Are there any fairy tale/fantasy elements in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour?"

The story itself does have a "once upon a time" feel to it; it is short, it delivers a message or moral, it involves a supposedly perfect relationship between a young man and woman, and has moments of supsense, drama and tragedy.  All of those are features of fairy tales.  Unfortunately, it does not have a "happily ever after" ending like most fairy tales do.  However, a lot of fairy tales served to issue warnings or edicts on behavior, and this story does too.  Take, for example, Cinderella--the message is to work hard and treat others nicely; if you do, you will be rewarded.  The message here in this story is that not all marriages are "happily ever after," but can sometimes be stifling and repressive to women at that time.

The fact that Brently Mallard's name was listed among the dead, then he shows up at the end could be considered fantastical.  And Louise's dramatic death at the ending, for bizarre reasons could also fit under that category.  Chopin's brief foray into describing the outdoor weather also has a bit of fantasy to it; Louise hears a distant song, and ties it to her current moods.  It's almost like she is hearing a magical spell that wakes her up to her own misery in marriage.

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

Read The Diary of Anne Frank and explain about segregation of Jews in not more than 200 words and cruelties committed on Jews.

Hitler and the Nazis believed that the Germans were wholly part of the Aryan race, which they believed it to be superior than the other inferior races, like the Jews, and that the inferior race should be slaves to the superior race.

Hitler had made it crystal clear in the start when he first entered politics that he despised the Jews totally and that they should not be allowed to take part in German life. Hitler strongly discouraged marriages between Germans and Jews, saying that this would allow Germany to be racially unpure, and also condemmned Jews for all the terrible events that struck Germany.

So, a slew of measures were enforced against Jews, including the sacking of Jews from government jobs. Hitler also stationed SS trops outside Jews shops, intimidating German shoppers not to enter these shops or face serious consequences. Jews could not own farms and banned them from entering the media sector, causing large displacement of Jewish workers from huge companies. They were also not allowed to own radios and also bicycles, not allowed to conscript into the Army and was stripped from their German citzenship. Lawyers were not allowed to take Germans as their clients. They were even forbidden to go to theatres and concert venues. They were not allowed to buy newspapers and magazines.

Only after the World War II ended, did they began their FINAL SOLUTION, or the "Holocaust", where they would kill all Jews in Germany and take their lands that they had conquered, so more than 6 million Jews died under the hands of the Nazis. They were killed by extermination or sent to the dreaded gas chambers in concentration camps situated in Germany itself.

I think it is more than 200 words here but you can cut down on some words I had used. Good luck!

Describe Homer Barron and explain why you think Emily's attraction to him.

Homer Barron comes into town from the North in charge of the men paving the sidewalks.  The narrator calls him

a Yankee - a big, dark, ready man, with a big voice and eyes lighter than his face... whenever you heard a lot of laughing anywhere about the square, Homer Barron would be in the center of the group.

Miss Emily is undoubtedly attracted to his confidence and personality - and perhaps the fact that he is different.  He is different, certainly than she is, but different from the rest of the town.  In fact, he's looked at as taboo as a result of that - and perhaps Miss Emily likes the idea of doing something wrong after years of living with a very stern father.  It turns out Homer Barron is also a homosexual.  It is never said whether Miss Emily knows this or not - however we assume he eventually does not return affection for her which is one reason why she might have killed him.

Why didn’t Shakespeare stage Shylock’s reaction to his daughter’s elopement rather than having Solanio report it?Act 2

Keep in mind, too, that Shakespeare often has important events "reported" as opposed to staged in front of the audience so that each of us has to imagine that event.  In our minds, the event will be scarier, sadder, happier, etc. than what we may see on the stage since the scene itself rarely affects each watcher in exactly the same way.  So, the playwright leaves it up to us individually to imagine the outcome, therefore solidifying the correct response in the heart of each audience member.

How does Dickens use paradox in the first chapter of a tale of two cities?

Dickens uses paradox to establish one of the main themes of the novel.  The theme is that during every age, people experience the same struggles, difficulties, and joys.  Dickens uses this theme to create universal appeal for the audience.  He talks about every age having "wisdom" and "foolishness", "light" and "darkness", "hope" and "despair".

The paradox also sets up the plot of the story which bounces back and forth between England and France.  To do this, he discusses the kings and queens of both, the nobility, and the struggles of the common people - again highlighting the universality of it all. 

What are some examples of metaphors that Robert Frost has used in his poems?

It might be best to begin with a famous poem, The Road Not Taken."   The entire poem is a metaphor for the decision we make in life which, while they may not seem all that important in the moment, may determine the rest of our lives ... and they are decisions that we can never go back and "remake." 

In the beginning of the poem we are presented with two roards that diverge in a yellow wood.  I'm not sure why the woods were "yellow," but it has always suggested Fall to me and that the decider is not a young person... which may make the decision all the more important because there is less time to alter the ramifications of each decision.   And the location of the decision (he's not deciding between options on a superhighway) is a metaphor for the undertainty of life (think Young Goodman Brown or The Devil and Tom Walker to point out just two stories where the woods function in this way).  With no real clues about which way to go (they are worn about the same --- no help there), the traveller makes a physical/metaphorical decision --- to take one path, live it out, and later tell the story how this decision has made all the difference ... both in the trip and in his/her life.

Another example is in his poem "Birches."  In this poem he uses climbing birches and returning back to earth as a metaphor for the imaginative, risk taking part of life, before the "facts" of life take over for each of us:

WHEN I see birches bend to left and right   Across the line of straighter darker trees,
 I like to think some boy's been swinging them.   But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay.   Ice-storms do that. Often you must have seen them          5
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning  
After a rain. They click upon themselves  
As the breeze rises, and turn many-colored  
As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel.  
Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells   10
Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust—   Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away   You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.   They are dragged to the withered bracken by the load,  
And they seem not to break; though once they are bowed   15
So low for long, they never right themselves:   You may see their trunks arching in the woods   Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground  
Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair 
Before them over their heads to dry in the sun.   But I was going to say when Truth broke in With all her matter-of-fact about the ice-storm   20  

In Frost's own words:

," Poetry begins in trivial metaphors, pretty metaphors, 'grace metaphors,' and goes on to the profoundest thinking that we have. Poetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another. People say, 'Why don't you say what you mean?' We never do that, do we, being all of us too much poets. We like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections - whether from diffidence or from some other instinct". ... Excerpt from an essay entitled "Education by Poetry" by Robert Frost.

How is Robinson Crusoe the true homo economicus of the eighteenth century?

Homo economicus translates to economic man-a man who wants to acquire wealth-without unnecessary physical labor, and  can work towards accomplishing these on his own judgement.  Crusoe uses his fear to cause fear, and faces obstacles of nature and God to attain his own vision. Crusoe at first is terrified at the prospect of isolation, and having to rely upon himself. Yet, he makes his own weapons, bakes bread, and confronts the cannibals. As his confidence grows, he is able to attain his desires using his own power. While not really acquiring wealth in realistic terms, he gains a wealth of knowledge and skills from his ordeal.

Why is it important for law enforcement administrators to study the future?How will the study help them?

Public Policy Analysis.

You
might speculate about the future, based on your study of and knowledge of the past.  Not
possible to study the future.  But based on knowledge of the past it is possible to make
some educated guesses about the future, and thus have a plan for if they come to pass. 
Those plans would have several options for the several possible future events that might
happen based on what has happend in the past and on what current conditions are that
might provoke or catalyze certain events with some probability that is large enough to
make planning for them worthwhile.  A plan enables training programs to be developed for
skills that are likely to be needed. enables resources to be acquired and positioned
where they are likely to be needed.  Based on the educated guesses, will more or less
manpower, automobiles, tactical weapons, other resources be needed?  If it is guessed
that less of A will be needed, can part of the budget for A be reallocated to procure
more of B, where it is thought that more of B will be needed?  With a good solid plan to
show to the legislature, it is more likely that projected budget changes can be
approved, than with no plan.  With a good solid plan in place, it is more likely that
the law enforcement needs planned for will be met and accommodated successfully, than
with no plan.  There will always be events and occurrances that were not foreseen and
not planned for.  But the habit of planning will make it more likely that even the
unforseen will be met successfully.

who among the characters you like/disliked best?why?

Well, that's a tough one. There are really only two active characters (though others are mentioned). One's a crazy murderer (Montresor), and one's a murder victim that we only meet through the killer's eyes (Fortunato).

If I have to choose--and this may say more about me than I want to admit--I'd go with Montresor. He's got energy, and he's focused on a goal. Fortunato seems like a passive dupe.

In Act 3 of Twelve Angry Men, what does juror three do to eight that causes the others to tell him to look out?

There is constant bickering and a sense of hatred between
jurors three and eight throughout all three of the acts.  In this particular section
that you are referring to, the jurors decide that it might be a good idea to recreate
the scene of the crime to see if it would have been possible for the boy to have stabbed
his father in the fashion that he was stabbed, since he was known to be an experienced
knife fighter.  Juror three volunteers to be the boy stabbing and juror eight volunteers
to be the father that is being stabbed.  At this point, juror three pretends to stab but
brings the knife so close to juror three's chest that the men actually think that he was
close to stabbing him -- which is why they yell out, "Look out." 
 

What is the author's central or main idea in "To Build a Fire"? Please explain.

I feel that a theme (main idea) of London's "To Build a
Fire" is a theme that he frequently uses in his writings.  That theme is the theme of
nature's indifference to humans.  Granted, the man ignored advice to not go out, because
he figured he was good enough, strong enough, and smart enough to conquer nature.  That
wasn't the case, and the man paid the ultimate price.  I would be tempted to believe
that the main idea being stressed to readers is "be prepared," but the dog ruins that
for me.  

