What is the statement of theme in "A Rose for Emily"?

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In Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily, the plot, of course, is gothic fiction: a decaying mansion, a mysteriously silent servant, a corpse, necrophilia. And one doesn’t want to discard the plot in a search for what it symbolizes, but it is also clear that the story is not only “about” Emily Grierson but also about the South’s pride in its past (including its Emily-like effort to hold on to what is dead) and the guilt as well as the grandeur of the past.

While the story centers on Miss Emily’s character, a proper analysis entails the narrator. Sometimes he seems to be an innocent eye, a recorder of a story whose implications escape him. Sometimes he seems to be coarse. He mentions “old lady Wyatt, the crazy woman,” he talks easily of “niggers,” and he confesses that because he and other townspeople felt that Miss Emily’s family “held themselves a little too high for what they really were,” the townspeople “were not pleased exactly, but vindicated” when at thirty she was still unmarried. But if his feelings are those of common humanity (e.g., racist and smug), he at least knows what these feelings are and thus helps us to know ourselves. We therefore pay him respectful attention, and we notice that on the whole he is compassionate (note especially his sympathetic understanding of Miss Emily’s insistence for three days that her father is not dead).

True, Miss Emily earns our respect by her aloofness and her strength of purpose (e.g., when she publicly appears in the buggy with Homer Barron, and when she cows the druggist and the alderman), but if we speak of her aloofness and her strength of purpose rather than of her arrogance and madness, it is because the narrator’s imaginative sympathy guides us. And the narrator is the key to the theme: One's excessive pride in the past can prevent someone from living well in the present.

In the story Faulkner also emphasizes Miss Emily’s attempts to hold on to the past: her insistence, for example, that her father is not dead, and that she has no taxes to pay.

What are the new trends at work place and how HR managers can manage them successfully? no

New trends in work paces will vary from country to country, and within country from industry to industry. However, taking a global perspective we can detect the following trends in work places today.

• Increasing cultural diversity of employees:


• Reducing propensity of employees to submit to authoritarian leadership:


• Greater job mobility leading to higher turnover:


• Increasing employee and legal pressure against discrimination based on sex, race, or other similar grounds.


• Increasing use of practice of flexible working hours:


• Increasing use of teleworking:


• Increasing automation on shop-floor as well as in offices.


• Fast changing technology calling for regular updating of employee skills and knowledge.

These trends affect all aspects of the job of a human resources management of an organization including activities such as:

• Organization and job design.


• Recruitment


• Performance rating


• Placement and promotion practices


• Remuneration structure and other conditions of employment.


• Leadership style and motivational techniques


• Developing appropriate organizational culture and discipline.


• Training

To be able to manage these tasks effectively in face of the emerging trends the HR managers need to firs understand the nature of these changes and how they impact the organization. In particular they need to understand the relevant aspects of the cultural background of employees impacting their behavior on work as well as their personal needs. For example, people from different religion celebrate different festivals and may require leave accordingly. The HR managers then has to find ways of blending these different cultures harmoniously in the organizational culture without disrupting the essential work and discipline.

It is also important to be aware of all the legal requirements, and also ensure that others in the organization also know and follow the. This is essential to  maintain a good standards of ethics and morals in the firm, and also to avoid unsubstantiated litigation.

Company policies and practices of organization structure and reporting relationships, recruitment, remuneration structure and other terms of employment, job rating, standing instructions for discipline in the workplace, and other similar issues related to the work place need to be developed and keeping in view the cultural requirements, aspirations, and expectations of the employee in consideration. Particular provision may need to be made in respect of flexible working hours and teleworking may need to be made also.

Training has assumes greater importance in the work place today because of the greater demand for regularly updating the employee skills and knowledge, and also to promote harmonious organization culture in face of increasing cultural diversity. Training is also critical to develop better leadership qualities of manager who have to rely more on their interpersonal relationship skills and less on formal authority for motivating their subordinates. Therefore HR managers need to pay much greater attention to the training function. As the routine HR activities like attendance, payroll, and other administrative functions are being automated, the role of HR managers is moving more and more from that of an administrator to that of a trainer and a consultant.

In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," the Misfit and the Grandmother seem to have a strange/intense relationship: what is going on there?

When answering this question, you can't leave out the situation at hand--the Misfit is about to kill the Grandmother.  That's pretty intense--if you were in that situation, the emotions would be heightened, and you'd probably be begging and crying just like she was.  This automatically intensifies things, and brings the two characters very, very close, as they parry back and forth in the dramatic situation.  So it isn't that they have some sort of back-story, or personal relationship or anything, they are just in a really intense situation.

Something else that is "going on" between these two characters is a religious discussion.  The Grandmother, desperate to live, brings up mercy, and Jesus Christ, hoping to appeal to the Misfit's softer side, to let him know that Christ redeems all men, even bad ones.  This was the wrong approach to take, as the Misfit picks up on that thread and discounts it, saying that by raising the dead Christ had "thrown everything off balance," and that he didn't take any stock in Jesus, but in living life to its fullest by being mean.  He gets in her face saying he wished he had been there when Christ raised the dead, because then "I wouldn't be like I am now."  She sees his weak spot, and in a revelatory change of character, the Grandmother proclaims with love that he was "one of my own children," either speaking from God's point of view, or from some unconditional love that is washing over her at the moment.

So to intensify an already taught situation, they argue over God and Christ, and the Grandmother seems to have some sort of pre-death revelation about love.  Emotions are running high, they are debating the soul's worth and value, and lives are at stake.  All of these things make for a quickly forged, almost intimate relationship between two rather random characters.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

Do the kids write Boo Radley a letter? If they do, what does it say and what chapter did you get this information from?

    Jem and Scout do write their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley, a note in Chapter 7 of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, but, sadly, it never gets into his hands. Jem and Scout had already received some gifts from the knothole in the tree on the corner of the Radley lot--gum, a knife, carved figurines and a coin. After ruling out the possibility that they could have come from Miss Maudie--

     "Ar-r, Miss Maudie can't chew gum... (it) cleaved to her palate and rendered her speechless," said Jem carefully.

they decided to thank Boo.

    "Dear sir," said Jem. "We appreciate the--no, we appreciate everything which you have put into the tree for us. Yours very truly, Jeremy Atticus Finch."
    "He won't know who you are if you sign it like that, Jem."
    Jem erased his name and wrote, "Jem Finch." I signed, "Jean Louise Finch (Scout)" beneath it. Jem put the note in an envelope.

However, we never find out if the note is delivered to the tree or not. The next morning on the way to school, Jem turns white and calls to Scout: The knothole has been filled with cement. Scout (nor Harper Lee) never specifically say if the note has been delivered to the knothole, but we can assume it has NOT; since the Finch children wrote the letter at night, they probably planned to place it in the tree the next morning on the way to school in the hope of finding an answer on the way back from school later that afternoon.
    When Jem asked Mr. Radley why he had cemented the knothole, he responded that it was a normal way to handle a dying tree. But Atticus later told Jem the tree looked perfectly healthy. Jem then realized that Mr. Radley had deliberately found a way to restrain his brother's activities and that their contact with Boo had probably come to an end.

Could anyone summarize To Sir, with Love?

E.R. Braithwaite is a first year teacher in a challenging London neighborhood in an equally difficult London school.  His work, "To Sir, with Love," is an account of the difficulties experienced in such a setting.  The challenges are not only with the students and the area, but with their parents and their lack of affect.  Braithwaite also details the institutional inertia regarding the hope for change he experiences from administrators and colleagues.  At the same time, Braithwaite, himself, undergoes a great deal of questioning as to whether or not he has made the right choice in entering into teaching or if this is something he would wish to continue.  In the final analysis, the work centers on these ideas, as well as Braithwaite's answers to these questions and how he progresses to understanding the vocation of teaching as one that is life affirming, powerful in its scope, and requires the greatest of commitment in achieving the greatest of ends.

How were women treated in A Jury of Her Peers?

Minnie Wright is treated like the caged bird: she is imprisoned and isolated in a marriage, the subject of her husband's verbal and emotional abuse.

John Wright treats his wife like a domestic servant.  Her role is confined to the kitchen.  She used to sing (like a bird) in the church choir, but John doesn't want her away from her duties; he wishes to cut her off from the community of women.  He won't even let her have access to a recent invention, the telephone.

The couple has no children, no friends.  Minnie Wright has transformed into a slave through neglect and psychological torture.  She has no voice, very few rights, and fewer choices; she might as well be in prison, as her home has become one.  So she murders her husband in bed as revenge.

In "Fahrenheit 451" what does the quote: "Twenty million Montags running, soon, if the cameras caught him" mean?

This quote is actually quite a horrifying one, if you grasp its meaning well.  At the end of the novel, Montag is on the run from the law and from the mechanical hound, who has already stabbed him in the leg.  He has just murdered Beatty, and openly rebelled against the law.  So, he takes to the streets, and tries to run away and hide.  As he is running around, he notes that every house is lit up with the glow of their television sets and walls.  We can relate to this--if we are driving down the street at night, we can see the blue-ish glow of t.v. screens through windows of houses that we pass.  Montag realizes that virtually everyone in his entire city is at home right now, sitting in front of the television.  If somehow a helicopter were to spotlight him and find him running through the streets, they would for sure broadcast the chase on the televisions, and millions of viewers would instantly know that he was on the run.

Think of the high-speed car chases that interrupt programming sometimes; this would be the same thing, except for a chase of a lone man, Montag.  He remembers one time that they recorded a man who just liked to go out for walks; a broadcast interrupted their shows, and everyone in the city got to watch as the hound and government hunted this man down and got rid of him.  If everyone can see Montag on their t.v., they will all know that he is a fugitive, and if any of them recognize where he is, they can call him in or help to get him caught.

