What was the Duchess's fate? Is there evidence in the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning?

According to the words of the widower Duke, the Duchess,
as lovingly and smiling as he would portray her was also quite salacious and flirty with
people form court. When we get to the point where the Duke explains her demise, we
encounter an enraged and hurt man who may have been cuckolded, and humiliated. In the
Duke's own words, he made the order to kill the
Duchess.

Hence, we read the
words

I gave commands. Then all smiles stopped
altogether.

What is the critical argument of Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack, and how could one argue that?

Bob Woodward, award winning journalist who along with Carl
Bernstein exposed the Nixon administration criminal activities cover up called
Watergate, poses the question in Plan of
Attack of whether the United States could justify a unilateral (single
instigator) war against Iraq and Saddam Hussein that violated the sovereignty of an
independent nation. To find the answer to his question Woodward investigated the
dynamics of the George W. Bush administration by examining records and tracking the
behavior and statements of the administration's key
personalities.

For instance, Woodward
examined General Colin Powell's actions and statements,
particularly in relation to Powell's disagreement with the decisions being made about
the war and his attempt to dissuade Vice President Cheney from advocating the unilateral
Iraq/Hussein war. He also investigated the link between Scowcroft and the elder Bush,
since it appeared that Scowcroft's messages about the inadvisability of such a war were
covert messages opposing said war that originated from the elder Bush and were intended
for George W. Bush.

Woorward's intention was to provide an
accurate and detailed account of why George W. Bush led the U.S. into an unprecedented
preemptive war against Iraq with the aim of deposing its dictator, Saddam Hussein,
notwithstanding that Iraq is a sovereign nation, such as the U.N. Charter upholds as
inviolate. Woodward's conclusion and critical argument is
that even though George W. Bush could not justify a war against Iraq according to the
U.S. Congress and the U.N. Charter definition of a justifiable war, having no clear
expectation of victory nor exit plan nor clear world mandate of accord, Bush was
nonetheless determined to initiate war against Iraq and refused to allow any obstacle
stand in his way.

You would argue/prove the
critical argument of Plan of Attack, which arises
from the question Woodward poses, by referencing the facts about Powell, Cheney,
Scowcroft, the elder Bush, and George W. Bush as highlighted herein, along with other
personalities examined in the book.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of telling the story of Stalinism as a fairy tale?can you give me atleast 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages

This is an interesting question.  One advantage might be by simplifying a rather complex period in history and making it appeal to a more general audience by presenting it in fairy tale form.

A disadvantage that I can see would be that you run the danger of simplifying the story.  In essence what may be an advantage may also be a disadvantage.

 Another advantage would be that by allegorizing the characters, you make them more memorable in the reader's mind.  

A disadvantage to this approach would be that you it may not be apparent to the reader who the characters are to represent if they are not history scholars.

A final advantage might be that as a fictionalized tale, the 'warnings' of a totalitarian regime might be more heeded as the reader has become emotionally involved with the characters and has felt empathy for them.

A final disadvantage might be that many readers may miss the connection between Stalin and the events on Animal Farm. If a teacher were not there to tell them that this is based loosely on Stalin's reign, then many students will not know or understand Stalinism.  You could not rely on Animal Farm alone to teach history. 

How are Hamlet's fathers and Claudius contrasted and how is Hamlet like/unlike both or either of them?

We can gather from the information that we are given about
Old Hamlet that he was a traditional king in that he was a warrior and a conqueror.  We
learn from Horatio that Old Hamlet brought Norway to his knees, forcing him to give a
portion of his lands to Denmark. He also "smote the dreaded Poloacks on the ice."   The
spirit of Old Hamlet comes back wearing his armor, and the guards remark on his warlike
prowess.  Old Hamlet obviously settled disputes with forceful action.  As a result, he
was viewed as honorable and admired by his men.

Claudius is
much more the politician. We see in his opening speech that he is glib and persuasive.
 He is able to put to rest the gossip about his hasty marriage to Gertrude by telling
his audience that the marriage was a necessary political alliance that would make
Denmark appear strong to its enemies:  "the imperial jointresss to this warlike state."
  He hears petitions and solves problems diplomatically.  When he learns of Fortinbras's
planned attack, he dispatches ambassadors to the king of Norway to stop Fortinbras's
attack.  This method of solving problems through indirect means is Claudius' mode of
operation.  He typically enlists others to do his bidding as we see throughout the play
and does not confront problems head on.

Of course, Hamlet
sees major contrasts between the two in terms of their integrity and his relationship
with them.  He calls Claudius a "satyr," and his father "Hyperion."  Later in Act 3, he
tells Gertrude that his father had godly appearances, and that when she married Claudius
it was as if she left a "fair mountain" and travelled to a "moor."  But in terms of
specifics, Hamlet is very as to how he and Claudius differed.  We can assume that since
Hamlet admired his father and from what we know of Claudius that the two differ greatly
in moral character.

Hamlet ironically thinks more like
Claudius.  He is also persuasive, glib, charming and prudent.  He thinks before he acts.
He can play Claudius' game and outsmart his uncle at every turn.  But Hamlet is
essentially a moral figure, much like his father.

How might Zaroff find men to hunt?

Zaroff says

"I hunt the scum of the earth sailors from tramp ships—Lascars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels—a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them.''

From this statement, I would infer that he makes periodic trips to the docks of large ports and hires sailors which he then brings back to his island and hunts.  The story was written in the 1920's and Zaroff has many of the poor stereotypes of immigrants common in America at the time.  He would think nothing of enticing these "scum" sailors to his island on false premises for his hunting pleasure.

Discuss each of the following words from "The Giver," indicating the change that has taken place in the vocabulary.release, animals, nurturer,...

"Release" to us is letting go, or setting something free. The society called euthanasia the Release, making it sound like the final step of life, rather than the forced executions of the elderly, the weak infants, and people who break the rules.

People, especially children, who act wild and uncontrolled are referred to as "animals," even though no one has memories of what actual animals are. It has become a negative word, referring to those who cannot keep control over themselves.

The idea of a "nurturer" is especially abhorrent, because a nurturer is supposed to be someone who gives care, someone who raises children and helps to teach them. In the society, a nurturer does those things, but also kills the babies who are not thriving adequately, or kills the weaker of a set of twins.

A stirring is an excitement in feelings to us. To the society, "Stirrings" were the beginning of puberty, of sexual awareness, and was something one took a pill to overcome.

In our lives we can't imagine a "replacement child" if a child dies. In the society, that is exactly what happens - a new child is given, with the same name as the dead child, to erase painful memory.

"Elsewhere" to the society is evil, a place where one is never allowed to go. To us, it's just somewhere that we're not at the time.

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Why is The Crucible considered a tragedy? Many examples would be helpful. I already know that it is because the tragic hero, Proctor, dies in the...

To answer the question effectively, one first needs to define tragedy in the context of literature. In this regard then, tragedy is defined as drama which depicts human suffering and as such, leads to a catharsis within the audience. This means that by watching the play, the audience would experience either intellectual enlightenment or the purification and purgation of emotions. This suggests that we, the audience, would be able to either be awakened intellectually to a new perspective or that we will, through identification with or empathy for the characters in the play, find a release for our own feelings.

The play The Crucible more than adequately subscribes to this definition. There are a number of examples of human suffering depicted in the play. When the accusations start and people are arrested, we are exposed to their suffering. What gives greater depth to the pain experienced by the characters is the fact that they are all innocent. Their attempts to proclaim their innocence are dismissed. There is no concrete evidence to prove their guilt. Furthermore, their only hope is to confess to something they did not do, ensuring spiritual, but not physical, redemption - many were incarcerated after their confessions. Such was the tragedy of John Proctor, for even after having publicly "confessed," he was still hanged only because he refused to sign the confession.

