than some others because the artist is more sensitive and because the artist has the job of seeing joy in the pain.  The other tool that the artist must utilize is finding true friends because the more people support the artist can find, the more strength the artist will have to create their art.

Thank you for asking this question.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Best wishes!

Coral Shirin Jentz-Fofanah

In Chapter 1 of The Lord of the Flies, what is all over Ralph's face, and how is it important?

I'm a little unsure what you're referring to here, but I don't think it's scratches. Piggy's the one who got all scratched up as he climbed through the brambles and thorns; Ralph appears to be immune to such mundane things, at least in the beginning. 

I'm guessing you mean this passage:  "All the shadows on Ralph's face were reversed; green above, bright below from the lagoon.  A blur of sunlight was crawling across his hair." If so, it's a fairly simple observation.  This is a relatively allegorical novel, meaning the characters and events are relatively symbolic.  Ralph is the character who most represents physicality--he's an athlete, and when he gets excited he stands on his head.  He has difficulty collecting his thoughts, but he can swim and dive quite well and is envied for his abilities by the least physical character, Piggy. 

Now back to his face. Notice the essential elements of earth (green), water and sky (with fire soon to come, of course). These are the physical components which represent Ralph.

Are all of Thomas Wolfe's characters in "Only the Dead know Brooklyn" and "The Far and Near" unable to communicate and understand others?Their...

In a way, I think you're right. These characters do have trouble communicating their feelings. I think it has to do with perspective. The big guy in "Only the Dead Know Brooklyn" has trouble communicating the metaphor of 'drowning' in the vastness of the city to the more specific literal-minded narrator. The big guy is on some wandering quest to get to know Brooklyn and the narrator can't figure this out from what the guy says to him. The big guy is figurative and vague, almost wistful (and drunk). The narrator is no-nonsense, literal and genuinely sympathetic but more practical, less philosophical.

In "The Far and the Near," it is not so much an individual or cultural difference as it is in the previous story. It's more about perspective and a kind of self-centrism. In his mind, the engineer had created this ideal relationship, as if he knew the woman and her daughter intimately. He fumbles with his explanation because upon meeting them, he finds that they (like himself) have become old and haggard. His idyllic conception of them is shattered because the image he had of them (from afar) was idealistic and unchanging. When he sees that they have changed, he's unable to communicate because he's so bewildered and confused that this one image of faith and hope is gone. It's as if he'd put them on an immortal pedestal, like they were angels watching over him. Once he finds them mortal, he confronts his own mortality. "suddenly he knew he was an old man." The fact that this is the moment when he faces his own mortality compounds his confusion (loss of faith in the 'unchanging' wavers) - and adds to his inability to communicate his feelings.

How does Hamlet respond to Polonius's pompous assertion that he "will use them according to their desert"?After the first player fearfully recalls...

HAMLET: Good my lord, will you see the players well bestowed? Do you hear, let them be well used ... 

POLONIUS: My lord, I will use them according to their desert. 

HAMLET: God's bodkin, man, much better. Use every man after his desert, and who shall 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity. The less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.

Hamlet is moved by and respects the players. Moreover, he has special need of their services. It is through them that he plans to "catch the conscience of the King." Polonius says that he will use the players as they are deserved (desert) to be used. Hamlet responds that Polonius should go out of his way to treat them far better (for if people were to be treated as they deserved, few would escape whipping).

If cos x + cos (3x) + cos (5x) = 0, what can x be between 0 and 2pi?

In order to see if x can be situated in the interval [0,2pi], we'll try to solve the expression above, in order to find out the value of the unknown x.

For solving the expression, it will be useful to group the firs and the last terms together, so that the sum can be transformed into a product, after the following formula:

cos x + cos y= 2cos[x+y)/2]cos [(x-y)/2]

cos x + cos (5x)= 2 cos[(x+5x)/2]cos[(x-5x)/2]

cos x + cos (5x)= 2cos(3x)cos(2x)

So, instead of cos x + cos (5x), we'll substitute the sum with it's product:

2cos(3x)cos(2x)+ cos (3x)=0

We've noted that we have cos (3x) as common factor, so the expression could be written in this way:

cos (3x)[2cos(2x)+1]=0

As we can see, the expression above it is a product between 2 factors and it is equal to 0. That means:

cos (3x)=0, elementary equation where

3x=arccos(0)+2kpi

3x=pi/2 + 2kpi

x=pi/6+2kpi/3

When k=0, x=pi/6

When k=1, x=2pi/3 -(pi/6)=3pi/6=pi/2<2pi

[2cos(2x)+1]=0

2cos(2x)=-1

cos(2x)=(-1/2)

