How does society see Liza at the end of Pygmalion?

Liza is stuck in the middle of two classes.  She is no longer able to fit in with her flower-selling counterparts as she no longer looks or speaks the part.  In fact, when she goes back to her roots, no one she knows recognizes her.  She has been programed by Higgins to "be a duchess," yet she has no title, no money, no family, and no support system. 

She is enamored with Freddy, because he loves her and wants to marry her, but she is in love with Higgins.  Higgins, a self-proclaimed bachelor, does not wish to get married.  The reader is left to believe that he would allow her to live in his home as a "slipper-fetcher" and arm-ornament for those posh Victorian parties, but nothing more. 

Higgins won the bet, but he left Liza with nowhere to go.  It is understandable that she is frustrated and angry.  Her independence has been stripped from her as she is no longer able to support herself.  Perhaps she will sell flowers in a flower shop if someone will hire her without any work experience, but it is more likely she will marry and be miserable.

What is the tone of "Ode on A Grecian Urn"?

Ode on a Grecian Urn" consists of five stanzas that present a scene, describe and comment on what it shows, and offer a general truth that the scene teaches a person analyzing the scene. Each stanza has ten lines written in iambic pentameter, a pattern of rhythm (meter) that assigns ten syllables to each line. The first syllable is unaccented, the second accented, the third unaccented, the fourth accented, and so on. Note, for example, the accent pattern of the first two lines of the poem. The unaccented syllables are in lower-cased blue letters, and the accented syllables are in upper-cased red letters. 

thou STILL un RAV ished BRIDE of QUI et NESS,  
thou FOS ter - CHILD of SI lence AND slow TIME 

Notice that each line has ten syllables, five unaccented ones in blue and five accented ones in red. Thus, these lines--like the other lines in the poem--are in iambic pentameter. Iambic refers to a pair of syllables, one unaccented and the other accented. Such a pair is called an iamb. "Thou STILL" is an iamb; so are "et NESS" and "slow TIME." However, "BRIDE of" and "FOS ter" are not iambs because they consist of an accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable. Pentameter--the first syllable of which is derived from the Greek word for five--refers to lines that have five iambs (which, as demonstrated, each have two syllables). "Ode on a Grecian Urn," then, is in iambic pentameter because every line has five iambs, each iamb consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one. The purpose of this stress pattern is to give the poem rhythm that pleases the ear. 

Situation and Setting 

In England, Keats examines a marble urn crafted in ancient Greece. (Whether such an urn was real or imagined is uncertain. However, many artifacts from ancient Greece, ones which could have inspired Keats, were on display in the British Museum at the time that Keats wrote the poem.) Pictured on the urn, a type of vase, are pastoral scenes in Greece. In one scene, males are chasing females in some sort of revelry or celebration. There are musicians playing pipes (wind instruments such as flutes) and timbrels (ancient tambourines). Keats wonders whether the images represent both gods and humans. He also wonders what has occasioned their merrymaking. A second scene depicts people leading a heifer to a sacrificial altar. Keats writes his ode about what he sees, addressing or commenting on the urn and its images as if they were real beings with whom he can speak.  

What are the lessons to be learned from Anowa?

One of the lessons deals with the power of traditions and customs and what happens when a person tries to change those customs and traditions. Anowa refuses to take on her traditional role as a woman in her society. As a result, she committs suicide as well as her husband, Kofi Ako. Anowa remained true to what she believed, but in the process of following her own beliefs, she hurt others.

Pride is another lesson because pride is Anowa's downfall. She shows how strong she is by sticking to what she believes, but her pride leads to her death as well as her husband's death.

We can also learn about the consequences of the choices we make in our lives. Kofi Ako chooses to buy slaves, and this choice leads to the destruction of his marriage, and the eventual ending of his own life.

What decisions were made in Act V in Julius Caesar that lead to Brutus' death?

I find your question highly interesting because for me,
Act V is too late to look - you need to look back at the preceeding acts to consider the
actions of Brutus, and most importantly, his mistakes, to trace his
downfall.

However, if you are looking at Act V, it seems
that his assessment of Octavius´ troops was rash and hasty, leading to a confusion which
resulted in Cassius´ suicide because he thought all was
lost.

If you want to go back and examine the issues that
led up to this defeat, however, you will want to examine how Brutus systematically
ignores or puts to one side the very shrewd advice he received from Cassius. Brutus
refuses to recognise the importance of Marc Antony, telling the conspirators that he
will not kill him along with Caesar, and underestimating his
character:

for
he is given

To sports, to wildness, and much
company.

Then consider the
permission that Brutus gives to Marc Antony to bear the body of Caesar and address the
crowd. Cassius in vain tries to warn him of Marc Antony´s skills in
rhetoric:

Know
you how much the people may be moved

By that which he will
utter?

This of course allows
Marc Antony to sway the populace to his side.

Then consider
Brutus´decision to march and meet the troops of Octavius and Marc Antony in Philippi in
Act IV scene 3, again against the better judgement of Cassius. A tactical error which
gave their enemies the advantage.

So, many mistakes, which
makes us question Brutus and his character - why did he ignore Cassius so much? Was it
his own sense of arrogance or did he genuinely feel that he new
better?

Comment on the tittle Waiting for Godot.

We have been told that those who 'stand and wait' also
serve God. The two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, in Samuel Beckett's play,
Waiting for Godot, stand and wait, not for God but for Godot. They
do not serve anybody. Do they? In Beckett's 2-act play, Didi(Vladimir) &
Gogo(Estragon) wait and wait all day long for a certain Godot to come. At the end of the
day, they are told that Godot would come the next day. A to-day is followed by a
tomorrow which is another to-day, and again the two tramps are told that Godot would
come the day after. Beckett's play thus allegorises on the futility of man's waiting in
a world where all promises are perpetually deferred.

In
1935, T.S.Eliot wrote a commissioned play on the theme of Christian
martyrdom--Murder in the Cathedral--in which the Archbishop of
Canterbury, Thomas Beckett, had been waiting to be martyred in the cathedral itself. For
Thomas Becket it was waiting for God. Samuel Beckett's play could be seen as an
existentialist parody of that other Becket's waiting, waiting for Godot being waiting
for nothing. After the massive and extensive destructions of the two Great Wars, men can
only stand and wait at the center of paralysis, doing nothing, getting nothing,
begetting nothing.In my reading of Beckett's play, I rediscover those immortal lines
spoken by Macbeth:'Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from
day to day.....'

What is the symbolism of birds in The Woman Warrior?

Birds in The Woman Warrior are
auspicious symbols (opportune; promising success) and they appear in talk-stories that
Maxine hears. In "White Tigers" birds are guides who lead the way up a hill, thereby
representing courage and rising above circumstances. Birds symbolize good luck when
birds painted on Brave Orchid's boat keep her safe from pirates who board the very next
boat. They also symbolize fortune and wealth because Brave Orchid's wallet opens up and
looks like wings. One seeming contradiction puzzles Maxine. Her Fourth Uncle is killed
by Communists while trying to catch birds with which to feed his family. This seems to
symbolize that birds become inauspicious when their beauty and independence is violated,
even when done for good reason.

Discuss Phoenix's.......Like many classic works of literature, "A Worn Path" features a journey and a quest. Discuss the elements of plot and...

Wikipedia defines a "quest" as "a journey towards a goal used in mythology and literature as a plot. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and the overcoming of many obstacles, typically including much travel..."

In literature, a quest can be as simple as going to the store for a loaf of bread.  It doesn't have to be Perseus in pursuit of Medusa's dangerous head.

Phoenix Jackson begins her quest on a cold December morning. She already has lots of things against her:  her failing eyesight, her age, her aching body.  She does have knowledge of the path and experience on her side.  She talks constantly to the animals--could be seen as comfort or a way for her to pass the time, could be interpreted as her spiritual side, or maybe she's just losing her mind.  She trips and falls, she meets with a hunter who points his gun at her.  All the while, she is convinced that her goal--the medicine for her grandson--is a quest for life not death.  Her persistence and devotion, as well as her optimism keep both her and the plot of the story moving.  Each time we, the reader, think she will turn back now or she will give up.  However, Phoenix does not.  She gets up when she falls, she keeps moving through snow and wind, and she does not cower in the face of a loaded rifle.  She takes what is dealt and keeps moving forward with the determination and resolve of Job in the Bible. 