Montag, aware of this potential danger of being broadcast, tries to stay hidden, and away from anyone who might see him.  I hope that those thoughts helped a bit; good luck!

Who is Bob Ewell's son in "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Bob Ewell has many children, but one son in particular is mentioned during the first day of school for Scout.  If you look closely at chapter 3, we are introduced to many young children, through Scout, as she goes to school for the first time.  In these introductions, we learn quite a bit about the attitudes, prejudices, gossip, and history of the town of Maycomb and the surrounding counties.  Scout herself takes it upon herself to help enlighten her rather naive teacher, Miss Caroline, on the intricacies of Maycomb social classes.

Bob Ewell's son, Burris, comes to school that day, and it is the only day out of the entire year that he comes.  The truant officers at the school bully the Ewell children into coming to school for at least one day so that they can be on the school rolls--this keeps the sheriff and others off of their backs about getting the Ewell kids to school.  But, they can't keep them there long.  So, Burris, who is there the first day, probably won't be seen again.  We get a rather colorful description of him too; Scout says that "he was the filthiest human being I had ever seen," and after a confrontation with Miss Caroline about washing his hair, she asks him to leave.  He complies, and leaves, not to be seen at school again that year.

I hope that helped a bit; good luck!

What is an example of figurative language in Of Mice and Men? I need a specific quote from the story.John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"

Steinbeck's description of Slim, the skinner in "Of Mice and Men is quite figurative:

A tall man stood in the doorway....Like the others he wore blue jeans and a short denim jacket.  When he had finished combing his hair, he moved into the room, and he moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen.  He was a jerkline skinner, the prince of the ranch [metaphor], capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders....There was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke.  His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love.  This was Slim, the jerkline skinner.  His hatchet face [metaphor]was ageless.  His hear heard more than was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.  His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer [simile].

In another passage, Steinbeck writes of Slim's "calm,God-like eyes"; he is perceptive and understanding. A doer rather than a dreamer, Slim is the only one who comforts George after the death of Lennie.  He is the one heroic character in "Of Mice and Men" who acts with wisdom and stands "with dignity." 

Of course, the title of the novella, "Of Mice and Men" is a phrase pulled from a Robert Burns poem who rued that the "best laid schemes of mice and men oft go awry" ; these lines prove prophetic in this work.  In addition, the setting of the Salinas Valley is metaphoric since Salinas in Spanish means solitary. And the loneliness of the men is significantly pivotal to the plot.

Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson. How typical is she of Maycomb's women? What do the children think of her?

Miss Maudie Atkinson is the one woman who Jem and Scout--and Atticus--can count on as a true friend in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." Unlike the unhappy morphine addict Mrs. Dubose and the gossipy Miss Stephanie, Miss Maudie keeps to herself except when a neighbor is in need. Then, she is a woman who can be counted upon. She speaks to Jem and Scout as equals without condescending to them as most other adults in Maycomb. 

“She had never told on us, had never played cat-and-mouse with us, she was not at all interested in our private lives.”

Unlike most of Maycomb's other townspeople, Maudie's friendship also extends to the town's black citizens.

The handful of people in this town who say that fair play is not marked White Only; the handful of people who say a fair trial is for everybody, not just us; the handful of people with enough humility to think, when they look at a Negro, there but for the Lord's kindness am I."

What is the relationship between mood and suspense in literature?

Mood includes many literary choices that an author may choose to make. For example, the words an author chooses to use can create a mood. In addition, whether a piece is written from the first person point of view or in another way also affects the mood. For example, if an author tells a story in the first person point-of-view, it seems personal or confessional. If an author chooses third person narrative, the mood conveyed would be more objective. In addition, if the dialogue is between two characters who are fighting then the mood would be tense or argumentative.

The other literary device is suspense.Suspense is created by withholding something--whether it be critical plot turns and twists or information about a character's motives or actions done by a character that nobody knows about until the end of the novel. Suspense is essential to mystery because the author does not want the reader to understand the mystery until the end. Suspense is not only developed in murder mysteries. It is created in many stories and novels by alluding to something that happened, or is going to happen in the future, but not saying what that is until the end.

Mood and suspense go together. It is all up to the author whether he or she wants to create a certain mood in their novel. I don't think an author says to herself, I am going to create the mood of sadness then makes a scene. I think the author says to herself that she wants to create a certain character then that character faces difficulties in life. Then how they react to those troubles causes a mood in the scene. However, I do think it is a conscious choice to use suspense. Suspense keeps the reader turning the pages. It picques the readers interest. It is beguiling. Suspense is essential for good literature.

Discuss the character of Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World.

Lady Wishfort is one of my very favorite characters in The Way of the World by William Congreve! She is elderly and she wants a husband almost as much as she wants sexual relationship.  The irony is, it is a true game to pursue her sexually. 

Heir to a small fortune, she is ready to give her "virtue" to anyone willing to please her.  GOT to love her interjections throughout the play as well as her ability to apply the makeup as thick as "paint" to cover her vastly increasing wrinkles.  This is while everyone is able to pull the wool over her eyes as to what is truly happening:  men trying to win her fortune and not truly win "her."  Incredibly worried that her reputation will be ruined, she is less worried that her money will be stolen!  In my opinion, there is a wonderful quotation from the play that proves her character:

But say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved. To pass our youth in dull indifference, to refuse the sweets of life because they once must leave us, is as preposterous as to wish to have been born old, because we one day must be old.

Her quest of prowess for both Mirabell and Sir Rowland shows that, despite her age, Lady Wishfort still thinks herself attractive.  This, of course, is from someone who raises her own daughter to dislike men!  Eventually, Lady Wishfort realizes she can't live without them (men) herself, therefore she must forgive and forget.

In the Empire of the Sun, what examples of imperialism and nationalism that served to shape the British for survival?

The Empire of the Sun refers to the Japanese Empire (Note their white flag with the red sun on it). Statements in the book or movie are on the Japanese empire as well as other major powers in the war. Remember that the three big nationalist Axis powers in WWII were Japan, Italy and Germany. Also remember that in addition to Japanese camps which held British, American, civilians (like the one Jim and Basie find themselves in), there were camps in the United States that held civilians of Japanese descent. Although the movie (I haven't read the book) focuses on the coming of age of Jim, a British boy, in a Japanese camp, this is also about American imperialism. Jim sees a flash near the end which is the bomb dropped on Nagasaki; so, this is about the battle of empires. The mid 20th century marks the final stages of the decline of the British empire.

The British detaineesat the camp survive as any makeshift society would. If your question is about how they survived, I wouldn't say that imperialism or nationalism is what helped them. Jim essentially becomes a trader with a relatively vast network. This is how he survives. Being such a trader, the middle man, this marks his coming of age/loss of innocence, and this is a stretch: his use of economic expansion (within the camp) which is characteristic of an expanding empire, but not a characteristic of a nationalist country. As far as nationalism goes, Jim actually finds honor and awe in the Japanese kamikaze pilots. That is the kind of nationalism he most admires. Jim eventually feels a familiarity with the war and the camp, he even forgets what his parents look like. His survival is not because he is tied to his past or because he has any allegiance to the British empire. A detainee at an internment camp probably relinquishes any ideas about imperialism and nationalism in order to survive. There is some sense of community among those in the camp, maybe specifically amongst the British, and even though they all depend upon each other in certain ways, it is everyone for him/herself.

What are some religious connotations in Golding's Lord of the Flies?

As one of his first acts as elected leader, Ralph proclaims the need for a fire:

“There’s another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire...

...We’ve got to have special people for looking after the fire. Any day there may be a ship out there and if we have a signal going they’ll come and take us off."

The most obvious and pervasive reference to religion on the island is the fire. The fire, like religion, represents the hope of being rescued, of being saved. In many ways that is the primal and most basic belief of many religions: salvation. There is a great need among the thoughtful, non-savage boys in Lord of the Flies to build a fire, the smoke of which could be seen by an adult, would-be rescuer.

Certainly, fire was used, way back in ancient times, in the service of religion. Burnt offerings were made to the gods above who would look kindly on the puny humans and have compassion for them and save them. Even today, candles are lit in prayer or in  commemoration of miracles, and eternal flames are kept ever glowing in hopes of eternal salvation.

The boys were only doing what mankind has done for centuries: lighting fires in the fervent belief that a savior will take notice of the light or the smoke and come, at last, to save them.

Here's Ralph again, late in the novel, now desperate to keep the fire, and the comfort and hope it brings, alive:

“If Jack was chief he’d have all hunting and no fire. We’d be here till we died.”

What are three times in the novel where Scout applies Atticus' lesson about climbing into the person's skin and walking around in it? I know one...

In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird, one of Atticus's most often repeated lessons of life to his children concerns his explanation that one must climb into another person's skin and walk around in it to completely understand them.

"If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."

Atticus first refers to this strategy in Chapter 3 when he convinces Scout not to give up on school or her teacher, Miss Caroline, who had criticized Atticus earlier. His lecture also covers Scout's feelings about Walter Cunningham, who joined the Finch children for lunch that day. Scout applied it herself during Jem's change of behavior in Chapter 7 after his harrowing visit to the Radley house to regain his lost pants.

I tried to climb into Jem's skin and walk around in it: if I had gone alone to the Radley Place at two in the morning, my funeral would have been held the next afternoon. So I left Jem alone and tried not to bother him. 

And Scout applied it when she finally got to meet Boo and walk him home after he had saved her life.

Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.

What reaction does Macbeth display in Act V, scene 5, lines 17-28, when he learns of his wife's death?(What has been ultimately responsible for his...

In Scene 5 of Act V, when Macbeth learns of Lady Macbeth's death, he reflects

She should have died hereafter/There would have been a time for such a word.(V,v,17-18).