The tragic death of Rebecca Nurse is another example. She had a good name in the town and was much admired and respected, so much so that most of the townsfolk went to her for advice and consultation. People respected her integrity and deemed her kind and generous. Her death is therefore one of the most tragic. She died because of the Putnam's jealousy and their greed for property. Their accusations were believed and they went as far as using their daughter to lie to the court.

The executions of Martha and Giles Corey add to the tragedy. What makes Martha's death more poignant is that her husband inadvertently implicated her by referring to her interest in books and that he would, at times, be unable to speak in her presence. Little did he know that his attempts at trying to gain clarity about these incidents would eventually result in his wife's and his own deaths. One can only be shocked at the utter brutality of Giles' execution; he was pressed to death. He refused to confess and died an innocent man. He also was a victim of the Putnams' greed. The Putnams' used the witch trials to gain an advantage and their plotting and scheming were a tragic success.

There are many other examples of tragedy in the play: Tituba, Sarah Good, Mr. Jacobs and others. The greatest tragedy, however, is encompassed in John Proctor's chilling cry:

"I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem - vengeance is  walking Salem.  We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!"

What character traits make Fortunato such easy prey for Montresor?

Fortunato is avaricious, unscrupulous and deceitful. Montresor knows his victim thoroughly. He knows that Fortunato will be tempted by the prospect of making money off the nonexistent Amontillado if he tells his intended victim that he bought it at a bargain price.

"You were not to be found, and I was fearful of losing a bargain."

Both men use the word "pipe" in referring to the Amontillado. A pipe contains 126 gallons. Fortunato does not seem like a sherry drinker at all. Sherry is a sipping wine, and Fortunato can chug-a-lug a whole quart of wine at a time. What interests him is the "bargain." If Montresor, who is a poor man, bought one pipe at a bargain price, Fortunato is thinking that he could buy the entire shipment and make a small fortune. 

Fortunato thinks Montresor trusts him and considers him his very good friend. Montresor knows that Fortunato is totally untrustworthy and that he is already planning on telling Montresor that the (nonexistent) wine is not genuine Amontillado, regardless of whether it is or not. Montresor only states that Fortunato is a true connoisseur because he knows that Fortunato would rely on his own judgment and would immediately buy up all the available pipes if he were satisfied that Montresor's is genuine. 

Montresor and Fortunato are not aristocrats but bourgeois gentlemen who deal in expensive merchandise. Montresor pretends to be in a big hurry to have an expert judge his Amontillado even though he has already paid for it and had it delivered to his vaults. The pretense of great urgency is to show Fortunato that he would like to buy more of the bargain wine if only he could be sure it is genuine. That is why Montresor pretends to be on his way to Luchesi. 

Fortunato does not have to taste Montresor's (nonexistent) wine. He knows the Amontillado would have had to be brought in by ship from Barcelona and that he would have no trouble finding the ship in the harbor and dealing directly with the captain, the purser, or whoever is selling it off at bargain prices. But if Fortunato were to try to put Montresor off by telling him he had an important engagement or that he was suffering from a bad cold, Montresor would immediately go to find Luchesi. Luchesi would probably do the same thing to the supposedly naive Montresor that Fortunato intends to do. Luchesi would tell Montresor that he could not assist him that night and then go looking for the nonexistent Spanish ship full of nonexistent Amontillado. So Fortunato has to go to Montresor's palazzo that night. He is greedy and unscrupulous and untrustworthy. He cheats people, even his friends, and thinks his dirty tricks are "excellent jests." Montresor is about to play an "excellent jest" on him.

In To Kill A Mockingbird, what is the mistake Tom Robinson makes when he says he felt sorry for Mayella?

Tom crosses the boundaries of race and class in an extremely poignant manner.  He, the black man, is supposed to be the lowest of the low, being both black and poor.  Even though Mayella is poor, labelled as white trash, she is still that, white.  Being white puts her above being black in the social hierarchy of the South.  It's the ultimate insult that a black man, whose station in society is as low as it gets, could have the audacity to feel sorry for this white woman.  And to add insult to injury, he is right to feel sorry for her.  It reveals his character, a character which is not allowed for by the rhetoric of his opposers.

In Chapter 1-3 Why didn't the Ewells have to go to school?

You can find the answer to this in Chapter
3.

Officially, the Ewell kids have to go to school just
like everybody else does.  But they never really do.  We are not told exactly why, but
it is pretty clear that it is just because they are all around pretty nasty
people.

We are told that the truant officer always goes and
gets them to come on the first day of school by threatening to get the sheriff.  But
after that, she just figures she has done enough and lets them stay
home.

Why does Hamlet delay killing Claudius when he was praying?I think it was because of his morals, his being a coward, and to his confusion about the...

Hamlet's decision to not kill Claudius isn't due to any of
the three reasons you
mention.

Morals aren't the
cause for the decision, because by that time Hamlet is certain that Claudius is guilty
of his father's murder (the play within the play takes care of that), so Claudius
deserves to die.

Hamlet isn't a
coward.  He is an excellent swordsman, as seen during his duel with
Laertes, who is reputed to be a great swordsman but is easily out-dueled by Hamlet.  And
Hamlet doesn't hesitate to act during Act 5 after Laertes wounds him unfairly, or when
he becomes aware that Claudius poisoned the cup.

And, since
the prayer scene is after the play within the play, Hamlet is certain that Claudius is
guilty, and the identity of the Ghost is no longer in
question.  As Hamlet tells Horatio:

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...I'll take the ghost's word for a
thousand

pound.... (Act
3.2.266-267)

Strictly
speaking, Hamlet's Catholic beliefs suggest that Claudius's soul will be purged after
confessing, and Hamlet assumes he is confessing.  He's not, but Hamlet doesn't know
that.  Hamlet assumes he is.  Hamlet doesn't hesitate to strike out at the figure behind
the arras only a few minutes later when in his mother's chambers.  When he discovers
that the person he has killed is Polonius, he says "I took thee for thy better" (Act
3.4.33).  He thinks it's Claudius spying on him, and he doesn't hesitate to strike. 
What changed?  Claudius is no longer praying, and he is, instead,
spying. 

This, by the way, is seen by many as the climax of
the play.  When Hamlet decides not to kill Claudius because he doesn't want to send
Claudius to heaven, he is playing God.  Salvation is God's business, not Hamlet's.  If
Hamlet kills Claudius in Act 3.4 while Caudius is praying everyone from Polonius to
Gertrude lives; only the guilty party, Claudius, dies.  But because he delays here the
bloodbath occurs. 

Finally, though Hamlet's words
demonstrate why he doesn't kill Claudius while the king is at
prayer--

Now
might I do it pat, now 'a is a-praying,

And now I'll
do't--an so'a goes to heaven,

And so am I revenged.  That
would be scanned.

A villain kills my father, and for
that,

I, his sole son, do this same villain
send

To heaven.  (Act
3.4.73-78)

--there may be
more to it.  Some commentators see Hamlet as having a need to make what the king has
done public; to make sure everyone is aware of what went on and why Claudius must die. 
In this case, Hamlet doesn't really want to kill Claudius in private.  He wants the
truth to be known.

Finally, a third possibility exists: 
Hamlet is better at spontaneous action than he is at action preceded by thought.  In
other words, he is better at taking action when he doesn't have time to think about it
first.  If this is true, then Hamlet simply has too much time to think when he catches
Claudius at prayer.

Why does Tim take the brown bess from Sam?

Tim's reason for taking the brown bess from Sam is
two-fold.  First, he takes the gun in the hopes of preventing Sam from joining the
militia (having a weapon was a requirement for joining).  He wants to prevent Sam from
being in harm's way and to force Sam to come back home and stop arguing with their
father.  Second, Tim knows that the brown bess is necessary for his family's survival. 
Mr. Meeker needs it for both protection and to obtain food.  Without the brown bess the
rest of the Meeker family will suffer.

I need to make a list of idioms used in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

An idiom is a figurative expression, word, or phrase that
is common enough or used often enough in a language that the literal meaning is no
longer considered.

A Christmas Carol
makes use of several idioms that were perhaps made more popular because of the fame of
this short novel.

