Is Neddy trying to cover up his true weak, unlikeable, poor self with this heroic, athletic, wealthy image?

By the end of the story, the reader realizes that Neddy is not really trying to cover up the weak and poor image. Neddy has lost touch with this aspect of his life, whether through denial or a nervous breakdown.  He genuinely thinks of himself as a heroic and strong person - which may be one of the reasons that led to his financial ruin, but most everyone around him (and the reader) realizes how pitiful he really is.

Neddy does appears heroic and strong as he heads out on his adventure to swim the river Lucinda.  Yet, at each stop, we learn clues about Neddy's fate.  He crosses an empty horse riding range belonging to the Welchers, yet he cannot remember what happened to them.  Obviously, something has happened to his memory.  This causes us to question Neddy's perspective on things?  The Hollerans tell Neddy that they are sorry to hear about his troubles.  Neddy appears to have no idea what they are talking about. The Biswangers, who used to be socially inferior to him, now treat him badly.  His old mistress rejects him. 

Ultimatley, he arrives at his house - vacant and locked - and the true nature of his despair is evident: he is evicted from his own life.  This story is powerful in its examination of a man who believes his life to be one way, yet through the story itself, the reader is able to see that it is not that way at all.  Worse yet, Neddy seems incapable of realizing that.

When Orwell finds the elephant, what two reasons does he give for not wanting to shoot it?

Orwell states that one should not shoot a working elephant, because it is like shooting an expensive piece of machinery. He also believes his attack of "must" is wearing off, as the elephant is calmly eating. Orwell feels that he will just wander off.

Explore hubris and hamartia and how these apply to Hamlet's death and the fall of Denmark.

In, Hamlet, Shakespeare gives a
recipe for disaster: hubris (arrogance) leads to
hamartia (a mistake) which, in turn, causes the irreversible
downfall of its hero, culminating in death.

Hamlet is the
only major character in the play with a conscience.  In fact, his Superego is too
developed.  He knows too well that Claudius is an incestuous, adulterous murderer, that
"Denmark's a prison," that "Frailty, thy name is woman."  This, of course, inflates his
moral pride to excess.

Hamlet is so bent on sending his and
his father's souls to heaven and Claudius' soul to hell that he becomes unable to act.
 His moral reservations against personal revenge cause delay.  His "holier than thou"
attitude allows Claudius to maneuver, expose, and kill him.  Hamlet is more interested,
it seems, in instilling Claudius with guilt than he is with carrying out the Ghost's
wishes.  He is also too concerned over his mother's infidelity and incest.  He wants to
punish Claudius and Gertrude morally before punishing them physically.  These are
Hamlet's tragic mistakes that lead to his own death.

Where and when was the Second Continental Congress held and what did it do?

Continental Congress refers to a convention of delegates
from the American Colonies. This coming together of colonies was the expression of their
desire for unity which had spread through the colonies, in view of threat to their
interests by the acts of the British Parliament aimed against the colony of
Massachusetts, especially the Boston Port Bill.

The First
Continental Congress, held on September 5, 1774, was attended by 56 delegates
representing 12 colonies.

Second Continental Congress.
officially called "Congress of the Confederation", met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775. 
This Congress took on the duties of a government, uniting the colonies for the war
effort. The Congress issued a declaration on July 8, 1775 outlining the need to take up
arms and two days later made a final appeal to Britain to set matters right to avoid
war.

With the outbreak of war, on July 4, 1776, adopted the
Declaration of Independence.  Subsequently it addressed the task of preparing for
permanent union of states. This resulted in preparation of the Articles of
Confederation.

The second Congress continued to work until
March 1, 1781, till a Congress authorized by the Articles of Confederation took
over.

What was ironic about the animals working on the windmill on Sundays?

One of the first changes for the animals after the rebellion was the ability to have Sundays off from work. Now, with the pigs in control, they "ask" the animals to work on Sunday. It is phrased a a strictly voluntary commitment, but any animal not working on the windmill has his rations cut in half.

The work on the windmill is the main focus on the farm and it is starting to fall apart. The building of the windmill was supposed to alleviate hard labor for the animals, yet it is more of a hardship than before.

Another irony to their working on Sunday is that it is "voluntary". The animals are not forced to work on Sunday if they do not want to, but if they do not volunteer, then their food rations are cut in half. The irony being that they really have no choice in the matter, as they are punished with their food rations if they do not work.

What arguments did the Federalists and the Antifedealist make regarding the Constitution?A list of comparisons would be very helpful. Thank You! :)

Constitutional arguments between the Federalists and the
Antifederalists:

The Antifederalists thought the
Constitution gave the Federal government too much control over commerce; they thought
that laws regarding commerce should not be passed except by 3/4 of each chamber of
Congress.  The Federalists thought a simple majority was sufficient, as the Constitution
provided.

The Antifederalists thought the Federal
government should not have so much power over the  state militias as the Constitution
gave it.  The Federalists thought the Federal government should have power over the
state militias.

The Antifederalists thought the
Constitution gave the President too much power and he would end up being like a king. 
The Federalists wanted a powerful president.

The
Antifederalists thought each state should have the same vote in Congress.  Some
Federalists thought more populous states should have more votes in Congress.  Some
Federalists thought wealthier states should have more votes in
Congress.

The Federalists pointed out that under the
Articles of Confederation, the Confederation government could not directly tax the
people, thus it could not repay foreign debts, it could not mount a respectable foreign
diplomacy, it could not provide for an effective national defense.  The Antifederalists
thought that if the Federal government could tax the people directly, it would use this
taxing power to raise and spend far more money than good government needs and would grow
far bigger and more oppressive than good government needs to
be.

The Antifederalists pointed out that the Constitution
did not guarantee freedom of speech and other freedoms that Englishmen and British
Americans had long enjoyed.  Federalists said that it did not need to guarantee them
because it did not give the government permission to violate
them.

Antifederalists thought that the Constitution gave
the Federal government so much power that it would do things it wanted to do whether or
not the Constitution gave permission.  The Federalists said that separation of powers
and the very many and diverse interests that existed in so vast a republic would prevent
abuses of the power.

The Antifederalists said that the
Constitution should provide a means for the states to veto unconstitutional laws by
Congress.  The Federalists said "no," the Constitution should provide for the Federal
government to veto unconstitutional laws by states.

The
Antifederalists said the President should refuse to enforce laws that he thought were
unconstitutional and the Supreme Court should refuse to hear cases brought under laws
that it thought were unconstitutional.  The Federalists said the Supreme Court should
rule on the constitutionality of laws and the President should obey the
Court.

The Antifederalists wanted the Federal government to
have power to do only what could be done better by all the states collectively than by
each state individually.  Things such as national defense, foreign treaties, regulation
of commerce.  All other matters, such as welfare, transportation improvements,
regulation of property, inspection of businesses, etc., should be left up to the states
and the Federal government should have no power over them.  Federalists desired a more
powerful central government than this interpretation would have
permited.

No doubt there were more arguments than I can
remember.

Solve the following polynomial inequality: x^3-24>-5x^2+2x

(We appreciate a 9th grade student tried and got the
answer. But he made a small error in the sign.)

To solve
x^3-24
>-5x^2+2x.

Solution:

Rearranging
we get:

x^3+5x^2-2x-24 >
0.

First we solve the equation:f(x) = x^3+5x^2-2x-24 =
 0.

Clearly f(2) = 2^3+5(2^2)-2*2-24 = 8+20-4-24 = 0. So
x-2 is a factor of  x^3+5x^2-2x-24.. So we can
write,

x^3+5x^2-2x-24 = (x-2)(x^2+ax+b).The leading term on
both sides is the same , that is, x^3. So, we can equate the constant terms and xterms
on both sides of this identity.