Then
it turned and ran along the trail toward the camp it knew, where there were the other
food providers and fire
providers.

For me, the dog
represents nature.  The dog is not human; therefore, he is nature to me.  The dog sticks
around for a bit after the man dies, then the dog simply moves on in search of other
providers.  I feel that this shows a cold indifference on the dog's part.  He liked the
man, as long as the man could provide something for him.  The storm is a lot like the
dog.  It exhibits a sense of cold indifference to the man's efforts.  It doesn't matter
how hard the man tries to warm himself and curse at the storm.  The storm simply carries
on without a care in the world.  The story has always reminded me of Crane's poem "A Man
Said to the Universe."

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A man said to the
universe:

“Sir, I
exist!”

“However,” replied the
universe,

“The fact has not created in
me

A sense of
obligation.”

In the poem,
like in London's story, nature flat out doesn't care about man and his efforts.
 

Do women like Nora and men like Torvald from A Doll's House still exist?

As much as women have sought to change their roles in society, advertising, television shows, and movie series have often presented females in subservient positions such as the one in which Nora lives in Ibsen's play.  Certainly, the answer to this question is a subjective one, for it must be based on one's own experiences.  Yet, contemporary ideals of femininity in many countries require that a woman be thin, young, pretty, and willing to subvert her own needs to those of her husband.  Women currently starve themselves to be thin, undergo plastic surgery to look young and pretty, and assume a helpless persona in order to make themselves appealing to men.  Society has taught them that such looks and behaviors are attractive to men.  They also are prone to keep secrets from men, just as Nora did.  Many women even hide purchases from their husbands.

Why does Aunt Alexandra feel sorry for Atticus? What real support does he have (Chapter 24)?

Although it seems at times that Atticus has little support
in the community, Miss Maudie assures both Scout and Alexandra that he has more friends
than they realize. Maudie tells Alexandra that

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"... whether Maycomb knows it or not, we're
paying him the highest tribute we can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that
simple."

The "we" Maudie
means are the small but mostly silent members of the community who believe in fairness
and judicial honesty.

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    "The handful of people in this town who say
that fair play is not marked White Only; the handful of people who say a fair trial is
for everybody, not just us... The handful of people in this town with background, that's
who they are."

Some of those
people included Sheriff Heck Tate, Link Deas, Mr. Avery and Dr. Reynolds, who were all
present the afternoon they visited Atticus on his lawn to warn them of possible hostile
interference when Tom was moved to the jail. 

What is the significance of Hamlet titling the play written for the players “the mousetrap”?Act 3, SCENE 2

"The Mousetrap" is the means by which Hamlet obtains the proof he needs to verify the Ghost's claim that Claudius is a murderer. The play-within-a-play literally traps Claudius because the king's reaction reveals his guilt.

This scene is one of many references to traps and snares in the play as a whole. Polonius warns Ophelia that Hamlet's "tenders of affection" are "springes [snares] to catch woodcocks" (1.3.124). To thwart Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet tells Gertrude, "'tis the sport to have the enginer/ Hoist with his own petard" (3.4.229-230), meaning that one who makes bombs may be blown up by them. He will switch letters with the pair so that they will deliver a letter ensuring their own doom rather than Hamlet's. 

What do you think is the significance of Frankestein's dream about Elizabeth in Frankenstein?

Victor's dream foreshadows the ultimate
destruction of his bride and his stable life. This dream comes on the
night he has "beheld the accomplishment of [his] toils". He runs from the room, locks
himself in his bedroom, & falls into a fitful sleep. There he
dreams:

I
thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt.
Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips,
they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought
that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I
saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the
flannel.

This
also seems to suggest that Victor will cause Elizabeth's death, as evidenced by the fact
that his dream kiss causes her to transform into a corpse. The fact that
it is the corpse of his mother suggests something else entirely. Note the imagery here:
"livid with the hue of death", "shroud enveloped", "grave-worms". This is powerfully
descriptive diction that reflects the description of Elizabeth's corpse later in the
novel.

How do Oedipus' virtues lead to his undoing?Need one quote from play and short paragraph.

In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus' virtues lie in his cunning and unrelenting passion for the truth.  When he was a youth, he solved the Riddle of the Sphinx and freed Thebes from one plague.

Oedipus prides himself as a savior.  He feels superior to other men, prophets, even the gods.  Pride (hubris) is Oedipus' greatest strength and weakness.  Observe what he says:

When the riddling Sphinx was here
Why hadst thou no deliverance for this folk?
And yet the riddle was not to be solved
By guess-work but required the prophet's art;
Wherein thou wast found lacking; neither birds
Nor sign from heaven helped thee, but I came,
The simple Oedipus; I stopped her mouth
By mother wit, untaught of auguries.

Now Thebes is plagued by disease and suffering again, and (typical of a an arrogant man) he alone as King tries to reprieve his earlier glory.  In this way, he speeds up his demise, for he is the cause of the city-state's suffering.  He leads a manhunt looking for himself, the murderer of the previous King.

His dogged pursuit of the truth leads him to a mystery which he does not solve until his wife hangs herself.  It seems that, by solving the first mystery (the Sphinx), it cursed him into not solving the second until it was too late.

In the book Brave New World, what does the electric wire around the Reservation symbolize?

This is a tough one... but to me, the electrified fence
that the Warden tells Bernard and Lenina about symbolizes technology separating the
"civilized" world from the "savage" one.

To me, this book
really emphasizes the way in which it is technology that has changed the society and
made it into the brave new world.  That means that it is technology that stands between
the old ways and the new ways.  I think that it is important the fence is electrified --
that shows how technological it is in nature.

So I see the
fence as a symbol of what it is that distinguishes the savage society from the
civilization.

In Life of Pi, list the stages from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs that Pi goes through, and give examples from the text of each stage.

At the beginning of the novel, Pi is free to pursue self-actualization; you see him doing this as he pursues his religious interests.  It is only when your other needs are met (physical, safety, belonging, and esteem) that you can pursue achieving your potential, or actualization.  He is provided for, he is safe, he feels like he belongs with his family and peers, and fought hard to gain esteem through others.  Once he had those aspects in the motivational pyramid, he could pursue his hobbies and interests.

However, the shipwreck changes everything.  All of a sudden, Pi is plummetted from the "self-actualization" level back down to the physical level, and safety level.  In order to survive on the lifeboat, he needs food, shelter and water (physical needs), and to remain safe from predators on the boat (safety).  He spends a good portion of his first few days on the boat establishing those areas.  He establishes himself as the alpha male in order to ensure safety.  The rest of his journey focuses on securing food, water and shelter, and maintaining his safety.  Survival in harsh situations doesn't leave room for whining that you aren't accepted, or that you can't scrapbook anymore; everything is focused on the bottom two levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

Pi's entire ocean journey is spent staying alive and safe.  Note how religion is rarely referred to as he is on the boat; he just doesn't have time or motivation for that anymore when he is trying not to starve to death.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

What was the Truman Doctrine?

The Truman Doctrine went far beyond what
most people think, it was not simply some plan about aiding countries
facing communist insurgencies.  The doctrine did involve military aid, but also
life-enhancing programs such as engineering projects, agricultural projects, health
care, the full range of aid programs.  It also did involve the Marshall Plan, but the
most important long-range part of the plan was the doctrine of
Containment.

This did not
involve only aiding countries against invasion (such as the Greek-Albanian War and the
Korean War), insurgencies (a myriad of wars from the Malaysia Insurgency on) and
situations involving both (such as Vietnam and the Soviet-Afghan War).  The long term
plan was to keep the wars as small and contained as possible, which was most difficult
in Vietnam, and to gradually economically wear down the USSR.  Essentially, from 1947
through the 1980s the "World Revolution" proceeded at a pace and a cost which drove the
Soviet economy into a state of disaster.  The Afghan war was the final nail in the
coffin, so to speak.

By the mid-70s the probability of war
between the US and USSR was really low, and the proxy wars seemed to be going fairly
well for the Soviets.  It was a trap, basically.  In the '80s the process in Central
America was to adjust our aid to just above what the communists could deal with,
prompting them to pour in more men, material and materiel to top that, then we would add
a little more, all the time using our economic might, international credit and diplomacy
to keep a lid on the possible size of the wars.  Same in Africa, etc.  With the increase
in costs, the Russian economy began to falter.  The French destroyed unknown millions of
dollars worth of tanks and aircraft Libya still owed the Soviets for, as an example. 
The Israeli invasion of Lebanon seized enough Soviet weapons to arm several divisions,
hundreds of thousands of soldiers, an indication that the USSR was stockpiling weapons
in the Middle East in the hopes of an eventual invasion; the PLO could never raise a
fraction of the troops to use them.  The Syrian Army, which had invaded Lebanon earlier
and held the eastern part of the country, had so many Soviet "advisers" that some
front-line units were 10% Russian.  If you have a fifty-thousand dollar missile and use
it to kill a million dollar tank, you're winning.  If you convince your enemy to use
billions of dollars for weapons easily destroyed in the hands of third parties, or never
even used, that's even better.

With the war in Afghanistan,
the Soviet Union reached its breaking point.  With the collapse of morale in the army
and faith in the government at home, combined with the economic strain of the war, the
end came.  By the mid-80s the USSR was doomed; two books came out at the time, one
written by Richard Nixon, declaring that for all practical purposes the Cold War was
over, and the Soviets had lost.  The final collapse was simply a matter of the
politicians realizing the truth and scrambling for whatever future they could set up for
themselves and their country.

And all of
this, which so many like to pretend was some magical effect of Reaganism, was
accomplished by following the principles of Containment, and the Truman
Doctrine.

