In ch.12, Does Ralph understand why he must be killed?; what is the irony of Samneric's behaviour?

The bitter irony of the story’s end is that the smoke the boys use to flush Ralph for the kill is the signal for their rescue. Jack, or perhaps even Roger, unleash their power in order to kill Ralph: the last remaining vestige of civilization. They do not seem to care, or perhaps they do not understand, that what they have done will destroy them all. Like Ralph, Jack is unable to see the other side of his own nature. Ironically, it is Ralph’s vision that is realized when a ship arrives after having spotted their smoke. Ralph knows he will die, even though he may not completely understand the reasons for his death.  The only two truly non-violent people--Simon and Piggy--don't survive the island.

The irony of Samneric's behavior is that they allow Ralph to pass by them through the forest without signaling the others.  They are to "hunt" Ralph like all the other boys, but they recognize that Ralph has been good to them and allow him to pass even though they realize Ralph's death is eminent.

In Hamlet, what is the atmosphere of the court routine that begins in Act I, Scene 2?

The atmosphere is unsettled at best.  Claudius begins with the "happy" announcement of his marriage to Gertrude, praising her beauty and celebrating his position as king.  He speaks lavishly of his love of his wife and his people, including Hamlet.  But then he immediately launches into his concern that Fortinbras will challenge Denmark in war.  At the same time,  Hamlet is moping off to the side, making snide comments to himself and responding with bitter remarks to the loving comments of his uncle and mother.  The audience is left to feel that this is a country - and a family - in turmoil.

How can you say that the Revolutionary War was lost by the British rather than won by the Americans?

The statement that "the revolutionary war was lost by the
British rather than won by the Americans" unjustifiable belittles the efforts,
sacrifices and the determination of the American people in a hard fought war lasting 8
years.

It is agreed that British were a formidable
adversaries, very difficult to defeat. But that is all the more reason for giving
greater rather than less credit to the American People. It is important to note that the
American war of independence was fought on American land, impacting the common American
people. For the British people the war produced no such personal hardships for the
common people as it did for the Americans.

There are hardly
any wars in the world where every one from a side is vanquished before the other party
is considered victorious. A warring party become victorious when the other party is
routed and retreats, or decides that holds no prospects of victory, or the costs of
further war are not worth the victory, and in response asks for
peace.

The surrender on October 19, 1781, of more than 8000
men representing more than a fourth of British forces in North America, represented the
start of British defeat. After this the British were not able to offer any major fight,
though the war continued for two more years. Fearing that continuation of this war might
cause more damage than just loss of their colonies in 13 warring states of USA, British
initiated peace talks in 1782, which finally led to signing of the Treaty of Paris on
September 3, 1783.

how does the fellow traveler undermine goodman browns' faith?

The traveler, the devil, shows Brown that humans have more in common with evil than with goodness.  Notice how as Brown begins his journey, he believes he is destined for heaven.  However, the farther the devil lures him into the woods, the more he undermines Brown's faith.  Whether or not Brown's relatives really were in league with the devil is never clear, but the devil just plants enough seeds of doubt in Brown's mind to shake his faith, which he never really recovers, for he is never able to look at his fellow citizens of Salem the same ever again.

In fact, the devil so completely undermines Brown's faith that he reduces him to the most frightening presence in the woods, despite the devil himself and all those gathered at the black mass.

How has Dickens utilized misinformation to create a sense of mystery in a Tale of Two Cities as of Book II?A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

One of the features of A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens is his duality of identity in several of his characters. 
One minor character who is pivotal to the plot of the novel is the spy who testifies in
Chapter 2 of Book the Second.  "The virtuous servant" as he is ironically termed by
Dickens is named as Roger Cly. He is the "forger and false swearer" who claims that
Charles Darnay has spoken against the King of England and is guilty of
treason. 

Later in the novel, Jerry Cruncher witnesses the
"funeral" of this Roger Cly, an incident that creates misinformation.  This witnessing
by Jerry Cruncher and his later discovery that there is no body in the grave makes Jerry
a lever in the plot when his knowledge of Cly's fake burial enables Sydney Carton to
blackmail John Barsad effectively.  John Barsad is the spy for the French whom Carton is
able to manipulate into allowing himself to be switched in Charles Darnay's place at the
prison in which the aristocrats are kept before being
guillotined.

But, to add further to the misinformation
about Roger Cly/John Basard, as well as the mystery, neither of these names are real. 
In actuality, this man is Solomon Pross, the brother of Miss Pross, nurse to Lucie
Manette.  To add to the misinformation surrounding her brother, Miss Pross believes that
her brother is a decent and admirable person when Mr. Lorry in Chapter of Book II has
discovered

the
fact that her brother Solomon was a heartless scoundrel who had stripped her of
everything she possessed,...and had abandoned her in her poverty for evermore, with no
touch of compunction.

Another
example of misinformation about a character is in the descriptions of Sydney Carton as
the "jackal."  For, a jackal is a scavenger who feeds from prey that other animals have
already killed or that have already died.  However, in truth it is C.J. Stryver who
preys upon Carton and feeds from the brillance of Carton's mind in their legal cases. 
He has Carton sit for hours figuring the best way to win.  When Carton arrives at his
place, Stryver refers to him as "Memory" and orders him to get to work.  This "idlest
and most unpromising of men," as Dickens writes is truly the brillance behind Stryver's
legal arguments.

Still another misinformation is Dickens's
use of hyperbole to suggest other ideas. In Chapter 6, for example, Miss Pross complains
to Mr. Lorry that "Hundreds" of people have come to visit her "Ladybird" that are not
worthy of "the pet."  In reality the house in Soho is on the end of a quiet street and
only a few visitors come to visit.  However, Dickens uses the figurative "hundreds of
people" to foreshadow the true marching of hundreds in the revolution that will
soon come to pass in France.

Finally, the misinformation
about Madame Defarge as merely one of the revolutionaries adds much to the mystery of
the novel.  For, she is the link to the persecution of Charles Darnay, ne
Evremonde, and, later Lucie.  Because her entire family perished as a result of the
cruelty of the twin Evremonde brothers, she has vowed to exact revenge upon this family
as well as the entire race of French aristocrats, serving as a symbolic character to the
intensity and bloodlust behind the French Revolution.

On the basis of Gertrude's description of Ophelia's death's, in Act IV, Scene 7, do you consider it a suicide?explain

Ophelia's death is appropriate for her character.  She is
paralyzed in a man's world, caught between her love of Hamlet and her duty to her
father.  Both men let her down.  When Hamlet kills Polonius, Ophelia loses both her
father and the man she loves.  As a result, she cracks.  She has an emotional breakdown
and truly goes mad.  Whereas Hamlet only pretends madness, Ophelia completely loses her
sanity. 

As she goes to gather flowers for a garland, the
slender reed that she climbed upon could not support her weight (much as the men in her
life provide flimsy support), and she falls into the brook.  Not having the wits to save
herself, her garments pull her down, and she sinks.  So the death is partly accidental
but caused by a paralysis of spirit and wit--and quite representative of her actions
earlier in the play. In spite of herself, she had become caught up in the "corrupted
currents of the world,"  when she helped Polonius spy on
Hamlet. 

 If it is suicide, it is a passive suicide.   The
priest at Ophelia's funeral believes her death is a suicide, but Laertes does not.  The
gravediggers also debate the question.  Just as many actions in
Hamlet are difficult to judge, Ophelia's death is no
exception. 

How did dwarves respond when Bilbo asked for volunteers to accomany him into the mountain in The Hobbit?

The reacted excitedly, as dwarves in Tolkien's epic tale
were known as miners, and controlled the Mines of Moria for generations.  So the Dwarves
expect to reuinte with family and friends, expect to feel at home in the mines, and to
introduce Bilbo around and spend nights of feasting, drinking and storytelling.  They
are, of course, disappointed to find the mines all but
abandoned.

It is Tolkien's way of foreshadowing the future
books in the series and illustrating that Middle Earth has changed, and was changing. 
That the danger was real and present.

In Julius Caesar, what is the immediate cause of the quarrel between Brutus and Cassius? How does Cassius defend himself? (Act 4, scene 3)

Cassius and Brutus are fighting over Brutus' accusations against Lucius Pella, who Brutus believes to have taken bribes.  Cassius defended the man, a friend of his, and is angry that Brutus punished Pella anyway, despite the fact that Cassius wrote letters in his defence.  Brutus then goes on to accuse Cassius himself of accepting bribes, and is also angry because he had requested money from Cassius for the troops, which Cassius refused to send:

"I did send to you for gold to pay my legions, which you denied me."

Cassius denies this, and finally the argument is ended when Cassius offers Brutus his sword, telling him to go ahead and kill him if Brutus truly believes such things of him.