Constant terms -24 = -2b.
Or b = -24/(-2) = 12.

xterms: -2x = -2ax+bx =
-2ax+12x.Or

-2x-12x= 2ax. Or -14x = -2ax. Or a = -14x/(-2x)
= 7.

So x^2+ax+b =x^2+7x+12 =
(x+3)(x+4).

Therefore

x^3+5x^2-2x-24
> 0 implies  (x+4)(x+3)(x-2) = f(x) is  >
0.

When x > 2, all factors are positive. S o
x>2 is a valid solution.

When x between -3 and 2,
f(x) has (+)(+)(-) = -ve sign or f(x) <2. So -3<x<2 cannot be a
solution.

When -4<x<-3, f(x) has a sign
(+)(-)(-) is positive. Or f(x) > 0. So -4<x<3 is a valid
solution.

When x<4, f(x) has (-)(-)(-) = ve sign. Or
f(x) < 0. So x< -4 is not a valid
solution.

So x> 2 Or -4<x<-3 are the
valid solution for x. Or in interval notation,  ]-4,-3[ ,
 Or    ]2, infinity[ are the two open intervals. Open
implies end points are not included as the inequality f(x) > 0 indicates f(x) is
strictly greater than zero.

How do i make an analyzes of Childhood is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies 1937 edna millay. please help me.. i dont even understand the poem..what...

This poem begins with a metaphor comparing childhood to a
place where nobody dies. In the innocence of childhood, nobody really does die, the
author says. Oh, sure, old people die, and maybe your cat will die, but not important
people - not people that matter - certainly not your
parents.

The visual image I get from reading this poem is
that the author is a grown woman sitting at the table with her elderly mother, drinking
tea:

To be
grown up is to sit at the table with people who have died,
who neither listen
nor speak;
Who do not drink their tea, though they always said
Tea
was such a comfort

These
lines illustrate that the speaker is now grown up, but she is thinking back about how
easier it was as a child, when she didn't realize that people DO die, even parents. Now,
she is sitting at the table with an older person who appears to be rather senile, who
does not pay attention to her tea -- who does not really pay attention to
anything:

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Shout at them, get red in the face,
rise,
Drag them up out of their chairs by their stiff shoulders and
shake
them and yell at them;
They are not startled, they are not
even embarrassed; they slide
back into their
chairs.

The speaker seems to
be frustrated with the elderly person - her mother, perhaps - and longing for a time
when she did not have to face the reality that her mother is old and won't be around for
long.

Does this help? Go over the poem and look for the
language that creates a melancholy mood and see if you agree with
me.

How does Shakespeare generate suspense in the first act?

It is interesting to note that although Shakespeare tells his audience in the Prologue exactly what is going to happen - these two young lovers are going to die - he still manages to build suspense through the conflict we see in scene 1 between the servants of the Capulets and the Montagues.  He also generates suspense by showing the character of Romeo and how forlorn he is for the love of someone...Juliet?  We don't know, but we want to know what's going!

Scene 2 lets us know that more is going to happen, particularly with this guy, Paris, who wants to marry Juliet...wait a minute!  This is supposed to be Romeo and Juliet, not Paris and Juliet! Also we have a ball coming up...a party...something is bound to happen there!

Those are just examples from the first two scenes of Act I. Re-read this act and notice more examples from the other scenes that make you want to keep reading.  Also check the links below!  Good luck!

was frankenstien popular when it was first published? why/why not?

In addition to this, the book was the result of a contest posed by the Shelleys and Gordon Lord Byron.  When Mary's husband Percy first read it, he was so shocked and appalled that such a work came from such a young (18 years old) and impressionable young WOMAN that he burned it.  She rewrote it completely from memory, and the public both loathed it and loved it simultaneously.  Much like anything from Stephen King is both loathed for its gross contents and foul language but loved for its amazingly wonderful entertainment value.  Think too, that Darwin's Survival of the Fittest theory was fairly new, and so many advancements in science were coming to fruition.  The book was just another short leap from what the public saw as already "true" in their world at the time.  The first science fiction, if you will. 

Enjoy!

In Chapter 10 of Lord of the Flies, what is the significance of the title " The Shell and the Glasses"?

The conch has stood for power up to this point in the novel because whoever had it could speak.  During the night when Jack's tribe invades Ralph's group's camp, they don't steal the conch which is only symbolic of power.  They steal Piggy's glasses - the one tool they have with which to make fire and therefore, the real source of power.

Why does Ralph say that he is in charge on the island in Chapter 12 of Lord of the Flies?

Ralph is taking a stand, and taking responsibility. Jack and his group are not the only ones at fault, and Ralph finally acknowledges this fact.

Ralph clung to his ideas of organization and order, and at times risked life and limb to fight about them. Jack and Ralph were engaged in a power struggle-and both had a hand in the way things went wrong. Ralph would engage in violence to make a point, when Jack would goad him into it. All the boys were to blame for their descent into savagery.  Ralph had until this point, refused to see that he too, had a savage side.

In Chapter 3 of I Heard the Owl Call My Name, why are the men concerned about their young people?

T.P., the only native left "whose broad brow showed that as an infant", in accordance with tribal custom, "it had been tightly bound with cedar bands", says, "we are losing our sons...our young no longer understand the meaning of the totems".  The men are concerned because their young people have lost touch with their culture.

For centuries, the members of the Kwakiutl tribe, isolated in the rmote Pacific Northwest, lived in a pristine state.  They were a simple but rich society bounded by custom and community, and they took their livelihood from the land, existing in harmony with nature - hunting "for food, not for fun", and with each other.  With the gradual encroachment of modern white civilization, that began to change.  Now, only one child, in the tribe, Keetah, has "no English proper name", and there is poverty and depravity in the village, as exemplified by Sam, who lives in "the poorest house and want(s) only two things in life, liquor and sex" (Chapter 3).

Compare Atticus’s shooting of the rabid dog to Mrs. Dubose’s struggle with morphine addiction in To Kill a Mockingbird.Compare Atticus’s...

I have to agree that these are two instances in the novel
that, at first glance, don't seem to have very much in common. However, one point of
comparison between the two lies in the fact that who people appear to be on the surface
is not always who they really are underneath. I think a lesson that Scout and Jem learn
from this is that you can't make assumptions about people and expect them to be
unequivocally true. This lesson serves them well later in the piece (or at least serves
Scout well) with regard to understanding Boo.

Here is where
I see the most direct comparison between the two incidents. Atticus hides the fact that
he is an excellent shot because this is not something that he is really all that proud
of (shooting is a last resort for emergencies in Atticus' viewpoint). It is not a
character trait he feels his children need to emulate, but he is courageous enough to do
what must be done. What Jem and Scout learn about courage from this scene is that true
courage is silent. It comes out when the time is right, when it is needed. It is not
something that you need to brag about, nor is it something that you should ever have
want to have to use.

Ms. Dubose, too, has a hidden self -
the struggling addict who is to be both admired for her strength and understood for her
suffering. She does not want pity, even though her desire to hide her weakness makes her
appear to be a mean old lady. Jem learns to view her differently when he sees the truth
and the pain that she suffers. He learns that sometimes there is courage in just
surviving.

What does Jing-mei want for herself in the story "Two Kinds"?Jing-mei is constantly being asked things of her by her mother. What does Jing-mei...

