What does Sportex and Monte Vista CC represent?

Sportex, a department store chain owned by a Philippine entrepreneur, and Monte Vista Country Club represent motifs in Jessica Hagedorn's satirical and exuberant novel, Dogeaters. In a 1991 interview in BOMB cultural magazine, Hagedorn describes the genesis of Sportex: "Sportex is based on a couple of big stores in the Philippines." One of them, she goes on to say, is Shoe Mart, a kind of institutional development of the Pinoy open market. Catering to the middle class, it sells a wide variety of consumer goods at reasonable prices - from shoes to native foods. It, she concludes, is egalitarian and omnipresent. The other store, occupying the high end of the consumer spectrum, is Roostan's, selling expensive items quite out of the reach of the vast majority of Philippine culture. Hagedorn "combined both Shoe Mart and Roostan's, high class and low class, into Sportex." The transformed store represents the novel's melange of Pinoy society, from company founder and owner, the fabulously wealthy and powerful Severo Alacran, to company employee, Trinidad Gamboa, a sales associate who, like many of the other characters, aspires to affluence and prestige. 

If a tree falls but no one is around to hear it... did it still make a sound????Think about it what makes a sound a sound??? Why do we classify it...

"Sound is a traveling wave which is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard."

You can analyze this question in two ways.  You can look at it scientifically or philosophically. Above is a definition of what sound is. 

Scientifically speaking, sound is an actual occurrence.  If this is true, then if someone is present or not to hear it, it occurred. 

Philosophically speaking, if no one was present to perceive the event one might contend that it did not occur. I am a believer in science.  Although a human may not have been present to hear the event, animals were. In addition, matter was present for the sound wave to travel through.

What are the themes of Chapter 4?no

I suppose the theme of Chapter 4 is the relationship
between Animal Farm and the outside world.

In this chapter,
the revolution on Animal Farm is influencing the farms in the surrounding area.  Other
animals are wondering if they should do the same as Animal Farm
did.

Because this kind of thinking is a big worry to the
human farmers, they decide to do something about it.  That is, they decide to attack
Animal Farm to defeat the revolution and prevent it from
spreading.

For later in the book, it is important to note
that Snowball is the leader of the defense of the farm.

What does Hamlet learn from the Ghost's speech?Act 1

In Hamlet Act I, Hamlet learns the following from the Ghost:

• There is an afterlife.  He's not sure if the Ghost is a demon or a soul trapped in Purgatory, but he's definitely from some supernatural world.


• Hamlet's father was murdered by his brother.

Sleeping within my orchard,
My custom always of the afternoon,
Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole,
With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial,
And in the porches of my ears did pour
The leperous distilment;

• Hamlet's mother was adulterous and incestuous.  She had an affair with Claudius before the marriage.


• Hamlet must revenge his father by killing his uncle:

Avenge me.

Let not the royal bed of Denmark be
A couch for luxury and damned incest.

• Hamlet's mother must be "left to heaven."  Hamlet must not take revenge on his mother.


• Hamlet's father loved Hamlet very much.


• Denmark is a prison.  The entire state is wronged by these vile acts: "the whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abused:"


• Hamlet must listen to the Ghost and all of Denmark hereafter for clues: "List!  List! O List!" and "Now, Hamlet, hear"

What is the setting of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

The setting of Sleepy Hollow, New York, is significant because one of the story's major themes is the conflict between "country" people and "city" people. The original settlers of the Tarry Town area were Dutch, and they are depicted as strong, hearty farm people. Abraham "Brom Bones" Brunt and the Van Tassels are examples of these people. On the other hand, Ichabod Crane is an outsider from Connecticut. He is a Yankee--an city man with English ancestry. 

Sleepy Hollow is a secluded and very small glen off of the Tarry Town settlement area. This also helps set the mood for the spooky and comic events of the ending. If it were a city, or even a larger town, Brom Bones's Headless Horseman trick would not have worked against Ichabod Crane. Also, at the Van Tassels's party earlier, Brom Bones and the other Dutch farmers told old ghost stories from the area in order to lay the groundwork to scare Ichabod Crane. This worked because Crane is an outsider, whereas the Dutch farmers are the original settlers of Sleepy Hollow. Brom Bones knows the land and the history behind it, but Crane does not. In the end, when Brom Bones disguises himself as the Headless Horseman of legend (said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper from the Revolutionary War), he chases Ichabod Crane all the way to the Old Dutch Burying Ground, a church and cemetery yard in Sleepy Hollow. In this Dutch colonial setting, the "country" man essentially wins over the "city" man. 

It's clear that Washington Irving thought of the place where his story takes place as very significant. After all, the name of the town is in the title--"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Even more evidence is that fact that Irving begins the story with a lengthy and vivid description of the town and its surroundings. It is a sequestered area with an aura of magic and dreaminess. Sleepy Hollow lies in a little valley two miles away from the small market port of Tarry Town, and it is "one of the quietest places in the world." 

The other consideration of the setting of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is the time period in which the story took place. Although Irving published his story in 1820, it takes place around 1790, 30 years earlier. The American Revolutionary War ended in 1783, so the story takes place in the years very soon right after the war. This was intentional, because the Revolutionary War is an important aspect of the narrative. The Headless Horseman himself is said to have been a soldier (a hired German trooper by the British army) in the war. Furthermore, Ichabod Crane's status as a Yankee, a "American" on the side of the colonies, is very prominent. 

Find all solutions of the equation sin 2x = cos 2x, if x is in the interval [0,pi].

We'll try to re-write the equation in a convenient way for solving:

sin 2x = 2sinx*cosx

cos 2x = (cos x)^2 - (sin x)^2

So, the equation will become:

2sinx*cosx = (cos x)^2 - (sin x)^2

We'll move the term 2sinx*cosx to the right side:

(cos x)^2 - 2sinx*cosx - (sin x)^2 = 0

We'll divide the equation by2sinx*cosx:

1 - 2sinx*cosx/2sinx*cosx - (sin x)^2 /(cos x)^2 = 0

We know that sinx/cosx=tg x

We'll substitute the ratio sin x/cos x by tg x:

 1 - 2tgx - (tgx)^2=0

We'll multiply by (-1):

(tgx)^2 + 2tgx - 1 = 0

We'll note tgx=t

t^2 + 2t - 1 = 0

We'll apply the quadratic formula:

t1 = [-2+sqrt(4+4)]/2

t1 = 2(-1+sqrt2)/2

t1 = sqrt 2 - 1

t2 = -sqrt 2 - 1

tg x = t1

tg x = sqrt 2 - 1

x = arctg (sqrt 2 - 1)

x = pi - arctg (sqrt 2 + 1)

What does a pathologist do?

In medicine, the specialty of pathology is defined as the study of disease.  Pathology is the broadest of the medical specialties because it involves study of the effect of all diseases on every part of the human body.  To become a pathologist one must first obtain a college degree and then an MD degree.  After receiving an MD, the doctor who chooses to become a pathologist must complete a residency in the specialty of pathology, taking three or four years, depending on whether she opts to become an anatomic pathologist, a clinical pathologist, or both (four years for both, three years for either alone).

In pathology residency the doctor must first learn the gross (naked eye) and microscopic (tissue samples on slides viewed with a microscope) appearance of every tissue type in the human body.  Only after this is accomplished can the doctor then begin to learn to recognize the effect of diseases on these tissues.  When he has mastered this activity, the pathologist becomes able to diagnose disease by examining tissue removed from the body (at surgery or by biopsy), both grossly and under the microscope.  The examination of tissues removed from the body is called Surgical Pathology.

Pathologists also perform autopsies, removing and dissecting the organs from deceased patients in order to determine the presence and severity of disease.  A subspecialty of autopsy pathology is Forensic Pathology in which autopsies are done for cases involving the legal system for the purpose of determining the cause and circumstances of death.  Coroner offices or medical examiners do forensic autopsies, usually when death is unnatural (accident, homicide or suicide).

Another important branch of pathology is Clinical Pathology.  This involves studying  the effect of diseases on the patient’s blood or other bodily fluids.  When a person goes to the medical laboratory to get a blood test, a clinical pathologist medically directs that laboratory.

In addition to the above, there are other subspecialties in pathology such as blood banking pathology, neuropathology, and pediatric pathology.

A Forensic Pathologist spends most of her time doing autopsies.  She is occasionally called upon to do death scene evaluations, and must testify in court about her autopsy findings in homicide and wrongful death cases.

The hospital pathologist is usually certified in both anatomic and clinical pathology.  He has an office in the hospital and directs the activities of the hospital laboratory.  He examines and diagnoses all organs removed from the body during surgery.  He attends staff meetings, and acts as a go-between for the treating physicians and the clinical laboratory.  He is available to go to the operating room on short notice to perform a frozen section for rapid diagnosis when something unexpected is found during surgery.

In summary, a pathologist is a physician trained in diagnosing disease by examining body tissues and fluids.  He does not ordinarily treat patients himself, but assists the clinical doctors in doing so…acting primarily as an expert consultant.

The first reference below is an article from a medico legal web site that I authored years ago on how an attorney should choose a pathologist as an expert witness.  It gives a comprehensive explanation of the branches of pathology and the training of pathologists.

The second reference gives the definition of pathology, including all of the many sub-types of pathologist.

Calculate Integral xdx/(2x+1)(x+1).

We have to write the function as a sum of simple
ratio:

x/(x+1)(2x+1) = A/(x+1) +
B/(2x+1)

Bringing the 2 ratio to the same denominator,
we'll have:

x = A(2x+1) +
B(x+1)

x = 2Ax + A + Bx +
B

x = x(2A+B) + A + B

Being an
identity, the expression above has to have the corresponding coefficients
equal.