2x=arccos(-1/2)+2kpi

2x=pi-arccos(1/2)+2kpi

2x=pi-(pi/3)+2kpi

x=(pi/2)-(pi/6)+kpi

x=(3pi-pi)/6 +(kpi)

x=2pi/6+ (kpi)

x=pi/3 +kpi

When k=0, x=pi/3<2pi 

When k=1, x=pi/3+pi=4pi/3<2pi(240 degrees are found in the third quadrant)

When k=2, x=-pi/3+2pi=5pi/3<2pi(300 degrees are found in the fourth quadrant)

In the book "October Sky," what is the BCMA?

In the book "October Sky," the BCMA is the social club formed by Sonny and his friends to experiment with making rockets and trying to figure out what causes them to fly.  BCMA is an acronym for "Big Creek Missile Agency," which is an impressive sounding title to describe the group of friends who enjoy monkeying around with rockets after school and on weekends.

In "Of Mice and Men," is Candy's dog "put down" because of old age? Do you agree with his letting Carlson "put him down"? And why do you feel this...

In Steinbeck's novella "Of Mice and Men," the men who live in the ranch house have a social order.  The mule driver, Slim, for instance, is the most respected, while Carlson, the black stabler, is totally ostracized and made to sleep in the barn with the horses.  Old Candy, the swamper, is allowed to clean up around the ranch house since he is old and has suffered the loss of a hand.

The episode about his dog is very poignant because Candy cannot bear to part from his old pet, who no longer has teeth and "stinks" as Carlson, a "thick-bodied" worker, says.  Carlson wants to shoot the dog and put him out of his misery for the old animal suffers from rheumatism.  As the skinner Slim studies the dog "with his calm eyes," he seems "to shake himself free for speech":

Carl's right, Candy.  That dog ain't no good to himself.  I wisht somebody'd shoot me if I got old an' a cripple.

Helplessly, Candy looks from face to face, and then he tries to find excuses,

Maybe it'd hurt him....I don't mind takin' care of him.

Desperately, Candy fights for his dog's life; like his dog, Candy realizes that he, too, will be gotten rid of when he outlives his usefulness.  He looks "a long time at Slim to try to find some reversal."  But, Slim whose opinions are laws gives no reversal; he just tells Candy that he can have one of his puppies. Poor Candy knows he has no choice:  "Awright--take 'im."  He lies back on the bed staring at the ceiling, waiting for the shot.  When it is heard, Candy turns to the wall in anguish.

This incident suggests Candy's worry about losing his own usefulness as well as foreshadowing the shooting of Lennnie at the end when George must protect his old friend from physical and psychological pain if he is caught by "putting him down" and suffering his loss.

How is Heathcliff succeeding in his revenge in Wuthering Heights?

Heathcliff succeeds spectacularly (and mysteriously, and, perhaps, unrealistically) to take things from those whom he thought had wronged him -- specifically Hindley Earnshaw.  While one of the "lessons" (if they can be called that) of the novel is that revenge never brings joy to those who practice it, nevertheless Heathcliff exacts very specific, reciprocal revenge on Hindley, and does it thoroughly.  Hareton, Hindley's son, finally escapes Heathcliff's revenge, but by any measure Heathcliff certainly had gotten enough of it already.

Heathcliff came to the Earnshaw house as a penniless orphan.  Old Mr. Earnshaw treated him with respect and love, and welcomed him into the family.  But when Mr. Earnshaw died, Hindley became the head of the household, and he treated Heathcliff as a servant:  worse, he ridiculed and reviled him. 

Once Cathy was married to Edgar Linton, Heathcliff knew he had no reason to stay any longer at Wuthering Heights and he disappeared.  He returned, years later, with a fortune (how that fortune was obtained is never explained -- Emily Bronte was largely ignorant of the male, commercial world, and she only hinted that Heathcliff's wealth was obtained illegally).  What Heathcliff exacerbates Hindley's weakness for drink and gambling, and he eventually takes everything -- including Wuthering Heights -- from him.  Thus he is revenged upon Hindley (and Hindley's son, Hareton, whom he treats in the same fashion as he, Heathcliff, was treated). 

Heathcliff is "revenged" upon Edgar Linton, whom he perceives as having taken Cathy from him, by taking Isabella, Edgar's sister, from him.  Heathcliff does not love Isabella, but he courts her away from her brother and marries her purely to spite Edgar and Cathy.  Thus he is "revenged" upon them, because once he and Isabella are married he is horribly cruel to her. 