Cassius doesn't seem to really have much defense.  It is difficult to tell if he has really done the things Brutus accused him of, and his method of ending the argument is to appeal to Brutus' honor...Of course Brutus isn't going to stab Cassius, and Cassius' offer takes the wind out of Brutus' angry sails.

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If Rainsford wins the hunt what does Zaroff promise him?

The "promise" made by Zaroff is that Rainsford will be allowed to leave the island if he manages to evade Zaroff in the hunt for three days; however, the reader is left to make a judgment call as to whether he is to be trusted or not.  Please do keep in mind that this is the same man who hunts people for fun; in the end, we are left, once again, to make a decision.  What does Rainsford do with Zaroff in the end, once he has him at his mercy in Zaroff's bedroom?  Do you release a master hunter back into the jungle and give him the opportunity to hunt you down again, or do you become a killer yourself and sleep at peace?

What are the conflicts of the story "The Most Dangerous Game"?

Man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, and man vs. animal are also examples of the types of conflict present in the story.

The first, man vs. man, is the most apparent and obvious conflict in that it presents the primary conflict for the protagonist, that being Rainsford finding himself pitted against his host, General Zaroff, in a fight for his life.

Man vs. self is the personal and internal struggle that Rainsford is experiencing.  At the opening of the story, we learn that he finds hunting to be the greatest sport and shows no care for the feelings of his prey as evidenced in his conversations on the ship before he falls off and arrives at Shiptrap Island.

Man vs. nature occurs as he is running through the jungle away from Zaroff.  He must use his surroundings to his advantage to save himself from Zaroff's gun.

Finally, man vs. animal is quite specific in that it occurs when he running from Zaroff's dogs. He must use one of his hunting traps to save himself from their menacing jaws.

Why does the woman refuse to leave her books? What effect does this have on the firemen, particulary Montag?

The unnamed woman refuses to leave her books because they are vital to her.  In this shallow society of the future, they are all that are valuable to her.  She is also making a statement by igniting the flames herself - that she would rather die than lose what she believes in. 

This is a pivotal moment for Montag.  For it causes him to question what the firemen are doing.  If a person could so love books and find them so important as to burn alive with them, then what is the power and mystery of books and the words they contain?  It is no wonder then that Montag stashes away one of the lady's books.

During the night he cannot sleep.  He keeps thinking about her and searching for meaning in his life.  One might wonder if Montag isn't questioning himself on whether he has anything so meaningful in his life that he would die for it.

Is there an apology from Frankenstein's Monster for the murders he has committed?Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In the final chapter of Frankenstein,
the creature does express remorse for his heinous acts because they have caused the
death of his creator.  Certainly, he weeps over the body of Victor Frankenstein, whom he
has loved from the moment he opened his eys, displaying more feeling for Victor than
Victor has had for him.  As he regards the body of his creator, the creature is filled
with the "wildest rage of some uncontrollable
passion":

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'That is also my victim!...in his murder my
crimes are consummated....Oh, Frankenstein! generous and self-devoted being! what does
it avail that I now ask thee to pardon
me?'

He tells
Walton,

But it
is true that I am a wretch.  I have murdered the lovely and the helpless...I have
devoted my creator, the select specimen of all that is worthy of love and admiration
among men, to misery....your abhorrence cannot equal that with which I
regard
myself.

Then,
as he looks again upon Victor, the creature speaks of his "bitterest remorse" and tells
his creator that the desire Victor has had to seek revenge is not as great as the desire
for vengeance against himself that he feels:

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Blasted as thou wert, my agony was still superior
to thine; for the bitter sting of remorse will not cease to
rankle in my wounds until death shall close them for
ever.

Despite his having
exacted revenge against Victor, the creature feels sorry for his creator and rues that
he has destroyed the man he loved in destroying all that Victor loved. Indeed, there is
a plea for forgiveness in his awful remorse.

Did the narrator first respond to Roderick Usher with anger or disregard?

Wow, I have to completely disagree with the first answer simply because the question can be taken in a totally different way!  Yes, it could mean the narrator's "first response" to Usher when Madeline appears, ... but that is NOT the narrator's first response!  The first response (NOT in person) is through letter.  The first response (IN person) is when the narrator arrives at Usher's home.  So, let's look at these possibilities, just in case that is what you mean by your question.

Well, the best way to look at this question is to find the quotation and put it in context.  The first instance would be when the narrator receives the letter:

A letter, however, had lately reached me in a distant part of the country--a letter from him--which, in its wildly importunate nature, had admitted no other than a personal reply. The writer spoke of acute bodily illness--of a mental disorder, ... which allowed me no room for hesitation; and I accordingly obeyed forthwith.

If this is the "first response" you mean, then I would say the narrator responds with neither anger NOR disregard, but with grave concern.  How would he NOT?  There is sickness and mental illness mentioned! ... of a dear friend!  As the quote implies, the narrator rushes to Usher's side.  How loyal of him!

However, you might also mean the "first response" when the narrator first SEES Usher after a long time:

Upon my entrance, Usher arose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth ... [and] sincerity.  We sat down; and for some moments, while he spoke not, I gazed upon him with a feeling half of pity, half of awe.  Surely, man had never before so terribly altered, in so brief a period, as had Roderick Usher!

Again, if this is the "first response" you mean, I would have to say is neither anger nor disregard again.  The narrator says plainly:  "I gazed upon him with a feeling half of pity, half of awe."  There you go.  There is concern there.  No anger.  No disregard.  He was "wan" and "cadaverous" with eyes "large and liquid."  Lips were "thin and very pallid."  This goes on and on to achieve Poe's "single effect" of horror.  There is still grave concern.

My guess, then, is that you don't mean the narrator's "first response" at all, but the response to Usher's call later in the story.  In this case, the first answer is correct.

To what extent was the Treaty of Versailles responsible for the outbreak of World War 1?

In case you are referring to what parts of the Treaty are
related to the causes of World War I.  The answer to that would be many of
them. 

Wilson's Fourteen Points, which were his framework
for world peace after World War I, included obvious causes of war such as battles for
control of the oceans and waterways, alliances in World War I which gave countries a
sense of overconfidence in victory, and more likely to start wars, and national
self-determination - minority populations living within imperial borders. He sought to
address all of these, and create a League of Nations in the Treaty of
Versailles.

1. Describe a major setting of the story.Provide vivid details. Tnx!2. What is the main Indroduction of a rose for emily?

The Emily's house described in the second paragraph of the story provides one important setting, which says as much about Emily as it does the house itself for it represents her.  It had "once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the [1870s], set on what had once been our most select street."  Emily, too, was once "pure" and young and beautiful, decorated in fancy clothes and designs because she came from a privileged family. Now, however, "garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily's house as left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay...."  Modernization has rendered her neigborhood as it has rendered her obsolete and  hidden by industry--the past has been obscured by the present.  But her house, as "stubborn and coquettish" as she remains, just as her legacy will not easily disappear.

What are some artists/works that link Magical Realism to photography?

Great question! 

Are you looking strictly for for photographers/ visual artists or writers?

If photography/ visual art, I assume you've started with Franz Roh? and, though he's more of a surrealist...Man Ray

also try: Shirin Neshat; Julien Pacaud

If you are willing to include other visual artists, you might also want to look at: Rob Gonzalves; Mati Klarwein;Ivan Albright;George Tooker; Lori Field; Richard Selesnick and Nicholas Kahn; Carrie Ann Baade (maybe too surreal)

Film

Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labrynth)

If text:

Marquez, Isabel Allende, Alejando Carpentier, Yan Martel, Salman Rushdie, Laura Esquivel

Hope this helps

In Poe's poem "The Raven," how would you describe the speaker's reaction when the raven first appears?

The speaker was rather surprised and bemused. In the first two lines of the eighth stanza, he says, "Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling...By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore". The sight of the bird, sitting so seriously above his chamber door with an almost human-like demeanor must have been a ludicrous sight, and it made him smile.

In chapter 12 or 13 What does the giver tell Jonas about his personal family life?

The Giver tells Jonas something about his personal family
life in Chapter 13.

What he tells Jonas is about the kind
of issues that Jonas will face when he is the Receiver.  He tells Jonas that he will not
be able to share his work with his spouse.  He will not be able to tell her anything
about what happens in his days.  He will also not be able to tell her about the books.
This is hard, he says.

He tells Jonas that he did have a
spouse, but she now lives with the Childless Adults.

What is the significance of D-Day?June 6, 1944

The significance of this day is that it was the day on
which the Allied forces invaded Normandy, France in World War II.  The overall commander
of this invasion force was Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who later became president of the
US.

Earlier in the war, the Germans had conquered
essentially all of Western Europe.  If the Allies were going to defeat Germany in this
war, they were going to need to invade the mainland and, eventually, invade Germany
itself.

