After 20 years Odysseus finally returns home to Ithaca, whom does he visit in The Odyssey?The question is from The Odyssey and asks about...

I'm pretty sure that the name you are looking for is Eumaeus.

The Wikipedia entry on this character is pretty good. You may want to check it out. The entry includes, for example, the statements:

In Homer's "Odyssey", Eumaeus is the first mortal that Odysseus meets after his return to Ithaca. ...

Eumaeus also welcomes Odysseus's son, Telemachus, when he returns from his voyage to Pylos and Sparta. During the slaughter of the suitors, Eumaeus assists Telemachus and Odysseus as well.

During Odysseus's absence, Eumaeus acted as father to Telemachus. ...

With theme of "The Necklace" being that one should be content with one's self and one's existence, how do characters contribute to this...

Because Guy de Maupassant focuses his moral truth around Mathilde Loisel, her character and her interaction with other characters is of paramount importance to the development of theme.  So, in order for her character to seem utterly selfish and materialistic, the other characters act as foils to Madame Loisel. 

For instance, when she complains that she has no gown to wear to the ball for which her husband has so proudly handed her, he offers little resistance.  And, although he has saved money for a new rifle, M. Loisel unselfishly gives her his savings for a new dress.  When she tragically loses what she believes is a diamond necklace that she has borrowed from an old school friend, M. Loisel compassionately searches with her for this necklace; moreover he makes all the sacrifices in his life necessary for the replacement of the necklace, working extra hours, denying himself any luxuries.  Nor does he question his wife if Mme Forestier's necklace was truly real or ask her why she has not told Mme Forestier of the loss.

Also contributing to the delusion of Mme. Loisel that the borrowed necklace is real is the fact that Mme. Forestier has not called upon Mme. Loisel and informed her that the necklace she has returned is not the same as the one lent to her. Perhaps because it is in the original case Mme. Forestier has not examined it.  Nevertheless, her coldness and reproachfulness also contribute to the belief of Mme Loisel that she must work until she pays for the lost "diamond" necklace.

Solve for x, 0°≤x≤90° 1. 4 cos^2 2x-3=0 2. 2 sin^2 x - sin x = 0

1. 4 cos²(2x) - 3 = 0

cos²(2x) = 3/4

cos(2x) = ± √(3/4) = ±√3/2

Remember, cos(Θ) = ±√3/2 when Θ = 30°, 150°

So, 2x = 30° and 2x = 150°

x = 15° and x = 75°

both meet the criterion 0 ≤ x ≤ 90

2. 2 sin²(x) - sin(x) = 0

sin(x) * (2 sin(x) - 1) = 0

So either sin(x) = 0 or 2sin(x) - 1 = 0

sin(x) = 0 when x = 0° or 180°

2sin(x) - 1 = 0  --> sin(x) =1/2

sin(x) = 1/2 when x = 30° or x = 150°

To satisfy the criterion 0 ≤ x ≤ 90,

x = 0° or 30°

In The Hiding Place, who are Mrs. Floor, Mien, the Snake, Maryke, and others?Mrs. Floor Mien the Snake Maryke Mrs. Bierens van Haan Mr. and Mrs....

Tine van Veen is the younger sister and nurse of the new doctor in Haarlem during the time of Tante Jans' illness.  She marries Corrie's brother, Willem ten Boom (Chapter 3).

Flip van Woerden is a teacher at the school where Corrie's sister Nollie also teaches.  He eventually marries Nollie ten Boom (Chapter 4).

Mr. and Mrs. Kan are the owners of the other watch shop down the street from the Beje.  Some believe that the Kans are competing with the ten Booms for business, but Father considers them to be "colleagues" and "cherished friend(s)" (Chapter 1).

Mr. Weil is the elderly owner of the furriers near the Beje.  Mr. Weil is Jewish, and is one of the first in the neighborhood to be targeted by the Nazis for persecution during the occupation (Chapter 5).

Katrien is an older Austrian lady whom Willem sends into hiding shortly after the invasion.  She stays with the van Woerdens, posing as their maid (Chapter 6).

Vught is not a person but a place.  It is a German concentration camp in Holland for political prisoners to which Corrie and Betsie are sent after their incarceration at Sheveningen (Chapter 12).

The Snake is an especially sadistic guard at Ravensbruck.  Corrie remembers her mercilessly beating a feeble-minded prisoner who had soils herself during roll call.  Inexplicably, the Snake facilitates Betsie's admission into the camp hospital when Betsie is near death, showing another side to her nature (Chapter 14).

Maryke de Graaf is a Dutch prisoner who sleeps in the tier above Corrie and Betsie at Ravensbruck.  She shows kindness to the sisters by helping carry the desperately ill Betsie to the sick-call line twice before Betsie's death (Chapter 14).