The revenge plot eventually peters out with the new generation of Heathcliff and Cathy's children, but Heathcliff's desire for revenge continues until he dies.  It is a defining characteristic of Heathcliff, and, for some readers, it is clear that he feels this way because he was so ill-treated himself (by Hindley, after Old Mr. Earnshaw dies).  Whether you believe it was an inborn character trait of Heathcliff, or it was a product of his upbringing, is your interpretation of the novel.  Ultimately, Heathcliff, like all those who desire revenge, does not get peace and happiness from it.

In "Life of Pi" how does Pi combine and use religion and science to survive on the lifeboat?

Science, especially in the form of zoology, helped Pi quite a bit in his survival on the lifeboat.  Pi was able to use his knowledge of animals, especially in regards to the concept of "alpha males" and territorialism.  As soon as Pi realized that he was alone on a life raft with a starving tiger, he knew that he had to establish himself as the alpha male, with very clear-cut boundaries, so that Richard Parker would not harm him.  He very cleverly enlists the use of the whistle and intimidation tactics to establish boundaries, and the fact that he is the sole provider of food and nourishment for the both of them.

Pi also uses his knowledge of science in gathering water for drinking, in providing food for himself and Richard Parker, and in many other ways as he struggles to survive.  Religion comes into play also; he still prays every day that he can on the lifeboat, and his faith keeps him from total and complete despair.  Studies have shown that in survival situations, faith in God is one of the most important factors in determining whether or not someone survives.  Pi, coming into the situation with faith in many different religions, had more resources than others in his attempts to survive.

Both science and religion were crucial factors in Pi's survival; Martel spent the entire first third of the book discussing both of those issues at length, because they did play such an important role.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

How does Jack propose to deal with the beast in Lord of the Flies? Where do we see this type of behavior historically or in religion?

In chapter 8, after he stormed out of the assembly he'd called because a new vote, Ralph was still elected chief, Jack forms his own tribe.  In their first meeting, he tells the boys that they are going to forget the beast.  But he goes on to say that when they kill something, they will leave something for it. He believes, as he stated at the beginning of chapter 8 before he left the assembly, that the beast is a hunter, too. He believes that it could hunt and kill them if they don't leave a sacrifice for it. Shortly after he declares this at his meeting, he and his hunters kill a pig.  They sharpen a stick at both ends: one end to stick into the ground and the other to stick into the head of the killed pig.  This is the gift he leaves for the beast.  It is this pig's head that Simon "hears" in his trance.  Sacrificing to appease a power has ancient religous roots beginning before recorded time probably. 

What does the teacher mean when they say "the significance of the quote"?I wrote an on The Merchant of Venice and I didn't do to bad 74%. The...

If you would like a really good answer, you should give us an example of your thesis and one of the quotes (and everything you said about the quote) so we could really give you feedback based on actual knowledge.  Since you haven't done that, I'll give it a try, but it won't be as good.

From what you say, I suspect that your teacher wants you to actually go ahead and spell out the connection between the quote and your thesis.  It sounds like maybe you're assuming "well, I know what I'm saying so the teacher will too."  But the teacher probably wants to see you prove that you see the connection between the quote and the thesis.

In Julius Caesar, how does Caesar remain a vital force after his death?

Caesar lives on after his death in many ways.

1. He wisely set up his will before his death, and designates his nephew, Octavian, who is also his adopted son, as his heir.  While Octavian might not have been the people or Senate's first choice as successor, they still want to honor Caesar; so the manner of his death encourages them to be even more vigilant in carrying out his wishes.

2. In Caesar's will, he also leaves money to each Roman citizen and park locations.  Antony uses this information when he tantalizes Caesar's funeral crowd with the reading of the will.  After the crowd hears that "their" Caesar thought of them even after death, they turn against the conspirators with whom they had sided just minutes before Antony's speech.

3.  In the play, Julius Caesar, Caesar's ghost comes back to "haunt" Brutus, and actually provides a warning to him about the upcoming battle.

4.  In history, Caesar has left an indelible mark even after death. His battle strategies are still studied at military schools (he never lost a single battle). Following heirs to the Roman Empire were named "Caesar" after him, and other world leaders followed suit ("czar," the former term of leadership from Russia comes from Caesar's name).

What is the dramatic irony in the scene between Creon and the sentry who brings news of Polyneices's burial in "Antigone"?

