What do you think would be three good items to use for this specific writing prompt?The writing prompt is: Imagine that your student council has...

I think this sort of essay, if it's going to be any good, will have to come from your own reflection on your values and on the time in which you live. What three physical things would you say most deserve inclusion in the time capsule? These items will be preserved for 20 years and, when revealed, will ideally cause people to reflect back on their own lives from that earlier period.

I'm just past the time when I would have had a 20th-year high school reunion, so let me think about what I might have liked to see in a time capsule. For one, I would have liked something that captured at least one of the humorous popular culture trends of the time, maybe a vinyl album of some (then hot, now forgotten) British new wave band with big hair. I also might have wanted to see something that captured an important political issue of the age, such as Ronald Reagan's so-called "Star Wars" plan for a missile defense shield (the Cold War hadn't yet ended, of course). Finally, I may have liked to see something of personal meaning to me but also of interest to others, such as a letter that I had written myself. I'm not sure about what, though. Maybe just educated guesses and jokes about who in my high school class would be doing what for a living some 20 years in the future.

How did Igor Gouzenko start the cold war, and was Igor the main cause for the cold war?What is the "Cold War"?

I think it is overstating things a bit to say that Gouzenko caused the Cold War, but I suppose he did contribute to it.

The Cold War was the time from the end of WWII (1945) to about 1990.  During this time, the United States and its allies were in competition with the Soviet Union and other communist countries.  Both sides were trying to control the world, essentially.  It is called a "cold" war because the US and the Soviets did not actually fight a war.  They were just competing with each other, trying to get more allies, trying to be stronger.

Gouzenko helped to start this by defecting to Canada.  When he did, he brought documents that proved that the USSR was spying on the US's nuclear program (and on other things in the West).  This helped cause the two sides to distrust each other (even though they had been allies in WWII).

But I don't think Gouzenko really mattered that much.  The US and the USSR were going to be rivals anyway because they were the two biggest powers in the world and they had ideologies that were totally opposed to each other.

Why does Malcolm appear weak?

Malcolm can certainly be seen as wary and cautious, but that does not mean that he is weak. After his father, King Duncan, is murdered by Macbeth, there is this exchange between Malcolm and his brother, Donaldbain:

MALCOLM:

[Aside to Donalbain.] Why do we hold our

tongues,

That most may claim this argument for ours?

DONALBAIN:

[Aside to Malcolm.] What should be spoken here,

where our fate,

Hid in an auger-hole, may rush and seize us?

Let's away;

Our tears are not yet brew'd.

Malcolm actually seems ready to act against whomever it was that killed their father, but Donaldbain ecourages him to act with caution.

Donalbain goes off to Ireland and will not appear again in the play. Malcolm goes to England where he will tell his tale and amass an army to fight Macbeth. Nothing weak can be seen in those actions.

Then in Act 4, scene 3, Macduff goes to visit Malcolm in England. Malcolm doesn't know if Macduff is a freind or a foe, so he is rightfully cautious in dealing with his visitor:

MALCOLM:

What I believe, I'll wail;

What know, believe; and what I can redress,

As I shall find the time to friend, I will.

What you have spoke, it may be so perchance.

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,

Was once thought honest. You have loved him well;

He hath not touch'd you yet. I am young, but something

You may deserve of him through me, and wisdom

To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb

To appease an angry god.

This is prudence, not weakness. And when talking about the war to come, this does not sound like weakness:

MALCOLM:

Be't their comfort

We are coming thither. Gracious England hath

Lent us good Siward and ten thousand men;

An older and a better soldier none

That Christendom gives out.

And later in the scene, when Macduff learns that his family has been murdered, Malcolm says to Macduff:

Merciful heaven!

What, man! Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows;

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak

Whispers the o'er fraught heart, and bids it break.

And in Act 5, scene 4, he leads the charge on Macbeth's castle:

MALCOLM:

Let every soldier hew him down a bough,

And bear't before him: thereby shall we shadow

The numbers of our host, and make discovery

Err in report of us.

Lastly, Malcolm has the final words of the play. All is moderation and strength, attributes befitting the new king of Scotland:

We shall not spend a large expense of time(

Before we reckon with your several loves,

And make us even with you. My thanes and kinsmen,

Henceforth be Earls, the first that ever Scotland

In such an honor named. What's more to do,

Which would be planted newly with the time,

As calling home our exiled friends abroad

That fled the snares of watchful tyranny,

Producing forth the cruel ministers

Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen,

Who, as ’tis thought, by self and violent hands(80)

Took off her life; this, and what needful else

That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace

We will perform in measure, time, and place,

So thanks to all at once and to each one,

Whom we invite to see us crown'd at Scone.

What is the main theme of the short story "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty?

The main theme of 'The Sniper' can be read as commenting on 'Division.' Another word for this in political terms is 'Partition.' We have seen in other countries besides ireland how bloody, painful and divisive political partition of a country can be. India and Pakistan endured a bloodbath after the leaving of the British.

In this short story 'The Sniper' the division is brought home to us in a truly shocking way. Many families had members who took different views, different sides. The rebels were spat at by their own people the morning they were rounded up to be shot, as many Irish could not see the sense in ending British rule. This would have been shouted about in many a home and sons, fathers, grandads, uncles and mothers would come down a particular side - and not always the same one in any given family.

The shock element drives home the disadvantages of division/partition and the sacrifice that many freedom fighrters made when the sniper turns over the body to see its identity.

A fascinating backstory of the bloodshed and struggle is provided for you here:

How did Menelaus catch The Old Man in the Sea?

Idothea, daughter to Proteus, the old man of the sea, tells Menelaus how to wrestle her father and extract the means by which to return home.

She says to him:

"The moment you see that he is asleep seize him; put forth all your strength and hold him fast, for he will do his very utmost to get away from you. He will turn himself into every kind of creature that goes upon the earth."

So, Menelaus and him men wait for him to fall asleep.  Next they:

....rushed upon him with a shout and seized him; on which he began at once with his old tricks, and changed himself first into a lion with a great mane; then all of a sudden he became a dragon, a leopard, a wild boar; the next moment he was running water, and then again directly he was a tree, but we stuck to him and never lost hold, till at last the cunning old creature became distressed, and said, `Which of the gods was it, Son of Atreus, that hatched this plot with you for snaring me and seizing me against my will? What do you want?`

Menelaus wants to get back home (like Odysseus), and so he holds him until he reveals it.

The old man tells them how to leave the island (the good news), but he tells them they will have to finish their voyage, going back to Egypt (the bad news).

How does the setting affect the plot of "A Rose for Emily"?

The plot provides both a setting of decay and creepiness that lends itself well to the rather morbid and disturbed events of the story, as we discover them at the end.  It also provides symbolism for Miss Emily herself, and for the state of her family and her life.  The small town atmosphere also contributes well to the style of narration, which tells the story of Emily all through the collective voice of gossipy townspeople.

At its core, the story is about a deeply disturbed woman who goes to unnatural lengths to feel loved and accepted.  Think of modern-day horror movies, whose setting always takes place in decrepit, shadowy, run-down mansions.  Faulkner describes the house as such:

"only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore
among eyesores."

It's a classic creepy tale setting.  Faulkner then makes the symbolic connection by saying that Miss Emily herself was like the house, a leftover from another time, decaying and no longer important as she and her family used to be.  The fact that her family used to be big money, the "celebrities," elicits just enough curiosity for the townsfolk to follow her story and gossip about it, which allows for the story to be told through them.

I hope that these thoughts help to get you started; good luck!

How does Gertrude explain the death of Polonius?

Here's what she says:

QUEEN:

Mad as the sea and wind when both contend

Which is the mightier. In his lawless fit,

Behind the arras hearing something stir,

Whips out his rapier, cries 'A rat, a rat!'

And in this brainish apprehension kills

The unseen good old man.

KING:

...Where is he gone?

QUEEN:

To draw apart the body he hath kill'd;

O'er whom his very madness, like some ore

Among a mineral of metals base,

Shows itself pure. He weeps for what is done.

Her explanation for the killing is that Hamlet is mad, completely and hopelessly nuts. What she conveniently leaves out is his very telling line about the eavesdropping Polonius "Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell! I took thee for thy better." That "better" is obviously his uncle Scar, oops, Claudius.

She also leaves out all the things Hamlet said about her and her new husband the King and what a cold-blooded, incestuous, gross murderer he is. Nor does she mention Hamlet's little conversation with the Ghost of his father. She does add, out of nowhere, that Hamlet is remorseful about the deed ("He weeps for what is done"), which he is clearly not.

Could it be that Gertrude now knows that her son is anything but mad, that he makes a lot of sense, and she is finally behind him? Certainly looks that way.

What was "The Blitz"?

The "Blitz" is an Anglican shortening of the German word "blitzkrieg", which meant "lightning war."  Germany had developed the means to coordinate its air and ground forces and annihilate any opposition, taking Poland and France by early 1940.  Britain, who was alone in fighting Germany at this time, was not subjugated; once again, England being an island contributed to its unique history.  In order to invade, Germany had to coordinate an amphibious landing, known as "Operation Sea-Lion."  Troops and tanks couldn't cross the Channel and immediately attack, but aircraft could, until plans were complete. At first, the Luftwaffe attacked military and industrial installations, and Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) retaliated on German installations.  At one point, the RAF mistakenly bombed Berlin; Germany retaliated and concentrated on attacking London and other English cities (During and air raid in Liverpool in 1940, John Lennon was born!) Both sides suffered huge civilian casualties, and Germany lost more aircraft than could be replaced.  However,  the respite on military installations in England gave the RAF needed time to repair airfields and regroup and continue to mount a defense.  The amphibious invasion never came, as Germany's military objectives changed when she went to war with the Soviet Union in 1941.  Although Blitzkrieg was effective against the Soviets, historians agree that Germany committed a grave tactical error in attempting to subdue Britain by air power alone; not only did it not succeed, the German aircraft lost could not be replaced at the same level when they were desperately needed in the East, and were a contributing factor in Germany losing the Battle of Stalingrad, and thus the war.