Initally, approval from others (she really wanted to upstage Waverly).  She dreams of others heaping praise on her after her performance.

Another thing she wanted was freedom from her mother's expectations.  After she fails miserably at the talent show, Jing Mei makes it very clear that she does not want to continue with her piano lessons.  She knows that she could never be the piano player her mother wants her to be.  Her mother does realize this but it causes Jing Mei pain now she realizes that her mother will never be proud of her.

What does Juliet's nurse look like physically? And what are her physical attributes?

Shakespeare doesn't paint a picture-perfect description of the Nurse, but one can assume that she is about the same age as Juliet's mother, since she nursed and raised Juliet after her own daughter, Susan, died.  So, based on that, and the fact that people simply aged faster in those days, we can say she's probably between 30 and 40 (but looks more like our modern age of 40-50).  Later in the play, when Juliet is begging her for more information as to what Romeo said, Nurse goes on about her aches and pains, having Juliet rub her back for her, but some of that could have been just teasing Juliet and making her wait for the information, since Juliet was being quite insistent about hearing the details.

Check the links below for more information.  Good luck!

What kind of literary devices were used in "The Man He Killed" by Thomas Hardy?

Literary devices used in the poem " href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173594">The Man He Killed" by
English writer Thomas Hardy include the
following:

1. A Protagonist and
Antagonist

In this poem, the
narrator is the protagonist and the man he is talking about, the one he killed, is the
antagonist. The protagonist of the story had a struggle against the antagonist and
killed him. In this poem, as the narrator (protagonist) relates his story, the lines
eventually blur as to whether either man is a protagonist or antagonist. The narrator
realizes that this man, like him, probably joined the army because he needed money – he
was unemployed just as the narrator. They did not join for ideological
reasons.

2. Ballad
Model

“The Man He Killed” is
written in the ballad format, which is stanzas consisting of four lines each. It is a
narrative poem because it is a poem that tells a story. Here the story is how the
narrator killed a man, and that under different circumstances, these two men would
probably share an ale with each other in a tavern as friends if not for the scourge of
war upon their landscape.

3. A
Rhyme Scheme

This five stanza
poem is twenty lines in total. In each four line stanza, line number 1 rhymes with line
number 3, and line number 2 rhymes with line number 4. This is consistent throughout the
poem. Therefore, the rhyme scheme is
ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GHGH/IJIJ.

4. Use
of a
“Caesura’

In
poetry, a caesura is when the poet puts a strong pause within a particular verse line.
Thomas Hardy employs a caesura in stanza number 4 (line 2), with the dash or hyphen he
injects into the middle of the
line:

Off-hand like — just as I
—

This strong pause causes the reader
to stop and ponder what the poet is saying, if only for a second. The caesura, in
essence, jolts the reader a bit; it stops the smooth flow of the poem so as to grab the
attention of the reader and make a certain
point.

5. Use of
Iambs

An iamb is when a stressed
syllable follows an unstressed syllable. An example of this in the poem “The Man He
Killed’ is evident in the first line of the first stanza, as well as throughout the
poem. The bold, underlined syllables are the stressed
syllables:

Had
he/ and I/ but
met

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From Chapter 14, what do the events in the hospital reveal about a) BNW, and b) Huxley's own feelings and ideas?

In my opinion, the events that happen in the hospital in
this chapter show how empty the society is in terms of emotions and human
feeling.

In this chapter, John's mother is dying.  In our
society, this would be a hugely emotional event.  In this society, however, there is no
significance.  Instead, you have all of these faceless children swarming around being
taught that what is going on has no meaning.

I think that
Huxley is using this chapter to comment on how horrible this society is.  It turns
people into machines and robs them of their human emotions.

Who are the main characters in Frankenstein, and are they static or dynamic?

Mr. DeLacey is the only person in the book who shows kindness to the creature. Since he is blind, DeLacey doesn't see the ugliness of the creature, and he's the father that Frankenstein should have been to his creature.

Victor Frankenstein is the selfish man who creates the monster. He's horrified by the creature's physical appearance and runs away from it, never giving the monster a chance to learn how to get along in the world.

The creature is Victor's creation who enters the world and then is left alone to fend for itself after Victor runs from it. He changes into a creature of revenge when Victor rejects his own creation and the rest of the world is afraid to be near it.

Robert Walton is interested in exploring the unknown like Victor, but he also shows compassion and pity to the creature. He reevaluates his own mission after hearing the story of the creature.

The only two of these characters who change (dynamic) are the creature and Walton. The rest of the characters are the same (static) and don't change during the book. I don't think Victor is a dynamic character because he remains selfish throughout the book. In the end, Victor doesn't care that Walton's crew might be put in danger by going after the creature, just as he didn't care about his creation.

What is the theme of My Sister's Keeper?

In the book My Sister's Keeper a
young girl hires a lawyer to stop from having to be used as replacement parts for her
sister who is dying.  Her mother had become impregnated with her in order to be able to
save her sister.  What was meant to be a one time fix has turned into a lifetime of
transfusions and cell harvesting and other necessary treatments which involves her
body.

The real clincher in the story is that the
older sister is the one who had her sister get the lawyer.  She is exhausted and wants
it all to stop.

The theme of the story is
sibling love and also parental love.  Because the older sister can not take on the
battle herself, her younger sister has to step up for her and challenge her parents in
order to stop the treatments.

The parents would
never stoop the treatments on their own because they fear losing their daughter. 

In The Duchess and the Jeweller, what was Oliver's childhood like? Please explain.

The Duchess and the Jeweller is a
short story by Virginia Woolf. In the story, the duchess is apparently a woman of means
and privilege and Oliver prides himself on having been able to rise above his own lowly
status to a point where he is in a position to consider and either accept or decline
"cards of invitation... from duchesses, countesses, viscountesses and Honorable Ladies."
To Oliver this reveals his importance. However, he soon admits that he "began life in a
filthy little alley." This fact makes Oliver feel insecure and he "dismantled himself
often and became again a little boy in a dark alley..." It is apparent to the reader
that his childhood has left Oliver feeling unbalanced and filled with self-doubt.
Surrounding himself with wealth is the answer for Oliver in attempting to overcome his
vulnerabilities. 

The reader also learns more about
Oliver's poor and seemingly difficult childhood when he recalls an occasion when "he had
been done" or arrested for illegally trying to sell dogs to upper class ladies. Oliver's
mother was apparently a significant role model in his childhood, wanting him to better
himself. After witnessing his mother's dismay at that time, his life begins to change
because Oliver has never been one to miss an opportunity. Knowing where the money is, he
starts working "behind a counter... then he had taken a wallet to Amsterdam..." After
this he is accepted into a more respected profession, as a jeweler. It seems that Oliver
is a fast learner and soon recognizes the advantage of mimicking the older and renowned
jewelers, building a reputation for himself. He feels more successful as he acquires
expensive properties and possessions. 

However, Oliver's
worldly success leaves a gap in his life that cannot be filled with his wealth. His need
to please his deceased mother's memory also indicates something about his childhood. She
may have had high expectations and expected Oliver to acquire wealth rather than foster
meaningful relationships. Perhaps she was a domineering woman who thought her
relationship with her son should be sufficient for him. He craves love but even that
must come at a price which includes overlooking his mother's apparent displeasure.
Perhaps he has realized that relationships with people are more fulfilling that
relationships with possessions and so is prepared to overlook the duchess's deceit. His
mother would not approve but he tries to justify his decision, considering the
opportunity to spend a "long week-end" with Diana.   