Dramatic irony is a situation in which a play's audience has information that the characters on the stage do not have. In the case of the messenger's announcing to Creon that his edict has been broken and that someone has buried Polyneices, the audience already knows who the culprit is. We know that Antigone is determined to give her brother a proper burial, regardless of Creon's law that whoever does so will be stoned to death. The audience will begin to wonder whether Creon will carry through with his threat when he learns that his own niece is the first person to disobey him.

What is operations research? What does it belong to?I am studying degree in engineering so I would like to know some answers which I haven't found.

Operations research (OR), also called management science, refers to a collection of analytical techniques used for optimum decision making in management and other fields of human activity. OR makes heavy uses of mathematical and graphical techniques. However the term is now used to include other analytical techniques also.

The method of operation research consists of developing a logical model of reality, and then manipulating this model to understand the impact of different variables impacting the reality, and based on this understanding selecting an appropriate decision. The OR model of reality may be represented in any suitable forms such as mathematical expression, network diagram, graph or any other physical model.

Some of the most common techniques of OR are linear programming, project networks, various statistical techniques, simulation, transportation models, replacement models, production planning systems, and inventory models including economic order quantity (EOQ) formula.

What are leading and lagging strands during DNA replication?Are they the template strands or the newly-made complementary strands?

The leading strand and lagging strand are the two sides of the original DNA molecule; both are being replicated at the same time. It is easier to replicate the leading strand--this is the one w/the phosphate group at the end (the 5' end.) DNA polymerase can continuously add to the newly created complimentary strand as the original is being unzipped. The lagging strand is the 3' strand--the one w/no phosphate group at the end. Because the additions are essentially being added "backwards", the addition to the new strand requires another step involving RNA primers. The below link illustrates this better than I can describe it! Both strands are copied rapidly, at about 1,000 bases added per second.

Substance A has a density of 3.0g/cm^3 and substance B has a density of 4.0g/cm^3.In order to obtain equal masses of these two substances, the...

Given:

Density of A = 3.0 g/cm^3

Density of B = 4.0 g/cm^3

Ratio of densities of A and B = 3/4 or 3:4

As density is inversely proportional to volumes for equal mass, ratio of volumes of A and B is given by ratio of inverse of densities.

Thus ratio of densities of A and B = (1/3)/(1/4) or 4:3

Answer:

Option B0 of the given choices is correct.

Why is the youth compared metaphorically to a 'jaded horse' in the novel The Red Badge of Courage?

Author Stephen Crane gives the reader several examples of animal imagery in Chapter 6 of his novel, The Red Badge of Courage. Henry's regiment has just beaten back a Confederate attack and, watching the grey-clad troops retreat, he feels elation of the highest kind.

    So it was all over at last! The supreme trial had been passed. The red, formidable difficulties of war had been vanquished.
    He went into an ecstasy of self-satisfaction. He had the most delightful sensations of his life. Standing as if apart from himself, he viewd that last scene. He perceived that the man who had fought thus was magnificent.
    He felt that he was a fine fellow. He saw himself even with those ideals which he had considered as far beyond him. He smiled in deep gratification.

But Henry finds quickly that this is just an illusion. The Confederates regroup and charge again. Henry's "ecstasy" dissolves into a tired realization that the opponent must be superior to his own comrades. The Union troops are stunned, "stiffened... sullen... doleful."

    Into the youth's eyes there came a look that one can see in the orbs of a jaded horse. His neck was quivering with nervous weakness and the muscles of his arms felt numb and bloodless. His hands, too, seemed large and awkward as if he was wearing invisible mittens. And there was a great uncertainty about his knee joints.

The youth is terrified with fear, as most soldiers are when they come under fire for the first time. Crane uses the animal metaphor to describe the men as worn-out beasts awaiting slaughter by their superior human hosts. He sees himself about to be "gobbled" by the approaching "monster." A comrade runs like a "rabbit." Henry felt as if he were a "proverbial chicken." And then, "he ran like a blind man."

What were common cosmetic methods, if any, used in the 1920's?For example, today we have women and men who use make up, like eyeliner and plastic...

Prior to the 1920s make up was actually dangerous to use. Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden were the pioneers in the creation of make up that was safe to use with a lot of freedom. In the book "Warpaint" the different concoctions created by both beauty experts revolutionized the world of beauty.

From the book come the following facts:

1. The only color lipstick available was red by 1920, and women over-used it. The lips were to be colored in the shape of a "cupid's bow" or a pout, which was an artistic way to represent a kiss being blown.

