Why does Walter ask Ruth what is wrong with her in A Raisin in the Sun?

Walter asks Ruth what is wrong with her during their
conversation about dreams.  Walter asks Ruth if she is tired of the way that they live,
the house in which they live, their jobs, their son, him.  Walter feels a sense of
defeat because he cannot make his dreams come true.  Further, he feels little support
from his family.  Walter wants Ruth to admit that she is just as fed up with their way
of life as he is, hoping that her despair might encourage her to put more faith in him
and his investment dreams.  So in this scene Walter is concerned with gaining the faith
of his wife.

Why does Morris grow pale after he makes his thrid wish in "The Monkey's Paw"?i just want to know the answer.

Author W. W. Jacobs never tells the reader why
Sergeant-Major Morris turned pale while discussing his third wish in "The Monkey's
Paw." The result of his third wish could not have been a happy one,
however.

   
"Well, why don't you have three, sir?" said Herbert White, cleverly.
    The
soldier regarded him in the way that middle age is wont to regard presumptuous youth. "I
have," he said, quietly, and his blotchy face whitened.
    "And did you
really have the three wishes granted?" asked Mrs. White.
    "I did," said the
sergeant-major, and his glass tapped against his strong
teeth.

Later, the Whites used
their own third wish to erase the aftermath of their second wish. Mr. White "frantically
breathed" as he made it, and Mrs. White gave "a long loud wail of disappointment and
misery" when she felt only "a cold wind" and saw nothing but a "deserted road"
outside.

Did the elizabethan era believe in greek mythology?What i noticed is that he refered to the greek mythology alot in his plays so was it part of his...

To the best of my knowledge most people in the Elizabethan
era (the late 1500's) did not actually believe in Greek
mythology. 

The vast majority of English people in the
Elizabethan era were either Protestant Christians (like the Queen) or Roman Catholics
(whom the Queen allowed to worship as they pleased).  Neither Protestant nor Catholic
theology ascribes to the belief in multiple, human-like gods such as those found in
Greek mythology. 

Nonetheless, the
stories of Greek mythology were well known to most Elizabethans,
particularly those who were well-educated.  To be considered well-educated, one needed
to have a thorough knowledge of the major characters in Greek mythology.  People looked
to these stories as important creations that contain great truths about human nature.  
That is why authors like Shakespeare make so many references to stories from Greek
mythology. 

How does Oedipus see himself as the leader at the beginning of Oedipus Rex?

In Act I, Oedipus finds that his city has been plagued by famine, fires, and other destructive acts.  (One has to wonder why he is so removed from the events that he must be told that these things are happening.)  Still, Oedipus seems to be a leader willing to take action and seek resolution to the plights of Thebes. He is sympathetic to his people and not so consumed by power that he will not seek help.  He has sent Creon to Delphi to receive the Oracle of Apollo for guidance.

However, when the oracle is given to him, Oedipus fatal flaw is revealed:  his hubris.  He refuses to believe the truth that Tiresias imparts:  that it is he who has killed his father and married his mother. 

Describe Willie Loman from Death of a Salesman mentally and physically. State his work record, relationships to others, and his views on...

At the time of the play, Willy Loman is an aging salesman
who wants more than anything to be respected, loved, and remembered for being
successful.  He has not done poorly in his profession; however, he has never been a top
salesman.  Rather than accepting his own personal talents and limitations, Willy blames
his lack of success on factors other than himself.  Early in the play, he complains that
he has to travel too far to work and that this will hurt his sales.  Because Willy does
not accept himself, he has troubled relationships with others around him.  Willy is
critical of his sons Happy and Biff, and the boys resent him because Willy has never
really accepted their dreams, preferring instead to try to live vicariously through his
sons.  Willy's wife Linda tries to be sympathetic to Willy's situation, yet he does not
see or appreciate her efforts and is often sharp and terse with her.  Willy is blinded
by what he sees as the American Dream, and as a result, he cannot move past his illusion
of what his life should be.

Discuss the theme of coming of age as portrayed in John Updike’s shor story "A & P".

John Updike's short story "A & P" is a tale of
painfully coming of age and facing manhood for Sammy, a cashier at the A & P
grocery market. Sammy is motivated by hormonal admiration of girls who enter the store
in summertime swimsuits and nothing else. His cashier stand is situated so he can watch
their progress through the store with a minimum of impediment. Sammy analyzes their
every movement. When they finally come to his check-out stand, he is mentally and
emotionally on friendly terms with them.

When the store
manager informs that girls that their attire (or, rather, lack of it) violates store
policy and requires that he ask them to leave without being served, Sammy feels a
chivalric stirring and defends them. They look bemused and quietly leave. Sammy goes one
step further in his protest against the sanctity of--of what exactly no one ever
knows--and gives his manager an ultimatum that will risk his ability to save up needed
money for his future plans.

The manager accepts Sammy's
challenge. Sammy turns in his apron and name tag. The manager fires him, after first
trying to reason with him and talk sense into him. Sammy goes victoriously out into the
parking lot expecting the girls to greet him as their conquering hero. Sammy finds a
deserted parking lot and a rather foolish entry into manhood, knowing that the world
will look a lot different from then on out.

How does the author use descriptive language and other literary devices to create the setting?

In describing Santiago's boat, Hemingway says,

"The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat."  Beautiful but sad imagery to show Santiago's poverty.

Concerning the climate/location, we get a description of Santiago himself:

"The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks."

And rather than coming out and saying, "This story takes place in the Caribbean Sea," Hemingway mentions fish being taken to market in Havana (Cuba).

All of these examples were in the first three pages of the story.  Another close, careful read will give you even more examples to work with.  Good luck!

How do the delta twins react to the savage's pushing through?

At the beginning of the chapter, they react with a bit of
annoyance, but nothing too bad.  They all react the same way, of course.  The narrator
says that they are all saying pretty much the same thing.  But there are only two voices
-- they are all just two sets of "twins," it seems.

As I
say, they are only slightly annoyed, asking John "Who are you pushing? Where do you
think you're going?"  But when the soma comes out, they forget about John.  It is not
until he stops the soma distribution that they really get angry.

I need three quotes from Jem in the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, please!

I like this quote from chapter 3 where Jem invites Walter
Cunningham home for lunch after Scout beats him up. It shows Jem's kind heart and his
maturing:

Jem
said, "Our daddy's a friend of your daddy's. Scout here, she's crazy-she won't fight
 you any more."

After the
trial and Tom is found guilty, Jem struggles to understand how the people of Maycomb
could have done such a terrible thing. This quote shows the pain Jem experiences as he
continues to mature and realize the adult world is not what he thought it
was:

"It's
like bein' a caterpillar in a cocoon, that's what it is," he said. "Like somethin'
asleep wrapped up in a warm place. I always thought Maycomb folks were the best folks in
the world, least that's what they seemed
like."