Explanation of the poem "Vagabond" by R. L. Stevenson.Detailed Explanation

Robert Louis Stevenson's (1850-1894)  poem "The Vagabond" celebrates the glorious freedom and independence of a tramp's life. All the four stanzas of "The Vagabond" repeatedly emphasize the unrestrained joys of an independent life in the outdoors free from all its hassles.

All that the vagabond is interested in is a life of unlimited travel. He wants to completely avoid all human associations - "nor a friend to know me."All that he wants to do is travel and travel from one place to another without any restraint whatsoever, not concerned about the weather or material wealth or possessions or anything else around him:

"Give the face of earth around,
And the road before me.
Wealth I ask not, hope nor love,
Nor a friend to know me;
All I ask, the heaven above
And the road below me."

He would like to spend his entire life in the outdoors even in the cold autumn and winter months with the sky as his roof:

Not to autumn will I yield,
Not to winter even!

Most importantly, he wishes for a completely carefree life and is not bothered or frightened about death at all:

Let the blow fall soon or late,
Let what will be o'er me.

What contrast is implied in the lines 80-102 of the Seafarer?

To me, the contrast that is implied is a contrast between the old, pagan, heroic values of the days gone by and the new, more Christian and peaceful values that the poet is recommending to people.

In the lines you mention, the poet seems to be talking about how the old days are gone and have been replaced by Christianity and a new way of thinking about what's good and honorable.

In the old days, there was nobility and glory and honor.  But now we know that this glory and honor (and gold) is nothing in the face of God's power.

So this is saying, to me, that there is a contrast between the old days and the new and that the new days are better since they now know about the true God.

In the old man and the sea how does the old man feel about the fish?

Santiago has great respect for all of nature's creatures, except sharks.  He refers to the fish (a marlin) as his "brother," showing not only a certain biological connection between man and beast but also a philosophical one.  In the harsh waters, both are in a fight for survival.

Santiago says:

I am a tired old man. But I have killed this fish which is my brother and now I must do the slave work.

Santiago regrets not only killing his brother but having to tie the fish to the side of the skiff.  He especially laments the fish being attacked by sharks, for whom he has no respect.  He drives his knife into the shark's brain.  So, there is a clear division between the great game fish and the souless garbagemen of the sea.

Santiago also sees the fish as a means of economic survial.  Later, he says,

I want to see him, he thought, and to touch and to feel him. He is my fortune.

The fish will bring a hefty price at the market, and it will bring him good fortune among the fishermen, who have seen Santiago as the unluckiest of fishemen.

Compare and contrast essay on two poems of Emily Dickinson.The poems are "Because I could not stop for Death" and "I heard a fly buzz when I...

In accord with the first post, there is a clear difference in tone between the two poems.  For one thing, the introduction of the fly suggests Beelzebub, the "lord of the flies," or the devil.  This symbol of evil stumbling "Between the light and me" suggests that there is a point in which the soul of the speaker "could not see to see" where she is headed in eternity, whereas in "Because I could not stop for Death," the driver of the carriage that takes the speaker to her grave is "kindly" and "knows no haste"; the death holds no terrors as in the other poem; in fact, it is almost seductive. 

In addition to the tone of the poems, you may wish to compare/contrast the sequence of events and poetic devices in the poems, the sort of expectations set up by phrases such as "last onset," "the king" and "be witnessed" in "I heard a fly buzz" with the phrases in "Because I could not stop for Death" such as those in the first stanza, "We passed the setting sun/Or rather, he passed us," and others that indicate a more leisurely trip toward eternity, whereas in "I heard a fly buzz," the predatory fly waits to claim a corpse. 

Yet, characteristically of Dickinson, there is no enlightenment at the end of either poem.  The speaker is driven, albeit leisurely, inexorably to her grave; the king witnesses the death, but he cannot control anything but the allocations of the speaker's material possessions.

Compare and contrast Atticus Finch (To Kill A Mockingbird) and Jake Brigance (A Time to kill).I need to know about their moral and physical courage.

Jake Brigance in John Grisham’s A Time to Kill and Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird show both moral and physical courage. They both clearly show moral courage when they take on the defense of seemingly indefensible men. Societal attitudes clearly indicate that neither man has a chance of going free, and yet these men take on the unwinnable fight and end up shining a a light on the darkness of racial discrimination. They do this because it is the right thing to do. Neither will make money, although Jake will get attention.

On the other hand, both characters show physical courage as well. Attitucs races to the courthouse to save Tom Robinson from a lynching that men of the community are determined to give him. Jake Brigance shows physical courage as he battles the unseen forces attacking him, his colleagues, and his home.

What is the impulse delivered to the ball? Answer in units of kg x m/s.A pitcher throws a 0.15kg baseball so that it crosses home plate...

The impulse is the change of momentum. Momentum is the product of the mass and the velocity of an object. Or in other words, mass times the velocity is the momentum.

We take the direction of delivery of the ball  to the plate as positive and the opposite as negatve.

The momentum of the ball thrown by the pitcher  while crossing the home plate = mass of the ball * its velocity.= 0.15kg*14m/s.

After the ball is hit its velocity = 32m/s in the opposite direction or -32m/s,

The momentum of the ball after hit = (0.15kg)*(-32m/s).

Therefore the change of momentum = final momentum - initial momentum before hit = (-0.15kg)*(32m/s)-(0.15 kg)*(14m/s)

= - 6.9 kg m/s is the impulse or the change of momentum in the  ball after hit.

What happens in the ending of "By the Waters of Babylon"?

At the end of this story, John brings back all of the things that he learned on his journey.  The ending is all-important, because it reveals what happened to the people who died generations ago, and John, in a vision, is revealed great truths to bring back to his tribe.  He sees the demise of the ancient people, and understands fully why they died.  How will he handle this information?  He goes back to his tribe, and has the desire to tell them everything that he learned, and to reveal it all right then and there.  However, he speaks with his father first.  His father, a wise priest in their tribe, offers the following very sage advice:

"He said, "Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth. It was not idly that our fathers forbade the Dead Places."

What his father meant by this was that truth is something that is good, but only in small doses.  Sometimes, we have to gain knowledge, information and truth slowly, so that we can learn to use it wisely, and control the power that it gives us in wise ways.  Think of a child, and how he or she is progressively allowed to do things as they grow up.  If they were allowed to do everything right away, they would cause a lot of damage and harm, because they aren't developmentally ready for it yet.  John agrees with this assessment that his father gives, and concludes that the ancients "ate knowledge too fast."  He decides to reveal things to his tribe slowly, carefully, and wisely, ensuring that the information is appropriate, understandable, and at the right time to be used wisely. I  hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

How many close friends do you have? Suppose that the number of close friends adults claim to have varies from person to person with mean = 9 and...

Here the random variable X is the number of friends a person has. The populatiom mean is M = 9 persons . The standard deviation of the population is Sigma = 2.5 persons. The ample size n = 1100. Let us call the sample mean x bar. Also we know that a sample mean x bar of a large sample  follows the nomal distrinbution, with mean M and the and standard deviation sigma/sqrt( n). Therefore, z = (x bar - M)/(sigma/(sqrt n) follows the standard  normal distribution with mean 0 and standard deviation 1.

So,  the sample mean, x bar follows normal distribution with mean 9 and standard deviation  2.5/sqrt 1100 , or x bar is N(9 , 2.5/sqrt(1100) ). Or Z = (x bar -9)/(9/sqrt100)  is a standard normal variate with mean 0 and standard deviation 1 or Z = (x bar -9)/(9/sqrt100) is a N(0,1)

Therefore, the probablity  P that the sample mean, x bar lies between 8 an 10 is given in usual notation,

P( 8 <= x bar < = 10) =  P {( 8-9)/(2.5/sqrt 100 <= (x bar - 9)/(2.5/sqrt1100) < (10-9)/(2.5/sqrt100) }

=P{-13.2665 <= Z < = 13.2665 }  = 1. It is a very high range for sample mean (with  sample standard deviation  of 2.5/sqrt 1100 =0.75377836) to be  between 8 and 10. It is almost very very sure that the statistic, the sample mean has the range, (8 < = x bar, the sample mean <= 10).

Please help me formulate some good question for chapters 1-3.

The Giver is a great story to think through when we encounter people who promise a utopian type of life-- in reality, a perfect world cannot be created by human hands no matter how sincere people may be.

Here are some questions:

In chapter one you can compare and contrast the typical/traditional family dinner time with the evening telling of feelings.

In chapter two you can predict what Jonas' assignment will be.

In chapter three you can speculate why the community gets upset when people have lighter colored eyes.

There are three questions there, one at least a level three that can help you get to thinking in the book.

Using an appropriate example, explain how economies of scale can positively impact on business profitability.

Economy of scale refers to reduction in cost of manufacture and supply of a product which results from the change in cost structure when the total quantity of the product supplied is increased. The phenomenon of economy of scale is applicable to most of the products but not all. Further, it is applicable only within a specific range of production volume. Also, the exact reduction in the production cost varies from product to product and range of production volume.

Economies of scale can be beneficial to a company only under certain condition. It is not necessary that company will always be able to sell more of the products manufactured to avail of economy of scale.

Typically, a company can increase its sale by reducing the price at which it sells its products. Thus, by increasing production, a company is able to reduce its cost per unit, at the same time it must also reduce the price per unit. A company will benefit from economy of scale only when the increase in total cost of production for all the units is less than total increase in volume. We will explain this by an example.

Let us say a company manufactured widgets 1000 per day at cost of $5 per widget and sell them at $8 per widget making a profit of $3000 per day. The company can reduce its cost to $4.80 per widget by doubling its production to 2000 widgets per day. To earn a profit of  $3000 on its increased production the company will have to sell widgets at a unit price of $6.3. thus the company will be impacted positively only if it can sell 2000 widgets per day at price of more than $6.3. At a price lower than this its profits will reduce.

How does setting affect people?how does it effect people in general nothing specific just in general.