Mrs. Bierens de Haan is a wealthy woman who owns one of the most beautiful homes in Holland.  She is a widow who has five sons in the Resistance, and in the waning days of the war offers her home as a refuge for released concentration camp prisoners, fulfilling a vision described by Betsie pertaining to her planned ministry of healing in the war's aftermath (Chapter 15).

Describe Bassanio's relationship with Antonio in The Merchant of Venice. Does he genuinely loves Antonio, or is he doing this to convince Antonio...

One would think that Bassanio would have a strained relationship with Antonio.  However, Antonio (in Act 4) does not seem to blame Bassanio for his life being in danger even though the dramatic court scene is partially a result of Bassanio's poor spending habits. In fact,while Antonio is frightened by Shylock's insistence on cutting out a pound of Antonio's flesh, he doesn't seem to be upset with Bassanio at all.

In reference to Bassanio's motivation for rushing to Antonio's defense and using Portia's money to try to satisfy Shylock's bond, I think that Shakespeare intends for the relationship between Bassanio and Antonio to be sincere.  While modern audiences are suspicious of Bassanio's motives, by the time the action of Act 4 occurs, Bassanio does not need to borrow more money from Antonio because he has just married the extremely wealthy Portia who bestowed upon Bassanio all her possessions, status, and wealth.  Most likely, Bassanio helps Antonio not just because he cares for him as a friend but also because he feels guilty for asking Antonio to lend him money in the first place because that leads to the bond with Shylock.

Do you italicize or capitalize the whole names of stories, books, newspapers and magazines, especially when used in the same sentence?As in: "His...

You will need to refer to the sources listed below, but I will answer your specific example and give you some other basic guidelines.

     "His short story, "How to Die Young," was included in the collection, Living on the Streets. It was also published in the San Francisco Daily News."

ABOVE: Short stories use quotation marks. Novels and newspapers use italics. Note that some words within the title, such as "to," "the," and "on," are not capitalized. 

USE QUOTATION MARKS FOR:

• Titles of short or minor works


• Songs


• Short Stories


• Essays


• Short Poems


• One Act Plays


• Other literary works shorter than a three act play or complete book


• Titles of sections from longer works


• Chapters in books


• Articles in newspapers, magazines, or journals


• Episodes of television and radio series 

USE ITALICS (or underlining if italics are not available) FOR

• titles of LONG PIECES--such as novels, books of poetry, magazines, encyclopedias, etc.--and works that contain smaller sections. 

CAPITALIZATION IN TITLES

• There is never a need to specifically use block capitalization in titles.


• The first word in a title is always capitalized (except in specific occasions where the author deliberately does not capitalize, such as in poems by e. e. cummings).


• Refer to the site below for words NOT capitalized in titles.


• http://www.writersblock.ca/tips/monthtip/tipmar98.htm

What is the significance of Fortinbras having the last line in Hamlet?

Shakespeare wanted to establish that Hamlet had not been insane or culpable in any way in the deaths of Laertes, Gertrude, and Claudius that had just taken place, or in the deaths of Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern which had occurred before. There were only two characters left alive who could speak the last lines, Horatio and Fortinbras. Horatio was the only one who knew all the facts from the time the ghost appeared in the first act right up until the final scene, and he promised that he would tell the whole story in good time. But it would have been inappropriate for him to try to do that at the very end of the play because there would have been far too much to tell--and anyway, the audience already knows these facts after sitting through an exceptionally long and complicated play. So Fortinbras was used to verify that Hamlet died with honor and dignity, leaving the audience with the assurance that Hamlet's reputation would be unblemished and a feeling of closure. It was also appropriate that Fortinbras should speak the closing words, since it was probable that, with Hamlet's nomination, he was likely to become King of Denmark. His words, therefore, would carry the most weight with those in attendance. His closing words are:

Let four captains
Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage;
For he was likely, had he been put on,
To have proved most royal; and, for his passage,
The soldiers' music and the rites of war
Speak loudly for him.
Take up the bodies. Such a sight as this
Becomes the field, but here shows much amiss.
Go, bid the soldiers shoot.

Horatio could not close the play with such authority, since he is not of royal blood, is really only a poor student, and was just a friend and confidant of the dead Prince. Shakespeare does something very similar in Julius Caesar. Mark Antony ia a far more important character than Octavius, but Shakespeare has Octavius speak the closing lines about Brutus because Octavius, as Julius Caesar's nephew and heir, is the more distinguished character and is destined to become Emperor. Antony praises the dead Brutus as the only truly honorable member of the conspirators, and then Octavius speaks the closing lines of the play:

According to his virtue let us use him
With all respect and rites of burial.
Within my tent his bones tonight shall lie,
Most like a soldier, order'd honorably.
So call the field to rest, and let's away,
To part the glories of this happy day.