So, the coefficient of x, from the left side, is 0,
the left side being written: x+0.

According to
this:

2A+B=1

A + B=0, so
A=-B

-2B+B=1

-B=1

B=-1,
so A=1

x/(x+1)(2x+1) = 1/(x+1) -
1/(2x+1)

Integral [xdx/(x+1)(2x+1)]=Integral
dx/(x+1)-Integral[dx/(2x+1)]

Integral dx/(x+1) =
ln(x+1)

-Integral [dx/(2x+1)] =
-ln(2x+1)

Integral [xdx/(x+1)(2x+1)] = ln(x+1)-ln(2x+1) +
C

Integral [xdx/(x+1)(2x+1)] =
ln[(x+1)/(2x+1)] + C

In "The Raven," how does the significance of the word "nevermore" change each time it is spoken?

At the beginning of the poem, the word "nevermore" is just a response by the raven to the questions of the narrator.  However, as the "conversation" continutes, the word becomes an expression of the narrator's own feelings, even though it is still spoken by the bird.  The narrator is grief-stricken, and feels that his grief will last eternally.  It will "nevermore" go away.  The word becomes a symbol of the narrator's internal conflict.

Poe, in "The Philosophy of Composition", explained that grief was his chosen theme in this poem.  He chose the word nevermore because of the strong "o" sound, feeling that this particular vowel best expressed a feeling a sadness.

The link for this essay is below.

how can we feel sympathy for macbeth even though he has been described as "a hell hound" and "a butcher" ..please explain with few examples of quotes

The sympathy comes from Macbeth knowing what he has become.  In Act 5, scene 3, Macbeth laments in his speech, "...my way of life is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf;..." that he realizes his life has taken a bad turn, he has little to look forward to, he has no friends, etc.  Two scenes later, in scene 5, in his famous, "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow..." speech, he again tells us that he knows he's been a fool.  We see him fall prey to the witches and their misleading prophecies.  Overall though, I believe we can sympathize with him because we can see bits of ourselves and our own ambitions in him.

How does religion stop Hamlet from taking his revenge in Hamlet?

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet
believes Claudius is doing more than just praying when he comes upon him in Act 3.3:  he
thinks he is confessing. 

The play features Catholic
theology more than it features Protestant.  The Ghost wandering around until his sins
are burnt and purged away is like the Catholic belief in purgatory, not like anything
Protestants believe in:

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I am thy father's
spirit,

Doomed for a certain term to walk the
night,

And for the day confined to fast in
fires,

Till the foul crimes done in my days of
nature

Are burnt and purged away....  (Act
1.5:9-13)

This is purgatory,
or something close to it. 

Applying Catholic theology to
Hamlet's refusal to kill Claudius at prayer, then, suggests that Hamlet is reacting to
the belief that if Claudius is confessing, his soul would already be purged and he would
be guiltless before God and would therefore go straight to
heaven. 

It is no accident that Claudius in his prayer
stresses forgiveness. 

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...Whereto serves
mercy

But to confront the visage of offence [what is mercy
good for if not to meet sin face-to-face]?

And what's in
prayer but this twofold force,

To be forestalled ere we
come to fall,

Or pardoned being down [what is prayer for if
not to stop us from sinning, or to forgive us when we do]?    Then I'll look
up.

My fault is past.  But, O, what form of
prayer

Can serve my turn?  'Forgive me my foul
murder'? 

That cannot be, since I am still
possessed

Of those effects for which I did the
murder--

My crown, mine own ambiton, and my
queen.

May one be pardoned and retain th' offence?  (Act
3.3.36-56)

Claudius stresses
confession and mercy and forgiveness, and that's what Hamlet
suspects.

The problem with Hamlet's decision to not kill
Claudius because he doesn't want to send him to heaven, is that that places Hamlet in
the role of God.  In other words, Hamlet is playing God, here.  He is messing where he
doesn't belong.  And the consequence for his actions is the blood bath at the end of the
play.  This is probably the climax of the play, the point at which Hamlet and so many
others are doomed. 

Ironically, Claudius does not confess. 
He cannot.  He is at least intellectually honest enough to realize that he cannot be
forgiven when he hasn't repented, when he hasn't given up that which he got by sinning
in the first place.  Hamlet could have revenged his father by killing Claudius, and not
sent him to heaven. 

What are the figures of speech and metaphors used in "To Autumn" by John Keats?all figure speech

We can help you get started on this. The poem is about the
season, autumn, so to find metaphors and other figures of speech, look at each line to
find how the poet describes the season. What do you think about when you think of
autumn? Leaves changing colors, a crisp coolness to the air, approaching holiday season?
Keats writes about the images he associates with autumn in the same
way:

SEASON of
mists and mellow fruitfulness,
        Close bosom-friend of the maturing
sun

In autumn, the air is
"misty" and the fruits are ripe. This is a metaphor. In the second line, there is
personification, stating that the season of autumn is a "friend" to the sun. The image
here is that the sun is high in the sky, causing the fruit to ripen, so the sun and
autumn are "friends" working together to ripen the fruit. These images are continued in
the following lines. Can you find some other figures of speech in them in this first
stanza?

Look at the second stanza. There is quite a bit of
personification in this stanza. Doesn't it seem as if the poet is talking about a
person? But no, it is still the season he is
describing.

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Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?

        Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
    Thee sitting
careless on a granary floor,
        Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing
wind;

If you go through the
poem in this way, you will find other figures of speech, such as
similes:

And
sometimes like a gleaner thou dost
keep

After reading Act 3, Why aren't Macbeth and Lady Macbeth happy being king and queen? Cite evidence to support your opinion.

Macbeth has begun to realize that his time as king is limited. He knows that the witches proclaimed a long line of succession to Banquo, and his failure to dispose of Fleance has him worried to the point of hallucination. Banquo's ghost makes a couple of appearances at Macbeth's banquet, and Macbeth speaks aloud to it in front of all of his guests. Lady Macbeth is left to try and come up with an explanation for Macbeth's odd actions.

In addition, the absence of Macduff at the banquet has Macbeth assured that Macduff knows something is up. Not only does Macbeth now have to be concerned about Fleance eventually starting a line of kings, but Macbeth's own noblemen are out building armies to oppose him. The only solution he can think of is to revisit the witches for a clarification to his original prophecies.

How does the Epic of Gilgamesh present the idea of good vs evil?

It seems that the greatest evil is that which is inside Gilgamesh himself.

Humbaba is called the "Hugeness," and our characters' descriptions call him "evil," but Humbaba's actions to not really support this. I guess he is evil in the way something like Circe in the Odyssey or the dragon in Beowulf are evil: as a holdfast. That is, their very presence stifles a community by not allowing them to grow or challenging their dominant ideologies. Identity is important in an age of expansion. Perhaps this challenge to (national) identity is the definition of "evil"?

In this way, too, Gilgamesh's actions at the beginning of the epic threaten his community: he cannot control his passion -- his lust for women and his desire for combat. Gilgamesh must learn to temper the great bull inside of him before he can become a strong leader.

Even the people who are drowned by the flood are evil: they are simple noisy and annoying to the gods.

"Evil" in Gilgamesh is subtle, like it is today. It does not seem overt, so it challenges us to look inward, at ourselves and our culture. 

What materials are used to make a cochlear implant?It is for an engineering report so i need materials i.e steel, ceramics etc.

Three parts of the cochlear implant are the transmitter,
the receiver and the electrode array.  The transmitter is comprised mostly of plastic
and some metal, the receiver is actually a small computer and is constructed of the same
material that most chips are made of, silicon, usually some metals including gold or
other very effective conductors to make a reliable processor for a small
chip.

The electrode array is actually composed of silicon
rubber and a very effective conductor such as platinum or other very effective
material.  The integrity of these parts is very important as they are inserted deeper
into the skull close to the cochlea.

What's the nature of the relationship between Ralph and Piggy in Lord of the Flies?

They absolutely need each other in their attempt for leadership.  Piggy needs Ralph's charisma and natural leadership, and Ralph needs Piggy's rationale and intelligence.  However, Ralph also recognized the downfalls of Piggy(physical appearance, un-usable ideas) and didn't always trust what Piggy had to say.

One of my students last year paralleled President Bush and VP Cheney to Ralph and Piggy.  At the risk of starting a political argument, that's probably not a bad example...

How can you contrast Nwoye and Ikemefuna from Things Fall Apart?

Ikemefuna becomes the son Okwonko wants Nwoye to be. He
comes to live with Okwonko from another tribe as a peace offering, and Ikemefuna quickly
adjusts to his new surroundings. He participates in all of the village's activities and
knows so much about so many things. He's well-liked, and Okwonko hopes Nwoye will learn
how to be a good son by watching Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna enjoys doing all of the things
Okwonko and the other men do, and he gives great joy to
Okwonko.

Nwoye is nothing like Ikemefuna, and he enjoys his
mother's company much more than his father's. Nwoye isn't into all the male traditions
and activities of the village, and Okwonko is afraid he's going to be like Okwonko's
father and embarrass him. Okwonko had to work very hard to undo the damage his father
had caused to the family's reputation. His father was considered lazy, and Okwonko
wanted to be sure that no one  felt Okwonko was like his father. Nwoye even questions
some of the ways of the tribe, and this is not acceptable at all. He's beaten by Okwonko
for his "laziness", and this makes Nwoye pull even further away from the males of the
village, especially his father. When Ikemefuna does come, he is good for Nwoye because
Nwoye respects him. Because of this, Nwoye does try to spend more time with the men and
participate in the male activities. After Ikemefuna's death, Nwoye is
devastated.