Examine any one school of criticism from the viewpoint of literature and socitey. can give us correct answer for me?

There are several methods of formal literary criticism. They often go by different terminology depending on which expert one consults, but some of the main ones are: Formalist, Deconstruction, Reader Response, Psychoanalytic, Feminism, Historical, Cultural, Biographical, New Criticism, etc.

Feminist Criticism views literature as a reflection of society, so this might be the easiest one to discuss with regard to your question. This method of literary criticism adopts a feminist point of view in reading literature. Feminist Criticism opposes what it considers a patriarchal and male-centered culture. This criticism also opposes women stereotypes in literature and anything that presents the oppression of women by society or elements of society (men). It observes and challenges the role women play in literature and concerns itself with the appropriateness of that role. It seeks to raise awareness about the oppression of women and in order to promote change in the culture that causes such oppression. Feminist critics analyze literature and point out and debunk sexual stereotyping. They favor works that focus on the many strengths of women in literature and favor those writers, men and women, who present women in a positive light.

To analyze literature from this point of view is to consider how the female characters are depicted in the work, and this usually means a consideration of their role in their society. What types of situations are they placed in? What is their relationship to other characters and each other? How do they relate to the male characters? What are their vocational roles (do they have any)? What are their attitudes? What are the attitudes of the other characters towards them? How powerful are the female characters?

How do you explain and paraphrase Ben Jonson's "Song: To Celia"?

Here's a quick mixture of paraphrase and interpretation of
Jonson's "Song:  To Celia" to help you understand
it.

• Drink only to me with your eyes, or Drink to
  me with only your eyes (metaphor:  dedicate yourself only to me with your eyes, or with
  your eyes give a toast to me)


• I'll pledge myself to you
  with my eyes/loving look, glance/stare


• Or leave a kiss in
  the cup (the wine cup) and I'll be satisfied--I won't look for
  wine


• The thirst that arises from one's soul needs a
  divine drink, but I would not exchange the nectar of the god's for a drink from
  you.

The second
stanza:

• I sent you some roses, not so much to
  honor you but that, by being in your presence, the roses might not
  rot


• But you only smelled the roses and returned them; but
  since you returned them, I swear, they smell like you, not like
  roses.

in chapter 23, what according to atticus is wrong with law and society?

Atticus strongly believes in the goodness of the American system of justice, but he is no idealist.  He says in Ch. 23:  "The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box." Although the verdict was wrong and unjust, Atticus still says the news wasn't all bad because at least the jury took its time rather than returning a verdict immediately, and that for him was proof that at least one person on the jury was doing some thinking--that being Mr. Cunningham. Thus, for Atticus, it's almost a game of numbers--if the jury had just one more person like Cunningham, the verdict might have gone the other way.  Finally, Atticus seems to think it's a good thing that women were not permitted to sit on juries. He smiles when he says this, but it does indicate some of the issues concerning "southern ladies" in the novel. 

What does "No human being is illegal" mean and is global citizenship an unrealistic dream?

The phrase "No Human Being is Illegal" raises a legitimate
point and issue.  According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the
UN in 1948, everyone has a right to their own identify, and to life.  Therefore, to
declare someone illegal, or under automatic suspicion of being illegal, because of their
identity, violates these
principles.

Behavior or
actions can be declared illegal, but these can be committed by
anyone.  The phrase also likely refers to the ethical argument for unrestricted
immigration - that there are jobs available for immigrant workers here, and people are
moving here to escape economic poverty, so to deny them entry is to deny them economic
sustenance, and therefore their right to exist on Planet
Earth.

Global citizenship is an unrealistic dream, but we
can realistically move closer to that and already are in some ways.  In the European
Union, citizens of many countries share the same rights and may travel freely within the
zone with little or no identification.  We also encourage a move towards global
citizenship when we champion and practice economic globalization, because it removes
economic boundaries between countries, and political ones become more transparent when
that happens.

The problem with the Arizona law where this
concept is concerned is that it empowers and requires law enforcement to verify
citizenship, and allows them to ask for verification based on mere suspicion. 
Therefore, to be Latino in Arizona makes you an automatic suspect, while it is much less
likely they will be profiling white male Canadians.

How does Jane resolve the internal conflict between her need to be true to herself and her desire to be loved and accepted by others?

It happens multiple times in the novel -- Jane's desire to be true to herself (her conscience, her friends, or her concept of self), but the world is arrayed against her.  It begins in her childhood, with the Reeds hypocrisy and abuse, and Jane's inability to submit to it.  If Jane had, perhaps, submitted more to her aunt, and toadied to her aunt's need to feel superior to her, then Jane might not have been sent off to Lowood.  But Jane, young as she was, was not able to submit to injustice.  So she was sent to Lowood school, which was at once a place of possible death for her, and also the place that gave her enough education to make her own poor way in the world.

At Lowood this pattern was repeated again-- especially in the death of Helen.  Jane, after her two best friends left Lowood (by death and marriage), found it intolerable to stay at the site of so much suffering, and took the very dangerous option of going out into the world to make her way as a governess. 

It seems, at least for a time, that at Thornfield Jane's strength and pride will be appreciated (or at least not knocked down at every opportunity).  But she learns that Mr. Rochester, though he loves her and she desperately loves him, has locked his insane wife in the attic.  So, since she cannot bear to be a bigamist or the mistress of a married man, she foolishly runs away in the night.

When she is finally rescued from death by St. John Rivers and his sisters (who turn out to be her half-cousins!) she once again has a place to rest, where, perhaps, she will not be forced into violating her own rules of conduct.  But St. John, learning that she has an inheritance and wishing to take a wife with him on a religious mission, asks her to marry him, again placing Jane in a situation where she has to turn down what most people would consider a rise in station.  She won't marry St. John because she loves Rochester, and, it appears, St John doesn't really know how to love a woman properly.  Finally, after all of this, when Rochester has become a widower and has been crippled by the almost complete loss of his sight (and, thus, is no longer so much over her in strength and station and therefore Jane does not have to submit so much to his authority) is Jane able to marry him. 

Jane generally resolves these conflicts in one of two ways -- she takes the more difficult option (running away from Thornfield, going to Lowood) in order to not sacrifice her principles,or by simply removing herself from the situation (running away from Thornfield again, and leaving St. John).  Jane consistently shows that her character is more important to her than her comfort (or even her safety, sometimes!), and, in the end, she is rewarded with her heart's desire.  It is such an effective ending because it is how many of us wish life to be -- that we are strong enough to stick to our principles, and, in the end, we are rewarded with what we want most in the world. 

What is the life span of a person with a liver disease? Is there a cure for a person with a liver disease?

Diseases of the liver are a major cause of morbidity and mortality.The answer to your question I think depends on the extent of disease that is affecting the liver.

Cirrhosis of the liver is common, this is when the organ develops fatty infiltrates due to chronic alcoholism. The efficiency is damaged and normal physiology is lost. Cirrhosis may or may not develop into fulminant liver failure. Some people live with this condition for many years.

Liver failure, on the other hand, is almost always fatal. The damaged organ losses elasticity and becomes unable to filter toxins from the blood. These toxins accumulate, ammonia levels rise intravascularly, delirium soon follows as does coma and death. In addition, coagulopathies develop which lead to hemorrhage, the patient slowly bleeds to death.

Discuss the Pip-Estella relationship in Great Expectations. What bearing does it have on the theme of the novel?

In Great Expectations, Mr. Jaggers
advises Pip, "Take nothing on appearances."  Certainly, the Pip-Estella relationship is
an example of the Appearances vs. Reality  theme that prevails thoughout Charles
Dickens's classic novel.

From the first meeting of Pip with
Estella, Pip falls victim to believing in appearances.  The beautiful, haughty girl
whose name means "star" is elevated in Pip's esteem simply because she lives with the
rich Miss Havisham and is dressed in lovely clothes and speaks in a deprecating way to
him, calling him "common."  Immediately, because this vision of superior loveliness who
speaks properly has termed him "common," Pip experiences a humiliation.  But, despite
her cruel ways, Pip falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful Estella, perhaps even
because she is unattainable.  He perpetuates his delusions by hoping that if he becomes
a gentleman, Estella will accept him as an equal and requite his
love.

Of course, the truth is that from the beginning,
Pip's birth has more legitimacy than that of Estella's.  For, his parents were married
and, albeit poor, they were certainly not criminals as are the parents of Estella, whose
birth came out of the streets of London.

In addition to the
theme of Appearance vs. Reality, the relationship of Pip and Estella also points
to a salient theme in the works of Dickens:  Class Stratification.  The theme of social
class is central to Great Expectations as it acts as extends into the other themes such
as the Appearance theme.  Pip's angst over being "common," as Estella has labeled him,
is his driving force to become a gentleman and entertain the "great expectations" of
having bettered himself sufficiently so that he will become worthy of Estella.  But, of
course the class structure is a false one in Great
Expectations, thus paralleling the Appearance vs. Reality theme, as
Pip later learns; rather, it is what one is as a person that is truly of value. 
Estella, for all her beauty and daintiness is but common in her heart; she is incapable
of noble thoughts and acts while Joe, the humble blacksmith is truly a good and noble
man. 

Find the x-axis intercept and y-axis intercept of the graph y=2x^2-5x+3?

x-axis intercept is the value of y coordinate where the graph intersects the x-axis. At this point value of x coordinate is 0. therefor to get the value of x axis intercept we substitute value 0 for x in the equation of the graph and then solve it for value of y.