The D-Day landings in Normandy were the first step
of that invasion.  The fact that the landings succeeded allowed the Allies to eventually
push all the way into Germany and end the war in Europe.

In Chapter 17 & 18 does John's contemplation of death conflict with our impression of his strong character in Brave New World?

I am not sure that I would characterize John as a "strong"
character, although I'm not exactly sure what that means.  John was an "alien" being in
Brave New World; he had a set of values that were in conflict with
almost everything he saw in their society.  His reactions were passionate, but I think
they came from his inability to understand their world and his holding on to what had
made sense for him throughout his life.

Toward the end, he
seems to be overwhelmed by his inability to deal with or change their world, so he opts
for suicide.  I also suspect that this was a "practical" need in the novel.  All the
characters had served their "purpose," so Huxley may have decided to wrap up the lose
ends by having the Savage end his life and just let us imagine that things continued in
BNW has they had "always" been.  In a sense this reenforces the theme that the
individual has little weight in their society, no matter how much Shakespeare he/she
knows.

Is Philip Larkin a poet of The Movement? If so, what are the reasons supporting this?Discuss Philip larkin's poetry as The Movement poetry or a...

Philip Larkin is generally acknowledged to be a poet of
The Movement, which grew up out of and was a reaction against the Modernist movement.
Each has distinguishing characteristics that are opposed to each other and Larkin's work
fits firmly in the characteristics that define The Movement. These characteristics
pertain to form, self, individualism, and realism.

title="Modernist Poetry and the Contemporary Scene, C. John Holcombe. TextEtc.com"
href="http://www.textetc.com/modernist.html">Modernism rejected
conventional poetic form and presented itself as a fragmentation of form, which was
visible in experimentation with genre and the fragmentation of time, which presented
events in a non-chronological, non-linear, non-unified order. Self, the ontological
representation of the speaker and/or writer, is alienated--from self and society--and
similarly fragmented. Characterization or defining qualities are obscure and possibly
shallow, making knowledge of the presented self elusive.

In
Modernist poetry, individualism is a paramount concern. In this sense, individualism
refers to representing the speaker's and/or writer's personal, individual experience
regardless of whether it may or may not represent a universal commonality amongst
people. A correlated characteristic is the representation of a Modernist world view that
is anti-realism, meaning Modernist poems are not meant nor desired to be held up to
reality as a true representation or a reliable mirror of life or the
world.

On the other hand, the poets of title="Introduction to Modernist Poetry. Edsitement, National Endowment for the Arts"
href="http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=615">The Movement
embraced a return to form as a reaction against the fragmentation of form begun by the
Modernists. Regarding self, The Movement offered straightforward representations of the
self of the poetic speaker or writer, and, in that sense, presented a positive
ontological view of self as opposed to the Modernist alienated ontological view. In
correlation with self, the individualism of Modernism gave way to The Movement's
representation of the individual in relation to society, reacting to, and often reacting
against, society.

While Modernists embraced experimentation
of form, The Movement embraced the forms and conventions of previously established
poetic genres, embracing structure in reaction against the Modernist's abandonment of
structure. In addition, while Modernists adhered to anti-realism, The Movement reflected
the reality of the mundane commonplace that was more realistic than the realism begun in
the Romantic period. Whereas Wordsworth, the founder of English poetic Romanticism,
laced his realism with metaphor and what might be called low poetic diction, The
Movement eschewed literary devices, striving for plain, direct language devoid of
simile, metaphor, symbolism or other literary
techniques.

Larkin's poetry displays all these
characteristics, from the structure of his composition to the straightforward
ontological representation of self devoid of alienation to the individual experience in
society (not eccentrically isolated) to the form and conventions of poetry that couched
the descriptions of the unembellished commonplaces of life. Philip Larkin is in fact a
true representative of The Movement because his poems both adhere to and help define the
definitive characteristics of The Movement.

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information, see the links to href="http://www.textetc.com/modernist.html">TextEtc.com and title="Introduction to Modernist Poetry. Edsitement, National Endowment for the Arts"
href="http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=615">EdSitement, National
Endowment for the Arts from which this answer is
drawn.]

How is Phoenix viewed and treated by the white people she meets in A Worn Path?

The way Phoenix is treated reflects the suble discrimination black people experience at the hands of society.  The hunter helps Phoenix out of a ditch but patronizes her, poking fun at her journey, taunting, "I know you old colored people...wouldn't miss a chance to...see Santa", and menacing her with his gun, flaunting his power and asking her if she is afraid. The nurse is impatient with her and assumes she is a charity case, condescendingly offering her a few pennies. The hunter calls Phoenix "Granny" and the nurse calls her "Aunt Phoenix" instead of "Mrs. Jackson", names which deny her dignity and individuality and show no deference to her age.

In Act 3, Scene 2, what piece of news has upset Juliet the most?It is in Romeo and Juliet.

In this scene, Juliet gets two pieces of bad news.  First,
she finds out that her cousin Tybalt is dead.  She apparently cares for him quite a bit
because she is very sad about his death.  Second, she finds out that it was Romeo that
killed him and that Romeo has been exiled from the city.

Of
the two, I think that she is more upset by what happens to Romeo.  We see this when her
mother is talking about how much she hates Romeo.  Juliet pretends to go along, but she
is clearly saying that she still loves Romeo.

Discuss the political background in the romantic period.Revolution-Reaction

Even though the French Revolution ended in a dictatorship,
the Romantic poets saw it as a glorious event in that it represented the power of
ordinary citizens and the power of the individual to rise up against tyranny. The
American Revolution also occurred during the heart of the Romantic period. America's
version of Romanticism was Transcendentalism, most notably the authors Thoreau, Emerson
and Walt Whitman, who all wrote about the individual.  So the political influence on
Romanticism was a celebration of democracy and the power and ingenuity of the individual
- from any social class.  Whitman's "Song of Myself" is the anthem of this idea, just as
Emerson's "Self-Reliance," is the lecture to the individual and the mantra is Thoreau's
"march to the beat of your own drummer." In general, the political background of the
Romantic period is revolution and the struggle for individual freedom in democracy. On
both sides of the Atlantic.

Which archetype is found in Aeneid? Epic hero, fallen angel, rescued princess, or faithful friend?

If you decided to look hard,  you could find all of these
in the Aeneid.  One of the most obvious is the epic hero, in this case Aeneas.  He
doesn't fit some of the classical definitions of the epic hero, but much of the story
revolves around the many ways that he does.  He confronts very difficult decisions,
often being forced to weigh his own desires for his future against those of the gods and
what they've tasked him with doing.  He learns a number of painful lessons along the
way.

For example, one part of his epic quest, and one that
many epic heroes have shared, is his journey to the underworld in book 6.  He visits
Anchises and finally gets a clear vision of the future that is waiting for him, adding a
clearer set of goals to his epic quest.

Why do you think Sohrab tries to take his own life in Chapter 24 in The Kite Runner?

In the book The Kite Runner many
years before the confrontation between Amir and Assef over Sohrab, Assef had sexually
raped Sohrab's father Hassan.   When Amir goes to get the boy he is set up against
Assef.  Assef has Sohrab dressed like a girl.  He also makes him dance and wear female
jewelry.

One of the dominant indicators that Sohrab has
been used for sexual play is the way that Assef holds him and takes the grapes in his
mouth.  He wants Amir to know that he violated Sohrab
sexually.

Moving backwards to Sohrabs stay in the
orphanage, the reader learned that the Taliban had taken boys and girls from there to be
used for their own devices.  Sohrab would have no trust in the idea of having to stay
any where such as an orphanage.  Thinking that he would be returned to one from which he
could return to Assef's hands, he decides it would be better to end his
life.

In Act I of The Crucible, what question does Giles Corey ask Reverend Hale that shows his comical, innocent personality?

Giles Corey only asks Rev. Hale one real question in Act
I.  He asks it in a couple of different ways, but it is essentially the same question
every time.  What Corey asks Hale is what it means that Corey's wife has been reading
"strange books."  He says he has always wanted to ask a learned man that
question.

I suppose it shows his innocence because he is
not thinking about the fact that this is likely to get his wife in trouble.  I think it
is comical because he is asking a learned man (one who must have read lots of books) why
reading books makes a person do strange things.

Why is the town so stirred up by these events?

The town is ripe for the witch trials because of the strict Puritan religion, which forbids nearly everything but hard work and church.  To rebel against this strict code, the girls flee into the woods for their little ceremony.  However, once they realize Parris has seen them dancing and frolicking, they know what harsh consequences await them once words gets out.  So they feign mysterious illnesses.  Because the Puritans were so strict and believed that Satan was ever present in their lives, waiting to snare them, they were susceptible to the girls' lies about witch craft.  Once the accusations are leveled, the events compound. 