How can I know the melting point and the boiling point of an element?like, the further the outermost electron is far from the nucleus the more...

you can also estimate them. Just look at one element and
look at the boiling/melting point of all the 4 other elements that surround the element
you want to know the boiling/meling point. To the Left, Right, Top, and bottom of it.
You take those boiling/melting points and average them out. You'll get close to the
actual number.

its easier to look on the internet for
them...but you can use this method if you already know the other mlting/boiling
points.

Who are the characters in the poem The Raven?

The characters in "The Raven" are only the speaker and the bird. The speaker is alone, and it can be assumed that he wants to keep himself in isolation. The speaker is kept in the grip of grief from the loss of his love, Lenore. He seems to want to be kept company with only his memories and his grief over Lenore.

While Lenore is not physically present in the story, she is definitely a presence.

The speaker discusses the many wonderful qualities, as well as his inadequacies, basically to himself, but the raven does respond to his laments.

What are some adjectives that describe Jonas' physical attributes in The Giver?

Jonas starts out as a typical eleven-year-old, care free and intelligent; after his twelfth birthday, he changes.  His most notable physical characteristic is his unusual eyes,  they are pale, while everyone else’s are brown, and he has the ability to see things change in a way that he cannot explain.  He is uncomfortable with attention he receives when he  singled out as the new Receiver; he prefers to blend in with his friends.  As the novel progresses he increases in sensitivity and his kindness to and interest in people.   He is a naturally curious boy, and within a year of training, he becomes extremely sensitive to beauty, pleasure, and suffering,  and deeply loving toward his family and the Giver.  He is fiercely passionate about his new beliefs and feelings. Things about the community that used to be mildly perplexing or troubling to him are now powerfully frustrating or depressing, and Jonas’s inherent concern for others and desire for justice makes him yearn to make changes in the community, both to awaken other people to the richness of life and to stop the casual cruelty that is practiced in the community.

What are the epithets in books 1-4 in the Odyssey?

Epithets are descriptive terms or glorified nicknames that are repeated often with someone's name. The difference between an adjective and an epithet is that epithets are only decorative. Adjectives do a lot for the context of the scene and the character, but epithets are linked to the noun by long-established usage, rather than immediate context. 

One of the most common Homeric epithets is "rosy-fingered dawn" as a repetitive description of the time of day. Another common one is the "wine-dark sea." Most epithets have to do with specific characters, to emphasize their most prominent features as people. In the Odyssey, many common ones that show up include:

For Penelope: circumspect, wise, clever, cautious

For Athena: bright eyed, grey eyed, promachos (of war/fighting phalanxes), virgin, Pallas, hope of soldiers, whose shield is thunder, daughter of Zeus

For Odysseus: wise, clever, hotheaded, loved of Zeus/Athena, resourceful, much-enduring, much-pained, cunning, the great tactician

For Menelaus: red-haired/flame-haired, son of Atreus, war-like

For Nestor: sweet-spoken, charioteer

For Poseidon: earth-shaker

For Telemachus: poised, thoughtful

For Agamemnon: son of Atreus, wide-ruling, powerful

For Calypso: softly-braided, divinely-made, cunning, daughter of Atlas

What trouble or conflict is the main character dealing with in Buried Onions?

Eddie, the main character, is struggling to survive in the barrio of Fresno, California, where he's constantly encouraged by friends and family to do things he doesn't want to do or shouldn't do, such as guns and drugs. He doesn't want to end up like his father, his cousin, and his best friend who all died. Throughout the book, it becomes more difficult for Eddie to try and live his own life, and he finally realizes he has to leave the barrio in order to do this. This is the main conflict that Eddie must face in the book.

Draw a time line of Darcy's and Elizabeth's courtship that include major moments in the development of the relationship in Pride and...

Darcy and Elizabeth meet at a ball that her friend
Charlotte's father holds.  There is clearly an attraction there that neither can deny,
but they realize they come from completely different worlds, so both form prejudices
about each other that do not hold true in the end.  Through several other chance
meetings, Elizabeth and Darcy begin to get to know each other.  Their attraction grows
deeper.  When Elizabeth's friend, Charlotte, marries Mr. Collins, she goes to visit them
in Kent.  She encounters Darcy once again, which is a major event in the
novel.

Darcy proposes to Elizabeth at Kent, but she turns
down his proposal because of inaccuracies about his relationship with Wickham and his
influence on Mr. Bingley's rejection of Jane.  Darcy then leaves her a letter the next
day explaining the reasons he dislikes Wickham.  This is an important time in the novel
because Elizabeth begins to realize she has made some unfair assumptions and judgments
about Darcy.

The next important time occurs when Elizabeth
tours Darcy's home with the Gardiners.  Darcy is there when she visits and this takes
her by surprise, but she enjoys time with Darcy and his sister and the Bingleys, who
have also shown up.

Elizabeth finds out that Lydia and
Wickham's wedding was paid for by Darcy (and that he also paid Wickham much more) and
this finally convinces her that she has been wrong about
Darcy.

After Lady Catherine comes to Elizabeth's home to
try to convince her to not marry Darcy, Elizabeth knows there might be hope and she
refuses to promise the lady that she will not marry Darcy.  Darcy learns of this and
returns to propose to Elizabeth.

Other characters'
situations that influence Darcy and Elizabeth's relationship include the difficulties of
Bingley and Jane's relationship, Lady Catherine's interference, and her own family's
reservations and misconceptions about Darcy, for example.

How has the war changed Harold Krebs' attitudes toward work and women in the story "Soldier's Home"?

The war has primarily changed Krebs’ understanding of manhood as it had been before the war, which the narrator explains in the 4th paragraph of the story: “All of the time that had been able to make him feel cool and clear inside himself  . . .now lost their cool, valuable quality and then were lost themselves.” Fundamental to his problem, resulting from the war, is that he cannot communicate—to girls, to his parents, to anyone.  The war had been such a horrific experience for him that he returns without feeling, or maybe with so much feeling that words are inadequate to express any ideas that he has.  With words inadequate, and “normal” experience meaningless after all he had experienced during the war, he withdraws, succumbing to his mother’s desire for him to pray but realizing that, like everything else, is worthless.  Note the style of Hemingway’s writing here, which reflects the attitude of Kreb:  short sentences, little descriptors, plain language.  Hemingway often uses this minimalist style.  It developed out of his own experiences in the war, which caused him to distrust language, thinking the best way to say anything was to “undersay” it because words cannot always be trusted.  He associated this style with masculinity:  a man, according to Hemingway, should act rather than talk about acting, and if he cannot act, he should keep quiet about his feelings

In The Call of the Wild, what does the man in the red sweater teach Buck?

The man in the red sweater teaches Buck his first lesson
regarding the "primitive law," which will be central to Buck's survival throughout the
entire novel.  

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It was his introduction to the reign of primitive
law, and he met the introduction
halfway.

The encounter with
the man in the red sweater occurs toward the end of chapter one.  Buck has been "dog
napped," crated, sold, resold, and shipped off to an unknown location.  He is mad.
 Really mad.  The man with the red sweater is somebody to take out his anger and
aggression on.  As soon as the man opens the crate, Buck charges him.  Unfortunately for
Buck, the man in the red sweater is ready and waiting with a club.  Time and time again
Buck charges only to be beaten down over and over again.
 

A dozen
times he charged, and as often the club broke the charge and smashed him
down.

The man in the red
sweater taught Buck about the primitive law.  The law is simply this: might makes right.
 Whoever has the power, must be submitted to.  

What is the relationship between air temperature and air pressure?