Here are a few of the more well known
idioms used in the story to help you get your list
started:

• Dead as a doornail = irreverent way of
  saying dead a long time, or very dead.


• Tight-fisted =
  cheap; won't open his hand to give money or anything
  else.


• Solitary as an oyster = alone but not lonely,
  oysters have no sense of community.


• Humbug = a phrase
  made popular by Scrooge's use of it; original meaning is "hoax" or "jest."  Scrooge uses
  "Bah Humbug" to declare Christmas a fraud or a hoax (an excuse to give to the poor, stay
  home from work, and be kind for no
  reason).

Explain "under green sods lay," in W. B. Yeats' poem "The Ballad of Father Gilligan."

A widespread epidemic has devastated the Irish countryside
and the poor village people have succumbed to it and lie buried under the ever green
Irish countryside.

'Sod' means the
layer of earth with vegetation on it. In the first stanza
Yeats describes to us the weariness of Father Gilligan. He tells us that because of the
epidemic almost half the village has died and lies buried "under the green sods" while
the other half is lying in their sick beds. So, Father Gilligan the parish priest is
kept busy day and night because he has to either conduct the funerals of his dying
parishioners or administer communion to the remaining parishioners who are either sick
or on the verge of death.

In the Bible the
Priest is often referred to as a shepherd and his parishioners as his flock.
So, Father Gilligan is equated with a shepherd who tends his parishioners
who are his flock.

Ireland is an island and enjoys rain
throughout the year and consequently the Irish countryside is always green. The color
green is also the national color of Ireland and Ireland is picturesquely referred to as
"the emerald isle."

The irony in this line is of course,
that sheep usually graze on the green grass but here because of the devastating epidemic
which has caused an ironic reversal, the sheep are lying buried under the "green
sods."

The narrator says finding the ring is a "turning point in his (Bilbo's) career." Why?Gollum accuses Bilbo being a thief. Do you think Bilbo is? Why...

Up to this point, Bilbo hasn't felt that he had any advantages.  He is out of his depth, out of his own world, and dealing with things that he has never dreamed of.  He is afraid and lacking in self-esteem.  But having the ring gives him a sense of power, and certainly gives him some benefits.  After getting the ring, he becomes more of a leader, and is able to escape the goblins and - later - save his friends in the forest.

As for your second question, you have to decide.  Bilbo knows that the ring belongs to Gollum.  If he is justified in taking it because he has to protect himself, then you could say he isn't a thief.  However, you could also say that - no matter the reason - Bilbo took something that doesn't belong to him so he is a thief.

In the novel 1984, Winston's memories of his mother include love, sacrifice, and loyalty. What has replaced these qualities in his present world?

Love hasn't been replaced as much as it has been appropriated by the party, as has loyalty. Whereas once people within a family had love for one another, now people are expected to put their loyalty to Big Brother and the party above all else. That is why children are feared by their parents and why people are allowed to marry as long as they have the proper attitude towards sex (they are not supposed to like it, but are supposed to do their duty for the party). There are not supposed to be any intimate relationships because intimacy and love divide people's loyalties. The party could not have absolute control over people who put their loved ones and family first. As for sacrifice, that has been eliminated, for no one has any reason to sacrifice because no one has anyone (apart from Big Brother, that is) that he loves more than himself.

y do u think the book is good or not?Do u think kids lower than 5th grade should rea the book?Also do u think the book gives enough detail??the...

Walk Two Moons is one of my favorite
novels for young adults. The reasons I like the book so much are because it was easy to
put myself in the lead character's position, and because the author, Sharon Creech, does
a great job of describing her characters.  By the end of the book, I felt like I knew
all of them personally!  I remember being a little caught off guard by the ending, and I
grieved right alongside the narrator.  I think it's definitely possible for children
younger than fifth graders to enjoy and understand this book.  I could see someone in
third or fourth grade being able to comprehend the deeper meanings found in the book.  I
think the book gives more than enough detail for it to be
enjoyed!

In "The Rocking-Horse Winner" how does Paul behave like other kids and how doesn't he? How do you account for these differences?

Paul, like all small children, seeks for approval and love
from his parents.  So, he does things in order to please them.  This is what prompts the
rocking-horse riding in the first place.  He senses his mother's "cold" heart, and in a
conversation with her, learns that she wants to be "lucky," or rich, more than anything
else.  He figures that if he can get her money, then her heart will soften, and she will
finally love him.

Paul is also like a small child in the
way that he trusts people.  He trusts the gardener and his uncle to work with him in
winning these huge amounts of money; that is pretty trusting, if you ask me.  An adult
would expect scamming to occur, but Paul just innocently lets the gardener handle all of
the money, and deal with it.  Very child-like and
naive.

One other way that Paul is like other children is
that he doesn't really express greed or desire for a lot of money--his desire for the
money is to win his mother's love, not to get things for himself.  He is very selfless
and childlike about money and what it means.

Despite these
traits, Paul is really more serious than most children.  He is calm, serious, earnest
and mature for his age.  He doesn't seem to play or take things lightly.  Also, he is
very focused and determined.  Most kids can't focus on one thing for more than ten
minutes.  Paul spends hours on his horse, focused and determined.  Kids also tend to
give up pretty easily and get frustrated when things aren't going their way--not Paul. 
He rides and rides until he gets the right answer, even if it takes a very long time. 
He is also unduly  burdened with the cares of the world; his parents' desire for money
weighs on him, and he takes the responsibility on himself--that is not like a child at
all.

I hope that those thoughts helped; good
luck!

How does this quote display a metaphor "I will not have it said my name is soiled" and what is the significance?Abigail [in a temper]: My name is...

If you are going to call this a metaphor, the metaphor
exists between Abigail's name, and soil.

Often a metaphor
compares one grammatical form to another grammatical form. Here you have her name, a
noun, and then the comparison position word is 'soiled', an adjective. Grammatically
speaking, this is a predicate adjective, not a
metaphor.

But let's say you're going to use it as a
metaphor. Abby's name represents her reputation, and it is compared to dirt, soil. She
fears this especially because she lives in the Rev. Parris' home. She should have a good
reputation.

Who was Martha, and what did Jimmy Cross wonder about her?

In the eponymous story "The Things They Carried," Martha
is a girl in New Jersey who plays volleyball, goes to college, reads Virginia Woolf, and
writes Lt. Jimmy Cross letters.  Cross wonders if she is still a virgin.  In this way,
Cross seems like some Knight on a crusade, and he expects his maiden to wait faithfully
back at the castle.  It's an unrealistic fantasy, but Martha gives Cross hope.  Even
though she doesn't love him and he only loves the idea of her, she serves as a willing
audience, like the reader, who waits in judgment back home to decide if these men are
worthy.

Lt. Cross burns Martha’s letters and photographs
after one of his men die.  Cross (initials J.C. for "Jesus Christ") is a Christ-figure,
one who takes on the sins of all the others: namely guilt.  He feels responsible for
Lavender's death, blaming himself for thinking of Martha rather than his
men.

Martha never appears in the story, but she (and the
other American civilian women in the novel) represents home, warmth, protection, the
earth-mother.  The men in Alpha company dream of them and, through their letters, they
try to make these women understand war.  The women write back with only trivialities
about their daily lives, so there is a disconnect between Martha and Cross.  She will
never understand "what men do."  In fact, Cross says he loves her, but she cannot love
any male who has killed, raped, burned villages.

Later
Cross tells O'Brien, “Make me out to be a good guy, okay? Brave and handsome, all that
stuff. Best platoon leader ever. And do me a favor don’t mention anything about—“? What
isn’t O’Brien supposed to mention in his story about Cross?  Killing?  Rape?  Whatever
it is, O'Brien never tells us, or Martha.  She will never understand "the things men
do."

In To Kill a Mockingbird, who said these quotes and to whom, and what do they mean?"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we...

"Simply
because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try
to win."