Why is it necessary to understand America and its history as a nation to understand The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Can the novel be enjoyed...

Some of the deepest themes of the book, those of slavery
and the inability of people to avoid judging and categorizing others are certainly
understandible without a deep history of the American nation.  What changes, if the book
is read with a knowledge of these things, are some of the more specific aspects of both
Jim's quest for freedom and the interactions between and among the various
characters.

There are so many interesting questions that
can be asked that become more interesting still with an understanding of the history of
the country, and the forces changing things in that moment.  The country was about to be
swept by the idea of compulsory education, and Huck is in some ways a model of what can
be accomplished (in terms of educating oneself) with hard work, curiosity and an
inclination to get into stick situations.  This can become even more nuanced with an
understanding of Twain's views on education.

These kinds of
things go throughout the book.  I can echo the previous post in that the understanding
isn't necessary to enjoy the story, but it can certainly add some interesting levels to
discussions of the book, the characters, and Twain's own attitudes that are evident in
his writing.

My letter to lil wayne The game wasn’t yours. You were destined to win it and with a passion for music you did. Now that you’re in jail...

I see you went a totally different route with your letter. I love it! It is very metaphoric, and at times even poetic.

You will have to excuse my ignorance for lil wayne though. I don't know alot about him.There are times when you may be quoting lyrics and a sentence or phrase may be confusing to me. If that is something I suggest you change because the meaning in unclear, just ignore me.

Your first two sentences are so strong, that the third is lacking something; maybe find another, more powerful word for "misses".

The sentence "As soon as you hit that cell hip hop died", you may want to reword. You just got finished saying it [hip hop] was now alive, in the previous sentence. You could even just add the word "again" after "died".

Why would people doubt him if he is the best? Is doubt the word you are looking for there? Jealousy or envy maybe. Rethink that sentence.

I LOVE your next two sentences.

In your second paragraph you don't need the "personally though", just start out with "I don't know you" and use a comma to hook it to the next sentence.

The third sentence about killing other rappers strengths is a little awkward. You may just want to flip it around-"Other rappers hate you because you are killing their strengths"-something like that.

This is an amazing second draft. I don't know what you will be graded on but I think you have done excellent work.

Good luck!

What ideas come about Iago's action to hate Othello from his soliloquies in Othello?

In Othello, Iago reveals the prevailing white male European Christian attitudes of the time: materialism, sexism, extreme male pride, fear of the black man stealing the white man's wife, and fear of Islam's expansion in Christendom.

Look at Iago's most revealing soliloquy:

Thus do I ever make my fool my purse:
For I mine own gain'd knowledge should profane,
If I would time expend with such a snipe.
But for my sport and profit. I hate the Moor:
And it is thought abroad, that 'twixt my sheets
He has done my office: I know not if't be true;
But I, for mere suspicion in that kind,
Will do as if for surety. He holds me well;
The better shall my purpose work on him.
Cassio's a proper man: let me see now:
To get his place and to plume up my will
In double knavery--How, how? Let's see:--
After some time, to abuse Othello's ear
That he is too familiar with his wife.
He hath a person and a smooth dispose
To be suspected, framed to make women false.
The Moor is of a free and open nature,
That thinks men honest that but seem to be so,
And will as tenderly be led by the nose
As asses are.
I have't. It is engender'd. Hell and night
Must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light.

Materialism: "Thus do I ever make my fool my purse:"  He is manipulating a weaker man financially.

Sexism: "framed to make women false."  He is setting women up to fail based on double standards.

Fear of black man sexually: "that 'twixt my sheets He has done my office: I know not if't be true; But I, for mere suspicion in that kind."  He is racist and believes all black men to be animalistic sexually.  His duty, then, is to protect the white woman.

Extreme male pride: "The Moor is of a free and open nature, That thinks men honest that but seem to be so."  Men view other men as honest by default, but they inherently distrust women.

Fear of Islam: "The Moor."  So says one critic:

With Islam as a starting point, the rest of the play falls very nicely into the structure. Themes of West versus East are neatly upheld: Shakespeare’s Venice becomes a metaphor for the modern Western world, and the Turks easily fold into the ‘Us versus Them’ mentality of both 1603 and 2007. The intolerance of the play’s racial issues shines through clearly as well, the distrust of Moors in Shakespeare’s time paralleling well with America’s post-9/11 distrust of Muslims.

What does the title of the story suggest about the townspeople's feelings toward Miss Emily?

The title is somewhat ambiguous. One gives a rose to a loved one, especially male to female. This suggests that the town loves her, but also that it is somehow a masculine entity to her feminine identity. One also leaves a rose on the grave of someone who is dead. If the town is leaving a rose for her, they are already recognizing she's dead, which, symbolically, she is, long before she dies.

 

It could also be a trade: a rose for Miss Emily. It also indicates the distance with which she is regarded: this is not Emily, this is Miss Emily. Finally, it refers to the love from Homer that went bad.

In the novel Black No More, which are some of the characters or groups that are counterparts to real people or groups?

In Schuyler's satirical work Black No More, he takes a horrific pseudo-science idea and turns it into America's worst nightmare to point out what he sees as an irremediable racial prejudice in America. In this scenario, Some of the satirical representations for actual organizations and people are the National Social Equality League, which is the satirical representation of the NAACP--the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Dr. Shakespeare A. Beard, who is the satirical representation of W.E.B  Du Bois. Schuyler links racial prejudice to economic interests and labor disputes and entrepreneurialism whereby he shows that if one racial racial group is removed from blame for economic scarcity, America will look for a new racial group scape-goat to blame. Schuyler demonstrates this through the crooked manipulative involvement of the Knights of Nordica in labor disputes in the South.

How can a snakebite victim die faster if he is hopeless, scared and terrified than if he is calm?

The most glaring and obvious effect of being scared or terrified when one has been bitten by a poisonous snake is that, when you are scared, your heart rate increases and your blood pumps faster.  This is what is supposed to happen because we get scared when there is danger to our safety, and we need extra oxygen to fight or flee.  This is how humans have survived since the beginning.

In this case, though, that works against you, as the faster your blood pumps, the faster the poisonous venom from the snake reaches the heart and the brain, whereas a person who is calm has a slower pulse, and more time before the bite becomes fatal, and therefore more chance to get help and survive.

In Chapter 30 & 31 of To Kill of Mockingbird, in what ways does Scout demonstrate sensitivity and compassion?

It's all in the way that she treated Boo once she realizes that the stranger in the room is him.  When Heck Tate explains how Bob died by his own knife, Scout agrees with him, saying that to allow Boo to be in the spotlight would be "shootin' a mockingbird", the main symbol of the novel.  A second example would be when Scout escorts Boo home.  Instead of peppering him with all the questions that must have been floating in her head, there is an comfortable silence.  Scout realises what Boo needs:  someone to understand him

How do I say the phrase "tell me the story" in Spanish?

"Dime la historia" and "Dime el cuento" are not
idiomatic.

"Me dicen el cuento" is not idiomatic and
conveys a different meaning: ‘I am being told the
story.’

"Dime la cuento" is incorrect from a morphological
point of view, since "cuento" is a masculine noun, whereas "la" is a feminine
determiner.

"Cuéntame la historia" or "Cuéntame el cuento"
would be the most acceptable translations for ‘tell me the story.’ From a morphological
point of view, these sentences could be analyzed as consisting of an imperative form of
the verb “contar” (“cuenta-”), an enclitic first person pronoun (“me”), and a direct
object, which consists in both cases of a simple noun phrase ("la historia," "el
cuento.")

Describe Ichabod Crane from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Ichabod is characterized in many different ways, the first being physical. Irving tells us that Ichabod is tall and skinny, with gangly hands and shovel-sized feet. We are also told that he is neat in his grooming and appearance, and that his nose is of considerable size, looking like a weathervane attached to the pinnacle of a barn.

The second way he is characterized is by personality. We know that he is superstitious, and that he believes in ghosts, witchcraft, and other spectral arts. We are told he is a fair disciplinarian in his classroom where he teaches, and that he is a "huge feeder," meaning he can really put away the food when eating.

He is portrayed as gentlemanly and scholarly, but at the same time, he is seen as one of the weaker characters in this story. His presence is not one that is formidable physically or situationally speaking. In fact, ladies feel most comfortable around him due to his lack of intimidating stature, among other reasons.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving is an American classic. Many adults had grown up with it. But the importance of Irving's work goes beyond nostalgia. This short story speaks about an early American Republic, of the unpleasantness that came with a shift from English colony to independent country.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" reveals something of the malaise the author felt about the bustling, industrious society that America was becoming. In the classic showdown between Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones, Irving sketched an American crossroads, a choice between the goblin-haunted, past-driven schoolteacher and the brash, up-and-coming, muscular realist—which one will win the girl?

Sleepy Hollow itself is presented as a sort of refuge from the bustling America, a haven where "romance" is still possible.
Ichabod Crane, the famous schoolteacher, functions as artist in Irving's scheme. Crane is shown in unflattering colors—as a grotesque figure, ravenous in his hunger for material success.
Yet he is also characterized as "our man of letters," as "traveling gazette" for Sleepy Hollow, which unmistakably casts him as a writer, even as an intellectual.

Ichabod, on the otherhand, is also a storyteller, but of the Cotton Mather school; i.e., of the past stories of witches and demons. This marks him as backwards-looking. Ichabod's challenge, as Irving articulates it in "Wild West" fashion, is: Can he establish himself? Marry Katrina? Defeat his rival?

