What is a significant quote made by Parsons and a significant quote made by Syme?

Syme:  "Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thoght? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."

Syme's declaration to Winston illustrates his deep conviction that his work in the Ministry is vitally important.  Winston paradoxically views Syme's attitude as a virtual guarantee that Syme will one day be vaporized.  "He is too intelligent.  He sees too clearly and speaks too plainly," Winston thinks as he listens to Syme's treatise on the importance of revising the language of Oceania.  Winston's prediction comes true in Chapter 5 of Book 2.

Parsons:  "Ah, well--what I mean to say, shows the right spirit, doesn't it?  Mischievous little beggars they are, both of them, but talk about keenness!  All they think about is the Spies, and the war, of course."

Parson is referring to his children who are both Junior Spies.  His statement is ironic since it is his own children who turn him in to the Thought Police, his daughter claiming that he said "Down With Big Brother" in his sleep.

A 7 kg object undergoes an acceleration of 1.8 m/s^2.What is the magnitude of the resultant force acting on it? Answer in units of N. If this same...

This question is answered using Newton's Second Law

F = m a

where F is the applied force, m is the mass, and a is the acceleration. Using the mass and acceleration given in the question, we find that the force is

F = ( 7 kg ) ( 1.8 m/s^2 ) = 12.6 kg m/s^2

Now we can use that force and the second mass to find the acceleration

a = F / m = 12.6 kg m/s^2 / 4.4 kg = 2.86 m/s^2

Since the first mass is given to only one significant figure, our result must be expressed in the same manner, so the final answer is

a = 3 m/s^2

What is the difference in the atmosphere and society of Wuthering Heights compared to the atmosphere and society of Thrushcross grange?

Thrushcross Grange (even the name is evocative, inviting the picture of songbirds crossing in flight above a lovely "grange", which is an old name for a farmhouse, but by Bronte's time had come to mean a refined, often luxurious "country house") is a very different place than Wuthering Heights.  Not only is it down in the valley, amid the green feels and soft earth of the farmers, it is not too much of a stretch to say that Thrushcross Grange is a place of civilization and cultivation, whereas Wuthering Heights (again, the name is evocative) is a place which represents the wild past, and the chaos of nature.  Bronte makes this all too clear in her writing; the wind always blows and the moorlands are wild and craggy around Wuthering Heights,

Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. “Wuthering” being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. (Chapter 1)

Not only is Wuthering Heights older (sixteenth century, and much in the heavy, late medieval style) it is desolate by any standards.

Thrushcross Grange, however, is ever described as restful and lovely, comfortable, and sheltered from the wind.  The place reflects the character of the inhabitants; the Lintons are more cultivated and far more social people than the Earnshaws (and, later, Heathcliff), and more educated.  The differences in the houses are reflected in the differences in the people who live in them.

The term word music includes all of the following devices except -a) rhythm and meter b) rhyme and repetition c) simile and metaphor d)...

The term word music refers to words, either by themselves or read together that make  sounds similar to those heard in music.

a) Rhythm and meter have the same meaning in words as they do in music: the variations of stressed and unstressed beats. here's an example of word rhythm/meter from Poe's "The Raven" showing stressed and unstressed syllables:

ONCE u PON a MID night DREAR y, WHILE i POND ered WEAK and WEARy

b) Rhyme is the repetition of certain sounds of the words, again from the same line of "The Raven," the rhymes are shown bold:

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

Repetition is repeating of word phrases or single words:

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door...

d) Alliteration is the repition of consonant sounds:

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Assonance is repition of vowel sounds:

But the silence was unbrOken, and stillness gave nO tOken,

and the Only word there spoken was the whispered word,

LenOre:

And so the devices that are not word music are: c) simile and metaphor. Neither of these devices relies on sound. They rely on comparisons of meaning. "His hair was like steel wool" is a simile. "The old ship was a was a bucket of rust" is a metaphor. No music is needed for them.

THE ELECTRIC CIRCUITWHAT ARE THE ONE WORD ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. Devices which change the voltage of the power supply. 2. Type...

1. Transformer is the device for changing the voltage of a power supply, but only if the output voltage is AC.

2. Type of current produced by a battery is Direct Current (DC).

3.Tube in which electrons are emitted by a hot filament- diode tube, where it happens Edison effect.

4.Unit of electric charge, in SI, is Coulomb(C)

5. Heat and Light are conversion forms of electrical energy.

6.Generator

7.Particles which carries electric current in a wire-Electrons

9.Point at which current enters or leaves a cell- Point Electrode

10. Magnetic force produced by electricity- Lorentz force

11.Insulating material in a toaster-Mica products: mica paper, mica tape, mica tube,Ceramic fibers

12.Unit of electric current-Ampere

13.Metal used in car batteries - Lithium

14.Produces electrical energy in a bicycle-Electric Bicycle Battery

15.Unit of electrical resistance-Ohm

What does Hamlet think when he finds out about the ghost?

Hamlet's thoughts upon hearing about his father's ghost from Horatio can be found at the end of Act I, scene ii, in a very short soliloquy; in that soliloquy Hamlet states that "All is not well. / I doubt some foul play."  Hamlet thinks this because if his father had died naturally, he would not be haunting the castle as he is. Thus, he wishes for the night to come so that he can speak to his father.

This scene sets the whole play into motion.

In regards to To Kill a Mockingbird, why is it hard to challenge set beliefs or expectations in a society, as Atticus does by defending...

In the case of Maycomb, the fictional setting of To Kill a Mockingbird, things have always moved slowly and a willingness to accept change is certainly no different.

    Maycomb was an old town...
    People moved slowly then... A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go... nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.

In the 70 years since the end of the Civil War, little had changed to alter the Southern perception that Negroes were still an inferior race. Republicans were a raritiy in Alabama, as they were throughout the South, and political and social change moved more slowly than other aspects of life. Atticus knew that Tom could not be acquitted. He tells his brother Jack that

"The jury couldn't possibly be expected to take Tom Robinson's word against the Ewells...
    "Before I'm through, I intend to jar the jury a bit--I think we'll have a reasonable chance on appeal, though..."

Atticus knew his neighbors well, and he realized that Maycomb was not yet ready to accept a black man's word over that of a white man. His only hope was that somehow the equally unchanging aspect of the court system would save Tom on appeal.

 "Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand."

Could any one out there please help me identify a brief summary of the WHOLE book of Love and Hate in Jamestown?I have read the book and have a...

In the book Love and Hate in Jamestown, Price tells about the difficult times in the early Virginia, from Jamestown's founding to the 1622 massacre. He also eludicates the unusual friendship between John Smith and the Indian princess Pocahontas. Smith was a common soldier. The London-based Virginia Company recruited him for the expedition on account of his military experience.Smith was not liked by his well heeled colleagues; and he couldn't get a position on the colony's governing council.

Most of the adventurers in 1607 who first came selected Jamestown as the area to make a colony even though it was mostly swamps. By summer, most ships returned to England carrying colonists who would rather give up and remain alive than starve. The remaining colony was eating cornmeal. The gentlemen adventurers were not able to work, and disease set in. Half the colony was dead in the Fall, and Smith was put in charge of obtaining supplies from the Indians.

He took an expedition up the river and was captured by the forces of Chief Powhatan.

It is clear in Price's novel that the English did not find Virginia's woods inhabited by peaceful Indians or by violent ones. Instead it was, as stated in the text, "a tightly run, martially adept empire." Smith's life was in danger but then saved by Powhatan's 11-year-old daughter, Pocahontas.

Her name means "little wanton,". The critics say she is the book's most interesting character. She had no romantic involvement with Smith. But Pocahontas took a long term interest in the surviving colonies future.

When Smith returned to Jamestown, it was during a critical time when several leaders of the colony were about to give up, steal a ship and go back to England. The men then made up lies against Smith and he was almost hanged, just before a ship arrived from England with fresh food, supplies and more colonists. Therefore, for the next few years, Smith led the colony from 1608-09. That winter was known in history as the "Starving Time." Six months after Smith left, many died, leaving only 60 colonists out of 500. The colony was saved by another fleet from England.

This book is "realistic" in terms of how the colonists got along with the Indians. It is realistic in terms of how well organised Chief Powhatan was and the brave and altruistic nature of Pocahontas. It was realistic in that it showed Smith's roots and his struggles amongst his peers.

An element is decaying at a rate of 12% per hour. Initially we have 100g. When will there be 40g left?

Clearly, the first two answers give you the correct answer for how long it takes to reach 40 grams of your element.  But I think it might be helpful to explain a little bit about why you should set your equations up the way they did.

If you think about it, what you are doing here is just like figuring the interest on an investment (only you are getting negative interest since your "investment" is decaying, not growing).  When you try to figure that, you use the formula

A = P(1+r)^n

where A is the final value of your investment, P is the original principal, r is the rate of interest, and n is the number of times the interest is compounded.

In your problem, you start with 100g -- that's your original investment.  It decays at 12% -- that's your interest rate (-.12).  You want to end up with 40g -- that's your final value.  You are asked to solve for n -- how many interest periods (in your case, hours).

So you start with

40 = 100 (1-.12)^n

From there, you do what the first two answers did and you get your result.

I hope this explanation is helpful.

How are the ghosts symbolic of Scrooge's mental state? Consider all 3 spirits, their demeanor and their message to Scrooge.

The first ghost symbolizes the truth of Scrooge's abusive "past;" as a child, Scrooge was neglected during the most beautiful holiday of the year, Christmas; we see two Christmases where Scrooge is left alone at a boarding school while all the other boys are going home for Christmas. It's no wonder that Scrooge dislikes Christmas so much; as a child he had no psychological tools to deal with this problem; these lonely Christmases scarred Scrooge deeply. He must have felt that no one loved him.

The second ghost symbolizes what Scrooge is suppressing, the joy of all that Christmas represents: family, giving, kindness, forgiveness, God, and love. Scrooge has buried these abstract qualities because of his Childhood experiences.