This quote is spoken
by Atticus to Scout in Chapter 9 after she has gotten into yet another fight at school,
this time with Cecil Jacobs, who made her "forget" her promise to Atticus about using
her fists to decide arguments. It is in response to her question about whether Atticus
will win in the upcoming trial of Tom Robinson.

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"Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is
on the public streets." 

This
is spoken by Miss Maudie to Scout in Chapter 5 during their conversation about Boo
Radley.

"The
one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's
conscience."

Atticus gives
this piece of advice to Scout in Chapter 11 in response to her being upset about Jem
taking out his anger on Mrs. Dubose's camellias.

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"Do you think I could face my chidren otherwise?
You know what's going to happen as well as I do, Jack, and I hope and pray I can get Jem
and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb's
usual disease."

Atticus is
speaking with his brother, Jack, when he makes this comment in Chapter 9. It is his
explanation why he has taken on the defense of Tom Robinson.

Why does Paris call on friar laurence?romeo & juliet

The only time Paris calls on Friar Lawrence is in Act IV,
scene i to plan his wedding. Paris is hasty in his effort as Lord Capulet has encouraged
this marriage to happen quickly because Juliet is so depressed. But Capulet has no
concept of her depression. He thinks it has to do with Tybalt's death when in reality it
has to do with Romeo's absence and is complicated and intensified by this forced
marriage to Paris.

Juliet interrupts Paris' effort to make
plans with the Friar. This is the point at which she seeks the Friar out for help to
remedy this planned marriage. It's a little ironic that Paris is there to start their
marriage and Juliet arrives to end it before it happens.

4x+y=5 , 27x*2+21xy+2y*2=0add math question (simultaneous equation)

Given:

4x + y = 5   ...  
(1)

And

27x^2 + 21 xy + 2y^2 =
0   ...   (2)

We factorise the left hand side of this
equation as follows:

27x^2 + 18 xy + 3xy + 2y^2 =
0

9x(3x + 2y) + y(3x + 2y) =
0

(3x + 2y)(9x + y) =
0

Therefore:

3x + 2y = 0   ...
(3)

9x + y = 0    ... 
(4)

Equation (3) and equation (4) representing two factors
of equation (2) will give us two different sets of value for x an y.  To find these two
sets of values we form two separate sets of equation, which are (1) with (3), and (1)
with (4).

First we solve equations (1) and (3) as
follows.

Multiplying equation (1) by 2 we
get:

8x + 2y = 10   ...  
(5)

Subtracting equation (3) from equation (5) we
get:

8x - 3x + 2y - 2y = 10

5x
= 10

x = 2

Substituting this
value of x in equation (5)we get:

8*2 + 2y =
10

16 + 2y = 10

2y = 10 - 16 =
- 6

Therefore:

y = - 6/2 = -
3

This gives first set of values as x = 2, and y =
-3

Now we solve equation (1) and (4) as
follows:

Subtracting equation (1) from (4) we
get

9x - 4x + y - y = 0 - 5

5x
= - 5

Therefore x = - 5/5 = -
1

Substituting this value of x in equation (1) we
get

4(-1) + y = 5

- 4 + y =
5

y = 5 +4 = 9

This gives
second set of values as x = -1, and y = 9

What is the significance of the final section?

While you have two fine answers already, it is important to note that Persky warns Kugelmass against using the machine again.  The underlying note is be happy with what you have...in the present.  However, Kugelmass insists, and while the machine is working, Persky has a heart attack, the machine bursts into flames, and instead of the novel Kugelmass expects to end up in, he finds himself in the middle of a Remedial Spanish textbook. Not only is the "large, hairy" irregular verb tener (to have) chasing Kugelmass, it is "over a barren, rocky terrain" that this occurs.  This description of setting again supports the idea that it's not getting what you want in life that is happiness, it's wanting what you have.

How does Scout solve her problem with Walter Cunningham in chapter 3?

Scout gets into trouble on her first day of school. She attempts to get Miss Caroline to understand Walter by explaining the quirks an inadequacies of the "Cunningham's". This gets her into further trouble, and she takes her frustration out on Walter by rubbing his nose in the dirt.

Jem tries to smooth things over by inviting Walter home for lunch. Scout is rude to Walter during lunch, making fun of his eating habits, and Calpurnia lectures her. She tells Scout that she should not think Finches are better than Cunningham's, and that a guest in their home is a guest, regardless of class distinctions.

Atticus reinforces this idea when Scout complains to him about Calpurnia.

What are the morals of "Fahrenheit 451"? What is Ray Bradbury trying to say?

Obviously, this is a society based on instant
gratification.  The citizens have been desensitized to the violence present in the
book.  The society has been dumbed down in such a way that mindless TV shows, driving
super fast, and kids killing one another is commonplace.  Mildred is the model citizen
in that she has been completely consumed by the TV family, and wants no part of Montag's
awakening in the novel.  Sadly, the society has accepted that death and destruction is
okay, as long as insurance has been purchased, so that no one will lose financially from
the impulsive acts of others.  I think this was a novel written as a cautionary tale. 
Bradbury was well aware of the atrocities committed by Hilter in WW II, and how Hitler
wanted to control his society by taking away the power of the people.  One of his
tactics was to burn books.  Knowledge is power.  By creating this society in which
citizens aren't allowed to think for themselves, debate, critique, etc.  many of the
actions that we find appalling in the book, would stand to be perfectly normal.  This is
a society where you are suspect if you were a pedestrian, but killing innocent people
because you are required to drive fast is considered normal.  Conversation, enjoying
nature, (EX: Clarrise and her family) would indicate the need for a file.  The book
represents the morals of the business world, and the morals of a corrupt government with
no checks and balances.  Unfortunatly is was modeled after occurances from history, and
there is much to be learned from this book to be applied to our society
today.

Include differences as well as similarities - fresh and salt water?Science

Similarities

The
greatest similarity between fresh and salt water is that both are basically the same
chemical - water, although the contents of other materials dissolved in it
differ.

Both contain some amount dissolved chemical in it
though the quantities vary.

Both form different links in
the water cycle of the nature.

Both are homes to aquatic
life.

Difference:

Salt
water contains much higher quantities of dissolved chemicals as compared to fresh water.
This  higher concentration of chemical also raises the density of salt water above that
of fresh water.

Plant and animals living in two types of
water bodies are different.

Salt water is found only as
large standing bodies of water. Most of these are in form of seas and oceans, although
though some lakes including very large ones considered to be sea also contain salt
water. Fresh water is found in standing bodies of water called lakes, as well as running
water as in rivers and streams. Fresh water is available in many other forms such as in
rain, and ice caps in the poles and in very cold places. However no fresh water is found
in seas and oceans.

Fresh water is used for drinking as
well as many industrial processes. However salt water is generally not suitable for most
of the industrial use except for cooling. On the other hand salt water is used as a
source of some chemicals, particularly common salt. Freshwater does not yield any such
chemicals.

How does Prince Prospero react to the midnight guest?

Initially he is frightened; however, he overcomes that and is outraged.  He storms after the masked figure, ordering his revelers to seize him, though they refuse.  Overcome with anger at such an insult, Prospero draws his dagger to stab the figure.  However, when he grabs the figure and spins him around, he sees that it is really the Red Death itself and Prospero drops dead.

What were the personal characteristics of Hitler and Mussolini?

Both were talented speakers, Adolf Hitler especially.  He
could motivate a crowd like almost no one else of his time, pushing exactly the right
buttons to incite them into a frenzy of cheering and support.  He was also paranoid,
felt everyone was out to get him (perhaps one of the three dozen assassination attempts
against him might have pushed him over the edge).  He had the capacity for both
extraordinary kindness to children, animals, and women, and then flew into fits of
incredible rage and cruel indifference.

Mussolini was
arrogant and pompous.  He believed he was the new Roman Emperor, even though his empire
never came close to rivaling Ancient Rome's on any level.  He was a notorious womanizer,
and was loud and boisterous at parties, yet pensive and brooding in
private.