He rues that his wife has died now when he is still essaying to secure his position as King of Scotland.  Without Lady Macbeth, he realizes that much of the meaning to his aspirations of power is now gone. And, with Lady Macbeth's death, Macbeth himself becomes very conscious of his own mortality, a mortality that is, in the end, fairly insignificant:

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/And then in heard no more...(V,v,26-28)

Macbeth compares life to the shadow of a "brief candle" that burns out quickly.  A person's life is only important to a few; otherwise, it is a mere

tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury/Signifying nothing. (V,v,27-29)

These last two lines were vivid enough to the great American writer, William Faulkner, that he titled one of his best novels "The Sound and the Fury" because of the realtionships of the characters in the narrative, and because the first part of the book narrated by the very mentally challenged Benjamin is a "tale told by an idiot,"

How does John Steinbeck portray the power struggle among the men in his novella "Of Mice and Men"?1) how power is presented. 2) what is...

Ironically, in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," there exists a struggle among the men because of their aloneness.  Set against the dire times of the Great Depression, the men are insecure as they have no real home, they are separated from their families, they have no permanent job and must vie for jobs against strangers; as a result, they become distrustful of one another. In this Darwinian setting, the men have a profound sense of their aloneness. 

The Swiss psychiatrist and influential thinker of the twientieth century, Dr. Carl Jung, contended that the healthy man does not torture others--generally, it is the tortured who turn into torturers. His statement proves true with the personages of  Crooks and Curley.  When the racially isolated Crooks, the stable worker, finds Lennie in the barn, he is hostile and then taunts him cruelly:

'George know what he's about.  Jus'talks, an' you don't understand nothing....This is just a nigger talkin'.....  So it don't mean nothing, see?  You couldn't remember it anyways....S'pose George don't come back no more...What'll you do then?'....

Crooks' face lighted with pleasure in his torture.

At the same time that Crooks tortures Lennie, he also makes the remark that

talkin'...and It don't make no differencece...The thing is, they're talkin, or they're settin' still not talkin'

indicating that the communion of men is what is important.  Thus, he proves the verity of Jung's statement.  Likewise, Curley engages in this power struggle/torture in his isolation as the son of the boss and husband of the temptress-wife.  In his insecurity about being short and insecure about this wife, Curley is pugnacious, wishing to fight anyone in his jealous rages.  He verbally assaults Lennie after he enters the bunkhouse looking for his wife because Lennie smiles as Carlson and Candy insult him.  When Curley punches Lennie, Lennie simply grabs his hand and holds it so tightly that he damages it.

Steinbeck, a socialist, believed in the interdependence of society; this theme is explored throughout the body of his works. And, in "Of Mice and Men," he presents the ill-effects of man's isolation in which the predatory human tendencies of man emerge when there is no friend or family who can help him measure the world and no dreams to give meaning to life.

Slim, with his "God-like eyes," understands,

I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone.  That ain't no good.  They son't have no fun.  After a long time they get mean.

How do cells store energy?I know ATP can't store for long period of time, but is the answer fat and carbohdyrates? Are there any advantages to...

Your body stores energy as glycogen in muscle tissue and the liver. This glycogen is stored glucose(a carbohydrate). The process of converting extra glucose into glycogen is called glycogenesis. Glycogenesis is an anabolic process, a new substance is formed from constituent substances.When we consume more calories than needed it is also stored as fat or lipids in adipose tissue. When your body needs fuel for energy it first uses carbohydrates if adequate amounts are available. Second, the body uses fats or lipids for energy. Lastly, the body uses protein if and only if carbohydrate and lipid stores are insufficient.

Is "Yet Do I Marvel" triumph against odds? Anger at God? Justification for failure? Does he regret his fate, accept it, or celebrate it?

To me, Cullen's poem shows an acceptance of fate, but one tinged with regret.  I don't really see anger or celebration but more or resignation.

To understand why, look at all the things he compares to the condition of a black poet.  He compares it to be being a blind mole, to being Tantalus or Sisyphus, both of whom are being tortured for eternity.  Give this, I don't really see how this can be triumphant.

So, to me, Cullen is saying that he doesn't understand why God would make him this way, but the last quatrain and the couplet imply a bit of bewilderment and acceptance more than anger.

How is the problem of evil a guiding theme in Camus's The Plague? How does the theme of solitude manifest?

The question of evil, with regards to solitude and solidarity, has to do with the response people have toward the plague. With the town sealed off, some are separated from loved ones, but they are stuck with each other, a microcosm of any society: in any society, wherever you are, you are stuck with those around you. Do you isolate yourself or work together for the common good?

Father Paneloux uses the plague as a means to inspire hope, saying the plague is punishment sent by God. He notes that Othon's son's death is God's will (God works in mysterious ways) and cannot be questioned. It must be accepted. His actions could be construed as religious diatribes, but his intentions are to promote solidarity; not solitude. Cottard, on the other hand initially espouses solidarity, feeling connected to others maybe for the first time; later, he isolates himself, embracing solitude and uses the plague for his own profit.

Like Paneloux, Rieux, Rambert, Tarrou and Castel see the plague as something that simply must be accepted. But unlike Paneloux, they believe the plague is a random, unexplainable, and Absurdist event. It makes no sense, it is not a scourge sent from God, nor something that they brought on themselves. Camus' general Absurdist position (often referred to as Existentialist although the two terms are not interchangeable) is that seeking solidarity, and fighting the plague in spite of its incomprehensibility is the way to find meaning. I don't think the problem of evil is really a guiding theme, but choosing solitude or nihilism (giving up) - even if faced with hopelessness and futility - would be the choice closest to the evil option.

Whether it is fate, God's will, or the indifferent hand of a random universe, Rieux, Rambert, Tarrou and Castel fight, even if they believe they can't win, even if it is meaningless. The choice to fight and the communal fight itself are the meaningful actions.

What is the difference between a thesis statement and a theme?I'm a little bit confused. Are thesis statement and theme both one or two...

There are some very strong parallels between both themes and thesis statements.  I think you will find there will be much in the way of responses to how each will be different.  For my bet, I would like to think of themes as something that can be found in writing that expresses the intent of what the author is trying to show.  Themes can be found in literature and other forms of writing where an idea is explored in a complex and intricate manner.  Examples of themes can be courage, the quest for justice, the collision between equally desirable, but ultimately incompatible courses of action, or the notion of identity formation. These themes are proven from a base that is not purely evidential and argumentative, which differentiates them from a thesis statement.  For example, when Homer explore the theme of equally desirable, but ultimately incompatible courses of action, he does not do so in a strictly linear and evidential manner.  Rather, he shows us character who must endure such a theme and how it plays out is built within the development of the character.  Hektor's character evolution is how we, as the reader, see Homer's theme develop. In contrast to this, a thesis statement is something that is built through evidence, analysis, and persuasion.  It seems to me to be more linear and directed than a theme.  For instance, a thesis statement can be analytical, which analyzes an idea and deconstructs it through a paper.  A thesis statement could also be persuasive, and it hopes to do so through evidence and analysis.  The websites below give examples of thesis statements.  I think I differentiate both concepts as a thesis statement trying to prove something, while a theme seeks to explore it. Themes are also generally expressed as a word or phrase to be observed within a work.  In To Kill a Mockingbird  themes of prejudice, courage, and the meaning of family are evident throughout the text.  

On the other hand, a thesis is a statement (sentence) that is the focus of the work itself.  It is the "point" or lesson the author wants us to see.

 A theme can ALSO be work is what it is mainly about. So, if you want to know the main theme, you ask asking what it is basically about, what the main point is. A thesis is different. A thesis is an argument a writer constructs that is debatable. It does not even have to be about the theme of a work. For example, if I working on Homer's Iliad, my thesis can be that Homer did not write it. This has nothing to do with the theme. Let me give you another example. If I am writing about Oedipus Rex, my thesis can be that the plague of the opening scene refers to the bubonic plague. This has nothing to do with the theme. A theme, therefore, is the main point. A thesis is an argument.

After defining "irony," explain why it is ironic for Captain Ralph the Rover to crash his ship in Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey. Refer to the...

The Encyclopedia Britannica online gives the best succinct definition of irony in literature and drama. It states that irony in literature and drama is found in a "situation in which there is an incongruity between what is expected and what occurs (dramatic irony)." We can add more particulars to this essential definition of dramatic/literary irony.

Irony is a rhetorical device, used to effect an emotional or intellectual response from the reader or listener (at a play, speech, etc.). It is a literary device that is a figure of speech and thus a linguistic (language) tool for writers and speakers. This rhetorical and literary device that is a linguistic figure of speech is used to present a contradiction between what is expected and what occurs or is meant.

Looking at Captain Ralph the Rover in Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey, you can now identify how Southey employs irony to great effect and to the accomplishment of a surprise ending. First, Captain Ralph the Rover, in a fit of wicked "fun" against the memory of the Abbot of Aberbrothok, cuts the Inchcape Bell from its fastening to the buoy ("Float") on Inchcape Rock. It is important to know that a bell on a buoy was employed to warn sailors in dangerous weather of how near they were to rocks upon which they could crash. The Abbot of Aberbrothok donated Inchcape Bell to save lives, and it did save lives for Inchcape sailors.

Second, after Captain Ralph the Rover goes to sea to plunder merchant ships, he returns to Inchcape and it just happens to be...ironically...foul and dangerous weather with dark, lightless skies.

Third, there is no sound...ironically...in the dark night to warn Captain or sailors of how near they are to being dashed by storming seas against the Inchcape rocks. And whose fault is it that they are welcomed by silence in the shadow of threatening rocks? Uh huh (see "First, Captain Ralph..." above).