When Squealer explains about the windmill at the end of the chapter, what causes animals to go along with his explanation?

The narrator tells us that Squealer "was a brilliant talker...he could black into white." When Boxer protests Squealer's explanation, saying Snowball "fought bravely at the Battle of the Cowshed. I saw him myself," Squealer says 'For we know now--it is all written down in the secret documents --that in reality he was trying to lure us to our doom." Although this is blatantly untrue, Squealer attaches Napoleon's name to the lie, and Boxer can only say 'If Comrade napoleon says it, it must be right." The text also italicizes certain words, showing how the rhythm of his language persuades the audience. When Squealer explains the new account of the Battle of the Cowshed, the narrator tells us that "Once again, this argument was unanswerable."

In Fahrenheit 451, what does Montag do when the train stops?

At the beginning of Part II, "The Sieve and the Sand," Montag is trying to read the Bible on the subway. He compares reading to trying to fill a sieve with sand, as he tried to do when he was young. He is trying to memorize the words in the Bible, but the advertisements keep coming on over the loudspeaker of the train for goods like "Denham's Dentrifice" when Montag is trying to concentrate on Biblical images such as the lilies of the field. As a result, he loses his patience entirely, and the radio on the train gets louder when he is screaming about the Bible: "the train radio vomited upon Montag, in retaliation, a great tonload of music made of tin, copper, silver, chromium, and brass" (page 79). The louder he speaks, the louder the hideous music in the train plays. By the time his stop is called, his voice has quieted, and the radio on the train whispers in response. While everyone else is sitting in submission, Montag rushes out of the door at the last minute and runs through the tunnels on his way to Faber's house. He runs rather than taking the escalator to feel his own power and relax his tense muscles. 

In "The Hunger of Memory," what is the meaning of "taken Caliban's advice. I have stolen their books..."?

This is a literary allusion (reference) to the character Caliban in Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest." Caliban is a monster who has been enslaved by Prospero the magician who landed on Caliban's island when he and his daughter were put out to sea to die. Caliban resents the power Prospero holds over him, so when other men are shipwrecked on the island, Caliban tries to convince them to help him kill Prospero so he can steal his books and magic.

As a major theme of "Hunger" is education and the strong desire for it, the allusion the author uses makes a great deal of sense.

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Who is macduff and how significant is he in the play?

Macduff is yet another noble who truly loved King Duncan.  As your other answers tell you, he was first to suspect Macbeth for wrong-doing and Macbeth has Macduff's family murdered after Macduff flees Scotland to England and help with the army to overthrow Macbeth.  Macbeth does this because the witches tell him to "Beware Macduff!."  Macbeth already knew this since Macduff does not attend the state dinner Macbeth has after he becomes king (the one where Banquo's ghost appears), nor is he present at Macbeth's coronation.

Without Macduff, there would be less of a chance of Macbeth's overthrow.  Shakespeare wants the audience to side with the English forces who are helping Malcolm back as rightful Scottish King.  They need reasons to side with this army, and the murder of so many innocents helps achieve this.

It is also worth mentioning that by putting Macbeth down, the witches' prophecy of Banquo's issue becoming kings for many, many years is that much closer to coming true.  The play was originally written for King James I of England (also King James VI of Scotland) whose ancestor is represented by Banquo. 

To what extent is the punishment Leonato places on Claudio fitting in "Much Ado about Nothing"?How does the gender of the characters play into this?

Interesting question! It's important to note that when Hero was originally disgraced at the wedding, Leonato was ready to see her dead because of the shame she had supposedly brought upon her family. I mean, his daughter who had always been pure and modest should have been given the benefit of the doubt, but Leonato even says, "Would the two princes lie? Would Claudio lie?" Leonato knew the character of Don John - that he had risen up against his brother and probably wasn't 100% trustworthy - yet he was willing to believe him over Hero.

Then the truth comes out and what does Leonato do for "punishment"?  He says, "Hey, you can marry my niece, then, to make up for what you did to Hero."  Now I realize that this was all part of the plan to get Hero and Claudio together, but Claudio probably deserved more of a punishment than to simply be given another wife to marry (that was his perception, of course, as we know he's being given Hero).

Personally, I think Leonato is a typical man of his time - he put more faith in the honor of men than in the honor of women. Shakespeare was highlighting the irony of this in this play, particularly with his song, "Sigh no more, ladies," which talks about how "men were deceivers ever."  So, from a modern perspective, Leonato's punishment of Claudio wasn't much punishment at all. But I think that is the message Shakespeare was trying to get across to his audiences.

Can you please tell me the themes of the 1st and 3rd stanzas in the poem "Ithaca"?

In the first stanza of the poem "Ithaca" by Constantinos Cavafys, the theme that the author is portraying is something like "carpe diem" or seize the day. He is telling us to live life without fear and good things will come. He wishes the traveler a long journey, "full of adventure, full of knowledge," which is a metaphor for life. He says that the traveler will not encounter the trials that Odysseus encountered, like Poseidon's wrath, the Cyclops, and the Lestrygonians.

In the second stanza is very much an extension of the theme in the first which is to make the most of life and the well-wishes that the life one leads be fulfilling and long.

The third stanza speaks then not of the journey itself, but of the destination- Ithaca. Ithaca here is used as a metaphor for Heaven or the after-life. The goal of the traveler should be to get to Ithaca, but not to rush to get there. The writer asks that the traveler revel in the moments of the journey rather than thinking constantly of the destination because thinking of it constantly will ruin the trip. He asks the traveler to, "anchor at the island when you are old" which means take your time and live, gain knowledge, revel in the beauty that life has to offer and Ithaca will be more spectacular when you get there.

Discuss the rebellion and conformity of the story.the thematics of this story

Conformity plays a huge role in this story. The people in the village blindly follow the customs of the ritual, for the most part, without question. The black box that is used to draw the names is literally falling apart, but when asked if it should be replaced, the people never get around to it. It is what has always been used, and the villagers do not feel they should change it.

The children are so conditioned to the normalcy of the tradition, that they are able to continue their games while the ritual stoning is being carried out.Mr. Graves and Joe Summers are the main leaders in keeping this tradition alive, and never question the validity or humanity of the ritual.

Mr. Adams seems to question the practice, when he mentions that some villages are proposing stopping the lottery. Mrs. Adams asserts that some villages already have. But it is Tessie, who is the symbol of rebellion.

Tessie is late to the lottery, and tells them she forgot the day. She then protests the way the drawing s are held, stating that is is unfair that she , or any wife, must draw with her husband's family.

When she is the unlucky "winner", her husband is not sympathetic, and as the stoning is carried out, Tessie asserts her rebellious cry, "It isn't fair, it isn't right".

Description of the Geneva Convention rules of war. Do they work? How they are applied? Every country uses?

Geneva convention refers to international agreement among
most of the nations of the world providing for human treatment o civilians, prisoners
and wounded persons in war time. These agreement have been reached over a long period
starting nineteenth century. These agreements, with some reservations have been ratified
by nearly 200 nations.

The first such agreement was reached
in 1864. This agreement also provided for establishment of the Red Cross.This original
convention was accepted by all European countries, the USA, and a few other countries in
Asia and South America. Additions and amendments to Geneva conventions were made in
1906, 1929, 1949, 1977and 2005.

Geneva convention includes
provision for conduct of countries in matters such as treatment and and care of the
military personnel wounded in the field, and those shipwrecked members of armed forces
at sea. The convention also provides for protection of civilians and members armed
forces, and volunteer forces. It specifies methods to identify the dead and wounded, and
to send information to their families. It also provides for identification and
protection of medical transports.

In conferences held at
The Hague in 1899 and 1907, the laws of war, of peace, and of neutrality were collected
and embodied in 14 conventions of Geneva convention, covering subjects as the rights and
duties of neutral countries, and the peaceful settlement of international
disputes.

What was Calpurina's fault in the first few chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird?

You can find the answer to this in Chapter 2. What is
Calpurnia's fault is the fact that Scout can write.  Her teacher does not think she
should be able to read at this point and is upset that she
does.