What happens in act 2, scene 8 of The Merchant of Venice?

Act 2, Scene 8 is a conversation between Salerio and Solanio, revealing events which have transpired while Scene 7 was taking place.  Shylock is furious because his daughter has run off with his money and Lorenzo.  Bassanio's ship has set sail for Belmont, and another ship has been wrecked in the English Channel.  Salerio and Solanio know that Antonio is sad because Bassanio has departed, and they will try to raise his spirits.

How do Jim and Della feel toward one another? How do you know? If possible what kind of evidence is shown from the story?

Jim and Della are young and very much in love with one another. The evidence of their love is in their desire to please the other by purchasing the perfect gift for Christmas. Each one, out of love, sacrifices the thing which is most important to them in order to buy the other a gift to accentuate that item. Della loves her hair, as does Jim, it's beautiful so much so that royalty would want her hair. She loves it and she loves that Jim loves it as well. She sells her hair to a salon to buy Jim a fob chain for his watch. Jim's watch is a beautiful family heirloom and he cherishes it. Della says that it is a fine watch and many would marvel over the sight of it, except that he wears it on a leather strap which takes away from it's beauty. Jim sells the watch to buy Della beautiful shell combs to adorn her already beautiful hair. Each one sacrificed their most prized possession to please the other and demonstrate their love for one another. 

Does A Raisin in the Sun end happily for the Younger family?

The ending is ambiguous at best.  On the positive side, the family has renewed their determination to pursue their dream and move to the house in Clybourne Park despite the obstacles which stand in their way.  On the negative side though, it is evident that their road ahead will not be easy.  Not only has Walter's friend and business partner disappeared with all their money, but it is clear that the family will face opposition and racism in their new place of residence, as foreshadowed by Mr. Lindner's offer to buy back their house in the name of the "New Neighbors Orientation Committee".

How does Santiago complete this statement - "First you borrow,then..." ?

Let me complete the sentence first of all.'First you borrow,then you beg'.This is between Santiago and the boy.He interpretes that when a man borrows money or things though he does not earn or whenever the old man goes on fishing,he catches nothing.So from where he will bring money and return the debt.

So one becomes penniless and all resources of earning are chained,

then he comes into great trouble and for that in such tense he will

not consider begging as sin.He will be ready to beg for facing the debt. 

Which character in The Scarlet Letter is innocent?

A case could be made for more than one character, but the purest is Pearl. She didn't choose the situation into which she was born. Instead, she was outcast for someone else's actions (or rather, several other people's actions), and grew up more like a natural creature than a socialized one. She's not without violent tendencies, but even these seem like natural desires, rather than sin or corruption.

In Farenheit 451, what was the significance of Montag's choice of passage from the bible as the literature he would memorize?

I don't know that Montag chose to remember from Ecclesiastes. It seems, as they are heading back to the city, that it just comes to him from his past reading. The quote from my version of the book reads, "And on either side of the river was there are tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."

Now what I know of Ecclesiastes is very little other than it emphasizes appreciating God's daily gifts of simple pleasures and work; however, this would fit in well with Montag's realization of life's simple pleasures. The world of Fahrenheit 451 has sped up so much so that people are walled off from one another and let the little pleasures of life and family get away from them. Just look at how odd Clarisse's family appears, yet they value the simple things in life.

The passage quoted above is important too in that in symbolizes the new knowledge that the "book men" are going to pass on to the remnants of civilization left in the city after the bombing. The knowledge from the books in their heads will lead to the healing and restoration of life.

What do the boys look like?William Golding's Lord of the Flies

At the beginning of the narrative of Lord of the
Flies, of course, the boys are well-groomed; Ralph looks like the "golden
boy," the ideal look at the time of the novel's writing; he is tall, good-looking,
athletic, and charismatic.  In contrast to Ralph, Piggy is a boy in a middle-aged man's
body.  His hair is already thinning, he is myopic, and he is overweight and unathletic. 
Piggy also suffers from asthma.  Appearing rather abruptly, Jack, tall with red hair,
marches the other boys of the choir up to Ralph and Piggy.  He wears the black cap and
cape of his occupation and looks the part of a
leader.

After a while, the little boys appear; one of them
has a mulberry mark on his face, and, like one marked in the Bible, he is cursed as he
quickly disappears and is never seen again. Percival and Johnny are the smallest of the
very young boys.  Johnny has fair hair and "a natural
belligerence."

Simon is a middle-sized boy with dark hair
that often falls in his eyes, symbolizing that his "sights" are intuitive rather than
merely visual.  He is kind and helpful, but an independent thinker
always.

After the boys have lived on the island, of course,
their hair becomes longer and disheveled, their clothes dirty and torn, and some things
have been discarded.  It is interesting that one character, Roger, who keeps to
himself with "an inner intensity of avoidance," is not described physically at the
beginning of the narrative, but it is written that he is fascinated when he sees that
Jack has a mask on his face which disguises him.  Quickly, Roger adopts the wearing of a
mask which can "liberate him from shame and self-consciousness" of the rules of
society.  In one of the final chapters, Roger, then, releases the boulder that sends
Piggy to his death with "delirious abandonment."

Explain why Collins does not complain when Lydia interrupts his reading of Fordyce's "Sermons," but criticizes her in his letter in Ch.57.

Collins arrives at Mr. Bennet's house in Ch.13. In the
next chapter after he has had his dinner he is seen in conversation with all the members
of the Benett family. Its very obvious that he is doing his best to make a very good
impression and win the admiration especially of the Bennet girls, because he has come to
Longbourn with the main intention of marrying one of
therm.

Soon after dinner and tea the family moves to the
drawing room where he tries to impress the Bennet girls  by reading aloud to them. To
the shock and surprise of both Kitty and Lydia he announces that "he never read novels"
and begins to read from Fordyce's "Sermons" - an obviously dull, sentimental and
moralistic book - only to be rudely interrupted by
Lydia.

However, Collins who
is

"much
offended, laid aside his book, and said,

I
have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp,
though written solely for their benefit. It amazes me, I confess; -- for certainly,
there can be nothing so advantageous to them as instruction. But I will no longer
importune my young
cousin.''

He is very
courteous and polite because he doesn't want to offend the girls by being very
moralistic otherwise none of them would agree to marry
him.

However, after he has married Charlotte he reveals his
true colors. Collins is a hypocrite and he pours out his venom in his letter in Ch.57.
He does so in order to avenge his shame and humiliation in being rejected by Elizabeth
who is now on the verge of marrying Darcy and by being snubbed by Lydia in Ch.
14:

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I am truly rejoiced that my
cousin Lydia's sad business has been so well hushed up, and am only concerned that their
living together before the marriage took place should be so generally known. I must not,
however, neglect the duties of my station, or refrain from declaring my amazement at
hearing that you received the young couple into your house as soon as they were married.
It was an encouragement of vice; and had I been the rector of Longbourn, I should very
strenuously have opposed it. You ought certainly to
forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names
to be mentioned in your
hearing.''

What are two examples in the text where Douglass is exaggerating or self-glorifying?

To add to the point in the above post about Douglass's
purpose to inspire people against the nature of slavery, Douglass also uses exaggerated
moments to influence his audience.  For example, while in Baltimore, Douglass claims
that he makes a grand apostrophe to the passing ships in the harbor.  In the apostrophe,
he says that he cried out to the ships asking why they were free while he was kept in
bondage.  The apostrophe is quite emotional and breaks the more objective tone developed
previously in the narrative.  One assumes that Douglass did not actually orally address
the passing ships in the harbor--surely a slave seen engaging in such behavior would be
cause for the authorities to inflict punishment; however, Douglass may very well have
had these thoughts and simply presented them in such an exaggerated manner to influence
his reading audience.

What are some examples of hypocrisy in To Kill a Mockingbird?

