Questions regarding the poem "There has been a death in the opposite house" by Emily Dickinson.1.why speaker must intuit rather than simply know...

1. It seems that the speaker is observing the scene from outside, probably from a nearby house ("opposite" her own), but this speaker also seems to see herself as apart from the rest of the community. She documents what she sees in a mostly neutral tone, not really indicating any feelings toward this possible death or the events that follow, but mostly reporting on what she observes. She "intuits," or infers, based on clues that she sees outside the house (the neighbors, the doctor, the mattress, the minister). At the end of the poem, she anticipates what she thinks will happen next based on these same clues. She is presumably making these inferences because she has seen similar series of events before and can read the signs.

2. The word "appalling" describes "the man ... tak[ing] measure of the house." This implies that he is some sort of appraiser or is in some way responsible for dealing with the deceased person's estate. It might be "appalling" because the speaker may see it as distasteful considering the person has just died. I could also "appall" because it hints at how  quickly the business of life goes on despite a death nearby. In context, the word  "dark" seems to refer to a parade of mourners who will be dressed in black to grieve the loss of this person.

3. The shift here is primarily a chronological one. Before line 20, the speaker seems to be making observations in the present, while  at line 20, she introduces a future tense verb ("There'll be" meaning there will be). Here, the speaker imagines what will happen next and speculates instead of reporting what she sees at the "opposite house." 

How did Phoebe's story help reveal Sal's life and the pain she was trying to overcome in Walk Two Moons?How do idioms help the reader grasp the...

There are striking parallels between Phoebe's and Sal's experiences; particularly as they concern each child's relationship with her mother. Sal's mother apparently went through a crisis of identity after her second child was born dead and she was rendered unable to have any more children, and Phoebe's mother faces overwhelming turmoil when her illegitimate son comes back into her life. Both mothers feel that they must have some time alone to overcome their difficulties; the only problem is, Sal's mother is killed in a bus accident, and never returns, leaving Sal with unresolved feelings of abandonment and guilt. Throughout most of the story, Sal is unable to come to terms with what happened to her mother, and she refuses to think or talk about it, because to do so is too painful. When Phoebe's mother disappears, Sal is forced to deal with what happened to her own mother because of the parallels involved. By watching events unfold in Phoebe's life after her mother's disappearance, Sal is able both to empathise with her friend's grief, and to better understand her own mother's dilemma in leaving the family she loved. By sharing Phoebe's ordeal, Sal is better accept what has happened in her own situation.

Idioms are language or dialect which are peculiar to a certain people, cultural, or geographic group. The use of idioms gives the reader a sense of what the characters in a story are really like. For example, Gram and Gramps use several colorfully distinctive terms in their speech, such as "the whole ding-dong country," and "huzza, huzzah," and they call Salamanca "chickabiddy," which is a familiar address for a dear child. The use of these words enable the reader to get to know Gram and Gramps similarly to how Salamanca herself experiences them, and much more intimately than if they were simply described in the third person.

What is Curley's Wife's dream? Why will it not happen? Can you please gave pages of quotes.

Curley' Wife is the lone female character in John Steinbeck's memorable drama "Of Mice and Men." Portrayed negatively for most of the story, Curley's Wife (we know not her real name) is a flirt who roams the ranch in red shoes and is referred to in various scenes as a "tart," "tramp," and even a "bitch." She is deserving of both scorn and sympathy, but she shows her human side during talks with Lennie. She dreams, she admits, of becoming a movie star:

"I'll go in the night an' thumb a ride to Hollywood... Gonna get in the movies and have nice clothes." (Act III, Scene 1)

But she will never reach this goal because she will become another victim of Lennie's unintentionally strong embrace (Act III, Scene 1). The death of Curley's Wife seals Lennie's fate and ends his own dream of raising rabbits with George.

What is the poem "A Letter from Home" by Mary Oliver mean?What are the themes and please analyze the poem line by line. Thanks. I have included a...

This poem is clearly about the loss of a loved one and the regret we feel or perhaps the hindsight we experience when looking back. We don't know who, the narrator has lost, but we could perhaps infer it is the narrator's mother.

The narrator goes back and forth in time, as s/he remembers the letter writer. We know that whomever the letter writer is she was ill, and yet her words pass along the joys of her everday life appreciation of the simple things (perhaps because she realizes how transient life truly is.) Her illness she makes light of, as there is little said of "cold and pain."

Surviving life after the death of the letter writer is clearly difficult for the narrator as s/he has chosen to come to the grave site to ponder a life that has seemed "hard and strange" during the "broken year", and yet the narrator indicates that s/he is perhaps ready to begin letting go of the past as s/he "tip[s] the envelope from which/drift scraps of borage, woodbine, and rue," over the grave of the one who had most probably clipped them and sent them in the letter as a loving reminder of home.

In Antigone, how does Haemon try to convince Creon to spare the life of Antigone?

Haemon, being the son of Creon, pleads to his father to listen to the reasoning of the people who, including Haemon, believes Antigone deserves praise for what she has done. He wages with his father to listen to his heart and put aside the laws that are destroying the family, for Creon is stuck between abiding by the laws of the land or the will of the people.  Creon bids his son not to "lose you head over this woman" (3.20), but as we learn, Haemon's love prevails.  Later, Creon regrets the decison he makes to have Antigone put to death.

Is your home state an employment at-will-state and what does that mean? Do you agree with the employment at will point of view?No

I feel in some cases in this US society we are doomed to specifications and individual perceptions where they are comfortable but not reasonably meted;  such the case here "macho environment" per you. The gradient of the individual perception is only useful when it comes to promotion of the individual exclusively-especially in this patriarchal, privileged, elitism society-of which we can never escape it seems.

What we learn and where we learn it; if we find that we need to reevaluate our information and is it really worth it to us to change our thoughts. Are we really who and what we say we are-actually-by what we think and do-really. After that can we admit it? I was (am) then subjected to a "Barbie Doll" perception by my environment. An envisioned perception engrained by all sorts of media.

I was a "threat" to the male egoism and other societal 'isms'. Regardless, if I proved I could, did, and was able to do the same job well if not better, didn't matter.

So, the imbalance of power is so often accessed in comparison-I would not conform hence, I was eliminated.

Like I stated before, there is no such thing as PROTECTION especially, in employment unless you are an "elite" person in some way-period.

Why is it so hard to find information on "At Will" employment specifically, why are there occasional conversations on this subject and no real movement, why has it not been found to be a ludicrous concept? Elitism, manipulation and conformity of the masses in my judgment is evident so often than not.

All CAN be protected-the question is who/what would then suffer?

Of the 8 jurors at my hearing, all but 1 were Caucasian, all but 2 were female.

The (male) firefighter(s) who were found with "dirty urine" on several occasions and two found guilty of federal offences were still allowed (by the City) to work as firefighters even after my termination and allowed promotions and to retire with their benefits. The perception is then reinforced-this accepted ideology of conformity desired and manipulated by hierarchy. It was evident that I was exceptional in my performance-but I refused to be controlled; so did not fit the "comfortable" form.

The question was- " Employee and "AT WILL" doctrine: Is employee protection a myth?

This is an example of how at will can go terribly wrong for many of us. The exclusivity of discipline can not only be used in Quid pro quo but also to manipulate, discourage and defeat morality and ethics.

Since I left there has been only one female promoted to officer (2005). Affirmative action allowed that females should be hired on Cincinnati Fire Division in 1985. I was only the ninth female hired where the member strength was 700+; I had been a firefighter for 5 years, a supervisor for at least three, the testing allows officership (by testing) after only two years. I am the first female in CFD 200yr. history to achieve Fire Lt./ Paramedic/Specialist, but that didn't matter. I was disciplined indescriminately for any reason because it was available and allowed to be done. My termination reason read "too many disciplines". No more.

Remember this when you attempt to represent others.

Fireflyy 

Odysseus tells Calypso that he wishes to return to Penelope because

You can find the answer to this question in Book V.  At that point in the story, Athena has gone to Zeus and asked him to make Calypso let Odysseus go.  Zeus agrees with Athena and orders Calypso to release Odysseus.  Calypso is angry, but has to obey.

But first, she asks Odysseus if he wouldn't rather stay with her and become immortal.  Odysseus tells her that he realizes it would be wonderful but he just can't do it.  The only reason he gives is that he wants to go home and can't think of anything else but going home.

How do i begin to write my research paper on the supernatural in "Wuthering Heights"?

To begin, identify words and phrases that have direct reference to dark supernatural meaning, for instance imp, ghoul, vampire. Also consider symbolism in locations. Perhaps the town where Heathcliff is found, with it's smoking chimney stacks, might symbolize a hellish connection. Also consider what clergymen or church goers might say or do--or refuse to do--particularly in reference to Heathcliff. Also look for references to ghosts, spirits, daemons and hauntings. And watch for other setting symbolism that might inspire frightening associations, like stark landscapes, barren trees, anything Halloweenish. The categories to look out for are settings, comments of characters about other characters or their actions, descriptions of characters, interactions between characters, looks main characters might give or comments they might make, symbolic descriptions that tend to be dark, eerie, unkempt, lonely, desolate. Also pick up on adjectives that have the above tendencies, like "desolate."

Summarize the plot of the novel, Of Mice and Men.

John Steinbeck wanted to write about the hard lives of itinerant farm workers in his native California. This was what led to his basic idea for Of Mice and Men. He also had an opportunity to write a play on the same subject to be produced in New York. Both the book and the stage play came out in 1937 and both were highly successful. They made Steinbeck a famous American writer.

Steinbeck conceived of his book as “a playable novel,” that is, a novel that reads like a play and could easily be converted into a play. In order to make it easy to adapt the book into a stage play, Steinbeck emphasized dialogue and action while limiting authorial input, such as exposition, commentary, transition, and summation, to the barest minimum.