Scout says that Calpurnia is the one who taught her
to write.  She says that Calpurnia taught her to write on rainy days.  She thinks that
Calpurnia did it to keep Scout from annoying her too much -- she just had her sit down
and work on her letters and copying passages from the Bible and other stuff like
that.

how would shakespeare's audiences have reacted to the play?

Since we'll never know for certain how the audiences would have acted seeing the play we have to examine the history and cultural norms surrounding the Elizabethan time period.

Most people during this time period did in fact believe in witches so the audience's reaction to the opening scene and subsequent scenes with the witches were, most likely, taken very seriously. The audience would have reacted more emotionally than audiences do today to the witches on stage. They also would have contemplated what was being said by the witches much more closely. The concept of Evil was a very intellectual topic during this time period. The audience would be frightened and intrigued to see Evil manifested physically on stage by the witches.

In chapter twenty-two why does the author include the story of Ted Lavender?

 Ted Lavender's death forces the men to face death, knowing that their lives could be taken away at any moment. They are all so happy when one soldier makes it through the tunnel, but then that small bit of happiness is taken away when Ted is shot while coming back from the bathroom. After his death, the men attempt to make sense of Ted's death in their own way. One doesn't want to talk about it, while Kiowa needs to talk. Each day, the men must face the possibility of their own deaths, but Ted's death seems so senseless. Lt. Cross burns all of  his personal effects having to do with Martha because he thinks that allowing himself to dream will get another man killed. Lt. Cross feels responsible for Ted's death and feels responsible for keeping the other men alive. As the platoon leader, Cross is "determined to perform his duties firmly and without negligence" because he thinks this is the only way he can keep himself and his men alive.

How does Antonio help Bassanio and why doesn't he just give him the money himself? How does Antonio help Bassanio and why doesn't he just give him...

Antonio helps Bassanio by borrowing money from Shylock, the Jewish money-lender, to loan to Bassanio so that he (Bassanio) can court Portia, a wealthy heiress.  Antonio's money is tied up in his ships and trading, so he doesn't have the cash on hand to loan to Bassanio himself.  The trouble occurs when Shylock wants a pound of Antonio's flesh, rather than the money paid back and the interest he would have made on the sum.

Explain the purpose of Birkenau in the story "Night". What ultimately causes the dramatic change in Eliezer's religious faith here?Chapter 3

Elie has grown up to be a very devoutly religious young man.  He spent much time in his youth studying and seeking to understand the nature of his spirituality.  His faith in God is so complete and pure that he cries when he prays, feeling deep love for the deity he worships.

However, at Birkenau, Elie first sees the horrible acts humanity can commit.  He sees the people led off to be burnt, smells the fumes of their burning flesh, is left in uncertainty of his own life, and walks past pits of open graves of burning babies.  He becomes skeptical of God's benevolence.  The other prisoners begin saying the Kaddish, which is the prayer for the dead, but which also thanks God for life.  Elie can not see anything to be thankful for:  "Why should I bless His name?” Eliezer asks, “What had I to thank Him for?”

Elie's childhood faith is shattered, and he doubts God's love and his own belief in God.  The most powerful of his words in regards to this comes at the end of the section.  See below:

Never shall I forget that night . . . which has turned my life into one long night . . . .
Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God.

The God he loved has been murdered - he doesn't know God anymore.

What motivated women to fight for their rights?Any ideas on how to make your conclusion statement strong ? Its about women rights ?

This question definitely depends on the time period in
American history you are referring to.

In regards to the
Women's Rights movement in the 1800-1900's, women began to stand up for their rights and
challenging laws that they found unfair. For example, in the early 1800's women began to
fight for the right to retain their property when they married, instead of giving up all
they owned to their husbands. There were obviously other times throughout history when
women stood up and made themselves heard, but this was more widespread during this
period in time.

To answer your question, I would make it
very clear that women eventually started uniting to fight the injustices they were
dealt. A good conclusion on this topic would make it very clear that women had to unite
to fight this battle, like all other equality fights throughout
history.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus says that the best way to understand a person is "to stand in his shoes." How is that illustrated?

The author uses several events in the story to illustrate this.  When Jem gets in trouble for bothering the old lady across the street, he is at first angry with his punishment.  He cannot understand why his is not allowed to be nasty to her when she is nasty to everyone else.  His punishment is to read to her every day and by doing this he gets to know her and see the daily pain she has to live with. Therefore he gains understanding.

Additionally, the children learn through experience not through school.  By knowing their black neighbors the children learn that many of the things which the white adults in the neighborhood say about blacks is incorrect.  By getting to know Tom and his family, the children are able to better understand the situation Tom was in.

Finally, Boo Radley.  Initially, the children are afraid of him because he is a recluse. They do not know him.  Boo leaves toys for them in the knot of the tree and eventually is he hero of the story when he saves the children from Bob Ewell.  They no longer fear him but also have pity for him and understanding.  By getting to know him too, the children can imagine his situation and 'step into his shoes' 

What is the impact of the film to you as a viewer? Do you agree with the point of view of the story?

For me, the visuals of China were unforgettable.  Seeing what the mothers endured, hated, and loved in their home country helped me understand their ambivalence about America and their frequent disconnection with their daughters.  The girls, though they have heard (most) of their mother's stories ad nausem, can never really know how hard life was for women in China and how lucky they are to live in a free country.  It is not until Jing-Mei travels to the country and meets her half-sisters whom her mother was forced to abandon in China, that she starts to feel real empathy and sorrow for her mother's tragic life.  Like Jing-Mei, seeing those images really brought home Tan's stories for me.  The novel was fascinating and absorbing, but something about the visual captured me in a way the novel could not. 

As for point of view, it is hard to say if I "agree" with a point of view or not.  There are multiple points of view, from each of the daughters and each of the mothers.  However, being a mother and a daughter myself, I understand how your children never really know how much you love them and what you've gone through as a person (a not-mom).  As a daughter, I still get frustrated with my own mother who, raised in the 50s, has little in common with me. 

What does the Doctor mean when he says, “Therein the patient/Must minister to himself?” in Act V?

The doctor is merely stating to the nurse that Lady Macbeth obviously has a guilty conscience and that she has done some horrible things in her life.  This is why she is sleepwalking, as her soul will not let her sleep soundly as a result of the evil she has committed.  In order for him to be able to help her, she must first admit in her waking hours her guilt and seek help for what she has done and what she knows has been done--rather like someone with a drinking or drug problem--first you must admit there is a problem, then you can seek help which will actually do some good.  Until then, nothing works.

How is the trial depicted? What is evident in the atmosphere outside court and town? Quote examples. What happened at the Ewells' Novemeber...

The heat of the courtroom adds to the atmosphere of the trial.  It is so hot, in fact, that Atticus takes off his jacket, which is something his children never sees him do. He also sweats, even though "he was one of those men whose faces never perspired."  This indicates not only Atticus's hard work and anxiety concerning the trial; it also suggests the tense mood felt by everyone in the courtroom.  Mr. Raymond drinking a soft drink out of a brown paper bag, pretending he is drinking whiskey to give people something to talk about, also says something about the atmosphere of the trial. An outsider in the town, he doesn't go into the courtroom; indeed, he doesn't want to nor would his presence be welcome, for where would he sit?  He has aligned himself with the blacks in the community although he is white.  As a result, he belongs to neither community, thus showing the consequences of breaking the color line. That he drinks coke while pretending to drink whiskey signifies the pretense and artificiality of that barrier.  Mr. Raymond explains to Scout "you haven't seen enough of the world yet. You haven't seven seen this town, but all you gotta do is step back inside the courthouse" to understand the truth about both."  People inside the courtroom and outside know, even if they don't specifically say, that what is on trial is the traditional though immoral practice of racism in the south, and the atmosphere carries that tension.

Man can only be truly free if good and evil coexist in the world. Is that a good thesis topic for an essay on Lord of the Flies?

Hi there-  I totally agree with tthakker.  I would be happy to see a thesis statement with so much promise on one of my papers!

You might add something as simple as an addition that includes the title of the novel, ie, "In Wm Golding's novel Lord of the Flies..." Do be careful to use your own words, however.  If you use the tthaker's suggestion verbatim in your paper, you must cite it or it will be considered plagiarism.   

If you write about a vampire and someone guesses his secret, what would you say about his becoming one?Sorry I keep asking questions like...