Brom Bones, Ichabod's rival, has a cultural interest of his own, given the dynamics of early American culture. Rowdy, strong, brash, and fearless, Brom Bones personifies a figure who will challenge all manners and religious rigor. Bones is also the man who fights phantoms and boasts of encountering the infamous, legendary Headless Horseman.

In Irving's showdown, the two males battle it out by replaying a scene of legend. But Bones is able to best Ichabod by taking charge of the event, by scripting it so perfectly that he becomes the artist, impersonates the Horseman, substitutes a pumpkin for a head, and routs his rival. A new era is at hand, and we see the classic exchange: Ichabod Crane disappears from the scene, but the legend of his encounter with the "ghost" is born.

Irving's description of Crane as angular, awkward, and uncomfortable in his own skin echoes the man's sense of self:   "His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew.. his clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield."

If you consider these physical attributes as reflections of the soul, you have all you need to know about the character of Ichabod Crane.  His head was "small."  In the early 1800s,  a small head was indicitive of a small mind, one of the many beliefs in "phrenology," the pseudo-science of interpreting personality by examing the skull, as is the idea that his head was "flat." 

Crane's "glassy eyes" indicate, properly, that he is unable to "see' clearly, both literally and symbolically.  His "snipe"-like nose conveys cruelness.  His neck and clothing, reminiscient of a corpse, are much like the descriptions of the dreaded Headless Horseman.  Through his descriptive horrors, Irving conveys more than a ghost story:  he hints, rather strongly, at a psychological abberrance; which, in part, may be attributed to the torn allegiances between the new world and the old. Ichabod Crane is a tall skinny school teacher. He is conscientious and while he loves the children he teaches, he can be very stern when it comes to their studies. He loves storytelling and often times allows his imagination to run wildly away from him. He is a daydreamer to the point of severe distraction. He loves women and he especially loves women who cook good food. Next to storytelling, food is his greatest passion. He is not a very strong man either physically or mentally and is easily goaded by Brom Bones throughout the story. He is much more sensitive and more feminine than the very masculine and burly Brom who wins the heart of Katrina, which in truth Ichabod only wanted her for her family's lush estate in the first place. This shows his selfishness and concern only for his own well being.

Lets note as well that Ichabod is an unfair teacher in many ways.  He played favorites with the students and often overlooked the wrong doings of smaller, skinnier children.  Here is the explanation from Irving:

He administered justice with discrimination rather than severity; taking the burden off the backs of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong. Your mere puny stripling, that winced at the least flourish of the rod, was passed by with indulgence; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch.

It would seem that Ichabod is favoring students who look more like him and punishing those that look more like his rival, Brom Bones. "Tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and flutering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield." if I have what you said I am really sorry I wrote this a few years ago so please don't get mad at me I didn't want to steal any ones words but yeah. I'm only 11 I wrote this when I was 9 so yeah.

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Please describe Jing Mei's mother's character in "Two Kinds".

The mother in Amy Tan's, "Two Kinds," is an immigrant who
wholeheartedly embraces the American Dream.  She can't live it herself, so she tries to
force her daughter to live it for her.

She tries to coerce
her daughter into becoming a child prodigy:  she wants a superstar for a daughter.  She
doesn't care what her daughter becomes famous for, she just wants her to become famous. 
She sets impossible goals for her daughter based on American
TV.

Her abrasive methods backfire, of course, and Jing-Mei
rebels.

Perhaps most telling, the mother sees the world in
a simplistic manner, telling her daughter that there are only two kinds of daughters,
ones who obey absolutely everything a parent says, and ones who don't.  This is
simplistic, as well as sexist, of course.  The world is not that simple, and can't be
divided into two clear, black and white, dichotomies, or parts.  The mother wants
Jing-Mei to know her place, a woman's place, like she, herself, apparently
does.  

Describe the rhythms of Langston Hughes’ “Dream Boogie." Does each line have the same meter? Where does the meter change, and why?

This poem is written in dimeter, which means that there are two main beats per line.  As for the individual lines, though, the poetic feet change in order to accommodate the number of syllables in Hughes' chosen words.  A Poetic foot is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, and there are many types of poetic feet.  The most common is the iamb, which is a two-syllabic foot comprised of an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable (like the word "deferred").  The other two-syllabic foot is a trochee, which is made up of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (such as the name "David").  Hughes uses iambs for his two-syllable feet in this particular poem.  However, as part of his rhythm (which is syncopated... that's a musical term meaning that the rhythm is varied and comes unexpectedly, not in a repeated pattern), Hughes uses words and phrases that have more than two syllables, even though he maintains that there are only two STRESSED syllables in a line (that's where the DImeter comes from).  In music, perfect four/four timing has only four beats per measure, and the quarter note gets each beat.  It would be a boring song that is written stictly in quarter notes, so the song writer will use a vairety of notes to break the monotonous rhythm; however, in order to maintain the time signature (four/four), the song writer must make sure that the notes can fit into a measure mathematically.  It's similar with poetry.  If you think of the meter as the time signature, and the poetic feet as the variety of notes, you can see how Hughes' rhythm is created.   Read the poem aloud, and while you do so, snap your fingers in a rhythmic beat.  As you are reading, you will find that there are only two "snaps" per line, even though the number of syllable changes (that's where you use "two eighth notes" instead of one "quarter note" to put it in musical terms).

Throughout The Kite Runner I noticed Baba worries because Amir never stands up for himself. Does this ever change?

When Amir is finally in a position to confront Assef again, he does.  It doesn't end with him winning some kind of heroic fight, Assef beats him to a pulp, but it is in this act of defiance the very decision he makes to actually take a stand that he finally finds comfort.  Of course he does it to try and save Sohrab, Hassan's son, and symbolically it represents his opportunity to redeem himself from his unwillingness to stand up for his friend so long ago.

Once he has done this, he feels that he has lived up to his father's great legacy and he also learns soon thereafter that his father was harder on him because he felt guilty for not being able to admit that Hassan was also his son.

In "The Victims" by Sharon Olds, what exactly is the speaker's feelings towards her mother and father?I don't understand the reference to the...

The tone of the poem is extremely bitter, and the speaker clearly hates her father. Although she seems to be sympathetic towards her mother, there is an element of bitterness towards her as well, because it is her mother who taught her "to take it, to hate (her father) and take it." The two images of suits, the first "dark carcasses hung in (the) closet" and the second the filthy "suits of compressed silt" worn by the bums, contrast what the speaker's father was and what he became for her in her hatred. The speaker's father was a businessman, and the suits that represented his profession also stood for his coldness, corruption, and abuse - they were "carcasses." The suits that the bums wore, disintegrating and disgusting, like the gross, ruined bodies within them, represent the result of the speaker's hate - her father's "annihilation," at least in her mind. It is not clear whether the speaker's father really ended up as a bum, or whether the reference is figurative, but the point of the poem is the destructive property of the hate which results from years of silent acceptance of abuse. The father, either in reality or in essence, is reduced to degradation, and the speaker too is corrupted by her own hate, forced to suppress her rage until all love and tenderness was destroyed, and she was left with nothing but the rotting image of the father she has learned to despise.

What is the significance of Wemmick's museum in Great Expectations?

In Great Expectations, as in many of
his other novels, Charles Dickens delights in creating humorous and whimsical characters
with odd names.  Wemmick is such a whimsical character, although at first he does not
seem so as he is cryptic in the office of Mr. Jaggers as he speaks with his "post
office" mouth that merely takes in information and sends it out without any of his own
personality being revealed.

However, when Pip is invited by
Wemmick to have supper at his home, this odd character created by Dickens serves as an
example of the theme of Appearances vs. Reality.  For, unexpectedly, indeed, Pip is
brought to a world that seems completely out of character with the nondescript,
coldly-business-like clerk of Mr. Jaggers.  There, at his home, Wemmick exhibits warmth
and love toward his "Aged Parent," as well as a creative spirit which entertains his old
father.  The ritual of firing the canon, Wemmick tells Pip, helps to "sweep away the
Newgate cobwebs."  So, after Pip visits the home of Wemmick, he gains a new perception
of the man who becomes a valued friend.

Wemmick's little
museum of mementos taken from criminals also points to the humanness of this dual
character, and the differences between appearance and reality. When Wemmick conducts Pip
through the prison where the criminals greet the clerk as a friend, Pip realizes that,
although Wemmick seems wooden in the conduct of business in the office of Mr. Jaggers,
he--unlike Jaggers--does not dismiss the criminals as mere matters of business, after
all.   That he keeps things of these criminals points to Wemmick's having perceived them
as individuals.

What are 3-4 examples of characters' inability to accept reality in The Glass Menagerie, and how do theyimpact the play's themes?The Glass...

None of the characters in this play are particularly accepting of their realities; and perhaps that's because their realities aren't particularly pleasant.  Let's take a look at the primary characters and their "blind spots."

First, Amanda doesn't accept that Laura is incapable of attending business college like other girls are doing, due to her extreme lack of self-confidence (so unlike her mother!).  She also does not want to admit there are going to be no gentleman callers for Laura. Then, when she is able to cajole a young man to the house (under false pretenses, of course), she goes to drastic, often humorous, measures to present her daughter as something she's not.  Too, Amanda still doesn't accept that she played any part in her husband's leaving, and she refuses to come to grips either with what Tom is doing or what he wants to do--and why he might want to leave.

Laura has created an entirely false reality for herself, as represented by her glass menagerie and specifically by the little glass unicorn.  She sees herself as an oddity, like a horse with a horn; and she sees her slight limp as a much larger impediment and embarrassment than it really is (as we find out from Jim later in the story).  Laura creates a false reality for her mother, as she leaves for school each day but does not attend class.  She lives in a dream world in every way, represented also by the music cues which accompany her actions on stage.