Soon this becomes the perfect opportunity for the townspeople to take revenge on those they envied.  So if one person coveted another person's land, they could spread rumors about that person being a witch and they would be seized by the court and stripped of all property and possessions.  Then the accuser could purchase the land.  Notice too that Giles states he has a source who claims Putnam persuaded his daughter to accuse people so he could get their land.

These are but a few of the reasons the town became so swept up in insanity of the witch trials.

What is the most important change needed in the US criminal Justice Sysytem? I think it has to with overcrowded prisons that affect...

Along the same lines as the above posts, there is the
argument for the legalization of marijuana.  Taking the profit out of the trafficking of
marijuana through legislation could easily have the same effect as eliminating
Prohibition did.  In fact, some states have decriminalized the sale of medical marijuana
already.

The decriminalization of the sale of marijuana
would have several positive effects. It would definitely reduce many of the criminal
activities in U.S. border states that reach far into their territory.  For instance, in
the May 10, 2010 edition of Newsweek in an article about the
dilemmas of Arizona, Eve Conant writes,

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An hour later they [sheriff's deputies] raided a
McMansion adorned with hunting trophies and Scarface posters; a
white SUV jammed with 300 pounds of marijuana was parked out front.  (Sixty percent of
all the marijuana that reaches the U.S. transits Arizona.)  Against the house was in a
high-end development, nowhere near the
border.

Another improvement
needed in the criminal justice system is the fact that there is no adequate sentencing
for pedophiles.  Studies have demonstrated that there is virtually no rehabilitation for
pedophiles, who repeatedly offend.  After having served time in prison and they are
released, they commit their crimes again; in addition, as they realize that their
chances of getting away with their crime are increased, they often, then, murder their
victims. 

Factor p(x) = x3+3x2-16x-48.

48 factors are 2,3,4,6,8,12,16. So we  see for which of
these p(x) vanishes.

Obviously, p(-3) =
-3^3+3*(-3)^2-16(-3)-48 = -9+9+48-48=0.

p(4) =
4^3+3*4^2-16*x-48 = 64+48-64-48 = 0.

So, (x+3)(x-4) are
factors of x^3+3x^2-16x-48.

So, x^3+3x^2-16x-48 =
(x+3)(x-4)(x+k). Putting x =0 we get

-48 = 3*-4*k. Or k =
-48/(-12 ) = 4.

Therefore (x+3)(x-4)(x+4) are the 3 factors
of p(x).

In Oedipus the King, what good qualities does Oedipus have?

Like many great kings, Oedipus has many good qualities.
First, he learns of the prophecy that he is to grow up and kill his father and marry his
mother. Not knowing that he is adopted, Oedipus leaves his home and family in order to
prevent the prophecy from manifesting itself true. No doubt, he is saddened by the fact
of leaving his homeland, but he does so to protect his parents. He proves he is
unselfish by leaving. He proves he cares about others more than
himself.

Sadly enough, in all his efforts to prevent the
horrific homicide of his own dear father, Oedipus runs directly into his terrible
destiny. Unknowingly, he murders his father and marries his mother. Again, unknowingly,
he seeks out the murderer of King Laius, his father, in order to rid the land of the
plague from the gods. Oedipus displays a genuine, deeply concerned attitude. Truly,
Oedipus cares for his new kingdom and its people. He meets directly with his subjects
and promises to kill the man who has caused the plague. Oedipus deeply cares about
others.

Lastly, not knowing that he himself is the
murderer, Oedipus searches the land for King Laius' killer. When learning that he
himself is the murderer of his own father, Oedipus tragically takes his own eyesight
through blinding himself. He cannot bear to look upon himself. Although his horrible
fate comes to pass, Oedipus had tried in every way to prevent it. Nonetheless, Oedipus
accepts total responsibility for the tragedy that occurs in his life. He doesn't blame
anyone but himself. Again, this is a great quality. He did all that he could do to
benefits others. The real tragedy is that so great a man had to suffer for crimes he
never meant to commit.

Overall, the reader has no ill will
toward Oedipus. The reader only has pity for such a horrible outcome in his life. After
reading the Oedipus tragedy, the reader views the character of Oedipus as a good man who
could not escape a terrible prophecy. Due to Oedipus' honest character, the reader never
questions the integrity if Oedipus. The reader is left with the impression of a great
man who greatly suffered despite his good intentions.

What are four examples of suspense and foreshadowing?From the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game."

Other examples of foreshadowing in "The Most Dangerous
Game":

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    "Don't talk rot,
Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how
the jaguar feels?"

Rainsford
will soon find out for himself how it feels to be hunted. Later, after he has fallen
overboard, he hears "the sound of an animal in an extremity of anguish and terror." But,
there is something peculiar about the sound.

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    He did not
recognize the animal that made the sound; he did not try to; with fresh vitality he swam
toward the sound. He heard it again; then it was cut short by another noise, crisp,
staccato.
    "Pistol shot," muttered Rainsford, swimming
on.

He will soon find out
that the sound is not that of an animal, but a man.

After
reaching the chateau, Rainsford shares a meal with General Zaroff, who the visitor
notices is studying him carefully. When Rainsford remarks that the Cape buffalo is the
most dangerous game of all, Zaroff disagrees.

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    For a moment
the general did not reply; he was smiling his curious red-lipped smile. Then he said
slowly, "No. You are wrong, sir. The Cape buffalo is not the most dangerous big game."
He sipped his wine. "Here in my preserve on this island," he said in the same slow tone,
"I hunt more dangerous game."
    Rainsford expressed his
surprise. "Is there big game on this island?"
    The
general nodded. "The
biggest."

Rainsford will
personally find out what this mysterious game is.

What is the symbolism of the candle buds in Lord of the Flies?

When I read about the candle buds in chapter three, as Simon retreats into his sanctuary, I think they stand for a couple things simultaneously.  To Simon, they appear to be something of a calming influence, the "riotous colors died and the heat and urgency cooled away" as they open up and he retires by himself to his quiet place in the woods.

But to the rest of the boys, they may in fact symbolize the coming terrors of the night as they spill out "their scent and [take] possession of the island.  The rest of the boys are absolutely terrified of the night and flock together in order to try and stave off the horror of it.

So in my mind at least, the candle buds stand for both things, at least at this point in the novel.  When Jack attacks them later, perhaps other symbols could be found there as well.

Why do you like the book?

Being a Civil War enthusiast and historian, I recognize
Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage as one of the finest
fictional novels about the conflict. Its combination of realism and
naturalism--especially within the psychological contexts--is one of the novel's strong
points. I like Crane's purposeful use of vagueness throughout: The name of the battle is
never given (it is supposedly the overwhelming Confederate victory at Chancellorsville);
and the men, though given vivid characterizations, are nonetheless addressed by
nicknames. The dialogue, though often sparse, is realistic. Perhaps the primary strength
of the novel exists in the descriptions of Henry's psychological disposition. He is
alternatlely racked by hesitancy, fear, doubt, pretended cockiness and, eventually,
extreme self-confidence in his desire to make up for his earlier cowardice. In the end,
nothing is resolved (remember, Henry's regiment has won their tiny battle within a
battle, but the Union army is badly defeated, though this is never mentioned in the
narrative). The men gather their wits and move on to fight again in some unnamed new
place. 

What are the main character's first words in Hamlet? What do they tell us about him?

Hamlet's first words appear in Act 1.2, line 65.  The
line is:

A
little more than kin, and less than
kind.

Delivered as an aside,
or spoken directly to and only to the audience, the line uses puns to ridicule Claudius,
who has just referred to Hamlet as his kinsman (cousin) and his son.  Kinsman is used
for relatives outside of one's immediate family, and son, is of course,
son.

Hamlet plays on these two terms in his
response. 

When Hamlet says that Claudius is more than kin,
he is saying that Claudius is too much of a relative, both uncle and stepfather:  the
stepfather part is too much.

When Hamlet says that Claudius
is less than kind, he is saying the
following:

• Claudius is unkind for taking the
  throne from Hamlet, the former king's son and rightful
  heir.


• Claudius is unkind, of a certain kind, an unnatural
  kind, because he has married the wife of a dead brother, which is considered incest in
  Shakespeare's time and within the play.

Hamlet
is sharp, witty, and definitely unhappy about his uncle's marrying his mother and
claiming the Danish throne.  Hamlet doesn't yet suspect Claudius of murder, since this
scene appears before Hamlet's meeting with the Ghost.  But he certainly does not
consider himself to be the new king's son. 

In A View from the Bridge, what does Eddie mean by saying that "Marco's got my name"? Why is it so important to him to get his name back?In Act II...

In A View from the Bridge, Eddie's
use of "name" in "I want my name!…Marco's got my name." (Act 2), is a literary device
called a trope, which is a literary technique, meaning it is an optional choice the
author makes for specific purposes. The trope, one of many kinds, selected by Arthur
Miller is called a metonymy.