Fourth, they thunderously crash...ironically...against Inchcape Rock. On his journey to his last breath, Captain Ralph the Rover hears...ironically...the tones of the Inchcape Bell rising from the deep sea bottom where it is being tolled (rung) by the hand of the Devil who is lying in wait...ironically...for he who destroyed the life saving gift of the Abbot of Aberbrothok.

Returning to the definition of "irony," you can see that Captain Ralph the Rover had one expectation relating to his wicked "joke" and then is met with a different reality from what he expected; there is an incongruity between what he expects and what actually occurs...and that reality turns out to be his doom instead of a "joke." It is this ironic set up that allows Southey to give a chilling surprise ending to an otherwise simply told tale.

Alkenes can be shown to be unsaturated using bromine water.Describe the colour change that occur when an alkene react with bromine water.Please...

An unsaturated Hydrocarbon (alkene) has at least one double bonded c=c. Saturated it becomes c-c. No double bonds are allowed in a "saturated" hydrocarbon.  Bromine water (reddish brown), contains Br2. Br2 actively attacks a c=c bond forming a c-c bond destroying the reddish brown Br2 and turning the Br2 water solutioncolorless. The fact that there IS a color change would mean double bonds are present; and the sample is an Alkene. No color change, with Bromine water, would indicate an Alkane present.

In what act and scene do Romeo & Juliet meet?

Romeo and Juliet first meet in Act I, scene 5. Until this moment, Romeo has been infatuated with the never-seen Rosaline. Yet when he glimpses Juliet for the first time, he is instantly in love. They exchange greetings in sonnet form, and even their very first words are words of love. They speak in religious terms, with Romeo as a "pilgrim" and Juliet as a "saint." However, Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, hears Romeo's voice and knows he is a Montague. This foreshadows the conflict between them later on.

All of this takes place at the Capulets' house, where Lord Capulet has decided to host a masquerade. Although Romeo was reluctant to go, preferring to mope about and sigh because of Rosaline, Benvolio convinces him to attend in disguise. On the way to the party, Mercutio livens up the atmosphere with his famous "Queen Mab" speech, injecting some humor into the tense drama.

What are the names of the three Wilks sisters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

The three Wilks sisters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain are MaryJane (age 19), Joanna (age 14), and Susan (age 15).

In the book, the three girls are orphaned when their uncle Peter, their guardian, dies. The King and Duke, two con men who claim to be royalty, work to scam people in the various towns they encounter along the riverbank of the Mississippi. The King and Duke attempt to scam the Wilks sisters by pretending to be their long-lost uncles in order to access the Wilks' inheritance.

When Huck first encounters the King and Duke, he is aware of their true motives but goes along with them to protect Jim. However, when Huck realizes that the two con artists are planning to cheat the Wilks sisters out of their inheritance, he turns on them and ruins their scam.

Discuss the theme of sin and redemption in The Scarlet Letter.

Hawthorne suggests in The Scarlet Letter that redemption for sin comes through the gateway of accurate self-knowledge. Paradoxically, this "gateway" is the result of sin. In describing Hester's and Dimmesdale's sin, Hawthorne alludes to the Biblical original sin of Adam and Eve. The results of Adam's and Eve's sin was knowledge of good and evil, which Hawthorne metaphorically likens to self-knowledge and critics expand to mean knowledge of humanity: Dimmesdale's sin gives him an empathy with the sinners of humanity, and Hester's sin eventually leads her to minister to and care for the ill of humanity. In other words, both come to know and understand humanity once they come to know and understand themselves.

Hawthorne's suggestion, which is made through this illustrative logical circle of sin -- self -- others, is that redemption for one's sin originates in knowledge of and understanding of one's self to such a depth that its natural extension is to know and understand humanity. Hawthorne implies that such knowledge and understanding leads to an embrace of others. This is sharply contrasted to the Puritan community's practice of expelling humanity, such as Hester, when humanity in the form of the individual is caught in sin. Further, Hawthorne suggests that the embrace of humanity via the individual other leads from redemption to the renewal of purity, a purity that is opposite of the Puritan community's hollow, meaningless purity -- which is the purity of expulsion.

Why were Jay Gatsby's plans unsuccessful?I know his plans involved winning Daisy,but what exactly happened that caused these plans to be unsuccessful?

Gatsby's dream surpassed just winning Daisy back. He wanted to repeat the past with her. He wanted Daisy to tell him she had never loved Tom and to wipe out the years that had intervened since he and Daisy had been together in Louisville before World War I took him away. Gatsby wanted them to return to Louisville and to be married "out of her house" [her father's house and her childhood home]. When Nick tells Gatsby that he can't repeat the past, that nobody can, Gatsby is blindsided by the very idea. His entire world has centered on that premise.

Specifically, Gatsby's plan to win Daisy back--repeating the past aside--fails because he fails to recognize the power of the stark difference in their two social classes. Daisy is an "insider," born to wealth and comfort and married into the elite upper class of American society. She and Tom are far more alike in this respect than she and Gatsby could ever be. As Daisy herself says, "Rich girls don't marry poor boys." They also don't marry boys who used to be poor, who grew up outside her social circle, and who will forever be "outsiders" because of it. Gatsby did not understand this difference between them. He did not recognize Daisy for the shallow, selfish woman she really was.

What makes a fact about an author's life "significant," where would I find such a fact, and how would I know if it was true?My question is for a...

This is a good question, and goes to the very heart of research no matter what field it is in.  The language arts, history, science...the question of what makes a fact "significant" and how to know if that fact is true or not is essential for anyone studying no matter what the subject is.

The first part of the question is "what makes a fact significant." "Significant" is another way of saying "important," or "worthy of noticing."  What is important in a given subject depends on what you are looking for.  In your question you state that you are writing about a particular author and are trying to find facts about that author's life that are "significant."  The key part here is that you are writing about an author.  What kinds of things might have happened in a particular author's life that made them choose to become a writer in the first place, or influenced the types of stories that they would later create?  Those are the types of events in a writer's life that would be "significant" as opposed to just being true.

For example, at a young age Stephen King found an old trunk in a relative's attic that contained tons of old EC horror comics and science fiction digests that had belonged to his father.  He read them voraciously, and this "discovery" of a trunk helped lead him down the path of becoming a writer of supernatural and horror fiction.  Thus, this fact would be labeled as "significant." The fact that Stephen King lived in a trailer when he was first married would not.  It has nothing to do with his writing or why he writes in the horror field (though an interesting side note would be that this face might be significant to someone researching, say, the effects of poverty on writing style.)

The second part of your question is about how to know if a particular fact is true.  This is a little harder.  How do we know anything is true?  The answer to this is: watch your sources.  If you are getting your information from a reliable source than it is probably true.  What makes a source reliable?  That's the million dollar question.

Would your neighbor be a good source of information about you? How accurate would his description of you be?  On the other hand, how much closer to a true description would your mother be able to give?  My point is, the closer the source is to the question asked the more likely the information is going to be valid.  Using our Stephen King example, his website could probably be counted on to provide accurate information.

Other trusted sources are newspapers, encyclopedias, and scholarly essays.  Though not always accurate, these sources are often our best bets for checking the facts on things. There is also the good old fashioned "trip down to the library."

What to avoid?  Maybe places like websites that look like they are not well constructed, or people whose writing is full of opinions and praise (or criticism.)  These sources may be biased and may not be presenting both sides of the facts.  Think of it as comparing the National Enquirer to the New York Times.  They are both in print and at the store, but only one is actually trustworthy.

In Lord of the Flies, how are Simon's and Piggy's deaths foreshadowed?

In Lord of the Flies, the struggle to maintain order in the face of a ruthless and unrestrained instinct, most obvious in Jack and Roger, is almost too much for Ralph and Piggy to overcome. All of the boys are British schoolboys, stranded on an island with no "grown ups." Even Jack, at first, acknowledges that there are certain expectations of them all because "we're not savages..." (Ch 2), and with Ralph, whose father is a Navy commander, to lead them, they will have shelter and a signal fire.

However, Jack soon begins to forget about the rescue, as he becomes more in-tune with his surroundings. In chapter 3, he says, "Rescue? Yes, of course! All the same, I'd like to catch a pig first." Jack has an "opaque, mad look" in his eyes and it is apparently not the first time Ralph has noticed it. At this stage, the reader is increasingly sensing that all is not well and that Jack has a different agenda in organizing his "hunters."

Interestingly, Roger only really starts to emerge from chapter 4 which is significant because it is the chapter where Jack and his hunters paint their faces. Roger can begin to emerge. His presence scares the "littleuns" as he kicks over their sandcastles and scatters stones. He waits alone and furtive; watching some of the "littluns," already his "unsociable remoteness" is turning into "something forbidding." Roger is becoming all too relaxed in his new surroundings as "the taboo of the old life," which still restrains him, starts to lose its grip because on the island "civilization...was in ruins." He can throw stones in Henry's direction unnoticed and even Jack does not perceive the "darker shadow" that will eventually consume Roger. The reader becomes uneasy, beginning to realize that Roger is capable of far more than throwing stones and missing Henry. It doesn't take long for Jack to also begin transforming from a civilized school boy into an "awesome stranger," whose "laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling," also in chapter 4.  

Piggy and Simon are representative of the intellectual and spiritual sides of human nature. Without Piggy's sense of reason, the boys, and especially Ralph, would have been unable to maintain any kind of order. The breaking of Piggy's glasses is significant because not only does it affect Piggy but it represents the gradual breaking down of law. Piggy's death is foreshadowed through this slow, almost unnoticed, eroding of values: from Piggy feeling uneasy around Jack and playing with his glasses in the first chapter to Roger throwing the stones at Henry, to Jack's disregard for Piggy and the value of his glasses and finally Piggy clutching the conch moments before his death.

