What is the mass of the second object? Answer in units of kg.A standard object defined as having a mass of exactly 8.21kg is given an acceleration...

This question is answered using Newton's Second Law

F = m a

where F is the applied force, m is the mass, and a is the acceleration. Using this equation, we find that the force applied to the standard mass is

F = ( 8.21 kg ) ( 2.47 m/s^2 ) = 20.28 kg m /s^2

Now we can use that force to find the mass of the second object. First we rewrite Newton's Second Law as

m = F / a

and substitute the values to find

m = ( 20.28 kg m / s^2 ) / ( 1.0836 m / s^2 )

m = 18.71 kg

Note that since the standard mass and initial acceleration are given to three significant figures, the final answer also has a precision of only three significant figures, so we should really say

m = 18.7 kg

for our final answer.

In ways does Pip seem immature?

Pip himself is a young boy growing into maturity, which accounts for some of the immaturity of the character. Beyond that, Pip shows great naivete in his understanding of people and motivations, especially in relationship to Miss Havisham and Estella. He convinces himself of a false reality, even though it goes against the nature of the two women. Pip is also very egocentric, putting everything that he encounters into context of himself and how it affects him. He doesn't think about how his actions and decisions affect others until he finally understands the deception of Miss Havisham. He disregards Joe, even though Joe has stood by him, and is ashamed of his upbringing. By the end of the story, Pip has matured greatly. He finally realizes that true success does not come from having wealth and reputation, but from being with the ones you love and who love you. It shows the great development that takes place in Pip throughout the novel.

What did Odysseus do to inspire the God's wrath?

Odysseus' hubris, or pride, goes very far in angering the Greek Gods.  Poseidon seems to hold the most amount of contempt and anger towards Odysseus in retribution for the blinding of the sea god's son, Polyphemus.  In the final analysis, it is this betrayal of the Gods that set in motion the challenges which lay in front of him.  One can argue that the siding of Gods with and against mortals help to further inspire the Gods' wrath.  For example, each time Athena counsels Odysseus, who in turn would employ other people to help him, Poseidon becomes angrier and curses those who assist.  While Poseidon cannot curse another god, he certainly could pursue those who have offered assistance.  I think that the Gods' anger increases towards Odysseus for not only the transgressions he commits but how others offer assistance to him.

What is the theme of "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love"?

Christopher Marlowe's (1564-1593)  pastoral love lyric "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" is believed to have been written in 1588 when he was a student at Cambridge. It was published posthumously in 1599.

Elizabethan love lyrics followed the tradition of the medieval love lyric in merely following the conventions that were in vogue at that point in time. Many poets merely considered the writing of these poems as prosodic exercises. The "passion" was merely feigned and the  poets were certainly not sincere in their appeal to their lovers.

The poem is the  "passionate" appeal of a young shepherd to his beloved lady love "to come and live with him." It is not a marriage proposal but an overt appeal by the shepherd requesting her to spend some time with him so that he can use her as a means of satisfying his desire for passionate sex with her.

The tone of the poem is both idealistic and idyllic. The shepherd lists out only the pleasures and not the drawbacks or dangers of a pastoral life to tempt her into accepting his offer. In the first stanza he describes the places in a very romantic manner where they could make love:

COME live with me and be my Love, /And we will all the pleasures prove /That hills and valleys, dale and field, /And all the craggy mountains yield.

In the second stanza he tells her how they will happily while away their time sitting on the rocks and watching the other shepherds feed their flocks as they listen to the melodious birds:

There will we sit upon the rocks/  And see the shepherds feed their flocks,/ By shallow rivers, to whose falls /Melodious birds sing madrigals.

In the next three stanzas he tempts her with attractive gifts like, a bed of roses, a cap of flowers, a flowery skirt, a gown of the finest wool, a beautiful belt with "corals clasps and amber studs" and slippers with golden buckles and repeats his offer which he made at the beginning of the poem.

He concludes the poem by telling her, in the last two stanzas, that although he is only a shepherd he will ensure that she enjoys a royal life style with her food being served on silver plates set on an ivory table and by promising her that every "May-morning" (every day in the month of May) country youths shall dance and sing  and entertain her if she agrees to "live with him and be his love."

Marlowe's lyric is a universal (all times and all places) example of how young men tempt pretty girls with fantastic offers - slippers with golden buckles! -to make them yield to fulfill their sexual desires.

In The Outsiders, what events led up to the moment when Johnny stabbed the Soc?

Previously in the evening, Johnny, Dally and Ponyboy had attended a drive-in movie where they met two Soc girls. One of the girls, Cherry, treats the boys as regular guys instead of as Greasers, and Ponyboy realizes that she is very much unlike the other Soc girls he has encountered. As they leave, they run into two Socs', Randy and Bob--the boyfriends of the two Soc girls--who are not happy about the Greasers being with their girlfriends. Cherry calms Bob down and leaves with him, preventing what could have been a violent situation.

Ponyboy and Johnny aimlessy wander and eventually fall asleep in a vacant lot. When they awake, Ponyboy realizes he will be in trouble with big brother Darry for being out so late. When he arrives home and tries to explain, Darry slaps Ponyboy, who runs out of the house to join Johnny once more.

Johnny tries to calm down the disconsolate Ponyboy as they head toward the local park, which is Greaser territory. Shortly after they get there, Bob and Randy arrive with three Soc friends. All are drunk. As the Socs become more threatening, Johnny becomes frightened. The Socs suddenly pounce upon Ponyboy and try to drown him in the park fountain. Johnny then recognizes Bob--and his ring--as the Soc who had beaten him badly some time before, so he pulls out his switchblade and rushes to defend Ponyboy. Johnny stabs Bob, and the other Socs scatter.

In what part of How do I love thee? by Elizabeth Browning can you tell what the tone is and what impact does the tone have on the poem? Jessie...

In the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning the second line sets the tone.  When the poet says "I love thee to the depths and height" the reader begins to see how deeply and strong her love is.  The poem is one that demonstrates the mood/tone of intimacy (the close connection between one person to another), passion (the romantic dimension of a relationship), and love (the completion of the relationship). 

Elizabeth Barrett Browning lived and wrote during an era when women were a silenced minority (the Victorian Era).  Yet, it was an era of mystique and romanticism.  The pen was often their only means for self-expression.  Unlike the women of her day, Elizabeth was schooled, at home, and therefore had the advantage of education.   Elizabeth was addicted to morphine due to a very painful illness.  Her love, Robert Browning, was also a poet and writer, and the great love of her life.

What is the message Homer wants to tell us by giving a vivid description of the bloodshed and carnage of the Trojan War in The Iliad?

You would think that a war story with vivid descriptions of death and bloodshed would have an anti-war message.  But this is most certainly not the case with The Iliad.

Homer was not at all against this war or any other war.  In fact, one of the major themes of the epic is how heroic and glorious war is.

Even so, he did not shrink from portraying the horrors of war.  In my opinion, this is done in part to reinforce his point.  If war were easy and risk-free, excellence in war would be pointless.  But because war is so terrible, it is glorious and honorable to be a great warrior.

So, the scenes of carnage are there to show us what the stakes are -- what the heroes have to lose.  This allows us to realize how glorious their victories really are (to Homer).

A 15g bullet strikes and becomes embedded in a 1.24kg block of wood placed on a horizontal surface just in front of the gun.If the coefficient of...

In the situation described in the problem a considerable amount of kinetic energy of the bullet emerging out of the gun will be used up for the bullet to get embedded in the block of wood. In all probability, in a real situation, most of the energy of the bullet will be used up this way. However, the  the question provides no data on the energy used up this way. Therefore to solve the problem we assume that the entire kinetic energy of the bullet has been used up in moving the block of wood horizontally against force of friction.

Further it is assumed that the block starts moving with the speed of muzzle speed of bullet just as it is hit by it and then decelerates at uniform rate till it comes to a stop.

Given:

Mass of bullet = m1 = 15 g = 0,015 kg

Mass of wood block = m2 = 1.24 kg

Coefficient of friction = M = 0.28

Distance moved by block = d = 11.0 m

We know acceleration due to gravity = g = 9.81 m/s^2

Calculating muzzle speed of bullet:

The normal force (fn) exerted by the block on horizontal surface is given by:

fn = m2*g

And frictional force of block (f) against the horizontal surface is given by:

f = fn*M = m2*g*M

Work done or energy expended (e) in moving the block is given by:

e = f*d = m2*g*M*d = 1.24*9.81*0.28*11 = 37.466352 J

This energy is supplied by the kinetic energy of bullet which is given by the formula

Kinetic energy of bullet = e = 1/2*m1*v^2 = 1/2*0.015*v^2 = 0.0075v^2

Where v = muzzle speed of the bullet

Therefore:

0.0075v^2 = 37.466352

Or: v = (37.466352/0.0075)^1/2= 70.6789 m/s

Calculating declaration of block:

deceleration  = a = (v^2)/(2*d) = 70.6789^2/(2*11) = 227.0688 m/s^2

Answer:

Muzzle speed of bullet = 70.6789 m/s

Deceleration of block = 227.0688 m/s^2

In "The Crucible," over and over Danforth says that the good have nothing to fear. What evidence can you give to show that the opposite is true?

Take a look at all of the people that are "safe" in this play, versus all of the people that get accused.  Abigail, a selfish, conniving, threatening, violent and manipulative girl, is reigning queen.  She can do or say whatever she wants, and people believe her.  Even though she was one of the few that could possibly be considered guilty of conjuring and casting spells, she is the one that gets off scot free.  She is plainly evil, and yet the courts protect her.  Even when she is openly accused of adultery, Danforth stages a situation that works out in her favor, and makes her accuser look like a liar.

Then, take Giles Corey, an honest, old man who comes to the courts with bold evidence that a greedy, land-grubbing Putnam is "killing his neighbors for their land."  Instead of believing Corey, the courts cast suspicion on his testimony and come up with ridiculous excuses for not believing his word, and arrest HIM instead of the obviously wicked man, Putnam.  Here we have Putnam, who is telling his daughter who to accuse of witchcraft so that he can grab their land, and he is getting away with it, clean and free.  Putnam is safe.  But a truly honest and good man like Giles Corey comes to the courts just to try to shed some light and provide evidence, and he ends up arrested, and in the end, killed.