1. At the missionary circle, Mrs. Merriweather talked about how no white person would go near the black Mrunas, however the white and blacks of Maycomb are completely seperate

2. In the historical account about Simon Finch in chap. 1, Simon Finch is persecuted because he is a methodist. However, then he goes and purchases slaves. Simon also buys slaves in order to get rid of his money in order to not spend his money of gold because it is against God. however, purchasing slaves is no more for the glory of God than purchasing gold.

3. MRs. Gate's class- she teaches about the horrors of Hitler and how america would never persecute others, “Over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced” (245)

Why are Lorraine and John writing The Pigman?

John and Lorraine are telling the story of the Pigman, Mr. Pignati, whom they met and grew to care about. The story is told by both of them, so that you get two perspectives on the events. In some ways, they are trying to make sense of the relationship they had with the Pigman, and his death.

What are 3 ways Gene and Phineas are alike and 3 ways they are different in A Separate Peace?

Differences:  Gene is more scholarly (Gene is near the top of his class, Phineas average in his studies) , Finny is (Phineas) the better athlete, Finny is more self-confident (able to step outside convention and challenge authority)

Similarities:  there are not a great deal of similiarties between the two teenagers.  A similarity lies only in the fact that Gene assumes that his "friend" is as envious of his scholarly abilities as much as he is envious of Finny's athletic prowess.  Of course, they have their ages and school in common, too.  But Gene is severly lacking in self confidence and maturity.  Finny may lack maturity as well, but his is a benevolent immaturity, while Gene's is decidely malevolent. 

"As Ronald Weber writes in an article from Studies in Short Fiction, "It is Phineas's innocence that Gene cannot endure. As long as he can believe Phineas shares his enmity, he can find relief, but with this assurance gone, he stands condemned before himself and must strike out against his tormentor."

What "fine New Year's gift" did the SS give the Jews?

This passage from Elie Wiesel’s book Night is an example of verbal irony. Verbal irony is a statement the expresses the opposite of what the writer really means. It is a way of emphasizing the writer’s true intent.

In Night, Elie and his family have been deported and sent to a Nazi concentration camp. We all know that concentration camp life is brutally hard and many do not survive. Elie has already lost his mother to the crematorium and has worried constantly over the fate of his weakening father. However, when Wiesel writes

The SS offered us a fine New Year’s gift

it is not his father he has to worry about, it is himself. At this point in the story the SS has decided to conduct a selection for his block. Selection refers to the process in which prisoners are evaluated. If they are found unfit they are sent to the crematorium. When Wiesel calls it a “fine” gift he obviously means the opposite—it is very bad news, not really “fine” at all. It is possible that he will not survive the selection.

Wiesel survives the selection, but he concludes this section with a chilling observation about the poor souls who did not:

Those whose numbers had been noted were standing apart, abandoned by the whole world. Some were silently weeping.

What three purposes does Meyer Wolfsheim serve in The Great Gatsby?

Just to put a different spin on things: it has always been
my opinion that the Wolfsheim character betrays F Scott Fitzgerald's blatant
anti-semitism. Here we have Wolfsheim, identified, in the most stereotypical ways, as a
Jew, who is the sleaziest and most nefarious character in the novel. He does his dirty
business deals through a cover company named the The Swastika
Holding Company. Really now. And this same man, though his knows Gatsby well and has
been doing shady business with him, refuses to have anything to do with his funeral and
prefers to remain anonymous. I think Fitzgerald's intentions are obvious. And I am not
alone. Here's an excerpt from an essay by Martin Hindus, Assistant Professor of
Humanities at the College of the University of Chicago:

F.
Scott Fitzgerald and Literary Anti-Semitism:A Footnote on the Mind of the 20's June
1947

I
recently read The Great Gatsby for the first time, and it struck me that in all the
praise of the book I had heard from both Jews and non-Jews, something important had been
omitted—that viewed in a certain light the novel reads very much like an anti-Semitic
document. It is an excellent novel, no doubt of that, and part of its appeal is that the
reader knows (though he may be unable to define his knowledge) that the story and the
characters are general and representative rather than particular and confined.
Fitzgerald has written a tragic satire on American civilization, with the implicit
invitation to disentangle the idea of which the personages and events are outward
symbols. The individuals portrayed stand for the classes (but not in the Marxian sense)
to which they belong. That is nothing new: the same is true of every serious literary
work of art.

The Jew who appears in The Great Gatsby is not
the villain of the piece, but he is easily its most obnoxious character. His name is
Meyer Wolfsheim. He is a gambler by profession. His nose is flat and out of both
nostrils two fine growths of hair “luxuriate.” His eyes are “tiny.” When he talks he
“covers” Gatsby with his “expressive nose.” We first glimpse him in a mysterious
conversation with Gatsby about a man named Katspaugh. When, at this point, the narrator,
Nick, comes in and meets him, Wolfsheim mistakes him for somebody else whom Gatsby has
mentioned and he immediately begins to talk of a business “gonnegtion.” That
“gonnegtion” runs like a theme through the whole book whenever Nick thinks of
Wolfsheim.

Of course, you are
free to draw your own conclusions...

What is the meaning of "humility and truth are stronger than any empire" and give one example in the world today.world religions

I think the meaning is pretty clear here.  It is that the
power of virtues like humility and truth are greater than the power of empires and
armies.  It is saying that the people who have moral right on their side will be
stronger than those with might.

The example that comes
immediately to mind is not from today but from the 1940s.  Then, Mahatma Gandhi was
clearly humble and had truth on his side.  With that, he was able to defeat the British
Empire and force it to give India its independence.

How do the boys try to get Ralph out of the thicket in The Lord of the Flies?

First, the savages try to roll rocks down into the thicket to lure him out. This proves almost deadly for Ralph, when an especially large rock almost crushes him.

Then, they try to poke spears at him. Ralph thrusts back at them, and in the end, this is not successful because they cannot reach him.

Finally, they set a fire and intend to smoke him out. Ralph runs, but the savages are in pursuit. The fire is raging out of control and Ralph is losing his lead. Just as he burst through the shelters, he rolls and looks up into the face of a rescuer.

Can you agree with Scout when she says, "We had given [Boo] nothing, and it made me sad."?Chapter 31

First of all, for what it's worth, this is in Chapter
31.

Literally speaking, Scout is right.  Boo put the stuff
in the tree and they did not give him anything in
return.

However, I think that they really did give Boo
something.  I think that they gave him a connection to the world outside his house.  I
think that, by watching them and (sort of) interacting with them, he came to care about
the world and participate in it.  I think that you can see that from the fact that he
cared enough to come and save them from Mr. Ewell.

So maybe
they didn't give him any material stuff, but I think they gave him a huge psychological
gift.

Is personificantion random or does she match certain figurative language with particular motifs? If so, what would be the purpose and is it...

Zora Neale Hurston's use of personification is anything
but random. In most cases, the personification used is a direct element of the folklore
that Hurston employs in the novel or is meant to emphasize the
folklore.

One of the clearest examples of this idea is the
recurring personification of death that appears throughout the novel. For example, in
Chapter 8, we learn:

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"So Janie began to think of Death. Death, that
strange being with the huge square toes who lived way in the West. The great one who
lived in the straight house like a platform without sides to it, and without a rood.
What need has Death for a cover, and what winds can blow against him? He stands in his
high house that overlooks the world. Stands watchful and motionless all day with his
sword drawn back, waiting for the messenger to bid him come. Been standing there before
there was a where or a when or a
then."

You might look for
similar personification throughout the novel for such natural elements as night, the
moon, the sunrise, the sunset, and of course the pear tree. And also for such elements
as blues music, gossip, and love.

Why is the poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" so popular?

 The poem was written in the classical style, but has elements of the Romantic poets who relished in the power of the individual, the beauty of nature, and the supernatural among other things.  Probably the most important factor pointing to the poem's popularity is that it idealizes the comman man, and brings his importance in the universe to an equal status with those who were wealthy and affluent.