Setting is composed of time and place.  Characters are products often of their culture and the prevailing social, economic, and geographic surroundings.  For example, the farmers of the lowlands are less violent than the herdsmen of the highlands because they are not as defensive and paranoid of their livelihoods getting stolen.

Ask Odysseus the importance of setting.  For 20 years he labored to return to his island home.  He ventured to Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Italy--all through the Mediterranean--but we never see him so happy as when he tasted the goat's milk and cheese of Ithaca.

Setting can be a dynamic influence on characters: the Joads in the Grapes of Wrath are victims of the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma and victims of the exploitation of migrant workers in California.

Othello too is influenced by geography.  In Venice, he is a man of reason and influence.  Once isolated on the wild island of Cyprus, without the courts of governance, he is prone to self-destruction.

The novels and stories of Camus are set in the sweltering coasts of the French colony of Morrocco in North Africa where white, black, and brown men clash for status.  In all these cases, setting is as important as the characters who inhabit them.  In fact, some argue that setting sometimes plays the role of a character.

(3/5) x (2/3) - (1/5) + (2/5) / 3 of (1/5) please solve it.

To simplify (3/5) x (2/3) - (1/5) + (2/5) / 3 of (1/5)

Solution:

The expressions like this could be solved by followig the rule of priority of operations  in the order of BODMAS (bracket, Division or mutiplication, subtraction or Additon).

Here in the expression there are 3 terms: First term (3/5) x (2/3) - Secon term: 1/5 + 3rd term:(2/5) / 3 of (1/5)

So.

(3/5) x (2/3) - (1/5) + (2/5) / 3 of (1/5)

First term:(3/5)(2/3) =3*2/15= 2/5

Second term: 1/5 to be subtracted.

Third term: (2/5) / 3 of (1/5) = [(2/5)/3]*(1/5) =2/15]*(1/5)=2/75.

The sum of the three terms = 2/5-1/5+2/75= 1/5-2/75

LCM of the denominators (5,75) = 75. So 1/5 is converted into an equivalent factor  15/75 and the expression comes to:

15/75-2/75 =13/75

Note with reference to the 3rd term,(2/5) / 3 of (1/5):

The word of is nomally is used in mathematical operations like part of another expression. Fraction of something. 2/3 of 6 = (2/3)*6 = 2. But we nomally say 5 times 6 =30 and not like:5 of 6 = 30. 1/5 of 10 = (1/5)*10  or (1/5) times 10 =(1/5)*10 =2.

Explain in detail (using examples from Chapters 1-10) the symbolic meaning of the mockingbird from Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

    Harper Lee's aptly-titled novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, emphasizes a running theme of innocence and beauty by utilizing the symbolic nature of the popular songbird.

    When he gave us our air-rifles Atticus wouldn’t teach us to shoot. Uncle Jack instructed us in the rudiments thereof; he said Atticus wasn’t interested in guns. Atticus said to Jem one day, “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
    That’s the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. 
    “Your father is right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

It is this characteristic of the mockingbird--making beautiful music without any apparent faults--that Miss Lee stresses throughout the novel. Many of her sympathetic characters take on the role of human mockingbirds. Most of the children in the novel are mockingbirds, particularly Jem, Scout and Dill. They are small and innocent who create only joy and happiness to those around them (except for the occasional mischief they cause when they get together). Like the mockingbird, who witnesses much human hatred and suffering, the kids are also forced to see the negative side of life at an early age. Dill, in particular, has been subject to his parents' broken marriage and lack of attention.
    The primary adult human during the first half of the book is Arthur Radley, known to most of Maycomb as "Boo." Although his early troubles as a teen does not qualify him as an innocent, he is reborn as Boo once he retreats behind the walls of the Radley Place. Like the mockingbird, he views the world from afar, and he is thrust into it through the actions of others whose curiosity in the Radley legend will not let him be. His innocence is conveyed through his attempts to befriend the young Finch children, and he shows his gentle nature when he mends Jem's pants and covers Scout with a blanket on the night of the fire.
    Tom Robinson is also a mockingbird. Although he does not become a major focus of the novel until after Chapter 10, it is obvious that this poor, simple black man is up against a stacked deck in Maycomb's white world.
    There are several other references to the mockingbird (Mr. Underwood's editorial, Scout's analogy on the night of Bob Ewell's death), but they occur in Part Two. 

In Act IV of "The Crucible" what news about Abagail does Parris give Danforth?

Reverend Parris is now scared for his life after awakening that morning to find a dagger stuck in his door, a sure warning in his eyes that his life is in danger if he does not attempt to stop that day's hangings.  To further add to his fear, he has discovered that Abigail, his own niece, has stolen money from him and run off, quite possibly proving to Parris in his mind that she had been fabricating these "bewitched" experiences and was now fleeing before things got worse.  Parris begs Danforth to cancel the hangings in fear that the people are ready to rebel in protest. However, Danforth refuses, believing they have now gone too far as some have already hanged; furthermore, he believes that stopping the hangings now will only show their uncertainty and then truly cause a rebellion of the families belonging to those who have already died. He sees no choice but to continue on to demonstrate that they are certain with the sentencing they have given out.

What is the break even point and the shut down point? Explain the significance of these points in relation to the output decisions of a...

'Break-even point' and 'shut-down point' appear to sound as similar concepts, but these are concepts from two different topics. Break-even point is a concept for companies to take business decision based on relationship between product cost, price and volume. The concept of competition has no role to play in break-even analysis. Concept of shut-down point is from the field of economics. It is used to understanding the way companies decide on the level of their sales and production volume taking into consideration between production cost, sales price and customer demand under competitive conditions.

Break-even Point

Break-even point is defined the level of production and sales of product by a firm at which the sales revenue generated is exactly equal to the cost of production. The term break-even is used to mean that the company makes no profit and on loss - it breaks even.

Typically the production cost for any product can be be divided in two components, a fixed cost component and a variable cost components. The same fixed cost is incurred by the company irrespective of the level of production. For example if a production facility is set up some costs will be incurred for the things like rent, depreciation and interest charges which are fixed for a period irrespective of production volume. The variable cost is directly proportional to the volume of production, and is incurred on things like raw material used, piece rate wages paid and other expenses related directly to the production. The company must typically fix a selling price that is more than the variable cost per piece. Unless this is so, more a company produces, more losses it will make. The excess of selling price over the variable cost is called "contribution to fixed cost and profits" or simply contribution. This total amount of contribution can be represented bu the following equation.

Total contribution = Sales volume x (Selling price - variable cost)

And profit of the company = Total contribution - fixed cost

At zero volume the company, the contribution is zero, and the company makes a loss equal to the fixed cost. AS the sales increases the contribution increase in direct proportion. As one point of sales volume called break-even point the contribution is exactly equal to fixed cost. At this point company makes no profit and no loss. Company makes losses below the break-even point, and profit above this point.

The break-even analysis is generally used by the companies  to take decision on new investments.

Shut-down Point

Shut-down point is the minimum market price at which a company would prefer to close down its operation rather than manufacture anything. In determining the shut-down price it is assumed that the variable cost per unit decreases with increasing volume up to a point. After this the the variable cost rises. As a result when a curve of quantity on x-axis and and average variable cost on y-axis is drawn it is a u-shaped curve. The shut down point for the company is the lowest point on this curve.

The concept of shut-down point is used to understand and analyse and understand the way companies take decision on the product level under competitive conditions. It is not used by the companies themselves for their decision making.

What is the purpose of the "frame narrator" at the novel's opening and close?

The frame narrator serves a few different purposes in the novella. First of all, it allows the novella a personal perspective. By telling the story from a first-person witness account, there is more credibility and realism associated. The frame narrator also allows for commentary about actions and motivates that might not be seen otherwise. The narrator is able to give his own interpretation of people and events without being personally invested in the story. It also adds an element of suspense to the story. The audience doesn't receive information omnisciently, they receive it as the narrator relays it. Finally, and perhaps most practically, this form of narration was very popular at the time. Frankenstein and The Scarlet Letter both employ similar uses of frame narration, and both are also considered Romantic literature.

Where was the northernmost battle during the Civil War?

    The northernmost battle of the Civil War was fought in St. Albans, Vermont, on October 19, 1864. A group of 22 Confederate soldiers, led by Lt. Bennet H. Young, crossed from Canada into St. Albans, shot up the town, and robbed three banks of more than $200,000. They attempted to burn the village, but townspeople prevented this destruction. Eleven members of the group escaped back into Canada where they were arrested and later released.
    The northernmost naval engagement was the Battle of Portland, Maine, on June 27, 1863. There were two fights in Ohio--the Battles of Buffington's Island and Salineville.
    On a grander scale, the Battle of Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) was the northernmost major engagement. There were several battles in Maryland (Antietam, Monocacy, South Mountain, Crampton's Gap), and the Battle of Fort Stevens was fought within the District of Columbia.

(from The Civil War Day By Day)

What is the man vs. man conflict of the short story "The Cask of Amontillado"?

It's Montressor (the narrator and protagonist) vs. Fortunato (the victim and antagonist).

The problem is...we don't know what Fortunato has done, if anything, to initiate the conflict.  Montressor says that he has born a "thousand injuries."  The reader, therefore, must deduce that, since Fortunato so willingly goes into the catacombs with Montressor and does not pick up on all the signs of his impending doom, that the "thousand injuries" must have been either invented or so trivial that an otherwise sane person would have not taken offense to them.

This is a revenge story, similar to the one in Othello between Iago and Othello.  There too we do not know the reason Iago seeks revenge on his lord.  So, in each story, the motive is questionable.  It may be that Iago and Montressor are simply vice characters: they represent what Coleridge called a "motiveless malignancy."  These narrators are pure evil to the core, but they are so charming about it so as not to breed suspicion.

It is also evident that Montressor comes from an honor culture, one that prides itself on family and personal repuation.  Fortunato might have been from a family that had done the Montressors wrong in the past, and only now is the narrator seeking revenge.

What was Bartolomeau Dias's wife and children's names?