2. Blush and powder had just be revolutionarily converted to a less-toxic substance, and so women used it more freely (not to mention that, with the secret consumption of alcohol during Prohibition half of them were probably a bit octane-driven). The cheeks were thought to look sexier if they showed the rouge (blush) prominently and in a circle shape.

3.Mascara was worn in big amounts to match the appearance of big lips which, at the time, were considered the most attractive part of the face, so they had to wear it very dark to make the red stand out more. Eyebrows were supposed to be very very thin and shaded so that the eyelids would stand out with its dark colors.

Plastic surgery was available but highly dangerous then. Only a few operations had been conducted on extreme situations (war injuries) to restore facial features. Ears would be pinned back and cheeks would be sliced in order to strech the skin of the face in the case of an earlier plastic sugery, and it would often had to be done with extreme care, only to re-touch it down the line. Therefore, for aging women who didnt want to go under the knife probably their best bet was to cake it all under all the newly available make up.

What are the structural particularities of the plant organs?

Some plants are composed of a single cell (unicellular), as bacteria, or more cells (multicellular), with no differentiated organs, the body having a tal, as most algae, fungi and lichens.Cells in body of multicellular plant differ in form, structure and function. The cells with the same form and function are grouped into tissues. Association of several types of tissues  has the result as component organs of plant body. Each organ (root, stem, etc..) has a role in plant's life, which fulfils it through the activity of component tissues.

The  main tissues of plant are:

The protective tissue (defensive).

Skin covering bodies, defending them with the help of external membrane of cells, more thickened, sometimes mineralized or waxed.

Mechanical tissue (supportive) provides strength and soundness of the plant.

Fundamental tissues (parenchyma) have the largest spread in the plant body, performing some capital functions of their lives are: cortical parenchyma,the basic tissue  of stem bark and root, parenchyma of the spinal of same organs; assimilator parenchyma, rich in chloroplast, has role in photosynthesis, reserve parenchyma store reserve substances (starch in potato); parenchyma aquifer  accumulates water and mucilages, etc.

Conductive tissues ensure saps movement in the body plant.

Origin Tissues  (embryonic), the active proliferation of cells forming tissues of plants.

What are some strengths and weaknesses of Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird?

The reader knows very little truthful information about Arthur "Boo" Radley until he makes his appearance near the end of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. When Boo finally "comes out," he risks his own life while displaying the courage to defend Jem and Scout against Bob Ewell as well as the physical strength to overcome the attacker. He completes his task be escorting the children to the safety of their home and then standing by as Sheriff Tate sorts out the events of the evening.

It is not his first act of kindness toward the children. He has previously displayed a curiosity about the kids, leaving them presents in the knothole of the tree. He has shown his caring side by mending Jem's pants and warming Scout with the mystery blanket on the night of the fire. Boo has ceased to become the terror of the neighborhood, and Scout's fantasy about him comes true when she takes his hand and sits beside him on the porch.

Boo still has an obvious weakness: He desires no social contact outside the Radley Place; after Scout walks him back home at the end of the novel, she mentions that she will never see him again. He is forever beset by the mental scars of his troubled past, and even his heroic gesture--having "done... this town a great service"--will prove to be a one-time offering. Once again he retreats to his home, never to be seen again.

What would be a good conclusion for "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker when discussing ancestral heritage?

I love teaching this story, even though I'm continually frustrated that my students (mostly Southerners who are very closely tied to their home town) side with two of the characters (Mama and Maggie) and have little or nothing that is good to say about Dee. They see the characters who stay home as the ones who are being true to their heritage and see the one who leaves, changes her name, etc. as the one who is failing to value her heritage. I suspect that if I taught this same story to Northern, urban people, the reaction to the characters would be different (if not the very opposite).

My point here is that the story can (and should) be read differently. I would encourage you to think twice about any easy summaries and interpretations of the story that you might come across.

To answer your question, finally, you may be able to conclude that there's not simply one way to be true to your heritage. You can stay where you (and the generations before you) were born and raised, or you can leave, taking your heritage with you, remaking and revitalizing it as you move into new realms.

Alice Walker is an artist and a strong believer in the refashioning of heritage. At least a few critics have argued convincingly that she more closely resembles Dee than she does any other character in this story.

Explain the title 'The Snows of Kilmanjaro.'

The title refers to the snow-capped summit of Kilmanjaro, which is lofty, faraway and, though visible, unattainable. It represents goals or dreams thwarted by unexpected events in life and "detours" one takes by facility or necessity. More specifically, the protagonist in this story dies from gangrene induced by the mere scratch of a thorn.