The definition of the trope
metonymy will help explain the meaning of Eddie's line. A metonymy is a substitution of
one simple, common word or phrase for a more elaborate or complicated word or phrase. A
metonymy is employed for dramatic effect and for simplification of understanding. Two
common examples of metonymy are "the White House" and "the sweat of your brow." Examples
of their use are:
"The White House declared it would not back
down."
"He lived by the sweat of his brow."

Taken
literally, these sentences are meaningless; a house, white or otherwise, can not back
down, up or sideways, and no one has ever earned a living by selling
their...perspiration. In actuality, "White House" substitutes for the power of the U.S.
presidency and the decision of the sitting President. The substitution of the seat of
power--the White House--summons up recollection of--or at least a feeling of--the
Constitutional powers and the distinguished history of the presidency: It's not just one
man talking; it's one man invested with the power of the people through the
Constitution. This metonymy is dramatic and invokes a powerful
imagery.

The same explanation holds true for "sweat of the
brow," which substitutes for hours and years--maybe decades--of hard manual labor from
which earnings are gained with much struggle. This too is a substitution that is
dramatic and carries a powerful imagery with it.

The
metonymy that Miller has Eddie speak, "my name," substitutes for the concept of an
honest life lived with resppectability and high principles. A variation is "my good
name." Maybe Miller had Eddie leave out "good" because Eddie wasn't convinced he had a
"good name," meaning a good and honorable life lived genuinely year after year and
hardship after hardship.

Marco spits at Eddie--a huge
insult--and tells the whole neighborhood that Eddie called Immigration. This destroyed
Eddie's "good name," his reputation for being an honorable, respectable man. Eddie says,
"I want my name!" because he wants Marco to make the situation right by taking back his
accusation and thereby removing the shame and enmity his accusation brought on
Eddie--his neighbors all turned their backs on him and won't talk to
him.

Eddie says "Marco's got my name." because it lies with
Marco, and Marco alone, to clear the cloud of guilt and betrayal from Eddie's
reputation--Marco's got his good name in his power: he can clear Eddie's name by saying
that, no, he made a mistake; it wasn't Eddie who called.

Could you please provide a character analysis for Lennox in Macbeth?

Lennox is the Fickle Thane:
he gravitates to whoever is in power.  First, he's "loyal" to Duncan; then Macbeth;
finally, Malcolm.

Lennox is none too bright.  Shakespeare
uses him as a mouthpiece for dunces.  He has many
dim-witted, deadpan lines that show verbal irony.  Like
this one in Act II, just before Duncan's murder is
discovered:

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Goes the king hence
to-day?

Monty
Python has made many skits out of guys like Lennox and lines like
these.

Then, there's Lennox who echoes Macbeth's lies.  The
propaganda pitch man.  Look at these gullibly ironic lines from after the
murder:

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Those of his chamber, as it seem'd, had
done 't:
Their hands and faces were an badged with
blood;

And then we
return to the one-liners.  At the banquet scene, when Banquo's bloody ghost has already
taken the spot:

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May't please your highness
sit.

And there's
the Lennox that's both so gullible and fawning for power that he has to get the last
line in after Lady Macbeth has rousingly dismissed the
guests:

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Good night; and better
health
Attend his
majesty!

Macbeth
needs a doctor about as much as the Bleeding Captain needs a
Band-Aid.

And now, my favorite.  A monologue that's so bad
that most directors cut it from the staged play.  Did Shakespeare really write this
scene?  It's so full of logical fallacy that it's
parody:

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And the right-valiant Banquo walk'd too
late;
Whom, you may say, if't please you, Fleance
kill'd,
For Fleance fled: men must not walk too
late.

Here's a
translation: "Duncan was murdered, and Malcolm fled.  Therefore, he must have murdered
his father.  So, if Banquo was murdered, and Fleance fled, it must mean--Ipso
facto--that he murdered his father too."

Sounds
again like Monty Python.  "If she weighs the same as a duck...she must be made of
wood...and therefore...a witch!  Burn her!"

What benefits does Snowball see for the animals as a result of building the windwmill in Animal Farm?

Snowball thinks that the animals will all have much easier
lives if they are able to build the windmill.  This is why he wants to build it. 
Napoleon disagrees with Snowball -- he thinks that they should just concentrate on
growing food.

Snowball says that building the windmill will
allow the animals to have electricity.  He says this will be good for them because it
will allow them, for example, to have their stalls be warm in winter.  It will also help
them by saving work because there will be some sorts of machines that can run on the
electricity.

You can find more details in Chapter
5.

In The Giver, how is work distributed and where do they get thier food? For example, how would potato be chips made?

The Giver is a communist society, where work and resources
are shared.  There is no money, and everything a person needs is provided.  People do
not make choices as to what food they eat, and I doubt potato chips would be available. 
Since the community is engineered for sameness and it is important for everyone to be
healthy, snacks like the apple Jonas keeps are more likely to be provided.  Processed
foods like potato chips would be avoided.   Any food that is grown or manufactured would
be produced by those people deemed by the community most fit to do the work, but
otherwise the process would be basically the same as ours.

What affect does Amanda's attitude have on Laura in The Glass Menagerie?

In Tennesse Williams's The Glass Menagerie, Laura is
dominated by her mother, forced into taking a secretarial class which she quits without
telling her mother.  Timid and lacking confidence, Laura retreats into the glass world
of her animal menagerie,for she is afraid of the world outside the apartment.  She also
becomes very upset when Tom and their mother argue and, then, do not speak to each
other.  Laura would like their lives to be suspended and merely continue as they did
when she and Tom were younger, for she fears the
future.

When her mother insists that Tom bring home "a
gentleman caller,"  Laura panics, but Jim, who was acquainted with her in high school,
quickly allays her fears. She feels almost normal in Jim's company; when the unicorn's
horn breaks, Laura gives the "normal" horse to Jim. Sadly, though, there is no future
with him for Laura since he already has a steady girlfriend.  So, when Jim departs,
Laura does not dare look at her mother, instead crounching behind the vitrola to wind it
up.  With her mother, Laura is trapped in illusion.

Why does Harry like Ginny?

Harry likes Ginny because she is no longer the little girl he met when he was 11; he likes her because she is no longer the little girl with a crush on him from second year who sent him a silly and embarassing Valentine's poem and whom he saved from the Chamber of Secrets.  Ginny talks to Harry now, and according to Hermione, she is "over him".  Although he still sees her in the beginning as Ron's little sister, the Amortentia tells the truth of his growing feelings as he smells her flowery scent, and the monster in his chest is growing ever more restless as his feelings for her grow.  To Harry, Ginny is like a soul mate who has shared some of his same experiences with Voldemort, and she is fiercely devoted to fighting for and with Harry for what is right.  She is with him at the Ministry and comes across as his biggest supporter and one of his best friends.  All of these things combined with the fact that Harry simply needs someone to love account for the fact that he not only likes, but literally comes to love Ginny.

Who is going to visit Jefferson in the beginning of the chapter in A Lesson Before Dying?

In A Lesson Before Dying, Grant
agrees to visit Jefferson on a regular basis.  Since Jefferson has been put in jail, he
has only received visitors from his family, primarily his godmother Miss Emma.  Grant's
aunt is friendly with Miss Emma, so she asks that Grant go to visit Jefferson to talk
him out of his slump.  Grant agrees and goes through all the screening processes
required by the sheriff.  On the first few visits, Grant goes to the jail with Miss
Emma--he does not really know Jefferson and is still not sure what he will do or say
during these visits.  Afterwards, Grant begins to visit Jefferson alone.  Jefferson
confides his feelings of inferiority to Grant, and Grant is eventually able to convince
Jefferson that he is a man.

In regards to The Great Gatsby, what exactly is the definition of "The American Dream"?

The "American Dream" concept springs from the early start
of America, a new world filled with the promise of hope, opportunity, and freedom from
persecution and oppression. It has evolved to mean that, as Americans, we are given a
wealth of opportunity. We are constantly told that, with hard work and perseverance, we
can do or become anything that we want to do or become. The sad reality, however, is
that there are and have always been obstacles in the path to success. Many people, such
as Gatsby, have found ways around those obstacles. He wanted to be powerful, to be
successful, and he did what it took to have what he wanted. However, in the end, what he
wanted is what made him a tragic figure. He achieved wealth and power, but Daisy was
never going to leave Tom for him. She was willing to use him for what he had to offer
her - love and material wealth - but he was still nothing more than a poor soldier in
her eyes. This is the tragic flaw that is most commonly associated with the American
Dream. People believe in it so strongly that they are willing to sacrifice morality in
order to achieve it, only to find that once they have whatever it is they thought that
they wanted, it isn;t all that it seemed it would be.