The wife of Bartolomeu Dias is unknown, though there is some speculation that it may have been one of his relatives.  Records of the marriage probably exist somewhere in Portugal but they have not been found.  Diaz had two sons: Simao and Antonio.  Both of these boys had the last name Dias de Novais.  This refers to the region that either their father, mother, or both were from.

There is no way to check with his descendants, either.  His last relatives were a pair of great-granddaughters who died without leaving any children.

How does Irving create the mood of magic and fantasy which helps prepare the reader for Rip's strange experience in the mountains?"Rip van Winkle"...

There is clearly a Romantic tone to Washington Irving's declared "folk tale," "Rip van Winkle."  The description of the natural setting personified in imagery and other figurative language contributes to the mystery and magic of the Catskill Mountains:

When the weather is fair and settled they are clothes in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky; but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.

Because the Catskills (Kaatskills), having been personified as possessing powers themselves, seem capable of altering the forms of their nature.  The allusion to the "crown" and the "majestic course" of these mountains creates the impression that they are above the natural order.  Indeed, there is an other worldly quality to the elevated peaks that rise into the "azure sky" of the heavens.

Added to the Romantic descriptions of the mountains, Irving has created a frame around his story that emphasizes the truth of the tale, while distancing himself from accountability for the truth:

The following tale ws found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker, and old gentleman of New York, who was very curious in the Dutch history of the province, and the manners of the descendants from its primitive settleers.  His historical researches, however, did not lie so much among books, as among men....

How is the h1n1 flu virus different from the regular flu virus?

The reality  is that there is no such thing as the "regular flu virus."  They are all sort of cousins so there are hundreds of different variations on the flu "theme."  Some are nastier than others.  They are usually categorized into influenza A, B, and C, with A being the worst of the three.

When you are getting a flu shot, you are getting a vaccine against what is thought to be the most prevalant of the flu bugs for the year.  This still leaves you suseptiable to all the other variations, which is why you can still get the flu even after having a shot.

The H1N1 virus is not fundamentally different from other flu's,  it is just a particularly nasty strand for some people.  Most of us who get the H1N1 virus will show the typical flu symptoms and fight it in the same way we would any other flu.  The problem is that for some people this flu will prove deadly.  Of course, every flu outbreak is deadly for some people, usually individuals who are already sick, have compromised immune systems, or are very old/young.

I have read that this is a "novel" stand of the virus:

Arand Kumar, intensive care expert at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, said "this pandemic is like two diseases; either you're off work for a few days or you go to hospital, often to the intensive-care unit (ICU). There's no middle ground."

That seems to be the real interest in this particular flu...most people who get it behave as if they had gotten any other flu.  But a few react very badly to it.

How do you simplify 24/6+3*5?i dont know what simplify means.

Simlify means that you cannot perform any the math functions/operations on the expressions.

Below is the order in which you perform math operations (PEMDAS):

Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition , subtraction.

24/6+3*5?

24/6+3*5?=  Do multiplicaiton and division first

4 + 15         And finally addition

19               Your answer is 19 

Can a bird fly in zero gravity?For example: if an astronaut was to take a bird into space and release him in the space station would it be able to...

Gravity attracts an object to another object of greater mass. In case of gravitational force of earth, this amounts to the object falling to earth when there is no force acing on the object to neutralise the effect gravitational force.

Flying is an activity when a bird or any other object overcomes the gravitational force utilizing the air resistance generated by an object (or a part of it like wings of a bird) moving in the air. Flying involves, in addition to opposing the gravitational force also creating other movements to travel from one place to other. Propulsion force required for this is also generated by utilizing movement against air resistance in the form of flapping of wings by birds or rotating of propeller in an aeroplane. In a jet pane the propulsion force is created by the mechanism of the reaction created by gases escaping from a jet.

When there is no gravity there is no need for any force to counter the action of gravity. However propulsion force is still required foe moving from point A to B. If there is sufficient air in the space between the point A and B it will be possible for a bird to create the propulsion force with flapping of its wings, and in this way fly from point A to B. But in absence of air the propulsion force can only be provided by jet mechanism, or some other mechanism utilising reaction of movement of parts of the flying object.

In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspel, are the character realistic? If the answer yes, discuss it in three points.

The play is realistic in that it is based on the Hossack’s case, a real murder incident in Iowa on December 2, 1900, when Susan Glaspell was a news reporter.  The language used in the play is plain and simple, the way real people in a small town would speak.  There are no dramatic monologues or soliloquies to draw attention to explicit themes.  There are no dramatic climaxes for effect, no smoking gun, no confession.  All these would be found in a Romantic novel, not a realistic play.  No, Trifles never draws attention to itself: it wants to be overheard instead of heard.  Glaspell is very subtle as to the differences between the genders.  Her play is psychological drama: what is not said is as important as what is said.  Who doesn't appear is as important as who does appear.

The two main characters are realistic, a seemingly normal husband and wife.  Glaspell deals with them realistically: they never appear in the play at all.  They must be reconstructed by others on stage and us, the audience.  This, by definition, is realism: the representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form.

Where Glaspell blurs the line is in the last part, "in abstract form."  Because we never meet or see Minnie, she is nothing but an abstract form.  It should be easy to romanticize her. And the men do this.  Her husband reified her, turned her into an object. The men on stage likewise describe her abstractly as a "wife" or a "murderer."  But, Glaspell's depiction of Minnie by the women is realistic.  The women know--even by the way she stitches the quilt--that she is a real person.

The play, as a whole, is an example of symbolic realism.   Below is the table of contents from a book which deals thusly:

Symbolic Realism in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles

Mathias Keller

Table of Contents

II. Minnie’s Misery and Her Brutal Way out 4

A. The Signs of Isolation and Silence 4 
B. A Marriage without Love 7 
C. Minnie’s Suppressed Creativity 8 
D. John’s Strangling as the Symbolic Revenge 10

III. Glaspell’s Critique on Gender Roles 11 
A. Symbolic Characters’ Names 11 
B. Women’s Superiority in the Investigation Process 13 
C. The Quilt as a Text to Be Read 15

So, the characters are realistic and representational.  The characters stand for real people in a real small town.  And the characters stand for people like these people: abusive husbands, abused wives, members of a male-dominated justice system, wives as domestic servants.  Glaspell blends realism and symbolism and psychology to achieve a one-act tour de force that is no trifling matter.

What is the problem in 'A Long Way from Chicago?'

There is no real "problem" in this story other than Grandma's compulsive lying, and even this is portrayed in a humorous way.

The lact of a real conflict and the meandering story line (events really aren't that tied together) is one reproach critics make of this otherwise very entertaining children's book.

Maybe this lack of cohesion is the "problem" your teacher is hinting at!

What are the impacts of world trade after 1991 on indian agriculture?

In 1991, India was compelled to encourage liberalization and globalization in its agricultural sector.  It had to do this because of pressure from the International Monetary Fund, from whom India was seeking a loan.

It appears that the impact on Indian agriculture has been largely negative.  Growth rates in the agricultural sector have been down overall, dropping by about 50 percent between 1991 and 1997.  There have been some bright spots, but it seems that most of the benefit of the structural changes have been enjoyed by richer farmers.

Some researchers believe, however, that the liberalization may not be at fault and that further reforms are needed to allow Indian agriculture to flourish.

The links I've provided have a great deal of information.  I'd suggest that you google "1991 liberalisation indian agriculture."

What is the irony in "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut?

One of the major ironies within “Harrison Bergeron” is that in their society’s attempt to not make people feel bad they still cannot mask, pun intended, that some people are superior to others.

In the world of Harrison Bergeron, beauty is seen as an unfair physical attribute that is countered by making people wear masks. 

“…their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in.”

The use of masks, however, does not keep people from knowing that the person is beautiful. For example, the text refers to one of the ballerinas:

“She must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous.”

If the true purpose of the mask was to make people equal and not feel bad, then the mask would have to prevent people from knowing how beautiful the person was. As seen in the quote, the uglier the mask the more beautiful the person.

An additional irony is that physical handicaps become obsolete and have to be replaced. In seeking to eliminate physical superiority in an individual the handicap only serves to make the individual stronger. Again the irony is exposed through the description of the ballerina when the text reads,

“And it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred pound men.”

Since we are able to make a comparison of handicaps worn by individuals, it is possible to know their true abilities, negating the purpose of the handicap.

Together the masks and the weights are intended to hide and hinder the beauty and skills of the ballerina, yet they only serve to let the audience know how beautiful and strong she really is.

What are some quotes in To Kill a Mockingbird that would fall under the theme or category of Coming of Age and Loss of Innocence?Please also...

    Loss of innocence is certainly one of the major themes of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Below are some examples with quotations.

1.  THE DEATH OF ATTICUS'S WIFE.  Jem and Scout's mother dies of a heart attack when Scout is just two.  (Chapter 1)

"I did not miss her, but I think Jem did. He remembered her clearly, and sometimes in the middle of a game, he would sigh at length and then go off and play by himself... When he was like that, I knew better than to bother him." 

2.  MISS CAROLINE.  Scout's first grade teacher has no appreciation of her reading skills. On Scout's very first day of school, Miss Caroline directs her to tell Atticus to stop teaching her. (Chapters 2-3) 

"You tell him I'll take over from here and try to undo the damage--" 

3.  ATTICUS, THE NIGGER LOVER.  First Cecil Jacobs and then Cousin Francis tells Scout that her father is a "nigger-lover."  (Chapter 9)

    "He's nothin' but a nigger-lover!"
    "He is not," I roared. "I don't know what you're talkin' about, but you better cut it out this red hot minute!"

4.  RAPE AND THE WHORE-LADY?  When Scout asks this question of her Uncle Jack (in Chapter 9), he beats around the bush. But in Chapter 14, she asks Atticus directly, "What's rape?"

    Atticus looked from behind the his paper...
    He sighed, and said rape was the carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent. 
    "Well if that's all it is why did Calpurnia dry me up when I asked her what it was?"