He is talking to Scout
and Miss Maudie. This is from chapter 22.

In chapter 23,
there is another cool quote that Jem says when he is trying to comfort Scout and
convince her that Aunt Alexandra doesn't really hate her. They are trying to figure out
what she means about their family, how their family is different from the Cunninghams,
etc.:

"That's
what I thought, too," he said at last, "when I was your age. If there's just one kind of
folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go
out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand
something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the
house all this time . . . it's because he wants to stay
inside."

It shows that both
Scout and Jem are learning the hard lessons of life.

What are the most important events in this novel?

There are several important events in Bridge to Terabithia. Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke meet and become friends. They build a fantasyland across the creek in the woods that they call Terabithia, and they play there all the time. In Terabithia, they can forget the rest of the world with the school bullies and Jess’s irritating family. Jess and Leslie's friendship stretches beyond the limits of Terabithia to the school where they are teased for their friendship, but this no longer bothers them because they have each other’s friendship. At home they celebrate holidays together. Jess gives Leslie a puppy for Christmas that she names Prince Terrien, and she gives him an expensive art set to develop his artistic talent. At Easter, Leslie goes to church for the first time with Jess, and she is impressed by the beauty of the story of Christ. Miss Edmunds, the music teacher at school, whom Jess has a crush on, invites him to spend a day with her touring the art galleries in Washington, but when he gets home he is told that Leslie drowned in the creek that morning trying to swing into Terabithia on the rope that they used for that purpose. Jess is devastated and goes through the stages of grief—denial, anger, fear, and sorrow—all incredibly painful to suffer and read about. In the beginning, he does not see how he is to go on, but he brings his little sister May Belle there and makes her its new queen, assuring that a part of Leslie will live on as well.

How is Wilder's use of flashbacks in Our Town a dramatic technique?I have to analyse his use of flashbacks and I really don't know where to start....

The play was first performed in 1938 and is presented from
a modern, matter-of-fact, in-the-omniscient-present point of view. Thus, since
everything that happens in the play begins in 1901 and ends in 1913, the whole play can
be seen as a flashback. So the question really should be: are there flashbacks within
the flashback? The answer is Yes.

There are two major
flashback scenes in the play. The first flashback begins a bit after the beginning of
the Second Act, the act called "Love and Marriage." The act begins on the morning of the
rainy day that George and Emily are to be married. The Stage Manager stops the action in
order to show/re-enact the day that George and Emily go on their first impromptu date
and knew that they were meant for each other.

The second
major flashback takes in the Third Act, in the graveyard. Emily has died in childbirth
and, while she chats in wonder with the other dead people around her, she asks the Stage
Manager if she can go back and live a day again. She is warned not to, but doesn't heed
the others' advice. The flashback she is given is her twelfth birthday. In the end, the
flashback is far too painful and real for Emily to bear, and she pleads to be taken back
up to the windy hill and into her grave.

What three parables does Jesus preach about in The Bronze Bow?

In the first half of Chapter 5, Jesus preaches about the kingdom of heaven, comparing it to a merchant in search of fine pearls who, when he finds it, sells all he has to buy it.  Near the end of Chapter 8, he talks about God the Father's love for his children - "not even a sparrow falls to the ground without our Father seeing, and you are of more value than many sparrows".  And, as you correctly stated, in the first half of Chapter 15, Daniel recounts Jesus's telling of the the story of the Good Samaritan.

In Great Gatsby, Are character's fates determined by their actions or their histories(inherited circumstances beyond their control)?Do Wilson,...

In his tableau of a frivolous era in America,
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts
several characters who teeter between romantic ideals and cynicism with tragic results. 
Gatsby and Nick are two such characters who miss "the indiscernible barbed wire
between." 

While Gatsby searches for the green light on
Daisy's pier, the symbol of love and money, he struggles between his romantic memories
of Daisy and his cynicism toward the world as he realizes that Daisy may need other
enticements such as parties and beautiful shirts, and a car with "wing-like fenders" to
rekindle her infatuation with him. But, the two elements cannot be reconciled, and in
the New York hotel room when Gatsby tries to coerce Daisy to tell her husband that she
loves him instead, the love of materialism overcomes Daisy, "the king's daughter, the
golden girl...whose voice is rull of money." 

Nick, too,
becomes enamored of Jordan Baker, but his romantic ideals coincide with the amorality of
this detached person who also represents the materialistic era of the 1920s.  Her
haughtiness for Gatsby's parties that are "much too polite for me," and amoral behavior
shatter with cynicism any infatuation that Nick feels: "I'd had enough of all of
them...and suddenly that included Jordan too."

So, in the
end, the characters of Nick, and especially Gatsby, prove to be tragic as they seek the
romanticism of "the old unknown world," picking out "the green light at the end of
Daisy's dock,"

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the green light, the orgastic future that year by
year recedes before us.  It eluded us then, that's no matter--tomorrow we will run
faster, stretch out our arms
farther....

Their ends are
the result of their choices, tragic choices as their ideals collide with the illusionary
Jazz Age.  On one's so-called fate, William Jennings Bryant aptly
remarked,

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Destiny is not a matter of chance, but a matter
of choic.  It is not a thing to be waited for it is a thing to be
achieved.

Is a message, a moral, or a universal truth revealed in "The Lady with the Pet Dog"? What is it, chekhov the lady with the pet dog?

The affair between Dmitri and Anna began because they were both bored and because they were both unhappily married. Dmitri didn't really understand his feelings until he got back to Moscow and resumed his normal routine. One night he tried to describe his affair to a friend, but the other man couldn't understand him. As he was getting into his sledge, the friend said, "You were right this evening: the sturgeon was a bit too strong."

These words, so ordinary, for some reason moved Gurov to indignation, and struck him as degrading and useless. What strange manners, what people! What senseless nights, what uninteresting, uneventful days! The rage for card playing, the gluttony, the drunkenness, the continual talk always about the same thing. Useless pursuits and conversations always about the same things absorb the better part of one's time, the better part of one's strength, and in the end there is left a life grovelling and curtailed, worthless and trivial, and there is no escaping or getting away from it—just as though one were in a madhouse or a prison.

This insight motivates Gurov to seek out Anna again. But they have both made irrevocable choices in the past and cannot break free from the lives that have evolved as a result of their previous choices. The best they can do is to see each other for a few days every two or three months. Would they have been better off if they had never met? Would it have been easier for them to put up with their "worthless and trivial" routines? Characteristically, Chekhov does not provide an answer.