Thus, to get value of x intercept substituting value x = 0 in the equation of graph (y = 2x^2 - 5x + 3 = 0)  we get:

y = 2(0^2) - 5*0 + 3 = 0

y = 0 - 0 + 3 = 3

The graph intercepts the x-axis at point (0, 3)

Similarly, to get value of x intercept substituting value y = 0 in the equation of graph we get:

0 = 2x^2 - 5x + 3

This being a quadratic equation there are two roots or values of x. We calculate these as:

x1 = {5 + [(25 - 24)^(1/2)]}/4

= [5 + 1^(1/2)]/4

= (5 + 1)/4 = 6/4 = 1.5

And:

x2 = {5 - [(25 - 24)^(1/2)]}/4

= [5 - 1^(1/2)]/4

= (5 - 1)/4= 4/4 = 1

Thus the graph intercepts the y-axis at two points: (1, 0) and (1.5, 0)

In Jane Eyre what do Eliza and Georgiana experience at their mother's death?

In Chapter 21 Jane returns to Gateshead to see her dying
aunt who has been asking for her. Interestingly this allows the reader ample evidence of
how Jane's character has developed in the interim since she left Gateshead all those
years ago. Despite the cold and unfriendly greeting she receives from her cousins, Jane
is not flustered. She says:

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A sneer, however, whether covert or open, had now
no longer that power over me it once
possessed...

However, to
answer your question, at the end of this Chapter, Mrs. Reed dies without either Jane or
her daughters present. At the news, Georgiana burst out weeping and said "she dared not
go" to look at her mother's corpse, so Jane and Eliza go alone. Note how Eliza
responds:

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Eliza surveyed her parent calmly. After a
silence of some minutes she observed -

"With her
constitutinon she should have lived to a good old age: her life was shortened by
trouble." And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant: as it passed away she
turned and left the room, and so did I. Neither of us had dropt a
tear.

Remember how Jane
summarises the excesses of her two cousins:

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Feeling without judgement is a washy draught
indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human
deglutition.

Georgiana, with
her obsession on getting married and emotion, represents the dangers of unfettered
feeling, whereas Eliza, with her focus on retreating from the world, represents the
extreme of judgement. Note that these two opposing forces are acted out in various
characters in the novel, though to differing extents, and most importantly, within Jane
herself. But to conclude, both sisters show their character in their response to their
mother's death - Georgiana shows an excess of feeling, and Eliza an excess of
judgement.

The Computer Store has reduced the price of a computer by 15% What is the original price of the computer if the sale price is $1275?

To answer this, we first set up the following equation.

85/100 = 1275/x

We can do this because we know that the relationship between 85 and 100 is the same as the relationship between 1275 and the original price of the computer.

Now we can solve this by cross multiplying.  That will give us the equation

85x = 127500

So now we can divide both sides by 85.  That gives us

x = 1500.

That means that the original price of the computer was $1500 before its price was reduced by the 15%.

What does the dark forest symbolize in "Young Goodman Brown"?

A psychological reading would say that the "dark forest" is the unconscious where we harbor desires that our superego (the conscience of society--that which helps us distinguish what society says is right from wrong) forbids us to do and our conscious keeps under wraps (so to speak).  For Freud, a "dark forest" signifies repressed sexual desires, especially with all the trees functioning as phallic symbols.  For Jung, another 20C psychologist (and theorist), the walk would be a journey to and through Brown's "shadow self," which for Jung is a real part of every individual that we deny but need to acknowledge in order to become complete. "Acknowledge" does not mean act upon; it means discover and claim as part of who you are.

What literary techniques does Baldwin use in Notes of a Native Son?

Baldwin uses a variety of literary and rhetorical
techniques in Notes of a Native Son.  He uses direct address
and shifting narrative points of view to name a couple.  His use of imagery stands out
in the essays, most notably in the last essay of the collection, "Stranger in the
Village."  Baldwin describes a trip that he made to Switzerland where he stayed in a
small village.  He paints a vivid picture of the village and the peculiarities that mark
its character:

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[While discussing the high number of people who
visit the local hot spring) There is often something beautiful, there is always
something awful, in the spectacle of a person who has lost one of his faculties, a
faculty he never questioned until it was gone, and who struggles to recover
it.

So, Baldwin not only
details the images in the essay, he also reflects on what he has seen and
experienced.

Explain the final scene of Animal Farm when the animals watch pigs and men enjoy a banquet together.

Also, this scene marks the total degradation of the original values the animals had when they first started the revolution. They did not start a new society after all. Instead, the pigs became just as power hungry as the men they set out to replace. Instead of living in equality, the pigs simply replicated the imbalance of power that they were outraged by earlier in the novel. The power in this scene is in the parity the pigs have achieved with the humans. They are corrupt, and everything the animals worked for has been lost.

What is suggested by the coin image in A Tale of Two Cities?

The Marquis St. Evremonde, when returning in his carriage from a meeting with the Monseigneur, runs over a peasant boy and kills him. The Marquis tosses the coin to Gaspard, the father of the boy, to compensate him for his son's death. This symbolizes the attitude of not only St. Evremonde, but of the whole wealthy upper class, toward the peasants. This shows the disdain the wealthy felt toward the peasants, looking down on  as inferior barbarians who have no value or worth to society. St. Evremonde actually believes the coin is a kind gesture on his part to the boy's father. When Madame Defarge throws it back at him, he's insulted and shouts to the crowd of peasants that he would willingly kill all the peasants of France.

In which ways the media may have affected our perception of the reality of criminal investigation?I want fact

You'll notice that in most television crime dramas, the
criminals always seem to confess under interrogation.  This happens much more rarely
than we would think.

Watch any one of the 28 different CSI
programs and you would think that we are able to forensically prove and decipher every
single criminal case, while everyday law enforcement does not have the resources, time
or experience to conduct those types of investigations, not to mention that the physical
evidence left behind is often compromised, incomplete or
useless.

Law enforcement is a very inexact science.  Media
leads us to believe otherwise.

Calculate tg (a/2) if sin a = 3/5 and a is in the interval (pi/2, pi)?

sin a= 3/5

We know that sina = opposite/hypotenuse = 3/5

Then, the adjacent^2= 5^2 -3^2 = 25-9=16

Then the adjacent= 4

Then cos a= adj./hypotenuse= 4/5.

Now, we know that:

 tg(a/2)= sina / 1-cosa 

          = 3/5 / 1-4/5 = 3/5 / 1/5 = 3

Also tg(a/2) = (1-cosa)/sina= 1/5 /  3/5 = 1/3

At what moment does Elizabeth begin to fall in love with Mr. Darcy?

I would say there isn't a single moment.  Elizabeth's love for Darcy sneaks up on her as her opinion of him changes.  There are many events that gradually change her opinion.  First, Darcy's letter begins to make her wonder if she has misjudged him.  Her visit to his house changes her opinion more - first from hearing how kind and humble he is from the servant, and then in seeing him when he shows up unexpectedly.  Eventually, Elizabeth discovers that Darcy is the one who paid all of Wickham's debts and caused him to marry Lydia.  All of these things reshape Elizabeth's knowledge of Darcy's character and cause her to gradually fall in love with him.

Quote at least one line that directly associates Chillingworth with the devil. Cite the page number.This is in Chapter 14.

Pearl, insightful young girl that she is, warns her mother away from Chillingworth in Paragraph 23 of Chapter 10.  She tells her mother Chillingworth is "the black man" which is another word for devil:

Hester Prynne, likewise, had involuntarily looked up, and all these four persons, old and young, regarded one another in silence, till the child laughed aloud, and shouted--"Come away, mother! Come away, or yonder old black man will catch you! He hath got hold of the minister already. Come away, mother or he will catch you! But he cannot catch little Pearl!"

In act 4, scene 2 of Macbeth, what is the irony in Lady Macduff's words to her son about his father?

By Act IV of Macbeth, Macbeth has killed Duncan and Banquo. He has been visited, according to his own imagination, by Banquo's ghost and he visits the witches for confirmation that he is secure in his position. The first apparition warns Macbeth of Macduff which confirms Macbeth's fears and, having heard that Macduff has gone to England, Macbeth intends to kill "all unfortunate souls that trace him in that line" (IV.i.152-153). Macbeth knows he must act quickly while he is still resolved to kill Macduff's whole family. 

In scene ii, Lady Macduff questions why her husband left in such a hurry. She wonders why she should patiently wait for him when he did not wait around to ensure his family's safety before leaving. Ross cautions her that she can't understand what motivated Macduff to leave but she feels abandoned. She is not concerned with the greater good when her immediate family is under threat.

There is irony in her words to her son whom she tells that "he is dead" (38). She suggests that he may as well be dead because he has failed his son. She is not concerned that Macduff may die but that his own son will suffer and his line may even die out itself. Macduff's actions, intended to save the throne, may result in him losing his own family, having the opposite effect than Macduff could possibly have intended. Ironically, in being a loyal subject to his king and country, Macduff has failed in his duties as a father. 

How do you understand the last sentence in the poem "An Outline"?poem online:...