When Mary Warren is trying to be good and tell the truth about the girls being false, the courts examine her, doubt her, and play mean tricks on her to try to discredit her testimony.  However, when she turns and starts behaving badly and wickedly, pretending John bewitched her, they believe her immediately; they don't question her once.  She is safe when being evil, and in danger when being good.

Those are just a few instances.  Danforth disguises the illogical and wicked designs of the courts behind the pretty front of being "fair" to all, and behind the supposed innocence of good people.  It's all just a weak excuse, disproved over and over as good people are taken down, one by one.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

What is the plot and setting of Rapunzel?

The well known German fairy tale is set deep in a forest. An unborn child is promised to an enchantress, Dame Gothel, as payment for a debt. When the child, Rapunzel, turns 12 years old, the witch shuts her away in a one-room tower in the middle of the woods with no stairway or door and only one window. Whenever the witch wished to enter, she would command Rapunzel to drop her long hair from the window so she could climb up.

One day, a wandering prince hears Rapunzel singing from the tower. He visits often and one day sees how the witch enters. After the witch left, the prince asked Rapunzel to lower her hair, and he climbed up and proposed marriage. But the witch finds out about the prince, angrily cuts off Rapunzel's hair and evicts her from the castle, taking her place instead. When the prince returns, the witch lowers Rapunzel's hair below and he climbs up, only to be repulsed by the witch. In horror, he throws himself from the tower into a thorn bush, which blinds him.

Wandering through the woods one day, the prince hears Rapunzel's singing and the two lovers meet once again. Rapunzel's tears of joy return the prince's lost sight, and the two return to his home and live happily ever after.

To Kill a Mockingbird: Who doesn't belong in the Maycomb Society. Explain. Choose three characters.Three characters: Mayella, Boo, Dolphus raymond

Mr. Dolphus Raymond certainly does not belong in Maycomb society.  The citizens of Maycomb cannot understand or accept his lifestyle choices, which include living with "colored" people and having children with an African-American woman.  In addition to his relationships with members of another race, Raymond was judged for his apparent drinking habit; he was thought to be a drunk.

During Tom Robinson's trial, Dolphus Raymond revealed his true self to Jem, Scout, and Dill.  He gave Dill a drink from the bottle he carried concealed in a brown paper sack; the children discovered that Raymond was not drinking soda pop, not alcohol, as the townspeople believed.  Raymond explained that he pretended to drink in order to

"...try to give 'em a reason, you see.  It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.  When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whiskey--that's why he won't change his ways.  He can't help himself, that's why he lives the way he does...It ain't honest but it's mighty helpful to folks.  Secretly, Miss Finch, I'm not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live."

In Act 3 of The Crucible, what does John openly admit to Danforth?

Although it pains him greatly to do so, Proctor admits to having an adulterous affair with Abigail Williams.  Whether or not he went to court ready to make this confession is not certain, but once Proctor sees that Abigail has gained control once again of the court, that the judges do not believe Mary Warren's testimony, and that the petition signed by numerous members of the community on behalf of his wife carries no weight, John is forced to admit to the affair in order to spare his friends' wives' lives.  Elizabeth is safe for now because of her pregnancy, but John cannot allow his friends to be executed while he withholds information that might save them.

When John calls Abigail a whore, he knows that he must provide proof, and so he finally lays his soul bare before the judges, knowing that at the least he could be imprisoned for his adulterous relationship or at the worst executed.

What pages in Lord of the Flies is the motif of weather found on?

While environmental conditions are prevalent throughout "Lord of the Flies," the weather seems to prevail in the beginnings of some chapters.  In fact, the exposition describes much of the island on which the boys have been stranded; the heat is oppressive as the grey shirt clings to the back of Ralph and thorns have scratched and torn the knees of Piggy.  As the others enter the scene

The sand, trembling beneath the heat haze, concealed many figures in its miles of length; boys were making their way toward the platform through the hot, dumb sand.

Some of the choir boys, led by Jack, have already removed their clothes.  Blinded by the sun Ralph talks to the questioning Jack.

In this exposition, the weather seems to be working against the boys.  Golding writes that "a storm of laughter arose" when Piggy speaks and he is put "outside" the group.  There is also mention of a great rock that

loitered, poised on one toe, decided not to return, moved through the air, fell, struck, turned over, leapt droning through the air and smashed a deep hole in the canopy of the forest.  Echoes and birds flew, white and pink dust floated, the forest further down shook as with the passage of an enraged monster; and then the island was still.

In this passage, the environmental conditions foreshadow another large rock that falls and strikes Piggy and tosses its victim through the air down into the ravine.

Throughout the chapters, the weather is mentioned, but often it is not propitious for the boys.  For instance, in Chapter Five, Ralph has called a meeting.  As he ceremoniously lays the conch on the tree trunk beside him, "What sunlight reached them was level."  It is in this setting that Simon attempts to "express mankind's essential illness as "Ralph peered into the gloom," trying to understand.  As the boys continue to talk of the Beast, "A thin wail out of the darkness chilled them as Percival Wemys Madison dies.

Certainly, in Golding's novel, as in so many, the weather reflects or presages circumstances and moods and feelings.  In the next chapter, "Beast from Air," Chapter Six, the chapter opens as

There was no light left save that of the stars.  The boys hear the ghostly lagoon.  [The boys] lay restlessly and noisily among dry leaves, watching the patch of stars that was the opening toward the lagoon.  A sliver of moon rose over the horizon...but there were other lights in the sky, that moved fast, winked or went out....There was a sudden bright explosion and ...there was a speck above the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs....The figure fell and crumpled among the blue flowers of the mountain side.

A gentle breeze blows and a parachute flops and bangs and pulls.  There are noises by a rock and two boys come forth from brushwood and dead leaves.  "The bright morning was full of threats and the circle began to change." The beast has become real in this chapter and the wind has signaled his arrival.  As the day ends, ashes from the fire blow into his face.  He cannot see, but he hears Jack's voice.  Ralph spots an odd shaped rock, but steps forward and behind him is "the sliver of moon that draws clear of the horizon.  Something seated asleep with its head between his knees. As a
great wind roared in the forest, there was confusion in the darkness and the creature lifted its head, holding toward them the ruin of a face.  It is the beast.

Explain the poem "The Vagabond" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

"The Vagabond" is a lovely poem about the joys of a life of walking. In earlier centuries, it was quite common for people to take walking tours of scenic countryside; Scotland was a favorite place for walkers. Robert Louis Stevenson himself was a great walker often taking walking tours of Scotland. The hero of his short story "The Pavilion on the Links" is on a walking tour of Scotland when he falls into adventures and misadventures at an old school mate's pavilion by the sea. In "The Vagabond" the poetic speaker--and the poet--take the typical summer walking tour one step further and laud the joys of a whole lifetime of walking upon open byways (byway: a side road, not the main thoroughfare or highway).

In the first stanza the speaker summarizes the joys of the life he loves. He has the radiant sky above him ("the jolly sky": personification and metonymy). He has the byway right at hand near to him ("the byway nigh me"). When he sleeps at night, he sleeps in nature's natural bed and has the ceiling of the sky above him ("Bed in the brush with the stars to see"). For breakfast, he dips his morning bread in the fresh cool river instead of in a cup of coffee or tea.

The second stanza, also repeated as the fourth stanza, describes his sentiment that whether the storms (i.e., "blow": storm or forceful blast) of autumn come early or late, he wants the earth around him (not four walls) and the road beneath his feet (not a Persian carpet). He makes it clear that the only thing he seeks to have is the sky above and the road to follow beneath him. There are instances of personification and metonymy in lines one and three (personification) and line seven (metonymy).

Stanza three gives a sketch of the hardships of life outdoors in autumn: "blue" frostbite on the fingers; the silent birds; frosty fields as white as flour; the absence of a warm fireside sanctuary. Yet he insists that he will not yield to the cold of autumn--or even winter!--and will have "the heaven above / And the road below me." Personification is in lines one and four, which also has metonymy. "White as meal" is a simile, while "fireside haven" is a metaphor.

Is Bottom changed after his experience in the forest of A Midsummer Night's Dream? If so, in what way?

I would argue that Bottom is changed by his experience in the forest. It may not be overtly evident: Nick Bottom will never be considered the best actor, or the smartest of Shakespeare's characters, but he certainly recognizes that something unexplainable has happened to him, & he wants to preserve its memory. When we first meet Bottom, he is eager to demonstrate his acting talents. He is assigned the role of Pyramus, and he volunteers also to play the role of Thisby and that of the lion. Quince convinces him, however, that he "can play no part but Pyramus."

At the first rehearsal, Puck changes Bottom's head into the head of an donkey. When the rest of the machanicals see this, they run off, frightened. Bottom thinks they are playing a trick on him, trying to scare him, but he meets Titania, who has just woken up, having been anointed with the love juice by Oberon. Titania swears she is in love with Bottom, and he replies ''Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that". When Titania tells Bottom that he is both wise and beautiful, he assures her that he is not. Nevertheless, he seems to accept her affection and follows her with little objection. When Bottom and Titania fall asleep, Oberon reverses the effect of the love juice on Titania. As Titania wakes up, she sees Bottom lying next to her and exclaims "O, how mine eyes do loathe his visage now!". Puck then returns Bottom to his former self. When Bottom awakens, he determines that he has had a "rare vision", and he vows to get Quince to write it down for him.

Bottom is considered by many critics to be the central figure of the play, because he seems to represent the common experience of humanity. Additionally, Bottom is the only character in the play who can see and interact directly with the fairy world. When he wakes up and has been returned to his former self, he acknowledges that something has happened to him, and it would be foolish to try explain it: "I have had a most / rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of / man to say what dream it was. Man is but an ass, / if he go about to expound this dream". In fact, it is this speech, referred to as the awakening speech or soliloquy, that intrigues many critics. The speech is often argued to be indicative of Shakespeare's acknowledgment of the possibility of spiritual life beyond our everyday existence. The speech is also said to demonstrate both nature's and love's inexplicability. Additionally, Bottom's lively involvement in the thus, it is clear that he has been somehow changed by his adventure.