Many readers can identify with Gurov and Anna because they too feel they are stuck with "a life grovelling and curtailed, worthless and trivial, and there is no escaping or getting away from it--just as though one were in a madhouse or a prison."

What bitter but wholesome cup does dimmesdale say hester is denying her partner in sin?

If Hester would confess her sin, and name her lover, then the truth would come out. Even though it would be hard, the truth would actually be a relief. Dimmesdale is not at a point where he can confess his part, but he wants to be forced to acknowledge it.

In Streetcar Named Desire, was Blanche jealous of her sister? Explain with quotes.

Blanche most certainly was jealous of Stella.  In many ways, she would not want Stella's life.  She has little respect for Stanley, and does not understand why Stella is so dutiful to this tempermental man.  

However, Blanche's tragic flaw is that she lacking an identity for herself.  Stella holds tight to her role as wife and sister, doing her duty as she sees fit.  Blanche lost her role as wife when her young husband died, and now she has lost both her job and her home.  She keeps trying to fit in and her inner desires and need to be noticed keep her alienate.  She tries to create identities.  For example, she refers to Stella as her "precious little sister" even though Stella is older.  She is trying to put herself into the role as the wise and worldly one, rather than accepting her role as younger sister who may need some help. 

Her jealousy of Stella comes out in this line: "I never had your beautiful self-control."  Deep down, Blanche regrets her bad decisions and destructive behavior and although she scorns the life that Stella and Stanley live, a part of her desparately wants the stability that is provides.

What did Victor Frakenstein do right when it came to doing the experiment?In my English class, we are having a trial to see if he crossed the line...

I do a very similar activity with my twelfth graders, so I hope to give you some insight on what is, at times, the harder point of view to defend.  It may be argued that Victor Frankenstein has not crossed the line because he is acting for a greater cause, which is to determine if death can be beat.  He is grieving the loss of his mother and wants to provide hope for himself and others who may have suffered the loss of a loved one. This hope lies in the possibility of defying death to achieve immortality. A scientist takes risks to make discoveries beneficial to mankind.  As he plans this endeavor, he has no idea that his creature will become a monster.  Of course, you don't want to delve into that too much because that would cross over into the other side of the coin that Victor should have shown responsibility for his creation, which in turn might have prevented the resulting monster.  Hopefully, this will give you a good starting point!

What changes did Napoleon make first?

Other changes that may be more closely associated with
Napoleon include assigning the windfall apples and milk to be fed to the pigs instead of
the other animals. Squealer argues for Napoleon, as he typically does, that the pigs
need this food to help them think and lead
well.

Additionally, he begins teaching the new
puppies to read; however, we learn he is really teaching them to be his personal
security and he later uses them to exile Snowball. Shortly after, he no longer
allows the animals to provide input into the farm’s operations and ends all public
meetings. Instead, all decisions are made in private by the
pigs.

for what two practical necessities did the new colony set aside land in chapter two?

Just to add a bit, Hawthorne is commenting on the impossibility of having a Utopian community(in chapter one) which was a popular idea with some of his contemporaries (such as Emerson).  Hawthorne attempted to live in a Utopian community and it failed miserably, costing him a lot of money.  In chapter one, he points out that a Utopia is impossible, because you can't stop people from dying (hence the need for a cemetery), and you can't stop people from commiting crimes (hence the need for a prison).

In the poems "I, Too" and "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes revelent to people other than African Americans? Why?

Hughes' poem, "I, too" is modelled after Walt Whitman's poem "I hear America singing."  Hughes was extending Whitman's idea that America can be found in its people by including a particular section, the African-American.  Beyond this, however, Hughes was taking Whitman's patriotic and idealistic message and portraying an America still filled with prejudice and inequality.  Like "Theme for English B", all humans can attest to feeling misunderstood and feeling discriminated against by others, whether for their color, sex, economic class, fashion sense, musical tastes, and so on.  Reading "I, too" should encourage others to create their own "Song of America."

What are the Three Graces in the story "The Dead"?

To understand Joyce's allusion, you should know a bit about the classical graces to whom he is referring.  The Three Graces, celebrated in classical literature and art, were the daughters of Jupiter (or Zeus in Greek mythology), and companions to the Muses. Thalia (youth and beauty) is accompanied by Euphrosyne (mirth), and Aglaia (elegance). 

We think of the Muses as young and beautiful but it is clear that these women have gone past their prime.  The overall impression is that they are "fussy."  Aunt Julia is described as a "woman who does not know where she's going."  Kate is "too feeble to go out" and Mary Jane, once a music teacher, has long been surpassed by her pupils.  The women appear to live comfortably, but their fussing seems rather pointless. 

What is the setting, the exposition, point of view, and the characters in Orwell's "Animal Farm"?

The setting primarily takes place on a British farm near Willingdon, named Manor Farm. Almost all of the story takes place at this location, with the exception of a brief scene in Willingdon with Farmer Jones.

The exposition is a narrative, and the narration does not comment on or contribute personal opinion to what is reported.

The point of view is the third person which is highly typical of fables and fairy tales.

The main characters are Napoleon-who is an older boar who is one of the principle players in structuring Animalism and the rebellion. He grows increasingly corrupt with power, and becomes human-like, which is ironic in that the rebellion was meant to do away with human dominance.

Snowball was another leader in the rebellion and structuring the farm afterwards. He is a visionary, organized, and committed to the principles of the  rebellion. He becomes Napoleon's scapegoat and is run off the farm.

Squealer is the propaganda master. He spins the current events and mishaps into victorious triumphs that showcase the pigs' greatness.

Compare David's Uncle Axel to his Uncle Angus Mortan in The Chrysalids.

Throughout the story, Uncle Axel is a comfort to David. He
provides security for David (both physically and emotionally); he is able to confide in
Uncle Axel his ability to communicate telepathically, and Uncle Axel ensures David's
secret remains safe. David refers to him as his "best friend" when he is introduced in
chapter two.

Because of his experience as a sailor, Uncle
Axel's views are progressive comparatively to everyone else is
Waknuk:

They
all have pretty much the same legends of the Old People as we have -- how they could
fly, how they used to build cities that floated on the sea, how any one of them could
speak to any other, even hundreds of miles away, and so on. But what's more worrying is
that most of them -- whether they have seven fingers, or four arms, or hair all over, or
six breasts, or whatever it is that's wrong with them -- think that their type is the
true pattern of the Old People, and anything different is a
Deviation.

That seems silly at first, but when you find
more and more kinds just as convinced of it as we are ourselves -- well, you begin to
wonder a bit. You start asking yourself: well, what real evidence have
we got about the true image? You find that the Bible doesn't say anything to
contradict the people of that time being like us, but on the other hand it doesn't give
any definition of Man, either. No, the definition comes from Nicholson's
Repentances -- and he admits that he was writing some generations after
Tribulation came, so you find yourself wondering whether he knew he
was in the true image, or whether he only thought he was. [...] Uncle Axel went on
talking about the doubts of the true image that his voyage had given him (Chap
6).