In light of the additional information you have provided,
and assuming that the girl is also in love with the boy, the usual ways these stories
wind up is either the girl loves the boy so much that he lets him bite her so that she,
too can be a vampire, the girl leaves the boy, even though she loves him, the boy tells
the girl he is a vampire, but then leaves her for her own good, or they both kill
themselves like Romeo and Juliet, choosing death as opposed to living
apart.

Ho hum. Been there, done that. Why don't you get
really creative and make up a totally different story and ending? I will offer some
possibilities, and you can take it from there! Use your imagination and write something
really out-of-the-box:

1. The girl just so happens
   to be a chemistry nerd and decides to go to work to find a formula that can turn the boy
   back into a normal person.


2. The girl happens to be a
   biology nerd and finds a special type of substance that the boy can drink that takes the
   place of blood - some sort of compound that satisfies his need for blood, without being
   blood.


3. The girl and boy both become astronauts and
   colonize another planet, where vampirism cannot survive in the planet's atmosphere, and
   they live happily ever after.


4. The girl wakes up and finds
   it is all a dream and no one is a vampire, neither the boy, her mother,
   etc.

You get the idea! Good
luck.

In "The Kite Runner," what does the kite symbolize?

I'm convinced that the kite symbolizes redemption and dignity. So much of the book deals with "becoming good again" or overcoming shame and reviving your spirit. At the closing scene in the book, Amir and Sohrab fly a kite, but on a different level, it is an activity that allows them to move forward in life, past the pain and shame of events they've experienced. For Sohrab, he must heal from the pain of sexual abuse, the death of his parents, adjust to life in America, and allow Amir and Soroya to be close to him. For Amir, the kite symbolized his failed attempts to be loved by his father, but it also symbolizes his ability to stand up for himself and "become good again". By adopting Sohrab, he is able to atone for the cowardly act he committed toward Hassan when they were children living in Kabul.

What did Chielo want with Ezinma in Things Fall Apart?

In Chapter 11, Ekwefi is telling folk-tales to the
children. Her stories are interrupted however, by Chielo's cries. She shouts at Okonkwo
that "Agbala wanted to see his daughter." She awakens the
girl, picks her up, & runs with Ezinma on her back through the nine villages to
the Oracle of the caves. Ekwefi waits, then follows, torn between her fear of the gods
and her concern for her daughter.

It is also interesting
that this is one moment where we see Okonkwo not as an over-bearing, harsh task master,
but a loving, devoted husband and father. He follows Ekwefi as well, and offers her
comfort at the caves. He too is concerned about Ezinma, the favorite of his children.
The encounter emphasizes the relationship between the spirit world and the world of the
living. The night’s experience also gives Ekwefi an opportunity to reminisce about her
youth and her love for Okonkwo.

What particular elements of satire are present in Swft's assertion that England will not mind if Ireland eats babies?"A Modest Proposal" by...

One of the wiliest writers of his age and a master of
vitriolic satire, Jonathan Swift was both a defender and a critic of the Irish.  In his
"A Modest Proposal," Swift defends the Irish economic interest against the
English.

When he suggests that the Irish babies be eaten
rather than let them starve, Swift implies that England is already figuratively "eating"
the Irish through economic starvation, so why not just go ahead and eat the Irish
literally?  This "modest proposal" is, perhaps, the best of the imaginative excess of
his satire.  It is, indeed, a savage mockery of the economic policies of England and the
English politics.

Yet, satire is always intensely moral in
its purpose, and Swift's is clearly that.  While he criticizes England, Swift also
satirizes the wealth Irish landowners of his time.  Listing a number of alternative
solutions to Ireland's problems, such as taxing absentees, leniency on the part of
landlords, and, most of all, Ireland's refusing to buy anything other than "native
goods," Swift also points to the indifference and neglect with which these social ills
have been regarded in Ireland.

What came first, the chicken or the egg?This is a Question that Make Us Thinking!

The answer is basic, simple, provable and
well-known...

The egg came before the chicken. By about
500,000,000
years

Why?

Because
this whole 'egg or chicken' paradox is an old question. It is a
pre-Darwinian thought experiment. And the answer to this 'paradox' was
demonstrated 150 years ago when Darwin realised that species
evolve.

i.e. The problem
'appears' to be that 'You need a chicken to make an egg
and an egg to make a chicken' and this presents us with a logical
disconnection. But only because the question implies that species are
fixed...

But Species are not
fixed.

The answer is simple...
You DON'T need a chicken to make an egg. Eggs
are not exclusive to chickens.

On an
evolutionary timeline...

Fish laid the
first eggs.

Then, Amphibians evolved the first land-based
eggs. 

Then reptiles improved on
them.

Then dinosaurs had 100s of millions of years of
laying eggs.

Then, eventually, birds evolved, and they too
laid eggs.

So... The Chicken
is an unimportant, minor bird with no evolutionary prowess or significance. It is
insignificant,

But The Egg is
an extremely ancient development and absolutely central to
the understanding of how marine-based life managed to conquer the land and still
reproduce its water-based babies. (An egg is a recreation of a water environment,
for animals who evolved from water-based life but moved onto land and gave birth there.)
(if you think about this until you understand it, you will be a modern, scientific
thinker.) 

The Egg is a fundamental anchor point of
evolution. The Egg is a key to comprehending the conquest of the land by water-based
creatures. The Egg is
essential.

The Chicken is
not.

The 'mind-bending' Chicken and
Egg problem is only confusing for people who don't understand evolution. Evolution can
explain the answer as simply as 1+1=2.

FACT 1) Eggs are
very very important and
ancient and essential to
the evolution of planet Earth.

FACT 2) Chickens taste
nice and are a fat, unimportant, modern bird with no influence on
evolution.

Chickens did not invent the egg. Not by a
country mile. And that is obvious if you read a little into
evolution.

Yours Sincerely,

A
Major Charles Darwin Fan

What is the central idea of "The Spirit Of the Laws" by Montesquieu?

Of course, with a book this big, there are many important
points in this book.  I would say, however, that the most important idea or ideas in
this work is the idea of a limited government that is set up in a way that prevents it
from abusing its citizens.

The ideas of Montesquieu can be
seen quite clearly in the Constitution of the United States.  In The Spirit of
the Laws, he talked about the need for the rights of individuals to be
protected.  He argued that the best way to do this was through a written constitution
that guaranteed these rights.  He also said that a government based on separation of
powers was needed to ensure the rights of the people.

If Romeo and Juliet had to write wedding vows what would they be???most of the vows have to be quoted from the book. and in this context....

In the play "Romeo And Juliet" by William Shakespeare, the
author shows us two different types of love - infatuation and lasting love. The trouble
is that the love that Romeo and Juliet hope will be true lasting love is bitterly cut
short before it has ever a chance of proving itself . We are all left guessing.
Christian wedding vows lean heavily towards lifelong commitment to a future together,
for better or for worse so presumably Romeo and Juliet were reasonably sure of a desire
to keep to that or they would not have made them. They may have promised "til death us
do part" and that bit was certainly true - although their short love did not have time
to be tested by other attractions or rows. I think they both kept to the "love,
honour,obey" part by their commitment to the Friar's daring
plan.

Who is most responsible for Gatsby's death? F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

In The Great Gatsby, Wilson is most
responsible for Gatsby's death--he pulls the trigger.  He shoots Gatsby, and Gatsby
dies. 

Anyone else's role in the death is
ancillary--related to the primary cause, but not the primary
cause.

Tom and Daisy do wreak havoc by playing, so to
speak, with others in the novel, and Tom tells Wilson that Gatsby owns the car that hit
Myrtle.  But Tom probably doesn't know Daisy was driving.  When Nick meets Tom after
the story is basically over, Nick concludes that Tom doesn't know.  Though Nick may be
an unreliable narrator, he errs, if he errs, against Tom, not in his favor.  Nick is
ripe to heap more blame on Tom.  If there was a chance that Tom knows Daisy was the one
actually driving, Nick would say it.

Daisy, as well,
deserves blame.  She could have told the truth.  She should have told Tom and the police
and everybody else that she was driving, but she
doesn't. 

Nick could have intervened as well.  He knows the
truth, but he doesn't say anything, either.

There's much
blame to go around, but again, Wilson pulls the trigger.