Tom, though the most realistic of the Wingfields, also has some difficulty accepting his rather depressing reality.  He escapes from the drudgery of his job by hiding in a cupboard so he can write.  He tries to distract himself and find contentment in the movies, hoping his desire to travel (and to leave home) will be assuaged.  It doesn't work, of course, but he tries. His ultimate avoidance of reality is joining the Merchant Marines and leaving home without telling his mother or sister.

Jim is the most grounded character in the play, yet he talks a better game than he lives. He's still the debating and musical theater star from high school who hasn't really achieved much since then.  Oh, he has big plans, but he's still just working in a warehouse and taking a class or two in hopes of a brighter future.  We're thankful he shows up so we can get a little perspective on Laura and some hope for her future; but the only true reality for him is that his life is apparently at least a little better than any of the Wingfields.

This inability to accept reality becomes one the play's primary themes--the dialogue, the music, the setting, the stage directions all work to create this contrast between appearance and reality.  Tennessee Williams doesn't intend to hide this theme; in fact, Tom's opening speech says, "I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion."  It's accepting that truth which becomes the message of the play.

solve tan^2x+secx =1 in the range 0°≤x≤ 360°

sec x = 1/cos x and (tan x)^2 = (sinx/cosx)^2

From the fundamental formula of trigonometry, (sin x)^2 = 1-(cos x)^2.

(sinx/cosx)^2 = (1-(cos x)^2)/(cos x)^2

The expression will become:

(1-(cos x)^2)/(cos x)^2 + 1/cos x = 1

We'll do the math so that all terms of the both sides of expression to have the same denominator, which is (cos x)^2.

1-(cos x)^2 + cos x = (cos x)^2

We'll move all terms to one side:

1-(cos x)^2 + cos x - (cos x)^2 = 0

We'll add the similar terms:

-2(cos x)^2 + cos x + 1 = 0

We'll note cos x = t

-2t^2 + t + 1 = 0

We'll multiply by (-1):

2t^2 - t - 1 = 0

Being a quadratic equation, we'll use the formula:

x = [-b+sqrt(b^2-4ac)]/2a, where a=2, b=-1 and c=-1.

t1 = [1+sqrt(1+4*2)]/2*2

t1 = (1+3)/4

t1 = 1

t2 = (1-3)/4

t2 = -2/4

t2 = -1/2

Let's recall that cos x = t

cos x = t1

cos x = 1

It's an elementary equation:

x = 0 or x = 360, in the interval [0,360]

cos x = -1/2

The function cosine is negative in the quadrant 2 and 3, so

x = 90+60 = 150

x = 180 + 60 = 240

Why is madness often used in gothic literature? Im looking specificaly at Macbeth, Wuthering Heights and Dracula. I can think of instances in...

The Romantics believed in the Classical concept of nature.  The natural world is like the Garden of Eden: a paradise, uncorrupted by mankind, the perfect synthesis of the divine, human, and organic.  Sin causes man to be cast of this Utopia; corrupt human nature leads to exile form paradise; knowledge leads to rebellion.

So, the Romantics pit humans against nature as an overriding external conflict, and they use knowledge against their characters as a sign of humankind's irreconcilable fallen state from nature.  Mental illness and madness are the most obvious signs to show the Fall.

Also, Romantics are extremists.  They esteem the sublime (the divine, the most beautiful) in nature and the Gothic (the most evil, the darkest) in human nature.  Whereas the natural world is a Utopia, human nature is Dystopia.

Many Romantic characters are extremely loyal and then extremely cruel and then insane (the Macbeths).  Or, they are extremely and passionately in love and then extremely vengeful and cruel (Heathcliff).  Or, they are threats at night and dormant during the day (Dracula).  In this way, the Romantics use human emotions as barometers of the sprits of the age: rebellion, irrationality, and passion.

What clues are provided about Mr. Shiftlet's selfish intentions even though his words and actions simultaneously contradict those clues?

The first clue is his name. "Shiftlet" would mean "allowing one to shift" (change, not be reliable), and is close to "shiftless," which implies a kind of low greed.

The old woman's reaction is another clue; she sees him as a tramp.

O'Connor also provides clues in her description of Mr. Shiftlet; he has a "jutting steel‑trap jaw," and a steel trap would betray people, clamp down on things and not let go, holding them tight. Later, his gaze is described as "sharp," which is, among other things, not friendly.

How does the symbol of class and society in The Great Gatsby compare to the overall meaning as expressed in contemporary society?

If we examine how Fitzgerald used the concept of class and society in his work, we see a trend forming where value and primacy is assigned to materialism and its byproducts.  The social setting that envelops most of the characters in the novel is one where "things" have value, more value than people, who are in turn used as means to ends as opposed to ends in ofthemselves.  Gatsby's pursuit of Daisy represents this.  It is an end to which Gatsby believes that if he throws more money at the situation, he is convinced she will love him.  This might be due to the fact that he is deluded in thinking that money can buy, essentially, affection, or representative of him being right, that money can essentially buy affection.  Recently, in a post similar to this question, I argued that Flaubert's conception of Emma Bovary in his work, "Madame Bovary," was very similar in that she believed the more wealth she could acquire and "throw" at her problems the better off she will be.  I would tend to think that this is something not limited to these characters.  Marx and Engels argued that capitalism creates this type of system, an object or commodity fetishism where things and objects for which human work is aimed end up taking a life of their own.  No longer do we work towards them, but rather we work for them.  Indeed, we can extrapolate this to people who toil for a paycheck in order to acquire a nice home, a nice car, and all the trappings of wealth.  In the end, Fitzgerald argues that this pursuit of money and materialism is brazen, but shallow because it lacks a fundamental and foundational purpose.  To this extent, such a pattern can be seen in any pursuit where people do not work towards a monetary goal, but strictly for it.  At this stage, people are means to an end and not the end in its own right because money and the pursuit of wealth is not a means to an end for it is the end.

In terms of character type, how do the main characters in "A Jury of Her Peers" relate to the story's plot and structure?In terms of flat, round,...

In "A Jury of Her Peers," the focus of the narrative is on Mrs. Hale.  Glaspell follows her from her kitchen to the Wright's kitchen, the scene of the crime.  At the beginning of the story, she seems like all the other characters: a flat, static stock character.

As the details of the case become revealed to her, however, she undergoes a psychological change: she awakens to a feminist epiphany.  As a result, she convinces the other women to suppress the evidence.  So, by the end, Mrs. Hale becomes a dynamic, round character--as does Mrs. Peters.

All of the male characters are flat, static stock characters.  They stand for the powers that be: a lawyer, a law man, and a cruel husband.  Though Mr. Wright never appears in the story, his body is symbolic of his unchanging character type.

The irony, of course, is that Minnie Wright never appears in the story, yet the readers can intuit in her a change.  She must have changed, snapped in fact, from a meek, obedient housewife to a raging avenger.  Why else would she kill her husband.  Evidence of her change is found in the kitchen: the dead bird and her needlework--subtle signs of abuse.

The psychological and moral evolution of the female characters in the story shows how women who were once isolated and voiceless can change by coming together in a female community.  Not only that, but this community can affect change, even if it means breaking patriarchal law to protect their own.

What is going to happen to the 91 people who signed the testament stating a good opinion of Elizabeth, Martha Corey, and Rebecca Nurse?

The court orders that all ninety-one people be arrested and brought in for questioning. The citizens who signed the testament are in the minority of the community because most are too terrified of the repercussions of any sign of rebellion. Danforth does not want the people to question what the court is doing.

The people who have spoken up are shocked because Rebecca, Martha, and Elizabeth are all upstanding, god-fearing citizens. But the court refuses to listen to any voice of dissension, "A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there will be no road between".

This is true for Hale, as well. Parris sent for Hale because of his experience with this type of situation. Yet, once the momentum of the hysteria caught on, the courts did not want to hear even the expert's ideas because they do not agree with the proceedings that have taken place.

What is account and accounting? What is Tally accounting? Define Tally.

Account is a record in a general ledger that systematically and chronologically details the credit and debit information related to a particular business or individual. In many cases, an account is also used to represent a person (or a client). The various entries can include income, expense, equity, liability, etc. 

Accounting: A systematic recording, analysis and presentation/communication of financial information of a business. It is the practice of measuring the economic performance of a business (through its economic activities) and communicating that information to stakeholders (managers, stock holders, regulators, etc.).

Tally Accounting is a software used for accounting purposes. It is provided by Tally Solutions and is a standard business accounting software. Tally ERP is a very robust ERP product and is a complete business management solution. 

Tally is defined as record, count (as verb) or a record of debit and credit or an account.

Help! I need passages from The Road!My final paper for English is due tomorrow but I no longer have a copy of the book and we need to incorporate a...

The Road is online at http://www.wattpad.com/73312.

The father debates several times whether or not to shoot the boy and/or himself.  The first and most menacing instance is when the father and son are running from the cannibals in the house.

The father only has one bullet left.  On page 20, he used one of the bullets to kill the marauder who took his son hostage.  Now, the father wants to protect the boy from being starved, tortured, and eaten by the cannibals in the house.

Here's the quote I think you're looking for.  It's on page 35.

They crawled slowly through the leaves toward what looked like lower ground. He lay listening, holding the boy. He could hear them in the road talking. Voice of a woman. Then he heard them in the dry leaves. He took the boy's hand and pushed the revolver into it. Take it, he whispered. Take it. The boy was terrified. He put his arm around him and held him. His body so thin. Dont be afraid, he said. If they find you you are going to have to do it. Do you understand? Shh. No crying. Do you hear me? You know how to do it. You put it in your mouth and point it up. Do it quick and hard. Do you understand? Stop crying. Do you understand?