Before answering this question, it will be helpful to
clarify some terms. When we say air, it generally refers to the mixture of gases that is
present in the earths atmosphere. This should no be mixed up with gases in general. Also
we need to realize that the air as it exists naturally in the atmosphere is impacted by
the uncontrolled influence of the environment in which it exists. However, the
conditions of air in a closed space can be controlled by an
experimenter.

Now coming to the main question. Air being a
mixture of gases, behaves in line with various laws of gases. One of this laws states
that all other things being equal, the pressure of a gas increases with increases in
temperature. This given a fixed quantity of air, contained in a space with fixed volume,
its pressure will increase with temperature. However as the air exists naturally in
atmosphere, there is no constraint on change of its volume. Therefore, the air will
expand with increasing temperature. This will cause the the density of air to reduce.
This in turn will cause the hot air to rise up in atmosphere. This upward movement of
air actually tends to create partial vacuum and thus reduce the air pressure at places
which are hotter. To fill this region of partial vacuum or low pressure cooler air from
adjacent regions will flow towards it.

Determine whether the sequence converges or diverges. if it converges, find the limit. An=3^(n+2)/(5^n)

An = [3^(n+2)]/(5^n)

=
[3^(n+2)]/[(3*5/3)^n]

=
[3^(n+2)]/[(3^n)*(5/3)^n]

=
(3^2)/[(5/3)^n]

= (5/3)^n

As
5/3 is greater than 1, as value of n increases,

the value
of (5/3)^n also increases,

and value of 9/(5/3)^n
decreases.

Therefore, sequences An
converges.

To find value of limit of
An:

When n approaches
infinity:

Value of limit (5/3)^n becomes
infinity

and  value of limit 9/(5/3)^n
becomes:

9/(infinity) =
0

Answer:

Limit An =
[3^(n+2)]/(5^n) as n approaches infinity is 0

What are the plot, characters, theme, and major symbol of the story?

It will be impossible to give you very many details on each of these literary elements in this space, so I suggest you reread the short story and go to the websites below for more details.

The plot revolves around the black veil that Parson Hooper begins wearing and never removes. The veil seems to reflect Hooper's whole being, hiding a secret that he will share with no one. People begin staying away from him, and his actions become more and more depressing and strange. His fiancee, Elizabeth, begs him to take the veil off, but he refuses, and she breaks off their engagement. Hooper gets sick and dies and is buried with the veil still on his face. Before dying, he says that all people wear a veil of some kind that hides a secret. One other character important to the story is the Rev. Clark from a nearby town.

There are several themes in the story. One is isolation and loneliness because once Hooper puts on the veil, no one will go near him. Another theme deals with the veil that all people wear to hide their faults or sins. In fact, the veil itself represents the hidden secrets of people that they don't want anyone to find out about. Ironically, Hooper reveals his sin of pride by wearing the veil rather than the veil hiding his sin of pride.

Again, this just touches on the information you asked for. Go to the sites below for more.

What are 3 examples of the evils of slavery other than physical violence in Douglass's Narrative?

Slavery is unjust and wrong simply because it violates the
rights of freedom of the slave. This may be further accompanied by many kind of
physical, economical and mental abuses of slaves that cannot be justified any of the
moral or religious codes widely accepted in the world. However in addition to the
injustice to the slaves, the slavery has many evil influences on the whole
society.

Slavery, to begin with, strikes at the root of the
idea of equality of men. Once the society stops believing in general principle of
equality and justice, the conflict for gaining benefit for oneself at the cost of others
is sure to extend much beyond to take advantage of only slaves. The existence of slavery
makes insensitive toward freedom and right of others and in this way promotes disharmony
in the world.

Slavery promotes arrogance and insensitivity
among the slave owners. This kind of behavior is usually not limited to interaction with
slaves. In this way slavery turns the masters of slaves in ineffective human
beings.

Slave masters once used to accept slavery in any
form. have reduced ability to fight against slavery or domination by others. Thus slave
masters are likely to show reduced resistance to attacks on their own liberty and honour
by other powerful people.

Slave are justified by the owners
of slaves on the grounds of their need for labour or manpower. But now it has been well
established that slavery is a very infective way of getting the best output from the
people. Thus slaves are not even an economic means of getting people to do
work.

My last point is controversial. But I believe in it
so I will include it here. Slavery leads to reduces the happiness and mental peace of
the slave owners because of their reduced ability to appreciate and receive the joy of
giving service and being useful to others.

What is your answer to this question? "Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch-meeting?"

This is a personal opinion type of question. It is never conclusively stated in the story whether it was a dream or a reality. The outcome is tragic, Young Goodman Brown lives the rest of his life a bitter, angry man who turns his back on his religion, his wife, and his community. Even to his dying day he is never able to forgive.

My students seem to come to the conclusion that it was to vivid to just be a dream. They look at the details and decide that the devil would further torture Brown in never letting him no the truth of the matter.

What is the theme of the story, "Raymond's Run"?

Several important themes run through Toni Cade Bambara’s gripping Raymond’s Run. The most important theme is the significance of familial relationship in life. Here it's about the selfless and intimate bonding between a brother and a sister. 

The story presents a moving tale of deep love and understanding between two siblings, Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker and her brother Raymond Parker. While Hazel is unusually passionate about running, Raymond is a mildly abnormal as “he’s not quite right.”

We see how the little girl is so deeply attached to his brother who is slightly mentally retarded. She never leaves him alone lest anybody may cause him trouble.

She plays the role of mother, bodyguard, friend and sister towards him. Towards the end she is all set to assume another role for herself - that of a coach to Raymond.

She knows how great it feels to top a race. She’s never tasted defeat in racing.

“And I’ve got a roomful of ribbons and medals and awards. But what has Raymond got to call his own?”

In these lines we share a sister’s discomfort seeing his brother devoid of any such achievement. She feels sorry for her brother who has almost go no identity as an individual; no accomplishment in his name. She wants to make him feel special about himself.

Today when she is jumping up and down, everybody thinks she’s glad to win the race once again. But actually they are wrong; she is jumping because she’s discovered in Raymond the potential to be “a great runner in the family tradition.” 

Moreover, though Raymond is unable to articulate his feelings for his sister, we know he loves her very much. To celebrate her victory, he climbs up the fences easily and quickly and then jumps off and comes running to congratulate her.

What we witness here is the indescribable bond of selfless love between two siblings that finds joy only in the happiness of one another. This, perhaps, is the most important and predominant theme in the story.

Second, the story is about the gradual development of the central character Hazel. Since the start of the story, we admire her for whatever she is. She is a very loving and caring sister. She is determined, fearless and bold, clear-headed and devoted and perseverant school going girl.

The development that we notice in her is that at first she remains rather aloof from others except Raymond. She doesn’t seem to be in good terms with her friends. Besides, to her Raymond has always been a sort of responsibility to look after; of course she loves him a lot.

Towards the end, she has developed further with more admirable qualities. She has grown fuller and more matured. Instead of just thinking about winning races herself, she wants to coach his brother, Raymond, as a successful runner. Moments ago she has discovered that Raymond is not merely an abnormal boy but one with enough potential to be groomed to be a great runner.

Besides, her rivalry with Gretchen seems to have transformed into a relationship of friendship and respect. She seems to have become more accommodative and more matured.

Another important theme is that true sportsmanship teaches one to respect one another. It is bereft of feelings of ill-will or malice. Nobody can doubt Hazel’s dedication for running. She’s either running or doing something to help her run better and faster.

In Gretchen, Hazel finds her true competitor but she is never jealous of her. At the end when her name is announced as the winner, Hazel and Gretchen exchange smiles out of respect for one another. Gretchen too has got true sportsman spirit.