In plotting his story, Steinbeck ran into many problems. But problems are often opportunities in disguise. He wanted to write about a bindlestiff who rebelled against working for others at slave wages and living in miserable conditions. But because the story was to read like a play, and to be converted into a play, Steinbeck needed not one but two main characters who could convey information to the reader and to the future theater audience through their dialogue. Plays always rely on dialogue. If the dialogue is good, it will convey information without seeming to do so.

So Steinbeck needed two bindlestiffs who shared the dream of owning a farm. He knew this would sound a little bit kinky. Normally it is a man and a woman who want to own a farm and raise a family. But Steinbeck knew he could not have a female character who roamed the country with a bedroll on her back, traveling in boxcars, sleeping with a bunch of men in bunkhouses, and doing back-breaking field labor. It would not be impossible to have a man and woman traveling around together looking for unskilled work, but it would not be realistic, it would not be representative of the lives of the men Steinbeck wanted to tell about.

Both Steinbeck and his character George Milton sound apologetic and defensive about the relationship between George and Lennie. In Chapter Three the subject is brought out into the open by the character called Slim.

Slim moved back slightly so the light was not on his face. “Funny how you an’ him string along together.” It was Slim’s calm invitation to confidence.

“What’s funny about it?” George demanded defensively.

George goes on to explain how he promised Aunt Clara to look after Lennie and how they got used to traveling around together. But this explanation is intended for the reader. This is how Steinbeck handles exposition throughout the book, because this is how it will have to be handled in the stage play.

Earlier in the story the boss also shows suspicion of the relationship between George and Lennie.

The boss deliberately put the little book in his pocket. He hooked his thumbs in his belt and squinted one eye nearly closed. “Say—what you sellin’?”

“Huh?”

“I said what stake you got in this guy? You takin’ his pay away from him?”

“No, ‘course I ain’t. Why ya think I’m sellin’ him out?”

“Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.”

Steinbeck realized that if two normal men started living together on their own farm, many people would suspect that they were gay. So he thought of making one of the men handicapped and in need of care. But if one was physically handicapped, that would detract from the realistic picture of itinerant farm laborers that Steinbeck was trying to paint. It was okay for two buddies to bum around together looking for work, but it was not okay—at least in the 1930’s--for the two buddies to set up housekeeping on their own little spread. It occurred to Steinbeck that one of the men could be mentally handicapped—and this was the stroke of inspiration that led to the creation of Lennie.

If one man was mentally handicapped, the other man would have to explain everything to him, and in some cases he would have to explain the same thing several times. In the meantime all kinds of information could be conveyed to the reader and to the theater audience. All we know about the past, present, and future plans of George and Lennie we learn from what they say to each other and what they say to other characters. Lennie had to be mentally handicapped to explain why two men dream of having a farm together, and he had to be exceptionally big and strong to explain how he could be a bindlestiff at all.

Steinbeck saw that two characters who were friends but quite different would give his story a uniqueness without detracting from its realism. George would be a little talkative guy with a quick brain, while Lennie would be a big inarticulate guy with exceptional physical strength to compensate for his retarded mind. George would tell Lennie what to do, and Lennie would provide protection in the tough world of desperate and often hungry men riding the rails and sleeping in hobo jungles.

In The Crucible John feels he is a fraud and a sinner. What does his conversation with Abigail tell us about the nature of his sin?

In Act One, Abigail and John are left alone in the room where Betty lies ill.  The conversation that they have is very enlightening.  Before this conversation, Miller gave us some background information on John Proctor; we learn he is a farmer in his thirties who tends to speak things as they are, and who people tend to respect because of it.  He holds himself with confidence, but, deep down, as you mentioned above, he knows himself a sinner, and as a result, feels that he is a fraud.

Left alone with Abigail, the true nature of his sin is revealed.  Abigail speaks warmly to him, referring to a past relationship.  Apparently, they had an affair.  Given the details that come out as they speak, apparently John's wife Elizabeth discovered the affair and fired Abby because of it.  Abby hates Elizabeth as a result, and wonders how John can let such a "sickly wife" boss him around.  Abigail is still deeply in love with John; she "waits for" him every night, hoping he'll drop by and resume the affair. However, John remains stoic; he stopped the affair months ago, and is firm about it.  He insists to Abigail that "we never touched," and refuses to give in to her flirting appeals.

It is because of this affair that John feels he is a sinner; rightly so, because in his society, adultery was a forbidden act, and one looked upon with great abhorance.  So, he lives his days out, feeling like a fraud, but doing the best he can to move on and make amends for what he has done.  I hope those thoughts helped; good luck!

In "1984" what is the significance of the second stanza of the woman's song outside of Winston's window?Book 2, Chapter 4

The song that Winston hears the prole woman singing out of the window of Mr. Charrington's rented room could mean a variety of different things.  The first stanza refers to the power of a mere glance in stirring up dreams and emotions--this ties in to Winston's thoughts and feelings about O'Brien.  O'Brien merely glanced at him, but in that glance, he sensed that O'Brien knew things, things about the rebellion, about how to lash out against the party, and that he felt the same way that Winston did.  That hope was enough to haunt his dreams and stir his excitement quite a bit.

The second stanza is a bit more vague, and could refer to a number of things.  It mentions how "time 'eals all things," or, at least is supposed to, but how

"the smiles an' the tears acrorss the years they twist my 'eartstrings yet."

So, time really doesn't heal all things; the pain and joy of times past still twist the heartstrings, or, hurt and bring back pain or happiness when we think upon them.  This could be referring to Winston's mother and sister, and the overwhelming sense of guilt that he feels about their disappearance.  Every time he thinks of them he is pained by it, and has a hard time feeling so responsible, whether he was responsible or not. He has nightmares about them all of the time.  So, it could refer to how time has not dampened the pain of their loss.  It could also be a sense of foreshadowing, how, later in the book, Winston is driven to let go and abandon those things that he holds most dear, and how time doesn't make him forget those things, but the Party will do its best to make him forget.  It could foreshadow how Winston, given time, is able to completely reshape the way that he thinks about the world.  One last possible meaning is that a lot of people who live in their society still remember what it was like before the Party was all-powerful, and they still long for the "good ol' days"; time hasn't dulled their memories of it.

I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

What is the plot of Stephen Crane's "The Upturned Face"?

As do many of author Stephen Crane's stories, "The Upturned Face" deals with the horror of the American Civil War. The commander of their unit has just been killed, and two officers are trying to decide what to do next.

"What will we do now?" said the adjutant, troubled and excited.
"Bury him," said Timothy Lean.

The battle is still waging, but they order several enlisted men to take care of the burial. As bullets whiz overhead, the men hastily dig a grave. The officers decide that their dead leader's pockets should be searched, but no one wants to touch the body. They finally position it in the grave with the face turned upward and attempt to recite a prayer appropriate for a funeral, but they cannot remember it.

     The adjutant suddenly remembered a phrase in the back part of the Spitzbergen burial service, and he exploited it with the triumphant manner of a man who has recalled everything, and can go on.
     "Oh, God, have mercy--"
     "Oh, God, have mercy--" said Lean.
     "Mercy," repeated the adjutant, in quick failure.
     "Mercy," said Lean. And then he was moved by some violence of feeling, for he turned suddenly upon his two men and tigerishly said, "Throw the dirt in."

A sharpshooter's bullet wounds one of the enlisted men, and they are sent back to the lines. Lean completes the job of covering the body; with each shovelful of dirt, a dreadful plopping sound follows until only the face is visible. Horror stricken by the sight of his face, Lean completes the task, which ends with a final "plop."

Crane combines elements of realism and naturalism in this story that once again demonstrates the randomness of death and the horrible realities of war.  

Do you think President Johnson had good reasons to escalate the U.S. war effort in Vietnam?P.S. please try to keep short!!! Thank You!

As other posts have indicated, Johnson may have had his good reasons to escalate the conflict in Vietnam by vastly expanding US support; however, the preceding president did not.

Kennedy, having witnessed warfare firsthand in WWII, and perhaps appreciating Vietnam's difficulties and correctness of such a conflict, had planned to reduce troops and withdraw.  Although this may have been viewed as being "soft on communism,"  he may have realized that there was no real immediate threat to the US, unlike the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Certainly the arguments for being "hawkish" are well known; however, the real hawkish reasons may not have anything to do with halting Communism or expanding Democracy, but with who would control the oil off the coast of Vietnam  (See 2nd link.)

Conflict and warfare are usually much more intelligible when political rhetoric is removed, and the grab for resources revealed.

What are some themes of "Brave New World?" Could you provide examples from the book?

There are quite a few possible themes for this novel; Huxley has some very potent points to make in this dystopian story.  One theme is that of happiness, and the ideas behind how to achieve it.  Happiness, complete and total, is the focus of their society, because a happy people is a producing people, and that means success for their society.  They think that happiness is created through engineering people to think, act, and actually genetically reflect certain beliefs and attitudes.  They specifically engineer people's bodies to be content with their station in life, with no rebellion or independent thought.  They also assert happiness comes from a lack of family ties--mother in their society is a bad word.  Instead, children are raised in groups.  As Mond explains at the end of the novel, family ties creates drama, passion, love and intensity, all which can be tied to heartache, despair and pain.  Get rid of families, get rid of the bad stuff.  Happiness is also created through soma, a drug that takes people away to happy places; another release for them is through uncommitted sex with multiple partners.  Keep the people happy through physical sensations--this helps them to release pent-up tension and any violence they might feel.

Another theme of this novel is that of agency, or the ability of people to choose for themselves.  Their society engineers these people so that they cannot choose anything, really.  Their appearances, careers, entertainments and media are all filtered and chosend for them--there is very little in which they can assert their own free will over.  Agency is not really in existence in any significant way in their society.

There are other possible themes for this novel too, and I provided a link below that will help a lot.  Good luck!

Can someone please tell me about Emily Dickinson's life story? Please include where she lived and died and in what years.I really need this for a...

Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, MA.  Her dad was a lawyer and the treasurer for Amherst College.

Emily remained single all her life and never left the family home.  When she was 45, her mom became paralyzed and Emily and her sister cared for her until she died seven years later.