As Harry is being transported by plane to the nearest hospital, he contemplates the untainted crest of Kilmanjaro, regretting that he did not fulfil his own ambition to become an artist. Harry, a VIP globetrotting playboy, meets an agonizing end after intermittant bouts of fever, suffering and soul-searching. If he comes to terms with his own fragility and mortality, nature is depicted as an entity without pity but nevertheless noble, beyond the preoccupations of man and the human condition in general.

How does cell know which ribosomes to target to the endoplasmic reticular membrane?

The ribosome (combined with a nascent chain/SRP complex) attaches to a SRP recetpor (usually called (SR) on the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. SRP is the signal recognition particle. First the ribosome, freely floating in the cytosol, begins to synthesize a protein. Only then does the SRP recognize the N-terminal signal sequence of the protein; and the ribosome/nascent protein/SRP complex is targeted to the SR on the endoplasmic reticulum. The nascent protein directs this trio to the receptor and is inserted. The SRP binds simultaneously with the ribosome, nascent protein chain, and the SR (SRP receptor).

The SR is composed of two subunits: an alpha and a beta. The alpha faces the cytoplasm (outside of the ER) with an amino terminal spanning the membrane. There at the alpha (SR alpha), there is a site for GTP binding. GTP is Guanosine Triphosphate: a source of energy during protein synthesis. The SR beta has the same GTP binding capability, but its function is unknown. Both subunits act as anchor for the ribosome/nascent chain/SRP complex.

Once GTP is hydrolyzed, the SRP of the ribosome/nascent chain/SRP complex is free from that trio and also free from the SR located on the endoplasmic reticulum. We are left with the ribosome/nascent chain attached to a (TC) translocation channel on the endoplasmic reticulum membrane.

Does To Kill a Mockingbird express a pessimistic or optimistic view of life?

Certainly Scout's narration in To Kill a Mockingbird offers many negative glimpses into the lives of the people of Maycomb, but the overall tone of the novel is overwhelmingly optimistic. Harper Lee injects the story with a humorous undercurrent through the innocent eyes of Scout, and despite the many serious and even tragic events that unfold, the reader is left with hopeful expectations for the future.

Scout and Jem are thrust into the adult world at an early age, but we know that their loss of innocence has not destroyed their love of life. Scout fondly retells the early accounts of her life, seemingly learning from each of her encounters. The final chapter details her new outlook of the world around her.

    Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.
    ... As I made my way home, I suddenly felt very old... I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else left for us to learn, except possibly algebra.

The two Finch children have seen and learned plenty during the past few years. They have witnessed the evils of the adult world--death, racism, cruelty, violence--and they are ready to tackle what comes next.

"Atticus, I wasn't scared... Jem wasn't scared. Asked him and he said he wasn't. Besides, nothin's real scary except in books.

Why do firms in perfect competition make zero economic profit in the long run?

The reason for this can be seen in the definition of economic profit and in the definition of perfect competition.

Economic profit means profit after you pay out your explicit AND implicit costs.  Therefore, zero economic profit does not mean you didn't make any more than you paid out.  It means you made exactly what you paid out (for workers, supplies, etc) PLUS what you yourself could have been making if you were doing some other job.  So you're still making money when you make zero economic profit.

In perfect competition, if a firm is making positive economic profit, then other firms will jump in because they will see there is money to be made.  Firms will jump in until economic profit falls to zero.

Where does Simon go at the end of Chapter 3 of Lord of the Flies?

Simon went off to be alone. I see Simon as the most curious and aware of all the children on the island. He doesn't have the grown-up, scientific sense of Piggy or the political strength or awareness of Ralph, but he is smart in a more general sense. He has gone away to be alone with himself on this island... to sense what it means to be there, what it smells like and looks like and feels like... to be one with an island surrounded by a vast sea and to understand it like no one else.

He came at last to a place where more sunshine fell. Since they had not so far to go for light the creepers had woven a great mat that hung at the side of an open space in the jungle; for here a patch of rock came close tothe surface and would not allow more than little plants and ferns to grow.

The whole space was walled with dark aromatic bushes, and was a bowl of heat and light. A great tree, fallen across one corner, leaned against the trees that still stood and a rapid climber flaunted red and yellow sprays right to the top.