What is orwell's voice in 1984?

I'm not sure I fully understand your question, so I am going to give you information relevant to the novel that would seem to connect to the question you have presented.

1984 was written in third person limited point of view.  The limitation forces readers to see the story through the eyes of Winston alone, the tired soul seeking independence but having it stripped from him.

Orwell's own "voice" can be seen in two ways.  The first, as is true of any author, is in the diction of the story.  1984 is simplistic in its prose.  The descriptions and the action are not designed to evoke strong emotion, but are left to harsh specifics.  No embellishment of beauty or of tragedy is provided, but scientific reporting used consistently throughout.  This cold diction helps to underscore Orwell's creation of a world where individuality and passion have been discarded.

In another way, Orwell's voice can be observed in the appendix.  Again, the explanation of Newspeak is written with a scientists attention to detail and lack of embellishment.  However, as is the case with the text of the novel, this practiced use of understatement and lack of emphasis comes across as sarcastic.  Orwell's pesimisstic tale is relayed with a cynic's voice.

What is the signifance of this quote and how does it describe Hale as a character?"I may only fear the lord, sir, but there is fear in the country...

When religious people use the word fear, especially in
reference to God, it means several things. First, it means to revere or respect. It can
also mean to be concerned of God's upcoming wrath.

The fear
he notes in the country has to do with folks being afraid of the accusations. Good and
moral people who had done nothing worth the life sentences they were receiving were
being forced to accept a poor reputation or die.

I think
this quote shows Hale's own worry about the accusations being made. I think it shows he
cares about people sincerely. I think he wants to see justice work not just for the
guilty but particularly the innocent. I also think he hopes he is not eventually
condemned for his sincere faith.

What foreshadows the mother's decision to keep the quilts from Dee, and is her choice just a temporary change of character?

The mother is hostile toward her daughter Dee and protective of Maggie from the beginning of the story. She holds Dee responsible for the scars of Maggie, both literal and figurative. She resents her daughter's beauty and vigor, saying right before Dee arrives that when Dee was courting "Jimmy T she didn't have much time to pay to us, but turned all her faultfinding power on him." In this statement we see the mother's feeling of rejection and hurt resulting from the way Dee has treated her over the years. So, the mother's refusal to give Dee the quilts is very consistent with her character in that the act constitutes a "payback" for all the hurt Dee has caused. When she feels that Dee looks at her with "hatred" when she says she plans to give the quilts to Maggie, we can imagine the mother drawing a line in the sand, ready to do battle and not give way. Putting all of this in the context of the mother's early statement in anticipating and dreading the arrival of Dee, we see the inevitability of her refusing the quilts. In the second paragraph, the mother says that Maggie thinks that "'no' is a word the world never learned to say to" Dee, and that word, "no," is precisely what she says to her at the end of the story. This word foreshadows the conclusion of the story.

What is the difference between the idea of sin today and in the time period of The Scarlet Letter? Are the consequences the same?

The idea of sin and the consequences are drastically different from the time period of the Scarlet Letter to today.  Today, many people deny that sin even exists.  In the Puritan era (the timeperiod of the Scarlet Letter) sin and the law were one and the same.  The first few chapters of the novel talk about the ideas of Puritan law, sin, and punishment.  If a child were disobedient in those times, the parents could hand them over to the magistrates to be publicly whipped.  If a servant was lazy, they could also be handed over to the government.  And obviously, adultery was a crime punishable by death.  Today, sin in a lot of ways is a much more private issue.  Consequences are also many times much more private.  Parents deal with their own children, etc.  Adultery is not considered worthy of the death penalty.  

What does Hale and Danforth request of Elizabeth proctor in The Crucible?

Real answer:

Hale and Danforth do request Elizabeth to convince proctor, but she is not the soul person who convinced him. Befor, he was already thinking about confessing, b/c he realized that he is not a good man, and he cannot go like a saint, so diying like a saint would be a lie in itself. Two things that convince proctor not to confess is b/c proctor wanted to save his reputation... from his kids.. future... and the second is Rabecca.. who came in and was asstonished at proctors dicition, wich made him feel guilty

What are the similarities between Wang Lung and Hwang family?Consider that Wang Lung became as rich as the Hwang family. What happened to both of...

Wang Lung and the Hwang family are similar in that wealth
destroyed their sense of morality and family values.  The House of Hwang fell into ruin
and bandits stole the money from the house.  The old lord remained, but he was severely
addicted to opium and could not function on his own.  Wang Lung sees this as the perfect
opportunity to get more land because the old lord will sell the land for a good price to
maintain his drug habit.  Wang Lung is enticed by the symbol of wealth that the Hwang
house carries, and he dreams of one day being able to have a house like it for him and
his family.  When Wang Lung does become wealthy, he begins to lose his sense of morality
in order to gain symbols of wealth.  For example, he takes O-lan's pearls to give to
Lotus, and breaking O-lan's heart is not at all important to Wang Lung compared to
keeping Lotus happy.  Wang Lung's family is divided, and his wives live in separate
courts.  His sons fight and disagree with one another's way of life.  All this to
maintain the image of wealth.

Who are the main characters in "The Cask of Amontillado"?

The main characters of “The Cask of Amontillado” are Montresor and Fortunato. Montresor is the narrator and a wealthy man intent on receiving revenge on Fortunato who is both a friend sworn enemy of Montresor's. He has planned to ‘‘punish with impunity.

Fortunato has committed a "thousand injuries’’ and a final "insult," to Montresor, but no details are given. Fortunato is comfortable in Montresor's company, and has no clue of the deadly plan awaiting him at the hands of the man he considers a friend. Fortunato, is a respected and feared man and a proud connoisseur of fine wine, but he is also is singleminded . Unfortunately, he also drinks too much on the night we read about, which actually turns out to be his downfall.

Montresor is a cold and calculating man, revealed perfectly as he tells the story fifty years later, revealing no regret for his actions, and no real pleasure in them. He simply demonstrates no feeling whatsoever, making him seem a highly immoral character.

What is the tone of the nymph's response in "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"?

The Nymph's reply is rings of sarcasm and possibly a tinge of regret.

The Shepherd has offered her many things to "come live with me and be my love."  However, the Nymph's response includes her pointing out that all of the things the Shepherd has offered her are temporary.  All die, dry up, fall apart...nothing he has offered has any staying power.  That includes his proclamation of "love".  He never mentions marriage.  It's more of a "lust" call than a love proclamation.

She says that IF she could be sure that time would stand still and all these flowers and homemade items could last forever with the Spring/Summer months, then she might consider the temptation.  However, since she knows it is not true, and he has not offered a commitment past three-four months, she's not biting. 

What is the thesis of Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe?

Achebe's thesis, if it can be so simplified, is that Nigeria can find itself again if it recognizes and dismisses the vestiges of colonialism.  The story takes place just a year after the end of the Nigerian war for independence.  Although lawlessness ensues in the aftermath of a discarded government, their is hope for the future.  Jonathon, the protagonist, is left with a good job and finds that his house is still standing.  Thieves - symbolic of the thieving colonizing forces - threaten his new home, but he survives, and his neighbors help him in his efforts to rebuild.  Achebe harkens back to the communal nature of pre-colonial Nigeria in an effort to call upon his fellow citizens to remember their culture and their roots, and to abandon the influence of European imperialism.

According to John Lewis Gaddis, in "The Long Peace" why didn't the cold war erupt into a full scale one between the USSR and the U.S.?

In my opinion, Gaddis presents two main arguments as to
why the Cold War did not ever become a hot war.  One is the polarity of the
international system during that time.  The other is the relative isolation of the two
countries.

Gaddis argues that the world was bipolar during
the Cold War.  He says that this helped bring stability because there were so many fewer
opportunities for conflict to arise (unlike in WWI, for example, where there were all
these powerful countries with changing and complicated
relations).

Second, Gaddis says that the US and USSR were
less likely to go to war because they had so little to do with one another.  There were
not constant interactions that could lead to conflict.

What do you think the statement by the statement, "Do i dare disturb the universe?"

I think the statement is a challenge, asking whether a person will dare to be different, to "march to the beat of a different drummer", to quote loosely from Thoreau.  It asks whether a person is willing to go against the flow, to NOT do what everyone else is doing just because it is expected, and to take the consequences of the choice.