Tim, with mass 64.3 kg, climbs a gymnasium rope a distance of 3 m. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s to the second power.How much potential...

To move any object moves against the force of gravity, a force equal to mass of the object (m) multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity (g) is required. When the distance thus moved is s, the total energy used for moving the object is force multiplied by the distance s. The object thus moved up has acquired this additional energy used in raising it. This energy stored in an object because of change in its position is called potential energy. From the above discussion it is clear that potential energy gained from any vertical upward movement can be calculated using following formula.

Potential energy gained = m*g*s

Given:

m = 64.3 kg

g = 9.8 m/s^2

s = 3 m

Therefore:

Potential energy gained by Tim = m*g*s = 64.3*9.8*3 = 1890.42 J

Answer:

Potential energy gained buy Tim is 1890.42 J.

Explain the use of the allusions and the insight the reader gains from the author's use of the allusions. Please do any that you can. Thank you!...

An allusion is a brief reference to a specific person, place, thing, event or idea in a story, meant to imply a shared experience between the writer and reader. The result of a successful allusion can give added insight into the character or event that it refers to. In the examples above, the battle of Hastings (England) was an important Norman victory in 1066; the allusion infers that the family was not a terribly old or important one since its history could not be traced before this time. Appomattox refers to the location of the Confederate surrender that marked the end of the Civil War, still an unhappy event to many Southerners of the era. Like Appomattox, the snow was bad, and only bad children could have been responsible for this mistimed event. The Rosetta Stone was an ancient Egyptian tablet that included some of the earliest recorded language. The implication is that it was an age old doctrine that the seasons would change when children behaved badly. 

In the poem "the road not taken" what is the symbolic value of two roads referred in the poem?

Symbolically, the two roads represent choices: literal and metaphoric. The roads are identical: this is perhaps the biggest key to the poem. Given that the roads are identical, the narrator cannot choose "the road less traveled by," because there is no "road less traveled." They look the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black. (3rd stanza)

This poem is often misinterpreted as being symbolic of choosing the more difficult or more mysterious path. However, given that the roads appear identical, this can't be the case. In the last stanza, the narrator foresees himself, "ages and ages hence" recounting this significant and poignant moment in his life when he is faced with a decision. As he says with a "sigh," he takes the road "less traveled by." Here, he is speculating that, in the future, he will retell this moment of decision and basically lie about it (saying he took the less traveled road), perhaps to give it more meaning or simply to be at peace with the decision (road) he chose. He "sighs" because he knows he did not take the road "less traveled by"; he just took one of two similar looking roads.

Knowing that he most likely will never return to this spot/moment, his remorse or regret is simply that he can never know where the other path may have led. In the end, the two paths do not represent a difficult road and an easy, more traveled one. They represent choice, free will, and particularly, how CHANCE can play a part in a decision; and also, how the significance of each choice can only be fully recognized or appreciated in hindsight.

Was "The Patriot" historically accurate or inaccurate? How so?please give websites and full detail!

Basically, the answer to your question is "yes."  The movie is both historically accurate and historically inaccurate.  It would be surprising if this were not true.  No movie could possibly be exactly true to history while remaining entertaining.

Most of the websites that discuss this are by amateur historians and/or are very heavily influenced by the personal politics of their authors.  My best suggestion for you is to look for the review of this movie that appeared on page 1146 of The Journal of American History in December 2000.  It was entitled "The Patriot" and was written by William Ross St. George.  If your school has access to the ProQuest system (database of periodicals) you could find it that way.

Briefly, the article says that the movie exaggerates the British atrocities it portrays.  It also ignores the fact that most of the soldiers fighting for the British in South Carolina were colonists.  It also does a few other things to make the Patriots look good and the British look bad.  For more detail, find the article.

Can this quote be applied in the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel? If so, can you give me some examples and details how this quote applies to the...

The quote “ When writers write from a place of insight and real caring about the truth, they have the ability to throw the lights on for the reader," is an excellent quote in which to relate Elie Wiesel's book "Night."  Elie Wiesel experience life in several concentration camps.  He was a survivor who could bring his own observations to the world about the atrocities of the Nazi's treatment of Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, Jehovah Witnesses, and other persons who were tortured and eradicated by the Nazi movement of ethnic cleansing.   

At first Mr. Weisel did not want to share his story with the world but as he talked about it with others, he became aware that by the reader seeing the the Holocaust experience as a mental image through words would help people understand the horrific events and the need not to have such an occurrence ever happen again.  The Light is the reality that it did happen and it happened through Elie's truth, and he wants people to have their minds turned on to the truth of what happened in concentration camps and to the people who were killed or tortured at the hands of the Nazis. 

In the book a man yells out

"Let the world learn of the existence of Auschwitz.  Let everybody hear about it, " (23)

In To Kill A Mockingbird, what do others think of Miss Maudie Atkinson??

Miss Maudie Atkinson is Scout's favorite neighbor in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Maudie is not a "miss" at all, but a widow (her maiden name was Buford). She was just another neighbor to the Finch children until Scout discovered a secret talent.

... when she grinned she revealed two minute gold prongs clipped to her eyeteeth. When I admired them and hoped I would have some eventually, she said, "Look here." With a click of her tongue she thrust out her bridgework, a gesture of cordiality that cemented our friendship.

Additionally,

... Jem and I had considerable faith in Miss Maudie. She had never told on us, had never played cat-and-mouse with us, she was not at all interested in our private lives. She was our friend.

She also "baked the best cakes in the neighborhood" and spent most of her time working in her garden. She and Scout's Uncle Jack carried on mock flirtations when he came to visit at Christmas. "He said he was trying to get Miss Maudie's goat, that he had been trying unsuccessfully for forty years..."

Mr. Avery thought enough of Miss Maudie to risk his life retrieving her upstairs furniture the night of the fire. For that, she made "him a Lane cake." Miss Stephanie liked her enough to let her move in with her after Maudie's house was destroyed. Atticus' respect for her was mostly unspoken, but he kidded with her more than anyone else in the neighborhood. Aunt Alexandra respected Miss Maudie. At the missionary circle,

She gave Miss Maudie a look of pure gratitude... Miss Maudie and Aunt Alexandra had never been particularly close, and here was Auntie silently thanking her for something.

Even Boo Radley liked Miss Maudie.

"He always spoke nicely to me, no matter what folks said he did. Spoke as nicely as he knew how."

What is a summary of Chapter 15 in Nothing But the Truth?a correct detailed summary

Did Miss Narwin cause Phillip's suspension? That is the main question of this chapter. It all starts with Jennifer Stewart's story about the incident. The associated Wire service read her story and wrote it up, insinuating that the teacher was unpatriotic. Jake Barlow, a radio host, takes callers to discuss the news story. Almost all callers agree with Phillip's position. One caller says that the whole story was not told. Dr. Harland the chair person of the school board contacts Dr. Seymore who says they will talk later. A reporter from the St. Louis Dispatch called Dr. Harland to enquire about a possible civil liberties issue because it appears as though Phillip was not allowed to sing the national anthem. Seymore talks to the principal. Several of the officials talk with Miss Narwin. She exaggerates Phillip's actions to avoid scrutiny and keep her job. She says Phillip was very loud and rude. Dr. Doane interviews several students to try and arrive at an objective answer.Ken tells Dr. Doane that he didn't even know Philip was singing until later. However he believes that Phillip was singing because it was written in the newspaper. Cynthia said she heard him only hum. She also said he was disrespectful to the teacher. Allison says that Phillip did it to try and make the teacher mad. Dr. Doane forces the students to support Miss Narwin's story.

All of the letters received support Phillip's right to sing the anthem. The sister of Miss Narwin sees the news in her paper in Florida and feels bad that the story was not told accurately. She calls.

Dr. Doane tries to comfort Miss Narwin telling her the media will forget about it, everyone will forget about it and the attention will die down. She suggests that Miss Narwin take a day off from teaching.

In which play by Shakespeare can I find this quote, "When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew"?.

This quote is from the Opera Falstaff by Verdi.  Fenton sings it to Nannetta in Act 2 Part 2: 

Come ti vidi
M’innamorai,
E tu sorridi
Perchè lo sai.

The Italian can be translated to:

"When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew."  

It is a lovely opera.  Bioto (mentioned by previous users) who wrote the libretto for the opera plagiarized a lot of quotes from Shakespeare: Henry IV, Romeo and Juliet, Merry Wives of Windsor, and Othello, among others.  This particular line does not exist in ANY of Shakespeare's works.  ( I personally think it is funny that Bioto plagiarized Shakespeare and one of the few lines he actually made up-- credit is given to the Bard.)

So why the confusion?

Blame Facebook and Twitter-  There is also some blame to go to a small print shop that printed it on throw pillows back in the early 2000s and attributed it to Shakespeare.  Truth be known, someone probably found the quote, saw it was from Falstaff, and assumed that Shakespeare wrote it, never realizing that Shakespeare never named a play after one of his most famous characters.  

What does Naomi's dream in Chapter 6 of Obasan foreshadow?

Naomi had a dream that she and a man with her come upon another couple, unknown to them, in a forest on a mountain. Together the four labor at an unnamed task. The a big animal that looks like it's half dog and half lion catches Naomi's attention. It belongs to the second man, who seems like a British officer. England is represented by many different national animals. The best well known national animal for England is the lion. Another of the national animal symbols is the bull dog. The animal that Naomi notices combines both these animal symbols. The Naomi notices what had escaped her before; the other man is, indeed, wearing a British uniform and is a British officer. Then the dream reveals that the dog is actually a robot, representing technology and advancement. The woman with the officer uses an ancient language to explain the contractual bond between herself and the officer. The Uncle arrives doing a death dance.

Naomi's dream combines unknown people with important tasks and with a British authority figure who holds the symbol of advancement in his possession. Then Uncle incorporates a death dance into the picture of cooperation between authorities, both British and ancient (the woman who speaks in an ancient language). Uncle seems to be dancing a joyous dance, with the red rose, instead of a foreboding dance of impending death. This dream foreshadows Naomi's eventual understanding of her family and the issues of WWII related to Japanese Canadians, suggesting to Naomi and the reader that she will develop her own mind out of the apathy and varying opinions held by her family. After her dream, Naomi goes downstairs and finds a package from Aunt Emily and the box she had been looking for in the attic. These confirm the above and will work with the dream to help her understand more about her family and the issues.