While Uncle Axel has
doubts about the image of man and the beliefs of Waknuk, he generally keeps these
concepts to himself. While he discusses it with David, this discourse is held privately.
Uncle Axel keeps his progressive views to
himself.

Comparatively, Uncle Angus Morton also has a
progressive view about the image of man and the beliefs of Waknuk, but he frequently
takes actions that draws attention to his differences in
belief.

My
father had been heard to sum up his opinion by declaring that if Angus had any
principles they were of such infinite width as to be a menace to the rectitude of the
neighbourhood; to which Angus was reputed to have replied that Joseph Strorm was a
flinty-souled pedant, and bigoted well beyond reason. It was not, therefore, difficult
for a row to blow up, and the latest one occurred over Angus' acquisition of a pair of
great-horses.

Rumours of great-horses had reached our
district though none had been seen there. My father was already uneasy in his mind at
what he had heard of them, nor was the fact that Angus was the importer of them a
commendation; consequently, it may have been with some prejudice that he went to inspect
them.

His doubts were confirmed at once. The moment he set
eyes on the huge creatures standing twenty-six hands at the shoulder, he knew they
were wrong. He turned his back on them with disgust, and went
straight to the inspector's house with a demand that they should be destroyed as
Offences.(Chap 4)

While both
Uncle Axel and Uncle Angus Morton challenge the beliefs of Waknuk, only Uncle Angus
Morton does so publicly.

What is the implied meaning of the lines in act 1 scene 3 when the first witch says, "I'll drain him dry as hay"?Macbeth by William Shakespeare One...

Perhaps after having read Macbeth and
after having witnessed what kind of relationship Macbeth develops with the preternatural
world, the reader may infer that the first witch implies that she will make Macbeth
weak, drying him of his masculinity and strength of character which enables him to
control his own actions.

While Macbeth in the first act
does listen to the three witches as they foretell his becoming Thane of Cawdor, he
remarks aside

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This supernatural
soliciting

Cannot be ill, cannot be good.
(I,iii,130-131)

Still, he is
intrigued and wonders, in another aside,

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If chance will have me King, why, chance may
crown me,

Without my stir.
(I,iii,144-145)

Later, in Act
II, Macbeth replies to Banquo's remarks about his having dreamt of the "three weird
sisters": "I think not of them" (II,i,22).  However, by the latter acts of the play,
Macbeth seeks the witches to hear what they next predict.  After killing Duncan and
having Banquo killed, but missing in the murder of Banquo's son, Macbeth--true to the
witch's words--is worn out with fatigue as he sees Banquo's ghost.  Truly he does live
"like a man forbid," worn out with anxiety about anyone who can take the throne from
him.  He feels compelled to visit the "weird sisters" again in Act IV.  The first witch
tells him to beware the thane of Fife, and the second tells him that he cannot be harmed
by anyone of woman.

Haunted by these prophesies and under
the spell of the witches whose one member says she will do harm the complete number of
three times (always a significant and spiritual number), Macbeth has succumbed to the
power of the preternatural world; he does, indeed, live like a man under a curse, worn
out with fatigue as the first witch predicts,

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He shall live a man
forbid.

Weary sen'nights nine times
nine

Shall he dwindle, peak, and
pine;

Though his bark cannot be
lost,

Yet it shall be
tempest-tost.

Look what I have.
(I,iii,21-25)

How does Shakespeare present good and evil in the play?

For the most part, he doesn't. By that I mean, Shakespeare gives us a tale of political power, magical power, and vengeance   but a lot of the play doesn't have much to do with good or evil. Instead, it has to do with rightful places (Prospero is deposed), rights to power (Caliban claims the island should be his), and duty.
To the extent that good and evil are shown in the play, they are shown to be changeable, and to depend on character and situation. Prospero's power is extreme, and he could do much evil with it, but he sets it aside at the end, for example.

Why is it important to the “Party” for Winston to betray Julia?part 3

It is important for the society that they betray each other because it reinstates their loyalty to Big Brother. Sex and relationships, or rather the lack there of in the Party, is important to its success. The Party dictates marriage and if a couple seems to like one another they are forbidden to marry. Sex is only performed for the purpose of procreation, not pleasure. Women are brainwashed early to think of sex as a disgusting chore. Sexual energy is channeled into Hate. The Party is progressing toward a world that has no marriage or close relationships. The reason for this being that close relationships threaten society members' loyalty to the Party and to Big Brother. This is the reason that Winston and Julia must betray each other. They have professed their love for one another, denounced Big Brother, and committed several acts against the Party. The Party forces them to deny their love and betray each other so that they can be certain that their loyalties only lie with Big Brother and the Party.

What was the mad woman doing in Jane's room? what did this symbolize,how did Jane react?Jane Eyre Chapters 21-26. the person is the crazy woman...

This woman is Rochester's wife and Mason's sister, Bertha
Mason. She is crazy. Rochester has kept her locked up in Thornfield watched over by
Grace Poole. In chapter 25, Jane explains to Rochester how the night before, she saw a
ghost in her room while she was trying to sleep. What really happened, though, was that
Bertha came into Jane's room that night --the night before Jane was to be married to Mr.
Rochester. Bertha was dressed in white and had a candle in her hands. Jane was sleeping,
so she at first thought it wasSophie, the maid. Bertha went into Jane's closet where
she found Jane's wedding dress. She took the wedding veil and put it on her own head.
Then, she took the veil, tore it from her head, threw it on the ground, and stomped on
it. She obviously had found out that her husband, Rochester, was going to marry Jane,
without being divorced from her.

She came up close to Jane,
put her candle in Jane's face, and Jane became so frightened, she fainted. She tells
Rochester that she thought she had been dreaming, but then when she woke up, she found
the veil on the floor, torn to pieces. Rochester tells Jane that it was Grace Poole that
tore the veil, that she is weird, and it is something that she likely would have done.
He tells Jane he will explain it to her more fully after they are married. Jane is
terrified.

Throwing the veil on the ground was symbolic of
the ruined wedding. The veil was a symbol of the marriage and by destroying the veil,
Bertha destroyed the wedding because on their wedding day, Mason shows up and tells
everyone that Rochester cannot marry Jane because he is already
married.

We find out that Rochester married Bertha when he
was very young and foolish, that her brother, Mason, tricked Rochester into marrying her
without telling Rochester that his sister was half-mad already. Rochester found out the
extent of her madness after they were married and rather than put her in an asylum, kept
her at home with him, cared for by Grace Poole. She stabs her brother later and she is
the one responsible for burning down Thornfield later in the
novel.