5.  MR. DOLPHUS RAYMOND.  A wealthy white man who preferred the company of Negroes, Raymond was purported to be a drunk and a bit of a crackpot. Scout found out differently during a break from the trial.  (Chapter 20)

    I had a feeling that I shouldn't be here listening to this sinful man... but he was fascinating... But why had he entrusted us with his deepest secret? I asked him why.
    "Because you're children and you can understand it," he said, "and because I heard that one..."
    He jerked his head at Dill... "he won't cry, not when he gets a few years on him..."
    "Cry about the simple hell people give other people... Cry about the hell white people give colored folks without even stopping to think that they're people, too."

6.  CONVICTION OF AN INNOCENT MAN.  Jem was sure that Atticus had proved his case and that Tom would be found not guilty. He was wrong.  (Chapter 22)

    It was Jem's turn to cry...
    "It ain't right, Atticus," said Jem.
    "No son, it's not right."

Discuss the the images and imagery used in the poem "Yellow Light" by Garrett Hongo.

Knowledge of the writer's life is important to understanding his work.  Garrett Hongo's poem, "Yellow Light," published in a book by the same name in 1982, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.  Hongo was born in Hawaii although he has lived most of his life in California and Oregon.  He is currently an English professor at the University of Oregon.

The poem "Yellow Light" is written in free verse and follows no particular pattern. Using the third person point of view,  each stanza completes one aspect of the story. The poem is full of descriptive language and comparisons.

The narrator unemotionally observes a woman as she returns from shopping to her apartment.  The strong imagery directs the reader through the streets and the people of the neighborhood. Hongo portrays an ordinary scene in an arresting environment.  The time is early evening in October in Los Angeles.

Coming home from shopping and wearing high heels, the woman steps off a bus and walks up the hill toward her home.  She seems to portray fashionable style but is betrayed by her purse with its frayed handles.  In her other hand, she carries her shopping: fresh spinach, fish, and Swedish bread. 

Her climb takes her past the diverse cultures clustered together.  Schoolboy gangs play war, and Spanish children hopscotch on the sidewalks.  The scents and sounds of the neighborhood just beginning the evening flood through the air.

If it were a different time of year, the poet insinuates, the scenery would be altered.  In springtime, beautiful flowers would be blooming,  and the insects fresh from their cocoons might be finding the warmth of the street lights. 

Wisteria shaking out the long tresses of its purple hair

Orange butterflies settling on the lattice

But it is fall, and the images are more harsh, and the scenery more stark.

As the woman climbs the flight of stairs to her apartment, the scene becomes more personal: the sounds of her heels as she walks; her movements as she places her groceries on the floor; and  the rummaging through her purse to find the keys.  The last impression finds the moon shining through a bush into the window thus covering everything like the smell of yellow onions.

Using several metaphors and similes to convey his scene, the poet's descriptions place the reader into the barrio as the woman passes through it.

Los Angeles seethes like a billboard under twilight

...a brilliant fluorescence breaks out and makes without the dim squares

The spikes of her high heels clicking like the kitchen knives on a cutting board.

Each comparison suggests beauty but realism in the same expression.

The woman seems to ignore her surroundings because she is neither distracted nor involved.  Her focus is on the purpose clearly before her.  Tired from work and yet used to the long journey home, she shows no emotion as she travels through the neighborhood filled with a multiplicity of life's activities.  She like, her environment, is swallowed by the yellow light.

In sonnet 138, could you comment the development of wit and explain what formal elements Shakespeare uses to develop it?Hello!!! I need help! I...

You already have plenty of answers, but I'll add this anyway since I've prepared it....

The wit in Sonnet 138 is in the last four lines. The first lines establish truth. It is a poignant sort of truth: She is young and he old. She tells him lies about how youthful he is (wherefore says she not that she is unjust), and he quietly accepts her falsehoods (Simply, I credit her false-speaking tongue).

The last four lines answer why this situation stands as it does and is where wit is introduced into this melancholy sonnet. Shakespeare uses plays on word meanings and contrasted word meanings that build verbal irony whereby wit is created. As a non-native English speaker, you'll want to use your dictionary to follow Shakespeare's thoughts.

First are plays on word meanings. And age in love, loves not to have years told employs two meanings of love and plays them against each other. The first is love as in to be in love with another. The second is love as in likes: [Gloss] And when an old man is in love, he likes not to have his age mentioned or his years counted. Then, Therefore I lie with her, and she with me, plays with two meanings of lies. The first meaning is in context with the topic, they tell each other falsehoods. The second is in context with a romantic affair; they lie together in physical intercourse.

Along with plays on words, Shakespeare uses contrasting meanings.  O love's best habit is in seeming trust, employs two such word meaning contrasts. The first is seeming trust. In this context, seeming implies that the trust referred to is the appearance of trust and not the fact of trust (it could also be a word play and mean befitting trust). The other contrast comes from the combination of best habit (good habit, well held habit) with seeming trust: Trust that is appearance alone and not fact can't be that much of a good habit....  

The next instance of contrasted meanings is And in our faults by lies we flattered be. Flattery is most often used in its sense of praise or complimentary remark, though, in a word play, it also means to get your way by catering to someone's vanity or foibles. The contrast of meaning lies in the idea that faults could be a subject of compliment or praise (praised faults could be a means of getting your own way, though). This line presents a double contrast by also saying that lies can be praise or complimentary; lies are not usually viewed favorably.

In summary, the last four lines alternate between lines emphasizing word plays (And age in love, loves not to have years told, and Therefore I lie with her, and she with me,) and lines emphasizing contrasts of meaning (O love's best habit is in seeming trust and And in our faults by lies we flattered be). These devices produce verbal irony (what is said is not what is meant). Plays on words are witty because your mind expects the obvious meaning and then recalls the other, deeper meaning igniting sudden recognition and appreciation of adroit word usage. Contrasts in meaning (flattering faults, seeming trust etc.) are witty because they awaken a recognition of a deeper meaning in the idea being discussed, such as the illusive nature of trust in a romance. Verbal irony is witty because two opposing ideas are presented in one word, phrase, sentence or idea.

How do I write a conclusion?I'm writing an essay on Antony from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Your conclusion will be directly linked to your thesis. So, the conclusion will totally depend on your thesis. In short, a bad thesis will produce a bad conclusion.

So, what you want to do is to make sure that your thesis has been proved by the time of your conclusion. If you have done this, wrap up things for the reader and make sure that you do not put in anything new. You want to end on a note of finality, not on a note of creativity.

Let me give an example. If you thesis is Antony is the mirror image of Caesar, then the conclusion should say something like: "In the light of the evidence, one can say without hesitation that Antony serves as a mirror image of Casear."

Explain the main theme of the poem "The Unknown Citizen" by W. H. Auden.

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Post I

The Unknown Citizen, this multileveled and complex poem by W.H. Auden, is usually described by its surface level of meaning, that being that the "state" of some "future" time has reduced individuals to a collection of data and numbers. However, there are too many references to the America of Auden's present day life to fully justify a label of futuristic, and there are too many references to "standard of living" particulars to fully justify analyzing it as solely a diatribe against the "state." In addition, the "state" provides the poem with a surprise ending.

W. H. Auden was a York-born Englishman (1907) who became an American citizen in 1946 after having lived in America from 1939; he moved to Austria in 1958, which is where he lived until his death in 1973. Therefore, the differences between American English and British English sentence stress and word-syllable stress will be apparent and significant in his poetry and, in fact, do enter into comprehending the meaning of "The Unknown Citizen" because it relates to rhythm, and Auden's rhythm underscores his meaning. 

This poem is often described as free verse but actually it is anapest with liberal variations. The triple beat rhythm begins in the title and carries through to the last line. This is worth mentioning in regard to understanding the poem because the anapest triple beat underscores the ironies and the surprise (almost tragic surprise, really) of the poem. Auden is satirizing his present day post-World War II democracies that had developed "progressive" means, based on Social Darwinism, of taking care of--and tracking the care of--their citizens. "JS/07 M 378" isn't just a presage of what is to come, it is an ironic tribute to what was, from passport numbers to Social Security numbers.

The anapest rhythm lilts along in an ironic and a self-satisfied way, not in a sinister or a cold and heartless way. This is important all throughout but especially in the last few lines. The two major ironies are emphasized by the lilt (again, Auden undertakes liberal variations). The first of the major ironies is that all the huge efforts that go into finding out about JS/07 M 378--the Bureaus, the polls, the researchers, etc.--all end at last in the "absurd." The second major irony is that the tools designed purportedly for safety and liberty are in reality the tools of anonymity and restriction. Two of these tools, according to Auden's The Unknown Citizen, are the "Greater Community" and "teachers" in "education."

Post II below (I hope)

What happens between Othello and Cassio during the play?Basically what happens in their relationship?

Their relationship is based on reputation.  Cassio says his reputation is the immortal part of himself: basically his soul.  Othello likewise wrests his reputation upon a magic handkerchief, a symbol of what he thinks is Desdemona's love.  Both men set themselves up to fail by placing too much stock in their public status, leaving them open to exploitation by the villain Iago.

Here's how their relationship unfolds:

Othello asks Cassio, who has otherwise been untested in battle, to be his lieutenant, instead of Iago.  This is one of the primary reasons Iago seeks vengeance on Othello.  Othello and Cassio's relationship is good in Venice.

But, on the isle of Cyprus, Iago uses Cassio against Othello.  He gets him drunk on the night of what should be the Othello's honeymoon.  Iago baits Cassio into getting into a fight with Montano, the governor of the island, and when he is injured, Othello is angrily roused from his sleep.  Cassio confesses, and Othello strips him of his rank.

Later, Cassio seeks Desdemona to get back into Othello's good graces.  This is bad timing, as Iago plants the seed that Cassio and Desdemona are secretly having an affair.  Othello is already jealous of Cassio because he is young and white, and when Othello finds Cassio with the magical handkerchief that he gave to Desdemona, he plans to kill them both.  Iago tells Othello that he will kill Cassio if Othello will kill Desdemona.  Instead, Iago uses Roderigo to fight Cassio.

Cassio is injured by Roderigo but not killed.  Othello soon realizes that he has been duped by Iago and apologizes to Cassio.  Interestingly, in the 1995 film adaptation of the play, Cassio hands Othello the dagger that will kill him, such is his esteem for reputation.