There is much sadness in this poem.  There is a great deal of melancholy present.  Think about the opening stanza and how we, as children, cut or severed the bonds that ended up forming our world.  Rejection of parents, friends, and teachers all became part of this world.  In stanza one, the theme of isolation and self - severance helps to capture much of what consciousness is.  Throughout this growth process, the challenge becomes how to raise children and have connections in a consciousness where severing them is practiced or had been practiced.  It is here where Manhire might be confronting the reader with a paradox:  On one hand, we are able to live our lives having cut people off and sever all bonds.  Yet, we also want to ensure that this doesn't happen to us when we reach our point of maturation.  It might be due to the fact that we believe we can do right what others did wrong.  However, it might also be motivated out of fear that what we did to others will be done to us.  Perhaps, there is a hidden speck of karma that might be present, as well.  It with all of these in mind where the last line enters.  The last stanza confronts the reader with a situation where those who had severed bonds are standing on the threshold waving to loved ones, to people that we desperately wish will wave back.  In the arc of our lives, we better understand that we wave for both those we love and we wish to wave back and to those whom we bid farewell to long ago.  The realization that accompanies us is that the road that goes back home is far.  In my mind, this means that we both understand the course of our present and future with our children, and also understand it in terms of our past, to the live we once led.  It is through parenting that we see a bizarre conception of time where we live past, present, and future in an almost simultaneous modality.

act II scene I how have oberon and titania been involved in the past with theseus and hippolyta

In this scene, we find out that Oberon and Titania, King
and Queen of the fairies, have been romantically involved with Theseus, Duke of Athens,
and his fiancee, Hippolyta.

We are told that Oberon was
having an affair with Hippolyta.  Titania scolds him for it in this scene.  When she
scolds him, Theseus responds in kind.  He tells Titania that she should not be talking
about his affair because she was having her own affair with
Theseus.

So it seems that the fairies have managed somehow
to end up having love affairs with the human beings.

What were the components of the Compromise of 1877?What governmental groups and individuals were involved, etc? Be sure to include all relevant...

The Compromise of 1877 is considered the formal end of
Reconstruction.  The Presidential election of 1876 was between Republican Rutherford B.
Hayes and Samuel Tilden, a famous prosecutor from New York City who had brought down
Boss Tweed.

Only Republicans had won since Lincoln was
elected and the Civil War split the Democratic Party.  Hayes, in this case, was a pretty
weak candidate, so the party pulled some strings and cheated him into office.  The
soldiers who were running the elections in four southern states changed the electoral
results so that Hayes would win by one vote.  The problem was, everyone knew it.  It was
obvious.

There was a stalemate and weeks went by with no
one knowing who the real President would be.

So the final
agreement went as follows:

1) Hayes would get to be
President, even though he cheated

2) A southerner would be
on Hayes' Cabinet

3) A railroad would be constructed across
the South

4) Most importantly, Union troops would leave the
Southern states

This meant that the Civil War amendments
could not be enforced, freed slaves could not be protected, and Reconstruction
effectively ends.

Hayes was very ineffective as President,
since everyone knew he cheated.  A newspaper headline after the Compromise read: "Hail
to the Thief" instead of Hail to the Chief.

What is the monster's name in the novel Frankenstein?

In a way, I think the monster lacking a name is like schools that attempt to make their students wear uniforms: the idea is that students will display their creativity in their work, rather than by what they wear. I think by not giving the monster a name, it allows his appearance and behavior to get the full attention of the reader, and it helps avoid what happens in so many other novels, where the character's name is in some way indicative of what the character is, or stands for.

Dave Becker

What is "Sleep and Poetry" by John Keats about?

Keats' poem "Sleep and Poetry" is an extended metaphor comparing sleep to poetry (and no, he didn't mean it puts you to sleep, although some of Keats' less well ordered poems might do that anyway ...). The poem starts out with an inspired description of the goodness and desirability of lovely sleep that whispers and softly closes eyes. He leads into this praise of sleep with a quotation from Chaucer in which chaucer complains that he can't sleep. Hence, Keats' lyrical musings on the pleasures of sleep--which eludes him all night as well since he is struck with poetic inspiration.

In language that is replete with classical allusions from Cordelia to Pan to Jove to Diana to the Great Alfred, Keats' sings the praise of "Posey" (poetry) as the one thing in all the world that can rival the qualities of sleep. Keats lies awake all night contemplating the comparison between sleep and posey and rushes to commit all his words and thoughts, sprung inspired during his sleepless night, to paper to immortalize the one thing that can possibly rival the luxurious transcendent quality of sleep, that being luxurious transcendent posey.

Analyze the social ramifications of World War 1 at home.

There are quite a number of large issues to be considered
when looking at the effects of WWI on the social atmosphere in the United States.  The
backlash against Europe and outsiders of any kind after even the small (compared to
European nations) number of casualties the US suffered in the war led to anger and
resentment towards immigrants of almost every nationality and led Congress and Roosevelt
to push for tighter immigration quotas and other measures designed to limit the influx
of foreigners.

There was an increase in the sense of
isolationism, not just in the political sense, but also in the idea of communities
taking care of their own and not worrying about everyone
else.

There was a great deal of racism and classism
introduced into the world of college admissions, something detailed in the book titled
"The Chosen" by Jerome Karabel.

You could also look at
whether or not the rowdiness of returning soldiers, etc., led to more of the push
towards prohibition.  There were other effects from the return of boys from overseas
having seen the horrible nature of war, there was a surge in the membership of peace
advocacy groups, etc.

What is industrialization? details

Industrialization is the process by which an economy moves away from small-scale production to large-scale production in which most things are produced by using machinery.  Before industrialization, skilled artisans make most things by hand (like tailors making clothes for specific individuals).  After, machines tended by relatively unskilled workers make mass produced products (like t-shirts you buy off a shelf at the store).

Industrialization tends to have many effects, both bad and good.  On the good side, it makes a higher standard of living possible.  This is because the mass-produced goods are cheaper than hand-made ones.  Now more people can enjoy them.

On the bad side, it is very disruptive to a society.  It makes people work for others rather than themselves.  It encourages people to move to cities to get work.  This tends to destroy ancient, rural ways of life.

To what contemporary organization can we compare a guild?

The workers' unions we have today are the 21st century
version of guilds. Guilds can be traced back a long way, but in Victorian times, for
example, every worker who had a specific skill would belong to a guild (union) in order
to protect their clientele, their work space, and their
rights.

One modern organization that can be an example of a
modern "guild" is the Federal Education Association (FEA). What happens is that if a
teacher is asked by an administrator to perform duties outside their scheduled paid
hours, the teacher has the right to contact their union representative to question the
purpose of the task. If the organization itself does not require the services of the
employee, and it is proven that it was the administrator's own whim who asked for it,
then the administrator could be held liable for unfair practices, and could be
fired.

In essence, a guild and union are like
a "neighborhood watch" to ensure that the administrative privileges of an employer are
carried out under the premises of the contract which the employee
signed.

Was the insect Gregor turned into in The Metamorphosis a spider or a grasshopper?

I've read this story many times throughout high school and college, and I am almost certain that at no time was the specific insect ever named; however, I am certain that it was not as spider, as that is an arachnid.  I will say this, though, I do remember a brilliant college professor and a lengthy discussion that seemed to lean toward the idea of a cockroach, simply based on the author's description.  If I had to choose one, I would go with that.

What is the meaning of this sentence? " Language determines Thought "

This statement seems to capture the central role of language often in how we think, perceive and view the world in which we live. The importance of this can never be understated. Language is crucial to our "world vision" - how we make meaning of what we see and the world we live in. All of us grow up learning and speaking at least 1 main language, and this marks us indelibly in terms of how we relate with our environment and other people in it. Therefore, to a very real extent, our language does determine how we think - we are not left free to make decisions by ourselves or to respond to situations in a "free" manner, because our response is going to be predetermined by the language we speak. Just consider how culture and language are interlinked - in some languages it is impossible to talk about the individual as the culture is so community-focussed. This therefore is an excellent example of how language and the way we think are inter-related.

What poetic devices are used in Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Dreamland"?

Edgar Allan Poe uses a variety of poetic devices in his
dark, haunting poem, "Dreamland."  Here are some of
them. 

1) Rhyme: The poem consists of rhyming couplets,
meaning that line a and b rhyme, lines c and d rhyme, and so
on.

2) Rhythm: Most of the poem's line contain 8
syllables.

3) Alliteration: Poe often packs a line with
words that begin with the same consonant sound.  For
example:

wild
wierd

Bottomless vales and boundless
floods

dews that drip all
over

4) Assonance: Poe
sometimes packs a line with words that have the same vowel sound in the middle
position.  For example:

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wild weird
clime that lieth
sublime

Their
still waters--still and
chilly

5)
Personification: Poe describes non-human entities as if they were human.  For example,
he writes that "NIGHT,/ on a black throne reigns
upright."

6) Allusion: Poe uses references to literature
and mythology.  Look up the origin of Titan and
Eldorado

What is the effect of polyptoton in a rhetorical writing?For example, what is the effect of polyptoton in this quote:“We know through painful...

The Greek origin rhetorical device called " title="Polyptoton: Silva Rhetoricae"
href="http://rhetoric.byu.edu/figures/p/polyptoton.htm">polyptoton" is a
means of dramatically and persuasively enhancing meaning in speech or writing by using a
word and a cognate of the word in the same sentence or in close proximity. A cognate of
a word is a word that shares a common etymological origin with the first. Etymology is
origin of a word, the history of a word or a morpheme. An example of cognation is
eat and its cognate eating or
provide and its cognate provider. In the quote
above polyptoton occurs between the word oppressor and its cognate
oppressed. These words share the same etymology and are in close
proximity to each other. In addition, the polyptoton enhances the rhetorical effect by
increasing the dramaticality and the persuasiveness of the statement. Polyptoton also
draws an irony or a paradox to the surface. Nation
Master Encyclopedia has some good examples of polyptotons that draw ironies
and paradoxes in situations.

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John F. Kennedy: "Not as a call to battle, though
embattled we are."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "Let me assert my firm belief
that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Sir Philip Sidney: "Thou
art of blood, joy not to make things
bleed."

The first draws out
the irony of the situation Kennedy is addressing. FDR's polyptoton reveals a paradox.
Sir Philip Sydney's shows in reverse the irony of someone of blood wishing to make one
bleed.