A list of ways to avoid global warming!

1. Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle

Do your part to reduce waste by choosing
reusable products instead of disposables. Buying products with minimal packaging
(including the economy size when that makes sense for you) will help to reduce waste.
And whenever you can, recycle paper, plastic, newspaper, glass and aluminum cans. If
there isn't a recycling program at your workplace, school, or in your community, ask
about starting one. By recycling half of your household waste, you can save 2,400 pounds
of carbon dioxide annually.

2. Use Less Heat and Air
Conditioning

Adding insulation to your walls and attic, and
installing weather stripping or caulking around doors and windows can lower your heating
costs more than 25 percent, by reducing the amount of energy you need to heat and cool
your home.

Turn down the heat while you're sleeping at night or away
during the day, and keep temperatures moderate at all times. Setting your thermostat
just 2 degrees lower in winter and higher in summer could save about 2,000 pounds of
carbon dioxide each year.

3. Change
a Light Bulb

Wherever practical, replace regular light bulbs with
compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. Replacing just one 60-watt incandescent light
bulb with a CFL will save you $30 over the life of the bulb. CFLs also last 10 times
longer than incandescent bulbs, use two-thirds less energy, and give off 70 percent less
heat.

If every U.S. family replaced one regular light bulb with a
CFL, it would eliminate 90 billion pounds of greenhouse gases, the same as taking 7.5
million cars off the road.

4. Drive
Less and Drive Smart

When you do drive, make sure your car
is running efficiently. For example, keeping your tires properly inflated can improve
your gas mileage by more than 3 percent. Every gallon of gas you save not only helps
your budget, it also keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the
atmosphere.

5. Buy Energy-Efficient
Products

When it's time to buy a new car, choose one that offers
good gas mileage. Home appliances now come in a range of energy-efficient models, and
compact florescent bulbs are designed to provide more natural-looking light while using
far less energy than standard light
bulbs.

6. Use the "Off"
Switch

Save electricity and reduce global
warming by turning off lights when you leave a room, and using only as much light as you
need. And remember to turn off your television, video player, stereo and computer when
you're not using them.

It's also a good idea to turn off the water
when you're not using it. While brushing your teeth, shampooing the dog or washing your
car, turn off the water until you actually need it for rinsing. You'll reduce your water
bill and help to conserve a vital resource.

7.
Plant a Tree

If you have the means to plant a tree, start
digging. During photosynthesis, trees and other plants absorb carbon dioxide and give
off oxygen. They are an integral part of the natural atmospheric exchange cycle here on
Earth, but there are too few of them to fully counter the increases in carbon dioxide
caused by automobile traffic, manufacturing and other human activities. A single tree
will absorb approximately one ton of carbon dioxide during its
lifetime.

8. Encourage Others to
Conserve

Share information about recycling and energy
conservation with your friends, neighbors and co-workers, and take opportunities to
encourage public officials to establish programs and policies that are good for the
environment.

In the book The Call of The Wild, who bought the team harness and all for a "song"?

The answer to this can be found in Chapter 5 of the book. 
The men who buy the team are Hal and Charles.  When they buy the team, it marks the
beginning of the low point for Buck.

Hal and Charles and
Mercedes (Charles' wife and Hal's sister) have no idea as to how to care for the dogs or
how to use them.  Because of this, they soon wear the dogs out and some of them
die.

John Thornton sees this when they stop at his camp. 
When they start beating Buck one morning, he takes Buck forcibly.  This leads to a close
bond between man and dog.

In Julius Caesar, what do we know from Caesar's habit of referring to himself in third person?

Quite simply, it is Caesar's way of elevating himself
above everybody else, god like almost.  He is the only character in the play to speak of
himself in the third person.  In his mind, he is already emperor of Rome, and all that
remains is the formal ceremony.  That he refuses the crown three times is part of his
strategy.  It just makes the people want him more.

Cassius
is correct in his observation of Caesar when he is trying to convince Brutus of the
danger he poses to Rome.  He compares him to a Colossus striding through Rome implying
stepping on others along the way.

Are Cassius's fears
correct?  One has only to look at the history of Rome and the change from a Republic to
an Empire to find the answer.

What are 8 important events that occur in Fahrenheit 451?

1) Clarisse, Montag's 17 year old neighbor, asks him if he is happy.  This leads him to question himself and his life and his state of mind.

2) This is quickly followed by the discovery of Mildred, who has overdosed on sleeping pills.  This reinforces Montag's new suspicion that no one in his world is actually happy.

3) The elderly lady burns herself in the pile of books Montag and his fellow firemen have been sent to destroy.  Montag is so affected he spares one book to take home with him.

4) Montag goes to see Faber who helps to strengthen Montag's new belief about the importance of books and agrees to help sabotage the work of the firemen.

5) Captain Beatty, who knows of Montag's rebellious ideas, brings Montag to his own house and manages to bait him into burning it down.

6) Montag mistakenly kills Beatty, then turns the flames on the Mechanical Hound.  He takes off, a fugitive.

7) Faber takes off for St. Louis and Montag takes off to the forest to keep himself from being arrested.

8) Montag meets the "book covers", a group of rebels who have each memorized an entire book for safe keeping.  He turns back towards the city with them, caught up in their belief that civilization needs them.

Can affirmative action policies cause harm to those that it is intended to favor? If so, how?

I believe that affirmative policies can and do sometimes
cause harm to those whom they are intended to favor.  Back in 2003, a white woman who
was denied admission to the University of Michigan sued the university
(Grutter v. Bolliger) because 

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". . . she investigated [her rejection] and found
out that African Americans and ethnic minorities who had lower overall admissions scores
were admitted. Grutter sued, saying she was a victim of illegal discrimination" (see
link below for source).

The
Supreme Court eventually ruled in favor of the University of Michigan but noted in its
ruling that the university's system of automatically awarding 20 admissions points to
"underrepresented minorities" was not in keeping with the intention of affirmative
action.

While the case above demonstrates how a white woman
believes she was hindered because of affirmative action, it also caused some minorities
to question their qualifications.  Were they accepted into a law program simply because
of their race, or were they as qualified as their classmates? Affirmative action can
take away one's sense of self-pride and accomplishment by causing self doubt.  For
example, I have afriend who teaches honors/AP English students at a very diverse high
school.  Several months ago when she was announcing scholarship information to her
students, she mentioned a scholarship for African-Americans which was connected to their
SAT scores.  One of her African-American students asked her why it was exclusive and
said that it made her feel like she wasn't smart enough to qualify for all the other
scholarships and that one had to be created just for her ethnicity.  When her classmates
began to think about what she had said, they, too, became angry--the minorities because
it seemed to imply that they were somehow inferior scholastically and the white students
because they felt discriminated against.