As far as education, Emily graduated from high school and went to college for a while, but didn't graduate.

It is believed that she started writing poetry while she was in her early twenties.  However, only 7 of her poems were ever published during her life.

She died in 1886 from something called Bright's Disease which is a pretty nasty sounding kidney ailment.

In "1984" why does Winston rent the room above Mr. Charrington's shop, even though he knows it's dangerous?Chapter 4, Book 2

Think of it this way:  Imagine having lived Winston's life.  It was completely and totally miserable.  He grew up starving, lost his mother and sister and blamed himself for it, worked a thankless job doing immoral truth-shifting for an oppressive and cruel government, had a thankless marriage to a cold woman who did not love him or enjoy intimacy, and had nothing to look forward to each day.  Then, in comes Julia, who feels the same hatred for the Party that he does, that enlivens him, loves him, enjoys being close to him, and injects him with new life and vigor.  All of a sudden, there is something worth living for--a person worth living for, and a cause (rebelling against the Party) worth living for.  For the first time in his life, Winston feels alive, and looks forward to getting up each morning.

Now, if you look at it that way, renting the room allowed Winston to have joy in his life.  It allowed him to actually feel like life was worth living.  Julia, used to rebelling against the Party and taking risks, was right there with him.  It WAS a huge risk, but they didn't care.  They were going to probably die anyway, someday, caught for thoughcrime or some other minor transgression, so why not live life to its fullest while they could?  They had this chance to have a bit of brightness in a very bleak world--that is almost impossible to resist, even if it is risky.  It's hard to begrudge them that little piece of heaven, a haven from their repressed and miserable lives.  I hope that those thoughts help a bit; good luck!

Management is an art of getting things done through others. Do you think this definition is adequate for the present day concept of management?

Indeed, this conception of management is a valid one in my mind.  All forms of management require a commitment to organizational goals, but also necessitate the need to work with others.  The negotiation of both of these realities is of critical importance to the manager.  Failure in one realm could spell disaster in the other.  At some level, the definition encompasses all managers.  There are specific models of management that place primacy on one part over another, but at its core, all management has to understand the realities of interpersonal intelligence and focus on organizational goals and visions.  For example, if a manager believes in the delegation of responsibility, they would be more dependent on the idea of getting things done through others than one who embraces a traditional "top down" approach.  Yet, both have to, at some level, understand the need to get things done through others.

Would you explain the following statement? Poetry has been defined as “the expression of elevated thought in elevated language.”

'Thought' refers to the 'content'/ 'matter', and 'language' refers to the 'form' / 'manner'. The definition you have cited significantly contains the word 'elevated' as a common qualifier for both 'thought' and 'language' in poetry.

Something 'elevated' means that it is higher than the ordinary or commonplace, something lofty/noble/rarefied/transcending. If poetry is 'elevated thought', it must contain ideas which aim to transcend the limits of our mundane life, our lived existence. In that sense, poetry liberates us from the petty trivialities of life; it sublimates; it charts out a journey beyond, into the world of imagination, beauty, truth & joy.If poetry is an expression in 'elevated language', it means that the language of poetry must be somewhat vertically distant, essentially paradigmatic, to use the phrasing of Mallarme, 'to purify the dialect of the tribe'.

This definition of poetry is characteristically classical, may be very true of Milton's poetry, reminiscent of Longinus's notion of the 'Sublime'.

What led to Julius Caesar's death?

There are many issues that lead to Caesar's death. To say that there was one issue is simplistic. Here are a few reasons (in no particular order).

1. There was a feeling that Caesar was transgressing Republican boundaries more than anyone else in the past. For example, Caesar became dictator for life (Feb. 44 BC). This was tantamount to "kingship" to some, a concept the Romans deplored! You should remember that the Romans expelled the kings in their past and established a Republic, where there was plurality and parity in power.

2. In connection to point one, there were dictators in the past, but the Roman reserved this office for only a short period of time for extraordinary circumstances.

3. Caesar's past also probably had a role to play. So, when he crossed the Rubicon, there was the beginnings of a civil war.

4. Caesar had the loyalty of the army. From this perspective, he had all the power and people knew it. He did celebrate four triumphs with great splendor!

5. Finally, he was planning campaign against Parthia. If he was successful, then what else? There was nothing for him to do. People probably feared that he would become a tyrant.

What is a short summary of "The Crooked Man" by Arthur Conan Doyle?

Colonel Barclay and his wife have a serious disagreement after she accidentally meets a man from her past while in the company of her friend, Miss Morrison. Upon returning home, Mrs. Barclay, named Nancy, has a loud argument with her husband, the Colonel, behind the locked door of the morning room on which the servants gladly eavesdrop. A cry is heard from the Colonel's lips, a loud crash occurs and Mrs. Barclay screams.

Mrs. Barclay is under arrest for suspicion of murder; Holmes uses the fact to press Miss Morrison into divulging what she knows of the quarrel, even though it means breaking her promise to Mrs. Barclay. The man, the crooked man, Mrs. Barclay encountered, with whom she spoke privately, was a man she and her husband had known before their marriage while living in India during the Indian Mutiny. Barclay had been the crooked man's Sergeant and had asked for a volunteer to summon reinforcements; the volunteer had been the crooked man, one Henry Wood. Wood and Barclay had both been in love with Nancy.

Henry was captured in an ambush and had reason to believe that Barclay had betrayed him to leave the field clear for winning Nancy's agreement to marriage. Nancy learned this at the unexpected encounter with Henry, deformed and made crooked by torture after his capture, and is incensed, accusing the Colonel of the sin of David in regard to Bathsheba (David sent Bathsheba's husband to a surely fatal battle so he might take her as his own wife).

During the argument, Henry, his mongoose with him, comes into the morning room from the garden unbeknownst to the servants. At the sight of Henry, Colonel Barclay suffers apoplexy (a cerebral hemorrhage), cries out and crashes to the floor, dead before his head hit the tile. An inquest confirms the cause of death as natural causes due to apoplexy, and Nancy is exonerated and freed with no shadow of guilt hanging overhead.

What does the confrontation between the slave hunters and Huck point out? At the end of chapter 17 how are jim and Huck seperated?

As Huck and Jim are on their way to Cairo, Jim tells Huck about how he is going work and save money so that he can buy his family back and they will be together again. He says that he would even be willing to steal his children to get them out of slavery. During this time, Huck starts to feel that he is doing something bad to Miss Watson by helping her slave to run away. He makes up his mind that he will go to shore and turn Jim in. Just before he leaves, Jim tells Huck what a good friend he is and tells him that he is the first white man who has ever kept a promise to him. Jim's words really make Huck think about what he is doing.

When he gets to shore, Huck comes across two slave hunters. Huck decides that he cannot betray Jim. When the slave hunters ask who else is on board the raft with him, Huck says that his father is on board and that he is suffering from smallpox. The slave hunters are afraid of getting sick themselves, so they give Huck $20 and leave.

In chapters 15 and 16, Huck is feeling caught between his friendship and feelings of compassion for Jim and the view that he has grown up with that slaves are property. He feels as though he is caught between two immoral decisions. No matter what he does, he feels guilty and as though he is betraying someone. When he decides that he cannot turn Jim in, we see that his conscience is stronger than what he has been taught by society.

Later Huck and Jim realize that they have managed to float right past Cairo, which is where Jim will find freedom. They have lost their canoe, so they can't paddle back upstream. Then their raft is hit by a steamboat. They both go overboard and are separated. When Huck is not able to find Jim, he swims to shore.

Describe the development of the modern periodic table. Include contribution made by Lavoisier, Newlands, Mendeleev, and Moseley.

Since antiquity, around the 400s BC, in ancient Greece,they  have used the words "element" and "atom" to describe the differences between different parts of the material and to designate the smallest parts that make up matter.

In the eighteenth century, the great French chemist Antoine Lavoiser, in his " 'Traité élémentaire de Chimie (Elementary Treatise of Chemistry), published in 1789, divided the 33 elements known in his time, in four groups according to chemical properties: gases, non-metals, metals, and earth.

In the nineteenth century, in 1869 German scientist Johann Döbereiner noted that similar elements have similar atomic masses. He eleborat the so-called Law of triads which consist of dividing the items into groups of three similar elements, the middle element properties being deduced from the properties of the most difficult  element and the easiest item.

Examples of triads in this table: lithium, sodium and potassium, sulfur, selenium and tellurium and chlorine, bromine and iod.Cercetătorul French Chancourtois made a cylindrical table of elements to show a periodic recurrence properties of chemical elements. In 1865, another researcher who attempted classification of items was Englishman John Newlands, professor in the School of Medicine in London.
He placed the items in a table consists of 7 columns in order of increasing atomic mass. He pointed out that elements with similar properties occur at intervals of 8 elements and eleborat so-called Law of octaves.

Other contributions to the classification of chemical elements, were also brought by English scientist William Olding, in 1864 and German scientist Julius Lothar Meyer in 1868.

W. Olding has made a table very similar to that made later by Mendeleev. The groups are arranged horizontally and the elements are arranged in order of atomic mass. In the tables were left blanks for undiscovered elements.

German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer made a table of chemical elements in 1864, then a second version in 1868, where the elements were arranged in order of atomic mass. Mayer published his work much later than Mendeleev, so could not prevail in this area. It seems that the two chemists, Meyer and Mendeleev discovered the periodic system of elements simultaneously.

He who is widely accepted as the discoverer of the periodic system of elements was modern Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev. The final version of the system periodically in 1871 has left spaces suggesting that other chemical elements will be discovered later. Element 101 was named after Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), who discovered the "Periodic System" arranged in tabular form and continuously improved between 1868 and 1871.

How does Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" reflect the character Macbeth from William Shakespeare's play Macbeth? It should be...