What is the importance of Moira, of The Handmaids Tale?

Moira is important to show the difficulties in the resistance movement in totalitarianism.

She is sexually uninhibited in her homosexuality in a sexually repressed society, and is punished for it. It does not stop her resistance, and she tries to escape, but is mutilated.

She escapes again, and is forced into prostitution. Yet, through it all, she does not let them beat her into submission.

Is the following quote from "Hills Like White Elephants" situational or dramatic irony?‘It’s really [a] . . . simple operation, Jig,’ the...

The verbal irony in the short story "Hills Like White
Elephants" is in what they are discussing.  Initially, I had to read it several times
before I undeerstood that they were discussing
abortion.

Initially the two, man and women, seem just like
a nice couple on a trip, but as the story and their banter progresses we see that they
are discussing something that seems to be having a more significant impact on the female
than the male.

One statement in the story that the girl
makes is to the man after he says that he cares about her.  She demonstrates her side of
the relationship and the seriousness she feels the act of abortion and the decision will
be.

"Oh, yes. 
But I don't care about me.  And I'll do it and then I will be fine."
(276)

The statement that you
listed indicates how irrelevant he sees the idea of an
abortion.

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"It’s really [a] . . .  simple operation, Jig,’
the man
said."

One
part that I found is when he tells her to come back in the shade so that she will feel
better, but in reality he is pressing her to do the very thing that will not make her
feel better.  He tells her that he will support whatever decision she makes, but there
is the underlying pressure for her to terminate her pregnancy.

How does Proctor feel about the court and Mary Warren's part in the proceedings?How has Mary changed?

Proctor has very strong feelings against the court and Reverend Parris. He finds them both hypocritical and unfit to judge. Ultimately, he still is naive in thinking that this will all get straightened out without his having to go. Elizabeth is putting a lot of pressure on him to do the right thing and tell what he knows about Abigail.

Proctor is furious that Mary has disobeyed his orders to stay away from Salem. He is about to beat her when she tells him she will be going to court every day until she takes the steam right out of him by stating that Elizabeth had been accused.

Mary grows more confident as she asserts that it was her testimony that there was no indication of witchcraft in the house that has saved Elizabeth. This is not the same Mary that we saw in act one who was timid and frightened of her employer. Mary has gained power from her participation in the court proceedings and is enjoying the fact that Proctor no longer controls her.

Who joined Tom in his life of crime?

I assume that you are talking about what happens Chapter
13.  If that is what you are talking about, then the answer is that two boys join Tom
Sawyer in his "life of crime."  The boys are Joe Harper and Huck
Finn.

Both Tom and Joe are going to run off and become
criminals because they are sad.  Tom is sad because Becky Thatcher has rejected him. 
Joe is sad because his mother has whipped him for something he did not do.  Huck is not
sad -- he just comes along for fun.  He's sort of the local bum kid who doesn't go to
school.  All the parents warn their kids to stay away from him.

What specific steps does Montressor take to ensure that his plan works in killing Fortunato in "The Cask of Amontillado"?

Montresor has his plan carefully worked out. First, he makes sure his servants will be out of the house by telling them he will be out all night, but he wants them to stay at home and not go to Carnivale. Montresor knows the servants will leave. This way, no one will see Fortunato go to Montresor's house. Next, Montresor uses Fortunato's ego against him by saying he needs Fortunato's expert opinion on some wine he has bought. Then Montresor baits Fortunato by saying he'll get Luchesi, another wine expert, to do it. Of course, Fortunato takes the bait and insists on going with Montresor. Montresor is very nice to Fortunato beforehand so Fortunato will have no reason to think that anything is wrong. Once in the catacombs, Montresor encourages Fortunato to drink more so it will be easier to chain him to the wall. Montresor then walls Fortunato in the alcove so he will never be found. Montresor is telling the story fifty years after the crime, so he is never caught and does committ the perfect crime, as far as carrying out the murder.

What is an example of irony in Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet?

In Act II, Scene 4, Mercutio is telling Benvolio about
Tybalt's abilities in fencing. He also reveals in his description of Tybalt, that he
fights with great precision. Mercutio compares Tybalt to a cat. Tybalt embodies the
personality traits of a cat: inquisitive, confrontational, precise and skillful. It is
ironic that Mercutio is describing Tybalt's ability to use a sword. Later in the play,
in Act III, Scene 1, Mercutio and Tybalt fight each other in a duel, and in an attempt
to stop the fight, Romeo jumps in front of them, and Mercutio is fatally stabbed by
Tybalt.

Some states were against Abraham Lincoln, and this rejection led to a civil war. Why were these states against him?These states were against him as...

You are speaking of the presidential election that placed
A. Lincoln in the White House for the first time.  The short answer to your question is
that Lincoln was the representative of the Republican Party, and the Republican Party
was very radical for the time.  Belonging to the Republican Party were radical
abolitionists, socialists, communists, and athiests.  It was obviously headed toward
making a revolution in U.S. society and politics. These were not its only members of
course, or it could not have won the states that it did win, but these tendencies were
enough to scare away the majority of voters in many states.  Those states were mostly
southern and mostly rural in population.  Rural people tend to be more conservative,
while urban people, who must devote more activity and time to scampering about for a
living, and have less time for thoughtful contemplation, tend to embrace more radical
causes.  The Republican Party leaders had nominated Lincoln over better qualified
candidates so that their Party would win Illinois and other Midwestern states, which
they feared they could not otherwise win.  Also, some powerful politicians in the
Republican Party supported industrial interests and opposed agricultural interests. 
They wanted to abolish slavery so that the planters would be destroyed as a political
influence in the national government. 

Lincoln personally
did not advocate abolition of slavery and made no moves to abolish it before 1862, but
everyone knew that the radical abolitionists belonged to the Republican Party.  These
people wanted slavery ended immediately even if it took war to do it and did not care
about the consequent upheavals to society of immediate vs. stepped
abolition.

How does marketing impact consumer behaviour?Why might understanding the role of marketing be important to people/you as a consumer?

From an economic point of view, marketing can do one of
two things.

First, it can increase the demand for a good or
service.  It does this by making more people want that good or
service.

Second, it can make the demand for the good more
inelastic.  This means that people will still tend to buy it even when the price goes
up.  Marketing does this by making people think that there is no real substitute for the
good -- that it is in some way unique.

You need to be aware
of this so that you can try to guard against being manipulated into believing that the
product is unique, for example.

Does Gatsby affirm or resist bourgeois values (capitalistic, materialistic, stereotypically middle class values) in The Great Gatsby?

The novel The Great Gatsby is a
repudiation, denunciation, and condemnation of bourgeois values.  Tom is the predominant
bourgeois figure in the novel.  Gatsby is a corruption of the American Dream, as is his
gangster business partner/friend, but they do not necessarily represent bourgeois
values.  Tom is the status quo.  The others are unusual in American society. 
Bootleggers do not represent the American norm, and they do not care about
respectability. 

Tom, on the other hand, is typically
bourgeois.  He feels superior to those without money, thinks his way is the best way, is
ignorant and bigoted, thinks males and females should be held to different standards in
terms of extramarital relations, and flaunts his money every chance he gets.  He is the
stereotypical bourgeois businessman.  He cares about respectability and what others
think of him.  Gatsby does not.

Gatsby's dream isn't about
money.  It's about Daisy.  Gatsby raises himself up to a high level of wealth so that he
has a chance to win Daisy back.  It's not about money for Gatsby.  It's about money for
Tom. 