The third ghost represents what will happen to Scrooge because of his mental attitude. Because Scrooge is so scarred mentally by his past Christmases, he has determined that it is better to shut off all loving emotions associated with Christmas and people, and in doing so he has condemned himself to living and dying alone and also affecting the lives of others in a most negative way, particularly the Cratchits.

Scrooge had a terrible childhood; he suffered the neglect of a family, and he suffered this neglect during Christmas which led him to loath family and Christmas. His loathing of both is demonstrated in the fact that he doesn't have a family, he refuses his nephew's invitiations to Christmas dinner and of his philosophy of Christmas being  a "humbug."

Write a note on Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion as a problem play.

A problem play, a genre begun in the 19th century but also applied backward to Shakespeare's tragicomedies, is a play in which the characters' dialogue addresses a pressing social issue of the day that is the theme of the play. The first to write a problem was Andre Dumas. He was followed by Henrik Ibsen and later by George Bernard Shaw. Among the pressing social themes that Shaw addresses in Pygmalion is the idea of an individual's place in society as dictated by externals of speech and manners. The other social problems Shaw tackles are sex, gender roles, wealth, poverty, language, meaning of language, appearances and beauty, reality, transformation, human dignity and human responsibility. This will be enough to guide to find details representative of these thematic problem points.

What is the cause and effect in this story?

"To Build A Fire" is a short story by Jack London.  It is a story about a man traveling on the Yukon Trail on an extremely cold and dangerous day.  The man is ignorant of the dangers of the Yukon Trail, and of nature itself.  He continues to walk along with his dog until he becomes soaked and he stops to try to build a fire.  Unfortunately, he builds the fire beneath a snow-laden tree.  The snow falls on top of the fire and extinguishes it.  The man eventually dies, but before he does, he remembers that a wise old man once told him that no one should travel alone on this land when it is so cold.  I would say that the cause and effect relationship is the young man's arrogance.  The effect is his death.  The irony of the story is that after he is dead, the dog is easily able to find his way safely back to the camp. 

According to the book, what is really going on with the war and why?

The true purpose of the war that Oceania is fighting is not to defeat some other country or to take new territory or anything like that.  Instead, the whole point of the war is to keep the party in power.

War helps keep the party in power in a couple of ways:

• It unites the people in their hatred of the enemy.  In this way, the war is sort of like Goldstein -- it's useful to have a focus for hate so everyone can feel like they're in it together.


• It destroys a lot of material goods.  If there weren't a war going on, a lot of goods would be produced and not destroyed.  The people would be able to buy the goods and enjoy them.  At that point, they would no longer be equal to each other because some would have more than others.  In addition, people might get too well off and be able to enjoy life, which the party is trying to prevent.

What is the simile in the Guy de Maupassant short story, "The Necklace"?

    Madame Mathilde Loisel is the unsatisfied wife and would-be social climber of a simple Parisian clerk from the Ministry of Education in Guy de Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace." Mathilde is an attractive woman who is bored with her life and dreams of the material possessions of the rich--dresses, jewelry, tapestries, silver and "exquisite dishes." But on her husband's salary, she knows her dreams will never come true. Nevertheless, she believes her destiny is bound for something greater. Thus, the simile from the second paragraph:

    She was simple since she could not be adorned; but she was unhappy as though kept out of her own class; for women have no caste and no descent, their beauty, their grace, and their charm serving them instead of birth and fortune.

In Chapter 13 of The Scarlet Letter, why does Hester decide to reveal the secret of Roger Chillingworth's identity to Mr. Dimmesdale?

Hester decided to reveal Roger Chillingworth's secret identity to Mr. Dimmesdale because, after her private conversation with Dimmesdale (Chapter 12), she could see that he was on the verge of lunacy, unless he had already crossed over the verge already. Chillingworth had made himself indispensable to Dimmesdale and he was always with Dimmesdale; yet Mr. Dimmesdale had no idea of his true identity and his former connection to Hester.

Hester decided that she had a responsibility to Mr. Dimmesdale that necessitated the breaking of her silence and informing him of the truth about Roger Chillingworth. Since Hester knew the past circumstances, she could surmise that something more than and stronger than Dimmesdale's own conscience was at work in his life, reducing him to "childish weakness."

The condition in which she discovered Dimmesdale to be coupled with her own knowledge and sense of responsibility toward him made Hester decide to tell him Roger Chillingworth's secret identity.

Explain 'paradox' with an example.

One great way to look at a paradox is to compare it with other things. First, a paradox is not a contradiction. Contradictions simply are nonsense. No amount of reflection will get you anywhere. Second, a paradox is not a mystery. A mystery is something that cannot be explained. It is above reason.

A paradox is something that looks like a contradiction or a mystery on the surface, but under close reflection makes sense. There is a logic, but the logic is not apparent at first.

Here is an example from the New Testament: If you want to find your life, you must lose it.

Here is another example: The last shall be first and the first shall be last.

Here is a final example: To best way to be creative, is not to seek it.

Discuss three figures of speech used in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116

The three examples of striking images which Shakespeare uses in his sonnet 116 are:

1. "It is the star to every wandering bark." Love is constant like the bright North Star with which ancient sailors navigated their ships safely and correctly to their destinations. The star is a metaphor which symbolizes the constancy of love.

2. "wandering bark" Here 'bark' which is literally a part of a tree is a metonymy for ship, because in Shakespeare's time there were only wooden ships.

3."his bending sickle" A sickle is a tool used by the farmer to reap the ripened corn. Here sickle is a synecdoche for 'Father Time.'  Father time is usually represented as an old man carrying a scythe or a sickle to reap the ripened corn. As men grow old and 'ripen' with age, Father Time cuts us down with his scythe. True love according to Shakespeare is beyond the reach of Father Time's scythe, that is, it will live forever.

In what year is the setting of the story "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck?

John Steinbeck's short story, "The Chrysanthemums" was written in 1937 and published in a collection of short stories in 1938, which was entitled The Long Valley.  While there is little in the story to indicate the precise year of the setting, it seems rather safe to assume that the story takes place in the late thirties as well, a setting in other narratives of Steinbeck.  The fact that the tinker has a wagon drawn by a horse and donkey indicates that the automobile was a relatively new convenience that only someone like the successful rancher, Henry Allen, could afford. 

Again, pointing to the tinker as a barometer of setting, the time of the story is probably not much after the Great Depression as people are economising by having their old pots repaired, scissors sharpened, etc.  For, in a more prosperous time, tinkers were no longer to be seen going across the country.

What is an interloper and who are the interlopers in the story?

There are at least two types of interlopers in the short story, "The Interlopers," by Saki (H. H. Munro), but only one of the group is deadly. When lifelong enemies Georg and Ulrich finally decide to end their feud once and for all, fate gets in their way. Meeting in the forest one night, they both plan to kill one another with their rifles, but neither can pull the trigger. Suddenly, a tree is felled by a bolt of lightning, and both men are pinned helplessy beneath it. Each of them expect to be found by their friends, who will then leave the remaining man to die alone. But before this happens, the two men make nice and decide to end their quarrel for good. Joining forces, they both call out for help. When they see movement in the darkness, they think they are saved. But, no! They are not men, they are hungry wolves instead. The reader is left to guess what happens next.

The interlopers, or intruders, are the wolves. If the expected arrival of the other men had occurred first, they, too, could have been considered interlopers upon the two men's quarrel. And, the tree which fell on them could also be looked upon as an unwanted interloper as well.

My students and I are stumped by this. Why did Poe allude to the Freemasons in the short story, "The Cask of Amontillado?"

Poe had many plot problems with "The Cask of Amontillado." Montresor had to get Fortunato into the catacombs beneath his palazzo without anyone recognizing him as Fortunato's companion. That was just one plot problem. Another was: What are the two men going to be talking about during all the time it takes to get from the street to Montresor's palazzo, down into the wine vaults, and through the catacombs to the place where Montresor intends to chain his victim to the rock wall? Poe has to fill up space with some sort of dialogue, and he doesn't want them to be talking about the Amontillado. The reason Poe doesn't want them talking about the Amontillado is that Fortunato might ask some very awkward questions and become suspicious when Montresor couldn't, or wouldn't, answer them. After all, Fortunato is the expert. He knows more about Amontillado than Montresor. Otherwise he wouldn't be there. So Poe invents some incidental chitchat to fill up time and space. For one thing, he gives Fortunato a bad cold and a cough.

“How long have you had that cough?”

“Ugh! ugh! ugh!—ugh! ugh! ugh!—ugh! ugh! ugh!—ugh! ugh! ugh!—ugh! ugh! ugh!”

My poor friend found it impossible to reply for many minutes.

Notice how this fills up "many minutes." Poe is filling up space with such dialogue. Then there is all the talk about Montresor's coat of arms and his family motto, to which many people have attached great significance. And there is the business about the Masons. But never a word about the big cask of Amontillado! We can assume that there is another reason why Fortunato doesn't bring the subject up. He doesn't want to show too much interest in it because he is secretly planning to play another of his many dirty tricks on Montresor.

It is pretty obvious that Montresor is in a big hurry to find out if his fictitious Amontillado is genuine. This must be because he got, as he says, a "bargain" and would like to buy more if he can be sure of the quality. Fortunato is not going to all this trouble to help a friend, or to show off his connoisseurship, or to drink a glass of Amontillado in a dank catacomb full of dead men's bones. He wants to get in on the bargain. But he too has to be sure it is genuine. He doesn't have to taste Montresor's wine for that purpose. He knows there must be a ship newly arrived from Barcelona with a cargo of Amontillado. He could easily find the ship and taste the wine on board. But he doesn't want Montresor going to Luchesi if he should refuse to accompany Montresor to his palazzo immediately. Fortunato is rich. He could buy the entire cargo. Montresor knows this is what he is thinking because this would be typical of the "thousand injuries" he has already suffered. 

So Fortunato can't talk very well because of his cough, and he isn't anxious to bring up the subject of the Amontillado because he doesn't want to show his strong interest in the possibility of making a lot of money. They talk about other things. One of the other things is the Masons.

During the funeral oration, Mark Antony mocks Brutus by repeatedly calling him a what?