In the context of the story, Jerry looks at his father's very ordinary life and asks, "is that all there is?'  He doesn't want to just coast along and live a life of mediocrity like his dad, he wants to make his own decisions, to take charge of his own destiny, so to speak.  When his assignment from the Vigils is over, the easy thing to do would be to just sell the chocolates like everyone else, but Jerry at this point is tired of doing things just because he is told to or because it is expected, so he "dares to disturb the universe" and continues to refuse to participate.  Unfortunately, he finally concludes that the consequences of daring to be different are not worth it.

What is a description of Creon in Oedipus Rex?

In this play, Creon is seen as a noble man, doing his best to help his brother-in-law, Oedipus the king, and the city of Thebes. He is sent by Oedipus to the Oracle at Delphi to discover why the city is being plagued with disease. When he reports back to Oedipus that the gods require Oedipus to discover who murdered the old king, Laius, Oedipus thinks Creon is out to get the throne away from him.

Creon takes this very seriously and does his best throughout the play to show his innocence in the matter, and the fact that his only concern is for the welfare of the people - in other words, he is showing that he would, indeed, be a good leader.

At the end of the play, Creon does become the new king after Oedipus blinds himself upon discovering that he himself was the murderer of his own father, Laius, and that he had married and had children with his own mother, Jocasta. Creon treats Oedipus with respect and compassion through it all.

Creon can be described as trustworthy, loyal, a good leader, compassionate, honest, and brave.

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The hunter in "A Worn Path" is a (A) protagonist (B) flat character (C) round charater or (D) none of these"A Worn Parth" by Eudora Welty

The argument can be made that the hunter is (d) none of
these.  Instead, the hunter is a stock character because of the fact that he simply is
in one episode, and he called a common noun--"a hunter," whereas flat characters usually
have names, proper nouns.

In addition,stock characters act
and speak in stereotypical ways.  The hunter is the white man with the rifle and dog out
for one purpose, uncaring about anything else along the way.  While he does lift Phoenix
Jackson out of the ditch, he tells her to go home because it is too great a distance to
town for her.  When the old woman demonstrates her determination, he merely laughs and
ridicules her: " I know you old colored people.  Wouldn't miss going to town to see
Santa Claus."  He, then, turns and gives his attention to his dogs, who, of course,
are more important to him.  When he turns around and Phoenix is still there, he points
the gun at her (for fun, as he has probably done to other blacks), asking her if it
scares her.  Phoenix says it does not, so his "fun" is over; he turns and leaves,
unconcerned, typically.

Will the dart hit the target? Pre-Calculus velocity help!Maria and Ed are launching yard darts 20 ft from the front edge of a circular target of...

The initial velocity of the dart has the vertical and
horizontal components of 25sin55 and 25 cos 55 feet. The horizontal component remains
constant and the vertical component is affected by the gravitational acceleratin g (=32
feet/sec^2). Consequently. The horizontal and vertical components of displacement at any
time T is  given by the parametric equations

x = uT cos x
...........(1) and

y = uT sinx -(1/2)gT^2 +4 .....(2) where
u is the initial velocity (=25 feet/sec)  of the dart, and T is the time  after release
of the dart. And x is the angle of projection = 55 degree.Clearly when T = 0, y = 4 feet
the height from which Sue releases the dart.

When the dart
hits the ground y = -4 = uTsinx -(1/2)gT^2+4 Or it is a quadratic in T: gT^2-(2usix)T-16
= 0  Or 32T^2 - (2usinx)T -16  = 0. Or 16T^2-(25sin55)T - 8 + 0.
Therefore,

T =  {25sinx55+ sqrt[(25sin55)^2+4*16*8)]}/(32)
=

= 1.593666915  seconds ........(3)when the dart hits
ground.During this time, the Horizontal distance travelled as given by the equation 2
is

x = uTcosx , where the value of T in seconds is as  at
(3)

So x = 25* 1.593666915 cos 55 = 22.85224475
feet.

Therefore, the dart shall fall in the circle of 18
inch as the circle's nearest and farthest cirumference from Sue are at 20 feet and
20feet+ 2radius = 20feet+36" = 20+3 feet =23 feet respectively, provided the vertical
plane of the projectile is passes through the line joining the centre of the cicle and
positon of the dart thrower. Lateral shift of the trough is assumed
zero).

Maria throws the dart afre a time t. So the the dart
assumes the initial postion  of 4 feet at time t. Therefore
T-t

So the equation for the projectile of  Maria's through 
is given bY replacing T in above by T-t.

x = 25(T-t)
cos55.

Your equations are correct ecept a small typo in the
second 2nd eqution.

y
=25(T-t)sin55-(1/2)16(T-t)^2+4

What are the "yonic symbols" in the story "The Chrysanthemums"?

Huh!  Well, I learned something myself today!  I had never heard this word, ever,  but I think the explanations are probably right.  At the time Steinbeck was writing this, he was spending a good deal of time with Joseph Campbell, who was then writing his own book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces.  Steinbeck, Campbell, and Ed Ricketts (John's marine biologist friend, and inspiration for Doc in Cannery Row) spent long hours discussing myth and sybolism.

There is not much Steinbeck more than myths of the world.  It makes perfect sense to me that he would have absorded this idea into The Chrysanthemums. 

Why we called earth in danger? Why we not called mankind in danger?its mine opinion

It would help if you could tell us what you are thinking
about here -- what is it that is making the Earth (or the people) be in
danger?

In general, I think we would say this sort of thing
because from our point of view, the Earth is only important because we humans are on
it.

When we say global warming, for example, puts the Earth
in danger, of course you are right to say this is wrong.  In fact, only people (and some
animals and plants) are in danger.

But because we seem like
the most important things on Earth, we say that the Earth is in danger whenever we
people are in danger.

In A Tale of Two Cities, what is the attitude of Tellson´s Bank towards change?

We are first introduced to Tellson´s Bank in Chapter 1 of
the second section of the novel, "The Golden Thread". The description we are given of
Tellson´s Bank is worthy of some study, and you will find the answer to your question
there.

It is described as "old-fashioned" twice in the
first paragraph, and then the second paragraph gives us a key indicator as to their
attitude towards change:

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Any one of these partners would have disinherited
his son on the question of rebuilding Tellson´s. In this respect the House was much on a
par with the Country; which did very often disinherit its sons for suggesting
improvements in laws and customs that had long been highly objectionable, but were only
the more respectable.

Thus
Tellson´s Bank is established as an institution that clings to the past and will not
"improve" in any way. The description we are given of its interior is funny in the
uncomfortableness of its environs. Upon entering Tellson´s Bank, we are told, you come
to your senses in a "miserable little shop", with the "dingiest of windows" and
customers who need to see "the House" they are made to wait in the most "dismal
twilight" contemplating their lives as if it were a prison. The general description is
of squalor and old age, for we are told:

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When they took a young man into Tellson´s London
house, they hid him somewhere till he was old. They kept him in a dark place, like a
cheese, until he had the full Tellson flavour and blue-mould upon
him.

Whilst this description
of the "maturing process" of Tellson´s workers is funny, it contributes to the overall
picture of an extremely traditional institution that is definitely not open to new ideas
or change.

What changes have taken place in Silas Marner throughout the book, and what were their causes?

Silas Marner learns to love.  At the beginning of the book, he is betrayed and hurt by his best friend, so he shuts out all humanity.  All he cares about is the gold that he accumulates.  Once the gold is stolen and he finds Eppie, he begins to love again.  His natural goodness comes out and he realizes that people are more important than money.

Lady Macbeth of the play Macbeth has often been seen as one of Shakespeare's strongest women; in fact, some may see her as an early feminist. Why?

Consider this famous speech of Lady Macbeth's.  It is some of the best evidence that she held "feminist" beliefs: 

Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here;
And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full
Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood,
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts,
And take my milk for gall, your murdering ministers,
Wherever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature's mischief!

Much of the feminist movement has been motivated by a desire for equality.  Women wanted to be considered just as capable of men as doing every job they did - whether that be the job of voting, holding political office, or performing certain sports.  Here, Lady Macbeth is specifically asking the universe to "unsex" her.  She wants her womanly characteristics taken away so that she can perform the duties that society says is a "man's job". 