Simon paused. He looked over his shoulder as Jack had done at the close ways behind him and glanced swiftly round to confirm that he was utterly alone. For a moment his movements were almost furtive. Then he bent down and wormed his way into the center of the mat. The creepers and the bushes were so close that he left his sweat on them and they pulled together behind him. When he was secure in the middle he was in a little cabin screened off from the open space by a few leaves. He squatted down, parted the leaves and looked out into the clearing.

Nothing moved but a pair of gaudy butterflies that danced round each other in the hot air. Holding his breath he cocked a critical ear at the sounds of the island. Evening was advancing toward the island; the sounds of the bright fantastic birds, the bee-sounds, even the crying of the gulls that were returning to their roosts among the square rocks, were fainter.

The deep sea breaking miles away on the reef made an undertone less perceptible than the susurration of the blood.

In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", what is a summary of the story?

To be honest, the best way to work out what happens in the story is to read it for yourself, but as you seem to be rather pressed for time, let me summarise it briefly for you. In this excellent tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the elderly physician Dr. Heidegger invites four old friends to his office to experiment with a potion of eternal youth that he has acquired. The guests, as befitting the allegorical nature of the tale, all represent various vices of humankind. For example, Colonel Killigrew represents lust and hedonism, having wasted his life in "sinful pursuits". Mr. Gascoigne is a ruined politician who represents hypocrisy. Mr. Medbourne is a merchant who lost everything after some foolish specultation, represents greed. Lastly, Widow Wycherly represents vanity. The other three guests had been in love with her in her youth.

Dr. Heidegger restores a dead rose with the potion then each guest drinks of it, becoming younger and fitter and healthier. The men compete vigorously for the attentions of the Widow who has become beautiful again. However, the effects of the potion soon wear off and the guests are devastated by their ageing. Dr. Heidegger explains the point of the experiment - given their youth again, the guests fall in to the same mistakes they made first time round, so he has learned the benefits of age and appreciating what you have learnt by watching their foolishness. However, the guests have not learnt this lesson - they determine to hunt the Fountain of Youth in its source to be able to be young always.

In what ways is Oliver Twist a social criticism?

In the aftermath of England's conflict with France, the people who suffered most from economic instability were of course the poor. Overtaxation, inflation, embargo on French imports, and a diminishing food supply were the common citizens' woes. Added to these factors was rising unemployment, as inventions in the manufacturiing sector steadily replaced manuel labour and as war veterans returned home.

The government took drastic measures to discourage the poor's dependence upon state funds.   In 1833, child labor laws were passed, and a year later, the "Poor Laws":

They required that people needing public assistance live in workhouses, where they were poorly fed and badly treated. The object of this plan was to make public assistance unattractive to the poor and thus to decrease the number of people on assistance, as well as the associated costs. The plan did save money, but at a great cost in human suffering, as Dickens makes plain in Oliver Twist.

Ironically, this "welfare" system oppressed the poor more than ever.  It was against such governmental regulation (favoring the interests of the rich rather than those of the poor) that Dickens was primarily speaking out:

In 1822, Dickens's father was transferred back to London, but he had gotten himself deeply in debt by then and was soon sent to a debtors' prison, or workhouse, along with his wife and Dickens's siblings. Dickens, who at twelve was considered old enough to work, had to work in a bootblacking warehouse. Alone in a strange city, separated from his family, he endured harrowing experiences that marked him with a hatred for the social system and the desire to succeed so that he would never have to live this way again.

Dicken's 'legacy of the poor' met a migitated public reception, as people were shocked by the vivid personalized characterization of his anti-heroes. He was accused of "endorsing" the crimes of the desperate and of rationalizing their acts as necessary for survival:

Joseph Gold, in Charles Dickens: Radical Moralist, wrote that it was not surprising that critics in Dickens's day were upset by the book, because what Dickens did was to "humanize the criminal. This was not readily forgiven, for to humanize the criminal is to show his relationship to the reader, who would prefer to regard him as another species." This was very different from previous novels, which either romanticized criminals as gallant outcasts or as complete monsters, utterly inhuman.

Note: The preceding quotes are taken from the references listed below.

What is the author's main message or vision for this piece? Explain your response with direct reference to the text.can you make it simple because...

The key to understanding the theme of Frost's "Out, out-" lies in the intertextual reference to Shakespeare's "Macbeth" Act V Sc.5, where Macbeth soliloquizes bitterly on the futility of life after he learns of the death of his wife:

Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Frost's poem ironically comments on the death of a small boy who dies tragically at such a young age because of an accident when he was sawing wood.  His life is compared to a "brief candle." Frost's message is that anything can happen at any time. There is no absolute safety or security for human life. The next minute is not ours and we may be alive one minute and dead the very next minute. The only thing that we can do is to go on with our lives. Just because the small boy died it does not mean that all the others will die in a similar fashion. The death of the small boy cannot be an excuse for inaction. So, the others continue with their work and lives even after the death of the boy:

No one believed. They listened at his heart. Little--less--nothing!--and that ended it. No more to build on there. And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs.