The funeral oration of Marc Antony in "Julius Caesar" is an excellent example of rhetoric used solely to persuade.  Antony's employment of the word honorable in reference to Brutus and the other conspirators is extremely effective because he repeats this word as well as others such as ambition/ambitious and manipulates them ironically to cause the Roman crowd to be swayed.  For instance, Antony says,

But Brutus says he [Caesar] was ambitious,/And Brutus is an honorable man./He hath brought many captives home to Rome,/Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill;/Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?/When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept;/Ambition should be made or sterner stuff./Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;/And Brutus is an honorable man. (III,ii,87-92)

Here Antony takes what Caesar has done and skewers its presentation to make it an argument against his being ambitious.  By repeating the phrase "Brutus is an honorable man" in juxtaposition with his twisting of facts, Antony creates doubt in the minds of the crowd about the integrity of Brutus.

The greatest irony of Antony's manipulation of the word honorable is that he later compromises his own integrity by sacrificing his nephew for his own designs, and, in the final act, he comes to the fallen Brutus to truly laud him in an eulogy:

This was the noblest Roman of them all./All the conspirators save only he/Did that they did in envy of great Caesar;/He, only in a general honest thought/And common good to all, made one of them...(V,v,68-72)

Why does Atticus go to the jail in Chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird?Part Two of the book.When Atticus goes to the jail and runs into Jem and Scout.

Atticus shows his unflinching courage and determination when he goes to the jail by himself in Chapter 15 of the Harper Lee novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Earlier in the day, he had been paid a visit by a group of citizens, including Dr. Reynolds and Mr. Avery. They spoke quietly, and Scout was uncertain of their intentions. But we can infer that they had appeared to warn Atticus that there was talk about the town of taking Tom Robinson from the jail that night--a lynching in Maycomb.
So, Atticus headed to the jail to support Sheriff Tate if the need arose. Soon, the group of men arrive. Atticus tries to nonchalantly talk the men into leaving, but he is unsuccessful. Futhermore, Sheriff Tate has been called out "on a snipe hunt."

"... Heck's bunch's so deep in the woods they won't get out till mornin'."

Atticus is left alone to confront the lynch party by himself. When things appear hopeless for Tom and violence appears likely, Jem, Scout and Dill come to the rescue, and the men's deadly resolve melts before Scout's innocent and genuine amicability.
Tom remains safe, Atticus breathes a sigh of relief, and Mr. Underwood surprises them all by announcing that he had them covered--with a double-barreled shotgun--all along.

Who are Portia's suitors in The Merchant of Venice?

The 3 suitors who tried their luck on Portia are respectively Prince of Morocco, Aragan and Bassanio.

The prince of Morocco chose the gold casket as he thought that portia was the thing that men from all over the world needed. Thus he chose the gold casket.

The prince of Aragon proved to be smart when he refused to select the gold casket he didn't want to choose what every body else would choose. However he was a fool to choose the silver casket as he could not imagine Portia's photo to be in a dusky casket like lead. Thus he chose the silver casket.

Bassanio was the hero of the casket scene as he is the only person who chose the correct casket. His arguments were that both the gold and silver casket presented some thing to the chooser but the lead casket threatned the chooser. Bassanio succeeded in his argument and chose the correct casket, winning Portia. 

What are Jack, Roger, Ralph, and Piggy's motivations and attitudes of being on the island in Lord of the Flies?We are doing a character analysis...

Well, I'll begin with the first. Jack is motivated at different times by a desire to be in control and a desire to kill. In the beginning, he continually challenges Ralph's authority, drawing attention to himself as often as possible. At first, he relishes the power he gains by withholding meat, being able to distribute it as he wishes. Yet as the story progresses, he turns into a savage hunter, thinking only of the thrill of the hunt. This applies equally to pigs and people, as he ruthlessly pursues Ralph. His attitude is one of condescension and aggression, as he violently assaults Piggy, and threatens the other boys.

Roger is essentially a sadist. He is motivated by the pleasure he gains from hurting others. The first killing of the sow is an example of this, as he not only stabs the pig, but tortures it. This idea of torture comes back later when Samneric tell Ralph that Roger "has sharpened a stick at both ends." Roger could care less for order or hunting or authority: he only wants to hurt. It is he who kills Piggy, and he most likely tortures Samneric as well.

Ralph is motivated by a desire to keep order, although he himself slips into savagery at various times. He participates in the murder of Simon, lured into it by the thrill of the dance and having gorged himself on meat. However, he generally looks out for the interests of everyone, attempting to build shelters, & to keep the signal fire going. He is constantly frustrated in his efforts by Jack and his hunters, and the tension between the two leads to the climax of the novel.

Finally, Piggy is motivated, like Ralph by a desire to create a society resembling the one from which they have come. He is terrified of losing his glasses, which are a symbol of insight and a connection to the lost society. He is the scholar of the group, having all the good ideas, and always advising Ralph on the next step. Yet he is weak, and fat, and cannot defend himself against Jack and the others. Ultimately, he dies as a sacrifice to the beast that has been unleashed within each boy.

What do you learn about Dill's character?

Dill is the prankster of the group, the summer friend that completes Jem and Scout's dynamic. He creates most of their mischief, telling endless stories from his considerable imagination. He is the one obsessed with Boo Radley, inventing their game of acting out the Radleys' lives, & deciding that they needed to somehow get close to the house. Dill is unhappy in his home, feeling neglected by his mother and step-father. He creates stories of "new fathers": train operators, lawyers, etc., but none of them exist. The truth is that he gets any material things he wants, but no real emotional support. This leads to him running away to the Finches' house one summer, hiding under Scout's bed, & eventually telling her that he will marry her some day.

One of the most important things we learn about Dill is his sensitivity to injustice and cruelty. During the trial, he has to leave when he begins to cry at the way the prosecutor treated Tom. Dill is not subject to the learned racism of Maycomb like so many other children; he firmly believes that everyone is equal, & he is horrified by what he sees revealed in the trial. It is at this point that the children learn the secret of Dolphus Raymond, who praises Dill for his compassion.

How did Chillingworth become Dimmsdale's medical adviser?

Roger Chillingworth sought Dimmesdale out, under the pretense of becoming a friend and general life adviser. Since Chillingworth is a very smart man, and he scoped out the town before making his place in it, he knows that Dimmesdale is the father of Hester's illegitimate child. Seeing this as the best possible way of punishing Hester, further than she's all ready been punished by wearing the scarlet "A" and being made an outcast, is to harm the man she loves. So, Chillingworth begins poisoning Dimmesdale under the pretense of healing him, thus establishing himself as Dimmesdale's friend AND medical adviser.

Why do they hate Caesar so much to where they just want to kill him? They should be happy for him.crazy

Julius Caesar was attaining too much power. After conquering Gaul and bringing back much wealth, most of the Romans loved and adored him. But some didn't. Caesar later assumed power as the "dictator for life" and here lies his problem. According to a primary source biography on Julius Caesar written by Plutarch, “the most open and deadly hatred towards him was produced by his passion for the royal power”. Even some of his close friends, including the well-known Marcus Brutus plotted against him. Thus, on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC - Julius Caesar was stabbed to death. Famous words were spoken on that faithful day: "En tu Brute? Then fall Caesar". So, all in all, Caesar was killed because people hated his passion for power, jelousy, and a few mistakes here and there (e.g. Disobeying the senate's orders to disband the army after the capture of Gaul).

What is the role of Titania in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?

In theatrical context, Titania is a very strong character.  She is equal in power with her husband Oberon, and she has to deal with his immaturity and constant jealousies.  She is feminine and maternal, and highly respected in the fairy world.  Oberon is angry because Titania is giving her love and attentions to a baby (sometimes portrayed as a little boy, or a pre-pubescent boy), instead of to all of her attention to him. He is so upset that it has turned the fairy world upside down.  Summer feels like winter and the seasons are all out of whack.  Oberon demands that she give up the child; he will take the child from her and kill him, but she will not give him up despite Oberon's threats. 

Unfortunately, Titania loves the little boy, but is tricked or drugged into giving him up.  When given the "love potion", she falls in love with "an ass", thus losing all her sense of reason.  Bottom is a human, and in the play, human beings and fairies lives can intertwine.  Human beings and fairies can even mate creating a half-human half-fairy being (the Indian boy is a changeling).  Titania follows the character Bottom (the ass) like a love-sick puppy, until Oberon finally releases the spell and, like the typical plot in Shakespearian comedies, all is well again.

We don't know what happens to the Indian boy, but we do know that Titania loves her husband.  She deals with his indiscretions, as he does with hers.  They are a match made in fairy world.  We find out by the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream that both Titania and Oberon are quite a handful for the other, but they encompass what is the fairy world. 

Why is "Wuthering Heights" on the A.P. exam?Emily Bronte, author

Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" ranks high on the list of major works of English literature for its powerful imagery, complex structure, and even itss ambiguity.  This novel deals with the universal themes of nature, cruelty, social position, and indestructibility of the spirit.

It is, perhaps, this last element--indestructibility of the spirit--with its brooding tale of passion and revenge that makes "Wuthering Heights" so powerful and popular.  Critic Annette Frederico sees "Wuthering Heights" as a feminine bildungsroman and early gothic tale; so, as such, this novel is important for high schoolers to have read.  Clearly, then, "Wuthering Heights" is a worthy work for the Advanced Placement exam since it sets standards for genre, style, plot, character, point of view (with two separate narrators, in a sense), and figurative language.

In "Great Expectations" how are Pip and Mrs. Pocket alike?

Both of these characters share the unfortunate trait of having expectations above their station in life.  Mrs. Pocket was bred to be a gentlelady, a woman who married a rich man and thus was only required to do menial tasks like order servants around so that the household "runs smoothly."  She has no skills, no contributions, and lives her entire life thinking that she is entitlted to much more than she, in reality, actually has.  As a result, sometimes her family members are treated poorly and with condescension.  If she were to let go of those high expectations of wealth and look around her, she would realize that she has an intelligent, kind and loving husband, beautiful and fun children, and a pretty good life.  But, she can't really see that too well because of her fixation on what isn't.