Simon's death is foreshadowed when, in chapter one, he and Ralph become a "happy, heaving pile in the under-dusk." Everything is still new and exciting and Ralph expresses himself by pushing Simon, a seemingly boyish, harmless prank. The boys cannot envision what will eventually happen. Jack's triumph at killing the sow and placing its head on a stick and Roger's disrespect and brutality also foreshadow the point when Simon, anxious to expose the beast for what it is, becomes the victim of the tribe's frenzied attack, epitomizing for them the beast itself. 

Why do you think Fitzgerald uses flower imagery in the novel?"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In his novel, "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald employs colors to convey impressionistic images.  Yellow, traditionally the color of evil, is used strategically by Fitzgerald with the most salient example as the yellow car of Gatsby's, the death car, which contrasts with the white car Daisy has driven when she first meets Jay Gatsby.  Interestingly, her name is a flower, a flower which has both these colors contained in it, but at its center is yellow, the color of corruption and sin.  So, while the reader has the first impression of Daisy through the eyes of the infatuated Gatsby as an innocent debutante, fresh, young, even somewhat naive--the "golden girl" of his dreams--the reader later learns of her self-serving nature as she rejects Gatsby, even betraying him as the driver of his yellow "death-car."  Like flowers that are ephemeral, the love of Daisy for Gatsby withers and dies.

Other flowers are employed in Fitzgerald's novel, as well. For instance, at one of Jay Gatsby's parties attended by dissipated and sordid and dissolute people, one actress stands in sharp contrast to the other guests as she is described in her refinement and rarity, like the flower which symbolizes her:

Gatsby indicated a gorgeous, scarcely human orchid of a woman who sat in state under a white plum tree.

After Gatsby has died, Fitzgerald uses the rose, a symbol of love and passion, when Nick ponders why Gatsby died:

He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered when he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how the raw sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass.

In this passage, the passion that Gatsby thought was love--earlier when he kissed her "she blossomed for her like a flower"--had withered and he saw Daisy for her cupidity and selfishness, the "raw sunlight" (yellow/corruption,evil ) on "the scarcely created grass" (new money of Gatsby).

Like Gatsby's American Dream, the flowers symbolize a transitory beauty and the mere illusion of what does not really exist.  A tragic figure, Jay Gatsby realizes the illusion before he dies.

What, if anything, do all firms in all four market structures have in common?

The only thing that all four market structures have in common is that firms in all four are trying to maximize profits or minimize losses.  And they all do this by producing at the quantity where marginal revenue equals marginal costs.

Other than that, there is nothing that they all have in common.

• There are barriers to entry in monopoly but not in the others.


• Firms in perfect competition sell homogeneous products (and firms in oligopoly can) the rest sell differentiated products.


• There are many firms in monopolistic and perfect competition, only a few in oligopoly and one in monopoly.

In regards to The Joy Luck Club, how do the people in the San Francisco joy luck club eat?

In the book The Joy Luck Club several family members and friends gather together.  The members meet first to discuss any important issues.  Then they have dinner.

Piles and piles of food are brought out.  Wonton soup is served on the table.  Everything is served buffet style.  Platters filled with chow mien, sweet barbequed pork cut into thin slices, and finger goodies such as meet pastries filled with beef, pork, and other yummy things. 

It is not a polite or neat event.  People grab and growl eating as if they are starved.  Then the men get up and leave.  The women finish by nibbling on the rest and then clean up.

In Chapter 17, what opinion of Bob Ewell does Scout form based on evidence? And in Chapter 18, Judge Taylor felt who was browbeating whom?

Scout is already familiar with the Ewell family, but after Atticus questions him, Scout determines that Bob may have beaten Mayella himself. First, she believes that Bob fails to understand Judge Taylor's instructions when he warns Bob about "obscene speculations." But Scout discovers Bob's "evil intent" when he claims to have seen Tom "ruttin on my Mayella."

    Mr. Ewell reminded me of a deaf-mute. I was sure he had never heard the words Judge Taylor directed at him--

After Ewell spoke disrespectfully to Atticus, the defense attorney slowly made his case. According to Scout, Atticus reduced "the little man" back into being "a red little rooster." When Atticus determined that Ewell could write, and with his left hand, Scout understood that her father's line of questioning was meant to show that Bob could have hit Mayella with his left hand, while Tom could not.

Like Mr. Heck Tate, I imagined a person facing me, went through a swift mental pantominme, and concluded that he might have held her with his right hand and pounded her with his left. I looked at him. His back was to us, but I could see his broad shoulders and bull-thick neck. He could easily have done it. I thought Jem was counting his chickens.

In Chapter 18, Judge Taylor responds to Mayella's accusation that Atticus was "mockin' me." He explained that Atticus "is always courteous to everybody," and understood that if anybody was "browbeating," it was the angry Mayella.

In Chapter 5 of The Chrysalids, what is the mark or measure of a good season among Waknuk farmers?

In Waknuk, in John Wyndham's novel The Chrysalids, a good growing season among the farmers is one in which the ideal of purity is upheld. After the holocaust that destroyed as it had been, Waknuk became pledged to protecting purity without blemish, deviation or mutation. For example, corn that showed deviation in the alignment of rows of kernels would result in whole corn-bearing fields being burned down to expunge the mutations, blemishes and deviations from Waknuk.

Therefore, a good growing season is one in which the Purity Record is upheld and few or no fields have to be burned down. In Chapter 5, Waknuk was celebrating because the growing season had been relatively free of deviation and, in fact, they had broken the standing Purity Record thus setting a new higher Purity Record to strive to match in future (which will result in a greater proportion of deviation purges).

In the poem, "I am Joaquin/ Yo soy Joaquin", what makes the speaker an epic hero? Who is the hero?

There's a bit of controversy on this one, especially because many critics claim that Gonzales was just an angry Chicano mixing his own political preferences in a somewhat poetic way. Yet, the reality is that what makes the character of Joaquin into an epic here is that he places himself as if in the middle of a battle. His one-man battle is against major monsters: Society, identity, history, culture, circumstances. He also uses the terms "victor/vanquished" and the reference to himself using the powerful phrase "I am" has the characteristic of self-portrayed her.

He would then be deemed an epic hero due to the nature of his personal battle, and how small he feels in comparison to the world around him. Yet, the mere fact that he is willing to take on the fight makes him a hero.

I am the masses of my people and
I refuse to be absorbed.
I am Joaquín.
The odds are great
but my spirit is strong,
my faith unbreakable,
my blood is pure.
I am Aztec prince and Christian Christ.
I SHALL ENDURE!
I WILL ENDURE!

How does Shakespeare use the relationship between Othello and Cassio to highten the play?

Cassio is the paragon of White European society.  He is the man Othello secretly, subconsciously, unconsciously wishes he could be.  Even the white Iago is jealous of him.

One wonders why Othello promotes Cassio to his lieutenant: why would Othello want to be reminded of what he is not on a daily basis?  Why would Othello pass over Iago, a veteran soldier, for the younger, untested Cassio?  Plus, Cassio is a beaurocrat, a number cruncher.  Why would Othello promote a guy with a "desk job" to such a high rank on the front lines of a war with the Turks?

The answers are simple: Othello has been conditioned by the Anglo-centric color code.  The Venetian society has conditioned Othello to be ashamed of his blackness, to believe that "white is right; white is might."  Here's some notes from a sociology professor on the color code:

•Western civilization transfers symbolic values associated with “light and dark”—e. g., good & evil, rational / irrational—to people of light or dark complexions, with huge implications for power, validity, sexuality, etc.

•Skin color matters as a marker of identity and difference in race, class...

Cassio is a foil for the older black general, especially when it comes to Desdemona's affections.  Remember, Othello is twice the age of Cassio AND Desdemona; he's closer to Brabantio's age.  Iago uses Cassio as the perfect man not only to make Othello jealous, but also to make Desdemona look like she is flirting with him.  Desdemona is even enamored with him:

Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do
All my abilities in thy behalf.

AND

O, that's an honest fellow. Do not doubt, Cassio,
But I will have my lord and you again
As friendly as you were.

Cassio is also a man of reputation.  He says it is a part of him, the eternal part of him: his soul.  Cassio gets Othello to believe this as well.  Othello fears that his reputation will be forever stained by Desdemona's infidelity.  The worst name to be called among men in Shakespeare's days was a "cuckold."  A cuckoo is a female bird who lays her eggs in another's nest.  So to be called a cuckold means Othello cannot control his wife's promiscuity.  He kills her as revenge for staining his reputation.

What are the six dominant American values in Nickel and Dimed?

This an a pretty broad question and I am sure that you will get many different answers. Here are a few values that I think has been important to America over the years. First, I believe that there is a strong emphasis on freedom; it is everywhere. Second, there is the closely related idea of democracy. Third, self-reliance is an important value that has been emphasized in the past, but I think it is still with us today. Fourth, one of the defining values of the US definitely is individualism. Fifth, I would say materialism or the desire to gain wealth is another defining character. Finally, there is an sense of American exceptionalism.

What are some rumors that are spread about Boo Radley?I need 3 quotes.

There are many stories told about Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird, and some are undoubtedly true. The following stories are probably rumors, rather than facts:

Boo bit off his mother's finger one night when he couldn't find any cats or squirrels to eat. (Chapter 4)

While his mother sat around the house and cried, "Boo slowly whittled away all the furniture in the house." (Chapter 4)"

"Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks." (Chapter 1)

"He dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch." (Chapter 1)

His hands were bloodstained because once you ate a raw animal, the blood would not wash off. (Chapter 1)

in "Shawshank Redemption", why are minor characters like Brooks and the Warden important, and what are their characteristics (evidence).