What was the main conflict or problem?

The main conflict is that the narrator is being tortured by the Spanish Inquisition.  His inquisitors are playing a cat-and-mouse game wtih him in which he is near the brink of some horrible fate, but then he gets a sudden reprieve, only to find himself in the middle of an even more horrible torture.

Please answer the following two-part question.a. Explain the significance of mass extinctions in stimulating new biodiversity. b. Briefly describe...

a.  Mass extinctions have drastic effects on
biodiversity.  Wiping out populations of organisms can result in reduced competition for
other species, increased resources and completely different environments which foster
different adaptations.  

b.  Biodiversity has drastically
changed since the origin of life.  The initial organism began as a prokaryote (single
celled organism with out membrane bound organelles).  Today, there are plants, animals,
prokaryotes, fungi, etc.  Biodiversity refers to the variety and variation between the
numerous species on earth.  In the initial phases of Earth's biological development
organisms were simple and lacked diversity.  today organisms are complex and there are
billions of species throughout the planet. 

Edna Pontellier: Contradictions between the way others see her and the way she sees herself in The Awakening.Edna Pontellier is caught in the...

Society sees institutions and the external, whereas Edna
sees only the individual.

Society sees a woman as a
product, a stage, a means to an end, whereas Edna sees herself as an active agent in the
world.

Society sees a woman as defined by what she has
(marriage, children, property, friends, clothes), not by who she is (beliefs,
dreams).

Society sees marriage as a socio-economic
institution (it opens doors to money and friends), whereas Edna sees it as a cage to
limit the individual.

Society sees children as the reason
for mothers to live, but Edna sees them as individuals unto themselves, not solely
reliant upon the mother.

Society sees the ocean as a means
of passage only (what goes on above), whereas Edna sees only the depths beneath it
(death by drowning).

How many girls are in this book?

Very few women actually appear in The Red Badge
of Courage, but Henry does reminisce about several with whom he had gone to
school. Henry's mother is also mentioned in retrospect, giving him advice when he leaves
home.

“Don't
forgit about the socks and the shirts, child; and I've put a cup of blackberry jam with
yer bundle, because I know yeh like it above all things. Good-by, Henry. Watch out, and
be a good boy.”

When Henry
goes to say goodbye to his schoolmates, several young ladies are
present.

A
certain light-haired girl had made vivacious fun at his martial spirit, but there was
another and darker girl whom he had gazed at steadfastly, and he thought she grew demure
and sad at sight of his blue and
brass.

Other girls appear to
admire the newly enlisted soldiers when they stop for meals. One of the novel's most
humorous moments comes after the regiment has been called to
march.

    A
rather fat soldier attempted to pilfer a horse from a dooryard. He planned to load his
knapsack upon it. He was escaping with his prize when a young girl rushed from the house
and grabbed the animal's mane. There followed a wrangle. The young girl, with pink
cheeks and shining eyes, stood like a dauntless statue.
    The observant
regiment, standing at rest in the roadway, whooped at once, and entered whole-souled
upon the side of the maiden. The men became so engrossed in this affair that they
entirely ceased to remember their own large war. They jeered the piratical private, and
called attention to various defects in his personal appearance; and they were wildly
enthusiastic in support of the young girl.
    To her, from some distance,
came bold advice. “Hit him with a stick.”
    There were crows and catcalls
showered upon him when he retreated without the horse. The regiment rejoiced at his
downfall. Loud and vociferous congratulations were showered upon the maiden, who stood
panting and regarding the troops with
defiance.

Aside from a few
references to women by the men, I believe these are the only women who appear in the
story.

How does Ralph learn of Jack's plans for him?

In chapter 11, Samneric were captured by Roger at Jack's command. They were forced to join Jack's tribe and acknowledge him as chief. On Castle Rock Jack threw his spear at Ralph "with full intention," wounding Ralph. Piggy had been deliberately murdered before Ralph's very eyes.

In chapter 13, Ralph is alone, an outcast. He sneaks up to the top of the mountain in the dark when he realizes that Samneric are on guard. He has a whispered conversation with them, and they warn Ralph to go away, explaining, "They hate you, Ralph. They're going to do you." They tell Ralph that Jack plans to hunt him the following day, having devised a methodical canvassing of the island to make sure they find him.

Ralph asks several times what they will do with him when they catch him. The twins warn that both Roger and Jack are "terrors," but cannot bring themselves to say specifically what their ultimate goal is. Finally they say, "Roger sharpened a stick at both ends." Ralph contemplates the meaning of that phrase and tries to persuade himself that the boys are still boys. This creates dramatic irony, for the reader knows exactly what the stick sharpened at both ends means. Roger had taken special delight in shoving the stick into an opening in the sow's body and driving it in until the sow expired. Roger and Jack have the same end in mind for Ralph. The next day, Ralph finds himself fighting and running for his life, and by then he certainly knows that he will never be able to walk up to Jack and say, "I've got pax," and "pretend they were still boys."

When the bank loans out 900 dollars to me and places it in a checkable deposit, then on my balance sheet it would be +900 under assets.And now this...

Every transaction has dual effect in accounts, one on
debit side and other on credit side. This is why modern accounting system are called
"double accounting systems'. The confusion described in the question is because only one
to the two aspects of the accounting effect is being
considered.

When the loan is taken and put in the checking
account, it increases the bank balance. This is on the asset side of the balance sheet.
However at the same time there has to be be a matching entry on the liability side of
the balance sheet. This will be in the form of a loan taken from the bank. The $900
increase in assets because of increase in checking account balance will exactly match
the $900 increase in liability shown as increase in loan taken from bank. Thus there is
no net increase or decrease in balance sheet. When all accounts have been made correctly
total of assets and liability sides of the balance sheet are always equal, which cancel
each other, giving net value of 0.

In the second
transaction, when the money is withdrawn from the bank, the bank balance gets reduced,
but the money would still be there in some form. It can be in the form of cash or things
purchased, or increase in expenses incurred. So, what is done with the money withdrawn
from the bank will be represents as the other aspect of the transaction. Net effect of
both these accounting entries will still be 0.

In general,
putting money in bank and withdrawing it, has no impact on net assets, It only changes
the form in which the assets are held.

What is the symbolism in "The Harvest" by Tomas Rivera?

Rivera's story delineates the isolation and lonliness of the migrant worker life.  These are people with little family and no sense of home.  Suspicion and fear of being abondoned cause the workers to remain isolated from each other.  Don Trine is the best example of this.  He feels alone, but he also isolates himself, not allowing them to walk with him.