Can anyone describe Maniac from Maniac Magee in a few words? How about Amanda? Or John McNab? Mars Bar?Specific details, please.

The "problem" with all of these characters is that they are not really fleshed out as individuals but rather represent types. Characters portrayed in this miminalist kind of way are called "stock characters," which are very close to stereotypes.  They are instrumental in keeping the story line going or are there for simple contrast to another more developed character, but as far as their particular function or role goes, that's about it.

In this highly entertaining if not very credible tale, all the characters represent types, polarizing into the opposing black and white communities.  Amanda and Mars Bar represent the black community (she's the "straight" scolastic one ;he's the "wooley") and John McNab, the white (also rather marginal, along with his brother).  "Maniac McGee" serves as the bridge between the two in both a literal and metaphorical way. (In fact, that is ultimately the whole point of the story.)

Besides racism, other ideas of prejudice against minority groups are also addressed, particularly when Mcgee is "adopted" by a senior citizen and they take up residence together in the mens' locker room at a local school. It is ironic that Mcgee, the eternal "outsider," is the one always bringing people together.

For more details concerning these characters and their resepective roles, click on the following references.

What are many similarities of the Glorious, French,& American revolutions?

The only similarity I can see between these three revolutions is that each of them was to some extent about democracy or, at least, about reducing the power of a monarchy.

The French and American Revolutions were, of course, very bloody things.  The Glorious Revolution was not.

The French and American Revolutions both completely did away with monarchy, at least within the countries where they happened.  Of course, the American Revolution did not destroy the British monarchy -- it just took the US out from under its rule.

The Glorious Revolution did not destroy the British monarchy, but it did severely limit its powers.  It made Parliament much more important than it had been and, arguably, made it more important than the Crown.

So all three greatly reduced the power of a monarchy.  This is the only similarity I can see, but it is a major one.

How might computers contribute to unemployment in modern society?

In the short term, computers can contribute to unemployment, but this effect should disappear in the long term.

The main way that computers can cause unemployment is if they make certain people's jobs unnecessary.  For example, firms used to employ large numbers of stenographers and typists.  Computers have made these people unnecessary.

Computers can also cause unemployment in certain countries.  For example, the rise of the internet means, for example, that an American who specialized in typing up medical records could be replaced by a lower-cost individual in another country.  The records could be transmitted by the internet.

Economic theory suggests that this is good in the long term.  Computers will open up new job categories even as they close some jobs off.  For an example of how this worked historically, think of the change from horses to cars.  This put many people out of work (saddle makers, for instance) but opened up many new kinds of jobs.

In Chapter 15 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, several death images strike the reader at once. What is the significance of these...

There are several different effects of this imagery. On the one hand, it represents the danger Jim and Huck face when they lose each other. Without the support and guidance of a true friend, either of them is subject to the will of others (Jim as an escaped slave, Huck as an orphaned child) & the forces of nature. Jim is especially vulnerable without Huck, as anyone can claim him or return him to the Widow. Huck too could be captured or forced to work, much like what happens later with the duke & dauphin. Without one another and the security their reationship provides, Huck and Jim would be "dead" in society.

Also, this death imagery foreshadows the upcoming violence and bloodshed in future chapters. At the end of Chapter 16, Huck will find himself at the Grangerfords. Here, he will find a shrine to an already deceased daughter, as well as never-ending preparations for violence. Indeed, Buck, who serves as a mirror of Huck, along with several other members of the family will be killed before Huck can escape. So these references to death in Chapter 15 serve as a precursor to the abundant violence and danger Huck will face soon.

In the first two stanzas of the poem "Huswifery" by Edward Taylor, to what household objects and activities does the speaker compare himself?

In the first stanza, the speaker asks the Lord to make him a "spinning wheele." The rest of the stanza details the parts of the wheel, including the distaff (holds the wool), the flyers (guide the spinning), the spool (twists the yarn), and the reel (holds the finished thread).

In the second stanza, the speaker asks the Lord to "make me thy Loome" and goes through a similar list of parts such as the quills (spools of a loom).

Taylor uses the literary device of the conceit (extended comparison) in these stanzas to indicate that the speaker wants to be guided and used by God for God's purposes, just as a craftsman would use a spinning wheel or a loom.

Water has a density of 1000kg/m^3; what does this mean? What is its density in g/cm^3?

Density of a substance is defined as the mass of the substance per unit volume of the substance. There can be different units of density depending the units used for measuring mass and volume. For example, in British units usually mass is  measured in pounds and volume is measured in cubic foot. Therefore in British system of measurement the density may be measured in terms of pounds per cubic foot.

In metric system, the density is usually measure in terms of either mass in kg per cubic meter of volume (kg/m^3), or mass in grams per cubic centimeter of volume(g/cm^3). Thus when we say that water has a density of 1000 kg/m^3, it implies that 1 cubic meter of water has mass of 1000 kg. We can convert density in kg/m^3 to density in g/cm^3 by converting kg to g and m^3 to cm^3 using appropriate factors.

As 1 kg = 1000 g, and 1 m^2 = 1,000,000 cm^3, we will need to multiply the density in kg/m^3 with 1000, and divide it by 1,000,000 to arrive at density in g/cm^3. Thus:

Density of water in g/cm^3 = (Density of water in kg/m^3)*1000/1000000

= 1000*1000/1000000 = 1 g/cm^3

In "The Crucible" explain a couple reasons why John Proctor hesitates throughout the story.

It depends on what part of the play that you are referring to.  In Act Two, he has information about the accusations that are occurring that could possibly expose the entire proceedings in the courts as erroneous.  Abby, in act one, told John that Betty was not sick because she was bewitched; rather, "she took fright is all," because her dad caught them dancing in the woods.  Abigail is one of the main accusers now, and Betty herself claims to have been bewitched, and has accused others of bewitching her.  The information that John has exposes the girls as liars and frauds.  Elizabeth want John to go to town and tell them this information, to try to set the accused women free.

John hesitates to do this for a couple reasons.  The first is that when Abby told him this information, he was alone with her; so, he has no witnesses to what she said.  And, he wonders,

"If the girl's a saint now I think it not easy to prove she's a fraud."

The town, at this point in the play, loves Abby and believes everything she says--she is hailed as a saint and savior to the town.  If John walks in there and tries to prove she's a liar, based on something Abby said that no one else heard, it's going to be hard to prove.  So, he hesitates for that reason.  Another reason he might hesitate is one that Elizabeth refers to, that he was once very close to Abigail, and he doesn't want to hurt her or make her look bad.  There may be lingering emotions.

Later in the play, John hesitates over the issue of whether to confess to witchcraft or not because he knows it would be a lie, but, he doesn't feel like he is a good enough man to die with integrity.  He wants his life back, but doesn't want to live a lie either; however, he doesn't feel comfortable dying for virtue when he has been a sinner in his life.  So that is why he hesitates at the end.

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

What are the necessary ingredients for effective tutorials?

Before we attempt to identify the ingredients of effective tutorials, we need to be clear about what is a tutorial. This is particularly important because many tutorials today tend to be no different from normal class room assignments.

Tutorial, in comparison to a normal class room are intended to be more interactive and with greater attention to individual needs of the student. In tutorials the students need to be provides help and guidance in specific area where help is sought by the students. Also, tutorials provide help to student to complete specific tasks they are required to perform as a part of gaining practice in concepts learnt.

It is quite clear that there are some common requirements of class room lectures and tutorials - for example subject knowledge. In addition a good tutorial should be such that it enables the student to apply the knowledge acquired in the class room or through individual reading, and in the process identify the areas where he or she lacks clarity. This of course needs to be followed up with opportunity for the student and tutor to interact so that tutors can judge the specific strong and weak points of the student and guide them accordingly.

Also tutorial should offer some flexibility to students to get in to greater depth of topics that are of greater interest to them. For example a tutor may recommend extra reading material to students based on their individual needs and interests and provide them guidance in understanding these better.

How did Morrie want his death to be different from his father's in Tuesdays With Morrie?How did Morrie's father die?

Morrie's father Charlie died after he was accosted by two robbers while taking a solitary walk.  The robbers pulled a gun and demanded his money; terrified, Charlie threw down his wallet and began to run.  He continued to run until he reached the home of a relative, where he collapsed on the porch, the victim of a heart attack.  He died that night.

Charlie was the man who had "scolded...and molded" Morrie and taught him to work, "who had been quiet when Morrie wanted him to speak, who had told Morrie to swallow his memories of his mother when he wanted to share them with the world".  He was "a quiet man who liked to read his newspaper alone under a streetlamp on Tremont Avenue in the Bronx".  As a child, Morrie remembers watching his father from the window and wishing he would come inside and talk with him and his brother, but he rarely did.  Charlie preferred to be alone, and his extreme reserve kept him from developing a closeness with his children.  As far as Morrie could recall, his father never tucked them in at night, nor did he kiss them good-night.  Morrie resolved that when he had children of his own, he would treat them differently than his father had treated him.  With his own family,

"there would be lots of holding and kissing and talking and laughter and no good-byes left unsaid".

The last time Morrie saw his father was when he was called to identify his body in the city morgue.  Morrie knows that when "the final moment" comes for him, he wants to have his loved ones around him ("The Ninth Tuesday - We Talk About How Love Goes On").

What are the symptoms and diagnostic tests if neck pains occure?

Neck pain caused by injuries such as falls that have the effect of the appearance of disc hernia is usually eases in 3 months without surgery.

Neck pain caused by injuries occurres after cervical trauma caused by sudden swinging  movements, especially during car accidents and it can be of long duration, but usually eases in 6-12 months, with the remaining of an occasional recurring pain.