How was Johnson’s policy of increased US involvement in Vietnam part of his liberal vision and how well did his plan work out?

There is much in the way of complexity in terms of reconciling Johnson's liberal vision with the increased US involvement in Vietnam.  If one wishes to view him in a tragic sensibility, then one would say that Johnson's liberal vision caused him to plunger deeper into the abyss of Vietnam.  In this sensibility, Johnson was almost advocating an internationalized "Great Society," in which he wished to "leave the footprint of America" in Vietnam.  Such a notion believes that Johnson wanted to commit to Vietnam in the hopes of Westernizing the nation and liberalizing it so that it would be on par with other nations in the West in terms of schools, hospitals, and providing social servies.  The flip side to this would be Johnson's preoccupation with stopping "the domino theory."  At some level, one has to concede that Johnson's increased involvement in Vietnam was fostered by the rather Conservative fear of Communism.  In this paradigm, Johnson is seen as war hawk, committed to drive out Communism at all costs and not understanding that the Vietnamese were more against the idea of losing their autonomy then they were pro- Communist.

Whether one sees Johnson as a tragic liberal or driven war hawk, Johnson's policies in Vietnam have to be seen as being severely challenged.  Not working on reliable intelligence, as well as a flawed premise about the commitment of Viet Cong troops, as well underestimating the resolve of the North Vietnamese and overestimating the strength of the South Vietnamese all contributed to the United States failure in under Johnson.

Looking for some quotes on how the themes lonlieness/alienation or exile are conveyed using imagery and symbols in "The Seafarer"?

In "The Seafarer," loneliness and alienation are themes referred to often by the poem's speaker.  The seafarer describes loneliness on the water in the following quote using imagery that describes a wintery, frozen world, where he is sorrowful, a world without love, but filled with ice: no warmth of companionship to be had.

How wretched I was, drifting through winter

On an ice-cold sea, whirled in sorrow,

Alone in a world blown clear of love,

Hung with icicles

In the following quote, the narrator uses "chains" symbolically to describe his sense of alienation or exile.

My feet were cast

In icy bands, bound with frost,

With frozen chains, and hardship groaned

Around my heart.

And finally, the seafarer again describes his loneliness when he describes that which welcomes him on the sea: the sound of bird crying in the emptiness instead of laughter; no companionship of friends or family (kinsmen) shared over a glass of mead (wine).

The song of the swan

Might serve for pleasure, the cry of the sea-fowl,

The death-noise of birds instead of laughter,

The mewing of gulls instead of mead.

Storms beat on the rocky cliffs and were echoed

By icy-feathered terns and the eagle's screams;

No kinsman could offer comfort there,

To a soul left drowning in desolation.

All of these quotes offer an overall sense of the misery that life on the ocean brings the seafarer.  Ironically, also seems more comfortable on the sea, even if alone, when he thinks of the company of society and what society pursues for its pleasure.  It is not for him.  However, in choosing to leave city life behind, he is isolated yet again.

And who could believe, knowing but

The passion of cities, swelled proud with wine

And no taste of misfortune, how often, how wearily

I put myself back on the paths of the sea.

What was the daily life like for everyone in the San Gabriel Arcangel Mission?

When it was first built it was successful because they did farming which was good. However there was trouble because one of the guards treated the Indians badly and raped a chief's wife and killed the chief. He was sent away and imprisioned and peace was restored.

However another event occured which caused the mission area to become populated. The explorer, Juan Bautista de Anza, from Mexico arrived in 1774. This was the first time anyone came by land from Mexico. By using this way, they could avoid the sea route going the whole way around the peninsula of Baja California. As a result, San Gabriel became a bustling area. Therafter, the Franciscans moved the mission five miles away and found that it was more fertile soil.  It was the wealthiest of all missions in California. Mission San Gabriel was a busy and active mission.

The people who lived on the mission planted crops: wheat and corn. They nurtured vineyards. They also had herds of sheep and cattle. The food was not only used for eating but for trade too. Their large crops were corn and beans. They became known for fine wines and for their soap and candles that other missions bought.

Give examples in Othello about how friendship is shown, the penalty for betrayal, who remains loyal, and what the play says about friendship &...

There is very little true friendship in the play.  None of the men are friends.  All are too paranoid about their women and too worried about their reputations to enter into an honest friendship.  Cassio might have been a friend to Othello, but Othello is so insecure around the younger, white Cassio; Othello's uber-paranoid that Cassio will steal his white trophy wife (even before Iago brings it up).

Emilia and Desdemona have the only honest, friendly conversations in the play.  Yet, they have differing opinions of a wife's and husband's duties in marriage.  Desdemona says she could never betray her husband, not for the world.  Emilia says that men are stomachs and women their food.  They are friendly, but not friends.  The social hierarchy does not permit friendship: Emilia is her servant, not her friend.  If Emilia was a better friend, she might have stopped the honor killing. Only after Desdemona has been killed and she stabbed does Emilia realize how bad a friend she was.

Iago is the first to feel betrayed by Othello.  His reputation feels insulted because a) Othello slept with his wife and b) he chose Cassio as his lieutenant.  I don't think Emilia betrayed Iago and slept with Othello; Iago, a racist in denial, fears Othello's hypersexuality and so he invents the first reason to motivate himself.

Brabantio feels betrayed by his daughter, who secretly married Othello.

Roderigo feels betrayed by Iago, who promises Desdemona as Roderigo's prize.  Roderigo is betrayed on an emotional level because Desdemona rejected his suit and on a monetary level because Iago steals his life's savings.

Othello feels betrayed by nearly everyone except, ironically, Iago.  He feels Cassio betrays him by getting drunk and disturbing his honeymoon night.  He feels Desdemona betrays him by losing the handkerchief.  He feels Emilia betrays him by covering up for Desdemona and Cassio's supposed affair.  Only after he kills his wife, does Othello know that Iago had betrayed him all along.

Emilia feels betrayed by Iago, at the end, because she feels complicit in Desdemona's death.  Having been shunned by her husband for so long, Emilia obtained the handkerchief to get in Iago's good graces.  Her strategy backfires.  Iago kills her.

Iago feels betrayed by his wife at the end.  He expects her to be the quiet, submissive wife.  Instead, she speaks out against him.  And he kills her for it.

Some quotes.  Othello says, "Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men."

Desdemona says, speaking of Cassio, "Alas! he is betray'd and I undone."  This further motivates Othello to kill Desdemona, as her betrayal seems complicit with Cassio's.

Instances in which words of friendship and fidelity are being masked by acts of betrayal: everything that Iago says!  Namely, to Othello "I am your own forever."

Describe the amoeba.Here please explain its structure (if possible include about their contractive vacuole), movement and how it captures and...

Amoeba is a simple one cell organism that varies in size from about 0.25 millimeters to 2.5 millimeters across.

an amoeba is a shapeless mass of living matter. It is mostly composed of protoplasm, which is a jelly like material found in all living cells. The protoplasm is contained by a thin flexible covering or membrane. Water and gases can pass through this membrane. Within the protoplasm the amoeba contain a nucleus which is composed of special type of protoplasm.

The amoeba moves by changing its shape. It forms a finger like projection (called pseudopod) in the direction it wants to move and subsequently all the matter within the membrane is pushed in to this projection. This is like completing one step forward.

Amoebas eat tiny living organisms and dead or decaying matter. It eats by surrounding its food with pseudopodia and and then finally engulfing it.In this way the food gets inside the cell. The section of cell that contains food is called vacuole, which floats in the protoplasm till the food is digested. All undigested foo is forced out of the cell.

Amoebas reproduce by splitting itself apart in two. In this process of reproduction, the nucleus is split first, following which each of the two new nucleus are surrounded by protoplasm of the original amoeba, and the two parts begin to separate, forming an increasingly narrower neck or thin passage between the two parts, till the passage is completely closed. At this point the two cell detach from each other forming two new cells.

Please help me with these macbeth essay prompts!? im having problems choosing which prompt to use, and what to talk about for each...i need a...

I like them all. You can't go wrong in terms of points to discuss.

I would choose number one myself.  Nearly everyone is a foil to Macbeth in the play.  Remember, a foil is a "character mirror" who--when in contact with the tragic hero--reflects, brightens, or diminishes the qualities of the tragic hero.

Banquo is Macbeth's foil when Macbeth and Banquo hear the witches' prophecies.  Banquo is less reluctant to believe them than Macbeth.  Banquo is loyal; Macbeth is not.  Banquo is a family man; Macbeth is not.

Lady Macbeth is Macbeth's foil throughout the play.  She casts off her conscience sooner than Macbeth and suffers quicker for it.  Her mental breakdown at the end, with the washing of her hands, parallels what bloody work Macbeth has done with his.  Her language also serves as counterpoint to her husband's: her's is business like; his is much more poetic.

Macduff is Macbeth's foil in the latter part of the play.    Macduff is the hero of the play, and he is so loyal to Scotland that he forsakes his family for it.  His knocking on the door of Macbeth's gate of hell after Duncan's murder is akin to the cosmic battle between good and evil in the Bible.

Duncan is Macbeth's foil in their brief scenes together.  The old Duncan is so gullible that he appoints a traitor to replace a traitor; both Thane of Cawdors betray him.  This juxtaposes Macbeth's paranoia at the end: he trusts no one.

There are more, but that's enough for a paper.  Good luck...

What are some literary techniques in "Cheaper by the Dozen" and what are their impacts?

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Simile- “Grandma always was threatening to skin someone alive, or draw and quarter him, or scalp him like a Red Indian, or spank him till his bottom blistered.” (Gilbreth,109)

Grandma always had a harsh way of punishing the children when they did something wrong.

Simile- “It was like a newspaper on election night; general staff headquarters on D-Day minus one.”  (Gilbreth,18)

It was always very busy, always wanted and demanded by a bunch of people.