Pip too has expectations well above his station.  After meeting with Estella and Miss Havisham, he grows discontended with his life.  He wants to be a gentleman, and considers Joe and the work of a blacksmith as degrading, rough and embarrassing.  In reality, his life is a pretty good one; he could learn the trade and make a good living his entire life, and be surrounded by people who love him dearly for who he is.  However, because he wants money, and wants to satisfy the expectations of Estella, he ignores the blessings that he does have and fixates on things he wishes he has.  Once he has money, he uses it foolishly and neglects Joe and Biddy, the two people in his life that are, in reality, most valuable.  He is condescending towards his family, and does not find happiness or satisfaction in them.

That is just one way that Pip and Mrs. Pocket are alike. I hope that helps a bit; good luck!

How do I determine the population of living things in different habitats?

There are two main ways to estimate populations of organisms in habitats. For animals, because they move around, a tag and recapture method is best. A set number of the designated organism is captured and tagged. Then, to determine the population, a large number of the organisms are captured. The ratio can then give a good estimate of the actual number in the habitat: #originally tagged/estimated number = #captured with tags/total #captured. Cross multiply and solve to find the estimated number in the habitat.

For plants, or animals that don't move around but are in large numbers, set up a grid. Count the number of the organisms in a random sampling of the grid portions, and extrapolate to find the total. For example, if you count the number of organisms in 10 of 100 of the grid portions, you can get an average density of the population in the habitat.

Please explain the literary technique of mood in general?

In general mood is the atmosphere of a narrative; one can think of it as the "vibes" in the air around the characters. For example, if one attends a child's birthday party, the mood is joyous, loving, and cheerful.  This mood is conveyed by the tone of the voices of both the adults and the children; the excited actions of the children are also an indication of mood as are the decorations.

To convey mood in literature, an author carefully selects a setting that reflects the atmosphere that he/she wishes.  Images and carefully worded phrases connote the mood,too. As an example, one master of mood is Edgar Allan Poe.  In the opening paragraph of his "The Fall of the House of Usher," he uses dark imagery to suggest mood:

During thw whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.  I know not how it was--but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.

Poe's choice of words (in bold) and imagery connotes foreboding, gloom, isolation. No reader can possibly miss this mood as painted by such an artist.

From the "Christmas Carol": What is "heaped up on the floor"?"Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens

In "The Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, Scrooge is with the last of the spirits,  the Ghost of the Future, in Stave Four.  They leave the busy scene of London and go into "an obscure part of the town"; this is a part of the city that Scrooge has never seen.  It is foul and wretched.  Into this "den of infamous resort" there are old rags bottles, bones, and "greasy offal, were bought." In a "beetling shop" there are piled up rusty keys, nails, chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse of all kinds.  There are all kinds of "unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat, and sepulchres of bones."

At this rag-picker's, two women, a charwoman and a laundress, drop large bundles before the man.  These bundles contain the sheets and drapes that they have removed while the corpse lies in the very room.  They have even removed the clothing from Scrooge's body.  While the man picks through these things, the women make ribald jokes about the dead Scrooge.

Scrooge, of course, realizes how even these very low people derogate him, listening in horror and in dismay as he sees his bereft and uncared for corpse all alone.  He wonders what the thoughts of this man would be if he were raised from the dead.  Clearly, the shock of this sordid pillage has made an impression upon the old miser:

'Spirit!...This is a fearful place.  In leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, trust me.  Let us go!'

The sordid ragpicker's in the wretched neighborhood is more than Scrooge can bear.  He resolves to change if given the opportunity. Buy yourself ssome trojan. It' good.

What is the summary and theme of the play "Long Days Journey Into Night" by O Neill?

There are many themes in "Long Day's Journey into Night" by America's only Nobel Laureate playwright, Eugene O'Neill. The story deals with a dysfunctional family, all members being addicted to something destructive. James Tyrone, the father, is an alcoholic and a penny-pincher, lost in the glories of his past acting career as the dashing hero in "The Count of Monte Cristo." Mary, the mother, finds escape from the harsh realities of her life through morphine addiction, and she spends much of the play lost in the past, a time when she had hope and innocence and, at least, a future. The older brother, Jamie, is a raging alcoholic, frequents brothels, cannot hold a job, and is jealous of his successful younger brother in a complex love/hate relationship. Edmund, that younger brother (actually the author himself) is, like the other male Tyrones, "in love with the bottle" and very sickly, having recently been diagnosed with TB. He finds escape through reading (especially depressing poetry) and through writing. At least his escapes produced great literature; the escapes of the other three killed them.

Besides escape, there are other themes: blame (each character blames everyone else for all the family members' miseries); cruelty (the characters say awful things and then try, mostly unsuccessfully, to take those statements back); sibling rivalry; drug addiction; alcohol addiction; co-dependency; living in the past; stinginess; love/hate relationships; the Oedipal Complex (Jamie loves his mother deeply and detests his father); and guilt (a strong Irish Catholic guilt) - to name just a few.

Symbolism plays a powerful role in the drama. Fog and the night become areas of escape for Mary, similar to her escape through morphine. She states, "I love the fog. It hides you from the world and the world from you. You feel that everything has changed, and nothing is what it seemed to be. No one can find or touch you any more." (Act Three) In contrast, she hates the foghorn because it cuts through the fog, pulling her back to that ugly word "reality."

Her wedding dress is a symbol of a happy moment in the past but a moment that soon turned tragic. Her dream of "becoming a nun" was destroyed by that marriage, just as her dream of being a concert pianist was destroyed by morphine (HER excuse being the rheumatism in her hands).

Mary can never seem to find her glasses, symbolic of her inability to see the truth, and her husband is constantly turning off lights in the house, symbolic of his stinginess but also of his inability to "see the light."

Another symbol is the creaking floor above stairs. The sound sends shivers through the three Tyrone males because they assume Mary is heading for the "spare room" where she keeps her "stash."

"Long Day's Journey into Night" is, in my opinion, the most powerful American play written. It is thought-provoking, sad, funny, intense, and deeply meaningful all at the same time. Few pieces of literature have ever moved me as much!

How does the theme of good versus evil play out through Hester and Dimmesdale?

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the theme of evil, surprisingly, is not expressed through the act of adultery committed by Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale. Ironically, these two characters are used to develop the theme of good.

While their act of adultery is certainly presented as sinful in the eyes of God and Puritan society, Hester and Dimmesdale themselves are unquestionably good, upstanding people who benefit others in their community. Although they suffer as a result of their sin (Hester publicly and Dimmesdale privately), they continue to use their positions in society in a positive way. Hester is helpful and caring to those in need, and Dimmesdale continues to function at a high level as a pastor, despite the debilitating guilt he feels. The theme of good, then, is expressed in how people behave towards others. You don’t have to have a perfect past to be good. In fact, like Dimmesdale, you don’t even have to feel good about yourself to be a good person.

Hawthorne examines evil through the use of several other characters. One is Mistress Hibbins, who the narrator presents as a bona-fide witch who is later tried and hanged (this does not happen in the book, it is mentioned that it will happen). She attempts to engage both Hester and Dimmesdale in conversation regarding the evil beings (her associates) who inhabit the forest, inviting them to join her there. However, they rebuff her advances. While Hibbins herself is definitely evil within the context of the story, she is not able to convert Hester or Dimmesdale to her side.

Roger Chillingworth, who devotes his life to torturing Dimmesdale as retribution for his transgression of adultery with his wife (Hester), is perhaps the most evil character in the story. He plies his evil manipulations upon Dimmesdale for seven years, aided by Hester’s vow of silence regarding the fact that he is her husband. It is here that good and evil clash most significantly. Hester, seeing the awful effect that Chillingworth has upon Dimmesdale, breaks her vow of secrecy and reveals Chillingworth’s true identity and intentions to Dimmesdale. This revelation allows Dimmesdale to fully realize what has been happening to him for the past seven years at the hands of Chillingworth. Although he is near death at this point, he is now finally able to reconcile himself to his sin and appreciate God’s role in keeping him humble and focused on his spiritual life. He dies shortly after uttering the following words to Hester on the scaffold, in full public view:

"God knows; and he is merciful! He hath proved his mercy, most of all in my afflictions. By giving me this burning torture to beat upon my breast! By sending yonder dark and terrible old man [Chillingworth] to keep the torture always at red-heat!"

Dimmesdale is released from earthly life and suffering, while Chillingworth, now bereft of the object of his vengeful nature, hangs on miserably for a year ad then dies, his life having become a wasted attempt to ruin another human being. Hester becomes someone who is no longer vilified by society, but one who is valued for her compassion and the aid she renders to others.

What happens when an electric circuit is overloaded?

Overloading of electric circuit means that the current circulating in the circuit becomes more than the capacity of components in the circuit to withstand the current. All components in the circuits have some resistance passage of electricity through this resistance produces heat which is directly proportional to the square of current flowing. The components are designed to withstand only that much of heat as is generated by maximum designed current. When the current is more than this level, or in other words when the circuit is overloaded the components get overheated, leading to their damage.

Frequently electric circuits in homes, factories, and other  electrical installations incorporate  fuses, which are essentially circuit component which protect other components in the circuit by quickly melting or burning  out when the circuit is overloaded, resulting in breaking of the circuit. In common language this is called blowing of fuse.

A motorist makes a journey of 240 km from Singapore to Malacca to visit his in-laws at an average speed of x km/hr. Write down an expression for...

The speed of the journey is expressed as the rate of journey distance per hour and the speed  obtained by dividing the distance by the numberof hours taken for the journey.

If t is the time in hours for the journey of a distance d , the speed , x is given by x= d/t. Therefore, if the speed x and the distance d of journey are known , then time t could be given by the expression:

t = d/x

The speed of the motorist is already assumed by data as x km/hour

The time taken by the motorist taken  from Singapore to Malacca= d/x = 240/x..................(1), as d=240km, by data.