Can somebody help me analyze a quote from the Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" regarding Cholly? "Cholly, moving faster, looked at Darlene. He...

The context is that Cholly is having sex with Darlene, and during the act two white men appear, one of whom carries a flashlight, and he puts the light on Darlene and Cholly. They are terrified, and then the white man with the flashlight, whom Cholly begins to know only by his flashlight, tells them to keep doing it so they, the white men, can watch, in this way humiliating both Cholly and Darlene. Cholly pretends to have sex under the light of the flashlight, but is too terrified to perform.  This causes him to hate Darlene, transferring all of his humiliation and hate of the men to her.  At this moment "the flashlight" becomes a metaphor for him being raped by the white men: "the flashlight wormed its way into his guts" even while he wants to do it "lard, long, and painfully" to Darlene. The muscadine is the wine he drank earlier, which now turns rotten ("fetid bile") in his stomach. When they finish, her hands "look like baby claws," this simile showing again that he sees her as a predator on him while at the same time realizing she is as much as a victim as he.

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In fact, we have to solve 2 inequalities simultaneously:

5x-3>-2  (1)

5x-3<12  (2)

Let's solve the first inequality:

5x-3>-2 

We'll add both sides the value 2. Because it's a positive value, the inequality remains unchanged.

5x-3+2>-2+2

5x-1>0

Let's add now the value 1, keeping unchanged the inequality:

5x>1

We'll divide by 5, both sides:

x>1/5 so x belongs to the interval (1/5 , +inf.)

Now, let's solve the second inequality:

5x-3<12

First, we'll move the the value -3, to the right side, by changing it's sign:

5x<12+3

5x<15

Now, we'll divide by 5:

x<3, so x belongs to the interval (-inf. , 3).

The common solution is the intersection of both intervals and we'll get the interval (1/5 , 3).

Evaluate the limit of function (7x^2+5x)/(8x^3+6x), x-->infinity.

To evaluate the limit of the rational function, when x tends to +inf.,we'll factorize both, numerator and denominator, by the highest power of x, which in this case is x^3.

We'll have:

lim (7x^2+5x)/(8x^3+6x) = lim (7x^2+5x)/lim (8x^3+6x)

lim (7x^2+5x)/lim (8x^3+6x)  = lim x^3*(7/x + 5/x^2)/lim x^3*(8 + 6/x^2)

After reducing similar terms, we'll get:

lim (7/x + 5/x^2)/lim (8 + 6/x^2)= (0+0)/(8+0)= 0/8= 0.

What is Lasix?

Lasix is a trade name of a drug used for increase the amount of urine discharged by kidneys. The generic name of the drug is furosemide, which is a loop diuretic. The name Lasix give to the drug is formed by combining the words lasts and six. This name is given to emphasize that effect of the drug lasts for six hours.

The generic drug furosemide is sold under many different brand names such as Aisemide, Apo-Furosemide, Beronald, Desdemin, Discoid, Diural, Diurapid, Dryptal, Durafurid, Errolon, Eutensin, Flusapex, Frusetic, Frusid, Fulsix, Fuluvamide, Furesis, Furix, Furo-Puren, Furosedon, Hydro-rapid, Impugan, Katlex, Lasilix, Lasix, Lodix, Lowpston, Macasirool, Mirfat, Nicorol, Odemase, Oedemex, Profemin, Rosemide, Rusyde, Salix, Trofurit, Uremide, Urex, Frudix and Fusid.frusone.

Can you tell me about Mickey Mouse, Soda's old horse, and Soda's feelings about him in The Outsiders?

Mickey Mouse belonged to a guy at the stables where Soda used to work.  He was an ornery creature, but Soda loved him and Mickey Mouse loved Soda back.  Soda went to see him every day, and the normally difficult horse responded by being gentle with him and coming when he was called.  As Ponyboy put it, "he may have belonged to another guy, but he was Soda's horse". 

After awhile, the horse was sold, and Soda was broken-hearted, and "bawled all night long".  Ponyboy summed it up well - "Soda never really wanted anything except a horse, and he'd lost his" (Chapter 3).

How does George Wilson spend the night after the accident?chapter 8

After the incident, a large crowd gathered and stayed for
many hours. George is reported to have "rocked himself back and forth on the couch
inside." As he did this, many onlookers being curious glanced into the office door to
see him in this state of being. George seemed to not have been talking. As people left,
Michaelis stayed with George until dawn. I believe we can assume George stayed up all
night. This started at midnight.

By 3 o'clock, he actually
began to talk. The first thing that struck him was how he could actually go about
finding that car. He started to put more of the pieces (he thought) together. He
recalled his wife's face being bruised a couple of months prior. Michaelis tried to
change his thinking to funeral arrangements, but George seemed to be forming some kind
of revenge.

Why was the Soviet Union boycotting the Security Council at the time of the Korean conflict?The Rise and Interaction of Superpowers 1945-1962

The reason that the Soviet Union was boycotting the United
Nations Security Council meetings at this time had to do with the issue of
China.

In 1949, the Chinese Communists had won the civil
war that they were fighting against the Kuomintang nationalists.  The Kuomintang had
then fled to the island of Taiwan, where they set up their own
government.

At that point, both the mainland, communist
Chinese and the Nationalists on Taiwan claimed to be the real government of China.  The
UN was recognizing the Nationalists at this point and so the USSR
boycotted.

write the fraction as a expression using a negetive exponent other than -1

I will give you examples on how to right fractions using negative exponents"

For example we have the fraction:

16/9

This could be written as:

4*4 / 3*3 = 4^2/3^2= (4/3)^2

If you flip the function , you will get a negative exponent:

(4/3)^2 = (3/4)^-2

Another example is sqrt(3)/sqrt(5)

We know that sqrt(3)/sqrt(5) = sqrt(3/5)

We could write the square root as an exponent of (1/2)

Then , sqrt(3/5)= (3/5)^1/2

Now flip and change sign:

(3/5)^1/2 = (5/3)^-1/2

What does Willy's reaction to Biff's theft of the football tell us about Willy? He says the boys look like Adonises.What other clues show that...

Adonis was a Greek demigod who was considered the most handsome of all the gods.  He was a model of perfection and unattainability.  In saying that his sons look like Adonises, he is saying that they are perfect models of, in his case and in the context of the themes of this play, the American Dream because they have reached such perfection through their abilities.  Most parents would scold their sons for theft of any kind, but Willy’s reaction is quite the opposite, instead taking pride in his sons abilities and perfection.

What claim did Abigail make in order to destroy Mary Warren's testimony?

I assume that you are asking about the part in Act III
when John Proctor has brought Mary Warren back to the court to say that she and the
girls have been making it up when they have accused other people of witchcraft.  They
have been pretending to see spirits, etc.

Ironically, what
Abby does is to see a spirit.  She says that Mary is sending her spirit out in the shape
of a huge bird.  She pleads with Mary to stop.  All the girls back her up and Mary's
credibility is gone.

Calculate the expression: E=sin90*cos60-sin30+tg45*ctg135

Starting from the formula of complementary angle, we'll have:

sin a = cos (90-a)

cos a = sin (90-a)

tg a = ctg (90-a)

ctg a = tg (90-a)

Since the angles of 30 and 60 are complementary, we could write:

sin 30 = cos (90-30) = cos 60

ctg 135 = tg (90-135) = tg (-45) = -tg 45

We'll substitute the results into expression and we'll get:

E=sin90*cos60-cos60-tg45*tg45

We'll factorize and we'll get:

E=cos60(sin90-1) - (tg45)^2

We know that sin90=1 and tg45=1

Substituting the numerical values, we'll have:

E=cos60(1-1) - (1)^2

E=-1

Find the lenghth of AB sides of ABCD parallelogram AD = (3/5)AB . Perimeter of ABCD is 11.2 cm .

If ABCD is a parallelogram, it's opposite sides are equal and parallel.

AB=CD and AD=BC

From the enunciation we'll have:

AD=(3/5)AB

We'll calclualte the perimeter of the parallelogram:

P=2AB+2AD=2(AB+AD)=2[AB+(3/5)AB]

We'll substitute in the formula of perimeter all we know:

11.2 = 2[AB+(3/5)AB]

5.6 = AB+(3/5)AB

We notice that we'll have to have the same denominator, both sides of equality, the denominator being 5.

5*5.6 = 5*AB + 3*AB

28 = 8AB

AB=7/2cm

AB=3.5cm

AD= (3/5)AB

AD= (3/5)*3.5

AD=2.1cm

What is a summary of The Little Prince?

The story is about the stages of human life.  The whole thing operates as an allegory, with various characters like the Lamplighter, who is devoted to duty, the King who is the ultimate authority figure, and the Serpent, who represents death.

You can find a more complete summary at the link below.   

If you were stranded on an island like Lord of the Flies, what kind of recipes would you make? What are three recipes (detailed) that could be...

Since there are no common seasonings such as salt and pepper, substitutes need to be used to season things.  The berries and fruit can work to add flavor.  The juice can be used to marinate meat, such as the pork from the feral pigs.

Here are some generalized recipes:

----FIRE-ROASTED CRAB  [Crabs can be caught if boys will go out into the water and surround them, then drive them into shore.

Or, use the creepers for line, attaching anything dead (such as fish) to it that will attract them.  Wait until the crabs come to feed, then snatch up the "line."]

1. Dig a hole and place many dried branches, etc.  Make a fire, and burn down to a flameless fire.  Create a grill over the top of the fire with green branches that will not catch fire. 

2. Wrap crabs in large leaves, such as banana leaves or other large tropical plant leaves.  Place wrapped crabs on the "grill."