Hyperbole- ““I've seen fish who found the air more delightful than you do the water,” Dad would remark.” (Gilbreth,183)

Dad thought that mother was extremely uncomfortable in water, just like fish were in the fresh air.

Hyperbole- “Dad stated to laugh, and as he rocked back and forth he shook the house so that loose whitewash flaked off the ceiling and landed on the top of his head.” (Gilbreth,145)

Dad laughed really loudly and rocked back and forth over and over a he did.

Simile- “Sometimes, in order to make sure that we left no rubbish behind, he'd have us form a line, like a company front in the army, and march across the picnic ground.” (Gilbreth,33)

When picking up trash at the place where the picnicked, they would stand in a line and all march forward picking up the trash that they each stepped over.

Simile- ““The description,” gloated Mrs. Bruce, “fits her like a glove.”” (Gilbreth, 79)

The description that was given to this Mrs. Bruce about mother described her exactly and perfectly.

I had to do this for a project and know how hard having to find these in such a long book is. These are just some of the ones I found. I reccomend finding an online copy of the book and "searching" for every "like" written in it to find the similes. HOPE THIS HELPED! :D

Write a character sketch of Antonio.

Antonio is a generous, willing, loyal friend and an understanding devoted friend. He is willing to come to Bassanio's aid for what some might call a flimsy reason. As a businessman, he has all his money tied up in one venture, which shows questionable business wisdom. His generosity and another view of his questionable business wisdom is revealed when he agrees to act as co-signer to "secure" a loan with Bassanio that Bassanio might find in the open marketplace.

As it happens, Bassanio secures a loan with Shylock, a Jewish money lender who charges interest on loans, which is called usury, a practice with which our credit cards make us very familiar. Antonio and Shylock are on extremely unfriendly terms with each other because Antonio has publicly denounced Shylock for his money lending practices. Antonio is the opposite of Shylock because, along with his merchant enterprises, Antonio also lends money but does it without charging a fee for the loan. Shylock of course resents Antonio's treatment and has deep seated ill-will toward him.

Bassanio's loan with Shylock points out that Antoinio is unrealistic and has no foresight. (1) He publicly makes an enemy of Shylock who is not acting illegally in lending money and whose services aid even his best friend Bassanio. (2) He presumes on good fortune and good timing and therefore agrees to impossible terms on the loan specifying a "pound of flesh" for the forfeit of the loan if not paid on time. In addition to Antonio's unrealistic attitude and lack of foresight, he also has a huge ego in that he won't humble himself to Shylock and get rational terms for the secural of Bassanio's loan.

Antonio admits to a deep sadness but offers no explanation for it. Critics suggest that it relates to his imprudent financial decision to loan money at no charge, which means that he has little capital for operating his merchandising business. This lack of capital (because it is all lent out) requires him to put all his eggs in one basket, so to speak, by having his prosperity all tied up in one ship. We know that this is so because the inciting incident is that he has no money to loan Bassanio. 

His composure when facing Shylock's terms of the pound of flesh to be delivered up for the failure to make the repayment may represent Christian equanimity, as critics suggst, or it could represent the continuance of the despondency of sadness that has turned to despair at the loss of his ship.

What physical challenges does Jerry face in "Through the Tunnel"?Doris Lessing's short story "Through the Tunnel."

Jerry simply has to swim long and hard enough underwater to make it to the other side before coming up for air. As the tunnel has no air holes along the way, this is a "win all/lose" all situation.

Swimming through the underwater tunnel is a challenge Jerry is taking on in secret. He has nothing to prove to anybody except himself.

Risk taking is not really so rare during puberty and adolescence, though, and some psychologists consider it a natural and even necessary part of the maturing process. The problem is that danger is very real and uncompromising: some kids push themselves too far and die or seriously injure themselves by taking on a foolish "dare."

How has Ralph changed in Chapter 5?

In the novel 'Lord of the Flies' by William Golding, Jack begins to change his appraisal of the situation the boys are in, becoming more realistic and pessimistic. In an effort to do something positive to check the downward spiral of the loss of order he notices (in clothing, hair,dress and behavior) he tries to arrange another meeting. Now realising how important it it is, he tries to 'psyche' himself up for the task of bringing the group back into line and routine, but is frustrated with himself because his thoughts are muddled, unlike the clarity of Piggy's thinking (symbolised by the glasses.) Eventually, as yet another meeting in the dark collapses into disorder, he has changed because he realises he is not capable of the task without adult help and finds himself wanting some sort of sign from the world of the adults they have left behind.

What evidence does Cheever use to arrest Elizabeth Proctor? Explain the evidence and Abigail's involvement.

The evidence that Ezekiel Cheever uses to justify the arrest of Elizabeth Proctor is the doll that he finds at her house.

When he finds the doll, he also finds that there is a long needle stuck into its stomach.  This needle is important because Abigail has accused Elizabeth Proctor's spirit of stabbing her while she ate at Parris' house.

When Elizabeth is taken away, John Proctor asks Mary Warren to admit to the fact that it was she who made the doll.  She refuses, telling Proctor that if she does, Abigail will reveal their adulterous affair.

What is heart disease?

"Heart disease" can have take a lot of different shapes and forms depending on what is causing it.  It is kind of like a "blanket term" that encompasses all sorts of things that can go wrong with the ol' ticker.

Here are some examples of different types of heart diseases and their causes.

• Coronary Heart Disease -- this is where you end up with lots of plaque on your arteries and it impedes the blood flowing to the heart.  Close to 1/2 million people in the US die of this a year.


• Cardiomyopathy -- this is where your heart muscle  actually starts to fail and can be caused by a lot of reasons.   Some are genetic/hereditary, some are not.


• Cardiovascular disease -- especially affects the veins and arteries that supply the heart. 


• Ischaemic heart disease -- This is a disease that affects the heart's ability to supply the other organs with blood.


• Heart failure -- can be caused by lots of things, but basically means that the heart cannot fill with, or supply, enough blood to the rest of the body.


• Hypertensive heart disease -- failure of the heart due to conditions resulting from high blood pressure.


• Inflamatory heart disease -- This is when the tissue that surrounds the heart (or the heart itself) becomes inflamed and the heart can no longer do its job.


• Valvular heart disease -- This is when the valves of the heart don't open and close like they should.

This list isn't meant to be all inclusive, and you would have to research more specifically those that were of interest to you, but I think it gives you an overview of the types of problems that can affect your love-pump.  Your mom was right...eat your veggies, get lots of exercise, and say no to supersizing : )

What event or speech in Act 3 of The Crucible made the strongest impression on you? Explain.

In answering this question, much depends on what your own beliefs are regarding the play.  By Act III, a clear delineation between how individuals behave has been made.  As you read through the events, which one seemed to have the most impact on either the characters or you, as the reader?  This might come down to what you believe the driving force of the play is.  Would the accusations and how they gain a life of their own constitute importance?  Would the silence and fear which creates a sense of paranoia in Salem represent the driving force of the play?  Would the courage of some and the lack of it with others represent something that sticks out in your mind?  Discover what you believe would be the critical essence of the play and then find the event in Act III which highlights it.  At this point, I believe you have answered the question.

What is an emerging sector?

Emerging sector in business refers to an industry within an economy or a country that is in its initial stage of development, and is expected to grow rapidly in coming few years. The word sector may also be used for a group of industries. For example, economists generally divide all the industries in an economy in broad groups such as agricultural, manufacturing, and service sectors.

It is observe that every industry within an economy passes through a set pattern of growth and decline. When the industry is just founded and is in its infancy it experiences a very slow rate of growth, and its total size is also very small. As the industry develops the rate of growth slowly increases and over a period becomes very high. When the rate of growth is highest the size of industry is also substantial. After this stage the growth rate begins to taper down. At this stage the industry continues to grow in size, but at ever declining rate, till it reaches a maximum level when the industry is stagnant. Following this the growth rate becomes negative and the industry becomes passes in to stage of decline.

An industry will qualify as an emerging sector, when it is still small, but its growth begins to accelerate. The size of the industry is not yet big, but is expected to become so in near future. An industry qualifies as emerging sector, not only on the basis of its existing stage, but also on expectation of future growth. Thus it is not possible to identify emerging sectors of an economy with certainty. There are bound to be some disagreement among experts on the list of emerging sectors of an economy. I believe that some of the emerging sectors in Indian economy are organized retail, health care, insurance, and knowledge process outsourcing.

What is foreshadowing, and what is being foreshadowed in the story "A Sound of Thunder," by Ray Bradbury?

Foreshadowing is a literary term used extensively by writers that introduces verbal and/or dramatic hints about what will occur later in the story. In science fiction master Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder," a group of hunters travel back in the past to kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex--the greatest of all dinosaurs. The hunters must follow certain rules and restrictions--specifically, they must not stray from the designated path and kill indiscriminately, for the most simple act can cause a change in the flow of history. However, one of the hunters does just that, and when the men return to the present, they notice changes in people, language and even architectural design. Most noticeably, the recent presidential election results have been reversed. Nearly all of these changes and their possible repercussions, were foreshadowed earlier in the story.

What is the tone of John Donne's “Meditation 17”?

The tone is, as the title implies, thoughtful and meditative. Donne had just recovered from a serious illness and was contemplating his life and how it related to the rest of the world. He realized that one should not live for himself alone but we are all related to others and are connected to them. We should not feel lucky if we've escaped misfortune but should identify with those who have  not: "No man is an island."

What is ironic in To Kill a Mockingbird about the concern that the ladies of the Missionary Society have for the living condition of the Mrunas?

The ladies of the Missionary Society in Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird worked themselves into a tither over the conditions of the poor Mrunas, an African tribe that had recently been converted to Christianity. The good ladies fully supported with a sympathetic view their new Christian brothers in Africa, but were quick to hypocritically condemn the highly religious black community in Maycomb for their "uppity" ways after the Tom Robinson trial.

...the cooks and field hands are just dissatisfied, but they're settling down now--they grumbled all next day after that trial.