The symbolism is in the actions of Don Trine.  As the young worker discovers, Trine finds comfort from submerging an arm in the warm embrace of the earth.  The earth is symbolized as a living breathing being.  The earth does not judge, however, only accepts and comforts, gives life through air, food and drink.  The young worker, like Trine, finds that connecting with this "being" provides comfort, and concludes that he should respect it more.  The message is that humans need to have contact with one another, need to come together as a community.

What are the themes (or scenes) of Bartleby the Scrivener?

One of the themes is the pressure in the business world to conform to the rules of conducting business. There is no individuality on Wall Street. The scriveners copy the work of others and add nothing of their own to show their individual creativity.

The issue of freedom is also an important theme. Bartleby stares at the walls and feels imprisoned by them. Bartleby is trapped in selling his time and labor for low wages.

Another theme is the apathy and passivity of both Bartleby and the lawyer. Bartleby passively resists the lawyer's instructions and chooses to do nothing. His inaction leads to his own death and indicates his indifference to his own life. The lawyer is apathetic toward Bartleby and seems paralyzed by his inability to react or do anything.

There is also class conflict shown in the story. The lawyer lives a different life than those of the scriveners. He reveals his class prejudices through his narration, showing total insensitivity to his workers.

What songs represent the plot, characters or themes, etc of Lord of the Flies?

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
reveals the potential for disaster when a group of school boys are left to their own
devices and must choose between making good choices and aligning themselves with what
"grown-ups" would do or abandoning their sense of right and wrong, inculcated
(instilled) in them from a young age. At first all the boys, with the exception of
Piggy, can see the benefits of living without any adult supervision. Even Ralph "dreamed
pleasantly" on his first considerations of this exotic "coral island." The song
"Another Brick in the Wall," by Pink Floyd could be suitable in
considering the plot of Lord of The Flies as the story-line hinges
on the success of Ralph and his democratic style or Jack and his lawlessness. Eventually
all the boys will reject the notion of respectability. The song speaks of "no education"
and "no thought control," and the consequences, for the boys, are dramatic. The song is
also threatening, suggesting a building up to a climax, much as we find in the novel.
 

Ralph is the perfect choice for chief due to his
background. He knows there needs to be rules and procedures and it does not take him
long to begin work on the shelters and fire. He credits his abilities to his father, "a
Navy Commander," and is confident that his father will rescue them all. However, he
sometimes becomes overwhelmed with the responsibility of being "chief" and after Piggy's
death, he must hide himself away to stay safe. The Queen song, Under
Pressure would suit Ralph's situation as he feels the "terror of
knowing." 

Jack could be described from the first verse of
Queen's song, "I want To Break Free." He is so desperate to
separate himself from everything civilized and is obsessed with the opportunity to hunt
pigs. Ultimately, his obsession will lead to Simon's death. 

I would like to have a very clear summary on the poem "A Contemplation Upon Flowers" written by Henry King"Brave flower that i could gallant it...

A summary, of course, is just a summing up of what the
poem says, written in your own words.  I'll give you the basics of the content of Henry
King's, "A Contemplation Upon Flowers," and let you fill in the details.  That's your
job--I'll just make sure you understand
it. 

Stanza one centers on the
characteristics of flowers.  They are gallant, humble, etc., and they return to the
earth (figuratively, they die every winter--but this isn't revealed until later) after
putting on a show. 

Stanza two
switches focus to the speaker:  he would rather it be always spring, so he'd never have
a winter (again, so he'd never die, but this doesn't become clear until later:  winter
is often used as a symbol of death).  He wishes he could go to the earth (his grave),
and look as cheerful, and smile, as the flowers do when they go to their
earth.

In stanza three, the
focus on the speaker in stanza two combines with the focus on the flowers in stanza one,
as the speaker asks the flowers to teach him to not fear death; to teach him that his
breath may sweeten and perfume his death, as the flowers' breath sweetens
theirs. 

In short, the speaker envys the flowers their
ability to face death without the fact of death negatively influencing their
existence. 

The poem depicts the ways that flowers handle
their existence, inspite of impending doom; the failure of the speaker to handle the
same situation as well as the flowers do; and a wishing for the flowers to teach the
speaker. 

In The Crucible, what is stalking the town according to John Proctor?

Yes, it is vengeance that is stalking Salem. Proctor says this because he can see the real reason behind the girls' accusations. At first, the girls first accuse Sarah Good and Goody Osburn because they are easy targets. But it is Abigail's accusation of Proctor's wife, Elizabeth, that shows how the girls are using their power to hurt others. Soon people are accused for having ever wronged any of the girls or anyone associated with the girls. Note late in the play too how Giles accuses Putnam of having his daughter, Ruth, accuse someone because they have a lot of land, which Parris can easily claim when they are hanged or jailed on suspicion of witchcraft.

The judges are blind to this however. They foolishly take the girls spectral evidence as hard fact. This ultimately costs innocent people their lives. Fortunately, as in Andover, the community soon realizes that people are being accused for different reasons other than witchcraft and begin to overthrow the courts.

What did Fitzgerald achieve by using Nick's point of view to tell Gatsby's story?

Nick is the moral center of the novel, and he sees how hollow the lives of the other characters are. Though attracted to Jordan, he recognizes her inability to make a commitment to anyone. He doesn't have the romanticism of Gatsby and sees the lives of the people on West Egg for what it is, false and unmeaningful. Nick inherited his code of conduct from his father, so he tells the story without judging the other people. Whenever he feels the urge to criticize, his father said to remember "that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had". Nick's solid background in the Midwest allows him to see life as it really is. Nick feels for Gatsby in the end, telling him that he's better than the "whole rotten bunch put together". Nick is able to distinguish between good and bad, appearances and reality, and truth from lies. He's a reliable narrator, but at the same time, he's a sincere narrator.

Why do the Greasers get dressed up for the rumble?Explain in detail not long but short

The answer to this question is right there at the start of
Chapter 9.

Basically, what Pony is saying is that the
Greasers get dressed up for the rumble because they want to show that they are just as
good as the Socs.  They do not want to look like they are just trashy little
punks.

So it is a pride thing.  The Greasers want people to
know that they have pride in who they are and what kind of people they are.  Because the
Greasers are typically seen as the lowlifes of the community, they want to try to prove
that they are not.

How does Marlowe's Doctor Faustus illustrate the fusion of medieval and Renaissance elements?.

Written near the close of the sixteenth century,
Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus reflects the transition from
the Middle Ages to the Renaissance characteristic of this period in Northern Europe. 
While writers such as Copernicus and Harvey were proposing new views of the universe and
the human body respectively, other writers of the same period clung quite tenaciously to
medieval perspectives.  Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer at the close of the sixteenth
century, actually adhered to a geocentric view of the cosmos in spite of the general
trend to the contrary.