3.  Allow the crabs to roast for about 30 minutes, depending upon their size.  Check the crabs as they will turn reddish when done.

4. When the crabs have cooled, crack them and extract the meat.

5.  If there is any citrus fruit, this makes an excellent marinade for seafood, and will bring out its flavor.

----FISH

Spears can be made and fish can be caught. 

1.  Use the grill made for the crabs and follow the same procedures. (Use the pit already made.)

2.  Clean by removing entrails.  Leave the heads on as you can actually eat the cheeks of fish.  Season the insides of the fish with citrus fruit. 

3.  Wrap them in large leaves as the crabs are done.  Place them on the grill and cook approximately as long as the crabs are cooked.

4. The meat of the fish should flake when done.  This means that it will separate and fall apart when using a small stick.

5. Allow fish to cool enough to be eaten.  Use sharpened stick (spear) to go down the middle of one side.  Separate and pull the spine of the fish out by lifting from the tail.

----ROASTED PIG

1. Dig a large enough pit to allow a sufficient fire over which a pig can be roasted.  Fashion a large rotisserie with two long, large pronged branches inserted deeply into the ground.  Use a large, thick, sturdy branch, sharpened on one end, that can be put through the pig.  Boys will have to rotate the pig periodically.

2.  Immediately after killing, remove all entrails from pig.

3.  Insert the large, sharpened stick through the mouth out the other end, being careful to go through the middle of pig so that the pig will not break through and fall into the fire.

4.  Roast over a well-tended fire, rotating from time to time to be sure the meat is all cooked.

5.  Meat is done when it can be pulled away easily. It is better that the pork be cooked well than not done as the boys can become ill. 

6.  Bring the roasted pig down from sticks.  Cool unti it can be eaten.  The smoked pig will last for a day or more if keep cool.  It can be placed in large leaves and buried deeply in a shaded area away from crabs. 

Lizards and grubs and other large insects can also be eaten by roasting them in leaves.  In addition, lizards can be roasted like hot dogs on sticks sharpened at one end for insertion.  Of course, the lizards can be eaten raw, as can the fish and crabs and bugs (good sources of protein!)

Does Blanche bring horrible things upon herself or is she an innocent victim?

Blanche is her own worst enemy. It is true that she had
situations in life which left her to face desperate circumstances, to which she elected
each of the outcomes.

When she found her husband in bed
with another man, she pretended to shrug it off, and went out with BOTH that same night,
as a way to mask her internal pain. Yet, she was no longer able to hold her contempt
that same night, told her husband that he "disgusts her" and he went on and shot
himself.

In this situation, Blanche was a victim, for this
event follows her throughout the play, showing that it left her traumatized. However, no
matter how we try to put the jigsaw of her life together, sleeping with her 17 year old
student made no good case in her favor, no matter how love-starved she
was.

When the family lost Belle Reeves, Blanche claims that
she was the only one left to care for the plantation, and for her ailing family. Once
list, she lived in a hotel in Laurel where, apparently, she did the same as as a
prostitute: Sleep with men that would pay for her keep. She claims that these things led
her to drink, and find some way to escape.

Finally, she
shows up at her sister's house to literally disturb her peace, impose herself, and stay
under a cloud of lies of what really happened. What was her purpose of her visit, but to
escape her shady activity and try to land herself someone to take her
on?

In this, she is no victim. She had choices, and she
made all the wrong ones. Hers is not a case of victimization, but one of really bad
common sense. Blanche tends to place herself in a position of self importance, then
blame others for her misfortunes. However, she always had a chance to turn her life
around. She had an education, talent, charm, and she knew how to get what she wanted.
She may have a case of post traumatic stress due to the death of her husband, but she
also had a clear path towards starting over. She chose not to.

Was Mount St. Helens created by constructive or destructive forces? no

Mt. St. Helens is in Washington State (about 90 miles from
where I am typing this) and is part of the Cascade range.  The Cascade Mountains are
young in geologic terms, and growing.  They were created by a giant subduction zone
where the Juan de Fuca plate is subducted (forced under) the North American continental
plate, which is forced upward.  The resultant heat and magma that is generated is pushed
and formed along vents, and Mt. St. Helens was built over time from a long series of
these lava producing eruptions.  So in other words, it is constructive forces that made
the mountain.

How do you find the area of a 3 dimensional triangle?

Please note that all triangles are 2-dimensional figures.
There can be 3-dimensional triangles. Thus there is no question of finding area of a
three dimensional triangle.

However we do have
3-dimensional solids, that have triangle shaped faces. For example, a solid called
tetrahedron having four vertexes (extreme points) has four triangular faces. A
Triangular prism has two triangular faces and three rectangular faces. A square pyramid
has a square base and four triangular sides.

We can find
areas of triangular or other shaped surfaces of such solids by working out areas of each
face separately and then adding them together.

Questions in the book of proverbs chapter 1 up to 15 in king james version.

You do not state what your questions are. I'll give an overview of these verses and if this is not what you need, please be more specific.

Chapter 1 of Proverbs begins with an explanation of the purpose of the book and an intro to the author. In verse 1-6, it explains that the proverbs are written by King Solomon for the purpose of gaining wisdom and discipline from the Lord, for understanding and insight into God's plan for life, for becoming disciplined and prudent in life, for doing what is right, just and fair, for young people to gain prudence, knowledge and discretion. For older, wiser people, they are to listen and add to their learning by understanding proverbs, parables, sayings and riddles of the wise. Then, in verse 7, Solomon says a very important thing that one must bring to the study of proverbs:

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge but fools despise wisdom and instruction

This does not mean to be afraid of the Lord, but to revere and respect him because true wisdom and knowledge can only come from him. Foolish people don't seek God's wisdom.

Beginning in verse 8, there is an exhortation for the young to listen to the father's teaching and not ignore the teaching of the mothers either. Solomon says that if young people learn from their fathers and their mothers, they will thrive (there is a simile: it will be like "an ornament of grace" on their heads).

In verse 9, it continues to warn young people not to be enticed by sinners, not to listen to sinners, not to be deceived by sinners. Do not let sinners entice them into committing murder or robbery. Verse 15 says not to even set one foot on this path because it leads to evil.

In "A Rose for Emily," why is the point of view (an unnamed narrator) effective?

The point of view in "A Rose for Emily" shapes the story in a unique way. The unnamed narrator is a citizen of Jefferson who is completely familiar with the town and its people, living and dead. Through the narrator, we learn important facts and details about Jefferson--its history and culture--as far back as the Civil War.

The narrator tells the story in his own way, moving back and forth through time, saving the discovery of Homer Barron's body until the very end, creating the story's shocking conclusion. Before arriving at the conclusion, however, he gives readers information that foreshadows the ending. For example, in the beginning of part II, the narrator shares this history:

So she vanquished them [men who had come to collect taxes], horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell. That was two years after her father's death and a short time after her sweetheart--the one we believed would marry her--had deserted her.

The smell, we realize later, is Barron's body decaying in Miss Emily's upper bedroom.

The narrator is a member of the town, but he tells his story in a factual, objective way, without condemnation. Readers are left to draw conclusions and make judgments for themselves in regard to Emily Grierson and the roles others played in her life and death.

What is going on in the Finn section (lines 1063-1250)?Why would this portion of the poem fall under the theme of "fame"?

Just after Beowulf kills Grendel, everyone in the kingdom
gathers at Herot to celebrate around the trophy (Grendel's arm).  During this time,
people eat and drink and are entertained with song (by a man called a
scop).  His "songs" comes in the form of story telling, and at this
time, he tells several old tales which are meant to compare or contrast with Beowulf's
victory over Grendel. Ultimately, one point of these stories is to bring glory and honor
to Beowulf by showing how he is most like previous (and still
glorified) Danish heroes.  Another point is to foreshadow future events.  Finally, the
brief history lesson of the stories is meant to remind the people of lessons they can
learn from the past.

The "Finn esisode" is one of the
stories told that night.  It is a rather lengthy and confusing tale, but the general
idea is this: a group of Danish warriors are visiting King Finn of Frisia because of an
arranged marriage between him and the Danish King's sister.  Likely, the two households
are celebrating together, though the arranged marriage may signify the desire to end a
feud.  For reasons left unclear, the Frisians end up attacking the Danes that night in
the place they sleep, and slaying most of them, including their king.  In the attack,
Finn's son is also killed.  A truce is finally reached--out of necessity for the
Danes--and the rest of the warriors remain in Frisia to wait out the winter.  Before the
men leave in the Spring, they avenge the death of their king by killing Finn, the king
of the Frisians, and his men.

There are several meanings
this story could hold for those celebrating Beowulf in the great hall of Herot that
night.  First, it reminds them of the virtue of loyalty and encouragement of revenge. 
Second, it foretells of potential danger that comes at a time of celebration.  Just
following this story, Queen Wealthow (Hrothgar's wife) makes a point to ask Beowulf to
take care of her two sons should anything happen to
Hrothgar.

As far as how this part of the story fits the
theme of "fame," mainly this celebration evening is all about Beowulf and the retelling
of his battle with Grendel.  The audience can only assume that the mention of other such
hero stories on the same night is to suggest that Beowulf's story will later be told in
the same way.

Discuss the symbolic significance of the focus on bullfighting in The Sun Also Rises.