Why homosexuals should not be allowed to adopt children in all 50 state?

Well for one thing if they adopt a child, that child
would'nt have a good parental roll of a mother. If it where two men, or viseversa. Then
they would recruite that child to be like them. Childern are more apt to learn what they
see there partents doing. they would'nt have a choice to learn differently, unless they
see two people a man and women with childern.

The Bible
saids, Train up a child in the way they should go; and when they are old they will not
depart from it. So two men or women will train that child to be just like them. Beside
that God said this causes confusion.

Now, if that child
grows up to be a straight man or women that's fine, that would be great for that child.
As an adult he or she would definitely have issues. Childern will learn to be just like
them it's a given. Childern of straight parents say I want to be just like you dad, or
mom.

Their are childern with a mother and father, who has
gone to that side of homosesuality, and say that God made them this way. God does'nt
make gays, other wise he would have to repent to Sodom/Gomorrah. I could go into all of
this but I think that you get the picture. It should'nt be
allowed.

                                    thank
you

Who were the Hollywood Ten?this is during the Red Scare.

The era of McCarthyism is one of the darkest times of
American history, and should be a lesson to those who would use fear tactics to violate
people's constitutional rights.

In 1947, shortly after
World War II, the House of Un-American Activities Committee interviewed 41 people who
worked in Hollywood; these people volunteered information and were known as "friendly
witnesses."  However, there were 10 screenwriters and producers who refused to answer
questions about their beliefs, contending that they had the right under the First
Amendment (freedom of speech).  These men were the
following:

1. Alva
   Bessie


2. Herbert
   Biberman


3. Lester
   Cole


4. Edward Dmytryk


5. Ring
   Lardner, Jr.


6. John Howard
   Lawson


7. Albert Maltz


8. Samuel
   Ornitz


9. Adrian Scott


10. Dalton
    Trumbo

The men lost their case of vilation of
their First Amendment rights and were sentenced to six and twelve months in prison on
the charge of contempt of Congress.  Their names and the names of others were put on a
blacklist, naming them sympathetic to the Communist
Party.

In an effort to get off the blacklist,  Dmytryk
testified later that he was pressured to make his films reflect the views of the
Communist Party.  This testimony, of course, was extremely damaging to the other members
of the Hollywood Ten who were involved in their own court
cases.

The Hollywood Ten

At first,what does Juliet believe is the only solution to her problem? act 4

In Act IV, Scene 1, Juliet is talking to Friar Lawrence
about what she can do.  She does not want to marry Paris, but her parents are insisting
on it very strongly.

At that point, she thinks that her
best option or only option is to just go ahead and kill herself.  She tells Friar
Lawrence that she would rather die (she tells him all sorts of ways she'd rather die)
than marry Paris.  For example:

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O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,

From off the battlements of yonder
tower

It is at this point
that Friar Lawrence comes up with his idea about having her take that
potion.

What was the tender moment between Chris and his father right after Chris graduated from high school in Into the Wild?

Chris had fought with his father Walt's authority, mostly
through passive-aggressive means, all through high-school. He felt that Walt was trying
to restrict his mental growth and tie him to societal norms. Chris judged his father by
his growing idealism, and refused to compromise those
ideals.

When he graduated high-school, his sister Carine
recalls that Walt gave Chris an expensive telescope at his graduation party, and Chris
became very emotional:

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"He was almost crying, fighting back the tears,
telling Dad that even though they'd had their differences over the years, he was
grateful for all the things Dad had done for him. Chris said how much he respected Dad
for starting from nothing, working his way through college, busting his ass to support
eight kids.
(Krakauer, Into the Wild,
Amazon.com)

This moment of
personal, emotional connection was rare for Chris, who tended to judge people and remain
aloof. Although he did not repeat the performance, his friendly letters and postcards to
his family (possibly sent as part of his desire to seem normal) show signs of love and
interest. It is likely that Chris simply wanted to find himself before he matured enough
to understand and accept Walt for the man he was; his reaction at the party showed that
whatever else he felt, he was an emotional human being underneath, and that his
connection to his parents was stronger than he knew or cared to
admit.

What is the meaning of "I know of no greater sin than to oppress the innocent in the name of God" by Gandhi? Give one example in the world...

I am not sure when Gandhi wrote or said the words
attributed to him in the question. Or to which aspect of "oppression of the innocent" he
was referring to.

However, it is quite true that people do
sometime oppress the innocent for personal benefit, but justify their action by claiming
it to actions taken as per will of the god. One of the most glaring example of
oppression of the Innocent is provided by the inquisition in Europe. This practice led
to major injustice like burning of Saint Joan at the
stakes.

I believe what Gandhi must have meant was that to
oppress the innocent is bad enough, but to justify it in the name of God makes it much
worse. It compounds a social crime by making it a religious sin
also.

The biggest example of oppression of the innocent in
the name of god is provided by the action of many religious fanatics that kill innocent
people in terrorist attacks.

Why is The Odyssey considered an epic?Could you also give some examples so I know what you are talking about? Also, what is an epic?

The only requirement for a work of literature to qualify
as an epic is that It should consist of a long narrative poem.Odyssey which consists of
24 section or books of poetry, meets this requirement very well and therefore is fully
qualified to be termed an epic.

Beside this Odyssey also
possesses may other characteristics which are not essential for an epic but are
generally found in most of famous epics of the world. For example, it is a story of
adventure and heroics, which has fired the imagination of people and has influence their
culture and society.

What do the motifs Colours, Violence, Race, and Sports have to do with Daisy Buchanan and Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby?

For an examination of the way race factors into the novel,
there is a scene early on when Nick first meets up with Tom and Daisy. During this
afternoon tea, Tom encourages Nick to read a book about the advancement of the black
race and the threat that it poses on American society. This was a time during which the
Harlem Renaissance had begun to make Black artists, in particular, a household
phenomenon. The music of the Jazz age comes from the African American tradition. Music
permeates the novel because music permeated the era. It was acceptable to associate with
black son that level, but not to allow them access into the social circle to which Daisy
belongs and into which Nick skirted along the
periphery.

Violence is most readily apparent in the scene
during which Daisy strikes and kills Myrtle, but Nick is also exposed to violence when
Gatsby takes him to meet with Meyer Wolfsheim and Wolfsheim relates the story of the man
who is eating dinner, steps outside to "take care of something" and is shot dead. This,
apparently, is not an uncommon occurrence if you are a part of the
underground/bootleggers circle. Nick is shocked by this violence. Also, Nick is affected
by violence when he goes with Tom to the city (when Tom takes Myrtle) and Tom ends up
striking Myrtle for mentioning Daisy. Nick also sees the aftermath of violence both with
Myrtle's death and Gatsby's death. Up until this particular summer, Nick had been
sheltered from the violence that human kind is capable of, and seeing it up close
changes him (as well as makes him decide that he wants no part of it). Daisy, on the
other hand, is unaffected by the violence. She is a member of the rich - those who are
untouchable and can break things only to rely on their wealth to get them out of
trouble.

The best mention of color that I can think of
immediately is the light that is at the end of the dock. Daisy is on one end of the
light and Nick (as well as Gatsby) is on the other end. That green glow is significant -
green is often associated with jealousy as well. Also, the color of the car is a factor.
Tom is driving Gatsby's yellow car on the way in to town, but it is Daisy who is driving
the car when Myrtle is killed. The yellow is what makes the car
memorable.

Sports - Jordan is a golf player, and she is, in
some ways, more defined by her sport than by anything else. She is a champion, a pro,
and, as such, out of Nick's league. Tom plays polo. Nick is not a sports player at all.
The other references to sport include the rigging of the world series by
Wolfsheim.

Solve the following systems of linear equations by elimination, showing all work: 3y+3x=-30 -2y+2x=-8help

First of all, we have to take a look to the both
equations, to see what unknown could be canceled. In our case, it is obviously that the
unknown x could be canceled easier than y, because the coefficients of the unknown x
have opposite signs.

After choosing what unknown could be
canceled, we have to find out which is the common denominator of the coefficients of the
unknown x. In this case is 2*3=6.

The next step is to
multiply the first equation with 2 and the second equation with 3, after that the both
equations will be added.

2(3y+3x) +
3(-2y+2x)=-60-24

6y+6x-6y+6x=-84

After
reducing similar terms, we'll
have:

12x=-84

x=-7

After
finding the unknown x, we'll substitute it into what equation we
choose.

3y+3x=-30

3y+3(-7)=-30

3y=-30+21

3y=-9

y=-3

During the American Revolution, what problems provoked political leaders to consider changing the government?

It was less about changing the type of government, and more about creating a nation with a new type of government.

The more cynical view is to say that Americans seperated themselves from the British because they--the colonials--wanted to be imperials.