And Tom comes off badly in the novel.  He is revealed
to be all of what I've mentioned above. 

The novel is an
indictment of the bourgeois, and that is most evident in the character of
Tom. 

Why did the Renaissance begin?

I have to assume that your textbook gives an answer to
this that you really ought to find.  Different scholars have different ideas and you
probably need to find the idea that your teacher will expect you to get from your
textbook.

Different people have different ideas because it
is very hard to say for sure why some idea or set of ideas got started.  Some ideas
are:

• Economic problems along with the Black
  Death led to social upheaval.  This made it so that all the old values of society were
  called into question and could be changed.


• The fall of
  the Byzantine Empire caused scholars from that empire to flee to Western Europe.  They
  brought with them classics of Greek thought that had been "lost" to
  Europe.


• Italy's social structure was changing and trade
  was bringing in new ideas.

So you see, there
are many ideas about why the Renaissance began and I think you should find the one your
teacher expects to see.

Who is Signoir Montanto and what is his relationship to Beatrice (Act I, scene I)?

Signior Mountanto is Benedick, and Beatrice calls him "Signior Mountanto" in Act 1, Scene 1. This would have been seen as humorous by an Elizabethan audience, as mountanto refers to "montanto," which is a term associated in fencing to an upward thrust. Beatrice is implying, therefore, that Benedick has bad fencing skills. The technique used here is a pun.

Describe the concept of how members of society blindly follow the tradition in The Lottery.

The village is so accustomed to the lottery that few challenge the validity of it. There are those who discuss other villages discontinuing the tradition of the lottery, yet most oppose this idea. This can only be explained by the fact that since they have never known anything else, they are frightened by change. It is ironic that they fear change, in light of the fact that this change would eliminate the senseless deaths of its members.

Children are a prime example of how the tradition has desensitized the people in the village. Children do not fear or question the practice, and in fact continue to play near the sight of the stoning. They do not know of a time that this was not an event in their community, and they do not think anything of it.

The customs and traditions associated with the lottery are resistant to change, as well. The box in which the names are drawn is falling apart, yet when anyone makes a suggestion of replacing it, the subject is always dropped and forgotten. The people in the village do not want to deviate in any way from the traditions they know.

What did Grayson struggle with other than reading in Maniac Magee?In Chapter 25

In addition to having a difficult time with reading,
Grayson struggled to become a successful baseball
player.

Grayson's fondest dream was to be a Major League
baseball player. He was a pretty fair pitcher, but never did make it to the Majors,
spending several years in the Minors instead. Grayson has many stories which he tells
Maniac about his experiences in baseball, including one which happened to him on his
first day in the Minors, playing in the Appalachian League, Class D, the lowest level
that there is. Recognizing him as a rookie, a gas station attendant in Bluefield, the
city he is playing for, told him to go to the Blue Star restaurant and order "the
biggest steak on the menu...and anything else...because it (would be) all on the
house...the Blue Star treats every new rookie to his first meal in town free." Grayson,
not knowing any better, did exactly that, only to find that the attendant was playing a
trick on him. The Blue Star offered no free meals to rookies, and Grayson missed what
would have been his first game because he had to stay and wash dishes at the restaurant
to pay for the food he had eaten.

Try as he might, Grayson
was never able to break into the Majors. His saddest day playing baseball was when, one
day, a scout came to watch him pitch; he was being considered for the Toledo Mud Hens,
which, at the AAA level, was one step away from the majors. Grayson, who was not a
religious man, spent half the night before his big game praying, but sadly, his prayers
were not answered, and he "proceeded to pitch the flat-out awfulest game of his life."
Grayson never got another chance to be considered for the Majors, although he continued
to play for thirteen more years. When he got too old to pitch at all effectively, he
quite baseball, never having achieved his dream of reaching the Major Leagues (Chapter
25).

What happens when Piggy holds up the conch and tries to talk?

I assume you are referring to Chapter 11, when Ralph and Piggy are at Jack's camp in an attempt to get Piggy's glasses back.  Jack and Ralph are fighting when Piggy raises up the conch to demand his glasses and that the fighting stop.  Roger hits Piggy with a thrown rock, causing Piggy's fall and death.

Provide some examples that show the idea of loyalty in Beowulf.

Loyalty is an honored trait in the story of Beowulf as in many medieval tales.  The idea of chivalry, that code of proper behavior that is associated with medieval knights, centers around loyalty - loyalty to a leader, to friends, and to love.  In  Beowulf, we see loyalty to leaders many times.  When hearing of the attacks by Grendel, Beowulf rushes to the aid of Hrothgar, a friend of his father's.  It is loyalty to the father that gives Beowulf the cause to be there.  Beowulf brings his bravest soldiers with him, and those soldiers go because they are loyal to Beowulf - even though the stories of Grendel's attacks are terrifying.  They sleep in the castle with Beowulf despite the fact that Grendel's attacks have sent other soldiers away.  Beowulf is their leader and they will do what he asks.

When Grendel is killed, his mother vows vengeance on Beowulf.  Her desire for revenge comes from love and loyalty to her son.

Later in Beowulf's life, he vows to protect his village from the attack of the dragon.  Although much older, he goes off alone, believing it is his duty.  This is his loyalty to his own people.  He could send others to fight the dragon, but instead he takes it upon himself.  Wiglaf goes with him, by his own choice, believing it is his duty to protect his leader and, in doing so, he remains loyal to his leader.

Discuss noun and noun phrase in Englisha detailed answer

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.  Words such as
boy, drum, house, bike, glory, are all examples of nouns.  A noun phrase is a bit more
complicated.  They are called noun phrases, because usually a noun or pronoun (I, you,
he, she, it, they, we, me, him, her, it, us, them) is at the head of the phrase. 
Usually, the noun or pronoun are with a set of modifiers.  There are different kinds of
modifiers: determiners, which are usually placed before the noun (this, that, the, five,
a, etc.); adjectives, such as colors; complements; and modifiers, which help to describe
the noun more--such as the handsome
man.

So, a noun phrase would look
like this:

The bold and the
beautiful...

The boisterous man
yelled...

How does Poe's life relate to the story "The Masque of the Red Death?"

Poe's own life was filled with death at a very young age. His mother died when he was young and his father abandoned him so he was an orphan who was later adopted by the Allan couple. Then during his teenage years, his adoptive mother died from tuberculosis. At a young age, he had to deal with death and grief of those closest to him so it isn't any wonder that he was drawn to writing stories that end in death. The theme of The Masque of the Red Death is that no one can escape death no matter how hard one tried to shut it out- it will find everyone no matter who they are. This can certainly relate to Poe's own experiences with loss at such a young age.

Find instances of bitter irony in the story. What is the author sarcastic about?

An example of bitter situational irony in this short story is that despite the presence of millions of dollars worth of electronic equipment being used to transmit the young girl's plight around the world, a basic water pump is not on hand to save her life.  Perhaps the author is sarcastic about the way the media uses tragedy to boost ratings.

What was the climax to Treasure Island?

The climax is the most intense moment of the story, or a turning point in the story. You can figure out what the climax is by looking at where we know the outcome of the main conflict. The climax usually occurs just before the resolution of the main conflict.

The main conflict of Treasure Island is the struggle of Jim and his group to beat Flint's former crewmembers to get to the treasure first. The climax of this story is when the pirates and Jim discover that the treasure has already been dug up. They return to England after that.

How is Snowball used as a scapegoat?