To Ernest Hemingway--the ultimate macho writer who lived the life of many of his characters--what could be a more macho sport than bullfighting? And for his character Jake Barnes, a handsome man with strong sexual desires but who is impotent because of a war wound, bullfighting provides him the same macho thrills that the author must have felt. Bullfighting creates an exciting distraction for Jake, one that assures the certainty of death or injury to at least one of its participants. The matador is the most glamorous of all athletes in Spain, and their colorful garb and ability to both face and wield death make them the envy of both men and women. The ferocious bull reflects a virility that Jake must envy; it has its way with steers before the match and always has the chance to save itself by besting the matador. During the running of the bulls through the streets, people run in fear from the rampaging animals. For Jake it is a release from his lost way of life in Paris, and a substitute for the romantic adventures that he can no longer experience.

What is most significant in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein poses
existential questions about the identity of man, his relationship with God, his role in
the natural world, and the roles of language and
morality.

Identity: Who are
we?  What makes us human, God-like, and monstrous?  Who are our allegiances to: our
parents, God, or ourselves?

Relationship to
God: Are we born into sin?  Has God abandoned us?  Can we ever really
know our Heavenly Father?  Should doctors and scientists play
God?

Nature: Is nature
knowable, insensate, or evil?  Can we use it for the betterment of mankind?  Should
doctors and scientists tamper with nature?  Is nature at our disposal, or should we
protect it for the
future?

Language: Is language
acquisition the key to separating us from monsters?  Does it lead us to knowledge or
destruction?  Is it better to express our pain with words or suffer
silently?

Morality: Is
personal revenge wrong?  What mistakes lead to tragedy?  Are we bound to extending life
by any means necessary, or should we let nature run its course?

What is important about these quotes from Night? Can they reveal a character, irony, theme or imagery?We were masters of nature, masters of the...

It seems to me the second quote, "After my father's death, nothing could touch me any more" is a significant part of the theme of desensitization in Night.  These are men who started out as human beings--they felt emotions, experienced relationships, had needs and wants and hopes and dreams. Soon, though, the humanity was beaten out of them, both literally and figuratively.  We have an chilling example of a son who eventually got to the point where he tried to deny his father even existed because it just took too much emotional energy to care about someone as much as one's self and one's survival.  

Elie fought this very emotion with his own father over and over;when his father was beaten once, Elie didn't even flinch. In fact, he actually walked away from his father at one point.  The son got another chance to respect his father, and he did remain a faithful son until his father died. This line, though, speaks of Elie's inability to expend any more emotional energy on anything--including himself.  Fortunately for him, rescue arrived soon. 

How is Helmholtz Watson different from other Alphas?

In this book, we are told that Bernard Marx is a little
less than what you would expect Alphas to be.  He's too short and too dark.  His friend
Helmholtz Watson is just exactly the opposite.  He is just a bit too good -- he stands
out because he's better than the rest.

He's tall and good
looking just like he is supposed to be, but he is also too smart.  That is what really
gets him in trouble.  He's too smart so he thinks too much. As we are told in Chapter 4,
towards the end

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"Able," was the verdict of his superiors.
"Perhaps, (and they would shake their heads, would significantly lower their voices) "a
little too
able."

That ends
up getting him sent to Iceland.

What is the difference between a research report on a controversial issue and a persuasive essay?

A research report can often be simply an information
report.  On a controversial issue, this means gathering others' opinions and evidence
supporting those opinions and then presenting both (or all) sides of the issue, so that
you demonstrate a full understanding of the issue and the viewpoints on
it.

In a persuasive essay, you do similar research, but
come to a conclusion yourself and then present the evidence that supports the conclusion
you make.  Your goal in that essay is to convince, rather than merely inform, the reader
of one point of view and why you believe it is the correct one.

Write an essay on the main functions of supply chain management (SCM) and its processes and components.

Supply chain refers to all the facilities and processes
used in supply of goods and services; from procurement of raw material, through
manufacturing operations, up to delivery to final user, and supply chain management
(SCM) refers to Management of all operations within a company impacting and interfacing
other sections of the supply chain to improve entire supply chain
performance.

The main functions and components of SCM
include:

• Defining business boundaries and
  relationships


• Managing demand and
  supply


• Logistics


• Purchasing


• Selling
  system interface


• Manufacturing system
  interface


• Product design
  interface

Defining business boundaries and
relationships is at the core of all SCM initiatives. The most important of these
business boundaries relates to the decisions on outsourcing. In addition to general
concept of what to manufacture and process in-house, these boundaries also refer to the
roles played by supplier and buyers in each other’s business decision and operational
activities.

Demand management is managing the demand for
goods and services along the supply chain. The basic demand is the demand for the
ultimate product or service from the end user. To meet this demand of end user,
different links in the supply chain need to supply some goods or service to the
following link in the chain. In turn to meet their supply commitment they need inputs
from the previous link.

Logistics refers to all the
processes involved in storing, moving, transporting or in any other way handling
material. Role of logistics in activities before start of material and after completion
of manufacture up to transportation to the immediate customer has been well recognized
in the past also. But the logistics cost and effectiveness is also affected by, and in
turn affect all other activities along the supply
chain.

Purchasing has the closest links with the supply
side of the supply chain. It plays a key role in the total SCM functions. At strategic
level, purchasing plays a decisive role in decisions on and implementation of business
boundaries. It acts as a link between the vendors and the company to get involvement and
help of vendors in matters like purchased material specification, matching of lot sizes
and transportation packing.

Selling is the closest link
with the demand side of the supply chain. It is directly responsible to help  customer
know, select, buy, pay for, and take away company’s product. These products may be sold
to the customers directly or through a distribution network. Sales plays an important
part in decision on design of the distribution and is directly involved in its
day-to-day operations.

Manufacturing represents the core of
internal operations of a company. No SCM policies, can operate in isolation from the
manufacturing activities. Manufacturing supports SCM in many ways like, reducing
manufacturing lead times and supplying material closely matched to customer lot size and
time requirements.

Product design has significant impact on
efficiency and effectiveness of both supply and demand side of supply chain. In addition
the basic quality of the finished product sold to the end user can be improved
substantially by better collaboration among channel partners.

Solutions for logarithmic equation lnx+ln(x+1)=ln2

To find the solutions to lnx+ln(x+1) = ln2.

Solution:

Since lna+lnb = ln(ab), we can write the equation as:

ln[x(x+1)] = ln2. Taking antilogarithm,

x(x+1) = 2.Or

x^2+x-2 = 0.

x^2+2x-(x+2) = 0

x(x+2)-1(x+2) = 0.

(x+2)(x-1) = 0. Or

x+2 = 0 . Or x-1 = 0.

x+2 = 0 gives: x = -2 not practical as ln is not defined for < 0 Or negative quantities.

x-1 = 0 gives: x= 1 which is the practical solution.

What ideas from the feminist perspective are apparent in Woman Hollering Creek?

A central idea from the feminist perspective in Sandra
Cisneros' novel Woman Hollering Creek is that of control,
specifically, a woman's control over her own life. This is demonstrated in Cleofilas'
story. The most telling moment that emphasizes this idea is when the clinic physician
Graciela speaks to Cleofilas on the telephone. Significantly, this incident moves from a
third person narrator to first person when Graciela
speaks.

Another idea from the feminist perspective is
demonstrated in this same section. This second feminist perspective idea is that of
voice. Cloefilas is without a voice. She is an unwilling participant in events that
occur to her without a voice to use in denouncing them or stopping them. Suddenly,
during Graeciela's first person phone conversation, Cleofilas disconvers her voice.
There is a strong symbolic tie between this idea of the discovery or recovery of the
feminine voice and Woman Hollering Creek.

Explain briefly whether Malvolio has been punished more than what he deserved in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

You have put your finger on one of the incongruous
features in this otherwise standard Shakespearian comedy. Malvolio is the one aspects
that jarrs when compared to the rest of the merriment, and it is fascinating to trace
the development of his character from start to
finish.

Malvolio when we first meet him seems to be a
figure of fun for other characters. They mock his pompous, self-important attitude and
Maria and Sir Toby take great delight in plotting his downfall, focussing on using his
own ambitions against him by encouraging him to believe what he secretly hopes for: that
Olivia loves him and he has a chance of marrying her. We all enjoy the famous "yellow
stockings" scene of Act III scene 4, and in a sense, when Olivia says, "Why this is very
midsummer madness!" in response to Malvolio´s overtures she identifies an important
theme in the story: love is as a sickness or a disease that comes upon us suddenly and
makes us act out of character and do stupid things.

Yet
whilst we laugh at Malvolio in his yellow cross-gartered stockings trying to smile at
Olivia, what happens next upsets this simple mockery of his character. In Act IV scene
2, when Feste dressed as Sir Topas goads Malvolio and tries to make him think he is mad,
we see a very different side to Malvolio, and begin to respect and pity him. Malvolio´s
stubborn determination to hold on to his sanity and his protestations that he is not
mad, in spite of Feste´s many linguistic tricks to prove otherwise is something that we
come to admire. Despite all his sufferings and being locked up in the dark, he is still
able to say to Feste in response to being asked if he is
mad:

Believe
me, I am not. I tell thee
true.

Shakespeare seems to
bestow on Malvolio a certain dignity and gravitas in the face of suffering that stands
in sharp contrast to the rest of the light-hearted comedy of the play. Whilst he
represents a force of order that needs to be "locked away" so the other characters can
enjoy the revels, confusion and chaos of this festival of Twelfth Night, his punishment
is disporportionate to his crime, as Maria and Sir Toby recognise. Their act of fleeing
the anticipated wrath of Olivia shows they realise they have gone too far. Malvolio is
re-admitted into the company at the end of the play, but has no part in their
celebrations. His final word before leaving:

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I´ll be revenged on the whole pack of
you!

strikes a very
discordant note in an otherwise traditional happy ending to a comedy. Even though Orsino
orders men to go after him and "entreat him to peace" we are left slightly uncomfortable
with this ending as the marriage celebrations begin.