Two roads diverged in Birnham Wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Macbeth was wavering; he thought about killing King Duncan as soon as he was tempted by the witches upon his first meeting with them. Then he decided that maybe he shouldn't do anything. Then he talked to Lady Macbeth, and she did her best to convince him to carry out the murder. He told her that he'd talk about it later. Finally, while the King is at dinner, he tells his wife (Act 1, scene 7):

We will proceed no further in this business:

He hath honor'd me of late, and I have bought

Golden opinions from all sorts of people,

Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,

Not cast aside so soon.

Here he is facing two diverging roads. He is ready to take a road of peace, one of "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me Without my stir."

Then Lady Macbeth rips into him, chastises him, demeans him, and eventually gets him to take the other road, the road of murder, and guilt, and more murder, paranoia, madness and death.

And what of the road not taken, the road of not stirring, of just living life out and seeing where it takes him? Well, Macbeth, like Frost, "knowing how way leads on to way," will never get the chance to know where that road would have taken him.

In The Leap, what caused the disaster at the circus,and what happened to the Flying Avalons?

In the days of the Flying Avalons, circuses performed in tents -- not like they do today in colliseums and arenas.  The tents would be like the pictures you see in books -- with a pole holding it up from the center and other poles around the circumference of the tent.

The day the Flying Avalons were performing, there was a huge thunder storm.  In the middle of their act, lightning struck, creating an electric current down that center pole and onto anything else there -- the trapeze wires included.  The shock caused Harry, Anna's husband, to lose his grasp and fall below.  The lightning also caused the tent to catch fire.

Harry was sent to be buried with his uncle, an original Avalon.

Why did Marlow use alliteration in in the second stanza of "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?

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

There is mild alliteration in this stanza, but it is a rather effective poetic device.  Some of the alliterations occur at the beginning of words, while the sibilant alliterations (sibilants are "s's", "sh's", soft "c's", "x's", and sometimes "z's") also occur in the middle of words.  Let's examine both kinds.

The word-beginning alliteration in line one "we will" is probably not significant; they are common words which often occur together.  Of more import is the use of the imperative form of the verb "will" rather than "shall" (the rule, by no means fixed in Marlowe's time, is that the first-person pronouns "I" and "we" take "shall", unless it is the imperative mood -- then it takes "will".  The second- and third-person pronouns are the exact reverse).  Did Marlowe mean this auxiliary verb simply for alliteration, or was the imperative mood intended?  If the imperative was intended, then this sounds less like a love poem than a exhortation to his beloved ("we WILL sit upon the rocks" -- as if she were denying it).  But if it was meant as alliteration, it was probably merely to give lightness and flippancy to the line; a goal which is realized admirably.  Also, in this line the first sibilants appear ("sit" and "rocks", although "sit" is weak).

"And see the shepherds feed their flocks" continues the flurry of sibilants (are now up to six in only two short lines).  There is definitely a pattern developing here -- but what is the meaning of it?  The answer lies in the next line.  But before we discuss that the "feed" and "flocks" alliteration is also of minor significance.  The pastoral poem in English, of which this is an example, often used the "f" alliteration (Sir Philip Sidney's The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia is an example in the earlier part of the sixteenth century), presumably because shepherds, those staples of pastoral poetry, tend "flocks", making the "f" alliteration inevitable.  Marlowe knew of these conventions, and either included it out of homage, necessity, or even as parody.  No one knows for sure, but the poem can be read any of these ways.

"By shallow rivers, to whose falls" -- the count of sibilants is now up to ten!  This line as the answer to the question of "why" there is alliteration (although, thankfully, it is not excessive!) in this stanza.  The location of the rocks on which the lovers will sit is not the "craggy mountains" of the first stanza, but rocks by "shallow rivers"!  The sibilant alliteration is meant as a onomatopoeia.  The sound of the "s's" is supposed to mimic the sound of the water, especially if the reader is imagining a shallow river full of little water falls, as depicted by the poets.  The "f" alliteration is repeated in "falls", but it is probably of no matter.

"Melodious birds sing madrigals" -- the sibilants are now at fourteen.  This new alliteration of "m" is not signficiant, except possibly to bring in the auditory idea of humming (like the birds?  this is a bit weak).  The "m's" were chosen probably for the lenth of the words they start with "melodious" and "madrigals", so that they fit neatly into the line,and also for the charming nature of their meanings.  Madrigals are a kind of song sung in harmony, and the idea of birds harmonizing with each other is meant as an analogy for harmonious love between the lovers.

How does Sherlock Holmes use methodical ways to solve the crime in "The Red-headed League?"

Sherlock Holmes is methodical because he uses evidence he collects to make deductions about the case.  He solves the case by observing, and determining the answer from what he observes.  Watson is quite impressed.

“You reasoned it out beautifully,” I exclaimed in unfeigned admiration. “It is so long a chain, and yet every link rings true.” (p. 19)

Holmes begins by listening carefully to what Mr. Wilson tells him.  From this he is able to determine that something funny is happening, and agrees to take the case.  His suspicions are aroused by the absurdity of the league and the sudden appearance of Mr. Wilson’s new employee, who also brought the advertisement to his attention.

Holmes tested his deductions.  He looks for new evidence.  He goes to the shop and pretends to ask for directions so he can see the assistant.  He recognizes him immediately.

He is, in my judgment, the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. I have known something of him before. (p. 13)

Holmes notices that he has dirt on his trouser knees, so he assumes that he has been kneeling.  There are few reasons for a grown man to kneel, so Holmes taps his stick to see if the ground is hollow.  He then uses this information to deduce that the men plan to rob the bank by digging a tunnel under it from the shop.  He then calls the police, they wait, and the men are caught when they do exactly what Holmes said they would.

Discuss the use of irony in "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry

O. Henry loved irony, and used it often in his stories, especially in throwing in his famous surprise endings.  Irony sometimes refers to the concept that something that is the opposite of what is expected.  For example, I am an English teacher, and it would be ironic if I was a horrible grammarian.  You wouldn't expect that; because I teach English, you would expect me to know and use grammar correctly.  In "After Twenty Years," there are several unexpected twists to the storyline.  We meet Bob, who by all indications seems to be a very nice guy who wants to meet up with his old friend.  The police officer, polite and fastidious, seems to be only a professional man conversing with a stranger.  All of these assumptions end up being the opposite of what we would have expected.  Bob is really a wanted criminal, on the run from the law.  The police officer really does know the stranger, and isn't merely politely conversing, but confirming his suspicions about the nature of the man waiting on the street.

We learn of all of these ironies in the characters presented at the end of the story, when the police officer turns out to be Bob's good friend, Jimmy.  He knew Bob all along, and was just pretending to be an ignorant inquirer.  We learn that Bob, the seemingly harmless man with a fondness for old friends, is a dangerous criminal.  The largest instance of irony occurs when Jimmy turns in his friend; earlier, Bob had led us to believe that Jimmy was "the truest, staunchest chap in the world."  According to Bob, Jimmy's defining trait as a friend was that he was loyal, and he didn't doubt for one second that he'd show up, keeping his word.  This makes us think that Jimmy is a great guy who would never betray a friend.  Although Jimmy does show up, he unexpectedly betrays his good friend--he put his loyalty to work above his loyalty to his old pal.  The irony exists in the fact that Bob's expectations of Jimmy's kindness and friendship were a bit overrated.

I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

What quick action by Saknis plays an instrumental part in Matt's recovery in Sign of the Beaver?

I believe the action you are referring to is Saknis's treatment of Matt immediately after the bee attack. Matt, lying on the ground, was "too weak to struggle;" his skin "seemed to be on fire from head to toe, yet he could not stop shivering." Understanding that the bee stingers contained "poison" and needed to be removed, Saknis moved his hands gently over Matt's face and neck and body, "probing and rubbing at one tender spot after another." By removing the stingers immediately, Saknis minimized the amount of poison that went into Matt's system, enabling him to recover that much more quickly.

Saknis actually did a number of additional things to aid in Matt's recovery. First of all, he pulled Matt out of the water when Matt was thrashing about, his feet tangled in the weeds at the bottom of the pond. Had it not been for this action, Matt, in his panic, might have drowned, and there would have been no recovery to speak of. Saknis then carried the semiconscious boy back to his cabin and gave him some "bitter medicine" to help in his healing. He also brought Matt food until he was well enough to get his own, and, seeing his need, a"rough sort of crutch" for him to use until his injured ankle was stronger. Finally, when Saknis learned that Matt had lost one of his boots in his escapade with the bees, he brought a pair of moccasins, made by the women of his tribe, that were "handsome and new, of moosehide, dark and glistening with grease, tied with stout thongs that were long enough to wrap about his ankles" (Chapter 5 and 6).

How do you think the percentage of young people in a population affects the birth rate of the population?Also, can u please give the reason why u...

As you might expect, populations with large percentages of young people (assuming the people are teenagers or older) will have a relatively high birth rate.  This is because people of that age are just entering their child-bearing years.  For example, your average 18 year old is likely to have more kids in the next 10 years than your average 40 year old.

A population with a lot of older people will of course have a higher death rate.  This is because, all other things being equal, old people are much more likely to die than young people.

What will happen if an ice-cube with a metal piece inside, floating in water melts. Will level of water remain same or is increased or decreased?...

Wow, that's a cool question.  I want to have a crack at it! 

The addition of the ice cube would raise the water in the glass because it will displace the water currently in the glass.  As the ice cube melts, it will not change the water level because the water released from the melting ice was already "pushing" on the water around it.  You are just transforming the frozen water to a liquid state.

In fact, after the initial "plop" of the ice cube into the cup (which made the water level spike in the first place) once the ice cube melts you may see a decrease in water level because the frozen water expanded while in ice cube form.  It took up more volume in the cup while frozen than it will when melted.  On the other hand, depending on the shape and size of the cube, some of the cube might have been "sticking out of the water" in the way that ice bergs do.  That piece would not be displacing water initially, but would add to the water supply as it melted.  In this case, the water might only rise a fraction with the melting of the ice cube.

The trick is, you have to know how big the cube (and its shape) to figure out how much of it would be sticking out of the water after the inital "plop."