Snowball is easy for Napoleon to use as his scapegoat because Snowball is not there- he was "expelled" from the farm. Any time something goes wrong on the farm, the windmill falling apart, things disappearing, etc. it's easy to blame Snowball because he is not there to defend himself and the animals don't know any better so they believe it. It's also easy to use Snowball as a scapegoat in the sense that when his ideas are stolen by Napoleon, no one can say for certain that they were Snowball's ideas first. Napoleon even goes as far as to call Snowball a criminal and he relies on the ignorance of the animals and their inability to remember correctly to get them all to believe these things.

Why does Daisy wish for her daughter to grow up to be a "beautiful fool?" What character attributes does this show about Daisy?

In The Great Gatsby, when Daisy
pretends that she is happy her baby is a girl and that she hopes she is a "beautiful
little fool," she is stating that she is aware that virtually the only opportunity for
advancement a woman has in patriarchal America in her day is to act stupid and be
pretty.  Daisy is stating the reality of her situation, and of the situation her
daughter will face.

Daisy is intelligent and witty, and
she's smart enough to know how to survive as a woman in a male-dominated world.  The
American Dream is, for the most part, inaccessible to a woman.  The only chance a woman
has is to be a beautiful little fool.

Daisy is really
disappointed that her baby is a daughter:

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She [the nurse] told me it was a girl, and so I
turned my head away and
wept.

In a display of
despair, she then says:

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'All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And
I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful
little fool.'

Daisy's
daughter's only shot at the American Dream is to act stupid and look pretty and marry a
wealthy man.  Men have other choices in the world of America in the 1920's, but the
women do not seem to.

How does Dr. Jekyll explain the fact that Mr. Hyde was much "smaller, slighter and younger" than himself?From the last chapter: Henry Jekyll´s...

I am assuming you want to know why is is that Hyde is so
much smaller, slighter, and younger than Henry
Jeckyll?

There are some interpretations. Victorian times
were so stuck up and stuffy that many things were considered evil, or polluted, or
unfashionable. Repression both mental and physical was rampant and it only hid away the
reality of secret vice and inner desires.

Hyde is an
allegorical character representing those repressed feelings, and he is an extension of
Jeckyll. For this reason the author, Robert Louis Stevenson has to portray him "small,
and slight" like someone's shadow would reflect on the ground, and "much younger" is a
description that befits immaturity and carelessness. After all, Hyde and Jeckyll both
live at each other's shadows.

Mr. Enfield describes in the
beginning of the novella as:

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"He is not easy to describe. There is something
wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I
never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere;
he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point. He's an
extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir; I
can make no hand of it; I can't describe him. And it's not want of memory; for I declare
I can see him this moment."
(p.15)

So basically, he is a
creepy little man who causes lots of mayhem the way any other dark creature would in
folk literature.

What color were the firemen's uniforms?

There is a brief description of the color of his helmet in
the first chapter which states,

“ He hung up his black
beetle-colored helmet and shined it; he hung his flameproof jacket neatly.” 
 

This is really the only reference to the color of his
uniform; however, we would assume that because the helmet is black, that the uniform
would be black also.  In addition to this, the uniform has two symbols on it which would
probably be some type of contrasting color – these symbols would be those of the phoenix
and the salamander. 

In Hamlet, what does "To be or not to be" mean?

In Hamlet, the "to be or not to be"
is not about suicide.  Hamlet would not be debating suicide here.  He had debated it
earlier, but the Ghost has presented him with purpose now: kill the king and send him to
hell, thereby freeing the Ghost from Purgatory to heaven.  If Hamlet suicides, both he
and the Ghost will go to hell, and, worse, Claudius might go to
heaven.

Rather, the monologue is a meditation on existence
(the interrelated nature and meaning of life, suffering, and death).  According to
existential critic Rheinhardt Grossman in Phenomenology and
Existentialism:

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Two things keep Hamlet from committing a
suicide: fear of death and uncertainty that waits for him after it and the wish to
revenge for his father’s death. Vainness and confusion are two words which can
characterize all his life. Even when he decides to revenge for his father’s death and
kill Claudius he does not use his chance. He got lost in his eternal thoughts about
useless life, sufferings and pain. He is not able to see the world in a new perspective
and cannot get out from the web of fear, darkness and pain which he himself
created.

The
monologue is about activity vs. passivity in response to suffering and a society gone to
pieces: "to be (active) or not to be (active)" or, conversely, "to be (passive) or not
to be (passive)."  Hamlet wonders if he can withstand all of misery that seems inherent
in the human condition.  Is there a point to suffering?  Should he fight against it or
just accept it as inevitable.  Denmark is a prison: is there a point in fighting to
escape it when the world outside its walls might be a prison as well?  To him, the world
is so corrupt, that life seems pointless.  Should he give up
hope?

The soliloquy might also be interpreted in terms of
the after-life.  It's about being damned to hell by committing revenge or not being
damned.  So, "to be (damned) or not to be (damned)."  The problem of sending the Ghost
to heaven and Claudius to hell will cause him to go to hell as well (murderers go
there).

In the end, though, Hamlet resolves his spiritual
crisis by giving this answer in response to his earlier
monologue:

If
it be now, 'tis not to
come, if it be not to
come, it will be now; if it be
not now,
yet it will come. The readiness is all.
Since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes? Let
be."

Hamlet
has readied himself for activity and for the afterlife in Act V.  He has thus answered
his own earlier questions.

In A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second, Chapter 8, how does Monseigneur treat the woman?Use a quote to support your answer.

The Monseigneur reveals himself to be a most unpleasant
person who treats the woman whom he encounters at the roadside in Chapter 8 of Dickens’
A Tale of Two Cites in a most barbarous manner. Dickens plants
foreshadowing of what is to come in the symbolically representative phrase “To this
distressful emblem of a great distress….”

Monseigneur
encounter the woman, who is a starving peasant and a grieving widow, with an exclamation
of impatience, which is precisely what Dickens writes, “With an exclamation of
impatience...,” which is followed by an expression of great exasperation (extreme
annoyance) that is demonstrated in his first words to the woman: “How, then! What is it?
Always petitions!”

The woman unbelievably has the courage
to continue with making her petition (request) of the Monseigneur, which is that a
simple wooden marker be provided for her dead husband’s scantily marked grave so that
she might find it amongst the others and so that it might be identified by the living
once she too has died of starvation; it is important so that she might be lain next to
him.

When she says her husband has died and is buried in
among other “little heaps of poor grass,” Monseigneur treats her unsympathetically and
unkindly, saying, “Well! He is quiet!...” When she says he died of starvation as so many
more–including she herself—will do, Monseigneur treats her callously and cruelly,
saying, “Again, Well? Can I feed them?”

Dickens goes to
pains to describe the woman with great sympathy, saying “She looked an old woman, but
was young,” to point out that Monseigneur is without compassion or pity in the way he
treats her. Monseigneur allows the woman to be forcible removed from beside his carriage
as a sign of his denial of her petition and so he might continue on his journey, his
selfish, cold-hearted thoughts absorbed by the contemplation of the “league of two of
distance that remained between him and his chateau.”

What does the narrow footpath suggest in reference to Hester's life?

Ah, good question. There is a long tradition in Christianity (and indeed, in other religions) of treating one's passage through life as a journey, and the metaphorical direction one takes as a path. In many of these Christian examples, such as Dante's Divine Comedy, individuals lose their way and/or pass through dark and tangled ways. This is a threat to them, and especially to their souls.

The forest represents wildness, but especially, spiritual threat for Hester, and the narrow path through it represents the narrow path to moral life and salvation.

You'll notice she guides Pearl on the path, and encounters....Dimmesdale.