The poem invokes the classical idea of memento mori, a Latin phrase which states plainly to all mankind, "Remember that you must die." The speaker considers the fact that in death, there is no difference between great and common people. He goes on to wonder if among the lowly people buried in the churchyard there had been any natural poets or politicians whose talent had simply never been discovered or nurtured. This thought leads him to praise the dead for the honest, simple lives that they lived.

What does the picture of Jones, Aaronson and Rutherford mean? What does it prove? Why is it so important?

The story of these three men is found in Chapter
7.

In that chapter, Winston finds a picture of the three
men from a newspaper.  The picture seems to just be stuck in with some stuff he needs to
look at for work.

The picture is important because it
proves that the Party was lying about something.  This would be a huge deal if people
knew about it.  These three men had been put on trial and forced to confess to various
crimes.  But this picture shows that their confession could not have been true.  It
shows that they were in New York on a day that they swore they were off in Eurasia
plotting against Oceania.

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It was a half-page torn out of The Times of
about ten years earlier -- the top half of the page, so that it included the date -- and
it contained a photograph of the delegates at some Party function in New York. Prominent
in the middle of the group were Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford. There was no mistaking
them, in any case their names were in the caption at the bottom. The point was that at
both trials all three men had confessed that on that date they had been on Eurasian
soil. They had flown from a secret airfield in Canada to a rendezvous somewhere in
Siberia, and had conferred with members of the Eurasian General Staff, to whom they had
betrayed important military
secrets.

What do we know about the narrator’s past experiences that may be a potential cause for her “nervous condition?” Is she a reliable narrator?

The narrator is a classic example of an unreliable narrator.  We only 'see' the events through her writing.  Some potential causes for her breakdown include her recent birth, the fact that she is not allowed to see the child, her husband's prescribed treatment of absolute rest and mental inactivity, her sister's adoption of a domesticated female (she acts as the stereotypical wife of the time - doing housework, caring for the husband and baby), the fact that her husband discourages her creativity - refusing to let her write, and the fact that she is literally being kept prisoner in the upstairs room (the bars on the windows, the bed nailed down, her husband's refusal to move her from that room).  All of these could be viewed as reasons for her mental breakdown.

Who are the main characters in Dance Hall of the Dead?

The main character is Joe Leaphorn, a Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant trying to solve a case concerning a missing boy.

George Bowlegs is the missing boy, who, although he does not actually appear in the book, is the object of the mystery.

Dr. Chester Reynolds is an archaeologist and murderer.

Suzanne is a member of the Golden Fleece commune who helps Leaphorn.

Ted Isaacs is a young archaeologist under Reynolds who has a lot of decisions to make concerning his identity and loyalties.

Father Ingles is a Catholic priest who helps Leaphorn with information about Bowlegs and Zuni traditions.

There is more information at the link below.

Stereotypes: are they right-wrong? True-false? Foolproof or foolish? Are many stereotypes racist or sexist?Please explain in much detail as you...

Stereotypes are the way people classify others based on
preconceived ideas.  It is hard to determine if they are correct or not.  Police
detective use profiling which is a form of stereo typing.  However, statistically it
works in their favor when it comes to catching bad guys.

As
a citizen I find that stereo typing can hurt people.  If someone sees a large black man
coming down the street towards them at night they are more likely to exhibit fear than f
they see a large white man.  Every culture has stereo
types. 

Stereotyping can be unfair.  I have a large black
son who is like a kitten.  If he were walkig down the street at night he would most
like;ly be expected to be dangerous but he is very sweet and would not hurt a
fly. 

It is not as easy to get rid of stereo types as one
thinks.  All my life I have worked hard not to stereo type people.  Yet, even in my own
culture I have stereo types.  Having been ordained to marry a nice Jewish man I had a
few dates with Jewish men who were dark very hairy and their nose hair grew to their
upper lip, but as my grandmother exclaimed "They are doctors."  However, whenever anyone
tried to fix me up with a blind date and told me he was Jewish I thought of the
stereotype of the men I ahd dated.

I married a gentile and
moved to Germany.  While there I met many blond haired Jewish men who had blue eyes and
were from Israel.  Boy did my stereo type go ou the window.

Is Ophelia, as far as the text reveals, guilty of any of the womanly sins of which Hamlet accuses her?How do Polonius and Claudius view the...

One question per day,
please.

First of all, I'm not sure what "womanly sins" are,
or how they are different from "manly sins."  Second, a sin depends on the context of
the religion and the personal relationship with God.  So, Hamlet would not be in a
position to judge Ophelia regardless; her sins are between her and
God.

Having said that, I don't think she commits any
obvious Christian sins.  In the very Christian play Hamlet, Ophelia
is rather blameless.  The only mistake she makes is being a pawn of her father directly
and king indirectly.  She gets caught in the crossfire of male versus male revenge and
suffers dearly for it.  Her role is a sub-eiron: one who suffers by
extension.  She is no doubt a victim of male sexism.

But,
here's the rub.  I don't think Hamlet is talking to Ophelia at all when he says "get
thee to a nunnery."  Hamlet is talking to his mother.  Hamlet knows that Ophelia will
relay his words to her father, and her father will relay them back to Claudius, and
Claudius will relay them to Gertrude.  Hamlet is judging Gertrude, not Ophelia, with
this game of telephone.  Hamlet wants Gertrude to feel guilty and confess her crimes of
incest and hasty, illegitimate marriage.

Second, Ophelia is
a sacrificial lamb in Hamlet's revenge plot.  She's the "whipping boy" who must hear his
painful words.  Hamlet is the hero in the main plot and all the subplots except this
one: with Ophelia Hamlet is the villain.  He knows this, but his duty to his father as
an avenger supersedes his duty to his girlfriend.  Sadly, Ophelia is Hamlet's pawn
too.

In The Cask of Amontillado, why does Montresor wait 50 years to confess?How would the timing be significant to the story?

Montresor was very specific in the beginning to explain that Fortunato had "wronged him" and deserved punishment.  However, in order for that punishment to be fair and just to the insults hurled upon Montresor, it had to be done secretly  This secret, as Montresor says, is "not only punish, but punish with impunity''; that is, to punish Fortunato without being caught or punished himself.  Therefore, he can not confess to the crime.  We can assume that this confession is being done towards the very end of his life, perhaps even on his deathbed, when not punishment could be exacted upon him.

In addition, Montresor is an unreliable narrator.  He is obsessed with injuries that he does not even describe in detail, suggesting perhaps that those injuries were not as damaging as his violent act suggests.  The lack of remorse he shows 50 years later, coupled with the passioned explanation of his actions that he makes, help to support the idea that this is an unstable man run amuck with perceived insults, and not a sane man dealing out deserved punishment.

Why does ice float in water?Ice has more density than water.

A simple property, but unique and very important for the
environment, is that in solid form of ice,it floats on the liquid water.The solid form
of water has a lower density than liquid water, because the geometry of the hydrogen
bridges  which are forming only at lower temperatures.

For
almost all substances and all other 11 unusual  forms of water,except ice-XI, the
solid state is denser than the liquid one. Fresh water is most dense at 4 ° C,
and it will sink by convection as it will cool to that temperature and if it's cooled
further, it will rise.

Because of this
property,depth water will be warmer than  surface ice water, so the ice
will be formed from the surface and it will extend down and most of the water underneath
will remain constant at 4 ° C. Thus, the bottom of a lake, sea or ocean is virtually
isolated from the cold, allowing the survival of animal
species.

Although this behavior may seem trivial, it should
be noted that almost all other chemicals are denser in solid state and they are freezing
from bottom to top.

What quotation might summarize the complete story of "Harrison Bergeron"?

 I think the quote that summarizes the story of "Harrison Bergeron" is from The Declaration of Independence":

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.  ...it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

Harrison Bergeron and his Ballerina were standing up for what the Declaration says and they were exercising their right to change a terrible government that took away the precious rights we have which are guaranteed by the Declaration.

Inferno canto XXXIV ,circle 9, their characters, summary, setting of the story.