The speed while coming back, reduced by 6 kms, is x-6 km/hour.Threfore the time taken for the return journey (from Malcca to Singapore) = 240/(x-6)..................(2),The time as given is more by 20 minutes, or 20/60hours = (1/3) hour.

Therefore the required equation is:

Time taken for return journey - time taken for onward journey =1/3 hours or

240/(x-6) - 240/x = (1/3).

To solve the equation, let us remove the denominator, by multiplyin the LCM of the denominators, i.e, 3(x-6)x. Then,

240*3x-240*3(x-6) = (x-6)*x

720x-720x+4320 = x^2-6x. Simplifying this, we get:

x^2-6x-4320 = 0 is a quadratic equation .

Therefore, roots are given by:

x =   [6  +or-sqrt(6^2+4*1*4320)]/(2*1) or

x = 131.5902732 km/h is the speed of the onward journy.

x-6 = (131.5902732-6)km/h = 125.5902732kms is the speed of the return journey.

What kind of language is used in Jane Eyre, chapter 25?

This chapter, as throughout the novel, is full of imagery and figurative language. One exemplary moment is Jane's realization of the shattered chestnut tree:

“It stood up, black and riven: the trunk, split down the center, gasped ghastly. The cloven halves were not broken from each other, for the firm base and strong roots kept them unsundered below; though community of vitality was destroyed—the sap could flow no more: their great boughs on each side were dead, and next winter’s tempests would be sure to fell one or both to earth; as yet, however they might be said to form one tree—a ruin, but an entire ruin.”

This description is rich with visual imagery, & Bronte's attention to detail is striking. She's also using metaphor and symbolism here, with the tree representing Rochester and Jane's relationship. They are connected as one through their love, yet cleaved in half by the secret Jane does not yet know. This is an example of the pathetic fallacy, in which the natural world reflects the personalities and emotions of the characters.

This chapter is also marked by language blurring the line between fantasy and reality. Jane's dreams figure prominently in her decisions, and inform her perceptions of her waking world as well. Thus her narrative takes on a dream-like quality through Bronte's language.

What was Mayella's account of the incident with Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird?

    Mayella follows her father's lead when she accuses Tom Robinson of assault and rape in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. It was Bob Ewell who first reported the incident to Sheriff Heck Tate.

"Mr. Ewell came in, very excited he was, and said get out to his house quick, some nigger'd raped his girl."

Mayella told the court that Tom had taken advantage of her after she offered him a nickel to "bust up this chiffarobe."

"... an fore I knew it he was on me... He got me round the neck, cussin' me and sayin' dirt--I fought 'n' hollered, but he had me round the neck. He hit me agin and agin."

But this is Mayella's longest statement, and most of her other testimony comes in short answers to questions. Later, Atticus gets her confused.

"Do you remember him beating you about the face?"
    "No, I don't recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me."
    "Was your last sentence your answer?"
    "Huh? Yes, he hit--I just don't remember, I just don't remember... it happened so quick."

Mayella continues to contradict herself to most of Atticus's questions, and she finally appears tongue-tied, failing to answer a series of queries until Atticus suggests that it was her own father who beat her, rather than Tom. Then, she lashes out at the court, bursts into tears, and refuses to answer any more questions.

Brauche eine Zusammenfassung(Eine Seite) über Marshall plan allgemein und über den marshall plan in Bezug auf Österreich. Welche Länder...

You ask for a summary of the Marshall Plan:

The Marshall Plan was begun in 1947.  It was a plan for giving large amounts of aid to countries of Western Europe to help them recover from the destruction of WWII.  The Plan was also meant in part to make sure that those countries would be more likely to be allies of the US rather than the USSR.

You ask about the Marshall Plan specifically in Austria.  Austria was one of the countries that received aid from the Marshall Plan.  It received about $1 billion (equal to about $8 billion today) in aid.  Although it got Marshall Plan aid, Austria's economic recovery was more difficult because it was still (until 1955) being administered by the four allied powers in their separate zones.

You ask which countries received aid...  All Scandinavian countries, all of the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Switzerland, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal.

What is the theme of the poem?How might the lack of rhyme and rhythme be releated to the theme? IS the poem a verse poem or prose? explain"My...

One of the themes of  the poem 'My parents kept me from children who were rough' by Stephen Spender is isolation - another is lack of control. There is a certain lack of rhyme and rhythm in that the poem is conversational in tone and tempo, and the language is plain and vernacular. This may be because the poet is sharing his innermost feelings and memories with his readers in a private way - like telling a confidence. This style also has the benefit of delivering the poet's message in an authentic manner - perhaps more like the way that youing people would speak. The child may have been taught to feel sorry for,or even look down on, the local 'ruffian' children. Yet in some ways he does not feel superior to them . They are strong and healthy, fit and agile. They have joyous freedoms to enjoy the natural environment in a way he does not. They are not repressed or prevented by their parents as he is. We feel he is just waiting for the bariers of his isolation to come down,but as he says, they never do.

In The Road, in a flashback, the wife is looking out the window to witness fire when the husband starts running bath water. Why does he do this?

The scene that you are describing is when the first chaos is occurring that eventually leads to the mass destruction of mankind.  Both the wife and her husband didn't really know what was going on; they were confused and a bit alarmed.  They got out of bed, and tried turning the lights on, but they didn't turn on; the electricity was already gone.  The father, realizing that they didn't have power, probably wondered if the water lines were damaged, or if the pipes had been hit.  So, he went to the bathtub and turned on the faucets "on both taps as far as they would go."  He was probably just checking to see if they still had functioning water.  Why?  The power was off, they had seen fire and heard rattling like a bomb or a major impact of something, so he was probably worried that the damage was more extensive than just the power.

It never directly states any of this in the novel--this is one of those situations where you have to infer, or use an educated guess to read in-between the lines.  It only makes sense that the father would be concerned about their safety and resources.  His wife, confused, asks, "Why are you taking a bath?" and he says that he isn't, and that is all that the book tells us, so inference is the way to kind-of guess what he might be doing. I hope that helped; good luck!

What are the rivers of hell and their ferrymen in Dante's Inferno?

Dante is portrayed as undertaking an epic voyage,having Virgil to lead him through the Inferno (all-consuming fire such as that 'found' in Hell.) After dealing with some rather more prosaic matters, they find a capacious cave, and decide to plumb its depths. They find themselves in a dream landscape which is night when the outside world is still in sunlight. All around the verdant lush countryside are the ghosts of dead ancestors. The original hero of the myth (Aenas) follows his guiding helper through numerous rivers of this hell, across one called the Styx. The original ferryman was called Charon.

What does the phrase "Washington would set a precedent" mean?

This is a hard question to answer because it's pretty vague.  It would be helpful to have some context.  But here's some help for you:

To "set a precedent" means to do something that other people will be likely to follow when they are faced with similar situations in years to come.  So, for example, when the Supreme Court ruled that states couldn't outlaw abortion (Roe v Wade, 1973) they set a precedent and other courts have tended to follow that precedent.

If your question refers to George Washington, I'd guess the precedent he set was to not run for reelection to a third term as president. When he did that, he set a precedent and presidents after him followed that precedent because it had been set down by Washington, who was, of course, a hero.  No president ran for a third term until Franklin D. Roosevelt did in 1940.

I hope this helps.  If not, please restate your question.

In a paragraph, show the reader that a garbage can has tipped over. Do not use the words tipped, over, garbage, or can.Be sure to SHOW and not...

Once upon a time, there was a shiny circle who found that she had begun to grow.  Not wider.  She could still reach her arms out and touch all the parts of her circle.  But she was growing taller, as if there were lots of circles being placed one on top of the other to make her!  She was excited.  Now, she wasn't stuck on the ground anymore:  She had these exciting "sides!" that attached her bottom-side to the ground and her top-side to the sky.  This was great!  And she could show off her shininess to everyone.  She loved it when people would say, "Oh, wow, look how bright that is!"  In fact, she was so bright that the people around her began to throw things that they didn't want anymore inside of her.  That way, her shininess wouldn't blind them.  It worked.  Not only was her shiny skin covered on the inside by the things they threw, but it also became covered on the outside.  It seems that people, when throwing things into a giant grown shiny circle, don't have very good aim.  So all kinds of foods and beverages that were no longer needed ended up on the outside of her.  One day, there were some kids playing around her.  She normally liked to watch and listen to the children play.  Sometimes they even used her for a base or as part of their forts.  But today they seemed angry at her.  They grabbed her topside and pulled so hard that her sides, her once-beautiful, shiny sides, were lying on the dirt.  Thank heavens for the old pop bottles leaking down the outside.  No one could see her crying.

How is "The Fall of the House of Usher" an example of Romanticism?

While at first glance it would seem that a gruesome story like "Fall of the House of Usher" has no Romantic qualities, if you look at a couple of the elements of Romanticism, it is easier to see how the story fits into the literary era.  Here are several Romantic elements and how Poe's story uses them:

1. Gothic style--The Gothic style in America became popular during the Romantic time period.  Poe and Hawthorne are great examples of authors who wrote Gothic works.  Several features of the Gothic style are a mysterious setting (think of the Usher house with its underground burial crypt), death or premature burial (think of Madeline in the story), and exotic elements (as the reader, you don't really know where the Usher house is, but it makes readers think of a castle-type structure or fortress, possibly in Europe).

2. Supernatural or unrealistic elements--the Romantic authors believed strongly in using their imaginations; so their works are not realistic and include elements of the supernatural.  In this Poe story, the idea that Madeline just happened to have a condition where she went into a coma-like state and ends up being buried alive while the narrator is visiting is highly unbelievable, but it works to help Poe's plot; so readers would have expected elements such as this.  Another example of this Romantic quality of supernatural elements is the destruction of the house in the storm at the same time that Roderick Usher dies.  The Usher house is destroyed as the same time as the House of Usher (the Usher bloodline)--interesting, but too coincedental for a realistic story.

3. Dark Romantic authors like Poe believed that man was born basically evil, and that humans must struggle their whole lives to keep their evil nature from overtaking them.  In this story, Roderick is in a battle against the powers of evil (psychological issues and his sister who is not in control of herself).