Symptoms

Characteristics of cervical pain are:

- Pain located in the area between the skull and upper part of the shoulder. The pain may radiate to the upper portion of the back or arms;

- Pain that worsens with movement;

- Limited mobility in the head and neck. Cervical region may be rigid and painful;

- Headache.This is common and may persist for months;

- Symptoms of disorders caused by compression of screw spinal nerve roots or spinal cord, among which are:

- Hypoaesthesia (numbness, sensation feeling is decreasing ), paresthesia or weakness in the arm or hand

- Burning sensation felt on touching the skin from the arm or hand

- Numbness or weakness in the foot and loss of urinary control (bladder sphincter control). It occurs when there is compression or considerable injury of bone marrow.

Other symptoms that may accompany neck pain are:

- Dizziness

- Hearing disorders

- Visual disturbances including blurred vision and fatigue of the eyes

- Impaired concentration capacity

- Irritability, fatigue and sleep disturbances.

Investigations

Initial investigations

Neck pain is usually evaluated by history and physical examination. The doctor will ask questions about patient symptoms, injuries or illnesses, any previous treatments followed and  the custom activities that could lead to the appearance of cervical pain.

During physical examination, the doctor will assess neck mobility and degree of pain caused by movement. Also, will look painful areas which present changes due to nerve damage, such as hypoaesthesia, paresthesia or weakness in the arms or hands. To detect a disease or infection can be carried out blood tests.If are not present signs of an illness or a recent injury, it is possible that imaging tests such as X-ray not to be necessary, initially.

If, after a period of treatment, neck pain does not get better, you may need imaging tests, particularly in conditions where:

- Patient shows signs of nerve damage

- Other serious illness is suspected

- Neck pain is chronic (lasts more than two weeks) and does not get better with treatment

- Cause of disease can not be identified.

Imaging tests that may be used to assess cervical pain are:

- Radiography, useful to evaluate the bones and joints of the cervical level

- Magnetic resonance imaging, useful for highlighting the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots. Making nuclear magnetic resonance is advantageous to identify disc hernia or phenomenon of spinal nerve root compression

- Computed tomography for assessment of bone and spinal canal at cervical.

How did Portia address herself to Shylock? Did her praise of mercy have any effect on the Jew?

Portia addressed herself to Shylock as a lawyer and pleaded for him to have mercy on the accused.  She was giving him one last chance to show mercy.  This way, the audience could not feel sympathy for the Jew when his punishment incurred.  We must remember that this is a comedy after all.  Of course, she has no effect on Shylock and he demands his pound of flesh.  He reiterates the initial bond and he wants his revenge.  Of course, this does not happen in the end since he is allowed his pound of flesh, but no blood.

What are Lady Macbeth's contradictory thoughts and feelings in Act 3 Scene 2?

As the scene begins, Lady Macbeth is depressed. She has prodded her husband to perform a terrible murder that she had planned, and she feels that she has gained nothing from it:

Nought's had, all's spent,

Where our desire is got without content.

’Tis safer to be that which we destroy

Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.

Then Macbeth comes in and she tries to make him feel better:

How now, my lord! Why do you keep alone,

Of sorriest fancies your companions making,

Using those thoughts which should indeed have died

With them they think on? Things without all remedy

Should be without regard. What's done is done.

Of course, she contradicts herself here; she hasn't taken her own advice to heart. Macbeth then goes on about how disturbed he is, and Lady Macbeth tries again to calm him down:

Come on,

Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks;

Be bright and jovial among your guests tonight.

The scene ends as Macbeth suggests to his wife that more killing may make them both feel more at ease, but he leaves his plans a secret. She's curious, but surely no less depressed and disturbed. All in all, she contradicts herself only in an attempt to make Macbeth not feel what she so keenly feels.

Poetic justice is when justice reveals itself in a way especially appropriate. How is poetic justice served in The Merchant of Venice?

Your question specifically mentioned Act 5, but the best example of poetic justice in Merchant occurs in Act 4--the trial scene.  Shylock initially creates the contract between Antonio and himself so that he can get even with his business enemy (Antonio).  He knows that by cutting out a pound of flesh from Antonio that it will result in his rival's death, and he will have revenge for the insults that Antonio has leveraged against him.  He forgets or is ignorant of, however, the law in Venice which states that if another person seeks the death of a Venetian that the penalty for the perpetrator is death.  In Act 4, Portia convinces Shylock that he has won the case and is entitled to his bond, but just in time to spare Antonio's life, Portia reminds Shylock that he must obey the letter of the law (which Shylock had insisted on up to this point); the letter of the law in this case is that Shylock is entitled to flesh only, not blood; so unless he can develop a way to have Antonio's flesh without drawing blood, he cannot abide by the letter of the law himself.  In the end, Shylock--who comes to court confident and reveling in his supposed victory--leaves empty handed and without his own faith. The poetic justice is twofold in this act: 1. Shylock wrote the bond/contract thinking that it would cost his enemy everything, but in the end Shylock's own words cost him everything. 2. In the courtroom, Shylock refuses to show mercy, denying the spirit of the law, but then when Portia turns the table on him, he must rely on the mercy of the Duke and Antonio.

In Act 5, the only real poetic justice is perhaps the news being brought back to Belmont that Jessica and Lorenzo who were despised by Shylock will inherit his wealth and home upon his death.

Describe the situation requarding Burris Ewell

Burris Ewell arrives in the story as the newest thorn in Miss Caroline's side. She sees lice on Burris and becomes hysterical. She attempts to give him directions on how to get rid of the vermin, but he doesn't understand. Little Chuck Little tries to smooth things out, but when Miss Caroline asks Burris to sit down, he becomes angry. She tries to talk to him, but Little Chuck Little tells her to “Let him go ma’am. . . . He’s a mean one. . . . and there’s some little folks here.”  Scout describes how Little Chuck Little threatens Burris with “I’d soon’s kill you as look at you. Now go home.” Burris does leave, but not before letting Miss Caroline know that she has no control over him, & calling her a slut.

Burris is a member of Ewell family who will play so prominently later in the novel. His personality foreshadows what the family will experience with his father during the trial.He only shows up on the first day of school, & the truant officer does nothing to get him or any other Ewell to come back. The society of the town also overlooks the Ewell's hunting out of season; Atticus asks Scout if it would be better for the Ewell children to go hungry by enforcing the laws. In the same way, the town turns a blind eye to the education issue. The Ewells are left entirely to their own devices on the outskirts of town. Atticus uses this situation as a teaching moment for Scout, encouraging her to walk around in someone else's skin, to understand something from someone else's point of view.

How is Death of a Salesman a tragedy according to the definition(s) of tragedy?

The elements in Death of a Salesman that mark it as a tragedy are the ever declining fortunes of the hero and the ultimate demise of the hero. Elements that are contradictory of an Aristotelian Greek tragedy are that Willy Loman is a common man, a man of the people, and has no superior qualities by which to intensify the degree to which the audience can identify with and pity him, nor is the subject matter of a high "serious" nature; it too is commonplace.

In Aristotelian Greek dramatic (play) tragedy, the hero must combine good and evil qualities and have a reputation of renown that incorporates superior attainments. Pity for the hero and fear for impending catastrophe must grip the audience on the hero's behalf. Willy Loman matches none of these requirements. Further, the hero need not die.

In Elizabethan drama (plays), changes were made to the nature of the tragic hero. First, he was required to die in the end and, second, he fell due to a tragic flaw in his character as opposed to the fall of Greek tragedy which could be from several causes, like situational events or a mistaken decision. In earlier Medieval tragedy, the fall could be a reversal of fortunes on the wheel of fortune controlled by Dame Fortune.

Willy Loman seems to incorporate all these eras in that he is just a random man on the wheel of fortune without being particularly sympathetic to a broad audience who feel like they could--or wanted to--identify with him. Willy's fortunes turn on him as a man on the wheel of fortune...and he dies. His death offers a perverse parallel to the Greek resolution of tragedy in that the fallen hero would often learn something or become a better man. In Death of a Salesman, Willy's death liberates and frees his family because his insurance money pays off the house.

How does imagery, metaphors and/or similes contribute to the meaning of "Those Winter Sundays"?How do they relate to the emotions or ideas...

The controlling metaphor of Robert Hayden's "Whose Winter Sundays" is in the father's "austere and lonely offices," acts of love performed against the elements so that the family would not encounter the cold.  Like the fire that the father builds, the imagery moves from cold to warm:  The father rises in the "blueblack cold,/then with cracked hands that ached from labor...." he builds a fire to warm the house.  Still in bed, the poet as a boy wakes and hears "the cold splintering, breaking."  The cold is bitter, and can be heard as well as felt.  The sensory images become auditory with the words splintering and breaking.  When the boy rises, he can still sense the "chronic angers" of the house.  This metaphor compares the harsh auditory images to complaints.  That is, it is as though the house complains as the father seeks to get it to warm up.

In the third stanza, however, the images become warmer as the poet reflectively expresses his appreciation of the father who

had driven out the cold/And polished my good shoes as well.

These images are warmer; the shining of the shoes expresses a positive feeling, and the father emerges as respected and admired through Hayden's use of these warm images in the closing couplet:

What did I know, what did I know/of love's austere and lonely offices?

The speaker, now a man, realizes that it was wrong that "No one ever thanked him."  Just as there has been a gap between the father and the son in the boy's youth as expressed in the first two stanzas, so, too, is there a gap between the perspective of the speaker as a youth and, finally, as an adult.

Do you think woman are represented accurately in Mike Nichols films, for example in the Graduate (1967) or Closer (2004)?

I think that Nichols' films represent women in a variety of ways.  Certainly, the way in which they are shown in the two mentioned would represent one extreme.  Mrs. Robinson, for example, is the penultimate schemer and lacks any sense of moral right or wrong.  In contrast, Elaine seems to be duped or shown one thing when it is really another, and save for the ending, she really does not strike one as a strong woman.  The same can be said for the women in "Closer" as well.  However, Nichols does depict women in a more powerful light in films such as "Working Girl" and "Angels in America."  Tess, in the former, is the embodiment of the woman who struggles, but also find redemption in the belief of self.  While the business world and romantic world might objectify her, she is not one to acquiesce to it and rather strives to rise above it.  In the latter, the complex nature of women- both worldly and divine- reflects the intricate nature of human beings.  There is little in this depiction which is totalizing in terms of accurate or inaccurate.  Women, as with men, are shown to be complex characters who are capable of causing and enduring great pain, but also alleviating suffering and the source of great compassion.