Having the metal inside of the ice cube doesn't change the scenario a lot, depending on how big the chunk is.   The metal is taking the place of water that would have taken up volume in the ice cube.  The ice cube, in essence, is the same size whether filled with water or metal chunks.  The metal would eventually be released and sink to the bottom of the glass where it would take up space, but had the metal not been in the ice in the first place, water would have been there, and so the level would have risen the same amount anyway after melting.  The variable here, I think, is weight.  If the metal were heavy enough it might sink the ice cube initially.  That would eliminate the "ice-berg" effect so that wouldn't be a variable.

Overall, my conclusion is that the initial drop of the ice cube would cause the water level to rise (because it takes up space the water now can't use,) but as it melts you should see a slight reduction in water level to account for the fact that the frozen ice took up more space than its liquid form did.  This assumes that the entire ice cube is under water...if a little bit was sticking above the water, you would not see the drop from the frozen ice "contracting" as it became liquid because the melting water from the part of the cube above the water, initially not displacing any water in the cup, would now do so.

Man, does that make any sense at all?

What is the summary of the poem "Love's Philosophy"?

There's not really that much to this poem.  It's a straight-forward love poem.

In the first stanza, he's saying that there are lots of kinds of things that mingle together.  Some examples of this are rivers and oceans and the winds.  So, he says, if these things can mingle, why not him and his beloved.

In the second stanza he moves on to kissing and hugging.  Lots of things kiss.  Mountains kiss heaven.  Waves hug each other.  But all of that would be worthless if his love won't kiss him.

What impact did the book "The Shame Of Cities" have on America?I don't have a clear understanding of the content.

I would say that one of the largest impacts of the book was to bring attention to the idea that business growth cannot be divorced from social responsibility.  Cities had become an industrial center at the outset of the 20th century and with such a role came some defining elements.  Urbanization had led to crowded and cramped conditions, filled with individuals who had become cogs in the machinery of economic progress.  These centers of urban population had been comprised of individuals who saw their economic rights violated with poor working conditions as well as their sense of dignity violated with the belief that business growth trumped over all.  Steffens' study of the conditions in American cities within industrialization allowed America to understand that conditions in the urban center of America have to be understood, rectified, and enhanced through positive intervention in order for America to fulfill the promises and possibilities intrinsic to it.

What is the "Song of Evil" and what is happening the first time Kino hears it?

The Song of Evil is of course metaphorical:  it represents everything which threatens the safety, unity and well-being of Kino's family. The first time it is "heard" is when the scorpion crawls down the rope of the baby's suspended cradle and stings him on the hand. It comes back intermittantly throughout the story, representing the greed of the villagers and pearl buyers, the rising conflict between Kino and Juana, and the dangers facing the family as they flee their home. It crescendoes to the moment when Coyotito is killed by a stray bullet from the trackers which richochets off the stone cliff where they are hiding. The Song of Evil is only silenced when Kino throws the pearl back into the sea, where it can no longer entice and subvert the hearts of men.

The Song of Evil represents also an internal struggle as Kino must wrestle with the choice to either keep the pearl and trust his luck at selling in in La Paz or to get rid of it for the safety of his family. Here it is described as a heartbeat or throb rising within his breast, spreading over him much as the scorpion's venom which poisoned his son Coyotito. Steinbeck interweaves perceptive imagery (sight, sound, touch) in a very compelling way to portray the hypnotic power the pearl holds over the village and Kino's own soul.

In "To Kill a Mockingbird," what issues does the character Scout face in chapters 1-5 (especially Miss Maudie in summer twilight)?

As a narrative told in retrospect by the now adult Scout, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has a strategically planned exposition that introduces several of the themes of Harper Lee's novel.  For one thing, Lee introduces her theme of appearances and reality in the first chapter with the mystery and supposition about the Radley family.  In the second chapter, Lee presents new characters, representatives of their parents who among the society of Maycomb, Alabama, in a comical manner as Scout retells her first day at school.  Present on this first day are representatives of the white social strata of the town:  Burris Ewell, Walter Cunningham, and Little Chuck Little--all of whom do not know "where their next meal is coming from." 

However, there are differences among these poor boys, for Burris Ewell has no respect or pride; his family lives near the dump and depends upon welfare; Walter is very proud just as his father is who will not take welfare; and, Little Chuck is a "little gentleman" albeit poor.

Scout faces the issue of judging people by their social position.  When she tells Calpurnia that Walter, whom she has brought home to eat in Chapter III, "He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham--" Scout is taught by Calpurnia to be polite and respectful to everyone.  This lesson is later reinforced by Atticus who teaches his daughter the moral lesson that "until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" one never really understands a person.

Then, in the first part of Chapter IV, Scout's narration about her teacher, Miss Crawford, indicates that she does not appreciate the rigid, formal education at public school.  And, in actuality, her most valuable lessons do come from her encounters in life and what Calpurnia,Atticus, and Miss Maudie teach her.

In contrast to some of the characters introduced in Chapters I-IV, Chapter V introduces the reader to Miss Maudie, an open-minded and fair woman similar to Atticus Finch. When Miss Maudie make innuendoes about Miss Stephanie moving closer to her bedroom window when Boo Radley supposedly looked into it, the innocent Scout does not understand, suggesting her naivete regarding the Radleys. But she learns later from Miss Maudie's example about the importance of being sincere and genuine with the story about the Radley's and the "foot-washing Baptists."

In Chapters I-V of "To Kill a Mockingbird," the stratum of characters is introduced along with predominant themes.  In fact the events and characters of these first few chapters are closely related to the final episodes of Harper Lee's novel.

Please interpret and critique the following quote from Emerson's "Self-Reliance.""Your miscellaneous popular charities,building of meeting houses...

What I know about the structure of a personal essay:

1. A personal essay has the same basic five-paragraph  STRUCTURE               as do most other essays.

2. The      INTRO               paragraph begins the personal essay.

3. The two things that the introductory paragraph includes are the HOOK               and the      THESIS              .

4. The       HOOK                grabs the reader's attention.

5. The    THESIS                 is the main point of the essay.

6. The      BODY                 follows the introductory paragraph.

7. The body includes three   SUPPORTING              paragraphs.

8. The supporting paragraphs all share the same basic     STRUCTURE            .

9. Supporting paragraphs begin with a      TOPIC                sentence.

10. The    TOPIC                  sentence is what a supporting paragraph is all about.

11. The     3 SUPPORTING          sentences support the main point of the paragraph.

12. The supporting paragraph ends with a        CLINCHER          sentence. It wraps up the paragraph.

13. The    CONCLUDING             paragraph follows the body in a personal essay.

14. The concluding paragraph      WRAP                        UPS               the essay and    RESTATES              the idea presented in the            TOPIC          sentence.

15. The concluding paragraph ends with the      CLINCHER             sentence.

16. The example concluding paragraph about mustard does two things all good concluding paragraphs do: It      WRAP                  UPS                     the essay and       SUMMARIZES          the supporting paragraphs, and it      RESTATES             the thesis in new words.

17. The concluding paragraph about ketchup and vegans    FAILS                  to do the things a concluding paragraph should do.

18.     TRANSITIONS           are words or sentences that help your reader navigate your essay smoothly.

19. Writers use transitions to guide readers from paragraph to        PARAGRAPH         .

20. To figure out where your writing needs transitions, consider what might potentially confuse your    READER                .

21. Writers also use transitions to guide readers from sentence to sentence within a     PARAGRAPH            .

What I know about tools, ideas, and tips for writing a personal essay:

1. An     OUTLINE               is a handy way to visualize the structure of a personal essay.

2. When you try to write vividly, remember to     SHOW                  and not tell.

3. The study gives three tips on how to show instead of tell in your personal essay. Avoid     TO                        BE                    verbs, use        DESCRPITIVE      and        CONCRETE           language, and create and use carefully constructed   DIALOGUE               .

Some Literary critics have agreed that chapter 5, romanticizes the social aspect of war and the military. Does the author do this? To what...

Chapter 5 is a quiet chapter.  It comes after the relenting trench warfare descriptions of chapter 4 and the gas attacks of chapter 6.  Even though it is a quiet chapter, there is killing; chapter 5 begins and ends with animal death imagery: killing lice at the beginning and the goose at the end.  Comparing men to dying animals is a leitmotif here--and I would not classify the chapter, as a whole, as Romantic because of this. 

The crux of the chapter comes in the men's conversations about the war.  Should the war end, an older soldier wishes to return to his pre-war civilian job as a peat-farmer, but most of the others, especially the younger soldiers, can't see themselves doing much of anything, other than war.  So connected are they to war that even in their dreams they do not picture themselves as individuals with a choice, let alone a hopeful future.  More, all the soldiers agree that the war will never end.  This, by definition, is not Romantic.  This mindset smacks of the Realism of Crane. 

There are few socially Romantic episodes in the chapter.  There's certainly no love loss between the soldiers and the high command.  Tjaden hates Himmeltoss.

At the end, I suppose, the relationship between Paul and Kat does approach Romanticism, but the author ends the chapter with it and moves on to the horrors of war in the next, so I don't see a conscious Romantic effort on Remarque's part to develop it.  Such passages are, I believe, Romantic red herrings:

We are brothers and press on to one another the choicest pieces.

"May I never forget you!"

We are being set up here, I think, to hope for a future for these soldiers when, in the end, there will be none.  We know that, at the end, all these soldiers will die.  Remarque does not afford Paul with a Romantically glorious death: he dies without description, on the day the armistice is signed.  Therefore, this Romantic interlude at the end of chapter 5, we know, is fleeting.

Other critics, as the one in Sparknotes below, agree that only the ending is Romantic:

Paul marvels at the flood of emotion that he experiences while roasting the stolen goose with Kat. He and Kat would never have known one another in peacetime, but the war has brought their lives together in a crucible of horror. Their shared suffering makes peacetime concerns and concepts of friendship pale by comparison. In many ways, the bond forged between soldiers in trench warfare is the only romanticized element of Remarque’s spectacularly unromantic novel.