4. Symbolism--Romantic authors rely heavily on symbolism.  In "Usher," the narrator mentions a "fissure" (a crack) in the foundation of the Usher house.  While that is a literal crack or fracture, it is also symbolic of the "cracks" in the Usher family.  The last Ushers--Roderick and Madeline--are flawed just like the house, and therefore neither can survive.

I hope that this helps you.  I know that these literary styles such as Romanticism and Realism and Modernism can be rather confusing at first.

What is one of the most vivid images from the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," and how did it make you feel?

The previous post identified a nice (albeit disturbing) excerpt from Edwards' sermon.  One of the most striking images I take from it would be Edwards' moral clarity.  It seems so powerful to me that he can articulate a position where there is little ambiguity or vagueness.  Granted, the Great Awakening was convinced in its sincerity of wanting to reestablish the place of religion in the colonies.  However, when Edwards dismisses those who refuse to accept the presence of divinity, it is striking how convinced he is:

They deserve to be cast into hell; so that divine justice never stands in the way, it makes no objection against God's using his power at any moment to destroy them. Yea, on the contrary, justice calls aloud for an infinite punishment of their sins.

Following such absolutism, Edwards continues with "The sword of divine justice is every moment brandished over their heads, and it is nothing but the hand of arbitrary mercy, and God's mere will, that holds it back."  I suppose I am struck by the ability of any human being to hold so much conviction and dogmatic belief in the powers of divinity.  Something that is so complex and intricate as the workings of the divine also seems to be something that lies outside any absolutes.  Apparently, such intricacies did not apply to Edwards with such imagery.

Is Macbeth a moral play? Is justice served at the end of the play and how can you defend whether or not it is?What makes the play this way?

Morality is often in the mind of the individual, but some areas of morality are commonly accepted, particularly that it is wrong to murder someone.  Macbeth commits the murder of King Duncan.  His reason for murdering the king is to expedite his own ascension to the throne.  He commits the murder for his own gain.  This makes the killing immoral (versus his previous killing of Macdonwald which was acceptable because Macdonwald was a traitor to Scotland).  Macbeth himself said he had no good reason to kill Duncan , "...but only vaulting ambition..." (Act 1, sc. 7).  Macbeth allows his wife to talk him into killing the king, but he had already considered the idea of killing Duncan in Act 1, sc. 4 when Duncan announces that his son, Malcolm, is the crown prince.  Macbeth says, "Stars hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires."  He thinks of murder before he speaks with his wife, so she only fanned a flame he lit himself.  Justice is served, if you view justice as "an eye for an eye", i.e., Macbeth is killed by Macduff in the final act and Macbeth had not only killed Duncan, he'd had Macduff's family killed as a means of punishing Macduff.  Macbeth's killing of the king served his own ambition to get ahead, but his killing of Macduff's family served no purpose.  He was angry with and feared Macduff, not his family, so the senseless slaughter of Macduff's wife and children was the act of a merciless tyrant.  But again, the question comes down to your own morality.  Is it right to take a life as punishment for taking a life?

Who praises Macbeth's castle in the play Macbeth?

In Act I, Scene 6 of "Macbeth," King Duncan, the Scottish lords, and their attendants arrive outside Macbeth's castle.  With great situational irony, King Duncan praises the congenial atmosphere and pleasant environment, thanking Lady Macbeth for her hospitality:

This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air/Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself/Unto our gentle senses. (I,vi,1-3)

About this praise of Duncan, Banquo remarks,

This guest of summer,/The temple-haunting martlet, does approve/By his loved masionry that the heaven's breath/Smells wooingly here. (I,vi,3-6)

The martin is a bird that usually nests in churches, not castles.  In Shakespeare's time martin was a slang term for a person who is easily deceived.  However, while Banquo realizes that Macbeth's home is hardly congenial, there is situation irony present in his remark, as well.  For, he, too, is unaware of the forthcoming bloody deed of Macbeth that follows the "False face [that] hide(s) what the false heart doth know"(I,vi, 30).

How can I build confidence?I am really shy and I really want to be able to speak in front of people.

In trying to overcome shyness it is very important to realize that shyness is an essential and even useful quality in all people. So shyness is not something that you can, or even need to completely eliminate from your life. What you need to is to manage your shyness and overcome it in situations where it is necessary to do so.

Second thing, shyness and confidence are not opposites, although nervousness at times may be considered opposite of confidence. It is important for you to be clear in your mind about what is your problem. Nervousness is caused by a feeling of insecurity, by a fear of being unable to handle a situation appropriately. It is possible to overcome by being more thorough in your preparation and by progressively taking on more responsibilities, and performing more difficult tasks.

Shyness refers specifically to the feeling of hesitation in interacting with others or otherwise exposing your thoughts and behavior to others. In public speaking the effect of shyness gets multiplied because of the presence of a large number of people, and for the need of public speaker to take the initiative and act like a central figure in the whole proceedings.

To overcome your shyness and to act confidently in presence of others, it not to fight your shyness. When you feel shy, remind yourself that it is a natural reaction for all the people, and in this way accept your shyness, rather than fight it. If you try to fight your shyness, this can make you nervous and increase your problem. Give yourself a few seconds to let the feeling of shyness settle down. Deep breathing and taking a sip of water can also help.

Second, approach to overcoming shyness is to practice in small steps interacting with people you don't know. For situations like these it is good to have ready with you as repertoire of subjects for small talk.

Public speaking is more than just overcoming your shyness. You need to develop the ability to think on your feet, and to express your ideas in a clear and interesting way. These two abilities are best developed with practice. You nod to start practicing with making short speeches, may be just one minute speech, on subjects you are familiar with. Then you can gradually move to longer speech on a wader range of subjects.

It would be best if you an form a small group of friends to practice public speaking this way. Even a group of two can be very effective. If even that is not possible, you can try practicing by yourself.

Who is the winner in the debate in the beginning of the story "A Case of Identity" by Sir A. Conan Doyle?

The debate between Holmes and Watson in the beginning of "A Case of Identity" is a draw because while Holmes is right that stranger things lurk in simple domiciles than occur between pages of fiction, Watson is correct that the items most often reported are rather ordinary in the run of domestic crime.

The draw occurs because Watson has accumulated statistics by way of police reports to prove that in the overall view, commonplace crimes are the common occurrence in common domiciles. Unfortunately, the example Watson chooses to prove his point works in favor of proving Holmes's point.

The draw is the outcome of the debate because as soon as Watson picks an example of his point, it proves to be a case of unusual character that Holmes had been engaged in and thus could testify to as being in opposition to Watson's point. On the other hand, the case was a Kiplingesque exception that proves the rule in that Holmes is in fact involved in only a fraction of the domestic cases that actually occur in London or elsewhere. Thus, a draw in this instance.

Then, as the new client enters, Holmes's point gains an extra advantage. Mary Sutherland is just such a representative of just such a typical domicile as Holmes and Watson have been debating and her sad tale forcefully proves Holmes's point that stranger things lurk under the guise of the ordinary than can be invented. However, this added weight doesn't remove the debated from a draw because Watson's point still holds the statistical advantage of quantity while Holmes still has the statistical disadvantage of representing only a small percent of individuals who experience domestic difficulties.

A side note is that Conan Doyle throws his opinion into the debate as well because he is the inventor of the fictional cases of uncommon domestic intrigue that Holmes uses to prove his point and which are represented by Mary Sutherland. The debate is a draw with no winning advantage to either side.

Does Iago from Othello have any humanity?

Iago is one Shakespeare's 3 or 4 great characters: with Hamlet and Falstaff as his most engaging.  Some call Iago a vice character, or pure evil.  But, I think, he is certainly more human than these two archetypes.  After all, he has more lines than Othello for a reason.  We are drawn to his lies, because even when he is lying, he speaks true.  He says things, mainly to Othello and Roderigo, that we all think but dare not say.  That he uses these truths to manipulate and control is, dare I say, human.

Look at his speech to Roderigo, who he has just talked out of suicide:

Our bodies are our gardens, to the which
our wills are gardeners: so that if we will plant
nettles, or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up
thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs, or
distract it with many, either to have it sterile
with idleness, or manured with industry, why, the
power and corrigible authority of this lies in our
wills. If the balance of our lives had not one
scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the
blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us
to most preposterous conclusions: but we have
reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal
stings, our unbitted lusts, whereof I take this that
you call love to be a sect or scion.

In this speech, he is not afraid to admit that love and lust are but flip sides of the same coin.  This is a very humanistic view.

To keep Emilia as a wife for so long, to keep Roderigo as his "purse strings" for so long, to keep his enemy Othello so close to him for so long, to keep Cassio so trusting of him for so long, to keep we the audience so captivated for so long, Iago must reveal humanity.  To appeal to humanity, one must show humanity.  And Iago does so with language.  He has the best lines in the play.  His soliloquies are as engaging as Hamlet's.

Language shows man's humanity, and Iago is humanity's greatest liar.

Discuss the various types of Government securities that are issued by the RBI.Government securities are referred to as 'gilt-edged securities', as...

The RBI is the Reserve Bank of India, India's central bank.  It issues government securities as a way of borrowing money to be used by the government.  As you say, these debt instruments carry a sovereign guarantee and are therefore seen as absolutely secure.

There are many types of government securities issued by RBI:

• Dated securities with a fixed maturity date


• Zero coupon bonds


• Partly paid stock


• Floating rate bonds


• Capital indexed bonds

There is not space to discuss these at any length here.  Please follow the links for more information.

What are the economic impacts of tourism?

Tourism refers to the business of providing services to tourist, who are defined as a person who travels away from home in the same or another country. The tourists may be travelling for various purposes such as, leisure, health, education, religion and business. The services provided to tourists include travel and transportation, accommodation, food, sight seeing, entertainment and other services and facilities required by the tourists.

Tourism is a labor intensive industry, particularly for the destination location of tourism. Also, a substantial turnover of tourism revenue results creates inflow of money to tourist destination from outside locations. In this way international tourism is a major foreign exchange earner for many countries.