Discuss Doctor Faustus as a tragedy.

Tragedy is defined as a drama or literary thing in which the main character is brought to ruin or or suffers extreme sorrow especially as a consequence of tragic flaw, moral weakness or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances.

In this play "DOCTOR FAUSTUS", Marlowe presents his main character as a tragic hero.

Dr. Faustus is the main character of this play. He is the man of extraordinary knowledge. Although hes get enough knowledge, yet he wants to get more and more knowledge. therefore, he sells his soul to Lucifer to get the knowledge of necromancy.

The Good Angel tries to stop him from learning necromancy. The Bad Angel appreciates him and advises him to carry it on.

At the end, Dr. Faustus himself is not satisfied with this knowledge.When Devil is also unable to satisfy his urges then he feels trapped and prays to God to secure him.

                        "MY GOD, MY GOD, LOOK NOT SO FIERCE ON ME.                                         ADDERS AND SERPENTS LET ME BREATHE A WHILE.                                    UGLY HELL, GAPE NOT LUCIFER. I WILL BURN MY BOOKS                                                   .....AH MEPHISTOPHELES".

He repents and curses wicked Mephistopheles.

                    "WHEN I BEHOLD THE HEAVENS, THEN I REPENT,                                              AND CURSE THEE, WICKED MEPHISTOPHELES,                                         BECAUSE THOU HAST DEPRIV'D ME OF THESE JOYS"

Faustus tries to challenge God and the rules of nature. His excessive pride brings him to a point where at the end of play. His pride is also a cause of his tragedy and shows his keen tendency towards hellish and necromantic books, he says,

                                       "CHE SERA, SERA"                                                                  "WHAT WILL BE, SHALL BE? DIVINITY, ADIEU"

His pride reaches a level where we can say that his soul is completely dead and he is not able to distinguish between the good and the wrong. that is his tragedy.

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Please explain in economic terms the saying "there is no such thing as a free lunch."

The idea that there is no such thing as a free lunch is an illustration of a couple of the basic ideas of economics -- that of scarcity, and that of opportunity cost.

The idea of scarcity says that every resource on earth is limited in comparison to people's unlimited desires.  Therefore, everything has a price because people have to compete for resources. So even if they say the lunch is free, it isn't because everything has a price.

The other, and connected, idea is that of opportunity cost.  Whenever you choose to do something, you give up the ability to do something else at the same time.  So, if someone uses grain to feed cows to make the hamburger for your free lunch, they lost the opportunity to use that grain for something else.  And that's another cost of the lunch.

How does the allusion to the deer have a double meaning in the poem?

In the poem "Whoso List to Hunt", the writer, Sir Thomas Wyatt, describes a hunt in which he is pursuing a deer, only to discover that the object of the chase is off-limits to him because she belongs to the owner of the land.  Critics generally agree that the poem is an allegory whereby the deer represents Anne Boleyn, who reputedly had been an object of the poet's desire. 

In the first four lines of the poem, Wyatt says that he knows where there is "an hind," or a female deer, if anyone is interested in hunting.  He describes himself, however, as being "of them that farthest cometh behind," having been been beaten out in his pursuit by others.  In the following four lines, the poet says that although he cannot have the deer, he cannot forget her, stating, "...may I by no means my wearied mind draw from the deer."  Still, he cannot catch her.

In lines 9-14, Wyatt reveals that really, he cannot have the deer, nor can anyone else, as she is the property of someone already.  She wears around her neck, engraved in diamonds, the words "Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am."  In a clear presentation of the central symbol in the allegory, the image of a deer with a diamond collar extends to that of a woman with diamonds around her neck, the diamonds indicating ownership, by the King.  Although historically it is believed that Wyatt wished to pursue Anne Boleyn, when she was claimed by King Henry VIII, she was clearly no longer available, and his suit ended in failure.  The meaning of the words on the diamonds around the deer's neck, Latin for "Do not touch me," are significant.  The deer, symbolizing the beautiful Anne Boleyn, belongs to Caesar, or the King, and is off-limits to everyone else.  Wyatt closes the poem with a warning perhaps made by the deer herself, that although she "seem(s) tame," she is a wild one.