Minor characters occupy a great deal of importance in the King work.  One such way is that they help to evoke much of the thematic relevancy of the work.  For example, Brooks becomes the example of how life is something that lies within the individual.  The notion of an "institutional man" becomes defined by Brooks, making his presence in the work powerful.  It represents the initial opposition between Red and Andy, a distinction that becomes fused through understanding at the conclusion of the work.  The warden's role, as well as much of the prison staff, is present to show how corruption is present, bringing humanity to the prisoners and a sense of inhumanity to those who are intended to uphold the law.  Side characters are used in the work to illuminate the themes and concepts that are explored throughout the story.

What major philosophical points dominate Hamlet's soliloquy in scene 1 act 3 of Hamlet?

Hamlet questions the relationship between thinking and being.  He presages the modern existentialism of Heidegger, who wrote Being and Time, and Sartre, who wrote Being and Nothingness.  In his own time, Shakespeare draws on Descartes's "Cogito, Ergo Sum" ("I think, therefore I am"), and on philosophy of universal doubt.  Descartes says:

“thinking ensures the fact of his existence, and, further, the existence of God, who will, in turn, ensure the existence of the Universe”

According to Kállay, Géza in “‘To be or not to be’ and ‘Cogito, ergo sum’: Thinking and Being in Shakespeare’s Hamlet Against a Cartesian Background.” AnaChronist [no vol. #] (1996): 98-123:

Hamlet uses thinking not so much to settle the question of ‘what exists and what does not,’ but to give its extent, to mark out its ‘bourn,’ the frontier dividing being and non-being, only to see one always in terms of the other. The major reason for Descartes’ and Hamlet’s different approaches is, of course, that in Hamlet’s world there is no final and absolute guarantee: in Shakespeare’s Hamlet God seems to interfere neither with thinking, nor with being (120).

So, if you break down the language it goes like this:

To be [alive] or not to be [alive].

Compare that to other famous lines of antithesis:

Descartes: "I think, therefore, I am [me]."

Yahweh: "I am that I am." or [I am that which I say I am].

Iago: "I am not what I am." [I am not what I appear to be].

Popeye: "I yam what I yam." [I am the person I am].

This is all nominalism; more specifically, it is known as the "be" mechanism.  According to Wikipedia, "Nominalism is a metaphysical view in philosophy according to which general or abstract terms and exist, while or, which are sometimes thought to correspond to these terms, do not exist.  In other words, according to Jud Evans:

Here the underlying predication expressed by the would-be suicide [which every reader instinctively understands] is: "To be [alive] or not to be [alive.]"

Why did the British slave trade get started?

1. With the British Empire extended all over the world, the need for laborers was great.  Thus, the slave trade in England begain around 1662 when John Hawkins, the first British slave trader captured 300 slaves in Sierra Leon. (The Dutch Jews are credited with being the first actual slave traders, however, in 1619.) 

2. Added to this, the British in the colonies were not numerous enough nor naturally adapted to the sun  (there was no sunblock lotion back then) and tremendous heat of the equatorial climates, so there was a need for indigenous people to work for them.  In some areas, there were not enough native people, so others were brought in to work. 

3. Finally, by enslaving people, there were profits to be made through these sales of the slaves as well as through the sale of the product that they reaped.  (cheap labor)

Time and time again, the people of Sighet doubt the advance of German Army. Why?

Part of the answer to this question lies in human nature.  I don't say this to disparage or dismiss anything, but rather evoke a painful element about the Holocaust.  One of the philosophical tenets behind the Holocaust was the idea of denial and rationalization about the atrocities being committed by the Nazis.  There was a great deal of indifference and dismissiveness about the reality of the situation.  Part of this was motivated by a sincere desire to not accept the truth, so horrific and brutal that to do so was inconceivable.  The people of Sighet engage in this level of denial.  At the same time, Wiesel is very quick to suggest that some of the true terror of the Holocaust was the idea that the reprehensible behavior practiced by the Nazis was actually replicated by some their victims to one another.  This cycle of abuse could be seen as practiced by individuals of Sighet, as they dismiss and discard the prophetic warnings and visions of Moshe the Beadle.  Wiesel is quite compelling in this regard when he suggests that indifference is perilous because it empowers the aggressors.

What are the different types of budgets normally prepared in a manufacturing business?

This would depend to some extent on the size of the manufacturing business in questions.  However, here are some typical budgets that such a firm would use:

• Marketing budgets, both monthly and annual


• Production budget.  This would set out how much will be needed in the way raw materials and labor.  It will also predict the level of output for the period.  Finally, it will account for the overhead/fixed costs associated with the production process.


• Administrative budget -- how much will be spent on and by the managerial team.

The previous budgets would be taken and used to create a master budget.  This master budget would also include:

• Capital expenditure budget -- to plan for buying capital goods needed for production.


• Cash budget -- to ensure the ability to pay bills and keep a good credit rating.

What is the concept of health and illness?for use in hospital and patient care

Health is a complex concept with several issues which are including the emotional dimension, intellectual, physical, social and spiritual. Health is much more than the absence of disease. It is a process that contributes to the well-being and balance.

Emotional health refers to the ability of expression and resolution of emotions of a person in a constructive way.

Intellectual health refers to the ability to assess the information and making an important decision.

Physical health is related to body condition and it's response in case of injury and disease.

Social health is the ability to arrange, to enjoy, to contribute and benefit of relationships developed with others.

Spiritual health is related to purposes of consistency, harmony and balance that appears to promote energy and overall health education.

Although people can focus on different aspects of health, all these dimensions are interrelated. The positive effects achieved in a certain direction tend to bind the other dimension and the negative influences that appear on one dimension will likely generate problems for others.

It is very important acquisition and maintenance of a steady state. Balance is the key concept of health status, the body searching the state of homeostasis to maintain and reinvigorate itself.

All dimensions of health are influenced, even affected by many factors, which can be grouped into factors of the health care system, environmental factors, genetic factors and lifestyle factors.

Lifestyle factors are in many ways the most influential factors on overall health. They also are factors that can best be kept under control. Lifestyle includes sets of behavior that affects differently the action or a person's life.

 Life style components are working style,ecology style, recreation style, entertaining style, communication style, relationship style, style, knowledge style, style of consumption  and style of nutrition .

Although lifestyle is complex, however it is less than personal control and is dictated by the ability to choose which can be widely  beneficial to individual life and health.

Choices regarding health involves more than objective information. It also requires understanding of the overall goals of the individual. The objectives of individuals is generally based on the needs and their expectations.

Like many behaviors, (such as smoking behavior, which is especially HARMFUL long term than in the near future), the development of behaviors that require health has benefits  not so short term, as well long term.

Why are children volunteering hours important in The Giver?Support or refute this statement: It is unbelievable that anyone could live in the...

The volunteerism is a way for the children to begin to explore the options that are out there for a placement, and even more so, a way for the leaders of the community to see where the children's aptitudes lie. If a child seems to do well caring for the elderly, then they will probably be given the placement of caregiver. 

As for the second part of the question, I would say that is was believable that people would live in the community and remain ignorant of what release really meant. Jonas pictures it as a sort of quiet, happy occasion where the person just "goes away" to "elsewhere." People just accept that release happens, and even the people who perform the release ceremony believe that they are just doing what is necessary and normal practice. After all, it is upsetting and shocking when someone dies before their "time" -- such as when young Caleb died. The people in Jonas' community are accepting of release and are not shocked by it, because it is the norm, and it appears to be gentle and pain-free. 

In Where the Red Fern Grows, what did Billy learn about life from this relationship? (Between him and his dogs.)

William Rawls teaches a number of life lessons in Where the Red Fern Grows, including those directly related to Billy’s relationship with his dogs. Before he even has the dogs, he determines the importance of innovation, working hard toward a goal, and how to save his money so that he can acquire something that he desires. Once he is able to purchase the dogs, with his grandfather’s help, he acquires the knowledge of how to care for, respect, and love living things. In addition, he learns the reciprocal lesson when his dogs defend him against bullies, and are tenacious in their coon hunting against great odds. He learns the meaning of mutual love and respect.

 He learns the ultimate life lesson when he has to let the dogs go. When Old Dan is killed, and Little Ann passes, he has to mourn them and feel the loss of losing a loved one. But, he also learns to move on as he prepares to move to town with his family to start the next step in their life.

What spiritual reassesssment is evident in the ending of Jane Eyre?how does it signifigant to the work in a whole?

Since "reassessment" indicates a new evaluation of something, we should look for characters that change their attitudes or decisions at the end of the text.  The most obvious one is Jane.  You'll remember that she left Rochester and Thornfield earlier in the book.  Now, at the end, she has changed her mind and come back to Rochester.  To answer your teacher's question, you need to figure out what is behind Jane's change of heart.  How is she able to get past the issue of Rochester's wife?  What changes in Jane's own life might enable her to join Rochester when she couldn't before?  What changes in Rochester might have influenced her?  Remember that the word "spiritual" indicates an inner change, so focus on what every element of your answer means for Jane internally.

"Of all who gave gifts these two were the wisest " give your idea.

Hello,

Sakunthalapr,

Let me try to answer this question in my own way.

At first have a look at that dictionary.

Let's try to find out the meaning of the word 'wise'.

According to dictionary, 'wise' means-

1. (v.) Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.


2. (v.) Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.


3. (v.) Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.


4. (v.) Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.


5. (v.) Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.


6. (v.) Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.

Etc.... Etc...

And now let's find out the meaning of the word 'fool'-

Dictionary says 'Fool' means-

1. (v. i.) To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.


2. (v. t.) To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.


3. (n.) A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.


4. (n.) A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.


5. (n.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.


6. (n.) One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.

Etc... Etc...

But we should remember these are only the opinion of dictionary. And in the story O' Henry has proved the opinoins wrong.