I think so. No. Do you understand? Yes. Say yes I do Papa. Yes I do Papa. He looked down at him. All he saw was terror. He took the gun from him. No you dont, he

I dont know what to do, Papa. I dont know what to do. Where will you be? It's okay. I dont know what to do. Shh. I'm right here. I wont leave you.

You promise. Yes. I promise. I was going to run. To try and lead them away. But I cant leave you. Papa? Shh. Stay down. I'm so scared. Shh.

What is the moral or message of Ode to my Socks? What proof is there for this message?

"So this is the moral of my ode: twice beautiful is beauty and what is good doubly good when it is a case of two woolen socks in wintertime."

The poet states that his moral is that something is twice as beautiful, twice as good, when, specifically, it is two warm socks in the winter. But to go further, one could say that the moral of this is to appreciate the little things in life...or depending on your point of view or your economic situation, appreciate everything you have, especially a good pair of socks that will protect your feet from the cold.

I think he is celebrating the ordinary things in our everyday existence - if we're lucky enough to have those things. For people not fortunate enough to have warm socks in the winter time, maybe it is a call for us to not be selfish and to help people out who are in need.

Check the links below, especially the one about his themes, for more information.  Good luck!

Why does Sethe attack Mr. Bodwin and let Beloved disappear again?

To Sethe, who at this point in the novel, is close to being consumed by the physical manifestation of her guilt and sorrow, the arrival of Mr. Bodwin triggers the pivotal memory of the arrival of Schoolteacher and his boys all those years before that led to the tragedy of her life. In her confusion, Sethe projects Schoolteacher's intentions upon poor innocent Mr. Bodwin and tries to kill him. The focus of her rage and violence on the perceived perpetrator this time, instead of on her innocent children like before, serves to absolve Sethe of her guilt and release her from the haunting of her dead child.

How would you describe the overall appearance of the clerk from a physical/spiritual point of view? What job duties would he have performed?

Chaucer's clerk, also called "the Oxforc cleric," is an older man who is wearing thin, raggedy clothes. His horse is very thin, and the clerk reads all of the time. He has never held a job, and he is constantly trying to find the secret of making gold so that he can be rich without having to work. He doesn't talk much, but he is respected when he does. He is very educated, but not very smart.

See the link below for an artist's interpretation of how the cleric may have looked. The most famous print version of The Canterbury Tales is the Ellesmere Manuscript, which contains many woodcut illustrations.

In The Crucible, why does Reverend Hale visit the Proctors?

Reverend Hale is trying to understand the situation he is in.  He has been surprised by the accusation against Rebecca Nurse, having accepted her as an intelligent and well-read person, like himself.  He isn't sure what to make of the Proctors, and does not understand why they would avoid attending church.  It is in this scene that John Proctor speaks out against Rev. Parris, criticizing the man for hypocrisy and explaining his avoidance of church revolves around that, and not his belief or disbelief in God. 

Hale still believes in his quest here, especially when he first arrives at the house.  However, unlike the townspeople, he has an open mind, and his visit with the Proctors begins to tear at what few doubts he does have.  He goes in order to find truth - it just isn't the truth he thought he would find.

Regarding World War II where and how did Hitler start the concentration camp? What did he expect to gain from this disaster?

Hitler's first major concentration camp was located in the village of Dachau not far from the city of Munich.  Unlike other future camps, there was quite a variety of people incarcerated there: Communists, political enemies of the Nazis, violent criminals, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses and some Jews all were herded through the gates of this camp, past words that said "Arbeit Macht Frei" - Work Will Make you Free.

The SS tested different methods of confinement, worker motivation, ration distribution, etc. at Dachau so it would be perfected for future camps.

At first his camps were merely about consolidating his power.  Before long, it became his instrument to annihilate the Jewish population, along with communists, Russian POWs and the Roma (Gypsies).

Give one word to describe Phineas.Give two examples of what he does and/or says to support his trait.

I would call Finny
competitive.

Finny creates games and
circumstances so that he can complete with the other boys and come
out on top. Blitzball is an example of this as well as the snowball fight. When the boys
have the Winter Carnival, even though Finny isn't quite able to participate, he works to
make the attractions of the carnival the best ever as if he was competing against some
past event! Even in his social circumstances, it seems he is striving to be the best. In
chapter 2, it seems that at the Headmaster's tea, Finny is looking to be able to impress
or speak and entertain more than any of the other boys are able
to.

If there is an obvious theme in the Odyssey, what is it?

I would say the most prevalent theme in The Odyssey is the relationship between father and son and the inevitable maturation/development of both. Seeing the two men from Book 1 to 24 proves major changes and significant character development. Telemachus goes from boy to man, from very timid and shy to ready to rule the country while Odysseus himself goes from rash and arrogant to calculated and humble. Together, their relationship develops from estranged family to unstoppable team.

Summary of Barry Posen's “A Nuclear Armed Iran,”

Barry Posen argues that it is not such a disaster if Iran
gets nuclear weapons.

He says that there are three things
that they could do.

First, Iran could give the weapons to
terrorists.  But he says that Iran will not do this because of what would happen to them
if they did.  He says a country that found out that Iran had provided the weapon that
was used to attack them would attack Iran with many nuclear weapons.  This threat will
stop Iran from giving weapons to terrorists.

Second, Iran
could blackmail countries with the threat of nuclear weapons.  Posen says those
countries would turn to the US for help rather than giving
in.

Finally, Iran could use the weapons to deter anyone
from attacking them.  They could then go out and destabilize other countries with
impunity.  Posen says this won't work -- countries can reform themselves in ways that
will prevent Iran from destabilizing them.

In the poem "No Men Are Foreign," written by James Kirkup, who are being referred to as brothers, and what two things are common to all?

This poem does not actually explicitly say that all people are "brothers" but that is what it is saying.  It is saying that no people are foreign because all of them are our "brothers" -- they are just like us.

In the first stanza of the poem, Kirkup says that all other people are like us because they walk upon the Earth just like us.  He says that they are just like us because they will die just as we will die.

In the second stanza, he says that they are just like us because they need to get in the harvest so that they can eat.  They have needs that are the same as our needs.  When wars happen, these needs are not met and they suffer just as we would suffer.

In the third stanza, Kirkup talks about people having the same need for love and living lives that are all essentially the same.  That gives us at least four ways in which he says we are all the same -- things we all have in common.

In Act III, what does Lennox say about Malcolm, Donalbain, and Fleance?

Lennox lets us know that most people believe Fleance, Malcolm and Donalbain are all responsible for their father's deaths.  However, he is first nobleman to speak up and cast doubt.  He does not believe that these characters are guilty, and instead believes that Macbeth had a hand in it all.

Evaluate how discriminatory language in the play shapes the overall meaning of characters and themes.

The society of Othello is
male-dominated, to say the least.  In structure and language, the male characters drive
the action, while the female characters passively wait.  The male reputation is vaunted,
while the female reputation is sullied.  Males repeatedly and openly use discriminatory
language not only against women in general, but against their wives.  Iago calls his
wife a "villainous whore."  Othello calls Desdemona "whore" even more.  Other names
afforded to women include: "foul," "villainous," and
"false."

"Whore" is used 13
times:

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be sure thou prove my
love a
whore,
Be
sure of it;

AND

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This is a subtle
whore,
A
closet lock and key of villainous
secrets

AND

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I took you for that
cunning whore of
Venice
That married with
Othello.

Synonymous
with "whore" and no less damaging are words that describe how talkative and unquiet
women are.  Desdemona says this of Othello:

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I'll watch him
tame and talk him out
of patience;

AND to
Othello:

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I have been
talking with a suitor
here,

AND

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I pray,
talk me of
Cassio.

Emelia
says:

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That she reserves it
evermore about her
To kiss
and talk to.

Iago says of his
own wife:

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Sir, would she give you
so much of her lips
As of her
tongue she oft
bestows on me,
You'll have
enough.

As
counterpoint, the word "honest" appears over fifty times in the play, usually said by or
describing a male.  Observe:

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A man
he is of honest and
trust:

AND

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That thinks
men honest that but
seem to be so,

Iago
is repeatedly called "honest" by Othello, Cassio, and himself: "Honest Iago,"
and "As honest as I am."

So,
it is clear: for women to talk is to be loose not only with the tongue, but in bed.  Men
see women who talk a lot as "whores."  If Desdemona is talking with Cassio, she might as
well be sleeping with him.  And the classic double-standard: men can talk against women
openly, but married women cannot talk to men at all, either privately or
publicly.

Women are in an unwinnable situation in
Othello.  Desdemona doesn't talk.  She doesn't defend herself in
the bedroom, and she is strangled.  Emilia talks.  She exposes her husband in Act V, and
she is stabbed.  It's a morbid double standard.  If women talk, they are victimized.  If
women don't talk they are victimized.

To say men use
discriminatory language is an understatement.

What is the summary of The Slave's Dream by Henry Longfellow? (Please give an accurate summary since the ones given are not so satisfying thank you.)

This poem is about a slave who is working the rice fields. He falls over from heat and exhaustion and has a dream:

Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep,

He saw his Native Land.

The dream is a stark contrast to his actual life. He is a slave, but it was not always so. He dreams of his former life. He was a warrior-king in his native land:

Beneath the palm-trees on the plain

Once more a king he strode;

The poet continues to paint the picture of what the slave's life was before he became a slave. He had a beautiful queen, many children, he lived in a beautiful place, rode a beautiful horse -- there is wonderful imagery.