Success of tourism of a particular destination depends to a large extent on the natural features of the location. However to some extent it is possible to develop tourist destination by creating tourist facilities like amusement parks and animal sanctuaries.

Compare Financial and Operational Leverage.What is Financial and Operational Leverage? What is the difference between the two and what are the...

Financial leverage can be a good thing for a company or it can also be a bad thing.  The exact definition is the degree to which an investor or business utilizes borrowed money.  “If a company has a high financial leverage they may be at risk of bankruptcy if they are unable to make payments on their debt; they may also be unable to obtain future lenders.”   If the Financial responsibility is not too high, it can increase the shareholders’ returns on their investments.  There may also be tax advantages connected to this type of Leverage.

Operational Leverage is the use of the percent of a company’s fixed cost in the company’s cost structure.   Usually, the higher the operating leverage, the more a company's income is affected by movement in the sales volume. When the higher income is compared to the sales ratio and the results are a smaller portion of the costs, this means the  company does not have to pay as much additional money for each unit produced or sold. The higher the production and sales become, the more beneficial the investment in the fixed costs. This encompasses operational expenses connected with “advertising expenses, administrative costs, equipment and technology, depreciation, and taxes, but not interest on debt, which is part of financial leverage.”

Both types of leverage can be a risk to the company, but the risk can be big rewards for the company and stockholders if the cost is managed and a company does not over leverage.

What are the similarities between Paul in "Where Have You Gone Charming, Billy?" and Marilyn in "The Cold Equations"?

Both characters are naive.  Paul is a young private in Vietnam, and when the story begins, he has just witnessed Billy--a fellow soldier--die of fright.  Throughout the story, Paul tries to process what he has seen and also how scared he is.  He desperately wants to please his dad and be a hero, but his fear makes him feel like a coward and weakling.

Like Paul, Marilyn is young in age and in maturity.  She thinks that her choice to board the spacecraft will get her a trip to see her brother; she doesn't realize the horrible ramifications of having to be "expelled" into space because the craft cannot hold two people.  As she talks with Barton, the pilot, Marilyn's innocence wanes, and she realizes that life is not about simple choices.  Additionally, she--like Paul--loves her parents and does not want to displease them or her brother.

In essence, both stories advance traditional "loss of innocence" themes.

What does the ringing of the bell mean?

Have you ever heard of the old saying "For whom the bell tolls"? This famous statement was coined by John Donne, a famous Renaissance poet. The bell is s symbol, of not only our mortally, but it also represents our connectedness, so Donne says.

When the bell is rung by Lady Macbeth, it is a signal telling Macbeth that the chamberlains are in a drunken stupor, but it also is summoning King Duncan to his grave. However, the irony here is astonishing, if we consider Donne's philosophy that the bell represents our connectedness, for Macbeth is about to sever that connectedness.

What experiences did Gulliver gather in Lilliput?

In Gulliver's Travels, eye, image, light are the ruler in a world of proportions. In the sense of the same optical effects, we can say that during the first Gulliver's travels, Swift uses the telescope. In Lilliput, the people are small, not only in their body stature but in the soul, also. At first, Gulliver has illusive  impressions about the king-dwarf and his court, but gradually, he realizes more about the truth, depicting to the reader whole cortege of defects of the English court and aristocracy of that time: vanity, incalculable ambition , despotism, ingratitude, intrigue,struggle for power , corruption, flattery, hypocrisy. On the second trip, Swift seems to resort to magnifying optical devices: a magnifying glass, microscope.

Gulliver's experiences in both world are emphasizing the ideea of integrate attempts failing of  an individual, in a society where he doesn't fit at all.

The culture of that period, Enlightenment, was presenting the human kind more as a pure soul than a body, the human aspects captured and described in Gulliver's travel, having the aim to present human condition in a light more real, harsh and unfeeling, as it is, and less unreal and artificial decorated than the tendency of presentation of culture of eighteenth-century was.

In "The Story of an Hour" was Mallard an important citizen in his community?

This is an interesting question, and since the story is so short, we will have to read a lot into the little that is given to us.  The best clues to answer this question are given in the first couple paragraphs of the story.

Looking closely, the story states that there had been a train crash on the tracks, and that a telegram had been sent to the newspaper office, giving the names of the people that had been killed.  Brently's friend Richards had been in the newspaper office, and received the telegram.  Here is where the clues come in.  Clue number one is when Chopin writes that on the telegram, "Brently Mallard's name [was] leading the list of 'killed'".  So, on a list of people who died in the accident, his name was put first.  This could imply that he was important in the community, because his name made the top of the list that was going to the newspaper.  Newspapers want headlines, and a prominent citizen dying would make more headlines that someone that the community didn't know.  So, it was "newsworthy" that he would have died.  That seems to indicate that Brently was indeed someone well-known.

The second clue comes from Richard's reaction to the news.  He pauses only to send a "second telegram" to make sure it was true, then hastens over to the house to tell Louise.  Even though there were many names on the list, and many families that needed to be notified, Richards runs over to Louise's to help to tell her first.  This could be that Louise is simply a friend of his, and he is paying her a courtesy.  It could be because they are affluent and special care is given to prominent members of the society.  It could also be that he wanted to give her the news himself before it came out in the paper and she discovered it that way.  She had "heart trouble" and reading of your loved one's death is not only insensitive, but it could've impacted her death.

Given the slight clues in the text, we can infer that Brently Mallard was indeed a noteworthy and well-known member of their town, one prominent enough to make headlines and to elicit immediate action from papers and friends.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

Describe each character in Frindle.Are they bad, good, arrogant, foolish etc...

The central character in Frindle is Nick Allen, the fifth grader who invents the word "frindle."  Nick is intelligent and extremely creative, the innovative mind who engineers elaborate pranks in third and fourth grades.  Some might consider him a bit of a troublemaker.

Another central character in the book is Nick's fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Granger.  Mrs. Granger has the reputation of being a tough teacher.  She has been teaching at Lincoln Elementary School for years, and is a stickler for proper language use.  Mrs. Granger is stern, but not mean.  She decides to play the villain when Nick instigates his fifth grade disruption with the word "frindle," but deep inside she is respectful of the boy's intelligence and daring.

Miss Deaver is Nick's third grade teacher.  She is young, and new to teaching, and is perhaps a little gullible in playing along with Nick's innovations.

Mrs. Avery is Nick's fourth grade teacher.  She looks like a hawk, and tries to keep order in her classroom, but Nick manages to outwit her.

James Allen is Nick's older brother.  He is in college when Nick is in fifth grade, and has set a high academic standard for his little brother.

Judy Morgan is a reporter for the local newspaper.  She is efficient and has a nose for interesting news.

Mrs. Chatham is the principal at Lincoln Elementary.  She is a large woman who tolerates no nonsense at her school.

Mrs. Allen is Nick's Mom.  She sets firm rules for her children's behavior, but is also fun-loving and defends Nick when he gets in trouble for pushing the use of the word "frindle."

Mr. Allen is Nick's Dad.  He is more retiring that Mrs. Allen, and is uncomfortable with all the commotion his son has started.

Bud Lawrence is a local entrepreneur who sees an opportunity in the popularity over the word "frindle" and takes steps to capitalize on it.  He does take advantage of Mr. Allen's discomfort with the whole phenomenon, but he is not really a dishonest man, and he sends Nick regular royalties after gaining the rights to market "frindle" products.

Janet Fisk is a classmate of Nick who is fun-loving and more than willing to take part in Nick's shenanigans.

Please try to answer all the three because i really need help Please help me find two points that prove Ralph is concerned about safety and well...

In Chapter two of “The Lord of the Flies” Ralph calls a second assembly.  He is aware that there are issues that need to be addressed.  Since he is the group appointed leader he takes his role seriously.  During the meeting Percival, one of the littleuns, tells about the beast coming out of the water.  He is crying hysterically.  The litlleuns tell how scared they are of the beast.  Ralph is aware that the children need to feel some relief from their fear.

“Then with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, he picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar”(38)

He heads up the mountain to find out he truth about the beast.

At one of the assemblies Ralph addresses the situation with the littleuns and their bathroom habits.  He tells them that in order to be appropriate and keep things clean they need to go to the rocks to use the bathroom.  Apparently, they had been going in the camp area.

In regard to getting rescued he tries to get all the boys to help him keep the fire going.  However, Piggy can not help because of his asthma being aggravated by the logs.  He tells the others:

“We’ve got to have special people for looking after the fire.  Any day there may be a ship out there."(42)

Give at least three examples from "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts" to show how Mr. Johnson helped people.

There are several examples of how he helped people. The story is not very difficult to read. Give it another try, and I'm sure you'll find more than three examples. To get you started, I'll give you one example.

As he is bending down to pet a kitten, he is knocked over by a young woman who is hurrying to get to work. She is already late, and she is impatient with Mr. Johnson for delaying her. He suggests that she let him "buy" her day. He gives her the amount of money should would have earned at work that day. Then he looks over the crowd for a suitable companion for her. When he finds just the man, he "buys" that man's day as well, and he gives them more money for lunch and a movie or any other activity they might choose.

So he helps the young woman not only by giving her the money she would have lost for missing work, but also by introducing her to a young man and making it possible for them to spend the day together.

Now, read the story again and look for some more examples. Hint: pay attention to the little boy who is waiting while the moving van packs up his things.

Which are the causes of generalized, localized, essential and secondary hyperhidrosis?

Hyperhidrosis is the medical term that describes sweating in excess of that normally required to regulate body temperature. It is a common symptom that produces very much discomfort to the patient .

It appears that 2-3% of the U.S. population suffers from hyperhidrosis of axillary area, of palms and soles, grouped under the name of palmar-plantar hyperhidrosis. The disorder begins in childhood or adolescence (the axillary appears later, while the palmar-plantar occurs around age 14-15 years) and can affect any part of the body.

Causes

Most cases occur in healthy people, but are described in the context of neurological,metabolic or systemic diseases.