In fact the story 'The Gift of Magi' we surprisingnly notice the meaning of these two words 'wise' and 'idiot' are interchanged. What we call 'wisdom' is shown as 'foolishness' in the story, and what we think 'foolishness' in general is established as 'wisdom'. And the process of interchanging of meaning of these two words has not been forced but it is thoroughly proved. And it has been done very substantially.

O' Henry concluded his story with this narrational comment. You may think it is the view of the author towards Jim and Della or their love, scarifice etc for each othe...

But I don't think it is so.

Read the story. Read about the sincere love of Jim and Della for each other, read the sacrifices they did in the story to give some joy to other, read these and at the end of the story, I am sure you will be confused between the words, 'wise' and 'fool'.

And I shall not be surprised at all if the reader after reading the story comments-

"Of all who gave gifts these two were the wisest "

So at the end of the story the opinion of the author somehow becomes identical with the reader's view. And this view is more of the reader than the author. In fact this line is a hint given by the author that forces a reader to be sympathetic towards Jim and Della and their love for each other.

Thus the author is successful in his attempt, establishes a new fact and the story becomes incredible.

:-)

Thank you.

In Synge's, Riders to the Sea, what does Maurya mean, "No man at all can be living forever, and we must be satisfied"?

It is obvious from the beginning that this play is a very Roman Catholic story of a mother's religious maturation.  Unfortunately, this maturation takes place through tragedy:  the death of her sons (... of ALL her sons).  The final product of all the learning in Riders to the Sea ends with Maurya speaking the words you mention.

As described in the above answer, there is a grand irony in Maurya's words.  As she waits for Michael to return from the sea, she moans for Bartley (who hasn't even left the home yet and is working on a rope to bridle a horse).  For the majority of the story, in fact for 99.9% of the play Riders to the Sea, Maurya has not yet reached spiritual maturity.  She is still longing for the life of all of her sons.  She wails for the ones that have already passed.  She waits for the one on the sea to return home safely.  She urges the one still at home not to leave the home, ... even if only for a horse fair.

There is quite a bit of foreshadowing beforehand to show that in Riders to the Sea Maurya will lose all of her sons.  Most specifically, there is the vision she has of herself unable to give her sons a blessing while Bartley rides a red horse and Michael a grey horse.  Sure enough, Maurya's daughters have already discovered that Michael has drowned, and the news is about to arrive that Bartley has drowned as well.  In fact, Maurya finds out by seeing Bartley's wet, dead body. 

To get back to your question, though, the last statement by Maurya is one of spiritual maturity:  a realization that no human, no man, and no SON (not even sons of hers) would be able to live forever on this earth.  The only hope is of the afterlife, as is indicated by the religiosity throughout the play and especially with all of the Signs of the Cross done with the entrance of Bartley's body.  Why must we be satisfied?  Because it is GOD that has given us life, ... has given Maurya's sons life, ... and it is GOD that will receive them happily after they all die.  The fact that Maurya's sons die before her should have no consequence.  Their life now will be in heaven in perfect bliss.  One must understand, though, that Maurya's satisfaction is NOT with death, but is in GOD.  Period.  Hence, the tragic, one-act play ends with the following:

No man at all can be living forever, and we must be satisfied.

J.Ross says Education and Philosophy are two sides of a coin. Education and Philosophy are interrelated.Discuss in detail. Comment.

The greatest philosophers have been teachers.  Socrates taught Plato.  Plato taught Aristotle.  Aristotle taught Alexander.

The two disciplines are irrevocably linked.  In fact, there is a course at Columbia which addresses this duality:

http://www.tc.edu/a&h/Philosophy/

Some of the main points:

The Philosophy and Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University, centers around two closely related convictions:

1.  that philosophical reflection and inquiry is indispensable for generating sound educational practice, and

2.  that educational practice is indispensable for bringing philosophical reflection and inquiry to life.

Other links between the two revolve around inquiry (asking thoughtful questions):

What is teaching?

What is worth knowing and studying?

AND - the nuts and bolts:

What is an educational "policy"? Is it a blueprint? A prescription? A suggestion? A hope? A political trade-off? All or none of these? Should educational policy be guided by particular political, social, cultural, or other values, and if so, which ones? And how do we make sense of, and criticize, the ways people conceive what is good, and then translate their conceptions into concrete policy?

What do we mean by "learning" and "human development"? Are these processes and events cumulative, or even progressive? Do human beings typically become better able, or less able, to dwell in the world? Do human beings construct meaning? Make meaning? Discover meaning? Absorb meaning? And what are human beings -- what is a self, what is a person? What kind of response should educators have to these questions to guide them in their work?

What is an "educative experience"? Why are people moved, enlightened, enriched, and transformed by some experiences and not by others? How can perspectives on art and artistic endeavor, on the relation between the mind, the body, and the heart, and on religion and the spiritual life, help us in grasping the nature and contours of meaningful experience?

When Ms.Sommers feels the stockings they glide "serpentlike" through her fingers. What does a serpent often symbolize in Western culture?

Snakes in Western culture are a symbol of sinfulness, deceit, and just general evil.

The reason for this probably goes back at least to the story of Adam and Eve.  In that, the serpent lures Eve into sin with his deceit.  So the Judeo-Christian tradition starts with a snake causing the first sin to happen.

The snake is also connected with sexual sin in particular.  This is partly because the sin of Adam and Eve is often seen as being connected with sex.  It's probably also connected to the shape of the snake and the sensuality of the way it moves.

At any rate, snakes are definitely connected with deceit and sin in our culture.

Who are some famous people suffering from Wilson's disease? Do any famous people's children suffer from it?

Wilson's Disease is a genetically transcended disorder.  It effects many aspects of the human body but is most closely associated with neurological disorders.  It is caused by excessive accumulation of copper in the person's system.  Accumulation primarily occurs in the liver and the brain.  Breakdown in the liver results in hepatitiss, cirrhosis of the liver and jaundice.  Some patients, about half, develop neurological disorders.  The disease is named after British physician Dr. Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson.

I searched dilligently to find famous people with the disease but have not been able to locate any.

Define symbolism in "The Rocking Horse Winner" and how the author uses symbolism to develop the theme of the story.

The most obvious example of symbolism in this story is the rocking horse itself. It is clear that is has a symbolic function as it obviously stands for both itself and for something beyond itself. There are many possible symbolic means that can be attributed to the rocking horse, and I will discuss two of them.

Firstly, it is clear that the rocking horse could be a symbol of supernatural forces. This refers to Paul's "secret within a secret" - the way that his frenzied riding gives him the name of the horse that will win the next race. It is important to examine how Paul is described when he is on the horse, and how this description increases in intensity as the story progresses. For example, repeated references are made to Paul's eyes:

"I've got to know for the Derby! I've got to know for the Derby!" the child reiterated, his big blue eyes blazing with a sort of madness.

And then finally, when he is discovered by his mother:

Then suddenly she switched on the light, and saw her son, in his green pyjamas, madly surging on the rocking horse...

"It's Malabar!" he screamed in a powerful, strange voice. "It's Malabar!"

His eyes blazed at her for one strange and senseless second, as he ceased urging his wooden horse.

Clearly words such as "powerful", "strange" and "blazed" suggest that what is happening to Paul is something supernatural.

The other major symbol of the rocking horse is that it is a symbol for Paul's desire for his mother's love. From the start we are told that the mother is unable to love her children - when she is with them, she feels the "centre of her heart go hard." Clearly aware of the need for money in the house from the voices, Paul has a conversation with his mother where he associates luck and money as being the same thing. Therefore it could be argued that Paul's adventures with the rocking horse are an attempt to gain his mother's love because everything else has failed.

You could also argue that the horse could be a symbol for greed or temptation, so have a look at the story again and see how you might justify these symbolic meanings.

What is the mass of air in a room measuring 5m X 10m X 10m?

In order to find the answer to this question, you need to know the following equation:

m = dv

Where m is mass, d is density, and v is volume.  In this case, you are looking for mass, you have volume.  So you need to know the density of air.

As is turns out, the approximate density of air at sea level (and at 20 C) is 1.2 kilograms per cubic meter.

First, we must find the the volume of the room, which you get by multiplying its dimensions.  That tells us that the room is 500 m^3.  Now we can plug in the numbers

m = 500*1.2

Which gives us

m = 600 kilograms.

So, the air in your room weighs approximately (depending on how wet it is, what temperature, etc) 600 kg.

Simplify giving the answer in exponential form.(6)^5^7 =(6)^p-3

(6)^5^7=(6)^p-3

Here  on the right side of the equation, -3 is shown without being enclosed in bracket.The question has an unknown P. To simplify the left side it is a very large number. So I take cases where  only p is the power of 6 on right side and -3 is not and then taking (p-3) together in exponent.

There is no simplification. It is an equation involving  an unknown p and the question should therefore be  to solve for P.

I do not understand the purpose of asking the answer in the exponential form by a 9th grade student. But I give the solution for p in the exponential form  (of course no base you mentioned.)

Case 1:

By, the order of priority, (BODMAS),the leftside  has 2 exponents of equal priority. So the operation of exponents in (6)^5^7  is 6^5 and the another power 7 and so, (6)^5^7=6^35.

(6)^35 = (6)^p-3 =>

(6)^35+3=6^p

Taking logarithms,

P log 6 = log(6^5^7+3)

P=log(6^5^7+3)/ log6=(1/log6) log (6^35)[1+ 1/6^35]

=35( log6/log6)+ log(1+1/6^35).

=35+ 0 as log(1+1/large quantity)->log 1 =0

Therfore, P =35  =  6^1.984277534 in exponential form

Case 2:

However, if you think 5^7 has to be decided first , then

6^p=6^(5^7)+3

P=log [6^(5^7)+3]/log6 = 5^7 +log[1+1/6^(5^7)]

=5^7+0

=5^7 in exponential form of base 5 .