The last stanza describes his death.

He did not feel the driver's whip,

Nor the burning heat of day;

For Death had illumined the Land of Sleep,

And his lifeless body lay

A worn-out fetter, that the soul

Had broken and thrown away!

Death had interrupted his dream. He was "in the land of sleep" but now he is in the land of death (his lifeless body). The poet now describes the slave's body as a "worn-out fetter" but his soul, ah, his soul has broken away and is free. The body may still be a slave, but the soul is free in death.

It is a sad poem about slavery.

What petition is presented to Caesar, and how does he respond to it?

There are several petitions presented to Caesar when he arrives on March 15 (the Ides of March) at the senate. One in particular pleads for mercy for Cimber's brother to be allowed home from banishment.  Caesar responds with a resounding "No."

The letter given to him by Artemidorus listing all the conspirators' names and that Caesar should avoid them.  The letter is put last as Caesar says he will deal with personal business after that of the state. 

Irony abounds here since Caesar would have saved his own neck twice--the petitioner knew Caesar's answer would be "No" and this acted as a signal for the conspirators to attact.

The letter with his enemies names written in it, had Caesar opened it first, would have given him an advantage to leave the senate and go home to his wife unharmed.

What happens in III.iv (the closet scene)? Why is this death so important for the play, or what does the death of this figure represent? Act...

This scene does not take place in a closet, but Hamlet runs Polonius through as Polonius hides behind a curtain, eavesdropping on a conversation between Hamlet and Gertrude. Hamlet, believing that Claudius is behind the tapestry (arras, as it would be called at the time), kills the figure.

Symbolically, this is a representation of Hamlet's dsire to finally ACT as opposed to talk. He is placed under guard and (ostensibly) sent to England, which derails his decision momentarily, but upon his return, the action significantly picks up in the play: his struggle with Laertes during the funeral of Ophelia, and his fencing match with Laertes which leads to the death of all the principal characters in the play.

The most offensive (in his obtuseness), boring, and longwinded character in the play has been killed. Shakespeare is telling the audience that business is about to pick up.

In which important scenes did Dickens use visual descriptions and what are those descriptions symbolic of?

Wow.  Dickens uses description everywhere in this novel, so it would not be possible to discuss them all in a forum such as this.  Instead, I'm going to pick one which will give you the idea of description being symbolic.

Chapter 5 is the reader's first introduction to the Paris suburb of St. Antoine and the Defarges' wine shop.  The people are oppressed and hopeless; the city is oppressed and hopeless.  He begins with a description of a broken wine cask and the desperate citizens who are literally lapping the dregs from the mud--symbolic of the time when blood, too, would be spilled.  (Dickens is quite helpful in this regard, as he follows up the description with a paragraph beginning "The time was to come when...."  This is his cue that what he just wrote has symbolic significance.) 

My favorite picture of the town's desperation is his description of the trade signs.  He calls them "Illustrations of Want."  The butcher's sign depicts "only the leanest scrags of meat."  The baker's shows only the "coarsest of meagre loaves."  The wine shop's sign has customers hunched over "their scanty measures of thin wine and beer."  The only businesses in "flourishing condition" are the tools, weapons, cutler's knives, and smith's hammers--the instruments of a coming Revolution. And, true to form, Dickens follows that paragraph with the words "For the time was to come when...."

You'll find similar descriptions and foreshadowings when he introduces anything or anyone new:  the Shoemaker (Dr. Manette), or Monsieur the Marquis, or the rude farm carts which will one day be transformed into the tumbrels carting people to the guillotine.

Dickens just isn't too subtle when it comes to letting the reader in on the bigger picture--the foreshadowing and symbolic nature of the persons, places, and things of this novel.  Once you start looking, you'll find it everywhere.

What question does the littlun with the birthmark raise? How do Ralph and Jack answer it? What is the significance of "Fire on the Mountain"?

What you are talking about happens in Chapter 2.  The
littleun with the mulberry colored birthmark raises the question of the "beastie."  He
says it's a snake-like thing and he is afraid of it.

Ralph
tells him that there is no such thing.  But Jack starts talking about hunting
it.

To me, the chapter is given this title because of what
happens at the end.  The boys set the fire, but they are so careless that it gets to be
a huge fire and it ends up killing the boy with the birthmark.

What is the significance of the title The Turn of the Screw?

At the very beginning of this nested tale the first narrator gives away the meaning of the title. It all begins with the narrator (presumably Henry James, or another unnamed speaker) explaining that they are at an old house during the winter telling stories about ghosts and apparitions. Some stories are better than others, and those who are listening are waiting for an ultimate story that would beat all the others. Someone suggests, 

"I quite agree—in regard to Griffin's ghost, or whatever it was—that its appearing first to the little boy, at so tender an age, adds a particular touch. [...] If the child gives the effect another turn of the screw, what do you say to TWO children—?"

"We say, of course," somebody exclaimed, "that they give two turns! Also that we want to hear about them."

The universal use of turning a screw is to make something tighter, or tense enough, to resist falling apart from movement. The idea that the story will be about two ghost children instead of one would "turn the screw" even tighter on the listeners, who will be more tense at the prospect of two haunted young spirits--what could have possibly happened? Why were these children victimized? The tragic idea a haunted child definitely thickens the plot and makes it more tense. 

Another mention of the title appears in chapter XXII, with the Governess as the narrator, where she says

I could only get on at all by taking "nature" into my confidence and my account, by treating my monstrous ordeal as a push in a direction unusual[...] after all, for a fair front, only another turn of the screw of ordinary human virtue. 

Here the term is used by her to describe how the situation in the home is really testing her mentally and emotionally. She takes on the challenge and tells herself that she will put up a strong front. She assumes that this is just another turn of the screw--another pull of her strength--to work with. 

What is English for tourism?

I am guessing that you might also mean a level of English needed to function in the tourism industry.  As in, enough English to get you around and to help tourists get around in a setting where they know some English but don't know the native language and so they need help.

This would not be the same level of English that is required for university entrance, etc., but would likely involve more memorization of certain key things and the ability to work with people on a more basic level of communication.

What will be the structure of a sentence starting with "unless"?

Starting a sentence with "unless" is much the same as starting a sentence with "because."  Although our 4th grade teachers told us NEVER TO DO IT (because in 4th grade it often resulted in a fragment) we can write a complete sentence starting with "unless" or "because."

This will most likely create a complex sentence (one independent clause and at least one dependent clause) that begins with a dependent clause.  This means you must use a comma - and add the subject and verb before you finish the sentence.  (It could also create a compound-complex sentence if you wanted to add another independent clause.)

Example:

Unless both a subject and verb are used after the comma, this sentence will not be complete.

Subject: this sentence
verb: will not be
dependent clause: Unless both a subject and verb are used,

If you said the first part of the sentence by itself you would be asking, "Unless both a subject and verb are used, what?"

Here's another, more simple example:

Unless John goes, Sue will go to the concert alone.

There is an argument that before the comma contains a subject and a verb: John and goes.  It is the presence of "unless" that makes that part of the sentence dependent on the rest of the sentence.

Now - in fiction, we might actually read these two sentences separately like this: Sue will go to the concert alone.  Unless John goes.  Technically this is sloppy - but in fiction we'd understand it and call it a "style" choice.

Compare and contrast Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride" and Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain" for theme and type of poem.These are some...

I would say that one specific point of reference for both is that they have become staples of American History.  Both are used as points of nationalistic pride in terms of telling the history of the United States.  Longfellow's work depicts Paul Revere as an individual leader of the movement that took grave risks in alerting the Colonists that "the British are coming."  He is shown as a stoic figure who was able to risk his own personal safety of being in trying to reach a higher and collective goal.  In Whitman's work, Lincoln is depicted as the fallen leader who was able to guide the nation through its darkest hour.  He is shown as a force of moral and ethical integrity, one that embodies what it means to be a "leader."  I think that both contribute to the mythology of the United States History as a hopeful narrative of good triumphing over evil.  Some significant points of distance between both is that Whitman's voice is much more present in his poem than Longfellow's is in his.  Longfellow subjugates his own voice in deference to the subject matter, while Whitman makes no bones about the fact that he is in mourning and his honoring of Lincoln is through his poem.  In this light, there is much more emotion in terms of language and tone in Whitman's work than in Longfellow's.

x^2 + 2y^2 =17 5x-3y=9 solve x and y

x^2 + 2y^2 =17.....(1)

5x-3y =9.....(2)

We are going to use the substitution method to solve the system

5x-3y = 9

==> x= (3y+9)/5

Now substitute x in (1)

X^2 + 2Y^2 = 17

[(3y+9)/5]^2 +2y^2 = 17

(9y^2 + 54y + 81)/25 + 2y^2 =17

(59/25)y^2 + (54/25)y+ 81/25 =17

(59/25)y^2 + 54/25)y -344/25 =0

Multiply by 25

==> 59y^2 +54y -344=0

==> (y-2)(59y+172)

==> y1= 2   ==> x1= (3y+9)/5 = 15/5 =3

 and y2= -172/59  ==> x2= 0.051 (approx.)

How are the themes presented in The Great Gatsby relevant to our modern society?