Again, I see this interlude as possibly Romantic, but as a whole, I don't see the chapter thusly.

A 2.5 kg ball strikes a wall with a velocity of 8.2 m/s to the left. The ball bounces off with a velocity of 6.5 m/s to the right.If the ball is in...

The force is defined as the rate of change in momentum of the body.

The momentum of the ball  is the product of its mass and velocity and it is a vector.

So the momentum of the ball at the time it strike the wall = 2.5 kg*8.2m/s = 20.5kg.m/s left.

The monteum of the ball when it is reflected by the wall = 2.5kg*6.5m/s right =16.25 kg.m/s right=-16.25 kg.m/s considering the left direction.

Therefore, the change in momentum =20.5-(-16.25) =36.75 kg*m/s

Threfore the rate of change of momentum ={36.75kg*m/s}/Time of contact={36.75kg*m/s}/0.22s =167.0455 N is the force exerted by the wall.

"Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it." Meaning of the quote...

This quote can be considered as a two-pronged assertion, which working together are beneficial to a nation’s citizenry. The first part of this quote, "Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect,” concerns the claim that it is the responsibility of a nation’s individual citizens to be at the vanguard of what manner of government should be in place in their land. Concerning democracies, this is facilitated through free elections insomuch as who is part of the government.

However, it does not answer the question of what type of government will be in place as that is part of a nation’s constitution upon its initial formation. In Canada here we have a parliamentary system of federal government. In the United States it is a republic type of federal government. Both nations are democracies and citizens vote for representation from their areas. Nevertheless, under these paradigms, the citizens must convey their views on what the government should do, how it should conduct itself, and how it should operate on a day-to-day basis to earn the respect of its citizenry.

Citizens must keep tabs on what their government is doing and voice pleasure or displeasure regarding government edicts. The citizens of a nation are individual ‘checks and balances’ in concert with the ‘checks and balances’ that are already in place in the land pertaining to the proper administration of government.

The second part of this quote, "… and that will be one step toward obtaining it." concerns the issue that citizens will gain the respect from government they desire when they are a major part of creating a just government in the first place. This is a tall order, especially today when there is so much distrust of politicians. People often feel that governments do not really address their concerns. Consequently, they avoid taking part in the political process and avoid giving input when it comes to policy formation.

In essence, citizens cannot be bystanders a let government do everything without input from the populace. Therefore, when putting the two assertions together, in a best case scenario a nation has an involved citizenry that makes its opinions and views known. The government works with its citizens to formulate the best laws and policies. Therefore, with all working together, citizens and the government both benefit. It does sound pie-in-the-sky in this day and age, but it is true that citizens of a nation will get a government worthy of respect when they take an active part in government and demand that the government is held accountable for all its decisions.

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Is there symbolism in "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury?

In "There Will Come Soft Rains" Ray Bradbury portrays symbolism through the house, the mice, and the poem. All of these objects reflect mankinds use of technology. We are steering away from human interaction and our routines are becoming monotonous, mundane, technology-driven activities.

The house symbolizes mankind. We are constantly busy. Everyday we check off things on our "to do" lists and make more, longer lists. Our routines are almost robot like. The robots in the story seem to be racing around like our minds at times.

"The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big, small, servicing, attending, in choirs. But the gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly." This section is symbolizing religion and seems to say people use religion in a senseless and useless way. Shortly after this quote the dog died. It implied that if you lose religion bad things will happen.

The poem at the end about soft rains explains that life will go on even if we die. Nature and materialistic things (our cell phone and computer) won't care if we are gone. Things will still keep functioning. We need to build human relationships with other people, because they are the ones care about us. We are truly becoming a technology driven world and this story symbolizes this through the house, the mice, and the poem.

Describe Miss Havisham in Great Expectations. What is known about her and how does that relate or influence her character?we have been ask lots of...

In Great Expectations, while Miss Havisham has perpetuated her hatred for men and desire to avenge herself upon them by turning Estella into a heartless woman, the old gentlewoman is not without redemption.  And, it is this change of heart in Miss Havisham which makes her all the more tragic.  For, while she has lived her youth in being deluded by Compeyson, the villain whom she believed a gentleman that loved her, she also has lived her adult life in another delusion:  she has believed that all men are heartless and should be punished by instruments such as Estella. However, she rues her mistake after Pip visits Estella as a young gentleman.

When Miss Havisham overhears what is said between Estella and Pip, she places her hand on her heart as she listens,

'It would have been cruel in Miss Havisham to torture me through all these years with a van hope and an idle pursuit, she she had reflected on the gravity of what she did.  Bit I think she did not.  I think that in the endurance of her own trial, she forgot mine, Estella.'

Moved by the genuiness of Pip's emotion, Miss Havisham regrets having been so cruel to Pip.  So, when Pip responds to Miss Havisham's note, he returns to her home where she arranges for Pip to obtain money from Mr. Jaggers for the safety of Provis.  However, before Pip can leave, Miss Havisham instructs him that she has signed a paper and asks him,

If you can ever write under my name, 'I forgive her,' though ever so long after my broken heart is dust--pray do it!'

No static character, Miss Havisham has been moved by Pip's love for Estella; her cold, dying heart has again been charged, and she is thus redeemed from her sins of heartlessness:

'Yes, yes, I know it.  But, Pip--my dear!' There was an earnest womanly compassion for me in her new affection.

What indicates the highest degree of disgrace in Jonas' Community?In Lois Lowry's dystopian novel 'The Giver.'

AT first glance one might think that being "released" is the most severe punishment one can receive, but this is not so.

The worst thing that can happen to a member of the Community is to be "excommunicated" and then forgotten forever. Such was the case of Rosemary, a person in training to be the next Giver (as Jonas) who could not bear the burden of her role and asked for release. Later Jonas sees the film recording of Rosemary injecting herself with a lethal substance as her way "out" of a no win/no win dilemma.

After Rosemary's release, it was forbidden for any newchild to bear the name "Rosemary" and the memory of her was intentionally "forgotten" forever. A new law also forbade any Giver-in-training (Receiver) to even appy for "release" (suicide, under such circumstances), but Jonas finds another way to escape the Community's rigid oligarchy and to also save it from itself.

Write a short note on the narrative technique of Pride and Prejudice.

Jane Austen uses the following narrative techniques in her novel "Pride and Prejudice" :

1. The Third Person Omniscient Author Technique: In this method of narration the author Jane Austen is in complete control of the narration of the story. Whatever she says we have to accept unquestioningly and wherever she leads us we have to follow. The opening remark of the novel is a good example of this narrative method:

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

This method of narration sometimes entails the novelist to directly address the readers. This is known as Authorial Intrusion. In Ch.61 Jane Austen directly 'intrudes'  into the action remarking "I wish I could say."

2. The Dramatic Method of Narration: In this method of story telling the novelist Jane Austen completely withdraws from the action and with very minimal narration and description the entire scene is played out right in front of our eyes. The dialogue very effectively portrays the personality of each character and simultaneously develops the plot of the novel. The very first chapter of the novel is a dramatic scene which not only introduces us to the family of the Bennets but also kick starts the action by mentioning the arrival of Bingley in the neighborhood.

3. Dramatizing the Consciousness of the character: In this progressive method of narration Jane Austen takes her readers into the mind of her characters. She records very minutely the entire thought process of the character and reveals the feelings and emotions of that character. In Ch.36 Jane Austen records in great detail the mental change that took place in the personality of the heroine Elizabeth after she had read and reread several times Darcy's letter:

``How despicably have I acted!'' she cried. -- ``I, who have prided myself on my discernment! -- I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity, in useless or blameable distrust. -- How humiliating is this discovery! -- Yet, how just a humiliation! -- Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. -- Pleased with the preference of one, and offended by the neglect of the other, on the very beginning of our acquaintance, I have courted prepossession and ignorance, and driven reason away, where either were concerned. Till this moment, I never knew myself.''

Thus we see that Jane Austen uses a variety of narrative techniques according to the varying needs of the plot and characterization of "Pride and Prejudice."

In "The Crucible" why has Reverend Parris sent for a doctor as the play begins?

At the beginning of act one, if you read the text closely, it soon becomes clear that Betty, Reverend Parris's daughter, is lying on the bed, very ill.  Reverend Parris is freaking out because he has no idea what is wrong with her--she is not acting normal.  She is just lying there, not speaking, not eating, not moving, nothing.  It is almost like she is in a coma of sorts.

Parris is also very worried, because the night before, he discovered his daughter and his niece Abigail (who lives with him) dancing in the woods with a bunch of other girls from the village.  But that's not all--as the scene proceeds, we learn that he thinks he saw someone naked running around, and, that there was a big kettle of boiling liquid, with a frog in it.  All of these things put together, make Reverend Parris very upset; he suspects some sort of conjuring of spirits, and other forbidden or wicked behavior by the girls.  So, when he discovered them there, he was understandably very upset.  His daughter, Betty, since that incident, has been acting strange.  He is worried that maybe she has been bewitched somehow, through the activities that were occurring.  He hopes not, because that would cast a shadow on his reputation as a minister, so, he sends for the doctor.  He hopes that the doctor can find some easily explained medical reason for Betty's strange behavior.

I hope that clears things up for you; good luck!

Does God love everyone or does He only love even the ones He predestined for Salvation?I am struggling with Calvin's doctrine of predestination....

Calvin teaches a double predestination in an endeavor to answer the question why some are saved and not others.  He reasons that if God in his revealed will predestines some to salvation, it therefore follows that in his hidden will, he predestines the rest of humankind to damnation.

For many Christians the question "Am I saved?" is much more important than the question "Why are some saved and not others?" They believe when reading John 3:16, that if God so loved the world.... he also loved me, and if I believe in his only begotten Son, I shall inherit everlasting life.

Calvin's doctrine of predestination creates a conflict between the hidden will of God and the will of God as it is revealed to us in the Bible. The Apostle Paul rejects that it is possible for any such conflict to exist when he declares in 2 Timothy 2:12 "....he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself."