Americans had been experimenting with government since the founding of the colonies.

Only when the colonies became important to the British Empire did Parliament and the King attempt to make the colonies pay their share of costs as a member of the empire.

American elites, the ones who controlled the upper and lower houses of the colonial legislatures, struggled to define what exactly the new type of government would look like. Many did imagine it would be a republic. Educated gentlemen would court the votes of landless men. But there would be no direct democracy.

The war did not change that view. That image basically stayed the same throughout the war. The only people who objected to this republican vision were the landless, and the new class of businessmen who ran for office in the lower assemblies. During the war, this rising class of men struggled to participate in colonial politics. When the decision was made by the Second Continental Congress to declare independence, a wave of constitution-writing fever hit the colonies, and each newly sovereign state wrote constitutions that attempted to settle the issue of representation: who could participate; who could vote.

With that, the argument over who would rule the newly created United States took shape during the war. Yet it did not affect the constitution of the U.S. during the war--the Articles of Confederation. Yet it can be argued that, with the creation of new state constitutions, the seeds of the change of governmet were expressed during the war.

What is the irony of the story "Hills Like White Elephants"?

Another irony in the story "Hills Like White Elephants" is in the fact that this young man and woman have been traveling around together and presumably making passionate love, but then when the inevitable happens and the girl finds herself pregnant, the man doesn't want her to have the baby. The pleasure of love-making did not evolve for the sake of enjoyment but for making babies and bonding men and women together so that they could both provide protection and nurturing for the baby. The girl called Jig understands this, but the man--like many men--does not understand the connection between love and reproduction.

How do I create a good summary of each act of this play and analyze it?

A good way to make your own summaries is to read carefully, and make a note everytime something happens. Then, look over your notes and decide what was the most important event or revelation of that act. Then, expand upon those events in two ways-- one, explain what happened and what it means to the story which is the summary. Then interpret what you think the events mean in a more general sense and you've got the beginnings of an analysis. Good luck!

What is the Two Minutes Hate in the book?i dont seem to find it and i need to know for a big test i have please help.

You can find a pretty long description of the Two Minutes
Hate in Chapter 1.

But pretty much what is going on is that
all the people get together at some specified time and the vent their hatred at someone
for two minutes. In the Two Minutes Hate that we see in this chapter, they are supposed
to be angry at Goldstein (he's always in them) and at the rows and rows of Eurasian
soldiers that they see marching on the screen.

Basically,
the people just completely freak out.  They get to the point where they are jumping up
and down screaming at the screen and someone even throws a book at the screen.  As the
book says:

In
its second minute the Hate rose to a frenzy. People were leaping up and down in their
places and shouting at the tops of their voices in an effort to drown the maddening
bleating voice that came from the
screen.

Why did Gemma hide her past from her family and only reveal certain parts to Beeca and no one else?

Gemma's memory of the past has been wiped out by Nazi gassing during the Holocaust; she can only recall what happened in connection with snippets of a fairy tale.  Becca's sisters are scornful of Gemma's seemingly irrelevant tales, her mother is a shadowy, inconsequential character, and her father, although sympathetic, has a scientific mind and is not interested in unraveling the meaning behind Gemma's stories.  Gemma senses that Becca is the only one who possesses the caring, tenacity, and imagination to listen to her stories and take them seriously.  Only Becca will investigate the clues to uncover the secrets of her grandmother's life.

Is "The Lottery" a collective act of murder?

This is a slippery slope because of the society presented in the story. On the one hand it certainly can be viewed as a collective act of murder, but perhaps if it were viewed as an act of a society's culture it might not.

The world is made up of a plethora of different cultures who prescribe to different sets of moral codes. What is taboo in one society might not be viewed as such in another. For example, in American culture we keep dogs as pets and are deeply offended when we hear stories of people treating animals cruelly. There are some Asian cultures where dogs are a delicacy and no one bats an eye when a dog is killed and served as a dish at meal time.

The same parallel can be drawn in the Lottery. Our society would view this as a collective act of murder, but supposing there was a society like this where these types of rituals were commonplace and viewed as a cultural norm it might not actually be considered a murder.

A sound argument can made in either case.

What all are the first aid for first degree,second degree and third degree burns in detaili need to know in detail about the care we can take as a...

First degree burns are the least serious type of burn and
cause the skin to turn pink. There may be mild swelling and tenderness. It only involves
the outer layer of the skin which is the epidermis. The best way to treat these types of
burns is to cool it with water and rub a bit of antibiotic cream on it. They heal on
their own within a few days.

Second degree burns involve
the epidermis and then the second layer of skin as well which is called the dermis. When
this kind of burn occurs the epidermis is burned through. There is a lot of redness
associated with these kinds of burns and the skin will blister, often leaving scars.
Second degree burns may take up to three weeks to heal. They are considered minor if
they cover 15% or less of the body of an adult and 10% or less on the body of a child.
Treatment for second degree burns require medical attention and
medication.

For first and second degree burns (if the area
is less than 3 inches in diameter) it is important to cool the burn. This can be done by
running cool water over it for 10-15 minnutes. Apply gauze loosely but do not use
material such as cotton ball as it may get stuck to the burn. An over the counter pain
reliever may be taken.

Third degree burns are very serious.
These burns include all layers of the skin and often cause damage to other tissues,
organs, etc. This skin gets charred and there may be black, brown, or white patches.
These burns cause severe scarring and skin graphs are often required. Sometimes these
burns do not cause pain because nerve endings are damaged. People with these burns
require immediate medical attention. It is important to not remove clothing and do not
submerse in water. Elevate the burned parts of the body if possible and cover. Also,
check for circulation.

Please interpret the following quotation from The Odyssey."Always I had in mind some giant, armed in giant force would come against me here. But...

This quote by Polyphemus, the Cyclops, to Odysseus is
classic situational irony in which the giant admits to
being defeated by a mortal.

The Cyclops arrogantly
underestimates his opponent.  As a giant with massive strength he naturally assumes his
nemesis to be a giant with massive strength.  Goliath overestimates himself
here.

The situation is an
analogy, a kind of retelling of the end of the Trojan War
in which Odysseus, through his cunning, burned Troy to the
ground with a wooden horse.  They too expected to be defeated by a giant armed force.
 Instead of a horse, Odysseus uses a little wine to disarm the giant and gouge his eye.
 It's not the first time in literature that wine and blood have been used in this
cause-effect fashion.

The conciliation is filled with
Homeric epithets (nicknames) when Cyclops calls Odysseus
"you--small, pitiful and twiggy."  It shows conflict between the mortal and immortal in
which Homer, a humanist, champions mankind.

And it reflects
one of the great themes in literature: blindness.  Physical
blindness is always an indiction of moral blindness.   The Cyclops is being punished for
hubris and living with no law.

Compare the grandmother's philosophy about the Auschwitz victims to that of Lea's mother. What do they say about laughter and smiles?

Jenny's grandmother was an elderly woman who had been
through Auschwitz, but escaped with her sense of humor and positive outlook on life
intact. She has Jenny drive her on a short journey around town, visiting all the
important places from her past so she can say goodbye. When she reaches the whirligig of
the whale with Lea on top of the spout, she tells Jenny that someone had told her that
after Auschwitz, no one should ever laugh again. But the grandmother saw past that
logic, and realized that life is not worth living without the laughter, and it would
only let the Nazis win if people didn't laugh and be joyful in life. She said that those
who died would want people to laugh the laughs they never got to have, to live life
happy and enjoy it. She tells Jenny to be happy, and live life in such a way as to be
happy, and not dwell on the sadness in it. 

Lea's mother,
as well, saw the goodness in things. When Lea died, she didn't know how to go on, but
eventually came to think that everything happens for a reason, and even out of this
great tragedy there was something to be gained. She wants Lea's death to pass happiness
onto others somehow, to make others smile and laugh, just like Lea's life did. She sends
Brent all over the country to spread Lea's joyful spirit in the form of whirligigs. She
tells Brent, "Let people all over the country receive joy from her even though she's
gone. You make the smiles she would have made" (41, chapter
3). 

Both women realize that to live life in sadness is a
waste. It is better to spread happiness and laughter to others and find the good in even
the most evil and saddest times. 

In Heart of Darkness, why do the faithless pilgrims not succumb to the inner darkness as Kurtz does?

The pilgrims are concerned with seeking something externally, namely ivory and  therefore they are safe from succumbing to the inner darkness.  In order to succumb to inner darkness you must be able to look inside yourself.  The pilgrims do not do this.  In a similar way, the other characters in the book, the Manager, the Accountant and the Brickmaker also do not fall prey to the madness that occurs when one falls into the heart of darkness.  They are not looking introspectively.  