Granted, many of the characters, notably Gatsby's party
guests, are materialistic and social leeches.  There is also the idea that the end
justifies the means.  Gatsby goes to any lengths to pursue Daisy, his "American Dream."
It doesn't matter to him, that pursuing this dream entails changing his persona (which
in different contexts is not necessarily bad), getting involved with criminals and
hosting parties for a bunch of phonies.  The deaths that occur in the novel, although
not intentional are the result of this mix between Gatsby's pursuit, Tom's infidelity
and some poor driving; all of which, even the last one, applicable today.  People want
what they want and in materialistic societies, they want it NOW. But back to my overall
point: Gatsby's "end justifies the means."  Think about these reality shows like
"Survivor" and others like it.  They are Machiavellian.  Each participant will do
whatever it takes to win; usually money.  Likewise with Gatsby.  This concept of the
American Dream trumping all other considerations of other people is definitely
noticeable today.  This actually comes from a (not to play politics, but) predominantly
republican view of capitalism where competition is the guiding hand.  The problem with
believing this view absolutely (believing only in this view) is that it ignores social
factors which clearly show that competition, in and of itself, is an fallible guide for
life.  Strict adherence to competition alone ignores social inequalities, economic
infrastructures and subsequently, ethical considerations.  Characters on these reality
shows are in it to win it, no matter who they step on.  Sadly, this can be the price of
success: the end justifies the means.  However, a more tragic end for Gatsby.  Still,
Nick presents Gatsby in a more favorable light.  At least Gatsby's in it for
love. 

At the end of the civil war what were the goals and dreams of defeated southern whites victorious northerners and emancipated freedpeople?

There was much in way of dreams and expectations that each group of people possessed at the end of the Civil War.  Victorious Northerners set their sights on being able to expand businesses into the destroyed South.  There is much in way of evidence to suggest that the largest driving force behind the industrial North was to be able to spread their sphere of influence into the South, allowing business to expand into new markets.  Southern Whites had a more challenging predicament in that they had to rebuild their homes and settings, and had to end up reassessing their own state of being in the world.  This helped to create a crater of disillusionment that cradled much of the South.  Questions such as how the war wound up so decisively against them, wondering as to where their own personal wealth disappeared, and how to reconcile a social order that had freed Blacks rank along side Whites all helped to create a sense of consciousness in the world with many a question. Perhaps, this is why Jim Crow laws and practices of segregation began to emerge so quickly after the Civil War, one way of bringing back some order to a world that certainly was perceived to have lacked it.   This questioning of identity certainly expanded to newly freed Black Americans.  The Civil War's emancipation from slavery had allowed the achievement of freedom, or a life without slavery to emerge.  Yet, many Black Americans had little idea with what to do with this newly granted freedom.  The idea of having been in bondage all their lives and then suddenly being released into the world with no training, no preparation, nor transition was startling  to many of them.  Some ended up going back to their plantations, only to find they were not accepted.  Think about how this would impact goals and dreams:  The life of abuse and subjugation, the only life one knows, rejects and shuns.  Even one's own cursed existence is still an existence and to experience rejection from that had to have been unimaginably brutal.  Many Blacks migrated to the North, trying to find some way of life that could support them or a family.  Others remained in the South, trying to do the same.  The transcendent question of what would happen to Black Americans, freed in the wake of the Civil War, was something that would end up being addressed by thinkers like Washington and DuBois, individuals who proposed differing approaches to the Black predicament in post- Civil War America.

summarize how macbeth and lady macbeth conspire to murder Duncan

From reading of the play its well known that it was lady Macbeth who instigated her husband to murder king Duncan. When she read the letter received from Macbeth stating about the predictions made by the witches, she was sure that his nature was not ruthless enough-- he's "too full o' th' milk of human kindness” to murder Duncan and assure the completion of the witches' prophesy. He had ambition enough, but lacks the gumption to act on it. She then implored him to hurry home so that she could "pour [her] spirits in [his] ear" in other words, goad him on to the murder he must commit.

When she heard from a messanger that King Duncan was coming their home, she called on the heavenly powers to unsex her, taking all her womanly compassion and filling her with cruelty.

Macbeth considered it a terrible sin to kill his king, his kinsman who trusted and loved him most. He told his wife that he could not do it. But Lady Macbeth taunted him and said that he would be there when the king was dead. She herself would do that. When the King went to sleep, his body guards would be drunk and then killing Duncan the blood stained daggers be smeared in their clothes to accuse them of his murder. This was the plan sorted out to murder King Duncan.

Explain the meaning of "trodden black" in "The Road Not Taken".

The entirety of the line you are referring to in Robert
Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken is "In leaves no step had trodden
black." 

This line is an apt and pithy
description of the road the speaker is taking. The speaker of the poem has come across
two diverging paths in a forest area. He wonders which path he should take, and he is
sorry he cannot split himself in two so he can travel through both. Both have been
well-traveled, and he can tell from the evidence of the "trodden black." It refers to
the leaves on the ground, which have been stepped on by many people. The dirt on their
shoes and the slow decomposition of the leaves have turned them darker. However, the
speaker decides to choose the path that ends up being "less traveled," which means less
people have walked through it. He wants to come back and choose the other path the next
time, so he will have experienced both, but a part of him doubts that his future travels
will bring him back to this particular place. 

The
blackness of the leaves also contrasts with the initial "yellow" color that Frost
invokes in the beginning line. The wood he is traveling through is described as
"yellow." Because these are the only two colors mentioned directly in the poem, they
stand out as an interesting juxtaposition. Frost conjures yellow, a bright and sunny
color that seems to bring an image of a beautiful Autumn day. Then he conjures black,
dark and harsh against the yellowness of the wood's canopy. The intense variation lends
to the feeling of the poem: a bit lonely, bittersweet, and nostalgic. It seems to
capture the complex feelings of limited decision making, wanderlust, adventure, and the
metaphor of the traveler's dilemma. 

"Cloud Painter": What is the sky's role in the poem? Analyze this symbol's meaning.Use details and examples from the poem to develop a carefully...

The sky in the poem, "Cloud Painter," represents the
illusion of control that we have over our lives. The first stanza
reads:

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At first, as you know, the sky is
incidental--

a drape, a backdrop for
the trees and
steeples

This
suggests that the painter appears to paint the sky, but in reality, the sky is the empty
space left by the painting of the rest of the landscape. When paining clouds, the
painter is creating the illusion of sky. The clouds represent our effort to control our
world, but the sky is the stark reminder that we do not have the power to create
anything other than our own perception. 

The poem then
continues:

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In this period, the sky becomes
significant.

Cloud forms are
technically correct--mares' tails
sheep-in-the-meadow,
thunderheads.
You can almost tell which scenes have been
interrupted
by summer showers.

How his young wife
dies.
His landscapes achieve belated success.
His is invited to join
the Academy. I forget
whether he accepts or
not.

These two stanzas remind
the reader that even the most technically correct painting, representing life planning,
is only the illusion of control. Even with perfect clouds, sky is not created. It always
there, ever-present despite attempts at changing it. The death of the painter's young
wife justifies this interpretation. Life, like the sky, cannot be
controlled. 

In Chapter 27, Scout mentions three events that indirectly concern the Finches. What are the events?

BOB
EWELL, THE
UNEMPLOYED.  Scout relates that Bob became "the only man I
ever heard of to be fired from the WPA for laziness." The Works Progress Administration
was a program founded by President Franklin Roosevelt to establish jobs for local work
projects. Apparently, just about anybody could be hired--but only Bob could be fired. He
later blamed Atticus for "getting" his
job.

BOB
EWELL STALKS. Bob began
stalking and harrassing Tom Robinson's wife, Helen, following her while quietly cursing
her and making other crude remarks. Link Deas threatened to have him arrested, so Bob
finally gave it up.

BOB
EWELL PROWLS.  Bob apparently
tried to break into Judge Taylor's house while the judge's wife was away. But when
Taylor went onto his porch to investigate, he only saw an escaping
shadow.

Compare and contrast the characters Elizabeth Bates and Josephine Pinner.

The first and most obvious difference between Elizabeth
Bates ("Ordour of Chrysanthemums") and Josephine ("The Daughters of the Late Colonel")
is that Elizabeth is a wife and mother whereas Josephine is a spinster (never married,
never having borne children). Another difference between the two is that the dead man in
Elizabeth's life is her husband Walter, whereas in Josephine's life the dead man is her
father.

A similarity between the two women is that the
deaths of the men in their lives brings a unasked for opportunity to look into their own
lives and hearts. Elizabeth recognizes that despite Walter's irresponsible
drinking--which must hold most of the cause for their failed marriage--she is not free
from blame in the failure. She realizes she was never able to understand Walter; it
might be argued that it is impossible to understand a man who sacrifices his dignity and
the provision of his responsibilities for alcohol. Josephine realizes she can touch
freedom and liberty of spirit now that her father is dead. This is revealed in how she
and her sister respond to the sound of the organ grinder's music coming in through the
window.

From Shakespeare's point of view and according to "Sonnet 29," what is the signficance of love?

From Shakespeare's point of view according to Sonnet 29,
the significance of love is that it can bring wealth and songs and hope. The quatrain
bemoans the times when fate leads to loss of wealth and loss of respect in others'
opinions. The speaker claims that, at such times, he weeps alone, heaven turns a deaf
ear, and he curses his fate. The sonnet topic pivots at Line 5 and the speaker tells of
the things he wishes for at such a time and how he is least contented with what he has.
Line 9 brings the topical pivot of the sestet in which he states that even though he
almost despises himself, a thought of his beloved changes his state. In the sestet the
speaker equates love to the lark at sunrise rising up to sing from an earth as downcast
as he himself is (sullen); to the lark's songs of praise (hymns) sung at "heaven's
gate"; to the source of such wealth that now the speaker wouldn't trade places with a
king even though ten lines earlier, he wanted to trade places with everyone. In short,
Shakespeare is describing the significance of love as being the source of hope and
confidence and happiness.