If the action in "I Stand Here Ironing" were transplanted to some other place and time, how would the story change?

The whole metaphor of "I Stand Here Ironing" is that a time proven, methodical, contemplative process for managing an unruly material object is compared to managing a young person's life that has become unruly. The metaphor is implemented through the time proven method of ironing, which manages unruly fabric by removing wrinkles and putting in desired creases, such as pleats. In order for this story to be relocated effectively in another place and time, another such contemplative, methodical process for managing the unruly would have to substitute for ironing.

It is conceivable that the story could be relocated to a sheep farm, maybe in Australia or New Zealand, and sheep shearing could be substituted for ironing. At certain times of the spring, which varies per sheep breed, the wool of the sheep separates from the body of the sheep of its own accord and can be harvested simply by lifting it off. This is a time proven, methodical, contemplative process for managing something that has become unruly. It would serve for a story like "I Stand Here Ironing" in which a parent contemplates whether a school authority figure is correct in suggesting that a young person is unruly and in need of managing like the wool on a sheep or the wrinkles and lost pleats of a dress.

Moving the story to a technological time and place seems a little more difficult. Perhaps the long process (at least to the novice) of activation of and transferring data from a existing mobile phone to a new replacement mobile phone could substitute for ironing; it might be set in some home office or study space. The process may not be time proven but it is a long process that may lend itself to contemplation and is methodical and may be seen as a process that manages something unruly.

How does the witch take her revenge on the sailor's wife in Act I Sc.3 of "Macbeth?"

Witches (symbolic of women of low status, like gypsies) were "have-nots" in Elizabethan England, the bottom of the Great Chain of Being.  Therefore, they were given little food and had to beg often.  The sailor's wife is a "have," a woman of slightly higher status who hoards her food.

So, the first witch plans to punish the wife through the husband.  Sound familiar?  Are these references to Lady Macbeth and Macbeth?

Witches were thought to be able to kill animals (swine), but not humans.  As proof of her revenge, she shows the thumb to the other witch.  As you know, hand imagery is very important in the play; Macbeth's wife will continually wash the imaginary blood from her hands in Act V.

All in all, the story is a setup for things to come: petty, undeserved revenge is unnatural.  And, don't ever hoard chestnuts from a little old lady.

In "The Crucible" name two things that Mary Warren does in Act 2 that seem out of character? What causes this change?

In Act One, Mary Warren is portrayed as a sniveling, whiny scaredy-cat that has no spine of her own.  She cowers when anyone speaks harshly towards her, and is quick to try to get out of being blamed for doing anything wrong.  She wines to Abby and the others, "We've got to tell--witchery's a hangin' error," and goes on to whine, in regards to the dancing and spell-casting that was done in the forest, "I never done none of it...I only looked!"  When John Proctor, who employs her as a servant, comes in, she cowers before him as he demands that she goes home.  She obeys immediately without argument.

In Act Two, it is quite a different Mary that we see.  Gone is the scared, whiny commendable girl; in her place, she shoes uncharacteristic gumption, importance and strong will.  When John Proctor threatens to whip her for disobeying, instead of cowering and whining in fear, she stands up to him and states boldly, "I'll not stand whipping any more!"  When he tells her to go to bed, she resists, asserting her independence:  "I'll not be ordered to bed no more."  So, she has found her spine, and uncharacteristically sticks up for herself in the face of authority.  Another aspect of Mary that is changed is that she relates how in front of the entire court, she testified against Goody Osburn.  This is strange for her to have done, considering in act one she had been terrified to be in the spotlight, and to have been seen doing anything unusual.  But, she gets up there and faints dead away, then testifies of Osburn supposedly casting a spell on her.  This requires guts, and Mary didn't have them before.

The reason for Mary's new-found confidence and gumption is her increasing attention as "an official of the court."  She feels, for the first time, important, looked to as having weight in the town, and what she says is taken very seriously, as truth.  She gets a bit giddy on this attention and power, and uses it to show new confidence in herself.  Because the courts regard her as an important witness, she regards herself as important also, which accounts for her change in behavior.

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

In the story, Night by Elie Wiesel, why didnt the towns people believe what Moshe the Beadle told them about the deports ?

In the novel Night by Elie Weisel, the townspeople had originally discounted Moishe the Beadle. He was considered odd or eccentric. Elie was one of the few people who recognized his worth prior to the deportation of the Jews. However, having survived an attempted murder, Moishe came back to Sighet, and due to the affect of his experiences he was perceived as even more peculiar. It was therefore very easy for the townspeople to discount the terrible truths he was try to tell them. Let’s face it, the story Moishe had to tell was grim beyond compare. Who would want to listen and believe the tales of such atrocities? It was easier for the townspeople to dismiss Moishe as crazy than it was to acknowledge the very real evil insanity that was about to overtake them.

I have been preparing a report on Disaster management. What are the topics I should discuss in that?It has to be submitted on 15th of November so I...

A report on disaster management should cover all aspects of how to prepare for a disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina. Some of the subtopics that could be addressed should anwer the following concerns: what emergency services are available during the disaster, what services, such as, food services and medical services, are available after the immediate disaster; what transportation can be arranged to get people out of the area "before" the disaster and afterwards; How can disaster relief services be directed to the people who need them; what disaster teams can be arranged before a disaster strikes; how will roads, water and electric service be repaired after the disaster.

Before you write your paper you can look up Hurricane Katrina on the internet; and look at the disaster procedures that were not in place before the hurricane struck and before the levees broke. There has been a lot of public and offcial scrutiny about the handling of Katrina, so I guess there is a lot of information available online. You could read the criticism about the disaster services that were available during Hurricane Katrina and apply the future guidlines to the subsections in your paper.

How does Dillon react when he finds out the truth about Jen and TB in Chinese Handcuffs?Pages 167-296

When Dillon first finds out the truth about Jen and TB, he does absolutely nothing, because Jen has made him promise that he will listen but not react. TB is a knowledgeable lawyer, and Jen is terrified that if he finds out she has told anyone that he is molesting her, he will get back at her by hurting someone in her family. Out of respect for Jen's wishes, Dillon tries to remain silent, but he cannot get his friend's horrendous situation out of his mind. He finally decides to seek the advice of Dr. Newcomb, "a guy in (the) psychology department who's supposed to be one of the leading authorities in the Northwest on child abuse and particularly on sexual victims and offenders" at nearby St. Mary's College. Dr. Newcomb concurs that it will be close to impossible to stop TB through ordinary legal channels, but tells Dillon that if he can get Jen to come talk to him, he will try to go after TB himself.

Dillon is in fact able to convince Jen to talk to Dr. Newcomb, but before anything can be set in motion, things come to a crisis. At the news of her mother's pregnancy, Jen suffers a breakdown and tries to kill herself. Desperate to help her, Dillon actually considers taking matters into his own hands and shooting TB with the gun his brother Preston used to kill himself, but fortunately, he consults his father about his plan; his father talks him out of his rash idea, ironically appealing to his sense of revenge.

Dillon's final option is born of desperation. Without Jen's knowledge, he sneaks into her room and installs a hidden camera. The next time TB molests her, it is caught on tape, and Dillon, after making copies of the incriminating evidence and distributing it to trusted individuals, confronts TB, and threatens that if TB does not disappear from the lives of Jen and her family completely, the tapes will be leaked to the media. Dillon's act of blackmail works in getting rid of TB, although in the process, he essentially loses any chance that he and Jen will ever be able to have a romantic relationship themselves, especially now that he has seen the tape. With Dillon's support, however, Jen does find the courage to expose her stepfather, so that no other family will have to suffer because of his manipulations and perversion.

What is the tone, mood, and style of Chapter 11 in the book The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells?

In Chapter 11 of The Invisible Man by H/G. Wells, the tone, mood and style are much the same as they are originally established to be on page one of Chapter one. From the first there is a tone of intensity with sympathy to the hero that is mixed with open commentary on characters' behavior, be it good behavior ("resolved to show herself worthy") or poor behavior ("a couple of sovereigns flung on the table"). This lends the narrator an opportunity to add a tone of humor by gently laughing at the foibles of characters as these foibles turn up ("brisked up a bit by a few deftly chosen expressions of contempt..."). The mood is established as distant and isolated (walking in the snow in February from the railroad station) yet not without caring, concern and compassion ("guest parlor," "lit a fire," a guest "at Iping in winter-time was an unheard of piece of luck"). The style combines the formality of an educated and observant individual with the detailed report of a confidant.

In Chapter 11, the tone adds hurry and ominousness and a threatening quality to the previously established tone of intensity: Hurried (short sentences, "Now...,"); intensity as from page one ("precisely", seriously," "strange occurrences..." etc); ominousness ("Suddenly he became aware of a strange feeling at the nape of his neck..."); threatening ("presenting the poker to the tip of the noses of each of his visitors..."). Despite this, Wells preserves the sense of humor that also pervades from page one, for example the image of the Vicar fumbling with his glasses rather than confess he doesn't read Greek. The mood of Chapter 11 is threatening in accord with the setting, objects, details and vocabulary: poker, invading private property, a man's private lodging room, missing clothing, intruders who say unintelligible things ("Stand clear!"), threatening words ("I could kill you both and get away..."). And the style continues that was established at the start: a combination of formality with the familiarity of a confident. The vocabulary and syntax is of an educated person, which lends formality, but no details are spared or kept at a reserved distance, therefore the formal narrator is speaking as a confidant.

[Note: Tone is the narrator's attitude, or tone of voice, toward the story or characters or subject matter and is established through vocabulary (language) alone. Mood is the overall feeling of a text and is established through objects, setting, details, and vocabulary, all of these together. Style is the manner of expression, the kind of vocabulary, chosen by the author for the text, for example the elevated style of poetry by Spenser or Skakespeare versus the "common" style of Romantic poets versus the colloquial style of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.]