We read nothing of a predestination to damnation in the Bible. The Bible only reveals a predestination to salvation (Romans 8:28-30).

How could we possibly trust a God who in his hidden will (as Calvin teaches) predestines to damnation and in his revealed will emphasizes, in the words of the Apostle Peter, "The Lord is....not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance?"

In "To Kill a Mockingbird" what reasons do Jem and Dill give for trying to peek into the Radley window on this particular night?What final...

Scout, listening to the warnings from Atticus about leaving Boo Radley alone, is trying to do just that when Dill and Jem hatch the "let's look into his window" scheme.  She also has realized that Boo is probably often watching all of them in their different shenanigans; the day she fell into his yard out of the tire she heard someone laughing.  So, she knows that they are probably being watched by Boo, and that Atticus has asked them to leave the poor man alone.

So, Scout protests Dill and Jem's plans to peek in the window.  She is scared, she is whining, and she won't stop pestering them. The first thing Dill and Jem try is getting her to go home.  She is immediately suspicious.  The second thing they try is telling Scout to "keep her trap shut," and then finally, Jem declares, "I declare to the Lord you're gettin' more like a girl every day!"  That does it.  Scout hates being called a girl; she hates everything girlie, and can't pass up a challenge.  Her reaction to that threat and challenge is "With that, I had no option but to join them."  All of this happens a couple pages into chapter six, if you're looking for the quotes, and they go to show just what a sucker for a dare that Scout really is, especially one threatening her tomboyish nature.  I hope that helped; good luck!

In the 3rd chapter of All Quiet On The Western Front, why does Remarque imbue the characters with more complex and rich personalities?Why is this...

One of the advantages of have a limited first-person narrator is the opportunity for the reader to leanr along with the character. The first two chapters are Paul's acclamation to military action and his transition from school boy to soldier.

By chapter three, however, Paul is ready to begin forming relationships with the soldiers in his division. A number of his school-mates have either died or gone different directions, and his family is far away. The men in his division become both friends and family. As such, Paul begins to uncover the personalities of each one. As Paul becomes attached to each, so does the reader, making the death of each one more profound.

Remarque uses his limited narrator to manipulate the emotions of the reader, and in doing so, makes his anti-war message stronger.

How does Shakespeare introduce the absent Macbeth?in Act 1

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the character Macbeth actually isn't physically introduced until scene 3.  In scene 3, he and Banquo simply walk in on the three witches just as they finish a charm.  Macbeth comments on the weather using the same words spoken by the witches at the close of scene 1 (which of course in some way, depending on one's interpretaion, connects Macbeth to the witches):  "So foul and fair a day I have not seen."  Banquo then notices the witches, and the scene takes its course.

Macbeth's name is mentioned in scene 1, by the witches, when they reveal that the three will meet again when they meet with Macbeth, and again in scene 2 when King Duncan gives Macbeth credit for the military victory over Cawdor.  These mentions of the character prepare the audience for Macbeth's appearance in scene 3. 

What is the conlusion of the novel "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte?

In the conclusion of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, the tragedies, the wrong-headed decisions, the remorseless cruelties, the cowardice and judgmental rejection of past life at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange are reversed and subsumed in the renewal of heart, mind and soul of young Catherine, Hareton and Heathcliff.

Catherine and Hareton, cousins, reconcile their ill will and unkindness to each other and become devoted to one another. Catherine, inspired by the presence and response of Lockwood, says she does not want to hinder Hareton's attempts to learn to read. She later says she is sorry for having teased him. This choice of young Catherine's symbolically represents remorse from her remorseless mother for cruelty to Heathcliff.

Hareton accidentally shoots himself and is confined indoors which gives him and Catherine a chance to reconcile their hateful ways toward each other. This reconciliation leads to devotion and a marriage between them (it was still common and legal for cousins to wed in the 1800s). Their reconciliation and marriage symbolically represents reconciliation and unity between the elder Catherine and Heathcliff.

Brontë concludes Wuthering Heights by giving peace and rest to the troubles of the manor of Wuthering Heights, which will be Hareton's inheritance (with the name of Hareton, which was born by his ancestor, inscribed above the entry), and Thrushcross Grange. Heathcliff also finds peace by abandoning his plans for revenge to be taken out upon Hareton and young Catherine and by his experience of a vision on the moors. He seems to Nelly to have seen an apparition to which he continues to talk. He excitedly gives Nelly instructions for his funeral, then she finds him peacefully dead and believes that he is reunited with his beloved Catherine.

What is a clarity that Poe wants to show us of his meaning in the story "The Masque of the Red Death"?evokes emotion in this story

Appletrees, I think you are overthinking this short story, Poe does not tell how Prospero rules his kingdom. He does say that Prince Prospero takes only his friends out to the country house to enjoy themselves until the plague disappears, which means that he is selective. Ironically, the plague comes to them in ghost form and kills all of the people in the country house. Poe wants to show the reader that when death comes knocking, don't try to run; it will get you eventually. I do think you are very smart, Appletrees, only the smartest take the brain power to overthink a story, but really the answer might be hiding in plain sight.

What are the important events in Walter's life in the book Bearstone by Will Hobbs?

The important events in Walter's life include his discovery of a gold strike as a young man, marrying his wife and settling down on a ranch, his wife's death, the coming of Cloyd into his life, his return to the gold mine, his injury, and settling down again at home with Cloyd to help him.

As a young man, Walter had been a miner, and had had some success in this endeavor. He had actually discovered gold, but left the carefree but dangerous lifestyle of a miner before he had been able to determine the exact extent of his strike. Walter had married, and his wife had convinced him to settle down on a ranch. Walter loved his wife dearly, and although the dream of his gold strike still lived within him, he enjoyed many happy years in his new life as a married man and a rancher.

When his wife died, Walter was devastated. He took in Cloyd, an Indian boy in need of guidance, to live with him and to help out with the chores. Under this new arrangement, things, though difficult, at first seemed to be going well, until Cloyd felt betrayed by Walter and destroyed the peach grove that Walter's wife had so loved. Walter reacted in anger at first, but, being a man of deep understanding, was able to discern that unspoken cultural differences had been the cause of the boys' destructive action. The two of them set out on an adventure to explore the gold strike Walter had discovered so long ago, and Walter was seriously injured in the attempt. Although Walter's injuries were not life-threatening in themselves, they rendered him incapable of living alone on the ranch, a fact that diminished his will to live. Cloyd, however, offered to stay with Walter and help him with chores and the requirements of daily living, enabling the old man to stay on his beloved ranch.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of interview method for recruiting teachers with example (250 words)

Just FYI, the recommended answer length for this site is 90 words, so that is what you're likely to get.  We can't write essays for people...

My view of the major "pro" of the interview method is that it gives the interviewer the best chance to find out what the prospective candidate is like as a person.  This provides a clearer picture of how the candidate would fit in personally with other faculty and with the administration and students.

The bad side of this is that the interview does not really give any great insight into the candidates actual ability to teach.  It is more of an indication of his/her personality and ability to answer interview-type questions.

Given that sin^4(x) + cos^4(x) = 1, find all values for x between 0 and 2π

(sinx)^4+(cosx)^4 = 1

The soltion is obvious but a procedure is as below:

s^4+(1-s^2)^2 = 1, where s = sinx. Also (sinx)^2+(cosx)^2 = 1 is a trigonometric identity for all x. So, (cosx)^4  = [(cosx)^2]^2  = (1-s^2)^2. Therefore,

s^4+1-2s^2+s^4=1

2s^4-2s^2=0

s^4-s^2 = 0

s^2(s^2-1)=0

s^2 = 0 or s^2 = 1

s=0 or s=1 or s=-1

sinx = 0  or sinx = 1 or sin x= -1

When sinx = o, x = 0 degree or x=180 derees.

When sinx = 1, x= 90 degree

When sinx = -1, x= 270 degree.

Chopin once wrote that some had a philosophy that "Women are on earth only to serve men." How does she contrast this in "The Storm"?Use the text

In "The Storm," we see a woman who acts against all conventional boundaries associated with marriage, and breaks her marital vows in order to grasp what she feels is a moment of happiness for herself.  Calixta was obviously not content to just obey her husband; if she was, she would have never sought solace or enjoyment in the arms of another man.  A lot of people during that time period did feel that women should be totally and completely fulfilled being a wife, mother, and servant to all.  That was women were born and bred to do, and fulfilling the role of loving and serving wife was their station in life.  Calixta, though seemingly not completely unhappy in her situation, was not totally fulfilled.  If she was, she wouldn't have turned to Alcee--the desire wouldn't have even been there.

After the affair, Calixta seems truly happy.  Chopin writes,

"The rain was over; and the sun was turning the glistening green world into a palace of gems. Calixta, on the gallery, watched Alcée ride away. He turned and smiled at her with a beaming face; and she lifted her pretty chin in the air and laughed aloud."

And, when her son and husband return, expecting her to be totally upset about their muddy shoes, instead they come home to a happy, bubbly, loving woman, where before she had been an "over-scrupulous housewife" who they had to be careful around in order to not displease her.  In this story, the woman's foray into marital infidelity, into not being completely submissive and conventional, brought her the most happiness.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

How does Shakespeare portray the themes of jealousy and deception in Othello through form, structure, characters, imagery, and language?

Form, structure, and language: When characters such as Othello (later in the play) or Iago (whenever he is alone or with Roderigo) demonstrate jealousy (Othello regarding Desdemona and Cassio and Iago regarding Othello and Cassio), their language changes from verse to prose.  Iago, especially, plots his revenge and betrayal in prose, or the language of the commoner, and when Othello loses control of his etiquette and the charm which won him Desdemona, he too slips into prose rather than using elegant verse.  Shakespeare uses this form and switch in language to demonstrate man's base nature.  He stresses that when man gives into his original sinful state, he regresses in speech and action.