Marlow identifies with Kurtz and recognises what might happen were one to look too deeply.  Marlow even says at the end that he has been to the edge but did not succumb like Kurtz did partially because he witnesses Kurtz's descent. At the end of the novel we return to Marlow on the Nellie retelling his story.  He says he is apart from other men because he has gotten close to the darkness and this makes him different.  

To sum up, the Pilgrims cannot fall prey to the inner darkness because they keep busy externally searching for material wealth. This search keeps them from looking inside themselves. 

Using text to text, can anyone give me examples of characters who resemble Stanley and provide their reasoning.

Wow! Great question, and I had to give it 5
stars.

Stanley Kowalski is the epitome of misogynism and
chauvinism.  He treats and sees women as objects of sex and instant gratification, and
he takes his role as a male almost as if it were a rank or a medal given in
battle.

Throughout literature, several characters present
themselves this way, yet, it would be unfair to compare Stanley to classic literature,
since he presents the modern-day issues that are optional for modern writers, but
inevitable in classical literature.

One similar modern
character is Sammy from "A&P" by Updike. He is a very misogynistic character who
describes girls in quite a rude and chauvinistic way such
as:

the one
in the plaid green two-piece. She was a chunky kid, with a good tan and a sweet broad
soft-looking can with those two crescents of white just under it, where the sun never
seems to hit, at the top of the backs of her legs . . . there was this one, with one of
those chubby berry-faces, the lips all bunched together under her nose . . . and a tall
one, with black hair that hadn’t quite frizzed right, and one of these sunburns right
across under the eyes, and a chin that was too long . . . and then the third one, that
wasn’t quite so tall. She was the queen . . . She didn’t look around, not this queen,
she just walked straight on slowly, on these long white prima-donna legs . . . She had
on a kind of dirty pink – beige maybe, I don’t know – bathing suit with a little nubble
all over it and, what got me, the straps were down . . . all around the top of the cloth
there was this shining rim . . . She had sort of oaky hair that the sun and salt had
bleached, done up in a bun that was unravelling, and a kind of prim face . . . The
longer her neck was, the more of her there
was”

Stanley refered to
Stella as "fatty" when, in fact, she was pregnant. He also openly detested Blanche only
because she was trying to pull a role that she could not maintain. He would slap and
then have sex with Stella, anD,eventually, he raped Blanche and sent her to a mental
institution quite ruthlessly.

Classical lit cannot
be avoided, nevertheless from suggesting Torvald AND Krogstad from A Doll's
House as similar in a way to
Stanley.

Torvald, Nora's husband merely wanted a plaything
to keep around the house to satisfy and please him. When he found out that she had done
illegal transactions, the amount of insult and degradation he bestowed upon her was
significant enough for her to break every single rule of society and leave the house and
the children behind: This, even after what she did was a sacrifice to save her husband's
life.

The man who she dealt with, Krogstad, was harrasing,
impertinent, and evil to her. He was no better than her husband in understanding the
reasons behind her needs. At least, in the end, he changed a bit- but the damage placed
upon her dignity as a woman had already been done.

I hope
this helps!

What is the use of dreams in the book "All Quiet on the Western Front"?As in what are they used to portray...?

Most often in All Quiet on the Western
Front, dreams come in the form of daydreams or flashbacks.  Often, when Paul
is "resting" on the front lines (on watch late at night, riding in a lorry, or during
other high stress down time) he thinks back to his school days, the street where he grew
up, and the way things used to be.

Generally speaking,
these daydreams and flashbacks are used for a few purposes.  One, they are a mental
release that Paul's mind provides from the unimaginably high stress he is under as a
foot-soldier fighting for his life and the lives of others.  When things are chaotic
(heavy bombardment, seeking shelter, etc.) the soldiers are "like animals" in that they
are fueled by instinct and adrenaline.  That is why their minds travel during the times
of silence, back to the past.

Another purpose for the
daydreams and flashbacks is to give the audience a picture of where these boys came
from.  One theme of this story (and historically, a theme for this time in history) is
the idea that the young men who went off to war came back as a lost
generation.  They were so young when they enlisted that they never
experienced the dream of having their own families and careers (or even finishing their
education) but when they returned, they were so jaded and so greatly aged by their
traumatic experience that many did not know what to live for once the war was over. 
Paul's flashbacks bring him back to times when he believed he had a purpose/goal in
life.  They then present the contrast to the way he thinks/feels as a result of the
death and destruction of the war.  He no longer has a purpose beyond survival.  He
cannot imagine his life after the war, but cannot help but question his life (and
purpose) before the war either.

Finally, speaking from a
literary sense, the daydreams and flashbacks are all of more peaceful times.  This
presents a direct contrast to the action, destruction, and death presented in the scenes
of direct fighting.  It would be difficult to appreciate a book that was only filled
with death and destruction.  Paul's flashbacks remind the reader that these men are
human, and though they must act like machines in order to stay alive, they are made of
memories and desires that reveal a sensitivity inside of them.

Syme says "Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?" See below...Why does he think the narrowing of...

The power of having a strong and wide lexicon or variety
of words is the ability to be specific about thoughts or feelings or ideas that need
expression. When a language is changed to limit communication, the expression of feeling
or idea is oppressed.

This is happening throughout
1984... ironically, it happens regularly in many pockets of the
world. Texting does this today - words become smaller for some. As technology puts more
ipods in our ears, tech toys in our hands, and tools to simplify our lives, we spend
less time thinking because it gets done for us. We spend less time working because tasks
are completed for us. This is the danger of an over-technologized society. This is one
of the messages of the book, when we stop thinking, we are susceptible to losing our
humanity.

Discuss Paradise Lost, written by John Milton, as an epic.

Milton's Paradise Lost is a long,
narrative poem told in a serious manner, using elevated language, featuring characters
of a high position.  All of these characteristics suggest the work is an epic
poem.

The piece also begins in medias res (Latin for "in
the middle of things") as Homer's epic poems do.  The speaker also invokes, following
the custom of the Greeks, help from the supernatural to inspire and guide him in the
telling of the tale.  

The manner and language of the poem,
as well as the request for help, are revealed in the opening of the
poem:

Of
man's first disobedience, and the fruit

Of that forbidden
tree, whose mortal taste

Brought death into the world, and
all our woe,

With loss of Eden, till one greater
Man

Restore us, and regain the blissful
seat,

Sing Heavenly Muse, that on the secret
top

Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst
inspire

That shepherd [Moses], who first taught the chosen
seed,

In the beginning how the Heavens and
Earth

Rose out of Chaos:....I
thence

Invoke thy aid to my adventurous
song,

That with no middle flight intends to
soar

Above the Aonian mount, while it
pursues

Things unattempted yet in prose or
rhyme.

The serious tone and
elevated language are obvious (the speaker is not just writing a narrative, he is
attempting to do something never before done in literature, for instance), but what may
be most notable, or at least most interesing, is the speaker's connection of the Muses
from Greek myth to the Holy Spirit of the Bible.  The speaker fuses the Greek and the
Christian, or, as some would phrase it, the Pagan with the Christian.  In preparing to
tell the epic tale of Satan's fall from heaven, the speaker equates the Muses and the
Holy Spirit. 

What are 3 character traits of Mercutio and give quotes to illustrate them.William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

1.  In Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet, Mercutio, like the Nurse, is long-winded.  His most verbose speech is
his monologue in which he describes Queen Mab in a light-hearted manner that contrasts
to Romeo's heavy use of oxymorons as he speaks of Rosalind in his gloomy love-sickness,
and his emotionally charged romantic lines about Juliet.  As Mercutio rambles on, Romeo
stops him, saying,

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Peace, peace, mercutio,
peace!

Thou talk'st of
nothing.

(Mercutio's
monologue is in Act I, scene 4, ll.58-100)

2.  This speech
by Mercutio is a testimony to his eloquence, as well.  For example, his description of
Queen Mab is one of vivid and moving expression:

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She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes/In
shape no bigger than an agate stone/....Her wagon spokes made of long spinners'
legs,/The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers;/Her traces, of the smallest spider's
web;/Her collars, of the moonshine's wat'ry beams;/Her whip, of cricket's bone; the lash
of film;/Her wagoner, a small grey-coated gnat,/Not half so big as a round little
worm...(I, iv,58-70)

3. 
Also, like his name, Mercutio is mercurial since, at the beginning of Act III, it is he
who ridicules Benvolio for saying they need to retire because of the heat, but then
himself becoming heated over trivial matters when Mercutio is the very one who changes
moods and becomes involved in heated conflict with Tybalt over Romeo's honor, a conflict
that proves fatal:

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Thou art like one of these fellows that, when he
enters the confines of a tavern, claps me his sword upon the table and says 'God send me
no need of thee!' and by the operation of the second cup draws him on the drawer, when
indeed there is not need
(III,i,5-10)