Is the condition that the author depicts in chapt. 9 likely to inspire citizen confidence in the government and willingness to follow laws?

The conditions described in chapter nine are not at all likely to inspire confidence in the government.  The chapter describes the shanty towns and difficulties in finding places to live.  It mentions people who bribe the government to get a house built for them faster.  It talks about the government saying it will build shelter and lavoratories, but the government comes through slowly if at all.  People frantically try to find places to shelter their families wherever they can.  The conditions are deplorable and the government acts like it wants to help, but the help is minimal and slow.

What excuse or explanation did Macbeth give for killing the guards (grooms)? What is his real reason?

After first feigning ignorance, Macbeth comes forward with an excuse. Macbeth tells Macduff and Lennox that when he went to Duncan's room and found him dead, he became enraged by the sight of the guards, covered in blood and holding the daggers, and killed them. He claims it was in his grief he committed the murder to avenge Duncan's death.

The true reason he killed the guards is that when he went to approach Duncan, one of the guards yelled "Murder!" in his sleep and caused both guards to awaken. He kills them to cover his tracks, as witnesses were not an option.

Macduff is the only character who seems to suspect Macbeth. Macbeth's story does not seem to satisfy Macduff, and he will exhibit further signs of distrust later in the play.

How are Vivian and Jason alike in the play Wit?

To add to the excellent answer given above, both
characters are involved in what are typically viewed as compassionate, people-oriented
professions.  Jason is a doctor, but his primary interest is not the patient but the
field of research itself.  He has his "own ideas" as to how to solve the cancer puzzle,
a puzzle that intrigues him so much that he is insensitive to the emotional state of his
patient Vivian.  Vivian, as a professor of the poetry of John Donne, is very similar to
Jason in this regard.  As Susie comments, poetry is seemingly emotional and intuitive,
but not the way Vivian Bearing taught it.  Like Jason, her heart was in the research
aspect of Donne's poetry, in solving the puzzle of the speaker's relationship with God,
rather than in her students or even the emotional aspects of the poems she studied.  She
was a hard nosed professor who refused to have compassion for her students as
individuals.  And in her analysis of Donne's work, it seems that she might have missed
the emotional impact that his eloquent words convey.

Both
Vivian Bearing and Jason Posner are gifted, talented, and highly intelligent
individuals, very capable in their chosen endeavors.   At the play's end, we come to
admire Vivian's toughness and strength. She never indulges in self pity and prides
herself on learning the cancer vocabulary.  She realizes the choices she has made in her
career, and accepts the consequences. We are not as certain of Jason.  He made a huge
mistake in not recognizing the fact that Vivian was No Code and in trying to revive her
"for research."  We don't know how he will fare in the future, and we do not have the
same admiration for him at the play's end.

In Night, describe the prisoner's indoctrination into concentration camp life and also how does it benefit the Nazis?Chapter 3

The prisoner's are shipped by packed cattle car to the concentration camp, separated men from women, guards hold guns to them at every turn, other guards scream at them - the prisoners are registered, stripped, shaved, showered, administered prison clothing, disinfected. The motto of the concentration camps was "Work is Freedom", and the guards work to drill this into the prisoner's brains.

This indoctrination benefits the Nazi's for several reasons. First, they pillage the belongings of the Jews. Next, they separate them, and in doing so, they kill any thoughts of rebellion. The Nazi's treated the Jews like animals and degraded them - this treatment lowers moral so again the Jews would not be likely to try and fight back. Finally, the Nazi's were able to use the Jews as free labor to support their war efforts. The Nazi's would work a prisoner until they died or were too weak to work anymore, in which case they were put to death.

The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is the result of their own impulsive actions.Give supporting details agreeing or disagreeing with this...

Romeo and Juliet were young teens who were not ready for the committment of marriage.  Their actions were impulsive and compounded the tragedy.  First, Romeo was in love with Rosaline and pined over her even when she never gave him the time of day and didn't know he existed.  Then all of a sudden he sees Juliet at the feast, and Rosaline no longer exists.  Next, Romeo and Juliet make their vows to each other, on the balcony, when they have only muttered a few words at the feast and they are already making wedding plans.  Soon they are married and before the marriage even gets started, Romeo is banished, Juliet fakes her death, Romeo thinks she is dead, she drinks the poison, and Juliet stabs herself.  The two were impulsive in their actions, but determined to be together.  They didn't care what their families did or said, they would be together, whether in life or death.  They knew what the outcomes could be, but it didn't stop them.  But even if the couple took their time getting to know each other, or courting as they say, the odds were against them from the start because of the Feud.  Did their impulsive actions cause the tragedy, partly, but their family history would never have allowed them a future together.

What is the significance of the yellow note in Chestnut Tree Cafe?"There came into it—but it was something hard to describe.It was a peculiar,...

My interpretation of the yellow note is that it has come
to signify the cowardice and betrayal that have now combined to destroy Winston.  He and
Julia both discuss the fact that they betrayed each other, that under the incredible
torture they both gave up the other, that in the end "All you care about is yourself." 
Because of this, the affection he felt for her, the only really true thing in his life,
has now become as cracked and yellow and empty as everything else around
him.

The "jeering" note serves to remind him of this, to
remind him of his deepest inner cowardice, that which betrayed all the hatred he felt
for the party, all the bravery he thought he possessed that allowed him to consider such
things as helping the proles to revolt, etc.  The music is not just despicable or empty
and tinny now, it is yellow and it jeers at him, mocking him as a human
being.

What is the contrast between Puck and Bottom?

Bottom is a mortal who is a control freak and basically intolerable.  His name says it all, and later in the play when his head is turned into that of an "ass" it culminates his attitude and personality.

Puck is a Pixie--not a mortal.  He is not intolerable, he just enjoys playing pranks.  He serves Oberon the King of the Pixies with loyalty and zealous joy.

Describe five important features of the fluid mosaic model of membrane structure proposed by S.L Singer and G.L Nicholson.

The fluid mosaic model is used to represent the structure
of the cell membrane.  The cell membrane is flexible and can move and shift sideways,
much like a liquid shifts from side to side in a container when the container is
disturbed.  It is because of the cell membrane's ability to shift that it is considered
to be "fluid". 

A mosaic is a substance that is made up of
a bunch of different parts (imagine a mosaic picture).  The cell membrane is also made
up of  different parts that are integrated together, and this is where the mosaic part
comes in.  The cell membrane is made up of lipids, proteins, and cholesterol.  The
proteins and cholesterol molecules are imbedded in the phospholipid bilayer.  The
proteins are important because they act like doors that allow certain molecules to enter
into or leave the cell. 

The cell membrane is a bilayer. 
This means that there are two layers sandwiched together.  Each layer consists of a
phospholipid that has a hydrophillic head and a hydrophobic tail.  The tails of each
layer point towards the center of the membrane and the heads of the layers are on the
outside.  Imagine a peanut butter sandwich.  You have two pieces of bread, each with one
side with peanut butter.  The peanut butter is on the inside on both pieces and the
outside is dry on both pieces and points to the environment.  Hydrophobic means water
fearing and hydrophillic means water loving.  This arrangement of the phospholipids
regulate which molecules can go in or out of the
cell. 

Summary

1.  fluid (can
move)

2.  mosaic (made up of a lot of differnt parts
integrated together)

3.  bilayer (helps regulate what goes
in and out)

4.  proteins (serve as markers on the surface
for identification purposes and to allow certain molecules in and
out)

5.  transport (passive and active, allows molecules
across membrane)

What does Jonas see in the apple while he is playing catch with Asher?

What Jonas sees in the apple is a bit of color.  He does
not really realize what he is seeing, though.

This happens
very early in the book.  All that we are told is that somehow the apple changed.  When I
first read the book, I had no idea what sort of change was going on at that
point.

Much later in the book, the Giver will tell Jonas
about color and Jonas will realize what it was that he was seeing.  But at this point in
the book, he has no idea what happened with the apple.

In the story "A Jury of Her Peers," who are Minnie Wright's peers and why?

Minnie's peers are other women--those who understand the
pressures of having to take whatever the man dishes out, so to speak. Specifically, they
are Martha Hale and Mrs. Peters. 