The ladies were shocked at the purported living conditions of the Mrunas, but turned a blind eye to the poverty that existed among the blacks in their own town. They were critical of the recent behavior of many of Maycomb's blacks, escpecially Mrs. Merriweather:

...sulky... disatisfied... I tell you if my Sophy'd kept it up another day I'd have let her go. It's never entered that wool of hers that the only reason I keep her is because of this depression's on and she needs her dollar and a quarter every week she can get it.

Miss Maudie took exception to the hypocrisy, however.

His food doesn't stick going down, does it?

(Interestingly, the Mrunas were a fictitious tribe that Harper Lee originated in the novel.)

What are three themes of Macbeth?

Macbeth's movement from centrality to isolation is a major theme of the play. This pattern, which is progressive , encompasses the entire play and expresses an essential process in every tragedy; the hero must confront his Karma or destiny.

Macbeth begins the play as a central and admired figure in his society and ends by being totally estranged.

The early sections of the play focus on Macbeth as a hero and a figure of admiration. He is regarded as the saviour of the country. This is evident in the Captain's account of exploits in 1,ii and the king's lavish praise 1,iv,.

The process of isolation begins sometime after this with his dedication to the powers of evil. Even before Duncan's murder Macbeth become isolated from his God in "wherefore could I not pronounce Amen?"

Duncan's murder hastens the process of Macbeths isolation. Malcolm and Donalbain flee him(2,iii,119) and Banquo comments on his state "How now, my lord, Why do you keep alone?" . The banquet scene marks a decisive state in his alienation from his subjects and from his wife. She who has been "dearest partner of greatness" (1,v,10) is reduced to a passive, weary listener. The collapse of this relationship happens shortly afterwards,leaving tha protagonist alone.

The final movement of £,iv has compelling visual images of Amcbeth's separation from his subjects who leave in hasty and abrupt fashion.

The final movement of the play opens with news of growing oppostion to Macbeth and of the intrigue and conspiracy against him. In Act 5, Macbeth's isolation is made explicit in the images of abandonment and lonliness. (5,iii,24ff) "troops of freinds/I must not look to have",(5,iii61) the doctor would abandon him if he could,(5,v,5ff) his troops would desert him if they could , amny have already done so.

He is an exile from the world, friendless and seeing images and apparitions invisible to others:  he is even an exile from the world of daylight as darkness clothes his land.

Prove that sinA/1-cosA =1 +cosA/sinA

To prove sinA/(1-cosA) = (1+cosA)/sinA.

Proof:

we know that,

sin^2 A+cos^2 A= 1, is a trigonometric identity.

Therefore,

sin^2 A = 1- cos^2 A  = (1+cosA)(1-cosA). So,

Sin^2 A /(1-cosA) = 1+cosA  or

sinA/(1-cosA) = (1+cosA)/sinA.

Note:

The original problem is  sinA/1-cosA = 1+cosA/sinA. This is not an identity, for,

SinA/1-cosA  = 1+cosA/sinA. This means:

Put A= 0 deg. Then,

LHS = sin 0 /1 -cos0) = 1/1 - 1 = 1 -1 = 0 .

RHS= 1 + cos 0 / sin 0 = 1+1/0 = infinite.

Therefore, it is edited to read as:

Prove sinA/(1-cosA) = (1+cosA)/sinA.

In the story, "The Kiss" by Kate Chopin, what roles do the settings play in the story?

Settings play a key role in establishing the characters of this terrific short story all about the way that a woman is able to manipulate her way into a wealthy marriage, in spite of an incident that almost derails her chances of securing her prize. Key to the introduction of this story is the setting and in particular the location of Brantain:

Brantain sat in one of these shadows; it had overtaken him and he did not mind. The obscurity lent him courage to keep his eyes fastened as ardently as he liked upon the girl who sat in the firelight.

Of course, as we discover as we read the rest of the story, Brantain is sat in shadow in more than one way. His attachment to the beautiful woman he is watching means that he is "in the dark" symbolically about her true nature and her true motivation for pursuing him. Notice too how other details of the setting foreshadow the way that Brantain is being tricked and gulled:

It was still quite light out of doors, but inside with the curtains drawn and the smouldering fire sending out a dim, uncertain glow, the room was full of deep shadows.

Words such as "dim," "uncertain" and "shadows" suggest that something slightly underhand is going on, an impression that is confirmed when we realise that Miss Nathalie has another lover and is only after Brantain for his money.

Structure/Agency as a dichotomy is rather confusing, please could someone give examples of both to show the clear difference in understanding?I'm...

I think it is also helpful to think of structure not just in contrast to agency, meaning that structure confines people's choices because of society, but to think through specifically what structure's exist in a given society.  So for example... in a western, highly industrialized democracy what society structures could potentially influence somebody's choices:

Economic structures--- economic infastructure, availability of jobs for example varies from region to region

Educational structures--- educational opportunity, being zoned to a school that has a reputation for excellence or being zoned to a school that has a "failing" reputation.

In both of these cases very real, tangible things (jobs, schools) make-up part of the structure; when you think about whether everyone one has equitable access to jobs and schools, it becomes easy to see that agency (the ability to make choices) can only explain a part of what happens to any one individual.

Who are the main characters of Holes by Louis Sachar?

"Holes" is such an amusing book with some unusual characters.  Some of the primary characters in the book are.

Stanley Yelnats IV is the main character.  He has no luck but bad luck and it runs in his family.  A curse was placed on his family by Gypsy Madame Zeroni because of his  "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great grandfather".

Gypsy Madame Zeroni si the one who curses Stanley's family so that the curse can only be lifted when a favor is paid back to one of her ancestors.

Hector Zeroni (Zero)becomes Stanley's best friend.  Zero can not read and climbs into one of the holes daily that he and Stanley have to dig so that Stanley can teach him how to read.  He also turns out to be Madam Zeroni's great, great, great grandson.  Since Stanley helps the boy the curse ends up being lifted.

X-ray is a dominating boy at camp.  He is smaller than the other boys but has a leadership ability about him.  He wears glasses. He is jealous of Zero's friendship with Stanley.

The Warden is the operator of the boys camp where the boys are incarcerated and forced to dig holes in search of a lost fortune.  He is cruel and selfish and subjects the boys to long hours of digging in the hot sun.

Katherine Barlowis a character from the past.  She is a pretty school teacher who falls in love with a black man. After Sam is killed Kate becomes angry which leads her to become the outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow.

Sam is an onion seller who also loves the girl but is doomed because it is against the law for a black man to kiss a white woman.  Sam is killed.

Stanley's father is a man who is kind but a little like a nutty professor who is always trying to invent things.

What is the significance of chrysanthemums in "Odour of Chrysanthemums"?

In the short story 'Odour of Chrysanthemums' by D H Lawrence, the author gives special significance to these particular flowers. He makes sure to mention them growing outside the cottage, that the mother has one in her waistband, that there is a vase of them in the cold parlour and that the vase of chrysanthemums gets knocked over - and tellingly ,that she is sure to pick them up even she still has the dead body of her husband laid out in the room to deal with. Lawrence does not speak of them in glorious autumnal terms - all garish and bright with sun. He talks of them dying, wet, dripping ,faded and brown - like the love between the woman and her husband. On one plane, they symbolize the death and parody of a loveless marriage.

The maximum torque a bolt can withstand without breaking is 100 N m. A mechanic tightens the bolt with a spanner 0.25 m long. What is the ..maximum...

The force causes a translatory motion in a body and similarly torque causes the rotatory motion. In physics it is also called the moment of the force about a point or pivot. The magnitude of torque is the product of the force and the perpendicular distance of the pivot from the force. So , if F is the force applied at angle  x to the arm of length r of the spanner, about a pivot (here the bolt), then the torque T = r * Fsinx  and is expressed in units od Newton meter. So, the torque  the mechanic can exert  through the spanner arm length r=0.25 m, which the bolt could sustain is given by:

100Nm > 0.25 F sinx, or F < 100Nm/(0.25m sinx) = 400 N/sin x

So at 90 degree, sinx = 1.Threfore, F should be within 400 N.

If uses his force, at angle 70 degree to the spanner, he can use  a focce  still higher  but less than 400/sin70 = 425.67 N.

If he uses the spanner of lesser arm length say, 0.20m, then

it  requires higher force  to produce the required torque and the force is given by: F < 100Nm/(0.20m*sin x) = 500N/sinx. So it is less likely that he applies higher force which exhuasts him. Still a lower arm of  spanner ,say 0.10m , if he utilises, it requires, a force F < 100Nm/(0.10m*sinx) =1000N/sinx , which is still  more difficult and strenuous for the mechanic to exert and he is still less likely to break the bolt.

What result does Janie's nickname "Alphabet" have in Their Eyes Were Watching God?

I'd have to say that if the nickname results in anything at all, it's Janie's search for her own self. She earns this nickname growing up amongst the white children of the family for whom her grandmother was a live-in servant. One day, she sees a picture of the children, & doesn't recognize herself:

So Ah ast, "Where is me? Ah don't see me" (9), "Dat's you, Alphabet, don't you know yo' own self? Dey all uster call me Alphabet 'cause so many people had done named me different names.

The question "don't you know your own self?" is key to Janie's search for her identity throughout the novel. This becomes the basis for her life, moving from man to man, trying to find out who she truly is. The last part of this quote is important too. She notes that people had given her so many different names, & that is what she remains to each person she encounters. She is something different to each person important in her life: to her grandmother, she is something to be possessed and sold off for protection. To Logan, she is another hand to help with chores. To Joe, something to be owned and shown off, like a piece of art. Only to Tea Cake is she a partner and close to an equal, and she loses this when Tea Cake dies. But that allows her to come into her own, and claim the true Janie.

How does the speaker express his everlasting love by the phrase " while the sands of life shall run " ?

Burns' poem is charmingly simple and direct in its method of praising the lover and most significantly describes how much he loves her:"As fair art, thou my bonny lass/So deep in luve I am."

I will luve thee still, my Dear,

While the sands o'life shall run.

The implication is that he will love her forever, that is, infinity. As long as human life exists on this earth he will love her. Burns uses hyperbole, that is, exaggeration to convey to his lover the depth and intensity of his love for her. In the previous line he has told her that he will love her till all the seas dry up! But he is not satisfied with that, because he feels that there is a possibility that all the seas may indeed dry up so he says that he will love her  till all human life comes to an end on planet earth!