Characters: Shakespeare uses Othello to portray a Garden of Eden allegory.  Iago is the serpent who causes Othello to be jealous of Desdemona and not to trust that good can exist in someone else or in the world. Desdemona is an Eve to Othello's Adam, but she does not wittingly lead him astray; the serpent uses her without her knowledge.  Iago's deceit throughout the play is dependent upon his ability to camouflage his true intentions just as the serpent did in the Garden of Eden.

Imagery: Light and dark imagery dominate the play, along with animalistic images and references. Desdemona, who symbolizes purity, is pale in contrast to the darkness of Iago's plot and Othello's jealousy.  The animalistic imagery mainly represents Othello because Iago refers to him as a ram and uses other degrading terms which demonstrate the extent of his jealousy toward the military leader and his lieutenant (Cassio).

People take TUMS, Alka-Seltzer, Milk of Magnesia, and many more when they experience heartburn, acid indigestion, or sour stomach. What is...

I imagine that the word you are looking for is "base."  All of these antacids are bases.

The word "base" refers to something that is relatively high on the ph scale.  The scale goes from 0 (most acidic) to 14 (most basic) with 7 being neutral.

There is, of course, acid in your stomach.  Your stomach is usually around 2 or 3 on the scale.  But sometimes it drops below that.  When it does, it can be useful to eat a base so as to return the ph to the proper level.

Which two temperature changes are equivalent?Multiple Choice: A) 1 K = 1 F degrees B) 1 F degrees = 1 C degrees C) 1 C degrees = 1 K D) none of the...

In measurement of temperature the two most common scale are Celsius with symbol C and Fahrenheit with symbol F. In addition these days for a third system called Kelvin with symbol K is used for scientific purposes.

The magnitude of each degree in K and C are same. However in K the 0 temperature is taken as the absolute zero, while that in C the 0 temperature is taken as melting point of ice into water.

In K system the temperature of melting of ice/water is 273.15. Thus:

K = C + 273.15.

From this discussion it is clear that option D) of the question is correct.

What are Pip's expectations in stage 1, stage 2, and stage 3?"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is a bildungsroman that is divided into three important stages of the life of Pip, the main character.  As an ingenuous boy, Pip lives with his shrewish sister whom he refers to as "Mrs. Joe," a term that indicates no fondness between them.  On the other hand, Joe, a blacksmith is both parent and friend to Pip, and a loving relationship exists between them.  Yet, Pip's contentment with this relationship is disturbed when he visits Satis House and becomes enamored of Estella whose derogatory remark, "This boy?  Why, he's a common laboring boy" causes Pip to perceive himself as inferior.  When Pip returns from this life-changing visit, he tells Joe that he wishes he were not "common" with such coarse boots and hands.  The first stage ends with Pip's being visited by Mr. Jaggers who informs Pip that he has "Great Expectations" as he will move to London and become a gentleman.  With this news, Pip also acquires some false values as he feels ashamed of the coarse, uneducated Joe; he walks alone to the coach that will carry him to London.  In addition, Pip remarks that Uncle Pumblechook, whom he has heretofore referred to as "that great swindler," is not so bad, afterall:

I remember feeling convinced that I had been much mistaken in him, and that he was a sensible, practical, good-hearted, prime fellow.

Sadly, in his expectation of becoming a gentleman, Pip begins to acquire false values. With these false values of wealth and clothes indicating a person's worth, Pip pursues his education as a gentleman in London in Stage Two.  There he becomes friends with Herbert Pocket, his fellow lodger, who instructs Pip in table manners and relates what history of Estella he knows.  Pip attends a party hosted by Mr. Jaggers and meets other "gentlemen" along with Mr. Wemmick, the eccentric clerk of Mr. Jaggers, who is a devoted son to his "Aged P."

When Joe comes to visit Pip where he lives with Herbert, Pip is embarrassed by Joe's coming as Joe is awkward in a suit. When Biddy writes Pip later on, informing him that Mrs. Joe has died, Pip returns home and speaks with Biddy, who senses his snobishness.  She tells him that he will not really visit Joe, but Pip perceives Biddy as insulting to him. Upon his return to London Pip's expectations have deteriorated as he is visited by Magwitch and is repulsed to learn that the old convict has been his benefactor rather than Miss Havisham. In addition, he becomes disillusioned in his hopes of marrying Estella.  However, in this stage, Pip does demonstrate unselfishness as he takes precautions to protect Magwitch, although he is left with few expectations and much guilt:

Miss Havisham's intentions toward me, all a mere dream; Estella not designed for me; I only suffered in Satis House as a convenience,...But the sharpest and deepest pain of all--it was for the convict, guilty of I knew not what crimes, that I had deserted Joe.

In the third and final stage, Pip, who holds few expectations, matures and regains the goodness of heart that he possessed as a boy.  He tries to help Magwitch out of London, and, failing, stays by the dying man, comforting him; after he procures money for Herbert from Miss Havisham, he rescues her from a fire and forgives her for using him in her revenge against men.  When Joe tends his burns, Pip apologizes to him for his despicable behavior and snobbish attitudes. In reply Joe says, "Ever the best of friends." Having recovered from his burns, Pip encounters Estella after having bid her goodbye years before saying, "God bless you, God forgive you!" when she informs Pip that she was to marry Drummle. Now, Estella begs him to again say these same words, for she has acquired a heart from her suffering.  Likewise, Pip has acquired an experienced heart from his trials and has learned to value the true worth of love for family and love for friends.  His expectations in this last stage are that his life will have fulfillment from these loves as he realizes that true goodness does not come from social station or wealth, but from inner worth.

What is Gertrude's answer? Does this suggest anything about the queen's role in the death of her first husband?Act 3. Scene 2 Hamlet asks Gertrude...

Player Queen 

Nor earth to me give food, nor heaven light! 
Sport and repose lock from me day and night! 
To desperation turn my trust and hope! 
An anchor's cheer in prison be my scope! 
Each opposite that blanks the face of joy 
Meet what I would have well and it destroy! 
Both here and hence pursue me lasting strife, 
If, once a widow, ever I be wife! 

HAMLET 

If she should break it now! 

Player King 

'Tis deeply sworn. Sweet, leave me here awhile; 
My spirits grow dull, and fain I would beguile 
The tedious day with sleep. 

Sleeps 

Player Queen 

Sleep rock thy brain, 
And never come mischance between us twain! 

Exit 

HAMLET 

Madam, how like you this play? 

QUEEN GERTRUDE 

The lady protests too much, methinks. 

HAMLET 

O, but she'll keep her word.

Gertrude says that the Player Queen "protests too much." About what? The Player Queen says, in effect, that if her husband should ever die, she would never remarry... under the penalty of "lasting strife" or continuous inner conflict.

Now, Gertrude's answer may imply some uneasiness about the death of her first husband, Hamlet's father, and her hasty re-marriage, but it hardly shows her complicity in his murder.

It is not until after the play-within-a-play, when Hamlet confronts Gertrude in her room (Act 3, scene 4), that Hamlet gets his mother to even consider the possibility that Claudius murdered his father, King Hamlet. Indeed, the ghost of Hamlet's father implies that the Queen is innocent when he says to Hamlet (Act 1, scene 5):

But, howsoever thou pursuest this act, 
Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive 
Against thy mother aught: leave her to heaven 
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, 
To prick and sting her.

Leave her alone, he says. She is innocent of the murder and will go to heaven, but she will suffer there for being so naive and shallow.

Where is all time measured from?

I assume what you're asking has to do with time zones and where the "central" time zone is that all others refer to.  If so, then the answer is Greenwich, England.

When time zones were first being standardized, the Royal Observatory for the United Kingdom was at Greenwich, which is now part of London.  This happened in the 1870s, when Great Britain was the most powerful nation in the world.  Because it was the most powerful nation everyone else followed its lead and Greenwich became the reference point.

The time at Greenwich is known as Greenwich Mean Time or Coordinated Universal Time.

In "Fahrenheit 451" how does Granger's message help Montag understand and deal with the way he feels when he thinks of Mildred's death?

Despite the difference that Mildred and Montag had, and the fact that she turned him over to the authorities, it is still Mildred that he thinks about when he leaves the city behind.  After the bombs actually hit, Granger doesn't say much--none of them really do.  But before they even hit, Granger helps Montag to deal with the fact that he is leaving Millie behind.   He tries to help him have a bit of perspective.  To do so, Granger shares memories and wisdom that he received from his grandfather. His grandfather was a great man who impacted everyone's life that touched his own.  And, he said that after you are gone, nothing really matters

"so long as you change something from the way it was before before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away."

Granger, in his own strange way, is trying to tell Montag that even though he left Millie behind, she is still with him, because she impacted his life, and he impacted hers.  Granted, the impact in Millie's case wasn't necessarily positive or pleasant, but, the time that they spent together will always be there.

After the bombs hit, Granger offers comfort to everyone as he tells the legend of the Phoenix, a bird that built up an altar of wood and burned itself up, only to be reborn again. He says that is what happened here--their civilization is in ruins, but at least they can rebuild, and hopefully this time, they can do it right so that they don't repeat the same mistakes and end in the same way.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck.

Why are "ear lobes" called "ear lobes?"

Hmm..."ear lobe" does sound like one of those "imponderables," doesn't it?  Kind of like asking why they call a "toe" a "toe?"  Actually, there is a good reason why it is called an "ear lobe."  Let's take a look:

First, "ear."  From what I researched, "ear" just means "ear."  Though it comes from the old English eare, which is related to the Dutch oor (and German ohr,) which come from Latin "auris." Translated, "auris" doesn't mean anything cool or fancy...it just means "ear" (the organ related to hearlng.)

The "lobe" is the part you are more interested in, but even this doesn't exactly have a cool origin when connected to "ear lobe."  A lobe is, according to Webster's

"a roundish and flattish part of something, typically each of two or more such parts divided by a fissure, and often projecting or hanging."

So, as you can see, the little flattish part of skin that hangs from the ear itself is, by definition, a lobe.  There is no cool historical origin to the words "ear lobe."  It just follows their standard definition.

Hope this helped!