There are three types of hyperhidrosis: emotionally induced (mainly affects the axillary region, palms and soles),  localized hyperhidrosis and generalized hyperhidrosis.

Generalized hyperhidrosis may actually be the consequence of the autonomic nervous system disorders or may occur in the context of cancer, fever or metabolic imbalances, or may be due to consumption of drugs:  Pilocarpine, tricyclic antidepressants.

Nocturnal generalized hyperhidrosis is typical of tuberculosis or chronic alcoholism.

Localized hyperhidrosis is more common result of abnormalities in the functioning of local nerves,distribution of sweat glands or the area of vascularization. This type of hyperhidrosis may be associated with  Frey's syndrome,pain, abscess of the parotid glands,diabetic neuropathy.

Essential hyperhidrosis appears especially because of exocrine gland damage based on a sympathetic hyperactivity.

Secondary hyperhidrosis may involve nocturnal episodes. Because sweating mechanism and the fact that this  was under  the occurrence of sympathetic (sympathetic is far more decreased during sleep), patients do not sweat excessively at night, unless there is another pathological basis that determines caloric sweating.

It seems that hyperhidrosis is exacerbated by anxiety and the consumption of different foods (especially spicy or very spicy products) drinks, nicotine, caffeine.However, most patients were seen as excessive sweating all the time, even in the absence of triggers or environmental conditions.

What items did Chris McCandless take on his final Alaskan journey?Approxamately how long was he expecting to stay in alaska? What items did he take...

The book "Into the Wild" is the story of Chris McCandless, a young man in his mid twenties.  Chris gives away his inheritance and college money and goes on a trek across the states.  He has a strong desire to live off the land in the Alaskan wilderness.  Chris was a loner and socially isolated himself from people.  He was a very intelligent young man but was not knowledgeable about the wilderness. 

A man with a truck dropped Chris off at entrance to the Stampede Trail.  The trail is an area where hikers enter the Alaskan wild.  Chris initially had a map but left it on the dashboard of the truck.  He carried a back pack and in it was a book of Tolstoy, a book about native plants and berries, a rifle with 400 rounds of ammunition, a writing implement, a journal, a camera, a large bag of rice, a small cooking utensil, matches, a knife, and some fishing twine and a hook.

Chris' poor planning and lack of appropriate equipment eventually led to his death from starvation.

In the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, how does Brian's first bow nearly spell disaster for him?

Like so much of what Brian endures, there seems to be an ongoing dialectic where he experiences something bad, following by something good, succeeded by something bad.  The bow incident is no exception to this.  His experience with the first bow spells near disaster for him, as it almost ends up wounding him.  I would pay attention to Paulsen's description of this event in the middle of the book.  Brian is able to understand how the bow was calibrated incorrectly and nearly hit him.  He grasps this, makes the modification, and then is able to produce a bow that is able to hit the fool birds and generate both a new source of food production as well as protection device.

What role does the leit motif of childhood play in 'The Kite Runner?'How does a motherless background effect the characters? What can we infer from...

'The child is father of the man' is an proverb which well portrays the influence of early experiences over into adult life. As Hassan learned very early on to play second fiddle to his legitimate brother and to accept his station in life stoically, Amir was superficial, haughty and condescending until a few hard knocks from "the school of life" set him straight. The family secret of sharing the same father stigmitized them both even though Amir did not learn about this until adulthood.

The good thing about Amir is that he eventually learns from his past mistakes and becomes a better person for it. He first acknowledges the fact that Soraya is superior to him because of her truthfulness and honesty, and later he saves Sohrab from Assef's clutches at great personal cost to himself (something he was not willing or ready to do for Hassan). The reader knows that his "redemption" (including self- acceptance) is complete when he adopts Sohrab as his son and runs the kite for him in the same way that Hassan had done for him when they were boys.

Prove by Mathematical induction that for any positive integer n≧10 , 2^n ＞ n^3

To prove 2^n > n^3.

Proof:

We pressume 2^n>n^3 for a particular n =r.

Then, we see whether it holds for r+1, i.e whether

2^(r+1) < (r+1)^3 is true given 2^r <  r^n

LHS :2^(r+1) = (2^2)*2

RHS= (r+1)^3 = r^3+3r^2+3r+1

But 3r^2+3r+1 < r^3  for all r>3.

Therefore, ( r+1)^3 < 2r^3 for all r >3 from which it  follows that

2^(r+1)  = 2*2^r  >  2r^3 > (r+1)^3  is true if and only if  2^r > r^3  for any k >3 .............................(1)

But 2^k is not greater than k^3  for  0<k<10.

But when k =10,  LHS 2^k = 1024 , RHS 10^3 =1000 . So, the relation, 2^k >  k^3 for k = 10 is true.

Therefore. 2^11 = 2(2^10) > 2*10^3 > 11^3 holds by (1).

So applying successively, the reation holds, for all r > 10.

Why if supply is perfectly inelastic, the full tax is paid by the sellers? Can you please explain?

A elasticities of demand and supply are calculated separately for each given level of price. Thus elasticity of supply is defined as ratio of percentage change in demand to corresponding change in supply. It is possible to conceive situation when the supply of a commodity by a particular supplier will be completely inelastic within a given price range, that is, there will be no change in quantity offered for supply for changes in prices within that range. But, as per principles of economics, it is not possible that quantity supplied will remain same irrespective of the prices. Thus we cannot expect a firm to remain in business if people will accept its product only when given free.

Coming to the question of paying tax, a supplier pays tax only when he is required to pay it as per tax laws and provision. The only effect of tax is to lower the effective price realization of the supplier. However, when the supply is assumed to be inelastic, the supplier will continue to offer same quantity for supply irrespective of the tax rate or presence or absence of tax.

What does Winston wake up and mutter?

I assume you are talking about the passage in Chapter 3 where Winston wakes up from a dream and then starts to do calisthenics when ordered to do so by the woman on the screeen.

If so, the word that is "on his lips" when he wakes up is "Shakespeare."

In this passage, Orwell is trying to show that Winston is someone who thinks for himself and wants to be free from the tyranny of the state he lives in.  This is symbolized by his dream of the girl.  He doesn't care so much about the fact that she's naked -- what he cares about is how graceful and careless and free it looked when she took her clothes off.

The word "Shakespeare" sort of goes along with this because it symbolizes a part of humanity where people are free to dream and think and be creative.

How do I write a well-developed essay discussing the trifles found in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and how they relate to feminine struggle?

A well-developed essay would begin with a thesis, but if we are unsure of our argument, it is best to start with brainstorming points for the argument. So first, we can start by discussing what trifles are seen in A Doll's House and how those trifles portray feminine struggles.

One trifle is the fact that Torvald has forbidden Nora to eat sweets as he fears they will ruin her teeth. In forbidding her to eat sweets, he is actually treating her just like a child by laying down household rules of what she can and cannot eat. Torvald's law concerning sweets effectively portrays the social norm of the man of the house having complete authority in that era. In addition, since Nora first comes on stage eating a packet of macaroons, we know that Nora has not completely succumbed to Torvald's authority. Instead, in her own way, she is rebelling against his dictatorial nature, which serves to portray her feminine struggle against accepted social norms.

Another trifle that portrays Nora's struggles with social norms is the references to the Christmas tree. Nora is very excited because this is the first Christmas in which they can afford to spend a little extra money on Christmas. In fact, even Torvald thinks their new income situation is wonderful and remembers how last Christmas Nora locked herself up in her room "making ornaments for the Christmas Tree, and all the other fine things that were to be a surprise" (I). But in reality, Nora was actually shutting herself in her room so that she could complete the copying work she was able to acquire in order to earn money to help pay off her secret loan. This reference to the trifle of Christmas ornaments with relation to work also helps portray feminine struggles in society because women in that era were only permitted to work low-paying jobs, such as clerical work, domestic work, and teaching. Therefore, Nora's struggles to earn money help portray how she struggles against society.

If we were to use these two points plus others for our essay, we could create a thesis that in general sounded something like this:

• The trifles seen throughout A Doll's House, such as macaroons and Christmas tree ornaments, serve as symbols to help portray the feminine struggles of Henrik Ibsen's era.

What are some of the human uses for each of the following biomes?The following biomes are: Deciduous Forest, Tundra, Desert, Freshwater, Marine,...

Deciduous forests have been over-utilized by humans for sources of wood.  The wood from these forests is used for a variety of purposes but the most common example would be for construction of homes and other buildings.  Furniture and some pieces of art are also made of deciduous trees.  

The tundra is the least utilized biome becaues of the harsh environment.  However, it is also full of natural resources like oil and uranium.  Since these resources are in such high demand we are beginning to consider the tundra more carefully. 

The main natural resource used from deserts is the one resource it has the least of: water.  Humans in and around desert areas pump groundwater from underground wells for irrigation purposes.  The overuse of this resource has had a major impact on the plants found in the desert which in turn has affected the wildlife that depends on it for food.

Human use of freshwater resources is wide and highly varied.  Water consumptoin is the most easily recognized.  Freshwater fish and other animals are used for food, coastlines for recreation and entertainment.  Let us also not forget electricity from major river dams.

Marine ecosystems are also a major source of food for humans as well as transportation, recreation and entertainment.  Some plant life is also used for food as well, such as kelp.   

Estuaries are, in essence, the meeting place of the freshwater and marine biomes.  For this reason, humans use the same natural resources found in those biomes.  Food, wood, and plants are all used for human consumption, building, and decoration. 

Much like the deciduous forest, humans also utilize the coniferous forest for a source of wood.  The wood from coniferous forests is also used for the construction of homes and other buildings as well as firewood, furniture, and pieces of art.  Many of the animals are also used by humans for food.   

Rainforests are prized for their many, many natural resources.  Wood is used for homes, furniture, flooring, cabinets, and many decorative pieces.  Plants are also used for food and medicinces.  Many of the animals found in the rain forests are not found anywhere else on earth and are also used for food.

Finally, grasslands are used for farming, livestock, and homesites.  The many animals that are native to the grasslands are also used for food.