Case 3a:

If you intend (6)^5^7 =6^(p-3), then bases being equal, powers should be equal.

Therefore 6^35= 6^(p-3), Equating powers,

P =35+3=38 = 6^2.030175491,in exponential form.

Case 3b:

(6)^(5^7) = 6^(p-3), then p-3=5^7 or p=5^7+3

What would be some strong points for writing an essay on the book A Mercy by Toni Morrison?

A Mercy is somewhat of a new departure for Morrison in that she addresses variances in the historicity of slavery, an historical perspective very much overlooked. She describes the lives, feelings, and experiences of servants who were not necessarily captured victims of mercenary slave trade crimes but who may have sold themselves into indentured servitude (as Swift refers to in relation to the Irish people in his ironic political pamphlet "A Modest Proposal"); who may have been purchased and thus vulnerable to resale; who may have been captured after warfare; etc. Morrison also describes the impact of psychological slavery such as the blacksmith--a nameless, therefore perhaps allegorical character--describes to Florens when she becomes emotionally attached to him.

the blacksmith ... never once looked at Florens standing nearby, not breathing ....

Another point for an essay may be that Morrison seems to be exposing a different side of slavery that isn't as dehumanizing as it isn't predicated on racial and ethnic hatred, thus setting up a new paradigm to counter racial hatreds prevalent today. Another point is that she also seems to be using slavery as a metaphor for universal psychological battles of everyday living that enslave and incapacitate freedom. A related idea is that verbal expression, such as Florens' expression through writing, can liberate psychological slavery and replace psychological slavery with personal freedom. This is an idea she introduces at the outset of Florens' narrative:

Stranger things happen all the time everywhere. ... I know you know. One question is who is responsible? Another is can you read? ... Once every seven days we learn to read and write.

At the Yalta conference Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin decided to what?This question is from the Prentice Hall "Modern American History."

In 1945 the major players of allies in WWII had a meeting to decide how Europe would be divided after the war.  Churchill from England, President Roosevelt from the United States, and Stalin from Russia all agreed that the most important thing that must be accomplished was the complete surrender of Germany.  Germany was already beaten, but still fighting.   Churchill and Stalin both wanted to invade and take over Berlin.  However, General Eisenhower and the US troops marched toward Dresden instead of Berlin.  The Russians captured Berlin.   The three super powers didn’t agree on everything at Yalta, but they agreed on enough to work together long enough to overcome the threat of Germany. The most important result of Yalta was the development of the United Nations.  It still exists today. The Russians agreed to meet at the meeting of the "United Nations" along with all the other nations represented.

"The Big Three planned an international conference to be held in San Francisco in April, at which the United Nations would be formed. Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill reached agreements on several points concerning membership and voting in the new body. Churchill resented U.S. proposals for United Nations trusteeships of colonial territories, which the British prime minister interpreted as an attempt by Roosevelt to dismantle the British Empire. "

What takes place in the poem, "This is the Dark Time, My Love" by Martin Carter?What is the effect of the repeated reference to 'my love' in the...

to understand any of his poetry, you need to know about martin carter and about what he stood for and what he represented while he was alive.

martin carter was a guyanese poet and social activist. during his early twenties he became heavily involved in movements for independance. this, would later be tha cause of his arrest. during his spell in jail he would go on to compose his most important collection, Poems of Resistance, which was eventually published in London, in 1954.

i've heard that carter wrote letters to his wife, from jail, in the form of poems. i'm not sure how true this is, but assuming that it is true the "my love" he speaks to in This is the dark time, my love.

so moving on to the actual poem :D

the poem is set in British Guiana at the time when the governor suspended the constitution and British soilders were sent in to "maintain order"

"this is he dark time, my love

all round the land brown beetles crawl about"

where he says "this is the dark time", he is speaking about how the people of Guyana, or rather British Guiana, as it was known then, were being oppressed and were being denied basic human rights.

he uses the term "brown beetles" to speak about the soilders. this comparison is because of the earth couloured uniforms the soilders would have worn and the vehicles they drove.

"the sun is hidden in the sky

red flowers bend their heads in awful sorrow"

the sun is a symbol of hope and the fact that it is "hidden in the sky" shows just how bleaque things are.

red refers to the blood of inncoent people spilt and the people's love for their counrty (as they are fighting for independance)

"This is the dark time, my love, 
It is the season of oppression, dark metal, and tears. 
It is the festival of guns, the carnival of misery 
Everywhere the faces of men are strained and anxious"

he repeats "this is the dark time my love" to stress the dire situation.

"oppression" speaks of how the people are being treated by the soilders. "dark metal" this may be a referance to guns or the jail cells. "tears" is simply used to emphasize the sorrow of the people.

"festival of guns" and "carnival of misery" are oxymorons (when 2 contradictory terms are brought together"

carnival and festival = happy :D

guns and misery = sad :(

"Everywhere the faces of men are strained and anxious" this is simply descriptive.

"Who comes walking in the dark night time? 
Whose boot of steel tramps down the slender grass 
It is the man of death, my love, the stranger invader 
Watching you sleep and aiming at your dream."

the use of rethorical question here makes the reader wonder if these people ever, at any point in time, experience a feeling of security.

"It is the man of death, my love, the stranger invader" this is a metaphor which comapres colonialism to a death sentence.

"Watching you sleep and aiming at your dream" again a metaphor. this line speaks of oppression dealing a deathly blow to their dreams of independance; the future seems dismal.

there are many figures of speech in this peom which i didn't highlight, mostly because they are quite obvious and i really didn't want to.

How does Hamlet use rhetoric to manipulate Ophelia?Basically, we have to choose a character to explain how Hamlet uses rhetoric to manipulate that...

He uses "visual rhetoric" in the silent interview:

Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced;
No hat upon his head; his stockings foul'd,
Ungarter'd, and down-gyved to his ancle;
Pale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other;
And with a look so piteous in purport
As if he had been loosed out of hell
To speak of horrors,--he comes before me.

Later, Hamlet will use written poetic rhetoric to reveal his love for Ophelia:

'Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.

From here on out, Hamlet's rhetoric to Ophelia is a kind of rant against his mother.  He never seems to speak to Ophelia directly.  He either speaks to her by proxy, knowing she will tell her father all.  Hamlet knows the walls have eyes and ears, that nothing he hears from Ophelia can be trusted, that all he says to her will be trusted too much (analyzed to death by Polonius).

Then, he speaks to Ophelia as if she were his mother.  He rants against marriage, against women, against trust and beauty.  His mother's betrayal has deeply hurt him.  He certainly can't channel his revenge against Gertrude; the ghost has not permitted it.  So, he must channel it through the only woman he can: Ophelia.  The most famous exchange of Hamlet talking to his mother through Ophelia is when he says:

Get thee to a nunnery: why wouldst thou be a
breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest;...

I say, we will have no more marriages:
those that are married already, all but one, shall
live; the rest shall keep as they are. To a
nunnery, go.

The only words we can trust of his to Ophelia are his poetic ones.  Hamlet trusts art (poetry) to reveal himself completely, not words in conversation.  So, Hamlet's conversations with her are role-playing, method-acting games--performances that he uses to ultimately "catch the conscience of the king."  Unfortunately, Ophelia gets caught in the crossfire.

Why is Heck Tate significant to To Kill a Mockingbird?

I agree with the previous posters. Heck Tate's role in the novel is connected mostly to two scenes, the shooting of the dog and the trial scene. In narrating the trial scene to us, Scout even conflates the two scenes. In the paragraph in chapter 21 beginning "But I must have been reasonably awake," Scout makes a number of clear connections between her father shooting the dog and (I suppose) her hope that her father will be equally successful in defeating the jury's racism.

I don't agree with the posters, though, that Tate is the embodiment of justice or compassion. He certainly does represent the law in the town of Maycomb, but he doesn't enforce the law equally and impartially. He purposefully hushes up a murder because he doesn't care one bit for the person murdered. That's not really justice, in my view, at least not the "blind" kind that's held up as our ideal.

Why has "Le Morte D"Arthur" by Sir Thomas Malory become one of the greatest romances of the period?

For ages, the attraction of Sir Thomas Malory's work, "La Morte d'Arthur," has been upon the text itself with its Romantic ideals: courtly love, the adventurous search for the Holy Grail, chivalry and its honor and virtue, valor and devotion, a magician, spirits, and sinister arch enemies along with magical occurrences and even humor.  Its components are absolutely delightful and captivate readers; it has been an inspiration to great writers, as well.  For instance, Edmund Spenser modeled The Faerie Queene after Malory's work as did Alfred Lord Tennyson with his great work, The Idylls of the King.

In modern times, of course, the legend of King Arthur has influenced the film industry and contemporary writers, to be sure. Movies such as Excalibur and Arthur have enjoyed much popularity.  Even the Harry Potter books demonstrate the influence of the Arthurian legends as Harry has an owl much like Arthur's Archimedes.

Malory's work differs from others written about King Arthur because it was published in English, the first major work of prose fiction.  Malory gave life to his characters such as Lancelot, Guinevere, Sir Gawain.  These are personages with prescient and captivating personalities.  There are loyal, jealous, courtly, steadfast--admirable in many ways.  And, yet, while Malory's work is ideal and romantic, it is also rather dark, presaging that kingdoms can doom themselves.  That the "protector king" is not a reality is expressed as Arthur is rowed to Avalon.  Bedwere cries out to him in anguish,

'...what shall becom of me, now ye go frome me and leve me here alone amonge myne enemies?'

The king replies that Bedwere must take care of himself, for

'...in me ys no truste for to truste in.'

As in all great works, "La Morte d'Arthur" also has universal, timeless themes.  This quality, too, adds to its appeal.