Martha knew Minnie as a
girl, so she is clearly older than Minnie and is therefore not particularly her peer
because of age.  Mrs. Peters is the Sheriff's wife, a position much higher than that of
Minnie, so she's not really Minnie's peer on a social level.  However, both are women
who understand what happened in this relationship and what happened to Minnie to cause
her to commit such a drastic act of violence against her husband.  That's what makes
them her peers.

Their dilemma in "A Jury of her Peers" is
whether or not to tell what they've observed, which is obviously more of a problem for
the wife of a sheriff than for a fellow farm wife.  What they decide, in their unspoken
jury deliberations, is that the men who are investigating would probably not believe
them, and the men on the jury would probably convict her (without any real understanding
of her circumstances) if they did hear all the evidence.   Thus, Minnie's jury of peers
conducted a trial, and they found her innocent.

When Hester throws down her scarlet letter, the transfiguration that was foreshadowed occurs, and Hester's beauty returns.

I am assuming that you want an explanation of the symbolism that occurs with this act of throwing the scarlet letter. Hester is experiencing an escape from her reality, the woods is a respite from the burden of the community. She, Pearl, and Dimmesdale are alone in the woods. As she takes down her hair, which is symbolic of Hester's letting herself relax, the sun shines down on them. She tosses the letter, and this is also a symbol of her feeling a freedom from her constant reminder of sin.

Yet, this is a mere respite, not a total transformation. She is lighthearted and beautiful for a time, yet the fact that the scarlet letter did not fall into the stream and get carried away, instead it gets caught in the shrubbery, symbolizes that Hester is not truly free of the burden of her sin.

What is the point of Dante's journey through the after-life? What did it mean to be a Christian in Dante's time?

The point of Dante's journey through the after-life is to express his own living hell after his exile from Florence and, at the same time, enlighten and edify his readers concerning what it truly means to be an upright Christian. Quite frankly in Dante's time to be a Christian meant listening to the Pope unquestioningly. This infuriated Dante since he at a young age entered the political scene of Florence at a time when Florence was more important than Rome for the economical and political growth and stability of the Italian peninsula. Dante knew the true faces of these religious figures.

In fact Dante was seen as such a threat that he was very nearly excommunicated. The Church initiated an investigation against him in which he made his own defense beautifully in such terms that even the Church had to admit that he was undoubtedly Christian through and through. Still, the Church banished some of his works that touched on political subjects for fear of what they might stir, pretty much proving what Dante says about them in the Divine Comedy.

Likewise I love to rip on our political system and the blatant corruption of our government in my book _White Man's Inferno_. Because Dante proved a true poet has to tell it how it is with no candy coating!

What kinds of literature and art does Twain satirize through Emmeline Grangerford? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

In my opinion, Twain is satirizing romantic art and
literature through the character of Emmeline Grangerford.  The Romantic movement was one
that really emphasized strong emotions.

If you look at the
kinds of art and poetry and stuff that Emmeline likes or that she creates herself, the
stuff is full of really strong emotion.  It is all rather caricatured with all this
stuff with "Alas" in the title.  It is obsessed with death, which is of course a very
emotional thing.

So I think Twain is starizing Romanticism
because he has Emmeline being so emotional over things like dead
birds.

Why does Emily go crazy? Who is to blame?

The actual word for Emily is not that she went crazy, but
that she "snapped". And for this, she had many
reasons.

First, she lived her entire life under the spell
of her overwhelming father, who controlled nearly every aspect of her life, and limited
her immensely.

Second, she never learned to live on her
own, nor to be self-sufficient without feeling insecure. She had enormous gaps in her
psychological development which made her unable to establish social bonds, and even more
unable to love and be loved.

Being unable to connect,
whatever connections do come along become a huge deal that is nothing like the feelings
normal people get (normal is a term used loosely, granted). Emily saw in Homer the first
and only chance to connect, which is a human need, and the moment he was about to leave
her, life as she knew it would have fallen under her feet. She had to do something, and
she thought of the ultimate blockage: Death- This is when she snapped and got the
arsenic to kill her only link outside her inner circle of dysfunctional family members
before it left her first.

How do "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," by Robert Frost, compare in the use of imagery to convey meaningI...

In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," the speaker
stops apparently to simply to revel in the beauty of the snowy blanket on trees and
fields. However, because the speaker mentions the "frozen lake," there is an indication
that the poem may not be merely an aesthetic experience of nature.  The auditory image
of the "harness bells" which recall the speaker to reality is overshadowed by the
silence:  the "sound's the sweep" suggests in its allitertion the sound of the wind.  In
the last stanza, the idea of the alluring quality of nature is present in this poem as
it is in "The Road Not Taken"; the speaker is tempted to go deeper into the woods, but
his obligations--"miles to go before I sleep" prevent him from doing
so.

Like the speaker in "The Road Not Taken," this speaker
avoids the lure of the more tempting choice, a choice that is not dark as in the other
poem, "but just as fair."  In fact, the paths are in "a yellow wood," where it is sunny,
rather than frozen and dark.  But, perhaps, because the choice is between two paths that
so similar, or because he does not have other obligations, the speaker of "The Road Not
Taken" is ambivalent about which to choose, so ambivalent that he
is

...telling
this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages
hence

whereas the speaker of
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" simply reminds himself of his obligations:  "I
have miles to go before I sleep."

"The most important characters in Macbeth are the witches." Evaluate this statement with direct reference to the play.

In order to argue that the witches are the most important
characters in Shakespeare's Macbeth, I believe you would have to
center on a certain issue/theme in the play.  You would have to go beyond the fact that
they are catalysts or that they put the idea into Macbeth's mind to become
king.

You would need to center on the issue of
predestination or fate.  You would have to center on the idea that the witches really do
know the future, and that they, or fate, or God control the
future. 

The issues of predestination and free will were
important in Shakespeare's day, due to the Protestant reformation, and the issue of fate
has been debated and studied since at least the Greeks.  This is what you would need to
center on in order to argue that the witches are the most important characters in the
play.

Think of it this way:  if the witches know the
future, then isn't the future set?  If the witches know the future, then what choice
does Macbeth have?  None, according to the argument you will need to
make. 

There's a fine line between knowing the future, and
determining it. 

What are two main conflicts in the story and are they solved?

One main conflict is between Granny and the white filmmakers, which represents the broader conflict of race. The filmmakers see Granny and her home and family as representative of rural, poor black families, and they are wanting to use them to make a broad political statement. They make condescending, stereotypical remarks to Granny, reflecting their prejudice toward blacks.

Another conflict represented by the conflict between Granny and the filmmakers is that of the poor against society. The filmmakers seem to be making a statement against giving food stamps to the poor. They reflect a society that doesn't understand the needs of the poor, and the filmmakers make assumptions about Granny and her family that reveal their uninformed attitudes.

What is Atticus referring to when he says, “We’ve made it this way for them, they might as well learn to cope with it”?Atticus tells this to...

This statement is made by Atticus in Chapter 22
of To Kill a Mockingbird after the Tom Robinson trial has ended.
Jem returns home crying, and Aunt Alexandra greets him with "I'm sorry, brother."
Alexandra notices how upset Jem is, and she comments that she didn't think the trial was
something for children to witness.

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    "This is their home, sister," said Atticus.
"We've made it this way for them, they might as well learn to cope with
it."

Atticus is referring to
his decision to defend Tom in the first place, knowing that the family would be
scrutinized for his defense of a black man against his white accuser. By allowing his
children to witness the trial first-hand, it was just another way of giving his children
the chance to grow up quickly in the mixed-up world around them.

Why did Soda's girlfriend,Sandy, suddenly move to Florida to live with her grandparents?

We are not exactly told why Sandy moved to Florida. 
However, if you read between the lines of the story, it seems pretty clear that she
moves because she is pregnant.

You can see this because of
what is said in Chapter 12.  There, Darry says "When Sandy went to Florida ... it wasn't
Soda..."  We don't know what "it" is, but I assume that "it" refers to who the baby's
father was.  That's why Soda was so devastated.

We can also
infer that she was pregnant because Soda offerred to marry her before she
left.

Remember that in these days (the book is from 1967)
it was really quite shameful to get pregnant without being married.  So it's realistic
to think that someone would move if she got pregnant.  And it's realistic to think that
the guy would offer to marry her if he thought it was his.