Virgil and Dante arrive in the ninth circle of hell. Satan is here, as well as Judas Iscariot-who betrayed Jesus, Brutus, who went against the secular and divine world, and Cassius, who committed suicide after he was defeated by Antony. (The characters of Brutus and Cassius are later in Shakespeare's plays).They are in wretched pain and covered in ice.

Virgil asks Dante if he thinks it is possible to recognize Satan. Dante does, and when he sees Satan, who is about 1500 feet tall, he is eating Judas Iscariot alive.

Virgil and Dante climb down Satan's body, and then travel back up to leave. They end their journey with the ability to see stars. This is symbolic in that they have left the depths of hell, and the stars twinkling can be seen to represent heaven.

What are the three traps that Zaroff uses to play the game with Rainsford?

Rainsford cannot escape the game. If he refuses to be hunted, he will be tortured by Ivan, Zaroff's servant. If he surrenders, he will either be malled by dogs or shot by Zaroff. He could commit suicide by falling in quicksand or drowning himself. Ultimately, he decides to fight for his life.

 Rainsford sets traps for Zaloff. The first is the Maley man-catcher, a trap in which a positioned tree falls on the hunter, but Zaloff escapes with a shoulder wound. The second is the Burmese tiger pit, which actually does kill one of Zaloff's dogs. The third consists of Rainsford's knife flying on a vine backwards at his pursuers. This trap kills Ivan. In the end, Rainsford does win the "game," when he surprises Zaloff in his bedroom.  

What is the climax of The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

The climax, the most intense point of the story, occurs in Chapter Nineteen. Witnesses come forth at Kit's trial to testify against her. Kit protects Prudence by saying she wrote Prudence's name over and over because Prudence's parents never knew she was being taught at Hannah's house. Nat then comes into court with Prudence, who shows all how Kit taught her to read and write. Prudence's father is so proud of her that he stands up to his wife and drops all of the charges against Kit.

What does gene do when Quackenbush accuses him of being maimed? what motivates gene to respond this way? in what sense might gene be maimed?

This occurs when Gene is securing his role as the
Assistant Crew Manager. This is not an honorable, but a mocking position for a senior.
Gene starts a fight with him. The two end up wrestling through the fight falling into
the river.

I think Gene's purpose for responding this way
is that he has an over-sensitivity to the word maimed because of it's significance about
what he knows he's done to Finny. To have crippled someone else and that someone not
knowing is maiming Gene from the inside out.

Gene's spirit
has been crippled at the loss of Finny's ability to be himself. Gene is crippled by
guilt. Gene is crippled by untruth.

What characters in Hamlet show one face to the world and another to themselves. Is their deception justified?I am still having a hard time...

With all the two-faced people in the play, it is ironic that only one is actually pointedly accused of creating a second face. In his tirade against Ophelia near the end of Act III scene 1, Hamlet accuses her (and women in general) of showing a dishonest face:

[quotation]

Ham.

I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God hath
given you one face, and you make yourselves another: you jig,
you amble, and you lisp, and nickname God's
creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance.

This is a pretty ironic statement, since Ophelia, for the most part, is an honest person who only agrees to meet with Hamlet in order to help prove he loves her. There are many more devious characters in the play, but Hamlet, perhaps because he is angry at Ophelia's small betrayal, heaps all his anger towards these other more deserving characters on her. 

What are the symbols in "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe?

Rather than look for specific meanings to specific elements portrayed in the story (black chamber, tripod, etc.) one must first consider who Poe is and when he was writing.  Poe, often and misfit in life, typifies the ideal of the Romantic artist, struggling against a world that fails to understand him, yet trapped, forever, seeking its approval.  Forced to turn inward for inspiration, material and content, the Romantic Artist uncovers much which he himself could not understand, that mysterious and dark place within the soul.  Here, the image of the "Doppelganger" (double) becomes prominent as it is in much of Romantic literature (see, William Willson), as an example. 
The Romantic Artist, and Poe is the quintessential one, struggles to deal with the myriad of bizarre, grotesque and seemingly random images that come to conscioussness when contemplating the "Self."  Later, Freud would call it the "Id" the place in all humans, left over from our own primordial past, when lust, and the struggle to live ruled our lives, unchecked. 
Observe the story from this light and you will find many different and valid interpretations.  

Mine: Poe senses intuitively, the downfall of civilization, his, our own, which I believe we are witnessing even more drammatically and clearly today.   Look around you: learning is at an all-time low, respect for tradition is non-existent, indeed, many of the trappings that held society together for centuries are mocked and derided.  
Poe's "Red Death," is simply that, the encroaching fall of High Western Civilization from we we all (as the Prince) try vainly to hide from and sometimes, absurdly, attempt to deny.

What techniques are used in The Dead to convey Gabriel's character?

This story is told in third person point of view, meaning that there is an outside narrator. However, the point of view is limited to focus on Gabriel's thoughts only, which allows readers to better understand him.  In addition, Joyce uses mimetic style, meaning that in expressing Gabriel's thoughts, he imitates Gabriel's speech and tone of voice.  This further provides insight into the type of man he is.  Through all of this, readers are able to understand that he is educated but insecure.  Finally, Joyce uses an allusion to the angel Gabriel to alert readers to the fact that this will be a passive character.

Change the mixed number 2(3/4) to an improper fraction and show how it happens

First, we have to write the mixed number as a sum, like
this:

2 + 3/4

Then we have to
show that the denominator of 2 is 1.

2/1 +
3/4

In order to add the 2 ratios, they have to have the
same denominator. For this reason, we'll multiply the ratio 2/1 by
4.

4*2/4*1 + 3/4 = 8/4 +
3/4

Now we'll add the numerators, kepping the same
denominator.

8/4 + 3/4 = (8+3)/4 =
11/4

2(3/4) =
11/4

What actually happens at the end of "Young Goodman Brown"?

At the very end of the story, Young (I guess he's not
young anymore ) Goodman Brown dies.  He is followed to his grave by Faith and by their
kids and their grandkids.  When they bury him in his
grave,

there
is no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his dying hour was
gloom.

If you are asking
about the part a bit before that, what happens is that what he sees in the forest makes
him lose his faith and his hope.  He thinks everyone is corrupt and evil, so he has no
good thoughts about anyone.  We don't know whether what he saw in the forest really
happened, but it doesn't matter.  He acts as if it does and it ruins his
life.

What are 3 questions for each chapter 4 and 5 that you have to think for and just always find in the text?

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The poem cumulus clouds uses an extended metaphor to describe clouds. choose a different element of nature and create a metaphor about it

The sun and the moon are universally used for extended
metaphors, and have been since the beginnings of human expression. Some great metaphors
about the sun, for example, would include:

Bringer of
life, vivid globe of fire, all-seeing cosmic eye, Father of Earth hugging us warmly from
the sky; golden, raging, fire torch; fountain of energy; majestic
light.

Hope this helps shine a light on you- No pun
intended.

Why did Calpurnia request Scouts presence in the kitchen?

I think you are talking about the moment when Scout
criticized Walter Cunningham for putting too much syrup on his
food.

Calpurnia wanted to point out that it was
inappropriate to criticize company and that we should respect all people's ways.
Fortunately for Scout, Cal chose to do this privately. This is why she called Scout into
the kitchen. She tried to scold Scout for this behavior privately. This may have been
done to respect Scout or to protect Walter's feelings. Maybe it was done for both
reasons. Whatever the reason, it all shows that Calpurnia is sensitive to all people's
feelings.

What unanswered question do you have about this story?

I don't really have any unanswered questions about "The
Yellow Wallpaper," and if I did I couldn't really answer this question for you.  My
questions would probably not match yours.  All you need to do is read the story and see
what unanswered questions you have when you've finished.

My
guess is that you might have questions about what the woman is suffering from, what
exactly she sees in the patterns in the wallpaper, what is the meaning of her circling
the room at the close of the story, and what does the future hold for
her.

You also might wonder if her husband is okay.  But,
again, simply read the story and see what questions you have.