How is dill used in "folk" medical remedies?

Very recent archaeological discoveries, made near a lake in Switzerland, have shown, however, that this plant was known and used in Europe with at least 7000 years, before being cultivated at a distance of hundred kilometers from the Mediterranean shore, where it grows spontaneously . Interestingly is that this vegetable has "migrated" very early in southern Europe to far off Asia. Dill has been widely used in Tibetan medicine (Unani), and the Indian (Ayurveda), where it was administered as a digestive tonic, anti-infective and inflammatory. In antiquity, Romans valued dill especially , which was a first aid remedy against digestive disorders and headaches, that were appearring after partying, too rich.

Hypoacid, indigestion -there are consumed moderate amounts (1 teaspoon) of chopped green dill, before a meal during meal. In medium and small doses, dill is an excellent stimulant of secretion of gastric juices and bile, helping the digestive process. It is interesting that, in high doses, dill has the opposite effect, inhibiting the secretion of gastric juices and are very useful in treating hyper-acid gastritis.

Bloating, colitis fermentation - volatile substances contained by dill, prevents excess development of gut bacteria, preventing gas formation and the appearance of abdominal colic.

Digestive Candidiasis  - half liter from the preparation of Bifidus yogurt dill  is consumed daily, as  in hyper-acid gastritis. It is a cure for 30 days with this preparation which, although it seems very simple, has been very complex. Dill leaves contain aromatic substances with a strong antifungal effect, while Bifidus yogurt restores normal digestive flora, resulting in inhibition of aggressive development of Candida.

Dill helps in cystitis and nephritis - consumption of 50 ml of fresh dill juice,2-3 times daily, in courses of two weeks, has a very good antibacterial and antifungal effect on urinary system. According to recent studies, dill leaf juice is also a powerful diuretic and stimulant of kidney activity, helping to prevent and combat kidney calculus.

Postmenopause - dill leaves contain small amounts of estrogen, the female hormone that slows the aging process very much, softens skin, makes hair grow more slowly, helps maintain firmness of the vaginal mucous tissues and prevents drying.

Headache - in the traditional medicine of northern European peoples, dill is renowned for its balancing effects on the nervous system. Chewing a few green stalks of dill effectively address headaches (including those accompanied by dizziness and vomiting), regaining acuity and clarity of feelings.

Of course, the dill with all it's components (leaves, seeds, stalks) is a very effective in fighting against all kind of human disorders, having the advantage of being natural.

Who are the main character of Rabbit Hill?What are they?

 “Rabbit Hill” by Robert Lawson is a wonderful little story about an abandoned farm in Connecticut.  The family of animals that lives there includes Little Georgie, his father, mother, Uncle Analdas, Porkey and Phewie.  We learn shortly into this fable that Rabbit Hill will soon have “New People” moving into the old farmhouse.  Gorgie, a young rabbit is excited and curious.  George’s father is an old Southern rabbit and Gorgie’s mother is a worrier who is constantly thinking about the worst that could happen.  Porkey is a groundhog and Phewie is the Skunk.  Together they face the unknown and learn how to live peacefully with the "new people."

"The "new folks" in Rabbit Hill function more as a single character than as individuals, although the cook with her peculiar friendship with Pewy, and the man with his strong-smelling pipe are somewhat individualized. In general, however, the humans are simply a presence that forces the animal community to confront their own hopes and fears."

In chapter 9, what is the tragic irony of Simon's death? Explain what the children have become.When you look at the language which describes the...

In the William Golding novel, The Lord of the Flies, the tragic irony of Simon's death lays in the discovery of the beastie. Simon is the one who discovers the dead pilot and the parachute that when it billowed in the winds is what the boys thought was a beast. It was this perception of an unknown beast that lead to the increasingly chaotic attitude and behavior of the boys.

In addition, when Simon drags the parachute out of the jungle, the boys, are still in a  primal frenzy after their first kill. When they see Simon and the parachute in the dim light, they do not recognize him. Thinking it is the beast, the boys attack Simon like animals, and they kill him with their hands and teeth.

So in reality it was Simon's discovery of the true nature of the "beast" that revealed who the real beasts were, and that discovery lead to his death.

What is Tom's transformation in Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby"?

Tom Buchanan of "The Great Gatsby" is fairly one-dimensional.  In Chapter One, Nick describes Tom as he knew him earlier,

[Tom] had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven--a national figure in a way, one of those men who rech such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savours of anti-climax....Tom would drift on forever seeking a little wistfully for the dramtic turbulence of some irrevocable football game.

Now, Nick remarks, Tom has changed and is a "sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner."  He derogates anyone who does not fit his ideal of the white wealthy class.  And, while he enjoys the excitement of having a mistress, his "supercilious manner" is exhibited in his behavior toward the lower classed Myrtle and her husband.  At the hotel room in New York, he strikes Myrtle across the mouth, and he is demeaning toward George Wilson at his garage.  Later, he manipulates George by playing upon his hatred and jealousy of Gatsby by leading Wilson to believe that Gatsby, as the lover of Myrtle, is responsible for her death--a strategic play in order for him to "win" and save Daisy's reputation. Reminiscent of the football huddle, Daisy and Tom sit at the kitchen table where there "wan an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together" as Nick observes when he spots them in the back of their house.

While Tom Buchanan may have presented the facade of a gentleman because of his wealth and position, he is clearly a brute and a villain, even from the beginning. Dressed in "effeminate ...riding clothes [that] could [not] hide the enormous power of that body,' his initial remarks to Gatsby as he arrogantly points to his stables and other possessions, his further remarks about the state of civilization--"'Civilization's going to pieces,' broke out Tom violently"--establish him as a one-dimensional brute who perceives life strictly as the struggle of the weak vs. the strong: himself and those belonging to him against any who challenge his way of life-- the "irrevocable football game" of which Tom alludes.  In the final chapters, if there is any transformation, it is simply that Tom sheds the veneer of a gentleman.  No longer does he feign any civility as he challenges Gatsby verbally:

'What kind of row are you trying to cause in my house, anyway?....I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.

With the challenge having been made, Tom later conspires with Daisy and then eliminates his opponent in his brutish way.

Who is Kim in Seedfolks?

In the book Seedfolks Kim is a little 9 year old Vietnamese girl.  Her father has died and she says prayers for him at an altar.  One day she gathers some dried lima beans and a thermos jar and goes to the lot.  The weather is spring weather which was unfamiliar to her in Vietnam. 

Kim goes to the vacant lot and makes a little garden area and plants the seeds.  The ground is hard and she digs with a spoon.  She feels sad because she has no memories of her father because she was a baby when he died.

Kim knows that her father had been a farmer in his home country.  She hopes if she plants the seeds that she can please her father when he sees the hard work she is doing in her little garden.

What is spinae?

Spinae (a.k.a. sacrospinalis and erector spinae) - a group of muscles and tendons that stretch vertically from the posterior of the ilium (largest bone in the pelvis) to the base of the skull - parallel to the vertebral column.

Moving up, the muscles start at the ilium, sacrum and lumbar vertebrae (crossing the lumbar region without attachment to lumbar vertebrae), branches into 3 (iliocostalis, longissimus and spinalis), which insert into ribs and vertebrae and are joined by other muscle strips as they approach the neck. The muscles are covered by the thoracolumbar fascia. Fascia is a connective tissue system that extends throughout the body, providing support, structural integrity and protection.

Spinae is involved in maintaining curvature of the spine, posture, spine extension, and lateral (side to side) bending.

Spinae also is the name for bacterial appendages (close to pili or fimbriae). These spinae are long tube-like structures made of the protein spinin. No function has been completely proven. But they may be involved in attachement or in long distance cell-cell connection.

Unrelated, "Spinae" is the Roman name for a town in Berkshire, England now called "Speen." I only mention the Roman reference because, while doing different searches on 'spinae', I found that in Roman chariot races, the two tracks where separated by a raised median called a 'spina.' Anyway, you can see the structural similarities between the spinae and the spina. Not to mention the etymological similarities between the words spina, spinae and spine.

Compare Shelley's "Ode to a Skylark" and Wordsworth's "Ode to A Skylark."

Shelley's ode "To a Skylark" was witten in 1820 when he was in Leghorn in Italy. Shelley compares the skylark to various objects in order to make  the readers understand as much as is possible the mysterious and beautiful bird, and its divine  music.

Some of the dazzlingly and exquistely beautiful objects to which it and its melodious voice are compared are:"blithe spirit," "a cloud of fire," "an unbodied joy," "a star of heaven," "moon beam," the bright colours of the rainbow, an 'unseen' poet, "a high-born maiden," "a glow-worm," "a rose," "sound of vernal showers," "crystal stream." It would be impossible to analyse all these images because of the restrictions on the word limit. However an analysis of one should serve the purpose.

The following lines capture the essence of the bird and reveal the central message of the poem: "Like a poet hidden/In the light of thought/Singing hymns unbidden/Till the world is wrought/To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not."

Shelley in his essay "Defense of Poetry" (written 1821 published 1840) remarks that poets are "the unacknowledged legislators of the world." That is, although the poets are never in the limelight they guide the destinies of a nation by voluntarily pronouncing profound truths which serve as moral guideposts to the common people. Similarly, the skylark also is rarely seen but its soulful melodious music serves to remind the people of the mysitcal beauties of Nature.

William Wordsworth's  "To the  Skylark" was written in Rydal Mount his house near Ambleside in the Lake District in the year 1828 and published in 1832. Wordsworth's "To The Skylark" is an ode in praise of a bird famous for certain unique qualities. The skylark true to its name spends most of its time flying high in the sky. This makes Wordsworth to wonder whether it does so because it hates the earth in which so much of unhappiness abounds. However, it never forgets to drop in silently as and when it pleases into its nest on the ground.

The skylark is a "daring warbler" which mounts to great heights in the open sky and sings lovingly to its mate which also inhabits the same open sky. However, the same  song is heard in the plain down below proudly asserting the fact that the beauty of its songs does not depend on the pleasant season of spring.