In Doctor
Faustus, these conflicting views surface in the title character himself.  At
the opening of the play, Doctor Faustus studies an array of subjects most of his time
considered the sources of wisdom.  From theology, to medicine, to astronomy, to law,
Doctor Faustus examines the current state of knowledge and finds it lacking.  He
ultimately determines that an older, medieval, "science" can provide the answers he
seeks.  Magic, particularly the magic that would allow him to manipulate the world and
those around him for his own gain, proves the most enticing for him.  Unlike science
which governs much of Renaissance thought, and religion which dominated the Middle Ages,
magic rides the fence between them.  Rather than relying on empiricism as science does,
or a passive approach such as revelation characteristic of religion, magic incorporates
elements of both.  The "magician" must actively involve himself in the process of
conjuring, but he must also look/appeal to a power greater than his to accomplish his
goal.  The choice of magic perfectly represents the fusion of medieval and Renaissance
elements, because it incorporates aspects of both.

What is the central theme of The Man-Eater of Malgudi? Is it the conflict between good and evil portrayed by Nataraj and Vasu?

Nataraj represents the "good" in the story, and Vasu is the "evil". On a large scale, each character represents the two cultures of India and Britain, and the effects of British colonialism on the Indian people. Vasu is the commercialism of Western society, and Nataraj is the traditional, peaceful way of life.

In the story, Vasu is characterized as a demon by Sastri, Nataraj's assistant, and Sastri's comparison foreshadows Vasu's destruction just as the demon was destroyed. Vasu is physically strong and bullies everyone in the town. He's brutal, self-centered, and has no respect for tradition, religion, or morality. He easily intimidates others by his large size and his aggressive behavior. As a taxidermist, he poaches the animals in the jungle, stuffing them for money. To practice his taxidermy, Vasu steals pets and stuffs them before attempting to stuff the larger, more expensive animals. When others complain, Nataraj asks him to leave, but Vasu ignores this request.

Nataraj begins the story as a passive, caring family man who enjoys his life and being the boss of his printing business. He was brought up to believe that killing a fly is a sin, and when Nataraj sees the animals Vasu has killed, he's stunned. He doesn't know how to deal with someone like Vasu.

The author emphasizes the theme of good vs. evil when Sastri says, "Evil has in it, buried subtly, the infallible seeds of its own destruction."

How does Squeaky protect Raymond in "Raymond's Run"?

From the very beginning of the story, it is obvious that
Squeaky not only "minds" her brother Raymond, she is his protector. Whenever she is
training or practicing her breathing exercises, she is always sure to keep Raymond on
the inside of the sidewalk, never close to the street. This way, he won't run into the
street or splash in puddles, getting himself wet and dirty. Squeaky has no problem
standing up for her brother. When Gretchen and her crew of flunkies try to start trouble
with Raymond, Squeaky is quick to tell them; "You got anything to say to my brother you
say it to me..."

In what year did the story "The Cask of Amontillado" take place?

As noted above, "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe was originally published in 1846. Although Poe himself was a nineteenth-century American writer, he deliberately chose an exotic setting (Italy) remote from his reader's lives in period and place. This use of exotic locale is typical of the "gothic" genre. A story that might seem overwrought or wildly improbable in a domestic setting becomes more credible when it describes a culture alien to its readers. 

We are not given an actual date or even a time period for the story, but we do have the narrator describe himself as wearing a roquelaire (the more modern spelling is roquelaure), a type of long cloak that was worn in the 18th century. Since this is not a realistic story, it doesn't need a precise date, but both the language and atmosphere suggest that this is a work of historical fiction, set in a period before its original audience was born, for the purpose of making the story more exotic. 

Thus the most precise answer we can arrive at is that it is set in the 18th century in the area that was to become Italy (the process of the unification of Italy began with the 1815 Congress of Vienna, after the period in which this story was set.)

How does comparing and contrasting the settings in the stories "A & P" and "Araby" help us understand gender issues?

The settings in both stories are sites of commercialism or materialism, both of which operate in tension with the romantic notions of the protagonists. In A&P, the setting is a grocery store, where Sammy describes people as "sheep,' shelves line up with food, and the sound of the cash register signifies the monotony of the work. Araby is also materialistic, but in a more tawdry way. The protagonist hears there the sound of "the fall of the coins," and hears women gossiping in a meaningless way. Someone speaks to him out of a sense of duty rather than real interest. Just as Sammy quits his job to seem a hero to the girls, wanting to show them that he is different than other workers, that he is a hero, so the narrator in Araby concludes he is "a creature driven and deried by vanity." Sammy leaves the A&P into the harsh light of day; the protagonist leaves Araby "gazing up into the darkness."

What phrase always stopped any argument from the animals on Animal Farm?

In order to quell arguments and disagreements that the animals had, namely with the way the pigs were choosing to run the farm, Squealer would threaten, "Jones will come back!" or something to the effect that the Rebellion would be at its end and the animals would once again be under human rule. It was effective not only because Squealer was an effective speaker, but also because the animals couldn't quite remember how "bad" it was under Jones' rule and they didn't want things getting worse.

Where was Tom Robinson sent to after his court appeal?

After the trial, Tom was taken to Enfield Prison Farm, which was about 70 miles away. This is where he would attempt to escape and be shot to death.

His chances were slim to none that he would have won his appeal, and he would have been sentenced to die at that point. Tom took his chances at the only chance of freedom he would have, although surely he must have realized he would not have much chance of being successful at an escape.

Describe the hormonal control of a pregnancy in a human female.

Normal evolution of pregnancy takes place amid major
changes in the endocrine system. Besides the genital tract changes, which are generated
by the development of embryo and fetus, pregnant woman's body will undergo a period when
hormonal activity will be more intense.

The most
solicited endocrine gland throughout the pregnancy is ovary. Ovary will produce a larger
amount of folliculin and progesterone, as well, especially in the first 3-4 months of
pregnancy. Folliculin has a positive trophic action on the uterus and fetal development.
Uterine weight increases during pregnancy by about 35 times and folliculin is the
determining factor of development.

Progesterone
assures fertilized egg viability and it's implantation in the uterine lining and then
favors maintaining and extending the pregnancy.

Besides the
intense activity that takes place throughout the ovary, during 9 months of pregnancy, it
can not cover all needs of sex hormones. The body creates a new source of hormones,
which is represented by the placenta. The placenta will produce progesterone, especially
since the third month of pregnancy,folliculin and a new hormone: gonadotropic hormone.
The action of the new hormone is similar to the pituitary stimulating lutein
hormone.