Wordsworth began the poem by addressing the skylark as a supernatural wandering singer and a "pilgrim of the sky" who wishes to have nothing to do with the cares of this world. But he concludes the poem by praising it for singing its melodious songs in broad  daylight - unlike the nightingale in the "shady wod" - high in the open sky which are heard by people down below on the earth. By doing so it is like the wise man who soars to great heights without losing sight of his bearings on the earth below.

Its obvious that both the poets are enthralled by the beauty of the skylark, but whereas Wordsworth is encouraged and consoled by the beauty of the bird  Shelley beckons the bird to fuel his political furnace:

"Type of the wise who soar, but never roam;
True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home!" [Wordsworth]

"Like a poet hidden
In the light of thought
Singing hymns unbidden,
Till the world is wrought
To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not." [Shelley]

In "Hamlet" what stops Hamlet from taking his own life?

The main thing that keeps Hamlet from taking his own life is his fear of what comes after death. He really has no idea what sort of world, existence, or non-existence is in place after one dies, and that is why he doesn't just kill himself.  He wants to; he is miserable. He feels defeated and depressed, and everything in the world appears "rank" and "vile" to him.  But, it is his own fear of the next world that stays his hand.  He goes into great detail about his fears in his famous "To be or not to be" monologue that can be found in Act III, Scene 1.  In this speech, he indicates that death is a "consummation devoutly to be wish'd," but that "the dread of something after death" keeps people from ending their own lives.

His own fear causes him great turmoil.  He feels like he is a coward, who can't act.  He says that his "resolution" or courage is "sicklied o'er witht he pale cast of thought," meaning, he can't do it because he thinks too much; his conscience steps in and analyzes the situation too much and stops his courage and action.  This is a problem for Hamlet in the play, not just in the thought of suicide, but in enacting the promised revenge against his uncle as well.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

How would you contrast the personalities of Emily in "A Rose for Emily" and the Grandmother in "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?

In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," the grandmother tries to save herself by pleading with the Misfit:

You've got good blood! I know you wouldn't shoot a lady! I know you come from nice people! Pray! Jesus, you ought not to shoot a lady. I'll give you all the money I've got!

The Misfit responds:

Jesus was the only One that ever raised the dead and He shouldn't have done it. He shown everything off balance. If He did what He said, then it's nothing for you to do but thow away everything and follow Him, and if He didn't, then it's nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can--by killing somebody or burning down his house or doing some other meanness to him. No pleasure but meanness.

Just before it is her turn to be shot, the grandmother says:

Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!" She touches the Misfit on the shoulder, and he springs back "as if a snake had bitten him and [shoots] her three times through the chest.

The Misfit tells his accomplice to throw the grandmother into the woods with the others, adding: "She would have bee a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life."

In "A Rose for Emily," Miss Emily clings to death and the past.  She refuses to let her father be buried, and, paranoid that Homer will leave her, she has him murdered, then sleeps with his corpse.  She is a Gothic symbol of the Old South, its aristocratic illegitimacies and painful transformation during Reconstruction.  Her character represents the Old South sleeping with the enemy (the North) in the perverse (dare I say "gay"?) Homer Baron.

Both women are leveled by death and operate in the past, taking it for granted.  Miss Emily's predicament is more social/historical: Miss Emily believes she is a privileged debutante, until her father dies and she is left a spinster.  The grandmother's plight is more spiritual: she believes she is redeemed, until she meets an angel of death.

From the short story, "The Minister's Black Veil" by Hawthorne. Please explain this phrase:"In every heart there is a secret sin, and sad mysteries...

In Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil," this passage is from the sermon of the Reverend Mr.Hooper on the Sunday that he dons a black veil; his is a most powerful sermon as it seems

tinged, rather more darkly than usual, with the gentle gloom of Mr. Hooper's temperament.

Hawthorne writes that the members of the congregation feel as though Mr. Hooper is addressing them individually, for the black veil "throws its influence" onto the congregation.  That is, the members feel somehow revealed to him since they cannot tell where or at whom he may be watching.  Mr. Hooper knows that in the Puritan congregation, there are many who hide their transgressions from others as well as trying to delude themselves that they have not sinned since there is such scorn heaped upon the sinner in this religion of unredemption.  In other words, Mr. Hooper perceives the hypocrisy of his congregation, and they are greatly unnerved as they head home.

The Puritans are so disconcerted by the minister's veil and fear what he may see because of the strict tenets of their religion. Robert Venning, an early Puritan and author of "The Plague of Plagues," wrote,

'Oh, look to yourself, for sin, notwithstanding, is against you, and seeks nothing but your ruin and damnation.'

'Sin is against man's goodness and happiness.'

The Puritans believed that God would punish their community if it allowed sin.  Consequently, severe punishments were inflicted upon sinners in an effort to purge the community.  Since there was such punishment for sin, people hid their trangressions from others.

This last idea, secret sin, is prevalent in most of Hawthorne's writings.  For instance, as Hester Prynne wears her scarlet A, others color when they see her, or turn away, or look down as their own consciences are twinged.  The Reverend Dimmesdale is tortured by his concealment of adultery; in fact, his guilt is what kills him.  Goodman Brown of "Young Goodman Brown," becomes a "hoary man" as a result of denying his own sin.  According to one critic, Duyckinck, Hawthorne's story, "The Minister's Black Veil" represents a

metaphysical exposition of the dark places of the human soul.

Mr. Hooper's veil is the symbol of these dark places.

What were some of the Australian soldiers experiences during the Vietnam War?

In the early 1960s Australia supported S. Vietnam as the policies of other nations, particularly the United States, to stop communism in Europe and Asia. In 1961 and 1962 Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of the government in South Vietnam needed more securty. Australia eventually responded with 30 military advisers, dispatched as the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV). When they arrived  in South Vietnam in July and August of 1962 it was the beginning of Australia's direct involvment. In August 1964 the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) sent a flight of transports to the port of Vung Tau.

In 1965 the US escalated the war. By the end of the year it had committed 200,000 troops. U.S. asked friendly countries to help in the region, including Australia. The Australian government dispatched the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in June 1965 to serve alongside the US 173d Airborne Brigade in Bien Hoa province.

Eventually the war escalated. However, in the U.S. and Australia, more and more people were protesting against it. By 1969 anti-war protests were getting stronger in Australia. People believed the war was none of their business, saying that it was an internal war. Young people urged each other to "not register". The US started a gradual withdrawal of US forces. During the time of the withdrawing of forces, the activities of the Australians in Phuoc Tuy province shifted to training the South Vietnamese Regional and Popular Forces.

Do you like "the L Word"?

When you asked that question, my thoughts immediately went to the word "love" and though there were times where I cursed in the name of love, I still do genuinely 'like' love, because love can take many forms. For example, I love puppies, I love food, I love my mom &dad, and then I love him/her. I think it's great though, the concept of it because it's nice, sweet, pure, and genuine. At least, I like to think so.

Ponyboy's view of the socs: Make bullet points of Ponyboy's view of the socs and refer to specific events that cause his points of vew to...

Ponyboy is insecure about his own impoverished upbringing and feels inadequate because the Soc's have money and are more respected in the community than his own family and friends. The Soc's also have a tendency to refer to the Greasers as "trash" which contributes to Ponyboy's resentment of them. He develops feelings for Cherry (a Soc) and through her friendship, eventually realizes the Soc's can be fair-minded and even compassionate.

What are examples of irony in this speech from Hamlet? How all occasions do inform against me. And spur my dull revenge! What is a man, If his...

There are several instances of irony that can be discussed within the context of this speech.  The first is that the speech is about how useless words are, and yet, he gives a speech to say it.  He bemoans the fact that all he has done to this point is talk and talk and talk, and in doing so, he talks even more about it.  So there is that.  Then, he realizes, finally, and only upon seeing men march out onto the battlefield, what a coward he has been.  The irony here lies in the very unusual place and circumstance upon which he decides to act; he could have enacted revenge many, many times while in the castle, but he does not.  That is unexpected, as is his sudden resolve in on a battlefield far, far away.  It is a rather ironic setting to finally decide to act on his revenge.  And, upon deciding to act, it is conveniently far, far away from the castle where he could actually do so.  It is easy to say you will be brave when you are not in the situation where bravery is required, and Hamlet has shown that when put in that situation, he tends to back out.

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

How does the allusion of the abominable snowman, Lazarus, garden of eden, ten commandments have an effect on the story or chapter? Some...

I'll discuss the biblical allusions here, in reference to a powerful motif of the novel. A Separate Peaceis focused around a single, life-changing act: a push from a tree. It is a literal, physical fall. Yet it is also a symbolic, metaphorical fall, in the biblical sense. Finny's fall from the tree reflects humanity's fall from grace, & the birth of original sin.

The reference to Lazarus implies some kind of resurrection or return. Of course, Lazarus was raised from death by Christ 3 days after his entombment. So comparing someone to Lazarus means they've made some kind of comeback. Perhaps they've been out of someone's life for a long time, & their return is as if they've risen from the dead. 

The ten commandments reference would most likely suggest a comparison to rules or guidelines for behavior. It may be used to emphasize how egregiously someone has erred, by showing that mistake in a biblical context. It may also show that mistake to be one of morality or ethics, as opposed to a simple issue of legality.

Finally, the allusion to the garden of Eden is the most important for this novel. As I previously stated, the idea of "the fall" is central to the text; thus, the garden represents the past to which the boys can never return. It's the paradise that they will never reach. Once Gene pushes Finny from the tree, their stay in the "garden" of their friendship is over. This becomes the context for their relationship throughout the novel.

Why was Timothy trying to make Phillip more independent in the novel, The Cay?From the book, The Cay.

The aging St. Thomian sailor, Timothy, may feel that his own life is nearing an end while he is stranded on the uninhabited island in the Theodore Taylor novel, The Cay. With Phillip blinded and no real certainty of a quick rescue, Timothy chooses to impart his own survival skills upon the young boy. Timothy does not like to discuss the boy's blindness since he knows that it might be a permanent disability, and he understands that Phillip may eventually be left alone. Timothy's foresight proves timely as he dies protecting Phillip from the hurricane that blasts the island.